Early the next morning, Li Xiang and Maka politely refused Hong Dansheng's retention, got on an empty bus, and drove straight towards the city where the Maka family was located.

Along the way, Marka was obviously at a loss in his heart, and kept repeating a few trivial things with Li Xiang.

"Li Xiang, the situation in my family is a bit special, I can't be as happy as Hongda's family, if there is anything that is not good, don't take it to heart."

"Li Xiang, you also know that some things in our family are not very visible, but they haven't done anything hurtful, if they have any excessive behavior, you should think of it for my sake."

"Li Xiang, in fact, my status in the family is not so high, and there are more men in my family, and the situation is more complicated......"

It can be seen that the closer Marca is to home, the more nervous he becomes.

Li Xiang stretched out his hand, pressed it on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be so nervous, I'm just your guest, no different from Hong Da's side." ”

Maka was silent, saying so, but he really didn't know the bottom in his heart.

A huge manor, covering an estimated area of hundreds of acres, several western-style buildings in it are very eye-catching, and the music fountain in the middle is even more luxurious.

When the airbus stopped at the door, several large men with weapons were already blocking the door, with deep warning in their eyes.

It wasn't until they saw Maka's figure that they retreated to both sides.

Today's Ma Family Manor, the atmosphere has dropped to an unprecedented freezing point, all the core members, two generations gathered together, but no one spoke for half a day.

Marca pushed the door in, and the dozen or so men turned their heads sharply and stared at him.

A middle-aged man in his forties glanced at the two of them and frowned, "Why did you come back?" ”

Maka originally saw so many people present, and was about to introduce Li Xiang, when he suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not quite right, and swallowed back the words when they came to his mouth.

"When you come back, let's take the guests to rest first." The man waved his hand at Maka.

Maca frowned, turned his head to Li Xiang and said apologetically: "Li Xiang, I'll take you around first." ”

The decoration of the house is extremely luxurious, and from time to time there are servants shuttling around, and when they see Maka, they nodded slightly: "Hello Sixth Young Master." ”

Maka nodded all the way back, took Li Xiang straight up to the third floor, walked into the room, threw the package onto the bed, and said to Li Xiang: "They should have encountered something, don't you mind." ”

Li Xiang finally understood why Marca was chattering so much along the way.

Compared with the ordinary and enthusiastic of Hong Dansheng's family, Maca's side didn't seem to care about their existence at all, until that night, except for a servant who came to ask Maca if he wanted to prepare any food, he didn't even have a single relative.

Marca has been chatting with Li Xiangdong and talking about it, but he has actually been very anxious in his heart. He never thought that he had been out for so long, and when he finally came back from completing the task, his family was still so cold. With a breath in his stomach, he left the manor directly with Li Xiang.

Marca suddenly felt that it was a great mistake to bring Li Xiang back. I think about my family in everything, but no one takes myself seriously at all.

Not even the most basic courtesy.

In the tavern, Maca had already ordered the second bottle of red wine, except for the glass in Li Xiang's hand, everything else had already entered Maca's stomach, and at this time, his face had turned red into pork liver.

He was already too strong to drink, and after drinking so much at once, he was already drunk.

"Li Xiang, I'm really sorry. I didn't know it was going to be like this. Marca is still apologizing to Li Xiang.

Li Xiang can actually understand Marca's mood at this time. From the nervousness on the empty bus, it can be seen how eager he is to get a recognition of coming back with honor this time.

At the same time, he was born in such a family, and he was very inferior.

Not material poverty, but a purely spiritual gap.

The more a person cares about something, the more he proves that he lacks something.

The bartender opened his mouth to ask if he needed to add wine, Li Xiang waved his hand and refused, listening to Maka's muttering, he actually felt a little sad in his heart.

Suddenly, the communicator on Maka's body vibrates.

Marka pulled it out in a daze, glanced at it, and the whole person woke up instantly, and he quickly answered the phone.

"Where did you run again?" On the other end of the phone, the man's accusing voice rang.

Marca hurriedly explained: "Dad, I'll take my friends out for a walk. He came to ...... for the first time."

The man interrupted him and said directly: "How old are you, what is important and what is not important, don't you even know this?" Do you want me to wait for you here? ”

"No, Dad, we'll go back right away." Maka was drunk in an instant, and the moment he closed the communicator, he slapped a few banknotes directly on the counter, and took Li Xiang to rush home.

