[Iron Man] It's a beauty

Since Stark escaped from Afghanistan and returned, he has devoted all his thoughts to two things: developing a humanoid combat armor, and... looking for news about Irene.

As for the previous matter, as long as he works hard, he can see progress every day.When he was imprisoned in a cave by terrorists before, he escaped from Afghanistan relying on a simple armor, but it was not without sacrifice - the doctor Ethan who treated him and saved his life In order to cover him, he was shot by the enemy randomly and died.It was this incident that shocked Stark's heart greatly. He found that the guns and ammunition produced by him for profit were so horrible, so he wanted to lead the enterprise to change.

But the latter matter, no matter how hard he tried, there was no way to get rewarded.

Irene has been missing for more than five months. The police can only announce that she is dead according to the procedure, but there is no way to determine the cause of her death.Without Irene by his side to take care of Stark's daily life, his life gradually became messy: the room was full of waste paper and clothes he discarded randomly, the bedroom was messy, and even the bed was flooded with messy things Alright, the whole villa looks like one giant garbage dump.

But I have to say that as Stark's new secretary, Pepper is still very competent.Not only was she responsible for arranging Stark's work log, but she also took the initiative to clean up the villa for him.

On this day, she came to the villa to find Stark with her planned work schedule for next month.As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help being taken aback by the messy scene in the living room, oh my god, she only came here to help him tidy up once three days ago!Why is everything back to normal now?

She couldn't help but sighed, went straight to the basement studio and opened the glass door, only to see Stark was sleeping soundly on a pile of old blueprints, his body was almost submerged by the blueprints.

Little Pepper shook his head helplessly, ran up again to make him a cup of coffee, and then came back and pushed Stark's shoulder: "You should wake up."

"Irene..." Stark murmured in his sleep, but did not wake up.Little Pepper had no choice but to push him twice with more force, and the other party slowly opened his eyes, stared at the woman in front of him with foggy eyes, and then closed them again: "I remember I opened you Apart from."

Little Pepper squatted, and while sorting out the messy and scattered drawings for him, he said, "Yes, but Mr. Stan hired me back later. He thinks that now you must have someone to take care of you."

Stark covered his face and sneered: "I don't need anyone to take care of me."

Not listening to his pretentious excuse, Pepper just continued to pack up the blueprints in his hand: "You can drink the coffee first, so you can wake up."

"Hey, didn't you hear me? I said, I don't need anyone to take care of me!" Stark suddenly turned over and stood up from the ground, pointing in the direction of the door, "Go out."

Little Pepper was not angry because of his irritable attitude, but just persuaded earnestly: "Whether you need someone to take care of you is not up to you. The most important thing you should do now is to look in the mirror and see what's in the mirror." How haggard I am, and the messy decorations around here, in such an environment, you can't work well at all..."

Stark stared at her for two seconds, then pointed at her with a sudden realization and said, "Ah, I know why you are so nosy, you like me, don't you?"

Hearing what he said, Little Pepper was taken aback, but she did not refute. Yes, she admitted that she has always admired him very much, so she has been working hard to find an opportunity to enter Stark Enterprise, and now she finally has the opportunity Letting herself be close to him, she... She naturally couldn't help herself in some places.

"If you don't speak, then I guessed it right?" Stark showed an expression of "I knew it would be like this", "I have seen too many women like you, and they are all the same, with bad intentions. How much do you want to approach me while pretending to like me very much? Let’s be honest, I’ll write a check, and then you quickly disappear from my face with the check, it’s really annoying.”

These words are indeed too hurtful, and Little Pepper is also a tempered person. He couldn't help but clenched his fists, his anger rushed to his head, and he began to speak unscrupulously like Stark: "I don't care if you say that, but what about before?" , the girl named Han Ailin before, is she like what you said?"

"Shut up." Stark suddenly put away the foolish expression on his face, and looked coldly at the blonde girl in front of him with sharp eyes, "Shut up, now, immediately, get out."

Little Pepper was slightly shocked by his alienated and indifferent eyes, put the work schedule aside in his hand, turned around and walked out quickly.

When she returned to the living room, she couldn't help covering her face helplessly. She knew that the girl was the biggest taboo in Stark's heart. Why didn't she hold back just now and said it deliberately to provoke him?

"Is Miss Potts right? Are you... are you okay?" A man's voice suddenly came from the door of the living room, and Little Pepper hurriedly looked up, only to realize that it was Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes, and said, "Sta Mr. Ke is working underneath, do you need me to tell him for you?"

