"Let's go with you? Where to go?" Boss Xin and Willow both became more and more confused about what Verak, who was so unpredictable and illogical, was going to do. First he looked innocent to repay his kindness, and then he threatened.
style negotiation, and now he wants to take them away with a smile.
"Let's go to a better place to talk." Verak was overjoyed, but was not dazzled by Boss Xin's words. In order to avoid any hidden conspiracy, he chose to take the two of them out of the tavern first and go to his own place.
When meeting Keating within their sphere of influence, everyone will be happy when the misunderstanding is resolved, and it will be easier for them to solve problems if they arise.
Because Boss Xin and Verak were on different angles and had completely different views on his invitation, he cautiously rejected Verak: "There is no place better than here."
"There is someone you definitely want to see there." Unable to persuade the two of them, Verak had no choice but to move out of Keating.
"Keating?" Boss Xin instantly realized who Verak was talking about.
"Um."
Boss Xin's doubts deepened: "He's not... you are his? What's going on? When did he get out of Damans Prison?"
"You can ask these questions yourself when you see him later." Verak did not reveal too much information.
"But why should I believe you?" Boss Xin still didn't move.
Verak thought for a moment and told him what Keating had told him about their experience with Wilson more than twenty years ago.
Willow was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He looked at Boss Xin with his mouth open, waiting for him to make up his mind.
"It seems that the complexity of the matter is beyond my imagination." After hearing this, Boss Xin's inner guard wavered. Finally, he decided to take a risk and go out with Verak to reveal the secrets of the past two years, "I can go out with you.
"
"Willow come too." Verak hoped Willow would follow.
Boss Xin was not sure whether there was a crisis lurking outside, so he was unwilling to take Willow with him: "He stayed in the tavern. If everything is really a misunderstanding, it's not too late to come out."
"Okay." Verak knew that he could not convince the two of them with a few words, so he respected their persistence and decided to take only Boss Xin to see Keating.
"I'll go, you stay." Willow also knew that this trip was not absolutely safe.
Faced with Willow's volunteering, Boss Xin was very pleased and very proud of him: "Do you remember what I told you? Sooner or later you will be the new leader of the Blood Knife Gang, leading the great Dunman people to defend what belongs to you.
"
Hearing that the two seemed to be separated for life and death, Verak understood, but still found it a bit funny: "Believe me, as long as what you just told me is true, there will be no danger."
"Let's go." Boss Xin patted Willow on the shoulder and left the room.
Verak glanced at Willow, and then walked through the tavern with Mr. Xin to the door under the gaze of everyone.
"Where are we going?" Mr. Xin, who was limping, asked with white breath.
"Go to the hotel opposite." Verak scanned the street and found a car parked not far from Quinn's Tavern.
As expected, Keating and others were sitting there.
After making sure that Keating could see him and Boss Xin, Verak took Boss Xin in and booked the room next to Keating.
"What does this mean?" Boss Xin asked as he entered the room.
"You sit down first." Verak opened the door and sat next to Boss Xin, "They will be here soon."
"Now that I'm out, can you tell me about Keating?" Boss Xin was a little impatient.
Before Keating and the others came back, Verak briefly explained his relationship with Keating: "Let me introduce myself to you again. I am Most Verak, and I was once with Mr. Keating.
Inmate. He taught me many things, such as Dunman language and life principles. We successfully escaped from Dymans Prison together in November last year."
"Last November?" Boss Xin questioned, "I have always sent people to pay attention to the news in Damans Prison. How come I didn't hear about a prison break? And that was Damans Prison, and there was never anyone there.
Successfully jailbroken."
"This is a long story. If you are interested, I will tell you slowly later. In short, we successfully escaped with more than 2,000 prisoners in the prison. At that time, the Bresci government was holding the World Exposition, and we were afraid that this would cause the country to
The image they had worked so hard to build collapsed, so they tried their best to cover up the news."
"This..." The escape from Damans Prison was so crazy that Boss Xin could not accept it.
Just when he was about to ask something else, Keating, who was waiting in the car to assist Verak in evacuating, rushed back to the hotel with Sara and Yves, and came to the open door: "Xin."
