Although he had practiced to some extent, compared to Duan Hengye's perverted skills that he had accumulated in two lifetimes, Duan Hengxing, who was currently only serving an idle position in the royal family, not only had a poor foundation but also lacked a lot of actual combat experience.
At the moment when the shot was fired, Duan Hengxing couldn't help but close his eyes. Then, holding the silver mini-light gun tightly in both hands, he staggered back a few steps, and then he fell onto the sofa, looking so embarrassed.
The kind of gun that Duan Hengxing is holding now, there is no recoil at the moment of firing, and there is also no sound. So after pulling the trigger, he only had time to hear the sound of the glass bursting in the villa not far away.
Although Duan Hengxing is a villain in the original novel, he is not the kind of person who does all evil. Before that, Duan Hengxing had never shot anyone, let alone killed anyone. So when he pulled the trigger because his emotions were out of control, his ears "buzzed" involuntarily.
Did you just shoot someone? That person is still... Duan Hengye.
Although the emotions he showed were always contradictory, he actually never hated his only brother to the point of death. So after finding out that he really pulled the trigger, Duan Hengxing was completely stunned.
At this time, Duan Hengxing seemed to have been isolated from the world. He had no awareness of what was happening in the outside world and did not dare to look at it. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the light gun he was holding was suddenly pulled out.
The man's movements were quick and his strikes were not gentle. The moment the metal gun handle came out of Duan Hengxing's hand, there was a sharp pain in his mouth - the skin that was holding the gun just now seemed to have been rubbed with blood.
This kind of pain finally made Duan Hengxing's attention come back a little, and he slowly opened his eyes. Then he saw Duan Hengye standing beside him, and... Meng Jinhuai behind him.
The one who pulled the gun out of Duan Hengxing's hand was Meng Jinhuai.
After looking up to see him, Duan Hengxing couldn't help widening his eyes, and then his hands and feet felt cold. Meng Jinhuai... Why is he here? The Marshal Master has been trained from battle after battle. In the face of a playboy like Duan Hengxing, he only needs to show a little of his aura, which is enough to make the opponent tremble.
Unlike Duan Hengxing's nervous and frightened reaction after he fired the gun just now, after taking his silver laser gun in his hand, Meng Jinhuai just smiled coldly at the other party.
I saw that the Marshal habitually put the small weapon on his fingertips, and then with a random finger, it spun around easily. Obviously such a dangerous weapon, but in Meng Jinhuai's hands, it is as cute as a toy.
Meng Jinhuai restrained his aura, but from Duan Hengye who was familiar with him standing beside him, the marshal at this time was more dangerous than ever.
Duan Hengye pursed his lips and planned to say something. However, before Duan Hengye could speak, he saw Meng Jinhuai's other hand, which had been hanging by his side, also come up. The Marshal held the light gun in both hands, and then slowly aimed the muzzle at the center of Duan Hengxing's forehead.
According to Meng Jinhuai's skill, he absolutely can't use such things as "sights". But although he didn't see the opponent's movements clearly, Heng Ye could clearly see that a red light beam belonging to the sight was coming from the muzzle of the gun.
In Interstellar, this is an extremely arrogant threat.
Does Meng Jinhuai dare to shoot
Duan Hengye felt that there was no need to doubt the answer to this question.
Meng Jinhuai on the battlefield was always so calm and gentle. In this way, he is often forgotten. As a marshal who drives the highest level mecha in the universe, Meng Jinhuai has no less blood on his hands than anyone else.
After suddenly thinking of this, Duan Hengye's palm suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
At this moment, Duan Hengxing, who was facing the muzzle, was even more nervous. He shivered and moved to the other side of the sofa, looking very embarrassed and unmannered. But no matter where Duan Hengxing moved, Meng Jinhuai only needed to adjust the angle of the muzzle a little to keep him within the range of the laser weapon.
The shallow red light beam kept moving, and Duan Hengxing's expression collapsed visibly to the naked eye.
"...Okay...Okay." Duan Hengye, who had been standing beside him for a long time without speaking, suddenly spoke at this moment, and then stretched out his hand to push the muzzle of the weapon aside.
Perhaps Duan Hengye was the first person in the world who dared to push the muzzle of Lord Marshal's gun away with his hands. This picture is indeed a bit miraculous, but after Duan Hengye did this, Meng Jinhuai extraordinary did not show a little bit of displeasure. On the contrary... Lord Marshal actually slowly retracted the gun, then turned around and smiled at Duan Hengye.
