The Witch's Bodyguard [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

Ma Linglong was a little drowsy. She propped her cheeks and shook the goblet in her hand. The red liquid had already swirled dozens of times in it.Tony tried his best to find a topic, and it was obvious that it was difficult for him to let go of an avant-garde scientist under the lens of an ancient Chinese movie.But Stark always remembered that Ma Linglong said that she liked to hear him talk, so he kept talking.Stark didn't want to leave immediately, he tried his best to make himself look natural and casual, and tried his best to show that he was very experienced in facing everything.

The aroma of the red wine was overshadowed by the sandalwood. Every time Stark took a sip of the wine, he couldn't help but glance at the shredded tobacco that was still burning from the censer hole: "Are these antiques?" Finally, after some struggles, , Stark decided to change the topic to something he was more interested in.

"Yes." Ma Linglong replied.

"You sell antiques?"

"If anyone needs it, I'll sell it."

"I just need one." Stark felt that the date between the two of them was becoming more and more like a business transaction, but at least the topic of buying and selling could make their relationship not fall into a relatively silent situation due to the strange environment, " That miniature vase is pretty good, how much is it?" What Stark took a fancy to was a white jade vase in the shape of a chicken heart, small and delicate.

"That's a snuff bottle." Ma Linglong knew what he meant by "mini vase" without even turning her head. She didn't think Stark was really interested in Chinese antiques, so she didn't go on to explain.

"What's the use?" However, he was very interested in everything around Ma Linglong.

She handed the phone to Stark. The phone was turned off automatically by Stark's deadly series of calls. It was already full at the moment, and an English explanation about "snuff bottle" popped up on the screen.

"You are in business, don't you personally introduce products to customers?" Stark looked at Ma Linglong and asked.

"You can read it as if someone was introducing it."

Stark's expression gradually changed from tense to calm, and he began to know how to change his sitting posture, instead of straightening his back like a new employee giving a meeting report, "If I guess right, you should want to hear my voice, right? ?” Stark regained his confidence, and his state seemed particularly relaxed.

"If you want to buy one, I can give you a discount." Ma Linglong responded lightly, as if she didn't understand Stark's words at all, "[-] dollars, the original price is [-]."

Stark has already figured out Ma Linglong's temper, and if she doesn't respond directly to yes or no, it means that she acquiesces: "What is the most expensive thing here?" He glanced at the things on the antique shelf, "It's that Is it a fish tank?"

"That's an emerald bowl." Ma Linglong said weakly.

"Okay, whatever, how much?"

"You really want these?"

"Maybe." Stark shrugged indifferently, "Anyway, you are in business, and I happen to be able to buy it."

Ma Linglong is in business, but not in the antique business. Most of these antiques come from Kunlun Mountain. Of course, the Friends of the Neighborhood School "Penglai Mountain" also contributed a few.Those were hers, the various "contribution awards" awards presented to her by the elders of the house, just like Stark's workshop has a wall full of his achievements.

These were not only antiques, but also antiques full of aura. Of course, Ma Linglong would not sell them easily, but just said it casually.But if Stark wanted it, she would let him choose without hesitation.

"Tell me, which one is the most expensive?" Stark pointed to the screen as if he had come to an auction site without a price tag, "I guess it can't be this one, a piece of wood should be worthless, what is the painting on?" , a thick yellow snake?"

Ma Linglong didn't answer, but smiled, not mockingly, but just thought it was funny.

"It's really it?" Stark stood up, came to the big wooden board, and looked at it seriously, like a senior appraisal expert, "Actually, I only know David Hockney (David Hoey) He is one of the greatest artists living today, I think those paintings are nothing compared to this one, I like the color of this snake, it can fit in my bedroom, I just need a foldable one in my bedroom Planks." Stark didn't lack for anything, he just wanted to look like he really needed it. 【Note】

"That's a screen, and the painting on it is a dragon, a Chinese dragon." Ma Linglong didn't expect Stark to be able to accurately name the antiques he liked, because he didn't care what they were or what they were for, "Not for sale."

Stark returned to his seat without any regrets: "It's okay, I can buy something else."

