Bridal Chamber

Tang Tianqi was playing a Marvel game and fell asleep in a daze.

Amidst the haze, he seemed to hear a mouse click.

Opening his eyes again, he suddenly saw Black Widow wearing a white wedding dress, smiling at him. Set off by the wedding dress, she looked even more stunning and peerless, with a sense of holiness amidst her charm.

Looking around again, it was a large cathedral.

The seats below were filled with people, mostly Westerners, with only an occasional one or two Eastern faces.

A solemn voice sounded from the altar: "Ms. Natasha, do you take this man to be your husband, to let him be your husband? Whether in sickness or in health, in poverty or in wealth, to remain true to him forever until the end of your life?"

Black Widow nodded gently: "I do."

The priest continued: "Mr. Tang Tianqi, do you take this woman to be your wife, to let her be your wife? Whether in sickness or in health, in poverty or in wealth, to love her and protect her until the end of your life?"

Tang Tianqi wore a blank expression. What was going on here?

Was he dreaming?

It seemed he had played Marvel games too much, dreaming at night about what he thought about during the day.

Apocalypse had always felt that the most pathetic person in Marvel was Black Widow.

Black Widow's real name was Natasha Romanoff. According to the comics' setup, she should have been born in the fighting nation in 1928, only eight years younger than Captain America.

Her body had been altered by the famous spy organization Red Room, which greatly slowed down her aging rate, so that even decades later in the twenty-first century, her appearance remained unchanged.

However, in the Black Widow movie, it was clearly stated that she was born in the 1980s, with a normal person's lifespan.

As for her other experiences, they were largely similar.

Having been cruelly trained by the Red Room since childhood, with ruthless methods, she was notoriously infamous in the spy world.

Yet she was exceptionally stunning, making it impossible for men to guard against her. In the blink of an eye, they would lose their lives amidst her beauty.

Like the most venomous spider in the spider world, which would eat the male spider after mating—the "Black Widow."

With such a vicious nickname, surely no normal woman would like it.

Of course, compared to so many cruel experiences, Natasha naturally didn't care about an ugly nickname.

What was even more fatal was that, in order to prevent the female spies under their command from being seduced and turned by enemies using men, the "Red Room" had her uterus removed, leaving her with no ability to bear children.

After all, women had maternal instincts by nature. If she gave birth to a child, she would likely betray them for the sake of the child and her husband.

Thus, whether in the Red Room organization or later when she joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers, Black Widow could only be relegated to a glamorous enforcer, with no personal happiness left.

Among the superheroes in the Avengers, she and Hawkeye had the lowest combat power.

Both were mortals without superpowers; they were the upper limit of ordinary people and the lower limit of superheroes!

Faced with endless supervillains and alien formidable foes, male superheroes one after another surged with hot blood, shouting, "The good stuff is coming..."

Only she would reveal an imperceptible fear and loneliness in her eyes, saying, "I... I don't see what's good about it?"

Unfortunately, in the world of superheroes, nobody heard her words, and nobody cared.

Until the very end, in Avengers: Endgame, to obtain the Soul Stone for the greater good, she and Hawkeye scrambled to jump off the cliff first.

Hawkeye had a wife, children, and attachments, whereas she did not, so she won...

At her funeral, those mourning her included comrades, colleagues, and friends, but uniquely no lovers or children.

It could be said that while Black Widow seemed peerlessly stunning and the center of all attention, she was actually the loneliest and most pitiful.

"Ahem, Mr. Tang Tianqi, do you take her?" the priest reminded.

Black Widow also wore a puzzled look on her face.

Tang Tianqi steadied himself and said, "I do. I am willing, a ten thousand times willing."

"I, Tang Tianqi, swear to the universe to protect you with my life, so that you will no longer be lonely and will no longer suffer any harm from enemies. At the same time, no matter how cruel reality is, I am willing to overcome all difficulties, have children together, and raise them to grow up."

Black Widow's heart trembled. Tang Tianqi's few sentences directly struck the soft underbelly of her soul!

At this moment, Black Widow felt a trace of panic in her heart. Did he know her origins? Did he deliberately say these words to counter-seduce her?

According to intelligence, that shouldn't be the case; the other party's background was very simple.

Moreover, even if he were an enemy spy, it was impossible for him to know the deep-seated desires in her heart.

Even S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury didn't know; how could he possibly know?!

Black Widow's life was desolate and helpless. She didn't even know who her biological parents were, learning only from the Red Room general's mouth that they were already dead, and she couldn't even find their graves.

People in their line of work could not have a family, could not have friends, and were unable to have children.

The red faith once instilled in her had also collapsed with the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Not knowing where she came from or where she was headed left her wandering, helpless, and extremely lacking in a sense of belonging.

It wasn't until she rebelled against the Red Room that she finally settled down in S.H.I.E.L.D.

And the reason for settling down was very simple; Black Widow had repeatedly said to other superheroes: This is my home, and you are like my family.

The deepest desire in her heart was simply to have a home to anchor her drifting life.

Unfortunately, her profession doomed her to be unable to form a family like ordinary people.

She was even afraid that the man she fell in love with would come home only to find a corpse.

"Now, in the name of God, I declare you formally husband and wife!" said the priest.

"Clap, clap, clap, clap..." A burst of cheerful applause sounded at the scene.

Seeing that Tang Tianqi still looked somewhat dazed, the priest had no choice but to remind him again: "Now, you may kiss your bride."

Then... the two shared a long kiss that lasted almost until they were suffocating...

Amidst this illusory yet real happiness, Tang Tianqi stiffly toasted the guests.

But Black Widow hadn't forgotten her mission.

The person currently accepting a toast from the two was a Westerner with blue eyes, a hawk nose, and eyes like lightning.

Even though he was attending a wedding, he remained very vigilant.

He only drank the alcohol handed over by his own subordinates, completely ignoring the drinks and food on the banquet table.

He even brought his own wine bottles and wine cups, which were utterly out of style with the wedding; just looking at their appearance, they seemed extremely expensive.

It was a pity, however, that he had run into Black Widow!

When clinking glasses for the toast, the wedding dress tassels on Black Widow's hand lifted slightly, briefly blocking the view of the wine glass.

A trace of imperceptible powder drifted from beneath Black Widow's fingernails into the other person's wine glass.

Along with the blessings from Hawkeye's elder, it was swallowed down into his belly.

Black Widow had executed countless missions in her life, some righteous and some unjust, and even some accidental killings, but she had never been soft-hearted.

This time, she suddenly felt a bit flustered, and couldn't help casting a careful glance at Apocalypse.

If this "husband" of hers found out that she was using him, she wondered what his reaction would be?

Next came the bridal chamber!

This night was very warm.

Apocalypse had great stamina...

Black Widow's stamina went without saying, it was exceptionally good...

Then, the bed was also very sturdy; a whole night passed, and it didn't collapse...

The next day, Apocalypse slowly woke up.

Seeing this Western-style bedroom and the lingering memories in his mind, he finally confirmed that he wasn't dreaming, but had time-traveled!