msmithbooks Chapter 68 The White Whale 07
Chapter 68 The White Whale 07
Perhaps because they were too shocked, Alexander and the four assistants didn't even remember to help, and stared at their little devil pouring a glass of water for Tony Stark.
"I'm sorry..." Alice lowered her eyes, and there seemed to be stars shining in her shallow sea-like eyes, "If I knew you were coming, I would have brought over the oranges and blackberries I just bought today ! That's sweet!"
She seemed to be thinking of something happy, and a sweet smile appeared on her face again, which seemed almost innocent to Tony.
He would bring him oranges and blackberries as lovely presents—something that only a 16-year-old ignorant girl could do.
But this kind of naive and careful flattery made Tony feel quite novel.
"Sit down first." Tony took a sip of water, suppressing the sourness brought by the orange.
The cool water trickled slowly down his esophagus, making him squint comfortably.
What could be more enjoyable than a glass of cool water in summer?
— especially if you've just eaten a hugely sour orange.
Alice obediently sat down beside him, her eyes still looking at him.Tony even saw admiration and yearning in those eyes, which were pure love without any other desires.
Tony: …
I have to say that although there are many people who admire him, like him, or even obsess him, the little girl in front of him still makes him feel very happy.
Before he met this singer from the deep sea, he had a high affection for her. After all, who would refuse a person who can make him sleep well?
Who knows that after meeting each other, this kind of goodwill will increase instead of decrease. This kind of situation is rare.
Unexpectedly, the little girl was still his fan——
This time it really went both ways.
"You just said that you came to see me?" Alice asked.
"Well..." Tony paused, took another sip of water, and said, "I don't know if this... Jackson told you that I am now the biggest sponsor of your next month's concert."
Boss: "Uh...my name is Thomson."
"Really? I'm sorry." After passing by without apology, Tony looked at Alice's sparkling eyes - he loved them bright, beautiful, clear and all his eyes, " And the acquisition of a part of the company's equity will be completed in a month, so I will take a look at our company's biggest cash cow in advance."
When he said this, he had a careless expression on his face.
Alice stared at him, and a moment later there was a flash of light in her eyes: "What do you think? Did I satisfy you?"
Tony smiled at her: "We'll find out."
After finishing speaking, he raised his voice and said with a smile: "Hey, everyone, can you go out for a while? I have something to say to little Alice alone."
As soon as these words were spoken, Alexander, Thomson, and a group of assistant passers-by were all stunned.
Thomson was the quickest to react. He jumped up from the sofa and said, "Okay, okay, Mr. Stark, please feel free to contact me if you need anything."
Alexander's eyes widened, and he was about to say something, but was pulled away by Thomson, and whispered in his ear: "Shut up! Don't you think we are redundant here!"
Alexander: "But, this..."
Thomson: "It's okay, let's go...you go too!"
The remaining assistants looked at each other in blank dismay, and could only leave the room with the two of them, not forgetting to lock the door of the lounge before leaving.
After Alice watched them leave, she seemed a little confused, her little head tilted, and she looked at Tony who lay down on the sofa and turned into a puddle of mud as soon as they left.
……
【...Damn humans! 】
Hawthorne was confused by the sudden curse from the system: "What's wrong?"
【Your shell is only sixteen or seventeen years old, it's really outrageous that there are shameless capitalists coming to engage in power and sex transactions!The loss of morality and the distortion of human nature! 】
Hawthorne: "..."
Hawthorne almost laughed out loud, he said: "You may have misunderstood."
【…】
The system froze for a while, then said with embarrassment: [Sorry, sir, I should have thought that this kind of moral corruption would not happen under your supervision. 】
Hawthorne smiled and said, "It's okay, but I'm very pleased...you have learned what morality is."
……
"So..." Alice blinked, "Mr. Stark, can you tell me now? The real reason why you are here? I don't think Stark Industries will be interested in a brokerage company, right?" .”
Tony stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, he rarely showed a little tiredness: "Maybe you are smarter than I thought, but I'm not in the mood to play guessing fun now. In fact, I have some mental problems recently , and your... unbelievable and wonderful singing can relieve the symptoms, that's why I came to you."
He didn't really want other people to know about it, so he dismissed the other people in the room.
Alice's eyes widened, and there was a little worry in her soft voice: "What are the symptoms? What can I do for you?"
"Insomnia." Tony said, "The effect of your songs without words is so good, even better than the hypnotic effect of the test papers I did when I was a student, so... I came here to let you sing to me Listen."
