For a genius like Stark, the arrogance in his heart is often higher than the sky.

In the original plot, after the Chitauri invasion, why did Stark suffer from extremely severe anxiety? In addition to his sense of duty as a superhero, part of it is also due to his proud nature.

You know, he publicly said in an interview with the media that "I alone can maintain world peace". Maybe other people didn't hear this sentence in their hearts, but with Stark's proud personality, he couldn't do something that would deny his account... That is to say, when he said that sentence, He had actually blocked his way out.

In this time and space, Stark was also made things difficult by the officials and said the same thing.

So, after experiencing the last alien invasion incident, especially after learning that his friend Shi Xiaolei disappeared for no reason, and he didn't know where he was going or when he would come back, Stark inevitably fell into anxiety just like in the original plot. Suffering from very severe anxiety.

Although the mind scepter was sent to another place together with Shi Xiaolei, eliminating the possibility of Stark researching the mind gem to create Ultron in advance, but in the final analysis, without the mind gem is just one less material. Stark's research It will definitely not stop because of this, and it is even less likely to give up.

In fact, during Shi Xiaolei's absence, Stark has been in retreat almost all the time.

In just half a year, he not only developed hundreds of new steel armors, but also spent a lot of time and effort designing several exaggerated defense schemes.

For example, build an artificial star ring in low-earth orbit, and equip a large number of defensive equipment on the star ring around the earth to deal with enemies from outer space; A large-scale survival base that can be self-sufficient to a certain extent and can serve as a fire in the crisis of annihilation; for example...

Either way, it will cost a lot of money and manpower.

But to put these plans into practice, there are more details to consider.

If someone else does the design, even if a team of 100 people is formed, it will take several years to sort out the details of the plan and make reasonable and feasible arrangements for each link. Here at Stark, each plan took him almost a month.

what does that mean?

Even with Jarvis on the sidelines, Stark still consumed a lot of energy and time.

The extent of his hard work has exceeded the limit that normal people can bear. It is no exaggeration to say that he has already entered the state of overdrawing himself at that time.

As Stark's bedside person, Pepper noticed Stark's changes, and after witnessing his almost self-abuse behavior, what would Pepper think in his heart?

Nothing but worry.

In order to persuade Stark, Pepper worked hard.

However, Stark has already got into the horns, his stubbornness is far beyond usual, and he doesn't listen to persuasion at all.

As a last resort, Pepper had no choice but to resort to the last trick—to throw himself out and try his best to comfort the manic Stark, even if he would be injured.

Well, Stark's love for Pepper will not hurt Pepper.

But having said that, although Pepper used his body as bait again and again, although it diverted Stark's attention to a certain extent, it still left some side effects after all.

Speaking of which, you may have already guessed the answer.

That's right, Pepper Pepper is pregnant.

"What? Dude, what did you say?" After receiving Stark's call, Shi Xiaolei suspected that he had heard it wrong: "April Fool's Day has long passed, you..."

"I'm serious!" Stark on the other end of the phone was so excited that he couldn't control himself: "I just checked, it's true. I'm going to be a father soon, hahaha Ha ha!"

"Really?" Feeling the joy in Stark's tone, Shi Xiaolei finally dispelled his doubts, and then laughed: "When did it happen? You said you just checked? Are you in the hospital now? Which hospital? "

"No, no, we're not in the hospital." Stark continued to laugh: "That's what happened. Just now I saw that Pepper seemed a little uncomfortable, so I asked Jarvis to scan her. Guess what? , It turns out that she didn't have a bad stomach and nausea, but she was pregnant with my child. Hahahaha, that's morning sickness, it's morning sickness, buddy, do you know how happy I am now?"

"I heard it, haha, buddy, congratulations." Feeling happy for his friend from the bottom of his heart, Shi Xiaolei suggested as a matter of course: "What are you waiting for, let's arrange it quickly. Such a happy thing, I think, must be taken care of." Throw a party for the two of you to celebrate. By the way, man, you are going to be a father soon. Shouldn't it be time to think about getting married? How about it~lightnovelpub.net~Let me help you with an idea , any advice on how to propose?"

"Hey, you're right, I want to propose to Little Pepper. Well, this matter can't be hasty, I must prepare the most romantic occasion for her..."

Excited to the extreme, Stark's mind was already in a mess, unable to maintain his usual rationality at all.

Even what he said was upside down and out of order.

"Tsk tsk. Listening to your tone, are you going to explode with joy? Dude, I don't even know what to say, um, it's good anyway." Although the expression was not visible, Shi Xiaolei felt the feeling through the conversation. Already guessed what a friend looks like.

I want to make a few jokes, but I also thought that this time seems inappropriate, plus Stark is almost too excited to go crazy...

Shi Xiaolei could only smile, and turned around to persuade him: "Hey, buddy, calm down first. Listen, you are about to be a father. At this time, you have to look like a father. You What do you say?"

"You're right, you're right, I have to calm down, um, calm down."

"Come on, follow my command, take a deep breath. Inhale, exhale, slowly."

"...no man, I still can't help it. I just want to laugh, what do I do?"

"...Then go and laugh." I couldn't help but rolled my eyes, but thinking of Stark's current mood, Shi Xiaolei laughed again: "Pepper is by your side, give her the phone , I haven't congratulated her yet. Hey, be careful, don't be fussy, Pepper is an important person now, don't touch her."

"Oh, I see, I'll let her tell you. So what, she's pregnant, don't talk for too long..."

"I know, I know."

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