When he heard someone calling him, Boss Xin turned to look at the door. After looking at it for a few seconds, he confirmed that the person standing there was Keating: "You are actually alive."
"Yeah." Keating walked into the room, glanced at Verak, and stood face to face with Boss Xin who couldn't help but get up.
He had said before that it was best not to let Boss Xin know that he was still alive, but when he saw Verak leading Boss Xin into the hotel, he knew that things would definitely develop in another direction that they had not expected, and he had to step forward.
.
"Is everything he said true? Did you escape from Damans Prison?" Boss Xin confirmed.
"Yes, if it hadn't been for Verak, I might not have been able to leave prison even half a step in my life." Keating didn't have a very good impression of Boss Xin. Although he was relieved now, some grudges were still affecting him, "Verak, this
What's going on?"
"You and Boss Xin have misunderstood." Verak first winked at Sarah and Yves, signaling them to close the door. Then he asked them both to sit down, and he acted as the intermediary to help them resolve the misunderstanding, "It's the same as we guessed.
, Mr. Wilson did inform Mr. Xin and Willow about the gold when he died. But Mr. Xin did not take the gold for himself as you said, but continued to fulfill the agreement for Mr. Wilson.
, keeping the secret of gold waiting for you to come."
Keating was moved.
"The reason why Mr. Keating didn't come directly to you to get the gold before was because he was worried that you, who used to regard wealth as your life, would kill someone because of the gold. That's why he sent me to find out the details first." Verak explained to Keating, and then to
Boss Xin said, "After we made full preparations, we decided to visit again today. We first discussed the purchase of Quinn's Tavern and then threatened you."
"So that's it..." Boss Xin understood what happened.
"I thought that after so many years, everything I experienced when I was young was clearly seen from a higher perspective. Now it seems that is not the case. I am still biased against you." Keating admitted his shortcomings.
He ignored the precious friendship between Boss Xin and Wilson, which was no less than his own, and made preconceived and malicious assumptions about Boss Xin's character, which led to everything that happened.
"Normal." Boss Xin waved his hand indifferently, "Everyone knows that I will do anything for money. If you treat me like this, it is inevitable that things will become complicated."
"Fortunately, it was just a tortuous process and no damage was caused." Verak said thankfully.
It would be a pity if this misunderstanding was not resolved and a conflict broke out between the two sides, resulting in bloodshed and sacrifices.
"When you came back two years ago, I didn't have time to meet you. More than 20 years have passed in a flash." Boss Xin sighed.
More than twenty years ago, they were all young.
Now, the two people looking at each other have traces of time written all over their faces.
"Wilson, he..." Keating didn't know what to say.
His relationship with Boss Xin is too delicate.
He and Wilson were close friends, and Boss Xin and Wilson were also brothers who were born and died together. More than 20 years ago, he believed that Boss Xin had ruined Wilson's dream of becoming a doctor and broke up with him. Now times have changed, and many things have been given by time.
Answer.
"He made a request before his death. If I can wait until you come back, let me tell you that he is very grateful to you for helping him over the years. Thank you for secretly showing him the medical books at home when you were young, and thank you for your help for him.
He struggled against an unfair fate. Thank you for giving him Quinn's Tavern when he left Dunman for Bressey, which alleviated his embarrassment in life..."
"He also helped me a lot." Keating was filled with emotion when Boss Xin mentioned what happened many years ago.
"In addition, he specially advised me to tell you all the misunderstandings that I didn't have time to explain when I see you again." Xin Laodao said, "Originally, I always thought it was unnecessary, because I am not familiar with you, and I don't care what you do.
Look at me. But he told me that we are all his close friends and brothers, and he doesn’t want us to misunderstand and become hostile to each other because of him.”
The three people outside the incident, Verak, Sarah, and Yves, all kept silent in a tacit agreement, allowing the two middle-aged men over fifty to move on from the misunderstanding without any distractions.
"At that time, we were fighting in Monlego. We were ambushed by the Monlego people. My leg was hit by a stray bullet. I had no time to retreat with the main force. Wilson, who was still a new recruit, rushed into the battlefield desperately and carried me on his back.
