The Last Mecha

151 One Night

There was a faint light in the distant sky. Jiang Mulin woke up very early today, and he walked towards the courtyard of the Guoshu Museum. The young man inside had just packed his things.

Wu Gou hadn't slept all night, but at this moment, instead of seeing a trace of tiredness in his eyes, it made people feel bright and energetic.

"It's over?"

Jiang Mulin looked at him with a faint smile in his eyes.

"Ah."

"Looking at you, I feel a lot."

"You can learn a lot from Master Jiang."

"Did you win?"

"No." At this point, Wu Gou suddenly felt a little depressed, and he lowered his head slightly, "I really can't beat him, I keep dying."

Seeing his appearance, the weather-beaten middle-aged man finally couldn't help laughing twice, and then said: "How old are you, how old am I? I have been practicing for nearly 20 years at that time, how about you? Things happen so quickly, among the few apprentices who have been with me for so many years, if Qi is not used, only Song Yunqian can occasionally draw a tie."

"Then how can I know if I have grown?"

"Simple, let's see how many moves you can go through. Li Yinghong, the tenderest girl under my hand, can go up to 27 moves. I think you need at least ten moves if you want to defeat that boy Yamazaki Ryuichi steadily. You How many tricks did you take at most?"

"If the calculation is correct, it should be twelve strokes."

"Oh, that's okay? You said twelve?"

"Correct."

Wu Gou raised his face with an innocent expression.

"Hiss—" Jiang Mulin took a deep breath, and he didn't know whether it was surprise or joy in his eyes, "When you connected for the first time, how many tricks did you use?"

"Three moves?"

"How many times have you been in this night?
"Eh, ten or twenty times?"

Wu Gou whispered with a cautious expression, subconsciously shrunk his shoulders back, as if he was a little worried that he would use it too frequently to make people angry, after all, it was originally a kind gift from Jiang Mulin.

"Candy?"

Jiang Mulin didn't talk about the business first, he just took out a pack of newly opened malt candies from his arms, and gently handed it to the young man.

Wu Gou's expression lightened, and he also observed that this middle-aged man was usually in a good mood when he took out the candy.

So this time he didn't refuse, nodded and carefully broke off a small piece.

"Break more, you feed the cat."

"Sugar is expensive, so it's not good to take too much from Master Jiang."

"No matter how expensive sugar is, can it be more expensive than oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, meat, milk and eggs? The salted fish under my door can cost you three days for a meal. You're welcome, get more."

Wu Gou's dark eyes quietly sized up Jiang Mulin for a moment, then stretched out his hand, carefully breaking off a small piece again, and quickly withdrew his not so thick arm, like a wild cat that was eaten by people on the street.

Jiang Mulin also took a sip of the candy and slowly turned back to the topic.

"You can use this thing casually, it's not that expensive, and you don't have to pay for it if it breaks, and it's not something to cherish in itself—I just think that you can't make it with iron? Doesn't the taste of every failure here feel bad? Among my few apprentices, I said that I can endure it the most, the first time he used this thing, he only lasted four times."

After hearing this, Wu Gou scratched his head a little at a loss, and then said in an uncertain tone, "I'm used to it. When I used to pick up waste, I used to fight like this. It's nothing to beat you to death. Otherwise, when you turn around, someone else might get up, and a brick will hit you on the head. If a scavenger dies, the city council doesn’t care.”

"There is a cemetery outside the city. It is called a cemetery, but it is actually a big pit. These people who died for no reason were thrown into it to fill up the soil, and they were never found again. Many children just disappeared. The parents at home until In the end, I don’t know whether my child was abducted by Pai Huazi or beaten to death in front of some garbage dump.”

"After experiencing that feeling, you may feel that as long as you don't really die, no matter how painful this kind of duel is, you can bear it as long as you bear it."

Jiang Mulin was taken aback by Wu Gou's words, his thick hands stroked the stubble on his face, and then he asked calmly, "Have you ever killed anyone?"

"I did. I won't lie to Master Jiang. If I don't kill them, they will kill me."

Wu Gou's eyes were frighteningly dark, and he didn't hesitate at all when he said this answer.

"Then have you robbed someone else?"

"No, I just want to keep my own."

The middle-aged man with a round face and short neck pierced his eyes like knives, while Wu Gou on the opposite side met his gaze and looked back without avoiding it. The two looked at each other for a few seconds, like sculptures.

Then Jiang Mulin smiled suddenly: "That's fine, if someone hits your face with a fist, you can just hit it back. But, don't bully others, this is my death line. I can only deal with powerful fists when I practice my Xingyi fist. Guy, this is strong not just physically, but in every way, remember."

"I remember."

"By the way, I also asked about that Ryuichi Yamazaki. He was a mixed race, and he was born in Dongying. His mother was the daughter of a patrol officer. She jumped off the boat and eloped with someone, and died in Fusang later. His father was a soldier in the military. A person with a head and a face, I am afraid that it is difficult to see him a few times during this sensitive period. With half of Xia's blood on his back, I am afraid he will not get any good looks for more than ten years. This person, the more he is like this, the more he wants That’s why he worked so hard and even dared to mess with me.”

"I see."

"What do you think after listening?"

"You can't make me feel sorry for him."

"Hey, okay, you're tired too, go back and rest. There are still a few days left, so it's okay to take at least sixteen moves? Don't put on an expression that you can't do it. If you think you can, go ahead."

Just as Wu Gou was about to leave, Jiang Mulin seemed to remember something, slapped his head and shouted, "Wait—"

He turned back, quietly waiting for the martial arts master in front of him to say goodbye.

"I promised you. I heard that Lawson Heavy Industries' bio-machine tool will be on sale. It will be in Jiang Song, and it should be after you finish the fifth round."

After hearing this, Wu Gou's dark eyes lit up, but slowly dimmed again.

"But it will take time for me to get through the six rounds."

"Then let's make an agreement. Five days later, you will beat up that Yamazaki Ryuichi. Next week, come with me to Lawrence's auction house."

The look on the young man's face was reflected in Jiang Mulin's gray eyes. He remembered that this was the first time he was so happy to see Wu Gou.

"Little brat, with a straight face all day long, you can also grin." He smiled, "Go, we have an appointment."

"it is good."

Wu Gou gritted his teeth and spit out a word, his excitement and determination were beyond words.

After he left, Jiang Mulin looked up at Jin Yang breaking through the clouds, sprinkling the earth with a little bit of brilliance, and then said suddenly: "Come out, why don't you play hide-and-seek with me?"

Song Yunqian poked his head out from behind the courtyard wall, with a smile on his face, "Aren't you afraid of disturbing Master Jiang's artistic conception? After all, it's been a long time since I've seen someone you like so much."

"Do you think I've been partial?"

"That kind of thing is not something that an apprentice should think about, let alone the four of us back then, who was not favored by Master Jiang. I came here only because the things that Master Jiang explained have some clues."

"Oh? Follow the clues to find where?"

"President Russell of the British Chamber of Commerce, Kunihiko Kobayashi, president of the Fusang Martial Arts Association, and there is a high probability that Xia Ren will also participate."

"This result is not too surprising. I just want to know, what are they looking for? I mean, other than that little Annan girl."

(End of this chapter)