Late at night, the only restaurant in Tianmen Pass that can still be opened.

At this joint where all kinds of materials are extremely tight, Mr. Hu still prepared a rich enough reception banquet for Ye Qingxuan - the boss personally cooked, and after completing the last table of dishes in his restaurant, he served the last wine in the cellar and left.

All kinds of dishes opened Ye Qingxuan's eyes, and for the first time, he had the feeling that maybe living in the East for a long time was not a bad thing.

Knowing that Ye Qingxuan doesn't like irrelevant people, only Mr. Hu is alone, although the atmosphere is a little cold, but Mr. Hu is quite talkative and not cold.

"Actually, what you're doing in the West, even I've heard a little bit about Aurora. Mr. Hu drank the warm wine and sighed softly: "It's really amazing, Xiao Yezi, you are even more powerful than I imagined, Your Excellency the Hand of God." ”

Ye Qingxuan smiled and shook his head: "In front of Mr. Hu, how dare I say that I am the hand of God? Just because I was the student of Romulus who was instructed by you at the beginning, and now that I am praised by you, I will inevitably have a strange sense of shame." ”

"Hahaha, puff up. ”

Mr. Hu seemed to be a little drunk, and patted him vigorously on the back, "You're already a big man, Xiao Yezi, it's just...... I didn't expect you to actually come. ”

Ye Qingxuan asked rhetorically, "Why can't you come?"

Mr. Hu shook his head and didn't answer, but just asked, "For Bai Xi?"

"Naturally, it's for Bai Xi, is there anything else in the entire East that is more valuable than her?"

When Ye Qingxuan said this, he became a little silent, and after a long time, he smiled ashamedly:

"I hope she doesn't think I'm too late. ”

"Maybe you're not too late, it's too early. Mr. Hu shook his head: "Maybe when the dust settles here, there won't be so much trouble, it won't be too long, just wait a few more months." ”

"I can't wait that long. ”

Ye Qingxuan's fingers rubbed the mouth of the cup, looking at the fine ripples of the wine in the cup, his eyes narrowed: "Actually, I occasionally think that if I didn't let her leave me at that time, but killed Bai Heng there...... Wouldn't it have been different? She won't be alone, waiting for me for so long.

The thought of how miserable it would be for her to be alone in the East made me hate my own weakness at that time—it was a mistake I had made, and I had to make amends myself, no matter what the cost, and I couldn't make her wait a minute longer. ”

Mr. Hu was stunned.

He stretched out his hand, poured himself wine, and after drinking three glasses, he let out a long breath, and finally sorted out his thoughts, and his eyes became strange:

I said, Little Leaf...... Do you still think of her as a child?"

"Don't you think she looks like a child?"

Ye Qingxuan smiled bitterly, "When she was in Avalon before, I would worry about whether she would cause something when she went out alone.

Sometimes I get, but when I look at her, I can't get angry. ”

Mr. Hu looked at him, and for some reason, his eyes became more and more complicated.

After a long moment, he sighed softly and put down his glass.

"I'm guessing that's what she's only going to show you?"

Mr. Hu sighed softly, "With all due respect, Ye Zi, Bai Xi is not as weak as you think...... Actually, you should have noticed the other side of her, right?"

Ye Qingxuan did not speak.

Actually, Mr. Hu is right.

As early as the first time he met Bai Xi, he had long been aware of this.

That night, when he was urged to open the door by Lao Fei, he saw the real Bai Xi, his eyes were lonely and stubborn, with indifference to everything.

Absolute distrust of other people.

Including to the original self.

Treating her as a weak little girl who can't live without him is just wishful thinking on his part. Bai Xi is willing to hide his minions and play games with him.

But that doesn't mean she can't do anything about everything after she leaves herself.

Seeing his complicated expression, Mr. Hu couldn't help but shake his head: "For her safety, you can rest assured, although she looks like a pure and harmless little girl, no one will dare to let her suffer any grievances - those who dare to play tricks are now floating in the stinky ditch of the imperial capital." ”

"You mean ......"

"Well, that's right. ”

Mr. Hu nodded and narrowed his eyes: "Have you ever seen a cat playing with a mouse? Yes, that's it, little by little, he will push the enemy into a corner, use words, eyes, and a gift to another person, brutally cut off all defenses, and then slowly drown the enemy in despair." ”

In a short silence, Mr. Hu raised his head, drank the glass of wine, and sighed softly:

"At first, she was a little slight, but by the end, she had become so skilled that it was frightening...... For ordinary people, a life-and-death terrifying struggle, for her, it is nothing more than learning, a ...... Game.

Bai Heng gave her this opportunity and put a successful example in front of her eyes.

Every time I look at her, I feel as if I am looking at the emperor ten years ago—with her intelligence, no matter what choice she makes, there will be a thousand achievements in the future.

It's a pity that she chose the most frightening ......"

In silence, Ye Qingxuan raised his hand and rubbed his swollen forehead, a little wanting to scold.

"That's what worries me the most. ”

Sure enough, I learned badly......

At this moment, his heart was full of remorse.

Fuck Bai Heng, sure enough, in the barracks, he should be burned to ashes!

"Perhaps, it is precisely because of this anomaly that His Majesty will regard her as his only 'friend'. ”

Mr. Hu pinched the empty wine glass and shook his head slightly: "Although the emperor's friendship is always cold and short-lived, but deep down, His Majesty regards Bai Xi as a person who is equal to himself, right? ”

Speaking of this, Mr. Hu's expression became more and more bitter: "I'm afraid Bai Heng has already guessed this: even if it is himself who sends her to His Majesty, His Majesty will cultivate her wholeheartedly, Professor-she wants Bai Xi to become the self she can't become." ”

"I always feel ...... It's getting stranger and stranger. ”

Ye Qingxuan's expression was bitter.

