[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

The first rays of light in the morning shone on Jason's eyelids. He murmured, covered half of his face with the quilt, and sat up quickly. It was not until he saw the alarm clock that he remembered that he had entered summer vacation.

After the summer vacation, Jason will go to middle school. By the way, he got all A's in his elementary school graduation exam. He has never gotten any grades other than A in his life.

It was raining last night, but it cleared up today. Jason opened the curtains, stretched towards the sunlight, and then touched the snake plant on the windowsill with his fingers.

He said softly, "Good morning, ma'am."

Then Jason folded the quilt, placed the Paddington Bear doll that accompanied him through the night next to his pillow, and pinched the little bear's ears.

"Good morning, Paddington."

It was the first day of summer vacation and Jason was in a great mood. His summer homework was easy, so he would have more time to go skating, train with Bruce, handle more cases with Batman, help more people, read more books, and practice more songs on the guitar.

Children of this age always have a lot of things they want to do. Jason is actually a person who enjoys enjoying life. Just like Andrea said, never let your life fall into monotony at any time, otherwise you will lose many possibilities.

When we entered the restaurant, breakfast was already on the table, including fresh cherry tomatoes, fried bacon and sausages, fried eggs, fried potatoes, mushrooms, croissants, oatmeal, and milk.

A rich English breakfast smelled delicious. Jason greeted Alfu who was busy in the kitchen: "Good morning, Alfu. Is Bruce still sleeping?"

Alfred replied in a charming tone, "Yes, Master Bruce always waits until noon to get up."

Alfu was too lazy to care about the fact that the master of the Wayne family always had to sleep until noon and have brunch together, but little Robin always got up early because he had to go to school.

However, Jason has the habit of taking naps and sleeps more than 10 hours a day. Alfred and Bruce never think he sleeps too much, because children need to sleep to grow taller. In the past, the old butler always complained that Dick did not sleep enough.

Thinking of Master Richard, Ah Fu lowered his eyes in thought. The other party would be back today, but the old butler didn't know how to explain this to Jason.

Don't get me wrong, Alfred knew that Jason had a competitive mentality towards Dick. The child had a low sense of security and was very sensitive, so he always tried hard to be worthy of the title of Robin and didn't want to lose to his predecessor. He was envious and even a little jealous of Dick's golden boy personality.

But Bruce was just like many parents who didn't know much about parenting. He thought that comparing his child with other children would encourage him to work harder.

Jason was indeed stimulated to work harder by words like "If it were Dick, he wouldn't do this", but Bruce now also realized the sequelae of such words. Once the words are spoken, they cannot be taken back.

But at the same time, both Bruce and Alfred could see Jason's admiration for Batman and his predecessor Robin. He might be looking forward to meeting Dick, but Dick might not think so.

Alfred initially disagreed with Bruce letting another child follow him to fight crime, and letting Jason take over the title of Robin did nothing to ease the already strained father-son relationship between Bruce and Dick, and the situation might as well have developed in the opposite direction.

But in the end, Alfu still told Jason that Dick would come back tonight. After all, this was a fact that would happen whether Alfu said it or not.

Jason was stunned for a moment, then nodded calmly and said yes, but Ah Fu saw that the boy's eyes lit up instantly.

Excluding the competitive mentality, Jason's initial favorability towards his ex was not low. Not to mention that he saw Robin flying across the night sky of Gotham several times when he was a child, and not to mention that most of the teenagers in Gotham admired Batman and Robin, the "dynamic duo", the "cake" business that Jason used to make the most money from was obtained because of Dick.

Even though that was Jason's dark history and Dick had touched his waist, Jason thought it was just Dick's attempt to fuck a playboy like Bruce, so he decided to pretend it never happened.

Even though Dick probably didn't remember it, Jason always remembered it and thought he owed Dick a favor.

So Jason took the initiative to suggest that he and Afu go shopping for ingredients today. On the way, Jason asked Afu about Dick's favorite dishes.

This is a signal that Jason hopes to get along with Dick. Alfu is very happy that Jason thinks so and takes action for it, but he is a little worried that this child will be hit by reality.

Even though he was worried, Alfu told Jason in a gentle tone that Dick liked cream of mushroom soup and Cheerios.

"Cheery?"

Jason showed a look of disgust. He used to eat off-brand cereal rings and baguettes. The baguettes were okay, not only were they edible, but they could also be used to fight people. The cereal rings really tasted bad, and they had to be soaked in hot water and milk. Where could Jason get hot water and milk at that time? If he ate them dry, they would be choking.

