It's cold at night.

On the vast field, a room is lit up with warm yellow lights, Feng Chen is sitting in the room making a pot of tea, all channels in the TV are playing the battle that happened in the small town of Morwell today, Feng Chen turned down the sound of the TV to the minimum, the bedroom door has been closed, and Ms. Martha's even breathing can be heard from inside.

It's not so much that Feng Chen is watching TV, but looking at his expression as if he is napping, squinting his eyes, and making the same even breathing sound, the battle in Morwell Town has ended an hour ago, and you can get a glimpse of how Feng Chen perceives.

But there is no doubt that Clark won, maybe Fiora died in battle, maybe he relented and let his compatriots have one last way to live. Feng Chen opened his eyes slightly at this time and filled his tea.

"The war has just begun, and Zod won't give up."

Feng Chen knows more or less what kind of guy Zod is, in the matter of Krypton, this man is ruthless and cold, cruel and iron-blooded.

There was a faint shock outside the door, and Clarke, dressed in a red cloak, walked in, he looked a little tired, his face was full of fatigue and fatigue, as if covered with a layer of dust, and a look of inexplicability flashed from time to time in his light blue deep eyes, looking preoccupied.

He didn't expect Feng Chen to sit here watching TV at this time, with a hint of surprise, and then lightly opened the door of Ms. Martha's bedroom, and only walked out after a while, sitting opposite Feng Chen, showing a sunny smile and saying:

"Man, thanks to you today."

Feng Chen didn't reply, took another cup and poured the tea in the teapot, through the mist rising in the cup, and said with a smile: "Clark, how do you feel today?" ”

Clark shrugged his shoulders, pretended to be stress-free, picked up the teacup, and said as he drank, "This is the most memorable day I've ever had." ”

"Fiora was killed by you?" Feng Chen asked casually with a cup.

Clarke's face was calm, he took a deep breath, and said with a wry smile, "You know, man, I don't want to kill anyone. ”

"I know." Feng Chen nodded, just like when he was a bartender in New York, when he couldn't bear it, he just shot at a crane truck, and when he asked him if he was comfortable afterwards, he just said that he was uncomfortable.

"Zod won't give up, Clark, and you have to get ready." Feng Chen sighed slightly in his heart, he taught him how to face it, how to choose, and how to take responsibility, but he didn't want to teach him to be kind.

But he is a kind person.

No mentor would teach his students to be cruel and ruthless in slaughtering their own compatriots, at least not in the dust, so there is nothing to teach in the dust, and let him deal with it himself.

Even if the world has been looking at each other coldly, he still chooses this path, what a kind and strong silly boy.

"Clark, what's the attitude of the military right now?"

"The military is now on a front with me, I just went to a military base in the Mojave Desert and discussed it with General Nick, Zod will not give up, but now I don't know what Zod will do, I propose to the military that once there is a situation, you must contact me first before you can act."

"The military won't listen to you."

Feng Chen said lightly.

Clark frowned slightly, he felt a little strange, and asked casually, "Why?" ”

"Because I've worked with the military, they have their own plans, especially since there is a guy in this world who doesn't belong here besides those guys in outer space."

"There is an old saying in the East, 'If you are not of my race, your heart will be different.'"

Clark didn't answer, only the sound of the water pouring the tea from Feng Chen, which was just a bargain bought casually in the town, but Feng Chen could still smell the fragrance of boiling water.

Clark held the cup of steaming tea that Feng Chen had just poured for himself, the taste was bitter and astringent, he knew about tea, but he didn't understand why Feng Chen liked to drink this kind of bitter water, not only that, but a teacher from the East in the department also liked tea when he was in college.

Neither of them spoke, as if thinking about their own business, and when Clark could not taste the tea, the old-fashioned pendulum clock in the room let out a heavy, trilling sound.

At one o'clock in the morning, the house was very quiet.

At this time, Feng Chen looked at the bright moonlight outside the window, his eyes seemed to be out of focus, and he suddenly said:

"Clark, remember the story I told you? A tale of tigers and cats. ”

"Huh?" Clark asked, then nodded, "A story with a lot of meaning." ”

Feng Chen grinned and narrated: "Legend has it that in a forest, the cat is the most powerful animal in the forest, the tiger worships the cat as a teacher, and then the cat is dutiful, and teaches the tiger how to hunt, how to avoid the enemy, the tiger becomes more and more powerful, and finally one day, the tiger has malice towards the cat, and the cat attacks the cat, but the cat easily escapes to the tree, so the question arises, why doesn't the cat teach the tiger to go up the tree?" ”

"Seal the dust, if you are suspicious of me, please explain it to your face!" There was a hint of dissatisfaction on Clark's face, he naturally knew this story, this guy had told it that day when he had finished teaching himself.

"Clarke, I don't doubt you, and I don't have anything to teach you." Feng Chen said with a smile.

