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In a high-end ward of a local hospital.
Gwen and the other three stood around the hospital bed, looking at Harry with varying expressions.
"You are so stupid! How do you get headshot while playing basketball?"
Gwen looked at Harry with a mix of anger and disappointment, waving her fist excitedly. "If it were me, I would have knocked him out, you know that!"
"Yes, yes! Gwen is the toughest."
Harry gave a sheepish smile. With his nose and mouth swollen out of shape, his current expression looked incredibly comical.
Luke and Peter laughed good-naturedly, while a trace of distress flashed through Mary Jane's eyes. "How is it? What did the doctor say?"
"No major problems, just a broken nasal bone and a mild concussion," Harry said nonchalantly. Then, he suddenly lowered his voice and whispered to the group, "It's only because you guys weren't there. The teacher insisted on sending me to the hospital. Otherwise, I would have just secretly found Gwen and asked her to heal me."
Gwen's flame could heal injuries; it was very convenient.
Speaking of this, Harry looked resentful.
"What's with that face? The teacher was just afraid something serious might happen to you. You are Harry Osborn, after all!" Gwen teased him.
Harry curled his lip. "And you're Gwen Kent."
"Stop flexing, you two. We know you're both amazing!" Luke looked at them with a blank expression, while Peter and Mary Jane nodded frantically.
"Hurry up! Help me heal this. My nose feels like someone stuffed two chili peppers up there. It's blocked and uncomfortable," Harry urged Gwen.
Watching this scene, Mary Jane looked envious. She wished she could be needed by Harry like that.
Gwen pursed her lips, and a wisp of blue flame appeared in her hand.
Just then, the door to the ward was suddenly pushed open, and the flame in Gwen's hand vanished instantly.
"Dad!"
Harry looked at the man at the door, surprise flashing in his eyes.
He really hadn't expected his father to come to see him.
"Are you alright?" Norman Osborn asked in a low voice, walking toward the hospital bed.
Harry shook his head. "It's not a big problem."
Norman Osborn nodded. He then acknowledged Gwen and the other three with a nod and a polite smile. "Sorry to trouble you all."
"It's no trouble, Harry is our best friend," Gwen said with a grin, and Luke and the others nodded in agreement.
Norman Osborn gave a faint smile and turned back to Harry. "Rest well. I have a meeting I need to attend."
As he spoke, he stood up and walked toward the door, saying without looking back, "Don't shortchange yourself. If you want to eat something, just buy it."
"Oh..."
Watching Norman Osborn's retreating figure, Harry responded softly, a look of loss flashing through his eyes.
After Norman Osborn left, Gwen saw Harry's expression and hurriedly said, "Uncle Norman is too quick."
"Yeah!" Mary Jane hurriedly agreed.
As long-time friends, they were very aware of the situation in Harry's family.
Harry squeezed out a smile and said, "Don't comfort me. I know he's busy. I'm already happy that he could come to see me."
Saying this, he turned his head to look at Gwen and urged, "Hurry up! I can't stand my nose for another second."
Gwen smiled helplessly and said, "I can heal it for you now, but you'll still have to pretend for a while."
Otherwise, a miraculous recovery would attract too much attention.
"Of course!" Harry said self-righteously. "I still need to rely on this injury to take a few days off school!"
Luke and Peter's mouths twitched. "Shameless!"
"Haha!" Harry laughed triumphantly.
Just then, Gwen gave a soft snort, and a fireball appeared in her hand.
"What are you laughing at!"
Gwen cursed under her breath and slammed her hand onto Harry's face.
Instantly, Harry's head was engulfed in blue flames.
"Ahhh!"
Harry suddenly screamed.
Peter and the other two were startled.
Did Gwen lose control?
They hurriedly looked at Gwen.
Gwen crossed her arms and sneered. "Keep acting! If I didn't have even this much control, how could I mess around in this world?"
Given the precise nature of her flames, Harry had no reason to scream in pain.
Hearing this, Peter and the others breathed a sigh of relief. They raised their hands together and smacked Harry, who was still performing enthusiastically, on the head.
"Ouch!"
Harry clutched his flaming head and cried out miserably.
"Don't worry about breaking him. My flames provide continuous healing; I guarantee there won't even be a scar left!" Gwen said coldly, unable to resist punching Harry herself.
