[Gotham] She's from Gotham

【Fives】

"You're Asian, miss."

"so what?"

"So, I'm sorry miss. Today's discounted price doesn't count against you."

"oh, I see."

Jade glanced at him lightly.

Sometimes, Asians are often the ones who despise Asians.

Inferiority is the most terrible thing.

She pushed open the door of the sushi restaurant, and the sashimi she had just eaten was nothing but disgusting.

On the way back to school, Yu received a call.The Chinese student invited herself to eat dumplings at her house, she thought about it and agreed.

The dumplings are stuffed with pork and sauerkraut. When you eat them, you think of the taste of home.

Grandma is very good at making dumplings with this stuffing, and I always ate a lot when I was a child.

"Ms. Yin, I'm going to give some to the neighbor's wife. She is very nice. Last time, she scolded a little rascal for me."

That is the neighborhood relationship that I remember when I was a child.

The door opened, Yu looked up at the opposite door in the living room, but happened to meet the eyes of the people in the room.

It was Oswald.

The student and the old lady were chatting, Yu was taken aback, and so was he.

The door closed again.

"What's the matter, teacher?"

"nothing……"

She lowered her head and put away her emotions well.

Jade was nearly hit by a stray bullet while walking home from school during a recent Gotham gangster street shootout.

She patted her chest in fear, and decided to wear a bulletproof vest before going out tomorrow.

The chaotic days are quickly over.The Gotham gang has a new boss in power, nicknamed the Penguin.

Full name, Oswald Copperpie.

When Yu heard the name, she almost dropped her phone on the ground.

"It's still the old rule, business is business. No one will bother a Gotham University teacher who abides by the law and does not cause trouble."

The voice on the other side of the phone paused, and added sarcastically.

"And the teacher's students."

"Oh."

She only responded lightly.

"understood."

"Penguins are very curious about you. Ruyu, why?"

She blinked.

"Then you have to ask him."

Then hang up the phone as if nothing happened.Continue to bury your head in the historical material at hand.

When I went home at night, a bald man came to the office door inexplicably to convey the invitation.

To the effect that Oswald invited her to dinner.

"Don't go."

She pushed away the bald head and strode out of the office.

"Although she refused, I can still bring her."

Victor lowered his eyes and glanced at Oswald.

"boss?"

"No."

He waved his hand.

"Just pretend I didn't say it."

【six】

Gotham has a new mayor.

The acting is exaggerated to bursting.

Yu watched the mayor's speech live on TV, and rarely smiled.

Until Oswald shows up.

For a long time afterwards, Yu never heard any news about him again.

"The Gotham gang is in a power vacuum right now, and the new mayor is not a good guy. Ruyu, you should ask for more blessings."

She hung up the phone and went to the Chinese student's apartment.While chatting, I accidentally learned that the old lady at the opposite door had disappeared for a while.

disappear...

Yu paused and didn't speak.

When she returned home, she pushed open the door and pressed a dagger to her neck.

"I--"

"—I'll cook a bowl of noodles for you."

Yu gently removed the knife from Oswald's hand.

"You look famished."

Slowly lowering the knife, he opened his mouth, but didn't say a word.

Vegetable noodles in clear soup were placed in front of them, and this time, they were thoughtfully served with a fork.

"But I think chopsticks are better to use." Yubu added, and sat across from him with another bowl of noodles.

"When you are too hungry, you can't eat too much. Let's drink some soup first."

Later, Oswald asked Yu why he didn't accept the invitation when he was in charge of the Gotham gang, but cooked himself a bowl of noodles when he was down and down and was hunted down.

"...I'm not short of your meal."

She glanced at him and handed him the chopsticks.

"Kung Pao Chicken, this is not modified according to your taste like in Chinese restaurants."

Oswald took the chopsticks and skillfully picked up the chicken pieces.

"Then I was short of your meal at that time, wasn't it?"

Jade laughed, but didn't respond.

Do not seek trouble, do not cause trouble.

Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door, and takes care of the frost on other people's tiles.

Yu, you are not such a person.

thought Oswald.

From the first time we met, you were not like that.

The best way to survive in Gotham, you can see through it, but you don't want to do it.

"I'd better teach you how to use chopsticks..."

He nodded.

"It's actually very simple, it's the principle of leverage."

Yu walked over and put the chopsticks in his hand.Holding chalk all year round made her palms calloused, and the sides of her fingers were rough, not as soft as it seemed.

"The bottom one doesn't move, and the top one moves with the help of the thumb and the point between the index finger and middle finger... Do I understand?"

Oswald tried it and quickly learned how to use chopsticks.

Then there is swallowing noodles whole.

Yu looked at him, and put her bowl of untouched noodles in front of him again.

