Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

This was easy for Lu Mingfei, since that was what he did in the literary society.

"I still don't understand why you trusted me on our very first day together," Lu Mingfei said, serving Tony tea and wiping his sweat. "Aren't you afraid I'm a terrorist sent to spy on you?"

“First of all, your skin doesn’t look like that of someone who has lived in harsh environments for a long time. You must have grown up in a peaceful place,” Tony said without looking up as he welded something on the workbench. “You can’t find a member like that among terrorists.”

“And you speak Chinese very fluently, at least to a native speaker level,” Ethan said. “Either you are indeed Chinese, or you have studied Chinese specifically.”

“But Chinese is one of the most difficult languages ​​in the world, and it’s unlikely that terrorist organizations would find such talent,” Tony said casually. “For them, even graduating from primary school is considered highly educated.”

This was the first time in Lu Mingfei's life that someone had praised his high level of education.

“Of course, there’s another very important reason,” Tony said seriously, “I don’t think you’re a bad person.”

Lu Mingfei was flattered and thought to himself, "Could it be that I actually have a righteous and awe-inspiring face, but I just haven't realized it all this time..."

“After all, you look too cowardly, and you’ve been so listless. My gut feeling tells me that you’re not faking it,” Tony said slowly. “If I were a terrorist, I definitely wouldn’t entrust such an important job to you.”

"Damn it." Lu Mingfei felt as if an arrow had been shot into his heart.

“And you look like a good kid,” Ethan walked over, staring into Lu Mingfei’s eyes, and smiled. “People’s eyes don’t lie, and I trust my judgment and intuition.”

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment.

The last time he was trusted like this was during the final exams, when his homeroom teacher said to him with great confidence, "Mingfei, I believe you won't get last place, at least you'll get second to last."

“But you really shouldn’t be so cowardly,” Tony walked over. “Ever since you woke up, my gut feeling has told me that you are actually a very promising young man. Although you are far from being as good as me, you should still be a rare genius.”

“Me? A genius?” Lu Mingfei blinked. “Uncle, you should never trust your intuition again.”

Tony raised an eyebrow: "You don't believe me?"

"I don't believe in myself." Lu Mingfei was very self-aware.

"How about you come work for my company after you graduate?" Tony asked. "I'll offer you a ten million annual salary."

"Japanese Yen?" Lu Mingfei asked.

“Dollar,” Tony said.

Lu Mingfei lunged forward and hugged Tony's leg: "Godfather, please accept my bow!"

……

Days passed, and the terrorists would bring food, which was hard to eat, but at least enough to fill our stomachs.

Aside from experiencing insomnia on the first night, Lu Mingfei miraculously slept well in the days that followed, even snoring. He himself was surprised that his heart was unusually large.

Of course, it could also be because there was nothing he could do but watch Tony and Ethan race against time, waiting for fate to deliver its final judgment.

No one expected him to do anything, let alone turn the tide and save everyone from the fire. He was just a lackey serving the hero tea and water, but even so, Lu Mingfei was already content. After all, not just anyone can be a hero's henchman.

While Tony and Ethan were ostensibly building Jericho missiles, they were actually using materials sent by the terrorists to create individual, disassembled parts.

Lu Mingfei had no knowledge of mechanics or engineering and couldn't see the use of these scattered parts all over the floor and table.

But Tony showed Lu Mingfei the blueprints, which depicted a super cool-looking Iron Man suit.

According to Tony, this Iron Man suit was made of the finest metals and could even withstand heavy machine gun fire.

Powered by the miniature arc reactor in Tony's chest, this Iron Man suit will be invincible once it's in motion. Once the Iron Man suit is completed, Tony can lead them out of here.

Lu Mingfei didn't understand technology very well, but he always felt that this thing was not very scientific, but rather a bit like science fiction.

But as long as they can escape, that's good. As long as we can help them escape, we don't care about science fiction, fantasy, magic, or any kind of fantasy!

After finishing their day's work, the three of them sat on the ground to rest and chatted aimlessly.

"What do you plan to do after you escape?" Tony asked Lu Mingfei.

"What else can I do but go home?" Lu Mingfei said with a shameless grin. "Boss, you said you have a lot of money, so could you lend me some money for plane tickets and train fare?"

“I’ll just give you a private jet and a sports car,” Tony said, waving his hand. “Once we escape, you can pick any car you want from my garage.”

"No need, no need," Lu Mingfei waved his hands repeatedly, "This isn't common where I'm from."

"But did you really see a shooting star and then everything went black before you found yourself here?" Tony stroked his chin.

“Yeah,” Lu Mingfei said with a long face, “I should have known better than to make the wish. At least I won’t get scolded by my aunt now, but she’ll only scold me and won’t hit me on the head with the butt of her gun.”

He touched the bandage on his head; his fingertips still felt a dull ache when they touched it.

“Don’t worry, our Iron Man suits are finished, we’ll escape tomorrow.” Tony patted him on the shoulder.

"Huh? Running away tomorrow?" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened. "Isn't that too sudden? I'm not prepared at all!"

“There’s no time to prepare for you,” Tony shook his head. “Before you were brought here, the leader here was unhappy with my progress and threatened me with Ethan. I could only give him a specific delivery date, which is the day after tomorrow. It will be too late to run away by then, so it has to be tomorrow.”

"I hope we can escape safely tomorrow," Lu Mingfei said with a mournful face. "I don't want to die! I haven't even held Chen Wenwen's hand yet!"

"Damn it! It's that Chen Wenwen again!" Tony suddenly snapped.

