Chapter 22: An Unexpected Visitor

This year is a cold spring, and it seems that it is almost March, and there is a heavy snow that has not fallen in winter.

The man seemed to have been walking in the snow for a long time, and was wrapped in a cloud of snowflakes and carried a cold wind into the door of the bar, and the chill and the intrusion of strangers made everyone in the bar look at the door.

He was wearing a thick cotton coat, which seemed to be afraid of the cold and old-fashioned, the hood of the cotton coat covered his head, and he wrapped a large woolen scarf around him, covering most of his face, so that people could not see his face at all, only a pair of crystal eyes were exposed.

Somehow, Ruan Zhan suddenly felt that the person in front of him was very familiar, as if it was the person he had seen in the hallucinations his father had given him, the person who had a blood-drenched spell carved on the skin on his chest and gave his father the crystal knife, the person that his father deliberately did not let him know!

"Xiao Xia, come over here." Ruan Zhan reacted the fastest, took a few steps forward, and protected Xiao Xia, who was stunned at the door, behind him.

"Who are you?"

Ruan Zhan asked politely, with a little hostility, but before the person could answer, Bao Datong's surprised voice sounded from behind him: "Dad! ”

Could it be Uncle Bao?

Ruan Zhan was stunned, and closed the document with a "snap", while Bao Datong stepped forward with three points of joy and seven points of reluctance: "Why are you here?" Aren't you going to travel? ”

"Sure enough, it's my son, and you can recognize him dressed like this." Uncle Bao answered the question.

"I can recognize you even if you are wrapped into zongzi." Bao Datong helped his father take off his scarf, take off his cotton jacket, and even replace his father's soaked shoes with sneakers on his feet, and Ruan Zhan and Wan Li recognized that the old man in front of them was Uncle Bao.

"You haven't answered me yet, what are you doing here?"

"Is this girl Zhan's wife? When he was like a baby, he didn't let my old man see it. Uncle Bao slowly walked to the center of the bar, ignored his son's question for the second time, and looked up and down at Xiao Xia, who greeted him with a smile, "Well, his eyebrows are bright, his eyes are black and white, he must be a gentle, kind, generous and reasonable child." Ah Zhan, have a vision. ”

"Daddy, what the hell are you doing here?" The barefoot Bao Datong followed Uncle Bao without giving up and continued to ask.

"Can't I swim here?" Uncle Bao didn't look back, he was busy accepting Wanli's greetings, and took out a strange chain made of bones made of hemp rope from his arms and handed it to Xiao Xia, "Uncle is a hillbilly, nothing good, this gadget is made by myself, you can wear it and play with it." ”

Xiao Xia respectfully took it and solemnly put it on her neck, feeling that every bone bead on this chain was a strange text, and she couldn't put it down when she looked left and right, and Uncle Bao was very happy to see that she liked it.

"Ah Zhan, don't you ask?"

"You, is that him?" Ruan Zhan asked thoughtlessly, but he believed that Uncle Bao understood what he was talking about.

"This kind of thing should be done by my family Datong, how can it be you?" Uncle Bao is even more puzzling than Ruan Zhan.

Bao Datong was anxious, "I said, don't you play dumb riddles, okay?" There are a lot of people here who are confused, at least you have to be wary of the implications. ”

"I mean-" Uncle Bao looked at Ruan Zhan with his eyes, but explained to his son: "It's your way to do things so recklessly and impatiently, asking questions to others, Ah Zhan has always been a steady and quiet child, always planning and then acting when encountering problems, he is a rare wise general, he shouldn't be so straight to the point." ”

"Are you?" Ruan Zhan asked again.

"What if I'm a bad person? Isn't that a revelation of your bottom when you ask? ”

"Oops, it's going crazy!" Bao Datong screamed and sat down in his chair, "What are you talking about?" What is not? What's going on? ”

"How can Uncle Bao be a bad person?" Wan Li interjected.

