Chapter 20 Tony Goes to the Middle East

In a blink of an eye, it was January 2008.

Pepper finally found Tony in the room:

"Tony!"

Pepper checked the time.

"You should be on your private jet right now!"

Tony replied:

"No, no, no, you also said that since it is my private plane, then it should wait for me instead of making me rush. Otherwise, why do I need a private plane?"

"But you are leaving for the Middle East today to discuss a big order. Rhodes has called you several times to urge you."

"Okay, I'll leave now."

Then Tony drove his Audi R8 quickly to the airport, while Happy drove his SUV and stepped on the accelerator, barely catching up with Tony's speed.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the airport and Rhodes was already standing at the door of the plane waiting.

Seeing Tony finally coming, Rod complained:

"Hey, Tony! You kept me waiting for you for nearly four hours!"

"Why, didn't I tell you I'd be a few hours late?"

"No, I couldn't even get through to you on the phone, so I had to call Pepper."

"Okay, okay, let's go now. It won't be a problem for them to wait for a while. Come on, Happy, we have to go."

"Okay, boss."

Happy took the luggage onto the plane, and then Rod took off and began to fly towards the Middle East.

After several hours of flying, Tony and his crew finally arrived at the destination. Tony then said he wanted to have a good night's rest, so the weapons display was postponed to the next day.

However, what Tony did not expect was that on his way back by car the next day, he was kidnapped by terrorists holding the weapon he invented.

In his last glance before fainting, he saw the Stark Group's shells falling beside him.

When Li Heng was watching TV, he saw a news report saying that Tony Stark, the boss of Stark Industries, had recently been attacked by terrorists in the Middle East and his whereabouts have been unknown to date.

With the release of this news, the stock price of Stark Industries plummeted, and rumors were spreading on the Internet that Tony Stark might have been killed by terrorists.

When Li Heng saw the news, he knew that the era of chaos in the Marvel Universe was about to come.

For some reason, Li Heng is not worried at all now. Instead, he seems to be looking forward to the series of events that will happen in the Marvel Universe next.

At the same time, the news about Tony Stark's disappearance gradually caused an uproar on social media. At the same time, on short videos, many people began to use Tony's disappearance to post videos and take advantage of the popularity.

As a result, Tony's affairs have become the hottest search topic now. As long as someone posts a video with topics related to Tony, the number of views and likes on the video will definitely explode.

"Ms. Pepper, I found on the Internet that on the Douyin short video platform, the topic about Mr. Stark has attracted a lot of attention. Now more and more people are posting videos saying that Mr. Stark may have met with an accident."

Jarvis finally noticed in the short video that someone started spreading rumors, so he reported it to Pepper immediately.

After hearing this, Pepper got angry:

"How can these people be like this? Tony was just kidnapped, but they said that Tony was killed. Jarvis, help me find the owner of this company. I want to talk to its owner."

"Okay, Miss Pepper, just a moment."

Soon, Jarvis found the owner of the short video company by searching for information.

"Ms. Pepper, according to the information, the owner of the short video company is a man named Li Heng. He is 20 years old and currently lives in Chinatown, New York."

Pepper, who was waiting for news, couldn't believe what Jarvis said:

"Are you sure? His name is Li Heng. He lives in Chinatown. His family runs a restaurant."

"Yes, I'm sure, that's what the information says."

Pepper quickly called her bodyguards and asked them to drive her to Chinatown.

Li Heng, who was practicing his spatial ability upstairs, was called down by his grandfather:

"Wait a minute, Pepper will be here soon. She said she wants to see you."

Li Heng was stunned when he heard the old man say this.

"When did you become so familiar with Pepper that she had to talk to me through you."

"You little brat, what are you talking about? I heard that Pepper is in a bad condition. I have made her some nutritional supplements and taught her some simple methods, but why is she still like this? Do you know what's wrong with her?"

"Oh, you may not know yet. Tony Stark was kidnapped by terrorists in the Middle East and his whereabouts are still unknown. The company's affairs all depend on Pepper alone, so she is like this."

Li Heng found a chair and sat down, ready to wait for Pepper to come over.

"What, the mustache guy who came with Pepper, he was kidnapped?"

Li Heng laughed: "Yes, yes, that's the little mustache. Hahaha, little mustache, this nickname is too funny."

The old man rolled his eyes at Li Heng and said nothing.

Not long after, Pepper pushed open the door of the restaurant and came in.

The old man stepped forward quickly:

"Pepper, even if something like this happened to that kid Stark, you can't ignore your own body."

He said as he asked Pepper to sit down.

"It's okay, Master Li, I'm fine. I came here today to talk to Li Heng about something."

Seeing the old man like this, Li Heng wondered if it was because of his aunt that the old man was so sad. Then, after several contacts with Pepper and discussions about food supplements, the old man gradually treated Pepper as his own child and showed extra care.

Pepper seemed to treat the old man as an elder and was very respectful and polite to him. During daily festivals, she would not forget to greet the old man and buy him gifts.

However, Li Heng thought that this was a good thing, as it would allow the old man to find a new spiritual sustenance now. Oh, it might be a little early to talk about spiritual sustenance now. After a long time, the affection between the elders and the younger generations can be cultivated slowly, and the old man will not have to think about the aunt who doesn't like Chinese people at all all day long.

When the old man heard that Pepper came to see Li Heng for something, he asked Li Heng to come and talk to Pepper first, and he went to make a food supplement for Pepper to recover.

"So Miss Pepper, why did you come to see me?" Li Heng asked.

"Li, I didn't know before that the short video that went viral recently was from your company. But because of Tony's incident, I found that many people have gradually started to spread rumors, claiming that Tony has been killed. So I want to talk to you and see if you can ban those videos that spread rumors."

"Well, if you want me to ban the video, I may not have the power to do so."

Hearing Li Heng say this, Pepper immediately showed a disappointed expression.

"However, I can remove those videos as false and only release them again after re-examination."