On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xin Nan flew to Philadelphia, USA.

As one of the most important heavy industry cities in the United States, the skies here are not blue at all, and the clouds are not white at all. Sometimes there is even a gust of wind, and the air is filled with the peculiar sour smell of gasoline and heavy metals. However, he likes it here.

As soon as Xin Nan got off the plane, several men in black with sunglasses greeted him and invited him to an extended Lincoln. The man who was already sitting in the back seat was tall and handsome, and his chin was blue, indicating that he had thick hair and that he had been particularly well-groomed today.

"Hey, Edward!" the man stretched out his arms and hugged Xin Nan hard, his joy was overflowing, and his deep eye sockets even showed moisture, "Welcome back to the City of Brothers!" I didn't expect you to come back to see me first, I, I'm so excited!"

"Frank ......"

Xin Nan rarely wore a suit, but a jacket and denim. Maybe in this strange city thousands of miles away, he is the real self. When he saw the city and his friends who had been separated for more than two years, he suddenly felt a little emotional, and hugged Frank back.

Frank invited Xin Nan to an old shop they used to frequent. After drinking a few beers, Frank looked at him and suddenly said, "You have the smell of the opposite sex." ”

"Haha!" Xin Nan laughed and said, "Frank, I'm glad you haven't changed at all, and you've always retained this beast-like natural acumen!"

"Oh. Frank's hand holding the knife and fork paused, and changed the subject, "What you have to do, how is it going?"

"Good. Xin Nan cut a little steak and ate it, "At the moment, a qiē shun lì." ”

After a sumptuous dinner, Frank invited Xin Nan to the bar. There is no direct flight line, Xin Nan, who took a flight in Chicago, felt a little tired after almost 20 hours of travel, and said that tomorrow, he would go back to the hotel first.

As soon as he returned to the city, his habits here naturally resumed, as if he had never left for a day. For example, don't turn on any lights when you take a shower. When you're at your most vulnerable, you should try not to leave your opponent a little more chance.

Suddenly, his ears moved, and someone opened the door. Immediately a strong wind hit, Xin Nan reached out and grabbed the long bathrobe on the shelf, raised his elbow, dodged back, and pulled the hand on his shoulder with his left hand back, pulling the nearly 1.9-meter-strong body down hard, and chopping it down with a hand knife.

"Edward, it's me!"

Xin Nan still grabbed his wrist, only slightly relaxed.

Frank struggled to break away from him, flung his arms and grumbled in the darkness, "Edward, you're not as sharp as you used to be!"

Xin Nan smiled and said: "Of course I know it's you, how can the sound of using the room card be the same as opening the door with □□." ”

Frank went to turn on the light, and Xin Nan opened two beers and handed him one. The two touched each other, and Frank took a sip and looked at Xin Nan, who was wearing a gray yukata with wet hair, "You still like gray so much." ”

"yes. Because, I can only be somewhere in between black and white. ”

"Again!......! Didn't affect you?"

"No, it's still a bit of an impact. For example......"

Frank didn't want to hear it and hurriedly interrupted, "So, you're in love?!"

"No, I just found a new and useful target, as well as ...... It's just the addition of a bed partner. ”

Frank's large hand gripping the bottom of the bottle tightened. Xin Nan smiled and touched his bottle, "Don't you even mind this, do you?"

"Nope. Frank's blue eyes drooped, "I have, more than one." Even, I used to waver, and I'm very sorry for you for that......"

"Excuse me?" Xin Nan laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "Ou, dear, you are so cute!"

"This at least proves that I am a person with feelings, emotions and fluctuations. But you're ......"

Xin Nan pushed her glasses, "Frank, I remember that I told you many times that I wouldn't be emotional until I get back something that belongs to me." ”

Frank shrugged self-deprecatingly, "You're frankly cruel, and sometimes I'd rather you lie to me." ”

His heart is not with him, and his body is not faithful, so what are you insisting on keeping him in this position in your heart?!

Xin Nan glanced at his blue chin, "I still think you are more handsome with a big beard!"

Frank said helplessly, "It's to make you more handsome, right?!Is there anything to do when you come back this time??

