America: A Prodigy of Stereotypes

"Chance?"

“That won’t do,” Red Boy laughed.

"It's only been a few days. If we let you go through, where else can we find a good playmate like you?"

"Am I just a playmate?" Li Qun asked, somewhat annoyed.

"How about playing with me for a hundred years?" Red Boy asked.

"A hundred years? I think it's more like you've been playing me for a hundred years."

The Samadhi Fire burned through the magic armor, and Li Qun was transformed into a human torch.

"Others wouldn't even have the chance to stay with me for a hundred years," Red Boy said.

Li Qun gave a thumbs up, and a few breaths later he turned to ashes.

"Do you know how my uncle forged his indestructible body? Besides external refinement with Laozi's Six Ding Divine Fire, he also internally refined it with his own Samadhi True Fire..."

Li Qun's spirit has returned, but Red Boy knows that Li Qun can still hear what he says at this moment.

……

Li Qun opened his eyes, the golden cudgel lying in his arms.

"Does this mean I can only get past Red Boy by developing an indestructible body?" Li Qun muttered to himself.

"Something feels off..."

Li Qun got up and dressed. Today was Saturday, and the Osborne Carnival was opening today.

Li Qun glanced at the time on his watch; it was only a little past six. He went to the rooftop of his apartment building for his morning exercise as usual.

The apartment rooftop became Li Qun and Peter's secret hideout.

They cleaned the apartment rooftop, placed some old furniture and green plants there, and also finished making a "Spider-Man signal light" to resemble Batman's bat signal light and placed it on the rooftop.

This is considered illegal occupation of the rooftop, but no one else would come to the rooftop except them.

After an hour of morning exercise, Peter returned to his apartment via the fire escape. After showering, he began preparing breakfast for several people.

"Good morning."

Peter stood at the kitchen doorway, drying his wet hair with a towel. After taking a shower, Li Qun also went into the bathroom to take a shower.

"What do you want to eat?" Peter asked.

"How about something simple, like noodles? We agreed last night to try the food stalls at the carnival for lunch today," Li Qun said.

“Noodles are a bit too heavy. Let’s have something easy to digest so we can make room in our stomachs before noon,” Peter said.

"Then let's make porridge."

"What time does the carnival start?" Li Qun asked.

“Starting at 9:30,” Peter replied.

"It's still early."

Both Li Qun and Peter were wearing white tank tops, and their fashion sense seemed to influence each other, gradually unifying their styles.

There were no leftovers last night, so the steps for cooking porridge were slightly different.

"I got the newspaper back."

"Thank you for your help."

Peter became increasingly adept at going downstairs to get the newspaper.

“Harry said that the carnival celebrating the 20th anniversary of Osborn Industries cost tens of millions of dollars.” Peter leaned against the kitchen door and opened the Daily Bugle to read.

"That's a huge investment, which shows that Osborn Industries has made a lot of money and is demonstrating its strength," Li Qun said.

"Hopefully, this will give Stark Industries a boost and get the canceled Stark Tech Expo back on track," Peter said.

"The Stark Expo, the first expo was in the 1940s, wasn't it?" Li Qun asked.

“No, it started in the 1950s, after World War II,” Peter corrected.

How old was Tony's father back then?

“Howard Stark was only in his early twenties back then, a very young genius,” Peter said.

"Did Howard Stark have a child late in life?" Li Qun asked.

"It's said that Howard Stark was a playboy in his youth, and he didn't get married until he was over forty," Peter said.

"I feel that Tony Stark will be like his father, getting married when he's almost middle-aged."

“Maybe Tony Stark isn’t considering marriage; he seems like the kind of guy who’s worried about his wife divorcing him and taking his assets,” Peter joked.

“Peter, do you know about Harry’s family’s dark history? I only recently found out,” Li Qun said.

"What dark history?" Peter looked up at Li Qun by the stove in the kitchen.

“Uncle Norman also had a partner, but later found out that the woman he found only wanted his money, and he experienced a painful breakup,” Li Qun said.

