Although the name of Jingxi neighborhood sounds quaint and charming, it is actually the most dilapidated slum community in Shanteng City.

Most of the residents living there are laborers who compete with the price of physical strength and industrial energy to defeat mechanical production, and all kinds of life losers who have gone bankrupt due to various unexpected changes, so it can be said that poverty and poverty are the only specialties of this neighborhood.

Although he spent his childhood and adolescence in Shanteng, Gong Yaming came to Jingxi for the first time, a poor neighborhood that even resource star miners would not choose.

Even though he was prepared, he was still surprised when he turned into the street and saw the dirt on his eyes as if it had never been cleaned, the mottled surface as if it was about to collapse, and the piles of garbage scattered on the ground.

"Senior sister, your home is here?" After losing his mind for a few seconds, Yabo Kunmi came back to his senses and asked with a hidden smile as he walked forward.

"I lived here from the time I was born until I left Shanten to study at Sidley University." Looking at the ruined scene around him, Ni Jinhong, who was following Gong Yaming, replied slowly with a smile.

"But you always have the ability to improve your life and your family's life now," although Gong Yaming didn't say it too bluntly, although he took into account the strong self-esteem of his female companion, he still persuaded him tactfully: "I don't mean anything else, I just think that even if I only think about my own feelings, I will settle my home here..."

"Senior brother, do you think I hate my father who abandoned me and my mother since I was a child, so I refuse to treat him well now?" Ni Jinhong smiled, interrupted Gong Yaming's words, and asked bluntly.

"I can relate to your feelings, because I'm the same character.

It is unreasonable to ask for support from children when they are young, and to ask for support from them when they are old, but..."Gong Yaming thought about the wording and explained with a smile.

"It's just to your own father, why bother so much sometimes. Is that right?

That junior, do you know what is the most important thing for a fool who left his wife and daughter behind and risked his life to explore the primordial planet in order to pursue his dreams? Ni Jinhong interjected faintly and asked.

"For such a self-righteous person, I think the most important thing should be the recognition of society and self, right?" Gong Yaming thought for a moment. Some replied abruptly.

"You are worthy of being a 'hero' who has mastered the power of the soul, junior, you are really through human nature.

So let me ask you again, where can a broken old man who has never been able to become a professional explorer in his life, and who has not achieved anything else, be recognized by society and himself? Ni Jinhong asked again.

"It should be possible here." Gong Yaming looked around at the dirty neighborhoods around him again, and said softly: "Compared to those poor laborers here who have never left the mountains in their lives, even if they fail in life, the old man who has seen the vast world outside should be enough to stand tall and proud.

Although the so-called social recognition he received was so insignificant, self-recognition was as illusory and fragile as a soap bubble. ”

In Yabo Kunmi's embarrassed tone, Ni Jinhong stopped, pointed to a dark old building next to him and said, "No matter how insignificant, illusory and fragile it is. It is also the only way for my father to survive now.

He lives on the 7th floor of this building, and I'll take you to meet him. ”

The interior of the old building was far worse than its tattered exterior, and there were no windows for natural light in the courtyards and corridors, nor were the lights on, and before night, the interior was already dark.

"Brother, be careful of the garbage under your feet, there is only an old-fashioned elevator here that can still be used, let's take the stairs." After walking into the building. Ni Jinhong strode to the stairwell in the corner of the doorway while holding Gong Yaming's hand. He said softly. …,

The darkness didn't stop Yabo Kunmi's gaze in the slightest, but he was shocked by the harsh living conditions in front of him. Let Ni Jinhong pull herself to the stairs, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

"You can't imagine that this kind of place can be inhabited, right?" seemed to notice Gong Yaming's abnormality, and after climbing the 2nd floor, Ni Jinhong suddenly smiled and said.

"Ordinary people can't easily choose the place of life, but I think it can always be cleaned, and sometimes the laziness of not wanting to change is more terrible than sleepiness." Gong Yaming thought about it and replied with an inexplicable sigh.

"Junior, if you live in this kind of place for more than 3 months, you will become 'lazy', because personal efforts have no meaning at all for 'here'." Ni Jinhong said with a smile.

Looking at the smile of the female companion around him, Gong Yaming seemed to feel that he understood what this strong, capable young woman had been stubbornly struggling for, and would never admit defeat to anyone.

While the two were talking, they had climbed to the 7th floor of the building. Walking through the darkening corridor, Ni Jinhong used her fingerprint to open a mottled black metal door.

Walking into the room behind his female companion, Gong Yaming found that although the layout of the room was cramped, the decoration and furnishings were much better than he imagined, which should be the result of Ni Jinhong's improvement after the relationship between Ni Jinhong and his father eased.

