novelraw Chapter 46 Dating Gotham
Chapter 46 Dating Gotham
Ma Linglong did find some clues about Stark, or rather, about Stark Industries instead of himself.Ma Linglong accidentally discovered very important information in Bruce's president's office. Just one afternoon a few days ago, that information happened to be included in the morning newspaper.When Bruce asked her to clean up the president's desk, Ma Linglong discovered it. The content of that clue could prove that her boss was innocent, at least he would not be the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Stark.
In fact, Bruce deliberately put the evidence up for Ma Linglong to peek at. However, after last night, he might regret his haste.Bruce only provided Ma Linglong with very little information, but the girl said that she didn't want to check it. He thought that Ma Linglong should at least choose to leave the job after getting detailed information, such as who made what kind of transactions in private The specific content of the class, not just a weapon purchase order.
Although it does have the name of a high-level person within the Wayne Group (Bruce has already eliminated him), it is missing the key, the name of the connector on the Stark Industries side.
After all, Ma Linglong was not a real agent, and she did not work for or be employed by any department. Entering the Wayne Group was purely her personal act.She just wanted to determine whether Bruce was a threat to Stark on a whim (stubbornly) or not. Another possibility made more sense, Ma Linglong didn't want to go back to Hogwarts for the time being and do something for Stark That's a good reason.In addition, she has long heard that Gotham City is "simple and honest", and wants to come here to make a fortune.Ma Linglong hadn't started working for Stark for more than three months, so she had to find a chance to make up for the loss.
In short, as long as she is not allowed to admit that it is purely for Stark, it is easy to say anything.
Since Bruce Wayne is favored by two well-known figures, Superman and Batman, and the Wayne family, including Bruce himself, has a long record of good citizens, it is natural to rule out his suspicion, and Ma Linglong also There's no reason to stay here any longer.
Although she has a good impression of Gotham City.
In fact, this is not the only reason why Ma Linglong plans to resign early. She is very tired of handling the disputes between him and his girlfriend for Bruce. Women are so flexible.
Bruce is charming, passionate and focused, even more attractive to women than Stark.Everyone knows that Stark only spends one night with beautiful girls, and his temper is not very good. It can be said that he is extremely difficult to get along with. Even if he wants to fix a female partner, the other party may not be able to bear it.
But Bruce is the exact opposite. He makes all the women who have sex with him deeply think that he loves her, or that she can change his suave, or even they love his elegant way of flirting. Bruce is more than Stark. Know how to "take care" of women.Like an aristocratic son with a long story, he inspires women to fall in love with him. He can greet every partner who has a close relationship with him and treat him tenderly.
But in essence, Bruce, like Stark, has never been moved by anyone.
As for what Ma Linglong is doing now, she uses bat language to communicate with her pets in a rented room of a few square meters, like the sound of some kind of mouse.
The little bat returned to Ma Linglong's side. She had left her pet in Malibu to prevent Stark from getting notified in time to rush to the scene in case of any accident.Now it seems that all worries are unnecessary. Stark is too famous and too ostentatious, so that even without bodyguards, he will not be attacked in New York or Los Angeles. After all, it is his territory, you never know Those paparazzi journalists who looked like followers squatted somewhere and slapped the murderer in the face.
As long as Stark didn't fall or blow himself up while testing the armor, it would be difficult for him to be harmed by external factors, and he spent most of his time in the studio day and night.
"Hey, baby Linglong, you should be off work at this time. How about coming out for a drink? I'll treat you." Just as Ma Linglong sent little bats out to hunt for food, she was thinking about how to write a decent resignation letter (In fact, she could just pat her ass and walk away, but she feels that Bruce Wayne's salary is enough for her to take it seriously.), Stark's private number is displayed on the screen of her mobile phone.
Ma Linglong swiped the screen casually, and the man's voice came out briskly: "Don't say you're not free, sweetheart, I know you're renting out a house. Let me say, are you used to living in this kind of place? It looks bigger than yours." The bar is still broken."
"You positioned me?" Ma Linglong didn't mind being positioned by Stark, she just speculated casually.
