Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

Although Elide dragged Hodge to her house under the banner of "continuing to discuss issues", since they are all alone in the same room...who cares about those issues?

At least until you wake up the next morning, no one will care.

As Elliot once told Hodge, she was a light sleeper and didn't sleep for a long time every day—even, she wasn't used to sleeping in the same bed with others.

Such behavior can be said to be a conditioned reflex produced after long training, and it can also be said to be a ptsd (post-traumatic stress syndrome) in a certain sense, but the sense of security that Hodge brought to her neutralized this physiological The tense emotions allowed her to sleep peacefully until dawn without a dream.

Even so, when Elide woke up, Hodge was still asleep. She didn't get up in a hurry, but just lay on the bed with her eyes closed, quietly feeling the long and gentle breathing of the person beside her, and the steady and powerful heartbeat. .

A few minutes later, Elide turned over, this small movement startled the sleeping man, he stretched out his arms to hug Elide, his voice was full of tiredness, like a raving in a half-dream and half-awake state.

"You really woke up... don't you want to sleep for a while?"

Elide didn't speak, just patted Hodge's shoulder softly, and the man who hadn't woken up soon fell asleep again.When he woke up again, Elide was already leaning on the bed, her hands constantly dancing on the phone screen.

"Good morning, Mr. Unique, congratulations on getting eight hours of sleep today."

"... What time is it?" The man who was still a little dazed woke up immediately. He reached out and touched the watch on the bedside table, squinted his eyes for a long time, and finally read the time on the dial, " 09:30?"

"9:32 a.m. to be exact, Aaron."

"Well, if it wasn't for last night... oh no, if it wasn't for what we did this morning - I think I could have slept for ten hours." Hodge lazily threw the watch back, slowly Prolonged the voice, the last word has been mixed with deliberately suppressed laughter, "What are you doing?"

"Say good morning to Dick." Elide curled her lips in disgust, her fingers were still dancing dazzlingly on the screen of her mobile phone while she was speaking—probably her "good morning" was a tirade of hundreds of words.

Hodge couldn't help laughing even louder. He muttered a few words, "I don't understand your young people's way of communication." He closed his eyes again, not knowing whether he wanted to continue to sleep or just closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"By the way, Aaron, are you free for Halloween?"

"I'm supposed to take Jack to trick or treat, do you want to come along?" Hodge didn't open his eyes, but his voice sounded sober, not like he was about to fall asleep at all, "Maybe you can give Jack a little advice, he hasn't decided what to dress up yet."

"I'm not really interested in going out at night in fancy costumes, but Halloween is a different story," Elliott said with open eyes, "I heard Penelope say that one year Jack was you, and another year **'s son Henry dressed as Rhett - this sounds so cute! Will I have the pleasure of watching a mini version of Agent Hotchner again this year?"

"Oh, I guess I can only disappoint you. Jack wants to dress up as a real 'superhero'. His father is probably not as omnipotent as he imagined. Hey, it really hurts to think about it~"

Hodge still had his eyes closed, sighing exaggeratedly, Elide couldn't help chuckling when he saw this:

"You can suggest that he dress up as the Flash, and we can ask Sisko to order a reduced version of the Flash uniform. He must be happy to do it."

"The bright color scheme of The Flash is not suitable for Halloween. Speaking of it, I really want to suggest that he try Batman. Unfortunately, there are various costumes of Batman on the market, and no one knows the specific details."

Elide, who knew every detail of Batman's suit very well, simply shut up, with an unfathomable and smug smile on her face, but it's a pity that Hodge, who had his eyes closed, couldn't see this at all.

"This is not a good idea," Elied commented pertinently after a few seconds, "Batman is not a superhero recognized by the US government-to be precise, only Central City recognizes the exploits of the Flash." .Whether it's Batman, Arrow or Nightwing, they're just 'illegal vigilantes,' which isn't a good role model for a young boy."

Elide spoke seriously, and Hodge couldn't help laughing loudly when he heard the words, and didn't stop for a long time.

"...Actually, I thought you would support my idea, after all, you are from Gotham, and you think Batman is a good guy."

At this point in the conversation, Elide was almost speechless.But she quickly found a solution, efficiently, quickly and quietly diverted the entire subject.

"By the way, are you free the weekend before Halloween?—if we don't have a case."

"Hey, Elied, this is next week! Generally speaking, bau rarely encounters cases that cannot be solved within a week, and we rarely receive two cases in a row within a week... I Guess we're all free next weekend, what's your plan?"

"Do you want to go to Gotham for the weekend?"

Elliott originally planned to invite Hodge and Jack to Gotham for Halloween, but in a place like Gotham, Halloween night is definitely a wild dance of demons, and the regulars of Arkham always like to have sex at this time. Big news.

For Bruce Batman Wayne, Halloween will always be "the long halloween". There are as many strange flowers as there are jack-o-lanterns in the streets and alleys.The most speechless time, the Joker and Harley Quinn dressed up as Batman and Robin to participate in the Halloween Masquerade held by the Gotham City Hall.

Bruce Wayne didn't have time to host Aaron and Jack Hotchner on Halloween, so Elied had to settle for the next best thing and book the weekend before Halloween.

"Going to Gotham before the gates of hell open doesn't mean it's safer - wait, what did you say?!"

Hodge's voice suddenly rose, and the last "what" sounded a bit broken. When he was speaking, he sat up straight like a carp, his eyes widened, and his expression was both puzzled and surprised.

"'Over the weekend' means... you want to invite me to your house, and then formally introduce me to your family?" The man said too hard when he said "officially", his expression was a bit grim, "Of course I Willing, but—but—is Bruce free right now? I thought like him, well, as the chairman of the Wayne Group, he has colorful arrangements every night!"

