And being so happy that you forgot the time was the greatest kind of happiness.
He looked at Stark Tower.
Then at Osborn Tower.
Su Yi took another sip of whiskey and sighed.
"Heroes? Wealth? Power? Ability? Fame?"
"Which one makes people happiest?"
"None of them."
"Only when all of those are merely extras that come with you are you truly happiest."
"Being able to do whatever you want isn't the greatest ability. Being able to refuse to do whatever you don't want—that is!"
Yes, that was happiness and freedom.
Su Yi didn't want to be a superhero, nor did he want to become some damn Avenger!
None of that was real happiness!
Nor was it true freedom!
Only doing whatever he wanted while also refusing to do whatever he didn't want was the greatest happiness and freedom!
And no one else got to define his bottom line.
It was defined by Su Yi's own self-respect and morality!
He was someone centered entirely on himself!
So the life Su Yi yearned for was very simple.
A peaceful, happy life of slacking off and coasting every day, plus women he liked!
The next day.
After eight in the morning.
Su Yi woke up naturally on schedule, took a shower, and went to work.
The moment he sat down.
Not long afterward.
At only 9:10 in the morning.
His door was pushed open by a surgeon.
Su Yi reclined in his lounge chair with his legs propped on the desk, watching the holographic television beside him without turning his head as he asked.
"It's 9:10. Don't tell me you came looking for me to throw a party at this hour."
"Of course not." Stephen entered the room, hurried over to Su Yi, looked him over, and said, "I saw yesterday's reports from New York."
"In one of the pictures, you were standing with superheroes! You were at the scene during something so dangerous?"
"You weren't hurt, were you?"
Su Yi nodded calmly. "Yes, I was there, but nothing happened. I even slept well last night."
Stephen let out a long breath. "That's good."
But the next moment.
Stephen took out his phone and showed Su Yi a screenshot.
"But what's going on in this picture?"
Su Yi turned to look. "They even got that on camera?"
Oh ho~
It was actually a picture of him hugging Wanda.
Sure enough.
After one night, someone had indeed snapped that scene.
Now even Stephen had seen it.
Luckily, the kiss afterward had happened in a secluded corner.
Otherwise, Su Yi was already wondering whether Scarlet Witch fans would be tearing him apart online.
"Let me see."
Su Yi took Stephen's phone and examined it.
In the photo, Wanda's girlish demeanor was incredibly charming.
She clearly had the body of a mature beauty, but after throwing herself into Su Yi's broad chest, she became as delicate as a little bird.
Yet their perfectly matched physiques made them look like a couple destined for each other!
"Not bad. I'm very satisfied with how I came out."
Su Yi nodded approvingly, returned the phone to Stephen, and asked, "Any other pictures?"
"No."
Stephen put away his phone. "The rest are ordinary pictures. Nothing worth seeing."
"But my question is, how many days has it even been?!"
"Has it been a month? No, right?"
"No wonder you don't like ordinary girls. So you like superheroes!"
Stephen's face was filled with helplessness and emotion.
As if he should have realized Su Yi's target long ago.
And Su Yi really wanted to refute Stephen.
But after thinking it over, he realized.
Ever since arriving in the Marvel Universe, he really had set his sights on other people's girls!
Put that way...
Stephen had actually hit the mark!
There was no refuting it!
Tsk.
You win!
Su Yi opened his mouth, thought better of it, and continued watching television.
But Stephen wasn't finished.
Remembering the outrageous rumors from recent days, he said to Su Yi again.
"I don't think it's just superheroes."
"Maybe someday, even those gods will be conquered by you."
Gods?
Uh... there really did seem to be women among the gods.
Wait, wait, wait. This wasn't the time to think about that.
"No, no, no."
Su Yi first stopped Stephen's speculation.
Then he shook his head and said.
"I don't have that many ideas."
"I'm someone who lets things happen naturally, you know."
"If I meet a truly good girl, I won't let her go. But if I don't like someone, then I don't like them. I'm not going to fantasize about this person or that person for no reason."
After saying that.
Su Yi patted Stephen on the shoulder and said.
"But what about you? How are things going with Christine?"
The moment Su Yi mentioned Christine.
Stephen's expression immediately became subtle.
"Uh..."
Because he didn't know what was going on between himself and Christine either.
That barrier between being more than friends but less than lovers sounded easy to break through, yet it was also incredibly difficult.
Just look at Japanese anime.
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