Maria looked at the old Howard with a dark face and scolded him angrily.
"Howard, Tony is no longer a two or three-year-old child. You should consider changing your attitude when communicating with him."
After saying Howard, she turned around and glared at Tony again.
"As for you, Tony..."
"Do you remember how long it has been since you came back here?"
"Wanda and Pietro haven't seen you for nearly half a month!"
"Uh..." Tony touched his nose and said in a low voice, "I've been a little busy lately..."
"That's not a reason!" Maria retorted directly, "Do you still remember why your relationship with your father became tense when you were a child?"
Tony:...
He fell silent.
Of course he remembers!
Isn't it because old Howard is always busy with work and has less and less time to spend with him that the relationship between the two father and son becomes more and more tense.
Maria's voice sounded in his ears.
"You are now repeating the same mistakes your father made back then!"
"Listen, Tony!"
"You are not alone now!"
"You have Pepper! You have Wanda! You have Pietro!"
"You have a complete and beautiful family! You should learn how to shoulder the responsibilities of a husband and father!"
Tony lowered his head silently.
Maria looked at the two father and son who finally lost their temper and sighed helplessly.
"Alas~~~"
She stood up slowly and said, "You all should think about it carefully."
"We are having a family barbecue tonight. Howard is coming with me to clean up the barbecue."
Old Howard nodded, got up and left with his wife.
Soon, only Tony, Wanda, and Pietro were left in the living room.
Tony walked up to Wanda, stretched out his hand and held her in his arms.
"Sorry, I have neglected your feelings recently, my daughter..."
Wanda's body trembled slightly and he let out a small sob.
Tony lowered his head and kissed the girl's forehead, expressing solemnly.
"I promise, I will go home to be with you every night from now on!"
Wanda said dullly, "Keep your word!"
"Uh..." Tony hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Keep your word."
"Then let's hook up!"
Tony looked at the girl's right little finger stretched out in front of her and fell silent.
He pursed his lips and asked tentatively, "How about... change it to come back every two days?"
"Hmph~" Wanda snorted dissatisfied.
Tony saw this and knew that there was no need to discuss, so he had no choice but to agree.
"Okay, go home every day, OK~"
Wanda said nothing, just raised the little finger of his right hand.
Tony reluctantly stretched out his right little finger and hooked her.
"You've pulled the hook, don't be angry now."
"Hmm~" Wanda nodded in Tony's arms.
Tony breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, I finally got one.
Then, he looked up at the other one.
"Pietro, come here..."
Tony opened his hand towards Pietro who was not far away.
Pietro dropped the basketball, his speed power exploded, and he jumped into the arms of Tony.
"Uncle Tony!"
Tony said apologetically, "I heard that you performed well in the California basketball competition?"
Wanda was the first to respond, "Pietro led the team to win Champion, and was also named 'California Mr. Basketball'."
"Hmph, you're going to mess him up!"
Pietro turned his head and looked at his sister with a smile, and said proudly, "It's better than someone missing out on the gold medal because of a one-point difference."
Wanda: "You..."
Tony quickly reassured. "Okay, okay, kids."
"Whether it's a gold medal or a silver medal, it's a great honor!"
"I'm so proud of you all!"
Wanda then stopped.
Tony gently patted Pietro on the back and said, "I should go to your basketball game, kid."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have missed this important moment in your lives."
The sensible Pietro actually comforted Tony.
"We know you are very busy, Uncle Tony."
"Aunt Pepper told us that you are doing great things recently!"
"We understand you!"
"Yeah!" Wanda nodded his head.
Tony's eyes instantly became moist.
He endured his sore nose and said in a low voice, "Thank you, children. I swear, I will never miss any important moment in your life again!"
Wanda and Pietro quietly looked at each other and said in unison, "Pull the hook!"
Tony looked at the two little fingers stretched out in front of his eyes and was speechless.
In the evening, after a lively family barbecue, the Stark family returned to their rooms.
Tony was forcibly dragged into the room by Pepper and collected nearly half a month's salary in arrears.
Old Howard had a sudden idea to drive a Lincoln Continental Mark III and take Maria out for a ride.
Pietro ran back to his room and turned on his computer to watch tonight's yellow-green battle between Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics.
