Marvel’s Speedsters

“A dozen eggs, four dollars; Canned one listens, one piece five; Hershey’s bag of chocolate, two dollars…”

The chubby cashier in the convenience store puffed out her cheeks and weakly calculated the total amount of goods on the counter, Jane Foster stood opposite her, lowered her head and repeatedly checked her wallet, hoping to find a few hidden coins from the cracks of the shriveled wallet, but she looked and looked, and finally she could only give up her efforts helplessly.

“Tomatoes are too expensive, can they be cheaper?” Jane asked hopefully, perhaps due to her busy work, her expression looked restrained and tired.

“…… The tomatoes produced on the day are expensive, so change them to the first two days. The cashier twisted | his fat body, stared at her dissatisfied, and threw the red stick box to the side with a “snap”.

“If you want to buy a bargain, a piece of fresh pork leg?” Another clerk stared at the TV and casually sold her merchandise.

“No, thanks, I’m vegan.” Although she received a cold reception, Jane still replied pleasantly. “Can I use a discount coupon? I cut a few sheets in the newspaper that have not expired. ”

“…… OK. “The cashier’s face is even more ugly.

Pulling out a handful of coins to pay the bill, Jane hurried out of the convenience store like running away, she didn’t even dare to look back at the other person’s face, as if it was herself and not the other party who was rude.

At this time, the training course that Mary Jane attended had ended, and the next course would not reopen until four months later, and without this place where the environment was good and the salary was acceptable, Jane Foster’s life suddenly fell into trouble, and she had to find a new part-time job.

Walking on the sidewalk with a bag in her hand, surrounded by bright lights and people, Jane looked lonely.

Because of the incident in Harlem, she had to flee her planned rental location. The loss of a deposit is still a trivial matter, and the loss of the research tools and |materials purchased with years of savings is the most annoying thing for Jane, you must know that some of them are tools that she personally transformed, and the outside world can’t buy them if they want to. In order to fill the vacancy, she had to spend her entire salary as a teaching assistant to reorder | materials, and she had to save as much as possible in her daily life to barely turn around, sometimes even to the point that she could not afford to eat and relied on cheap candy to supplement calories.

She could have stayed at the house of Daisy, a dark-haired girl who was a student and friend, but Daisy didn’t live alone, and she had a friend, who even had a horse. When Jane joined, their living space became very crowded and cramped, and although Daisy and her friends were very welcoming, in order not to inconvenience them and to facilitate her research work, Jane said goodbye to them after living for a while, which added another rental expense to her daily life, and urgently needed more money to make up.

Thinking back to today’s application, the strong sense of shame immediately felt like being slapped with the palm of someone’s hand, causing a fire | a hot pain on Jane’s cheeks.

“Since you are a graduate of a prestigious school and have been working for four years, why do you have to rely on odd jobs to earn money to support yourself, do you have a problem with your ability, or do you have a |bad hobby?” A snarky voice questioned.

After running around several times with the utmost sincerity, Jane lost her job as a governess simply because the housewife was suspicious of her current situation.

When she was shut out of the door by the other party and stood frozen in the cold wind, Jane almost felt as if she had been stripped of her entire clothes, leaving her no dignity at all.

But despite this, life still has to go on, and she still has to move forward step by step according to her life plan.

The attic Jane rented was not far from the convenience store, and on the way she received a call from Daisy.

“Hi, Jane.” Daisy’s voice was still as hot as usual. “Is the work done, you better move back in, Caroline misses you very much, although she can’t understand what you are studying, but you have a common language.”

“I miss Caroline too, greet her on my behalf.” Jane’s nose was sour, she wanted to agree to it, but the other party was also very difficult and could not add trouble to them, so she could only deliberately change the topic and refuse Dai Qian’s kindness against her will. “I’m doing well, I can live in the school staff dormitory, but my | materials will be with you for the time being.”

“No problem, you can leave it for as long as you want, we will be relieved that you have a good life.” Daisy agreed with a big grin.

Of course, they won’t know that the dormitory is also very tight now, and although Jane has signed up, she will have to wait another four months for her chance, and until then she can only pay for renting a dark attic and endure life with cockroaches.

After the two people greeted each other a few words, the phone hung up, and Jane’s mood improved a lot when she heard her friend’s voice.

But even this good mood did not last long, and when she turned the corner and was about to enter the | rental apartment, she suddenly opened her eyes and stopped a black woman who was carrying her luggage outside in panic.

“Mrs. Warren, please don’t do this, I will soon scrape together enough rent.”

“Then tell me when you have enough money!” The black landlord pushed Jane away impatiently and spilled the cheap food in her hand.

“We live on rent, not charitable monopoly, since we can’t pay the rent and can’t get a mortgage, then get me out as soon as possible, save me from asking the court to send you a summons, otherwise you will send the money obediently, I will call you to be a street girl or a university teacher, and if you have no money, you will roll me away.” The landlady took her thick and | arm and cursed with a raised eyebrow.

Several tenants came out to watch, but no one was willing to persuade, Jane stared blankly at the landlord’s foaming mouth| her jaw kept turning, her face was extremely pale, her body was cold, she was beaten to death by the humiliation of the giant |, and her soul almost floated out of her shell into the air.

Just as Jane’s eyes turned black for a while, a young man’s voice interrupted the landlady’s chatter, while a pair of strong hands supported her shaky body.

