The sea and sky are blue, the water and the sky are the same color, looking from afar, the horizon line is undulating and even, like a youthful and charming body breathing slightly, healthy and plump, the 60-foot catamaran named "MANOLIN" sails on the sea, seems to be full of horsepower, in order to conquer this moving body, and move forward wantonly.

He Panshan, who is naked, is at the helm, although he has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven this year, but his figure is still very good, without the big belly and greasy hair of a middle-aged man, from the appearance alone, he is more like a young man with a slightly vicissitudes of appearance and rich experience.

He Panshan likes the feeling of being bumpy on a boat, especially the frustration and heaviness of maneuvering a huge hull when holding the rudder, and he also uses this feeling to challenge nature and conform to nature.

It's an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

On the deck ahead, the youngest son Yuan Chong and his old friend Lao Xie will hear a burst of laughter from time to time, and on the endless sea, the cool wind blows in the face, and He Panshan's eyes are full of energy, and his mood is extremely happy.

He Panshan may not be a good son, a good husband, or a good father in the traditional sense, but he must be the kind of successful man that even men would envy.

He has a bit of the legend of the prodigal son's return.

Born in a rich and noble family, but there is no bit of nobility, this person is born rebellious, rebellious when he was young, and the old father who is old-fashioned, this kind of non-confrontation, is not He Tianran's unilateral "stubbornness", but the kind of pick up the bench, take the kitchen knife, the two of them have fought several battles, and they are full of hard work.

As a son, he was unfilial.

So, just how rebellious is he?

He Panshan smoked his first cigarette at the age of ten, and at the age of twelve, he drank the Moutai that his old father had collected for many years and disliked it, so he immediately poured out the wine and replaced it with his own urine, and at the age of thirteen, he had his first fortunate life, and at the age of seventeen, when he began to get into rock and roll, he fell in love with a woman in her thirties who was more than the last round older than him.

Such a debauched life was not restrained until he met Bai Wenyu when he was 28 years old, but when he was in love, he still had a mistress outside, this person was He Yuanchong's mother Tao Wei, and until he got married, Tao Wei didn't know that Bai Wenyu existed.

As a husband, he was unfaithful.

He Yuanchong is only a few months younger than He Tianran, and it is rumored in the company and the market that He Yuanchong is He Panshan's illegitimate son, and he has a nose and eyes, after all, he is a big boss with a net worth of more than 100 million, even if he cheats in marriage, it is impossible to find a junior with an oil bottle, right?

It's just that He Panshan has never responded to this, and before He Yuanchong was fourteen years old, he never knew that there was such a man by his mother's side.

In terms of his attitude towards He Tianran and He Yuanchong's two sons, it is difficult for He Panshan to see any difference, not so much fairness and consistency, but rather that he doesn't know how to be a good father, after all, he hasn't learned anything from his father.

So as a father, he doesn't teach.

In a man's life, the three most important identities, He Panshan did not do a good job.

In fact, He Panshan has a lot of labels, he has played rock and roll, coded codes, climbed the Himalayas, and the conflict with his old father was the most intense in the two years, and he also wandered at sea for more than 400 days.

But it is such a man, when the He family gradually declined, he carried the banner in one fell swoop, desperately caught the fast development of the Internet, and now he has completely become a businessman, the original partner of Shanhai Group was either squeezed out by him, or slowly retreated, he really achieved monopoly.

He still succeeded, even if he was disloyal and unfilial, no one dared to say that his life was a failure.

"Dad, give me the helm!"

At this time, his youngest son, He Yuanchong, walked up to him and said with a look of eagerness.

"Okay, you haven't forgotten what you taught you last month, right?"

"I didn't forget!" He Yuanchong was full of confidence.

"Okay, then you can do it."

He Panshan retreated, clasped his hands, and looked at He Yuanchong with a decent look at the helm.

There are only two kinds of appreciation for men, either they hope that I am the you of tomorrow, or they feel that you are the me of yesterday.

He Yuanchong looked at He Panshan, it was undoubtedly the former, but He Panshan didn't see the latter in his two sons for the time being.

