After two or three days of thinking, Stark finally chose to refuse.

There is no 100% confidence that there will be no problems, and it is only a secondary reason. The key reason that really prompted him to make this choice is actually Pepper's sentence-I believe in you. You are Tony Stark, the smartest man on Earth. With your wisdom, even if you don't have that gem, you will definitely be able to reach a higher level with your own ability.

This sentence deeply touched Stark's heart and inspired the arrogance in his bones.

In addition, when Pepper said this sentence, the words were full of affection and unreserved trust. As a result, there was a wave of nostalgia for family in Stark's heart, which invisibly also diluted his longing for the Infinity Stones.

"you sure?"

"Of course, I'm sure." While answering Shi Xiaolei, Stark waved the fishing rod in his hand: "Pepper is right, with my brain, as long as I think about it, there is no invention that I can't make. A gem That's it, and while it's certainly tempting, it's not essential to me."

Staring at Stark's side face for a few seconds, he found that his expression was always calm, without any reluctance or hesitation.

Shi Xiaolei nodded, and responded emotionally: "Okay. Although your answer surprised me, but after thinking about it carefully, this is the answer that suits your personal style."

"You should keep that thing yourself. Waste is waste, as long as there is no mess, it is worth more than anything." Stark said: "One thing more is worse than one thing less. Don't you always say that?"

"That's right." Shi Xiaolei laughed: "Instead of taking it out and using it at the risk of getting out of control, it's better to put it in the bottom of the box. If you don't take it out, you won't cause trouble, hehe, for people like me who are afraid of trouble , it seems that it is more appropriate to do so."

"That's why." Stark stretched his waist with a smile: "It's more comfortable to live a peaceful and peaceful life. I am no longer the Stark I used to be. Now I want to stay with my family more , enjoy daily life without any surprises or dangers.”

"You are welcome to join."

As soon as the words fell, the fish floats floating on the sea suddenly moved.

Shi Xiaolei grabbed the fishing rod on the bracket, stood up quickly, and began to twist the reel while holding the rod with one hand.

You don't need to prop the bottom of the fishing rod on your stomach for strength, with Shi Xiaolei's wrist strength, it doesn't need to be so troublesome at all. In addition, the fishing rod in his hand is made of special materials by Stark, including the fishing line, which is far stronger than those sold on the market...

There is no need to walk the fish. With the creaking sound of the reel, Shi Xiaolei picked up the big fish biting the hook under the water in a short while.

"Hey, this guy is not small." Looking at the big fish that Shi Xiaolei directly lifted onto the deck, Stark's eyes flashed with envy.

"It's more than forty pounds." After removing the hook, he grabbed the tail of the fish with one hand and lifted it up. Shi Xiaolei smiled triumphantly: "It's so-so, and it can only cook one or two dishes."

Christmas has just passed, but the lingering warmth of the holiday has not completely subsided.

After all, there is still a New Year's Day behind. Although Shi Xiaolei himself doesn't attach much importance to this day, whether it is the girls living on Niihao Island or the guests who come here to play, they will not take this festival lightly.

Such as Missouri et al.

In order to welcome New Year's Day, which will come in a few days, they are busy preparing in the port area.

Accompanying Shi Xiaolei to go out to sea for recreation are a few Chinese ship girls headed by Yixian, and a group of expulsion girls and submarine girls who like to join in the fun and have no work to do.

The number of people is not very large, but there are twenty or thirty. According to this number of people, the fish that Shi Xiaolei caught now can only make one or two dishes that are enough for everyone to share.

Of course, leaving aside the matter of 'division by head', the fish itself is quite big. For Stark, who has not gained much today, it is enough to make him envious.

"I don't believe it anymore." Withholding his gaze, Stark looked at the sea again, his eyes fixed on the float attached to the pole in his hand: "Anyway, today I must fish with a big rod. stand up."

"Hehe, compared to fishing with a fishing rod, I think it's more efficient for you to put on your armor and go into the water to catch it." Shi Xiaolei teased, "Although it's a bit too much, but at least you can guarantee that you don't have an air force."

"Tch, am I that kind of person?"

He took a gamble and wanted to catch a big one, but Stark ignored Shi Xiaolei's instigation, and put on a special underwater armor to catch fish in the sea.

Not to mention, about half an hour later, he finally touched it.

A big fish bit the hook, Stark let Jarvis release the underwater probe while lifting the pole, and observed the size of the fish.