"Ah!"
Harry let out another deliberate scream.
Seeing this, Luke and the other two grinned wickedly and pounced on him.
Immediately, the ward became lively.
Several minutes later, after rejecting Harry's 'kind intention' to keep them there for dinner, the four of them, having taught Harry a lesson, walked out of the ward feeling refreshed.
As the four of them were laughing and walking toward the hospital entrance, Gwen's footsteps suddenly paused.
"Uncle Steve? Aunt Peggy? What are they doing at the hospital?"
Gwen murmured, a look of worry flashing in her eyes.
Although Steve and Peggy were wearing masks and hats, she recognized them at a glance.
"What did you say?" Peter looked at Gwen in confusion.
"Nothing."
Gwen spoke quickly, addressing Peter and the others. "You guys go ahead. I see an acquaintance and want to go say hello!"
The three nodded and left the hospital under Gwen's smiling gaze.
The next second, Gwen looked in the direction Steve and Peggy Carter had gone and hurriedly chased after them.
She followed them carefully. After watching them enter a doctor's office, she frowned, thinking she might have misread the situation.
Taking two steps back, she looked at the doctor's sign hanging outside the office and read in a low voice: "Dr. Billy, specializing in infertility examinations, has helped..."
Her eyes grew wider the more she read.
She hurriedly covered her mouth, took two steps back, and then trotted away from the vicinity of the office.
Several minutes later, hiding in a corner, Gwen saw the two of them walk out of the doctor's office.
Although they were wearing masks, Gwen felt as if she could see the gloomy expressions on their faces.
"Those two... that's just too pitiful."
Gwen murmured.
She knew that Steve and Carter wanted to have children, but now...
She groaned softly and walked into the doctor's office.
Knocking on the door, Gwen carefully pushed it open.
"Hello, Dr. Billy."
Gwen greeted him politely, flashing a sweet smile.
Looking at Gwen's pretty little face, the doctor was stunned for a moment, but still revealed a friendly smile. "What's the matter? Little beauty, are you in the wrong place?"
He treated infertility here; a girl this young certainly didn't look like she had those kinds of problems.
"No!"
Gwen shook her head. A look of deep worry suddenly appeared on her face as she walked to the doctor's desk and whispered, "Those two people just now were my mom and dad."
The doctor realized.
So she is worried about her parents?
What a good child.
"How are they? Are they okay? I'm still waiting for a little brother or sister!" Gwen said anxiously, her beautiful smiling face dimming.
Dr. Billy hurriedly said, "Don't worry, their examination isn't finished yet, so we can't draw a conclusion."
"Then what can be inferred from the current examination?" Gwen asked urgently.
"I also..."
Dr. Billy wanted to say that he couldn't draw a conclusion yet—after all, he had to be responsible for his words. If he told the child one thing and it turned out to be another, he would be in trouble. But looking at Gwen's cute, worried face, he sighed and said, "Judging from the current test results, there are no obvious problems, but there is still one important test result that hasn't come out yet, so this isn't the final conclusion."
Hearing this, Gwen breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Thank you! Doctor! You are such a good person!"
Hearing this, Dr. Billy nodded and couldn't help but add, "Don't worry, even if there is a problem, I can fix it. I am an expert in this field."
Upon hearing this, Gwen's heart skipped a beat.
The moment he said that, I suddenly lost confidence...
Gwen squeezed out a smile and left the doctor's office.
Walking out of the hospital, she found Peter and the others still waiting for her. Gwen smiled at the three of them and said, "Let's go!"
"What happened?" Peter asked urgently. "Nothing serious, right?"
Gwen opened her mouth, but she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue with difficulty. "No!"
Peter nodded, and the three of them quickly left.
Returning to school with Peter and the others, Gwen seemed listless all afternoon because of Steve's situation. Her preoccupied appearance made Peter, who kept stealing glances at her, incredibly worried.
After school, Gwen rushed home.
Getting off the school bus, she let Luke go ahead. Gwen walked home alone, feeling as if a stone were pressing on her back.
The closer she got to home, the heavier her mood became.
She was wondering if she should tell her father, to see if he could think of a way to help Uncle Steve and Aunt Carter.
But this kind of thing was their privacy, and she didn't want to spread their business around.