"Why do you want to buy it?"

"Because I guess, you are relying on this method to achieve profit goals, and my financial strength can afford it, and they are not ugly." Stark quite cleverly went back to the original question, " I could buy your bar, and all your antiques, at above-market prices, and you'd be my personal assistant, come back in and run the bar, and you'd still be the boss. And I, your boss. "

"What's the benefit of being your employee."

"It's no good." Stark thought of Pep Potts. The capable secretary complained more than once that she was going to resign, so he guessed that working with him might not be a good job, "It's just a lot of money."

"You've been trying to get close to me, do you know what I do?"

"That's not the part I care about." Stark may be curious, but he doesn't have to care, "I'm not just trying to get close to you."

"It's your luck that you've survived until now." Ma Linglong said, of course Stark couldn't find out her real identity, including her identity in the Muggle world, it was impossible for Stark to find her Thinking about the psychic medium, but he showed an indifferent attitude towards it, which somewhat made Ma Linglong doubt his safety awareness, "If I wanted to kill you, you would have died long ago."

"Yes, I don't deny that you have the ability to do it." Stark looked at her and said, "If you really want to." Stark raised his finger and drew a circle at the position of the reactor, meaningfully Say, "You know the steps to take it off, and I can let you have my 'heart' without a fight."

His jacket was thin, and the blue light was faintly visible through the fabric, which was Stark's most fatal weakness, but it was fully exposed in front of Ma Linglong without any cover.

"I'll give you something as compensation for my missed appointment." Ma Linglong put down her wine glass and stood up. In fact, she didn't take a sip. She can't stuff anything into her stomach now, even a drop of water, she needs to let her body Get enough sleep, but Stark is here, and she doesn't want him to be disappointed, "You wait for me..." Therefore, when Ma Linglong stood up suddenly, the feeling of dizziness had to make her sit down again.

"Oh, baby!" Stark immediately stepped beside her, and put his hands on Ma Linglong's shoulders at a loss, "Do I need to call a doctor for you?"

Ma Linglong took a few deep breaths, closed her eyes slowly, and then got up: "I'm fine, just wait for me here for a while."

"I think it's better for me to go with you."

"Stay here." Ma Linglong warned, "Also, don't touch anything in the room."

"I won't touch them, they're antiques, I know."

Ma Linglong took two steps back, bypassed the toffee chair behind her, turned the corner, and entered the bedroom.Stark guessed that it should be where Ma Linglong slept. There was a red crystal curtain hanging outside the door. When Ma Linglong lifted them, there was a crisp crashing sound.

It was the first time that Stark stayed in a woman's room, but it was just to discuss business. Ma Linglong's reaction was more like preparing a treasure in the store for a big client. He unexpectedly had a little expectation.

Stark wasn't sure if his teasing skills had declined, but he didn't want to appear too horny, because Ma Linglong always evaded at critical moments, and although they knew each other well, they seemed very strangeness.He wasn't sure if it had something to do with "Sirius," or if the girl's job required her to remain aloof.Maybe she's a drug smuggler, maybe she's dealing in antiques, more likely she's a thief, she's a mysterious bad girl.

She must have done something terrible during the day, so she was so sleepy that she forgot the appointment.

The more Stark thought about it, the more excited he became. He had designed several identities for Ma Linglong in his heart, and he found it extremely challenging to pursue such a girl.

He looked around at everything around him, and then left his seat. Stark didn't want to stay where he was, he just made sure he didn't touch things, which didn't mean he would sit in his seat like an obedient baby and wait foolishly. .Stark first approached the snuff bottle, which looked like an ultra-small vase, and then the emerald bowl. Stark thought about the purpose of this thing. It might be nothing but to decorate the screw cap, and then the screen .

He didn't even know that the Chinese dragon had grown up like this. It had no wings and an ugly head. It looked like a snake with a crocodile's head and four claws.

Stark could only see that the golden parts were bas-reliefs made of pure gold, and he was familiar with all metal materials and their chemical composition.Stark subconsciously wanted to touch it, but a slight noise made him change his plan. He turned around and found nothing, and then strange waves appeared in his heart.