The three of them had gone through thick and thin together these past few days, and they talked about everything during their conversations. Naturally, Lu Mingfei mentioned Chen Wenwen, his classmate whom he had a crush on.

When Lu Mingfei first mentioned it, Ethan and Tony, as "experienced people," would exchange a smile and listen quietly as Lu Mingfei recounted the story, marveling at the beauty of the feelings between young boys and girls.

But as they listened, they realized something was wrong and fell silent more and more.

Tony, a seasoned player in the dating scene, couldn't help but cover his face with his hand and pick at his ears when he heard Lu Mingfei say that he and Chen Wenwen had known each other for almost two and a half years but were still just ordinary classmates, as if he had heard something unbearable.

Two and a half years! Two and a half years!

For Tony, who could win over a girl in less than two and a half minutes, Lu Mingfei was such an exceptional girl that he had never even thought about seeing or hearing about her!

What's the difference between you and a simp? You're just a simp! Tony couldn't help but complain and launched a personal attack on Lu Mingfei.

In response, Lu Mingfei stated very seriously that this was love; he was simply secretly in love with Chen Wenwen, and it was a Platonic, spiritual love.

Tony's response was to kick Lu Mingfei in the butt.

“I kicked Plato for him!” Tony said.

Hearing Lu Mingfei mention Chen Wenwen again, Tony couldn't help but sigh: "After we escape, come find me again after you get home. I'll take you out to see the world and cultivate a healthy view of love, so you won't keep mistaking a simp for true love."

Before Lu Mingfei could say anything, Ethan couldn't hold back any longer. He looked at Tony with a puzzled expression: "A healthy view of love?"

“Yes.” Tony nodded.

“Mr. Tony Stark,” Ethan scoffed, “what is your definition of a healthy relationship? Does it mean you’ve slept with every cover girl in Maxim’s magazine last year?”

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened.

Tony immediately shook his head: "No, that's just a media rumor."

“Oh, I’m sorry…” Ethan’s face showed apology.

"The truth is, the one in March conflicted with my schedule, but luckily the one in December is a pair of twin sisters," Tony said.

Lu Mingfei and Ethan both fell silent.

"How about I introduce you to the pair from March?" Tony looked at Lu Mingfei. "Or the pair from December would be nice too. The experience of twins is definitely more novel than you can imagine..."

"No, no, no, no, I'm a respectable person!" Lu Mingfei quickly shook his head.

"Wipe your drool." Ethan handed over a handkerchief.

Chapter 2 Brother, you're going too far!

The next day, the three of them got up, looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became serious.

Even Lu Mingfei was infected by the atmosphere, feeling as if he had suddenly transformed from a husky into a fierce wolf.

"What am I going to do?" he asked firmly, his back straight.

"Pour me a glass of water," Tony said.

"Alright, coming right away, please wait a moment~" The wolf turned back into a husky.

Because this place is under constant surveillance, the Iron Man suit can only be fabricated into individual parts, which need to be assembled onto Tony and have their power driver activated before it can be used.

To avoid being discovered immediately during assembly, Tony and Ethan temporarily set up a concealed area where Tony could hide and not be seen what he was doing.

Although it would still arouse the suspicion of the terrorists monitoring the area, at least they wouldn't immediately realize that Tony was trying to escape and then violently break down the door. Instead, they would first investigate the situation and ask what had happened inside, which would buy them some time.

They also hung a homemade bomb on the door, which would blow up anyone who came to check on the situation if they forced their way in, thus buying them some more time.

Tony stood in the assembly area, Iron Man suit parts were hoisted up and hung around him, and Ethan used tools to assemble the parts onto Tony's body one by one.

Because he knew nothing about these things, Lu Mingfei could only listen to Ethan's instructions from the sidelines, do odd jobs, and hand him things.

The people monitoring them must have already become suspicious and sent someone to check. Lu Mingfei felt his heart beating faster than ever before, and sweat was streaming down his neck.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Loud knocking sounded at the door.

Someone was shouting something outside the door, but it was all gibberish that Lu Mingfei couldn't understand at all.

"Damn it, they're here." Tony, without a mask, looked at Ethan and Lu Mingfei. "Say something to buy some time."

“He seems to be speaking Hungarian, but I don’t speak it.” Ethan said awkwardly, glancing at Lu Mingfei instinctively.

“At least you know this is Hungarian…” Lu Mingfei was on the verge of tears. “I don’t even know how to write Hungarian.”

"Just say something!" Tony said eagerly.

"Okay, I'll give it a try..."

Just as Ethan was about to speak, a violent explosion came from the doorway. Lu Mingfei turned his head and saw that the door had been blown open through the smoke, and three terrorists were lying on the ground, their fate unknown.

“Now we can save some spit,” Tony said. “Great, everything is assembled now except for the mask. Start the power program.”

Ethan ran to the table and, following Tony's instructions, started the power program on the computer connected to the Iron Man suit.

"Damn it! Why does this program still have a loading bar? And it's running so slowly!" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened.

"You think driving this behemoth is easy?" Tony scoffed. "They're coming. You guys put masks on me and hide behind me..."

“This won’t do. I’ll go buy you some time,” Ethan ran to the door, picked up a gun dropped by a terrorist, and glanced at Lu Mingfei. “Mingfei, you stay here and protect yourself.”

"Ethan! Proceed according to plan!" Tony shouted, then looked at Lu Mingfei beside him, "Mingfei, hide behind me."

Lu Mingfei said with a mournful face, "I... my legs are weak..."

"You!" Tony's vision went black.

Just as he was about to say something, amidst the sound of rapid footsteps, the bald terrorist leader entered with a dozen or so armed terrorists.