“What happened, Jane?” Ross’s face appeared in front of her, and Jane subconsciously grabbed his arm almost as if in a dream.

Before she could speak, the landlady rushed over with great momentum.

“Who are you, she owes me two months’ rent, I kindly took in your friend, she repaid me like this…”

Before she finished speaking, a check sealed her mouth |.

“Jane is my ex-wife, is there a problem?” Ross stared at the landlord and asked, and the fat black woman immediately shook her head desperately, grabbed the check and smiled.

“The former … Ex? Jane’s eyes widened in horror and she stammered.

“Yes, the children are still waiting for you to visit.” Ross laughed with malice that teased people, and seeing Jane’s usually quiet expression become extremely vivid, his mood suddenly improved a lot.

“Our children?” Jane cried out, her brown eyes widened, and her |plump lips took on an almost perfect round shape.

“Of course.” Ross gently held her shoulder and expressed her love without anyone else. “I know you’re | Lei and I’m not, but that’s not a reason for you to beat yourself up, so… Come back. ”

Jane’s brain was dizzy, her mind suddenly stuck, and she didn’t know what he was talking about, and this appearance was naturally a default posture in the eyes of outsiders.

Seeing that she was confused by her own prank, Ross laughed secretly and turned to look at the landlord.

“Jane’s things will be picked up tomorrow, and you will be responsible for keeping them tonight, is there a problem?” He asked without emotion, and as soon as the landlady made eye contact with him, his heart suddenly shook.

“No problem, no problem.” She involuntarily swallowed her spit, and slapped her huge | Xiong hard to assure.

“That’s best.” Ross said lightly, turned around and slowly walked out of the side street with the dizzy Jane.

After walking for several minutes, she finally reacted, hurriedly broke free of Ross’s arm, and was wiping her tears indiscriminately, when a tissue was delivered to her cheek.

“I’m not a lesbian| sexual| love.” Jane took the tissue and spoke incoherently, she herself did not know what to say at this time.

“I know.” Rose smiled and withdrew her arm, stood beside her, and looked down at her.

The two people stood face to face on the side of the road, outside the busy Central Park West Avenue, and the lights passed quickly, illuminating their shadows swaying in the cool evening breeze.

“It seems that every time we meet is not the time, MJ once invited you to be a guest at the house, why didn’t you promise her?” Ross asked slowly.

“Don’t say that, I also want to thank you for helping me solve the siege, I will pay you back after a while, and I didn’t promise Mary Jane because we have to work.” Jane wiped her tears and laughed self-deprecatingly. “In addition to my part-time job as a teaching assistant at the college, Daisy also wants to graduate as soon as possible, and she has to run a cake shop with friends, so we really can’t spare time.”

“Still going to New Mexico, huh?” Ross asked casually, Jane had brought it up before.

“Yes, I made an appointment with Dr. Selvig, and we will leave in two months, and Daisy will go with us then.” Talking about her work, Jane’s expression recovered a little.

She raised her head to look at Ross, feeling that she was wrinkled like a Cinderella, while the other party was like a nobleman dressed in white horses, and she couldn’t help but take a step back.

Rose stood quietly in front of her with his hands on his back, and the light shone from behind, shrouding his figure in a hazy halo, looking like an angel who had fallen into the clouds to save his suffering.

“The lab can sponsor you, but I want to ask, do you think this life is worth it?” If you think differently, maybe life will be much easier. Ross stared into Jane’s eyes, as if she could gaze all the way to the depths of her soul.

“Of course it’s worth it.” Jane replied without thinking. “I wanted to be an astrophysicist like my father since I was very young, this is my life goal, I heard Mary Jane say that you have to keep reading papers every day, no matter how busy you are at work, don’t you think it’s not worth it?”

Ross was silent for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders, and his mood suddenly relaxed.

“Yes, we all have a pursuit, the world will give us a lot in return, and in turn it will take something from us as compensation, sometimes people have to change themselves to adapt to the needs of the environment, but there must always be some perseverance, right?” He said with a smile, took out his phone and uttered a secret word, then took Jane’s hand and led her in the other direction.

“Where are we going?” Jane stumbled after and shouted.

“Find you a place to live.” Ross replied without looking back.

Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the luxury apartment on West 57th Street.

The interior is warm and pleasant, the air is naturally refreshing, and the warm lighting reflects on the smooth surface of the furniture, giving off a coral-colored sheen.

Mary Jane and Gwen were not there, and the huge room was just the two of them.

Jane was still in such a place for the first time, she walked to the window and looked down, the height of the place was unbelievably high, more than a thousand feet above sea level made people feel a tranquility out of the world, the stars shining brightly, it seemed that she could touch the mo, but down she could see the bustling neighborhood of thousands of lights, reminding her that she was still in the world.

“MJ recently spent time with me and Gwen in the lab, it’s empty, you can live in our house, even if you take care of the house for us.” Ross’s voice sounded leisurely behind Jane, casually telling her the password of the intelligent system, through these instructions, Jane could directly operate the central computer to adjust all the room facilities according to her needs.

“This doesn’t quite fit, this is your and MJ’s home…” Jane was about to push back, when Rose raised her index finger to her and made a gesture that could not be refused.

“Remember your dream, go and fulfill it, and don’t waste your talents.”

He said slowly, his eyes clear and transparent, Jane looked at him, and suddenly forgot what he wanted to say.