[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

In the summer of 2013, Jason Nigime Pennyworth, captain of the Columbia University football team and the most handsome man on campus, suffered a broken heart.

It is said that he and his Middle Eastern girlfriend were ultimately unable to overcome the distance of an international relationship, so he was dumped by his girlfriend. When he returned home, he was beaten by a passing robber and had to stay in the hospital. It was truly tragic.

The worst thing was that because the ace was in the hospital, the Columbia football team was badly beaten in the PK with the Western Conference team. If it weren't for the vice-captain's hard work, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been able to save their last bit of face.

So when Jason was still lying down, vice-captain Oden, Kong Kenan and coach Barron came to visit Jason together. Their words were all to tell him to take good care of his injury, and that they would defeat other schools one by one next year.

Barron patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I found a few good talents in the track and field club and have already negotiated the conditions to recruit them."

The left eye of this middle-aged bald and fat coach was blue. It was said that he was beaten by the track and field coach when he went to scout players. Fortunately, Kong Kenan, who went with him, suddenly showed his kung fu skills. This coach might not be able to walk out of the track and field team's playground alive.

Jason: "..."

For some reason, Jason has no idea about Coach Barron's tactical level (after all, he is usually in charge of the tactical board), but he is full of confidence in his ability to recruit players.

He chuckled, took the dragon fruit that Cassandra brought to his mouth with a small fork, chewed it, and said vaguely: "Oden, I remember you said before that winning or losing is not the most important thing. Do you want to win now?"

Oden replied sheepishly: "My brother recently asked me for the game video and said that I played well and asked me to play well. It's fun to play with you guys."

Kong Kenan looked at Cassandra curiously and chuckled, "Jay, have you found a new girlfriend?"

Jason: "What are you talking about? She's my sister."

Oden chuckled and showed an expression that I understood: "Yeah, a sister who is not related by blood, right?"

Cassandra was obviously of Asian descent and definitely not related to Jason.

Jason said helplessly, "Don't talk nonsense, Kashan is still a child! Do I look like someone who would attack a minor?"

Cassandra nodded coolly: "Yes, we are brother and sister."

To her, Jason, who taught her language and life and protected her, was almost a combination of a father and an elder brother, a true elder.

Both of them insisted that they were siblings, which seemed to mean they were really in a relationship. They were all sensible adults and naturally stopped joking.

Kong Kenan opened his laptop and played the game video for Jason. Oden talked about the tactics they implemented at the time, the team's loopholes that they noticed during the post-match reflection meeting, and the reasons for their failure.

Jason narrowed his eyes. "There are a lot of big guys on the other side, but they are not very agile. However, the coach is good and the defense is watertight. It is indeed difficult to play. We need players who are fast enough to break through the siege to have a chance of scoring."

Coach Barron pointed at himself and said, "Don't worry, we have several fast runners on the team now. We will play blitzkrieg from now on!"

When it comes to poaching and recruiting players, Coach Barron is a professional!

After the friends from the football team left, Peter and May came to visit Jason. Peter is 13 years old and will enter middle school after the summer vacation, but the child's grades have always been good.

He happily told Jason that he would go to Central City Middle School and would become Jason's junior.

"I also want to play football. The coach said I can be a running back because I run fast. Jay, I remember you played running back in high school. Can you teach me?"

Jason nodded and told the kid some precautions.

Of course, Jason was once again criticized by Dr. Strange and Dr. Christine.

Doctor Strange sat at the head of the bed: "The first time you came, you looked like you had been blown up by a warehouse of explosives. The second time you came, you looked like you had been blown up, and there was a cut on your neck. You almost bled to death. The third time you came, you looked like you had been sieved by a typewriter. Boy, what kind of luck do you have!"

Dr. Christine sat at the end of the bed and nodded, "Jay, I think you should not go to dangerous places like the Middle East and Gotham anymore."

Jason: "Actually, New York isn't that safe. It was invaded by aliens last year."

"But at least the Avengers are guarding here."

Christine said seriously, "Of course, I'm not telling you to put all your hopes on the vigilantes. They are also human beings and can't be all-knowing. Even Superman in Metropolis can't be truly omniscient and omnipotent. But New York is safer than Gotham and the Middle East, and that's undeniable."

Strange suddenly laughed when he heard this. "You know, I saw a group of people online doing a report on the livability of the world. In the end, they found that there is no completely safe place. There are superheroes and super villains everywhere. In the end, everyone generally thinks that places with the death penalty are better. At least the villains will be a little afraid."

Kristen: "New York has the death penalty, but look at what's become of Gotham City, where lunatics can get away with it."