"You kids have regressed." Uncle Bao sighed, "What a smart and clever child you used to be, and now you are doing the work of studying people's hearts, why do you go back more and more as you grow?" He pointed to thousands of miles, "Everyone in this world can be a good person or a bad person, good and evil are not very clearly divided, sometimes what you see with your own eyes is completely different from the actual reality." ”

"But people also have beliefs, and beliefs are more true than anything else, and people can distinguish between truth and falsehood." Wan Li said, "I know that Uncle Bao is a good person, and I firmly believe that." ”

"Well said." Uncle Bao smiled at Wan Li and nodded, then pointed at Ruan Zhan, "This kid has no faith, but he is not to blame, because no one has ever given him anything to support his faith." ”

"It's not over, it's even a proverb." Bao Datong wailed again, "I can say well, if you don't say human language that I can understand, if I cause any trouble in the future, you can't blame me!" ”

"Let's go upstairs and say, Uncle Bao looks cold and hungry!" Xiao Xia didn't understand the conversation between the three of them, but he couldn't interject, and hurriedly saw the stitches at this moment, "Bao Datong, quickly lead Uncle Bao upstairs to take a hot bath, and I'll prepare some hot soup immediately." She pushed Bao Datong, and then said to the two guys who had been watching the play: "You two helped me cook, and then closed the shop." The snow is too big for there to be any guests, so you can sleep here and go back to school tomorrow when the snow melts. ”

She unconsciously brought a little bit of hostess style, and succeeded in getting all six men in the bar, young and old, to disperse, and each did what she told him.

She heard Uncle Bao praise her behind her back, "Organized, Ikea." "I was very happy, and carefully prepared hot food for the old man and brought it upstairs.

"If you want to ask questions, exchange information first." Uncle Bao took a hot bath, and after eating, he was radiant and more energetic than when he first entered the door.

As soon as he stepped into the door of "Night Return", because of the sparkle of those eyes, people would think that he was a wise elder. But when he took off his coat and appeared in front of others, the light in his eyes would be overshadowed by his deliberate disguise, and ordinary people would only notice his appearance, thinking that what was standing in front of him was just a simple and simple old peasant. Only those who really know him know how chic his fairy wind bones are, and this point is far less than Bao Datong.

However, his personality is very likable, serious and witty, Bao Datong is a bit fatherly at this point, even the way the two of them discuss the problem is the same, and the big thing has not been told to others, so he first asks for an exchange of information.

Ruan Zhan glanced at Xiao Xia, and after receiving her wordless support, he decided to say the things that he had told Xiao Xia. He didn't want to involve his friends in this matter, but Uncle Bao's sudden appearance was too strange, and he had to say it now. Compared with him, Xiao Xia is many times weaker in strength, it is simply a gap between heaven and earth, but in this short time together, he has become accustomed to getting her encouragement psychologically.

He slowly told these things one by one, and his heart was completely calm, but these words were extremely shocked when they reached the ears of Wan Li and Bao Datong, and they didn't know what to do after listening to them.

"Uncle Bao, if you mean these things by exchanging information, I've already said it all. Now it's your turn to answer me, are you the one? ”

"You're impatient again, but it's no wonder you, after all, the nature of father and son is not something that can be controlled by man." Uncle Bao nodded, "That's right, the person who can't see your father's face in his hallucination is me, and I also gave him back the crystal knife." He's hinting to you about the danger of his seizure and the importance of the crystal knife, but he didn't let me show up because he didn't want you to come to me. At this point, your father and son are exactly the same, you want to carry everything by yourself, and you don't want to bother your friends. ”

Ruan Zhan suddenly realized, and put down a big stone in his heart.

He knew that sooner or later he would have to fight his father, so he was very concerned about any clues that his father had left him, and that mysterious person had always worried him, for fear that it would be an unpredictable third force. Now that he knows that the person is Uncle Bao, there is nothing to worry about.

"You must have been the one who helped my father out of his coffin." He asked again, and received the same positive answer. In fact, it was clear that he had estimated that person was a person with profound mana, and among the people he knew, who else could compare with his father's strength?

"However, what bad thing did Uncle Ruan do to get himself to such a field and take Ah Zhan's life?" Bao Datong turned his head to look at Ruan Zhan: "Don't be upset, I think my uncle is really selfish, he did evil things, but let his son bear it, the terrible thing is that he actually came up with a living tool to use his own flesh and blood to help him get free." This -- that's perverted. ”

Ruan Zhan didn't speak, although he didn't like Bao Datong to talk about his father like this, but this was a fact, so he couldn't refute it. yes, is he still a father? Why did he love him so much, but he didn't? Is it really that cold?