Rhodes shook his hand: "No, I don't know how long you have been here, I just went to the studio to find him."

It was something she didn't know, like Han Ailin who she had never seen before but seemed to have been living in this villa all the time.Little Pepper couldn't help asking: "Sorry, maybe you think my question is very abrupt, but... I really want to know, what is the relationship between the deceased Miss Han and Mr. Stark..."

This topic immediately made Rhode's face sink a bit, and he lowered his head slightly: "It's all in the past, there is no need to mention it again, and you should try not to mention Irene's name in front of him, okay? I... …No, I mean him, it took him a long time to come to terms with the fact that she's dead. So right now, it's best not to provoke him."

"I understand." Pepper said apologetically. If Rhodes said so, it should be the same as she guessed. This girl named Irene should be Stark's lover, right?But he left so suddenly, leaving him here alone...

The mess in this room seems to be his nostalgia for her.Although during the days of working with Stark, Pepper didn't hear him mention Irene even once.He seems to be crazy, he puts his heart and soul into his work, can not eat or drink 24 hours a day, and has been designing patterns in the studio.

In the past, various entertainment media described Stark as a playboy, and Pepper even believed this, but what she saw now made her shaken.After all, he was actually a single-minded man in his heart, or...that girl named Irene changed him?

"Hey, then I'll go find him first." Rhodes nodded slightly to Pepper, and went downstairs.He quickly saw the man standing in the three-dimensional model, but now Stark has messy hair, a beard on his chin, and two deep blue marks under his eyes. Rhodes He couldn't help but sighed: "Tony, take a rest and work again."

"If you have nothing else to say, you can go." Stark didn't look back.

Rhodes was silent for a while, and then said again: "You seem to be dissatisfied with your new secretary? When I saw her just now, she had a frustrated expression on her face, Tony, be friendly to her Just a little bit, she didn't mean any harm, she just wanted to help you."

"I told her too, I don't need her help."

How could Rhodes not know Stark's meaning, now all he wants is Irene.So much so that he can no longer look away when he sees a beautiful girl with a good figure like before, and everything around him seems to have become a dispensable decoration in his eyes.

"Okay..." Rhodes couldn't help but sighed again, knowing that it was useless to say these things now, since he hadn't even recovered from the shadow of Irene's death, how could he force Stark?Then he asked again: "You said that you want to lead Stark Enterprises to open up new areas of the market, so what are you designing now? This graphic looks... like an armor?"

"When I design it, you will know." Stark said, his eyes finally had a gleam of light, "James, I want to go back to Afghanistan and kill all the bandits."

"...What? Are you crazy? How do you go back? That side is not within our jurisdiction, so stop talking nonsense."

"I'm not talking nonsense, just wait and see." Stark clenched his fists as he said, "If it wasn't for those bastards, Ethan wouldn't have sacrificed for me in that cave, and neither would I." Will be stuck there for so long that I'll never see Ai-"

He closed his eyes and swallowed back the words, mentioning that name seemed to make him very painful, after a long while, Stark waved to Rhodes: "I still have to work, if you are fine, go. "

But Rhodes actually has something to do.He squeezed the space between his brows, and then said sadly: "No, Tony, I came here to tell you...it's been so long, we should hold a funeral for Irene, so that her soul can rest in peace -"

"Bang!" Stark suddenly raised the coffee cup on the table and threw it to the side, a blood-red light appeared in his eyes: "I said, don't mention this issue to me again! She She is not dead, as long as the body is not found for one day, I will not believe that she is dead! If you want to have a funeral, it is up to you, but please don't bother me again!"

Rhodes nodded: "Actually, I've already selected a cemetery for her. She doesn't seem to have any other relatives alive, so I'm afraid not many people will go there... The funeral will be held in three days. I will send you a text message for the address." Here you are, if you'd like to come—"

"Get out, buddy, don't force me to fight you." Stark turned his back to him, looking extremely depressed.

Rhodes knew that these words had reached the limit that Stark could bear, so he turned and walked out.

Stark stood there quietly for a long time before he spoke, "Jarvis, is there any news?"

"Sorry, sir, not yet."

"It's okay, keep looking." Stark looked at the three-dimensional armor model in front of him, and murmured, "When I design this armor, I will wear it to find her myself."

The author has something to say: In order to let Xiao Baozi be born smoothly, I lengthened the timeline a bit~