He Panshan can clearly feel that his youngest son is imitating himself everywhere, especially the ambition and competitiveness in him that cannot be concealed no matter what.

It's a good thing for a man to be ambitious, and it's also a good thing to be competitive, but it's just like the front and back of a coin, and the front side is engraved with competitiveness, then the back must be jealousy.

If it is said that these qualities of He Yuanchong are revealed based on the identity of He Panshan's "son", then He Panshan will never see yesterday's self in his youngest son......

He Panshan looked around, and suddenly didn't see his eldest son, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, his eldest son is really not like himself......

He walked into the cabin, in the spacious enough living area, He Tianran was holding a book, his legs were resting on the sofa casually, his body was leaning against the wall of the boat at the angle, looking at the book with a quiet expression, he reached out and turned the pages, and his body also fluctuated slightly with the waves at the bottom of the boat.

He Tianran, who was reading the book, heard the movement, and when he saw his father walking towards him, he immediately retracted his feet and said with a smile:

“Captain！”

He Panshan walked over and sat down beside him, looking down at the book his son was holding.

He Tiantian realized and closed the book, revealing the title of the book, which was a copy of Maugham's "Blade", translated by Zi Pei.

The book was found by the boy in a corner of the cabin, when it was crushed under a copy of Hemingway's "Spring Tide" and a thick copy of "The Complete Works of Jin Yong".

"I thought you only liked to read comics, but how do you feel about reading this book right now?"

He Panshan asked curiously.

has always liked the son of the second dimension, but now he is holding a famous book in his hand, which is really a bit of a contrast.

Who knows, He Tianran replied seriously:

"I've watched Zhou Xuliang's version of "Blade" before, and I have a hard time watching it, and I feel very awkward, full of translation and some local slang that I can't hear now, sometimes I can only look at the meaning of the text and guess the general meaning, but maybe it is because of this that I will watch it more carefully.

And this version of Zipei's "Blade" is the first time I have watched it, and the reading experience is much better, and it feels like 'don't think nonsense, listen to me', and if Maugham's original work is written in Chinese, then I think it's more like this version. ”

He Panshan was stunned after hearing this, "You kid has read this book before?" When? ”

The boy lowered his head and smiled reminiscingly, "Probably, in the third year of high school." ”

My father was pleased, "It seems that you have accumulated a lot of things that I don't know." ”

In his junior year of high school, He Tianran read a lot of famous books and miscellaneous books in order to cope with the art exam, and until now, he has maintained the habit of reading at least one book every month, but most of them are electronic versions, as long as he is fine, he takes out his mobile phone to take a look twice.

Of course, although He Tianran on this timeline also reads books, he is more of a finance-related book, so when He Panshan heard his son's evaluation of different translators, he was slightly surprised.

It's a pity that after the world was restarted, He Panshan also forgot everything that happened during the family banquet, and forgot that his son used to be regarded as a son inheriting his father's business, playing a band, or for a girl......

"Then let me test if you have really read it, tell me, which part of this book do you like the most?" He Panshan Examination School Road.

"That's too much, and there are a lot of truths in the book that I didn't understand at first......"

He Tianran looked at his father, paused, glanced out the window into the distance, and said slowly:

"But now, I'm starting to read some of the ideas in it, and you suddenly ask, which reminds me of a conversation in it, which roughly means that Isabella says to Larry, if you really love me, you won't make me feel so bad.

However, the answer she heard from the other person was, I really love you, and unfortunately, sometimes one person can no longer do what he thinks is right, so as not to upset the other person.

Dad, I don't think Maugham was referring to love alone when he wrote this sentence, right? ”

He Panshan was silent for a while, he looked at his son quietly, and in his eyes, suddenly at that moment, the timid child seemed to have grown up a lot.

At least, between their father and son, they can finally talk calmly about something about the world, but not too worldly.