This sentence sounded a bit teasing, and Elide chuckled as if to applaud Hodge's joke.

"In fact, for most of the activities that require the attendance of the 'Wayne Group Chairman', Bruce just needs to send his name tag over there, and everyone is used to it." Elide smiled meanly and complained bitterly. , "The internal legend of the Wayne Group, if Bruce appeared in the Wayne Building refreshed at nine o'clock in the morning, then the Wayne Group must be facing a huge crisis."

This time it was Hodge who smiled face-to-face. He put his arms around Elied's shoulders, deliberately put on a straight face, and nodded solemnly:

"The last time I met Bruce was not pleasant. I hope it will be better this time... Well, I still care about your family's opinion."

"Don't worry about that, Aaron, Alfred has a good impression of you, and Dick has done well—three out of four votes, and you've passed. I assure you, Bruce is a very open-minded parent. . . If there is an accident, Afu will help me deal with it."

A day before, Hodge had worriedly discussed the issue of "seeing his father-in-law" with Rossi. The advice is: "Trust Elied."

But at the moment, Ellid seems to have decided that Bruce doesn't really object to their relationship, and if there are problems—she's going to leave them to Alfred.

It's really a simple and rude but extremely efficient solution. His previous worries were really... mediocre.

Hodge secretly laughed at himself and Rosie in his heart, then he leaned over and kissed Elide's forehead lightly.

"Then...I'm looking forward to this meeting, Elied."

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In the week-plus before Halloween, bau solved a case of moderate difficulty and delivered a college lecture that required an all-hands outing—an event that even dragged Elide to the podium.

Because Rossi thinks that Elied's status as an "intern" sounds "not that powerful", which can make the students less afraid and let them realize that excellent criminal psychology experts also start from ordinary interns.

As for Elide's obviously falsified file, and her inextricable connection with Argus and Amanda Waller... Of course, Rossi forcibly ignored it.No student knows this anyway, so why care about these details?Sometimes white lies are necessary!

Time moved forward so peacefully until Friday, Hodge sent Jack to Jessica's house before going to work, and prepared his luggage for the weekend.Because there were no cases to disturb people, everyone left work at least two hours earlier, but at three o'clock in the afternoon, the people in the office were almost gone.

Elliott and Hodge left Quantico just after three o'clock and took a private jet to Gotham Airport.During the whole process, Hodge's expression was very strange. When he got off the plane, he found that someone had already driven Elide's car—not the one she drove to work, but a new red Ferrari that was very red on time. After reaching the edge of the tarmac, Hodge's expression became even more strange.

... These evil rich people!

Just like the last time I came here, the sky in Gotham is still covered with thick dark clouds, and the orange-red light of the sunset is like a wildfire that burns the entire sky into red and gray.Gotham Airport was built on an artificial island, and the sea breeze blowing towards his face carried a cold moisture. Hodge only felt his skin tense, and even his whole body was a little at a loss.

Both Airport Island and Wayne Manor are located on the edge of Gotham City, one in the northwest corner and the other in the northeast corner.According to Ellie, after the fire a few years ago, Bruce has not rebuilt the Wayne Manor, but lives in a lake house not far from the manor.

It is worth mentioning that the forest where the hut is located, as well as the lake, are the private domain of the Wayne family.

It took them more than 20 minutes to drive into the forest of Wayne's house, and then it took about 10 to [-] minutes before they finally drove on a road around the lake.The forest in the early winter has already revealed a desolate atmosphere, which makes the surrounding deserted and eerily quiet.

Hodge couldn't help but secretly evaluated the surrounding environment in his heart. He really hoped that Bruce Wayne had installed the world's most advanced security system, otherwise... this place is really a wilderness suitable for serial killers.

Hodge had already seen Bruce’s “hut” on the lake when he was driving on the road along the lake, and said that the hut was so modest. It was a one-story building covering an area of ​​several hundred square meters, with a very modern feel The decoration, the exterior walls of the house are all glass, and - at least for now, they are all two-way glass.

This is really... Hodge couldn't help but be overwhelmed by Bruce's slutty style.

After driving for a few more minutes, Elide finally made her way around to the garage behind the hut.There were four cars parked there, one of which was probably Dick's, an ordinary car, and an old-fashioned car that looked expensive—this was supposed to be Alfred's private car.As for the other two cars, both of which were covered with curtains, they were probably luxury sports cars belonging to Bruce himself.

Elide backed the car into the garage in one go, and as soon as she opened the door, a figure suddenly rushed in front of them.

It's Dick.

The black-haired, blue-eyed young man still looked enthusiastic and lively. He hugged Elide happily, and then held out his hand to Hodge solemnly.

"Hey, we should get to know each other again. I'm Elied's brother, Dick."

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The author has something to say: Compared with the strong hints in Dick's words, Hodge repeated his self-introduction once said in a calm manner: "I am Aaron Hochner, you can call me Hodge, or Aaron."

"I thought you would just ask me to call you brother-in-law!" Dick's expression was a bit too lively, he held Hodge's hand tightly, and there was a pure gloating in his tone, "I have a very important question, Hodge—”

"You should know how to swim, right?"

Why did Dick ask Hodge if he could swim? You can understand after reading the copy hahaha~

Speaking of which, I started writing this chapter at [-]:[-] local time, and I didn’t finish it until after [-]:[-], and I felt like I was about to fall asleep _(:з」∠)_

Come and praise me for my hard work!beep beep

ps: Changed the time point of the previous Chapter 4 from 2015 to 2016, so that the time logic is more correct, of course, it does not affect the reading~