"It's easy to locate you, and you didn't deliberately hide it. I just found you for convenience." Stark explained, "Come out for a drink, date me, and take me around downtown Gotham."
"Where are you now?"
The man knew that this was what the girl promised, so he happily said, "Open the window."
Stark was wearing a fashionable shirt and jeans. He stood outside the car with his back against the front window. He shook his hand at Ma Linglong, like a restless biker who picked up girls.I have to say that this attire suits him very well. No one can tell that this is the billionaire Tony Stark. His more casual attire than the locals makes his image very suitable for Gotham.The occasional scantily clad girl who passed by whistled at him and twisted her ass, but Stark ignored them.
Now Stark was not as happy as he seemed on the surface. He arrived in Gotham City by plane, rented a decent sports car at the car rental agency at the airport, and came directly over without even saying hello.Because he didn't want to hear Ma Linglong's voice of rejection, girls are always busy, especially at night, Stark is ready to face Ma Linglong's clients, and he will drive them away, using any violence or civility way, whether or not they are "on business".
But judging from the current situation, Ma Linglong was alone, and Stark breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why don't you always like to bring bodyguards, is it because you don't know how much your own head is worth?" Ma Linglong was wearing a khaki coat with four buttons neatly fastened, revealing her fair and slender body under the hem legs.The coat only covered three inches above the knees, coupled with a pair of seven-centimeter high heels, Ma Linglong who walked from the stairwell to Stark looked like an elegant oriental model.
Ma Linglong is not the kind of Asian beauty with narrow eyes and strong facial features in the Western thinking, but her exquisite facial features are often unforgettable at a glance, and she also has a good figure.
"I'm a bodyguard myself." Stark raised his chin confidently, looked at her intently and said, "I can fly, baby." He said softly, "I want to share this surprise with you as soon as possible. "
Ma Linglong didn't think that Stark's sharing meant taking her to fly together. If that was the case, tomorrow's headlines would be interesting.But Stark has indeed gone to the sky, wearing the set of Mark 3 iron armor that has been improved countless times, he successfully tested the altitude of more than [-] feet. In fact, his goal at the time was [-] feet. The surface was severely icy, and the sensor malfunctioned, causing him to nearly suffer a concussion from a free fall.
When Ma Linglong got the news from the little bat, she yelled at the idiot why he didn't fall to his death, but in fact she was very afraid that he really fell to his death, so when Stark called her, Ma Linglong couldn't wait wanted to see him.
But there's no denying that Stark ultimately pulls it off, taking his time a little longer and ironing out the little blemishes that were insignificant (for him only).He designed the armor into a body-fitting streamlined shape, avant-garde and beautiful. The surface and interior of the split assembly and stitching allow him to do any action without appearing mechanically clumsy.Stark spent a lot of money to get the first armor that he thought he was satisfied with, and there will definitely be a second and a third after that, and he is doing it more and more smoothly.
As for the amount of money spent on an armor, that would not be his concern.
Stark is using excited language to match his body movements, describing to Ma Linglong the sense of accomplishment of being taken to the sky by the iron suit: "You must not be able to imagine how great it feels to fly to the sky as a whole person, it is incomparable to flying in an airplane , It’s completely incomparable! You should have been with me at the time, so you would be the second witness!”
They are in the private room of a bar in the center of Gotham, which is a high-end place under the Wayne Group, and most of the people who come here to consume are decent wealthy businessmen.Even outside the lobby, there were not many people. The atmosphere of the bar was very good, with elegant decoration and beautiful lighting. The singer's singing skills were one of the few in Gotham City.
"I can imagine it." Ma Linglong replied, she experienced the madness of galloping and flying more than ten years earlier than Stark, and she fully understood that feeling, "You don't want me to take you in when you're drunk, do you?" " Ma Linglong could see that he seemed unhappy, she didn't know why she could see it, maybe it was because she knew him too well.
Even though Stark is trying his best to tell the girl that he painted the surface of the Mark 3 red and gold, it can't hide the real irritation.