, and based on his knowledge, he dealt with me urgently... Without him, I would have been caught and executed by the Mongolian people who hated us, and this leg would have been amputated. So I
We became the best brothers with him, and I told him that when the war was over, I would help him become a doctor no matter what." Boss Xin told how he and Wilson met.
When Verak heard that Boss Xin and Wilson had fought in Monlego, he immediately remembered what he knew about the Tun-Mongolian war in which Dunman invaded and occupied one million square kilometers of Monlego more than 20 years ago.
It was precisely because of this war that there was a huge hatred between the Dunmen and the Brexi people. This hatred continues to this day, and the boss of the Flash Gold Gang, Lao Jin, is still extremely angry when he mentions this matter.
"Then the war ended and we all returned to the Old South. I picked up my old trade and continued to be a butcher, while he worked hard to learn medical knowledge and wanted to become a doctor." When Boss Xin talked about this, he seemed like
Ridiculing, but also seeming helpless, he said "ha", "In my heart, he is the best, he is more powerful than the military doctors at that time, but in the Old Southern Testament, his ideals and his efforts are no match for others."
Money family."
Keating didn't seem to know about this, and was frowning as Boss Xin continued to speak.
"He said that you are different. Your road has been paved. You can do nothing and be pushed to become a respected doctor. But he, because of his humble background, did not even have a chance to be seen.
"Boss Xin clenched his fists. He was angry about Wilson's experience at that time. "You once said that if the Old South is an unfair place, then go to an enlightened and free place. Yes, you can do that.
, but he can't. His travel is unknown. If something goes wrong, what will his elderly parents do?"
"I didn't understand this until a long time later." Keating apologized deeply. He had just completed a study tour to Welland at the time, so he didn't understand why Wilson couldn't do what he wanted to do like him.
"I said that I would help him complete his pursuit. I was full of confidence in him at the beginning, and he himself was so sure of it. I helped him, and he could accept it without any pressure, and promised me that he would become a
After being an excellent doctor, he returned it to me. When he got there, he was frustrated and refused to take my money for free. So he came to work in the slaughterhouse and started to make money to support the family." Boss Xin finally
I finished talking about what happened at the beginning.
"I thought you were blocking him from taking the path he wanted to take, and I almost fought with you." Keating smiled apologetically, "Sorry, Xin."
As he said, Boss Xin didn't care about Keating's reaction. He himself was not very familiar with Keating: "It's nothing, it's all over. I have nothing to lose. You are doing it for his own good. And I am in Quinn
I’ve been drinking for nothing in the pub for so many years, let’s just call it an even deal.”
"How's his son?" Keating asked Willow.
"He is a good, calm and reserved boy, exactly like the original Wilson." Boss Xin replied, "Including dreams."
"What about him now?"
"Settling accounts in Quinn's Tavern, I plan to let him inherit my Blood Knife Gang." Boss Xin no longer mentioned anything to help him become a doctor, and paved the way for Willow to make the best choice for people like them.
road.
Keating said: "You should know that the new conscription law kills two birds with one stone. While vigorously suppressing outsiders, it is also weakening the strength of local gangs like you. The way you lead him is definitely not a long-term solution."
"I know that he may face some very difficult problems in the future, but I believe he can handle it." Xin Laodao said.
"Have you ever thought about asking him to become a doctor?"
"I thought about it, but he refused."
"Why?" Keating was puzzled.
Willow and Wilson were in very different circumstances at the time.
Wilson was poor at the time and came from a humble background. Willow at least had enough money and no worries. Even if he would be discriminated against in the Old South, he could use the money to try other places.
There is no way that the path of becoming a doctor will work.
"He said that he not only wanted to be a doctor, but also wanted to fulfill Wilson's regret and open a civilian hospital in Old South York to treat poor people who could not afford the high treatment fees." Although Boss Xin did not agree with Willow from the bottom of his heart.
words, but I am still proud of him, "In addition, we also need to open schools so that poor people who do not have the conditions can become doctors."