He closed his eyes anxiously: "Doctor Kent, can you let me die on the operating table? I don't really want to see those annoying guys again."
Peggy said with a straight face, "Sorry, I'm your partner too."
Tony rolled his eyes, watching Peggy nodded to the anesthetist beside her.Soon, he lost consciousness.
The operation lasted four hours.Originally, for Peggy, if it was just a simple heart change, it would not take such a long time at all.But Paige had to admit that it was quite a challenge for a doctor to remove a machine from a human chest.
The surgery went well, and Tony woke up early that evening.The first thing he did when he woke up was to express his dislike to the friends who came to visit him.Provoking Natasha to jokingly ask Peggy why she had a different heart, he's still as unlovable as ever.
Peggy shrugged innocently and didn't answer, just looked at the Avengers and laughed.
Although she wasn't involved in making fun of Tony, Paige knew she was happier than everyone else.The success of the operation was not just evidence of her solid business, it was a good omen.As a doctor, Paige is certainly a staunch supporter of science, but she still has some superstitious ideas.To be precise, it was because she became a doctor that she had these superstitious ideas.Only those who have lost patients and felt the powerlessness of life passing away in front of their eyes will have the idea of "there is a law in the dark".
Ever since the time traveler appeared, Peggy has been having a rough time.Even before this surgery, Peggy didn't do well. Although those surgeries were successful, it just made Peggy feel that something was missing.
And Tony's operation made her regain the feeling that "the future operations will be smooth sailing".
A doctor needs such a feeling.Even, it won't last forever.
Paige took the surgery as a good omen.Even the mood has improved a lot.But it turns out that not everything is going well for her.
On the fifth day after Tony's operation, Peggy had just finished reviewing Tony when she received a call from Martha.
What was said on the phone was not troublesome, but that Peggy and Clark missed Christmas and New Years because of work, and Jonathan's birthday was next weekend, and Martha hoped that the family could get together.
Peggy thought it was a good thing, so she agreed.
Clark, who also received a call from Martha, also agreed.
The weekend of Jonathan's birthday, the two took the same flight back to Kansas.
It was Martha who did the phone call to the two behind Jonathan's back, so when Jonathan saw the two children coming back to celebrate his birthday, he was so happy that he almost shed tears.
Peggy looked at the faces of Jonathan and Martha, and suddenly thought of the Kent family in the parallel world.Can not help but feel a little moved.She held the hands of Martha and Jonathan, and her heart was full of gratitude to them.
After dinner, Peggy drove Clark away and helped Martha clean up the dishes.
She handed the cleaned dishes to Martha who was holding a rag: "Martha, there is something..."
"You want to ask about you and Clark?"
Peggy slipped her hand and almost knocked the plate in her hand: "I, I, I..."
"I knew it a long time ago." Martha smiled at the nervous Peggy, "Maybe earlier than you. Although I am not Clark's biological mother, I am also his mother after all."
Peggy lowered her head: "Are you angry?"
Martha looked very appreciative: "You, the client, are not angry, why should I be angry?"
Peggy knew that Martha had misinterpreted her meaning, so she couldn't help but blushed, and then said softly: "I mean...I kidnapped Clark away, are you angry?"
Martha didn't speak, just smiled and gave Peggy a meaningful look.
Peggy organized her words and continued: "After all, Clark is the son you brought up alone. Although I have no blood relationship with him. But... From the perspective of outsiders, from the perspective of you and Jonathan, we are cousins. I Abduct him away...you as his mother..."
"Abducted? Where are you going? Are you leaving the Kent house?" Martha asked repeatedly with a smile, and seeing that Peggy couldn't answer, she continued, "Yes, Clark was brought up by me. Don't you? "
Peggy's eyelids trembled, and a line of tears fell down: "So... thinking about it this way, I feel... I'm even more unkind."
Clark, who noticed Peggy's abnormality, found an excuse and ran to the kitchen.He stood at the door and looked at the two women in the kitchen with a look of bewilderment: "What happened?"
Peggy turned her head and gave Clark a sideways look: "What are you doing here?"
Clark was yelled at for no reason, and looked at Martha innocently.Martha smiled and threw the rag to Clark: "I'm a little tired, you can help Peggy clean up. I'll go watch TV with your dad."
Clark walked over to Peggy with a rag in a daze, and took the freshly washed wine glass handed over by Peggy: "What's wrong?"
Paige shook her head and said nothing.
"Peggy." Clark looked at Peggy seriously, "What's the matter? Why are you crying if it's okay?"
Peggy pursed her mouth and hesitated for a moment, then told Clark about the conversation with Martha just now.
"Didn't I tell you? Martha already knew. She'll understand us."
Peggy bit her lip: "I know. But it's because of this that I feel... I feel that I'm not kind. Jonathan and Martha treat me like their own daughters, but... I only did one thing, kidnapped their son."
Clark couldn't help laughing, he leaned over: "Abducted me?"
Peggy gave him a blank look.
Clark leaned closer to Peggy again, and said in a low voice, "It's as if you came to provoke me first. Although it's a bit unrealistic, I'm very happy."
Peggy couldn't help but give Clark a blank look again, but after seeing Clark's slightly smug expression, Peggy couldn't help laughing again.
Clark pressed his forehead against Peggy's head, and his breath brushed against Peggy's face, bringing a hint of itchiness.Peggy naturally raised her head slightly and looked at Clark.
Then, the two who often kissed each other in their apartment, kissed involuntarily.
"Clark! What are you doing!"
☆、Chapter 167
Jonathan yelled at Clark, but Clark had been in the field for a long time, so he was only slightly startled and quickly calmed down.Instead, it was Peggy, who turned pale with fright at Jonathan's appearance.
Although Peggy has memories of her biological parents, she was brought up by the Kent couple after all.In Peggy's emotional world, the Kents are roughly equal to their parents, and their cousin Clark is roughly equal to their elder brother.
Now that Jonathan yelled at her like this, Peggy was too scared to speak.
However, in Jonathan's eyes, all this is another scene.Clark was standing on the side away from the washing table. Looking at the kitchen door, he just blocked Peggy's way with his body, trapping her between the washing table and his body.At this moment, Peggy's pale face made Jonathan furious.
Jonathan had seen Clark's ability when he was young.Not to mention forcing a Peggy, even if he wants to force a strong wrestler, there is no problem at all.
Peggy's hand had just been taken out of the sink, and it was still dripping with water.Her face was pale, her legs trembled, and her eyes were full of fear.It looked like a frightened fawn.
Jonathan took a deep breath and glared at Clark: "She's your sister! Clark, I asked you to take care of Peggy, not for you..." Jonathan didn't say the last words, he felt he couldn't say them.For so many years, he has been hoping that Peggy will bring a tall and handsome boyfriend when she comes home one day, but this wish has never been realized.The last time I bumped into Henry by accident in New York, even though I was not satisfied that he had a marriage, it was better than...
Jonathan couldn't help looking at Peggy worriedly.But Peggy looked timidly at Clark's face.
Come on, it's all right, my son forced my niece.
This unfilial son!
Seeing that Clark was shamelessly reaching for Paige's hand at this moment, Jonathan was so angry that he took the fishing rod that Paige gave him from the cabinet not far from the kitchen door.
Jonathan didn't even open the bag, and lay the fishing rod in his hand like a weapon through the packaging bag, pointing at Clark: "Let go of your hand!"
Both Clark and Peggy were taken aback, and quickly let go of their hands.
