Author: Fang Yi who escaped

"Crack!"

Closing the flip of the Nokia phone, Peter put down the phone.

The dim moonlight shines in through the window, casting a faint light in the room.

Gwen on the other end of the phone, after confiding to herself for half an hour, finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep.

Although she is Spider-Woman, aside from this identity, she is just an ordinary high school student.

Staring at the darkening night outside the window, Peter shook his head.

He got to know this Spider-Woman again, who was tough and talkative, but occasionally showed her vulnerable side.

The next day, early morning.

The door to the living room was pushed open, and Aunt Mei entered the room with a brown bag in her hand.

The cold air outside the room immediately poured in along the air.

“Taste of chicken and mashed potatoes.”

Ben was reading the morning newspaper with his glasses on when he saw Aunt May come in, put down the newspaper, and said to his wife: "This is the cutest thing I have ever seen."

Aunt Mei let out a cold breath, put the brown bag on the kitchen counter, then walked over and hugged her husband.

"This is a dinner prepared for Peter. You won't be able to enjoy it for the time being, Ben."

Aunt May took out the carrots that were already in the kitchen, mixed them with chicken and mashed potatoes, and started to get busy.

Breakfast time was over, but her busy time was not.

Ben shrugged his shoulders, took off his glasses, and said, "That's a pity, but our Peter really needs a warm dinner. Maybe we can take advantage of this dinner to have a good talk with him."

Peter has not had dinner with the two of them since the night before yesterday, and they rarely talk to each other.

This made the couple worried.

I thought Peter was in trouble and wanted to find an opportunity to talk to him.

"Doesn't Peter have an environmental allergy? Maybe it's related to this. Being a little uncomfortable with life at school and being unable to adapt to the environment can make a person feel particularly depressed."

Aunt Mei said to her husband while cutting the carrots into cubes.

"Maybe, but his inability to open up will only make his mood worse and worse."

Ben worriedly said: "Peter seems to be not only escaping from life, but also from us. He is not even willing to sit down and eat with us."

Seeing her husband's expression, Aunt May put down the knife, came over and held her husband's hand, and said, "Maybe. Peter needs some time, we should believe him."

"By the way, you and George just chatted on the phone for half an hour. What were you talking about?"

She changed the topic at the right time, from Peter to George Stacy.

George Stacey and Ben Parker are good friends, and the two families often communicate with each other.

In this sense, Gwen and Peter should be considered childhood sweethearts.

"We talked about a lot of topics, and he had a lot of ideas and a lot of energy. George wanted to establish a fund for Gwen, but he was afraid that he would not be able to stay with Gwen in the future. He was always like this, and seemed to others to be indifferent to his daughter.

In fact, I love her more than anyone else."

Ben opened up the conversation, "We also talked about Peter going to college in the future. He wants to support Peter. You know, he has always liked this child."

"But I refused."

Ben shook his head and said, "We can't keep troublesome George."

When she heard her husband talking about Peter going to college, Mei looked a little sad.

The couple can only live on a meager pension now. With the current economic situation, they simply cannot afford the expenses of a college student.

Ben saw his wife's expression, held her hand tightly, and comforted:

"There will always be a way. We can also go to the bank to get a loan, and this house can be mortgaged. And I can also run a taxi. You know, I used to be a truck driver, and we even ran a taxi together during our wedding and honeymoon.

Cross Interstate 40.”

The couple were talking when they heard the sound of footsteps on the stairs.

Peter came down the stairs.

"Good morning, Aunt May, Uncle Ben."

He greeted both of them.

Mei and Ben also quickly adjusted their emotions.

"Good morning, Peter."

Mei put the prepared bread into the oven to heat and started making breakfast for Peter.

A few minutes later, the steaming bread was placed on the table.

Peter was preparing to pick up the bread and enter his room as usual.

Seeing that Peter still didn't want to eat at the table, Mei looked gloomy.

"What's this?"

Peter, who was holding the dinner plate, was stunned for a moment.

Taking into account the more than ten years of living experience in the "Slaying Prototype" in his previous life, he thought that he was fully prepared for the badness of American food, but he still did not see the strange-shaped and weird-tasting type of bread in front of him.

"Ahem."

Aunt May coughed and said, "Banana bread. I read it in a book about homeopathy. Eating foods containing potassium is the best way to fight allergies."

Peter was a little confused, "Anti-allergy?"

"Yes, treating environmental allergies will allow you to better adapt to the environment. If you are in a bad mood, it will relieve you a lot."

Aunt Mei said slightly proudly.

Uncle Ben next to him came over, stared at the bread and said, "I want a piece too."

"no!"

Aunt Mei stretched out her finger and waved it in front of her husband.

"This belongs to Peter!"

"All right."

Uncle Ben withdrew his gaze and looked at Peter with a helpless expression, "You're really stingy!"

On the other side, Peter, who was holding "banana bread", was touched in his heart.

He is not a cold-blooded animal that cannot feel emotions, and he can naturally feel the love and care that Aunt May and Uncle Ben have for him.

He, who had always regarded himself as a passer-by, suddenly felt like home.

It is no longer a cold battlefield filled with aliens, but a home that can bring him warmth.

Stretching out his hand, he gently tore off a piece of bread, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it.

"How about it?"

Aunt Mei asked expectantly.

“It’s very good, it’s kind of a fruit salad mixed with the taste of creamy fruit.”

Peter walked to the dining table, put down the banana bread, and tasted it slowly.

Seeing that Peter did not enter his room to eat again, the couple looked at each other and saw the relief in each other's eyes.

Maybe this is a good start.

The same thoughts flashed through their hearts.

After finishing the banana bread, Peter flipped through the morning newspaper placed on the dining table.

I would like to see if there is any news about Jimmy who was shot in the head by himself last night.

I flipped through several newspapers and found no reports related to it, but I found that there were several missing cases published in the newspapers.

The newspaper's headline was very sensational: "Alert! The skinning killer is coming!"

"Skinned. Killer?"

Putting down the newspaper, Peter frowned.

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