[Zhongyingmei] It's not a slime!

Tony escaped.

run away.

He opened the floor-to-ceiling windows and flew out. Before leaving, he helped Ruby close the window and draw the curtains. Don't ask him how he did it, but he is Iron Man.

In the huge room, Ruby stared blankly at one set after another of exquisite and beautiful clothes.

After a while, she burst out laughing.

"It's so fast," she said with a smile.

"This is the reaction of a normal person," the system said.

"Yeah." Ruby said, "but his face...is already labeled as an abnormal human being. It's strange for an abnormal human being to suddenly become normal, you understand?"

The system sneered: "I understand it too well."

Tony Stark is also the only lucky one who likes to mention the system's super blacklist. You must know that even Constantine, the world's number one scumbag, was just blacklisted in general.

Ruby looked at the beautiful little skirt in her hand and sighed, but she still didn't put it on, but put it back on the hanger.

She said: "Sure enough, I still can't."

She thought that she could let go of her grudge against Tony, start from the beginning, and re-accept this Mr. Iron Man who has changed his mind and behaved well.

But some vigilance and vigilance are engraved in the bones.

There was really nothing she could do about that face, even though his eyes were softer than the carpet in a room in the new Stark Tower, even though everything he did was done with the purest kindness, even though he had expressed such obvious The meaning of repentance and reparation——

She still can't pretend that everything that happened on Alcatraz Island never happened.

Maybe she just needs time.

It takes time to digest everything that has happened, accept everything that has changed, and forget everything that cannot be changed.

The system said: "It's okay, let's go."

Ruby walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows, opened the curtains, and looked at the lights of Victoria Harbor. Her palm-sized fair face was reflected in the glass.

"How strange..." she said.

"What?" the system asked.

"System, tell me, am I too lucky or too unlucky along the way?" She said, "Every host I meet... is basically a good person, even a saint, but There are so few people who can truly coexist with me without any grievances, but those who don’t consider the issues so comprehensively or complicatedly may give me more trust. Isn’t this ridiculous and sad?”

But the bad guy... On the contrary, he trusted her even more unconditionally, treated her well, and was willing to give her everything he had.And they are precisely the reason why good people are unwilling to believe her—because there are always evils in this world, so unconditional trust has become a luxury.

This is normal.

So Ruby never blamed them, because they did nothing wrong.

On the contrary, it was the "right things" they did that led to unfavorable consequences, and it was themselves who suffered psychological pressure and a stronger sense of guilt.This is probably why good people are so rare and rare.

"..." The system didn't speak.

Ruby is also used to the behavior of the system never expressing opinions on such issues. She just looked at the starry night sky and thought about life after a long absence.

After a while, she said, "...Wait, I haven't finished writing the letter to Clark yet."

System: "...Then do you want to write now?"

Ruby thought for a while and said, "No."

"I'm ready to go back," she said with a smile.

……

the other side.

Tony was sitting on the top floor wearing a battle armor, and a gust of cold wind was blowing, but he didn't feel the cold at all.

It may be because his heart was colder, which completely froze him from the inside out, making it difficult to breathe.

God, what should he do?

The damage he caused to Ruby is too deep, how can he truly make up for her, instead of simply being moved by himself?

Tony Stark, use your genius brain to think of a way!

He looked at the Victoria Harbor under his feet in a daze.

At this moment, he heard slow footsteps behind him.

Tony didn't look back until the visitor stopped behind him.

"What are you doing here?" Tony asked angrily.

"Come and see you," Constantine said.

"It's a joke, isn't it?" Tony said.

Constantine looked down at the brightly lit harbor below, and patted Tony on the shoulder lightly.

"No." He said softly, "I understand you."

They are probably the only two people who are rejected by Ruby's true feelings... It's kind of difficult to think about it.

Tony turned to look at Constantine.

The latter stood there expressionlessly, his black tie was blown up by the wind, his face was as pale as ever, as if he had just recovered from a long illness.

"...I didn't know for a moment whether I should pity you or pity myself." The more Tony thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, "So how do you regulate yourself? Don't tell me you don't care what Ruby thinks of you, I It can be seen that she means a lot to you."

