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Happy drove Pepper in a sports car of the same color as Tony's suit, speeding along the mountain road near the sea.They were rushing to Tony's villa.

Howard comes back once a year, once a year.It's not because he misses his son or something that doesn't fit Howard's character at all, it's simply because it's his birthday.

In the villa, Tony and Banner worked together to arrange the scene, while Steve and Howard were chatting.

Because in theory, Howard and Maria had actually been dead for almost 20 years, this birthday was just a gathering of some old friends, without too many irrelevant people.In this regard, Howard and Tony, the father and son who were flamboyant by nature, were extremely disappointed and dissatisfied.

Bucky was responsible for cooking. When Bucky showed that he was very good at cooking, the sudden contrast was too strong.Maria was in the kitchen ordering Tony and Howard's tastes.

Chris was kicked out of the kitchen while stealing food.Coincidentally, he saw the car that had just stopped outside the villa.

Pepper had exquisite makeup on her face, and she seemed to attach great importance to this party: "Hey, Pepper, here you go to meet your parents-in-law."

Pepper's face did not show any shyness or panic at Chris's words: "This is just a necessary etiquette when attending the boss's family gathering."

Yes, Pepper is Tony's most valued "secretary" and even attends various dinners and business meetings on Tony's behalf.She is more or less a strong woman, and she is not a young girl in her twenties who has just graduated. How could she be shy just because of a few words from Chris?

Taking what she called "the most basic filial piety to the elders" and several rather heavy bags of gifts from Pepper's hand, Chris followed Pepper into the villa.

Happy drove the car back to the basement, and he would come up later.

Tony was wearing a new Markvi uniform, holding a long table in one hand and placing it neatly in the open space.Seeing Pepper walking in, he quickly got out of the suit, ignored Chris who tried to hand over the gift bag, and walked to Pepper: "You made your boss wait."

"Women need some time to put on makeup every time they attend an important event. I believe our playboy Mr. Stark understands this very well." Pepper replied with a smile.

Tony seemed to see Chris' hand stretched out behind Pepper blankly at this moment: "Are you exercising your arm muscles?"

"Your best friend bought you a gift for your parents. If you see it, take it from me." Chris rolled his eyes.

"That's really sorry. I can't take things from other people's hands. It's a physical problem." Tony said with an expression of "I can't help it."Chris had no choice but to carry the heavy items around the neatly arranged tables and chairs in the central open space of the villa, and lift the items to Howard and Steve, who were chatting and reminiscing about the past.

"Here you go, Howard, your future daughter-in-law bought it for you." Howard didn't have as many bad habits as Tony, and I really didn't know who Tony looked like with this "physical problem" that I didn't know where it came from.

By coincidence, the conversation between Maria and Bucky came from the kitchen not far away: "Oh, Mr. Barnes, just put the plate there and I will take it out. I'm really sorry, I can't tell you from others. The place takes over, it’s a physiological issue.”

Chris probably gets it.

"Speaking of which, why didn't you bring Carter with you today?" Chris asked sitting next to Rogers.

Steve shook his head: "Carter is weak and cannot adapt to long distances. Anthony's villa is too far away from her home, so I didn't bring her with me."

Not all old people can still be so strong when they reach Howard's age.Carter is five years older than Maria. Because she was brave enough to fight when she was young but did not have the conditions to recuperate as well as Howard, she cannot be said to be full of ailments now, but her physical condition is not good either.

Bruce pushed the cart, took the tableware off the cart one by one, and carefully placed it on the dining table.Tony and Pepper walked in side by side and helped Banner arrange them together.

At this point, everyone who knows that Howard is still alive is basically here.Nick has been busy playing fish and games at work these two days and has no time to come.

He did not store the fact that Howard was still alive in SHIELD's internal intelligence network, so neither Coulson, Barton, Silver, nor Pierce knew about it.Natasha was among them. It was about Howard's life, and Chris was rarely tight-lipped.

Like an old naughty boy, Howard unwrapped Pepper's gift with great anticipation.In the lighter bag were two sets of woolen clothes, which seemed to be hand-knitted.

Picking up a hat, Howard put it on his head. The pattern looked quite cute and the size was very suitable: "Oh, Pepper, your gift came just in time. Mary and I were just going to buy some new clothes."

This is a lie. Compared with Howard, who likes to spend money on luxury, Maria's requirements for clothes are not too high. As long as they fit well and look good, she can accept even old clothes from a few years ago.Howard said this just to praise Pepper.

"I hope you like it. This is my first time trying to knit my own yarn, and I'm worried that you guys won't like it." Pepper showed a shy expression in front of Howard.

Tony raised his eyebrows: "It doesn't look like you knitted it for the first time. It feels like you've practiced it at least many times."

Pepper rolled her eyes in return.This kind of thing should be seen through but not revealed.

"Knit one for me too?"

"Okay, if that's my boss's order."

Howard looked at Tony and Pepper who were whispering to each other and smiled: "Tony, when are you going to marry Pepper?"

"No, I don't want to, I don't want to get married so early." Tony shook his head like a rattle.Although he changed his mind slightly, it was too early for him to talk about marriage. He didn't want to be bound by marriage and family so early.

Chris raised his eyebrows and started to fan the flames: "It sounds like our playboy wants to find someone other than Miss Pepper to marry?"

Pepper was indeed aroused by Chris's timely thrust. She turned and stared at Tony, waiting for him to give her an explanation.

Tony would never say "I still want to continue wandering."After the last Obadiah incident, Pepper had given Tony a hard scolding and was deeply hurt by the sadness all over his body.Then in the Abomination incident, although Tony did not suffer much physical damage, the Ark reactor almost overdrawn its power and caused the magnet that attracted shrapnel to stop spinning. Tony had to swear in Pepper's tears to cherish his life in the future.

Therefore, he could only change the topic: "Pepper, I want a scarf, preferably with an 'Iron Man' tattoo on it."

"Don't even think about it, go find your future wife and knit, Mr. Stark."

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