This smile was completely different from the sneer when facing Duan Hengxing just now.
"Is it okay just now?" It was obvious to the naked eye that Duan Hengye was not injured by his younger brother, and the position was even more than 108,000 miles away from the cracked glass. But even so, Meng Jinhuai still looked at the shards of glass on the ground with worry, and then asked with concern.
The contrast between before and after is so great... Even Duan Hengye didn't catch up with the rhythm for a while.
After hearing Meng Jinhuai's gentle voice, Duan Hengye's first feeling was that it didn't fit the current atmosphere.
So Meng Jinhuai, who was standing beside him, only saw that the tips of Duan Hengye's ears suddenly turned red. Then he forcibly turned his eyes to one side, and after a short silence, Duan Hengye finally sat down on the sofa opposite. Following him, Meng Jinhuai also sat down.
Compared with the time when he was just pointed at by the gun, although Duan Hengxing's breathing was still rapid and his emotions were still greatly fluctuating at this time, he was at least a little calmer than before.
If it was normal, perhaps Duan Hengye would not reach out and push the gun away, but who told him to remember a childhood incident a few minutes ago. So after sitting down, Duan Hengye was silent for a while, then finally said to Duan Hengxing, who was sitting directly opposite him: "If you have lived for more than 20 years, you have only learned to complain, or put yourself If the mediocrity is blamed on someone else's head. Even if it is killed by the gun in the last moment, I don't think it will be a loss for the entire interstellar or anyone."
Duan Hengxing raised his head slowly, and he listened to the other person continue to say casually: "On the one hand, you are enjoying a life of luxury and no labor, but on the other hand... You feel inferior for your mediocrity and lack of attention. And think that you have been let down by others. But have you ever thought about what you have done? If you really want to learn mecha-or something else, is there really someone in this world that can stop you?"
Duan Hengxing was stunned there.
With the sound of waves, Duan Hengye's speech speed became faster and faster. When listening to him speak, Duan Hengxing opened his mouth slowly, and then showed a surprised expression.
Although there was a long blank period of more than ten years in between, Duan Hengxing, who had known each other since birth, had never heard his brother say such a long sentence in one breath.
Duan Hengye suddenly stopped here, and then he actually smiled at the other party. After seeing Duan Hengxing's expression, he continued: "You haven't realized how much you have been protected by the people around you since you were a child, and how much they have sacrificed for it. You don't look down on the 'mediocre wealthy life' 'How much effort is hidden behind it...'
After Duan Hengye's voice fell, Meng Jinhuai, who had not spoken, slowly put his arm on the back of the sofa behind Duan Hengye, and then he asked casually, "Do you know why your parents died? Is it?"
Duan Hengxing slowly looked at Meng Jinhuai with a suspicious look, and then said, "Because of a mecha test accident."
After hearing Duan Hengxing's answer, Meng Jinhuai immediately showed an expression of "as expected". After a while, Meng Jinhuai shook his head and said, "It just so happens that the military has been investigating the events of the year, some of which are not convenient to disclose at the moment. But no matter what, as their youngest son, you also have the right to know. ."
After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, not only Duan Hengxing, but also Duan Hengye couldn't help showing an incredible look. Since Meng Jinhuai said this, does it mean that... the investigation has yielded some relatively significant results. Meng Jinhuai naturally felt the eyes of the people around him, he gently put down the hand on the back of the sofa behind Duan Hengye, and patted Duan Hengye on the shoulder comfortingly.
"The matter of your parents is precisely because of the 'mecha', not the so-called 'mecha accident'," Meng Jinhuai said.
"...What do you mean by that?" Duan Hengxing gritted his teeth and asked.
Meng Jinhuai continued to say calmly: "I don't know if you know what the mecha represents in the interstellar space. If it is really unclear, I can tell you - apart from the symbol of the highest technological productivity in the interstellar space, it is related to the The various latest technologies behind it also represent war and interests. And your parents..." Meng Jinhuai suddenly stopped here, he glanced at Duan Hengye, saw that the other party's expression was still calm, and then continued Said: "It is to be involved in the interests behind the mecha that you can't see. Then there was the so-called 'accident' that year."
Although Duan Hengxing hated Duan Hengye, he was not a person who had no feelings for his parents. After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, although he still said "how is it possible" in doubt, his eyes were already dodging.