The two doctors discussed the current situation, and Jason sat on the side and listened, occasionally interjecting a word or two. In the end, they spent the entire afternoon discussing the issue of "whether to take ruthless measures against the criminal psychopath."

Jason felt that he and the two doctors unexpectedly had a common language on this issue.

In short, during Jason's convalescence, there was an endless stream of people coming to visit him. Naturally, the news that he was single again and had a younger sister also spread among his friends.

Tony also brought his girlfriend Pepper to see him. After learning about this, he clapped his hands and said, "It's just a breakup with your girlfriend. It's okay. When you get better, I'll throw you a party. I guarantee there will be a bunch of pretty girls."

Jason immediately refused.

After Tony left, Mindy sat aside and said in confusion: "Hey, you were beaten to death by your ex-girlfriend, and you broke up, why do you still look like you haven't forgotten her."

Jason replied helplessly, "I broke up with her because we both recognized the reality. She and I have different positions. One of us has to take a step back to get closer, but sometimes, we can't retreat anymore, so it's better to break up now. At least we are both relatively calm."

Now that they have broken up, even if I am so upset that I want to find a reason to break up, I can still blame Lazarus Pond.

"Take a step back to get closer? You adults' relationship is really hard to deal with."

After Mindy came to the above conclusion, she dragged Cassandra to the rooftop of the hospital to learn some more skills. This violent little girl loved fighting, so when Cassandra, who was actually the world's number one fighter and had better fighting skills than Ms. Shiva, appeared, her enthusiasm was immediately ignited.

Before leaving, Cassandra glanced at Jason with some concern: "Are you okay?"

Jason spread his hands: "Very good."

I just feel a little lonely when I think about not being able to be with Talia anymore, and I feel very sorry for Talia.

Jason and Bruce had only been together for three years, but he and Talia have been entangled since they were 16 years old, which is almost five years.

Their beginning was based on deception and exploitation. Talia used Jason to conceive Damian, and used his life as soil so that Damian could withstand Super Soldier Serum 3.0. But she also gave Jason true love and helped him so much. When Jason was disheartened by having his throat cut by a bat dart, it was Talia who gave him warmth.

Jason really loves Talia, but he can't stand on the side of the League of Assassins for Talia.

He must have saddened Talia.

Jason took a deep breath. He knew that compared to the time he broke up with Dick, he had grown up now and was much more mature when it came to relationships, but he still felt upset.

It is worth mentioning that because Jason had to be hospitalized, Cassandra moved into Jason's apartment. Jason originally wanted to send her to Gotham, but the little girl stubbornly believed that Jason's injury was caused by her, so she wanted to take care of Jason until he recovered.

This girl seemed to be taking the blame for Jason's serious injury and breakup with Talia on herself. Jason told her that even without her, Jason would have a quarrel with Talia over bottom line issues sooner or later, and the breakup had nothing to do with her.

As a result, while staying in New York, Jason learned that Cassandra was preparing to join S.H.I.E.L.D.

Nick Fury likes Jason very much. He recruited Jessica Jones with the help of Jason before, and now he recruited the extremely powerful Cassandra because of Jason.

As for how Jason angrily called Fury a one-eyed fool when he learned that his little girl was tricked by Fury into working in the police station, that was none of Fury's concern.

It's just a scolding, he said it as if Tony Stark never scolds him normally.

On the day Jason was discharged from the hospital, Tony drove over in a luxury car and took Jason to Stark Tower. He didn't call any girls, and there were only a group of friends in the living room.

Tony opened his arms: "Welcome to the Avengers party."

Not only Steve, Clint, Natasha, Dr. Banner, and Tony were there, but even Thor was present. It was said that it was because it was rare for him to come to Earth and Jason happened to be discharged from the hospital at this time that Tony decided to hold this party.

Everyone gathered together to drink and chat, and Jarvis projected a warm family movie, creating a great atmosphere.

Everyone started talking about Jason who had just come out of the hospital.

Tony said first: "As for love, no one can guarantee success at the first try. You see, I also dated many girls before I got together with Pepper. I don't know if the girl next to you has dated before, but she is still single."

Sitting next to Jason was Natasha, who raised her glass and smiled.

Then Clint also had an expression of an experienced person on his face: "Yeah, when you start a relationship, no one knows whether it can go to the end. Just be serious and move forward courageously. When you meet the person that fate has given you, you will be together, get married, have children, start a family, and grow old together..."

These words are so lifelike, and the Avengers, including Jason, are a little far away from normal life, not to mention Thor, the prince from outer space.

