[Comprehensive] The Fate of Two Lives

As night fell, everything seemed to gradually sink into darkness.At the intersection of time, the surroundings are quiet as if no one has ever lived there.Whenever night falls, there is no sound of insects or birds singing here, only the occasional sound of the breeze swirling by.

In such darkness, a touch of red suddenly jumped out, like thick ink dripping into clear water, it quickly painted the surroundings, and swept every corner with a suffocating heat wave.

Yuan Ansi was woken up by the thick smoke.When he woke up from the dream, he looked up and saw red eyes everywhere, and the flames were spreading everywhere, as if trying to devour everything.

That night Yuan Zhengping went out with the seniors in the family, so Yuan Ansi slept alone.When he lifted the quilt, he realized that the direction of the flames was exactly where the door was pulled.

He took a deep breath, grabbed his left hand hard, and forced himself to calm down.He looked up and looked around, and saw the half-closed window next to him.

Pushing the side table over forcefully, Yuan Ansi climbed onto the table and climbed out from the window.It's just that when his feet just touched the ground outside, he took a shivering breath.

Flames were also spreading in the corridor. Although they did not completely surround the surrounding area, the momentum was gradually expanding.Yuan Ansi ran as hard as he could in the corridor with his arms folded, but he didn't see anyone.

"Father!!! Brother!!!"

No one answered, only the crackling of flames burning all around him.

Yuan Ansi finally couldn't help crying, he tried his best to find the exit according to his memory, but found that the surrounding area had already been burned beyond recognition.The house was originally very large, and it was so badly burned that the original road could not be seen at all.

No matter which corner was filled with flames, the thick black smoke seemed to fill the gaps in the flames, and with the sound of something cracking, a certain building collapsed.

"Father...brother..."

Yuan Ansi's voice became hoarse, he staggered a few steps, and finally knelt directly on the ground.

Thick smoke crazily seized the air, and the flames painted every corner of the sky.Yuan Ansi lay on the ground, breathing heavily.His forehead was pressed against the cold ground, and his nostrils were filled with the smell of mud and thick smoke.

Father...Brother...Please help me...I don't want to die....

Tears flowed down his cheeks into the mud, and his consciousness became blurred. The symptoms caused by hypoxia also began to appear gradually, and the scene in front of him gradually blurred.

In a trance, it seemed that someone hugged him.As if grabbing the last straw, Yuan Ansi hugged that person tightly with his last strength.

"Yuan Ansi?"

A cold voice rang in his ears, Yuan Ansi raised his head, and saw a familiar face.

"Brother?"

Only then did Yuan Ansi realize that he was curled up in Yuan Zhengping's arms, and the flames gradually receded behind him, illuminating the entire sky.

——Just looking at it like this, it’s really a beautiful scene.

"are you awake?"

Yuan Zhengping turned his head and looked at Yuan Ansi with rare gentleness in his eyes, but also mixed with some complicated emotions.

"Wow!!!"

Yuan Ansi hugged Yuan Zhengping tightly, and finally burst into tears.

"I thought I was going to die.....no one was there....just me...I was so scared...I didn't want to die..."

His whole body convulsed from crying.In normal times, no matter what kind of emotions he would bury in his heart, he didn't want to trouble others.His father also told him not to rely on others no matter what, because in a real crisis, only you can save yourself, not many people will save you.

But at this time, he was really, really scared, and there happened to be such a reliable person beside him, so it was hard to let go of his emotions.

"It's okay, cry if you want." Yuan Zhengping lowered his head, and there seemed to be something strange in his eyes, "Anyway, as long as I'm still here, you won't die before me."

——Because, you are the last relative I have left in this world.

The fire burned like this for a whole night, and it was not completely extinguished until near noon the next day.On the ruins, there are only some ruins left, most of which are charred carbon substances.

Those who escaped from their homes were concentrated in government shelters. Everyone was disheartened and had completely lost their former splendor.

Yuan Ansi was wearing Yuan Zhengping's coat, standing next to Yuan Zhengping in a daze, as if thinking about something.

It seemed like overnight, everything was gone.

"Where's father?" Yuan Ansi suddenly remembered something, raised his head and pulled Yuan Zhengping's clothes.

Yuan Zhengping didn't speak, his face looked a little pale.Yuan Ansi's heart raised, and he opened his mouth slightly, but he didn't ask anything.

"Is everyone else here?"

The people around stopped talking after hearing Yuan Zhengping's words, and all looked at him.

"If you're all here, I want to ask you one thing."

As Yuan Zhengping spoke, his eyes became sharper:

"When my house was on fire, why didn't anyone go to rescue Yuan Ansi? I thought it would be better to burn it to death, so that I can run amok while I'm not around?"

"The bedroom on the right side of our house, except for my younger brother, everyone has escaped. When you are running away, even if you want to remind me, you have time, right?"

There was a moment of silence around, then a woman's voice sounded:

"At that time, who can think of others... even myself..."

Before the words fell, the woman suddenly felt a chill, and her whole body was full of oppression, and all the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat.

