I Am Gwen's Spider-Man Mentor.

Chapter 24 Misunderstanding and Conversation

The girl walked aimlessly on the streets of New York in the morning with her pockets in her pockets. She looked down at the Converse sneakers on her feet, feeling powerless all over her body.She once thought that someone understood her, but it seemed that wherever she went, Gwen Stacy could not avoid such a fate—she was destined to be alone.

Thinking of this, Gwen shrank her shoulders inward, and her head sank even more—even every strand of blond hair fell listlessly.She thought of the quarrel between herself and Raymond in his car in the morning, when she thought of Raymond's confession to her, and when she thought of his empathy and comfort for her, she only felt a chill.

"Oh my, she's a long way from suburban towns—"

Gwen took out her mobile phone, and when she saw the name "Raymond Xu" on the incoming call, her first reaction was to press the red button on the right, but when she really wanted to press it, she got connected by a ghost phoned:

"Hello." Raymond on the phone faded from the high-spirited radiance at the gate of the police station just now, and changed back to the familiar image that he could be bullied by himself, "Gwen, I'm sorry, I have something urgent here , if you are going to the laboratory, I will greet the laboratory supervisor in advance, if you want to go home, then I will give you a vacation."

He still does everything right.

"In addition, I still have to make up a welcome banquet for you."

But—Gwen Stacy could not help asking herself—does she really want all this?

"Professor Xu—" Gwen Stacy switched to a more official title, "I think these can be pushed, I have other things to be busy now."

"Uh..." Raymond also suddenly felt the chill in Gwen's words, and he could roughly guess that when he suddenly changed from Gwen's confidant big brother to a ruthless power game participant, he would respond to a 20-year-old What a shock this year-old girl caused.

Even if he wants to educate Gwen, let Gwen grow up, and become a heroine who can be alone, he can't blame Gwen for avoiding it at this time.On the contrary, I have to obtain her approval before I can communicate these things with her.

The professor carefully chose the words: "Gwen, do you have time to chat?"

"Damn it." Hearing Raymond's words, Gwen cursed secretly, when can he be less sensitive?Isn't it so easy to guess your own thoughts?He almost expressed his estrangement just now, and he hadn't even met him before, but after just saying a few words, he had a keen guess of what he was thinking.

Gwen felt sad—but there was a bit of happiness in the sadness, which at least proved that he really understood himself, and didn't rely on "parallel universe experiences" to win him over.But what's the use now?They are not from the same world, and their experiences and values ​​are very different. The speech full of power and conspiracy has already built a sad and thick barrier between them.

"I..." Gwen lowered her eyes, frowned slightly, and bit her teeth lightly—she wanted to refuse, but also wanted to escape, because past experience told her that as long as there are no friends, there is no weakness. As long as there are no friends and stay away from family, would not have hurt; Raymond, a complex and thoughtful man, should not have been friends with Spooky Spider-Man.They have already intersected, but just like a straight line passing through the intersection, everything after that is nothing more than drifting away.

This is the best way to protect yourself, and this is also - if one day, you find that Raymond Xu has also become a super villain, the best way to not hurt so much when you attack him.

But Gwen Stacy is Gwen Stacy, she is Spider-Man, she is the support of ordinary people in New York, she is a superhero, and she is the one who dares to stand up in the face of all suffering, injustice and threats. It shows that Gwen Stacy is still sticking to her responsibilities even though she is burdened with grievances and misunderstandings by everyone.She will not choose to abandon anything because of her cowardice, and she will not choose not to face anything because of her fear.

So, the girl's courage overcame all attempts to escape in an instant—she decided to break her stereotypes, which she always did.

The blond girl raised her beautiful face again, facing the rising sun, her voice suddenly became firm: "Raymond, I want to ask you something."

Listening to the determination coming from the receiver, Raymond felt a little surprised again—but it was more disturbing. He knew that Gwen was a simple and straightforward girl, and he knew that she was not a manipulator by nature. Do, she has more reasons to stay away from herself.

"You say." The professor responded equally straightforwardly and firmly - even if Gwen decided to leave, it would not change what he was going to do next.

Gwen clenched her fists and asked word by word: "Raymond, we are still friends, right?"

"As long as you want." The professor replied, he knew how much courage it took for Gwen to show his cards to himself.