Clark looked at Feng Chen's kind smile, and he suddenly saw a trace of vicissitudes in Feng Chen's eyes, and then he remembered that the guy in front of him who was eating and chatting with him was already more than a hundred years old.

So he stared at Feng Chen and said, "Are you going to ...... Left? ”

"Yes, before that, would you like to hear the follow-up to this story?"

"And a follow-up?" Clarke's heart was filled with a hint of complexity, and his eyes were also looking at Sealed Dust with a complicated gaze.

"Later, the tiger died." Feng Chen said calmly, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

"How could the King of Beasts die? Old and dead? Clark frowned and asked, to be honest, he didn't like the story, who the tiger was, he knew it very well.

Feng Chen's eyes were deep and calm, he just looked at Clark, then shook his head, looked at the teacup and said: "This story is said at the beginning, in a forest, cats are the most powerful animals, since cats have taught tigers, how can the apprentice threaten the master?" This logic is different, but all stories are afraid of assumptions, and assumptions will tear apart a beautiful moral story. ”

Clark looked at Feng Dust in bewilderment, he was aroused.

"Of course, assumptions aside, what else is there in this forest? Except for tigers and cats? Or is it except for the eloquent fox? Or is it a monkey? ”

"Clark, I'm about to sail away, and this last story will be used as an extracurricular lecture." Feng Chen stood up.

"Kindness is not a bad thing, even a good thing, we always expect a perfect person, he is kind-hearted, strong and invincible, he does things cleanly, he has a good relationship with people, we always impose something on someone that we don't have, no one likes to stand in the dark, most of these are unlucky guys, but someone must stand in the dark before someone can stand in the light."

"My teaching is over, Clark, your control of power has met the standard in my heart, but in this world, the road is endless, who the tiger is, who the cat is, it doesn't matter, you may meet a bunch of tigers one day, maybe you will meet a bunch of cats one day, but you have to remember."

"Watch out for the harmless creatures in this forest, like foxes."

"Watch out for what you think is a weak guy in the forest, like a monkey."

"What's more, your kindness will eventually attract a bunch of cats."

Feng Chen picked up the teacup and drank the last cup of tea, pursed his lips, looked at Clark calmly, and then said:

"Watch out for those cats, sometimes they'll put you in the doom."

"When the time comes......"

Feng Chen sighed, and he suddenly smiled: "When the time comes, don't cry, but I want to congratulate you on your graduation, Clark." ”

Clark was obviously still thinking, his eyes suddenly turned red for some reason, the guy standing in front of him with a smile seemed to be overwhelmed by the endless sea, blurred and out of reach, and when he reacted, the door had been opened, and a cold cool breeze came from outside.

Clark hurried out of the house, and saw Dusty standing on the empty farmland, Tinny on the side let out a flattering whimper, and then tilted his head in confusion, perhaps thinking about a habitual question in his head.

"Every night the dust will let go of the chains, why didn't you let go today?"

The night wind blew the dusty placket of his clothes, and he stood there quietly, with Clark's voice behind him.

"Dude, I don't like your story, to be honest." Clark showed a farewell smile, and Feng Chen turned his head to laugh as well, and the night breeze mixed with his voice came.

"Coincidentally, I don't like it either, but I'm sure you'll handle it, whether it's now or in the future, how to say that you are also taught by me."

"Can you tell me where you heard this story before you leave?"

Feng Chen was slightly stunned, and then smiled even brighter.

"A lot of people told me, some guys said a word, some guys said a paragraph, some guys helped me break it down, and even more people rushed to add an end to this childish story, and then I knew."

Clark nodded with a smile, he could feel a wave of energy floating in the sky over the entire farm, the black clouds that originally surrounded the moon were collectively shrouded above, and the will that belonged to the vastness of heaven and earth was condensing, it was the power of nature.

"One last question, what happened to your tiger and your cat when you knew the story?"

Feng Chen turned around, and a bland word full of vicissitudes came from his back.

"Mine? The whole forest was full of restlessness, and finally one day the sky was like this, and there was a thunderclap, and the whole forest suddenly burst into flames, and everything was consumed......"

"In that fire, everything became black charcoal, life turned into ashes, annihilated in the raging fire, the tiger was burned only dragging its bloody body to survive, dead and alive, alive and dead, wandering repeatedly, the cat escaped because it could climb trees, but it was not far from death."

"From then on, there was only dead silence in that forest, and there was no birdsong."

After saying that, the corners of Feng Chen's mouth curled up in an arc, and when the white light that enveloped his body through the sky, he watched Clarke, who was shocked, spit out his last words.

"But one of the seeds did not turn into ashes because it was in the soil, and it witnessed the fire of the prairie and survived tenaciously......"

"The wood of the hug, born at the end of the millennium, a hundred years later."

"Weeping branches reach to the sky, and lush leaves cover the ground."