[Comprehensive Anglo-American] The guest on the other side of the refrigerator

Except for Christmas Day when the shops are closed, the rest of the holidays are open as usual.In order to boost consumption during Christmas, merchants often have big discounts during these festivals, especially Christmas.

"Do you still want the original pair?"

When the two walked to the counter, Su Su turned to ask Tony.In return, Tony nodded solemnly: "Why not, I just like that pair."

Due to the experience of buying once before, Su Su glanced and found the one she bought earlier. Tony stood aside and watched the shopping guide skillfully package the product, and then Su Su paid.However, there was a little accident during this period.Tony Stark's face is hard to be unfamiliar to the citizens of New York. Even if they didn't recognize it at first glance, the shopping guide lady later discovered the billionaire who suddenly dropped into the mall.

Before the shopping guide lady said his name, Tony made a silent gesture first, and took the wrapped shopping bag from the other party's hand.

"Shh."

The other party was stunned, and after looking at Tony's face for a few seconds, she suddenly realized and nodded, expressing that she would keep the rare low-key secret of this always flamboyant superhero a secret.

Tony bent his lips: "Thank you. Stark doesn't want to be under the spotlight every time."

When he came out of the counter, Tony looked quite happy.Su Su couldn't help but said, "Is it okay?"

Tony's popularity was much higher than she had imagined, and Su Su always felt that it would be like a dramatic scene soon, with a large group of reporters surrounding him with cameras.

"of course."

All the way back to the car, Tony handed the bag in his hand to Su Su.His actions made Su Su somewhat inexplicable: "Tony, this is for you."

"Of course I know." Tony raised his eyebrows in surprise as if surprised that she would have such a reaction.

It seems that since a person became a superhero, not only his resistance to fighting has improved, but the speed of wound recovery has also been much faster.Tony's face, which was stained a few days ago, is back to normal today.

"But I want you to give it to me yourself."

In his shining eyes, even the brightest sunshine seems to be reduced to a foil.There is not much snow on the streets of New York this winter.

And Su Su thought unconvincingly: Terrible.

Hopefully it's just something Tony hasn't thought about.

But she quickly dismissed the idea.It is still more charming to speak subconsciously without thinking.

When Tony finally let the girl hand the gift to him in person, he felt that this piece of regret was filled.In this way, in fact, his sulking at the beginning may also have this reason.

When he reached this age, no one's presents would appear by his bedside in person, just like the Christmas stockings that children tirelessly put by the bedside every Christmas.But he would rather that this gift was placed in his palm by Su Su herself, than that she was on the other side of the earth and then teleported to his bedroom with her ability.

These words that weave ambiguity and shock into them seem to be his specialty.Tony said it without thinking as usual, but unlike those perfunctory sweet words, he was willing to engrave these in his chest and echo in his mind with every beat of his heart, until he became a part of a human body. Instinctive habit.

"Now, it's my turn to give you a present, sweetheart."

Su Su watched Tony take out a small box, presumably he had prepared it before that.When the box was placed in her palm, there was still Tony's body temperature remaining on it.Thinking of how it used to be so close to the other person's skin, Su Su felt like she had a hot potato in her hand.

"Can I open it?" she asked nah na.

Tony was so amused by her that he couldn't laugh or cry, his eyes were full of smiles.

"of course."

Su Su opened the box, and inside was an exquisite bracelet. At first glance, the gemstones on it were similar in color to the cufflinks that Su Su gave Tony, but Su Su knew that the value of the bracelet in her hand might have exceeded her imagination.

After watching Su Su open the box with his own eyes, Tony smiled contentedly.He leaned slightly sideways and asked in a low voice, "Do you like it?"

"...I like it very much, but..."

"Then there are no buts." After Tony finished speaking, he took out the bracelet from it, "Come on, I'll put it on for you."

Under his gaze, Su Su reached out to him.After Tony fastened the bracelet, he took the girl's hand and looked around. The cut face of the gem was shining brightly under the sunlight, against her fat white wrist.Tony couldn't be happier with his vision.

"It's beautiful."

He made a double entendre.

Su Su gently withdrew her hand, and she herself carefully looked at the bracelet already tied on her wrist.If it wasn't for Tony's move, she wouldn't have imagined that the gift she gave Tony was so insignificant in comparison. Under the luster of the dazzling gemstones, Su Su felt that the cufflinks she gave were so shabby.

