Chapter 180 Chapter 180 [VIP]
Bruce has a mature and handsome face, and a very gentle and friendly personality. He told Megan to ask for anything she needed in Wayne Manor and wished her a good time there. When talking to his son's friends, he did not have the frivolous and dissolute look as rumored. The eyes he looked at each child were warm and steady, and his care and concern were beyond words.
When he saw Megan again, she might not remember their connection and it wasn't the first time they met, but he didn't mention it. He raised his eyebrows and watched Jason take her away. They walked upstairs to the study together. Jason was jumping around, and he led Megan, and they started chasing each other, making her no longer cautious and reserved when she first arrived.
Alfred came in from the living room and asked slowly, "Master, how do you feel when you see the child you once rescued?"
Bruce smiled, "Alfred, I'm so glad to see her getting better." It made him feel that there was still hope in the city of Gotham, which could allow the weak seeds to germinate, allowing her to heal and grow up healthily.
Elsewhere, the study in Wayne Manor was vast, its shelves towering with books neatly arranged. The two children felt like they were walking through a maze. Megan looked up and exclaimed in amazement. Jason turned and smiled at her, "A lot of books, right? I had the same reaction as you when I first walked in here—"
"My God, there are so many books here! Couldn't one read half of them in a lifetime?" He jokingly said this, but in fact he had already conquered a corner of this place.
It turns out that it is not impossible to finish reading these books, but who can endure the boredom and immerse himself in the sea of books, firmly believing that books can bring him new ideas, gain inner peace, and make him gain something? But Jason did it. He likes reading. No matter whether it is popular novels, serious literature or non-fiction novels, he can read them carefully and take many notes. His spiritual world has also been broadened.
Jason took Megan to a corner of the study, where there were several shorter bookshelves. The books on them were all books he had read. Picking up any book and flipping through it, you could see his handwriting. As for whether it was bad to write or draw on the books? That was not a problem at all, because these books were not out of print, and many were still kept in the real library.
However, just his few bookshelves were shocking enough. He had only been adopted by Wayne for more than a year, and he had to work hard to catch up with his studies in school, as well as training as Robin, and he also participated in the night patrol. But even so, the amount of reading he had done in more than a year was enormous.
Megan held a book in her hand and opened it to read. Time and thoughts had left traces on it, but the edges of each page were smooth and neat. She leaned her head towards Jason, who was looking at her with a smile and expecting something, and said seriously, "You are so awesome, Jason." Her eyes were full of amazement.
Jason got the response he wanted, and couldn't hide the pride in his eyes. "Do you have any books you want to read? We can find them together."
Megan shook her head. She didn't want to read today because she wanted to play with Jason, but suddenly asked, "Are there any comic books?" She squinted her eyes, obviously asking this on purpose.
But Jason laughed, walked to a bookshelf, bent down and pulled out a lot of miscellaneous books from the bottom, holding them up and waving them proudly, "Didn't expect that, Xiaomei? Here they are!"
They sat on the floor together reading comic books. It was obvious that the books were very old. Not only was the paper old, but the texture was also different from today's books. The overall layout, style of painting, and language description were all in the style of the last century. Jason carefully opened the book and said, "These are all comic books that Bruce read when he was a child." They had been hidden in the study for a long time, but he just found them out.
The comic strip contained a ballad that had been sung in Gotham for many years, but not many people had heard it these days. The lyrics were written under the scary pictures, and they were sung from Monday to Sunday. In another nursery rhyme, it sang about the owls that haunted the night.
There wasn't much interesting content left, and they just glanced through it casually before putting it back. Jason took Megan to the game room. They had played a controller game together in his safe house before, and they had played it many times since then, and they were almost done with the game.
So when Jason came up with a new game of the same type, Megan already had rich experience. She didn't like the plot very much, so this part was completed by Jason. When the map was opened and presented to them, Megan controlled her game character to move around. She liked collecting and crafting, and she also tirelessly searched for treasure chests and little easter eggs in the map.
Jason and Megan were so close that they could reach each other by just leaning slightly to the side. "Xiao Mei, you almost died."
Megan doesn't like fighting monsters, so no equipment dropped. However, she may be attacked by monsters at any time when walking in the wild, and then she fell into the monster encirclement. Fortunately, Jason returned to defend in time. After killing all the monsters, he began to pour out the equipment in his portable warehouse. After discarding them all, he urged Megan to pick up the equipment quickly.