Clark had never seen such a terrifying Jonathan. At this moment, Jonathan became more intimidating than Doomsday in his eyes.
Jonathan's voice finally attracted Martha.Martha walked to the kitchen door while muttering "What's the matter? Why did they suddenly quarrel?"
When Peggy saw Martha, she threw herself into Martha's arms as if seeing a savior: "Martha, help me."
The words "Help me" made Jonathan's heart ache.
The niece I brought up as my own daughter was actually...forced by my son!It was simply... a tragedy on earth!
Jonathan immediately turned his heart and shouted at Clark: "Get out! Get out! I don't want to see you again!"
The remaining three were all taken aback.It wasn't until this moment that Martha vaguely realized why Jonathan might have lost his temper.Peggy and Clark were surprised by Jonathan's violent reaction.
It's not that they didn't think that Jonathan would need some time to digest the things between the two of them, but neither Clark nor Paige thought that Jonathan would drive Clark out of the house directly.
and many more!
If my own son is kicked out of the house...
Peggy felt her eyes darken for a while.
Didn't Jonathan keep her to... beat her hard before kicking her out?
"Uncle..." Peggy huddled in Martha's arms, and called Jonathan timidly.Instead of calling Jonathan by his name, she called him "Uncle" in order to arouse the warmth that may have disappeared in the other party's heart.
But the "uncle" in Jonathan's ears was automatically translated as "Jonathan, I was bullied by Clark, you have to make the decision for me, you can't let the bad guy go."
Jonathan frowned sadly.He found himself in a dilemma.On one side is the son who made a mistake but was brought up by himself, and on the other side is the niece who was eccentric and innocent.The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh, and for a while, he didn't know how to deal with this family scandal.
Seeing that it was useless for her to show weakness, Peggy could only look at Clark for help again.
Clark, who received the distress signal, calmed down his impetuous mood just now because Jonathan told him to get out of the house.He slowed down his tone, put on a gesture of admitting his mistake, and slowly took two steps towards Jonathan: "Dad, listen to me. I can explain this matter."
"There is nothing to explain!" Jonathan became angry when he heard Clark's voice at the moment. If it weren't for this unfilial son, he wouldn't have to face such a difficult situation. He stared at Clark with a look of disappointment on his face, "I let you Protect Peggy and let you take care of her. But you forced her..." Jonathan still couldn't finish the last word.
But Clark was keenly aware that Jonathan had misunderstood something.He breathed a sigh of relief: "I... I didn't force her. "
"How dare you talk back!" Jonathan slammed his fishing rod on the wall to vent his anger.The whistling sound of the fishing rod piercing through the air made Peggy shiver uncontrollably.
My dear, this thing is drawn on people, it is probably similar to Diana's lock sleeves on people!
"Dad, I really didn't force Peggy. There...you are a little misunderstanding." Clark continued patiently, "If you don't believe me, ask Peggy."
Peggy, who was suddenly caught by the cue, was thinking about how painful it would be if the fishing rod fell on her body one second, and received Jonathan's sharp eyes the next second.She shivered and retorted to Clark reflexively, "I didn't force you to do that either!"
Clark and Jonathan were dumbfounded when they heard this.
Peggy shrunk her neck again, looking at the two with aggrieved eyes.
Jonathan looked at Peggy, then at Clark.
No matter how you look at it... it's my niece who has been wronged!
Jonathan was not in the mood to continue to struggle with the problem of coercion. He once again put on a straight face and stared at Clark: "You really let me down."
When Clark heard this, the light in his eyes faded.
The atmosphere in the kitchen was a little heavy for a while.Jonathan threw the fishing rod in his hand, and rushed out angrily.
Peggy called softly: "Jonathan..."
But he couldn't hold back the opponent's footsteps.
Martha patted Peggy on the back, and gave Clark a comforting look: "Don't worry, I'll go and persuade him. You guys continue to clean up first."
After that, Martha chased her husband out.
Clark lowered his head and continued to wipe the cup silently.Paige stood aside silently.She suddenly realized that Clark had suffered no less than her.
Yes, in name, she is indeed a cousin, and the Clark and Kent couples are the real family.She would be afraid that it was only natural for the Kents to blame the whole thing on her alone.But... From another perspective, she is the one who has a blood relationship with the Kents.Clark will also see himself as the "culprit" because of this.
Judging from Jonathan's reaction.He also does tend to defend Peggy a little more.
"Clark..." Peggy tugged at the corner of Clark's shirt, "I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault." Clark lowered his head, didn't look at Peggy, and just wiped the glass silently.
Paige felt ashamed of herself for being the one who only knew how to huddle behind Clark for shelter.It's not a matter of irresponsibility or incompetence, it's selfishness at the end of the day.
Thinking of this, Peggy suddenly let go of the hand that was holding the hem of Clark's clothes.Clark looked back at her a little unexpectedly, but saw Peggy took a step back with a determined face.
"Peggy?" Clark frowned puzzled, looking at Peggy.
"Clark, wait, I'll go talk to Jonathan." Peggy looked determined, as if she was going to do something great, "I'll convince him."
"Peggy." Clark reached out and took Peggy's hand, "You shouldn't..."
"Let me go." Peggy interrupted Clark, then gently shook Clark's hand back, "You let me go. Trust me. I'll take care of it."
Clark was a little confused. The matter of "Jonathan found out about his relationship with Peggy" was still in his mind, and now Peggy jumped out and said that she was going to explain to Jonathan.Clark didn't know what to do for a while.
Just when Clark was hesitating, Peggy squeezed his hand again: "Trust me."
Clark frowned, and relaxed Peggy's hand a little nervously.
Peggy smiled at Clark, turned and ran out.
Jonathan and Martha are in the yard.
When Peggy pushed the door open, she felt a gust of cold wind blowing against her face.Martha shrank her neck slightly in the cold wind, patiently persuading Jonathan.But Jonathan still looked very angry, standing stubbornly in the yard and unwilling to enter the house.
Hearing the sound, Martha and Jonathan looked back at Peggy.Peggy wrapped her coat, took a deep breath, ran down the stairs neatly, and walked slowly towards Jonathan.
Martha looked at Peggy, and quietly shook her head at Peggy.After hesitating for a moment, Peggy said, "Can I have a private talk with... and Uncle?"
Martha glanced at the two of them, and finally said "It's cold outside, you two should go inside early", and then went back to the house alone.
"When did it start?" Jonathan's voice was heavy and lost.He frowned, not even wanting to look at Peggy again.
Peggy thought for a while, and replied honestly, "It's been several years."
"How many years?!" Jonathan was startled, and stared back at Peggy.
Peggy shrank her neck, but quickly summoned up the courage to continue: "Not long after New York encountered the aliens, Clark and I..."
Jonathan felt a little dark in front of his eyes, but he quickly stabilized: "Clark forced...cough, did he threaten...you?"
"What?" Peggy stared blankly at Jonathan for a while, then shook her head, "No, I confessed to him. I don't mean to dislike him, but... he is really timid in this regard .”
Jonathan, who was suddenly relieved, somehow felt that his son seemed...a bit miserable.
"So...you are..." Jonathan's face was still very ugly, "The two are in love?"
Peggy shrank her neck and nodded.
Jonathan didn't look as murderous as before, but his face was still cold: "Then what's going on with Henry?"
"Henry..." Peggy pursed her lips, "At that time, Clark and I were already living together. I just didn't tell you. You suddenly found out that I was living with a man, and Henry just knocked on the door, so I... beg He is in a hurry to save the world."
"So at that time you were already... cohabiting with Clark?!"
