Chapter 9 Dinner Party

In the evening, in the basement laboratory of Stark's mansion.

Tony rubbed his chin with his palm, staring at his Mark armor back and forth.

He has been in this state for a long time.

Beside him, Leon was struggling to hold back his laughter.

"So, why did you dye it pink?" Tony finally spoke, pointing at the Mark armor that had turned into a girlish pink color with an expressionless face.

"Well." Leon immediately stopped smiling, put his hands behind his back and looked serious.

"This is a surprise that Jarvis carefully prepared for you."

He stepped forward and pointed to the spot on the chest of the armor where the energy core was placed.

There is a small circle of faintly visible English words engraved on it.

Leon reads out: "Tony has a pink heart."

He winked at Tony and said, "How about it? Are you touched? Pink represents innocence and kindness. Jarvis is praising you."

"Humph, thank you for clearing up my confusion, otherwise I really wouldn't have thought of it." Tony pursed his lips and sneered.

His face turned black, and he couldn't believe how "beautiful" the scene would be when he put on this armor again.

I'm afraid that before he can even make a move, the enemy will die of laughter when they see the circle of English words on his chest, and they won't even have to save on ammunition.

Tony took a deep breath, some words stuck in his chest and he couldn't say them, which made his face slightly red.

Leon looked at Tony's wonderful expression change and almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Finally, Tony turned his head away and stopped looking at his precious armor.

"Jarvis, why dye her pink?" Tony asked another main culprit.

He really liked his first set of armor and even called it "her".

"Sir, this is Master Leon's suggestion. He said that you will be happier when you see the armor repaired and dyed pink." Jarvis seemed to be explaining, but in fact he was secretly complaining.

"Oh, wait, Jarvis, you didn't object at the time. We all thought so, didn't we?" Leon dragged Jarvis into the water.

“Master Leon, please forgive my offense, you know that artificial intelligence does not have its own thoughts.”

"Only artificial idiots have no thoughts. Jarvis, you reminded Tony when he was dating Cover Girl that Pepper would be angry. It's normal for you to want to prepare a surprise for Tony now."

Tony's face became more and more unsightly.

“Enough!” he shouted, glancing helplessly at Leon who had already laughed out loud, “Don’t think I don’t know you’re taking revenge.”

Leon didn't refute: "So you also know that it's wrong for me to run back to the cave and carry the armor back for you?"

Tony spread his hands and said, "Alright, alright, I give up. Let's end this matter here. I'm not angry, and don't torture me because of that little thing anymore."

Tony has been tortured by Lyon over the past decade.

He has become accustomed to the self-emotional regulation that is necessary when facing "naughty" children as a guardian.

Of course, Tony only thinks that Leon is naughty. To others, Leon is a very nice person.

For example, when they were kids, Leon hated Tony for always bringing home new cover girls.

Several times when Tony was about to take up his gun and mount his horse, he would play the sweet words Tony had said to other girls at the loudest volume outside the door.

Then the girl who was hugging Tony became angry and slammed the door and left.

He popped out from the corner again, waved his little hand and said, "Good night, sweet dreams tonight Tony."

Tony blushed and chased Leon around the room with a pillow.

After hearing Tony's complaints the next day, Pepper happily gave Leon a lot of pocket money on the spot.

However, Lyon only did this for half a month.

Because half a month later, Tony's new customized soundproof bedroom was completed.

After that, even if Leon was dancing outside the house, Tony could play a Mozart piece in the house to create a quiet atmosphere and spend a wonderful night with the beautiful woman.

A "fight" like this.

The two started dating when Leon was three years old and continued until he started inviting girls home after he entered high school.

The night when Leon took the girl home for the first time, the two, one big and one small, looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

So the two brothers reached a reconciliation.

However, the "confrontation" in other aspects has not stopped.

Sometimes Tony caused trouble for Leon, and sometimes Leon took the initiative.

Pepper's comment was that these were two children who never grew up.

"Jarvis, take this armor away and repaint it, or I never want to see her again."

Tony waved his hand and said, "Please help me purchase some materials. I want to build a new battle armor."

"The conditions in the cave are poor, and the armor I made can't bring out my strength. Leon, this time I will show you that my armor is not a 'toy'!"

Leon shrugged indifferently: "It's up to you, I'll just wait and see."

At this time, several intelligent robotic arms including Daidai and Benben in the laboratory came over and worked together to push the pink armor out.

Leon even lent a hand.

He asked Jarvis to spray paint the armor just to amuse Tony, but he never thought that Tony would actually wear it.

But what he didn't expect was when he visited Tony's suit collection room ten years later.

This armor with the most bizarre style was displayed at the forefront of Tony's Mark armors.

"We are going to start making the armor now?"

When Lyon looked back again.

Tony did what he said and cleared the desk with a slap, ready to start a new round of work.

"Could it be that you can't wait to prove yourself now?"

"Watch your words, Leon, Tony doesn't need to prove himself, he only challenges himself," Tony said.

"Okay, then when you challenge yourself, remember to come up before dinner."

Leon walked towards the stairs of the laboratory.

"To celebrate your safe escape, Pepper plans to hold a family party. Ethan and Rod will come."

Rhodes is Tony's good friend in the military, and their relationship is so good in the movie that he even gave Rhodes the Iron Man suit.

"Just the two of us? No problem, as long as I'm not the one cooking, everything is acceptable." Tony replied without even looking up.

Ever since the last time he cooked a grilled sea bass that was all charred and Leon laughed at him for a long time, he vowed never to enter the kitchen again.

After Pepper dealt with the mess Tony left at the press conference, she rushed to the mansion.

She excitedly hugged Leon gently in the hall.

"Leon! Oh my God, I can't believe Tony when he said you're back. The Mark Spaceship is still flying outside the Earth!"

The spaceship that Tony built himself was named Mark Space.

"And you actually flew back by yourself! It's incredible!"

"Wow, my God, your body is so strong now. You are like two different people compared to half a year ago!"

Pepper patted Leon's chest, the marble-like texture causing her to cover her mouth and exclaim.

"If I had known you were so strong, I would have contacted you a few months ago. Then Tony wouldn't have to..." As she spoke, she felt a little guilty.

Leon quickly comforted: "It's okay, Pepper, you're also afraid that I'll worry, right?"

"If I hadn't become as strong as Superman, even if you told me the news of Tony's disappearance, I would have been helpless in the lonely universe."

If we say that Tony is both a brother and a half-old man to Leon.

Pepper, who brought him up since childhood, can be said to be half a sister and half a foster mother.

Leon blinked and said, "Besides, although the process was a bit tortuous, for Tony, since he survived the disaster, it may not be a bad thing, right?"

"You think so? But I think he has become a little irrational." Pepper frowned.

"Perhaps you don't quite understand Tony after his near-death experience."

Leon pushed Pepper towards the kitchen: "Come on, Pepper, you still have to make dinner. I'll tell you about Tony's wonderful adventure this time."

A few hours later.

The dinner ended successfully with all the guests enjoying themselves.

Through Tony's introduction, Ethan met Pepper and Rod and successfully integrated into this small circle.

For a long time to come, Ethan will work in Stark's R&D department and do what he wants.

At the dinner table, Tony also expressed his desire to do something more beneficial to the world.

Unfortunately, Rhodes couldn't quite understand this for the time being.