"Jinhong, you're back, Dad just cooked the food..."Hearing the sound of the door, an old man who looked a little weak ran out of the kitchen in a hurry, and saw that there was a strange man standing outside the living room.

"This is my boyfriend, he's here to visit you," looking at the old man's stunned face, Ni Jinhong pointed to Gong Yaming and introduced it coldly, and then she pointed to her father, and her tone obviously became much softer and said: "Yaming, this is Mr. Ni Junyao, and he is also my father." ”

"Hello Uncle Ni." Gong Yaming said politely.

"You, you, when did you get a boyfriend, why did you never mention it to me?" The old man ignored Yabo Kunmi's greeting, looked at his daughter and asked loudly with a frown.

"Is it necessary to mention to you who I am associating with?" Seeing that his father's performance didn't look like he was happy to find a home, and thinking of his understanding and care for him over the past few years, Ni Jinhong couldn't help but ask in a cold tone.

Hearing his daughter's merciless questioning of himself in front of outsiders, Ni Junyao's face turned red, his body trembled as if he was about to be angry, but in the end he didn't have a seizure, but lowered his head and said in a low tone: "Jinhong, I'm here for your good, Dad hopes you can find a good man..."

"Yaming is 33 years old, he is already a C-class professional explorer, and he has also established other careers, he is the best man I have ever met in my life, you don't have to worry about me." Hearing his father's tone soften, Ni Jinhong's voice became less stiff and spoke.

"C, C-class professional explorer," Ni Junyao raised his head violently, looked at the young man with an embarrassed smile in front of him, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said with an excited expression: "How is it possible that he can be a 32-year-old C-class professional explorer."

Jinhong, you don't understand, the geniuses who can be promoted to middle and high-level professional explorers at a very young age are all strong people whose strength is far beyond ordinary people, and people with a little experience can..."

"I'm already an adult, and now I can be regarded as having a successful career, and I know no less than you," Hearing her father's intensified questioning of Gong Yaming, Ni Jinhong's tone became cold again, and she interjected expressionlessly: "You didn't care about me before, and don't interfere in my life now."

This is the liquor that Yameen bought for you, I put it here, you can't throw it out, we'll go out for dinner, you don't have to wait for me to come back tonight. Saying that, she resolutely took Gong Yaming's arm and walked out the door. …,

"Uncle Ni will come back again." Gong Yaming, who really couldn't imagine that the visit to the Ni family ended so dramatically, felt the female companion pulling with all his might, so he could only say goodbye in embarrassment and walk out of the metal door of argumentation.

was speechless all the way, and it wasn't until the two of them walked out of the Jingxi neighborhood that Gong Yaming carefully whispered: "Senior sister, in fact, you don't need to be like this, I think Uncle Ni was also kind just now..."

"Good intentions? The first time in my life I brought my boyfriend home to see him, he gave you a look on his face, would this be a good intention?

If I had known this, I wouldn't have let you see him at all," Before Yabo Kunmi finished speaking, Ni Jinhong blurted out angrily: "He has never taken care of me in his life, but now he wants to give me how to live...

Yameen, there are some things that I don't want to talk about even if it's you, in short, things are not as simple as you seem. In the end, she seemed a little speechless.

The upbringing he received since he was a child made Yabo Kunmi very respectful of other people's privacy, and he hurriedly nodded and said, "I know, senior sister, since you don't want to mention it, I won't ask more."

It's still early, why don't I take you to see the place where I lived when I was a child, and let you share my happy childhood and make up for your childhood shortcomings. ”

As he spoke, he manipulated the electronic instrument on his wrist to summon a taxi and drove with his female companion to the neighborhood where he had lived for more than 20 years...

Some unfortunate people see the happiness of others and will know how to share happiness and make up for the trauma of their own soul; Others feel sorry for themselves, become more depressed, and even become distorted because of mad jealousy.

In contrast, Ni Jinhong is undoubtedly the former, in an afternoon, she followed Gong Yaming to all parts of her boyfriend's childhood life, listening to him tell interesting stories about his childhood, and his originally depressed mood gradually became cheerful.

When he enjoyed a sumptuous dinner with Yabo Kunmi, and when he was hanging out under the moon, Ni Jinhong was already laughing, and after the two checked into the hotel in the evening, they naturally had another 'happy' night.

The next morning, because of the madness of last night, Gong Yaming got up at 10:20, and it was about to be the date time with Zhang Shan, he didn't even eat breakfast, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Ni Jinhong at the hotel and rushed to the Blue Star Ice Drink Room...