Peggy nodded, and said after a while: "Jonathan, I'm sorry. I...I know I'm sorry for you and Martha. But, I really like Clark. I...I love him. I don't want to lose him, I don't want to... be separated from him again."
Peggy's words reminded Jonathan of the days when Clark died.Peggy's pretending to be strong, and her desperation to leave her hometown.At that time, Jonathan still didn't understand Peggy's reaction.Now it seemed that she had indeed silently endured grief that he hadn't thought of during that time.The loss of a cousin is not the same as the loss of a lover.But in Peggy's case, they are superimposed.
Jonathan still finds it difficult for him to accept his son's relationship with his niece.However, whether it was facing Peggy or Clark, after calming down, Jonathan felt that he could no longer speak harshly to them.
Finally, Jonathan patted Peggy on the shoulder: "Let's go, it's cold outside. Let's go back to the house."
☆、Chapter 168
Hearing the sound of Jonathan and Peggy opening the door and entering the house, the mother and son who were talking in the kitchen also stopped talking and left the kitchen.
Jonathan's face was still dark, and Peggy, who was following him, also looked cautious.
Seeing this, Clark knew that Peggy had at most appeased the furious Jonathan, but she was far from convincing Jonathan to accept their relationship.This is normal to say, no one who encounters such a thing can happily embrace reality so quickly.Jonathan didn't tell him or Peggy to get out of the house anymore, which was a welcome improvement.
Thinking of this, Clark stood at the door of the kitchen a little awkwardly, not daring to step forward for a long time.
Equally tense and cramped, there was Peggy.She glanced at Clark's expression from time to time, but she quickly looked away, as if afraid of being caught by Jonathan again.
Compared with the nervousness of the two little ones, Martha seemed much calmer.Like a real old driver, in the oppressive atmosphere, she stepped forward with ease, and patted Jonathan on the back lightly: "How old are you, and you are still angry with the children."
Jonathan rolled his eyes.
#Is this the time to call me stingy?The son and niece are getting mixed up!Can you, mother, grow up a little bit longer? !
Jonathan was about to complain about Martha, but unexpectedly met Martha's gentle eyes, and the anger in his heart disappeared all of a sudden.Jonathan touched his chin uncomfortably, and finally did not speak.
Seeing this, Martha continued: "Isn't it just a relationship? It's a big deal. Just because Peggy didn't tell you in advance, you are angry. The children have been away from home for many years, and they are all adults. You can't use Treat them the way you would treat children."
Finally, Jonathan couldn't help retorting: "Is this an ordinary thing about falling in love?"
Clark and Peggy couldn't help lowering their heads when they heard this.Only Martha smiled at Jonathan without changing her expression: "Yes! Isn't it just about dating?"
Jonathan breathed out, stuck in his throat.He found himself at a loss for words to refute Martha.No, it's not that he couldn't find it, but in front of the two cubs, he wasn't thick enough to blurt out what he thought of.
In the end, Jonathan could only stare at Martha.
As if she couldn't read Jonathan's eyes at all, Martha just smiled and said, "Are you still watching tonight's game?"
Jonathan rolled his eyes: "Look! Why don't you look!"
Martha didn't comment, just nodded, then turned to Peggy and Clark and said, "Are you two watching TV? If you don't watch TV, go upstairs, you don't need to accompany us."
Peggy was taken aback, and couldn't help giving Martha a thumbs up secretly.
Jonathan gave Martha another look.
"What's the matter? The two children don't like watching football games. Instead of going back to the room to play games and sleep, sit in the living room and watch you?"
Jonathan was too angry to speak, and could only snort heavily.
Clark and Peggy got Martha's order and quickly walked to the stairs.During this period, Peggy felt Jonathan's cold gaze slipping up and down her back.It felt like the nervousness when she was young when she was about to go back to her room to play game consoles.
After Peggy went up two stairs, she hurried back down again.
Clark looked puzzled as Peggy ran to the door of the living room and said to Jonathan, "Well... I, I, I, I... I don't play games, uh... I don't sleep right now. I'm going to read the paper. Yes, read the paper."
Jonathan didn't answer, his mouth was pursed, and he changed the TV channel with an unhappy expression.Martha mouthed "Come on" to Peggy, and sat beside her husband with a smile.
Peggy nodded, and finally turned around and followed Clark up to the second floor.
When Paige was 13 years old, Martha and Jonathan packed a room for her alone.Since then, she has never shared a room with Clark.But now, after all these years, the two were huddled together in the same room again.It's not that the two of them are still in the mood in such a situation, doing this and that in the room.Rather... everyone really needs to discuss the future together.
Just as Peggy and Clark were painfully discussing the difficult problem of "how to get Jonathan to accept the two being together" in the room, Martha also half-reliant on Jonathan, chatting about Peggy and Clark.
"Jonathan, are you really going to lose your temper like this? Today is your birthday. Peggy and Clark finally came back. You should be happy."
"Happy? Because of this birthday gift they gave me? How can I be happy? My son fell in love with my niece?" Jonathan wanted to bluntly accuse Clark of his behavior, but in the end he changed his mind. Euphemistically, "What can I do? Just accept it all with a smile?"
Martha sighed: "At least, when you're in the kitchen, you can pretend you didn't see it. Talk to the two children slowly when you turn around."
Jonathan was very dissatisfied with Martha's way of dealing with the mud: "Talk slowly? They have been together for several years! We have been fooled for several years! We are already behind, do you know that you are behind? At this time How can I talk slowly? They're going back to New York after tomorrow. I don't even know what the two of us are doing when we don't know. How can I talk slowly?"
"What can be done is not just the things that ordinary couples do."
Hearing this, Jonathan waited for Martha to look again.
Martha patted Jonathan's arm lightly: "Besides, it's just that you have been blinded for several years."
As soon as this remark came out, Jonathan immediately became alert, and he slowly turned his head to look at his wife: "You already knew?"
Martha nodded: "Earlier than Peggy."
Jonathan froze for a moment, then said angrily: "Sure enough, Clark did it first!"
Martha took Jonathan's arm, leaned her head on his shoulder and said, "Honey, let's talk about something practical. Clark and Peggy are not related by blood, and there is nothing wrong with them being together."
"Then they are also cousins."
Martha patted Jonathan's arm lightly, as if to comfort her: "I know, I know what you want to say, even if Clark is not from Earth and did not inherit our blood. But he is also Peggy's cousin in name, from From an ethical point of view, they shouldn't be together. But, Jonathan, number one, we haven't processed any adoption papers, so Clark and Paige aren't even legally cousins. Number two, are you going to Have you ever thought about it, are Peggy and Clark destined to be together? They are destined to love each other, no matter when and where they met. Could it be that because they met too early, they lost the qualification to be together? Jonathan, so It's so unreasonable."
Jonathan couldn't speak for a long time, but he still pursed his lips unhappily.
"Honey, we've all lost Clark. Although they never told us how Clark got back, I believe it all had something to do with Paige. Remember the morning when it was lost? Paige brought Clark to the house Before." Martha said softly, "If...if Peggy and Clark are just ordinary cousins, dear, I'm afraid...I'm afraid we'll never see Clark again."
The pain of bereavement hit Jonathan again.What enshrouded Jonathan at the same time was the love for Clark that he usually hid well.
After a while, Jonathan finally said in a stiff tone, "I'm not blaming Peggy."
