“It really is Wanda.”
Hode took a step closer, and after examining her carefully, confirmed that the person on his hood was indeed Wanda.
He never expected that he would run into the Scarlet Witch in such a remote place.
However, as she lay on the hood, her heavy, malt-scented breath wafted toward him.
Even without getting close, he knew she must have had a lot to drink.
“Phew~”
“How… how did you end up drinking so much?”
After hesitating, Hode pulled Wanda’s arm over his shoulder, intending to help her up.
Limp as a pile of mud, Wanda raised her blurry eyes, the rims slightly red.
Noticing this unfamiliar face, Wanda asked in a choked voice, “Who… who are you?”
“Miss Maximoff, you are drunk.”
Hode firmly grasped the wrist draped over his shoulder, pulling the slipping Wanda upward.
“No… I’m not drunk!”
Hearing this, Wanda suddenly broke free from Hode’s grip, her body stumbling right back onto the hood.
She sank to her knees directly onto the ground, shaking her head amidst her whimpers as a crystal tear slid down her cheek.
“You need to rest.”
Looking at Wanda like this, Hode sighed and took a step forward to help.
“Actually, I know… nobody likes me…”
Wanda suddenly looked up.
Beneath her messy hair, her eyes were red, and tears already covered her cheeks.
Her trembling voice carried a sob, and her pitiful face was filled with helplessness.
Wanda’s painful expression and words made Hode suddenly realize what was going on.
The recent events had definitely dealt a heavy blow to Wanda.
To avoid massive casualties, Wanda had no choice but to throw the about-to-explode Crossbones into the air.
The violent explosion blasted straight through the building, causing heavy casualties.
Even though she did it to protect more people, what awaited her was not understanding, but endless public pressure.
“Actually, you’ve done very well… no one hates you.”
Hode stepped forward, preparing to help Wanda up, and spoke in a gentle, persuasive tone.
To put it bluntly, Wanda’s mental state was far more fragile than that of other superheroes.
It was inevitable that she would end up like this.
The online public opinion had probably already made her start doubting herself.
“Really?”
Wanda looked up, revealing a deep cleavage below her snow-white neck.
And because of this sudden movement, her milky-white breasts seemed almost ready to burst out.
“Cough, cough, cough!”
Faced with this sight, Hode took a gentlemanly glance, then averted his eyes, subconsciously touching the tip of his nose and coughing twice.
This wasn’t because he was a lecher.
Any normal man would be considered completely devoid of romance if he didn’t appreciate a blooming flower.
“Are you lying to me?!”
Wanda keenly noticed Hode’s dodging gaze and questioned him in a suspicious voice.
If he wasn’t lying to her, why would he avoid her gaze at a time like this?
He must just be trying to comfort her!
“How could I!” Hode looked at Wanda and said firmly, “No one is perfect. No one can keep the situation completely under their control!”
Even though Wanda was extremely powerful, that didn’t mean she could do everything.
Even that Big Purple Sweet Potato couldn’t do everything he wanted, let alone her.
“You… are right.”
Wanda took a deep breath and nodded slowly.
She had done her best, but…
she really hadn’t expected…
“Don’t think too much. The ground is cold. Let me help you into the car first!”
Hode walked over to Wanda, bent down, and prepared to help her stand up.
Facing Hode, who was so close, Wanda nodded slightly.
She didn’t struggle, obediently letting Hode support her into the back seat.
“I’ll send her back to the Avengers first.”
Seeing Wanda leaning against the back seat with her gaze drifting, Hode shook his head helplessly.
Who would have thought he would run into Wanda in a place like this.
Just as he straightened Wanda’s legs, which were dangling outside the car door, and prepared to close it, a cold, slender little hand suddenly grabbed his wrist.
“What’s wrong?”
Looking at Wanda with her flushed cheeks, Hode asked in confusion.
“Was… what you just said really true?”
“Am I really not in the wrong?”
Wanda’s shimmering eyes looked as if she had found her own personal North Star.
After that incident happened, all she faced was condemnation.
The public’s lack of understanding and the selfishness of the officials left her not knowing where to go.
It was also for this reason that she had specifically come to this secluded place to drink alone.
But she hadn’t expected that, at this moment, the man in front of her would actually untie the knot in her heart.
He even stood firmly by her side.
“Yes, you’ve already worked very hard!”
Hode’s voice was filled with conviction.
In the next second, Wanda suddenly pulled back, a flash of red light appearing in her hand.
Then, a force pushed him directly toward Wanda.
Caught completely off guard, Hode could only brace his hands on either side of Wanda’s shoulders.
The two of them instantly fell onto the back seat of the car, breathing heavily with their faces inches apart.
At this moment, what rushed over him was not just the scent of alcohol, but also a faint fragrance of jasmine mixed with woody notes.
With her face so close, even a veteran like him felt his heart skip a beat.
Wanda’s blue eyes, as brilliant as a galaxy, locked onto his gaze like a black hole.
“Um…”
Hode opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something.
“Don’t talk!”
Wanda closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling continuously, like a flower waiting to be plucked.
Hode was stunned.
He had never expected things to develop like this.
Besides, if he couldn’t understand Wanda’s actions, he would have lived all these years in vain.
Without much hesitation, he leaned in and kissed her.
When they parted again, a thin thread of saliva connected them.
Wanda blinked her wet, watery eyes, which looked shimmering like a lake of pure water.
So pitiful and lovely…
The corners of her eyes flushed with an alluring redness.
Perhaps out of nervousness, her seductive lips were trembling…
Things had already come to this!
If he backed down now, he wouldn’t even be as good as Liu Xiahui!
*Thud!*
Hode grit his teeth, rolled over, and closed the car door.
He had always adhered to one principle: there was no reason to refuse food that was delivered right to his mouth.
Seeing Hode’s actions, Wanda let out a startled cry, “What do you want to do?”
“Do!”
Under the setting Sun, the afterglow of the sunset spilled over the black roof of the car!
A black Cayenne fully demonstrated its proud suspension system!
Even so, it still rocked back and forth, beat by beat!