I mean!" Tony took a deep breath, "I want you to be the CEO…"
Pepper's tears stopped, and she looked at Tony in disbelief, "Are you drunk?"
"I drank chlorophyll…" Tony replied. Without waiting for Pepper's reaction, he said again, very seriously, "I hereby appoint you as the Chairman and CEO of Stark Industries!"
"Effective immediately."
"Wow!"
After a while, Pepper, realizing what had happened, cried even harder. Tony's appointment made her feel as if he was making arrangements for his death, and the sadness made her cry louder… Tony gasped, his hands not knowing what to do, just held up in mid-air. He wanted to hug Pepper, but it seemed inappropriate.
Damn it, why couldn't he comfort her?
He turned his head angrily to the culprit—Lin Feng, who had been silent for a long time.
Lin Feng had been eating melon for a long time, and in between, he had even taken the time to steep the leaves of the Tree of Life.
Seeing Tony look over, Lin Feng only felt his scalp tingle. He also regretted telling Pepper about Tony's palladium poisoning.
Who knew this woman was so emotional!
"Buddy, this is all your fault!" Tony complained to Lin Feng, not speaking aloud, but Lin Feng understood Tony's lip-reading.
"Cough, cough!" Lin Feng coughed loudly twice, attracting Pepper's attention.
Only then did Pepper remember that Lin Feng was also there, and her face immediately turned red.
"Pepper, have you forgotten why I'm here?" Lin Feng said with a smile, then pushed two cups of steeped tea in front of them.
A very peculiar tea fragrance wafted out, and both of them felt refreshed upon smelling it.
"Try it, this is a good thing that money can't buy."
"Especially you, Tony, this tea has a miraculous effect on your palladium poisoning!" Lin Feng pointed at Tony and said.
Pepper was a bit dumbfounded. She pointed at the teacup, "This can cure Tony's palladium poisoning?"
She recognized that these were oriental tea leaves, but she had never heard that tea leaves could cure palladium poisoning.
"Oh! Miss Pepper, you'll know if you try it!" Lin Feng replied with a smile, "And this tea is also good for women, so drink it while it's hot!"
Pepper picked up the teacup, half-believing. The teacup contained leaves she had never seen before, and the tea water was a very light green, as if there was a trace of transparent mist floating within it.
After one cup, before she could even taste it, Pepper only felt a warm current filling her limbs.
"Oh my god!"
Pepper's slightly yellowish skin visibly began to become fairer.
The blemishes caused by long hours of work and staying up late also began to fade, and her hair became more lustrous.
"I feel… more energetic than ever before!" Pepper said, shocked, "This is incredible!"
"WTF?" Tony also saw this miraculous scene.
"Pepper, you've become younger?"
Upon hearing this, Pepper immediately pulled out a small compact mirror from her bag and gasped at her reflection.
In this situation, Tony also picked up his teacup without hesitation and drank it down.
Instantly, he felt a warm current rush from his stomach to every corner of his body.
The dizziness caused by palladium poisoning instantly receded, and his limbs became strong again.
Tony abruptly lifted his T-shirt to look at his chest.
The black spider-web pattern visibly faded towards the arc reactor, completely disappearing in a short while.
"F*ck!" Tony couldn't believe it.
He took out a small instrument, a palladium element tester, and pressed his thumb on it without hesitation.
Ding ding ~ The instrument made a sound, then displayed the test results.
Palladium content — 0%
Jarvis's voice also rang out immediately: "Congratulations, sir, palladium content has been cleared!"
"This is unscientific!" Tony shouted, looking at Lin Feng, then reacted with ecstatic joy, that he didn't have to die?
"Who cares if it's scientific or not!" Lin Feng rolled his eyes, "As long as it saves your life, isn't that enough!"
"You're right! Lin!" Tony nodded in agreement. Scientific or not, at least his life was saved.
During this time, Tony had tried every method to solve the palladium poisoning problem, but still hadn't found a suitable substitute.
Now Lin Feng had brought this miraculous tea, which could completely eliminate his palladium poisoning, it was simply incredible.
"What kind of tea is this? Where can I buy it?" Tony asked. With this tea, he was no longer afraid of his body being poisoned again by using the Iron Man suit… As soon as Tony spoke, Lin Feng knew what he was thinking.
"You can't always rely on this tea, Tony!" Lin Feng said, "This tea only treats the symptoms, not the root cause!"
"I know what you mean, buddy!" Tony said with some bitterness, "But I've tried all the permutations and combinations! All the elements!"
"None can replace palladium! It's saving my life, and it's also taking my life!"
"What do you suggest I do?"
This was the biggest life crisis Tony had encountered so far. The speed of his death was not fast, but the difficulty of solving it was the highest.
"No, Tony!" Lin Feng said mysteriously, "You haven't tried all the methods yet!"
"What do you mean?" Tony asked, puzzled, "I haven't tried all the methods yet?"
"What methods haven't I tried yet?"
"That's right, Tony!" Lin Feng nodded.
"It was left to you by your father!"
"What?" Tony had a look of utter confusion.
"These past few days, Nick Fury should be coming to find you."
"Oh! That's the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.!" Lin Feng said. He still didn't plan to drastically change the original plot; Tony still had to experience what he was meant to experience.
He couldn't arbitrarily change other people's life trajectories just because of his own momentary preference, unless it was a life-threatening situation. This was Lin Feng's consistent view after gaining power.
"What does he want with me?" Tony asked, puzzled, "I already told him I'm not interested in his 'Super Boys' organization!"
"I don't want to see him!" Tony waved his hand, refusing.
Lin Feng didn't speak, just looked at Tony with a mysterious smile, which made Tony feel bewildered.
A flash of insight crossed his mind, and Tony seemed to have thought of something.
"Could he have a way to solve the palladium problem?"
"Not exactly, Tony." Lin Feng explained, "You might not know, but your father was one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D."
"And S.H.I.E.L.D. has something your father left for you, Tony!"
Without waiting for Tony's confusion, Lin Feng continued to explain.
"What he left behind can solve the palladium problem."
"So, when Nick Fury wants to see you, you might as well listen to what he has to say!" Lin Feng suggested.
In the original plot, Nick Fury did bring Tony what Howard had left behind.
Although he himself was a variable in the plot, there shouldn't be too much deviation.
Even if there was a deviation, Lin Feng was confident he could back Tony up.
"I won't bother you two anymore!" Lin Feng stood up, preparing to leave. He pulled out a small bag of Tree of Life leaves and handed it to Tony.
"These are some tea leaves, both you and Pepper can drink them!"
This was Lin Feng's backup plan, a safeguard in case Tony Stark encountered an unexpected situation.
"Oh, by the way! Don't drink too much! This stuff can have adverse effects if you drink too much!" Lin Feng warned.
"Drink it once a week, and steep one leaf at a time, that's enough!"
"It's good for both you and Pepper, it can improve your physique!"
"Oh! I have to say, I owe you a big thank you this time, my friend!" Tony said, pointing to the small bag in his hand with a touched expression, "Do you have more? This seems a bit little!"
"Get lost! You won't find this stuff produced anywhere in the world!" Lin Feng retorted, his face darkening.
"That's all there is. It's enough for you to drink until the problem is solved and still have a large portion left!"
Tony joked with Lin Feng in a carefree manner, but Pepper, on the other hand, bowed deeply and sincerely to Lin Feng to show her gratitude, making Lin Feng exclaim inwardly at her thoughtfulness.
After bidding farewell to the two, Lin Feng drove towards Susan's workplace; he was going to pick Susan up from work!