Merit Book·Xinghai

"But...but..."

Qi Dan desperately wanted to say something, but couldn't.

What he thought was—although we asked so at first, weren't we not familiar with each other at that time?

Later, when we got along day and night, we enshrined you... so pious... so revered... How can such feelings be replaced by such a cold request?

Why……

Why didn't you shelter us a little more?

Why don't you think more thoughtfully for us?

Why didn't you do more for us?

He has a lot of complaints, a lot of dissatisfaction, and those voices have returned to his ears in the past countless days and nights, making him more and more extreme and resentful.

——Yes, it's not my fault, it's not that we didn't do a good job, it's all that person's fault!He is so powerful and smart, but he didn't protect us well, it's all his fault! !It's his responsibility! ! !

However, at this moment, facing Rong Yuan, those questions...even he couldn't say it out.

He has always resented that Rong Yuan didn't do enough for them and failed their trust and efforts.But before the questioning words were uttered, he himself felt at a loss for words.

——What did they pay for Rong Yuan?

Seeing his face constantly changing between ferocious and blank, Rong Yuan shook his head, turned and left.

He didn't do anything unnecessary, because he saw clearly than anyone else that this person's life had entered the countdown stage.

The automatically controlled door closed slowly, and the shadow shrouded Qidan's face, making him look like an evil ghost crawling in hell.

"Ho...ho...ho..."

There was obviously enough air, but he grabbed his chest and felt that it was extremely difficult to breathe, so he turned over forcefully, lay on his back on the ground, and looked at the faintly radiant ceiling.

He seems to have returned to that day.

The sun is bright and soft, neither hazy nor glaring.In the blue sky, there are a few lazy white clouds floating.

The pretty girl stood under the tree, with shy anticipation and joy on her face, her fingers unconsciously twirling a few strands of hair.

"Brother, tomorrow I will be 16 years old. At 16 years old... I will be an adult... I think, I think about it, I will confess to my husband, what do you think?"

The girl's clear eyes looked at the young man on the opposite side full of expectation, with a look of longing for approval.

The young man with a book in his hand leaned against the tree. He frowned and said, "The teacher won't agree. He hasn't responded to anyone."

"I know." The girl wrinkled her nose, looking very cute, and said, "I never thought that my husband would agree! I just want...my heart...to let him know."

"Okay, okay, just do it if you want to do it." Seeing the girl's suddenly gloomy expression, the young man suddenly felt a little annoying, rolled up the book in his hand and patted the girl's head lightly, saying: "Maybe Will it be different for you? You also know that the teacher always treats our family with special favor."

"Yeah, I think so too." The girl nodded happily, and the smile returned to her face.

【Shut up!Shut up!Shut up! 】

The old man lying on the ground screamed desperately in his heart, stretching his hands forward vigorously, as if he wanted to grab something or stop something.

But nothing could stop him.

In despair, he heard the young man say with a smile: "By the way, if you want to confess, you might as well pick some flowers and take them with you!"

【Shut up!Shut up!Shut up! 】

"Picking flowers?" The girl asked suspiciously.

[No, no, no, don't go!don't want! ! 】

"Yes." The young man didn't hear the old man's stop at all, and he said the words that scared the old man the most: "I remember hearing the teacher once said that in his hometown, people would use red flowers to express their love."

"Sir, why would you tell you this!" The girl first pouted with some jealousy, and then she thought for a while and said, "But it's so romantic... Ah, yes! I remember going over the mountain, to the grassland in the south There are very beautiful flowers, I will go pick some tomorrow."

【do not go!Don't go!If you go, you will...]

"Oh." The young man's gaze had turned to the book in his hand, and he casually instructed, "That's near the border, don't accidentally run out and be attacked by wild beasts."

"I know! I'm not stupid." The girl said coquettishly. Suddenly, she approached the young man, blinked her eyes, and said coquettishly: "Brother, why don't you go with me? I'm a little scared to run so far alone. .”

