Chapter 1525: Bat's Nest Farce (Part 1)

In the study room of Gordon Manor, Barbara Gordon was writing hard. After a while, she finally looked up and pushed her glasses. At this time, Gordon, who was standing behind her, brought her a cup of hot tea and said with a smile: "How is the account?"

Barbara sighed helplessly and said: "The peripheral cost part has been calculated and can be handed over to the OEM factory to place an order. The cost of the venue is still being calculated... I say, do you really plan to rely on me alone to organize this concert?"

"Of course not." Gordon sat down at the table and said: "The entire Gotham gang members are at your disposal. As long as the concert can be held well, you can ask them to do anything."

"The problem is that they can't do anything!" Barbara said a little collapsed: "Yesterday I went to a meeting with them and proposed to enrich the peripheral types. They actually said that the small metal badges were too sissy and suggested selling grenades with album logos directly! Why don't they think about how much it will cost? Ben? !"

Barbara slapped the pen in her hand on the table and said, "The most important thing for the surrounding industry is to control costs, but they don't have these words in their minds. The financial management system of the gang is simply a pile of shit..."

Gordon hurriedly comforted him, "Don't be angry, don't you know they are all amateurs? The cold chain industry made them a lot of money some time ago, and now everyone has money to burn. You make a report, and I will send it to Evans tomorrow. He will definitely pass it."

Barbara covered her forehead and said, "It's not just a financial matter. The management plan of the entire concert is in chaos. If it goes on like this, I don't know if it can be successfully held..."

Just when the father and daughter were discussing the upcoming Gotham Music Festival in the study, a special guest came to Gordon Manor. Gordon was a little surprised when he opened the door, because it was Bruce Wayne who appeared outside the door.

He put away the umbrella in his hand, walked into the porch of Gordon Manor without any hesitation, looked around, and said, "I'm sorry I didn't come to your housewarming party, Sheriff Gordon, I hope it's not too late now."

"It's so late, what are you doing here?" Gordon took the umbrella from Bruce's hand, put it in the umbrella bucket next to him, and made way for him to walk into the manor.

At this time, Barbara just came down from upstairs. After seeing Bruce, she instinctively called "Batman", then cleared her throat awkwardly and said, "I mean, Bruce, it's so late, what do you want to talk to me and James about?"

"Nothing, I heard that the planning of the music festival is not going well?" Bruce walked to the fireplace and sat down.

Barbara nodded and was about to complain, but Gordon said, "It's not worth it for you to come to me in the middle of the night. Tell me, who did you quarrel with this time? It can't be your professor again, right?"

Bruce shook his head, then sighed deeply, recalling the farce that happened in Wayne Manor in the past few days.

After Bruce brought Martha back to Wayne Manor, Thomas and Alfred were shocked.

Because Bruce, who invaded the Flashpoint Universe, was not wearing Batman's costume and had his face covered, and Thomas was drunk, he didn't realize that he was taken away by Bruce, so when he learned that the accident that he suddenly appeared in the operating room of the hospital that day was caused by Bruce to save Martha, he was very excited - he punched Bruce directly in excitement.

There is no doubt that Thomas, like all Batmen, doesn't like anesthesia, which is the main reason why he and Bruce staged a fight.

Alfred was simply happy. He had never thought that he would be reunited with the Waynes in his lifetime. The Wayne Manor, which had been deserted for several years, finally became lively again.

Since the Wayne family is a typical family with a strict father and a loving mother, in Bruce's childhood, Thomas was busy with business most of the time, while Martha took care of the whole family, so Bruce relied more on his mother. After Martha returned, he did enjoy the care and love from his mother again for a few days.

But the good times did not last long. The scene where a family reunited after a long separation can immediately return to the original harmonious atmosphere probably only appears in TV dramas, not to mention that the long separation of the Wayne family spanned a whole stage of life - Bruce went from a child to a young man, and Thomas and Martha were old.

When they met again, they inevitably felt a sense of strangeness as if they had been separated for ten years. It was difficult for a family that missed the most important stage of life to immediately put aside the thorns tamed by suffering and embrace each other without scruples. So after the initial warm reunion atmosphere faded, many problems began to gradually emerge.

First of all, Martha couldn't accept that Thomas smoked and drank too much, and almost ruined his health. As a mother in a traditional wealthy family, she devoted her life to maintaining the health of every member of the family.

At the same time, when Martha was still a daughter of the Kane family, she attended a girls' school with a strong religious nature and was relatively conservative. She believed that parents and elders must set an example to teach their children well and keep them away from bad habits that may harm their health, including but not limited to smoking, drinking, taking drugs, and going to nightclubs.

This is how she demands herself and her husband. Before her son's tragedy happened, the Wayne couple had always maintained a very healthy lifestyle. The Wayne family was a model family praised by everyone in the upper class.

