Gotham, Weyne.
Even without asking who her father was, Rania was able to deduce the identity of Romeo in the love story by connecting the two words.
Despite all that had happened that day, Rania still had to go to school as usual the next day.
Although life was troublesome because of her vision problem, Rania did not feel that her life was unfair. On the contrary, she found her field of vision quite interesting.
Not everyone could see such an incredible scene. Most of the time, she felt like she was living in the main screen of Assassin's Creed, where there was nothing but emptiness around her. When she stood on the street, pedestrians, cats, dogs, birds in midsummer … all the living things that could move were coming and going in the empty space. Occasionally, a few red vehicles flew by in the void. At first glance, they looked like flying machines in science fiction works.
The only difference was that Rania could see animals, but pedestrians … there were only a few pieces of red clothing floating around.
That was if she was lucky. If she was unlucky, she could not even see a shadow. All she could see were pairs of flaming red lips swaying in the air.
… Of course, this part was a little strange.
Moreover, non-red objects could be seen through touch. For Rania, studying normally was not a problem. At most, she could not see the teacher's writing on the blackboard. But since the school had a tablet, she had nothing to complain about.
At least she was only three-quarters blind, which was better than not seeing anything at all.
The little girl was satisfied with that.
"… To put it simply, it's like a game where all the textures except for the animals are missing," she concluded. She thought for a moment and changed her statement. "Or should I say that the loading of the resource pack failed?"
Peter thought for a moment and could not help but feel sympathetic. "… Then this is a useless game."
Rania sighed and looked tragic. "But I can't refund this game … I can only continue to play."
Her words attracted even more sympathetic looks from her friends.
They sat face to face at the long table in the library, with a stack of books in their hands. Usually, there would be two more people at this table, but today, Ned and Michelle had gone home early. So, only Peter and Rania were left.
Peter was still thinking about the question that his friend asked last night.
Although he knew that Rania had vision problems, he had never experienced it. Even if he put himself in her shoes, he could not fully empathize with her. Naturally, he did not know that many ordinary things were so strange to his friend.
So, in Rania's eyes, the Spider-man was a person who swung between tall buildings without wearing pants …
Peter: "…"
His little friend's way of thinking was really unique — what was he going to do without pants? Was he going to be a hooligan without pants???
The little spider felt that he needed to calm down.
"Oh, by the way, I've taken care of your lenses." He quickly dispelled his thoughts and took out a small box. Rania immediately straightened her back. If she had dog ears, they would have stood up. She took off her black-rimmed glasses and pushed them a little towards Peter. Her eyes were full of anticipation. "So, you can — see — it — during the day."
He quickly put the lenses back into the frame and handed them to Rania. Rania immediately took the glasses and put them on.
As she put on the glasses, her vision was covered by a faint red circle in the frame. Under the red light, everything around her suddenly emerged from nothingness and appeared in front of Rania's eyes.
Rania turned her head and confirmed that her vision was basically normal. She happily made an "OK" gesture to Peter and said, "No problem, thanks. Love you."
Although unreliable, her former guardian still did something useful. For example, he customized a special pair of glasses for Rania. The specific function was probably to add a layer of red light filter to Rania's vision. When she wore the glasses, at least during the day, she could have a relatively normal vision … although it was as red as the end of the world.
Of course, such glasses had some disadvantages, such as being very expensive and very fragile.
Rania was so poor that she had to eat dirt. Therefore, she was particularly afraid of this pair of glasses. She would not use it if she could. Unfortunately, a few days ago, the corner of the glasses was knocked off …
At that time, the poor Lesser Shrike felt that he was about to suffocate.
Fortunately, her little friend was kind and enthusiastic. He volunteered to bring the glasses back for repair. Rania was so touched that she wanted to hug and kiss her little friend. And Peter did not let her down. Within two days, he brought the repaired glasses back.
