"Have you been to sea for two or three years and found nothing..."
The old village elder's eyes turned red and he said in a deep voice, "Do you know how lonely your mother died in the last year of her life..."
"Ah, I don't know." Lynch said.
He plucked at his clothes that were sticky and stained with all sorts of messy things, and looked around the room for a water tank or something like that.
"Is there a bathroom or something like that?" Lynch walked around and looked around calmly, "I feel really uncomfortable. I want to take a shower."
The old village chief's beard trembled twice, and he said in disbelief: "You... Lynch! Or should I call you Giorno?"
He grabbed the newspaper on the table and said, "When it comes to your mother who passed away, you...are you really not sad at all? Are you really...not regretful?"
"Hunter, bounty hunter? Are you serious?" The old village chief threw the newspaper onto Lin Qi and roared in a low voice, "Although it is also wishful thinking, I thought you really wanted to find someone who could heal you on the sea.
Mother’s medicine...but what are you doing? Playing a cat-and-mouse game with those pirates? Isn’t it interesting? Isn’t it interesting!”
The old village chief banged his cane on the ground hard, and said in a hoarse voice: "Are you still living a good life? But... but your mother is not doing well! Without you, she is not living well.
!you you……"
The old village chief pointed his hand as dry as a branch at Lin Qi, who was unresponsive. He was trembling and speechless. Finally, he let out a long and dejected sigh and sat down on a stool nearby.
"..." Robin picked up the newspaper on the ground, dusted it off, and saw the content of the young hunter Giorno reported on it. The news praised the young hunter for free on how talented, extraordinary, and a handsome young man he was.
The old village chief leaned on crutches, looked at the sunset outside the window, and whispered: "I watched her become more silent and thinner day by day... She always looked in the direction of the seaside, hoping to see you coming back.
While she was still there! But no matter how hard she tried, her condition got worse and worse. In the end, she couldn't even walk. She was shaking even when she held the pen. It was very difficult to write a word... I only suffered after you left.
After holding on for a year, I just left..."
The old village chief couldn't help but choke up. He covered his eyes and tried his best to calm down.
"Two years after going to sea, Lynch also died."
Lin Qi's voice came from behind. The old village chief's eyes narrowed, and he turned around silently, seeing Lin Qi taking off his messy clothes.
"Probably he was killed by a certain police chief. This is also a normal thing. Since he got on the pirate ship, he should have had the consciousness of being captured and killed... Maybe it was some kind of miracle. I
Awakening from the darkness, I crawled out again after being thrown into the garbage dump like a dead body... It's just that this time after I came back to life, I forgot most of the things in my mind."
This is a statement that is not too inconsistent with the truth. Lin Qi slowly said, "I only remember that my name is Lin Qi. And from time to time I think of the face of a woman named Lily... But, I'm sorry, that's all."
."
"..." The old village chief said nothing, looking at Lin Qi's sharp upper body and the wounds on his arms that had been hit by the angry villagers.
Lynch smiled and said: "If you don't mind, you can tell me about the bastard things that Lynch did in the past. Also, what kind of person is his mother?"
The old village chief was silent for a long time and said hoarsely: "The power has stopped, but the water has not been cut off. There is a small bathroom inside..."
…
The sound of water sounded in the small bathroom.
The old village chief sat outside and recalled: "Your mother...she was not originally from this island or this village. Eleven years ago...she was still pregnant with you, and she originally planned to settle here temporarily, but unexpectedly...
She has been living like this... No one knows her past, and she rarely talks about her origins... Some people say that she got off a pirate ship when they saw her, so they guessed that she was a pirate before, or
Other things..."
"..." Lin Qi washed the stains on his body and picked up a piece of soap. The soap, which had a faint floral fragrance, had not been used for a long time.
"What a good person she is! Just like her beautiful name..." the old village chief sighed, "Even before that Pirate King, there were pirates appearing on this island from time to time. Thanks to your mother,
Those pirates don’t dare to come to this village and harass them..." Lin Qi asked, "Why, is she famous?" The old village chief said: "No, she is very good at fighting!" Lin Qi: "...
"
"I have never seen anyone more powerful than her. Those arrogant so-called pirate captains were as docile as the best-behaved sea beasts under her fists..." the old village chief sighed, "It's just that no one expected that.
She who is so powerful would contract such an incurable disease... Her illness is getting worse and worse. She has regretted more than once, saying that she may not have time to teach you to be a reliable and strong man! She said... maybe there is no chance,
She has no time and is happily protected by her favorite son...she..."
The old village chief's tears rolled down again. He sniffed and saw Robin, who was sitting obediently with his knees on his side, also had tears in his eyes.
"Until three years ago... you probably overheard what your mother said, just shouting something. The Pirate King said that there are all kinds of treasures in the sea, and there must be a panacea that can cure your mother's disease...
"The old village chief said sadly, "You left secretly. She waited in the hospital bed for a year, and she never had the chance to wait any longer..."
"..." Lin Qi was almost done washing before he remembered that he had forgotten to bring clean clothes.
"...?!" The old village chief was feeling sad when he saw Robin putting his hand into the mouth of a whining phone bug.
At this time, a row of arms grew on the wall and brought a set of clean clothes in. Lynch took it and said, "Ah, thank you."
"Are you..." the old village chief asked Robin doubtfully.
"Lin Qi's... friend." Robin blinked and whispered, "My name is Xu Lun, Kongtiao Xu Lun."
"Oh..." The old village chief felt strange, Kongtiao. Xu Lun, what a strange name.
…
Lin Qi took a shower and changed into clean clothes.
"Give it to me." He stretched out his hand to the old village chief.
"What?"
"What she wrote." Lynch said, "You just said that she was shaking even when she held the pen, and it was very difficult for her to write a word... She should have written something and left it to her son Lynch, right?"
The old village chief sighed heavily, walked slowly to the corner of the wooden house, took out a letter from the bottom drawer, and handed it into Lin Qi's hand.
It's a very simple envelope with no words on the cover and a lily pattern sealing the envelope.
"I wrote it to you...no one has read it." The old village chief sighed softly. "Her tomb is at the foot of the east mountain..."
"Yeah." Lin Qi held the letter, "Then let's go and take a look."
…
Outside the house, the villagers were scattered in groups, trying to peek from all angles and eavesdrop on what was going on inside the house. Everyone carefully avoided the small flower garden in front of the door, although the flower garden had not been taken care of for a long time and had become very messy.