"I felt a voice in my heart calling and instigating me to gamble. I refused at first, but then I looked at my wealth, and it was really a lot, and I was very entangled in my heart, but in the end I was moved. The old man said, his tone remorseful.

"I don't know, I don't know... The old man sighed again and again: "The gambling door is crooked, and you lose in the middle of the night when you win in the middle of the night." Ragged relatives and friends laughing, hands and feet dirty flesh and bones. I hugged the mountain of gold to gamble, which is tantamount to feeding the hole, the abyss of gambling, unfathomable, half a year has not arrived, the family property is gone, the flesh and blood are abandoned, as if a dream, everything is equal to zero. The old man frequently paused and lamented.

And the group of people naturally came to the door. The old man looked at the giant ship again, with fear in his eyes and a slight voice.

The giant ship gradually approached, and the eagle roared more and more sharply, like a rich and noble son who showed off his might.

"And then?"

"When they found me, I was in the same cave where I was, where the dream began and where it ended. The old man recalled at this time and sighed: "Now I understand that this is fate, they have already laid a good set, just wait for me to get in, no matter how much money is given to me, as long as I have a little gambling in my heart, sooner or later it will be lost, and the country is easy to change, and human nature is difficult to change." This fateful thread has long connected me with me. ”

Furukawa nodded, fell into silence, and said after a while: "Since it's fate, have you ever thought about it... ”

"What have you thought about?" the old man took over.

"I thought about changing him. Furukawa's face was flat, and his eyes were distant.

"Change?" said the old man with a smile, "Change fate?" are you kidding. ”

Furukawa smiled and shook his head slightly: "Do you know what people are most afraid of?"

The old man was stunned for a moment and said, "What are you afraid of?"

"I'm most afraid that you will do nothing in your life, and comfort yourself that mediocrity is precious. Furukawa said slowly.

The old man was stunned, his lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.

The boat fell silent again, and the huge ship sailed by, leaving a long trace, and under the reflection of the blend of light and darkness, it gradually faded away, with a huge momentum, leaving only a false back, and in that moment, it seemed a little lonely.

The skeletal soldier on the ship's board still stood tall, his face floating between his bones.

"Poof!" The old man's laughter broke the silence: "Strictly speaking, I'm no longer human, do you still say this?"

"It's not that people are better, people have limits, since you have died, this shackle is useless to you. ”

There was a long silence, and the ship was completely gone, and I don't know where it went.

The old man retracted his gaze and said softly: "You can say such things, you must have experienced a lot." He looked Gu Chuan up and down: "You look so young, you have such strength, and your physique is so special, which eldest prince should you be, how could you run here and end up so embarrassed, and you can still say such things?"

The old man had never paid attention to Guchuan before, but he had been talking to him without a stubble, and now he was interested in Furukawa's words, so he took a serious look at him.

Furukawa's skin is still fair, but he has long since taken off his former immaturity, his side face is as sharp as a knife under the open flame, and the night casts a shadow under his forehead, with paranoid stubbornness, like a strong child who will not admit defeat to death, his eyes are lowered, revealing the high coldness of exhaustion and inexorability, like a noble son who came out to flee, or rather... The down-and-out emperor.

"It turns out that you have such a superficial understanding of powerful people. Furukawa smiled slightly.

"Huh?" the old man was stunned, but he didn't expect Furukawa's words to suddenly become mean.

"You don't think that having strength that doesn't match your age is all based on family resources. Furukawa looked at the old man, the corners of his mouth twitching with mockery.

"Then you're a genius. The old man disagreed, and said.

"It seems that you don't know anything about the nature of strength. Furukawa shook his head, his face was gentle, and his eyes flashed with a strange look.

"I want to hear about it. The old man turned his body completely, stopped the oar in his hand, and looked at Furukawa.

"If you go through what other people experience at the age of 10, then you are no worse than those who are 60 years old, even if you are young, and if you have experienced life and death, then you will no longer be afraid of fear at all. Furukawa said slowly, his voice was soft, but there was a ferocity, like a lone wolf in the forest, licking his wounds: "Actually, I am also a gambler. ”

"Gamblers?"

"But I'm not gambling on gold and silver treasures, but on household property. ”

"What's that? Is there anything else that can be used as gambling money?"

"It's too light, and I've always been looking for a fight. ”

"So... ？”

"I'm gambling on my life. Furukawa said slowly, his smile stretched, as if he was talking about some parent, and his tone was relaxed, but the old man could clearly feel that his body trembled, thinking that his heart was not as casual as it appeared.

"Then we're like that. ”

"No, I'm not like you. Furukawa replied categorically: "The biggest difference between me and you is that I have never lost, and I can't afford to lose." ”

Furukawa shrugged: "That's why I am now." ”

"It's very tiring like this, isn't it?" The old man smiled slightly: "Look at me, I have no ambition since I was a child, I have no cultivation talent, and I live the life of an ordinary person, now that I think about it, the deepest memory is not the time when I squandered it indiscriminately, but the years before I was addicted to gambling, I am an ordinary person, dreaming every day, happy, comfortable, don't worry about whether I will be hungry tomorrow, and I don't have to worry about how much money is left." ”

When the old man said this, he suddenly squatted down, and his bones rubbed and made a squeaky sound: "You have been like this, will you be very tired, have you ever thought about taking an easier road?"

Furukawa spread his hands, and his tone was relaxed and casual: "No matter which path you take, once you choose it, it will be good to go on without hesitation, maybe it will set off a bloody storm?"

The old man's body was shocked, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he said slowly: "It turns out that what you want is bloody wind and rain." ”

Furukawa thought for a moment: "I thought, this is not what I want, but I was born with it. It is it that shapes me, not what I bring it. ”

The old man nodded slightly, speechless.

"What's your name?" Furukawa diverted from the subject.

"My surname is Duan, a wild child, my parents didn't name me, but I didn't learn well since I was a child, others called me 'Xiao', and I got used to it. ”

"Duan Xiao?"

"Hmm. The old man nodded.

"I finally know why you keep losing. Furukawa laughed.

"yes, yes. Duan Xiao smiled and agreed, not caring at all: "But when I started my career back then, many people came to talk to me, and they all called me 'Brother Xiao'." ”