Vodka and whiskey filled Stark's stomach continuously. That was not the normal state of his date with Ma Linglong. Even in the past, when Stark often visited the waiting bar, he would only order one of the most expensive cocktails Put it on the bar as a decoration, and then drank it before leaving: "You guessed it, smart girl." He murmured bravado, "I want to sleep on the same bed with you, just like the time in the desert, after all We're in a relationship, and we haven't actually slept."
"It's funny how you pretend nothing happened." Ma Linglong said.
Stark is not so drunk that he is only talking nonsense, he is still sober, but his poor acting is easy to see through: "You don't always act like you know me well." He looked at her and said , "I'm not accusing you, sorry, I mean, you should try to comfort me, right, if you really think I'm getting drunk."
But he was blaming her, and Stark poured another big gulp of wine into his mouth like it was water, and he was sorry for his bad attitude, but he wasn't going to say it.Apart from making inventions, what Stark is best at is messing up interpersonal relationships. He drank two or three sips in annoyance until the cup bottomed out.
Ma Linglong snatched the wine glass from his table, and drank all that was placed in front of him in less than a minute, including the hard liquor that Stark had only drank half.Ma Linglong's face was still as white as moonlight, she wasn't drunk at all, and she drank more than Stark.
"As much as you drink, I'll drink with you." Ma Linglong pulled out the wine list from under the table. It was an LCD panel that listed all the wines in the bar. Just click on the menu on the screen, A handsome or beautiful waiter will bring it to you, "Order, I'll treat you tonight."
Stark seemed to be shocked, he didn't place the order, but pushed the tablet back: "No, no, we all have to stay awake tonight, at least one of us has to be awake." Stark rushed to her Raise the volume, "What the hell is going on with you? What the hell, you..." A guy who naturally enjoys provoking people with that slut mouth can be incoherent at times, and he's not even drunk Poor, "Why do you always know what I want? How can you guess so accurately? This feeling is too strange, Linglong, who are you? Are you a member of the Stark Research Association?"
Ma Linglong looked at him for a while, then said quietly: "You want to know who I am?"
"No!" Stark resolutely refused as if he realized something very bad, "I don't want to know, don't tell me anything!"
"Why?" Ma Linglong was amused by Stark's reaction, she couldn't help but snorted, and then quickly returned to a serious expression.Ma Linglong wanted to tell Stark who she was just now, and she might not say it too carefully, such as frankly confessing that she is a wizard or something.But she thinks that Stark should not reject a girlfriend with some supernatural powers. After all, he didn't feel disgusted when he thought Hannah was a mutant.
"In short, just keep the status quo, please, there is no reason, don't tell me who you are." Stark was afraid, he was afraid that once the mysterious girl on the opposite side confessed her identity, she would disappear forever and he would never find it again.The consequences of knowing the truth are often like this. Stark thought he could foresee it. He just felt it through alcohol, because deep down in his heart he longed to know who the girl was.
"Okay." Ma Linglong had no choice but to reply.
No one has been able to enter Stark's inner world for so many years, even Pep Potts. Stark thought that the secretary who had followed him for ten years was the only person in the world who understood and was willing to support him. She had a little affection.But the result was obviously unsatisfactory. Pep couldn't understand Stark's true emotions, but he understood that Pep had no obligation to understand his stinking problems. He was so fickle and willful, and he liked to sing against the whole world. Tucker thanked Pep for being willing to stay and accept an assignment from an incompetent boss until now.
But Ma Linglong was different. Ever since she appeared by his side, Stark felt as if he had found his destination in life.The girl seemed to be able to guess his thoughts every time. Stark longed for that feeling but was very afraid of losing it one day.
Maybe at the beginning, Stark was just obsessed with girls. He had seen many women, but no one gave him the desire to conquer.But now, Stark can't imagine what will happen if Ma Linglong disappears, maybe he will turn the whole earth upside down, but he doesn't want this kind of thing to happen to him, it will be worse than in Afghanistan It is even more terrifying to suffer torture.
"You're weird today." Ma Linglong looked at Stark inexplicably, "You succeeded, but you don't seem to be happy at all?"
