Chapter 40: Birthday Gift
Seeing Tony looking a bit dejected, Lan Xingyu went to his side and patted his waist (Uh... mainly because he could only reach his waist, otherwise patting his butt wouldn't be very serious...) and said, "You don't have to put all the pressure on yourself, Tony. If the sky falls, I, the tall one, will hold it up."
As he said this, Lan Xingyu stood on his tiptoes to show that he was tall.
Tony was amused by Lan Xingyu's antics.
It must be said that seeing something cute can sometimes really relieve stress.
Just like Tony right now.
"Thank you, Xingyu! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't dare imagine how much I would have broken down by now..."
Tony was halfway through his sentence when Jarvis announced, "Ms. Pepper Potts has arrived, I suggest informing..."
This time, it was Tony who interrupted Jarvis.
"Mute!" Tony said.
Suddenly, the entire room darkened.
"Are you kidding me?" Pepper Potts said, feeling a bit Life Qi.
Lan Xingyu knew what was about to happen, so he planned to go ahead and get a bottle of wine for Tony.
Hmm, he would take that most expensive one, the '82 Lafite that appeared in every novel but was never finished.
Thinking this, Lan Xingyu came to the wine cabinet.
His eyes swept over the cabinet, ha!
Found it.
He flew up to grab that bottle of red wine.
He then went to find the decanter.
Having found the decanter, Lan Xingyu began his dazzling operation.
You wouldn't have expected Lan Xingyu to know how to decant wine.
This wasn't something Lan Xingyu learned from Tony's private chef, but rather something he learned in Hawaii (who can tell what this meme is).
After a wave of operations, Lan Xingyu brought the red wine to its best state and took it to Tony, stopping xiao dai on the way.
As soon as Lan Xingyu arrived, Tony and Pepper's debate was just reaching its end.
"This is boring. Let me give you a heads-up. It's really boring. You handle it!"
While speaking, Tony jumped down from a platform.
"Handle what?" Pepper Potts was frustrated; sometimes she really didn't know what her boss was thinking.
"This is a great idea, fresh out of the oven. You run the company. Pepper Potts, I need you to operate..."
Tony hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted again, this time by Pepper Potts.
"Yes, I have been trying to run the company."
"Stop trying, just do it."
"You don't provide me with the necessary information..."
Pepper Potts ignored what Tony said and continued speaking to herself.
"I'm not asking you to try to do it..." Tony tried to explain clearly.
"So that..." Pepper Potts continued.
"I'm asking you to just do it." Tony also continued.
"I want to operate."
"Pepper Potts, you aren't listening to me at all!" Tony said, a bit loudly.
"No, you are the one not listening to me." Pepper Potts said.
"I want you to be the CEO!" Tony said.
The surroundings seemed to go quiet in an instant.
"Why stop me?" Tony said.
This time, it was Pepper's turn to be dumbfounded.
"Have you been drinking?" Pepper asked.
"Had a bit of chlorophyll juice." Tony said helplessly.
Afterward, Tony said seriously to Pepper Potts, "I am now officially appointing you as the CEO of Stark Industries! Effective immediately!"
Pepper Potts was still dazed.
"Alright, that's it. Okay?"
As he said this, he patted Pepper Potts on the shoulder.
"I have given this careful consideration, believe it or not, I even hired some headhunters."
Seeing Lan Xingyu coming over with the red wine, he signaled with his eyes that he had come at the perfect time, nice work!
Lan Xingyu returned a look, you owe me a favor.
No problem, you can have the yacht for the summer vacation to play with as you please.
Oh yeah!
The two exchanged a series of glances, lasting less than two seconds.
(Don't ask me how they could understand each other, I don't know either.)
Subsequently, Tony continued to say to Pepper Potts, "I wanted to find a qualified successor, and then I realized."
Tony held the two glasses of poured red wine in his hands and came before Pepper Potts.
"It's you, it has always been you."
