Chapter 21: The Teacher

The Maserati was safely parked in the parking space, like a sword in its sheath. Principal Ange opened his wallet, took out a few dollar bills, and handed them to Lu Mingfei, "Go buy us a ticket." ”

Lu Mingfei took the money and got out of the car, and only Ange and Li Su were left in the car. The headmaster pressed the cigar into the ashbox, pulled a newspaper from the glove box and handed it to the back row. "A big gang, three medium-sized gangsters, six ministers, and countless thugs, and even a state legislature, you've been working for the Chicago Police Department for years a day."

"Oh." Li Su took the newspaper and flipped through it slowly.

"It seems that you have something on your mind, do you want to talk about it?" Ange was a little surprised, this was the first time he had seen Li Su, who had always been off the line, so decadent. Having the leisure to go off the line means that the situation is under your control. So what happened to Li Su, who could even win in the face of the Dragon King, that made him so decadent?

"Why is the world so desperate? Why hasn't it been destroyed yet? Li Su raised his head and looked directly at Ange, his eyes full of bloodshots.

Seeing Li Su's eyes, Ange raised his eyebrows, looking a little surprised, he thought about it and threw the question back. "Why do you say that?"

"Because every minute and every second there are so many good things destroyed, and they are so vulnerable in the face of evil." Li Su closed his eyes and remembered the first girl he saved yesterday. So far, the plot of the story has not changed, which means that it is inevitable that the girl will be forced into an alley by three thugs, and the only person who can save her in Chicago knows nothing about it, and they are just talking in the hotel when she cries in the alley. "Or is the meaning of the existence of good things to be destroyed?"

"Then you think the half-breeds should be incarnated as Spider-Man and Superman, and do chivalrous deeds throughout the city every day?"

"Nope." Li Su shook his head. "I'm not obsessed with why we have the ability and don't save people, what I'm really confused about is the 'destruction' of existence itself, why are they destined to be destroyed? What is the meaning of destruction and tragedy? Is it just to make the world hopeless? ”

"I'll answer little by little." Ange turned around and looked directly into Li Su's eyes. "First of all, there is not only despair in this world, but also hope. Come, close your eyes, and follow what I say to imagine. ”

Li Su closed his eyes and fell into darkness, and Ange's leisurely voice came into his ears.

"Imagine that in a busy delivery room, a loud cry pierces the peace, and the midwife picks up a small, wrinkled baby, cuts the umbilical cord and hands him or her into the hands of the mother, who is very weak but still manages to sit up straighter and take the little guy who is not very good-looking, and raises her hand to caress his cheek, as if she is caressing a peerless jewel, her eyes are so gentle." Ange's voice was full of fascination, as if he was moved by the tenderness. "This is the hope of a new life."

"Imagine you're an office worker who can't get home until late at night because of overtime, and you walk into the neighborhood and walk towards the unit building. Standing on the subway for a long time makes you sore, almost unconscious, the briefcase in your hand is only a few documents but weighs a thousand pounds, and even the glasses on your nose are about to crush you, and finally, you enter the house. What appeared at the door was the smiling family and the smell of food. Your wife gives you a warm hug and helps you take off your coat and put it in the washing machine, your little daughter carries your big briefcase into the study and puts it away, and the three of them return to the dining table, which is full of your favorite dishes and is still steaming. While you are picking up vegetables, you listen to your daughter excitedly tell you what you have encountered and learned in school today. Ange's voice changed, full of relief and relief, as if he was sitting at that dinner table. This is the hope of continuity. ”

"Imagine that after an earthquake you are buried deep under the rubble, in the dark, and you don't know how long it has been. You're sleepy and hungry, but you know you can't sleep, and you may not wake up. But you persevered and persevered, and finally you couldn't hold on anymore and were ready to say goodbye to this world, a pair of big hands moved away the gravel above your head, and the bright sun shone on your weak body. His voice was suddenly filled with joy, as if he had seen the light of hope in despair. This is not torn apart by despair, hope. ”

"We know and acknowledge the despair you see, but they are always just a part of the world, and there is so much more hope and beauty in contrast to it, and what I have described is only a very small part of it." Ange smiled. "Do you still think that this world should be destroyed?"

