[Gotham] She's from Gotham

【Eight】

"Dinner again?"

Yu looked at the bald man blocking the door of the office, and silently covered the pen.

"Didn't he say that he is different from before, and he also said that he should stay away from the darkness?"

Victor smirked and shook his head, saying he didn't know anything.

"Oh...then I'll go."

She picked up the coat from the rack and followed Victor into the car.

The location was chosen in the most expensive hotel in Gotham City, a quiet and elegant corner.

Gentleman Oswald's assistant pulled Jade out of the chair, and she nodded.

"So... why did you agree again?"

"Didn't I say so?"

Yu got up with "Exploring the History of Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties", and the heavy tome was silent in her arms, everything was so harmonious.

"Because you are stingy."

At the end of the sentence, she leaned over to Oswald.Seems to be waiting for his acknowledgment.

He blinked his eyes in a panic, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Until he saw himself blushing from Yu's black eyes.

"Okay, stop kidding."

She got up a second before Oswald could confess, and returned to her seat with the book.

The phone rings.

is his.

"What? 404!" Oswald was astonished.

"Go ahead and get busy if you have something to do."

Yu is still buried in the book.

"Then I'll go first."

"Ah."

The door opens and closes.

Yu suddenly raised his head from the piles of books, paused for a while, and then slowly looked back.

The only sound left in the room was the rustling of writing.

"I thought you'd be curious—"

"I thought you'd be curious—"

in unison.

"You talk first." Yu looked at him.

"Ah, ha." Oswald smiled and waved his hands casually.

"I thought you'd be curious about what happened to me during that time."

"Entered Arkham, came out again. Isn't it?" Yu looked extremely calm.

He paused, as if he wanted to say something more.But in the end...nothing was said.

"Yes."

"Then why are you curious about me?" Yu raised her eyes, full of sincerity.

It's as if she has never hidden any secrets in her body.

Oswald looked at her, the corners of his mouth curled up.

"you."

"But I'm right in front of you now."

Yu replied.

"Oswald. I'm just an ordinary teacher at Gotham University. The secret you're curious about doesn't lie with me."

"Ah...that's it."

He suddenly let out a meaningless exclamation.Then, he smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Miss Yin, you, like everyone else, don't remember everything you said. Right?"

She froze for a moment.

"I……"

Then a sudden twist.

"No, I remember." Yu leaned forward slightly.

"Oswald, if you need help, I'm here."

Seems like an unexpected answer.

But that might be what he most wanted to hear.

In the corner, the two of them were silent for a while.

It was Yu who broke the deadlock first.

"Condolence is such a weak word, Oswald. I wish I could do something for you, but I don't think it should be a few words of meaningless comfort. I don't like talking sometimes, because I feel that action It's more effective—”

"Don't look for trouble, don't cause trouble."

He repeated one of her most frequent words.

"There is also the Chinese sentence at the end... Yu, the one who broke the principle first, it was you."

"Oh……"

She suddenly relaxed her body and slowly leaned back in the chair.

"But I like it that way."

Now it was Oswald's turn to be silent.

【nine】

Jade hadn't seen Oswald for a long time.

They haven't been in touch since that dinner invitation.No texts, no calls, not even...

Oh, and they didn't leave any contact information at all.

Keyu knew that if Oswald needed her, then he would come to her.

Either, he's fine now.Or, he is very busy.

Or, he no longer remembers her.

But no matter what kind, Yu took it for granted.

But if it's the first possibility, Yu thinks it's fine.

No contact means no need.If there is no emotion to be poured out, then he must be doing well.

They talked too much at the last dinner invitation.

From the big ups and downs in life, to the trivial and ordinary daily life.

And those emotions that should have been intense grief and indignation were all settled into a long sigh in Yurou's tone.

"Oswald."

finally she said.

"If you want to chat next time, just come to my house directly. I can also make something for you to taste."

So, Jade came home today and saw an Oswald on the table.

"What do you want to do for me?"

He smiled reluctantly, and the corners of his eyes were red after crying.

"...Are you hungry? Cook noodles if you're hungry, or wait for me to make a snack if you're not hungry."

He shrugged.

"It's all good. It depends on what you want to do."

Then Yu went into the kitchen.When he came out again, he was carrying a bowl of noodles and a plate of corn with pine nuts.