He said decisively: "Then I'll make oatmeal milk cookies today."

Ah Fu touched his head and smiled: "Master Jason always likes to try new menus and methods."

This might be why the old butler liked Jason. The boy was indeed rude and violent at times, but he had a soft and kind heart.

However, Dick didn't come back until the evening, and he might not be able to make it in time for dinner, so Jason first tried to make cream of mushroom soup for lunch. Although it was his first time to try this dish, Bruce gave it a good review.

"Well, Alfred, if Richard makes it to dinner, I'll make this. If he can't, I'll make cookies."

Jason took Ah Fu's hand and shook it, and said in a coquettish tone: "Call me when you are ready to cook dinner, and we will do it together."

Ah Fu looked at his cute little face indulgently. Jason was still short and had to look up when he saw anyone. When he smiled with his face upturned, no one could refuse him.

In the afternoon, Jason went out to participate in the training activities of the figure skating club. Batman's training made Jason have better reaction ability and agility than others. He himself had a good talent for skating. After about half a year of skating, he could already do two double jumps. There are six types of jumps in figure skating, from easy to difficult, they are the T jump, S jump, Loop jump, F jump, Lz jump and Axel jump.

Most people may not be able to land a triple jump even if they start practicing at a young age, but Jason is now trying to conquer the Double A. Andrea always brags to him that she can land the Double A. Ed, the physical education teacher in charge of the figure skating club and Jason's current coach, thinks he is very talented.

Even though figure skating is a sport that requires a lot of training, Jason possesses strength, agility, good flexibility, the courage to take on challenges, and the perseverance to overcome hardships. I heard that he often participates in extreme sports with Mr. Wayne. Most people who can play extreme sports are courageous, stable, and have big hearts, and these are the qualities that make them excellent athletes.

The bald middle-aged man, who was once a professional athlete and became a fat man after retirement, gave Jason a suggestion: "If you can do a triple jump, Jason, I think you can try to participate in some professional competitions. You have the qualifications to become a professional athlete."

Jason burst out laughing. "Are you kidding? Figure skating is known as ballet on ice, and it's an artistic sport. I'm just a little better at jumping than the average person. I can't be a figure skater just by being able to jump, right?"

"indeed so."

The coach nodded, with appreciation in his eyes: "But art is also diverse and inclusive. Figure skaters can have many styles, masculine, feminine, classical, humorous... There is no problem accommodating another Jason Todd."

This sentence touched Jason. He looked away shyly and asked stutteringly, "Do you really think I can do it?"

“You can try, because only by trying can you touch the possibility.”

Jason was always unable to resist the look of approval, so he dazedly agreed to try training with more difficult moves.

Shanni patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Welcome to join the devil's army. This is how Ed tricked me into joining the professional competition group. You will be trained to death next."

Jason disagreed. Could any tiring training be better than Robin's on-the-job training?

On the way home, Alfred told Jason that there was a small case in Blüdhaven and Dick might need to come over tomorrow, so they could eat first.

Jason was a little regretful: "Okay, but I'll still cook with you, Alfu."

Ah Fu readily agreed and gave a favorable review of Jason's oatmeal milk cookies.

Originally Jason thought that today would be just like any other day. He and Bruce went out for a night patrol, and then returned home in the early morning. Alfu sent him to wash up and go to bed, and he also enjoyed a glass of milk before bed. He always felt that he was too short, half a head shorter than many boys of the same age, but Jason hoped to become a tall man in the future, so that his body would be manly.

But one of the robbers hit him on the lower back with a steel pipe. Jason didn't take it seriously at first, and only felt the pain when he was about to go to bed.

The young man got up and prepared to look through the medicine box. He didn't want the untreated injury to affect tomorrow's training.

As he approached the living room, he heard an argument.

To be precise, it was a clear voice that vented the anger unilaterally.

"I've only been away from Gotham for half a year, and you're already looking for a replacement! Robin is my mom's nickname for me! And you let a thug from Crime Alley use this code name..."

Jason froze in place.

Bruce replied tiredly, "Dick, no matter what happened in the past, he is only 13 years old, and he is already your brother!"

"No! He's not!"

Jason leaned against the wall silently, looking up at the oil painting hanging on the wall with an expressionless face.

Finally, he took off his slippers and tiptoed back to his room silently, pretending nothing had happened.