Constantine narrowed his eyes, and subconsciously wanted to touch the cigarette in his pocket, but found nothing, only then remembered that he had quit smoking.

"I never conditioned myself," he said.

All negative emotions are shadows to him, and he has learned to accept their existence and live in harmony with them.After all, as long as you look in the direction of the light, the shadow will fall behind you where you can't see it.

"...how did you do it?" Tony couldn't believe it.

How could someone in this world be so emotionally indifferent?

Constantine smiled: "Maybe it's talent."

Tony: "..."

Why does this man look so proud? !

"I'm leaving," Constantine said.

Tony stood up and looked at Constantine.

"Will it be back?" he asked.

"..." Constantine was silent for a while, and finally shook his head.

He is indeed a powerful magician, but he is not the only powerful magician in the world.

During the period when he was out of the world, other superheroes on the magical side could also protect the world well.

So, as before, he should protect the world and the people he wants to protect from the dark side of the world.In this way, whether it is for himself or for those he protects, it is a good thing.

He just needs to watch it from afar.

"Anyway," Tony said after a moment of silence, "I still want to thank you."

Constantine chuckled indifferently and turned around.

He looked at a place in the void and said softly, "Let's go."

Then, the spark from the portal went out, and he disappeared into the night sky.

Tony subconsciously glanced at the place where Constantine last looked, but there was nothing there.

Only the evening wind blew by, icy cold.

……

Tony stayed on the roof for a while, and felt that the time was almost up, so he returned to the restaurant with a somewhat complicated mood.

It turned out that Ruby had disappeared.

There was only one letter left on the coffee table.

Looking at the white letter paper, Tony didn't dare to look at it for a while, for fear that something like "Go to hell, pervert" was written on it.After a long while, he spurned that he was becoming less and less like himself, and he lifted the letter paper that was covered on the coffee table.

The font on it is neat and tidy.

[Tony:

I'm sorry I left without saying goodbye, it's not your problem, it's my problem, because I still don't know how to face you, maybe this meeting itself is the wrong time, we should give each other more some time. 】

Tony felt the same way.

[These clothes are very beautiful, but you don't need to spend this money, and you don't need to buy so many restaurants.You didn't do anything unforgivable wrong, and you've made amends pretty well, so you can let go of that guilt, too. 】

Tony tightened his fingers on the letter.

Get rid of guilt?

This is not an easy task.

[I was really afraid of you before, because I was too weak, immature, and naive in front of you, and I couldn't resist whatever you did.But I later found out that this fear is also unnecessary.Just like the Extremis virus, we can be afraid of its abuse, but we don't need to be afraid of it itself. 】

【So, I also hope that you don't care too much about what happened in the past, after all, that's not all of you.As for me, you also know that I have always been a heartless person, I can afford to let go, I can even forgive that guy Constantine, let alone you who treat me so well?Eh... No, why am I always forgiving?Should I change my name to Emerald......】

The last few words of complaints were written crookedly, and it was obvious at a glance that the little girl was distracted.

[After seeing you today, I suddenly want to go back, so I should be on my way to Metropolis now.I hope that we can all go smoothly in the future, and there will be no more strange troubles.

yours,

Ruby. 】

The last two lines of small characters were crossed out and rewritten, and the ink condensed into two small ink blobs, as if the writer had been thinking for a long time.

Tony looked at the last four words, and suddenly remembered Ruby's broken expression when she said "I'm not yours" to him in that luxurious room.

Perhaps, when Ruby habitually wrote "Your Ruby", she also remembered what happened at that time?

That's why she crossed out these four words.

But she wrote it all over again.

What does this mean?

……

Tony looked at the letter for a long time, and finally laughed.

——His little girl is really too kind.

……

a few days later.

metropolis.

Editorial Office of Daily Planet.

"Hey, Kent, you can deal with that pile of waste paper over there."

Clark was busy with the manuscript when he suddenly heard his boss calling him.

"Okay." He adjusted his slightly crooked glasses, stood up, and picked up the super tall pile of waste paper, which almost blocked his sight.