And Wanda, after returning to the room, quietly released a blast of Silence Array, covering the entire room.
She couldn't wait to lie down on the bed and closed her eyes.
The girl tried her best to control herself and relax, while silently reciting:
"1...2...3..."
After counting 5 numbers, Wanda successfully fell asleep.
But then, her spirit suddenly dropped, and she was dragged into a flaming Crimson World by a strange pulling force.
At this time, a strange adult woman's voice echoed throughout the world.
"You're finally here..."
"Wanda·Maximoff..."
Wanda When I first arrived in this strange world, I couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
She immediately clenched her little fists, and a thin layer of crimson Mana ignited on her body.
"Where are you? Come out!"
While shouting, Wanda looked around vigilantly, trying to find out where the Master who made the voice was hiding.
'Boom!'
There was a sudden explosion in the sky, and a huge crack like a spider web suddenly opened in the sky.
Immediately afterwards, surging scarlet energy broke through the cracks in the sky, carrying a human figure and crashing down.
Wanda was so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back, opened his hands suddenly, and held up a Crimson Veil.
"Magic I've never seen before..." The endless orangutan Red Demon power dispersed, revealing the figure wrapped inside.
She took one step forward, and the Mana embers on her body scattered and turned into little scarlet Mana fires.
As soon as this person appeared, she stared closely at Wanda and the Crimson Veil she released, and said in surprise and joy:
"Sure enough, the universe you are in is a world I have never discovered!"
Wanda After seeing the true appearance of the figure through Crimson Veil, his eyes widened in shock.
"You... how...?!"
"You finally found out..." The man opened his arms and laughed like crazy, "Yes, hahahaha~ I am you! Wanda·Maximoff from the future Afterlife world!"
"Huh~huh~" Little Wanda took a few quick breaths and suppressed the shock in his heart.
"Are you really me from the uncensored Afterlife world?"
Wearing a scarlet crown, Adult Wanda, who is beautiful but has an extremely fierce temperament, put down his hands and said with a smile: Of course."
Little Wanda was refreshed, and she asked urgently, "Then what will happen to me and Lord Richard in the future... Me and Lord Richard?"
"Richard?" A trace of doubt flashed in Adult Wanda's eyes, and she asked directly, "Who is Richard?"
"Even Master Richard doesn't know..." Little Wanda couldn't help showing a disappointed expression.
"Sure enough... I am just wishful thinking..."
Adult Wanda instantly caught Little Wanda's depressed mood and immediately guessed what she meant.
"Do you like this guy named Richard?"
Little Wanda blushed, she lowered her head subconsciously, wrung her fingers and said shyly, "I don't like it either..."
"I just... I just admire Master Richard very much..."
"That's right! I just admire Lord Richard!"
Adult Wanda Seeing this, it's not clear that this little girl is secretly in love with this guy named Richard!
She suddenly felt anxious and shouted in a deep voice, "Who is this Richard? How can you fall in love with him?!"
"The one you should love is obviously xx!"
Little Wanda was stunned when he heard this. "What did you just say?"
"The one you should love is obviously xx!" Adult Wanda said it again, but as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she immediately reacted.
"Xx..."
Little Wanda shook his head in confusion. "I can't hear what you are saying."
"Xx... xx... xx!" Adult Wanda repeated the name 'Vision' several times, but this noun seemed to be a specific shielding noun for Little Wanda and could not reach her ears at all.
Adult Wanda was a little panicked.
She murmured in confusion, "What on earth is going on? Why can't you hear xx's name?!"
Little Wanda frowned, freed from her shy mood, and her brain reoccupied the high ground.
She looked at Adult Wanda warily and asked, "Who are you? Why are you pretending to be me from the Afterlife world?!"
"I didn't pretend to be you!" Adult Wanda said irritably.
In order to show her identity, she raised her hand to condense a ball of Chaotic Mana.
Little Wanda felt the familiar group of Mana, and his heart skipped a beat.
"This power..."
She stretched out her little hand and condensed a ball of the same Chaotic Mana.
"Are you really me from the Afterlife world?!"
