Theodore sat in the gazebo, looking in the direction of the fountain pool.

Sure enough, Wayne didn't stay in the abandoned fountain pool for long. He stood up, straightened his suit, and then showed his trademark smile and walked in the direction where Theodore was currently standing.

“……”

Theodore silently gritted his teeth.

I don't want to let him go, did the little boy with black hair and blue eyes have sterilized you in his last life?

Or is it that for these big guys, each beautiful kid has a point-to-point powerful magnet installed on it?

At this moment, Theodore had already begun to conceive in his mind a hundred ways for the broadmen to die:

Immediately windy, immediately windy, immediately windy...... Every way to die is an immediate stroke!

Wayne's footsteps were getting closer.

Theodore didn't choose to get up and change places.

It's not that he doesn't want to run away.

It's just that if he leaves too eagerly, his evasion and weakness will be red. Shown nakedly.

It's like a hedgehog accidentally bare its belly, and a bird spills blood from its wound at the entrance of its nest.

Once the weakness is exposed in broad daylight, the hyenas will smell it as soon as they hear it.

So Theodore couldn't dodge.

Judging from experience, his evasion will instead promote the opponent's interest in hunting.

Think about it, a boy who is embarrassed, forced to flee in a panic, but has nothing to do. What a tempting prey and what a delicious delicacy it will become.

Beneath the cuffs, Theodore's fingers clenched silently. But on the surface, he still looked at Bruce Wayne calmly and indifferently.

Wayne leaned over slightly in Theodore's direction: "Hey, meet again, can I sit here?" ”

Theodore resisted the urge to raise his head to dodge: "Please." ”

Bruce sat down with his charming smile on his face, as if he couldn't see the faint rejection on Theodore's face.

He tilted his head at Theodore, showing a socially friendly expression.

"You don't look very happy, kid. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time we've met – did I just say something wrong? Or are you a little prejudiced against the rich? ”

Theodore smirked, "How so, you misunderstood, Mr. Wayne." ”

But at the same time, in Theodore's heart—

yes, he's just prejudiced against the rich, what's wrong.

Especially the manor-dwelling, playboy-haired, dark-haired, big-bodied rich people with ulterior fetishes.

Think about the illegal things you did in the first half of your life.

Is the man in front of him embarrassed to ask this question?

Bruce looked a little distressed: "Do you usually talk so little?" ”

"I beg your pardon." Theodore said coldly, "I'm a little nervous. ”

As he said this, Theodore was grinding his back molars almost viciously.

"After all—who wouldn't be nervous about talking to you in the face of something extraordinary, unique like you, Mr. Wayne?"

Bruce laughed easily.

"Oh my God, boy, I'm so excited that you're going to compliment me."

Wayne suddenly leaned forward and approached Theodore.

This sudden move almost frightened Theodore to jump up from the stool and reflexively give the opponent an uppercut.

Under Theodore's nervous gaze, Bruce winked at him.

It's the kind of tacit wink of "you're willing to keep it a secret with me".

His eyes are as deep as the sea, but the moment they look at each other, they are distractingly reminiscent of honey, maple syrup, and chocolate...... In short, all the sweet things in the world.

"Don't call me Mr. Wayne, don't you think it's too serious? Just call me Bruce if you want. ”

Theodore: "!! ”

Theodore shuddered and shrank back in his seat.

Mistaken! He made a mistake!

took his own experience in dealing with the last adoptive father and substituted it for the richest man in Gotham, and the result was a deviation in estimation.

Theodore's last wealthy adoptive father, Stanley M. W. Mena is an out-and-out change. State.

But Bruce is different.

In addition to his extremely bad hobbies, he is also the famous Gotham baby, the well-known sweetheart Bruce, and the kind that changes female companions more often than clothes!

So now, that leads to......

In broad daylight, the big guy really didn't do anything to him.

But......

Theodore felt that every one of his brain cells was screaming on the verge of collapse.

Help, don't!

Bruce Wayne, he seems to be trying to flirt with himself!

In Theodore's memory, Stanley When W. Mena is interested, he usually does it directly.

