Chapter 19: Suspicion
"Tony, what are you looking at?"
"I'm waiting for ......"
Tony turned his head and refocused his gaze on the woman in front of him, "I'm sorry, can you say your name again?" ”
"You're not listening to me at all, are you, Tony Stark."
"Maybe it's because someone is so attractive that I can't concentrate." Tony raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.
"Or maybe someone hasn't listened to it from beginning to end."
"Both explanations are fine, but I prefer the first one."
Faced with Tony's frivolous reaction, the woman shook her head helplessly, and then introduced herself again: "My name is Maya Hansen, and I am currently doing research on biological programming. ”
"Wow, bio programming."
"You've already reacted to that, Tony."
"Well, maybe I really didn't listen to it just now." Tony shrugged his shoulders and subconsciously glanced down at the time on his watch.
"You seem to be concerned about time?" Maya noticed Tony's absent-mindedness and asked.
"Listen, Maya, if I could, I'd love to join you to discuss your bioprogramming research and learn about your research progress and results, but there's something very important waiting for me to face." Tony touched the teaser letter of Kidd the Strange Thief in his pocket, and with a hesitant look on his face, he looked at Maya in front of him and thought back to the contents of the teaser letter.
Finally, with a wave of his hand, he made a decision: "Well, it's not too important, I actually care more about your biological programming research than these, I don't know if I have the honor to go to your room to study it in depth." "Rather than waiting for the so-called monster thief Kidd, Maya in front of her attracts the attention of Tony, a playboy.
"You can go and see my research, but that's about it."
"Of course."
Tony raised an eyebrow and casually agreed, his eyes swept over the party place in front of him, and soon found his driver Happi in the crowd.
"Hey, Harpy, it's time for us to go back and get my car here."
"Understood, sir." Taking the key Tony toss, Harpy's eyes went back and forth between Tony and Maya, and then showed a look of understanding.
"Sir?"
Hearing the strange name that Harpy had just suddenly called himself Mr., Tony's face couldn't help but show a little puzzled expression.
However, before Tony could think too much, a voice from behind him pulled his thoughts back.
"Mr. Tony Stark, Mr. Tony Stark......"
Tony turned his head and saw a man with long hair and a cane limping towards him: "My name is Killian, and I'm your number one fan." ”
"Oh, hello Killian." Tony looked at Killian in front of him and shook his hand.
"You don't look like you're coming to a party."
"I'm here for you, Mr. Tony."
"Come for me." If he said this, it was a beautiful woman, and Tony was naturally very happy to accept it, but looking at the raunchy and sloppy appearance of Killian in front of him, he didn't feel much pleasure.
"I come from a private think tank called Advanced Intelligent Machines, or AIM, that specializes in researching the latest cutting-edge technologies that are currently emerging." As he spoke, Killian pulled out two business cards from his pocket and handed them to Tony and Maya across from him.
"Just give her both, you don't have to give it to me."
For guys like Killian, who come to him in the name of a private think tank, Tony will meet a lot of them in a while, so he doesn't pay much attention to Killian's introduction at all.
He glanced down at the time, then spoke, "Alright, Killian, it's a pleasure to talk to you, but there's more important things to do. ”
"yes, okay, I see." The rejection in Tony's words was quite obvious, and Killian's originally excited expression immediately dimmed.
Tony took Maya's hand and walked a few steps out, then as if thinking of something, he turned his head to look at Killian, who was still standing in place and dressed scruffly.
"Sorry, wait for me."
Apologizing to Maya beside her, Tony turned and walked back to Killian's side.
"You know, ...... Ki"
"Killian." Killian looked at Tony, who had returned to his eyes, and suddenly said excitedly.
"Yes, Killian, I've rethought that there is a possibility of full cooperation between us, or I'll go and send Maya away, and in five minutes, we'll meet on the rooftop, you know what I mean?"
"I know, no problem, Mr. Stark, I'll be right away."
"Aren't you not interested in private think tanks?" Retracting her gaze from the business card in her hand, Maya looked at Killian, who was leaving with an excited face, and turned to Tony who came back and asked.
"I don't really have any interest in think tanks."
"Then why still?"
"I'm just very interested in Killian as a person."
"Huh?" Hearing Tony's words, Maya subconsciously moved a step aside, but she didn't expect Tony Stark, a playboy who is famous in the whole of New York, to actually.
"It's not that kind of interest." As soon as Tony looked at Maya's expression, he knew that she had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "I just think that Killian's appearance is too coincidental, and something very interesting happened to me, so I plan to make a small attempt." ”
"And what if you're wrong?"
"Then I can only say sorry to Mr. Killian."
Tony shrugged, but didn't take anything to heart about what he had done before, and he pulled Maya out of the party. But he didn't see his car waiting for him at the door.
"I'm sorry, but please give me some more time."
At such an important moment, such a mistake happened, and Tony was naturally a little embarrassed.
Speaking to Maya on the side, Tony turned his head and soon spotted the figure of the driver, Harpy Hogan, not far away.
"Harpy."
"Oh, Tony, why did you come out so early." In the distance, the driver Harpy was eating a burger with his head down, and when he heard Tony's voice, he quickly turned his head, met Tony's gaze, and hurriedly explained: "I just suddenly felt a little hungry, so I went to buy a burger nearby." ”
"I'm not talking about this, what about the car?"
"What car?" Harpy looked dazed.
"My car? Didn't I just give you the key? ”
Tony looked at Harpy's blank expression in front of him, and his heart suddenly became a little uneasy.
"Keys? Haven't you always had the keys in your hands since just now? ”