Understood.

What Inan Xue said was not an obscure truth, but an eight-character mantra that elementary school students could understand.

Be self-aware, do what you can.

Of course, his strength is not weak, and even if he is willing to let it go, there is a high probability that he can affect the direction of this war.

.....

At the beginning of the war, no side is the winner, as long as you are in the war, the road ahead is full of unknowns.

What Inan Xue really wants him to understand is whether he is ready to face the unknown, and whether he thinks directly about the reason for being in the unknown.

Do you want to meddle just because you don't like it, yes, it's ridiculous.

There are too many unfair things in the world, or in other words, the reason why you think it is unfair is only because you refer to the "fairness" in your heart.

The closed system and backward national conditions of the eastern country have long been eliminated by the world, and throughout history, the war may only be a turning point that changed the eastern country.

A few years later, decades later, no one will probably remember the Nishinomiya family, no one will remember the Sakura Takeshi family, no one will remember the once deformed three-legged tripod of the Eastern Kingdom.

The explosive rise of Sourcestone Technology will completely change this remote island nation.

.....

Evening.

Xia Feng has been sitting in a daze in the room arranged for him by the Nishinomiya family.

Because of the helicopter, he was in no hurry to go home, and of course, he didn't know why he was staying here.

I didn't want to get up, I didn't want to think, I didn't even want to open my only left eye.

Before you know it, it was completely dark outside, and the mansion, which had been noisy all afternoon, was quiet.

Obviously, all the guests, including Inan Xue and Lin Hong, achieved their purpose and left.

Xigong Ling didn't come to see him again, and thinking about it, Xigong Ling, as the head of the family, must be surrounded by deep despair and self-blame now.

Maybe he was just like him at the moment, alone in a dark room.

"Squeak~"

The door was pushed open, and the red knife stood at the door expressionlessly, speaking to the summer breeze inside.

"Summer Breeze, it's time for us to go home."

Xia Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, go home."

.....

Walking out of the room and closing the door, Xia Feng walked slowly through the Nishinomiya family's mansion.

Now the battle on the front line is tense, and the generals have already rushed to the border, perhaps because they feel the oppressive atmosphere, and the people have not come out to move around, and the whole mansion is a little lifeless.

After walking a few steps, Xia Feng suddenly faintly heard a trace of sobbing.

The voice was faint, but in the silent night, it was still caught by him.

Looking over the stone hill of the courtyard, he saw a thin figure standing by the wall next to the garden.

"Red Knife, you go first, go to the helicopter and wait for me."

"You ......"

"I'll be following soon."

"Okay."

....

After the red knife left, Xia Feng walked towards the person in the shadows without any defense, the reason why he was defenseless was because he had already sensed who that person was.

This person is Nishinomiya Yanshi who went to the south coast several times to find him for help.

Xia Feng didn't deliberately hide his footsteps, he walked to the wall step by step and stood next to Xigong Yanshi who was sobbing.

"Mr. Hikoshi......"

Nishinomiya raised his head, and then wiped the tears from his face.

is obviously an old man, but he can only hide and cry by himself, to be honest, this move is very bleak in Xia Feng's opinion.

Seeing that the person in front of him was Xia Feng, Xigong Yanshi immediately gave up.

"Your Excellency Xia Feng, it turns out that you haven't left yet."

Xia Feng sighed.

"Mr. Yanshi, we are also old acquaintances, so you don't have to be so polite to me, I was about to go back, and I saw you when I happened to pass by, you are ......."

Nishinomiya wiped his face again and squeezed out a wry smile.

"I'm sorry, my useless old thing, let you see the joke."

"I don't think it's a joke, and I can't laugh."

Seeing Xia Feng's expression and listening to this sincere words, Nishinomiya Yanshi's lips trembled again.

Recalling everything that happened in the reception room during the day, Xia Feng was undoubtedly the only person among the guests present who regarded the Nishinomiya family as a "person".

"Your Excellency Summer Breeze ......."

"There is no shame in crying, I will cry when I encounter irreparable despair, just like when I lost my most important brother."

Nishinomiya Hikoshi lowered his head, his shoulders trembling.

Then, the whole person couldn't cry.

.....

.....

The night wind was cold, and the clouds covered the moon.

In the night, after crying, Xigong Yanshi and Xia Feng talked a lot.

Unlike in the courtyard of Sakura Wulin before, this time, Xia Feng listened very seriously.

In the end, Nishinomiya Yanshi sighed with vicissitudes.

"Hey, it's all my fault that this old thing is useless, the head of the Ling family is still young, and he can't deal with those business bigwigs who eat people and don't spit out bones, if the front line knows this result, I'm afraid it will chill General Longping's heart."

Suddenly hearing an unfamiliar name, Xia Feng asked softly.

"General Long Ping?"

Obviously, this is a person who is very awe-inspiring to Nishinomiya Hikoshi.

"General Long Ping is nearly 60 years old, he is the pillar of my Xigong family in the army, and he can be regarded as the family of his descendants, heh, it is also ironic, after experiencing that kind of thing many years ago, it is clear that General Long Ping can stay out of the matter and leave it alone, but after him, no one can provoke the big beam in the army."

Speaking of this, Xigong Yanshi's expression revealed a sadness that could not be concealed.

"The original intention was to resolve the civil strife, but because of his outstanding ability, he became the target of the public, lost his wife and children, but still had to fight on the battlefield for his family, if General Long Ping on the front line knew the result of today's meeting, he didn't know what his heart would be wrung into."

Hearing this General Long Ping, who seemed to have a very good story, Xia Feng was also slightly curious.

Of course, he wasn't too curious, but he felt that Nishinomiya seemed to want to pour out these words in his heart.

Especially before the past events that happened in the Nishinomiya family were about to be eaten away by external exploitation.

Xia Feng asked out loud.

"Mr. Yanshi, what has this General Long Ping experienced?"

Nishinomiya Yanshi made a very lonely memory.

"General Longping, he ........"

Then, as if to answer Xia Feng's question, he said leisurely as if he was in deep self-memory.

.....

.....

Xigong Longping, the talented general of the Xigong family, is righteous and loves soldiers like a son.

In fact, according to the generation, Xigong Longping should be regarded as Xigong Ling's uncle.

Xigong Ling was born in the same year as his son, and since he was a child, Xigong Longping has loved this nephew very much and regarded him as his own.

Unfortunately, the world is impermanent and people's hearts are unpredictable.

20 years ago, the old head of the Nishinomiya family died of a sudden illness, and at that time, it was an important time for the Nishinomiya family to initially start trade with Longmen.

At that time, all the family knew that as long as the trade interaction with the Dragon Gate was on the right track, the Nishinomiya family would definitely rise to become the first family in the Eastern Kingdom, beating the Sakura Sakura family and the Kamino family.

It is precisely because of this that people's desire for power quietly prevails over family affection.