Seeing Nikolai and his sister Bella enter the dancing area, Weiss smiled and was about to go back to the room to pick up his hair, but when he turned around, he saw the cheap father standing not far away looking at him, as if he had something to say to himself.

Weiss scratched his head and walked straight up to him.

Daddy looked left and right, and then whispered to him, "Follow me!" ”

Engaging in such mystery?

Weiss followed him out of the hall through the side door, through the hallways and corners, up the small staircase to the second floor, and into his study.

After closing the door, Daddy Cheap first took a towel from the hanger and gave it to him, then walked to the bookcase, opened the compartment from a hidden position, took out a bottle of wine and two glasses, put the glasses on the desk, poured half a glass of golden wine into it, put the bottle back into the compartment, and brought the wine glass.

In such weather, my hair was wet and I walked for miles, and if Mrs. Schneider had not provided a handkerchief, and Schneider Jr. had kindly sponsored a comb, he would have had to make a fuss at Bella's coming-of-age ceremony. I took the cheap daddy's dry towel and wiped it hard for a while, and then took a sip of the spirits, that feel, comfortable!

"Is he really Nikola Leboy?"

Facing the eyes of the cheap father, Weiss did not avoid it, but calmly responded: "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

Cheap Daddy frowned and took a sip of wine, but did not speak.

"I've been a classmate with him for more than a year, and I usually have a good relationship, so I won't mistake his identity! Are you worried about his safety? Weiss asked rhetorically.

Cheap Daddy took two sips of wine in quick succession, walked to the fireplace with his glass, grabbed a large handful of sawdust from the wooden box next to him and put it in, plucked it with a stick, and then placed two more pieces of firewood in it.

After a while, the fire in the fireplace was rekindled.

At this moment, Weiss is like a cat afraid of the cold, just in need of wine and fire to warm his body, he consciously sat in front of the fireplace, slowly savoring the cheap daddy's "private collection". This wine is very strong in the mouth, after the stomach, the stomach is hot, and the warm current quickly swims all over the body, expelling the chill in the body from the pores, and then the aftertaste is sweet, which is clearly a good adult wine.

Weiss was roasting the fire, Daddy Cheap opened the locked cabinet on the side, rummaged through it, took out a photo album with a yellowed cover, paced to Weiss's side, sat down slowly, took out a handkerchief, gently wiped the dust off the cover, and carefully opened the album. That cautious gesture seems to be the beginning of a precious memory that has been dusty for many years.

"Oh, here we are!" Cheap Daddy pointed to a photo in the album and said to Weiss.

In this small black and white photo, there are six people, two men in black dresses, four children of different heights, one of whom is holding a familiar rifle in his hand, and the other is a man with familiar facial features.

"This is a photograph taken 15 years ago at the Leibold estate, when he was 39 years old, second vice-president of the Liberal Alliance Party, a member of Parliament, a senior inspector general of the Ministry of Supervision, and secretary general of the Commission for Demobilized Soldiers, and it was at his call and impetus that the Demobilization Bill was passed. That year, we were commissioned by the Ministry of Defence and the Commission for Demobilized Soldiers to produce a new generation of meritorious rifles to be distributed to demobilized soldiers who had made outstanding contributions during the war. After the first batch of meritorious rifles was produced, I personally sent them to Liberty City, and I took you brothers with me, and I had the pleasure of meeting him, and later I had this photo. ”

Weiss carefully identified the four children in the photo, but unfortunately the photographic skills at that time were limited, and the photograph had been preserved for more than ten years, so it was impossible to see the details of the facial features of the human face, and could only roughly see the appearance and body shape of the characters and the clothing and attire.

Cheap Daddy pointed to the people in the photo and introduced them one by one: "Oh, this is your brother, this is you, this is the eldest son of President Leeboy, and this one, Nikolai, who is the same age as you." ”

"So we knew each other at that time!" Weiss laughed.

Cheap Daddy said: "You were only four or five years old at the time, and it is normal not to remember. ”

Weiss asked again: "Has he changed a lot from now?" ”

Cheap Daddy hesitated: "If he doesn't introduce himself, I won't recognize him at all." ”

"Hah...... I thought his face hadn't changed much in more than ten years! Weiss laughed.

