23, the road ahead (2)
Looking at the ring on his hand, Li Wenhao asked, "...... is this?" ”
Looking at Li Wenhao's puzzled look, Li Wu smiled and said gently: "This is the token of love between me and your mother back then. ”
"Mom!"
Li Wenhao was stunned for a moment, and the face that was already a little blurry subconsciously appeared in his mind.
When his mother left, Li Wenhao was still very young and didn't remember much. Many details were told to him by Li Wu, but as the father and son became more and more estranged in later years, Li Wenhao had not heard any news about his mother from Li Wu for many years.
He only remembered that his mother was very beautiful, and his mother's smile was very gentle.
The right hand gently rubbed the ring, which was a little rough, and there was not even any decorative lines carved on it.
Rings, very ordinary!
But it was this ordinary ring, but Li Wenhao saw his father looking at the ring in a daze after being drunk more than once.
This ring obviously means a lot to Dad, but why should he give it to himself at this time, Li Wenhao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and reached out to grab Li Wu's sleeve: "Dad, you... Is it going to do something? ”
"Do what?" Looking at Li Wenhao, Li Wu replied a little blankly: "Although this is a token of love between me and your mother, it was originally left to you by your mother, is there any problem for you?" ”
After speaking, he rubbed his head again, and asked him to go back first, saying that he would go to the village chief and Mr. to discuss something, and the gentle words were not like him at all.
"Dad, who drinks every day, what are they doing with the village chief?"
Although he still felt that it was inappropriate in his heart, he always felt that his father was going to do something not very good, but Li Wenhao couldn't see anything from Li Wu's face, so he could only respond sullenly.
And at the moment when Li Wenhao turned around, a deep feeling of guilt flashed quickly across his face, and soon.
In the blink of an eye, it disappeared as if it had never appeared.
"I'm sorry ......"
Li Wu said softly in a voice that only he could hear.
……
When night fell, the villagers, led by the village chief, found a clearing under a leeward slope and camped.
The only remaining men, led by the village chief, went to the woods to get a lot of branches, and came back, and lit several huge bonfires in the middle of the camp.
The wood is a little damp, which makes the smoke very heavy and choking.
But at this time, no one will run out to find it uncomfortable to avoid these choking smokes.
Along the way, even if there is a need for convenience, everyone will endure it and not go at all if they don't get together with a dozen people.
The wooden branches in the bonfire were "crackling" and burning, and Li Wenhao sat by the bonfire, his fingers unconsciously grinding the ring, thinking about the previous events in his head.
After Li Wu gave him the ring, he left quietly, and now more than an hour has passed, and he has not returned.
Li Wenhao, who couldn't help it, went to ask the village chief, but was told that his father had gone to look for supplies with other people in the village.
Li Wenhao felt that he was lying to himself.
The men who were sent to pick up wood in the woods in turn had changed twice, but Li Wu had never appeared in these two groups.
What are you hiding from yourself?
The movements in his hands stopped unconsciously, Li Wenhao had been thinking about Li Wu's abnormality in the past few days, and he didn't even notice that on both sides, there were two people, one big and one small, staring at him for a long time.
"Li Wenhao! What are you doing? ”
Finally, Liu Guwu, who was still relatively simple, suddenly spoke, which frightened Li Wenhao.
"It's fine!" Li Wenhao, who reacted, said angrily.
"Oh!" Liu Guwu pursed his lips and didn't ask any more.
The elderly man sitting on the side, Liu Gensheng, saw all this in his eyes.
Li Wu's quiet departure also knew that he even guessed that it should be related to Li Wu's blocking of the whispers he said to Old Ned before.
Originally, he didn't think much about it, but since he watched Li Wufei fly away with his own eyes last night, Liu Gensheng paid a little more attention to him.
And the habit of staring at students' small movements that he has developed as a teacher over the years also made him discover some subtle relationships between Li Wu and Old Ned:
They seem to have known each other before!
It's not that we know each other on the surface, after all, we have all been in the same village for more than ten years, and we must know each other.
It's just that since last night, Old Ned's attitude towards Li Wu has faintly changed.
If before, Old Ned still had seven points of sympathy for Li Wu and two points of disdain, then today, Old Ned suddenly had a feeling of respect for Li Wu.
And if it's just Old Ned himself, forget it, but last night, with Old Ned, it is said that a few other old guys who stayed behind the palace, except for the half-amputated tooth that died, there was nothing wrong!
The most serious thing is only a little skin injury, this is just a few country men who have worked in the fields all their lives and have the strength of a hand, how can they survive surrounded by so many aliens?
Walking all the way last night, there were hundreds of turbid ghosts lying all over the street, and the old man couldn't see it!
But what if you see it? They were all dead, and the only few people who knew about it last night were all agreed, and they kept silent, saying only that a mysterious strong man passed by and killed all the aliens.
Liu Gensheng once suspected that the strong man was Li Wu, even if he was very reluctant to believe this thing in his heart, but this was the most likely.
And when discussing the follow-up before, the eyes of those old guys couldn't help but drift to Old Ned and Li Wu. It's normal to float on Old Ned, but it's okay to float on Li Wu, it's a few things!
It was sudden, but it was also obvious, obvious enough to directly link this change to Li Wu's possible hidden identity.
Judging from these conclusions now, Liu Gensheng is more than ninety percent sure that Li Wu is the mysterious Terran powerhouse.
Although I was very reluctant to believe that this drunk, bastard, cheating, and fragrant guy would be the one who saved the village, there was no time to get to the bottom of the current situation.
Do your best, let it be the fate of heaven.
is getting old, and the old man has long been like his hairline, and he doesn't care about these things.
"Mr. ......"
Just when the old man was still thinking, Li Wenhao suddenly shouted, and after pausing for a while, he hesitated and asked, "...... my father?"
"The bastard went after him to collect dry firewood." Pretending not to care, the old man waved his hand and said.
"But ......" Li Wenhao wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the old gentleman.
"Don't think about it, hurry up and eat something, maybe you have to hurry later, the village chief said that you must rush to Hanjiang City today."
When the old man finished speaking, he took out the dry food from his pocket, ate it, and ignored him.
Today......
Now it is estimated that it will be six or seven o'clock in the evening, even if you leave now, you won't be able to reach Hanjiang City today, not to mention looking at this, there is no intention of leaving for a while.
Li Wenhao also thought silently and lowered his head again.
But, Dad, what the hell are you doing......