The rich area at night is quiet and peaceful, and the footsteps going home will not seem abrupt here at all. Every wealthy and peaceful person here longs for the embrace of home.
The mailbox switch, engraved with curly English words, rattled in the wind. Wayne's name was engraved on the door of the mailbox. He held down the flickering switch with one hand and flipped it up.
Bruce pushed open the door of the manor, looked at the warm light coming from the windows, and felt a sense of peace of mind.
As soon as he walked into the hall of the manor, a figure rushed towards him. Bruce subconsciously opened his arms and hugged Elsa who rushed forward, while Alfred, who was chasing behind, cleared his throat.
Bruce held Aisha in front of him and said to her very seriously: "You can't attack people..."
"Dad! Dad!" After Elsa yelled twice, she struggled and jumped off him, ran to Alfred, shook her head at him, Alfred picked her up and loved her. Sha said: "Dad! It doesn't taste good! No wine!"
Bruce shook his head, Alfred looked at him with a smile and said, "Master, have you finished your homework?"
Bruce walked towards the sofa and said, "Yes, I have already handed in part of it."
"I heard from my neighbor, Lady Bird, that the competition for outstanding graduates from Gotham University is very fierce this year. Are you sure, sir?"
Bruce looked around the hall, then looked at Alfred and said, "Where's Dick? Shouldn't he go home today?"
"He's playing in the backyard, do you want me to call him over?"
"No need." Bruce stood up again and said, "I'll go see him."
Bruce walked through the hall, walked through the corridor and came to the back garden. He found that not only Dick was there, but Selina was too.
At this time, Selena was playing with a roller on the lawn in the back garden, which was a gymnastics roller with two rings and a bracket that connected the two rings together in parallel.
Selena held up two hoops, while turning the hoops and performing various acrobatic movements in the hoops. She said: "Look at me! I will teach you the nine-ring chain! You want to do this first, do you see?" Put both arms on the ring, and then use the inertia to swim your upper body forward and roll--"
Selena used her strength flexibly and rolled over head-first. After holding on to both sides of the hoop with both hands, she stood firmly on the hoop.
Bruce felt his blood pressure rise suddenly.
Unexpectedly, Dick really planned to give it a try. He jumped on the hoops, held both sides of the two hoops with his hands and said, "How to do it? Hmm... use your upper body to move forward... Oh! Oh my god!"
Dick stepped forward, but his center of gravity was unstable and he fell directly from the hoop. The hoop hit him hard, causing him to scream. Bruce walked over quickly and pulled the hoop away from him. Move away from him.
Dick got up from the ground, rubbed his waist, and when he saw Bruce, he took a nervous step back and said, "Oh, Mr. Wayne, I'm sorry, um, I shouldn't be playing this here. Ruined lawn..."
"What are you afraid of? He is a rich man. He can just fix it if he crushes it." Selina shrugged indifferently and tried to push the iron ring away from Bruce, but Bruce held on to the iron ring with his arms and stared at it.
Selena, Selena said innocently: "What are you doing? Am I wrong? Do you really care about the lawn?"
"Don't you have any sports protection measures?" Bruce asked, "And you just get on the equipment without any training?"
Selena showed a helpless expression, waved her hand and said, "Mr. Wayne, can you still find something to do? We are just looking for something to play with and move our bodies..."
"Besides, Dick and I have both practiced gymnastics. Do you think this thing is difficult? I guarantee that in less than ten minutes, he will be able to do it more skillfully than me. You are looking down on him!"
"It's not that I don't want you to practice gymnastics, but you should at least have some protective measures, right? If this thing hits your spine, it will be paralyzed."
Selena rolled her eyes, grinned, showed a helpless expression, and said: "You are a bastard!"
"Sorry, Mr. Wayne, I'm going back to reading." Dick was about to leave after saying that, but Bruce paused when he heard his tone and said, "Wait, like Selina said, you will be here soon.
Can you learn this thing?"
Dick's first reaction when he heard this was not to answer, but to glance at Bruce's face. Seeing his behavior, Bruce frowned, and some psychological terms and explanations appeared in his mind.
in mind.
Because it was dark when he was writing the paper before, some things that he didn't bother to memorize were also written down by him. But now, after encountering the scene that needs to be used, they immediately appeared in his mind.
"Selena, you demonstrate again, Dick, come here..." Bruce pointed to the hoop and said: "If you want to play with this thing, you must remember to protect yourself and have a third person beside you, otherwise
Your spine is broken and no one takes you to the hospital..."
Dick nodded, and Selina climbed up to the hoop again and took a leisurely lap. But this time, Dick's arms were shaking when she went up, and her method of exerting force was far worse than before, so she fell down directly.