The two hurried back to the manor, and just stepped into the living room, a cold snort sounded: "It's past twelve o'clock." I thought it would be a bit of a change to send you to the south to experience it, but now I don't see any progress, not even the most basic concept of time. ”

Nearby, a richly dressed woman sat on her lap and winked at Maka.

Marca lowered his head, walked over, and said, "Dad, I didn't live up to your expectations. ”

Marca nervously took out the medals representing honor from his pocket, spread them out in front of the man, and said, "One is the first-class medal we got when we hunted the Iron Wolf, one is the first-class medal awarded by the headquarters when we conquered the 13th District, and the other is the glory of our team." ”

The man's face looked a little better, he took the three medals, looked at them, put them on the table, and said, "Since there is a future over there, why are you in such a hurry to come back." ”

Marca explained: "We just finished a big war, and there should be no war in the south for a while, so I thought I'd come back and see you. ”

"What's there to see." The man said unhappily. glanced at the medals on the table, and said: "With our background, such a good opportunity to join the Southern Branch, you don't take advantage of it, a big man is still homesick, I really don't know what you think." ”

Marka felt that his father's anger had subsided a little, and quickly changed the topic: "Dad, this time I also brought my best friend back. ”

Marca smiled and introduced to his father: "Over there, if it wasn't for Li Xiang to take care of me, I wouldn't have been able to get these honors so smoothly." ”

Li Xiang took a step forward, looked at the man in front of him, and greeted slightly: "Hello uncle." ”

The man's gaze swept back and forth on Li Xiang's body, almost subconsciously assessing the strength and value of this young man, and after a while, he beckoned, "Come and sit." ”

Li Xiang was not polite, and sat directly on the sofa, looking at the man.

Marca stood beside his father, and he didn't even dare to sit down.

Fortunately, the woman next to her reminded: "Kaka, seeing that you are sweating, sit down and rest." ”

"Auntie, I'm fine." Marca said respectfully, walked over to Li Xiang's side and sat down.

Marca finally recovered a little and asked, "Dad, I see that the eldest uncle and the second uncle are here today, is there something wrong?" ”

The man interrupted him with a wave of his hand. "You don't have to worry about that. Since you're back, I'll go to your uncle first tomorrow and find something to do. ”

"Okay, Dad." Maka hurriedly said.

The man pushed the medal of the third sister to Maka and said, "When you go tomorrow, remember to bring this to your uncle." ”

"Yes!" Marca hurriedly withdrew the medal.

"Go ahead!" The man subconsciously ordered.

Marca took the medal and hurriedly went upstairs.

He arranged a house for Li Xiang, carefully put away the medal, and said apologetically: "Don't care, my dad has always been like this, and slowly you will get used to it." ”

"This seems to be what Lu Da would say." Li Xiang said.

Maka was stunned for a moment, finally had a smile on his face, sighed, and sat down next to Li Xiang: "Hey, I thought that coming back with these medals would make a difference, but I didn't expect it to be like this." ”

Thinking of the sadness, he directly threw out the three medals.

Li Xiang was helpless, bent down to help him pick up the medals, and said: "These medals belong to you, representing the honor of you and your brothers, and it has nothing to do with your family." You just throw it away at will, if they find out, they will be sad. ”

"But, Li Xiang, I've really tried my best to do my best, why is this still the case?" Marka's eyes were red, clutching at his slightly curly hair.

A man who has never taken a step back in the face of an enemy countless times stronger than himself in the war, but at this time his eyes are red and tears are streaming down his face.

Perhaps in the eyes of this man, life is not even as important as a little recognition of the family.

The education he has received for more than 20 years has been deeply rooted in his bone marrow, and everything is for the sake of the family. It's like an invisible prison that traps him inside.

Li Xiang walked over, stroked his hair, put the medal back in his hand, and asked, "Do you want to live in the shadow of your family for the rest of your life?" ”

Marka wiped away his tears, "Li Xiang, I really don't want to look like this." But I can't help it, the family rules are like this, if we don't unite as one, the family will fall apart sooner or later. ”

"Then what do you think the family is?" Li Xiang asked.

Marca looked up at him blankly.

Li Xiang sighed: "According to my understanding, the family still needs to be a family first, if a family does not even have the most basic mutual respect, then how can we talk about family honor?" Just like the concept of the state in everyone's mind in our era in the past, whether it is patriotic or family-loving, if only empty moral kidnapping remains, then there is no point at all. ”

Li Xiang sighed and continued: "For many years, I have loved this land deeply and felt that it would not be allowed to be desecrated in any way; But my heart has always been full of confusion about human nature. So do you say, do I love this planet, or do I love the people on it? ”