"Sweet."

That was all she said when she put down the plate.

Life is already too bitter, so even a little bit of sweetness is worth aftertaste.

"I...killed Calvin again..."

He said suddenly, and his trembling hands couldn't hold the corn kernels.Yu pushed his fingers away and stuffed the spoon into it.

"...but Fish is still alive, Fish Mooney, you know... she's still alive!"

"Yeah." She added. "Eat slowly."

"...I paid a high price to buy her life..."

"Ah."

"...I was only doing it for my own selfish ends and ended up being a Gotham hero. Ha, that's ridiculous..."

"Ah."

"...I think I might go the other way and run for mayor... huh, who the hell is the stupid-"

"--mayor?"

Yu couldn't help repeating.

"You mean, you're running for mayor?"

"how?"

He curled up warily, like a ferocious beast in a dark corner.Although skinny and scarred, a wolf is a wolf after all, and under the cunning fox's skin is still his flesh-eating nature.

"It's nothing." Yu also took a spoonful of corn kernels and tasted it.

"If..." She laughed. "I'll vote for you. But if you try to bribe voters, I won't object."

But foxes... Ben also eat meat.

So, what she saw at first glance was not really different from what she later knew.

"what."

He laughed.

"If you are willing to vote for me, I will not lose your share."

"Oh, then I will definitely support you." Yu laughed.

"Is the pine nut corn too sweet?"

"I think it's just right."

"Ah... your taste is sweet." She sighed. "I was worried about too much sugar before."

Yu's eyes are not the usual Asian style, but a pair of bright eyes with folded eyelids.

When she said this, her eyes moved, and there was an unintentional allure in the way the ends of her eyes were raised.

Charming without knowing it.

Danger.

This was Oswald's first feeling.

"The zongzi, glutinous rice balls, moon cakes... You must also like sweet ones? Then I'll make sugar water next time. There is a store in Chinatown that sells black jelly..."

"……it is good."

But he still fell in.

【ten】

Oswald was elected mayor of Gotham City.

When Yu saw the news in the newspaper, she choked on a mouthful of tea and coughed for a long time.

A position with unlimited scenery is always full of dangers.She was a little worried, but felt that it was too much to worry about.

If he can't protect himself well, then it is impossible for him to get to where he is today.

But what if... the current problem is much more difficult than the previous one?

Another phone call.

"It seems that you have a good eye."

The voice on the other side was sneering.

"Ruyu, you are indeed my daughter—"

"—I don't have a father like you!"

She suddenly raised her voice.

"Mr. Yin, business is your business, but life is my life. I am the same no matter where I go in this world. Are you satisfied with this answer?!"

She hung up the phone, gasping for breath.

Then, tears fell without warning.

Live... be your own life.

She rubbed her eyes, wiping away tears.

But isn't he right, in fact, he has never left, life... has always been the same life.

The darkness in this world is the same darkness, and she has never been far away from the exhausting plots and calculations.

But... there is still a little difference.

Yu looked at the man with the black umbrella in the newspaper, his face was still pale, but his light blue eyes seemed to be shining.

Still a little different, she thought.

At least for now, I have the darkness I am willing to accept, and the principles I am willing to break.

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

I originally wanted to stay away from all of this, but after going around for so long, I still came back.

Yu suddenly laughed.

Oswald, the world is all the same, but there is a difference.

It was that moment of stillness.

"You're always tired lately..."

Jade repeated his words.

"Do you think Miss Falcone is too capricious?"

"There is no reason for Rococo to do this..." He frowned.

"But she should vomit blood next time she drinks it."

"It's still a child." Yu patted him on the shoulder.

"You have to be tolerant, of course, you are already very tolerant. By the way, what did she call you? Old father goose?" Yu suddenly laughed.

"I suddenly remembered that kind of big white goose... Fighting is so powerful. When I was a child, I was chased all over the world by a big white goose. If my grandmother didn't come to save me, I would cry to death..."

"Aha, old father goose." He rolled his eyes and lay down on the table with his forehead covered.

"Rococo……"

"You really look like a father..." Yu withdrew her hand, her fingertips skimming the pages of the book.

"Oswald, have you ever thought—"

"what."

She blinked.

"No, nothing."

At last.

She just gave a wry smile and shook her head.