Martha laughed: "Of course, I know how much you love your lovely niece. To be honest, I love her as much. It's just... Jonathan, let's be reasonable. Regardless of Clark, when Peggy was young , you don’t like Portman very much because you think he is interested in Peggy. Peggy got in touch with a few boys later, and you hated them all, and you behaved better than Clark. When Peggy went to Gotham to study , you also instructed Clark to go to Gotham to pay attention to Peggy's friendship situation, saying that if Peggy has a bad boyfriend, she must report to you as soon as possible. Even when you went to New York to see Henry some time ago, if you don't come back, it's because of Henry Have you complained for a long time when you were married? In your heart, it’s not that Clark fell in love with Paige, it’s unforgivable, but that you dote on Paige too much. Any man who pursues her will feel that they are worthy. Not Paige. Honestly, can you say a better boy than Clark?"
Jonathan said nothing more.Martha was right, he really couldn't think of a better boy than Clark.
No, it should be said that any man is a hot chicken in Jonathan's eyes!Not good enough for his little pig.
Seeing that Jonathan was shaken, Martha continued, "And Clark, even... Even if he is not our son. Look at him, he is upright, kind, compassionate, and has saved the earth... Couldn't he pursue Peggy? Couldn't Peggy give such an excellent boy a chance to fall in love?"
Jonathan frowned: "But they are cousins..."
Martha continued unmoved: "Yes, they are cousins. But why are they cousins? Isn't it because we adopted Clark? So, the reason why they can't be together is because we are 20 Wandering around in cornfields years ago and picking up an alien baby? Jonathan, if that's the case. Paige misses out on a man of integrity, kindness, compassion, and it's all on us."
#There is something wrong with what my wife said, but I don't know how to refute it.
Jonathan frowned, looking down at his gentle wife.After a while, he finally let out a deep sigh.
On the second floor, Clark, who was discussing the plan with Peggy, listened to the movement downstairs.When he heard Jonathan sigh, he knew that Martha had succeeded in persuading him.
At this time, Peggy was still frowning with a distressed look.
Clark couldn't help but smile, then leaned in and planted a kiss on Peggy's forehead.
Peggy raised her head unhappily: "What are you doing! Don't you think today is not miserable enough?"
Clark smiled and rubbed the top of Peggy's hair: "Don't worry anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"Mother, she has already solved the problem."
Peggy blinked: "Martha? Convinced Jonathan?"
Clark nodded.
Peggy cheered and put her arms around Clark's neck: "I want to work hard to make money and buy Martha a big house! No! A castle! The one with a moat!"
☆、Chapter 169
Clark and Paige left Smallville the next day.Martha put the two of them on the bus to Topeka.Jonathan was neither angry nor happy. He stood awkwardly at the door and did not send the two of them away.
"Dad, let's go." Clark stood in the yard, looking back at Jonathan.
Jonathan didn't answer, he raised his hand habitually, and halfway through the raise, he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to respond to Clark at this time, so he quickly put it down.
Peggy and Clark walked towards the car waiting for them by the side of the road in three steps.
Paige and Clark flew back to New York from Topeka.As soon as the plane landed, Peggy turned on her phone.
A full 20 missed calls, all from the Avengers.
Peggy and Clark looked at each other.
Peggy didn't delay too much, and immediately called Natasha back: "Hello, Natasha? What's the matter? I just got off the plane, and I saw your call to me."
"Peggy, are you in New York now?"
"Well, just arrived."
"Is Clark with you?"
Peggy glanced at Clark: "Together, what's wrong?"
Natasha on the other end of the phone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Then come here quickly. There is something going on here, we think you should listen to it."
"Is it about Constantine?"
"Come over and talk."
Natasha hung up the phone after saying this.
Peggy and Clark soon arrived at the Avengers Building.Oddly, the Avengers didn't gather on the top floor of the mansion as usual.Instead, they waited for Peggy and Clark on the sixth basement floor of the building.
Following Jarvis' instructions, Peggy and the two took the internal elevator to the sixth basement floor.There, there is a huge glass room, which is closed...
A group of cosplayers? !
Peggy looked at these strange faces with an ugly face, and racked her brains to recall all kinds of weird film and television works she had watched, but for a long time she couldn't find any cosplayers in her mind. matching roles.
Peggy couldn't help but sympathize with these guys.
It must be a painful thing to devote yourself to your hobbies and fail.
Peggy walked to the glass room and greeted Natasha and Tony beside her.Bruce looked up from the computer screen and pursed his lips at Peggy and Clark.
Approaching the glass room, Peggy and Clark took a serious look at the people and...animals locked inside?
Paige squatted down and stared intently at the fully clothed raccoon standing upright on its hind legs.The raccoon looked well-trained. It had been standing upright for a long time, but it didn't show any signs of fatigue. Not only was it not tired, but it was also pacing back and forth in the room, looking impatient.
When the raccoon came close to Paige, Paige tapped her finger on the glass in front of her.The raccoon was startled and took several steps back.Showing the ferocious expression that belongs to wild animals when they are threatened.
The Avengers must have their reasons for locking these guys up. In Clark's view, Peggy's behavior was too reckless.He couldn't help but patted the head of Peggy who was squatting on the ground: "Peggy, don't make trouble."
Peggy didn't feel Clark's caution at the moment and the admonition in his words at all. She turned her head and said to Clark with surprise: "Clark! Did you see that? Just now, that raccoon is so cute! Ah! I want to raise it!" one."
Tony couldn't help holding his forehead: "That's not a raccoon, Doctor Kent."
"Why not!" Peggy quickly took out her mobile phone from her bag, searched for a picture of a raccoon, and then showed it to Tony, "Look! Strip it off, isn't it exactly the same as the raccoon in this picture?" ! It's definitely a raccoon!"
Natasha gave Tony a sympathetic look, then walked to Peggy and Clark and said, "Tony is right, that little thing is indeed not a raccoon. These guys... claim to be aliens."
"Aliens?" Peggy glanced at Natasha unexpectedly, then turned around and knocked on the guys behind the glass.
The guy who stripped his clothes and turned into a raccoon...
A woman covered in green...
An unusually tall bald head...
The ugly mustache...
The girl with tentacles on her head...
emmm...a moving tree?
Peggy looked at Natasha and Tony suspiciously: "It's reasonable... that's it? It's clearly the cosplay scene! Although I don't know who they are cosplaying."
"But they are indeed aliens." Banner couldn't help but said, "They said it themselves."
"What did you say?"
"Uh..." Banner looked at Natasha and replied honestly, "That's what he said. We are not from Earth."
"No." Peggy shook her head, then looked at Clark, "Clark, if you have never been to Earth, today is your first day of visit. You want to tell everyone that you are not from Earth, what would you say?"
"Uh... Hello everyone? I'm the son of Krypton?"
"Look! See?!" Peggy is like a kindergarten teacher expecting students to understand, "A real alien will explain which planet he is from, not that they are not from Earth. It must be It’s a prank, they are probably earthlings, maybe they have been transformed or injected with some strange things. Now I want to mislead everyone, so I say I am an alien.”
Peggy was talking casually along with Fang Fei's thoughts, but when Natasha, a typical conspiracy theorist, heard it... hey!This idea is very appetizing!
So, following Peggy's words, she said, "It's not completely impossible for you to say so."
Seeing that his teammates were about to be taken away by their brains, Tony quickly said, "That doesn't mean they aren't aliens. You know, the raccoon you like is a talking raccoon."
"Can you talk?"
"Yes, talkative. How about you talk to him?"
While talking, Tony asked Jarvis to remove the liquid silver film in the glass and turned on the communicator.
