The old demon lit a cigarette, and regardless of whether Yang Yongle next to him would choke, he took a big drag and then slowly spit it out.
"When I was a kid, I didn't get good grades. I was always naughty and would often fight with others. When I was in high school, a guy in my class who was also a gangster started a fight with me. He couldn't beat me, so he wanted to use a knife. As a result,
I got a cut on my hand, but he hit me with a brick on the head."
"That brick was hit a little too hard. Although the guy was rescued, he turned into a vegetative state. Because the incident was quite serious, I was fired."
"My family almost lost all their property because of my affairs, but the little gangster's family had some influence in the town, and they still treated me unforgivingly. Finally, I couldn't stay in the town any longer, so my father decided to keep the family together
Move to City S."
"The difference between a small town and a city is huge. My father originally thought that he could find a better job with the skills he learned in the factory, but in fact, in the first half year of arriving in S City,
, If it weren’t for such things as shelters, our whole family would have probably starved to death, and the unemployment rate in the city is much more serious than we imagined.”
"Later, my mother saved a little money by doing other people's laundry and working as a nanny, and asked my father to set up a small stall, so that we had a cheap, low and dark place to live, and so did I.
From then on, I dropped out of school."
"I know that everything happened because of me. If it weren't for me, my parents would not be in this situation, but they never complained to me. They just sighed when I decided to go out to find a job.
Just one breath."
"Haha, you may not know how difficult it is for a boy who has not even graduated from high school to find a job. City S is a city near the sea. In the end, I could only find a job as a porter on the dock.
It was so funny, and I was a little grateful at the time that the terminals were not all mechanized!"
"At that time, I met my brother, my buddy. His name was Fang Yong. He was one year older than me. His situation was similar to mine. He also had a hard time surviving after the family moved here. But he was different from me.
The only thing is, he didn’t hurt anyone..."
"He and I quickly became good friends. We would work together at the pier every day to carry goods that had to be transported manually. Then when we had free time, we would sit on the shore of the pier and look at the sea, lamenting the miserable life.
.”
"One day, he suddenly said to me, youngest, why don't we go to work abroad? I asked him why, but he couldn't tell me. He just said that maybe foreigners would make more money, and then he could find a job casually, and the pay would be the same.
It will always be more than it is now. When the time comes, I can send the money back to my parents to make their lives more comfortable."
"After working at the dock for a long time, we also got to know some people on the road. Among them was a fat man who had been in the business of helping people smuggle people across the border. After we found him, he patted his chest and promised us that he would definitely help us when the time comes.
We found a good job in the United States and took away the four thousand dollars we had saved so hard."
"After we left a message at home and quietly followed the fat man on the boat, we discovered that what this idiot said was completely different from what we expected."
"When we think about it, we feel so naive at that time that we actually believed him! After the smuggling boat left the high seas, another boat came to take over, and we were sold to the traffickers by the fat man."
"The traffickers moved us to several countries and finally sold us to a mercenary group. The mercenary group told us that if we want to go back, we can! As long as you can survive the next three years!"
"The mercenary group has always suffered heavy casualties. They used this method to increase their membership. However, in order to ensure the most basic unity, they promised to let us go home after three years, and then threw us into a Siberian training camp.
"
"The Siberian training camp is not a mercenary group, but a professional training camp. Some larger mercenary groups entrust it to help them train mercenaries. Our group is one of them. That's a damn place
In this place, the temperature is more than 20 degrees below zero all year round. When we set foot there, five people froze to death."
"Later on, only Ayong and I managed to survive, while the others either died in the cold weather or during training!"
"Now that I think about it, the reason why we can survive may be because our belief is stronger than others! We always remember the original promise of the mercenary group. As long as we can work for three years, we will be allowed to go back... We want to
We have to go back, go back and see our parents, and want them to live a good life, so we can’t die!”
The old demon threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stepped on it hard, and then put on his sunglasses. Yang Yongle kept looking at him quietly, not showing the slightest expression towards his action, because she knew that the old demon
I did this because I didn’t want to let myself see anything...
"Three months passed quickly." The old demon continued: "A Yong and I walked out of the training camp and joined the mercenary group. When we saw two oriental faces joining, the mercenary
The leader of the regiment didn't say anything and took us directly into the battlefield. At that time, I was twenty years old and he was only twenty-one years old."
"It was a time when people would wake up from nightmares even in their dreams. Following the footsteps of the mercenary group, we traveled to many countries. Without exception, they were all countries where war broke out! Although they were only small wars, those
Poor communication conditions prevent us from contacting our families."
