Chapter 35: Time Flies
Days passed peacefully like this, and in a blink of an eye, it was March of the following year. Lan Xingyu had spent this period very peacefully. Except for clearing out all the gangs in Hells Kitchen, including Kingpin, there hadn't been any major movements.
Now, Hells Kitchen was under the control of Daredevil and The Chaste he led, and it was getting better and better.
Many entrepreneurs started expanding their businesses into Hells Kitchen. After all, it was one of the few places in New York with great development potential. Previously, because of the numerous gangs and Kingpin occupying it, no one dared to come.
However, the biggest beneficiary turned out to be Stark Industries. Because Tony had removed the weapons business and entered the energy market, Stark Industries faced quite a bit of opposition. Although the stock price kept rising, the company's income was very limited. Hells Kitchen was a Breakthrough point.
Because of its past environment, the power System in Hells Kitchen had never been maintained. This time, thanks to Lan Xingyu's connections, Stark Industries successfully obtained all the rights for the renovation, construction, and power supply related to electricity in Hells Kitchen. This wave completely solved the awkward situation of Stark Industries.
There was another matter, neither big nor small. The relationship between Lan Xingyu and Gwen was improving rapidly. If they weren't too young and he was afraid of the "three-year sentence," Lan Xingyu would have already announced their relationship. It was a bit like the relationship between Shinichi and Ran when they were young. Perfect!
Today, Lan Xingyu was still preparing to sleep in class, but the teacher's words made him perk up.
Ethan Alexander was writing a few lines on the blackboard. He turned around, looked at the students, and asked with a smile, "If tomorrow were the end of the world, who would you want to be with?"
Lan Xingyu was still preparing to sleep.
"What kind of apocalypse would it be?" Peter asked.
"Well, for example, an alien invasion, robots destroying the world, or people in the world disappearing inexplicably, and so on," Ethan Alexander was interrupted before he could finish.
Lan Xingyu didn't think much of it at first, but then he felt something was wrong and quickly interrupted: "That won't happen."
Are you trying to give up on being a Chunin and switch to being a prophet, Iruka?
"Why not?" Iruka asked with a smile.
Why? Could Lan Xingyu say, "I see your mouth is like a jinx, if you say anything else about the Earth splitting in two or a True God descending, I won't be able to live. Please, stop jinxing it, I'm afraid I really won't be able to fight if you keep jinxing."
"At that time, there will definitely be superheroes like Captain America and Iron Man coming out to protect us," Lan Xingyu said, pretending to be innocent.
"This is a metaphor. It's about who you would want to be with in the final moments of your life." After speaking, he saw his students raising their hands one after another.
Seeing this scene, Ethan smiled and said: "Write it down and save it!"
A class of children began to make a ruckus, writing down all kinds of answers.
After Gwen finished writing, she saw that Lan Xingyu hadn't written anything and asked curiously: "Xingyu, why aren't you writing?" She hoped that Xingyu would include her name in what he wrote...
"Because I don't know..." Lan Xingyu said.
"Don't know? Why don't you know?" Gwen asked strangely.
"Because if the end of the world happens, I must be one of the people who go to stop it. And if it still happens, it means we failed, and in failure, I don't know if anyone will be by my side..." Lan Xingyu said.
"Why do you have to go? Aren't there superheroes like you said?" Gwen asked, confused why Lan Xingyu would still go even though he said there were superheroes.
"Because I can't do nothing. After all, there are many people on Earth I must protect, even if it costs me my life!" Lan Xingyu looked at Gwen with a smile and gently touched her head.
That's right, Lan Xingyu and Gwen were now sitting together. Peter was very sensible and swapped seats with Gwen, and now his deskmate was Mary Jane. So recently, little Spider-Man was both happy and nervous. That's right, this Mary Jane was the little Spider-Man's new neighbor, and he had a bit of a crush on her.
Gwen's face turned red instantly. She was electrocuted by Lan Xingyu's smile and was shy because Lan Xingyu touched her head.
When she realized what was happening, she shyly shook her head, trying to shake off Lan Xingyu's hand while saying: "Don't touch my head, Mom said I won't grow tall."
Seeing that she successfully shook off Lan Xingyu's hand, Gwen pouted slightly, hugging her little head, and looked at Lan Xingyu. It was so cute it made Lan Xingyu's heart melt. Sigh, she is indeed my future wife, so cute.
After admiring his wife, Lan Xingyu prepared to continue sleeping; improving his own strength was more important. Otherwise, if an accident caused some purple sweet potato spirit to snap his fingers, wouldn't it be "GG"?
At the end of the school day, Lan Xingyu walked the Little Loli home. After all, his wife was so cute; if anything happened to her, he was afraid this New York would be gone. So, for the sake of world peace, Lan Xingyu decided to walk the Little Loli home every day.
On the way home, the Little Loli would ask Lan Xingyu about parts of the class she didn't understand. This was also the strange thing about Gwen.
Because Gwen had a dream of becoming a researcher, she cared a lot about her grades. Once, because she couldn't figure out a problem, she didn't say much the whole way.