Little Wanda asked very puzzledly, "But since you come from the unknown Afterlife world, how come you don't know Lord Richard?!"
"Breathe~~~" Adult Wanda took a deep breath and suppressed his irritable mood.
"In my world, there is no such person as Richard."
"Maybe he died early."
"Impossible!" Little Wanda raised his eyebrows and retorted sternly, "Richard is so powerful, how could he die?!"
"Awesome..." Adult Wanda recalled what happened in his world and suddenly laughed, "No matter how powerful the Richard you say is, can it be as powerful as the Destruction Titan Thanos?!"
"Even this kind of universe hero will die, let alone a mere Earthling."
"You are not allowed to say that, Master Richard!" Little Wanda clenched his fists angrily, and a rather fierce aura suddenly appeared on his body.
Adult Wanda Feeling this momentum, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
After a little comparison, she was surprised to find that Little Wanda's momentum was not much weaker than Asgard's Thor the God of Thunder?!
"You are actually so strong?!"
Little Wanda raised his chin proudly. "This is all a gift from Lord Richard!"
Richard-sama's gift...
At this moment, Adult Wanda finally began to face the 'Master Richard' that Little Wanda had been shouting.
"Can you tell me about your Mr. Richard in detail?"
Little Wanda said decisively, "No!"
But after saying that, she hesitated.
Little Wanda thought for a while and hurriedly added, "Unless you tell me your origin first and tell me why you have been pestering me in my dreams for this period of time?!"
Adult Wanda pursed her red lips. She looked at Little Wanda, who looked wary, and quickly assessed each other's strength. She instantly understood that even if she took action, she was not sure that she would be able to take her down unscathed.
She put away the ball of Chaotic Mana in her palm, raised her hand and waved it.
A table and two chairs instantly appeared on the ground.
Adult Wanda took the initiative to show kindness and said, "I am you and you are me, so I have no ill intentions in looking for you."
After saying that, she took the initiative to pull out the chair and sat on it.
Little Wanda looked at Adult Wanda with a smile on his face. After hesitating for a moment, he waved his hand to disperse the wave of Crimson Veil.
She walked over, pulled out the chair, and sat on it with her feet up.
But because she was too short, she tried twice and failed to sit on it.
Little Wanda muttered dissatisfiedly, "This chair should be made shorter."
After saying that, she jumped up.
Adult Wanda looked at this somewhat funny scene and couldn't help but curl his lips slightly.
She won't admit that she did it on purpose...
After Little Wanda sat on the chair, Adult Wanda looked at each other face to face.
So beautiful!
This was Little Wanda's first reaction after carefully appreciating Adult Wanda's appearance.
Richard adults will definitely like it!
This is the second reaction immediately produced by Little Wanda.
Adult Wanda naturally doesn't know what is going on in Little Wanda's head.
She smiled politely and asked, "What do you like to drink? Juice? Beverage? Or coffee?"
"Ah?" Little Wanda came to his senses and said quickly, "Just boiled water."
Adult Wanda raised his eyebrows. "When I was your age, I most wanted to drink a bottle of Coke."
"Coke?" Little Wanda immediately showed a disgusted expression, "That stuff is sweet and greasy. Why do you like to drink that stuff?"
"Aunt Pepper said that Coke is a carbonated drink and drinking too much is bad for your teeth!"
"Huh?!" Adult Wanda asked in surprise, "Did you just call Pepper Potts 'aunt'?!"
Little Wanda nodded and said matter-of-factly, "Yes! Uncle Tony adopted me and Pietro, and Aunt Pepper is uncle Tony's girlfriend. Of course I have to call her 'aunt'."
"It's a mess... it's all a mess..." Adult Wanda's face changed, and she muttered to herself absentmindedly, "Tony Stark and Pepper Potts turned into my 'adoptive father Foster Mother'?!"
Little Wanda saw this and shrugged his shoulders.
At this time, she suddenly felt a little thirsty not long after eating the barbecue.
Little Wanda looked up at the nagging Adult Wanda, knowing that she was unreliable, so he used Chaotic Mana to create a cup of steaming boiled water.
"Zi Liu~Zi Liu~" She leaned on the back of the chair, holding the hot boiled water in her hands, and sipped it tastefully.