Chapter 12

Stark had just swallowed the wine, before he could savor the sweet aroma of the wine in his mouth, a clear and cold air rose from his abdomen, rushed to his head and limbs along the blood meridians, and traveled throughout his body.

This chill is also gentle, like a spring flowing down from a thousand-year-old iceberg in early spring. Although it carries the coldness of its origin, it is lively and hums light notes as it moves. It awakens the sleeping soil along the way, bringing vitality and spring back to the earth.

Stark seemed to be the awakened earth.

He felt that his mental state was better than ever before, as if all his troubles, anxieties and worries were washed away, and he was as pure as a newborn baby. This was not the intoxication and excitement brought by alcohol, Stark judged with certainty. As a playboy who always liked to intoxicate himself with alcohol and women, he knew very well the role that alcohol could play.

If it were Peter, who was still a high school student and loved games, he would probably be able to describe this feeling immediately.

[Clear all DEBUFF]

【Restore all SAN values】

But Peter didn't know how Stark felt at the moment. "Mr. Stark?" The boy was frightened by his sudden change of expression and asked worriedly.

Stark ignored the boy and took another sip from the bottle. But the wonderful feeling did not happen again. He shook the bottle and found that there was still a little more than half of the wine left.

"Another bottle, no, as many as you can take!" He looked at Fang Shao.

Fang Shao shrugged, trying to show his sincerity. "Sorry, we're out of this wine."

Stark was hit with a bucket of cold water, but he was rational and didn't lose his temper as usual. It seemed that his good luck was gone. Or it could be said that it was the other party's kindness.

Forget about 1 million. If 10 million or 100 million can buy such wine, not only me, but also that black brine egg will pay for it without hesitation. Anyway, he will always find a way to get funds from the government.

In fact, he also realized that something was wrong with him during this period, he was always restless and uneasy for no reason. Or maybe, since he took on the identity of Iron Man and the corresponding responsibilities, his mind has always been a little tense, and the constant enemies, external accusations and pressures also made him feel exhausted.

And that vision of death...

"You could have saved us, why didn't you try harder?"

Lying beside the bodies of his teammates, Captain America, the only one still alive, looked at himself in pain, his last look filled with confusion and puzzlement.

Even though he said he hated Steve, these words coming out of his mouth made his heart palpitate...

This was probably because he was friends with my father, so I couldn't help but want to gain recognition from him.

Stark analyzed himself very calmly.

He should have been more honest with his teammates. But as proud as he was, even in such a calm state, he still denied this choice. So during this period of time, apart from alcohol and women, he could only relax and be at peace in the laboratory with Chili Pepper.

Oh, Chili Pepper...

Stark suddenly recalled the quarrel before he left and the sad expression on Pepper's face. His emotions immediately fluctuated, breaking his calm thinking.

Stark threw the card to Peter and said, "I have something to do and I'm leaving now. You can stay here by yourself. I'll pay for all the expenses."

Then, the playboy left in a hurry, carrying the bottle of wine, like an innocent high school student rushing to meet his girlfriend, leaving only a hurried back view to the people in the bar.

Harry: ...Strange sir.

Peter caught the card swiftly, "Mr. Stark!" He stood up subconsciously and wanted to chase after him.

But the door was pushed open again.

"Stark first..."

Peter thought it was Iron Man coming back, but what he saw was an unfamiliar huge figure.

"Mr. Totoro~" Harry jumped off the chair happily, waving his little hands and greeting Totoro!

"Roar~" Totoro replied gently to the human child.

"Totoro? Is there any Cosplay around here?" Peter awkwardly retracted the smile on his face, but then he keenly noticed the two little guys behind Totoro.

The little white Totoro took nimble little steps and went around to the other side of the big Totoro, avoiding Peter's direction.

If the big Totoro can be said to be a cosplayer wearing a large doll costume, what about the two little ones?

Mechanical doll?

AI intelligence?

Although his mind was still trying to rationalize what was happening, his feelings had already told Peter the truth.

No way, this is a real Bean Dragon...

Peter opened his mouth stupidly and the cards in his hand fell down. Fortunately, he reacted very quickly and picked them up again. Then, with an excited and confused expression, he stared with wide eyes, watching the Totoro family slowly passing by him, and when passing by the child, they handed him a heavy leaf package.

Hmm...Peter actually knows Totoro...

Fang Shao was somewhat curious about the operating background of these worlds.

Peter stared at the gift in Harry's hand with envy, and his eyes almost turned red. He hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but turned to Harry's seat and whispered to him.

"You know that's a real Totoro?"

Harry looked at the older brother in surprise. What a strange question. If Mr. Totoro is not real, then what could be fake? As a child born in the 1980s in a second-tier city in the UK, Harry had never seen a cosplay performance, so of course he could not understand what Peter, a big friend born in the 2000s who lived in a metropolis, meant.

Peter didn't need Harry's answer, he just continued on his own.

"Oh my god, I can actually see a real Totoro. Is this the interface of the multiverse? Why can Totoro change from two-dimensional to three-dimensional? Will Doraemon appear? Ned must be so jealous! Maybe I should give him a call? Well, Mr. Stark probably isn't interested in Totoro, so there's no need to ask him to come back!"

