In the study of Gordon Manor, Barbara Gordon was immersed in writing, and after a while, she finally looked up and pushed the glasses on her face, and at this time, Gordon, who was standing behind her, served her a cup of hot tea and said with a smile: "How's the accounting?" ”

Barbara sighed helplessly and said: "The part of the surrounding cost has been calculated, and it can be handed over to the foundry to place an order, and the cost of the site part is still being calculated...... I said, are you really going to put this concert on my own? ”

"Of course not." Gordon sat down at the table and said, "The entire Gotham gang is at your disposal, as long as you can get the concert done, you can let them do whatever they want." ”

"The problem is that they won't do anything!" Barbara was a little broken and said: "Yesterday I went to a meeting with them and proposed to enrich the variety of goods, and they actually said that the small metal badge is too much of a girl, and suggested that they directly sell grenades printed with the album logo!" Why don't they want to think about how much it costs?! ”

Barbara slapped the pen in her hand on the table and said, "The most important thing in the surrounding industry is to control costs, and they don't have these words in their heads, and the gangster's financial management system is a piece of......"

Gordon hurriedly reassured: "Don't be angry, don't you know that they are all grass platform teams?" Some time ago, the cold chain industry made them a lot of money, and now everyone has a panic to burn money, you make a report, I will send it to Evans tomorrow, and he will be able to pass. ”

Barbara covered her forehead and said, "It's not just a financial matter, the management plan of the whole concert highlights a mess, and if it goes on like this, I don't know if it can be successfully held......"

While the father and daughter were discussing issues related to the upcoming Gotham Music Festival in their study, a special guest came to Gordon Manor, and Gordon was a little surprised when he opened the door, because it was Bruce Wayne who appeared outside the door.

He put away the umbrella in his hand, walked unceremoniously into the porch of Gordon Manor, looked left and right, and said, "I'm sorry I didn't come to your housewarming banquet, Sergeant Gordon, I hope it's not too late." ”

"What are you doing here at such a late hour?" Gordon took Bruce's umbrella and placed it in the bucket next to him, making way for him to walk into the manor.

At this time, Barbara happened to come down from the upstairs, and when she saw Bruce, she instinctively called "Batman", and then cleared her throat a little embarrassed and said, "I mean, Bruce, it's so late, do you have anything to do with me and James?" ”

"It's nothing, I heard that the planning of the festival is not going very well?" Bruce walked over to the fireplace and sat down.

Barbara nodded, and was about to complain, but Gordon said, "It's not worth it for you to come to me in the middle of the night, tell me, who are you arguing with again this time?" It's not going to be your professor, is it? ”

Bruce shook his head, then sighed deeply, recalling the farce that had taken place in Wayne Manor over the past few days.

After Bruce brings Martha back to Wayne Manor, both Thomas and Alfred are shocked.

Because Bruce, who invaded the Flashpoint universe, was not wearing a Batman costume and covered his face, and Thomas was drunk, he didn't find out that he was taken away by Bruce, so when he learned that in fact, the accident in which he suddenly appeared in the operating room of the hospital that day was caused by Bruce trying to save Martha, he was very excited - excited and gave Bruce a punch directly.

There is no doubt that Thomas, like all Batmans, does not like to play anesthetics, which is the main reason why he and Bruce are in full martial arts.

And Alfred was simply happy, he never thought that he would be able to reunite with the Waynes in his lifetime, and the Wayne Manor, which had been deserted for several years, was finally lively again.

Because the Wayne family is a very typical family composition of strict fathers and mothers, in Bruce's childhood, most of the time Thomas was busy with business, and Martha took care of the whole family, so Bruce was more dependent on his mother, and after Martha's return, he did enjoy a few days of care and love from his mother.

But the good times don't last long, and the scene of a family reunited after a long absence can immediately return to the original harmonious atmosphere will probably only appear in the TV series, not to mention that the Wayne family's long absence has crossed a whole stage of life - Bruce has changed from a child to a young adult, and Thomas and Martha are old.

When they meet again, they inevitably have a strange feeling of ten years of life and death, and it is difficult for a family that has been absent from each other's most important stage of life to immediately put aside the thorns that have been domesticated by suffering and embrace each other without scruples, so after the initial warm reunion atmosphere faded, many problems began to gradually appear.

First of all, Martha couldn't accept that Thomas was a smoker and drinker, and that she almost broke her body, and as a mother in the most traditional rich family, she devoted her life to maintaining the health of every member of the family.

At the same time, when Martha was a young lady of the Kane family, she attended a religious girls' school and was more conservative, believing that parents and elders must lead by example in order to teach their children well and keep them away from bad habits that could hurt their bodies, including but not limited to smoking, alcoholism, drugs, nightclubs, etc.

She demanded so much of herself and of her husband, and before the tragedy of her son, the Waynes had maintained extremely healthy habits, and the Wayne family was a model family praised by everyone in high society.

