That little robot remained standing in the corner, motionless.
—It's probably out of battery, right?
Peter thought to himself and stood up, intending to go and charge the little robot.
He suddenly thought of System PP. When Finn had a high fever, he had also called out "[PP]" many times in his heart. Finn had always felt that his mission should have been over by now, he was always afraid that his System PP would suddenly leave him, so he was constantly subconsciously checking to see if System PP was still there.
Peter leaned down and picked up the spherical robot, which was indeed powered off.
"PP, are you there?" At this moment, Peter even asked in an extremely small, tentative voice.
Unsurprisingly, the silent Robot PP gave no response.
Peter curled his lips in self-mockery.
True, why would there be a response?
Thinking about it now, Finn still wasn't asleep. System PP would definitely stay by Finn's side with professional dedication, so why would it go out of its way to respond to him?
When Peter designed this little robot back then, he was also thinking that if one day System PP truly left after the mission was over, at least there would be a PP to accompany Finn.
But at that moment, a pair of round electronic eyes suddenly and slowly surfaced on the robot's originally pitch-black, extinguished screen.
Peter's hands froze instantly.
I'm here.
The familiar, preset electronic voice sounded slowly, at this moment, those electronic eyes seemed to truly be watching him.
Under Peter Parker's incredulous gaze, the robot continued to speak in an inorganic, unshakable, firm tone:
Peter Parker.
The worst is already behind us.
Everything will get better after this.
"PP.." No matter how much Peter thought about it, he never expected that Finn's System PP would actually try to comfort him.
Immediately after, the little robot held in his hands actually slowly raised its matchstick-sized hand toward him.
Peter hesitated for a moment, then slowly reached out his hand, gently high-fiving the little round fellow he had created himself.
—What a wonderful feeling.
Like a faint current of electricity, it surged from the robot's palm into his fingertips, as if something even deeper had been connected together.
Peter couldn't help but laugh; he felt a strange sense of comfort.
The phone suddenly rang, Peter hurriedly pulled out his phone. The name flashing on the screen was Mr. Wilson. Peter's heart suddenly tightened; he already had a premonition that something was amiss, his fingertips trembled slightly as he answered the call, fearing it might be more sudden bad news.
After hearing the contents of the call, Peter stood frozen on the spot in disbelief, then rushed toward the second floor in a near-panic.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Peter rush through the bedroom door, Harry and Finn were both startled.
Lily.. she's awake." Peter said excitedly, his eyes red, his voice trembling with uncontrollable emotion and ecstasy, "The Wilsons' daughter, Lily Wilson in the hospital, she's awake.
Still lying in bed, Finn's pupils suddenly constricted.
In the hospital, a recovery that could only be described as a medical miracle was unfolding.
The girl, who had been in a coma for two full years, opened her eyes today without any warning.
Lily's figure was thin and weak; she was still unable to get up and could only lean halfway against the rocking hospital bed. A faint smile played on the girl's face as she softly comforted her parents, who had rushed to the hospital and were weeping with joy. After two years of waiting, she had finally received the most surprising, most fulfilling, most unexpected answer from fate.
Hurried footsteps approached from a distance.
After learning the news, Peter rushed to the hospital immediately, carrying Finn, who was still suffering from a fever.
The ward door was pushed open, warm sunlight poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, spreading across the floor in patches of gentle, bright light.
On the hospital bed, Lily gazed quietly at the two young men who had rushed in, then her gaze settled fixedly on the young man whom Peter had carefully placed on the floor from his back—a young man with a handsome and noble countenance and beautiful, bright green eyes, yet whose face possessed a sickly pallor.
At this moment, Peter could not hear Finn's inner thoughts; whenever Finn was extremely nervous, his mind would go blank.
At this moment, Peter could only hear his own rapid and heavy heartbeat.
He didn't know if Lily Wilson had become a System like Finn during these two years of her coma, nor did he know if the awakened Lily would still be trapped in the same deep self-reproach, guilt, remorse as she was two years ago, he was even more uncertain whether Lily could recognize.. that this stranger before her, this twenty-year-old Finn Osborn, was the eight-year-old Felix who loved playing with her two years ago.
Everything was unknown, it seemed as though the chances were incredibly slim.
Peter's heart was uneasy and anxious; he knew Finn must be feeling the same way.
Neither of them dared to move, simply standing stiffly in place.
At that moment, the young girl on the hospital bed slowly curled her lips, a gentle smile spreading across her face.
Peter had once told Finn: "[Even if you changed your identity, your appearance, your voice.. as long as you appeared before my eyes, I would still recognize you]." But in reality, Peter failed to do so, because before that, he and Felix had only met once, he simply could not recognize Felix after he became Finn.
But Lily was different.
She used to be the sister Felix was closest to and most dependent on.