"There is one very important thing. Xin Nan said, "I miss you, Frank." ”

I miss you, Frank...... Maybe that's enough!, Frank reached for Xin Nan's glasses.

The moment the person wearing the glasses takes it off, there is a bizarre emotion that looks like undressing in public. What's more, it was taken off by someone else.

Xin Nan asked Frank to take off his glasses, and the moment he turned sideways, the neckline of his yukata opened slightly because of his movements. Frank caught a glimpse of an old dark red scar on his chest, and he became agitated and grabbed the collar of his bathrobe and kissed it.

Xin Nan pinched his strong hook biceps hard through the T-shirt, and lifted the hem of his clothes with one hand.

After the excitement, Xin Nan lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly. Frank glanced at the marks on his chest and hugged Xin Nan, "Hey, Edward, we should actually try it......"

Xin Nan pushed him away and pointed to his chest, "For the sake of me blocking a knife for you, don't mention this topic again, just let me do it!"

Frank hung his head and said, "You say so again, but you Chinese say that you don't expect to repay kindness!"

Xin Nan did not hide the smugness and cunning in his smile, "That is the principle that a gentleman must abide by, but I have never been a gentleman!"

Frank stared at his wicked smile, and there was a helplessness in his heart that wanted to be indulged, "Well, with you here, I feel like I've gone back to the past, when we were young!"

"I'll correct you, dear, we're still very young!"

As a Chinese, the three words "dear" in his mouth seem to be always different from them, with a somewhat playful pleasure. Well, that at least says he's in a good mood right now, Frank shrugged.

Xin Nan spent seven years of her youth in this city, growing from a young boy who was a little melancholy to a man who was gradually able to control his own destiny. In a sense, it's his second home.

Frank and Edward were, and still are, a feared pair of names in the Philadelphia Underworld.

When Xin Nan first came to school here, he was inexplicably targeted by the campus violence gang and was bullied very badly. But his classmates, especially his fellow countrymen from China, advised him to be patient. In a country that claims to be liberal and democratic, people of color are still the subject of non-citizen treatment. What's more, it is said that the core member of this violent gang is the son of a local gang leader who has been whitewashed as a successful businessman, and these outsiders can't afford to mess with them at all.

This so-called core member is Frank. But when Frank insulted his parents, Xin Nan couldn't bear to fight back and beat Frank into a panda with one punch. Of course, the price was painful, but although it was repaired miserably, it didn't leave him with any serious injuries, which was better than Frank's panda eyes......

Xin Nan is here and is really a work-studyer. Because, he has to make sure that he can live without relying on the Xin family. Otherwise, what if his plan fails and he is kicked out of the Xin family?

Like most Chinese, he initially chose the restaurant industry and co-founded a fast-food restaurant. One day, when he was out to make a delivery, he passed through an alley and unexpectedly met Frank, who was injured and bleeding. Very old-fashioned plot, gangsters seeking revenge.

At this time, he didn't step on it, it can already be said that his character is very good, when he doesn't see anything, he turns around and leaves, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness, and repays virtue with grievances.

However, when he heard the voices of people coming from outside the alley, he shoved Frank into the garbage heap, kicked a billboard to hide the blood, and then stood there smoking.

Walking in, two strong men asked him if he had seen a man dressed in black. Xin Nan casually pointed in the direction, and handed them cigarettes and asked them if they smoked.

When the two left, Xin Nan quickly threw down the cigarette and picked up the pile of things.

Frank looked at him warily, "You ......"

"Less nonsense, if you don't want to become a dry corpse, follow me!"

Xin Nan dragged Frank, who was barely able to walk, into his car and followed his instructions to an underground clinic. He completely forgot about the fact that he, as the only idler and half of the owner of the store, was delivering takeaways, so much so that he was subjected to a series of complaints from customers, and then, he turned off his phone.

When Xin Nan came back after paying the money and taking the medicine, he found that Frank was looking at him in surprise and confusion like an alien. Xin Nan touched his chin, yes, why should I save him? Could it be that my Virgin Mary is possessed at this moment?!

When a long, long time later, Xin Nan had joined them, crushed the American simplicity and brutality with his Chinese sophistication, and joined forces with Frank to help Frank's father's little gang flourish, Frank had the courage to ask this question that he couldn't figure out.