At this time, Alfred brought fruit juice drinks and desserts. Seeing the two children playing happily, he put down the tray lightly and was about to leave quietly, but Megan noticed him, let go of the handle in her hand, and ran to his side, "Alfred, what's the matter?" and looked over.
The old butler said kindly, "Two glasses of strawberry lemonade and a portion of cookies." He only brought morning tea, not a large portion, because lunch time would be coming soon.
While he was talking, Jason paused his game and walked over to him. The two children shared a snack together. Megan even handed him a cookie. Alfred took it from her and ate it slowly. He saw Jason say to Megan, "This bear cookie looks like you, Mei. Here you go—"
The friendship between teenagers is pure and passionate, and there are many small details that adults don’t care about, but they can all be considered fun for them.
Megan leaned over to look and nodded in agreement.
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Jason's birthday party was held at noon. When he and Megan came down, the living room had been decorated. Bruce, Dick and Alfred were standing by the dining table. Barbara was smiling, with a bunch of balloons tied to the armrest of her wheelchair. There were also two ladies here whom Megan had not seen when she came.
The little girl with black hair and green eyes looked at them, then suddenly left Jason and ran towards the people who were already preparing for the birthday celebration. Before she was sure where to stand, Barbara pushed her wheelchair back and gave her the seat near Bruce. They smiled and greeted each other in a low voice. Bruce looked down at the child, maintaining a normal and friendly social distance from her, and smiled gently and inclusively.
When Jason saw Megan running away, he almost didn't react and was about to grab her because she was still running down the stairs.
He stood on the stairs and watched the scene below.
Bruce, Alfred, Dick, Barbara, Kate and Leslie, and Jean Paul was there too.
His eyes swept over everyone indiscriminately, and finally he smiled at his best friend Megan.
When he walked down the last step, all the balloons in Barbara's hand were released, and Dick opened the firework tube. At the same time, everyone present sang Happy Birthday. Megan was short and her voice was always soft, but Jason could hear every sound. He ran forward in such a lively atmosphere and ran to Bruce in a few steps.
This calm and reliable adult took out a birthday hat from behind and put it on him. Maybe it was just an ordinary gesture, but his expression and movements all showed love. He said, "You are getting another year older, Jason."
"Perhaps I'm not very good with words, and I was too harsh on you, and maybe even led you down the same path as me..."
"I'm sorry."
Just as Jason was anxiously trying to respond, Bruce gave him a soothing smile and continued, "But I probably never told you, Jason, that you're excellent. I knew you were 'excellent' the first time I met you, and from then on I thought we would be a good match, and it turned out just as I thought."
Bruce doesn't think he is a good father, but he did his best, and with Alfred's guidance, he raised Dick and later adopted a child, Jason Todd. Their acquaintance was quite dramatic, because he had just finished fighting a crime and returned to the Batmobile, and saw a skinny child dismantling the tires of the Batmobile with his back to him - and he succeeded.
Bruce has poured a lot of effort into the Batmobile. Many people have tried to target the Batmobile but failed, but this kid did it. He is young and talented. In his opinion, there is a risk of going astray if he is not careful, or becoming another gang member. After all, he believes that this kid will do great things in the future.
But at that time, he was not angry when he stopped the child who was caught stealing tires and wanted to hit him with a wrench. Instead, he laughed happily for the first time in Crime Alley.
After that, they went through some twists and turns, and only after he carefully and rigorously consulted the child's opinion did he adopt him.
Bruce bent down and looked at the child who was at a loss because of his words. Compared with when they first met, he had already transformed into a better person. He was healthy and confident, had a richer spiritual world, became lively and cheerful, and had a tough and indomitable heart. Jason was a very good child, but perhaps he played a small role in his positive guidance, which made Bruce proud.
He smiled happily, opened his heart, and accepted his child with an open heart. He whispered softly, "Happy birthday, Jason."
"I don't have any expectations for you, because that's the direction you chose to go, but I know what a good child you are... I will always be proud of you."
When Bruce finished speaking, a second firework tube burst open from above their heads at the perfect moment. Sequins fell into Jason's eyes, causing him to blink rapidly. However, the smile on his face was extremely bright. "I'm very happy! Bruce! I'm so happy to be family with you. This is the thing I regret least in my life."
Jason rested his chin on Bruce's shoulder, blinked, and spoke quickly: "And I have to tell you one more thing, I love you very much, Bruce." He originally planned to confess like this, it would be too embarrassing to do it face to face.
However, it was not as he wished. Bruce pulled his arms away from Jason, but held Jason's shoulders firmly with both hands.
"Yeah, me too. Me too."
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