Some things seem easy to ignore if you don't want to. But as long as it is directed by someone, the thinking will spread out in an instant. There is nothing wrong with Duan Hengxing being an ignorant person. But from the hatred he had been brewing for Duan Hengye for so many years, and the constant fermenting hatred, it could be seen that Duan Hengxing was also a very thoughtful person.
Although only Duan Hengxing, who has dissipated his official position, has no access to the core content of the royal family, he has also seen many dark transactions. Therefore, when Meng Jinhuai said this, Duan Hengxing had a general outline of the matter in his heart.
"Oh, that's right." After seeing Duan Hengxing's changing eyes, Meng Jinhuai continued to add, "Actually, you are the only one who truly escapes danger. From beginning to end, because the mecha still has some The new technology on the mecha, the life of your family - including your brother Duan Hengye, they have never had a moment of peace."
While Meng Jinhuai was speaking, a gust of sea breeze from the window suddenly blew in through the broken glass. The wind was a little cold, and Duan Hengye couldn't help but move to where Meng Jinhuai was sitting.
"Your life now is not only the life of your parents, but also Duan Hengye's life in hell that ordinary people can't imagine for more than ten years." Meng Jinhuai smiled, and then he looked directly at Duan Hengxing. His eyes said almost word by word: "Eating human blood steamed buns, and still complacent, or complaining that they didn't do the best... Duan Hengxing, don't you think you are very funny?" Meng Jinhuai's words were full of sarcasm. After finishing, he finally stood up, then slowly turned around and glanced at the broken glass behind him.
He said sharply: "Then I'll just remind you again, Nan Zhuxing knows what you've done. I didn't care about you before because I had A-Heng's relationship. But after today... I don't think I need to worry about it. what."
After saying this, Meng Jinhuai stretched out his hand and gently pulled up Duan Hengye, who had been sitting on the sofa and was in a half-daze.
Suddenly leaving the warm sofa, Duan Hengye suddenly felt that the clothes on his body were a little thin. The cool sea breeze came from all directions, wrapping his entire being in it.
"A-Heng, let's go home." Meng Jinhuai said softly, taking Duan Hengye's hand.
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After Meng Jinhuai came, he directly arranged for the staff of Nanzhuxing to take Shang Mengzhen out of here first. So now, after Ye Pu left consciously, only Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai were left in the starship lounge without guests.
Seeing that Duan Hengye was a little cold from the sea breeze just now, Meng Jinhuai asked the robot to serve a hot drink as soon as he entered the lounge. Duan Hengye took a sip. The overall taste of the hot drink was sweet, but it had a slightly sour feeling, very much like the orange juice he had drunk on Earth.
But now, Duan Hengye's attention was obviously not on the drink. After his body temperature gradually recovered, Duan Hengye remembered what Meng Jinhuai said to Duan Hengxing just now.
But before Duan Hengye could open his mouth to ask, Meng Jinhuai seemed to see what he was thinking and said, "A few hours ago, the military department retrieved a special document from the information database more than ten years ago. Documents." After speaking here, Meng Jinhuai stopped to look at Duan Hengye, and then suddenly said to Duan Hengye without warning, "I'm sorry."
These three words were really abrupt and very solemn, Meng Jinhuai's tone and expression made Duan Hengye feel inexplicable panic. Seeing this, Duan Hengye, who has always had facial paralysis, let out an unnatural smile, and then he asked Meng Jinhuai, "Why did you suddenly tell me this."
Meng Jinhuai shook his head and said, "Perhaps the military department has already found the answer to the accident back then. Although the documents and materials left in the military department more than ten years ago have not yet been cracked, the general reason for the incident is that the document has already been cracked. It's almost clear."
"Yeah." Duan Hengye slowly withdrew his smile, then restrained his excitement and nodded seriously to Meng Jinhuai.
When the two were talking, the starship had already flown into the vast universe. All around them were brilliant stars, but because of the distance from those stars, the light did not shine in. For a while, the only light source in the room was the cold lighting lamp, which looked extraordinarily deserted.
Meng Jinhuai glanced at the distant starry sky outside the window, and finally began to tell Duan Hengye about the newly discovered document in detail.
"Remember the fuel we encountered in the ruins of the research institute planet?" Meng Jinhuai asked.