"Haha, mine is bigger!" Hearing the data reported by Jarvis through the earbuds, Stark couldn't help being happy.

"Take it easy." Seeing that Stark was pulled forward by the big fish, Shi Xiaolei quickly reached out and grabbed his shoulders: "Don't care about being happy. If you don't catch the fish for a while, you will be caught instead." It was dragged into the sea, hehe, that would be really funny."

"How is it possible... I'll wipe it! This strength is really not small!"

Feeling that asking Jarvis for help is cheating, Stark deliberately did not use any auxiliary equipment, and wanted to pull the fish up with his own strength.

To be honest, it was quite difficult for him.

After all, the fish under the water was bigger than the one Shi Xiaolei had just caught, and it weighed more than 25 kilograms, that is, more than 50 pounds.

For such a big fish, its strength in the water is at least a hundred catties.

With Stark's strength, it is impossible to lift it up in one breath like Shi Xiaolei did just now. In addition, he is not an old fisherman, and his skills are far from proficient... It takes at least ten or twenty minutes to walk, and it may even take more than an hour to exhaust the strength of this fish. It is dragged to the deck.

The longer it drags on, the more likely it will change midway.

No, just when Stark was fighting with it until the 23rd minute, a small boat drove over from an island five or six hundred meters apart.

Pepper sitting in the boat distracted Stark a little.

More importantly, there were two submarine girls who took the boat together—seeing Stark's blushing face as he confronted the big fish, the two submarine girls looked at each other, and suddenly jumped off halfway. He got out of the boat and dived under the surface of the sea. Then, without asking Stark if he needed help, they directly found the struggling big fish and knocked him unconscious with a punch. Half a minute later, the two submarine girls appeared in front of the yacht holding the big fish with its stomach turned upside down, poking their heads out from the side of the boat...

"Hey, Tony, we caught it for you." Wiping his face, the big mackerel smiled and asked Stark for credit, while lifting the big fish in his arms.

"Actually, I want to try it myself..." He only muttered half a sentence. The latter half of the sentence was held back by the cute smiling face of the big mackerel. Shaking his head with a wry smile, Stark leaned out his upper body and grabbed the raised fish tail: "Hurry up, it's been a few months, and you are not afraid of catching a cold."

"It's okay, it's very comfortable underwater, so we won't feel cold."

While replying happily, he grabbed Shi Xiaolei's outstretched hand. Not only the big mackerel, but also the archerfish beside her, the two hugged each other, and were lifted out of the water by Shi Xiaolei at the same time.

These are the two submarine girls who came to the side of the ship. The other people in the boat got on the boat from the rear deck.

"Tony." Coming around from behind, Pepper's eyes widened in surprise when he saw the big fish that Stark had just lowered: "So big? Did you catch it just now?"

"Uh huh. UU reading www.uukanshu.com" Because he had just caught a fish and his hands were stained with mucus, Stark didn't hug Pepper as usual, but raised his right arm slightly awkwardly, He gently took Pepper's shoulder with his unstained upper arm: "Is the little guy asleep? Didn't make a fuss?"

"Yeah. I just fed it once, and I'm sleeping soundly." Pepper wrinkled his nose, and broke away from Stark's arm: "It's so fishy. If I had known you made your body fishy, ​​I wouldn't have come here."

"But you're already here, aren't you?" Haha, Stark pointed to the big fish on the nail plate: "Come, look at my booty. It looks really fat, it seems to be very good The way you eat it, don't you think?"

"Well, it's quite round."

The young couple got bored together, chatting enthusiastically as if no one else was there.

The little girls who came along with the boat got together with the other little friends who had been on the boat, chatting happily.

I didn't want to disturb Stark and Pepper, and I didn't bother to mix in the conversation between the little girls. Shi Xiaolei's eyes fell on Skye and the other two young Inhumans.

"Hi, Skye." He raised his hand to say hello, and Shi Xiaolei said casually, "Jiya, Casper, why are you here? Didn't you say you're going to experience feeding dinosaurs?"

"I've been fed." Skye responded with a little excitement: "I just finished feeding, I'm fine now, I'm here to play with you."

"Really, is it fun to feed dinosaurs? By the way, what kind of dinosaurs are you feeding? Carnivorous or herbivorous?" While talking, Shi Xiaolei took out a few cans of juice from his backpack: "Here. If you want to eat snacks, There are a lot of them inside, just go and get them yourself. They are all freshly made by Yixian, and they taste very good, you will definitely like them."