"There is only a small strand in total, it's not enough for me to cook again... Don't be so anxious, me, is it enough for me to make another bowl?"

He took the time to nod.

But when Yu came out with a bowl of freshly cooked noodles, Oswald had disappeared.

She lowered her eyes, sat across the table by herself, added another spoonful of vinegar, and began to eat slowly.

【Seven】

Oswald was sent to Arkham Asylum by Justice Detective Gordon.

Oh...it turned out to be a lunatic.

When Yu heard the news at school, she was preparing for her first class as an associate professor tomorrow.

The class was very simple, and the topic was the merits and demerits of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in China.

In fact... it's not that simple.

How can it be simple to discuss merits and demerits, success or failure?

And even with previews, how could the students of Gotham University be as familiar with historical figures as the students in China since childhood.

She knew this a long time ago, but she still chose to go abroad to see it.

It's time for a change of scenery, Ruyu.

she said to herself.

Look at the world with a different way of thinking, and maybe the questions I have been asking all along will have answers.

Yes, the thinking is different, but the people who are confused are often the same.

but……

Maybe there won't be an answer.

Jade opened the notebook, and inside was a photo of Oswald that she had cut out from a newspaper.

His eyes are gloomy, but his desire for power is undiminished.

He is too easy to see through.

"So... that's why you took me in for a meal?"

"What are you talking about, Oswald?"

Yu looked at him with raised eyebrows, and the atmosphere at both ends of the long dining table was peaceful and peaceful.

"Should you go? You seem to have a lot of problems today, but I study history. Or you can go to someone else and ask don't come to me and bother me—"

"No, Jade, I have no problem."

He quickly waved his hand.

So the long table returned to its previous silence.

Occasionally there is the sound of Yu turning the pages of a book.Oswald had nothing to do, he just looked at her soft profile in the afternoon sun.

"Jade……"

"Help me get the "Exploring the History of Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties" on the shelf." She said without raising her head. "Thanks."

"I'm sorry, Coppies are not allowed to be visited."

In front of the gate of Arkham, the security guard stopped Yu.

"Please leave."

She glanced at the prison-like Arkham, paused in her footsteps, but could only leave.

"If you don't make trouble, don't cause trouble. Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, and don't care about the frost on others..."

She read these few words, but suddenly laughed.

"I'm probably crazy, yes, crazy."

About two months later, Jade suddenly received a call from Oswald.

He spoke in a strange tone and said strange things.

After listening to the whole pile inexplicably, Yu only asked one question.

"Are you really all right, Oswald?"

"Of course, I'm fine now." His tone was so excited. "I'm officially saying goodbye to my old self. I'm a new me. No more wrong things, no more sins—"

"If you need anything, you can come to me."

"……OK, thanks."

"Oswald, have you found the book?"

"Yu, it's all in Chinese. How do I know which one you want?"

She wrote, got up, and walked to the bookshelf.

"The top one is written by Mr. Tian Yuqing... Forget it, I'll take it myself."

She thumped up the ladder.

"Help me push to the left."

Oswald did so.

The corner of Yu's long skirt brushed past the tip of his nose, carrying the smell of her usual perfume.

He suddenly lowered his head, his thoughts fluttered.

"okay, thank you."

She jumps off a chair with a book in her arms and accidentally bumps into Oswald.

He took a step back abruptly, tapped his right foot to the ground, and frowned in pain.

"Ah, I'm not... sorry, sorry."

She put the book on the shelf, knelt down and rubbed his knees for him.

"Does it hurt when the weather is bad?" she asked.

Oswald nodded, then hummed again after realizing she couldn't see.

"Is that so..." She blinked. "But I don't know how to massage and acupuncture... By the way, I still have a pack of plasters in the cabinet, you can try it."

A patch with a strange smell was stuffed into his hand.

Later, Oswald discovered that although the taste was a bit strange, it really worked.

"If it's useful, remember to tell me, and I'll mail it to you from home."

"it is good."

"By the way, I suddenly remembered the call you made to me after you came out of Arkham... I laughed so hard."

"Please don't mention it, Yu." Oswald shook his head with a wry smile.

"It's too embarrassing."

She stood up and supported him with a smile.

"Okay, don't mention it."

"Jade..." Oswald frowned seeing her trembling smile.

"You're making my head hurt more than my legs."

"Tsk, Oswald. You're so petty."

She looked at him until the tip of his pale nose was tinged with red.

"Because I know you will hold grudges, so... I didn't refuse when you invited me to dinner for the third time. Why, shouldn't I agree to you at that time?"

The author has something to say:

Merry Christmas

Rococo's old father Goose is also Yu's fan friend Oswald

Do you want to have dinner together?