He carried the piece of waste paper that seemed to collapse at any moment and walked towards the shredder, and when he walked to a corner where no one was paying attention, he bumped into another person with a bump.

Waste paper flew all over the sky and scattered all over the ground.

Clark: "..."

He put on a mask of pain, and was about to pick up the paper bitterly, but saw a familiar face through the white paper.

Ruby: "Wow, should I say it's a coincidence at a time like this, or should I say it's a bad coincidence..."

Clark: "..."

Clark's mind went blank for a moment.

"Ruby...?" He asked in disbelief.

"It's me." Ruby said with a smile, "Morning, Clark."

Clark stared at Ruby intently, as if afraid that if she blinked, she would disappear.

"I heard from Bruce that you went on a trip around the world." Clark stammered, "So, are you... traveling in the metropolis?"

Ruby almost couldn't hold back her laughter: "How is it possible, Clark, you won't come to your editorial office for a trip to the Metropolis?"

Only then did Clark realize that he had asked a stupid question.

"Then...you, are you here..."

He said hesitantly, hesitated for a long time but did not say anything.

"Yeah, I came to play with you." Ruby said with a smile, she stepped on the waste paper all over the ground, and gave Clark a big hug: "How do you welcome me?"

Clark's eyes widened at the embrace, joy and excitement exploding in his chest.

"Of course I welcome you!" he said, his speech speeding up involuntarily. "You can play however you want! Really, I can take you anywhere!"

Not just anywhere on earth.This scope includes the entire universe.

"That's not necessary." Ruby said with a smile, and her exhaled breath fell gently on Clark's ear, making him feel itchy, "I just miss your alien friends and Martha gone."

—and all the friends I met along the way.

Clark froze for a moment.

He was a little surprised, but his eyes softened quickly.He slightly tightened his arms hugging Ruby: "Okay, welcome back, Ruby."

"Kent!" The boss's voice came from not far away, breaking the scene, "It takes so long to dispose of waste paper?! You can forget about fishing, and don't touch it so brightly, okay?"

Humble social animal Clark: "..."

Ruby laughed out loud, "Let me help you."

After finishing speaking, one of her hands turned into countless dense tentacles, picking up all the waste paper covered on the ground almost instantly, and piled them neatly into a pile.

"You're welcome." The little girl was so proud of herself.

Clark quickly threw the pile of waste paper into the shredder, and then said to Ruby: "Today's shift is over here, I'm going to ask for leave."

"Aren't you afraid of deducting your wages?" Ruby asked curiously.

Clark didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What's the salary..."

You are the most important thing, Ruby.

You are always the most important.

……

As a result, after Clark took the little girl down the office building, he immediately saw Bruce, Jason, Dick, Steve, Peter and others standing in a neat row under the office building.

Clark: "...?"

What is going on with this group of people!Where did it come from? !

Ruby froze for a moment, and was very surprised: "Why are you all here?"

"Well..." Jason said blankly, "Because Bruce found out that his black card was swiped for a ticket to the Metropolis, and then Dick tweeted about it..."

Dick: "...I was wrong, I was really wrong, I'm so happy because Ruby is back!"

"You're right, thank you, brother!" Peter patted him on the shoulder, "otherwise we wouldn't know that Ruby is back!"

Dick cracked: who the f*ck is your brother!

Jason: "...so we have these extra oil bottles."

Clark: "..."

No, don't you think all of you are his moles!Damn, I thought I could play alone with Ruby for a while, what's going on with these people! ?

Ruby was very pleasantly surprised: "Wow, I was thinking about it, and I will go to you one by one after a while!"

"Well..." Dick said leisurely, "It's fun to play together, isn't it?"

It can also prevent some ill-intentioned people from quietly doing bad things to the little girl, killing two birds with one stone.

"Anyway." Bruce said with a smile, leaning against the Lamborghini body, "Welcome back, Ruby."

Ruby looked at all of them, smiling brightly in the metropolis sunshine.

……

There is still a long way to go.

They still have enough time to fulfill every promise they have ever made.

……