Chapter 51: Small Talk
Looking at Zhou Jian's cheerful smile, Zhuang Feng didn't continue to explain anything, he looked at the flower shop by himself, found a place to sit down, and habitually lit a cigarette and swallowed the fog there;
I don't know if Zhuang Feng's smoke was smoked, Zhou Jian let out a violent cough after watching Zhuang Feng light the cigarette, and it seemed that he was used to taking out a dark handkerchief to cover his mouth, but he still coughed very badly, as if he was going to cough out his lungs;
Zhuang Feng could see that Zhou Jian's lungs should have a very serious illness and he couldn't stand the smoke, but Zhuang Feng still just looked at Zhou Jian quietly, and did not extinguish the cigarette in his hand because of Zhou Jian's violent cough;
Zhou Jian looked at Zhuang Feng's calm and indifferent appearance, easily stopped coughing, habitually wiped the corners of his mouth, and put the hand towel back in his pocket;
"Give me one;" Zhou Jian stopped coughing and said loudly;
"I remember that you don't smoke;" Zhuang Feng responded to Zhou Jian, and although he said so, he still handed the cigarette to Zhou Jian;
"I didn't smoke for the sake of health before, but now, it doesn't matter much;" Zhou Jian took the cigarette handed to him by Zhuang Feng and said loudly;
At the same time, Zhou Jian looked a little rusty and lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, which immediately caused a violent cough, threw away the cigarette casually, and then took out a dark hand towel to cover his mouth, where there was a violent cough;
Zhuang Feng noticed from Zhou Jian's action of taking out the handkerchief, Zhou Jian took the handkerchief this time was not the same as the one he used just now, such a detail made Zhuang Feng naturally think of something he didn't want to believe, that is, Zhou Jian was coughing up blood;
Although many lung diseases will cough up blood, looking at Zhou Jian's appearance, it seems that he has to change a handkerchief every time he coughs, so Zhou Jian's illness is a little serious, or Zhou Jian doesn't want others to know that he is coughing up blood;
A bold guess formed in Zhuang Feng's mind, Zhou Jian was terminally ill and could not be cured;
For this bold guess, Zhuang Feng felt some pain inexplicably, subconsciously snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, and said at the same time: "If you don't smoke, don't waste it, it's hard to buy this kind of cigarette now;"
When Zhou Jian stopped the violent cough again, Zhou Jian breathed a sigh of relief before continuing Zhuang Feng's words: "It's shameful to waste;"
Listening to Zhou Jian's words, Zhuang Feng finally couldn't hide his calmness, involuntarily curled the corners of his mouth, and subconsciously pulled his cheeks, making the entire left side of his face tremble, forming Zhuang Feng's extremely iconic smile;
"Brother Qi smiled;" Looking at Zhuang Feng's smile that had not been seen for ten years, Zhou Jian said with some joy;
Yes, Zhou Jian has not seen Zhuang Feng's familiar smile for ten years, and when he sees it again, Zhou Jian inexplicably has a feeling of joy, which is just as happy as when Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng were mixed together;
In Zhuang Feng's heart, there is also the excitement of his brother's resurrection, but Zhuang Feng doesn't know how to face Zhou Jian a little;
Seeing Zhou Jian again, Zhou Jian didn't seem to have any resentment towards Zhuang Feng for all the things he showed, and in order to meet him Zhuang Feng, he deliberately went to find a pot of thugs;
When Zhuang Feng saw the thug, he guessed that Zhou Jian was also a little excited and a little apprehensive in order to meet him;
Zhuang Feng thought about this, and his heart naturally fluctuated, not as calm as he looked on his face, but some things made people dare not be so direct and simple, but more with the inexplicable vigilance between people;
Zhou Jian's performance made Zhuang Feng remove his guard, because Zhou Jian still seemed to be like that, always honest in front of Zhuang Feng;
"Hug;" Zhuang Feng's heart flashed a lot, he stood up, stretched out his arms and said at the same time;
Zhou Jian didn't say anything, just smiled, but there were some tears on his smiling face, hugging Zhuang Feng;
In the past ten years, Zhou Jian, who has gone through life and death, faced Zhuang Feng, the only person he can count as a brother, can no longer hold back his tears;
Zhuang Feng, like Zhou Jian, couldn't suppress his feelings anymore, and when he hugged Zhou Jian hard, tears overflowed uncontrollably;
There is a saying that men don't flick when they have tears, but at the moment of reunion after the parting of life and death in this decade, Zhuang Feng and Zhou Jian, the two big men, couldn't help but flick their tears;
After a long time, Zhuang Feng and Zhou Jian separated, sat down separately, and calmed down for a long time;
Zhuang Feng seemed to be accustomed to taking out a cigarette, but he was suddenly stunned for a moment and did not light it;
Looking at Zhuang Feng's movements, Zhou Jian knew that Zhuang Feng wanted to know how he survived back then;
"Back then......
