Wanderer of the whirling world

Xin Ziqiu leaned his head back on the sofa, staring at the ceiling, dazed, with a sad expression on his face.

My father has practiced martial arts all his life, and he has always been in good health. When he said goodbye to him and left home, he was still a very strong and strong man.

But he clearly remembered that when the elders of the clan brought back his father's body, even though it had undergone embalming and plastic surgery, it could still be seen that the body was already emaciated and completely out of shape.

What has he experienced in a year?
And Xuan Ming's words undoubtedly brought back memories and questions for Xin Ziqiu again.

His damn, camera-like memory replayed the past in front of his eyes again and again.

And he also re-tasted the bitter medicine of mourning that he looked around at a loss at that time, but was lonely and helpless, and finally found that the mourning in it not only did not fade with the long years, but like wine, it became more and more fermented with age. Spicy and stinging.

From the moment he lost his father, a door in Xin Ziqiu's heart was closed to the whole world.

Outside the door is a happy and beautiful colorful world.

And behind the door, there are only young and helpless teenagers and absolute loneliness, the gray loneliness that no matter how wonderful a person is, no one can get along with him.

Xuan Ming looked at Xin Ziqiu, and said in a rare serious way:
"You have been asking me all kinds of questions, in fact, I have always wanted to ask you...

"...What did your father go through in the last few years?"

Xin Ziqiu let out a long breath, and said lightly:

"My dad has always been good to me. When he left, everything was normal. If there is a change, it means that something must have happened in Chicago this year. This is what I want to find out when I go to the United States. .”

Xuan Ming nodded and continued:

"When I saw your dad, he didn't say much, he just talked about the old days, and then straight to the point, he wanted to ask me to borrow a sum of money, and it cost one hundred thousand dollars."

Xin Ziqiu sat up straight again, frowning slightly.

My father is an extremely traditional person, always adhering to the spirit of a warrior, he would never cause trouble to others abruptly, let alone borrow money from others, even if it is his own junior or younger sister.

Xuan Ming saw his thoughts, and continued:

"Yes, I thought the same as you at the time, and felt that your father's state was very wrong, so I pretended to agree and told him that it would take some time to raise the money.

"After all, although we had established ourselves in Chicago at that time, one hundred thousand dollars was still a huge sum of money to me. I had to sell a considerable part of the stocks and bonds. Your father seemed a little anxious, but he also expressed his understanding.

"Before I left, I treated him to something to eat and drink. I pretended to be drunk and pretended to be unintentional. I tore his sleeve, and then I saw several blue and black pinhole bruises on his arm...

"Actually, I didn't believe it at first, but later, taking advantage of your father's inattention, I took another lock of his hair, asked some connections, and went to the best laboratory in Chicago to do a test..."

Xin Ziqiu understood what Xuan Ming was worried about, and asked a little nervously:
"The results of it?"

"positive……"

"Snapped!"

The beer bottle in the teenager's hand fell on the carpet, and the foam was scattered everywhere.

"It's impossible, my dad is not that kind of person."

He gritted his teeth tightly, his face was flushed with excitement, and his decisive Dao heart, which had been honed in the whirling world for a long time, also lost his calm.

Xuan Ming seemed to have known that he would react like this, and was not surprised, but said softly:

"I've tried more than one lab test, and the results are the same. This is the real world, you're a college student, you should trust the science."

When Xin Ziqiu saw his father's remains for the first time, he was always a little strange, but he was too young at the time and didn't understand all kinds of dirty and ugly things in the world, so he couldn't guess what happened, and even thought that after death , the body will naturally shrink and dry up, as it should.

When he grew up and knew more things, he secretly had a premonition about his father's strange face, but since there was no evidence, he was unwilling to face it.

Until today, Xuan Ming pierced the window paper, and Xin Ziqiu had no choice but to face the worst outcome he imagined.

However, my father is a warrior who regards his body, hair, and skin as his treasures. He never smokes or drinks, and has never had any bad habits. Why did he degenerate to such a degree after he has been to the United States for less than a year?

Is it because human nature is fickle, or is my father a villain, but he has always disguised and covered it up well in front of him?
Even, maybe in my subconscious mind, I have been hypnotizing myself according to the image of beautifying and packaging my father...

Only Xuan Ming sighed and continued:
"I got the test results, so I naturally understand what your father wants to borrow money for. Although I am not a bodhisattva, but my brother has fallen to this point, and I can't stand by. I must find a way to help him.

"However, my strength alone is limited, so I can only turn to a few other friends in Yuxu Palace who are close to your father...

