The years of welding at Hogwarts

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Even though it was not the hottest time of the day at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but only a little over ten in the morning, the environment in the desert was still as hot as a hell filled with magma and sulfur.

There are no clouds in the sky to block the sunlight, and there is no water resource in this endless sea of ​​sand to take away the heat from the air by evaporation.

This also makes the surface temperature break through the 50-degree high temperature without any hindrance. Even people who live in the desert all year round would not choose to go out at such a time.

A tattered armed pickup truck with bullet holes and scratches all over its surface whizzed over the fine sand, leaving a long trail of smoke and dust behind it.

Sitting in the bed at the back of the car with a frustrated look on his face, exposed to the scorching sun, and looking at the two people sitting in the cab chatting and laughing while enjoying the air-conditioning, Tony's old face was as angry as the Fire Cloud Evil God performing the Toad Kung Fu.

"This inherently evil Shafulin brat, when I return, I will personally..."

No, the more I want to compete with this little brat, the angrier I get, and it will only make me feel more unbearable.

Feeling the tiny sand particles in the air hitting his face from time to time, Tony couldn't help but wrap the big scarf on his face tighter, muttering to himself.

"When I get back to my private plane, I can enjoy the whiskey and..."

When his eyes inadvertently swept across the cab, Tony's mumbling came to an abrupt end.

Damn it! This damn Shafrin!

At this moment, what Tony saw was an "extremely unbearable" scene -

There are thousands of roads, safety first.

Drink a car but don't drive alcohol, and don't drink a car while driving alcohol.

This should be a prohibition deeply engraved in the hearts of every vehicle driver, but at this moment, Ethan, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was holding a bottle of what was obviously wine and pouring it into his mouth.

Judging from the dense and fine water droplets on the glass bottle, it's still ice-cold!

Noah, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was also holding a bottle of the same stuff, but this guy was a thousand times more excessive than Ethan!

How can you just drink wine without any food to go with it?

The red spicy crayfish, the crispy cold pig ears, the boiled spiced peanuts, the pickled chicken feet with pickled peppers...

A total of eight typical Chinese side dishes were served on eight different plates, classified into different categories, forming an extremely sumptuous table on the center console of this old and broken pickup truck.

At this time, Tony didn't even care where Noah took these things out from. He was so angry that he pounded the rear windshield of the cab with his bandaged fist.

Hearing the noise, Ethan looked up at the rearview mirror and immediately saw Tony, whose expression was extremely distorted, almost sticking his entire face to the windshield.

Because the windows were rolled up and the weathered engine of this old car was roaring, Ethan couldn't hear what Tony said while sitting in the car.

However, judging from the honey-smearing little mouth that opened and closed like Shitada, there should be quite a few words starting with the letter "F" among the words he roared out.

"This……"

Ethan looked at the eight side dishes on the center console and the bottle of chilled white wine in his hand. He then looked at Tony who was eating sand and basking in the sun behind him, "This..."

Noah didn't even bother to look back, "Ignore him and keep walking."

Ethan hesitated, "Isn't this a bit bad?"

Noah unhurriedly peeled the shell of a bright red spicy crayfish and stuffed it into Ethan's mouth, completely blocking his mouth with food. "These are my things. I have the right to decide who can eat them and who can't."

Very good, very strong reason.

If you eat someone's food, you will be soft-hearted; if you take someone's food, you will be short-handed

Not only is Ethan short-tempered and weak-spoken now, but even his life was saved by Noah who fought his way through the valley.

Such a great favor is nothing more than a grace of rebirth for Ethan, so he has no way to disobey Noah's wishes now. He can only give Tony a helpless look through the rearview mirror.

Chewing the crayfish in his mouth, feeling the spicy and fresh taste blooming on the tip of his tongue, Ethan silently found reasons for himself in his heart, and then focused his eyes on the desert ahead.

Chapter 346 Why are you so lustful?

Usually, Tony would use his extremely mean mouth to make people so angry that they could not stop the anger from bursting out.

In addition, the unique arrogance of a genius and the rebelliousness that has continued since adolescence have made his style of doing things become, uh...

The phrase "high emotional intelligence" means being free and unrestrained.

But to be frank, the only way to describe him is "a complete idiot."

If Tony didn't have the billions of dollars left by his wealthy father Howard Stark to back him up, his talent would have been enough to cover up many of his shortcomings.

