Chapter 2 - Gwen

Early winter morning.

Snowflakes as big as goose feathers fell from the sky to every corner of the city. It was a bright morning, and NY as a world-class city, was already full of vitality. Figures of students and office workers shuttled from time to time on the streets that had just been cleared of snow.

Beep!

Beep!

A local police car drove slowly and finally stopped on the side of the road. The door opened, and a cute blond girl jumped out of the back seat with a schoolbag in her hand.

"Gwen, slow down, you forgot your thermos"

In the driver's seat, Officer George, who was wearing a police uniform, opened the door and chased her down. He held a thermos in his hand and looked at his beloved daughter. The old man couldn't help but speak in a spoil tone: "Do you want me to take you to school? The road is slippery and it's still snowing."

Gwen took the thermos and put it in her schoolbag, and refused bluntly: "No, I have a water jacket and waterproof boots."

"But."

Officer George wanted to say something else. But at this moment, Gwen's eyes suddenly lit up, her face was stained with joy , she jumped up and down like a rabbit, and excitedly waved her arms towards a place: "Shane, here! Here!"

" I knew it."

Police Officer George sighed inwardly. Turning around, he saw the familiar figure of a young man appearing at the corner of the street.

Shane heard a voice calling for him, looked up and saw the two of them, and immediately smiled and nodded to say hello: "Gwen, Uncle George, good morning! It's such a coincidence to meet you here!"

He is familiar with them.

"Gwen Stacy", is a childhood friend of the same age who lives in a nearby community.

Shane and Gwen went to the same preschool, elementary school, middle school, and now high school. They can be regarded as childhood sweethearts with deep affection. As for her father, he is a police officer with some reputation and power in the local area, who just happens to oversee the security of their urban area. His full name is "George Stacy".

"Yeah, what a coincidence." Gwen said and could not help but smile.

The surrounding snow was very white and crystal clear, but Officer George's face was a bit dark.

Is this a coincidence? No!

'It was clearly because of this kid, he purposely bumped into us'

certainly!

How could Officer George tell the truth and say that they bumped into him because of his daughter. Besides, he had investigated Shane's family background ten years ago, and he was indeed a kind kid.

"Ah! Shane, why don't you wear a hat or carry an umbrella!"

Gwen said in surprise, and quickly moved closer to Shane. But before he could reply, her hands had already cleaned the frost and snow from his hair and eyebrows.

"I was in a hurry to go out, so I forgot." Shane smiled carelessly, and temporarily put aside his dangerous thoughts.

"Then remember to keep warm, what should I do if you catch a cold." Gwen puffed up her cheeks angrily.

Without thinking too much, she put the furry hat that was on her head on Shane's and then touched his slightly cold face with her warm hands. In the eyes of others, this is considered a very intimate behavior, but for the two who have been together since childhood, it is so common that it does not have any special meaning.

"It's cold outside, I'll take you to school." Officer George said, feeling a little displeased.

Gwen didn't respond but looked up at Shane.

"The school is not very far away ..."

Shane originally wanted to refuse, but felt Officer George's sharp gaze, and nodded in agreement: "Then thank you, Uncle George."

Seeing this, Gwen smiled and said, "Then please give us a ride, Dad."

"You're welcome."

After a while, the car started to drive into the main road, heading towards their high school.

In the back Shane looked at the winter street scene passing by quickly outside the car window, his face and eyes dazed sometimes.

His hands were suddenly held by a gentle and soft hand, Shane turned sideways to see a girl with a worried face.

Gwen asked him, "Shane, Are you feeling unwell? Why do you look so preoccupied?"

"I...." Shane did not know what to say.

What made him worried was naturally the photo that was stuffed into his house. Although he opened the door to check, the mysterious person who stuffed the photos had long since disappeared, leaving behind a lot of unsolved mysteries.

Was that photo really taken during World War I? Who is the woman in the photo wearing a battle armor and why does she look exactly like his aunt?

Auntie's mother? No, World War I is almost a century away

Maybe If you ask Gwen's father for help, he should be able to find the person who stuffed the photos, right?

Shane hesitated for a moment, but said, "I'm fine, I'm just a little bit cold."

"Then it won't be cold if I do this." Gwen hugged Shane's left arm, at this distance the two can clearly feel each other's body temperature.

Officer George, who was driving, glanced at the rearview mirror, and his mind almost exploded.

He watched how his daughter was being delivered to a pig with his own eyes, even if the pig has good features, this is probably something that no father in the world can tolerate!

Wait a minute.

As an experienced person, Officer George looked at the pair of teenagers and girls through the rearview mirror. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that her beloved daughter loved this guy, but this boy doesn't seem to feel the same way

Well, this is even uncomfortable.

…....

The police car stopped on the road in front of the High School. When Gwen and Shane got out of the car; they immediately attracted the attention of many students.

Today, Gwen is wearing a new beige down jacket with a close-fitting handmade sweater inside. Her slender legs are tightly wrapped in white jeans, and she also had a pair of black boots. The sixteen-year-old girl with beautiful blond hair, and a delicate and small face, in the eyes of others, she is simply a goddess.

Shane has gotten used to the envious and jealous reactions of other students. He suddenly realized that Gwen's popularity seemed to be quite high in school.

"Gwen, you'd better let go of my hand." Shane said.

"No, it's warmer this way."

Gwen hummed and clasped her hands even harder, so that Shane's right arm was completely immersed in warmth.

Suddenly the eyes of the student next to him turned red, and they roared inwardly: "Damn it, let her go!!!"

"If you don't let go, I will be killed by their eyes." Shane smiled wryly. If eyes could kill, he would have died 100 times already.

"If you dared to threaten gangsters that had knives in middle school, would you still be afraid of this?" Gwen covered her mouth and let out a silver bell-like laugh, which could be regarded as letting go of Shane's arm, but her little face flushed with a touch of red.

"Don't mention my black history." The corner of Shane's mouth twitched. When he was in middle school after watching and reading Captain America's documentary, he always thought that he had the potential to be a superhero.

At that time, if the police hadn't arrived in time, he might have been reincarnated a second time.

After spending 16 years as an ordinary person, Shane, a reincarnated person without a system or cheats, has completely given up.

How can there be so many talented superheroes? With a population of six to seven billion people in the world today, only Captain America, Iron Man, Batman, and Superman are the only ones who have really stepped onto that stage!

Shane ignored the angry students, walked into the corridor, looked at the girl beside him, and said jokingly: "Of course I'm not afraid, I just think it's not good for your popularity, I heard that you are about to run for president"

"Where did you hear that?!" Gwen couldn't help but say.

Gwen suddenly realized that being childhood sweethearts was not a good thing.

Sometimes, once a relationship has been established for a long time, it is difficult to change it.

Just as Shane and Gwen walked through the hallway, in a tenth-grade classroom, a girl wearing glasses was sitting on the last row of seats, looking sideways in a daze. Her eyes moved up and down following Shane in the hallway

"Kara, what are you looking at?"

A female classmate approached the table and asked curiously.

"Nothing." Kara quickly withdrew her gaze.

"Really?" The female classmate was dubious, and followed Kara's gaze just now, only to see a clean white wall.

The thick walls blocked the outdoor hallway, making it impossible to see anything passing by outside.