As for how to happily communicate with one's father-in-law... Well, although Chen Changsheng had countless absorbed memories stored in his mind, they did not include any memories of how to communicate with a father-in-law.
The subtle yet awkward atmosphere was ultimately broken by Helen, his future mother-in-law.
After Helen finished preparing dinner, Chen Changsheng finally escaped George's relentless questioning.
Chen Changsheng felt that George was looking at him like he was a pig waiting to be slaughtered.
Yes, that was exactly how Chen Changsheng felt...
At the dining table, Chen Changsheng sat face-to-face with George. The short table made Chen Changsheng feel like a prisoner awaiting trial, while the walls of the small dining room seemed to bear the words: "Confess and receive leniency; resist and face severity."
Chen Changsheng's impression was certainly filled with regional flavor.
Ignoring George's unfriendly gaze, Chen Changsheng focused his attention on the plate in front of him. A perfectly intact sea bass lay on it. After probing it back and forth with his fork, Chen Changsheng truly had no idea where to start. This fish seemed different from the ones he had eaten before.
Good grief, was this the legendary lemon sea bass?
No wonder it was extraordinary. It was no wonder Spider-Man had been completely at a loss when faced with it in the movie.
Seeing Chen Changsheng fumbling around, Helen and Gwen exchanged glances and laughed knowingly. Helen said to her sons, "Hey, go help Gwen's friend."
Before Helen had even finished speaking, the two children had already raced to Chen Changsheng's side, competing to explain how he should eat the lemon sea bass in front of him.
In the simple minds of the two children, lemon sea bass was already a rare delicacy. More importantly, Chen Changsheng's promises of a bright future had completely won them over. In no time at all, they had become Chen Changsheng's loyal lackeys.
After all, they were still children. They were the easiest to buy off.
Seeing the two little ones running around so eagerly, George's mood grew even worse.
What was going on? His daughter was about to be taken away, and even the two little ones were helping him?
As everyone at the table destroyed the lemon sea bass on their plates while harboring their own thoughts...
The two children, oblivious to the strange atmosphere in the room, asked George, "Dad, how's Spider-Man? Did you find him today?"
George's face darkened even further at the question. Not only had a masked weirdo swinging around New York stolen his job, but he had also left the entire NYPD in an awkward position.
If all the criminals in New York hated Spider-Man to a degree of one hundred percent, then the NYPD officers probably were not far behind them.
Ever since Spider-Man appeared, the New York police had been silently humiliated by comparison countless times...
Seeing his family looking at him, George said perfunctorily, "What Spider-Man? He's just a weirdo who wears a mask, runs around everywhere, disrupts social order, and ignores the rules. Who does he think he is, a police officer?"
Hearing their father's harsh words, the two little ones drooped their heads dejectedly and muttered, "I think Spider-Man is a good person."
George paid no attention to his son's words. In his eyes, his children were still young and could not understand the adult world. They would need to be properly educated in the future.
Suddenly, George turned his gaze toward Chen Changsheng and asked, "Jack, what do you think of that Spider-Man who appeared recently?"
Chen Changsheng, who had been working hard to finish the sea bass on his plate, was called out. It was rather awkward.
He really had no idea why he had been singled out. After all, he had not said anything.
But since he had been asked, Chen Changsheng put down his knife and fork, pressed his lips together, and said, "Me? I think everyone has their own job. Eliminating crime in New York should be done by the NYPD, not vigilantes who don't even dare show their true faces. Besides, the NYPD has an excellent police chief like you, George."
Changsheng had shamelessly praised his future father-in-law.
The flattery was blatant, but George clearly enjoyed it. He smiled and nodded at Chen Changsheng, saying approvingly, "Jack is right. If masked freaks are going to solve all the crimes in this world, then what do we need the police for? After all, we're the professionals when it comes to dealing with criminals."
With that, George leaned back theatrically and waited for everyone's praise.
But clearly, no one in George's family received the signal. The two little ones busied themselves with their plates, while Helen and Gwen remained silently speechless, staring intently at their own food.
Just as the air was about to turn awkwardly silent and George was about to fall into embarrassment, Chen Changsheng timely gave his future father-in-law another boost. "New York belongs to New Yorkers. Public safety should be maintained by the NYPD, not by those freaks who hang criminals at the doors of the NYPD."
After saying that, Chen Changsheng gave George a firm nod to show his position.
"Mm~" George nodded in satisfaction, and his gaze toward Chen Changsheng softened considerably.
In George's heart, this wild boar trying to take his family's cabbage was still on the death sentence list, but he no longer seemed quite so hateful.
While George was eating dinner with his family, his radio suddenly crackled to life with a request for assistance from a nearby NYPD patrol unit.
A chaotic voice came through the radio, and George realized that the situation was serious.