"The board is going to kick me out." Stark poked a metal spoon at a round ice cube lying in a glass, "but I don't care if they make that decision."
"Because you hold 70.00% of the equity." Ma Linglong said.
"Yes." He nodded unconsciously, "It's not the first time they have thought of this."
"and then."
"How do you know there's a then?"
"I knew it."
"I went to a party." Stark continued, "A party named after me, but the organizers didn't even send me an invitation. Although I never go to that boring place, they should Is it right to send an invitation letter, they spent my money." He seemed to ask, but he continued without waiting for Ma Linglong's answer, "But I can go in without an invitation letter, because everyone Knowing me, you don't know the feeling, everyone knows you, enjoys the luxury that your money affords them, and no one wants you there in person at the end of the day."
"Then let them go," Ma Linglong said.
"Ha, yes, I thought so too!" Stark smiled forcedly. "Hey, honey, I wish you were there."
"You didn't invite me."
"You are working, I don't want to disturb you..."
Stark didn't understand why he went, maybe it was to celebrate his research results, or maybe it was to find out how much the purpose of the charity reception had to do with charity, but no matter which one, there was no way for him to admit to participating in this party. Planting wine will be a meaningful act.
Until the appearance of Christian, the beauty reporter of Vanity Fair magazine, a sharp and vicious girl who is not to be outdone, has a good figure enough to participate in the Miss America election.She had had an exciting night with Stark, months ago, 36 hours before he was kidnapped, but that wasn't why Stark thought he had come to the right place.
Christine accused him of buying the weapons of Stark Industries to terrorists, and the terrorists used those weapons in the war of aggression. The beautiful reporter put the photos taken by his colleagues in front of him.Stark recognized at a glance that it was Ethan's home, and there were fragments and complete missiles of various missiles printed with "Stark Industries". The blow is more thorough.
Stark saw from the photos that the hospital where he lived for several days was destroyed by bombs, leaving only half of the red cross recognizable, and he also saw familiar faces in one of the photos, he was sure It was one of the extremists who kidnapped him at the time, a Middle Eastern man with a bald head and a beard, and the image of the other party was highly recognizable.
For a fraction of a second Stark wondered where Superman was.
Then, he suffered the saddest betrayal of his life.
Those destructive weapons that have been ordered to be discontinued by Stark were approved by Opadry Stein to be restarted and sold, and the reason why the board of directors plans to remove him from the position of CEO and take active actions is also an order signed and issued by Opadry himself. , he reasoned that Stark was stimulated in Afghanistan and mentally unstable, which would cause a fatal blow to the company's future development.
In fact, Stark had trust in Opadry, but most of the time, Stark believed that he had no real materials, he was not very good at business or research and development, and he liked to secretly make money in the company.But Obadai is Howard's generation after all, and Stark occasionally sees Howard's shadow from him.
To be honest, he wasn't surprised that Obaday would hit someone, it seemed like something he would do.But Stark really didn't expect that he would sell weapons to extremists privately, and the other party was a gangster who had kidnapped him, which made him suddenly figure out a lot of things.
Because of this, the billionaire felt depressed, which meant that Tony Stark lost an old friend who had been with him for many years.
If Obaday had ever regarded him as a friend.
But Stark didn't intend to let Ma Linglong know more about what happened to him. Instead, he made an expression of "I don't care" and said, "There is no more." He wanted to solve the trouble by himself.
Stark suddenly stood up from his seat and walked up to Ma Linglong.He was condescending, with his strong arms resting on the backrests on both sides of Ma Linglong's shoulders.
He slowly moved his body closer, rubbing his nose against the girl's cheek intentionally or unintentionally, and both of them could smell the faint scent of wine on each other: "Give me some comfort." Stark brought his lips to her ear, " Be realistic."
The author has something to say: The Nini you want is brought out for you, it is steaming hot, well, it’s not, I originally planned to finish my bat favors with Nini.As the second male lead, the master really has very few roles~ No one loves the master!
In addition, I sincerely thank the little angels who threw landmines every now and then for updating my motivation every day. I can't write your names one by one, but you make me very moved!