Chapter 3626

Selina's mental condition was indeed very good, perhaps because compared to Hollywood, she was indeed more suitable for Cat Getan.

After the war started, Hollywood basically disbanded on the spot. Some relatively famous movie stars, under Brainiac's persuasion, did propaganda work in various media: the early stage was to appease people's hearts and prevent humans from being too panicked; the later stage was war mobilization, encouraging ordinary people to work hard.

Selina wasn't considered a superstar, and even in Hollywood, she couldn't be considered first-tier, only a newcomer, so she wasn't arranged to participate in any public opinion work and returned directly to the Cat Getan theater troupe, participating in performances of plays encouraging workers and soldiers.

Selina's singing voice was quite good, and her tone was very powerful; the musical plays she participated in were very popular, and the achievements she made in the field of drama were even higher than in Hollywood.

The human relationships in Hollywood were relatively complex, and Selina wasn't willing to mess around, so it was naturally difficult to stand out. But after the war started, the environment for literary and artistic work became very pure, which instead highlighted her personal strength. Currently, the plays she participates in are full, and tickets are very hard to buy.

And those rich ladies who used to find trouble for her and make her feel anxious couldn't be proud anymore. Most of them were housewives before, and some husbands were slightly better and had a skill to support the family, but the vast majority weren't very good. According to ability allocation, they could only be manual laborers.

And she herself was even worse. Although rich ladies didn't need to do any housework, because they hadn't participated in social labor for many years, they were disconnected from the whole society.

Letting them appreciate paintings, participate in auctions, and buy luxury goods was okay, but letting them work was simply a fantasy. Some people had even regressed to the point where they had to use a calculator to calculate 100-level addition and subtraction, and couldn't even be cashiers, so they could only engage in the simplest manual labor.

There were no such beautiful fairy tales in this world; the vast majority were ordinary people. Although rich people would have more leisure to manage their image, appearance was mostly based on talent, plastic surgery wasn't necessarily useful, short people couldn't become tall, and bald genes were even harder to reverse.

When their husbands had money, the defects in appearance and age could be tolerated, but once everyone became a proletarian, this gap would become a bit unacceptable.

After everyone's wealth gap was leveled, innate advantages were highlighted. Even if Bruce could only engage in the simplest manual labor, he was young and handsome, so it was no wonder Selina was so happy.

Schiller felt that Selina might like her current life more because under Brainiac's control, everything became simple: going to work step-by-step, getting reasonable labor rewards, not having to engage in painstaking social interaction, having a boyfriend who loved her and a cute child, which could be called a perfect life.

Unlike the image Selina usually showed, in the process of dealing with this famous Catwoman, Schiller perceived that she was actually an introverted person. All the external characteristics she showed were to cope with this society. If viewed from her own personality, she was the kind of person who felt that solitude was the best freedom.

"Are you ready for married life, lady?" Schiller looked at Selina and asked.

"Is there any difference?" Selina said with some doubt, "Although we aren't married yet, isn't it just a legal procedure? We even raised Aisha that big together."

"This has to be viewed separately," Schiller put his arms on his knees, folded his hands, and then said, "First of all, do you plan to have children?"

Selina thought for a moment and said: "I don't exclude childbirth, if all conditions are mature, then I think I can have a child."

"It seems Aisha brought you many beautiful memories," Schiller smiled and said, "Many people I know originally had plans to have a few more, but they all gave up after finishing the first one."

Selina immediately laughed: "Then they are very wise. In fact, when we started taking care of Aisha, she wasn't a baby anymore. We hadn't taken care of a baby, so we didn't know how terrible it was, but we occasionally heard some from colleagues and friends."

"Do you feel you are ready?"

"Yes, I think so. If I plan to have a child, I will definitely be a good mother. Did the poverty and danger of Cat Getan in the past defeat me? What am I afraid of?"

"Indeed, you and Bruce don't seem to lack experience like other new parents. Taking care of children might not be the most difficult thing for you. What about Aisha? Have you considered her? Balancing the relationship between two children is not easy."

"If we want a child, we will definitely ask for Aisha's opinion. If she doesn't want it, then forget it; if she agrees, I will also give her more love and definitely not let her feel left out. I believe Bruce is the same."

"And..." Selina hesitated, but still said, "We have lived with Aisha for so long, and the relationship between us is better. I don't think I will establish a deeper relationship with a newborn baby than I have with Aisha. After all, it just came, and I don't even know it yet."

"A very unique way of thinking, lady," Schiller smiled and nodded and said, "If you don't consider hormone influence, maybe it's indeed like this."

"Are you saying that I am the kind of person who is easily influenced by hormones?"