Peggy turned her head to Clark in this gap and said, "Did you hear that? Yes.
Peggy said with a straight face, "Sorry, I'm your partner too."
Tony rolled his eyes, watching Peggy nodded to the anesthetist beside her.Soon, he lost consciousness.
The operation lasted four hours.Originally, for Peggy, if it was just a simple heart change, it would not take such a long time at all.But Paige had to admit that it was quite a challenge for a doctor to remove a machine from a human chest.
The surgery went well, and Tony woke up early that evening.The first thing he did when he woke up was to express his dislike to the friends who came to visit him.Provoking Natasha to jokingly ask Peggy why she had a different heart, he's still as unlovable as ever.
Peggy shrugged innocently and didn't answer, just looked at the Avengers and laughed.
Although she wasn't involved in making fun of Tony, Paige knew she was happier than everyone else.The success of the operation was not just evidence of her solid business, it was a good omen.As a doctor, Paige is certainly a staunch supporter of science, but she still has some superstitious ideas.To be precise, it was because she became a doctor that she had these superstitious ideas.Only those who have lost patients and felt the powerlessness of life passing away in front of their eyes will have the idea of "there is a law in the dark".
Ever since the time traveler appeared, Peggy has been having a rough time.Even before this surgery, Peggy didn't do well. Although those surgeries were successful, it just made Peggy feel that something was missing.
And Tony's operation made her regain the feeling that "the future operations will be smooth sailing".
A doctor needs such a feeling.Even, it won't last forever.
Paige took the surgery as a good omen.Even the mood has improved a lot.But it turns out that not everything is going well for her.
On the fifth day after Tony's operation, Peggy had just finished reviewing Tony when she received a call from Martha.
What was said on the phone was not troublesome, but that Peggy and Clark missed Christmas and New Years because of work, and Jonathan's birthday was next weekend, and Martha hoped that the family could get together.
Peggy thought it was a good thing, so she agreed.
Clark, who also received a call from Martha, also agreed.
The weekend of Jonathan's birthday, the two took the same flight back to Kansas.
It was Martha who did the phone call to the two behind Jonathan's back, so when Jonathan saw the two children coming back to celebrate his birthday, he was so happy that he almost shed tears.
Peggy looked at the faces of Jonathan and Martha, and suddenly thought of the Kent family in the parallel world.Can not help but feel a little moved.She held the hands of Martha and Jonathan, and her heart was full of gratitude to them.
After dinner, Peggy drove Clark away and helped Martha clean up the dishes.
She handed the cleaned dishes to Martha who was holding a rag: "Martha, there is something..."
"You want to ask about you and Clark?"
Peggy slipped her hand and almost knocked the plate in her hand: "I, I, I..."
"I knew it a long time ago." Martha smiled at the nervous Peggy, "Maybe earlier than you. Although I am not Clark's biological mother, I am also his mother after all."
Peggy lowered her head: "Are you angry?"
Martha looked very appreciative: "You, the client, are not angry, why should I be angry?"
Peggy knew that Martha had misinterpreted her meaning, so she couldn't help but blushed, and then said softly: "I mean...I kidnapped Clark away, are you angry?"
Martha didn't speak, just smiled and gave Peggy a meaningful look.
Peggy organized her words and continued: "After all, Clark is the son you brought up alone. Although I have no blood relationship with him. But... From the perspective of outsiders, from the perspective of you and Jonathan, we are cousins. I Abduct him away...you as his mother..."
"Abducted? Where are you going? Are you leaving the Kent house?" Martha asked repeatedly with a smile, and seeing that Peggy couldn't answer, she continued, "Yes, Clark was brought up by me. Don't you? "
Peggy's eyelids trembled, and a line of tears fell down: "So... thinking about it this way, I feel... I'm even more unkind."
Clark, who noticed Peggy's abnormality, found an excuse and ran to the kitchen.He stood at the door and looked at the two women in the kitchen with a look of bewilderment: "What happened?"
Peggy turned her head and gave Clark a sideways look: "What are you doing here?"
Clark was yelled at for no reason, and looked at Martha innocently.Martha smiled and threw the rag to Clark: "I'm a little tired, you can help Peggy clean up. I'll go watch TV with your dad."
Clark walked over to Peggy with a rag in a daze, and took the freshly washed wine glass handed over by Peggy: "What's wrong?"
Paige shook her head and said nothing.
"Peggy." Clark looked at Peggy seriously, "What's the matter? Why are you crying if it's okay?"
Peggy pursed her mouth and hesitated for a moment, then told Clark about the conversation with Martha just now.
"Didn't I tell you? Martha already knew. She'll understand us."
Peggy bit her lip: "I know. But it's because of this that I feel... I feel that I'm not kind. Jonathan and Martha treat me like their own daughters, but... I only did one thing, kidnapped their son."
Clark couldn't help laughing, he leaned over: "Abducted me?"
Peggy gave him a blank look.
Clark leaned closer to Peggy again, and said in a low voice, "It's as if you came to provoke me first. Although it's a bit unrealistic, I'm very happy."
Peggy couldn't help but give Clark a blank look again, but after seeing Clark's slightly smug expression, Peggy couldn't help laughing again.
Clark pressed his forehead against Peggy's head, and his breath brushed against Peggy's face, bringing a hint of itchiness.Peggy naturally raised her head slightly and looked at Clark.
Then, the two who often kissed each other in their apartment, kissed involuntarily.
"Clark! What are you doing!"
☆、Chapter 167
Jonathan yelled at Clark, but Clark had been in the field for a long time, so he was only slightly startled and quickly calmed down.Instead, it was Peggy, who turned pale with fright at Jonathan's appearance.
Although Peggy has memories of her biological parents, she was brought up by the Kent couple after all.In Peggy's emotional world, the Kents are roughly equal to their parents, and their cousin Clark is roughly equal to their elder brother.
Now that Jonathan yelled at her like this, Peggy was too scared to speak.
However, in Jonathan's eyes, all this is another scene.Clark was standing on the side away from the washing table. Looking at the kitchen door, he just blocked Peggy's way with his body, trapping her between the washing table and his body.At this moment, Peggy's pale face made Jonathan furious.
Jonathan had seen Clark's ability when he was young.Not to mention forcing a Peggy, even if he wants to force a strong wrestler, there is no problem at all.
Peggy's hand had just been taken out of the sink, and it was still dripping with water.Her face was pale, her legs trembled, and her eyes were full of fear.It looked like a frightened fawn.
Jonathan took a deep breath and glared at Clark: "She's your sister! Clark, I asked you to take care of Peggy, not for you..." Jonathan didn't say the last words, he felt he couldn't say them.For so many years, he has been hoping that Peggy will bring a tall and handsome boyfriend when she comes home one day, but this wish has never been realized.The last time I bumped into Henry by accident in New York, even though I was not satisfied that he had a marriage, it was better than...
Jonathan couldn't help looking at Peggy worriedly.But Peggy looked timidly at Clark's face.
Come on, it's all right, my son forced my niece.
This unfilial son!
Seeing that Clark was shamelessly reaching for Paige's hand at this moment, Jonathan was so angry that he took the fishing rod that Paige gave him from the cabinet not far from the kitchen door.
Jonathan didn't even open the bag, and lay the fishing rod in his hand like a weapon through the packaging bag, pointing at Clark: "Let go of your hand!"
Both Clark and Peggy were taken aback, and quickly let go of their hands.
Clark had never seen such a terrifying Jonathan. At this moment, Jonathan became more intimidating than Doomsday in his eyes.
