Chapter 63: Christmas Gathering

In Washington, the capital of the United States, Howard returned to his home after a day of work. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Howard was very tired when he returned home, although he was already one of the main managers of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he no longer needed physical hardship, and many jobs only needed his own words, and many people would buy them for him, but Howard still felt very tired.

In addition to physical exhaustion, there is also psychological exhaustion, Howard is in his fifties at this time, although he is well maintained and usually exercises, but Howard has to admit that while managing S.H.I.E.L.D., managing the huge Stark industry makes Howard physically and mentally exhausted, and Howard reluctantly began to admit that he is really starting to get old, if ten years ago, Howard would never believe that just managing two industries would make him feel tired.

Time is a pig-killing knife, it will not only change your body, but also change your heart.

Sometimes Howard even thinks that he can actually ask Elgin for a super soldier serum, and then he can be eighteen years old again, you must know that Elgin, the old bastard, was much older than himself, but nearly thirty years later, Elgin is still the same, still full of vitality, but he is much older.

I used to laugh at Elgin's old bastard, but now the word "old bastard" should be more suitable for me, because it seems that I am much older than Elgin

However, this idea lingered in Howard's mind for a long time, and finally Howard gave up, everyone has their own pursuit, just like he rejected Lan Ze's suggestion at the beginning, life is very tempting, but Howard still firmly believes that the meaning of life is not in length, but in quality.

A long life can change a lot, but a limited life can do great things.

When he got home, his wife Maria poured herself a cup of black tea, which is a change in her over the years, Howard used to like to drink, in order to lift his spirits, he would drink the bitterest and strongest coffee, but since marrying Maria, Howard's life has become regular, and he has become healthy, and alcohol and overly strong coffee have gradually moved away from him.

The encounter between the two came from a party encounter, Howard was close to fifty that year, and when he saw Mary for the first time, that kind of quiet, intellectual, and small jasper temperament gave Howard a great shock, maybe because he was too old, maybe because he had experienced too much, and finally he was exhausted and tired.

So Howard ended his erosive single life that year, and it was also in that year that he and Maria officially married.

Mary is not pretty, among all the women Howard has had a relationship with in his life, Maria can only be considered average, but Maria is very good at taking care of people, is the kind of woman who is more traditional, playing the piano, singing, shopping, taking care of children and husband, which is almost 90% of Mary's life.

Maria is very gentle, that unique good wife and motherly temperament, so that Howard is very attached, with Maria, with little Tony, he also has a home.

In the second year of their marriage, the two had a son, Tony Stark, a newborn baby, only a year old this year, but he was very smart, and Howard believed that his son would become a good inventor like himself, and eventually inherit his Stark business and carry forward the family business, but that was a long time later.

Tonight's dinner is very simple, most of the time dinner in the United States is very simple, a bowl of broth, a salad, a piece of bread, this is almost all for tonight, except for a few special days, or families who like to enjoy, normally in American families, three meals a day are relatively simple.

The crisp phone rang, and Howard put down the bread in his hand, which is a habit that Howard has developed in recent years, because he is not only a high-level member of S.H.I.E.L.D., but also a director of the Stark Group, so any phone call in the house is answered by himself.

But what Howard never expected was that it was Lan Ze who called him!

This made Howard very stunned, in his impression, Lan Ze usually does not call him, if he wants to find himself, Lan Ze's general approach should be to appear directly in front of you, and then talk to you, or more directly, without saying a word, just take you away.

So after receiving Lan Ze's call, Howard was very shocked, until ten minutes later, after Howard hung up the phone, he still did not calm down the shock in his heart, and hung up the phone, Maria looked at Howard with a worried face, Maria had never seen Howard's shocked expression now, which made Maria a little worried.

Putting down the phone, Howard sat on a chair at the side of the dining table, his brows furrowed, and the two did not speak, Maria knew that when her husband was thinking, as a wife, what she needed most was not to ask questions, but to wait.

The room fell silent, and little Tony was asleep.

After a moment, Howard slapped the table: "Honey, let's get ready tomorrow, and by Sunday at the latest, we're going to England." ”

Lan Ze is almost prepared here, and the people who should be called on Alice's side are also called, Xiao Raven happens to be in England, and the interesting thing is that the half-giant Hagrid and the little monster Hell Baron are actually in the Hall Warts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the current headmaster Dumbledoli is very interested in participating in the Christmas party of Lan Ze, the master, but he hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to come, probably because Lan Ze almost ruined the relationship between Hall Warts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the headmaster hesitated for a long time, and finally stayed in his school honestly.

Because Charles recently said that he wanted to be alone, Count Dracula went home with three beautiful ladies, this is a real homecoming, the Count's family is in the primeval forest of western Romania, where there is a huge castle, although it is not as small as Lan Ze's castle in the suburbs of New York.

The Earl's family of four is renovating their own castle and has seen the development of modern society, and the Earl's family feels that their castle is a little out of step with the times, so they plan to renovate it. Because in Romania, it is still far from the UK, but Alice is in contact with the three glamorous ladies, so it is not difficult to notify.

The only difficulty is Will and Tyson, Will can't land because of the ten-year contract, but over the years, the sea has become more and more prosperous, the ship has become bigger and bigger, Will is not alone, the 28,000-ton displacement of the Ark Royal aircraft carrier, the total area is much larger than a football field, so Will's old age life is actually not bad, Lan Ze asked Will if he wanted to come, but unfortunately Will refused.

As for Tyson, a half-breed of Godborn, since the closure of Charles Genius School, Tyson has stepped into his own travel career, and his original words before parting are probably the same. The world is so hot, I want to see it.

Then carrying a backpack of gold, he went to the end of the world alone.

Although some people did not come, a large number of friends still came to the White Villa in the days leading up to Christmas. (To be continued.) )