"But fortunately, after officially joining the mercenary group, Ayong and I's treatment has been much better, because everyone knows that since we have become comrades, it is best to let go of some unpleasant things.
If you can't leave it to your comrades, you will die faster on the battlefield. The people in the mercenary group don't want to die, and we don't want to die either..."
"In the mercenary group, A Yong and I are completely different. In order to withstand the pressure of the battlefield, those foreign devils indulge themselves desperately when there is no mission, drinking strong drinks, gambling, playing with women, or
Drugs, etc., mercenaries' salaries are very high, and they are used to such squandering, so when they saw that Ayong and I were not involved in these things, they both laughed and said that we were fools, saying that one day we would be on the battlefield.
If someone dies up there, we will definitely regret not enjoying it."
"We all laughed at such words and continued to do our own thing. We saved up the remuneration we received, thinking that when we can go back one day, we can rely on this money to provide for our parents until they die. At other times,
, is to train yourself crazily and want to keep living."
"Actually, we don't know why we do this. I think this may be due to the difference in concepts. We are just ordinary Chinese people. Although we are forced to fall into this situation, the idea of being filial to our parents has always been
It has not changed, it was the same before and it is the same now. As long as this idea still exists, I will feel that I have always been Chinese!"
The old demon took out another cigarette and lit it. There were already piles of cigarette butts at his feet, but Yang Yongle and he, who were silent in stories and memories, were completely unaware of this.
"Later, Ayong and we also discovered how difficult it was to go home. If it hadn't been for that accident, I guess I would still be on the battlefield."
"That time, the mercenary group received a mission to help the US military clear out the guerrillas stationed in a certain country's military base. You should also know that those Americans have always been like this, greedy for life and afraid of death. They spend a lot of money to hire
The mercenaries came to do something that was likely to cause casualties, while they hid in the rear to collect the results, and then openly promoted their zero-casualty strategy... We have received many similar missions before, so this time
I didn’t think much about it.”
"A Yong and I are very agile, so we have always played the role of scouts. That time, it was my turn to explore the road, but for some reason, A Yong insisted on changing guard with me..."
"That's when Ayong stepped on a mine... it was an adsorption mine! The guerrillas were very cunning. They first let the livestock poop on the roadside, and then buried the mine under the feces.
If you disguise it like this, it will make people mistakenly think that it is safe for livestock to pass through..."
The old demon clenched his fists tightly, and his whole body was trembling: "If...if Ayong didn't change guard with me, I should have died that time...idiot Ayong, there must be something wrong with him."
A good premonition, this is... this is..."
Yang Yongle put her hand on the old demon's fist with pity. She could feel the mood of the man in front of her at that time. Maybe she wanted to give this man some courage or something, but she couldn't say it anyway.
After a long time, the old demon's trembling stopped. Under the cover of sunglasses, no one could see his eyes. He continued: "That time, half of Ayong's body was blown away. When he died,
, he looked at the leader of our mercenary group and begged him with his eyes. The leader understood what he meant and immediately announced that my mercenary term had expired and I could fulfill my original promise... And Ayong, with his
He looked at me with a pleased smile and let me know what he meant."
"After returning to China, I bought the current villa in City S for a total of 36 million, equivalent to 12 million U.S. dollars. This is all the savings we accumulated in more than three years. I happily
I ran to find his parents and mine, intending to bring them to live together and enjoy happiness. I thought in my heart that I would replace Ayong and treat his parents as my own parents."
"However, at this time, I discovered that my parents, and his parents, died one after another due to weariness and sadness not long after the two of us left the message... I, we, have already committed an unthinkable crime.
Sins forgiven!”
"I don't even have the chance to let them see me marry, have children, start a family and start a business..."
Yang Yongle found that the back of her hand that was placed on the old demon's fist was wet with two drops of liquid. She had never thought that a man's experience would be like this, nor had she ever thought that the old demon's playful smile was usually hidden behind her.
Under such circumstances, he was in such a painful mood! If I hadn’t come to visit my grandfather’s grave today, I would never have known the old demon’s suffering, right?
"Thank you, I feel much better!" The old demon turned around and smiled at Yang Yongle: "I have never had the chance to talk to anyone about these words, but I am much better now."
Yang Yongle looked at him, said nothing, just smiled quietly.
"Oh, I accidentally delayed it for so long!" The old demon looked at the sky, couldn't help but patted his forehead and said, "Let's go back, it will get dark next day."
…
The location of the cemetery was naturally in the suburbs. By the time the two returned to the villa community, it was already dark.
