More than a month passed.

Since the closure of Stark Industries' weapons manufacturing division announced in front of a number of media outlets, and the arrest of Stark Industries' shareholder and director, Obadi, on suspicion of involvement in the kidnapping of Tony Stark.

Stark Industries has suffered its worst crisis since its inception.

In less than two weeks, Stark Industries' market value had evaporated by half.

And at this critical moment, the backbone of Stark Industries, Tony Stark, has disappeared and there has been no news.

If it weren't for the mysterious person who helped Stark Industries stabilize its stock price, many experts would have believed that Stark Industries was at risk of bankruptcy in the past month.

No matter how noisy the outside world was, after cleaning up all the listening equipment in his house, Tony locked himself in his underground laboratory.

"Jarvis, change the material to titanium and give it another color."

......

"Well~I don't like this~"

"It's not bad, but it's a little bit off."

"This red is good, it's just too bright, can you decorate it."

"No~"

"Reluctantly, another one~"

"Eh~ the one just now, yes, it's the golden one~"

With Tony's decision, the familiar Mark 3 armor appeared in front of Tony's eyes.

As fate would have it, Tony fell in love with it the first time he saw it.

"That's it, ready to be colored, I can't wait to see it."

The final plan was decided, and Tony immediately gave the order to build the armor.

"Yes, sir."

Rubbing his bloodshot eyes, Tony stood up and left the lab, ready to go upstairs to find something to eat.

As soon as he walked upstairs, Pepper's serious figure appeared in front of Tony.

"Tony, my boss, I thought you would never come out of your lab in your life."

"What's wrong? Pepper, didn't my stay in the lab just reduce your workload? How do you feel tired? ”

Tony walked over to his wine cabinet, which was full of various limited editions, and his tone was very casual.

Pepper glared at Tony's bloodshot eyes and said dissatisfiedly, "Actually, because of some irresponsible person, I now have many times more work than before, and I have to do the work of seven or eight people by myself, and if this continues, I don't think you will see me again anytime soon." ”

"In fact, you should thank me for the job you're doing right now, which many people dream of."

Tony took a random bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet, poured it into two wine glasses, walked over to Pepper with two glasses, and handed her a glass.

Pepper didn't take the wine glass from Tony's hand, but stared at him with a cold face, full of resentment and a hint of anger: "No, I won't thank you, my current work is beyond the scope of my work, I don't just have to do the work of a secretary, I even have to do your work together, but I'm just your secretary, there are some things I can't do." ”

"How everyone wishes that someone could come out and preside over the big picture at this time."

"But some extremely irresponsible coward will just hide in his own laboratory, tinkering with those useless and boring things, so as to paralyze himself and escape from reality."

Tony suddenly defended, "I'm not doing something boring, it's an epoch-making invention." ”

Seeing that Tony was still hopeless, Pepper's long-suppressed emotions finally exploded.

"Actually, that's boring stuff, Tony, the company is a mess right now, it needs you now, and if you still just run away, do you know that you're going to go bankrupt and become a worthless, everybody's disgusted Tony Stark."

"No, Pepper, trust me, I'm not going to go broke, and when they know what I've done, they'll wave their bills like mad dogs and beg me to give them a chance."

As for the future development of his company, Tony has a plan after rebuilding the Ark reactor, and he is not in a hurry at all.

Energy is in high demand in any tech world.

It's just that with Tony's arrogant personality, he doesn't bother to tell others what he thinks, even if this person is Pepper.

Pepper naturally didn't know what Tony was thinking, and seeing that Tony was still hanging and completely irresponsible, she lowered her head in disappointment.

"In that case, Tony, you may need to reappoint a secretary."

"Well~ I'm having this idea, haven't you always wanted to ......"

Before he finished his sentence, Tony reacted and looked at Pepper in surprise.

"You're resigning?"

Pepper nodded: "Yes, with such an irresponsible boss and a company that is about to go bankrupt, I have to think about my own future." ”

Pepper's words were like a bolt from the blue, and Tony panicked.

He didn't know why he panicked, but he did.

"No, no, no~ I don't agree, even if you submit a letter of resignation, I won't agree."

"What should I do if you're gone?"

"Pepper, you know, there are some things I can't do without you."

Pepper glanced at Tony, "It's okay, when you go bankrupt, you'll learn soon." ”

After speaking, he smashed the thick stack of materials in his hand into Tony's hand and staggered towards the door.

Tony looked at Pepper's angry back blankly, and suddenly a spirit, threw away the information in his hand, and hurried towards Pepper.

After a few steps to catch up, Tony grabbed Pepper's arm and pulled her into his arms, without saying a word~

Bidong~

"Ah~"

A scream nearly deaf Tony.

Tony hurriedly tied Pepper firmly and explained, "Calm ~ Calm ~ Pepper, you listen to my explanation." ”

......

After some grappling, Pepper finally calmed down and sat on the couch with Tony.

It's just that Tony's image is a little unusual.

There was a clear slap mark on his face, in addition to several parallel red marks that were soaked in blood.

"I swear, you're definitely the first woman to leave a wound on my face and make me willing."

The corners of Tony's mouth twitched, and his mouth was still the same as if he were a child.

Pepper gave Tony a blank look, and then found a medicine box in distress to help Tony clean his wounds.

Tony's actions were impulsive, but they filled the gap between the two.

Although he had been persuaded by Tony, Pepper still had a sad look on his face.

"Tony, are you really sure you don't bother with the company?"

"Don't worry, people who leave now, they will regret it later, because they will lose the opportunity to become billionaires."

Tony is not worried about Stark Industries at all, as long as he is not bankrupt, it is a matter of minutes if he wants to turn over.

Now the biggest headache for him is Charles's conditions.

"Pepper, how about I asked you to help investigate Trask Industries?"

"I've asked Harpy to investigate, but don't expect it, according to the information we have now, this Trask industry went bankrupt twenty years ago due to poor management, and its founder is nowhere to be found."

"Really? The clue is broken again, and it seems to be a little difficult to do. ”

Tony suddenly put away his cynical expression, and a rare solemnity appeared on his face.