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

"Ah Fu, what are you laughing at?" Dick appeared out of nowhere, rubbed his arms, and said to himself, "Why do I suddenly have so many goosebumps? Could it be that it's too cold at night?"

Ah Fu heard the voice and turned around.

With his hands on his knees, he bent down and looked at Dick: "Why did the young master get down?"

Ah Fu put away his smile, put aside his thoughts of matching the two richest gentlemen for the time being, and concentrated on chatting with the young master.

But Dick looked at the butler who had returned to normal, gradually stopped rubbing his arms, and said miraculously, "Suddenly it's not cold anymore?"

Ah Fu: "...Master Dick?"

Only then did Dick remember the purpose of his trip.

"Ah Fu, I've never been to such a banquet before, it feels so cool." He quietly approached the housekeeper, discussing in a low voice, "Can I stay here later instead of going upstairs?"

Ah Fu's expression was a little hesitant.

The reason why his master wants to hold a banquet is actually to find an opportunity to get in touch with Thalia in a legitimate way, and to figure out why Damian's body and brain are overactive.

Even the other protagonist of the banquet, Mr. Stark, was just an excuse to cover up.

They didn't have Dick in their original plan, but if Dick wants to participate, it seems to be all right?

Ah Fu's attitude was a little loose, and the young man who was always watching him noticed it immediately.

"I swear I don't drink! Good Fu, can you!" He made a positive promise.

The boy's big lake-blue eyes were shining with anticipation, so that the old butler had no choice but to drop his helmet and armor before he lasted 5 minutes, and was defeated.

"You must not touch alcohol, you must finish your homework, and you have to go back to sleep after 9:[-]." The housekeeper insisted on certain things, "Also, stay away from the two of you."

"No problem!" Dick achieved his goal and asked cheerfully, "Which two people?"

Ah Fu pointed to him one by one: "Mr. Stark standing with the master."

Dick looked over: "He's the Iron Man of New York, I know that."

Ah Fu said a very philosophical sentence: "So you should also understand that there is never a shortage of troubles around heroes."

"I'll learn to understand." Dickby drew a Batman appearance pose, "because I'll be standing next to the hero in no time. What about the second person?"

Alfred looked towards the center of the auditorium, and when Bruce and Stark looked at each other and smiled, Thalia walked towards them.

He held Dick's shoulders and turned him in that direction: "And that lady."

"Who is she?" Dick asked curiously.

Ah Fu selectively told part of the truth: "Master's ex-girlfriend, Master Damian's biological mother."

"This relationship is really awkward." Dick assured me with a look of understanding, "I swear I will stay away from them, so now, can I go and play?"

Ah Fu let go of the hand that was holding the opponent's shoulder: "Of course, enjoy your banquet, young master."

The boy pretended to call the waiter, emphasizing that he needed a chilled orange juice, then cheered, and plunged into the long table in the corner, happily buried in the pile of delicious food.

Ah Fu withdrew his gaze and looked at his master again.

Thalia had already walked up to the two of them, and she didn't know what to say, and Bruce also responded a few words, and the atmosphere looked quite good.

Ah Fu thought about it with a serious face.

What the hell are they talking about, and why do they seem so happy?

……

The truth is quite the opposite.

The happy conversation in the middle of the auditorium is actually a false pretense.

Actually, Bruce wasn't happy.

On the surface, he chatted happily with the two of them, but in his heart he silently raised his guard to the highest level.

Thalia has a problem.

At least from tonight's performance, not only did he want to extract information from Thalia, but she was also constantly looking for opportunities to get close to him.

Just like now.

She smiled and complained, "Bruce, with our relationship, we can't get the invitation letter sent by you personally, and we have to rely on Tony's relationship to get in. Isn't it unreasonable?"

This aroused Stark's curiosity: "With your relationship? What relationship?"

"I just don't know how to face you, after receiving such an unexpected 'gift'."

Bruce concealed that he had made several preparations to ensure that the ex-girlfriend would show up on time, so he said.

Stark felt ignored.

Thalia is obviously a female companion brought by him, why does it seem to be better with Wayne, that useless playboy?

He drank the red wine a little aggrieved, and couldn't figure it out.

Thalia really doesn't care about others now. After listening to Bruce's clear question, she didn't panic at all. Instead, she looked at it very aggressively: "The meeting ceremony of the long-lost reunion, do you like it?"

Bruce's tone was cold: "It made me want to refuse for a while."

Thalia was very confident: "But you didn't. I knew you would accept him. You haven't changed at all."

"You've changed a lot." Bruce looked at her deeply, "You've become more and more like your father."

Talia's face suddenly turned cold.

