Chapter Ninety-Eight: Theft
When Belle came home that night, it was not yet nine o'clock.
She kicked off her shoes, walked barefoot into the kitchen, took a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc from the fridge, grabbed another glass in her hand, expertly unscrewed the cap, and poured herself most of it.
Belle loves this wine, which is commonly produced in Australia and New Zealand, because they don't use cork, but screw caps, which makes the opening process easy and efficient.
"Yo, why did you come back so early?" Helen was a little surprised and asked, "Didn't you go on a date?" ”
"Really? Is that what I said? Belle didn't hesitate to ramble on the, taking a long sip of wine by the way.
"It doesn't seem to be going well." Helen ignited the spirit of gossip, "What's the matter, quarreled?" ”
"No," Belle said, looking at Helen's expression, and quickly added, "Really." ”
Helen said, "All right, but you must know that no one believes what a man who is not of legal age to drink is to be believed. ”
"The last time I drank, it was in front of the president and the first lady," Belle said, "and neither of them said anything, so don't worry about it." ”
Since meeting Vanessa, Deadpool's girlfriend, drinking has become a daily activity for Belle. Most of the people around her were surprised by this, except for Captain America, who would symbolically criticize her every time and then pretend not to see it.
"Whatever your reason, it's not a good idea to drink to kill your sorrows."
Helen's tone is really convincing.
"There's really nothing going on lately," said Belle, "but I've had a strange premonition that something is going to happen." ”
"No, you still believe this?"
Faced with the scientist Helen's doubts, Belle said very seriously: "My hunch is very accurate, especially when something bad happens. ”
The two of them chatted for a while, and then went their separate ways.
When Peter Parker came home that night, he was depressed.
He lay down on the bed, tossed and turned for a while, then took out his mobile phone and was stunned for a while, wanting to send a few messages out, but he didn't understand what to say.
This has been going on for a long time, and to put it bluntly, he feels that he and Belle seem to have different views.
What's more, he seems to feel that the distance between him and Belle is getting bigger and bigger.
Less than a year ago, the two of them were still in school, playing soy sauce together in The Avengers, and now, Spider-Man is still playing soy sauce, but Belle, who doesn't even have an official title, has unknowingly left him far behind, and he didn't even have a back.
She has reached the point where she is now, but she has also been shaped by the situation. She is no longer the little girl who will be condemned by her conscience if she accidentally kills someone, but has a bit of a decisive meaning to kill.
She killed Tilda Johnson without hesitation on the roof of Los Angeles and chopped off O'Connor's arm at Wilson's house.
Although these two people also asked for themselves, it is contrary to the tacit consensus that Belle and Peter have always had a clear understanding: they themselves do not represent the law, let alone have the qualifications to enforce the law. They can bring the wicked to justice, but they cannot punish them privately.
Tilda's death can be said to be an accident, but this time the killing of O'Connor really broke through the bottom line.
In addition, Belle entrusted him to save Matt Murdoch, personally went to South Korea to bring back Zhao Hailun, and found this Louis Wilson somewhere.
For each of them, Belle gave very reasonable reasons, Daredevil's ability is best suited to find the killer who threatens Aunt May, Helen Zhao is the best person in the world at saving people's lives, and helping a veteran for charitable purposes is even more blameless.
But Peter is not a brainless man, on the contrary, he is very smart, but he has never used this intelligence against Belle. Now that he thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Belle was doing was a deliberate attempt to recruit these people.
In particular, the "New York City People's Hospital Project" that she is preparing disguised as a beauty salon is actually a medical emergency center equipped with top-of-the-line equipment, Belle said is to prevent any more heroic vigilantes from New York who cannot go to the hospital due to identity restrictions and delay treatment.
With this hospital, it is true that all heroes will benefit, but it also makes them all owe Belle a favor, and it is not the kind that can be easily repaid.
If these people really gather around Belle to pay off their debts, it will be a powerful force that will not lose to the Avengers.
What is she going to do?
Peter was so engrossed that his phone rang coldly, startling him.
"Are you ready for the group discussion the day after tomorrow? FH。 ”
As soon as he saw the news, he breathed a sigh of relief, it was not a big deal.
He quickly replied with a message: "I already sent it to you this morning, didn't you receive it?" Then I'll post it again. ”
Peter got up from the bed with a carp, jumped in front of the computer again, quickly turned on the computer, clicked on the mailbox, and sent another copy.
A minute later, he received another message from his mobile phone.
"I didn't receive it, maybe there was a problem with the mailbox, or find a time to meet tomorrow and copy it to me in person." FH。 ”
"Okay, see you in the library tomorrow morning."
Peter didn't think much about it, replied to the message, saw that the computer was turned on, simply clicked on the browser, typed in "desperate housewives", and tried to find a little clue about that club in the vast amount of American drama information.
After looking for more than an hour, there was hardly any news except for the most basic official website.