The old demon has returned to his usual mood and is walking side by side with Yang Yongle, talking and laughing. Yang Yongle proposed it herself for a walk. Even she herself couldn’t explain why she didn’t want to go back so soon, and we
The old demon comrade just complied with her request.
"Do you know?" The old demon smiled and said to Yang Yongle: "When I bought this villa, I have been thinking that now that I have money, I can find a good wife. She must be very filial.
, accompany me to support my parents until they die, but this idea has not been realized until today!"
"Why...why do you suddenly mention this..." Yang Yongle's face suddenly turned red, and he muttered in a low voice, holding the corners of his clothes uneasily with both hands.
"Haha, actually, I also know that my idea seems a bit selfish, and I have not considered other people's feelings!" The old demon shrugged and said: "I think this may be the reason why I have never found the legendary charterer.
Reason."
"No!" Yang Yongle said in a low voice: "Honoring your parents is what you should do. It can't be said to be selfish or not. If you really just like your house and are with you... the woman you like, you should pay attention to it.
.”
"Is that so?" The old demon scratched his head and said this without saying anything. He also found that something was wrong with the atmosphere between the two.
"Actually...actually...I think you are..." Yang Yongle mustered up the courage and raised his head to look at the back of the old demon who looked extremely tall in the night. Just when he was about to continue speaking, a voice suddenly called.
Cut her off.
"Hey! Are the young couple still flirting? It seems like it's not the right time for us to show up!"
As the words fell, three young men with dyed hair and weird clothes who looked like gangsters appeared in front of the two of them, blocking their way.
Not only that, but three more people appeared behind the two of them, blocking the way back, forming a complete double-team.
"Friend, you are taking a beautiful woman to the street so late? Didn't your mother tell you that the public security is very bad recently?" The young man in front whistled towards Yang Yongle and said to the old demon with a playful smile.
"You...what are you going to do?" Yang Yongle was a little scared and hid behind the old demon.
The old demon, on the other hand, took out a cigarette, lit one, and said calmly: "So, you are the culprits responsible for the poor public security?"
"Stop fucking nonsense!" Hearing the old demon's tone, the young man felt unhappy for no reason, and cursed: "Why are you pretending! You are the only one who can pretend with us? Hurry up, wallet, necklace,
Hand over your rings and all the valuable things you have! I have chosen a set of equipment among the gods, and I am worried that I have no money to buy it!"
"Really?" The old demon smiled: "Who told you that I am alone?"
"Isn't it?" the young man said fiercely: "Or should you forget about that woman? In that case, aren't you afraid that something unfortunate will happen to your girlfriend?"
"Who... who is his girlfriend?" Yang Yongle, who was hiding behind the old demon, blushed for no reason and muttered in a low voice again, completely forgetting the current situation.
"Really, what do these property management guys do for a living? They let people sneak in and rob them?" At this time, the old demon was too lazy to talk nonsense with these guys. After muttering to himself, he turned his head.
Go and yell loudly behind you: "Damn, I'm in a bad mood today. If you want to come out, you'd better hurry up! Otherwise, I won't be responsible for what happens later!"
"Huh? Is this guy stupid?" The old demon's roar made the six robbers stunned, thinking that he was frightened and nervous.
However, following the roar of the old demon, a man actually walked out of the darkness.
"You kid... do you think we are bodyguards or something?" The visitor walked directly in front of the old demon without even looking at the gangsters.
"I'm finally willing to come out!" The old demon smiled and said to the visitor: "Am I not cooperating with your work?"
The person who came was a middle-aged man, wearing the same black suit as the old demon. After hearing the old demon's words, he couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Really, I found that every time you go out, you cause a lot of trouble! Every time
They always come to us to wipe their butts."
"I don't want to either!" The old demon shrugged and said, "So you see, now I stay at home and play games as an otaku."
The two of them stood there and talked to themselves, completely ignoring the six-man group that held the road. This made the young people very angry, and the young man at the head even roared out: "Damn it, you think we are...
Air? So what if another one comes? Brothers, show your sword!"
Swish! All six young men took out their weapons, including daggers, machetes, and iron rods, and surrounded the three of them, the old demon.
After having the guy, the young man who led him became more confident. He smiled evilly and said: "Have you seen it? It doesn't matter how tall you are! I have seen a lot of guys like you! Hurry up and hand over the money.
Otherwise, I’ll wipe you all out later! Haha!”
A group of guys who were robberies also started laughing.
However, the next second later, their voices all stopped suddenly.
A gun glowing with black metal appeared in the hand of the middle-aged man in black, and then it was directly pressed against the head of the young man...
