Chapter 1510

The Robins from the main universe were very shocked by the return of the Waynes, but not that shocked, because during this period of time, their shock quota had been used up. People often enter a state of numbness after continuous intense emotions, and they won't have too strong emotional ups and downs for everything that appears in front of them. The Robins are now in this state.

Nightwing is studying the artifacts obtained from Mount Olympus and practicing how to coordinate them with his usual combat methods. Red Hood is still savoring what he saw and heard following Schiller along the way. These past few days, he has been addicted to psychology books. Red Robin is still recovering from his injuries, being pushed to the courtyard to sunbathe by Alfred on time every day.

Martha felt very sympathetic to the experiences of the Robins, so she tried her best to play the role of an elder female in a big family, taking care of the younger generation's food, clothing, housing, and transportation, asking about their well-being, and gently solving the confusion in their hearts.

In fact, Thomas and Martha also had differences in the education of children. And because of the personality solidification brought about by years of torture by madness, the degree of this difference can basically be described as: fortunately, Bruce died early.

Thomas is a strict father in the traditional sense. His educational method is to show his majesty and then drive the children to learn the knowledge and skills necessary for survival. Martha is a kind mother in the traditional sense, letting them feel care and perfecting their personalities by taking care of the children.

Logically speaking, such a family structure is already perfect. But it is inevitable that Thomas will feel that Martha is too doting on the children, while Martha will feel that Thomas gives them too much pressure. This is a problem that almost all strict-father-kind-mother families will face.

And once they confront each other in this aspect, the children will naturally divide into two factions because of their different attitudes towards education. The Robins are like this.

Nightwing and Red Hood both like Martha more. They enjoy gentle care and meticulous concern, and at the same time, they are not interested in Thomas's aggressive and oppressive educational style.

And Aisha and Damian have a better relationship with Thomas. Aisha likes Thomas more purely because younger children are more accustomed to relying on authority. They think it is a very secure thing to have someone tell them what to do all the time.

And Damian doesn't need to be mentioned. He is purely a king of kings, feeling that he is the chosen successor. In the past, in the Batman family, because he was the youngest, everyone treated him as a child. And this time, he could finally show his talents, so he naturally liked to follow Thomas to familiarize himself with the various affairs of Wei En Enterprises.

And Red Robin is more interested in Bruce. He found that there are endless secrets to explore in this Batman, so even if his injuries haven't healed, he sticks to Bruce every day and does research with him.

The smaller Robins can be roughly divided into: the "I'm exhausted from ballet and cultural classes, don't even think about running" type, the "Although I am the same person as you, I just won't make the same choice" rebellious type, the "If idols are all Batman, then wouldn't we be invincible if we join forces" super fan group type, and Harley, this "fight, fight, people die at my door, I love to watch" type who loves to watch the excitement.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be a problem for over a dozen people to live in the largest manor in Gotham, and there shouldn't be crowding. But these dozen sets of nested relationships made the Wei En family live in the manor with a feeling of being crowded.

Although many people call Batman and his little partners the "Batman Family," in fact, the Batman Family does not meet the definition of a family, because the class of the Batman Family is not clear enough.

The structure of the Batman Family can be roughly described as one super and many strong. Batman is a super leader whose power and prestige are greater than everyone else's, and the power of all the remaining members is leveled. Simply put, it is the so-called "family love."

Even if Nightwing and Red Hood came earlier than Damian and are older, they don't have the full power to educate when Damian loses his temper or causes trouble, because they are still brothers of the same level, and there is no distinction of class.

What unites this family is love, not interest, so what is derived naturally cannot be class and power.

The Batman Family is like a utopia, with a truly omniscient and omnipotent head of the family who can convince everyone, and everyone else is united and friendly, not oppressing each other, just united for the beliefs in their hearts.

But the biggest problem here is that the Batman Family lacks social education for teenagers. Groups united in this way are a very small minority in society, so naturally, they cannot provide any social experience of normal human society for their members.

Wherever any human exists, there is class, whether bright or dark. This is a social stage that is indispensable in the evolution of intelligent species. How to accept the influence of others and how to influence others is a compulsory course for every teenager before stepping into society, called "social education."

Once this kind of education is missing, it will lead to social skill defects such as being overly influenced by others and being unable to influence others, which in turn will produce dangerous states of being controlled by others or closing oneself off.

Forcibly leveling all classes in a group is not a good thing. It is not fundamentally eliminating class, but avoiding talking about socialization, which is an attitude of evasion.

For example, in the Batman Family, Nightwing, who is the oldest, most mature, and most trusted by Batman, has no difference in power from Damian, who is young and joined the group late. This will lead to Nightwing not being able to control Damian when he causes trouble, and Nightwing going to clean up his mess, and he won't learn a lesson and will dare to do it next time.

Over time, the relationship between the two won't become more harmonious because of this, because one party in a relationship constantly tolerates and retreats, which is actually at the cost of consuming feelings and is not healthy.