At first, Lan Xingyu was scared, worrying if Gwen was sick. When he asked, he found out it was a problem she couldn't solve. That was simple; Lan Xingyu answered it in seconds, which in turn shocked Gwen.
What was going on? A problem I hadn't figured out for so long, you solved it instantly! Could it be that you are the one who listens carefully in class every day, and I'm the one who sleeps in class? That makes no sense!
So, after that, Gwen's exam scores were always first place, even if Peter was sometimes second. But honestly, Peter deserved to be one of the top ten geniuses in Marvel in terms of IQ. Even without tutoring, and often being called over by Lan Xingyu to play games, his grades were still so good. No wonder in other Universes, Peters who didn't become Spider-Man all became scientists.
After knowing Lan Xingyu's powerful learning ability, Gwen often asked Lan Xingyu to give her extra lessons. Whenever she had a chance, she would bring him home, which made George a bit depressed. They say a daughter is a father's little padded jacket, a father's lover from a past life. Previously, whenever he returned home, he could see his daughter running over to greet him. Now? She was occupied by Lan Xingyu every day, making him not want to let Lan Xingyu into his house.
But the problem was, if Lan Xingyu didn't come to their house, who would cook? Ever since they ate that meal cooked by Lan Xingyu, the stacy family found everything else tasteless. They lived like this for a month; this month felt like a year. Life had lost its joy.
Until a month later, seeing his daughter bring Lan Xingyu home to help her tutor, Mrs. Stacy looked at him as if he were a savior... not a future son-in-law. To have a good meal, she unhesitatingly sold her daughter. After inviting Lan Xingyu into the house, she was full of warmth and concern, making Gwen start to doubt whether she was the child or if Lan Xingyu was the child.
Since that day, dinner became the most anticipated meal for the stacy family. This was also the reason why George loved and hated Lan Xingyu at the same time.
It was also for this reason that Lan Xingyu now ate dinner at Gwen's place before returning to Tony's house.
Tony hadn't been idle during this time either. He successfully developed a fabric that even Panda couldn't tear. The fabric was well-received from the start. This added icing to the cake for the current Stark Industries.
When Tony replaced the sofa with this fabric, it successfully made Panda doubt its dog life for the first time. For a while, Panda was like a soulless dog, lying on the sofa.
Lan Xingyu asked Amber what was wrong with Panda. Amber said: Panda felt it was a failed Husky; a Husky that couldn't tear down the house was not a good Husky. Seeing Panda so sad, Lan Xingyu couldn't bear it and decided to let Amber teach it magic! (Tony: I f*cking thank you)
From then on, Panda was a Husky who knew magic. Although because of some force majeure, Panda learned very slowly—after all, the saying "God scattered wisdom to the world, but the Husky opened an umbrella" was not said for nothing.
But Panda still learned the "Speed Magic" and "Iron Claws" spells. It returned to the Peak of its dog life.
Now it wasn't just about Tony changing furniture often; now he even had to change the floor often.
According to statistics, Tony's gossip supported a large part of New York City's newspapers, and Tony's dog supported a large part of New York's renovation and furniture companies... (Tony: Heaven knows what I've been through!)
However, Tony wasn't without hope. When he saw Lan Xingyu using Amber to help him guard his game area, Tony had an inspiration.
That's right, he wanted to develop an "Anti-Husky Armor," but it was still in development. After all, no matter how bad Panda was, it was now a dog that knew magic. With Amber there, it should become stronger and stronger in the future.
———— I am a dividing line —————
After explaining the changes over the past few months, let's bring our attention back to the protagonist. After helping Gwen review today's knowledge points, Lan Xingyu went to help them prepare dinner. Mrs. Stacy was helping him, and by the way, she was also learning Lan Xingyu's cooking techniques. However, Mrs. Stacy was still struggling with how much "a little salt" was, and how to use her fingers to confirm whether to add water for steaming...
Dinner was finished while Mrs. Stacy was half-confused. George Stacy also happened to return at this time. Lan Xingyu and Mrs. Stacy served the dishes and were ready to start.
However, George clearly wasn't in the mood today. Although he tried his best to hide it, Mrs. Stacy still noticed it.
"Honey, what happened? Why are you so depressed?" Mrs. Stacy asked.
Knowing that his mood had been discovered by his wife, George didn't hide it. He just happened to want to tell these two little ones, so they could be more vigilant.
"There have been multiple missing person cases in the past two days, all young men or women who went out at night. And our police station doesn't have any clues yet," George said depressedly.
"You two should go home quickly from now on, don't linger outside. It's becoming dangerous recently."
"That's not right, didn't the gangs get wiped out by some mysterious force recently? Why are there still such continuous missing person cases?" Lan Xingyu was a bit curious.
If it were before, when gangs were everywhere, it would be easier to understand if people went missing, but why were there still such things after the gangs were wiped out by me and Hells Kitchen was ruled by The Chaste? Lan Xingyu could feel that this incident was definitely not just a simple missing person case!
Those who don't believe in themselves don't even have the value of trying. ———— Writing is not easy, everyone please leave a recommendation ticket before leaving.