He Panshan shrugged, "That's why I don't like Maugham very much, and even a little disgusted, in this book, he seems to be repeatedly saying one thing 'how people should live, what to live for' He told the reader that there is no God perspective, so the answer he gives is just a concept plus a vague method, I don't like this." ”

He Tianran replied: "However, sometimes it is more ...... to ask questions than to say the answers Great? Or is it more memorable, isn't it? ”

"Do you think so?"

Faced with his father's rhetorical question, the boy nodded and continued:

"The North Star leads the way, and so does the Southern Cross, and although they lead in the opposite direction, they both give the Trek sailors a way to live, Captain."

He Panshan laughed, and he patted his son's head.

"It seems that I should let you kid study philosophy or literature, you are really condescending to read finance, I didn't find that you still have this advantage before."

"Actually, you should learn directing or screenwriting." He Tianran whispered.

"What?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I still prefer to make up my own stories than explain the story, and the final interpretation is up to me, hahaha......"

At this time, I heard He Panshan say seemingly casually:

"Let's do what we have now."

Faced with the sudden familiar feeling of oppression, He Tianran stopped smiling, he put down the book, and asked again calmly:

"Dad, since you can't get used to Maugham, do you like Hemingway?"

He Panshan was a little accustomed to his son's sudden calm and said the name of the writer, he was slightly stunned for a moment, pointed to a corner, and said to the "Spring Tide" that originally suppressed "Blade": "Because of that book? I haven't even opened that book, and there is a book next to Jin Yong, why don't you guess that I like Jin Yong? ”

He Tianran was also stupid: "I really didn't expect it if you didn't turn it over, but this guess is a combination of the name of your ship, this ship is not called 'MANOLIN' Manolin, or the name of the little boy who takes care of the old man in "The Old Man and the Sea". ”

"Yes, yes, son! You're the first person to say this accurately, and you're really impressing my dad today, I didn't tell you about it before, did I?"

He Tianran shook his head: "No." ”

The middle-aged man was very surprised, whenever a friend got on the boat and asked why the ship was called this name, he didn't explain it, it was like an easter egg he deliberately buried in his life, hoping to be dug up, but he didn't want to be dug so easily.

If the first person to find out is his business partner, then no matter what kind of business he talks about, He Panshan can offer very good conditions, which is equivalent to a reward for meeting a bosom friend in the mountains.

And when the first person to discover was his son, He Panshan was naturally overjoyed.

"I do like Hemingway, but his works are secondary, I like his life more, when I was younger, I really wanted to be like him, he can be said to be your dad and my idol."

He Panshan faced his son, and there was a rare feeling of excitement due to joy.

Well, He Tianran, who is more like Maugham, seems to be destined to be unable to go the same way as his father, who is more like Hemingway, and the two who retreated from the north and south are really a little bit incompatible, but they are indeed a little contradictory...... Similar.

"Tell me, what have you wanted lately? If you want a car, money, or anything else, I can satisfy you. ”

He Panshan stood up energetically, no matter whether the person who found this easter egg was a friend or his son, there should still be a reward.

Because it was really sudden, it was the first time He Panshan had made such a promise to He Tianran, and the boy looked at his father and thought about it......

"Is anything okay?"

"Anything goes."

"Yes...... I don't have anything I particularly want now......" He Tianran was embarrassed.

"Yo, it turns out that your kid is quite easy to satisfy, so you can stay until later, and tell me if you have anything you want, this is an agreement between our father and son, and it is valid at any time."

He Panshan was surprised at first, and then helped add.

His eldest son, compared with the younger son outside, is indeed a little less ambitious, and he is a little too casual.

Unexpectedly, when he said this, He Tianran did not show an expression of agreement or rejection on his face, he just thought about it again and asked solemnly:

"Dad, I didn't want anything, but there's one thing I've always wanted to know, can you tell me?"

He Panshan didn't expect his son to have such a proposal, so he replied without thinking too much: "Okay, what do you want to ask me?" ”

He Tianran pursed his lips, looked at the movement outside the cabin, and after confirming that everything was fine, he cautiously asked the doubts in his heart for many years:

"Dad...... Yuan Chong to the end ...... Isn't it your son? ”

(End of chapter)