After hearing that the incident had occurred not far from his home, George instructed his family, "Stay here," then grabbed his coat and prepared to go help.
After watching George leave in his police car, Chen Changsheng waited for a while before saying goodbye to Helen and Gwen. Dinner was over.
After leaving Gwen's apartment building, Chen Changsheng found an empty corner, altered his appearance, and began sprinting at top speed.
Like Alex in the Prototype game, Chen Changsheng could cover an enormous distance with every step.
When he reached a low building, Chen Changsheng leaped straight onto the roof. From there, he pushed off with all his strength and jumped into the air, beginning to glide.
In the city, someone as fast as Chen Changsheng was still more convenient. That was also why he had never bought a car.
As one of the world's famous metropolises, New York suffered from every problem other cities had. For example, it had long lines of cars comparable to the skyline in Cities: Skylines...
After gliding between the skyscrapers for a while, Chen Changsheng saw two figures, one red and one green, fighting on a bridge.
At the same time, sirens and cries for help rang out across the bridge.
Dr. Lizard was throwing the cars on the bridge to either side one by one, while Spider-Man nimbly dodged the incoming vehicles. Relying on his speed, he continuously attacked Dr. Lizard, who was rampaging all over the place, with webs.
Although Dr. Lizard was not afraid of Spider-Man's attacks, the webs constantly wrapping around him irritated him immensely. Finally, he casually kicked a car carrying a child off the bridge.
Spider-Man naturally could not stand by and watch an innocent child fall from the bridge. He jumped down without hesitation, trying to save the car.
With Spider-Man no longer obstructing him, Dr. Lizard hurried down from the bridge and prepared to jump into the sewers and escape through an obscure alley.
By coincidence, the alley Dr. Lizard ran into was directly beneath the high-rise where Chen Changsheng stood watching the distant chaos. Just as Dr. Lizard lifted a manhole cover and prepared to jump down, Chen Changsheng leaped from the high-rise.
His foot came down in free fall from high above, carrying tremendous kinetic energy, and slammed Dr. Lizard hard into the ground.
After taking the heavy blow, Dr. Lizard's body jolted, and his bones crackled. No one could say how many bones in his chest and back had broken.
Dr. Lizard let out furious, muffled roars through his blood-filled mouth. Clearly, he was badly injured. Even though he had sensed the approaching danger, he was temporarily unable to move.
But Dr. Lizard had been injected with something resembling the super-spider gene serum, and his recovery ability was indeed astonishing.
In the brief moment Chen Changsheng spent observing the ugly lizard, Dr. Lizard had already recovered to some extent. He still lay half-reclined on the ground, glaring coldly at Chen Changsheng with his vertical pupils.
However, Dr. Lizard had seen nothing. Chen Changsheng's exterior had been formed from the Blacklight Virus's hardened biomass, and he wore a large hood that completely concealed his face.
No matter how Dr. Lizard's eyes moved, he could not sense the slightest information from Chen Changsheng. After a brief hesitation, his animal instincts ultimately overcame his reason. His two long, scale-covered legs opened and closed, and he charged at Chen Changsheng, who stood quietly in place.
When he was still two meters away from Chen Changsheng, Dr. Lizard abruptly stopped, then violently swung his tail. Using its momentum, he sent it straight toward Chen Changsheng's face.
Facing the sound of it cutting through the air, Chen Changsheng did not even furrow his brow. This kind of attack was trivial to him. It had not even reached Alex's level.
With his superhuman dynamic vision, Chen Changsheng watched Dr. Lizard's tail draw closer to his face inch by inch. He then reached out with both hands and gently seized it, firmly catching Dr. Lizard's tail.
Without making any unnecessary movements, Chen Changsheng exerted his strength and swung the long tail around in every direction.
Dr. Lizard's body, dragged behind his tail, was swung about like a torn sack by Chen Changsheng's tremendous strength.
It was a little like a strong man beating up a child...
After a flurry of impacts, Chen Changsheng flung Dr. Lizard heavily toward the depths of the alley.
After being slammed around, Dr. Lizard was dizzy and dazed, temporarily unable to get back on his feet.
Only after recovering for a long while was Dr. Lizard able to refocus his eyes and look toward Chen Changsheng in the distance.
His eyes were now filled with terror, devoid of the cold-blooded indifference from before. Animals understood best what a difference in strength meant. Dr. Lizard clearly felt that he was finished.
After completing a set of military boxing, Chen Changsheng still stood quietly in the distance, staring expressionlessly at Dr. Lizard, as if considering how to deal with the monster.
This silent wait was torture for Dr. Lizard.
He could not win in a fight, could not escape, and if he attacked, he could only suffer another beating.
Thinking about it this way, Dr. Lizard felt that quietly waiting was actually pretty good...
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