Afterwards, Colonel Rhodes sent President Ellis back, while Tony went back to find Pepper with Dio.
Just then, Dio's cell phone rang.
"What's wrong, Lao Qi?"
"Sir, you must come back as soon as possible."
After seeing the surveillance video transmitted by Lao Qi, Dio's face immediately darkened. His previous bad premonition did not come true on Tony's side. Instead, something happened at home.
"Tony, mind if I give you a ride?"
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When Dio and Tony rushed back to the shelter below the restaurant as quickly as possible, little Crystal was playing video games energetically, while Pepper, who was supposed to be watching her, was lying beside her and fell asleep.
"Mr. Dio, you're back~"
As soon as she saw Dio coming back, Little Crystal immediately put down the game she was playing and ran over. However, after seeing the other person coming down behind Dio, she became cautious and shy again.
"Your daughter?"
Sure enough, Tony would say this as soon as they met.
Dio didn't bother to pay attention to him. He just smiled and touched the top of Little Crystal's head and asked, "What did you do while I was away? Can you tell me?"
Little Crystal nodded, and then began to talk about what games she played and what she ate.
On the other side, Tony ran to check on Pepper. After finding out that she was just too sleepy and fell asleep, he didn't have the heart to wake her up, but picked her up and prepared to leave.
Dio immediately stopped him upon seeing this and said, "Pepper might be in danger these days. I think it's best to let her stay here for a few days."
"You don't think I can protect Pepper?"
Dio didn't say anything, just looked at him.
"Okay, I admit that the last time was an accident, but there won't be a next time, and now the danger has been lifted. Even if there are a few fish that slipped through the net, they will never dare to show up again. In addition, I advise you not to have any ideas about Pepper. We haven't broken up and will not break up." Tony looked unusually serious.
Now that things have come to this, if Dio says anything more wouldn't it be considered as having ulterior motives
So he gave up his seat unhappily and said, "Don't look for me if anything happens."
Tony curled his lips and left with Pepper. Before leaving, he did not forget to say something venomous, "It is illegal to have this kind of relationship with a minor. If you need to sue, you can contact my legal team. They will try their best to reduce your sentence."
Dio gave him a high middle finger in return.
After Tony and Pepper left, Dio looked at Little Crystal with a frown and asked, "Why did the 'aunt' who played games with you fall asleep? Didn't Little Crystal sleep?"
Little Crystal shook her head first, and then, as if to prove something, she said a little aggrievedly: "I don't know why that 'aunt' fell asleep, but Little Crystal really didn't sleep. I was waiting for Mr. Dior to come back."
"Okay, I believe it. What wish does Crystal want to fulfill?" Dio frowned again, but then immediately relaxed and said in harmony.
Little Shuijing suddenly became a little shy and didn't speak for a long time.
"If you haven't made up your mind, take your time to think about it. This promise will always be valid." Seeing this, Dio comforted her and then took her back to the ground.
After returning to her room, Little Crystal pressed the pillow on her head and rolled around in annoyance.
I finally got this opportunity but I don't have the courage to speak up...
But fortunately there will be opportunities in the future, so let’s wait until we find the right time.
But what if I get rejected
No, there is no way Mr. Dior would go back on his word when he promised to fulfill a wish.
Little Shuijing couldn't help but start to worry about gains and losses again.
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On the other side, after sending the little crystal back to his room, Dio once again returned to the underground shelter, stood there and began to ponder.
The big TV screen began to play tonight's surveillance video from the beginning.
From the picture, we can see that most of the previous situations are not much different from what Little Crystal said, eating snacks and playing games. Although Pepper tried very hard to get closer to Little Crystal, it was not very effective.
Fortunately, little Crystal was not an unreasonable child, so she gave Pepper some face. After they got to know each other a little better, the two began to play games together, but they didn't communicate much.
But as time went on, Pepper suddenly fell asleep on the sofa. There was no warning at all, just two yawns at most.
And then little Shuijing actually fell asleep with her eyes open!
If Lao Qi hadn't been paying attention to her situation and noticed that the game character had stopped moving and that Little Crystal's face had become nervous and frightened again, just like when she had the nightmare before, she wouldn't have contacted Dio urgently.
His eyes were open but his body was motionless, only his expression was changing... When Dio saw this again, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.
He knew without guessing that this must be the work of the strange black fog.
And he didn't know if it was an illusion, but Dio felt that the intelligence of the black fog was getting higher and higher. Ever since it suffered a great loss last time and went into hiding, it took advantage of the fact that Dio was not around and actually tried to conceal the truth in this way.
If Lao Qi hadn't copied the part from the Jarvis system, he might have been fooled and might have overlooked it even after checking the surveillance video.
As the video finished playing, Dio's expression became solemn as he looked at the little crystal who had no idea what had happened before.
Was the memory in the middle erased or sealed
Pepper might have fallen asleep suddenly because she was attacked. It is hard to say whether she will have any sequelae.
I was still too careless!
He never considered that the black fog itself was aggressive and could harm people with directional thinking. He always felt that although the black fog was a little weird, it was as weak as a shrimp in front of him, just like a mouse seeing a cat.
But now it seems that this thing is also a good player at pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, and it is growing so fast.
"Old Qi, all appointments within the next three days will be postponed. If there are any new appointments, they will be postponed."
Because he didn't know what kind of nightmare Little Crystal had this time, he would rather do less business for a few days to be safe. Moreover, this terrorist attack would take a few days to settle. Even the president was captured. How safe could New York be? Everyone had to consider this aspect.
So just leave a buffer period.
Next, he wanted to see what means this black fog could use to deal with him.
If it was still one of the 'accidents' he had checked the information about before, then he could only say that this was the worst of it.
On the contrary, Pepper, who was implicated, was more worrying. However, since Tony had promised it, he naturally would not meddle in other people's business.