Chapter 4 The Rebellious Clark
Kent Farm.
The atmosphere of dinner today was a bit solemn.
"Miss Dejardan called and no students had any misfortune, but several students choked a lot of water when they were unconscious and needed to be hospitalized for observation."
Jonathan said while stirring the mashed potatoes.
While speaking, he looked at Eric and Clark intentionally or unintentionally.
"This should be a blessing in disgrace."
Martha poured Clark a glass of milk intimately and patted his hand on the table, "They shouldn't blame themselves for this."
Jonathan's serious gaze did not take away from the two.
"Clark, did you drag the school bus out of the river?"
"Yes, I wanted to do that, but it didn't work out."
Clark told the truth, "So I asked Eric to help me."
“Eric?”
Jonathan turned his eyes to Eric, who had been silently tasting beef stewed with potatoes.
Compared to hot dogs, mac and pizza, he prefers this beef stew that is close to Celestial cuisine.
This is more in line with his eating habits.
"Sorry, dad, I don't want to make a move. But Clark convinced me in his way."
Eric put down his knife and fork and replied in a calm tone.
Yes, he didn't have the intention to help at first.
After all... I don't have the ambition to be a superhero, what does other people's life or death have to do with me?
Since my template is "motherlander", it means that the system also believes that I am a complete bastard.
Isn’t it normal for the “bad guy” to stand by and watch?
If the high school students who insulted Jonathan and Martha were not hospitalized, he would find another opportunity to repair each other.
However, because I was an orphan in my previous life, I felt the long-lost family affection in this family, and thus developed feelings for Jonathan and Martha.
Otherwise, no matter what method Clark uses, he will not be able to threaten him.
"well......!"
Hearing Eric's answer, Jonathan sighed heavily, holding his hands together to support his faintly ached forehead.
He didn't know how to speak.
The two sons in front of me have extreme contrast in their personalities.
Clark is simple and kind, willing to help others, eager to use his own power, believing that he can help others and realize his own value.
He knew that Clark was not sociable at school and was not as good as his younger brother at home, so he wanted to be recognized by others and to display his extraordinary power without worrying about exerting his extraordinary power.
Eric, on the other hand, is the opposite of Clark.
Calm, smart, low-key, tolerant and restrained, and has a clear understanding of the rules of social operation, but lacks sympathy and empathy for others and never reveals his own strength in front of outsiders.
Sometimes it even reached the point where he was reluctant to save him or even cold.
Just like this school bus incident.
He disagreed with Clark's exposure of himself because he wanted his two sons to be ordinary people.
But he did not agree with Eric's bystander because he did not want his son to be a person without compassion and empathy.
So now he is full of contradictions.
It would be great if the two people's personalities could neutralize.
At this moment, Jonathan, as his father, suddenly had such an idea in his heart.
Lift your head and throw ridiculous thoughts out of your mind.
He felt that Eric would understand his intentions, so he didn't plan to explain anything to Eric.
Turning his head and saying to Clark directly: "There are always accidents in life that we can't stop them. But Clark, sometimes, you have to know how to hide yourself."
Clark, who had been silent, had a rebellious mind surged up at this time and asked his father: "As indifferent as Eric? Dad, I am saving people!"
He did not say that Eric was the culprit of the school bus losing control, so Jonathan didn't know that Eric was the initiator of everything.
"Of course, Clark, we know you're saving people, but like we said, you have to hide your secret."
Jonathan tried to make his words sound unaggressive.
"What should I do? Watch them drown?"
Clark's tone gradually became stronger.
He didn't understand why his father gradually became like Eric.
"Clark, there are things that are more important than your life in this world, and things that are more important than your relatives and friends."
Jonathan's tone was full of heavy weight, "If people discover the superpowers of you and Eric, then the world will be turned upside down. Our faith, our..."
Jonathan said, "People's conception will be subverted."
He looked at his wife, smiled and patted Martha's hand to signal that he was fine, and asked Clark: "Clark, do you remember the first time Eric showed his abilities? The people in the Fordham family were frightened! People are not ready to welcome this world-changing person."
"So, God made Eric and me like this?"
Clark did not understand his father's words, pursed his lips and looked at his father stubbornly.
Then he looked at Eric, who was sitting aside silently, and stood up in disappointment.
"I'm fed up with what you said, so I can't act rashly and hide my abilities..."
Clark's tone became a little heavier.
Although he was not hysterical, this kind of depression under disappointment represented his extreme anger.
"I just hope not to be 'Luther' in school, and not to be looked down upon! And you tell me every day to be a normal person, just like this..."
He picked up the knife and fork angrily, and with a little force, the fork was broken into two pieces.
"Is this normal?"
Clark turned around and walked away after slamming his fork on the table.
"I am willing to do anything for normalcy, but I am not a normal person!"
"Clark!"
Seeing his son walk away, Martha wants to chase after him, but is stopped by Jonathan.
"Masha, since he wants to be quiet, don't chase after him."
Martha looked at Clark who was snatching the door, looked at her husband with a dull look on her face, and finally sighed and sat back.
"Don't worry, Dad, Clark will understand your intention one day."
Eric finally got rid of the beef and mashed potatoes in front of him and comforted his father.
"What about you, Eric, you have more power than Clark, are you willing to be an ordinary person?"
Jonathan suddenly asked Eric directly.
Compared to his suddenly rebellious eldest son, he was more worried about his younger son in front of him.
Because as a father, I have never seen through him.
"I......"
Eric smiled at the corner of his mouth and held the slightly cold hand of his mother next to him, "I don't want to be an ordinary person, but father, mother, I always regard myself as a Smallville, Kansas, as your son. I've never been confused about my identity."
Chapter completed!