He noticed slight changes in the paintings on the wall, especially the movements of the characters seemed to be different from what he saw when he entered the house.Although Stark is not an artist, let alone appreciative talent, he has a good memory, and he can quickly remember every detail of things he has seen with his heart. This is a habit he has cultivated since childhood.

So Stark remembered that on the right side of the dressing table, a man with a beard and long hair holding a stick (Guan Gong), he was originally face down, but now, he is facing the front, as if staring at himself.

Stark walked over, he was less than two feet away from the painting, he raised his hand, intending to poke it with his finger, obviously he had put Ma Linglong's warning aside.Just when his fingers were about to touch the person in the painting, Stark caught a glimpse of a black mass in front of the bronze mirror of the dressing table from the corner of his eye.

He was sure it was just a pile of cosmetics.

Stark thought it was a mouse, but he immediately recognized it as a bat, with a small black body, standing on the table and watching him motionless, like a fake.

Stark also stared at it for a while, trying to grab a handful.

"What did I just say, don't touch anything." Ma Linglong stopped his arm, "That's my pet, are you interested in my pet?"

"It's alive?" Stark said to the bat. "I thought it was a toy."

"It's alive." At this moment, Ma Linglong also noticed that the picture on the wall had changed, and her heart tightened, "Let's continue the topic just now." She led Stark back to the seat without any trace.

"The topic just now wasn't attractive." Stark couldn't help being stunned when he turned his attention back to Ma Linglong's face, "Honey, you look even worse!"

"It's nothing, your delusion, it's just lack of sleep." Ma Linglong said lightly, and then quickly slipped a chain to him, "Here's yours, wear it around your neck, to keep you safe."

The chain is a red thread that passes through a piece of sapphire and turns into a simple jade pendant collar. The sapphire has no engravings on the surface, and its color is even and smooth. It is only the size of a thumbnail, and its shape and color are like a leaf.Ma Linglong injected a little spiritual power (called magic power by foreigners) into this sapphire pendant, and the unrecovered physical strength naturally became weaker.

"I've got to give you money," said Stark, who didn't care what he had in his hand at all, and didn't even bother to ask.

"This is my compensation for not going to the appointment. Don't give me money."

"If you want to make it up to me, give me a kiss, not a piece of green glass," Stark said. "I hope it's on the lips this time."

"That's jade, not glass, it's very expensive..." Ma Linglong originally wanted to say that it was very valuable, but after thinking about it, Stark had plenty of money, "Okay, this is the end of today, you go back."

"You drove me away again?" Stark stuffed the sapphire into his trouser pocket. He didn't know what that thing was for him. The length of the sapphire pendant just reached his chest, which was above the reactor.If someone tried to remove it with the idea of ​​"killing Stark", that malicious person's hands would be badly burned, "Can't you stay with you all night, chatting or something, or you go to sleep, I Leave alone and talk to your little pet about friends."

"You are not a homeless man, this place is not suitable for you." Ma Linglong stood up suddenly, and wanted to open the door to ask him to go out, but she suddenly felt sick.She leaned on the table and vomited sadly.Ma Linglong didn't eat or drink for a whole day, so she couldn't vomit anything, she just retched painfully.

"My God!" Stark raised his voice, and he came to Ma Linglong's side, "I'll take you to the hospital, a private hospital, no need to line up, you look very serious!"

"No, Stark, get out of here!" It would be like this if she didn't get a rest in time, Ma Linglong understood her situation very well, she needed to take a pill to replenish her energy immediately, and then immediately fell into a deep sleep.

Stark's round eyes were open, as if he was shocked or angry by the other party's eviction order, but no matter what, he couldn't leave obediently: "No." He said, Stark hugged Ma Linglong Get up, "Now tell me what I can do for you. Otherwise, I will send you to the hospital immediately."

For Stark, the feeling was bad, the girl who had brought him out of the desert weak and weak.And he didn't know what Ma Linglong did before that would lead to this. In Stark's memory, even the desert couldn't defeat her. The strength shown by the girl made her seem omnipotent .

