When a person dies like a lamp goes out, all grievances and hatreds should pass away.

However, in the dark, loneliness reminds people of many things, the past is like the gelatinous film of an old movie, and every frame of light and shadow is enough to force the already dazed war into a desperate situation from which it will never recover.

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Zhan Huan still remembers the first time he met Tan Shurun.

It was a very hot summer, scorching than every summer in Beicheng before, Zhan Huan came home from the end of the military camp training, and when he was at the door, he found that the Zhanjia compound that day was unusually quiet, and the bodyguards all bowed their heads and pretended to be sculptures, and they didn't dare to pant loudly, and even their favorite babbling on weekdays, playing in the small garden and noisy sister Zhan Meng was gone.

Entering the hall, Zhan Huan was even more puzzled.

On the first seat of the hall, the old man was angry, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed to his father's head and shouted a lesson.

Zhan Huan stood beside him, listened for a long time, and roughly understood what happened - the reason why the family almost fell out that day originated from the little girl standing next to his grandfather, the adopted daughter that the old man Zhan suddenly brought back.

The little girl was thin and small, and a little dark, and the little one didn't look like she was nine years old at all, but like five or six years old, even smaller than her little sister Zhan Meng, who was often sick at home. When he looked at her, the little girl stood in the corner with her head bowed, clasping her hands, quiet and well-behaved.

Zhan Huan's gaze swept over the only person sitting in the hall, his mother, who met his gaze, and her eyes of hatred and jealousy instantly retracted and replaced them with indifference, and on the other side, when his father was still trying to argue something, he got up and walked towards the little girl.

"Talking about Shurun, right?" His mother smiled kindly: "I look, the eyebrows and eyes are really similar to quiet, when I grow up, I will be like her mother, she is a great beauty who captivates the country and the city, our Zhan family is really blessed, and we can have such a good child as a granddaughter." ”

Zhan Huan looked at his mother, showed her acting skills at the level of a movie queen, bent down and hugged the little girl into his arms, pinched her face affectionately, and praised her for being a good girl, cute, and supposed to be a member of the Zhan family.

"Zhan Huan, come here."

Zhan Huan wondered why his mother, who had always been elegant and generous, showed such a desire to eat people, and his father, who had always been submissive, did what kind of disobedient thing he did to provoke his grandfather to be angry. The plot developed so fast that Zhan Huan didn't have time to think about everything that happened in the middle, and he saw his grandfather waving to him.

"Zhan Huan, this is your sister, Shurun, take good care of her in the future."

A long time later, Zhan Huan realized that on the day that Tan Shurun entered the Zhanjia compound, everyone present had a turbulent dark tide and different thoughts, and the suspicion and defense that shrouded the sky over the Zhanjia compound began at that time.

And it was only after a long time that he understood the sentence "Zhanhuan, this is your sister, Shurun." What does it mean, and what a curse.

However, at that time, Zhan Huan just obediently walked over and was held by the old man Zhan, and the little girl named Tan Shurun was also pulled out of his mother's arms by his grandfather, pushed in front of him, and explained softly.

"Shurun, come, this is your brother Zhanhuan, call someone quickly."

“…… Ahuan ...... Brother. ”

The little girl raised her head, her voice soft and glutinous, small, as if she was afraid, but she mustered up the courage to shout it.

Zhan Huan probably knew how much weight this little girl called Tan Shurun had in his grandfather's heart, because Old Man Zhan had never spoken to anyone so gently, except for talking about Shurun, only about Shurun......

At that moment, judging the situation, as the heir of the war family, he also clearly understood what he should do.

Because he understands the pros and cons, and because the goal is clear, Zhan Huan pretends to be a 'good brother', and he is very familiar with acting, maybe this is genetics, his mother is acting, and he is also acting, as if he has practiced thousands of times.

Zhan Huan raised his hand and greeted with a light smile: "...... Ashu... Sister, welcome home. ”

The little girl's eyes widened suddenly, and in a pair of extremely clear eyes, there was a smile full of shock and surprise.

He smiled, raised his hand to rub her head, and said solemnly, "My brother will take care of you in the future." ”

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At the beginning, it was a deception, and the first time I saw it, it was he who deceived her.

Perhaps all that happened later was only self-inflicted, and could not be lived.

Zhan Huan tightened the palm of his hand, and the cold in his hand became more and more piercing, and the tip of the needle pierced his heart, and he was out of breath in pain.

The operating table was as quiet as if it was just a sleeping woman, constantly forcing him to go back to the past, those that he deliberately forgot, he also thought that he had forgotten the clean, ignorant and ignorant youth years in the hatred of the bones.

Zhan Huan hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at Tan Shurun more, however, even if he was deceiving himself in this way, the memories still flooded the sky, in all directions, leaving no room for him, trying to drown him at the bottom of the ocean.

"Ah Shu, between us, why is this happening?"

