Just when the whistleblower letter, written entirely in Japanese, caused an uproar in Los Angeles, Ling Xiao had already left Los Angeles and rushed to New York, on the one hand, to treat Stark and Pepper, and on the other hand, to avoid the storm that was about to be detonated.

The New Year has gradually passed, this winter in New York is exceptionally cold, the raging north wind is howling and blowing all over the streets and alleys of New York, Ling Xiao has been in New York for two days, but he has not gone out, and it is too cold to cook.

Especially since he had just come from the warm environment of Los Angeles, he was a little uncomfortable with this kind of weather.

Even if he has a good cultivation, there is no need to find sin on his own, and once he gets sick, the illness will come like a mountain, and the illness will be like a thread, which will be even more troublesome for the cultivator.

What's more, it's better for him to stay at home, where he can practice and have beautiful people with him at the same time.

On January 8th, Ling Xiao drove to the Stark Building in advance, and it was naturally Pepper's assistant Natalie Rushman who received him.

"Miss Potts will come after the morning meeting, and Mr. Stark will come a little later." Natasha led Ling Xiao directly to Pepper's office, a large room with large floor-to-ceiling windows that could clearly see the scenery outside.

"Ling, can I ask what ingredients the liquid you use is?" Natasha asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I used some traditional Chinese medicine extracts such as saffron, ginseng, deer antler, ejiao, seahorse, musk, etc., and blended them with the right ratio, and finally made such a bottle of liquid medicine." Ling Xiao said in a serious nonsense: "Don't look at my asking price, but the medicinal materials I use are very old, the price is expensive, and with my pure acupuncture techniques, it is definitely worth 100,000 US dollars." ”

"Is that so?" Natasha frowned, but it was not good to ask any more, any more should involve some of his secrets, and asking now would only arouse his vigilance, so she was very smart to change the way of asking: "Ling, have you registered a patent for this special medicinal liquid, if it is preemptively registered by others, you will lose a lot." ”

"You don't understand, Natalie." Ling Xiao shook his head lightly and said, "If I really register a patent, then it will be called unlucky." There are people who can find a way to get what they want from the patent office, as long as they don't use it externally, who knows what they did. And for things like medicines, as long as you change one or two unimportant side drugs in the formula, increase or decrease some amounts, the effect of the medicine will not be much different. So I'd better keep these things myself. ”

As he spoke, Ling Xiao subconsciously patted the medicine box he was carrying, looked at Natasha and smiled softly.

"Well, since you think so, then I won't say much, but, Ling," Natasha suddenly leaned close to Ling Xiao's face and said in a very seductive tone, "How about we do it again tonight?" I'm looking forward to it! ”

Natasha wore a light blue shirt today, and the top two buttons were all opened, and the deep ravines suddenly poured into Ling Xiao's eyes.

Even though Ling Xiao had some bad impressions of Natasha in his mind, his eyes still fell a little unfreely at the moment of beauty.

"It's still the same time and place, right?" Natasha said, a smug smile on her lips.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the evening." Ling Xiao felt that he couldn't help but feel thirsty, and looked at the face that was close at hand, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

At this time, the door of the office suddenly rang, and he subconsciously stepped back a little, picked up the water on the table, and took a sip as if concealed. At this time, a gleam flashed in his eyes, something was wrong, Natasha seemed to be eyeing him.

By the time he looked up again, Natasha had already stepped back, stood up and greeted Pepper who had returned from the meeting: "Miss Potts! ”

"Okay, Natasha, thank you. By the way, please help me run to the main hall of the expo, there are still some problems in the venue arrangement, you can help me keep an eye on it. After speaking, Pepper greeted Ling Xiao and said, "Ling, please wait for a long time." ”

Watching Natasha walk out and close the door, Ling Xiao looked at Pepper with some curiosity and said, "Is there anything wrong, Miss Potts, do you need to spend Natasha too?" ”

"It's about the Super Soldier Serum." Pepper returned to the back of his desk and sat down, breathing a sigh of relief, before he said to Ling Xiao, "Tony has approved of the super soldier serum research project I started, and as you said, he has set no human experiments as the bottom line. Because he agrees that you will participate in this project, but only as an independent researcher. Ling, do you understand what this means? ”

Ling Xiao nodded lightly and said, "Mr. Stark doesn't want me to interfere too much in this project, the so-called independent researcher is similar to that of an independent observer, I know what to do, this is more in line with my heart, a little less participation, more of my own personal time." ”

"That being said, you still have to keep track of the progress of the serum study, and you're probably going to have to spend an extra week in New York every month in the future."

"It's fine." Ling Xiao waved his hand indifferently and said: "I have completed most of my senior year at the University of California ahead of schedule, and the rest is some research work, and I also have to write a graduation thesis. ”

"If only you could think like that." Seeing that Ling Xiao was so knowledgeable, Pepper nodded with satisfaction and said, "Ling, I'm afraid you will have to work as an independent researcher until the calculation plan is completed, but don't worry, an annual salary of $100,000 a year is indispensable for you." It's not much, but I guess you won't care, right? ”

"Of course." Ling Xiao smiled and nodded, Pepper was right, the annual salary of $100,000 was indeed less, after all, he earned a lot of money just by doing skin care every month, but think about it, he only stayed in Stark Industries for an extra week every month, and he couldn't get nearly 10,000 yuan more, which was quite good for the average college graduate.

"Okay, that's the business, Ling, let's start nursing, I'm really tired during this time." With that, Pepper stood up and walked directly into the lounge next to him, and Ling Xiao also took the medicine box and walked in.

After giving Pepper a skin treatment, it didn't take long for Tony Stark to make a phone call, he had already gotten up, asked Pepper to take Ling Xiao over, finished the treatment, and he started breakfast.

The overall healing process was relatively smooth, and although Tony Stark's steel armor had been used a lot during this time, it was still a long way from the cordon, and it was not critical.

As for what Ling Xiao said about Justin Hammer last time, Tony Stark didn't mention it, and Ling Xiao naturally wouldn't take the initiative to mention it, with Stark and Pepper's shrewdness, they would naturally arrange means to target, and Ling Xiao didn't need to mention it additionally.

Knowing that Tony Stark didn't like him, Ling Xiao didn't stay in his office for long, and took the VIP elevator directly and went down to the third basement floor, where the Stark Group's super soldier serum plan was carried out.

This floor was originally used as storage for miscellaneous items, and after the project began, the research center was temporarily located here by Pepper. After Tony Stark and Pepper communicated, the research center was renovated and upgraded, but the location remained the same.

"Hello, Mr. Ling." Professor Derek Ross, who was in charge of the research work, said while visiting the research center: "Miss Potts has already called me about your situation, and I will give you all the permissions, and at the same time please do not interfere with our research work." ”