"I went to an island today and met a girl." For his old buddies, Barney didn't hide it.

"Meet the girl? Uh-huh, that's normal! Lao Tu took a puff on his pipe, and drew as he answered.

"Yes, there are a lot of girls on the island, but she is different." Barney adjusted his thoughts, "She is our guide, she is still the daughter of the mission target, the island is in chaos, we want to take her away, but ...... She didn't want to. ”

"She's got a lot of courage and she's a good girl." Lao Tu is a perfect listener, not gossiping, not delving, not subjective guidance, he just listens quietly and gives his own evaluation appropriately.

"It's only been a few hours together, why can't I forget her now?" Barney's face was full of doubts, doubts about his emotions.

It's a bit like the Chinese idiom says - the authorities are fans!

"Perhaps...... She represents something that you are lacking. ”

Lao Tu dipped the small brush in some paint, and said calmly: "You know, the people who do our business are heartless, well, maybe there were before, but then it was slowly rubbed off, just like the paint will fade." ”

"What fading?" Barney couldn't help but take a few steps forward.

"I mean faith, spiritual sustenance, the ethereal material of human nature." Lao Tu took a puff of cigarette, and there was a sadness in his eyes, "I still remember our last battle, we fought against those scumbags, the situation was very bad, the brothers died one after another by our side, and there was blood everywhere. ”

"At the time, I thought, I can't get out this time, I know you think so too, right?" Old Diagram turned to look at Barney.

"yes, it feels like you're dead." Thinking back to that scene, Barney can empathize.

"At that time...... Hehe. Lao Tu smiled self-deprecatingly, turned around and continued to paint while saying, "My mind is pitch black, I can't believe it, it's all the darkness that can't see the end. ”

"Later, I remember drinking a bottle of local liquor called Hill Oz or something, well, maybe so, and then I didn't feel any pain."

"And then I walked, and walked, and I came to an old wooden bridge, and I saw...... I saw ......"

Lao Tu, who has always been calm, said this, and a thick pain welled up on his face.

And Barney, who was standing behind him, could clearly see that the old guy in front of him, who had been a tough guy all his life, was trembling slightly.

After a few breaths, Lao Tu suppressed his fluctuating emotions, and then said: "I saw a woman in a beautiful long dress, standing on the bridge, I walked over, she looked at me, she looked straight into my eyes, and I looked at her like this. ”

"I knew what she wanted to do, she looked at me, she wanted me to know that she was going to jump, she was confused inside, she was missing something, she needed someone to redeem her, but you know...... How did I do it then? ”

Lao Tu asked, and then replied to himself: "I just twisted my head and walked away, until I heard the sound of falling water, and she died." ”

Barney listened quietly and did not speak, but his chaotic thoughts gradually began to have a clear order.

"Alas~" Lao Tu sighed, "I killed so many people in my life, at that time, I could have saved her, but I didn't, and then I realized that if I had saved her at that time, then ......"

Lao Tu smiled helplessly, "Maybe that will save me as well." ”

"Dangchang!"

The sound of the paintbrush being thrown into the glass is crisp and pleasant, but the whole hall is filled with an oppressive atmosphere.

Barney bowed his head in contemplation and didn't speak!

The old picture with a pipe in his mouth, who seemed to be in some kind of depressed mood, did not recount it again!

This story, at first glance, sounds like a bull's head is not in the horse's mouth, but it hints at a simple, but easily overlooked truth-

Don't leave yourself with regrets!

……

The next morning, the sky was slightly dark, in the garage behind the old picture tattoo parlor.

Barney, who hadn't slept well all night and had bloodshot eyes, quietly looked at the cardboard drawing in his hand.

This is the one Sandra gave Barney!

The painting is a sketch of a woman's head, which is beautiful and charming, but above her ears, there are a pair of eagle wings.

In particular, the bright red blood and tears that slowly flowed in her eyes seemed to represent the grief of the person who made the painting at that time.

Barney was originally a sensual person, looking at this painting, the thought in his heart became more and more determined!

Soon after, Xingfeng, Christmas, and Yin and Yang, who had not left the city, received a notice from Barney and drove to the garage to meet Barney one after another.

Seeing that everyone was coming, Barney put away the cardboard drawings and went straight to the point, saying, "I'm going back to Villana." ”

Hearing this, Xing Feng smiled and said secretly: "It seems that what I said yesterday had a very good effect and did not disappoint me." ”

"What, you've changed your mind?" Christmas was very surprised, but as an old buddy for many years, he immediately chose to support, "What plan?" ”

"No plan!" Barney shook his head.

"Wait, wait." Yin Yang walked up to Barney, "We need to make a plan. ”

As a Chinese tough guy, escaping from the battle, this is not the character of yin and yang!

"No, I'm going alone this time, and this has nothing to do with you." Barney put his hands in his jeans pockets and looked at everyone calmly.

"What did you say?" Christmas is incredible.

"It's my personal business, no commissions, no tasks, you ......"

Before Barney could finish his sentence, Christmas interrupted him, pointed his finger to his chest and said, "Remember, you don't owe that woman." ”

"Well, it's true that I don't owe, but I have to go."

"You want to die?" Seeing that persuasion was ineffective, Christmas was angry, "Go and go, go and take it, this is what you asked for." ”

"I must go, but not to die, take care."

"Hey, hey, hey." Christmas pulled Barney, who turned to leave, "We're going to feel guilty, you can't do that." ”

"It's my own choice, it's none of your business." As he spoke, Barney pointed his fingers at the three of them one by one, "Don't feel guilty, don't feel guilty, don't feel guilty, take care." ”

After saying that, he walked straight to his pickup truck!

"Okay, you're amazing, it's your choice, hell, damn it." Annoyed, Christmas did not follow, but left the garage in the other direction.

The rest of Xingfeng and Yin and Yang didn't speak, and after smiling at each other, as if they had discussed it, they walked to Barney's black pickup at the same time.

"Bang, bang."

Hearing the sound of two car door openings and closing, Barney turned around and said, "I said, this time I'll go alone, you ......"

"Get a drive, Uncle Barney." Xingfeng interrupted Barney and grinned, "Send me back to get the guy." ”

"By the way, send me off, the price of taxis has increased recently, it's too expensive, you know, I need to save money." Yin and Yang spread their hands and said the same as the truth.

"You two guys!" Barney glanced at the two of them, turned back to start the car, and a smile of relief gradually appeared on his face.