But the feeling of being the only one carrying this heavy burden was simply too uncomfortable!
"Ahhh!" Gwen grabbed her hair irritably and shouted loudly, "This is so hard!"
Smack!
Someone knocked her on the head.
Gwen shivered, jumped forward, and hurriedly looked back.
"Uncle Tony... Brother!"
Under Tony's threatening gaze, Gwen hurriedly corrected herself.
Tony smiled with satisfaction and asked, "What's wrong with you? Did you run into some trouble? Tell me, let me have a laugh!"
Gwen waved her hand at Tony with a look of disgust. "Go away, go away. What help could you be?"
Hearing this, Tony looked as if he had been insulted. He said angrily, "You look down on me? Speak! As long as you say it, I guarantee I can get it done for you!"
"Talking big! Why? Can you get Aunt Carter pregnant?"
Gwen challenged Tony, then, as if realizing what she had said, she hurriedly covered her mouth.
Tony's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly whispered a rebuke, "Don't talk nonsense! It's absolutely impossible between me and Carter. I am single-mindedly devoted to Pepper. Although we are close, if you say that, I will sue you for slander. You... wait!"
Tony narrowed his eyes, which shone with the light of intelligence.
"Why did you say that? Do you know something?"
"I don't. Don't talk nonsense. I'm going home!"
"Stand still!"
Tony shouted to stop Gwen, speaking sincerely, "What exactly is the matter? Tell me! Maybe I really can help! I am, after all, one of the smartest people in the world. There's no problem I can't solve, especially technical problems!"
Technical... technical problems!?
Given what Tony had done before, he should have a lot of experience in this area...
Gwen thought for a moment, her face turning slightly red, and said extremely seriously, "Then you must keep it a secret!"
Tony nodded and said solemnly, "My lips are sealed. Don't worry!"
Gwen breathed a sigh of relief, and the secret she had buried all day instantly rushed out of her mouth.
Tony's eyes widened as he listened.
Steve and Carter went to the hospital?
And they went to see an infertility doctor?
The doctor said even if there really was a problem, he would help them cure it?
"Hiss!"
Tony sucked in a breath of cold air and couldn't help but say, "Poor Steve! It must be because he was frozen for too long, his body..."
Gwen nodded in agreement. "Although the doctor spoke very conservatively and vaguely, we still understood what he meant."
After speaking, the two of them sighed in unison.
A few seconds later, Gwen hurriedly said, "Remember, I didn't tell you anything!"
Tony nodded.
"So, do you have a solution?" Gwen couldn't help but ask.
Tony stroked his chin and muttered, "If we inject the Extremis Virus, it might work, but I don't know if that stuff will react with Steve's Super Soldier Serum. We'd have to test it..."
"Then I'll leave this matter to you!"
Gwen patted Tony on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Remember, I didn't tell you anything!"
Tony waved his hand. "Go home!"
Gwen nodded, turned, and walked toward her house, her steps seeming particularly light.
Tony stood there for a moment, slapping his forehead. As he walked toward Bruce Banner's house, he muttered to himself, "I have to discuss this with Bruce; he is the expert in biology..."
Several minutes later...
Bruce: (??????)
That night, after Bruce and Natasha had a fierce 'battle', Bruce, who also couldn't keep a secret, 'accidentally' told Natasha what Tony had told him...
Natasha: (??Д??)ノ
The next day, while Natasha was on a mission with Barton, she accidentally let it slip.
Hawkeye: Σ(??д??lll)
And so, three days later...
It was unknown who told whom, but anyway, when the members of the Avengers saw Steve, their eyes were filled with pity. This made Steve incredibly depressed.
When he finally got angry because of this and demanded to know what was going on, Falcon, who worshipped him the most, whispered the reason to him. He even included a look that said, 'I understand you, and no matter what you become, you are my favorite Captain.'
Instantly, Steve felt unwell.
He looked at his good friend, Bucky.
Bucky patted Steve on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. No matter what, you are my good brother. I didn't despise you before, and I won't despise you now."
Steve's body trembled, and he suddenly had the urge to strangle Bucky.
Bucky: "Don't be too moved."
Steve looked at the crowd and shouted in anger: "You bunch of bastards! Let's fight!"
(End of Chapter)