In Anges's infectious voice, Li Su seemed to have experienced these three beauties personally. Hearing Ange's last question again, he felt like a clear mountain spring flowing into his barren heart, and small green seedlings appeared on the cracked earth, growing slowly.

But there was still a dark cloud lingering in his heart, and Li Su spoke again, "There is far more hope than despair, not all good things will be destroyed, I know, but ...... Are those who are destroyed destined to be destroyed? ”

"No, remember your other question? Why is beauty so fragile? Ange shook his head. Because the fragility of beauty and the strength of malice are objective facts, and people who are not used to this situation," Ange pointed at Li Su and then at himself. "It's us. Beauty is never a knight who can block the wind and rain, she is more like a weak princess, and the so-called knight is actually us. As for the 'doomed' you say, it is not doomed, but the part that we have not saved. In fact, we have done a lot, and every year we have protected more beautiful things than in the past. Protecting ordinary people in the rear is the duty of the police, not ours. You feel like they're not doing well enough because you don't see what they've done, and that's Chicago's crime rate record for all years. Ange pulled up a form from the tablet. Declining year by year, it's a testament to their hard work, and they've accomplished their mission. And our mission is to be on the front lines of the battlefield between humans and dragons after receiving enough training so that they will not harm the ordinary people behind us. You've done the work of the police, so you want them to fight the dragons? Ange made a small joke, but Li Su did not smile.

"Then I'm out of mission time......" Li Su was interrupted by Ange before he could finish speaking, "That's the time for you to pursue your own happiness." If taking away the happiness of others is evil, isn't it evil for them to take away the happiness you should have? ”

"My happiness?" Li Su was stunned.

"Well, your happiness." Ange looked at Li Su, who looked confused.

"My happiness is to make others happy!" Li Su was suddenly a little excited.

"No, that's not your happiness." In the face of the excited Li Su Ange, he was unmoved. "If you compare happiness to a flame, you just avoid the flame of others from being extinguished, and then stand in front of their flame and feel warm, but your heart is still cold." Ange reached out and rubbed Li Su's chicken-like hair, "Although I don't know why you always neglect yourself, everyone has the right to pursue happiness, including you and me." Don't push yourself too much, we have dragon blood in our bodies...... But it is still the human heart that beats in the chest. ”

There was a burst of warmth from Ange's palm, like an angel's glow piercing from the top of Li Su's head and shining into his empty heart.

Since he crossed into this world, he has always regarded himself as a savior, always believing that the meaning of his existence is only to reverse the tragedy of the future, and that he is just a person who is outside the world, so he will always subconsciously ignore himself.

And now, for the first time, someone has told him that you are just one of us, that you have the same right to happiness as we are.

Li Su felt that there was a force flowing in the limbs, the originally stiff limbs were loose, the empty heart became active again, and every cell in the body cheered, as if it had experienced a baptism from the inside out, like a new life.

"That's a good thing the headmaster said." Li Su said softly.

"Of course, I'm an educator." Ange looked out the window, and Lu Mingfei was trotting over, with three tickets in his hand. "It's a good day for an encounter, and the amusement park is a good place for an encounter, isn't it?"

"Yes, Mr. Ange." Hearing Li Su's answer, Ange smiled, turned around and lay down on the back chair.

The knot in my heart was untied, and my senses became sharp again. Li Su was about to beckon to Lu Mingfei, who was running over, when he suddenly felt a peculiar smell in his mouth from his throat into his nasal cavity. While frowning, he remembered what he had eaten before, and he couldn't help but feel a cramp in his stomach.

Suddenly, a white flower gadget was handed over, and when he looked up, Principal Ange handed over a vomit bag, Li Su decisively took the big tute and vomited, and Ange laughed heartily in his ears, "It seems that before a beautiful encounter, you need a good meal." ”

"Headmaster, how did you have this thing in your car?" Finally finished spitting, Li Su sealed the bag and asked with difficulty.

"I prefer to drive fast, so occasionally there are passengers who need this, but I can't help it."