The Friendship Boat Capsized

Xia Yu was definitely not injured, but he was still sent flying far away, smashing the stone carvings and fountain in the small pond in front of the gate, and a loud alarm sounded in the base.

Xia Yu showed no intention of resisting Tony's attack. As long as Tony didn't go for the kill, it wouldn't be easy for him to injure Xia Yu. Xia Yu understood Tony's current feelings: he was being kept in the dark by the Captain, and more importantly, he knew that Bucky was the murderer, but he couldn't go after Bucky now, since Bucky had gone through so much to save his girlfriend.

Frustrated.

Tony felt incredibly frustrated; that was how he felt right now.

"Did the Captain already know about this?" Tony asked Xia Yu.

"Yes, but I don't know exactly when I found out." Xia Yu answered honestly. At the Hydra Base, he had guessed from Dr. Zola that the Captain might have noticed something, but Xia Yu really didn't know exactly when he found out.

'Bang!'

Another barrage of laser beams from both hands.

Everyone in the base rushed out, even Pepper Potts, who was resting, followed suit.

When they came out, they saw Tony and Xia Yu fighting, and they could hardly believe it.

"If you two are going to have a competition, can you find somewhere else? You're breaking things in the base again." Thor thought the two of them were competing in something.

Xia Yu flew out again, and this time Tony approached and began close-range punches and kicks at Xia Yu.

Everyone realized something was wrong, and without saying a word, Natasha pulled out a powerful individual Energy gun and pointed it at Tony's back.

"Stop, Stark, don't force me to shoot."

Pepper Potts ran over and grabbed Tony. Everyone sensed something was wrong and stepped forward to dissuade him.

Xia Yu waved his hand at Natasha, "Put the gun away, it's not as serious as you think."

"Can anyone tell me what happened?" Banner asked, looking at the two of them.

Tony completely ignored what Banner was saying, staring intently at Xia Yu and asking, "You knew all along, didn't you? Back when Dr. Zola said those strange things, back when we discovered Hydra, you must have noticed something, right? That's why you sent Captain to Europe with Bucky, isn't it?"

Under normal circumstances, Xia Yu would never admit it, but now, with Tony staring at him like that, Xia Yu had no idea how to answer, so he lowered his head and remained silent.

That's the default setting.

Tony laughed angrily. "Fine, I can understand the Captain keeping it from me, but why are you keeping his relationship with Bucky a secret from me too? If I'm not mistaken, you've already sent them both out of the United States, aren't you? Afraid I'll act impulsively, right?"

Xia Yu remained silent, unsure of what to say. He reasoned that if he were in Tony's shoes, he would be far more impulsive.

"Tony, tell me what happened?" Pepper Potts was getting anxious, and her voice rose. Before she and Tony got together, the three of them hung out together every day, and Xia Yu was like a younger brother to Pepper Potts.

So when the two of them argue, Pepper Potts is definitely the one who gets the most anxious.

Xia Yu remained silent. Tony nodded and said to Xia Yu, "You did a very good job, really."

Then he said to Pepper Potts, "Let's go home!" and flew away into the sky with Pepper Potts in his arms.

Pepper Potts could only give Xia Yu a look that said, "Let me talk to him properly."

Xia Yu gave a wry smile. Tony had already left with his men, and a Legion of people were still waiting for him to explain.

He pulled everyone back into the house and then told them the whole story, without mentioning that he had known all along.

He only said that he noticed something was wrong at the time, and later asked the Captain, Captain told him.

Everyone was also very troubled after hearing this. To be honest, Xia Yu did nothing wrong for the sake of the bigger picture, and Bucky was absolutely innocent, but that was on the premise that it was someone else who was hurt.

When it comes to one's own family, no one is a saint. How could one not hate, not be angry, and not think about revenge? The key is that Bucky and Captain pulled that stunt, leaving Tony with nowhere to vent his anger, and Xia Yu, his best friend, has been helping to cover it up.

"Poor Stark," Betty said to Banner.

"Sigh!" Banner sighed helplessly.

Everyone sighed inwardly. There was no way to solve this kind of problem; they could only wait for time to heal it. Tony would figure it out sooner or later.

There is no other way.

Natasha gently smoothed Xia Yu's brow with her hand, saying tenderly, "Don't think so much. No one is at fault in this matter. Things will be better in the future. You've already done your best, haven't you?"

"Ugh!!"

This time, Xia Yu let out a long sigh. What a tragedy! Just wait and see, what else can he do?

That evening, Xia Yu spoke with the Captain on the phone. Upon hearing that Tony had beaten Xia Yu up, the Captain felt even more guilty, believing it was all his fault.

Xia Yu didn't say anything. He had already said it, so he just had to wait and see. Tony actually understood what was going on, but he couldn't adapt to it all at once.

The Captain did say that Bucky told him that he killed Tony's parents for the five doses of Super-Soldier Serum that Tony was carrying, and successfully created five super soldiers who are now frozen in a base in Siberia.

Unlike Bucky, they were already loyal Hydra members before their transformation, making them extremely dangerous. The Captain said there was detailed information about Tony's parents' murder inside, which he wanted to tell Tony, and also eliminate those five super soldiers.

"Now that everything's out in the open, Tony has the right to know the whole truth," the Captain said to Xia Yu.

"Of course he has the right to know, but this just happened today, and Tony is definitely trying to find a way to treat Pepper Potts and get the Extremis Virus out of her body. So, Captain, let's tell him later. You can call him."

Xia Yu chatted with the Captain for a few more minutes before hanging up the phone.

Xia Yu had previously analyzed these matters from a God perspective, with the mindset of an outsider. But when he actually entered the situation, who could say they could remain completely calm and rational?

Although he knew his method was the best solution, when Tony asked him today if he had known all along, he still chickened out when Tony looked at him.

He recalled the moments he had known Tony, including the house Tony had given him and the help he had started a company. Although Tony had made a lot of money, he knew that Tony was mainly doing it for him. Money was just a number to Tony Stark; he wouldn't even be worried if his own company's stock price dropped by more than 40%.

"Ugh!"

Xia Yu let out another long sigh and hugged Natasha tighter beside him.