Half Demon and Half Mountain

On the second day after the grand battle started, Nanying came for a follow-up visit, but Cen Shen was still lethargic, showing no sign of waking up.

Under Huan Le's worried gaze, Nan Ying gently placed her hand on the top of Cen Shen's head, and countless light spots sprinkled from her fingertips, which slowly penetrated into Cen Shen's mind.

He closed his eyes and felt it carefully. After a while, he withdrew his hand and said, "Don't worry, his consciousness is still there, he's just trapped."

"Trapped? Trapped by what?" Huan Le frowned, feeling confused.

"That's what I'm going to ask you." Nanying looked at him gently, but from the corner of his eye he glanced at Cen Shen who was lying on the bed.From his sleeping position to the countless pillows beside him, he was a little moved—there were spikes protruding from Cen Shen's back, so he couldn't sleep on his back, but it was extremely difficult to keep lying on his side thing.

Huan Le put many pillows beside him, but they were placed very carefully, none of them touched Cen Shen's thorns.The spines of a hedgehog look sharp, but they are actually very fragile and soft. Most of the spines in this world have this commonality.

So Huan Le was very careful not to let anything touch these thorns, he kept holding Cen Shen's hand, so that he would remind himself to protect him in time if he made any movement.

It is rare for a boy as old as Huan Le to be so considerate and careful, so Nan Ying warned: "Try to wake him up, but don't come in a hurry, talk to him more, he will hear you. Remember that this is an opportunity to break your demons, and remember what your most powerful weapon is. In front of demons, don't shrink back, don't be afraid, and believe in yourself."

Huan Le looked into Nan Ying's eyes, with a rare sense of confusion in his tone, "Can I really do it?"

The proud teenager began to re-examine himself, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad.Nan Ying was used to Shang Si's omnipotence, so she didn't know how to evaluate Huan Le. After thinking for a while, she said, "I don't know if you can do it, so you might as well be a hero."

"Hero?" Huan Le was slightly taken aback.

"That's right." Nanying tilted her head slightly and smiled, Huan Le's confused expression was reflected in her pure eyes, "Didn't he want someone to save him, then you should save him. Just like in the movie, Regardless of success or failure in the end, you are his hero."

These words stunned Huan Le.Until Nanying left with the medicine box on his shoulders, he was still stuck in the reverie of "being a hero", unable to extricate himself.

It is a little surprising that a medical master who lives in seclusion can still have such a pure and romantic hero complex after he is used to seeing life and death, and the world is turbulent, but it is taken for granted.Because Huan Le had seen the way people around Nanying looked at him, even Qiao Fengmian respected and cared for him, which showed that he was really well protected.

But does this work for Cen Shen?

What kind of hero does Cen Shen have in mind?Could it be him?

"Young man, might the Great Sage Equaling Heaven understand?" Agui suddenly suggested, and he crawled onto the bed at some point, nestled on the quilt and looked at Huan Le.

"Monkey King?" Huan Le still knew Sun Wukong, because he really watched a lot of movies and TV dramas after he came to modern times, but he really cared about one thing, "Why is Monkey King a monkey?" ? Are dogs bad? Dogs are man’s most loyal friend.”

"You're so annoying, I just let you go to the movies." Agui rolled his eyes.

Ke Huan Le wasn't sure if he could still watch the movie, so he asked, "What's the movie about?"

Agui recalled carefully, and said: "Anyway, it's a very popular movie, and there is a very popular line in it, saying that the person I like is a hero of the world, and one day he will come to save me on colorful clouds."

"Colorful clouds???"

"can not you do it?"

I'm just a fucking dog!

Huan Le felt that Agui was causing trouble for him, and was so angry that he wanted to throw him out.Ah Gui managed to keep his delicate body by talking hard, and continued: "Anyway, you just do what Nan Ying says, no matter what you do, he will like it."

"Really?" Huan Le was suspicious.The proud teenager is now full of doubts about himself.

"Have you seen the screen saver on his mobile phone?" Agui asked.

