"What do you mean by that?" Tony looked at Li Jie and Rogers unhappily. The two shook their heads at Tony's gaze.
Li Jie said in a low voice, "Is it really not a mistake? Last time you said that Pei Bo was pregnant, but it turned out to be false. Are you sure now? "
Tony curled his lips and said, "It was an accident last time. The pregnancy test is sometimes inaccurate. This time I made a special machine to do a full body examination on Pei Bo. I made sure that there was nothing wrong with her and that she was indeed pregnant. So our wedding will be brought forward a little. I won't send invitations. You can come directly. "
Tony and Pei Bo had actually received their marriage certificate, but the wedding ceremony had not yet been held. Because compared to the simple matter of going to the civil affairs office to get a certificate. It was much more complicated to prepare a wedding. Especially since Tony wanted to have a wedding that was grand enough to be worthy of Pei Bo. So a lot of resources were needed before and after.
The wedding had to be luxurious and grand. But at the same time, it had to be low-key. Because it didn't take a genius to know how much attention Tony's wedding would attract, especially the paparazzi. Especially the paparazzi, they were like vultures smelling rotten meat, waiting for an opportunity to move.
Tony was high-profile in many things, but it didn't mean that he liked his private life to be interfered with. Especially when it came to extremely private things like marriage and family. And Pei Bo didn't want her wedding to be followed and interviewed by unrelated people. It was too boring and might even cause friction and conflict. Don't overestimate the ethics of the paparazzi. They would do anything for the news.
So Tony was going to buy a small island near New Zealand, and the wedding would be held on the island. As for the small island from before, it was just a remote deserted island with no one living there. So Tony needed to invest a sum of money to transform the entire island into a habitable one, so that the wedding could be held on it.
At that time, his Iron Man Armor and J.A.R.V.I.S. would monitor the entire island to ensure that no unrelated people could get on the island. And this was the wedding project he had prepared. Now that Pei Bo was pregnant, if her belly grew bigger day by day, the custom-made wedding dress would not be able to be worn.
Therefore, the wedding would either be brought forward or pushed back. They would have to wait until the production of platinum was complete. Tony had already begun to speed up the remodeling of the island, striving to complete it before Christmas.
Li Jie smiled and said, "Congratulations."
"Thank you," Tony raised his bottle and responded to Li Jie. Forming a new family was a new experience for Tony. He was afraid, but he was also looking forward to it. This feeling was very complicated. It was no longer a simple union between a man and a woman.
Instead, it was a new member of the family, although the child had not yet been born. However, the moment he confirmed that Pei Bo was pregnant, Tony suddenly felt that his life had been extended. It was a strange feeling. Although he hadn't seen the baby in Pei Bo's body, Tony suddenly felt that he was willing to do anything for this unborn child.
Of course, Li Jie and Rogers were not surprised by Pei Bo's pregnancy. The only thing they were surprised about was that since Tony lost his parents at the age of sixteen or seventeen, his life had become dissolute.
For so many years, there had never been any news of an illegitimate child. Was there really no girl who wanted to use the child to tie up Tony? Well, to put it bluntly, even if they couldn't tie up Tony, there would still be many women who wanted to get pregnant with Tony's child. Just for the sake of the sky-high annual child support fee, there would still be many women who wanted to conceive Tony's child. Some people would do anything for money.
This was what Li Jie and Rogers were curious about. Rogers really wanted to ask Tony, "Didn't you have a vasectomy?"
But at this happy moment, Rogers could only purse his lips and smile. Although the captain was an honest boy, it didn't mean that he was a fool!
Tony took a sip of his drink and didn't care about their gazes. His thoughts had all shifted to another place.
Li Jie opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. He could only open a bottle of drink and take a big gulp. [Let me have a bottle of 1982 Sprite to calm my nerves.] This was the only thought in Li Jie's mind.
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Bang ~ The glass was gently put down. Father Edward sat in the confessional and quietly read "One Hundred Years of Solitude". He enjoyed this peaceful moment. Edward was an old priest. He was already over seventy years old, but he hadn't been promoted. His position had always been an ordinary priest in a community church in Queens, New York.
However, Father Edward enjoyed this life very much. He didn't care about the power within the religion. He was a devout believer, but he rarely took the initiative to preach. Because Father Edward believed that it was a person's choice to believe or not. God shouldn't interfere with people's free will.
Free will was precious and should be protected. It was because of this point of view that Father Edward was still an ordinary priest in a community church at the age of seventy.
However, he was very loved in the community because modern life was getting more and more stressful. Urban people, especially "city people" in mega metropolises like New York, more or less had some mental illnesses.
It could be temporary depression, hyperactivity, or mental exhaustion. This was a very normal phenomenon. Many developed countries, including the United States, paid great attention to this kind of mental illness or psychological depression.
Therefore, a psychiatrist's clinic was a very normal medical service in the United States, just like a dentist's clinic. There was no psychological pressure when people went to see a psychiatrist or a dentist. Of course, just like most Americans didn't necessarily have the money to see a dentist, many Americans didn't have the money to see a psychiatrist.
After all, a psychiatrist's hourly fee wasn't low. In this case, Father Edward's confessional became a very good choice.
Father Edward never asked whether the person who came to confess was religious or not, nor did he ask about the person's identity. Even the design of the confessional made it impossible for him to see what the person looked like. In the confessional, he always just listened and occasionally talked. So that the person who came to confess or pray could receive psychological treatment.
Because Father Edward felt that when a person was psychologically healthy, then that person would not commit a crime. As long as they didn't commit a crime, then it was the greatest forgiveness for the world. This was also his greatest achievement as a priest. This was more important than promoting the faith of a hundred people.
Leading a person who might have gone astray to the right path might save the lives of a hundred innocent people. For people like Father Edward, some people might have been able to resolve many possible shootings or other crimes through his explanation. Perhaps his achievements would never be praised or understood for the rest of his life.
However, there were always people like him in this world, using the body of an ordinary person to use humble power, but practicing the world's most noble cause.
This group of people was washing away the symbol of the human race. They were trying to wash away the symbol of "humanity". Even in the era of material desires, they still wanted to preserve the glory of humanity.
There were many people who dispelled the dirty water of humanity, but there were also many people who cleaned up the stains of humanity and let it continue to shine. There were doctors, soldiers, teachers, and all kinds of ordinary people.
Of course, there were also people like Father Edward. They were doing the same thing in different forms, perhaps without even realizing it. They didn't put a noble cause at a high level, but treated it as a meaningful and ordinary job. Perhaps this was the main reason why these people could persevere for decades.
Father Edward liked to have a drink in the confessional. He drank his own wine. However, because the craftsmanship was not particularly good, the wine made was far less good than the dozens of dollars or hundreds of dollars a bottle of wine in the store.
The self-made wine tasted slightly sour in the mouth, and only a little sweet in the aftertaste. Father Edward liked this taste very much. He called it the taste of life.
The confessional was filled with the faint aroma of wine, and Father Edward had already reached page 102 of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" in his hand. Just as he finished reading this page and was about to turn the page, Father Edward heard someone coming in from the confessional compartment.
Thump, thump, thump ~ Slightly heavy footsteps. Father Edward could hear the owner's thoughts from the footsteps.
"Father, do you think the peace of this world is real or fake?" In English with a slight Middle Eastern accent, the tone was gentle and powerful: "Do you think the pace of our world is moving too fast?"
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