Chapter 2689: Hollywood Rhapsody (Part 48)

When Shiler arrived, he happened to see a miserable scene of Stark. He seemed to be trying to set up a canopy by himself, but because the wind on the beach was very strong and he wasn't wearing his armor, the fixing nail wouldn't go in no matter what. Then a gust of wind blew, and Stark almost flew away.

It was only after he finally stepped firmly on the soft sand that Stark turned his head and saw Shiler's smiling face.

"Hey, I just... just slipped for a moment." Stark shouted, "I'll be able to nail it down soon... but are you just going to watch there?"

"Don't look at me, I don't know how to set up a tent." Shiler walked past him with his arms crossed and sat at the table next to him, saying, "It seems you are going to show me your tent-setting skills. Come on."

Stark muttered a few words in a low voice, but still let go of his hands. The staff who had been waiting for a long time finally could come over and handle this last bit.

"You look much better." Shiler said, "Finally not like a turkey that's always angry."

"What? A turkey?! Is that how you see me?!"

While the two of them were still bickering, Gwen and Peter walked out of the changing room next to them. Gwen didn't change her clothes, but Peter changed into swimming trunks. He was obviously very hot, grabbing ice cubes from the ice bucket and stuffing them into his mouth.

Stark asked him what was wrong, and Peter complained, "There's no air conditioning in the changing room, I almost got steamed..."

"Are you okay? Miss Gwen?" Shiler looked at Gwen with some concern. She didn't look very well. Gwen sighed and said, "The air conditioning on the plane was too cold, I caught a cold. It's not a big deal, just a bit uncomfortable."

Shiler reached out and turned the fan on the table to another direction, then said, "I think you might be able to lie down in the room for a while."

"I'm dizzy from being stuffy in the room." Gwen frowned and covered her head, also complaining, "Catching a cold in summer is really terrible. I'm cold one minute and hot the next, and I can't eat anything..."

"Did you take medicine?" Shiler asked again.

"Of course not. A cold isn't cured by taking medicine. I know that might make me feel a bit better, but it's so hot, it won't be much better anyway." Gwen was a bit listless, the whole person was wilted.

Shiler seemed to have suddenly remembered something. He took his mobile phone and sent a message to Ultron. After seeing it, Ultron paused slightly, looked Gwen up and down with his eyes, and gave Shiler a "correct" gesture behind Gwen's back.

"Don't you plan to go into the water? Doctor? I have to go for a few laps, otherwise I'll be hot to death." Peter said.

"Going into the water now won't make you much cooler. I brought freshly squeezed fruit juice. I'll go make you a few drinks. Peter, come over and help me move the ice bucket over."

Peter, who couldn't wait to dive into the ice bucket, ran over at the fastest speed. As soon as he ran to Shiler's side, Shiler turned his head and said to him, "Gwen is pregnant."

Peter's eyes widened, but he wasn't as excited as Shiler expected, just confirming this news with him again and again, and then showed a thoughtful expression.

"What's wrong? Not happy?" Shiler asked.

Peter was obviously thinking carefully before saying, "This is beyond our expectations. We didn't plan to prepare for pregnancy."

"So..."

"We are not mentally or physically prepared, especially physically. Although neither of us has any bad habits, we have been staying up late, our schedule is reversed, and our work pressure is not small. This might have an impact on the child."

Shiler nodded without refuting. Although they were both young, no one could be 100% sure that a poor preparation state wouldn't have an impact on the child.

"And..." Peter said with some difficulty, "Before we came, we had already decided."

"Decided what?"

"We don't plan to have children so early. If possible, adopting one would be fine."

"I don't mean to question you at all, but why?"

"Not for any reason, just don't really want to give birth." Peter shook his head and said, "Not many of my colleagues in the lab have children. Well, actually, it's mainly because I don't really want to spend time on this. Gwen and I still have a lot of things to do."

Shiler nodded and could understand. The fertility desire of this kind of high-intellectual middle class had always been low, no matter where they were.

On one hand, it was because they could realize more clearly than most people what a major thing it was to give birth to and raise a child. On the other hand, it was because they had a higher cognition of their own subjective value, feeling that they should spend more time on their careers, make contributions to society, and realize their own value, rather than pinning their hopes on the next generation.

Of course, the environment also had an impact. Most of these people engaged in scientific research were very busy. Five or six out of ten didn't give birth, and the fertility desire of the remaining ones would also be significantly reduced.

"Then what do you plan to do?" Shiler moved the box of fruit juice to the table and asked.

Peter shook his head and said, "Gwen is the one who is pregnant, this should be decided by her. But if we plan to have children now, then the subsequent plans will all be overturned. We have to plan from the long term."

Peter seemed to have just remembered and asked, "How long has Gwen been pregnant?"