"Impossible to judge," Schiller said truthfully, "Pregnancy hormones and postpartum hormones are a very wonderful thing, and can even turn you into a completely different person in a short time. Because I am not a woman and have no such experience, I cannot draw conclusions. However, if you are troubled by this problem one day, perhaps I can help you analyze the specific situation."

"Are you saying that will make me unlike me?" Selina looked a bit worried, she said, "Will it make me go crazy? Or make me very cowardly?"

"Usually, it will bring some changes, but it is also based on your original personality. Many cruel female killers have had a history of childbirth, and female heroes are the same; clearly, this couldn't make them change their temperament drastically. So I think you don't need to worry too much."

Selina breathed a sigh of relief: "I will pay attention, I will try my best not to let hormones affect me. I don't want Aisha to feel that I am biased."

"Then is, are you ready for long-term cohabitation?"

"Wait a minute, shouldn't this question be placed first?" Selina said, "Isn't it that we are going to cohabit for a long time, and then have children?"

"The long-term cohabitation I refer to is: after having children, your family of three or four or five lives together for a long time, forming a complete family, and spending the rest of your lives in this form."

"Aren't we like this now?"

Schiller shook his head and said: "Your situation is special—Bruce's adopted sons are relatively old and have the ability to take care of themselves; Alfred hasn't completely aged yet and doesn't need your support and care; Aisha is young, but after all, she isn't a complete human, is not that fragile, and doesn't need to occupy all your energy."

"But once you plan to have a pure human baby and raise it from beginning to end, this is destined to occupy most of your time. And by the time you recover from raising young children, Alfred might have already aged and needs you to take care of him. Considering that you are both proletarians now, all this can only rely on yourselves. This will make you invest most of your energy into the family, and your own time will become less and less. Can you accept this?"

Selina didn't seem to be frightened, nor was she frustrated; she just fell into thought, and then said: "In fact, when I agreed to accompany Bruce to take care of Aisha, I had already sacrificed most of my personal time. If I let the previous me imagine this life, I might choose to slap myself. I would feel that this is not what I want at all, I should always be free, and nothing can bind me."

"So for a period of time, I deeply reflected on why I could accept this life—I think, it's because the happiness I get from them is greater than what I can get by spending all my time on myself."

"I don't know if I can accept it if the next life requires me to spend more energy on others and compress my personal time even shorter. I only know that even if I don't do this, I might not be happier than I am now."

Selina spread her hands and said: "If I choose to continue being myself, can I continue to be a thief? Or go find a job honestly and earn money to support myself? Whenever I think that things might develop like this, I feel it's too regrettable. Without Bruce, without Aisha, without all of you, I would definitely feel very bored. Perhaps I can never go back to the past."

"It seems you have thought very clearly," Schiller said.

"Then can you issue me a marriage license, Professor?" Selina asked with a smile.

"After talking about philosophical problems, we must consider something realistic," Schiller said, "How do you plan to get married?"

Selina was stunned for a moment: "How to get married?"

"Where to hold the wedding? Who to invite? How to ask for leave? Do you want to go on a honeymoon after marriage? Do you want to bring Aisha on the honeymoon?"

Selina rubbed her face hard: "My God, why are there so many things! Isn't it just going to register for marriage?"

"Don't you want to hold a wedding? But I think Bruce might want to hold one, and Alfred might also want to see you go to church..."

"Bruce definitely wants to hold one!" Selina said fiercely, "He is committed to seizing every opportunity to trap me in that damn white plastic bag! It's been like this from the beginning!"

"There is another more realistic problem: no matter what, completing these things requires Brainiac's cooperation. Will he be willing?"

"Uh, are you willing, Brainiac?" Selina asked the phone.

"I don't object to holding a wedding, but I will formulate the most suitable wedding plan for the users, ensuring the ceremony proceeds normally as much as possible, and resources will not be wasted. In addition, provide a three-day wedding holiday for every pair of newlyweds, but do not provide a honeymoon holiday. If you want to go on a honeymoon, you can only use annual leave."

"Do I have annual leave?" Selina asked.

"Yes. The industry you are in has 12 days of basic annual leave per year, which can be used now. Mr. Wei En is now the chief scientific research consultant of the Wei En Group, and he has 23 days of basic annual leave..."

"Wait, his annual leave is actually double mine?!"

"Yes, because his labor intensity is higher, the labor environment is more dangerous, the mental pressure that labor may cause is greater, and the vacation is irregular when conducting scientific research. The extra annual leave days are compensation for him."

"Okay, it seems we have to discuss it properly," Selina thought and said, "However, I have to see how he plans to propose first. If he dares to fool around, I won't agree!"