Delivering the Bracelets

After a simple breakfast, the four of them gathered around the dining table and worked until noon.

At last, with all four working together, they finished the bracelets Gwen, Peter, and Harry would wear themselves, along with the ones they planned to give away.

Who was the slowest at stringing beads? Peter was the undisputed champion.

When the final bracelet was done, Peter slumped back in his chair and let out a long breath. "Ah—! Finally! We're done! Oh my God!"

After half a day of work, he officially ranked stringing bracelets as the second-worst thing he could imagine doing.

And the worst?

That was still standing motionless in his suit and striking pose after pose so Starsea Studio could collect data for its Spider-Man dolls and figurines. That was real torture.

Gwen got her wish: a long bracelet made of 108 small, five-millimeter beads. It wrapped several times around her fair wrist, looking delicate and elegant. Lin Hai thought the sandalwood fragrance smelled wonderful mingled with her faint, fresh scent.

Harry chose a single-strand bracelet with fifteen-millimeter beads. Peter went with ten-millimeter beads: not too flashy, but a little more noticeable than the five-millimeter ones.

They roughly sorted the finished bracelets on the table by size, and Lin Hai took out the list he had prepared to check them off.

"I've got quite a few to give out," Lin Hai said as he counted. "One each for my parents, one for Master Chen, one each for Matt, Elektra, and Foggy, and one each for Kingpin, Vanessa, and little Richard. Hmm... Let's prepare one for Hamil too, even though his hand has almost completely recovered."

Another two were "bait" for Tony. Lin Hai had put them under spare gifts on his list.

Gwen went next. "I just need a multi-strand