Learning to obey individuals with majesty in a group is as important as learning to establish majesty in a group. This is the social gene of the survival of the fittest among gregarious species that guarantees the normal operation of the group.

In the process of doing these two things, humans learn to read other people's emotions and also show their social signals to others by releasing emotions, thereby obtaining emotional feedback from others and also providing emotional feedback to others. This is an indispensable social need in human survival.

And a big family with multiple classes is the most perfect place for social education. If the main universe's Batman Family is compared to a high school where only teachers have majesty, then the Wei En Manor at this moment is more like a university.

The Waynes are undoubtedly the existence with the highest class in this big family because they are older and have the highest seniority, and at the same time, they bear the expenses of the family's food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and have the greatest power to distribute wealth and resources.

Next are Bruce and Alfred, because Bruce has gained everyone's trust with his ability, while Alfred has been entrusted by the head of the family with the responsibility of managing and taking care of the family.

And the children don't just have one group, which can be roughly divided into older children and younger children, outsiders and natives, pro-father faction and pro-mother faction, and can even be subdivided into learning faction and sports faction, daytime activity faction and nighttime activity faction.

This constitutes an incomparably complex interpersonal relationship, making the entire Wei En Manor a complex society similar to real society. Everyone needs to learn to find their own positioning in this society.

Positioning oneself through the evaluations of people with different positions is actually a very precious skill, because evaluating other people's evaluations fairly and objectively requires stable personality, self-consistent logic, and controlled emotions.

And when such a big family gathers together, no matter what they do, they are conducting countless social reinforcement training.

To give the simplest example, when everyone in Wei En Manor gathers together for the first time for a meal, it is a test for the Robins.

Thomas and Martha have received aristocratic education and are also proficient in some educational skills, so when they walk towards the dining table, they deliberately slow down their pace to observe how the children choose their seats.

Bruce sat in the eldest son's seat on the right without thinking, and continued to calculate the data needed for research in his mind. But in this case, Nightwing, who originally sat in the eldest son's seat, had nowhere to sit.

Nightwing seemed a bit at a loss, because he wasn't very clear about what kind of person the seat opposite Bruce was for. If he sat there, would Martha have nowhere to sit?

Martha is very good to everyone. If he were to take her seat and make her feel embarrassed, wouldn't that be returning kindness with ingratitude? If he made such a mistake, would it cause public anger?

Nightwing slowed down his pace, his attitude becoming a bit cautious, and Red Hood, who looked rough but actually had quite strong observation skills, also saw the current problem. If Nightwing wasn't sure about his seat, then he couldn't be sure either, because if he determined his first, it would be equivalent to helping Nightwing determine his. Then what if he determined it wrong?

And Red Robin coughed lightly. Instantly, Nightwing and Red Hood looked at him with pleading gazes, because they knew Tim had received aristocratic education and he must know what to do.

And at this time, Red Robin turned his head to look at Alfred beside him. Alfred pushed his wheelchair towards the seat on the same side as Bruce but separated by one position, moved the chair away, and then pushed the wheelchair over.

Nightwing and Red Hood breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, because this meant their choice not to act rashly was correct. The empty seat opposite Bruce was indeed left for Martha.

Thus, Nightwing sat down beside Bruce, and Red Hood sat opposite him.

Next, it was the turn of the younger generation to choose seats. Another problem appeared. They were not in the same group as the outsiders, so should Dick sit opposite Red Robin, or start a new line and maintain the formation of Dick and Jason sitting opposite each other?

After hesitating for a while, Dick chose to sit opposite Red Robin. This was actually the social signal he released, representing friendliness and acceptance.

And when the three smaller Robins also took their seats in turn, Harley, who came out later, sat opposite Tim. Then normally speaking, the remaining Damian and Aisha should sit opposite each other, but Damian was clearly very dissatisfied with sitting so far away.

And after a period of etiquette training, Damian also knew that the empty seat opposite Bruce was Martha's, so he said to Nightwing according to what he had done many times in the Batman Family: "Let's swap seats, Dick. You go hug Aisha. Didn't you say you liked her very much?"

And Nightwing also instinctively stood up to give Damian his seat. In his view, this didn't count as anything at all. Isn't it the same to eat sitting anywhere? But Thomas cleared his throat heavily, and Bruce also glanced at Nightwing.

But as a result, Nightwing thought there was something wrong with him, standing there stiffly, neither sitting nor standing, looking very embarrassed.

"Damian, go sit in the back." Thomas raised his chin, signaling Damian to go sit opposite Aisha.

Damian just opened his mouth to say something when Red Hood rushed to him and said: "Hurry up and go. You're late getting up, who can you blame? If you want to sit in the front, get up earlier next time."

But unexpectedly, as soon as this sentence came out, Thomas, Martha, and Bruce frowned together.