Did Ah Fu retire today? [Comprehensive British and American]

On the return trip, the co-pilot was empty.

Bruce sat alone in the front, Alfred and Dick sat in the back talking and laughing, like two extremes.

Speaking of which, the Gotham Orphanage for Children is actually not remote.

Even in order to facilitate the children to go to school in the future, the social practice of various volunteer college students, and the convenience of the adopted people to travel, it is located on the border of the main urban area, and the transportation is very convenient.

Because of this, within ten minutes of leaving the orphanage, the three of Ah Fu had already entered the main road of the city, and the traffic flow around them gradually increased.

Ah Fu had to remind his young master: "Maybe you should slow down, we still have plenty of time."

Bruce glanced at his watch and disagreed: "Actually, I have less than 10 minutes to prepare, and I will definitely be late tonight."

"I mean, since being late is a foregone conclusion, why don't you take care of our new member? Master Dick has already started to get motion sickness, master, you are driving too fast." A Fu paused for a moment, then tentatively changed his words, "Maybe it's time to call you... sir?"

The promotion from young master to master made Bruce subconsciously tremble, and said sincerely: "To be honest, I'm not very used to it."

"Then get used to it." Ah Fu reminded, "It's time for you to learn to be a father. Now, please control the speed of the car at 60 mph. Believe me, if you are an hour or two late, your 'hot muscles The girls won't mind. Oh. Maybe they'll want it and clap their hands for joy."

Dick was severely motion sick. He rubbed his temples and leaned against Ah Fu. Hearing these "gossips", he felt uncomfortable all over his body, and couldn't help cheering up and interjected: "Bruce is so unpopular? I mean , I read the papers, he's the biggest playboy in Gotham...uh...I'm starting to feel nauseous again."

Bruce raised his eyes and glanced at the rearview mirror, only to realize that his new son was really not in a good condition. His face was pale, his lips were pale, and his brows were tightly furrowed, as if he was about to vomit at any time.

Guiltyly releasing the accelerator, Bruce coughed a few times, but finally slowed down the car.

At this time, Ah Fu, who had been silent for a long time, said to Dick resentfully: "So, I hope you will not learn from him in the future."

The speed of the car slowed down, and Dick felt much better. He got up from Ah Fu and asked curiously, "What do you want to learn?"

Ah Fu said: "Don't learn from his chaotic private life. He has been a playboy for seven or eight years, but he can't even bring back a serious girlfriend. He has been single until he was 28 years old."

He said Bruce's age twice, which shows how deep Ah Fu's resentment is.

Dick was still young, not old enough to fall in love, and far from being forced into marriage, so he couldn't understand Ah Fu's strong feelings at this moment.He just sensed the danger with the instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages like a small animal, and quickly sat up straight obediently.

"Of course I won't, don't worry, Ah Fu." He assured.

He still doesn't know that he will be in the same line as Bruce in the future, and Dick, the humanoid self-propelled gun, the old leftover man, Grayson, who is better than the blue, easily made a promise in the peacock blue sports car on the street at dusk.

But at least at this moment, Ah Fu was appeased.

Perhaps because of the presence of children, he stopped talking about emotional issues, which made Bruce really relieved, and looked at Dick with more friendly eyes.

He remembered the two thin pages of information he had read from the dean, and decided to chat with his adopted son to improve their relationship.

"I remember you are 12 years old?" He started a topic.

Dick said: "To be precise, I'm 12 and a half years old, and I'm going to be 13 soon. I heard from the dean that you want to adopt a child in his teens. I can barely meet your requirements?"

Ah Fu thought in his heart that what they were looking for was an eight-nine-year-old boy, but the age was too specific and he was afraid of missing it, so he told Dean James that he was about ten years old. In fact, Dick's age is nearly 13 years old, somewhat too old.

But because his appearance is too similar to the sketch, the problem of age can be ignored.

Bruce raised his eyebrows: "You are not short."

Dick nestled in the leather seat, dangling his feet, and said nonchalantly, "Maybe it's because I have trained a lot? I was the tallest among my peers since I was a child."

Bruce keenly caught a word: "Training?"

"Oh." Dick scratched his head, "I grew up in a circus, and our family are all experts in trapeze, didn't Dean James tell you?"

Bruce shook his head: "He only said that your parents..."

"Oh." Dick stopped shaking his feet suddenly, and his voice was muffled, "He's right, they're all dead."

Bruce tightened his grip on the steering wheel: "Sorry, Dick, I..."

Dick interrupted him: "I know you didn't mean it, it's nothing, it's over, Batman has avenged me."

Hearing the too-familiar title, Bruce stepped hard, and the sports car accelerated sharply, making Dick, who was unprepared, lean heavily on the backrest.

He was a little confused: "What happened?"

Bruce said nonchalantly, "Accidentally stepped on the gas pedal."

Alfred and Bruce have lived together for decades, and their understanding of him cannot be said to be thorough, and it has already far surpassed others.At this time, he could see the crux of his master's problem almost at a glance, and asked for Bruce: "You just said... Batman?"

Talking about the parents involved, even after nearly two years, still affects Dick emotionally.

He said in a muffled voice: "That happened more than a year ago. At that time, they were performing trapeze, and the suspension rope suddenly broke. I was in the audience and saw what happened to them with my own eyes. That scene, I I will never forget it for the rest of my life.”