When Zhou Jian went to see Zhuang Feng at that time, he carried with him the long sword that Zhuang Feng gave him as a birthday gift, a knight's long sword in the style of the West;
For a period of time, Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng were particularly obsessed with the culture of the West, and had a certain yearning for the knights in the ancient culture of the West;
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Zhuang Feng got a knight's sword in the style of Reduced West and gave it to Zhou Jian as a birthday gift;
According to Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng's obsession with Western culture back then, they also talked about the way knights committed suicide by martyrdom;
In the ancient culture of the Lesser West, as a knight in battle, they could not commit suicide, because of the characteristics of the Fellsy style of armor, a knight could not wipe the sword to his neck without the help of others;
The only way for a knight to commit suicide without the help of others is to put the long sword upside down on the ground with the hilt of the sword, then fix his feet on the long sword, and finally lean his body forward, pounce on the tip of the sword, and let the long sword penetrate the body by his own weight to achieve the goal of suicide;
In this way, the body will not fall after the death of the knight, that is, standing and dying in the Western culture to be martyred;
Perhaps, Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng came to that step of not dying, Zhou Jian was ready to die and martyrdom, and after having a final conversation with Zhuang Feng, he committed suicide in this way;
In Zhuang Feng's case, his brother of life and death committed suicide in front of him, and it was something they once longed for, which made Zhuang Feng and Ben unable to bear such a blow, and at the same time as Zhou Jian committed suicide, Zhuang Feng fainted because he couldn't bear the suicide of his brother in front of him;
The past between Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng was also known to the Zhuang family who were present at the time, and they were all bitter for Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng to come to such a situation;
Perhaps it was because of this that after Zhuang Feng passed out, the others did not embarrass Zhou Jian's body, and they were not even in the mood to determine whether Zhou Jian was really dead, and then returned Zhou Jian's body to the Zhou family;
Everyone present at the time saw Zhou Jian's suicide, and they all watched the long sword penetrate Zhou Jian's body, and then when Zhou Jian's body was sent out of the camp and handed over to Zhou Jian's guards, there was still a breath of air;
Zhou Jian may have come to the point of undying because of his brotherhood with Zhuang Feng, and when he committed suicide, he didn't die as calmly as he once said to Zhuang Feng, and he could take into account what knightly demeanor;
There are heroes in this world who regard death as home, but Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng admit that they can't do it, or most people can't face death calmly;
Maybe it's fate, although Zhou Jian was pierced through his body by a long sword, he didn't actually hurt his heart, of course, the injury was extremely serious, and fortunately, it was the condition of a family like the Zhou family, if you want to replace ordinary people with an injury like Zhou Jian's, it will probably not be able to be treated;
The final result was that Zhou Jian's life could only be regarded as temporarily saved, although the sword did not hurt the heart, but it penetrated the lungs, causing Zhou Jian's breathing to be extremely difficult, not much different from a wasted person;
When Zhuang Feng passed out, the Zhuang family launched an attack and annihilated the remnants of the five major families, and Zhuang Feng also promised to support Zhou Jian's mother, but Zhou Jian's mother insisted on leaving, so Zhuang Feng let Zhou Jian's mother leave;
When Zhou Jian's mother insisted on leaving, Zhuang Feng didn't think much about it; what mother would want to be raised by the person who killed her son?