"It's really weird!" He said to himself, "How come there hasn't been a little bit of news leaked out of such a big and famous club?" ”
This more than an hour of useless work not only did not discourage Peter, but aroused his enthusiasm, and he would certainly not give up until he found something.
When he came back to his senses from the computer, it was eight o'clock the next morning.
"Damn it! I forgot to set the alarm. ”
He cursed, hurriedly brushed his teeth, wiped his face, grabbed his schoolbag and rushed out.
By the time he arrived at the door of the library, his classmates had been waiting there for a long time.
"I'm sorry, Felicia, I overslept."
The girl named Felicia sat on the bench at the entrance of the library, looking at Peter in disheveled clothes, as if he had been running all the way, but his face was not red and he was not panting, this was simply an iron lung.
However, the bloodshot eyes, the obvious dark circles under the eyes and the iron blue on the chin all indicate that this cannot be oversleeping, but that he has not slept all night.
However, she did not expose Peter's lies, but followed his words: "Yes, in fact, you can send a message to tell me, there is no need to rush so much." Start with a cup of coffee. ”
She patted her place, pointed to the coffee in her hand, and pulled out a tissue from her bag and handed it over.
"You've got toothpaste foam on your mouth."
"Ouch, I'm sorry." Peter didn't take the tissue, so he wiped it with his hand.
Seeing him like this, Felicia couldn't help but laugh.
"You're good enough, too." She said this, as if she was watching something very funny, "I heard that your girlfriend is still a model, just like you, how did you hook up with someone?" You're not going to be a rich second generation and pretending to be poor, are you? ”
"Belle, you say?" Peter said, "We're just friends, and we just have a good relationship." ”
"What you said can anger half of the boys in the school, and the other half have to think about taking advantage of the weakness."
"Let them go," said Peter, "and if anyone has the ability to get her after him, I will pay him for a ring for the proposal." ”
"Normally when a boy says that, I think he's very confident, but you," said Felicia, "I'll think you're not only rich, but also surprisingly generous." ”
"Don't make fun of me, aren't you talking about group work?"
"Don't, the head of this gossip is open, if you don't talk about it in detail, it won't be interesting enough, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you? I'll invite you to have something to eat at the café opposite, and tell me about your model friend. ”
In a few words, the two of them seemed to have forgotten about their group work, and they didn't enter the library at all, but went straight to Starbucks with a joke.
In school, it's said to be an ivory tower of purity, but life in the tower is not comfortable, and most people switch back and forth between stressful and idle egg pain.
Whether it's to relieve stress or relieve boredom, eating melons is a good way.
However, melons should not be eaten indiscriminately, and melons must be big enough and sweet enough to arouse the interest of the masses. This kind of melon is not often found.
Today, there happens to be one.
Peter Parker, who was originally inconspicuous at all, and few people noticed him, but because he was the scandalous boyfriend of a model who made a lot of trouble in the city, he was in the limelight for a while.
It's just a pity that most of them are not good words.
I also want to know that a poor boy and a rich girl, a nerd and a model, but if there is such a combination, in a place like the United States where the core values have not yet been popularized, it would be a hell of a matter if there is no rumor.
And the other half of this melon, Felicia Hardy, is also very topical, so high that no one in the school doesn't know her.
When it comes to appearance, she is definitely not below Belle. When it comes to figure, even compared to Black Widow, she is not far behind. Coupled with her cheerful personality and enthusiasm and generosity, she is actually much more popular than Belle at school.
That's all in the past.
Now, most of the girls maintain a sympathetic attitude towards her and stay away, and a few of them gloat and point fingers at her when they have nothing to do.
Boys, this mentality is complicated. But their actions are quite uniform, and they are polite, but that's it.
The reason is simple, in her freshman year, she was raped.
Because of the lack of evidence, the perpetrators are still at large and even continue their studies in school.
As a result, Felicia's situation became extremely difficult.
When she is safe and sound, her appearance and figure are the advantages of women, but once this happens, her angelic face and devilish body will bring her endless disasters.
"Why didn't he look for someone else, but just found you? It's not the coquettish look you wear every day! ”
No matter how much the metoo movement is in full swing, it is always difficult to improve the atmosphere of the people, and even universities that have always been at the forefront of the times have not been much better.
Anyway, in the entire school, there are only a few people who are willing to team up with her to complete group assignments, except for Peter Parker.
The two topic characters got together to talk hotly, and there was naturally no shortage of good people around.
A girl secretly took a few photos with her mobile phone and wanted to send them to her friends.
"What's going on?" She looked at the annoying loading icon on the screen and said impatiently, "Why is there no internet all of a sudden?" ”
She was a little annoyed and shoved her phone into her bag, and was about to go to a friend to let them see it in person, and have a wave of exchanges by the way.
She was in a bit of a hurry, didn't look closely, and somehow bumped into a lean boy in a college hoodie.
She complained a few words, but she didn't care, ran to the classroom, and was about to share the big news she had just seen with her girlfriends, but after searching all over the backpack, she couldn't find the phone.
"Oh no, I lost my phone!"