America: A Prodigy of Stereotypes

When it comes to sweets, Liqun discovered that his father's perception of sweetness was frighteningly similar to that of Americans.

Li Qun glanced at his father's alarm clock in the kitchen; he still had to wait another forty minutes.

Li Qun is quite afraid of pressure cookers, and for no apparent reason, she worries that her father's pressure cooker will explode.

"Not yet, it will take another forty minutes," Li Qun said to his father as he came out of the kitchen.

Forty minutes later, Dad fell asleep on the sofa. Liqun quietly started cooking red bean soup for Dad in the kitchen so that he could drink it as soon as he woke up.

The elderly person has limited energy, and recently they've been traveling around, so they're exhausted and fall asleep early every night.

Dr. Banner covered his father with a blanket to keep him warm. Autumn was almost over, and winter was approaching; sleeping on the sofa couldn't be as comfortable as in the summer.

My dad has a very unique sleep pattern; he sleeps in two phases. The first phase lasts three to four hours, ending around midnight. After being active for an hour around midnight, he enters the second phase of sleep, which lasts until dawn.

This is actually an ancient sleeping habit, which my father has maintained for a long time, and he can't change it to the sleeping habits of modern people. My father has maintained this sleeping habit for thousands of years.

"Who is this?"

Li Qun was watching TV when he rubbed his eyes. How did he end up seeing Black Widow Natasha on TV?

Li Qun recognizes Natasha's face; it's very distinctive. However, Natasha doesn't fit Li Qun's aesthetic preferences, and he doesn't think Natasha is a great beauty.

“Wilson’s ex-wife,” Dr. Banner replied quietly.

"What?!" Li Qun thought he had misheard, and his expression became somewhat tense.

“You can’t accept this either, right? He actually married such a beautiful wife.” Dr. Banner said to Li Qun with a stern face.

"It's a good thing they got divorced."

“Wade doesn’t look like he’s ever been married…” Li Qun remarked.

“You might think that married men are responsible, mature, stable, and reliable, like men who have become fathers, but that’s a stereotype. There are still many unreliable men who get married and become fathers,” Dr. Banner whispered to Li Qun.

"Could we put an earmuff on Dad? We sound like thieves when we talk like this," Li Qun suggested.

Bruce Banner nodded, reached into the portal, and took out a magical earmuff for his father to put on.

Sometimes, Liqun felt that Dr. Banner and "Doraemon" were not much different.

Dr. Banner invented many wonderful magical gadgets, most of which he made while studying magic to practice the effects of spells.

"Does Wade still love his ex-wife?" Li Qun seriously discussed this question with Dr. Banner.

“Once, a sincere love was placed before me, but I did not cherish it…” Dr. Banner said with deep emotion.

"Stop reciting your lines, Dr. Banner."

“I thought you would continue, what a disappointment.” Dr. Banner shook his head in disappointment.

Dr. Banner watched the movie "A Chinese Odyssey" while researching "Journey to the West" and the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff), and his soul and memories resonated with the movie's plot many times.

Dr. Banner glanced at the watch on his wrist, a Valentine's Day gift from his ex-fiancée.

He fell in love with the wrong person at the wrong time, etching a wrong love story into his life.

“I’ve never been in a relationship,” Li Qun said.

"Dating someone like you would be exhausting," Dr. Banner teased Li Qun.

"I think it would be more difficult for someone to date Peter."

“Besides, if being in a relationship makes me uncomfortable, I’ll choose not to,” Li Qun said.

“You don’t know what it feels like to love someone if you’ve never loved someone,” Dr. Banner said.

"Dr. Banner, do you also enjoy nonsensical literature?"

"This is not a trivial statement."

Dr. Banner bit his thumb as he pondered how to describe the feeling of falling in love to a high school student who had never been in a relationship.

When you see her, you'll feel the wind whispering.

"Her long breaths echoed from the clouds in the sky."

"You will see the moon behind her, like a huge jade plate;"

"You'll need to find her shadow in everyone;"

"She is the embodiment of beauty; you will watch her silhouette until sunset..."

“The sun has set,” Li Qun said to Banner.

"Yes, the sun has set."

"When will my sun rise again?" Dr. Banner said softly.

The old man started snoring on the sofa, the snoring coming in bursts and then stopping. Dr. Banner glanced at his father helplessly, his melancholy unintentionally dispelled by his father's snoring.

“When school lets out for break, Liqun, come help us. We’ll get Dad a medical check-up together,” Dr. Banner said to Liqun.

“My dad’s age on his ID card is fake; he’s more than seventy years old.”

“Dad will definitely refuse,” Li Qun replied without hesitation; he knew his father too well.