"Remember, the LC liquid fuel - scale burning fire." Duan Hengye read out its name. Hearing this, Meng Jinhuai nodded and continued: "That's right, the internal fuel scale used in the light cannon is used to burn fire. When we saw it that day, we already had a rough guess in our hearts - your parents, they had already studied it back then. We have come up with a method to shrink the internal combustion device of the light cannon and put it on the light cannon. Now, this document found in the military department clearly tells us that this guess is true. "
Duan Hengye didn't speak for a long time. As a mecha designer, he knew very well what it meant that the light energy cannon was mounted on the mecha. This research is also Duan Hengye's long-term goal, and he knows the difficulty better than anyone. It was just before he discovered the scale burning fire that day, Duan Hengye never dared to think about it, in fact, his parents had already found a way to let the mecha carry it more than ten years ago.
Due to lack of memory and ignorance of interstellar history, the "parents" of this life only had a shallow impression in Duan Hengye's mind. With the evaluation of others and the mechas they developed, Duan Hengye roughly knew that these were two researchers who were 100% enthusiastic about mechas and possessed extremely high talents.
But after listening to Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye realized once again that his understanding of their professional field was not deep enough.
For the chaotic empire that year, the meaning of the light cannon was really heavy. After listening to Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye raised his head and asked him, "...The empire was in a bit of a chaotic state back then, didn't it... Some forces knew that light cannons could be loaded by mechas. In order to prevent them from affecting their own interests, they decided to Do it?"
After listening to Duan Hengye's words, Meng Jinhuai first nodded and then shook his head gently.
"My father died too suddenly back then, and the power of the Marshal's House declined greatly for a while, and there were even some signs of division. As an admiral's mother, she was helpless, and with frequent expeditions, she also vaguely felt that she was in In danger." Meng Jinhuai began to recall the darkest days of his youth.
Although he intends to make up the interstellar history, what Meng Jinhuai is saying now is still what Duan Hengye has never understood.
Meng Jinhuai lowered his head slightly, and he continued to slowly say to Duan Hengye: "Our parents have been friends since they were young. Although they have gradually become estranged on the surface due to their status in the later period, various private exchanges and connections have not There has been no interruption. In order to leave some support for the younger generation, and also for the empire to win in the future. Back then, the military has been privately assisting the research institute to study the method of assembling the lethal weapon light cannon. "
What Meng Jinhuai said almost completely coincided with what Duan Hengye had been guessing all along. But after listening to the other party say this, Duan Hengye still didn't understand why Meng Jinhuai's "I'm sorry" just now came.
"Unlike Zhuo Yan, the last emperor of the empire was a suspicious and ruthless person. At that time, Nan Zhuxing's power was at its weakest... At the time when the marshal was killed in battle, the military department showed signs of civil strife. After receiving the whistleblower , the emperor knew that the research institute already has the method of assembling the light energy cannon."
Meng Jinhuai didn't say anything later, but Duan Hengye could already imagine it.
But the fact is exactly what he thought - the suspicious old emperor believed that Nan Zhuxing and the research institute colluded privately to study the assembly method of the light energy cannon, which was definitely to replace himself. So after receiving the informative news, they immediately sent someone to the research institute.
The royal family wanted to destroy the finished product of the light cannon and stole the technology by the way. And of course... Get rid of your disobedient subordinates.
In the end, this plan can be said to be a third of the success - the newly developed light energy cannon that can be mounted on the mecha has indeed been completely destroyed, and the disobedient subordinates have since disappeared in the interstellar space. .
Perhaps the only regret is that after Duan Hengye's father found out that the surrounding situation was abnormal, he directly cleared the assembly method of the light energy cannon on the light brain. Except for the one that was automatically sent by the emergency system and encrypted and hidden in the military, there was no trace of it on the interstellar.
But perhaps for the suspicious and narrow-minded royal family, it doesn't matter whether such a leapfrog weapon can be preserved, what matters is whether the people who threatened their status disappeared.
The stories behind are the ones that Duan Hengye knew. After successfully removing the threat, the royal family still refused to let go of the institute. They sent the famous and talented eldest son of the dean couple to the current empress family, who was still the crown princess at the time, to be "raised" on his behalf.
This is ten years. For Duan Hengye... it was a life like a nightmare.
Although he had some psychological preparations, Duan Hengye still felt that the amount of information he had obtained just now was no less than the memory and knowledge he had received immediately after his rebirth. Coupled with these things and the childhood memory Duan Hengye had just recovered, his brain suddenly became stagnant.
Duan Hengye was stunned there.
He stared at the sea of stars outside the window, but he was not in focus. At this moment, Duan Hengye's mind seemed to have many things lingering and spinning around, but it seemed to be blank. Time seems to have stopped at this moment, and it seems to have skipped this moment.