At this moment, there was a touch of deep affection in Tony's eyes, deep affection for Pepper.
Seeing this scene, Lan Xingyu remembered that in Avengers 4, before Tony was brought back by Captain Marvel, he also said this line when leaving a message for Pepper on Star-Lord's spaceship...
Lan Xingyu sometimes really admired Pepper Potts; being able to tame someone like Tony really wasn't easy.
"I thought there would be some legal procedures, but I call the shots on my successor. My successor is you! Congratulations."
Pepper sat down while listening to Tony's words; she was still a bit dazed.
"Come on, accept it." Tony handed the wine into Pepper Potts's hand.
"I can't even think." Pepper was a bit emotional.
"Don't think, drink!"
Tony and Pepper clinked their glasses and both took a sip.
"Wow! This wine is decanted really well." Tony exclaimed.
"It's indeed great." Pepper agreed.
"Well, of course, look who prepared it." Lan Xingyu said proudly, taking a sip himself.
"What kind of wine did you take?" Tony asked.
"'82 Lafite, what's wrong? Isn't it perfect for celebrating the birth of a new CEO?" Lan Xingyu teased.
"What! You took my last remaining '82 Lafite, do you know that those are some of the last few bottles in the world!"
Tony's expression changed instantly...
Seeing Tony like this, Lan Xingyu was happy.
Hmph! Finally got my revenge.
Hahahaha, is the name 'Revenge Lan' something to be called casually?
"Hey! Xingyu, why are you here? No! You can't drink, it's bad for your health."
Pepper only just noticed Xingyu, and seeing that he had also drunk alcohol, she immediately became anxious.
She snatched the red wine from Lan Xingyu.
Then she started lecturing Xingyu, about how it's illegal for minors to drink, blah blah blah.
The main thing wasn't what made Lan Xingyu depressed; what made Lan Xingyu depressed was that Tony knew very well that with his own strength he would be fine, yet he still joined Pepper Potts in lecturing Lan Xingyu.
That righteous face made Lan Xingyu feel quite depressed.
Fine, Tony, just you wait.
You knew I was fine and didn't help me.
Not helping is one thing, but you were also fanning the flames on the side.
Just you wait, I will definitely get my revenge for this, Lan Xingyu thought viciously to himself.
Lan Xingyu decided to leave this place of trouble first and ran directly towards the door.
"I'm going to take Panda for a walk, you guys continue."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lan Xingyu ran out of sight.
"Xingyu is really cute." Pepper Potts said, watching Xingyu run away.
"Yeah! He has helped me a lot. Do you know his birthday is coming up soon?" Tony said.
"Of course! I've already prepared my gift! How about you? Tony."
"I'm still preparing, because I have to collect some things, it's a bit troublesome."
Pepper Potts was a bit surprised!
Tony had actually started preparing a gift for someone else.
She originally wanted to tease Tony a bit.
She didn't expect Tony to already be preparing.
"What gift are you planning to give?" Pepper Potts asked curiously.
"Help Lan Xingyu find his unscrupulous and irresponsible father, and then send him to Africa to dig coal as he said." Tony said.
Previously, Tony had talked with Lan Xingyu, and he hated his father very much.
And Lan Xingyu told him: "I originally hated him. Where was he when my mother needed him most? He wasn't there when my mother was most helpless. But my teacher told me that my mother didn't hate him, and she didn't want me to hate him. So I just despise him, I despise that person!"
"Then if you knew who he was, what would you do?" Tony asked.
"I want to send him to Africa to dig coal, and then give him a decent salary. Making him dig coal is to make him atone for his irresponsibility, to make him exhausted every day. Then I'll give him a good salary, so that he can live well outside of work, after all, he gave me life. And then, we will never see each other again. I would never admit that someone like him is my father!"
Tony still remembered that angry little figure.
That child who started living alone in childhood...
Since this is your wish, then I will help you fulfill it!