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Chapter 129 Birthday
Happy drove a sports car with the same color as Tony's battle suit, and drove Pepper on the mountain road near the sea at high speed.They are rushing to Tony's villa.

Howard once a year, a rare trip back.It's not because he misses his son, which doesn't fit Howard's personality at all, it's simply because his birthday is coming.

In the villa, Tony and Banner worked together to arrange the scene, while Steve and Howard were chatting.

Because in theory, Howard and Maria have been dead for almost 20 years, this birthday is just a gathering of some old friends, without too many irrelevant people.Howard, Tony, father and son, who are flamboyant in nature, were extremely disappointed and dissatisfied with this.

Bucky was in charge of cooking, and when Bucky showed that he was very good at cooking, the sudden contrast was too strong.In the kitchen Maria enjoins Bakitoni and Howard's tastes.

Chris was kicked out of the kitchen while stealing.Coincidentally, he saw the car that had just stopped outside the villa.

Pepper's face was painted with exquisite makeup, and she seemed to be paying attention to and caring about this party: "Hey, Pepper, you're here to see your in-laws."

Pepper's face didn't show any shyness or panic because of Chris's words: "This is just a necessary etiquette when attending the boss's family gathering."

That's right, Pepper is also Tony's most important "secretary", and usually even attends various dinner parties and business meetings on behalf of Tony.She is more or less a strong woman, and she is not a girl in her twenties who just graduated, how could she be shy just because of a few words from Chris.

After receiving what she called "the most basic tribute to the elders" from Pepper, several heavy bags of gifts, Chris followed Pepper into the villa.

Happy drove the car back to the basement, and he will come up later.

Tony was wearing a new Mark VI battle suit, holding a long table in one hand, and neatly arranged it in the open space.Seeing Pepper walking in, he quickly got out of his suit, ignored Chris who was trying to hand over the gift bag, and walked to Pepper: "You made your boss wait a long time."

"Women take a while to put on makeup every time they attend an important event. I believe our playboy Mr. Stark understands this very well." Pepper replied with a smile.

Tony seemed to see Chris's hand stretched out behind Pepper at this moment: "Are you exercising your arm muscles?"

"Your sweetheart bought a gift for your parents. If you see it, take it for me." Chris rolled his eyes.

"That's really sorry, I can't take things from others, it's a physical problem." Tony had an expression of "I can't help it".Chris had to carry the heavy objects around the neatly arranged tables and chairs in the central open space of the villa, and brought the objects to Howard and Steve who were chatting and recalling the past.

"Here, Howard, your future daughter-in-law bought it for you." Howard doesn't have as many problems as Tony, and I really don't know who Tony's "physical problem" is like.

Coincidentally, in the kitchen not far away, the conversation between Maria and Bucky came out: "Oh, Mr. Barnes, just put the plate there, and I will take it out. I'm really sorry, I can't tell you from others. Places take things, it’s a physiological problem.”

Chris probably understood.

"Speaking of which, why didn't you bring Carter with you today?" Chris asked sitting next to Rogers.

Steve shook his head: "Carter is weak and can't adapt to long-distance travel. Anthony's villa is too far away from her home, so I didn't bring her along."

Not all old people can still be so strong when they reach Howard's age.Carter is five years older than Maria, because she dared to fight hard when she was young and did not have the conditions as good as Howard to recuperate her body. Now she can't be said to be full of illnesses, but her physical condition is not good either.

Bruce pushed the trolley, took the pieces of tableware off the trolley, and carefully placed them on the dining table.Tony and Pepper walked in side by side and helped Banner put it together.

So far, most of the people who know that Howard is still alive are here.Nick has been busy working, fishing and playing games these two days, so he has no time to come.

He did not store the fact that Howard was still alive on the intelligence network within S.H.I.E.L.D. Therefore, neither Coulson, Patton, Sylvie, nor Pierce knew about it.Natasha was among them, and it was a matter of Howard's life, and Chris's mouth was tightly closed once in a while.

Like an old urchin, Howard opened Pepper's gift package with great anticipation.In the lighter bags were two woolen suits that looked as if they had been hand-knitted.

Picking up a hat, Howard put it on his head. The pattern was quite cute and the size was very suitable: "Oh, Pepper, your gift came just in time. Mary and I just planned to buy some new clothes."

This is a lie. Compared with Howard, who likes to spend extravagantly, Maria is not too demanding on clothes. As long as they fit well and look good, she can accept even old clothes from a few years ago.When Howard said this, he was just praising Pepper.

"It's good if you like it. It's also the first time I try knitting by myself, and I'm worried that you won't like it." Pepper showed a shy expression in front of Howard.

Tony raised his eyebrows: "It's not like it's your first time knitting. It feels like you've practiced at least a lot."

Pepper rolled his eyes back.This kind of thing, see through but not tell.

"Knit one for me too?"

"Okay, if it's my boss' order."

Howard looked at Tony and Pepper who were whispering to each other, and smiled: "Tony, when do you plan to marry Pepper?"

"No, no, I don't want to get married so early." Tony shook his head like a rattle.Although he changed his mind slightly, it was too early for him to talk about marriage, and he didn't want to be bound by marriage and family so early.

Chris raised his eyebrows and began to fan the flames: "It sounds like our playboy still wants to find a marriage partner other than Miss Pepper?"

Sure enough, Pepper was provoked by Chris's well-timed fire, and turned his head to stare at Tony, waiting for him to give himself an explanation.

Tony will never say "I want to continue surfing".After the Obadiah incident last time, Pepper had scolded Tony severely, aching for the pain all over his body.Then in the hate incident, although Tony did not suffer much damage to the surface, the Ark reactor was almost overdrawn, causing the magnets that attracted shrapnel to stop. Tony had to swear in Pepper's tears that he would cherish his life in the future.

Therefore, he could only change the subject: "Pepper, I want a scarf, preferably with a tattoo of 'Iron Man' on it."

"Don't even think about it, go to your future wife and weave, Mr Stark."

(End of this chapter)