If either of them is missing, Tony's fate would be either to squander all the fortune left by his wealthy father, or to become a down-and-out inventor whose talent is not recognized.

But it is undeniable that he does have the capital to indulge himself.

Normally, Tony was always proud of his style of doing things, and he did things his own way with no intention of changing. It was not until today that he realized how hateful he was in the past.

Of course, all this is thanks to an evil Shafulin kid who is much worse than him, who made him realize this clearly.

He watched the two people in the cab enjoying the cool air of the car's air-conditioning while drinking and eating meat with great gusto, while he could only curl up in the back of the truck bed that made his butt hurt, with the scorching sun above his head and the oncoming dust covering his face.

Tony, who was already thirsty, felt a surge of hot blood rushing to his head.

It was not until he fell dizzy and sweaty on the back of the truck, with his weak limbs making it difficult for him to even lift himself up, that he realized that he seemed to be...

Heatstroke?

Ethan was still secretly feeling a little guilty in his heart for the fact that he and Noah had left Tony alone to eat. When he heard the noise coming from behind, he subconsciously glanced at the rearview mirror.

Seeing Tony's pale face, Ethan was so panicked that he slammed the brakes all the way down and hurriedly wanted to get out of the car to check on Tony's condition.

It would have been fine if he had braked slowly, but the brakes caused Tony, who had already lost his strength and could not sit steadily, to hit his head directly on the hard wall of the truck. A big bruise immediately appeared on Tony's forehead.

"Noah, help, give me a hand, we need to get him into the car."

Ethan knew what was going on with Tony after just two glances. He frantically tried to help Tony down from the back of the truck, but he was too weak to even lift a man weighing over a hundred pounds.

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A rhythmic sound of propellers also came at this moment at the right time.

Catching a glimpse of the dark shadow gradually emerging on the horizon, Noah simply raised his hand, and the green light representing the recovery spell lit up in his hand.

As Noah covered Tony's head with the frightening green light of forgiveness, after a period of twitching that made people feel bored, Tony's pale face gradually regained its color.

Before the helicopter arrived, Noah quietly withdrew his hand from Tony's head.

He didn't want to expose his abilities in front of these people. Others might not know what kind of hateful faces these military personnel represented by General Thaddeus Ross were. But Noah knew them inside out.

If he was just a little better at fighting, it could be explained as a super killer secretly trained by an evil organization, but those abilities that were clearly supernatural...

When his own strength has not recovered enough to deal with the troubles that are coming one after another, Noah does not want to attract these annoying flies buzzing around him every day.

Therefore, after simply relieving Tony's heatstroke symptoms, Noah wisely chose to stop, and even ignored the big bump that was slowly appearing on Tony's head.

After seeing the human figure on the ground clearly, the helicopter that had been following the tracks left by the pickup truck in the vast sea of ​​sand also slowly approached and hovered in the low sky.

Several American soldiers slid down from the plane using ropes, including Tony's good friend James Rhodes, whose full name was

A famous dirty talk machine.

"Hey! Tony! Still riding your happy jeep?"

When Tony regained consciousness and barely opened his eyes, the first thing that caught his eye was an extremely dark face.

When I think about it, it was because of that damn Happy Jeep that I had to endure so much suffering. Not only was I imprisoned by terrorists in a cave without sunlight and forced to work illegally, but I was also annoyed to death by that little devil along the way.

Tony forced a smile on his face that was uglier than crying. He should have been happy after surviving the disaster, but at this moment he was forcing a smile.

In just a few short days, Tony had become so miserable. Out of sympathy for his good friend, Rhodes opened his arms and gave him a hug.

Looking at the two flirtatious guys hugging each other passionately, Noah leaned against the body of the pickup truck with his arms folded.

"You two look like two wrestling kangaroos."

"Pfft!"

Not only Ethan, but even the soldiers next to him couldn't hold back their expressions for a moment.

Seeing their commander looking at them with a murderous look, several soldiers silently looked away, as if the person who had just laughed was not themselves.

"Tony, these two are..."

"This is my cellmate, Hou Ethan." Tony took the initiative to introduce Rhodes.

When his eyes touched Noah, Tony's face instantly fell, perfectly demonstrating what a national-level face-changing master is. "As for this damn kid..."

"I think it's better for you to just shoot him. Otherwise, if you spend two minutes with him, you'll be pissed off by his personality, which is even worse than mine."