But now his limbs are limp and drooping, as if he has no bones.

Ma Linglong couldn't break free from this embrace, she was already sunken into Stark's arms: "Send me to the bedroom first." She had to compromise.

Stark put Ma Linglong on the bed, he had no intention of admiring the room more unique than the living room: "Then what shall we do?"

"Give me the medicine." Ma Linglong stared at the glass medicine bottle on the bedside table, "Take one."

"Let me pour you a glass of water first."

"Can't drink water, give me medicine."

Stark once suspected that Ma Linglong was taking drugs, but he didn't say anything. Stark secretly poured an extra one into his trouser pocket, intending to take it back and test the ingredients.He has a lot of research on drugs. He used to take a lot of drugs, and then he quit, and he quit very hard. He has never seen such a small golden ball in his hand, like a marble.

Stark understands what drugs mean, and he hopes he can help Ma Linglong detoxify.

"Stark, I'm going to sleep, so you should go back quickly, Dai Ni and the others will take care of me." Ma Linglong closed her eyes and said, "Remember to wear the thing I gave you around your neck, don't take it off."

"You don't want me to be here with you?" Stark said, and then found that she had fallen asleep, Stark lay on the bedside, fiddled with Ma Linglong's hair, "you just fell asleep, in the In front of Tony Stark?"

The girl's lips were no longer red or pink, it wasn't even flesh-colored, it was pale like blood loss.But Stark still wanted to taste it, but he knew it couldn't be now, although he was really eager: "Okay, you win." Stark finally just dropped a kiss on her forehead, Then he took out his mobile phone and put Ma Linglong's right index finger on the screen. He used the intelligent system to collect her fingerprints.

The little bat squeaked behind Stark.

"What do you want to say?" Stark spoke to the little bat as he would to the robotic arm he created, but he didn't think a bat would understand. "Do you want me to stay, little guy?" It is not uncommon for a bat to be a pet in a place like the United States, but Stark thinks it is very suitable for Ma Linglong, "What is that?" He saw the clockwork mouse next to the little bat.

In fact, the little bat doesn't want Stark to stay, but it wants him to take the annoying mouse away as soon as possible.

Stark picked up the wind-up mouse and looked at the sleeping Ma Linglong in disbelief. He didn't expect the girl to keep this. Stark made a small toy for Nassin in the cave.He was eager to express his mood at this moment, but no one here could share this joy with him, and he was so excited that he looked around the room at a loss.

"Can I kiss you?" Stark still held the mouse in his hand, and he sat down on the girl's bed again, "If you don't answer, it means the default, right?"

Below the bar, the drinkers were talking about the events upstairs.

"Hey Dany, do you think they're going to have sex?" Bald Bob asked.

"Of course not." Dany plucked her ear with her little finger, "Who would think of sex in that kind of room?"

"That's not certain," said Azali cheerfully. "Lillian never let anyone into that room, but she let Tony in. Lillian must love him."

"Come on, you have never been in love, so you don't understand at all." Dai Ni said angrily, "They just stayed in the desert, and Tony is not Lillian's type at all. She likes gloomy, low-talking ones." There are reasons for Dai Ni's objection. Once, there was a brother like Tony who made her heartbroken. She didn't want to see Ma Linglong suffer the same misfortune as herself.

"Stop talking, Stark is out." Bald Bob returned to his seat and pretended to drink.

"Hey, Dani." Stark shook his hand at Dani after going downstairs, "Your boss is not feeling well, please call me if she has any problems." He handed Dani a note , above is his private number.

"Why don't you stay?" Dani asked, and she took the number strip and said in surprise, "Wow! The ten-digit number every woman in America wants!"

"I have my own work to do." Stark said, "Okay, Sweetie, take care of your boss, she looks very tired."

"The current guests always ask for some difficult requirements, so it's no wonder they're not tired." Dai Ni said coquettishly.

"What guest?"

"This is a bar, Tony, who are you talking about?"

The author has something to say: [David Hockney]: A living master of oil painting.

So guess what, did Nini sneak a kiss while the heroine was sleeping~

Tomorrow is still double update~