In the Rodriguez Manor, Jason took the books he had just sorted out in his arms and walked down the stairs, the stacks were too high and a little unstable, and he staggered against the railing of the stairs and moved down step by step.

A pair of hands in the middle of the pile of books, taking the top half off, Jason turned his head to see Schiller walking down, he smiled a little embarrassed.

"Professor, am I taking too much? But Tim asked me to get a few copies of the detective, and he loved to read them, and he had been talking to me for days about the books that Constantine had given you that were not available on the market. ”

"It's fine." Schiller walked briskly downstairs, put the book on the coffee table, patted Jason on the back and said, "Go and ask Merkel to find a rope to tie the book, or you will have to carry the book like this when Alfred comes to pick you up." ”

Jason nodded and ran to the back garden, Merkel was repairing the bush with gardening scissors, and when he heard Jason's words, he put the gardening scissors down and walked to the tool room next to him.

Just then the phone in the living room rang, and Schiller walked over to pick it up and said, "Hey, hello...... Oh, Gordon, what's wrong? The police station has a power outage? …… Okay, I see, you can send her here. ”

Jason took the rope back and started tying up the book, Schiller turned to look at him and said, "Gordon will send Hallie over later, the power is out at the police station, he doesn't want Hallie to eat fast food, I'll book a restaurant, and tell Alfred to pick you up later, we'll go out to eat together." ”

"Or if you and Harley don't go back tonight, I'll send you two to school together tomorrow morning."

Jason thought for a moment, nodded his head and said yes, and then concentrated on bundling the books into categories, and after Schiller finished calling Alfred, he paused for a moment and then picked up the receiver to dial.

"Hey, Miss Pamela, remember the last time I invited you to breakfast? I've got something to do tomorrow morning, I have two kids boarding with me, and I'm going to send them to school tomorrow morning. ”

"No, no cancellations, I just wanted to say, if you're free right now, see you in half an hour at that iceberg restaurant in the South End, and we can have dinner together, but I hope you don't mind, because there are two other little guests."

"Okay, then it's settled, I'll see you then."

Soon Gordon sent Hallie over, and when she first arrived, Hallie was very unhappy and said, "Why can't I eat pizza?" Just because there's a little bit of barely visible chili pepper on it? ”

Gordon said helplessly, "Because that's not healthy for a child." ”

"I'm an adult!"

"The bone age on your medical report tells me that you're far from adulthood, Miss Hallie." Schiller buttoned his waistcoat as he walked down the stairs and said, "If you don't want to eat at the Iceberg, I can ask Merkel to bake you a pizza, but you'd better think about it, because my butler is an Englishman." ”

"Iceberg Restaurant?!" Hallie immediately raised her tone, looked at Schiller with sparkling eyes, and said, "It's the restaurant that opened in the South Side, oh my God!" A lot of people can't get in line, but you can get a place?! ”

Schiller put on his blazer, straightened his tie and said, "I think you may have some misunderstanding about my social status, but first you have to change your clothes, you can't get in that restaurant in slippers, Merkel." ”

The butler hurried in, patted Harley on the back, and said, "Miss Hallie, please go to the cloakroom, the dress you brought last time has been ironed." ”

Jason looked helpless and walked after them to the cloakroom, saying, "God, I hate to wear formal clothes, it makes me look like a circus trainer." ”

After a while, Jason and Hallie both changed their clothes, Jason wore a white shirt with a light coffee pantice suit and matching bib pants for the suit that is common to children in Gotham high society, but without a tie, Merkel held a tie and chased after him a little apologetically and said to Schiller, "Sir, I've tried my best, but I really can't catch him." ”

Hallie rushed out of the cloakroom, wearing a blouse with a baroque collar, a black double-breasted tunic in wool, dark brown over-the-knee socks and shiny Mary Jane shoes, and a brown beret decorated with strings of pearls.

Jason twisted left and right, and seemed very uncomfortable with the restraint of the shirt, but Hallie was very comfortable with the scarf around her neck and the gloves on her hands, and she often wore this kind of clothing to various occasions, but considering their background, this was also normal.

Fortunately, when Schiller bent down to tie Jason's tie, he didn't make a fuss, and stood quietly in place, watching Schiller dazzly tie the strip of cloth into a knot, and then stuff the rest into his coat, which also allowed several people to successfully reach the restaurant within the agreed time.

As soon as Schiller walked in with the two children, Colbert greeted him, and the waiter walked out, and before Jason could figure out what he was doing, Harley was already following the waiter to his seat.

"Can't we stay with the professor?" Jason asked.

Hallie seemed to be very patient, but she still said in that somewhat playful tone: "Of course not, in this kind of social rules of high society, we are treated as children, children cannot listen to important things, we are only responsible for being polite, when they show their puppets of the results of their education." ”

"But I don't think the professor will do that to us."

