Hou Biao jumped into the river without saying anything and swam towards Jiang Deguan. But when he swam to the middle of the river, Jiang Deguan was gone.

He plunged into the water, touched the bottom of the river for a long time, floated up to breathe, and went down to touch it. It went up and down many times, and he didn't find Jiang Deguan after touching the bottom of the river.

He went ashore dejectedly, and sat down on the stones of the embankment drenched and silent.

Aoki came over and said, "Let's go, go back to Wuzhong." ”

"What are you going back for? Do you want to be a bodyguard? Hou Biao laughed self-deprecatingly, what else could he do in his life besides being a bodyguard for the rich man?

Aoki said, "I'm not a rich man. ”

Hou Biao said: "Then what are you going to do back?" ”

Aoki said, "Go back and change your life." ”

Hou Biao said: "Let me think about it. ”

Aoki said, "Okay, come to me anytime you think about it." ”

Aoki left, Hou Biao thought about it for a long time by the river, and it wasn't until the sky was bright that he sighed at the calm river, stood up helplessly, and said, "Master Jiang, I did my best." ”

Hou Biao walked onto the stone bridge and pushed the tricycle down. The car was in the way of the bridge, and he wanted to push it into the mulberry field next to it.

As soon as he pushed Micycle out of the car, he suddenly heard a gunshot.

The sound of the gunshot, which seemed to come from far away, wanted to come from a close distance, echoing in his ears incessantly.

He was startled by the sound of the gunshot, suddenly thought of something, and then the world swirled.

Hou Biao stabilized his figure, raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that the shadows in the darkness were full of cars, stacked on top of each other, like crawling with steel corpses.

Isn't this the scrapped car parking lot where he hid his car for three wheels?

Hou Biao looked at the three wheels he was pushing in his hand, and suddenly realized that everything he had just experienced was just a dream, and he had been hypnotized since he was looking for three wheels in the parking lot. At this time, he had just found the three wheels, and Jiang Deguan should still be in the van when he came.

After the gunshots echoed, there was silence in the parking lot.

Hou Biao scolded, "! He pushed the three wheels down and ran towards the van.

Jiang Deguan was lying in the van with a gun in his hand, and the bullet pierced his temple. Judging by the scene, he committed suicide with a pistol.

Hou Biao looked around blankly and saw Aoki standing behind him, his hands in his trouser pockets, leaning lazily on an old scrapped car.

"Come back to Wuzhong with me." Aoki said.

Hou Biao said: "I could have saved him, but you hypnotized me." ”

Aoki said, "You just walked a little longer to save him, and you already saw it in your dreams." Rather than let him float in the river and die in front of his hometown father, it is better to die here. Why should you do in vain? ”

Hou Biao sat down and fell to the ground.

He raised his gun and aimed it at his temple.

Aoki said, "You said it yourself, you did your best. You don't owe him anything, so why bother? ”

Hou Biao said: "I have no love in my life, what are I doing in life?" Go back as a mercenary, or continue to be a bodyguard for the old men? ”

"Maybe there are some more meaningful things to do, such as"

"Like what?"

"Like saving all of humanity."

"Save all of humanity?" Hou Biao laughed out loud, thinking that it was good to hear such a joke at this time.

Aoki said, "Of course you can't save humanity, but some people can." ”

Hou Biao raised his head: "So what?" What do you want to say? ”

"I mean, you can use your skills to protect those who need protection."

"The President of the United States?" Hou Biao suddenly felt that this joke was not funny at all, "Is there a difference between being a dog for a rich man and being a dog for an official master?" ”

Aoki said: "It seems that although Jiang Deguan saved your life, he didn't treat you well, otherwise why do you think that being a bodyguard is a dog?" ”

Hou Biao stopped talking, carefully weighed Aoki's words in his heart, and finally shook his head and said, "No, Jiang Ye didn't treat me as a dog, I thought too much about myself." ”

Aoki said, "Your subconscious doesn't deceive. ”

Hou Biao was silent for a long time and asked, "Who do you want me to protect?" ”

"Scientists who can save humanity and good people who can be harmed," Aoki said. By protecting them, you can also be a respectable person and not just make people feel like you're a bad jerk to mess with. ”

Hou Biao said: "Let me think about it. ”

"Okay, you think slowly, come to me anytime when you think about it." Aoki said.

Hou Biao stood up tiredly and walked numbly in the steel world of scrap cars. After walking a few steps, he remembered that Jiang Deguan's body was still in the car, and it was not appropriate to expose it here after all.

He wanted to go back and drag the body out and find a place to bury it, but this time, he suddenly found that the scenery had changed, where there were still parking lots, where there were still scrapped cars, and there were no corpses.

There were trees everywhere, and the wind blew through the trees, and the cries of night owls sounded terrible.

Hou Biao saw the shadows and sporadic lights of the hazy village in the distance, and suddenly remembered that this was the mountain they had entered after abandoning the car and walking. He's going to get something to eat now, and he's got a van. But those were obviously not real, and it was impossible to turn back time, it was a dream he had after being hypnotized.

At this moment, Jiang Deguan should be hiding in the crack of the stone on the mountain waiting for him.

Hou Biao thought that if he was hypnotized at this time, then the people who met Huang Ziqiang later chased him into the mountain, and Jiang Deguan was injured, these things were not true.

Thinking about it now, Huang Ziqiang is staring at his car at most, it is impossible for him to chase into the mountains after he abandons the car, if it is Li Wei, he still believes that the other party has such a ability.

He hurriedly turned around and ran back, and saw Jiang Deguan sitting there in a daze looking up at the sky. There was not a single cloud in the dark sky, and the starry sky seemed to fall.

"Jiang Ye!" He screamed.

Jiang Deguan slowly turned his face, looked at him and said, "Monkey, you did your best, don't worry about me anymore, you can go." ”

Hou Biao began to wonder if he was dreaming now, and did not answer, but looked around vigilantly.

Jiang Deguan said: "When you walked away just now, I was always looking back and reflecting on my life. This quiet wilderness is very suitable for thinking, and now that I have figured it out, I have lived in this life, although it is not the kind I want, but the glory and wealth are not enjoyed by ordinary people in their lifetime, what is there to complain about? There is no point in living any longer, it is better to die early and be born early, and in the next life, you can be a different person. ”

Hou Biao felt more and more that he was still dreaming at this moment, and what Jiang Deguan said was not at all like his usual personality.

"Do you know what I wanted to do when I was a kid?" Jiang Deguan continued, "When I was a child, I wanted to be a scientist. At that time, my favorite cartoon was the robot cat, oh now it's called Doraemon, but we all called him Jingle Bell at that time. I love his magical pockets, which are full of visions of the future. I want to be a scientist and change the world. I even often fantasize that if one day aliens invade Earth, I will be the hero who saves humanity! ”

Hou Biao was suddenly stunned: "Save mankind? ”

Jiang Deguan smiled and nodded: "Yes, what boy hasn't had such a dream!" ”

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