Smack-

A crisp sound startled the four young people in silence, followed by Bao Datong's complaint, "Dad, why are you beating me!" He stroked the back of his neck, inhaled in pain, and said aggrievedly: "If you still work so hard, I will have a concussion!" Then he looked at the other three people as if he was asking for help, "You see, this is the kind of life I live, this old man usually treats me like this, raises me like a sheep, and attacks me at any time!" ”

The three stared at all this in amazement, and none of them knew what to say.

"I hit you because you were talking nonsense, are you so sure that your Uncle Ruan is a wicked person?" Uncle Bao seemed to be really angry, and his amiable appearance just now disappeared in an instant, turning into the appearance of a stern elder, "Do you three think the same way?" ”

Still no one spoke, but doubts widened in my heart. What does Uncle Bao mean by this, could it be that Ruan's father also has a hard time, just like Ruan Zhan, because of the last resort, he became what he is today, and forced himself and his son to get to this step?!

"I can't blame you for thinking so, but if I want to hear it, I can't let you be kept in the dark and confused." Uncle Bao stood up, moved a chair and sat at the door, waved his hand to form a protective barrier, and let the four juniors sit in a row on the bed, "Now I will tell you about the cause and effect of this incident." Providence originally asked me to swear not to say it, because he was afraid that Ah Zhan would not be able to do anything to him after knowing about it, so I endured it for more than thirty years. Today he forced himself into a desperate situation, and I can't help but say it. I don't know that he went to Tietou Mountain, Ah Zhan, do you know how much pain you have to endure when you disperse evil qi? There are so many things, so many evils, he should not bear it alone. Besides, I have always had hope that this matter will be solved safely, and I have been looking for a good way, although I have not found it yet, but we cannot give up our efforts. Providence has said that only a miracle can save Zhan's life, and I want you to understand that miracles do not come, either miracles are created or there are no miracles! ”

Ruan Zhan was silent, but his body trembled slightly. Listening to Uncle Bao's meaning, his father has great hardships, he understands that he can't say how uncomfortable it is to be bitter in his heart, and he is willing to believe that his father did not mean to treat him like this, which proves that his existence is at least not meaningless.

Xiao Xia clenched his hand and said to Uncle Bao, "No matter what, it's not right for him to let Ah Zhan be born like this." No one can use others as tools, not even fathers. ”

"Xiao Xia-" Wan Li stopped.

"That's what I think, and I'm not allowed to say it." Xiao Xia pouted and muttered. It's about her sweetheart, whoever hurts Ruan Zhan will blame her, not to mention that these words have been held in her heart for a long time, and she doesn't vomit and feel unhappy at Uncle Bao.

"Natsu is right." Uncle Bao didn't count her, "Providence is worthy of all the people in the world, and the only one who is sorry is Ah Zhan." But Ah Zhan is his son, and there is nothing wrong with the son helping Lao Tzu solve the problem, the so-called father's debt is repaid. I know that your young people today value independence, but these deep-rooted beliefs are not entirely wrong. Have you ever heard that? The great lover has no love. If a person wants to help the world and has great love in his heart, he will naturally be cruel to the people around him, and this is the case. Ah Zhan, I hope you can understand, and Providence has not done a good job in this regard, he cannot be without love, he loves you very much. It's just that he has no other way. Ah Zhan, are you willing to forgive him and help him? ”

Ruan Zhan nodded solemnly, "If I didn't want to help him, I wouldn't be so embarrassed, because I had to choose between him and Xiao Xia." Forgive him? I don't know if I can do it. ”

Uncle Bao listened to his honest expression, didn't speak for a while, and nodded for a long time: "You are really a good boy, if other people have been treated like this since childhood, even if they don't become a big evil person, they will not be able to stand it, it is difficult for you to be so sober." ”

"But is there really no other way?" Wanli asked.

Uncle Bao shook his head, his face full of frustration, "Over the years, I have traveled too many places, trying to find a spiritual energy treasure that can control the evil qi on his body, visiting many secret Dao sect heirs, trying to find a way to restrain him, but- alas, I didn't help anything, it was not as good as himself, he at least found Tietou Mountain." ”

"In order to help Uncle Ruan, you are often away from home and leave me alone?" Bao Datong asked, "Then I forgive you, because you are here to help your only friend, and if it were me, I would do the same." ”

Uncle Bao was quite relieved to hear what his son said. Why didn't he understand his debt to his son, and why didn't he feel pain in his heart? This is a feeling that people who have never been a father will not understand.