Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before Dragon Slaying

Chapter 1056: Each One's Love (Two in One, Please Subscribe!!!)

"What's the big deal? I've experienced your harsh words since I separated from your mother, and I've gotten used to it." Chu Tianjiao pursed his lips, "And I really only care about giving birth, not raising. That's true. You and your mother are the most qualified to say that, so I never talked back no matter how she scolded me before. Arguing with a woman and a child is not what a man should do."

"No, I mean that night." Chu Zihang shook his head and said, "I'm sorry for leaving you alone on the elevated road on that rainy night and letting you face those things alone."

"What are you talking about? What do you mean you'll leave me alone? I told you to run!" Chu Tianjiao said to Chu Zihang with a somewhat unhappy expression, "You don't think I want to be the last one left there to act like a hero, do you? Silly son, it's a good thing you ran away, I'm still happy. If you stayed there, I'd have a headache, and then we would both die in that godforsaken place, and neither of us would survive. How great it is now, we're both alive, and as long as we're alive, we'll have the chance to meet again."

Chu Zihang was silent for a while, then slowly said: "But living alone in the world is actually very tiring."

Susie glanced over, and so did the others. This sentence surprised Caesar a little... This was probably the first time he heard the word "tired" from Chu Zihang's mouth, and it was also one of the few times he revealed his true feelings.

Lu Mingfei looked at Chu Zihang like this and smiled knowingly.

"Who said you are alone? Don't you still have your mother? Don't you still have so many friends?" Chu Tianjiao said with his eyes wide open, "Why are you so pessimistic? How sad would your mother be if you were gone? How worried would your friends be about you? If you were gone, wouldn't all the property in your stepfather's family be left to others to inherit?"

Chu Tianjiao seemed to have turned into that middle-aged man who was full of nonsense and had no serious manners, but Chu Zihang seemed to be immune to it. He knew that men were just using this method to hide their complicated emotions, so Chu Zihang whispered: "I understand what you said now."

"Hmm? What are you talking about?" Chu Tianjiao raised his eyebrows. "Is it that mature men should give in to beautiful women? Or is it that if you don't take advantage of your stepfather's huge fortune, you'd be a bastard? Your father has said many wise sayings. Although they sound a bit far-fetched at first, when you think about it carefully, they definitely contain rich life philosophy. You know, our boss liked to chat with me when I was driving in the past. When he was happy chatting, he would treat me to midnight snacks and foot washing..."

"If you're gone, I'll be the only one who can prove your existence." Chu Zihang interrupted Chu Tianjiao's chattering, "Because I'm the last thing you have left in this world, and half of your blood flows in my body."

Chu Tianjiao was suddenly speechless. He looked at Chu Zihang, his eyes a little dazed for a moment... He suddenly felt that the son in front of him was a little strange. Yes, seven years had passed, and Chu Zihang had changed not only in his appearance, but also in his personality and outlook on life.

“Oh, why are you getting so sentimental all of a sudden? At that time, I really thought I wouldn’t live long, so I wanted to show off before leaving.” Chu Tianjiao waved his hand. “Oh, I thought you said that sentence, but it turned out to be this one. This sentence sounds quite intimidating at first, but when you think about it carefully, it actually has a lot of loopholes. You are a person, how can I say you are a thing…”

This man's ability to talk trash can probably compete with Lu Mingfei and Finkel. No one here really knows his past, and no one knows if he is born to be a trash talker... In fact, no one is born to be a trash talker. Many times, people like to talk trash just because they don't want others to see their true feelings.

"I haven't finished yet." Chu Zihang said softly, "I understand what you said, but I think you are wrong."

Chu Tianjiao was stunned, not knowing what Chu Zihang would say next.

"I think a person who is alive does not need others to prove his existence." Chu Zihang whispered, "Alive is alive, dead is dead. For a person, his life is meaningful only when he is alive. When he dies, there is nothing left. What is left is not proof, but sadness."

Someone once said that a person will experience three deaths in his life. The first is death in the medical sense. Your diagnosing doctor will issue a death certificate for you. The second is death in the social sense. Your loved ones, your siblings and friends will gather at your funeral and cry and mourn you. The third is being forgotten. No one in this world remembers you, and you are truly dead.

Chu Zihang didn't remember where he saw these words, but he had always kept them in his heart. He also never forgot what the man said to him... He had half of the man's blood in his body, and only if he was alive could it be proved that the man once existed in this world. If he died, the man would truly be forgotten by everyone.

But is this really the case? If the man is really dead, what will it matter if I remember him? He is no longer here, but only lives in my memories. But I can't mention this memory to anyone else. No one will care about a man who no longer exists in this world. Every time I think of him, I will be overwhelmed by the regret and sadness like a tide.

Memory is a double-edged sword, sometimes it is as sweet as candy, sometimes it is a deadly poison... If the man is still alive, those memories may be precious past, but if the man is dead, those memories are sharp blades, which will cut your heart in every silent night and make you regret it.

Chu Zihang deeply understands this feeling.

So he tried his best to remember the man, he even wanted to go back to that rainy night again, but he couldn't do it, so he tried his best to find the man's whereabouts over the years. This was his deepest obsession, he had to know whether the man was alive or dead... Even if he had to chat privately, he had to personally confirm the news of his death.

Otherwise, memories will always linger between regret and remorse.

"No, I really think so." Chu Tianjiao was a little anxious, "I can die, but you have to live. You are my son. Isn't it natural for a father to protect his son? If you are gone, you can't survive alone. How can I face your mother? She will kill me!"

"Don't say such irresponsible things." Chu Zihang looked into Chu Tianjiao's eyes and said, "The only person who can prove his existence is himself. Only by living can he prove his existence. There is no need to throw his own affairs to others to do."