"Shut up. I don't want to listen to you right now." Yuan Zhengping looked at the woman with murderous intent in his eyes, as if he would kill her in the next second.

After the spiritual pressure disappeared, the woman passed out directly.And the others shut up knowingly.

"If I hadn't come back immediately, my younger brother would have been burned to death at home." Yuan Ansi's eyes swept across the crowd, as if holding ice in his mouth, "Of course, if this thing really happened, You won't be here anymore."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Zhengping left the others behind, dragged Yuan Ansi away, and went straight to the interior of the Government of Time.

Yuan Ansi didn't speak all the way, although he had many doubts in his heart, he also knew that now was not the time to ask questions.

There must be some problems that my brother doesn't want to face, right?

Yuan Zhengping took him to a room, let him sit in it for a while, and then left in vain.

Yuan Ansi sat quietly in this Japanese-style room, staring blankly at the teacup on the table, as if frozen.

Everything happened so suddenly, he didn't even know what happened, everything was over.

He understands those people.In my family, except for my father's people, everyone is eager for him to leave the family.This point was made clear to him by his father when he was just sensible.

The people in the main family were not a family at the beginning, but some descendants of Genji who were gathered together and possessed spiritual power.Only when the real power is in the hands of the family, will they not live at the bottom forever.That's why women like to climb up to men with strong spiritual power, and men also appreciate women with strong spiritual power.If their heirs are strong enough, they will naturally have a place in the family.

He hated this way of life, but he couldn't escape this fate.Before his elder brother arrived, he followed his own wishes and lived only for himself.

Elder brother must not like this kind of life either... He had chatted with Yuan Zhengping before, and his elder brother mentioned the place in Honmaru where he lived before.When he spoke, there was always a gentle expression on his face unconsciously.

——Even though he was cast aside to the extreme in his own family, he was so missed by his elder brother.

"Even if you keep staring at the teacup, it won't suddenly turn into a cupcake."

A strange voice suddenly came from his ear, Yuan Ansi subconsciously rushed to the back, but was pushed to the ground by that person.

"The reaction is still not fast enough, you brat from the Yuan family."

Yuan Ansi struggled to raise his head, and saw the face of a man wearing hunting clothes and a mask.

"let me go."

Yuan Ansi looked at him, his voice sounded a little cold.

"Okay."

The man really let go of his hand, but Yuan Ansi didn't act rashly anymore, the man opposite him was not weak, so he didn't need to provoke him.

"It seems that you are the young master of the Yuan family?" The man looked at Yuan Ansi curiously, with some curiosity in his tone.

"It has nothing to do with you." Yuan Ansi was in a very bad mood, so his tone of voice was also somewhat explosive.

"Don't be so indifferent. By the way, do you know your father's condition?" the man asked with a smile.

Yuan Ansi paused slightly, before he could say anything, he heard the other party continue to say:

"I heard that he died in the family. And according to the appraisal, it was found that he was not burned to death, but stabbed to death."

After Yuan Ansi heard this, his hands and feet felt cold.Although he did have such a premonition before, but when he heard the truth, his heart gradually sank.

really.....dead...

"Hey, you don't want to cry, do you?" The man in front of him still had a teasing expression, which made Yuan Zhengping feel restless for a while.

"Are you happy to hear that my father has passed away? But it's true. After all, it's not your relatives who died, so you really won't feel it."

Yuan Ansi tried his best to hold back the emotion in his heart, gritted his teeth and said these words to the man in front of him.

"Even if it's my family members who died, I won't be sad." The man spread out his fan and said, "After all, there are too many people who died, and it's too late to feel sad one by one."

"People cannot be resurrected after death. Instead of caring about the dead, why not focus on the important people who are still alive?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Yuan Ansi's tone was still cold, and there was a hint of an order to chase away guests.

"If I say, your brother will..."

Before the man finished speaking, he felt a tightness around his neck, and Yuan Ansi's hand grabbed his lapel.

"You'd better not talk nonsense...I'm really in a bad mood right now, don't bother me casually. Even if you are really strong, I don't mind trying my best to deal with you."

"Don't lose your temper, I'm helping you." The man was not nervous at all, but tilted his head and smiled.

"Now, do you want to know what's going to happen in the future?"

"The future?" Yuan Ansi froze for a moment, then let go of the other party's lapel, "What do you mean?"

"Well, Yuan Zhengping has some friendship with me, so it can be regarded as helping him." The man waved his fan and said, "I have the ability to see the future, although I can only see a few months later, but yes You are also very useful, right?"

"Why should I trust you?" Yuan Ansi raised his eyebrows and asked.

"The reason is because of this."

The man moved closer and whispered a few words in Yuan Ansi's ear.While speaking, he also put his left hand on Yuan Ansi's left hand.After listening to the other party's words, Yuan Ansi suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Well, if you can't believe it like this, there's nothing I can do." The man said with a smile, and moved away a little.

"Then why... are you here?" Yuan Ansi still had a look of disbelief.