The young girl gazed at Finn with a smile in her deep brown eyes, speaking softly in a familiar and gentle tone:
“Summer, you've grown up.”
A simple sentence was enough to make the equally nervous Wilsons lose their composure; they covered their faces and sobbed uncontrollably, hot tears streaming down their faces.
Finn's breath hitched at this moment.
—Grown up.
—Yes, we really have.. all grown up.
The young man gasped deeply, tears suddenly falling from his blue eyes, his stable emotions seemed to suddenly collapse.
The next moment, Finn stumbled to the bedside. He was speechless, only able to tightly grasp Lily's pale, slender hand.
This world has never lacked misfortune; there will always be many imperfections;
But miracles will also occur, along with unexpected echoes from destiny.
Two shadows, reunited after a long separation, finally intersected once more under the sunlight, across a span of time so long that no one knew.
Lily's voice trembled slightly as she replied with a sob:
“I'm back too.”
Chapter 112: Such Big Face
[Six Months Later—]
Peter stood in front of Andrew, the Little Spider also wore a forced smile as he played a video from his phone for Andrew to see.
Did you have Finn film this?
Andrew looked down and saw that it was a dance video, the latest update on Finn's social media platform.
Yes.
Andrew nodded. It was common knowledge that Finn loved to dance, over this period, Finn had been constantly refining his dance skills. Finn's only formal stage performance had been at Karl Voss's New York stop of his concert tour, which could only be described as stunning the entire audience.
Of course, singers who invited Finn to perform on stage came one after another, but Finn declined them all, as he still had a lot of work piled up. Furthermore, more importantly, Harry Osborn was not at all willing to let his precious younger brother go out in public to serve as mere background for someone else's stage.
Speaking of which, one cannot fail to mention another illustrious figure—Iron Man.
At that time, in order to obtain the official licensing for the Iron Man image, Finn Osborn promised that he would serve as the keynote speaker for Stark Group's next press conference. Then, when the Stark Group press conference arrived, Iron Man had no objections and Finn participated enthusiastically, but the matter was stalled by Harry Osborn.
Harry refused to agree no matter what.
Is the Osborn Group about to go under? His own brother is actually going to be the keynote speaker at a Stark Industries press conference?
In the end, everyone compromised, Young Master Osborn still made a spectacular debut at Stark Industries, delivering an even more grand and magnificent performance.
He danced a dance alongside the latest model of mecha produced by Stark Industries.
The scene was incredibly grand and extravagant.
One could only say that when two equally high-profile young masters gather, they inevitably steal all the spotlight and set the entire internet ablaze.
Harry Osborn could only watch with a dark expression as his younger brother twisted and turned on the stage provided by Stark Group.
People online even joked that Iron Man was currently investing in the Young Master Osborn to fulfill the dreams he couldn't achieve at twenty.
After that, Finn usually just posted random short videos of himself dancing on his own social media platforms. Of course, these videos were all filmed by Andrew, many of the ideas were also contributed by Andrew.
This video also followed the current trend of a viral creative idea that had taken the entire internet by storm, with many bloggers filming the same concept.
The theme is: #When you're emo after a breakup, you can—#
Young Master Osborn can be considered a master of dance now, showcasing many different types of dance in this video.
With an emo background BGM, his noble and handsome face remained unchanged, his movements were crisp and fluid, his technical skill in every detail was maximized.
You could say it was a display of skill.
It was nothing special, just an ordinary short video of a fun dance.
But the comments section completely exploded.
【Broken up? Is it the kind of meaning I think it is? Peter actually broke up with Young Master Osborn? Does he even have the guts? Hahaha!】
If Little Peter really had that kind of courage, the Osborn Group would have him sniped by tomorrow, or at the very least, he'd be packed up and sent into outer space overnight.
[LMAO, Peter Parker seeing this video must be covered in question marks: Breakup?? Me??]
[Is this a backstab from the rock-solid STEVE? Andrew, aren't you afraid that Peter will end his friendship with you?]
[Spread the word quickly! Breaking news! Young Master Osborn and his sunny, innocent puppy have broken up! Come and get the gossip!
【Harry Osborn saw this trending topic: My precious brother was dumped? Which death-defying person dared to dump my brother?】
[I can't stop laughing. In a dance video, Peter Parker has become the most tragic victim.]
【Who found it? #Pinfinity Breakup# is already trending on the hot search. I don't know if Finn is feeling emo, but Peter is definitely feeling emo right now.】
..
Peter was truly stunned.
It was completely baffling; he was suddenly being crazily @'ed by people all over the world, facing an overwhelming wave of mockery.
It was obvious from the video that it was a meme, but even #Pinfinity Breakup# had surged onto the trending searches, his social media feeds were full of people asking if he had broken up with Finn. Peter was truly at his wit's end; he and Finn were still being intimate "every single night," so how could he possibly have broken up with Finn?