Jonathan's voice finally attracted Martha.Martha walked to the kitchen door while muttering "What's the matter? Why did they suddenly quarrel?"
When Peggy saw Martha, she threw herself into Martha's arms as if seeing a savior: "Martha, help me."
The words "Help me" made Jonathan's heart ache.
The niece I brought up as my own daughter was actually...forced by my son!It was simply... a tragedy on earth!
Jonathan immediately turned his heart and shouted at Clark: "Get out! Get out! I don't want to see you again!"
The remaining three were all taken aback.It wasn't until this moment that Martha vaguely realized why Jonathan might have lost his temper.Peggy and Clark were surprised by Jonathan's violent reaction.
It's not that they didn't think that Jonathan would need some time to digest the things between the two of them, but neither Clark nor Paige thought that Jonathan would drive Clark out of the house directly.
and many more!
If my own son is kicked out of the house...
Peggy felt her eyes darken for a while.
Didn't Jonathan keep her to... beat her hard before kicking her out?
"Uncle..." Peggy huddled in Martha's arms, and called Jonathan timidly.Instead of calling Jonathan by his name, she called him "Uncle" in order to arouse the warmth that may have disappeared in the other party's heart.
But the "uncle" in Jonathan's ears was automatically translated as "Jonathan, I was bullied by Clark, you have to make the decision for me, you can't let the bad guy go."
Jonathan frowned sadly.He found himself in a dilemma.On one side is the son who made a mistake but was brought up by himself, and on the other side is the niece who was eccentric and innocent.The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh, and for a while, he didn't know how to deal with this family scandal.
Seeing that it was useless for her to show weakness, Peggy could only look at Clark for help again.
Clark, who received the distress signal, calmed down his impetuous mood just now because Jonathan told him to get out of the house.He slowed down his tone, put on a gesture of admitting his mistake, and slowly took two steps towards Jonathan: "Dad, listen to me. I can explain this matter."
"There is nothing to explain!" Jonathan became angry when he heard Clark's voice at the moment. If it weren't for this unfilial son, he wouldn't have to face such a difficult situation. He stared at Clark with a look of disappointment on his face, "I let you Protect Peggy and let you take care of her. But you forced her..." Jonathan still couldn't finish the last word.
But Clark was keenly aware that Jonathan had misunderstood something.He breathed a sigh of relief: "I... I didn't force her. "
"How dare you talk back!" Jonathan slammed his fishing rod on the wall to vent his anger.The whistling sound of the fishing rod piercing through the air made Peggy shiver uncontrollably.
My dear, this thing is drawn on people, it is probably similar to Diana's lock sleeves on people!
"Dad, I really didn't force Peggy. There...you are a little misunderstanding." Clark continued patiently, "If you don't believe me, ask Peggy."
Peggy, who was suddenly caught by the cue, was thinking about how painful it would be if the fishing rod fell on her body one second, and received Jonathan's sharp eyes the next second.She shivered and retorted to Clark reflexively, "I didn't force you to do that either!"
Clark and Jonathan were dumbfounded when they heard this.
Peggy shrunk her neck again, looking at the two with aggrieved eyes.
Jonathan looked at Peggy, then at Clark.
No matter how you look at it... it's my niece who has been wronged!
Jonathan was not in the mood to continue to struggle with the problem of coercion. He once again put on a straight face and stared at Clark: "You really let me down."
When Clark heard this, the light in his eyes faded.
The atmosphere in the kitchen was a little heavy for a while.Jonathan threw the fishing rod in his hand, and rushed out angrily.
Peggy called softly: "Jonathan..."
But he couldn't hold back the opponent's footsteps.
Martha patted Peggy on the back, and gave Clark a comforting look: "Don't worry, I'll go and persuade him. You guys continue to clean up first."
After that, Martha chased her husband out.
Clark lowered his head and continued to wipe the cup silently.Paige stood aside silently.She suddenly realized that Clark had suffered no less than her.
Yes, in name, she is indeed a cousin, and the Clark and Kent couples are the real family.She would be afraid that it was only natural for the Kents to blame the whole thing on her alone.But... From another perspective, she is the one who has a blood relationship with the Kents.Clark will also see himself as the "culprit" because of this.
Judging from Jonathan's reaction.He also does tend to defend Peggy a little more.
"Clark..." Peggy tugged at the corner of Clark's shirt, "I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault." Clark lowered his head, didn't look at Peggy, and just wiped the glass silently.
Paige felt ashamed of herself for being the one who only knew how to huddle behind Clark for shelter.It's not a matter of irresponsibility or incompetence, it's selfishness at the end of the day.
Thinking of this, Peggy suddenly let go of the hand that was holding the hem of Clark's clothes.Clark looked back at her a little unexpectedly, but saw Peggy took a step back with a determined face.
"Peggy?" Clark frowned puzzled, looking at Peggy.
"Clark, wait, I'll go talk to Jonathan." Peggy looked determined, as if she was going to do something great, "I'll convince him."
"Peggy." Clark reached out and took Peggy's hand, "You shouldn't..."
"Let me go." Peggy interrupted Clark, then gently shook Clark's hand back, "You let me go. Trust me. I'll take care of it."
Clark was a little confused. The matter of "Jonathan found out about his relationship with Peggy" was still in his mind, and now Peggy jumped out and said that she was going to explain to Jonathan.Clark didn't know what to do for a while.
Just when Clark was hesitating, Peggy squeezed his hand again: "Trust me."
Clark frowned, and relaxed Peggy's hand a little nervously.
Peggy smiled at Clark, turned and ran out.
Jonathan and Martha are in the yard.
When Peggy pushed the door open, she felt a gust of cold wind blowing against her face.Martha shrank her neck slightly in the cold wind, patiently persuading Jonathan.But Jonathan still looked very angry, standing stubbornly in the yard and unwilling to enter the house.
Hearing the sound, Martha and Jonathan looked back at Peggy.Peggy wrapped her coat, took a deep breath, ran down the stairs neatly, and walked slowly towards Jonathan.
Martha looked at Peggy, and quietly shook her head at Peggy.After hesitating for a moment, Peggy said, "Can I have a private talk with... and Uncle?"
Martha glanced at the two of them, and finally said "It's cold outside, you two should go inside early", and then went back to the house alone.
"When did it start?" Jonathan's voice was heavy and lost.He frowned, not even wanting to look at Peggy again.
Peggy thought for a while, and replied honestly, "It's been several years."
"How many years?!" Jonathan was startled, and stared back at Peggy.
Peggy shrank her neck, but quickly summoned up the courage to continue: "Not long after New York encountered the aliens, Clark and I..."
Jonathan felt a little dark in front of his eyes, but he quickly stabilized: "Clark forced...cough, did he threaten...you?"
"What?" Peggy stared blankly at Jonathan for a while, then shook her head, "No, I confessed to him. I don't mean to dislike him, but... he is really timid in this regard .”
Jonathan, who was suddenly relieved, somehow felt that his son seemed...a bit miserable.
"So...you are..." Jonathan's face was still very ugly, "The two are in love?"
Peggy shrank her neck and nodded.
Jonathan didn't look as murderous as before, but his face was still cold: "Then what's going on with Henry?"
"Henry..." Peggy pursed her lips, "At that time, Clark and I were already living together. I just didn't tell you. You suddenly found out that I was living with a man, and Henry just knocked on the door, so I... beg He is in a hurry to save the world."
"So at that time you were already... cohabiting with Clark?!"
