[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

Let Jason speak from his conscience, the life of the Wayne family is actually quite good.

Before moving into Wayne Mansion, Jason imagined the life of a rich man like this: There are countless servants at home to help the old man and his wife take care of everything, from what hairstyle to wear in the morning, what clothes to wear, and what jewelry to bring. What shoes to wear on your feet.Then the ladies will start to go shopping and buy famous brand luxury goods, and then have afternoon tea and gossip and despise the lives of the common people around them; the rich guys will start to molested the little secretary and the beautiful staff with salty hands, and then close the door to engage in daily insider transactions. Empty companies kill hard-working small shareholders.Then I went home at night and started the daily party and carnival until late at night. During this period, there must be unspoken rules, young models, fancy drugs, and various sexual scandals.

"I think you seem to have misunderstood the rich people in Gotham." This is after Jason's many "I thought rich people..." series of conversations in the first month of officially staying in Wayne's house, Wayne's conclusion.

"It seems so," Jason shrugged nonchalantly, "I told them that the plots of those novels would never happen, and they didn't believe them. Now I have personally proved that the novels are really just novels."

"They?" Wayne looked puzzled.When Dick first came, he also had many unrealistic imaginations, such as rich people living in places like old European castles.But the plot that was developing in Jason's head was clearly beyond Dick's level.

"Girls in the school used to like to read the kind of novels in which the poor heroine got together with the rich CEO for no reason, broke up and reconciled countless times, and lived the life of a noble lady." Jason was concerned about Wayne's inner troubles Ignorant, he patiently began to introduce examples of romance novels recommended to him by girls in his class, "Girls think this is very romantic, probably like a Disney princess? Change the prince into a rich CEO, and then the princess into a rich CEO." Become a poor cleaning girl."

Jason didn't know that after they happily exchanged the cultural differences between the rich and the poor, Wayne Enterprises suddenly began to frequently hold student business visits, as well as "Take Your Children to Work Day". The outside world speculated that this move seemed to be to clarify What, but even Lucius Fox, the second in command of Wayne Enterprises management, couldn't tell the specific content.

Let Jason turn his conscience over again, Gotham Academy is actually not bad, and the compulsory uniform makes him allergic-not that he is allergic to the material of the clothes, but the sense of order itself It made him always feel that something was wrong. Every morning, looking at himself in the pier mirror wearing a shirt that was ironed by Ah Fu and tying a tie with skillful gestures, Jason almost felt that he was the one in Mark Twain's "The Pauper Prince" who was with the prince. Beggars who swap identities.Even wearing brocade clothes, it still cannot change the fact that beggars do not belong to the palace.

In addition, school life is not much different from his original public school. Every day, he follows the schedule, writes homework, tests, and some extracurricular competitions (he soon heard that Dick was in the Mathematical Olympiad team. great achievements).Seriously, the teachers here are much more serious than those in public schools. The strict requirements for students' homework made Jason spend the whole weekend in his room repeatedly perfecting the content and supplementing reference materials for the school report.

Before Jason dropped out of school and wandered, even if he wanted to finish his homework well, it was a luxury. When he was at home, he had to pay attention to his mother not to be choked to death by his own vomit when he was in a trance, and he had to beware of Willis Todd provoked enemies who shouldn't be provoked outside to make trouble for him, and even the black police who hid from Gotham used them as low-level residents with dirty records as someone's scapegoat.The school library is his only pure land, but he can only use it for a few short hours after school.

It's different now, there is a whole library in Wayne's mansion, he can spend as much time as he likes digging treasures in it, he can ask Ah Fu any questions, this old man who looks old-fashioned will always bring black tea and Biscuits, accompany Jason to read "The Theory of the Federal Republic" to complete the history homework assigned by the school, or simply pick up a novel or poetry collection to share each other's leisure time in the afternoon.

Even when the old man was busy preparing complex dinner dishes in the kitchen, he could still patiently answer Jason’s occasional questions (“No, Master Jason, spices don’t need to be stored in the refrigerator, as with many Contrary to human belief, there are many ingredients that lose their best flavor once they get too close to the refrigerator."), or order him to help with simple hands-on work ("Master Jason, can you peel the beans, please?" ) instead of driving him away because he was in the way.Frankly speaking, Jason suspected that Ah Fu saw that he was not used to the current life of "getting something for nothing", so he asked him to help with housework from time to time, and asked him to run errands in the store to find items on the shopping list when purchasing daily groceries. Stuff - it made Jason feel "useful" and valuable.

Jason was very grateful for this kind of quiet thoughtfulness.So even if Ah Fu's requirements on appearance and etiquette made Jason want to collapse several times and shouted: "I'm so rough! Get out of here!", or swearing at Jason made the sailors feel ashamed. Very dissatisfied, "Pay attention to your words! Master Jason!" It has almost become the most repeated sentence in the Wayne family in a single month. Jason still cannot help but like this old man who seems difficult to get close to at first glance.Maybe it's because Alfred fills the gap in Jason's life for the role of "grandfather"?He himself couldn't figure it out. Before that, he didn't know what "grandparents" were like, except that they basically appeared in other people's descriptions as white-haired and wrinkled images.

But if grandparents are like Ah Fu, Jason thinks he understands why many people like grandparents.

On the other hand, Bruce Wayne is trying to learn how to be a competent parent, which is much more difficult than being Batman.