"About a week." Shiler said, "Ultron scanned it using biological scanning technology. You probably have one to two weeks to consider. If it's later, there might be harm."

Peter nodded and said cautiously, "We have to go back and discuss it."

"Then are you still participating in tonight's activities?"

"I'm afraid not, but it's not like there's only this one time." Peter shrugged and said, "It's just that Tony will definitely be disappointed."

Sure enough, after going back, Peter quickly called Gwen away. After a while, Stark received a text message saying that Gwen was uncomfortable and wouldn't participate tonight, while Peter had to take care of her.

Stark was indeed very disappointed and complained to Shiler, but Shiler didn't tell him the truth. After all, this was Peter and Gwen's private matter. Although he also felt that Stark wouldn't talk too much, it was better not to create extra trouble.

Shiler moved the fruit juice and food over, and people arrived one after another. It was basically the same group of people, just that this time the young people from the New Warriors team were with them.

It had to be said that young people were more in line with the tone of the party. As soon as they came, the whole place became lively. Things on the table, things on the ground, things flying in the sky, things swimming in the sea, there was nothing they couldn't play with.

They brought a lot of messy things, which seemed to be bought at the market, but there were many game boards and a beach volleyball set.

This time they also called Gwen Spider-Man over. Gwen Spider-Man seemed to look down on the Miles of this world, but paid special attention to him, pulling him by the collar and dragging him over.

Steve came alone this time. I heard Carter had a mission. He brought the beer he brewed himself. Strange and Loki came one after another, Hela came after them. They brought traditional Asgardian grilled meat, and of course, Eddie was indispensable. He brought a massive amount of chocolate balls, which looked like Venom forced him to buy.

Wanda and Polaris were still looking at each other unpleasantly, but this time the Jarvis couple threw their children to Professor Charles to take care of. The relationship between Polaris and Iceman also eased, and it seemed they were about to make up soon.

As soon as they sat down, they started chatting with the group of people from the New Warriors team about TikTok accounts. Shiler asked and found out that Luo Bote was now an internet celebrity, specializing in filming strange news on the streets of New York.

Of course, there were no ordinary strange news on the streets of New York. Either super-powered criminals appeared, or terrorists, or aliens. Ordinary people didn't have the life to film that.

But Luo Bote was worthy of the name Speedball, focusing on running fast. As soon as something happened, he arrived at the scene to film it for the first time. Once there was danger, he slipped away. Ordinary people couldn't catch up with him.

This kind of ability was brought into full play by him. Reporters from major newspapers were not as fast as him. Once something happened, he was the first to arrive at the scene to film from beginning to end, and then put it on his own account. The public relations departments of major organizations couldn't stop it in time.

At first, it was only him, but later the entire New Warriors team started doing this work. They openly declared that they must let the public know the truth, and they ran wherever it was dangerous.

Usually, Night Thrasher planned and collected information, Speedball was responsible for running to the scene, and the others were responsible for support. They were not ordinary people, and they had the energy of young people, which could be said that no one could stop them.

Ma Te was noncommittal about this, only reminding them to be careful. However, Luo Bote and the others didn't take it to heart at all. Not only did they have a great time, but the account's fans also rose steadily, and the income was quite considerable, not only able to support their team but also able to help other young heroes.

Many young heroes participated in the work of maintaining street security after Ma Te's training. The New Warriors team already had a good reputation among the people, and they also had a good relationship among all heroes. These people became their eyes and ears. Once there was movement in the jurisdiction, they immediately contacted them to arrive at the scene.

This formed a perfect virtuous cycle. Currently, the New Warriors team's account could be called a famous internet celebrity.

Shiler also opened his mobile phone to follow their account, and found that the pinned video was "Taking You to Explore the Invisible Man in New York".

This Robbins is back in New York?

This was Shiler's first thought, because after Robbins ran away from Kamar-Taj before, there was no news. The Great Mage dug three feet into the ground where he might have gone and couldn't find him, which showed that he was likely not an ordinary person.

But after clicking on the video, Shiler found that the things they introduced had nothing to do with the cases Robbins had committed before. New invisible man cases had appeared in New York again. As for whether it was Robbins, it couldn't be determined.

Shiler flipped through it at random and put down his mobile phone. Everyone had arrived, and the party could start. Steve had already turned the charcoal and set up the grill.

Shiler stood up and placed containers on the table, letting them help mix the chicken. Those who didn't go into the water volunteered, except for two people who were not very interested: one was Strange, and the other was Loki.

Although neither of them was interested in cooking, the atmosphere between the two was particularly stiff today. Stark gave Shiler a look, and Shiler immediately gave Hela a look. The two made an excuse to move things and walked towards the periphery of the beach. ===== CHAPTER 2690 =====