"No...but..." Chu Tianjiao opened and closed his mouth several times, but this time he was really speechless and couldn't say anything. He looked at Chu Zihang's face. The childish face in his memory no longer had any childishness on it. Instead, it was stubbornness and maturity.

His son grew up to be such a stubborn fool, just because of what he said back then. Chu Tianjiao seemed to understand what Chu Zihang wanted to say to him. Just like he always hid his true thoughts, Chu Zihang was not very good at expressing his feelings. This father and son were actually just as stupid in this respect.

Aren't these words Chu Zihang's response to him? He said he wanted Chu Zihang to be alive, because Chu Zihang was his son, with his blood flowing, and only Chu Zihang alive could prove his existence... He gave such a huge responsibility to Chu Zihang, but he never thought about what Chu Zihang would bear. Just like he said to Chu Zihang, if he had a private chat, his second son was still alive, he would definitely feel that he couldn't live alone, even if that woman didn't kill him, he would hate himself like that.

From a father's perspective, he had to let Chu Zihang survive, because it was extremely painful for a father to lose his son... But what if a child lost his father? Isn't this something worth being sad and grieving, enough to become his obsession and indelible shadow for the rest of his life?
“Uncle Chu, Senior Brother has a habit these years. He does his homework every night before going to bed.” Lu Mingfei suddenly spoke up and said to Chu Tianjiao, “The content of these homeworks is to recall the things he doesn’t want to forget. Senior Brother and I are similar in this regard, so I understand. To be honest, this feeling is quite uncomfortable. Senior Brother has really tried his best to find you in the past few years.”

"I..." Chu Tianjiao looked at Chu Zihang, stunned and speechless. This man who was always eloquent and changeable suddenly became speechless at this moment, as if he had lost the ability to express himself.

Chu Zihang turned his head and signaled Lu Mingfei with his eyes to stop talking.

“Brother, I know your character. You and your father finally meet again. I hope you can be honest with each other. If you don’t want to say something, let me say it. Just treat me as a nagging person.” After Lu Mingfei finished speaking to Chu Zihang, he said to Chu Tianjiao, “Uncle, in the past few years since you disappeared, you have indeed been forgotten by this world.”

"Forgotten?" Chu Tianjiao murmured these words, as if he had not really understood what Lu Mingfei said.

"It is a true forgetfulness. Odin has the ability to modify cause and effect. Your existence has been erased from the new world line. The only ones in this world who remember you are me and my senior brother." Lu Mingfei looked at Chu Tianjiao and said, "My senior brother didn't know about this at that time, but he has been trying hard to remember everything about you. I understand the feeling of regret. He regretted it from the bottom of his heart. He left alone that night. He even felt that he should die that night."

Chu Tianjiao was absent-minded for a moment, his eyes slightly reddened, "You silly child."

Chu Tianjiao's voice was a little hoarse.

"Actually, there are some things you can tell me." Chu Zihang whispered, "I can pretend I don't know and I won't tell mom."

"I didn't mean to hide it from you...Okay, I did mean to hide it from you." Chu Tianjiao sighed, "Remember, son, since you entered junior high school, we have met less and less. Sometimes when you asked me to go to your school, I would find excuses to refuse, because I always felt that danger was getting closer and closer, and it would come one day, so I wanted to stay away from you and your mother as much as possible."

"I'm a dangerous person. Although I know I shouldn't have a family and it's wrong to do so, I don't regret being with your mother or having you with her. I love her and you very much. You are my pride." Chu Tianjiao looked at the ceiling with a hazy look in his eyes. "These are all my true feelings. In fact, I shouldn't have picked you up that night, but it rained so hard that night that I was worried that you wouldn't be able to go home alone. I also thought that I hadn't seen you for a long time. If I hadn't picked you up, you probably wouldn't have encountered these bad things and you wouldn't have lived so hard these years. I didn't expect this day to come so soon."

"Rather than being kept in the dark, I would rather know the truth from the beginning." Chu Zihang paused, "I know you have your reasons."

"Maybe I've been living in peace for too long, and I've let my guard down." Chu Tianjiao smiled bitterly, "I definitely wouldn't have made such a low-level mistake when I was young."

"Uncle Chu." Lu Mingfei interrupted at an appropriate time, "What do you mean by 'this day has come so quickly'? Did you know that Odin would come looking for you?"

“Yes, I know.” Chu Tianjiao nodded and admitted it directly, “I came to this city just for Him. I have been in this city for so many years, actually waiting for Him to come to me. I know He will come to me because I have what He wants. But I didn’t expect that Chu Zihang would be in the car on the day He came to me.”

"Is your mission to protect the thing in your hand?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but ask, "Or, is your purpose to use the thing in your hand as bait and wait for Odin to show up?"

"My mission..." Chu Tianjiao thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you this, nor can I tell Chu Zihang. Not only is it for everyone's safety, but there are too many things involved."

"What about that thing of yours?" Lu Mingfei asked in a low voice.

No one would not be curious about something that even God is interested in.

“Sorry, this is also an absolutely confidential part.” Chu Tianjiao paused, “But what I can tell you is that the thing I carried with me at the time was actually incomplete. Odin probably got it when I was defeated. So many years have passed, I don’t know whether it has achieved its complete goal.”

Listening to Chu Tianjiao's words, Lu Mingfei lowered his head and pondered slightly. Although Chu Tianjiao kept the content of his mission completely confidential, Lu Mingfei seemed to have vaguely grasped some clues.

"Have you ever been to the Nibelung?" Chu Tianjiao suddenly asked Lu Mingfei and the others.

"We... some of us have been in." Lu Mingfei looked at the others, nodded to Chu Tianjiao and said, "But we can't go in now. This Nibelung has temporarily lost its owner, and it seems that it can't be opened again."

(End of this chapter)