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Bruce softened his expression as much as possible, but Dick still shook his head and said, "I may have run out of energy, so I'd better go back and read."
"No, Dick, haven't you practiced gymnastics before? I think you can try it again." Bruce said, Dick's eyes widened and seemed a little surprised, and Bruce looked at him and continued: "I don't object.
It’s okay for you to practice dance, gymnastics, and join the choir. If you finish your homework, you can play with the gymnastics equipment, but you must pay attention to safety.”
Selena showed a bright smile, put her arm on Bruce's arm, and said, "Can I do that too? Can you get a gymnastics room in the manor? I've wanted to play uneven bars for a long time!"
Bruce looked at Dick and asked, "Do you want to play? Or, do you want to be a gymnast? Or a circus member? Or a dancer?"
"Uh, I..." Dick stuttered and said, "I don't know either."
Bruce lowered his head and said to Selina: "Go to Alfred and pick out the gymnastics equipment you like. Customize it and send it over. The warehouses next to it have not been used for a long time. You can change it into an amusement park or gymnastics equipment."
room."
Selina cheered and ran to find Alfred. Only Bruce and Dick were left on the grass. Bruce held on to the iron ring and said: "Do you remember that when you asked me to take you in, you wanted to do it?"
Something?"
Dick lowered his head, then nodded and said: "I just want to learn some skills. I don't want the Grayson family to continue to decline. I want to find out my grandfather's case..."
Dick took a deep breath and said, "My grades in school are pretty good, so I..."
"Do you want to continue trying this?" Bruce pushed the hoop equipment, and then said: "I can support you, so that you can exert more force."
Dick shook his head and said, "No, I haven't been to the circus for a long time. My limbs are a bit stiff and I might still fall off."
"Are you afraid of falling?" Bruce asked.
"No, I just..." Dick paused again and said, "Don't you think it's embarrassing? You fell to the ground, got hit by an iron ring, and was covered in mud. Could you please help Alfred?"
I'm washing clothes……"
"I have known for a long time that I cannot do this here. I cannot mention to my classmates that I have practiced gymnastics. When I dance ballet, the teacher praises me for my flexibility. I can only smile and cannot let them know that I am
Circus members, otherwise they would laugh at me..."
Bruce saw another kind of mask on Dick's face. Perhaps, when he didn't care about Dick's school career, he could only use this way to blend into the group for comfort.
The formation of a mask is not caused by a day or two, or by one or two people. When people long for love in this society, they will voluntarily put on a mask.
And if you want to take off this mask, there are only two ways, one is to completely understand that society will not give him love, and the other is to find that other people can give him enough love.
"Come on, Dick, if your limbs feel stiff, do some warm-up exercises and try a few more times. I can control the hoop and you won't fall off." Bruce walked to the other side of the hoop and then
Said: "If you want to learn skills from me, of course you can't be afraid of falling."
"I'm going out tonight. If you want to follow me, you have to jump from a very high place and then swing up with a hook. If you're afraid of heights, you won't be able to fly."
Dick stared at Bruce, his eyes brightened a little, and he said, "Will you take me out? Just like Batman? Shuttle through alleys and high-rise buildings, really?"
"The premise is that you have to finish your homework." Bruce shrugged and said, "But I think it shouldn't be difficult for you. If you have finished your homework, then play with the gymnastics equipment for a while, and then follow me
Go to the basement and I'll teach you how to use a hook."
Dick showed an expression of surprise, held the hoop equipment with his hand and said, "Really? Can I really become Batman's assistant? Can I fight crime with you?"
"I..." Bruce paused, but still said: "Yes. That's right, I need your help, just tonight."
Dick started stretching exercises for the first time in a long time, and when he was doing warm-up exercises, Bruce discovered that his flexibility was amazingly good. Standing forward bends, one-armed horses and high leg raises were easy for him, and his balance and
The flexibility is impeccable.
After getting on the ring equipment, Dick took a deep breath, held the hand holding the equipment, moved his fingers, exerted force on his waist, leaned his upper body forward, and rolled out. With a beautiful rolling movement, he returned to his original position.
Bruce raised his eyebrows and discovered that Selina was not lying. Dick had balance and muscle memory abilities that were far beyond ordinary people. Simply put, he was an athletic genius.
Dick, who had succeeded for the first time, also seemed a little excited, but soon he calmed down and pretended to cough deeply and said: "Not bad, right? I may have lacked a little warm-up just now..."
"Can you do something more difficult?" Bruce asked, "Like what Selena did just now?"
Dick stamped his feet excitedly and said, "It should be possible, but...but you have to hold me up, I'm afraid I'll fall..."
Bruce was silent for a moment, and then whispered: "I will support you... don't be afraid."
