"Click!"

Closing the Nokia phone flip cover, Peter put the phone down.

The dim moonlight outside the window shone in through the window, casting a faint glow in the room.

Gwen on the other end of the phone, after confiding in herself for half an hour, finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell asleep.

Although she is Spider-Woman, she is just an ordinary high school student.

Looking out the window at the darkening night, Peter shook his head.

He reacquaints himself with this fierce and broken mouth, but occasionally shows her vulnerable side.

......

The next day, early in the morning.

The living room door was pushed open, and Aunt Mei entered the room with a brown bag in her hand.

The chill outside the room immediately poured in through the air.

"The taste of chicken and mashed potatoes."

Ben was wearing glasses and flipping through the morning newspaper when he saw Aunt Mei come in, put down the newspaper, and said to his wife, "This is the cutest thing I've ever seen." ”

Aunt Mei exhaled a cold breath from her mouth, put the brown bag on the kitchen counter, and then walked over and hugged her husband.

"It's dinner for Peter, and you won't be able to enjoy it yet, Ben."

Aunt Mei took out the carrots that were already in the kitchen, mixed them with chicken and mashed potatoes, and started to get busy.

Breakfast time is over, but her busy time is not over.

Ben shrugged his shoulders, took off his glasses, and said, "That's a shame, but our Peter really needs a warm dinner, and maybe we can take advantage of this dinner to have a good talk with him." ”

Peter hadn't eaten with the two of them since the night before, and they rarely spoke to each other.

This worries the couple.

I thought Peter was in some trouble and wanted to find a chance to talk to the other party.

"Didn't Peter have environmental allergies? Maybe...... Related to this, if you don't adapt to school life and can't adapt to the environment, it will make a person feel very depressed. ”

Aunt Mei said to her husband while cutting the carrot into cubes.

"Probably, but he can't open up, he will only make his mood worse and worse."

Ben worriedly, "Peter seems to be running away not only from life, but also from us, and he doesn't even want to sit down with us for dinner. ”

Seeing her husband's expression, Aunt Mei put down the knife, walked over and held her husband's hand, and said, "Maybe...... Peter needed some time, and we should trust him. ”

"By the way, you just talked to George on the phone for half an hour, what were you talking about?"

She duly shifted the subject from Peter to George. Stacy.

George. Stacy and Ben. Parker is a good friend, and the two families often correspond.

In this sense, Gwen and Peter should be regarded as childhood sweethearts.

"We talked a lot, he had a lot of ideas and a lot of energy. George, who wants to build a fund for Gwen, is afraid that he will not be able to stay with Gwen in the future. He was always like this, indifferent to his daughter in the eyes of others, but in fact he loved her more than anyone else. ”

Ben opened the conversation, "We also talked about Peter's future college and he wanted to sponsor Peter, you know, he's always liked this kid. ”

"But I refused."

Ben shook his head and said, "We can't keep bothering George. ”

Hearing her husband talk about Peter's college attendance, May's expression was a little gloomy.

The couple can only live on a meager pension, and with the current economic situation, they simply cannot afford the expenses of a college student.

Seeing his wife's expression, Ben clenched the other party's hand and comforted:

"There will always be a way, we can also go to the bank for a loan, and we can mortgage this house. And I can also run taxis, you know, I used to be a truck driver, and we ran Interstate 40 together on our honeymoon. ”

The couple were talking when they heard the sound of footsteps stamping on the stairs.

Peter stepped down the stairs.

"Good morning, Aunt Mei, Uncle Ben."

He greeted the two.

Mei and Ben also quickly adjusted their mood.

"Good morning, Peter."

May put the bread she had prepared in the oven and began to make breakfast for Peter.

A few minutes later, the steaming bread was placed on the table.

Peter, as usual, prepared to take the bread and go into his room.

Seeing that Peter was still reluctant to eat at the table, May's expression darkened.

"It's ...... What? ”

Peter, who was holding the plate, was stunned for a moment.

Counting the life experience of "abusing and killing the original form" for more than ten years in his previous life, he thought that he had been fully prepared for the bad American food, but he still didn't see the type of bread in front of him with a strange shape and strange taste.

"Ahem......"

Aunt Mei coughed and said, "Banana bread." I read in a book about homeopathy that eating foods that contain potassium is the best way to fight allergies. ”

Peter was a little puzzled, "Anti-allergic? ”

"Yes, treating environmental allergies will allow you to adapt better. If you're in a bad mood, it will relieve you a lot. ”

Aunt Mei said with a slight expression.

Uncle Ben next to him leaned over, stared at the bread and said, "I want to have a piece too." ”

"No way!"

Aunt Mei stretched out her finger and shook it in front of her husband.

"It's Peter's!"

"Okay."

Uncle Ben retracted his gaze and showed a helpless expression towards Peter, "It's really stingy!" ”

On the other side, Peter, who was holding a "banana bread", was touched in his heart.

He is not a cold-blooded animal who can't feel feelings, and he can naturally feel the love and care of Aunt Mei and Uncle Ben.

He has always regarded himself as a passerby, but at this time he suddenly has a sense of home.

It is no longer a cold battlefield full of aliens, but a home that can bring him warmth.

Reaching out, he gently tore off a slice of bread, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it.

"How?"

Aunt Mei asked expectantly.

"It's nice, there's a fruit salad mixed with cream."

Peter walked over to the table, put down the banana bread, and began to taste it slowly.

Seeing that Peter did not enter his room to eat again, the couple looked at each other and saw the relief in each other's eyes.

Maybe that's a good start.

The same thought flashed through the two of them.

After cooking the banana bread, Peter flipped through the morning newspaper on the table.

I want to see if there is any news about Jimmy who was shot in the head last night.

After looking through a few newspapers, I found no reports about them, but found several cases of disappearances in the newspapers.

The newspaper headline was sensational: "Alert! The Skinning Killer is coming! ”

"Peeling...... Killer? ”

Putting down the newspaper, Peter's brow furrowed.