"In the end, guess what? It turns out that they have been borrowed by your father a few months ago, ranging from ten to twenty thousand to a few thousand. Hmph, dare I be the last one. It seems that in his heart, I After all, Junior Sister is still closer, unless it is absolutely necessary, she will never let me know...

"...Well, anyway, in the end we went directly to your father's residence together. I thought it would be a fierce battle against a top martial artist like Xin Yuanli, even if he had the upper hand, but heh heh, I didn't expect Tang Tang Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun, a genius walker, was so depraved that I couldn’t even take a single move, and I threw him on the car like a dead dog, didn’t even need to be tied up, and drove directly into the recuperation center.”

Xin Ziqiu was silent. He had a lot of questions, but since he couldn't open his mouth, he didn't say anything.

Xuan Ming seemed to be thirsty, stood up and took out another bottle of cold beer from the refrigerator, gulped it down, and then continued:
"In the following week, I went to your dad's place to accompany him almost every day. This guy's attitude was quite correct, and I didn't blame me for taking him into captivity. He just said that you were still young and no one was taking care of you. You wanted to go out as soon as possible and then return to China to accompany you looking at you.

"Tch, how can I believe his nonsense, this kind of person is so addicted, what can't be done? I let him stay calmly, and he can call when he misses his son. But he said that you are too smart, kid, and he is afraid of you. He heard his flaws from the phone, and refused to call you anyway.

"Later, I don't know that guy told the secret, and Tianzun also knew about it. He came to the nursing home to see him, and kicked everyone out. They talked for more than a year in the ward. Hours, I don’t know what they said.”

Xin Ziqiu was slightly puzzled:
"Lieutenant Hong and my dad have been chatting for so long? Are they on good terms?"

Xuan Ming nodded:

"The two of them, um, it might be a bit too much to say that they love father and son, but Tianzun has always regarded your father as the successor of Yuxu Palace. People with a little seniority in Yuxu Palace know this, and they can't help it." No one thinks there is any problem. After all, with your father's aptitude and the same upgrade speed as that rocket, we all admire him, and no one dares to dissatisfy."

"What then?"

"The two of them seem to have a very unspeculative conversation. I have never seen Tianzun get so angry. When he came out, he directly pulled the iron door of the ward that was more than an inch thick. That was the first time I saw it. When Tianzun lost control of his power, with his temper, he must have been greatly stimulated to lose his composure."

Xin Ziqiu smiled wryly:
"Tianzun probably hates iron but not steel."

Xuan Ming's expression became solemn:
"I thought so at first, so after Tianzun took everyone away, I went back to the ward alone, trying to comfort your father's emotions.

"After all, in his state, if he is stimulated by something, accidents are easy to happen.

"But when I saw Xin Yuanli again, he seemed to be a different person, as if he had been possessed by some terrifying will. His temperament was cold, but he was magnificent. Facing him was like looking up at the starry sky at night. Feel your own smallness and helplessness.

"Especially the look in his eyes, I can't forget it until now...

"That is not the blank gaze of an addict at all, but like an ancient god and beast, mixed with chaos and madness, twisted and depraved, indescribable, but with an indescribable magic power, people can't help thinking I have to be stared at by him all the time and surrender to him. I only took one look, and I felt that there was a great horror in the dark, and a catastrophe was about to befall me..."

Xin Ziqiu's heart shuddered, and he felt a bone-piercing chill from the soles of his feet to the back of his head.

Even Xuan Ming, who has always been bold and reckless, showed fear at this time. Even after many years, even if it was just a memory, it still made her shudder:

"I felt something was wrong at the time. I was about to ask your father a question, but he spoke first..."

"what did he say?"

Xuan Ming's lips trembled slightly, and he looked at the young man opposite, but his eyes passed through him, as if across time and space, and the past scene was repeated again.

She spoke slowly, with a solemn tone she had never had before:

"He said: 'From now on, I will make a clean break with Yuxu Palace. When we meet again, we will be enemies of life and death. If Tianzun asks you to kill me in the future, you can do it without hesitation, but we are brothers and sisters, and I will forgive you. Three times, and then the relationship between you and me will be wiped out...'

"I didn't understand what he was talking about. My first reaction was that I thought he was being scolded by Tianzun, and he was only talking nonsense when he was stimulated. So I persuaded him: 'Brother, take a good rest and don't think about it.'

"However, your father said: 'I am no longer your senior brother. From now on, my name will be... Luo Hu.'

"After finishing speaking, he just disappeared in the ward out of thin air, as if he had never appeared before..."

Xin Ziqiu was stunned:
"Rahu?"

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