Duan Hengye did not return to his senses for a long time, until he suddenly felt that he was firmly embraced by the people around him. At this time, Heng Ye cast his eyes on the man beside him as if he had just woken up from a dream. He didn't know how fragile and confused his eyes were now.
As a soldier of the empire, a marshal, Meng Jinhuai really rarely has such a moment. This unintentional panic and helplessness was not because he remembered his past, but because of Duan Hengye. Meng Jinhuai buried his face on Duan Hengye's shoulder, and then kept murmuring to him in a low voice, "I'm sorry, A-Heng... I'm sorry."
Meng Jinhuai is always confident and rarely admits mistakes. Maybe all the "sorry" in his life will be said to Duan Hengye today.
"My mother was afraid that the institute and her friends would be affected by the civil strife in the military, so she asked her heartfelt subordinates to pick them up and leave for the time being... But in the end there was no time." The "heartfelt subordinate" Meng Jinhuai said appeared there. The third person in the accident.
Because of the same presence, he was also written into the royal family's accident investigation report. However, due to his special identity, this person was not released in the end. Later, the military was really in chaos for a while, and after finding that he was missing, the status of this person's information column became "missing".
After saying this, Meng Jinhuai whispered again in Duan Hengye's ear, "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry." Duan Hengye gave Meng Jinhuai a deep look, and then said, "Nan Zhuxing and the research institute did nothing wrong."
Duan Hengye had never seen Meng Jinhuai like this, never even dared to imagine him like this. Therefore, after hearing the other party's "I'm sorry", Heng Ye couldn't help but panic for a while. He is not a person who is good at dealing with such a situation.
Duan Hengye couldn't help but turn to the side, then he thought about it for a long time, and finally said, "It's okay, I have already forgotten."
This sentence was indeed said by Duan Hengye from the bottom of his heart, but Meng Jinhuai also knew that Duan Hengye's memory was lost because of something.
When the accident happened that year, Duan Hengye was there. Although Meng Jinhuai has not yet investigated it, the whole process of the incident at that time can be guessed by just imagining it. The forgetting Duan Hengye said subconsciously actually made him sadder than anything.
Although Duan Hengye was not a person with high emotional intelligence, of course he clearly felt Meng Jinhuai's depressed mood at this time. So Duan Hengye sat up straight again, and then said to Meng Jinhuai, "By the way, I just remembered a little something from my childhood, about... Duan Xingxing, and my mother."
After all, he didn't have much experience, so Duan Hengye was a little jerky when he changed the subject. However, Meng Jinhuai is a person who is very good at controlling his emotions. After hearing Duan Hengye's words, he felt a warm current in his heart, and then he sat down and nodded at Duan Hengye with a smile to signal him to continue.
From Duan Hengye's tone, he could tell that this story might be regarded as a good memory for him.
Sure enough, the mother described by Duan Hengye was an elegant and gentle person. Although there is only a short memory fragment, Meng Jinhuai can also hear a bit of warmth from it.
After talking about this, Duan Hengye glanced at Meng Jinhuai, then sighed softly and showed Meng Jinhuai the weapon he had been hiding in his sleeve. Duan Hengye went on to say: "In fact, if I hadn't remembered this matter, I might have really fought with Duan Hengxing. But after recalling it later, I myself discovered that it was not only Duan Hengxing who was not as his parents hoped. Live a good life and stay away from interstellar disputes. I also failed to fulfill their wishes."
Duan Hengye's tone was very flat, but there was also a bit of loneliness in it that couldn't be ignored.
As Meng Jinhuai, who has been on the battlefield since he was a child, he understands the sacrifice of his father's generation. It is only now that Meng Jinhuai's mood becomes so complicated after the fact that Duan Hengye is also one of the victims is revealed to him. Meng Jinhuai is not a person who likes to dig into the horns, he understands what Duan Hengye means.
A young mecha genius who is always ready to make sacrifices for the mecha career is the choice that Duan Hengye's parents made for him back then. But if he was asked to choose by himself, Duan Hengye would definitely take this path.
All of this is not only a last resort, but also the inevitability of fate.
Thinking of this, Meng Jinhuai suddenly and without warning, gently kissed Duan Hengye's forehead.
At that time, Nan Zhuxing did not protect the research institute as promised, but fortunately, fate left Duan Hengye as a lucky man. Meng Jinhuai was a person who never believed in the so-called "fate" before, but at this time, he was extremely grateful for all this.
"We will fulfill our future wishes together," he said.