Chapter 40: I Am Not Mulan (Part II)
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That night, when Rollin attacked the guard in the woods, there were still others in the woods. Before dawn, the man was eager to knock on the door of the little man.
In the foggy early morning, the little head man set out with the whistleblower and a group of his subordinates to arrest the suspect Luo Lin, and when they arrived at the courtyard, the family was already empty—the "others" in the woods were not only the whistleblower, but also the younger brother who had been secretly following Luo Lin.
Rollin's father was such a clever and decisive man that he took nothing but money with him, led his two children to steal two horses from the entrance of the village, and fled on horseback before the incident at the east window.
Before leaving, Luo Lin wanted to bring that pot of begonia flowers, of course, she only dared to think about it in her heart, in fact, she didn't dare to say a superfluous word in front of her father's iron face.
She galloped on horseback with her brother in her arms, listening to the sound of hurried hooves piercing the dense fog that had not stopped, she did not have the courage to look back, for fear that when she turned back, she would only see the pursuers, and she could only leave the last bit of thought in the southeastern tribe.
"Troublemaker." Her brother's words stomped on her heart with the sound of horses' hooves, with a shuddering heaviness.
Rollin doesn't remember much about how long they had been on the run, except that the day after they had slept soundly in the hotel for the first time on the way, she devoured the breakfast provided by the hotel, the milk leaked out of her mouth and soaked her clothes, and then her father snatched her milk coldly and slapped her hard.
The slap swollen half of her face, she lowered her head, bit her lip and didn't cry, she knew it was too light compared to the mistake she had made.
Her father was such a cautious man that he would not waste a minute in reprimanding her before he could say the words "The light boat has crossed the Ten Thousand Mountains."
Except for that time, her father had not beaten her, but he had never looked at her directly, and whenever he looked into the air and spoke, she knew that he was giving her instructions, for he never spoke to his brother in this way.
Later, when the wind subsided, they reached a tribe in the northwest, where there was no sea, only an endless grassland.
My father spent most of his savings to buy off the small head of the local tribe, bought a fake household registration to go through the relocation procedures, and the family of three took root in the local area with a new identity.
However, the father had to move into the Useless faction, he had to work in the vegetable market, and he could not continue to take care of the children, and the two siblings were left to the care of the public family.
Actually, she didn't hate that place, although the food was not rich, but at least the people there would not point to her nose and say that she was the daughter of the waste family who ate white rice, and she didn't have to face her father's deliberate ignorance.
The younger brother has been delayed for nearly two years, and he can finally return to the martial arts school, she thinks that her brother's life at school is probably very comfortable, sometimes he will tell her some interesting things about school, and he will proudly talk about how he is loved by his classmates; Although he was occasionally in a bad mood, he would still scold her for being a troublemaker, but the relationship between his sister and brother gradually broke the ice.
She is very confident in her younger brother, and if the momentum of this child king continues, he will definitely become a fearless faction, and the family of three will live again...... She believes that all of this will be done soon.
But hope, which is sometimes easier to extinguish than a spark - the younger brother, who had all his hopes pinned on, was beaten crippled by his classmates; The perpetrator was also acquitted by the Public Trial Committee.
She tried to stop this uncontrollable fate, and she held her brother's hand tightly, trying to interrupt his plan to go up the mountain and pray to the Jungle Wolf.
How could a Jungle Wolf favor a crippled person? Their gods have always loved only the strongest of the strong.
"If I were to be like this for the rest of my life, I would rather die! Do you understand? The younger brother yelled, turning his head resolutely, she wanted to chase, but was repelled by his next words.
"Troublemaker, if it weren't for you, how would we be here? How could all this happen? This is what you owe me and Daddy, so don't stop me. Also, promise me that if I don't come back, you will fulfill Daddy's wish on my behalf. His voice was not loud, but it was playing back in her head in the form of an amplified sound.
When the news of his brother's death came, Rollin's hands and feet froze stiff, and his mind was so numb that he lost all thoughts.
No one has a chance to push back the trust of the dead, and her brother's last request becomes a burden that she can't get rid of - to fulfill her father's wish on his behalf.
So, she made a virgin oath in full view of everyone, abandoning her innate gender and becoming "Rollin", a man.
In the human wall made of a pair of sneering, playful eyes, there are those who turn a blind eye to their brother's injuries and make a not-guilty verdict; There are also those who have driven his younger brother to a dead end...... She recognized familiar faces, and their contemptuous smiles made her almost unforgiving, starting from their mouths, and cutting off the meat inch by inch to feed the dogs.
This hatred that goes deep into her bone marrow has made her a tireless copper skin and iron bones; The misanthropy of the world made her fearless, and she not only passed the test of the dreadnought, but even became a warrior hired among the ancient tombs of the barren mound.
However, even if she fulfilled her father's wish, even if she got her father's approval, she still did not get happiness. She always felt that she resented something, and there was nowhere to vent; She always felt the boredom of being unable to freely dispose of her fate, like a poisonous python entangled in her heart.
It wasn't until a civil war more than a year ago that she reunited with someone that she regained her long-lost happiness.
It was a bitter summer, and their enemies, in addition to the dragons, had a huge black fever.
The ultraviolet rays in the summer on the Inner Mongolia prairie scorched everyone, and the dragon army in the distance was also like a stupid sun, but the general who led the army at that time was a conservative, he was afraid of the dragon people being deceitful, and insisted on "the enemy does not move, I do not move".
The morning of fire has passed.
The scorching sun was even more torturous at noon, and Rollin felt that if the two sides continued to fight each other like this, their lives would be consumed by this hot day. So, she offered to go forward single-handedly to find out the reality.
In fact, what she thought at the time was: long pain is better than short pain, and it is better to give a pain with a knife than to dry it alive.
She approached the dragon camp alone, only to hear a familiar call.
The low voice was softly soaking in, and in an instant, it was inconceivable, and the iron heart that thought it was invincible suddenly became so weak that it had no strength to jump.
Who would call her by her original name? Even she almost forgot that she wasn't called Rollin.
She looked back in surprise, almost shouted, this reunion was so unexpected, the boy who accompanied her through the purest and most beautiful time, as if through the ruthlessness of time, suddenly stood in front of her again, the tiger tooth bathed in the sun is still shining like that.
Before she could respond, he quickly jumped up and hugged her, dodging a sneak attack.
Time and space froze, and only her heart was beating too strongly.
She suddenly had a clearer understanding of herself, she would never become the Mulan in other people's mouths, because she hated her own people; And...... She is in love with a dragon, a sworn enemy of her clan.