"Okay." Although she knew that Raymond couldn't see it, Gwen nodded.The girl took a deep breath: "You should have a lot to say to me, and so do I, so why don't we make an appointment!"

"Okay." Raymond breathed a sigh of relief - he had thought about it differently, if he was Gwen, he suspected that he might have used her, and planned to use a Science paper as a guise and bait to continue using ghosts After Spider-Man, he may quickly stop the loss and leave.But fortunately, Gwen is not him. In this matter, Gwen has much more courage than him.

----split line----

So another day, another morning, Professor Xu replaced his white Audi S8 with a low-key black paint, and then drove to the street full of graffiti, and reconnected with the freshly washed Gwen. Stacey.This time he made it to his lab at Empire State University without incident.

When the blond girl held the straps of her shoulder bag with both hands and walked into Professor Xu's experimental center, which occupied an entire floor, she felt his greatest confidence.

The entanglement of the past few days is enough for the girl to find out the details of Professor Xu. After Betty Brant knew that Gwen's mentor was related to the power struggle within Stark Industries, she fanatically dug up almost all the public information that could be dug up. out.

Last year, because Congress accused Stark Industries that the scientific research system was too closed and the school-enterprise cooperation projects were seriously insufficient, Tony Stark promoted Raymond Xu as a bridge with Empire State University—by the school Provide experimental sites and teaching positions, Stark Industries provides funds and projects, and the two sides use Raymond Xu as a bridge to carry out the so-called "exemplary school-enterprise cooperation"-this is why Raymond is regarded by other professors in the school as " Stark's vase".

But according to Gwen's own experience, Professor Xu is by no means a vase—in fact, Gwen began to feel a little bit that the professor's previous laziness and lying down were a bit like "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger".

Raymond led Gwen into his laboratory. A long line of Stark Industries staff and Raymond's own graduate students had stood up to welcome Gwen. These rough scientific researchers all wore suits today. , Everyone raised their hands and applauded very hard - there were a few graduate students among them, of course they had heard of the reputation of Gwen Stacy, the flower of the engineering school, but they didn't expect her to be "taken down" by their professor .

Of course—this "winning" is not the other's winning.

Gwen was a little apprehensive. Although she knew that there were still many people paying attention to her, she was still used to pushing them away, hiding in the crowd and pretending to be low-key—but today, a group of senior engineers, assistant professors and associate professors welcomed her The scene was really beyond her imagination, which made the girl a little embarrassed.

"Okay, okay." Raymond stood in front of Gwen and rescued her: "Don't scare Miss Stacy, go back to work, and don't forget the group meeting tomorrow."

Raymond naturally knew that Gwen Stacy—or Gwen Stacy after losing Peter Parker, had become more and more autistic and resistant to communicating with others. The current over-warm welcome almost It's like turning her over on the grill and grilling her.

For this group of science and engineering geeks, the "group meeting" is indeed the most intimidating thing in the world. A group of old scientific research men standing in a row to watch the beautiful girl were shocked when they heard this, and remembered that they still have a bunch of Professor Xu to suppress them I didn't do my work, so I hurriedly scattered.

Raymond shook his head. The group of engineering men in his lab had never let him down in dealing with girls—because he was already desperate.He turned around and pointed to the not far away: "There is a vacancy over there, let's use it as your workstation for the time being, if you need anything, you can make a report, and you can just hand it over to Associate Professor Mellon, who is in charge of all the purchases in the laboratory , I have already greeted you in advance."

Gwen nodded and went over to put the bag on the desk.Then he raised his head and said softly to Raymond, "Do you want to talk, Professor Xu?"

Raymond glanced around the laboratory. In theory, American professors absolutely need to avoid female students and be labeled as harassment. Even if Raymond is a vase launched by Stark and the background is solid, it is absolutely enough. He suffered.

But... the professor looked at Gwen's Jianshuiqiu pupils who were looking up at him with a slight frown, took a deep breath and then sighed, and raised the volume just enough for others to hear: "Okay , come to my office, and I will assign you some tasks."

Gwen nodded at him.The professor could see expectations in those eyes—Gwen didn't want to lose this friendship, and it was hard for her to get a friend.

The two entered Raymond's office one after another. Unexpectedly, just as they sat down, Raymond's cell phone rang - seeing that it was an old friend's call, the professor smiled at Gwen in embarrassment and helplessness , and then answered the phone.

(End of this chapter)