Who is it?

“She was a Hollywood actress who retired from the entertainment industry after that incident,” Li Qun replied.

“Don’t talk about this in front of Harry,” Peter said.

"I know."

Cooking porridge takes a bit of time, but it's just for my family, so as long as it tastes decent, that's fine.

Li Qun cooked the porridge somewhat perfunctorily, but still received generous praise from Peter, Gwen, and Stephanie.

A bowl of steaming hot savory porridge accompanied by delicious side dishes can brighten your mood for the whole day.

"How long will it take you to do your makeup? Don't make us late for our outing," Li Qun reminded Gwen and Stephanie after breakfast.

“You two should dress nicely too, we’re all together,” Gwen said to Li Qun and Peter.

Chapter 377 With Tony Stark

"Is this alright now?"

Liqun showed Gwen his outfit, wearing the leather jacket embroidered with a dragon, while Peter pulled out his jacket embroidered with a tiger.

“Not bad, I’ll let you two go,” Gwen said.

"Why are you looking at us like that?" Gwen and Li Qun met each other's eyes.

“You’ll definitely get a lot of flirting with people today,” Li Qun said.

“Aren’t you just using us as a shield?” Gwen said.

“Just improvise when someone approaches you,” Stephanie said.

“Harry will be the first to strike up a conversation,” Li Qun laughed.

“Peter, are you wearing that underneath?” Li Qun turned to Peter and asked.

"Um? Is there a chance Spider-Man will appear?" Peter asked.

“If anything unexpected happens, Peter, don’t worry about us. Find a place for Spider-Man to make his appearance,” Li Qun said.

“No accidents will happen. If an accident were to occur at the carnival, it would be a disaster for Osborn Industries,” Gwen said.

“There’s a specific term in psychology to describe this kind of bad thinking, but I can’t remember it right now,” Stephanie said.

"Stop chatting, or we'll ruin today's schedule," Gwen urged.

"Let's go, let's go!!"

Gwen drove, and they parked the car near the carnival venue, then walked into the carnival area.

Osborne's multi-million dollar carnival celebration rivals New York's annual Thanksgiving Day parade.

Li Qun and his friends looked up at the giant parade balloons. The classic Disney IP characters and DC superhero characters were particularly eye-catching. These classic IP characters were also dressed up on the parade floats, as well as various popular culture characters.

Now they know where all the money for the Osborne Carnival went.

"Look, Harry's over there!!"

Peter held up his camera and took a picture of Harry in the high stands.

While adjusting the focus, Peter saw Harry's female companion.

"That's it!!"

Peter nudged Liqun.

“I saw her, that’s Liz, and Mary Jane is next to her. They’re both from NYU, which is normal,” Li Qun said.

“Let’s go up too! Don’t keep Harry waiting.” Li Qun nudged Peter.

“I mean, they’re dressed so beautifully, they’re wearing cheongsams, right?” Peter asked.

“It’s a cheongsam.” Li Qun’s reaction was indifferent.

“Why are you dressed like you’re going to a ball? We don’t match them at all,” Li Qun said.

“We entered high society as Harry’s friends, while Liz and Mary Jane’s goals led them to make different choices,” Gwen said.

“Me neither, my dad is a big shot in Osborne,” Stephanie said.

"How are these invitations distributed? Some are from Harry, and some are from Stephanie," Li Qun asked.

"so……"

Stephanie distributed the invitations. Harry's invitation was given to Peter, Stephanie's to Lillian and Gwen, and Stephanie herself could enter without an invitation.

“I heard Tony Stark is here too,” Peter said.

“It would be strange if he hadn’t been invited,” Gwen said.

The four people found the entrance, and after being scanned by security and metal detectors, they walked on a red carpet and climbed several flights of stairs to enter the VIP area.

"Are there any other guys dressed like us around here?"

Li Qun and Peter, with their keen senses, both felt that they were being watched with strange eyes by some people.

"Hey, how's it going?"