Zhuang Feng didn't think more about it, and he didn't know that Zhou Jian's mother insisted on leaving, because Zhou Jian still had a breath to live;
After that, it was very simple, Zhuang Feng chose to escape after suffering such a blow, and disappeared for ten years by himself;
Because Zhou Jian still had a breath to live, Zhou Jian's father chose to send his strength to protect Zhou Jian, but Zhou Jian's father himself went with others to meet Zhuang Feng's final attack;
Zhou Jian's father exchanged death for Zhuang Feng, believing that their Zhou family was left with a lonely old woman and a two-year-old baby;
Zhou Jian came to his senses after the injury and calmly accepted the facts;
Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng do not have any irresolvable hatred, if you really want to say it, it is not just one of the countless family battles, the difference is that this time there is the participation of his Zhou family;
In addition, it was the Zhou family who attacked Zhuang Feng first, which led to the death of Zhuang Feng's wife, not only that, but Zhuang Feng's child had not yet been born when Zhuang Feng's wife was attacked, which made Zhou Jian feel that he was ashamed of Zhuang Feng, which led to the tragedy of one corpse and two lives;
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that although the Zhou family was devastated, Zhou Jian did not have hatred for Zhuang Feng;
Zhou Jian not only did not have hatred for Zhuang Feng, but even blamed himself, because Zhuang Feng's wife's corpse and two lives always reminded Zhou Jian of the agreement with Zhuang Feng's children, and Zhou Jian also had a responsibility that could not be escaped when the tragedy occurred;
In terms of human life alone, Zhuang Feng lost his wife and his daughter who was about to give birth but had not yet been born, while Zhou Jian only lost his father, and Zhou Jian's wife died of illness shortly after Zhou Jian was born, which has nothing to do with Zhuang Feng;
It wasn't until many years later that Zhou Jian knew that Zhuang Feng's daughter had survived, and Zhou Jian's self-blame in his heart was slightly reduced; if Zhuang Feng's daughter hadn't survived, Zhou Jian would have suffered for the rest of his life, and he wouldn't dare to meet Zhuang Feng like now;
In the past ten years, Zhou Jian has made a comeback with the remnants of the power left to him by his father, and now controls the three southwestern states, which is far stronger than the strength of the Zhou family back then;
This is also the sequelae after the disappearance of Zhuang Feng's play;
With the situation of many forces in the southwest, it is extremely difficult to expand its strength; for example, Zhuang Feng only annexed Shaozhou, which attracted the joint resistance of the five major families;
However, Zhuang Feng swept away the power of the southwest families in that anger, and then disappeared; this caused a power vacuum in the southwest half, and the vacuum territory naturally needed to be filled; and Zhou Jian relied on the residual strength in his hands to fill this vacuum, so that his strength grew rapidly, far exceeding the strength of the Zhou family back then;
Zhuang Feng listened to Zhou Jian's words quietly, during which he didn't say anything, just put the cigarette in his mouth and was silent without lighting it;
"If you hurt your lungs, why don't you replace it?" Zhuang Feng listened to Zhou Jian finish speaking, and asked out loud;
With the power that Zhou Jian has now, if he wants to change his lungs, it is not much different from changing clothes, it is not too simple;
"If you change it, you won't be your brother;" Zhou Jian listened to Zhuang Feng's words and said with some amusement;
"It's the same;" Zhuang Feng listened to Zhou Jian's words and said with some emotion;
"The ancestors said that the heart and lungs are the foundation of a person, if in order to survive, replace with some other dog lungs, is it still the same?" Zhou Jian retorted Zhuang Feng's words;
"Wolf's heart and dog's lungs;" Zhuang Feng answered;
"Yes, if it's a wolf's heart and dog lungs, is it still your brother?" Zhou Jian affirmed Zhuang Feng's words;
"Superstition;" Zhuang Feng understood the meaning of Zhou Jian's words;
"Whatever you say, there is no way to change it now anyway;" Zhou Jian looked playful;