Daddy Cheap didn't say anything more, closed the album, and prepared to put it back in its place.

Weiss hurriedly asked, "Can you borrow that photo?" I want him to see it too. ”

Daddy Cheap stood up indifferently and locked it in the cupboard.

"Since fate has allowed you to reunite after more than ten years, and you have become classmates and friends, what difference does it make if you meet by chance in the past or not?"

"But it's a very interesting thing!" Weiss replied, "I just wanted to share the surprise with him, and it doesn't make a difference to our friendship with or without this picture." ”

Cheap Daddy said: "In this case, I suggest that you don't deliberately mention this matter to him, lest he misunderstand, can you understand what I mean?" ”

Cheap Daddy's intentions, Weiss felt that he could guess seven or eight points, and he would not say anything if he asked him carefully. Now that he has locked up the "evidence" without saying anything, it seems that he only regrets mentioning it to the baby-faced brother again. If there is a chance to visit his house in the future, wouldn't it be more logical for the old Leibold to tell this chance encounter more than ten years ago?

Thinking of this, Weiss is no longer entangled so much.

The wine in this glass is finished, and my hair is almost dry, and it is time to go back to take care of the field.

Cheap dad let Weiss go first, and he was responsible for the "broken queen". After wiping the two wine glasses back into the bookcase compartment, he did not leave the study immediately, but returned to the locked cabinet, opened the lock, took out the photo album, and flipped to the photo just now. The faces in the photographs are blurred, but in the depths of his memory, the scenes of that day, the people of that day, and even the words that everyone said that day are still incomparably clear......

Fearing that Nicolas might encounter something he couldn't cope with at the banquet alone, Weiss did not return to the room, but returned to the main hall the same way. He went down the stairs and walked down the corridor, when he suddenly heard a beautiful song like a phoenix singing.

This shocking feeling reminded him of the first time he listened to Faye Wong's version of "Legend".

I didn't expect that in this world with a harsh environment and advocating force, such a sound could still be heard.

Weiss couldn't help but quicken his pace to see who was singing.

The closer we got to the main hall, the clearer the music became, and Weiss was already certain that it could not be a gramophone video, but a live singing.

The side door was in front of him, and he involuntarily took a deep breath, but it was completely different from the deep exhalation before entering the battlefield.

The banquet was still very popular, and there were still about 20 pairs of men and women dancing in the center of the hall, but unlike before, the people who did not dance were no longer chatting in groups, but facing the position of the band.

Weiss craned his neck to glance at a woman in a pale blue dress standing in front of the live band, and it was from her that she was singing beautifully.

At a glance, Weiss could not see the singer's face clearly, only that it was a young woman with a fair face. As he walked through the crowd, he listened attentively to the unknown but warm and touching song.

……

Even if it's raining

The flowers are still in full bloom

Even if the wind is blowing

The stars are still shining

Flowers are obsessed with the stars

It's like a girl is obsessed with you

Heroic boy

In your deep eyes

There is bright love

If you love me

Please always shine on me like those stars

……

Before Weiss could get to the front of the crowd, a tall, blond, blue-eyed, and scented woman suddenly blocked his way. I saw that when she spoke, she twisted her waist slightly, and at the same time raised her chest high, and the milky white was simply dazzling.

"What? I got into a relationship with celebrities and powerful people in a military school, and I can't tolerate an old acquaintance like me in my eyes? ”

Old acquaintances? Belch...... Which one are you? Weiss said in his heart.

Seeing that he actually applied indifferently, the woman snorted coldly and turned around to leave.

As for "himself", Weiss did not intend to "continue". Although this woman's appearance and figure are not bad, she has a bewitching temperament and coquettish manners, and she is not a fuel-efficient lamp at first glance.

The woman turned and took two steps, and suddenly stopped, and Weisston had a bad premonition, and sure enough, she bowed her head with her back to her and sobbed, which was not bad, and then, with lightning speed, she turned and threw herself into Weiss's arms.

In this situation, even though Weiss raised his hands innocently and told the onlookers that he had done nothing, the woman hugged the man and cried bitterly, how could this scene not make people think about it?

Weiss wanted to let go of herself when she had cried enough, but she didn't stop crying, and this posture was really embarrassing, so he had to whisper: "Please let go, ma'am!" ”