A bar in a small town.
Hao Shuai walked in with Thor, ordered a mountain of Mexican food and several cases of beer, then dug into the meat and downed the drinks.
Neither of them seemed inclined to say a word.
Hao Shuai had no idea what to talk about with another grown man, while Thor was in a foul mood and focused on drinking.
They had been eating and drinking for a while when an SUV pulled up outside the bar, and three people climbed out.
They were Jane Foster, Erik Selvig, and Daisy Lewis.
As soon as the three entered the bar, Jane Foster made a beeline for Thor.
Watching Jane Foster gently comfort Thor, Hao Shuai finally understood why Thor, Asgard's second prince, had gotten involved with her.
What was that saying again?
When people were at their most emotionally vulnerable, lost, and helpless, they were most likely to be taken advantage of.
People like Thor, the sort who had a simple mind and a well-built body, generally only liked raising a glass with other tough guys.
As for women...
They only got in the way of him drawing his sword—no, swinging his hammer!
Hadn't even Sif, the Goddess of Earth and Harvest, who had spent over a thousand years with Thor, failed to spark the slightest interest in him?
In the original story, Jane Foster had entered the heart of this steel-straight man by comforting him when he had lost his powers and was utterly downcast.
Sadly, straight men's love came as quickly as it went!
It wasn't long before the two of them broke up.
With Jane and her friends joining them, the atmosphere between Hao Shuai and Thor finally became less oppressive.
Just then, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents showed up and began evacuating the town.