Chapter 286: Cat Getan Playing House (Part 3)

When Selina took Aisha from Bruce's hands, it was already a bit difficult. Aisha was not a baby after all. A three or four-year-old child was already a bit strenuous to hold. Selina's figure was not as tall as Bruce's, so wanting to control the excited Aisha was naturally more strenuous.

But just at this time, the flying trapeze performance, which had a short pause, entered the climax again. The dazzling aerial movements made Aisha completely excited. She rushed forward hard, and Selina couldn't catch her at all.

Aisha rushed directly to the front row of seats, then climbed to the ground along the chairs, and then passed under the chairs of the front row. Selina chased after her along the same route.

But who knew, Aisha seemed to have awakened some superpower, and her speed was incredibly fast. Almost in an instant, she disappeared into the layers of seats in the auditorium.

Selina lost her completely and could only search row by row.

At the same time, in the backstage of the stage, a small black shadow rushed past. The circus boss felt some movement. He turned his head suddenly, but found nothing.

At this time, the circus boss was holding a saw, approaching the wooden stake that fixed the rope for the flying trapeze performance.

In the flying trapeze performance, the ropes used to swing were all hung on a higher rope. The circus boss held the saw and approached the wooden stake that fixed the rope at the highest point with a ferocious smile.

The circus boss held the saw and began to saw the thick rope, cursing very relievedly while sawing. But just when the rope was about to be cut, a small figure appeared instantly and bit on his arm.

Aisha didn't come to uphold justice. She was originally interested in things that moved and made sounds. When the circus boss sawed things, his arm went up and down. The entire dark backstage only had his arm moving. Aisha of course bit it without thinking.

Unfortunately, Aisha's weight was too light, and she didn't bite hard. It was just like biting Bruce and Selina's arms normally. Except for leaving a row of tooth marks, it didn't cause substantial harm, and only let the circus boss's arm delay for a moment.

That thick rope, which had been sawed to the limit, only had the last bit connected, but it still broke in the end.

But it was precisely these few seconds of delay that allowed Bruce, who walked out of the bathroom, to get closer to the stage.

The moment the rope broke, the two people hanging on the rope began to fall. But such a long rope, wanting to be completely extracted from the other end, also needed a few seconds. It was the superposition of these few seconds and a few seconds, Bruce rushed onto the stage instantly, and in the shadow of the curtain, grabbed the flying rope.

But he was just one person, and the other end of the rope was hanging two people. His weight was not enough to make the two people on the rope stop falling. Bruce considered this problem before grabbing the rope, so he grabbed the rope with one hand and wrapped it around his arm twice, then grabbed the curtain beside him quickly with the other hand.

With a fixed point, the rope stopped being extracted, and the two people at the other end of the rope stopped in mid-air.

Suddenly, Bruce heard the sound of gasping. He turned his head and saw that behind the curtain, stood the little boy who called himself the heir of the Grayson family.

He opened his eyes wide, opened his mouth, and looked at Bruce with a face full of shock.

There was still a distance from the auditorium to the stage, and there were several rows of seats in front of the position where Bruce was, and the stage was higher than the auditorium, with three steps beside it. Bruce completed the series of actions of turning over the seats, rushing up the steps, grabbing the rope, and grabbing the curtain in just a few seconds.

The reaction was so fast, the movements were so smooth, and the handling was so precise, that it didn't look like a hero saving someone, but more like an artistic performance. In the eyes of the little Grayson watching from the sidelines, Bruce was shining all over.

Bruce sighed and said: "Don't be stunned, come and help pull the rope."

The little Grayson, who reacted from the shock, discovered that his parents had almost fallen just now. The shock on his face turned into anger. While helping Bruce pull the rope down, he said: "It must be that circus boss! He has been displeased with my father for a long time!!"

After a while, the rope was pulled back to its original position, and the two actors also returned to the platform. They walked down and thanked Bruce.

Mrs. Grayson was already in tears, and little Grayson said very angrily: "It must be him! Let's go settle the account with him!"

"Don't go! Dick! Come back!" Mrs. Grayson called him, but the boy named Dick had already rushed out, but was finally called back by his mother.

"Can you tell me what exactly is going on?"

At this time, Mrs. Grayson's spirit was on the verge of collapse. She hugged her husband and kept crying, and Mr. Grayson was also somewhat decadent. These two couples were just ordinary people. Having just experienced a life-and-death crisis, the fear of hanging in mid-air not knowing when they would fall had completely crushed their hearts.

As if looking for an outlet to vent, Mr. Grayson said to Bruce: "... I know he did it, it's that circus boss. We don't want to work here either, but we have no choice."

"There should be quite a few circuses on the East Coast, why don't you go there?"

Mr. Grayson sighed and said: "You shouldn't pay attention to this aspect, right? My father, old Grayson, the previous generation of flying trapeze artists, made a major mistake in the performance. Not only did he fall from mid-air, but he also happened to hit the edge of the stage props. He..."

"Alright, I know, you don't need to elaborate, please accept my condolences."

"That was a performance at a high-standard charity banquet. Many participants were dignitaries. They hadn't seen blood. This bloody death scared many of them. The Grayson family's reputation was ruined. Big circuses were unwilling to hire us, fearing we would cause such trouble again..."

"Only this circus is willing to accept us, because this is Cat Getan, people are not afraid of us falling to death..."