A human figure was sitting opposite her. He waved his hand casually and said, "No need to thank me. It's a piece of cake."
… Yes, there was another problem.
Even with the special glasses, humans were still invisible to Rania. Therefore, Rania felt that her color blindness was very strange. It obviously had nothing to do with light … It was probably a problem caused by her bloodline.
What would the world look like when other things could be seen but humans could not?
— For example, there would be a bunch of blank human figures in the background.
And they would move.
Rania felt that a horror film was nothing more than this.
She really did not know which was scarier, this kind of stingy vision or the vision when she did not wear glasses and saw red clothes fluttering in the wind …
After solving this problem, next was the news about Rania's biological father.
As New Yorkers, Peter and Rania naturally did not pay much attention to the news in Gotham. Not to mention that this city had one of the highest crime rates in the United States. It was rumored to be the city of sin swallowed by darkness. Ordinary people avoided it. At most, they would gossip about the four big families in Gotham.
And the playboy Bruce Wayne, who attracted the attention of women all over the world, was the most glamorous name card of this city.
Rania was a relatively indifferent person. She was not interested in many things. Even if she had doubts, she would not keep them in mind. Most of the time, even if she was puzzled, she would just silently come to a conclusion on her own.
If it had not been mentioned yesterday, for a long time, in Rania's heart, the Spider-man was a city vigilante who did not wear pants …
She only had access to electronic products at school. When she used her tablet, she would basically watch TED videos and public lectures. Occasionally, she would search for news about Iron Man. The rest of the time, she could only read books. She did not care about the news at all. Her understanding of Bruce Wayne was limited to his name, and it was only because a classmate mentioned him.
So when she found out that this man might be her biological father, the little girl could not help but be a little curious.
"This, this, and these," Peter sent a few web pages to Rania, "I looked at them. These reports and interviews mentioned his family. There are not many members in this family."
The two children gathered together and chewed on the content of the report with great interest while exchanging their own feelings. However, because they knew little, their feelings were basically meaningless. They were simply sighing, naive to the point of being a little cute.
For a successful man, 40 or 50 years old was the peak of his life. Bruce Wayne was in the early half of his forties. As a well-known, handsome, and wealthy bachelor, even if he had three children, it did not prevent him from becoming a popular lover in the United States.
Rania did not think much of it. She just stared at the man on the screen.
Two pairs of similar blue eyes stared at each other across the glass screen.
After a while, the little girl stretched out her finger and carefully poked the face of the man in the picture.
… He is really good-looking. Rania thought with some amazement.
"He has two adopted sons," Peter swiped down the screen, "This is Dick Grésen — I saw him last night. He looks like a good person."
"This is Tim Drake, 17 years old this year. They say he may be the next president of Weyne Enterprises …"
"Damien Weyne. He is Weyne's biological son. He is two or three years younger than you. Well, there is not much information about him …"
After spending the entire afternoon, the two of them finally figured out the intricate network of relationships in the Wayne family. They also learned about Bruce Wayne's ex-girlfriends, ex-ex-girlfriends, ex-ex-girlfriends, ex-ex-girlfriends …
The whole afternoon passed just like that, watching the gossip.
When Peter and Rania came back to their senses, they felt guilty that they had really wasted a lot of time on useless things.
However, the little girl was only interested in gossip and had no intention of participating in it herself. Therefore, after reading the gossip about Brussy Baby, the two changed the topic.
"When I saw you yesterday, I thought that Mr. Grésen was your guardian." Peter emphasized the word "that", and his tone was strange.
Rania tilted her head, "?"
Peter said, "If it were me, I wouldn't wait for him. You have a better choice now — do you really not want to have a family?"
"I'm not waiting," Rania said, "I know he won't come back. And he doesn't look like Dick, he looks more like — "
She originally wanted to say fire hydrant, but after thinking that the fire hydrant was a little short, she changed her words, "— a handsome public phone booth."
The little spider: "…"
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