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Chapter 1644

~11 min read 2,108 words

Batman had imagined countless times what he would say if he could see his parents again in the future, but in fact, even in the warmest possibilities he imagined, there was almost no scene of a family of three sitting around the fireplace in Wei En Manor chatting.

Now it seems that reality is even "warmer" than the scene he imagined. Not only are his parents here, but also the old butler who has always accompanied him. The only problem is that the topic of conversation is a bit different from what Batman imagined.

"Bruce, come over and sit down. There are some things we must talk to you about." Thomas beckoned to Batman and then pointed to the sofa opposite.

Batman's lips moved, but he still couldn't say "Call me Batman" to his biological father. It wasn't that he didn't want to say it, but the key was that Thomas came with a gun today.

Batman walked over and sat down, then glanced at Thomas from under his mask, and then glanced at Martha. They were much older, but not as old as Batman had imagined. Mainly, people look much younger when they are angry. Now, the two of them can be described as glowing with anger.

"Little Bruce, there are some things we must talk to you about seriously. What on earth have you been doing lately? Why are you interfering in the affairs between me and your father?"

Batman opened his mouth, but he actually didn't expect Martha to ask this question. Soon, Thomas also looked at Batman and said: "You ignore the business of the Wei En Group, but instead manage those messy jobs of gangster warfare. I just asked Alfred and found out that the Robins don't go home, and you don't even care!"

"I..."

Actually, in the few seconds just now, Batman had prepared a long draft. The main point was to explain why he wanted to be Batman, and how Cat Getan had become what it is today. He thought this was very necessary, because in his imagination, his parents could never accept him being Batman.

Thomas and Martha, however, seemed to accept this well. The big set of explanations and rhetoric Batman prepared to persuade them didn't come in handy. But Batman found that he wasn't completely happy, but a bit lost, and there was a trace of soreness that even he himself could hardly detect.

Children always complain that parents manage too much and are too tough, always complaining that parents plan their life paths too rigidly. But if one day you do something out of line and your parents don't care, just watching coldly, you can't help but think why they don't care about me anymore. Is it because they don't love me?

People are animals that worry about gains and losses, and Batman is no exception. If Thomas scolded him very toughly, reprimanding him for ignoring the business of the Wei En Group, dressing up as a freak and punching on the street to lose face for the family, then Batman would definitely be very angry, thinking that he was not qualified to question his choice.

But Martha and Thomas seemed to have completely skipped the stage of questioning, as if it were a very reasonable thing for him to dress like a spandex freak and appear in Wei En Manor in the middle of the night. They didn't even ask him to take off his mask.

Is this reasonable? This is simply not reasonable.

Thus, Batman hesitated for a moment, but still opened his mouth and asked: "Don't you think... I mean, me, don't you think I..."

"What's wrong with you?" Martha asked, and then this loving lady showed a sudden realization expression, and then said: "Alright, little Bruce, don't listen to your father. He didn't mean that you must go to work at the Wei En Group."

"Martha, let's not change the subject. Bruce, why on earth are you doing these things?"

"Are you talking about Batman? I..."

"No, don't worry about Batman. I mean, why are you participating in the fighting of gangsters? Don't you know this is very dangerous? Why can't you take a card and fly to your friend's farm for a vacation for a few months, leaving space for me and your mother to solve the emotional problems between the two of us?"

"... Farm? What farm?"

"Aren't you good friends with Clark in this universe?"

"Clark? Clark Kent?"

"Yes, that farm boy you bought a Lamborghini tractor for. His father is old Kent from Kansas. We met once at the Metropolis Agricultural Products Trade Association before, and he also invited me and your mother to his farm for a vacation."

"...?"

"Thomas, where is your intelligence that you are so proud of?" Martha said helplessly: "You mixed up the things of the two universes! These things have never happened in this universe. Maybe little Bruce doesn't even know Clark."

After finishing, Martha looked at Batman again and said: "Why don't you take this opportunity to get engaged to Selina, and then go on a honeymoon together? On this point, I agree with your father's idea. You have to give us some private space."

"Selina..." Batman couldn't help but call out the name he hadn't called for a long time.

"You didn't argue with her again, did you? Alright, then does your professor have any travel plans lately? You can go to Europe for study with him. Anyway, don't add to the chaos in Cat Getan. Me and your mother will handle the problems between us."

Batman's mouth opened and closed, then opened again. In a few seconds, he wanted to speak but stopped, stopped but wanted to speak, but in the end, he still didn't know what to say.

In the vast majority of his first half of life, the vast majority of the words he heard were similar to "Batman, we need you here!", "Batman, this trouble needs you to solve it!", "Batman, this matter can only be done by you!".

Batman, who had said "Get out of my Cat Getan" to others for a lifetime, was finally hinted by others with euphemistic words to "Get out of my Cat Getan".