This reason was both absurd and reasonable, and Bruce couldn't say any rebuttal. He asked the Grayson couple: "You are not locals of Cat Getan, right?"

"Actually, we have been here for a long time, and we also bought our own house. We are half locals. However, our hometown is in Blüdhaven."

"Let's go back, go back to Blüdhaven!" Mrs. Grayson sobbed and said: "Give up, we can't let little Dick live in such a fearful environment..."

Mr. Grayson pursed his lips, his face haggard. Mrs. Grayson continued to cry while saying: "I know, I know you have always wanted to revitalize the family business, but this really won't work. You have to think, if we die, what will poor little Dick do? In Cat Getan, orphans without parents are very likely to be sent to that terrible foster school, and then..."

Mrs. Grayson started crying again. Bruce heard some information from her words, but it was not good to ask further now. Little Grayson went up to comfort his mother, and the family of three hugged together.

When Bruce walked into the backstage, Selina had just finished tying the last knot. The one tied up by her was the circus boss, and Aisha was still biting his arm and wouldn't let go.

When Bruce went to hold Aisha, he thought he would have to fight with her again, but unexpectedly, Aisha let go very easily.

Seeing the saw beside, Bruce knew what was going on. He called Gordon, then held Aisha, and left the circus with Selina.

Just when they got into the sports car and intended to drive home, a figure appeared in front of his car. Bruce let go of the steering wheel, turned his head, looked at the figure, and asked: "... Dick? What's wrong with you? What are you going to do?"

Dick walked around the front of the car, stood by the door of Bruce's driver's seat, and said: "My parents intend to go back to Blüdhaven."

"Then you should congratulate them. It's much better there than in Cat Getan. You should live a stable life."

"But I don't want to go back..."

"Why?"

Dick pursed his lips. Although he was not old, he had a firm expression. He said: "My grandfather's death was not an accident at all."

"How do you know?"

"I investigated." Dick said very firmly: "The horizontal bar for his final curtain call action was tampered with. I checked that rope, and the rope marks on it show that it was a wrong knot. The knot used to fix the horizontal bar shouldn't have been like that at all..."

Bruce narrowed his eyes and asked him: "So?"

"You are not an ordinary person, right?" Dick grabbed Bruce's car door with one hand and said to him: "I have been learning acrobatic skills from my father for a long time. I know very well how difficult your set of movements is. Those muscle exertion techniques couldn't possibly be improvised. You should have practiced for a long time..."

Dick kept pursing his lips and said to Bruce: "My parents gave up, but I won't give up. I want to stay here to revitalize the reputation of the Grayson family and also avenge my grandfather."

"More importantly, if I can't find out the cause of my grandfather's death and can't find the murderer who killed him, my parents won't be safe either."

"But..." Dick showed a helpless expression and said: "I know what kind of place Cat Getan is. The skills I learned from my father are simply not enough for me to survive here, and I can't persuade my parents to let me stay here, so..."

Dick took a deep breath, his face showing a melancholy that didn't match his age. He looked at Bruce and said: "If you could allow me to learn from you, I think, one day I can complete my wish. And you saved my parents. If I follow you, I think they won't object..."

Before Bruce could answer, Dick said: "... Alright, I know this sounds really absurd. How could I expect a rich man..."

Dick let go, he sighed, then waved his arm, signaling Bruce to drive.

He also knew that he was just impulsive. Not leaving with his parents, staying in Cat Getan alone, and wanting to learn from the world's richest man? This was simply a fantasy.

Bruce looked at Dick, but had a very wonderful feeling. People always see themselves in someone else at some point. In fact, Dick's appearance was not like him at all, and he was just a seven or eight-year-old boy, not talking about any personality, but the tone of his speech made Bruce feel he was very special.

Maybe there are two people in this world whose compatibility is naturally coordinated. In short, Dick looked at Bruce very pleasingly, and Bruce looked at Dick very pleasingly.

However, pleasing is pleasing, Bruce didn't intend to adopt an adopted son. One daughter had already made him and Selina almost crazy.

Wait, daughter...

Bruce turned back to look at Aisha, who was completely fixed in the child safety seat but still restless, and then looked at Dick, who looked much more mature than his peers. Just as Dick turned to leave, Bruce called him.

Half an hour later, in Wayne Manor, Bruce dragged Aisha's armpits, showed her to Dick like showing a pet dog, and said to him: "This is your sister."

"Wait, are you planning to adopt me? I..."

Before he could finish, Aisha grinned, and the mouth full of fangs gave Dick a big jump. He asked in shock: "What's going on??? Why are her teeth..."

"Born with dental deformity, too young, haven't had time to correct." Bruce answered without thinking.

Silu Ke

"Uh, alright... wait, why do her eyes seem to also..." Dick pointed his finger at Aisha's eyes and said.

"Heterochromia iridum, follows her mother." Bruce answered naturally.

"Is... is that so? But... why can't she talk?"

"Childhood autism, already made an appointment with a psychiatrist." Bruce answered fluently.

"But..."

At this time, Alfred walked down from upstairs. He asked Bruce with full hope: "Master, is this the eldest young master? Are the legal issues handled? I think we can..."

－－－－－－Author's Note－－－－－－

This is the one for the 16th! The leave note has been changed... ===== CHAPTER 287 =====