pertwk Chapter 105 In your opinion, is there any hope for Eve?
Chapter 105 In your opinion, is there any hope for Eve?
Chapter 96 In your opinion, is there any hope for Eve?
Eve's parents lived in a typical middle-class house with a navy blue exterior, a small, neatly trimmed lawn in front, and a garage, a must-have in any American home, next to which was a faded basketball hoop nailed to the garage door.
Upon opening the door, one is greeted by a slightly overweight, middle-aged man with thinning hair, wearing a dark red shirt, sitting on the living room sofa flipping through a magazine.
"Daddy, this is my classmate, Shen Yi."
Eve stepped aside to let Shen Yi, who was standing behind her, pass by. "He was just passing by, so I invited him to have dinner with me."
Adam Wilkins's eyes immediately became alert, like an old cat guarding its food. He looked Shen Yi up and down, his gaze lingering on the boy's height and his rather imposing face for several seconds.
Shen Yi gave a polite smile at the right moment and bowed slightly: "Mr. Wilkins, I'm sorry to bother you. Eve and I are classmates. Eve said that I have been tutoring her, so she invited me to dinner."
Eve couldn't help but roll her eyes. Although she was only so-so at learning everything except for knowledge related to atoms, she wasn't so bad that she needed tutoring.
Shen Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes. He was just staying at home doing scientific research, but he was inexplicably dragged into being a lobbyist.
Adam's expression softened slightly upon hearing that Shen Yi was tutoring Eve. After all, in the eyes of the old white man, Chinese people were all bookworms, so it was quite reasonable for them to be good at studying.
"Come in, don't stand at the door and talk."
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In his eyes, Eve was a weirdo, and he always wanted Eve to be a "normal person," so Shen Yi's tutoring was a great help to him. So although his eyes still held a scrutinizing look, his tone had softened.
"Eve, you're back?"
A woman with a gentle face, a slightly plump figure, and wearing an apron came out from the direction of the kitchen to greet Eve's mother, Becky Wilkins.
It's a bit of a nightmare, because neither Adam nor Becky knows that Eve is not their biological daughter. Back then, Becky and Eve's biological mother gave birth in the same hospital. Eve was born safely, but Adam and Becky's daughter died young and was later switched by the doctor.
"Mom, this is my classmate Shen Yi."
Eve has a good relationship with her mother, but her mother is a housewife with a soft personality. At home, she basically listens to her father and can't make any decisions or help her.
"Hello, hello————"
Becky looked Shen Yi up and down, thinking to herself that her daughter had good taste; this young man was truly handsome.
"Mom, let me help you."
Although her father always forbade her to use superpowers, Eve, as a rebellious teenager, never obeyed. For example, when it came to things like chopping vegetables or meat, she would often use her superpowers to secretly help her mother turn the ingredients into even, thin slices in an instant.
Shen Yi didn't volunteer to cook. The tastes of Europeans and Americans are ultimately too different from those of Chinese people, especially in terms of sugar intake. Just look at the couple's figures to know that. So even if he made a variety of Chinese dishes, they might not be used to them.
With Eve's help, dinner was served quickly, except for Adam's permission; otherwise, Eve could have conjured up a whole table of dishes on the spot.
"In your opinion, is there any hope for Eve?"
Adam sat in the main seat, pressing down on a lasagna slab with his fork, and casually asked a question.
Shen Yi: ————
Eve: ————
"Daddy!"
What do you mean, is there any hope for me?
My grades are pretty good, okay?
Eve couldn't help but glare at Shen Yi. It was all his fault for talking nonsense, making her father really believe that her grades were terrible. Anyone who didn't know better would think that her grades were all improved by superpowers.
"Well, it's not that exaggerated. We're just learning from each other."
Shen Yi almost blurted out, "It's hopeless, just wait to die."
When watching the anime, he felt that this old white man was a stubborn person. No matter what Eve did, he couldn't stand it. Although there was an element of fear that his daughter would get into trouble as a superhero, his temper was the biggest problem.
Learning from each other?
Adam suddenly narrowed his eyes and stared at Shen Yi: "You wouldn't happen to be like Eve, enjoying helping others, would you?"
A classmate was suddenly taken home for dinner, and he couldn't help but suspect that the Chinese boy in front of him was a superhero, just like Eve. Of course, out of caution, he didn't say it directly.
Helping others?
Shen Yi raised an eyebrow and asked tentatively, "You mean, the thing about Eve being Atomic Woman?"
"You knew all along!"
Adam was furious. "I knew you were trying to corrupt my daughter and make her become a superhero!"
"I am not a superhero."
Shen Yi shrugged and explained, "It's just that Eve's disguise is too obvious. You know, she doesn't even change her hair color."
Eve: ————
My superpowers don't work on me at all, so how can I change my hair color?
Adam was speechless for a moment, and finally glared fiercely at Eve, his daughter who he considered more of a hindrance than a help.
"Well, Mr. Wilkins, I actually think there's nothing irreconcilable between you and Eve."
Shen Yi said softly, "As you know, Eve is a kind girl. She has always wanted to do something for the world, which is why she chose to become a superhero."
Hearing Shen Yi praise his daughter, a hint of pride flashed across Adam's face. Although he spoke of his daughter with disdain and even belittlement, it was true, as Shen Yi said, that his daughter had always been his pride.
"So I think you can try a different approach to solving the problem."
Having heard there was a way to resolve the conflict between her husband and daughter, Becky couldn't help but ask, "What's the idea?"
Seeing that Adam did not intend to interrupt, Shen Yi continued, "What you are most worried about now is that she will abuse her abilities, such as making valuable items like gold, and gaining wealth without working for it."
Adam nodded in deep agreement, finding Shen Yi increasingly pleasing to the eye—this kid understands me.
"So we can fully utilize Eve's abilities to deal with problems that modern technology cannot solve, such as environmental remediation, hazardous waste landfill management, and nuclear waste recycling. These are things that the government may not be able to handle even if it spends billions of dollars every year. Letting her do it is both safe and efficient, and we can just charge a reasonable fee."
Shen Yi snapped his fingers and added, "Of course, Eve is still a child after all. It would be most appropriate for you to arrange which projects to choose and how to operate them."
This isn't Shen Yi deliberately praising Adam; it's just that Eve is indeed a bit careless in her work. For example, when building a park for someone, she forgot to lay the foundation, and the park collapsed a few days later, almost turning her from Atomic Girl into Atomic Disaster.
"Uncle, you could easily open a special environmental treatment consulting company and become her agent—"
Shen Yi looked into Adam's eyes, his tone sincere. Of course, neither Eve nor Becky noticed that Shen Yi had secretly used a bit of the Soul Transfer Technique to give him a mental suggestion—he was only mindful of Eve's presence, otherwise he would have already taken control of the parents.
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