Late at night, this is the only restaurant still open in Tianmen Pass.
At this time when all kinds of supplies were extremely tight, Mr. Hu still prepared a sumptuous reception banquet for Ye Qingxuan - the boss cooked it himself, and after finishing the last dish in his restaurant, he served the last dish from the cellar. After a good drink, he left sadly.
All kinds of dishes opened Ye Qingxuan's horizons, and for the first time he felt that maybe living in the East for a long time was not a bad thing.
Knowing that Ye Qingxuan didn't like unrelated people, he only had Mr. Hu as his companion. Although the atmosphere was a little deserted, Mr. Hu was quite talkative and not indifferent.
"Actually, even I in China have heard a little bit about what you are doing in the West." Mr. Hu sipped the warm wine and sighed softly: "It's really amazing, little Ye Zi, you are even more powerful than I imagined, the God of God" Sir Hand."
Ye Qingxuan smiled and shook his head: "In front of Mr. Hu, how can I dare to say that I am the Hand of God? Just think of me as the student of Romulus who was taught by you. Now that I am praised by you, it is inevitable that there will be some A strange sense of shame."
"Hahaha, puff up your chest."
Mr. Hu seemed to be a little drunk and patted his back vigorously, "You are already a big shot, Xiao Yezi, but... I didn't expect you to really come."
Ye Qingxuan asked, "Why can't you come?"
Mr. Hu shook his head and did not answer. He just asked: "For Bai Xi?"
"Of course it's for Bai Xi. Is there anything else in the entire East that is more valuable than her?"
When Ye Qingxuan said this, he became a little silent. After a long time, he smiled ashamedly:
"I hope she doesn't think I'm too late."
"Maybe you didn't come too late, but too early." Mr. Hu shook his head: "Maybe after the dust here settles, there won't be so much trouble, and it won't be too long. Just wait a few more months." .”
"I can't wait that long."
Ye Qingxuan rubbed the rim of the cup with his fingers, watching the fine ripples in the wine in the cup, and narrowed his eyes: "Actually, I occasionally think, if I didn't let her leave me, but killed Bai Heng there... Will things be different later? She will not be alone, waiting for me for so long. When I think of how painful it will be for her to be alone in the East, I will hate my weakness at the time - this is the mistake I made, I She must make up for it personally, and no matter how high the price is, she cannot be allowed to wait a minute longer."
Mr. Hu was stunned.
He stretched out his hand to pour himself a glass of wine. After drinking three glasses, he took a deep breath and finally sorted out his thoughts. His eyes became strange:
"I said, little Ye Zi... do you still regard her as a child?"
"Don't you think she looks like a child?"
Ye Qingxuan smiled bitterly, "When she was in Avalon, I would worry about whether she would cause anything when she went out alone. Sometimes I would be annoyed, but looking at her look, I couldn't be angry. Come."
Mr. Hu looked at him, and for some reason, his eyes became more complicated.
After a long time, he sighed softly and put down the wine glass.
"I guess that's the way she will only show you, right?"
Mr. Hu sighed softly, "With all due respect, Ye Zi, Bai Xi is not as weak as you think... In fact, you should have been aware of her other side a long time ago, right?"
Ye Qingxuan said nothing.
In fact, Mr. Hu is right.
He already knew this well when he first met Bai Xi.
That night, when he was urged by Lao Fei to open the door, he saw the real Bai Xi, with lonely and stubborn eyes, and an indifference to everything.
Absolute distrust of other people.
Including to the original self.
Treating her as a weak little girl who couldn't live without him was just his wishful thinking. Bai Xi would rather hide his minions and play games with him.
But this doesn't mean that she is powerless after leaving him.
Seeing his complicated expression, Mr. Hu couldn't help but shake his head: "You can rest assured about her safety. Although she looks like a pure and harmless little girl, no one will dare to make her suffer any injustice - those who dare People who play dirty tricks are now floating in the stinking ditches of the imperial capital."
"You mean..."
"Yeah, that's right."
Mr. Hu nodded and narrowed his eyes: "Have you ever seen a cat playing with a mouse? Yes, it's like that. Little by little, you push the enemy into a blind corner, using words, eyes, and giving a piece of love to another person. A gift that cruelly cuts off all defenses, and then slowly drowns the enemy in despair."
In the brief silence, Mr. Hu raised his head, drank the cup of wine, and sighed softly:
"At the beginning, she still made some mistakes, but later on, she became so skilled that it was scary... For ordinary people, the terrifying life-and-death struggle, for her, it was just learning, a... game. Bai Heng gave I gave her this opportunity and put a successful example in front of her eyes. Every time I look at her, I feel as if I am looking at the emperor ten years ago. With her intelligence, no matter what choice she makes, she will have a bright future. There are thousands of achievements. It's a pity that she chose the most terrifying one... "
In silence, Ye Qingxuan raised his hand and rubbed his swollen forehead, wanting to curse.
"That's what worries me the most."
Sure enough, I learned badly...
At this moment, he was filled with regret.
Damn Bai Heng. Sure enough, he should be burned to ashes in the military camp!
"Perhaps it is because of this abnormality that His Majesty regards her as his only 'friend'."
Mr. Hu held the empty wine glass and shook his head slightly: "Although the emperor's friendship is always cold and short-lived, deep down in his heart, your majesty must regard Bai Xi as an equal to himself, right? This honor, Even her enemies, Bai Heng has never enjoyed it."
Speaking of this, Mr. Hu's expression became more and more bitter: "I'm afraid Bai Heng has already guessed this: Even if he is the one who sends her to His Majesty, Your Majesty will cultivate her with all his heart. Professor - she wants Bai Xi to become that person." You can’t be who you are.”
"I always feel... getting stranger and stranger."