When there were dialogues, it was mostly Mena's own one-man show.

But Bruce Wayne's interaction ...... How to say it.

This is a very new variant. State mode, Theodore has never encountered before!

Therefore, he could only twitch the corners of his lips weakly and spit out the truest reaction: "Hehe, Bruce, hehe." ”

"Hehehehehehehe......"

In the gap between Theodore's pupils and his inner worldview being forced to reorganize, Bruce was also silently assessing the boy in front of him.

Language and rhetoric can be pretentious, but the most authentic physical responses are not.

Theodore Green, from the moment he met him, showed a very defensive attitude.

Is it fear? Batman thought of the anonymous whistleblower letter.

No, not fear, or rather—more than that.

If it were simply the fear of power, the fear of violence, Theodore's reaction would not have been so complicated.

Whether it's the direction of his toes, the tense muscles of his upper arms under his shirt, or the vaguely hostile look in his eyes, it shows that Theodore wants to ...... more than dodge

By asking the other party to change their names, Batman suddenly shortened the distance between the two.

Sure enough, after he unintentionally entered the opponent's attack range, the boy's forearm bounced up violently and pressed down again with reason.

That's right, an extremely strong desire to attack.

The boy was trying his best to hide his urge to attack himself.

I don't know this violent desire. Where does hope come from?

Stereotypes about a particular group? A one-sided dislike for Bruce Wayne? Or is it for everyone indiscriminately?

According to Batman, this is worth exploring.

……

He, being, watching, observing, me.

Theodore realized, almost creepy, that Bruce Wayne, the man, that he was dissecting himself with his eyes.

It may be due to their own natural talents, or special skills honed by life. For as long as Theodore can remember, he has been particularly sensitive to the evaluation of others.

Even if Wayne smiled sweetly and harmlessly, hiding his measured eyes under the perfect mask of Gotham Baby.

But Theodore was sure that the other party was pondering himself.

It was as if Theodore was no longer a boy at this time, he was materialized as a mystery, a long list of words that could be categorized into a table, and then with great interest, depending on the specific ingredients, he was excitedly listed various plans to dispose of him, Plan A, Plan B, Plan C......

However, what is there about Theodore that President Wayne should be concerned about?

An unremarkable orphan, a student at Gotham High School, with no background, no background, no money, and even insufficient social connections.

Only in one case, these disadvantages will become advantages in the eyes of some people.

- When the hunters are looking for their prey.

No background means easy fiddling, and no money means no recourse.

And the lack of social connections made him not be found by his relatives and friends even if he died silently in a basement covered in bruises.

It's not okay. Theodore thought soberly.

If he continues like this, he will be targeted.

It was also at this moment that Theodore suddenly realized why Wayne came to the orphanage at this sensitive time.

The anonymous letter he delivered should have gone undetected.

And his original intention to save Timothy was most likely fulfilled to some extent.

However, it is precisely because the claws stretched out to Timothy are suppressed by external forces that the other party's energy has nowhere to vent.

On the front page of the newspaper, Gotham Baby is changing to a new female companion every day.

Theodore knew very well that a simple association with those female companions would never satisfy the appetite of being raised by three beautiful little boys.

That's why he came to the orphanage and picked his next trophy.

That palatial manor is waiting to devour a new prey.

Theodore's hands and feet were cold, and a faint feeling of gagging churned through his stomach.

But his mind has never been so clear as it is now.

I had to do something.

I'm going to have to dispel Wayne Brown's thoughts and let him know that I'm not the type he's collecting.

It's too late to shave your head and buy a pair of contact lenses.

Then I have to start with my personality.

Judging from Timothy's daily performance, Wayne's aesthetic orientation should be sensible, obedient, and well-behaved.

Theodore clenched his fists secretly.

Then he's going to do the opposite—

Under Bruce Wayne's unintentional gaze, the boy in front of him suddenly showed an extremely sharp, dangerous, and wild smile.

"Get out of the way, Jason, don't come and divide my soup."

Through Wayne's figure, Theodore clearly announced to the boy behind him, "Look at me like that again, and in the middle of the night, you will have seven more holes pierced by nails." ”