True, caring for Dick had given him a basic understanding of the vagaries of teenage emotions, but Jason's situation and Dick's were far too different.He had just become Batman when he took custody of Dick, a kid bent on doing justice for his parents, and Bruce saw in Dick a sad, confused and angry shadow of his young self.

But unlike Bruce, who was prematurely deprived of the opportunity to enjoy his childhood and parental love, Dick knew what it was like to be loved. He grew up in a healthy family, which extended to the entire Harry Circus is his extended family. .Bruce would never dare to assume John Grayson's position and pretend to be Dick's growing father figure-the relationship between them is more like brothers with a slightly older age difference than father and son, or close uncle and nephew.They spent nearly a decade groping for each other to build a solid trusting relationship, with Bat and Robin as partners and Bruce and Dick as family.He loved the kid without a doubt, but he still screwed up the relationship and Dick walked away and refused to call him once since he stepped out of the house.

Jason...he's more complicated.

Gotham is not a benevolent city, Bruce knows it all too well.For Jason, the feeling will only be more profound. Just looking at his family background, Bruce can't help shaking his head and sighing. If he regards crime as a career, the gangsters he imprisoned in Arkham Mental Hospital or Blackgate Prison will definitely It's the kind that has a successful career. As for Willis Todd... Bruce can only say that he failed as a criminal.However, judging from the reason why he was imprisoned for life, his boss might have had enough of this subordinate, so Fang Qiang found the last bit of use value, and by the way got rid of him forever.Not to mention Jason's mother who died of a drug overdose. She may still love her son, but this maternal love is not enough for her to hold up a small piece of sky for her child.

So Jason had to be tough, to protect his mother and himself. "Protection" - this is the top priority. If Bruce still had some doubts after his brief contact with Jason, then after experiencing Mrs. Gunn's boarding school incident, the last doubts have also been removed. :

Not every daring teenager dares to go head-to-head with an opponent with a submachine gun, even if it's to help Batman, and the opponent is an old lady in a lady's dress.

That night made Bruce decide to bring Jason home, and seriously consider making the kid Robin—who had the guts (Batmobile tires, that would be a classic memory), the right motives (to protect others), even if he There are also many character problems, such as a little cynical, and a rather biased understanding of a specific class of society, or too much enthusiasm, which is temporarily displayed in academics (Bruce can't believe that he also has On such a day, he wants to ask the kid to stop doing his homework!).But together they can overcome these problems, Jason will be a good Robin, and then maybe one day he will be a decent Batman - ah, but it's too early to say.

The urgent task at present is that A Fu confessed that he must get Jason out of the room by any means.

"What a beautiful day, Master Bruce. And Master Jason has been working on perfecting his schoolwork for most of the day since the morning, why don't you take this good opportunity to go out together? I'm sure there will be Leisure and entertainment for young people."

Every word of Alfred's voice is a suggestion, but Bruce clearly reads from it that if he doesn't complete the task and drag Jason out of the house, the consequences will be serious.

After so many years of experience, Bruce didn't want to experience the consequences at all.

So he's standing in Jason's room now, sending out the invitation.

"But I haven't finished editing this report yet! Can we make an appointment another day?" Jason said that he was very tempted by Bruce's proposal, but he had to reject it.

There was the sound of Ah Fu vigorously dusting the decoration outside the door, and Bruce felt that he had to try again.

"You know, Jason, you don't need to do all your homework perfectly, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Learning is a process, not a result. An A+ is fine, but an A- doesn't mean you're a loser Take it easy, kid." Wayne stood by the desk with Jason's shoulders on his shoulders, his eyes glanced at the reference books spread out on the desk with note papers of different sizes, as well as the computer screen and the revision In the window where the files are juxtaposed, someone's thesis collection is an electronic file.Deep in my heart, did I inadvertently make Jason mistake encouragement for expectation?

Isn't that what normal teenagers do?Thinking about his teenage years and his generation's closest frame of reference, Dick, Bruce realizes that he doesn't really know what a normal teenager should be.Should I call Lucius and ask?Children are always learning what to do when they refuse to go out and play.

Jason was unaware of the entanglement in the man known as "the greatest detective in the world". He patted his chest and repeatedly ensured that he would enjoy it. By the way, he took Wayne to share with him the corresponding aesthetic development of eighteenth-century literature, classicism The transition to Romanticism, and the influence of the Witch Hunt on penal reform and the classical school of criminology.

"Mr. Wayne, look, as long as I finish this report, I will finish the homework of history, English and social subjects at the same time, isn't it very economical!" Jason pointed to the number of pages on the screen. The 20-page content exudes the light of "I love learning, and learning makes me happy!".

"Uh... as long as you're happy." Squeezing Jason's shoulders as a sign of encouragement, Bruce secretly adjusted Jason's future education policy. He remembered meeting a professor at the University of Iowa a few years ago. The school's creative writing program is said to be world-class.As far as criminology is concerned... the University of Pennsylvania is good, but there are still a few years before I go to university, so I should organize the contacts of different aspects first, so as to be prepared.

Of course he still completed Ah Fu's mission and took Jason out of the house.

What a joke, he's Batman!

They went to the Gotham City Library.

Three days later, the school teacher called and kept hinting: "Mr. Wayne, I know parents want their children to study hard, but it is not good to force children like this."

Bruce thanked the teacher for his concern and felt innocent at the same time.

Raising children is not easy.