Peggy nodded, and said after a while: "Jonathan, I'm sorry. I...I know I'm sorry for you and Martha. But, I really like Clark. I...I love him. I don't want to lose him, I don't want to... be separated from him again."
Peggy's words reminded Jonathan of the days when Clark died.Peggy's pretending to be strong, and her desperation to leave her hometown.At that time, Jonathan still didn't understand Peggy's reaction.Now it seemed that she had indeed silently endured grief that he hadn't thought of during that time.The loss of a cousin is not the same as the loss of a lover.But in Peggy's case, they are superimposed.
Jonathan still finds it difficult for him to accept his son's relationship with his niece.However, whether it was facing Peggy or Clark, after calming down, Jonathan felt that he could no longer speak harshly to them.
Finally, Jonathan patted Peggy on the shoulder: "Let's go, it's cold outside. Let's go back to the house."
☆、Chapter 168
Hearing the sound of Jonathan and Peggy opening the door and entering the house, the mother and son who were talking in the kitchen also stopped talking and left the kitchen.
Jonathan's face was still dark, and Peggy, who was following him, also looked cautious.
Seeing this, Clark knew that Peggy had at most appeased the furious Jonathan, but she was far from convincing Jonathan to accept their relationship.This is normal to say, no one who encounters such a thing can happily embrace reality so quickly.Jonathan didn't tell him or Peggy to get out of the house anymore, which was a welcome improvement.
Thinking of this, Clark stood at the door of the kitchen a little awkwardly, not daring to step forward for a long time.
Equally tense and cramped, there was Peggy.She glanced at Clark's expression from time to time, but she quickly looked away, as if afraid of being caught by Jonathan again.
Compared with the nervousness of the two little ones, Martha seemed much calmer.Like a real old driver, in the oppressive atmosphere, she stepped forward with ease, and patted Jonathan on the back lightly: "How old are you, and you are still angry with the children."
Jonathan rolled his eyes.
#Is this the time to call me stingy?The son and niece are getting mixed up!Can you, mother, grow up a little bit longer? !
Jonathan was about to complain about Martha, but unexpectedly met Martha's gentle eyes, and the anger in his heart disappeared all of a sudden.Jonathan touched his chin uncomfortably, and finally did not speak.
Seeing this, Martha continued: "Isn't it just a relationship? It's a big deal. Just because Peggy didn't tell you in advance, you are angry. The children have been away from home for many years, and they are all adults. You can't use Treat them the way you would treat children."
Finally, Jonathan couldn't help retorting: "Is this an ordinary thing about falling in love?"
Clark and Peggy couldn't help lowering their heads when they heard this.Only Martha smiled at Jonathan without changing her expression: "Yes! Isn't it just about dating?"
Jonathan breathed out, stuck in his throat.He found himself at a loss for words to refute Martha.No, it's not that he couldn't find it, but in front of the two cubs, he wasn't thick enough to blurt out what he thought of.
In the end, Jonathan could only stare at Martha.
As if she couldn't read Jonathan's eyes at all, Martha just smiled and said, "Are you still watching tonight's game?"
Jonathan rolled his eyes: "Look! Why don't you look!"
Martha didn't comment, just nodded, then turned to Peggy and Clark and said, "Are you two watching TV? If you don't watch TV, go upstairs, you don't need to accompany us."
Peggy was taken aback, and couldn't help giving Martha a thumbs up secretly.
Jonathan gave Martha another look.
"What's the matter? The two children don't like watching football games. Instead of going back to the room to play games and sleep, sit in the living room and watch you?"
Jonathan was too angry to speak, and could only snort heavily.
Clark and Peggy got Martha's order and quickly walked to the stairs.During this period, Peggy felt Jonathan's cold gaze slipping up and down her back.It felt like the nervousness when she was young when she was about to go back to her room to play game consoles.
After Peggy went up two stairs, she hurried back down again.
Clark looked puzzled as Peggy ran to the door of the living room and said to Jonathan, "Well... I, I, I, I... I don't play games, uh... I don't sleep right now. I'm going to read the paper. Yes, read the paper."
Jonathan didn't answer, his mouth was pursed, and he changed the TV channel with an unhappy expression.Martha mouthed "Come on" to Peggy, and sat beside her husband with a smile.
Peggy nodded, and finally turned around and followed Clark up to the second floor.
When Paige was 13 years old, Martha and Jonathan packed a room for her alone.Since then, she has never shared a room with Clark.But now, after all these years, the two were huddled together in the same room again.It's not that the two of them are still in the mood in such a situation, doing this and that in the room.Rather... everyone really needs to discuss the future together.
Just as Peggy and Clark were painfully discussing the difficult problem of "how to get Jonathan to accept the two being together" in the room, Martha also half-reliant on Jonathan, chatting about Peggy and Clark.
"Jonathan, are you really going to lose your temper like this? Today is your birthday. Peggy and Clark finally came back. You should be happy."
"Happy? Because of this birthday gift they gave me? How can I be happy? My son fell in love with my niece?" Jonathan wanted to bluntly accuse Clark of his behavior, but in the end he changed his mind. Euphemistically, "What can I do? Just accept it all with a smile?"
Martha sighed: "At least, when you're in the kitchen, you can pretend you didn't see it. Talk to the two children slowly when you turn around."
Jonathan was very dissatisfied with Martha's way of dealing with the mud: "Talk slowly? They have been together for several years! We have been fooled for several years! We are already behind, do you know that you are behind? At this time How can I talk slowly? They're going back to New York after tomorrow. I don't even know what the two of us are doing when we don't know. How can I talk slowly?"
"What can be done is not just the things that ordinary couples do."
Hearing this, Jonathan waited for Martha to look again.
Martha patted Jonathan's arm lightly: "Besides, it's just that you have been blinded for several years."
As soon as this remark came out, Jonathan immediately became alert, and he slowly turned his head to look at his wife: "You already knew?"
Martha nodded: "Earlier than Peggy."
Jonathan froze for a moment, then said angrily: "Sure enough, Clark did it first!"
Martha took Jonathan's arm, leaned her head on his shoulder and said, "Honey, let's talk about something practical. Clark and Peggy are not related by blood, and there is nothing wrong with them being together."
"Then they are also cousins."
Martha patted Jonathan's arm lightly, as if to comfort her: "I know, I know what you want to say, even if Clark is not from Earth and did not inherit our blood. But he is also Peggy's cousin in name, from From an ethical point of view, they shouldn't be together. But, Jonathan, number one, we haven't processed any adoption papers, so Clark and Paige aren't even legally cousins. Number two, are you going to Have you ever thought about it, are Peggy and Clark destined to be together? They are destined to love each other, no matter when and where they met. Could it be that because they met too early, they lost the qualification to be together? Jonathan, so It's so unreasonable."
Jonathan couldn't speak for a long time, but he still pursed his lips unhappily.
"Honey, we've all lost Clark. Although they never told us how Clark got back, I believe it all had something to do with Paige. Remember the morning when it was lost? Paige brought Clark to the house Before." Martha said softly, "If...if Peggy and Clark are just ordinary cousins, dear, I'm afraid...I'm afraid we'll never see Clark again."
The pain of bereavement hit Jonathan again.What enshrouded Jonathan at the same time was the love for Clark that he usually hid well.
After a while, Jonathan finally said in a stiff tone, "I'm not blaming Peggy."