The changes in this world are too weird, he lowered his head and poured himself wine, wanting to get himself drunk, with a sad expression: "Sir, are you really talking about the Bai Xi I know?"

Mr. Hu laughed and gloated: "Anyone has an unknown side, leaves, anyone has it." You can't think of her like a puppet doll that can't breathe without you.

She has what she loves, she wants to live her life – you need to learn to accept it. ”

"Accept what?"

Ye Qingxuan rolled his eyes.

He's a ghost, he's crooked, okay? It should be corrected, right?

Ye Qingxuan had already begun to plan how to bring Bai Xi back, sure enough, if he had known, he should not have let her be so naughty in the first place.

But thinking about this, he felt a little powerless in his heart.

I'm afraid it's probably going to be in vain, right?

"Fool, everything will never go your way, can you always do what you want? Or do you think of her as a clay sculpture and wood sculpture for you to knead?

She is alive, Ye Qingxuan, just like you. Don't always try to change her into what you think she is. ”

Mr. Hu picked up the chopsticks and knocked on his head, a thin chopstick, but it was black on the head, like a stick:

"Accept the side she doesn't want you to see, accept everything about her – if you really love her. ”

Ye Qingxuan was stunned.

After a long silence, he smiled bitterly and raised his glass: "You're right, I'm taking it for granted. At Romulus, Mr. Hu taught me how to become a musician, but I didn't expect that when we met again, you taught me something new. ”

"It's just gibberish. ”

Mr. Hu shook his head, and his expression became ashamed: "I made the same old mistake again, but after reading some books, I seem to understand everything and become a good teacher."

If you're expecting anything, you're going to be disappointed. In fact, I have never been married, and I have no ...... children. ”

"Didn't you meet someone you like?"

Mr. Hu was silent.

Bow your head and drink.

For a long time, he sighed softly.

"I met a ...... in the early years She was very good to me, and I respected her and loved her. ”

Ye Qingxuan frowned, "Then why didn't you get married?"

"I was ...... at that time Too naïve. Because of a little fame and swelled so much, I always thought that my husband was going to achieve something great, but I never thought how sad she was waiting for me. Later......"

He smiled bitterly in a low voice: "Then she left, she can't wait for me anymore - the blood of the dragon vein, if she doesn't get married at the age of twenty, she is already an old girl that no one wants."

I mistook her, and I didn't have the face to see her again. The only thing to be thankful for is that she found someone who cares more about her than I do, and she has been doing well all these years. ”

Ye Qingxuan was silent for a long time and apologized in a low voice.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked. ”

"It's nothing, it's just the ugliness of the past. ”

Mr. Hu shook his head indifferently, looked at Ye Qingxuan, and suddenly asked, "Did you have any wishes when you were a child, Ye Zi." ”

"Huh?"

Ye Qingxuan didn't think that Mr. Hu would suddenly ask like this, and after thinking hard for a while, he became ashamed: "Well, there have been a lot of ...... I want to be a painter, please don't laugh, I'm serious. ”

Mr. Hu laughed and waved his hand: "No, no, it's just gratifying." Compared to me, your wishes are ripe. ”

Ye Qingxuan shook his head helplessly:

"What about you, Mr. Hu?"

"Me? That's ......."

Mr. Hu scratched his head a little embarrassed, and his smile became embarrassed.

"Well, there were, and there were a lot of them - I wanted to be a hero. ”

"Heroes?"

"I can't remember it now, but I remember that at that time, I shouted why I wanted to establish my heart, why I made my life, why I followed the extinction of things, and opened peace for something...... Ah, it's a shame to hear. ”

Mr. Hu lowered his head and drank wine, hiding his embarrassment, and in the end, he sighed in a low voice: "It's a pity that none of them have been realized now." I didn't make it to be a hero after all. ”

"I also thought about becoming a hero, but unfortunately I gave up later. Ye Qingxuan comforted him, "It's better to say that in this era, it's a happy thing to be able to be yourself instead of being a hero." ”

Mr. Hu laughed hoarsely, as if he was already drunk, and muttered to himself.

"Yes, after all, this is an era where there is no place for heroes...... It's great to be yourself. ”

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In the end, it can be regarded as a pleasure for the guests and hosts.

Both of them are drunk, and they are both musicians, so they still have some self-control, so they are not so drunk that they can't walk steadily. After sending Ye Qingxuan to his residence, Mr. Hu said goodbye and made an appointment to see Ye Qingxuan off on the second day.

Recalling the last time he was in the Holy City, he saw him off, and Ye Qingxuan felt the wonder of fate.

It's just that after saying goodbye and walking away, Mr. Hu's footsteps stopped, turned around, and looked at Ye Qingxuan, who was looking at him, with a complicated expression.

Ye Qingxuan heard his voice with a hint of drunkenness.

"Leaf, in your opinion...... What happens when a person makes an irreparable mistake?"

"Mr. Hu, I don't know if you ask that. Ye Qingxuan smiled helplessly, "However, since it is irretrievable, then it can only be painful for a lifetime, right?"

"Don't you want to atone for your sins?"

"Since there is no way to recover, why bother looking for any excuse to get rid of it? I think that the big mistake has already been made, so it is too irresponsible to take care of one's own relief. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Qingxuan shook his head a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I said a big thing." But I think: it's just a lifetime of pain to continue living, not to the point where you have to rack your brains to escape, right?"

Mr. Hu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed out loud.

It's like, the question that has puzzled you for half a lifetime has been answered.

Not to feel like Atlas any longer.

Facing Ye Qingxuan's blank eyes, he bowed down towards this young man, and then turned to leave. The clothes fluttered under the bright moonlight, indescribably free and brisk.

It's like being redeemed.