"Then don't change it;" Zhuang Feng probably also knew that what Zhou Jian said was the truth, he had not changed his lungs for ten years, and some of the complications caused by that were really not much necessary at this time;
"Peace of mind, Ben Shao is not in danger of life, but you can't smoke, what's this, it's not like you're addicted;" Zhou Jian looked at Zhuang Feng's serious appearance, and naturally understood what Zhuang Feng was thinking, and he also felt some emotion in his heart;
The friendship has not changed because of the upheaval of ten years ago and the parting of the decade;
"By the way, why are you here in Shaozhou?" Zhou Jian forked the topic;
"Play with beautiful women;" Zhuang Feng also seemed to feel that it seemed a little heavy to continue, and then changed the topic;
"Is that the one outside?" Zhou Jian turned his head to look at the Xiaoyu standing not far away, and asked with a curious look;
"Well, well, not bad;" Zhuang Feng said jokingly;
"When did you change the taste, it's not your habit;" Zhou Jian also said jokingly;
"You think too much, that's the one I found to be in charge of the trading company;" Zhuang Feng looked at Zhou Jian's obviously unbelieving appearance and said there;
"Let's just say, how did an old stubborn like you change, and the result is still that virtuous;" Zhou Jian naturally knew what Zhuang Feng had done in Jiangzhou, and he understood the meaning of everything Zhuang Feng said;
"The eldest brother doesn't say the second brother, both of them don't ask for much;" Zhuang Feng responded jokingly;
Listening to Zhuang Feng's familiar joke, Zhou Jian couldn't help laughing;
"What about Old Meng, has there been anything for so many years;" Zhou Jian smiled and talked about Meng Yuanhua again;
"It's still so naïve;" With Zhou Jian's words, Zhuang Feng said helplessly;
"Brother, you are really a scourge;" Zhou Jian understood the meaning of Zhuang Feng's words;
Zhou Jian also knew that Meng Yuanhua was so emotionally tied to Zhuang Feng, and at the same time, he also knew that in Zhuang Feng's consciousness, Meng Yuanhua was just Yan Nan's little sister, and she was also Zhuang Feng's little sister, and even for other feelings, Zhuang Feng never thought about it, and he was always just a junior left behind by Yan Nan's trust;
"But Brother Li seems to be a little interesting to Lao Meng;" Zhuang Feng, a big man, inevitably has some gossip;
"He Li, this person is not bad, quite loyal, capable, and suitable;" Zhou Jian said naturally with Zhuang Feng's words;
"You don't like men, do you?" Zhuang Feng said in surprise to Zhou Jian's words, and where he was obviously pretending to be crazy;
"Yes, Brother Seven, I love you;" Zhou Jian naturally knew that Zhuang Feng was joking, but he looked serious and said there;
"Go back to Tingzhou to eat spicy food;" Zhuang Feng said casually, this is also what Zhuang Feng would say in the time of good memories;
As Zhuang Feng said this, Zhou Jian laughed with the others, and this feeling made Zhou Jian seem to return to his youth;
At that time, Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng were like this, where to talk about nonsense that was meaningless and not nutritious, in the eyes of others, they only felt that this person was too boring, but Zhou Jian and Zhuang Feng enjoyed it;
It was easy to stop laughing, Zhou Jian looked at the time, as if he had made a certain decision, and returned to business;
"Are you going to come back this time?" Zhou Jian put away his smile and said quite seriously;
"Yes, otherwise why suffer this sin?" Zhuang Feng also looked a little serious, and said calmly;
"Yes, I've been waiting for you for ten years, and I'm finally willing to come back;" After getting Zhuang Feng's affirmative answer, Zhou Jian said with some emotion;
"So sure I'll be back?" Zhuang Feng said with some disapproval;
"Who are we?" Zhou Jian ignored Zhuang Feng's question and asked rhetorically;
"Man;" Zhuang Feng replied seriously, but it was obviously playful;
"I can't bear it, you can't bear it, we still have to return to this world after all;" Zhou Jian didn't smile, looking quite emotional;
Zhuang Feng understood the meaning of Zhou Jian's words, didn't he think that he Zhuang Feng couldn't adapt to life in the civilian world?