Rhode looked up and down at Noah, who was standing quietly and well-behaved, and then looked at Tony with a suspicious look, "Is there anyone in this world who is worse than you?"

Although the kid's rude remarks just now were quite similar to Tony's style, Rhodes was more inclined to believe that the kid had been with Tony for too long and was led astray by him.

After all, he knew Tony's character very well, and leading a child astray was just basic stuff.

"Niko, what the hell are you talking about?"

Hearing this familiar voice suddenly ringing in his ears, Tony subconsciously covered his mouth. He obviously didn't...

In a flash, the thoughts that popped into his mind instantly made him place his suspicion on Noah.

He suddenly turned his head and looked at Noah, but Noah, the culprit, just lowered his head and looked at his toes silently, as if the yellow sand under his feet was the most interesting thing in the world.

"Hey! Tony!"

Rhode looked at his good friend with dissatisfaction, "That's a bit too much."

"I'm not, I'm not..."

Tony, who was inexplicably blamed as the racist boss, hurriedly defended himself, but those pale words could not clear himself up, and only made things worse.

Looking at the troublemaker pretending to be calm in front of him, Tony could only feel his heart beating violently in his chest.

No, if I continue like this, I’m afraid that before I die of palladium poisoning, this little brat will make me develop high blood pressure and a series of other illnesses that are closely related to excessive mood swings, and then I will die in the northwest.

We need to find a more reliable guardian for this inherently evil Shafulin kid.

Tony, who was extremely petty, silently listed this plan as the top priority among the things he had to do after returning to New York.

Before I settle the guardian issue, I'd better not talk to this kid.

Tony didn't say a word to Noah until he was taken back to the American military base in the desert by Rhodes and his crew, and then boarded the C5 Galaxy transport plane back to New York.

Even Ethan lost interest in talking to him.

After all, this hateful old ghost also did something like leaving me alone to eat, which is unforgivable!

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John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York.

A black luxury car was parked at the end of the runway. Two figures, one fat and one thin, stood beside the car, staring at the distant sky. They looked like the Wangfu Rock standing on Tushan Mountain, staring blankly at the huge monster slowly approaching from the sky.

The friction between the tires and the runway made a harsh sound, and the slightly fat transport plane also slowed down little by little until it finally stopped completely on the runway.

When the transport plane had not yet come to a complete stop, Miss Pepper Potts, the senior administrative assistant of Stark Industries and also the personal assistant of Tony, the dog tycoon, immediately urged the driver Happy Hogan to drive.

Watching the hatch slowly lowering, Pepper clenched her hands in front of her, as if doing so could ease the tension in her heart.

It wasn't until her boss Tony's disheveled face with several minor wounds and a big swelling on his forehead appeared in front of her that Pepper's heart suddenly calmed down.

Even though this face that had worried her for so many days looked so ugly at this moment, Pepper couldn't help but reveal a smile, but her eyes gradually turned red in this joyful smile.

Seeing Pepper's face, Tony, who had been gloomy all the time, relaxed his expression for a rare time, and he once again showed his grace and humor.

"Why are your eyes red? Are you missing your missing boss?"

"I'm just glad I don't have to go out and look for a job anymore. It's hard to find a high-paying job like this."

"Yeah, your vacation..."

Standing behind Tony, Noah silently complained in his heart about this straight man, he is worthy of being called "Iron Man", don't you have any idea what to say in this situation?

So he kicked Tony on the butt without hesitation, and the force was controlled just right, allowing Tony to hug Pepper in his arms while stumbling, without losing his balance and causing both of them to fall to the ground.

Ah, there is no magician with a more loving heart than I.

Noah thought so in his heart.

Feeling the warmth and softness in his arms, Tony didn't bother to turn around and curse at the nasty kid. He just stayed in a daze for a few seconds and then silently embraced Pepper in his arms.

“It’s good to be back.”

Pepper was also caught off guard by Tony's sudden attack. Her brain took several seconds to react and she frantically struggled to break free from Tony's arms.

This time, not only her eyes were red, but her entire face had turned a reddish-pink color that was almost like an apple. She just awkwardly repeated Tony's words, "Yeah, it's good to be back."

Behind Tony, Rod had a mischievous smile on his face. After he and Noah looked at each other tacitly, he silently gave this daring kid a thumbs up.