Perhaps it was not unreasonable for Tony to be depressed at the time. Among all the gifts she sent, only this one was from Tony. She didn't know what the other party wanted, so she hesitated for a long time before going to the counter to buy it on her own. Such a gift.

"You obviously didn't smile, Xiaosu."

Su Su raised her head and found that Tony had pulled away, looking at her with his arms crossed.

Su Su shook her head.

"No, I really like it."

It's just because it is too precious, so Su Su is a little worried about gains and losses.

Regarding her statement, Tony raised his brows and looked at her for a while, and finally snorted softly, as if reluctantly believing it.Among the people he had given gifts to in the past, only this silly girl in front of him didn't know what to do.But the gift was for the sole reason of "he wanted to give it."Is the love made of money so vulgar?At least he can show his affection for a girl with all the best things.

It was only in the face of his innermost thoughts that Tony had to admit his shame.

He wants girls to like him and fall in love with him, but he also wants to maintain the current distance.

He still doesn't know how to give emotionally, but enjoys the rewards arrogantly.Pepper once told him that he couldn't give a real love to someone who really loved him.The only woman who once thought that others thought she had a chance to rule Tony for the rest of her life and knew him best in this life also lost in the end.

Of course, Tony can ask Su Su beside him to be his girlfriend right here and now, but after that?Tony realized that he hadn't even thought about it.But he knew that he didn't want him and Su Su to part ways in the future because of a failed love.

Compared with the freshness and excitement brought by a relationship, Tony doesn't want Su Su to become a past tense in his life. After a few years, he can't remember their getting along except for the vague appearance.At least now he still clearly remembers the dimples on her lips when she smiles.

He thought so much in his heart, but Tony didn't show these complicated emotions on his face at all.

"By the way, there is one more thing. I plan to have a minor operation tomorrow."

"Surgery?" After Su Su heard it, she looked at Tony nervously several times, "Are you seriously injured?"

Tony stretched out his index finger and waved it: "No, no, no, I just want to take out the shrapnel in my body, and dismantle this thing by the way." After speaking, he tapped the Ark reactor on his chest.

Su Su exclaimed, "Is this called minor surgery?!"

"Oh please, calm down sweetheart. I wouldn't do it if I wasn't sure."

Su Su, whose shoulders were pressed by Tony, still looked at him in disbelief. Although she knew that Tony would undergo such an operation later, she was still shocked when she heard the news.

"so what?"

She pursed her lips and looked into Tony's eyes. The most direct reaction she could give after being overly frightened was to dryly follow Tony's words and ask back.

"Are you free tomorrow, would you like to wait for me outside the operating room for a while. Maybe we can have a meal together later." Tony smiled, casually talking about it as if.

Su Su was silent for a while and asked him.

"Is there anyone waiting for you outside the operating room tomorrow? Like Pepper."

"...Huh? No, I've only invited you so far. Are you afraid?"

Su Su scolded herself in her heart for not living up to expectations, but her face was full of smiles, but she still deliberately kept a straight face: "You have to inform me of this matter temporarily."

"Obviously there is still one more day." Someone retorted.

Tony didn't tell others what he figured out during the embarrassing encounter at Christmas, but after returning to New York, he made up his mind and contacted the doctor to arrange such an operation for him.Even so, he was still hesitating when he was pushed into the operating room.

But when he looked through the glass and saw Su Su lying there nervously looking at him without blinking, he took the lead in showing the girl an ok gesture.

No matter how small the operation is, there is no guarantee of a 100% success rate, but Tony still thanked himself for making up his mind at that moment.

In order to move forward, you have to say goodbye to something.

For example, the reactor and the steel suit that he has always relied on.

It shouldn't be just Iron Man's armor that is indestructible, but the heart beating in his chest.

Iron Man is him.

The minor surgery that Tony talked about actually took much longer.During the period, Su Su ate a few mouthfuls of the lunch specially packed by the staff.

The hero's return is far less lively. In this regard, Su Su couldn't help thinking of a certain hero named Superman. In her impression, it seemed that she only remembered that this superhero from extraterrestrials was different from their flesh and blood.Although I don't know why she has the impression of such a superhero who has never met and never appeared in this world in her mind, but maybe he exists in other universes?

But New York is left to the Avengers to guard it.

Su Su held Tony's hand lying on the bed, and whispered, "Welcome back."

Tony, who had not yet passed the anesthesia, closed his eyes tightly, only his slightly trembling eyelashes seemed to respond to her.