Alice was a little surprised. She looked at Tony, and after a while, she said a little at a loss: "You...you come to me in person for this matter? You just need to make a phone call, and I will be there on call! "
Tony was a little helpless.
That's what he originally planned, but Pepper reminded him: "You call a girl who is so popular now and so beautiful to come to your place? Guess what those media who are catching rumors will write about this matter?"
Tony: …
How else would I write it? !
The popular underage pop star Alice Meglia, a beautiful girl who astonishes the world, meets the flamboyant supermodel killer, billionaire and superhero Tony Stark. This news will definitely attract everyone's attention. Scared the ground.
Tony originally wanted to say that it is only necessary to do a good job of keeping secrets, but after thinking about it carefully, their secret work must be fine, but it is hard to say that the kind of brokerage company Alice works for... Who knows if there is anything in it? The employees of Er Wu Zai, for the sake of money, betrayed the interests of their own company, gossiping around with a little gossip?
In desperation, he had no choice but to choose a method that seemed stupid and time-consuming—it would be no problem for him to go to Alice's company in person!
Under the banner of inspecting the future holding company, he actually came to follow the stars in a low-key way... Although it sounds a bit strange, it is indeed the reason why he came here in person this time.
"After all, this is the first time we've met." Tony spread his hands, "Do I look like a very casual person?"
Alice burst out laughing: "What do you think?"
Tony was infected by her crisp and beautiful laughter, and couldn't help but also smiled: "Oh, you are more interesting than I thought."
"You too!" Alice said, her wet eyes were like a fawn, and Tony couldn't help but soften his heart, "You are more than I imagined...I don't know what to say, Maybe... more perfect and gentle? Casualness is a great advantage for me."
Tony smiled and said, "Well, while I've enjoyed the business bragging with you, I do need some sleep right now—maybe you'd be willing to give me a little favor?"
"Well..." Alice dragged her tone, "Although you said that my song is very hypnotic, it hurt me a little, but it is of course the best if it can be useful to you!"
After speaking, she stood up from the sofa, went to the bed and drew the curtains.
It was dark in the living room immediately.
At this moment, Tony suddenly felt a burst of irresistible drowsiness and tiredness.
From the moment he entered this room and heard Alice's voice, Tony felt a lot more relaxed.
The anxiety that has been lingering in the depths of his soul, like thorns covered with thorns, has been bothering him. He always feels that his ears are full of those chaotic sounds-collapse, shattering, explosion roar, innocent The wailing of the intruder, the snarl of the intruder, these voices surrounded him like a lingering shadow, and when he tried to get rid of it, he opened his bloody mouth and laughed ferociously.
And Alice's voice is like a warm little lamp, gently but firmly dispelling all these shadows.
And after all the hallucinations and anxiety that tormented him disappeared, the body that hadn't rested for a long time could no longer ignore the fatigue, and bursts of intense sleepiness came, which almost made him use his willpower to hold back his inability to breathe on the spot. Sleep soundly.
He confirmed the operation status of the battle armor in his body at this time, and got an affirmative answer from the artificial intelligence.
"The emergency treatment program is operating normally, the necessary early wake-up program is operating normally, and the armor hosting program is operating normally. According to the changes in the hormone levels in your body, you are expected to fall asleep within 2 minutes, and I will record the sleep status for you in detail."
This feeling...is really beautiful.
Iron Man, who was about to be engulfed by soft and gentle sleepiness, was thinking in a daze.
This kind of feeling, which is commonplace at ordinary times and never thought to be unusual, turned out to be a rare enjoyment after a long period of insomnia.
Just then, he heard Alice singing.
It was very similar to the sound played by a gramophone, but completely different.
Her voice sounded softly in his ears, as if she was singing and talking about something in a strange language. At that moment, Tony almost felt that he was soaked in the hot spring, and every muscle in his body relaxed.
He had never felt so comfortable.
His brain began to go blank, and he was drowsy, and he saw a huge, white whale in a trance.
The whale was floating and swimming in the dark sea, it was so huge, like a monster of the deep sea, Tony could even hear its silent, slow heartbeat, one after another.
Maybe it was just his heartbeat that had calmed down at the moment.
He couldn't tell the difference.
Consciousness is rapidly moving away, and Alice's singing is becoming more and more distant, until the voice disappears far, far away, almost to the other side of the starry sky.
Just before falling into a deep sleep, a thought flashed through Tony's mind:
This is really a treasure.