Chapter: 1

"Good morning, Jarvis! The weather is nice today, sunny and bright."

"Good morning, Master Mark. It's a clear day with a temperature of 28°C, a southeast wind blowing, suitable for outdoor activities."

In a tech-filled luxurious villa on the Malibu coast, a mixed-race teenager with black hair and black eyes, while ruffling his messy hair, greeted the intelligent butler inside the villa.

It was a habit he developed since childhood. At that time, he was just over a year old and could already sporadically utter a few simple words, although it would certainly sound vague and incomprehensible to adults.

He still remembered Edwin Jarvis, the kind gentleman who took care of him back then. Every day, Edwin would hold him in his arms and say, "Good morning, Master Mark!" He would then carefully feed him, take him out to play, and bathe and change his diapers.

And every time, he would respond, "Good morning, Jarvis!" As he grew older, his speech became clearer, and the habit was formed.

Later, when the old butler passed away, his unreliable father, in memory of the loyal gentleman who had served three generations, named the newly invented intelligent butler after him. The habit continued, although the recipient changed.

By now, you should understand the identity of this young man. Yes, he is none other than the famous... Tony Stark's illegitimate child.

The young man's name is Mark Stark, fourteen years old this year, standing at 1.72 meters tall. He is a mixed-blood child with half Chinese heritage. His mother is a Chinese-American journalist named Li Lina, working for a New York television station. During an interview with Tony Stark, she was deceived by his charm and some indescribable things happened.

And that's how Mark Stark quietly came into existence. Because no protective measures were taken, by the time she realized she was pregnant, it was already two months later.

Although she was an independent woman born in the West and decided to give birth to and raise the child, her East Asian family upbringing led her to keep this unmarried pregnancy a secret and not inform her parents.

So she quit her job, came up with an excuse via email for all her parents and friends, left New York City, and eventually gave birth to this child, naming him Mark Li.

Since she successfully gave birth to the child, the next step was to find a new job and obtain a stable income in this new city. Then, she would find an appropriate time to confess this matter to her parents. Li Lina had already planned how to live her life from now on.

But fate had other plans. Just as Mark passed the doctor's examination with everything being normal and Li Lina was preparing to leave the hospital after recovering, a phone call from a friend delivered a devastating blow - both of her parents had passed away! According to her friend, they got caught in a conflict between a group of unidentified individuals and suffered serious injuries.

Although they were later taken to the hospital by a bald black man with an orange cat, they ultimately couldn't be saved and died.

The tremendous shock plunged Li Lina, who had just given birth, from the peak of joy in receiving a child into the abyss of losing her parents. Coupled with the hormonal imbalances after childbirth, she sank into postpartum depression.

It's important to note that this was still 1996, and even in the scientifically advanced and medically progressive United States, awareness and understanding of depression, especially postpartum depression, were far from sufficient.

Patients felt ashamed to speak out about their depression, and those around them couldn't comprehend the pain and struggles involved. Once trapped in the vortex of severe depression, it was like a duck in a drought, destined to perish.

Eventually, Mark's mother, Li Lina, was unable to overcome the torment of her mental illness. After entrusting her one-year-old son Mark to a friend, she chose to quietly end her own life and permanently depart from this world.

After being brought to Stark Industries by his mother's friend, young Mark experienced some difficulties before finally being safely handed over to Tony Stark.

After DNA testing confirmed that Mark was indeed his biological son, Tony was willing to fulfill his parental responsibilities and changed his name to Mark Stark.

However, growing up without a father's love, coupled with Tony's youthful and self-centered nature, he was unwilling to let the unexpected appearance of a son change his lifestyle. After handing him over to the old butler, Edwin Jarvis, for care, Mark rarely saw Tony throughout the year. And it was in this environment of lacking parental care and attention that Mark gradually grew up.

In fact, such an environment was more in line with Mark's preference. After all, he had the psychological age of an adult. If someone were to constantly lecture him and impose various household rules, he would feel uncomfortable!

Yes, Mark's psychological age was already that of an adult. If you're wondering why, it's because he was a reincarnator.

In his past life, Mark had the same name, but he was a legitimate Chinese person from Earth. As an orphan, he grew up in a state welfare institution.

Perhaps due to the environment, Mark had a calm and gentle personality, and he was very mature. Although he wasn't a genius with exceptional intelligence, through hard work, he eventually gained admission to Shui Mo University, one of China's top institutions, and even received a national scholarship. It could be said that Mark had overcome the shackles of fate and was about to embark on a brilliant new life.

However, things didn't go as planned. Full of excitement, Mark boarded the train to the capital, looking forward to his new university life. But after falling asleep in the compartment, he woke up to find himself transformed into a baby.

"What on earth is going on here?!" Mark, now being held in the arms of an unfamiliar Asian woman, exclaimed with immense sorrow.