"Of course, but we follow the social rules so as not to disgrace him." Hallie shrugged her shoulders slightly, then nodded and smiled at everyone who paid attention to her cute appearance, like a real upper-class lady.

Jason got nervous and said, "That is, if I don't do well, I'm going to disgrace the professor?" ”

Hallie nodded and said, "Whether you are a teacher and a student or a father and son, as long as he takes you to a social situation, then you represent the results of his education, I advise you to be honest, he has not been in a good mood lately, if you provoke him, he will hang you on a tree." ”

"He won't hang me on a tree, only Batman will be hung on a tree." Jason lowered his voice and said, "I heard him tell Merkel just now not to cut off the long branch of the big tree facing south in the yard, no wonder Batman is always hanging on it." ”

At the door of the restaurant, Schiller walked inside as he exchanged pleasantries with Copote.

"What is your mother's condition? New Arkham Hospital is a little closer to your new home. ”

Copote was wearing a very conservative dark blue suit, he was a little taller than the last time Schiller saw him, perhaps because the economic situation had improved so that his nutritional intake could keep up, and he was no longer plagued by hereditary mental illness, his appetite improved, in addition to growing taller, he also became stronger, although he was still not as tall as those five big and three thick gangster bosses, but he was no longer the thin and cringe look he had before.

"Thanks to you, she's very nice, we went once after the new hospital was built, and Mrs. Miller gave us a business card saying that the next visit could be called directly to make an appointment with the doctor to come to our home, which is very convenient."

"I hope you can do that, the environment in the hospital inevitably makes people nervous, but not at home, do you still have symptoms of insomnia lately?" Schiller said, glancing at Copote's dark circles.

"Oh no, it's not insomnia, Professor, it's just that I'm a little busier when the restaurant opens, so I haven't slept much these days, in fact I've slept well, and now I'm able to sleep until dawn."

Cobot sent Schiller to the window seat, and when he was seated, Schiller nodded to him and said, "I have invited Miss Pamela to dinner, and if she comes, please bring her here." ”

"Okay, do you need me to tell you about the specialties here?"

"No, you can get busy."

Schiller could see that Colbert was busy, for quite a few of the guests at the table had turned their eyes here, as if to suggest that Colbert go to them for a moment, and some of them were even so eager that they were about to burst into flames.

"He's a celebrity." Harley straightened up and leaned back against the back of the chair with only the most uppermost point of her back, her posture and demeanor were impeccable, but her expression was a little funny.

"Everyone says that the owner of the Iceberg Restaurant has a lot of relationship with the godfather, or he is the godfather's person, and there are too many upstarts who want to catch the line of the new godfather, so they are willing to spend a lot of money to eat here."

"But in the last few days, the owner of the Iceberg Restaurant has not shown up, and the people who came here only ate, but they did not achieve their social goals, and I didn't expect him to show up for the first time today to greet you, Professor."

Hallie blinked, staring at Schiller with an inquiring gaze, and Schiller silently reached out and straightened the vase in the center of the table, met Hallie's gaze and said, "If they knew I was my godfather's governess, you would have to deal with endless trouble tonight." ”

"Hiss......"

Hallie let out a gasp as she looked at Schiller with wide eyes and said, "You're Falcone's governess?!" No wonder you can book such a good seat by making an appointment an hour in advance, and you can also ask the owner of Iceberg Restaurant to wait for you at the door in advance! ”

"It has nothing to do with it, miss." Schiller shook his head and said, "Actually, if Detective Gordon, who just sent you, comes here, Copote will greet him at the door. ”

"Won't it?" Harley was a little incredulous, she frowned and said, "How could a person with a high position in the Twelve Families greet the police with great fanfare?" If he dares to do this, isn't he afraid that other clan leaders will squeeze him out? ”

"When he had a hereditary mental illness in his family, he was picked up by Gordon, and the two of us saved him, plus Professor Victor, and the three of us saved him and his mother, and that was when the old godfather was still there."

While Hallie and Jason were listening intently to the thrilling story that Schiller had encountered when he first arrived in Gotham, a young lady walked up to her, sat down on the outermost stool, and handed the waiter a bag chained with pearls.

Hallie's eyes immediately widened, and she looked at the red-haired young lady opposite, and she said in surprise, "Pamela? ”

The reason for her surprise was that instead of wearing either a sweatshirt and jeans or a short-sleeved jacket like before, Pamela wore a light purple slim-fitting bandeau bodycon dress, the delicate fabric of the fish scales shimmered in layers under the light, and the delicate clavicle chain was embellished with an emerald gemstone that matched her green eyes.

"Don't look at me like that." Pamela picked up the glass and took a sip of water and said, "I told you a while ago that our parents are the same kind of people, thinking that as long as a girl masters social skills and dresses herself beautifully, she will definitely marry into a wealthy family." ”

Harley raised her mouth upwards and shrugged her shoulders by blowing the broken hair on her forehead, while Jason took a sip and whispered, "At least they gave you a skill that you could use, didn't they?" ”