Ah Fu patted Dick on the shoulder and took the boy into his arms.

Bruce's voice came from the front, reassuring his adopted son: "I know how you feel, kid."

"You don't understand." Dick gritted his teeth. "I always thought it was just a stage accident, an accident. Uncle William didn't tell me the truth until he was sent to the orphanage. It was just because the circus refused to pay the protection money." , they destroyed the tightrope of the trapeze project to teach the circus a lesson. The lives of my parents are just a lesson to threaten Harry!"

"It's Gotham's problem, but now someone is working hard to change it and everything will be fine," Alfred said.

"I know." Dick let out a long sigh of relief, leaned back in the chair, looked up at the roof of the car, "Batman is doing this."

Ah Fu glanced at the driver's seat unobtrusively, and commented with some pride that others could not easily feel: "He did a good job."

Dick pulled himself together again.

"Of course, the murderer who killed my parents was caught by him. Batman is my idol!" He said with some yearning, "It would be great if I could see him with my own eyes one day."

Ah Fu narrowly said: "There will be a chance, maybe you can see him tonight?"

Bruce coughed heavily and had to remind his butler, "Batman only appears at night, and at night, children should go to bed."

Dick let out a snort of displeasure.

Ah Fu smiled wickedly and said nothing.

"However." Bruce frowned, lost in thought, "Grayson, trapeze, all these elements add up to sound familiar."

A Fu thought of it a step earlier than him: "The Harry Circus sold tickets to the public last year, and we originally planned to go and see it."

Bruce also thought of that: "It's just that something happened later, so the trip was canceled."

Ah Fu said clearly: "No wonder the circus has been closed for a long time because of the accident."

Counting the time, it turned out to be the last performance of Dick's parents.

As for capturing the murderer who killed Grayson's parents, Batman has done so many things, it's not easy to remember exactly which one.

There was a moment of silence in the car, and no one continued to speak.

Bruce drove the car, not knowing what was going on in his mind.Ah Fu was playing with the pocket watch, but also somewhat absent-minded.Dick leaned on the car window, watching the rapidly receding greenery and buildings outside the window, his mood gradually calmed down.

In this quiet atmosphere, the sports car drove into Wayne Manor.

Bruce stopped the car and turned off the engine, and A Fu first took Dick into the manor to familiarize himself with the environment.

He opened a bedroom and said to Dick: "This is a bedroom prepared for you in advance. It's not far from the bedroom of the master and me. It's very convenient to find anyone for anything. We don't know what style of decoration you like, But the master liked blue when he was a child, so I arranged it like this, if you are not used to it, you can change it later.”

Dick looked in amazement at the light blue room in front of him, superhero posters, various car models, super soft big bed, everything made him very satisfied!

"I like it very much, Fu!" Dick blushed with excitement, "Of course, it would be even better if there is a poster of Batman."

He looked at the posters hanging all over the wall, including Superman, Iron Man, Captain America, Wonder Woman... but there was no Batman he admired the most.

Ah Fu raised his eyebrows: "Originally there were, but unfortunately they were forcibly taken away by a 'shy' guy."

Dick didn't understand: "Shy? Who?"

Who else, of course, is Bruce who feels a little embarrassed to hang his poster in the adopted son's bedroom.

Ah Fu was considerate of his master, and didn't break the news, but said to Dick comfortingly: "You take a rest here first, and I'll find you a poster of Batman."

Dick complied obediently and began to familiarize himself with his room.

And Ah Fu also went to the storage room as he said, and ignored the one that Bruce took away for the time being. He remembered that he had piled up a thick stack of Batman posters last month and put them in the storage room.

The basement of the manor belongs to Batman, the first floor is mostly used for entertainment and various banquets, the bedrooms and guest rooms are on the second floor, and the third floor is used for storage and collection of various items.

The storage room Ah Fu wants to go to is at the innermost part of the third floor, with a small attic. It is his favorite place to go since he was the young master of the Wayne family.

Approaching the storage room, he was just about to take out the key, but he was puzzled to find that the storage room had already been opened, the door was not locked, it was just concealed there.

Ah Fu frowned, and became vigilant.

He stepped back a little, flung the door open, and saw his master Bruce standing in front of the cupboard with his back to him.

Hearing the sound, Bruce turned his head: "Ah Fu?"

Ah Fu frowned: "Master, what are you doing here without making a sound? I thought there was a thief in the house."

Bruce ignored the old butler's dissatisfaction, and said to him with a heavy heart: "Come here."

Afu leaned over.

Bruce held a wooden photo frame in his hand, pointed to the old photo inside, and said, "I finally know why that sketch looks familiar. Look at this photo, is it the same as my 'illegitimate child' in the sketch? Are there at least seven or eight percent alike?"

It was a somewhat yellowed photo, in which there were four people, an elegant gentleman, a beautiful girl, a child in swaddling clothes, and an eight|nine-year-old smiling boy.

It was the little boy Bruce was pointing at.

Ah Fu looked at the photo and froze in place.

It's because he has experienced a lot of wind and waves, but he didn't want to understand. How could the family photo that he lost 20 years ago, which he couldn't find no matter how hard he looked for, appear in Bruce's hands out of thin air?