Batman heard that Thomas and Martha meant exactly this. Every word implied that you are very annoying here, it is best to leave Cat Getan and find a job for yourself. What on earth is going on?

Just when Batman was thinking blankly, Thomas and Martha started arguing about the argument they hadn't finished before. Anyway, it was always about the education of the Robins.

One moment it was whether to cultivate Damian and whether cultivating Damian would make other children feel sad, one moment it was whether Dick should add a social etiquette guidance class after school on Friday night, one moment it was whether Aisha, who had just started kindergarten, could ride the brown-red pony in the stable...

Batman simply didn't know how they could accurately find two completely opposite viewpoints in so many trivial problems and argue loudly for several hours.

But I have to admit, Batman felt a bit awkward. Why was it that on the issue of the Robins, Thomas and Martha wanted to argue about how they tied their shoelaces, but when it came to his own problems, his biological parents skipped all the way, completely with an attitude of you find a place to stay yourself?

Actually, this can't blame Thomas and Martha. Mainly, they stayed in the universe where Schiller was for a long time, and most of the time they were dealing with the Bruce of that world.

Before, Thomas had seen the diagnosis report Schiller gave Bruce. The series of disease names on it dazzled Thomas. After all, he had raised Bruce for so many years, and he was aware that his son had abnormalities in some aspects.

Still the same sentence, Bruce was not very normal in his youth. Leaving aside his amazing genius intelligence, he did have problems with poor social skills, rigid behavior, and a slightly cold emotional attitude.

Thinking about it this way, it was not easy for this child to grow up like this. But if he wasn't determined to be good, this was definitely a villain template. What else could Thomas ask for?

And Martha was more realistic and decisive. The Kane family she was born into was much more prosperous than the Wei En family, which had only one lineage. She didn't know how many branches and branches of branches there were.

And children raised by this kind of family know very well that raising children is like investment. Not every investment has a return, but it must be decided whether to add positions according to the trend of the rise.

Some children have long written "I am not good at doing business" or "I am not good at managing enterprises" on their faces. If parents still blindly invest, the final result is that their branch will never be able to squeeze into the core interest group.

Actually, if you look at it this way, Martha should support Thomas in cultivating Damian to be the successor, because Damian is indeed the most suitable among all the Robins to inherit the Wei En family.

But Martha's point of opposition is that Thomas's actions were too rough. He said he wanted to cultivate Damian, so he kept grabbing Damian for class. Martha, who was born in the Kane family, knew very well that this way of cultivation did more harm than good.

One is that closing the door to build a car is easy to have problems, the second is that only taking classes and not interacting with children of the same age, the network is not wide enough, and the third is that if it is too obvious to make other children feel neglected, it is easy to have brothers fighting, leading to the solid fortress being broken from the inside.

Although Thomas said he didn't put down his attention to other children, in fact, he only focused a little on the eldest son Dick, and neglected Jason and Tim.

Although this is understandable from the structure of a traditional great family, the eldest son and the successor are the most important. But Martha originally had a way to solve this matter more smoothly and gently. Thomas had to rush like a hairy boy. Martha would naturally be very angry.

This is also related to the growth background, family structure, and class of the two people. Thomas pays attention to reality. Since there is a successor, cultivate him quickly. It will be late to learn a lot of things one day later. But Martha pays attention to family reputation. Internally, it must be managed in an orderly manner, and externally, it must be harmonious. Leaving enough decency for everyone is the true way of doing things in the upper class.

But the two of them reached an agreement on only one thing, that is, their biological son Bruce Wei En didn't look like the material that could inherit the family.

One is that Bruce might have mental problems. It is a bit inhumane to let him bear such a heavy burden. After all, he is a biological son. It is good to be able to live well.

On the one hand, Bruce doesn't seem to be interested in this. After Thomas returned, the Wei En Group of the universe where Schiller was didn't care, scientific research he didn't do, every day either falling in love with Selina, or studying melons and vegetables with Pamela, or going to the Kent farm to plant wheat after planting barley.

Bruce, who has been busy building the inner world recently, disappeared directly. Without this debt collector shaking in front of him, Thomas felt that the world was beautiful.

The joy of reunion had been exhausted on Bruce. After the couple returned to the main world, looking at the Batman of this universe, he was redundant no matter how he looked.

Since he is living well, then go live well, vacation, fall in love, even if it is learning magic, what is not better than rotting in Cat Getan?

When Batman walked out of Wei En Manor, he was still blank. Originally, he thought he had to endure not saying "Get out of my Cat Getan" to his biological parents. He didn't expect the opposite side to be enduring it too.

But after Batman left Cat Getan, where could he roll to?

No, Batman thought, Cat Getan still needs him... wait, does Cat Getan really need him now?

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