Martha laughed: "Of course, I know how much you love your lovely niece. To be honest, I love her as much. It's just... Jonathan, let's be reasonable. Regardless of Clark, when Peggy was young , you don’t like Portman very much because you think he is interested in Peggy. Peggy got in touch with a few boys later, and you hated them all, and you behaved better than Clark. When Peggy went to Gotham to study , you also instructed Clark to go to Gotham to pay attention to Peggy's friendship situation, saying that if Peggy has a bad boyfriend, she must report to you as soon as possible. Even when you went to New York to see Henry some time ago, if you don't come back, it's because of Henry Have you complained for a long time when you were married? In your heart, it’s not that Clark fell in love with Paige, it’s unforgivable, but that you dote on Paige too much. Any man who pursues her will feel that they are worthy. Not Paige. Honestly, can you say a better boy than Clark?"
Jonathan said nothing more.Martha was right, he really couldn't think of a better boy than Clark.
No, it should be said that any man is a hot chicken in Jonathan's eyes!Not good enough for his little pig.
Seeing that Jonathan was shaken, Martha continued, "And Clark, even... Even if he is not our son. Look at him, he is upright, kind, compassionate, and has saved the earth... Couldn't he pursue Peggy? Couldn't Peggy give such an excellent boy a chance to fall in love?"
Jonathan frowned: "But they are cousins..."
Martha continued unmoved: "Yes, they are cousins. But why are they cousins? Isn't it because we adopted Clark? So, the reason why they can't be together is because we are 20 Wandering around in cornfields years ago and picking up an alien baby? Jonathan, if that's the case. Paige misses out on a man of integrity, kindness, compassion, and it's all on us."
#There is something wrong with what my wife said, but I don't know how to refute it.
Jonathan frowned, looking down at his gentle wife.After a while, he finally let out a deep sigh.
On the second floor, Clark, who was discussing the plan with Peggy, listened to the movement downstairs.When he heard Jonathan sigh, he knew that Martha had succeeded in persuading him.
At this time, Peggy was still frowning with a distressed look.
Clark couldn't help but smile, then leaned in and planted a kiss on Peggy's forehead.
Peggy raised her head unhappily: "What are you doing! Don't you think today is not miserable enough?"
Clark smiled and rubbed the top of Peggy's hair: "Don't worry anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"Mother, she has already solved the problem."
Peggy blinked: "Martha? Convinced Jonathan?"
Clark nodded.
Peggy cheered and put her arms around Clark's neck: "I want to work hard to make money and buy Martha a big house! No! A castle! The one with a moat!"
☆、Chapter 169
Clark and Paige left Smallville the next day.Martha put the two of them on the bus to Topeka.Jonathan was neither angry nor happy. He stood awkwardly at the door and did not send the two of them away.
"Dad, let's go." Clark stood in the yard, looking back at Jonathan.
Jonathan didn't answer, he raised his hand habitually, and halfway through the raise, he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to respond to Clark at this time, so he quickly put it down.
Peggy and Clark walked towards the car waiting for them by the side of the road in three steps.
Paige and Clark flew back to New York from Topeka.As soon as the plane landed, Peggy turned on her phone.
A full 20 missed calls, all from the Avengers.
Peggy and Clark looked at each other.
Peggy didn't delay too much, and immediately called Natasha back: "Hello, Natasha? What's the matter? I just got off the plane, and I saw your call to me."
"Peggy, are you in New York now?"
"Well, just arrived."
"Is Clark with you?"
Peggy glanced at Clark: "Together, what's wrong?"
Natasha on the other end of the phone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Then come here quickly. There is something going on here, we think you should listen to it."
"Is it about Constantine?"
"Come over and talk."
Natasha hung up the phone after saying this.
Peggy and Clark soon arrived at the Avengers Building.Oddly, the Avengers didn't gather on the top floor of the mansion as usual.Instead, they waited for Peggy and Clark on the sixth basement floor of the building.
Following Jarvis' instructions, Peggy and the two took the internal elevator to the sixth basement floor.There, there is a huge glass room, which is closed...
A group of cosplayers? !
Peggy looked at these strange faces with an ugly face, and racked her brains to recall all kinds of weird film and television works she had watched, but for a long time she couldn't find any cosplayers in her mind. matching roles.
Peggy couldn't help but sympathize with these guys.
It must be a painful thing to devote yourself to your hobbies and fail.
Peggy walked to the glass room and greeted Natasha and Tony beside her.Bruce looked up from the computer screen and pursed his lips at Peggy and Clark.
Approaching the glass room, Peggy and Clark took a serious look at the people and...animals locked inside?
Paige squatted down and stared intently at the fully clothed raccoon standing upright on its hind legs.The raccoon looked well-trained. It had been standing upright for a long time, but it didn't show any signs of fatigue. Not only was it not tired, but it was also pacing back and forth in the room, looking impatient.
When the raccoon came close to Paige, Paige tapped her finger on the glass in front of her.The raccoon was startled and took several steps back.Showing the ferocious expression that belongs to wild animals when they are threatened.
The Avengers must have their reasons for locking these guys up. In Clark's view, Peggy's behavior was too reckless.He couldn't help but patted the head of Peggy who was squatting on the ground: "Peggy, don't make trouble."
Peggy didn't feel Clark's caution at the moment and the admonition in his words at all. She turned her head and said to Clark with surprise: "Clark! Did you see that? Just now, that raccoon is so cute! Ah! I want to raise it!" one."
Tony couldn't help holding his forehead: "That's not a raccoon, Doctor Kent."
"Why not!" Peggy quickly took out her mobile phone from her bag, searched for a picture of a raccoon, and then showed it to Tony, "Look! Strip it off, isn't it exactly the same as the raccoon in this picture?" ! It's definitely a raccoon!"
Natasha gave Tony a sympathetic look, then walked to Peggy and Clark and said, "Tony is right, that little thing is indeed not a raccoon. These guys... claim to be aliens."
"Aliens?" Peggy glanced at Natasha unexpectedly, then turned around and knocked on the guys behind the glass.
The guy who stripped his clothes and turned into a raccoon...
A woman covered in green...
An unusually tall bald head...
The ugly mustache...
The girl with tentacles on her head...
emmm...a moving tree?
Peggy looked at Natasha and Tony suspiciously: "It's reasonable... that's it? It's clearly the cosplay scene! Although I don't know who they are cosplaying."
"But they are indeed aliens." Banner couldn't help but said, "They said it themselves."
"What did you say?"
"Uh..." Banner looked at Natasha and replied honestly, "That's what he said. We are not from Earth."
"No." Peggy shook her head, then looked at Clark, "Clark, if you have never been to Earth, today is your first day of visit. You want to tell everyone that you are not from Earth, what would you say?"
"Uh... Hello everyone? I'm the son of Krypton?"
"Look! See?!" Peggy is like a kindergarten teacher expecting students to understand, "A real alien will explain which planet he is from, not that they are not from Earth. It must be It’s a prank, they are probably earthlings, maybe they have been transformed or injected with some strange things. Now I want to mislead everyone, so I say I am an alien.”
Peggy was talking casually along with Fang Fei's thoughts, but when Natasha, a typical conspiracy theorist, heard it... hey!This idea is very appetizing!
So, following Peggy's words, she said, "It's not completely impossible for you to say so."
Seeing that his teammates were about to be taken away by their brains, Tony quickly said, "That doesn't mean they aren't aliens. You know, the raccoon you like is a talking raccoon."
"Can you talk?"
"Yes, talkative. How about you talk to him?"
While talking, Tony asked Jarvis to remove the liquid silver film in the glass and turned on the communicator.
Peggy turned her head to Clark in this gap and said, "Did you hear that? Yes.
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