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After the first encounter, Zhan Huan was personally advised by the old man Zhan.

"A good student takes care of Shurun's girl, and in the future, there will be a big return."

However, the eleven or twelve-year-old Zhan Huan didn't understand, he didn't care about what was hidden in the old man's words, he was just curious - even though she was just the adopted daughter of the Zhan family, but that little girl was also the adopted daughter of the Zhan family's family and personally led into the Zhan family's compound.

Zhan Huan saw that there was always an empty pair of dishes and chopsticks on the dining table at home, and his father did not want to go home; His mother began to become neurotic, and there was even an ignorant Zhan Meng, who would chase after him and ask if his parents were going to divorce, and whether they would follow his father or his mother.

From the moment the little girl named Tan Shurun appeared in his life, everything happened slowly and practically.

Zhan Huan became curious, and kept getting closer to Tan Shurun.

Zhan Huan began to investigate who Tan Shurun was, but there was only one name, and the information that could be found was pitiful, as if behind the three words 'Tan Shurun', the part of the past that belonged to the entanglement was deliberately erased.

Zhan Jia's intelligence system is the best in the world, but unfortunately Zhan Huan, who was only a teenager at that time, had the name of the heir of the Zhan family, but he had not yet obtained the permission to use the secret group from the old man Zhan, and in the end, Zhan Huan exhausted all methods, and all he got was the 'Tan Family Xiaolou Destruction Case', and in that Door Destroying Case, she became the only survivor.

I can't talk about what it feels like.

After Zhan Huan learned the news, he saw Tan Shurun again, but he felt that this sister who appeared out of thin air lost all her family at the age of six, which was quite pitiful, as if she treated every orphan who lost her family, and she helped her and ended it.

He will listen to the words of the old man Zhan, but he is also very busy, and he doesn't even have much time to accompany his sister Zhan Meng, where is the time to accompany one, who was strictly ordered by his mother not to approach, an orphan girl of unknown origin.

The world is unpredictable, and after a long time, Zhan Huan sometimes thinks that if she mourns her relatives, maybe they will not have an intersection in this life.

Tan Shurun is smiling whenever and wherever he is, smiling brightly and without any flaws.

Zhan Huan can understand what is hidden behind that smile - acting, pretending, deliberately, and masking.

In the face of outsiders, he is also so smiling, joy and anger are invisible, with a gentle and shallow smile, to cover up the possible killing in his heart, in Beicheng, this thousand-year-old and prosperous imperial capital, compared to the battlefield of flesh and blood, this is the hell where people eat people and do not spit out bones, he was forced to learn to hide very early, but the six-year-old child has that kind of awareness, it is really interesting.

Like finding the same kind of person, Zhan Huan paid more attention to Tan Shurun, and occasionally took advantage of Old Man Zhan's order to send some small snacks, all of which Zhan Meng liked, he wanted to talk about Shurun and Zhan Meng were the same age, maybe he would like it too.

However, Zhan Huan learned it for the first time in Tan Shurun, and it turned out that he was self-righteous.

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"Brother Huan, thank you for the snacks! These are mine, right? ”

Zhan Huan nodded, lowered his eyes, looked at Xiao Douding, who didn't have much on his thighs, rubbed her little head, and smiled: "Yes, it's all Ah Shu, taste it, it tastes good." ”

After eating a piece of candy, he held the snack bag and asked cautiously: "Brother Ahuan, the candy is very sweet and delicious!" So can I take these snacks and exchange books with you now? ”

Zhan Huan was stunned, suddenly curious, and asked with a smile: "Okay, tell me, what book does Ah Shu want?" ”

"Historical Records! I want to see this! ”

When her sister was still immersed in fairy tales, the little girl in front of her wanted to read "Historical Records", and Zhan Huan was full of interest, so she couldn't help but ask: "Ah Shu, why do you want to read this book?" ”

"Because...... There are a lot of teachers on it, and they will teach Ah Shu the principles of being a man......"

Zhan Huan squatted down, looked at Tan Shurun at eye level, and listened to her soft and glutinous answer.

"Brother Huan, I want to be a good person."

Zhan Huan agreed to help Tan Shurun bring books, teach her to read, and even asked Old Man Zhan to agree to let Tan Shurun go to school.

"You've thought about it, do you really want that girl to go to school?" At that time, the old man Zhan held a porcelain cup in his hand, and the blue snail in the bowl slowly stretched out the branches and leaves, and the tea soup was clear, thinking that it was the best tea that year. "Since ancient times, the uncivilized heart is the easiest to control, read more, understand more, think more, you can guarantee that Shurun that girl will always be the only one."

Old Man Zhan said this strangely, but there was no sign of intending to explain.

Zhan Huan remembered his answer at that time, and he was very sure.

"Ah Shu is still young, I believe that in time, I can make her die for me, the fighter."

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