Harry: ...

He couldn't understand anything this person said. People who hang out with weirdos are indeed weirdos.

After Fang Shao received Totoro, he saw the chatterbox Spider-Man blasting Harry. Harry remained politely silent, but his slightly tilted posture revealed his true feelings.

Peter was so excited that he didn't notice the boy's subtle rejection. "You are friends with Totoro, right? I really want to be friends with Totoro too. By the way, my name is Peter, Peter Parker, what's yours?"

Harry hesitated for a moment, but finally gave his name honestly. "Harry, Harry Potter."

"Then we are friends too." Peter took Harry's hand and shook it happily.

"Harry, have you ever ridden in Mr. Totoro's cat bus? Is it soft? Does it allow you to nestle inside once you sit down?" Peter looked at Totoro again, his imagination running wild.

Harry was also drawn into his imagination, with a yearning expression on his face. He shook his head. "I've never sat on one before."

"Oh, that's a pity..."

Seeing that the two children finally started to talk normally, Fang Shao stopped paying attention to them. Harry had few friends and was easily shy due to his lack of sociability. Peter, who was a bit talkative, was just the right person to mediate with him.

With some free time, Fang Shao started to process the accounts. He added a purchase record from Fang Wei, gave half of the sales to the other party, and transferred the express fee to Fang Chu. The system processed it very efficiently, and soon Fang Shao received messages from his two brothers. When he opened the chat group, there were indeed 99+ new messages, all of which were various words of exclamation and praise.

Fang Shao was watching with great pleasure when the two children stood up again and walked towards Totoro's seat together.

Huh? Fang Shao raised his head and looked over. From a distance, he saw Harry's face was full of nervousness and anticipation, while Peter's face was more full of excitement.

The chinchilla nodded and roared, as if to agree to something. Then the chinchillas stood up and walked in front, with Peter and Harry following happily behind.

Something unexpected happened to Fang Shao.

"Ding ding dong dong~~"

The sound of wind chimes rang out, and their figures disappeared behind the door together.

Are we going to the world of Totoro?

Fang Shao immediately realized what the children had just been discussing.

If George in the Mist knew about this, he would probably be very jealous. It's a pity that they can't learn this...

Only children can ask for someone to visit someone else's world without any scruples. Similarly, it is estimated that only children's innocent requests can get the approval of Totoro.

Fang Shao thought the kids wouldn't be back for a while, so he lowered his head and fiddled with his phone again. During this time, his phone had several more unread messages.

In addition to the messages in the chat group, there were several messages from Manager Qiu. He asked Fang Shao if he was willing to do on-site interpretation because it was an urgent job and the price was very high, 5,000 yuan for two hours.

Fang Shao smacked his lips. This price was comparable to what he earned from translating a few articles, but he knew his own abilities very well. He relied entirely on the bar to add buffs to his translations. Once he left the bar, hehe...

Manager Qiu was very sorry for Fang Shao's polite refusal. He really had high hopes for Fang Shao. This young man was not only capable, but also had good learning ability. After he taught him translation skills several times, Fang Shao's translation quality actually began to improve slowly, and his translation speed did not fall behind at all.

If Manager Qiu hadn't known that Fang Shao had opened a small bar and just made some pocket money by translating, he would have wanted to bring Fang Shao to the company to be a full-time translator.

But Fang Shao also felt regretful. Although he had just earned 500,000 yuan, the extra 5,000 yuan was still very sweet.

After a while, Senior Sister Qiu called. "You have really grown up. My cousin rarely says good things about me. He just praised you a few times. He said that you translate quickly and well, much better than those majoring in foreign languages. My dad even followed suit and asked me to learn more from you. Haha..."

Fang Shao had never expected this to happen, and he kept being humble. Senior Qiu made some jokes and asked him to meet up, saying that she wanted to take a good look at his great translation. Fang Shao naturally agreed, and they decided to meet up this weekend before Senior Qiu hung up the phone.

Fang Shao scratched his head. After graduation, he and his senior sister hadn't seen each other for half a year. Usually, they just sent messages occasionally and liked each other's Moments. It was naturally a pleasure to find time to meet. But with his English level...

I hope the senior sister won't be interested in judging me. If that doesn't work, I can just say that I'm doing second-hand subcontracting. Fang Shao made up his mind secretly.

After waiting for nearly an hour, the two children finally returned home happily. As soon as Harry entered the door, he ran over happily. "Sir, we went to ride the cat bus! It's so plush and warm!"

The smile on Fang Shao's face suddenly froze.

I've never ridden on a cat bus!

What should I do if I really want to sit?

For a moment, Fang Shao was wildly torn between the thoughts "I should maintain my image as a mysterious boss" and "That's the Cat Bus! Cat Bus!", but in the end, the former prevailed.

Next time... there will be plenty of opportunities...

Fang Shao comforted himself and finally managed to keep a smile on his face. Fortunately, the two children were generous and Fang Shao was able to maintain his dignity as an adult.

Cat bus~~~

Fang Shao sighed. Just now he had maliciously mocked George who was not present, and now he was getting his comeuppance.

Who is the one who is helplessly "envious and jealous"?

Ah, it turns out it’s not someone else, it’s myself.