"Of course it's because of the special benefits of the government of time. After all, I've worked here for so long, and we wouldn't give them free jobs without any benefits." The man said with a smile, and put away his fan, " If you don't want to believe what I say, it's true, won't you know it by then?"

"Okay." Yuan Ansi stood up straight, looked him in the eyes and said, "So, what does my brother's future look like?"

"You should know before this, right? About your family." The man said, "The Yuan family's family exists at the transition of time in the form of spirit sons, and the fire is naturally not ordinary. The fire that can burn down a house made of spiritual power naturally has some special characteristics."

"And now, our family has been burned down. Generally speaking, what do you think your brother will do?"

"Reconstruct with spiritual power." Yuan An replied boldly.

"Of course it is, but the question is, whose spiritual power should be used?" The man asked with a smile.

Yuan Ansi thought for a while, then his eyes widened.

"Wait, you don't mean... brother..."

"Of course Yuan Zhengping wouldn't be stupid and use his own spiritual power to make up for it, but in Yuan's family where spiritual power is scarce, except for the funding from the government of time, who do you think will fill it up?"

"You mean... me?"

"Yes, Yuan Zhengping is the patriarch privately recognized by the older generation. Naturally, he will not be forcibly asked to fill in. Of the remaining people, you are naturally the most suitable. The public office is the best source of spiritual power, isn't it?" The man's expression looked a little playful.

"Reconstruction of spiritual power is necessary. After all, there are many very important things in my family. Naturally, your brother can't bear to let his dear brother do this kind of thing, so he can only play by himself."

"As the head of the family, doing so will naturally greatly weaken his strength. The people in the family who make trouble secretly think so, you should know it? Without your father's protection, your situation is very dangerous."

"What do you want me to do?" Yuan Ansi raised his eyes and asked.

"Well..." The man tilted his head and thought for a while, then said:

"Let me ask you, do you want to be the head of the Yuan family?"

"If it's to protect my brother, I don't care." Yuan Ansi said.

"Do you have any thoughts about your family other than your brother?" the man asked.

"Family? Hehe, I can't afford to be too high." A trace of hatred flashed across Yuan Ansi's eyes, "If possible, I wish they would die."

"Then it's easy to handle." The man seemed to have expected the ending, nodded clearly, and continued:

"The method is very simple. You become the head of the family and send your brother to a safe place."

"It's so simple?" Yuan Ansi asked incredulously, "But how can I become the patriarch? And brother won't agree to it, right?"

"Patriarch, you can rest assured that according to my method, you will definitely have no problem." The man said, "As for your brother, I will naturally use some other methods."

"Other means?" Yuan Ansi was curious.

"Seal his spiritual power and memory, send him to this world, and let him stay away from this dispute, then everything will be fine." The man put down his fan and said, "I will find someone to take care of him, presumably Mr. Zhengping also likes peace and quiet Living? How do you see this?"

Yuan Ansi was stunned. He looked into the man's eyes and found that the man seemed to be serious.

"Why do you want to help me?" After a long silence, Yuan Ansi asked suddenly, "There must be a reason for wanting my brother to leave so much, right? And you helped me for no reason, it can't be unconditional, right?" ?”

"Haha, Mr. An Si is really sharp." The man said with a smile, but he admitted without any concealment, "Then I will tell the truth, I need the protection of the Yuan family, and I also need some experimental subjects to Do some experiments. These conditions were rejected by Yuan Zhengping, so I want to come to you to try my luck."

"Presumably he is also thinking about your brother? It's obvious that I offer a lot of money. And your brother is not a talkative person. In other words, I hope that my partner is you."

"You mean, I look like a talkative person?" Yuan Zhengping raised his eyebrows and said.

"Of course not, it's just that our interests are closer." The man said, "I need a place of sanctuary, and you want to protect your brother. Isn't our deal just enough to meet the requirements of the two of us?"

"Okay, let's make a deal." Yuan Ansi nodded.

"Oh, is it so straightforward?" The man seemed a little surprised.

"Yeah." Yuan Ansi nodded, and then showed a disdainful smile, "I don't want you to play any tricks, well, if you really dare, I'm not afraid."

"Haha, I don't dare." The man said with a smile, "If I play any tricks, it will be bad for me, right?"

"I hope so." Yuan Ansi snorted softly.

"Then, I hope we can cooperate happily." The man nodded.

Brother, from now on, leave whatever you want to carry to me.After all, you are my last important person in this world...

And, this is just the beginning.

The author has something to say:

This is a very thick chapter, and it’s the first time I wrote nearly 6000 words in one breath...but this breath seems to be holding back for a long time...

The identity of the man is actually easy to guess, and the man didn't fool Yuan Ansi, the two of them traded in good faith, after all, if he wanted to use any tricks, it would be of no benefit to himself, besides, he and Yuan Ansi also had friendship Yes, Yuan Ansi also agreed to his deal with this in mind.There are still many things to talk about later... Back to the text in the next chapter~ (Tema is finally back)