"So." Stark finally couldn't help but interjected. He looked at this and that, and spread his hands helplessly, "What kind of charades are you playing?"

Bruce said emphatically, "Nothing."

But at the same time, Thalia smiled and said: "Talking about a little gift for an old lover..."

"Thalia." Bruce cuts her off, shaking his head warningly.

Thalia shrugged. "It looks like someone wants to keep secret, so I have to keep silent."

"Wow." Stark digested a lot of information he heard suddenly, and said wittily: "Maybe I should go shopping? You know, the whole banquet is only in one place, it's so boring, I Look...it's good over there!"

He pointed in a random direction, but he didn't expect that it happened to be the place where Dick hid to "enjoy the banquet".

Bruce looked over there and frowned: "Dick? How did he get down?"

Stark also looked in the direction he was pointing after hearing the words: "Your adopted son? Just right, I like chatting with children."

As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the corner, waving his hands casually at the two of them with his back, leaving a chic back.

He quickly walked over to Dick and sat down familiarly.He got on the phone with Dick even faster, and the big and the small chatted enthusiastically.

Bruce looked away.

He continued the previous topic: "What's the matter with Damian?"

"What are you talking about?" Thalia said with feigned surprise. "Isn't it a matter of course that I entrust your child to you?"

Bruce put the glass aside and approached her. "You know what I'm asking. Something's wrong with Damian."

Thalia turned sideways and walked towards the corner, avoiding Bruce's threatening gaze, and said lightly, "There's nothing wrong, you should have done a paternity test, that's your child, the crystallization of our night. "

Bruce chased after him and questioned, "Have you had him in just one night?"

Thalia stopped in her tracks, took a deep breath, and looked at her difficult ex-boyfriend.

"Of course, if you don't believe it's luck..." She elongated her tone, her eyes slowly moved down, and looked at a certain important part of Bruce, "Let's just take it as your talent and super power."

Bruce took a breath, never expecting Talia to say such a new lower limit.

He stared Talia in the eyes, trying to bring the conversation back to normal: "I checked Damian, and he wasn't quite right. His body cells were hyperactive, healed quickly even when he was injured, and his brain fibers Also active, and therefore mentally sensitive and irritable. Thalia, do you know what this reminds me of?"

Thalia took a sip of red wine subconsciously, "Thinking that you drank too much wine that night, which caused our children to be abnormal?"

"It made me think of Lazarus' Pool," Bruce said.

Thalia stopped drinking and looked away guiltily.

Bruce keenly grasped this point, and his heart sank: "Does the potion you injected me and yourself that night have anything to do with Lazarus Pool!"

Thalia finally retreated: "Bruce, sometimes there are many things that don't need to be known so clearly. You just need to understand that Damian is our common child, and we all love him."

Bruce didn't agree with that.

Thalia's attitude towards Damian is more resistant than caring, which is really not what a mother should behave.

The impact of the two injections used that night on him and Thalia is still unknown, but the impact on their descendants has already begun to emerge.

What does this woman want to do?

Bruce couldn't figure out Thalia's real purpose, and soon ran out of time to think about it.

Because the banquet was just halfway through, all the lights in the auditorium were suddenly extinguished, and there was no other lighting except for a gleam of moonlight shining through the window!

The surroundings were in a mess, and Bruce moved towards the gate based on his memory. He remembered that the butler was standing there before.

"Afu?"

"I'm here, sir."

Bruce suddenly settled down: "What's wrong with the circuit?"

Ah Fu said: "I don't know yet. I just called, but Vincent, who is in charge of the auditorium circuit, didn't answer."

"I'll go and see." Bruce made a decision, "You go and see Dick. I don't know if there is any other trouble. If the situation is not good, you protect him and leave. Remember, don't let that kid be impulsive, his fighting The level is still far behind."

"I know, sir."

Ah Fu's voice carried the power of stabilizing people's hearts, and Bruce finally breathed a sigh of relief.The microphone sound was unavailable. He first increased the volume to appease the guests, then left the auditorium and ran towards the circuit control room.

But he always felt that things were not that simple.

In Gotham, little accidents cannot be ignored.

So he detoured cautiously, went to the Batcave to fetch the equipment suitcase, carried it steadily, and then returned to the ground and pushed open the door of the control room.

"Vincent?" He called out tentatively, but no one answered.

The moonlight poured down, casting a huge black shadow on the wall in front of Bruce.He dodged vigilantly, turned around suddenly, and then saw an unexpected person.

"Thalia?" He frowned, "What are you doing here?"

Thalia's expression was a little strange: "Of course I'm here... to find you."

The author has something to say:

Bruce: Believe me, Fu, this party will be all right!

Ah Fu: Oh :)