Huan Le shook his head, and Agui asked him to bring Cen Shen's phone.The phone has a fingerprint lock, and Huan Le couldn't open it, but when the screen turned on, he still saw the familiar screen saver at a glance, and was stunned.

It was a photo of him, taken when he was working as a florist—in a bright sun, he was holding a large bouquet of white and pink daisies, smiling brightly.

Familiar pictures swept over with memories.At that time, he had just discovered his feelings for Cen Shen, and all he could think about was Cen Shen, so much so that when he was holding flowers on the side of the road to do business, he wanted to take a photo for Cen Shen to see.

He is used to sharing all good things with the people he likes, so after getting his first salary, he couldn't wait to buy a bouquet of roses that symbolized love, and took them back to Cen Shen.

The picture of Cen Shen holding a rose and sitting in the sunset was too beautiful, so he secretly took a photo, and now that photo is his own phone screensaver.

"Actually, he likes you more than you imagined." Agui continued in a leisurely tone, like a well-meaning elder, nagging.

"In the past, he didn't really care about his illness that much, and he knew about it for a long time. But he just...you know, it might be a little scary to become like that in front of the person he likes. So last time he put himself Hidden, do you remember? He hid in that little storage room in the bedroom, he just doesn't want you to see, Xiaoshen is still a bit stinky."

"One night, I fell asleep and woke up, and saw him sitting alone in front of the workbench, holding the core of a small hydrangea in his hand. I saw that he wanted to destroy the core, but then he was reluctant. Let's do it."

"I often see him looking at you. When he looks at you, his eyes are much gentler. I have never been seen like this. He looks at me as if it is raining knives."

"So you should be what you should be. Be confident, young man. Otherwise, he might not like you when he wakes up. Why are you crying?"

Agui's words made Huan Le's eyes turn red.Agui clicked his tongue, and didn't speak any more, hiding his achievements and fame.

Huan Le sniffed, clutching Cen Shen's cell phone tightly in his hand, as if he had drunk a few bowls of fine wine, but also felt very distressed.

He wanted to give Cen Shen a big hug, but he was afraid that touching his thorn would hurt him.After several struggles, he took out his mobile phone and took a picture of Cen Shen's screen saver - to keep the evidence, so that he would not be afraid that Cen Shen would not admit it after waking up.

He believed that Ah Cen would definitely wake up.

Because Huan Le, who can make Ah Cen like him, can definitely be a great hero.Nan Ying is right, you can't shrink back, you can't be afraid, you have to remember what your most powerful weapon is.

If this weapon exists, it must be an indomitable heart.

At the same time, Cen Shen was still trapped in Nanjing during the Republic of China, accompanying Liu Qi and Wu Chongan on the avenue full of sycamore trees.

Nanjing in 1928 was another moment of parting.

Liu Qi has not found her own answer yet, and Wu Chongan, who has just grown up, is about to return to Shanghai to inherit the ancestral house.He asked Liu Qi if he wanted to go to Shanghai together, but this time, Liu Qi refused him.

"Don't say you know me, and don't tell anyone I taught you about Tinkering."

In fact, Wu Chong'an has never quite understood why since childhood, Liu Qi was unwilling to let outsiders know about their relationship, and even refused to be his master.After growing up, he gradually heard everyone's judgments on Liu Qi from other sources, and then he suddenly realized.

But he still didn't understand, "Why didn't you explain? You didn't really use magic tools to harm people, did you? It wasn't the knife or the knife maker that was bad, it was the person holding the knife."

"I don't care." But Liu Qi has always only said this.

He has indeed never identified whether the buyer of the magic weapon is good or evil, so he never refute others' accusations.But in this long life, Wu Chongan was probably the first person who considered him so sincerely.

He doesn't look like Master at all, but probably because of the same soul, their eyes are almost the same.The same clean, stubborn.

"Everyone rejects you because they never thought about understanding you and fighting for you. They think you don't abide by their rules, not just because of moral criticism. But the Craftsman Association needs you to join, every turmoil In this great era, we need a strong enough inheritor to support the future, you can, right?"