Xin Nan told him the story of Lü Buwei and the father and son of King Qin, and told Frank unashamedly that he was as wise as a torch and optimistic about his unlimited potential, but he was just doing venture capital.

To his surprise, Frank was disappointed with the answer, very disappointed. He didn't dare to ask because he was afraid that it would be different from what he imagined.

In fact, Xin Nan just felt that Frank couldn't move one hand, and looked at himself like an injured black wolf when he tried his best to stop the bleeding with his left hand. However, he would never tell Frank for this real reason. He was ready to take it into the coffin.

Xin Nan's viciousness, combined with Frank's ruthlessness, soon made this small gang one of the largest organizations in the Philadelphia underground empire. At this time, Xin Nan graduated with a master's degree, and he chose to return to China without hesitation. After trying to keep him to no avail, Frank wanted to go with him at one point, but eventually gave up. As men, they all have their own things to do and responsibilities that must be fulfilled, and there is no way.

This was the end of the good memories, and the next day, the two traveled together. The destination is a small, ordinary-looking five-story building, but heavily guarded, with heavily armed snipers hidden on top of each other.

The two came to the room in the middle of the third floor side by side, but Xin Nan nodded at Frank and walked in by himself.

Inside the door was a white world, the old man lying on the hospital bed was thin and yellow, but he was still trying to keep his sharpness, and when he heard some unfamiliar footsteps, he barely opened his eyes, his eyes were cloudy and scattered, and it was very obvious that he was terminally ill.

He looked at Xin Nan, his eyes widened suddenly, "Xin, you're back, are you here to take my son?"

"No, Mr. Gehry. Xin Nan smiled kindly and said, "I'm just here to visit you." ”

"Oh, you have a heart, my child. Old Gehry smiled a little sarcastically, "Come and see me from far and wide, especially during the grandest traditional festival in China." ”

"You're right. Xin Nan smiled and smiled, "I'm also coming to see Frank." Of course, mainly because, I only have holidays during the Chinese New Year. ”

Because, I heard that you are dying, and you will no longer be my hindrance. I just wanted to come and make sure in person.

Old Gehry looked at the slender Chinese boy with his blue eyes, as if to confirm whether he was telling the truth.

He couldn't remember exactly how he felt when he found out about his son's affair with this Chinese boy. It seems like...... He knew and understood his son, perhaps there was something wrong with his method of education, and this child had been guided by him since he was a child to advocate the strong. No matter how angry the blonde stunner is, can he help you create a hegemony?!

So, although it is better to get married and have children in general, he is not surprised or very mindful that Frank likes this Chinese boy. The only problem is that when Sheen is about to return home, Frank actually wants to go with him! This is something he can't tolerate, he absolutely can't afford to lose his only son! So, two years ago, he left Frank behind under the pretext of a sudden deterioration in his condition.

Maybe that's why last year, his hepatitis really turned into liver cancer...... He was dying. He didn't expect Xin to come back at this time. Well, none of that matters anymore.

"My child ......"

Xin Nan's fingers had already touched the doorknob, and when he heard the decaying and weak voice, he paused.

"It's not always good to do what we do, especially Frank's character, and I'm a little worried without you by his side. After I die, if I have the chance, persuade him to change careers, or...... Take him to China as well. If one day, something happens here...... He needs your help, and if you can, take good care of Frank for me. ”

"I will, Mr. Gehry, goodbye. ”

Two days later, Philadelphia Airport.

Frank came to see Xin Nan off in person, and before getting on the plane, he thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't help but ask, "You really don't have it, are there other things?"

"Nope. ”

"There's nothing I need to do for you?!"

"Of course. Xin Nan hugged Frank, "Didn't I say I just missed you?" ”

But I've been deceived too many times, and I can't grow at all. Frank knew that the more he said that, the harder it would be for him to do what he had to do. He gazed at the vast wings of the big silver plane in the distance, but it didn't matter, whatever he wanted him to do for him, he would do it. It's not because he blocked that knife for himself, it's not because he helped him get where he is today, no why, nothing.