Without the influence of the crazy virus, when Martha sees her husband again, she finds that he has changed from a tall and handsome successful businessman to a decadent drunkard, which makes the former Mrs. Wayne how acceptable?

Of course, Martha knows that there is a reason for this, and she can only blame the unfair fate, but since the past has passed, and the family and children have returned, then now we must get rid of those bad habits and set a good example for the children, right?

But Thomas also has a hard time, now the pressure of the entire Wayne Group is pressing on him, cigarettes and alcohol are the only things he can relieve stress and fatigue, if it weren't for the fact that he hates the side effects of hallucinogens, he will resort to tranquilizers.

It's not impossible to quit smoking and drinking, it's just that it's not right now, the body and emotions are already on the verge of collapse, and if you endure the withdrawal reaction, you won't be able to work at all, but if he doesn't work, what will happen to a huge Wayne Group?

If it had been in the past, his wife would have persuaded him, and Thomas would definitely take a few days off considering her feelings, but Thomas knew that the burden on his shoulders was too heavy now, and he had no time to rest.

On the one hand, the Gotham renovation project is constantly drawing the blood of the Wayne Group, and Thomas can't even keep it, but must look for good investment opportunities everywhere like a newcomer to the business field, and further expand the business, so that more fresh blood can flow into Gotham.

He has been doing charity with Martha for so many years, and the combined results may not be as much as the progress of the Gotham renovation project in a month, and with the hope of saving Gotham at hand, how could Thomas be willing to give up?

On the other hand, it should also be taken into account that there are so many children in the manor now, except for one or two of them who have business talents and can inherit the Wayne Group, the others have to seek development on their own, if they do not have sufficient capital, how can they pave the way for them in all walks of life?

Therefore, Thomas knew that overdrawing his body would cause his wife's dissatisfaction, but he still had to continue to work, and his mind was similar to his parents who were worried all day, nothing more than to suffer himself a little more and get through it.

So, Martha persuaded every day, Thomas explained every day, the whole thing made no progress, the two parties inevitably had emotions, in order to prevent the relationship from being further consumed, Thomas could only stay in the company as much as possible and not go home.

Locked with her husband, Martha set her sights on her son, and the first thing she worried about was, of course, Bruce's marriage.

Martha was quite happy when she learned that Bruce had a girlfriend, and Martha was even happier after learning that the two of them were in a stable relationship and had not broken up after a long-distance relationship.

The only thing that makes Martha hesitate is that Selena's two professions are thief and actress, both of which are not popular with high society.

But fortunately, it's Gotham here, and it's not unacceptable, after all, Gotham's dark curse is fair to everyone, and the chances of rotten people appearing in the upper class and the bottom are not much different.

It can be seen from Elliott and Roman that Gotham's high society is not much better, prodigal and crazy losers are all good, like little Elliott who kills his father and mother, and there will be one every few years, and Martha didn't have too high expectations.

But what makes Martha very confused is that Bruce and Selena have been in love for five years, from just entering college to graduating from college, every child in Wayne Manor knows Selena, and Selena's friends also know Bruce, so why didn't the two of them get married?

In Martha's time, there was no such thing as a long-distance love run, and between men and women from the beginning of love to the stability of the relationship, it is natural that they should enter the marriage hall, so since the relationship is stable, why not get married?

In Martha's more simple emotional concept, Bruce must have taken the initiative in this relationship, after all, there is a big gap between the identities of the two, it can be said that it is a copy of the Cinderella love story, so whether or not they can get married must also be decided by Bruce, so why didn't Bruce get married?

Martha tried to be at the dinner table a few times, but Bruce didn't seem to understand, which made Martha's whole heart hang, and she was worried that her children had not learned how to be responsible for a relationship and a family.

But since Thomas showed Martha a lot of Bruce's diagnosis reports and drug lists, Martha also felt that she couldn't rush too hard.

The responsible mother gradually regained contact with the sisters and elders of the Kane family, and picked up the intersection with classmates and close friends at the girls' school, and occasionally asked Bruce to visit his aunt and aunt's house, or invite them to the house to talk about family.

But Bruce is also very busy, not only to conduct various research at Arkham Psychiatric Hospital, but also to go to the space station base to help with the construction, and when Pamela, who works with him on botanical topics, and Diana, who often travels to and from the space station base, appear in front of Martha, Martha is even more anxious.

A scorching atmosphere began to spread among the three of them, and the triple relationship between father and son, mother and son, and husband and wife kept rubbing and colliding, and the family, which had just broken free from suffering and reunited after a long absence, began the throes of the run-in period again.

Originally, this was not a big deal, and after the initial awkward period had passed, there would always be people who realized that communication was the only answer to these problems.

But the bad thing is that in this already complicated family relationship, two sets of Robins of size and size are also stuffed in.

(End of chapter)