Ye Qingxuan's expression was bitter.
The changes in this world were too strange. He lowered his head and poured himself wine, trying to get himself drunk. His expression was sad: "Sir, are you really talking about the Bai Xi I know?"
Mr. Hu laughed and gloated: "Everyone has an unknown side, Ye Zi, everyone has it. You can't treat her like a puppet who can't breathe without you. She has her own favorite things and her own thoughts. The life you want—you need to learn to accept it.”
"Accept what?"
Ye Qingxuan rolled his eyes.
He accepts it as a ghost, it’s all crooked, okay? It should be corrected!
Ye Qingxuan had already begun to plan in his mind how to get Bai Xi back. Sure enough, if he had known earlier, he should not have allowed her to be so naughty.
But thinking about this, he felt a little weak in his heart.
I'm afraid, most of your efforts will be in vain, right
"Idiot, everything doesn't always go as one wishes. Do you always make your wishes come true? Or do you treat her like a clay and wood sculpture that you can knead? She is alive, Ye Qingxuan, just like you. Don't always think about it. She changes into what you want her to be."
Mr. Hu picked up the chopsticks and tapped him on the head. The chopsticks hit his head, but it made people's eyes black, like a wake-up call:
“Accept the side of her that you don’t want you to see, accept everything about her—if you really love her.”
Ye Qingxuan was stunned.
After a long silence, he smiled bitterly and picked up the wine glass: "You are right, I took it too much for granted. In Romulus, Mr. Hu taught me how to become a musician. Unexpectedly, when we meet again, you Taught me something new.”
"It's just nonsense."
Mr. Hu shook his head and his expression became ashamed: "It's my old habit again. I just read some books and I seem to understand a little bit of everything and become a good teacher. If you have expectations, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. .Actually, I have never been married, and I have no children..."
"Did you not meet anyone you like?"
Mr. Hu fell silent.
Keep your head down and drink.
After a long time, he sighed softly.
"I met someone a few years ago... She was very kind to me, and I respected her and loved her."
Ye Qingxuan frowned, "Then why didn't you get married?"
"I was... too naive at that time. I was so inflated because of my little fame. I always thought that a real man would achieve great things, but I never thought about how sad it was for her to wait for me. Later... "
He smiled bitterly in a low voice: "Then she left. She couldn't wait for me anymore - Blood of the Dragon Vein. If you don't get married at the age of twenty, you are already an old girl that no one wants. I missed her, and I have no shame to go again." Meet her. The only good thing is that she found someone who cares about her more than I do, and she has lived a good life these years."
Ye Qingxuan was silent for a long time, then apologized in a low voice.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
"It's nothing, just a scandal from the past."
Mr. Hu shook his head indifferently, looked at Ye Qingxuan, and suddenly asked, "Did you have any wishes when you were a child, Ye Zi."
"ah?"
Ye Qingxuan never thought that Mr. Hu would suddenly ask this. He thought hard and then felt ashamed: "Well, there have been many... I want to be a painter. Please don't laugh. I am serious."
Mr. Hu laughed and waved his hands: "No, no, I'm just happy. Compared to me, your wishes are already very mature."
Ye Qingxuan shook his head helplessly:
"What about you, Mr. Hu?"
"Me? This is..."
Mr. Hu scratched his head in embarrassment, and his smile turned embarrassed.
"Well, there have been, and there have been many—I want to be a hero."
"hero?"
"I can't remember it clearly now. I just remember that at that time I was shouting about why I should establish my mind, why I should establish my destiny, why I should continue to learn from others, and why I should give peace to something... Ah, I feel ashamed when I hear it."
Mr. Hu lowered his head and drank the wine, hiding his embarrassment. In the end, he sighed softly: "Unfortunately, none of them have been realized now. I have not been able to become a hero after all."
"I have also thought about becoming a hero, but unfortunately I gave up later." Ye Qingxuan comforted him, "Rather, in this era, it is a happy thing to be able to not be a hero but to be yourself. .”
Mr. Hu laughed hoarsely, as if he was drunk and talking to himself.
"Yes, after all, this is an era where there is no place for heroes... It's great to be able to be yourself."
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At the end of the day, the guests and the host are enjoying themselves.
Both of them were very drunk, but they were both musicians after all, so they still had some self-control, so they wouldn't be so drunk that they couldn't walk steadily. After sending Ye Qingxuan to his residence, Mr. Hu said goodbye and agreed to see Ye Qingxuan off the next day.
Recalling that the last time he was in the Holy City, he saw him off by himself, Ye Qingxuan felt the wonder of fate.
However, after saying goodbye and walking far away, Mr. Hu stopped, turned around, and looked at Ye Qingxuan, who was watching him off, with a complicated expression.
Ye Qingxuan heard his voice with a hint of drunkenness.
"Yi Zi, in your opinion... what should a person do after he makes an irreparable mistake?"
"Mr. Hu, you ask me that, but I don't know either." Ye Qingxuan smiled helplessly, "But since it's irreversible, then you can only suffer for a lifetime, right?"
"Don't you want to atone for your sins?"
"Since it's irreversible, why bother looking for excuses to escape? I think the big mistake has been made, so it would be too irresponsible to seek relief on your own."
At this point, Ye Qingxuan shook his head in embarrassment: "Sorry, I spoke out loud. But I think it's just a matter of carrying a lifetime of pain and continuing to live. It's not to the point where you have to rack your brains to escape, right?"
Mr. Hu was stunned for a moment and suddenly laughed loudly.
It was like a question that had puzzled me for half my life was answered.
Relieved.
Facing Ye Qingxuan's blank eyes, he bowed his hands to the young man, then turned and left. The clothes fluttered under the bright moonlight, showing an indescribable freedom and lightness.
It's like being redeemed.