But Jason could tell they were comforting him, so he smiled and nodded, holding the wine glass and drinking it in sips, having another glass after finishing it.

Then the topic somehow shifted to the fighting power of the superheroes. Although they didn't want to admit it, the most powerful superhero recognized on Earth was still the big blue guy from the Justice League. But Thor held up the hammer and firmly believed that as long as he had the hammer in his hand, he would have no problem arm wrestling with that Kryptonian.

Then everyone started talking about the hammer, and finally, for some reason, the Avengers started playing the hammer-raising game.

Jason drank the sixth glass of champagne of the night and watched Clint, Tony and Dr. Banner return empty-handed one after another, while Steve went up to try and also walked down.

Seeing Jason was still drinking, Natasha pushed the student and said, "Jay, go try it too."

Jason touched his hot cheek and felt that he seemed to be a little drunk.

He stood up and saluted Natasha: "Ladies first."

Everyone looked at Natasha, and she shrugged.

"Okay, I'll go first."

She walked to the hammer, grasped the handle with both hands and tried to lift it. Her expression changed immediately, and she clenched her teeth, tensed her muscles and began to exert force.

This expression looks similar to the one when Steve raised the hammer before. A hint of surprise flashed across Steve's eyes. He glanced at Thor not far away, then lowered his head and smiled.

Captain America thinks Black Widow is a better actress than him.

Natasha tried for a while, then let go and said with a smile, "I can't do it, Jay, you try it."

Jason readily stepped forward, grabbed the hammer handle and tried to lift it up.

Oh no? This weight...something seems a little off.

Jason was instantly fully awake, and in just a split second he went into acting mode, and after a strenuous attempt he sighed and raised his hand.

"Well, it seems that I am not cut out to be the God of Thunder."

Thor stood up, picked up the hammer, and said proudly: "Of course, none of you are qualified."

He is the one and only Thor!

Steve, Jason, and Natasha looked at each other, with the same understanding in their eyes.

Everyone is in a good mood tonight, so let's not tear down our teammates.

By the way, Jason's alcohol tolerance has never been good, but Bruce and Talia used to control him and not allow him to drink too much, probably because of their age. Even after Jason and Talia established a romantic relationship, she would still control him in some ways, and Jason was willing to accept the control, so he had never been drunk before, and he didn't know how his drinking behavior was.

But none of the Avengers teammates were the type to control Jason's drinking, and when he drank the 12th glass of champagne, he got drunk for the first time in his life.

The young man danced on the coffee table with Tony, who was also drunk, and sang "That Girl" by singer Olly Murs in his hoarse voice. In the end, Natasha drove him home. When he got out of the car, his legs were so shaky that he couldn't walk steadily. Natasha rolled her eyes and simply picked him up.

As a modified superhuman, she is strong enough to carry a 175-pound boy.

Peter was stunned when he saw a beautiful older sister carrying Jason back.

Then he heard Natasha calling Cassandra to open the door, and the child hesitated and trotted over to her.

"Ma'am, what's wrong with Jason?"

Natasha turned around and recognized that this was the neighbor kid that Jason loved to have around.

She sighed, "He was heartbroken, and his friends took him to a party to cheer him up, and he got drunk."

The door opened at this time and the conversation was interrupted. Natasha carried the student into the room and put him on the bed. Cassandra took off the student's coat and shoes. Peter was very sensible and prepared a hot water towel to wipe the student's face. Natasha even went out to buy hangover medicine before saying goodbye to Cassandra.

Natasha said to Cassandra, "Are you planning on sleeping on the couch tonight? Do you want to come to my place?"

Jason lives in a one-bedroom apartment with only one bed. Cassandra is a girl, so it is really inconvenient for her to live with him.

Cassandra shook her head. “Jay rented a house downstairs to a friend, but that friend is mainly in Gotham now, so the house belongs to me.”

Natasha: "Yeah, he's always reliable."

Cassandra responded softly, "Yeah, I feel safe with Jay, he's family."

So she didn't want to go to Gotham at all, and therefore decided to accept Nick Fury's invitation to become a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. Now she is very happy here, going out to work every day, eating dinner made by Jason when she comes home, feeding nutrient solution to Mr. Freeze, and watching TV series together. Her life is much more comfortable than when she was in the League of Assassins.

Peter listened to the conversation between the two ladies for a while, then turned around, tiptoed into the room, and lay down on the head of the bed looking at Jason.

Peter didn’t really understand why he drank too much because of a breakup. After all, he was still a child and had no clear concept of love.

So the kid just touched Jason's forehead and said softly, "Jay, get well soon. I still want to play football with you."