The master who was born in the prosperous Tang Dynasty transformed into an impassioned and passionate young man.Like thousands of people in this age, he shoulders the natural mission and responsibility.

Liu Qi didn't answer him, he won't change himself because of Wu Chongan's few words, for him, finding the answer is the most important thing.

But Wu Chongan is not someone who will change his mind easily, he is still working hard for the future of the Craftsman Association.

Liu Qi would often receive letters from him from Shanghai, sometimes discuss some craftsman's skills with him, and sometimes imagine the future with him.

For example, when he was in Shanghai, he was often exposed to some Western technology, and he was very happy to integrate it into the magic weapon, and sincerely asked Liu Qi for his opinion.

For example, he felt that the answer Liu Qi was looking for might not exist in this short hundred years.The times are constantly moving forward, and the problems that cannot be solved now do not mean that they cannot be solved in the future.As long as the Craftsman Association exists and the craftsmen pass on these skills from generation to generation and carry them forward, one day everything will be fine.

The young and energetic Wu Chong'an always has [-] different ways of persuading Liu Qi to join the Craftsman Association.

In the New Year of 1930, he had a new idea.He called Liu Qi at home and said solemnly: "I have thought of a perfect solution - I can be the president of the Craftsman Association myself, the old rules are rotten, and the new era needs a new look. That way, you don’t have to be caught in the middle.”

Liu Qi was silent for a long time, looking at the moon outside the window, said: "I am not in a dilemma."

Wu Chongan just pretended that he didn't hear it, and Liu Qi didn't correct him again.

Cen Shen witnessed everything as a bystander, with mixed feelings in his heart.As a craftsman, even though he knows the final outcome of the Craftsman Association, he still feels deeply powerless watching it go to extinction step by step.

After their separation in 1928, Liu Qi and Wu Chongan never met again.Liu Qi was focused on finding his own answer, and Wu Chongan was always pursuing his own ideal, neither of them had time to stop.

Cen Shen once doubted whether Liu Qi had been shaken by Wu Chongan's words, whether he had ever had a glimmer of hope for the future Wu Chongan had described. Such doubts lasted for a long time, until 1937.

Nanjing bombing.

As the time approached, Cen Shen suddenly became a little nervous.He seemed to have forgotten that he was just trapped in a memory, and he had forgotten everything in Xizi Hutong, even who he was.

Then he saw a letter from Wu Chongan, saying that he came to Nanjing and asked Liu Qi to meet.

The letter was indeed in Wu Chongan's handwriting, and the meeting place was also a place they had been to. Apart from Wu Chongan, almost no one knew Liu Qi's address, and everything seemed flawless.

But Cen Shen, who knew the ending, understood that this must be a conspiracy, but he couldn't stop it.

According to outside rumors, Liu Qi is a ruthless, ruthless, and even murderous lunatic who does not distinguish between good and evil.But there are very few people in this world who have actually met Liu Qi and dealt with him.

No one knew that he had never killed anything, and no one knew that the craftsman who appeared in secret seminars many times, always sat in the corner with a hood on, but always offered constructive suggestions was Liu Qi.He never defended himself, and no one tried to understand him until he was crucified on the cross of sin.

The defenseless Liu Qiyi stepped into the trap, and when the verdict was read to him, there was not much shock or hurt on his face.

He just asked, "Where is Wu Chongan?"

The other person answered: "A villain like you, don't mention him. He is different from you, and will eventually shoulder the future of the entire association."

"Really." Liu Qi still didn't refute the villain's slander, he looked at the strange faces around him, and couldn't even call out their names.

He thought for a while, and finally said, "You don't deserve to stand with him either."

Liu Qi's words established the final ending.Cen Shen watched the bloody and cruel scene, his scalp was numb, and he felt lingering fear until it was over.

He believed that Liu Qi did not suspect Wu Chongan, so he killed everyone, and Wu Chongan would get a brand new Craftsman Association.It's just that this craftsman's association can no longer have Liu Qi, even if Liu Qi was shaken, this wavering will always be buried in the sound of the explosion.

Just like he threw away that ticket to Shanghai.