Without the influence of the crazy virus, when Martha saw her husband again, she found that he had changed from a tall, handsome and successful businessman to a decadent alcoholic. How could the former Mrs. Wayne accept this?

Of course, Martha knew that there was a reason for this, and she could only blame the unfair fate, but since the past was over, the family and children were back, she had to change those bad habits now and set a good example for the children, right?

But Thomas was also bitter. Now the operating pressure of the entire Wayne Group was on him. Cigarettes and alcohol were the only things that could relieve his stress and fatigue. If he didn't hate the side effects of hallucinogens, he might have turned to sedatives.

It's not impossible to quit smoking and drinking, but it's not possible now. His body and emotions are already on the verge of collapse. If he endures the withdrawal reaction, he won't be able to work at all. But if he doesn't work, what will happen to the huge Wayne Group?

If it were in the past, his wife would have persuaded him kindly, and Thomas would definitely consider her feelings and take a few days off, but Thomas knows that the burden on his shoulders is too heavy now, and he has no time to rest.

On the one hand, the Gotham Reconstruction Project is constantly drawing blood from the Wayne Group. Thomas can't even keep it, but must look for good investment opportunities everywhere like a newcomer to the business world, and further expand the business, so that more fresh blood can flow into Gotham.

He and Martha have been doing charity for so many years, and the combined results may not be as much as the progress of the Gotham Reconstruction Project in one month. Seeing that the hope of saving Gotham is right in front of him, how could Thomas be willing to give up?

On the other hand, it should also be considered that there are so many children in the manor now. Except for one or two of them who have business talents and can inherit the Wayne Group, the others have to seek development on their own. If there is no sufficient capital, how can they pave the way for them in all walks of life?

Therefore, Thomas knew that overdrawing his body would cause his wife's dissatisfaction, but he still had to continue working. What he thought in his mind was similar to that of all parents who were worried about him. He just had to suffer a little more and get through it.

So, Martha persuaded him every day, and Thomas explained every day. The whole thing made no progress. Both parties were inevitably emotional. In order to prevent the relationship from being further worn out, Thomas could only stay in the company as much as possible and not go home.

After being deadlocked with her husband, Martha turned her attention to her son. The first thing she worried about was of course Bruce's marriage.

When she learned that Bruce had a girlfriend, Martha was still very happy. After learning that the two of them had a stable relationship and had not broken up after a long-distance relationship, Martha was even happier.

The only thing that made Martha feel a little hesitant was that Selina's two professions were thieves and actresses, and both identities were not popular in the upper class.

But fortunately, this is Gotham, so it is not unacceptable. After all, Gotham's dark curse is fair to everyone, and the probability of bad people appearing in the upper class and the lower class is not much different.

From Elliot and Roman, we can see that the upper class of Gotham is not that good. Being dissolute and crazy spendthrift is considered good. There will be one like Elliot every few years who kills his father and mother and is filial. Martha didn't have high expectations.

But what makes Martha very confused is that Bruce and Selina have been in love for five years, from the time they just entered college to graduation. Every child in Wayne Manor knows Selina, and Selina's friends also know Bruce. Why didn't they get married?

In Martha's era, there was no such thing as a long-term relationship. From the beginning of love to the stability of the relationship between men and women, they should naturally enter the marriage hall. Since the relationship is stable, why don't they get married?

In Martha's more simple emotional concept, Bruce must have taken the initiative in this relationship. After all, the status of the two is very different. It can be said that it is a replica of Cinderella's love story. So whether they can get married must be decided by Bruce. So why doesn't Bruce get married?

Martha had tried to probe Bruce several times at the dinner table, but Bruce didn't seem to understand. This made Martha's heart hang in the air. She was worried that her child had not learned how to be responsible for a relationship and a family.

But since Thomas showed Martha Bruce's pile of diagnosis reports and medication lists, Martha felt that she couldn't push him too hard.

This responsible mother gradually resumed contact with the sisters and elders of the Kane family, and picked up the intersection with classmates and close friends in the girls' school. From time to time, she asked Bruce to visit his aunt and uncle's house, or invited them to visit her home to talk about family topics.

But Bruce was also very busy. He had to conduct various researches at Arkham Psychiatric Hospital and help build the space station base. When Pamela, who studied botany with him, and Diana, who often traveled to the space station base, appeared in front of Martha, Martha became even more anxious.

An anxious atmosphere began to spread among the three people. The three relationships of father and son, mother and son, and husband and wife kept rubbing and colliding. This family, which had just escaped from suffering and reunited after a long separation, began the pain of the running-in period again.

Originally, this was not a big deal. After the initial awkward period, someone would always realize that communication is the only answer to these problems.

But the bad thing is that two sets of Robin, large and small, were stuffed into this already complicated family relationship.