Chapter 40: The Family Feast
"Do you like lemon sea bass? Today my mom made lemon sea bass. β
In the evening, Bumblebee gradually drove away from Midtown Science and Technology High School.
"Of course, I can't think of a reason not to like it!"
Lees was intently driving the car while chatting with Gwen.
Gwen's home was also in Queens, not too far from school, so the two arrived at an apartment building in less than ten minutes.
"2016, it sounds like a vintage!"
Looking at the house number, Li Si couldn't help but complain, after all, the time he traveled through in his last life was 2016.
"20 is the floor, 16 is the house number, and it has nothing to do with the year!"
Gwen explained in a serious manner and rang the doorbell at the same time.
"I said, don't you even have the key to your own house......
Li Si couldn't help but complain again.
Then the door opened, and it was Gwen's mother, a beautiful blonde white lady.
She was followed by Gwen's two teenage brothers, who were looking at Lees with curiosity on their faces.
"This is my classmate Listan, this is my mother!"
Gwen spread her hands out first at Lis, then at the blonde woman.
"Uh...... Should I call my aunt now? β
Li Si couldn't figure out what to call it in the United States, so he finally stubbornly said: "Good night, ma'am, I'm Listan!" β
"Hello, Lee!"
Gwen's mother smiled and then led Lees to the sofa in the living room, warmly beckoned him to sit down, and poured him a glass of water: "Sit down for a while, dinner will be right away." β
"Okay!"
Li Si took a small sip of the water glass in embarrassment, and at this time he finally realized the feeling of being restless when Max went to be a guest.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect you to be nervous too."
Gwen snickered at the sight of Lees.
"I said that I wasn't ready yet, and it was too sudden, I even forgot to bring a gift, which is really rude!"
Li Si put down the water cup and covered his forehead with a headache, and his parents finally relaxed a little when they left his sight.
"It's just a family dinner, not a party."
Gwen grinned, pulled Lees and began to introduce him to his two younger brothers.
The two younger brothers, one is nine years old and the other is fourteen years old, and it can be seen that Gwen's father is indeed very strict with his children, although he is the age of a bear child, but both of them are very sensible.
There is still a way to deal with children Li Si, casually talking to them about superheroes and other topics, which provoked the two children to scream in amazement, and also made Gwen jealous, even she and her brother have never been so close.
After a while, the sound of the lock cylinder turning at the door was heard again, and a middle-aged white man with a resolute face pushed the door and walked in.
"This should be Gwen's father, Sheriff George Stacy!"
Lees recognized his future father-in-law after a slight glance, although he was not the same actor, but when he watched movies before, he felt that the actor looked like Governor Schwarzenegger, so he was very impressed.
"You must be Lee, right?"
George Stacy walked in the door and threw the key on the coffee table, then sat casually on the sofa next to Lees, and stretched out his hand at the same time: "I'm Gwen's father, George Stacy!" β
"Hello Mr. Stacy, I'm Lee Stein."
Li Si hurriedly shook his hand.
George Stacy can already be regarded as very kind, but the long-term development of the sheriff's style coupled with the appearance of not smiling is indeed quite oppressive.
Of course, for Lees, this oppressive force comes more from Gwen's father's identity.
What followed was even more tragic to see was the scene of the interrogation.
The police officer's serious style of police officer George Stacy Sheriff directly pulled Li Si to talk about his studies and work, if he hadn't asked if he had a car and a house, Li Si would have almost thought that he had gone to the scene of a blind date in China.
Gwen, who had a faint fear of this strict father, couldn't interject, and could only look at Li Si as if helplessly encouraged, and Li Si, who was already weak about abducting the other party's daughter, could only talk to him awkwardly, until Gwen's mother called everyone to eat, and he was relieved.
However, I never thought that it would be a tragedy when eating.
Li Si, who thinks he is familiar with the self-cultivation of a great gentleman, initially behaved decently, and he was also very skilled in the use of knives and forks, but when it came time to eat, he was numb.
If you say it's lemon bass, it's really just lemon bass, and each person has a plate of fish with a few green beans and rice that is not enough to eat a few bites.
Eating this thing with a knife and fork is simply anti-human, and he has no problem eating steak or something, but how does a knife and fork stick up the round green beans? How do you stick loose fish?
After eating a meal, his whole body collapsed, so he pretended to eat some shredded meat.
Fortunately, at this time, Gwen's mother seemed to feel that the atmosphere at the table was a little dull, breaking the silence and at the same time letting Li Si breathe a sigh of relief.
"George, tell us how you're doing today!" Gwen's mother said.
"yes, Daddy, did you catch that Spider-Man?"
Gwen's brother was intrigued and asked.
"Not yet, but we'll catch him, this is not a professional criminal, he left a lot of clues when he attacked the citizens."
George Stacy put down the knife and fork and stated simply.
"I actually ran into him last night, and it seems like he's catching a car thief."
Li Si also followed the topic, and was glad in his heart that he finally didn't have to wave his knife and fork to eat air.
"Encountered? Lee, you should stay away from him, he's a dangerous thug. β
As a serving sheriff, George Stacy obviously has no good feelings for street vigilantes like Spider-Man, and even directly condemns him as a thug.
Li Si nodded in understanding, and then said: "In fact, he is not attacking civilians, but only arresting criminals, but I have to say that his way of thinking is very naΓ―ve. β
"Childish?"
Everyone looked at Li Si in unison.
"Yes, although he is fighting crime, this method is obviously not advisable, although a small number of criminals have been arrested, but the credibility of the police and other judicial departments has been seriously damaged."
For the sake of his future father-in-law's favor, Li Si blackened the little spider and showed no mercy: "The evil result of this is that the criminals will be more unscrupulous, and the people only hope for the vigilantes, and the birth of the vigilantes will continue to crack down on the vicious cycle of the credibility of the judicial department." β
He's not talking nonsense, Gotham, the capital of crime, is the best example, otherwise Batman wouldn't have gone to great lengths to support a Knight of Light.