Zhuang Feng thinks that he can adapt to the life of the civilian world, in order to live a civilian life, Zhuang Feng even went to school, and ran around the talent market to find a job like an ordinary person, and also found a job, and did not feel how difficult it was;
It's just that Zhuang Feng's peaceful life of studying and working like an ordinary person didn't last long, and then he was mixed into the original world because of some things;
When the affairs were settled, Zhuang Feng began to work like an ordinary person, but it didn't take long for him to get into trouble again, and then run away again;
In the past ten years, Zhuang Feng has worked and lived like an ordinary person, and the total time is not two years, and the rest of the time is always chased by people like a lost dog, and displacement is the main theme of Zhuang Feng's life;
Such a life of displacement makes Zhuang Feng unable to accumulate experience in his work and learn work knowledge and ability like ordinary people;
Don't be self-righteous and think that ordinary people's work is very simple, and it is not easy to do anything in this world today;
Zhuang Feng is like this, when he is in his thirties, he has not even worked for two years; he has lived a miserable life in the civilian world, so that Zhuang Feng has no confidence to persevere; but Zhuang Feng is a little lazy, as long as he cares that those people are not in trouble, Zhuang Feng still gritted his teeth and insisted on living his civilian life;
It was difficult, but Zhuang Feng persevered, although he lost confidence several times, but he still persevered, but Zhuang Feng's experience made him try his best to persevere, but there was still no way to get real peace;
Until the accident a year ago, Zhuang Feng finally chose to give up and insist on living a peaceful life in the style of a commoner, and returned to the world that belonged to them;
Returning to the familiar world, Zhuang Feng felt strange, but he was far more comfortable than the ordinary life;
Maybe this is the reason why Zhou Jian said that Zhuang Feng will definitely come back;
Zhuang Feng couldn't help but feel a little bitter when he thought about what Zhou Jian said, he really tried hard, but as Zhou Jian said, he couldn't bear it;
"Do you know who is the strongest in Shaozhou now?" Zhou Jian watched Zhuang Feng several times and wanted to light a cigarette, but he pulled back Zhuang Feng's thoughts and said calmly;
Zhou Jian is naturally unforgettable about the events of that year, and naturally knows the grievances between Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi;
"Yes;" Zhuang Feng retracted his thoughts and responded calmly;
"Let me help you;" Zhou Jian thought about it, as if he had made some decision, and said a little seriously;
"Okay;" Zhuang Fengyi replied calmly;
"You've changed;" Zhou Jian listened to Zhuang Feng's calm answer, and said out loud;
"Perhaps;" Zhuang Feng didn't have any mood swings, still so calm;
For Zhuang Feng's calm words, Zhou Jian didn't find something to say for a while;
Zhuang Feng looked at Zhou Jian and didn't speak, so he said to himself: "I didn't know who the other forces in Shaozhou were other than Tang Guiyi, but now I know;
Listening to Zhuang Feng's words, Zhou Jian was not surprised;
As Zhuang Feng said, Zhou Jian's power in Shaozhou is not too strong, but Zhou Jian chose to meet Zhuang Feng in Shaozhou, so his intention is naturally to give Zhuang Feng a hand;
In Zhou Jian's plan, Zhuang Feng would not accept his help, but Zhuang Feng accepted, which was something that Zhou Jian did not expect;
In Zhou Jian's original plan, Zhou Jian wanted to control Shaozhou in his hands, and then hand it over to Zhuang Feng; but Zhuang Feng suddenly appeared in Shaozhou, so Zhou Jian couldn't help but choose to meet Zhuang Feng first, and then help Zhuang Feng get Shaozhou back;
"Then what are you going to do?" Zhou Jian thought about it a lot, and then breathed a sigh of relief before speaking;
"Let's talk to Tang Guiyi first, you also know what is going on between us, if you don't see each other and do it directly, I can't do it;" Zhuang Feng was still so calm, without emotional fluctuations;
"That's fine;" Zhou Jian also agreed with Zhuang Feng's plan, which could be regarded as his prediction;
No matter how Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi say that they are brothers, there are grievances and entanglements; if Zhuang Feng does it directly, it will not be Zhuang Feng;
are all brothers, talking about Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi, Zhou Jian really can't talk too much, so he didn't continue;
"I'll go back to Jiangzhou at dawn;" Zhuang Feng probably knew Zhou Jian's scruples, but he also understood;
"Okay, I'll go back to Tingzhou to eat spicy food;" Zhou Jian looked at Zhuang Feng's rather heavy appearance, and said jokingly to the place;
"It's been a long time since I've eaten Tingzhou cuisine;" Zhuang Feng said with some nostalgia;
Zhou Jian didn't answer, but he felt the same way, not really missing eating, just missing the carefree time between the two of them at the beginning;
"Gone;" Faced with the separation, Zhuang Feng chose to say by himself;
"Hmm;" Zhou Jian replied perfunctorily;
With Zhou Jian's perfunctory, Zhuang Feng really stood up, picked up the thug, and left without looking back;
For Zhuang Feng's decisiveness, Zhou Jian just smiled, they are not the sentimental people, just go, this is their temperament, according to the beginning, every time they are separated, they are always so simple;