“My dad eats a lot of sugar. I’ve seen him sometimes soak rice in hot water, pour white sugar all over it, mix it all together, and then eat it,” Dr. Banner said.

“This is really bad,” Li Qun nodded. He had eaten it like this before, and he knew what rice soaked in hot water with white sugar tasted like.

"Dad doesn't like to eat vegetables."

“It’s because Dad doesn’t like vegetables he doesn’t like, but you do. Just like Dr. Banner, you can’t stand the taste of Litsea cubeba,” Li Qun said.

"Just check the basics: blood sugar, blood pressure and blood lipids, cardiopulmonary function, oral cavity, eyes and ears, cognitive judgment, and prevention of Alzheimer's disease," Dr. Banner said.

Dr. Banner can perform more than just these physical examinations in his Kamar-Taj lab.

Banner not only wanted to give his father a full physical examination, but also wanted to give Li Qun, Wade, and Peter a full physical examination.

The tests included genetic testing of the spinal cord stem cells of the three individuals to confirm whether they were still considered human.

Obtaining spinal cord stem cells requires lumbar puncture to extract spinal fluid.

Dr. Banner's idea is unlikely to be agreed to by Lillian and Peter, but Wade might not care.

Chapter 222 Russian Blood

As the sun rose and a new day began, there was a slight chill in the air in New York in the early morning, so Li Qun put on a sweater to keep warm.

Although we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving sales have started in various shopping malls and supermarkets one after another. The sweater that Liqun wore today was bought by her aunt at a shopping mall during a Thanksgiving sale. Liqun, Shuangxi, and her uncle each got one.

To differentiate the three people's sweaters, Auntie chose three different colors. Shuangxi's sweater was red, Liqun's was blue, and Uncle's was yellow.

My aunt doesn't like wearing sweaters, but she bought herself a pink trench coat during a mall sale.

My uncle joked that with red, blue, yellow, and pink, all that's missing is "black" to form a family "powerful dinosaur team".

Power Rangers was Shuangxi's favorite tokusatsu TV series when he was a child. His uncle and aunt watched it with him.

On his way to school, Liqun always felt that his new sweater was a bit prickly on his neck, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Good morning."

"Good morning."

Did you sleep well last night?

Li Qun and Peter stood in front of the lockers, chatting casually as usual.

“I slept well last night, Liqun, how about you?” Peter replied.

“Last night I dreamt that Dr. Banner and I were discussing what it feels like to fall in love with someone,” Li Qun told Peter.

“Really? What did Dr. Banner say in the dream?” Peter laughed.

“Dr. Banner said that when you see the person you love, the moon at night will become enormous, its light will illuminate the darkness, and the wind will sing,” Li Qun told Peter.

“…Dr. Banner really knows,” Peter said.

Peter recalled that night with Mary Jane, and the moon in his mind seemed very round and close, the moonlight illuminating the streets. Mary Jane spoke to him as if a gentle breeze was blowing in his ear, and the Holy Spirit was singing around them.

"Peter, are you thinking of Mary Jane?"

"What? No."

"I can tell you're thinking about her."

“Peter, have you considered asking Mary Jane about her college plans? Which school she went to or what?” Li Qun asked Peter.

“I haven’t figured out a reason to call her yet,” Peter replied.

“You can tell Mary Jane that we received everything she sent and that we really liked the gifts she bought for us.”

"Ok."

“What’s so good about it? You need to think about how to continue the conversation with Mary on this topic,” Li Qun said.

"The school cafeteria made some changes before Thanksgiving, and they were made to suit our students' preferences. What do you think of that?" Peter asked.

“Great, you can start talking about food now.”

"Liqun, what did you think of the fried noodles and fried rice the school cafeteria chef made yesterday?" Peter finished tidying up and closed the locker door.

"It's so-so, but I can eat it."

“I think it tastes awful,” Peter said.

In a survey distributed by the school last week, many students filled in that they wanted to eat Chinese food, and this week they actually got to eat it.

Harry saw fried rice and fried noodles being sold at the restaurant window yesterday at noon, so he bought one of each so everyone could try them.

Gwen and Peter's tastes had been spoiled by Li Qun and his uncle, but the other students were quite happy with the food.

"Peter, what's wrong?" Gwen appeared and saw Peter's distressed expression.

“I remember the fried rice we had yesterday,” Peter said, turning to Gwen.

“It’s terrible. Even if I made it, it wouldn’t taste this bad,” Gwen said.

"I heard the restaurant will be serving fried dumplings and spring rolls today," Li Qun said.

"It should taste better today, right? Dumplings and spring rolls are never bad if you put a little effort into them," Peter said.

"not necessarily."