"Come on, you just want me to help you carry things?" The young man looked at the book and said casually, "I still have a question that I don't understand. You ask Sasha and the others to accompany you."

【Accompany her!Please, go with her!Stay with her and don't let her go! 】

"No! They will definitely laugh at me." The girl waved her hand and said, "I'd better go alone. Brother, are you still not going home today?"

"Well, my research is at a critical moment, I can't go away."

"Well, it's a pity that all the delicious dishes my mother cooked will go into my stomach. Then I'm leaving, brother! You should also go to bed earlier, don't work too hard!"

[Don't let her go!Stop her!Protect her!You bastard! 】

The young man waved his hands without raising his head, and did not see the girl bouncing around.

But the old man saw it. He stared at the figure in despair, and stretched his hand as hard as he could, but he couldn't reach it anyway.

Suddenly, the girl seemed to see the old man, she smiled and waved to him, the smile was so bright and lovely, then turned around and ran away briskly like a deer.

The figure became farther and farther away, and became more and more blurred, as if there was fog covering his vision, and he could no longer see clearly.

Tears flowed down the wrinkles and seeped into the thinning gray hair, and a thin, skinny hand stretched out in the air in vain, like a dead branch stuck in the ground.

【Sorry, I should be by your side...】

At the end of his life, he finally murmured the words that had been hidden in his heart all his life, expressing the guilt and remorse that made him miserable for the rest of his life for more than 100 years.

No one heard his last voice.

The old man was lying on the ground, his eyes had lost their luster, and there were still bloody tears on his face.

The hand that stretched out to the sky with all its strength did not let it go until death.

..........................................

A soft sigh dissipated in the silent corridor.

After seeing off the last student who used to call him "teacher", Rong Yuan walked forward along the silent corridor.

He thought of a person.

Its central.

He was just an illiterate farmer who spent most of his life in low-level and heavy physical labor.Even if he had the opportunity to learn later, his deformed palm could not hold the pen well, and until his death, the characters he wrote were crooked.

Although he is not stupid, he is already old after all, and his memory, imagination, and ability to accept and understand knowledge are not as good as those young people, so he was quickly surpassed and gradually fell behind.

If it were someone else, no matter what their grades were, they would seize every opportunity and try their best to get close to Rong Yuan, but Qi Yang, who was the easiest to get close to Rong Yuan, always kept a close distance and studied silently. , Enrich yourself.

What made Rong Yuan impressed him was not because there was only this one person standing unswervingly beside him in the end, but because of the two conversations.

Once, when Rong Yuan helped them migrate from the area controlled by the moon wolf tribe to the valley.

It was not an easy journey, and many people were injured, so gradually there were some complaints among those traveling together, and some people questioned Qiyang's original decision.

——If Rong Yuan had been asked to wipe out the Moon Wolf Clan, then they have now occupied the land, wealth, and castle of the Moon Wolf Clan, and they can live comfortably as masters, why would they need to work so hard to migrate and open up wasteland ?

There is no need to learn those difficult, boring, and seemingly useless knowledge.

The voice of doubt gradually became louder, and Qi Yang called everyone together and had a sincere conversation.

He said: "I won't talk about big principles. I can't understand and remember a lot of things that Mr. said. But I know that when I, my wife, and my children are all hungry, If someone had to choose between a sack of beans and a plot of land to cultivate, I would choose the land."

"Because beans can only solve temporary hunger. After eating, everyone will still be hungry. But if I have land, I can grow food every year. With land, my children will not be in the future. starve to death one day."

"It's the same thing this time."

"If we ask Mr. Rong to help us solve the moon wolf tribe, indeed, we don't have to work hard now, and we can get a lot of food that can fill our stomachs."

"But what about the future?"

"Can we really occupy the wealth and land of the moon wolf clan? Are our enemies on this planet only the moon wolf clan? No, all races regard us humans as aliens and slaves. As long as necessary, any one Aliens could kill or enslave us."

"At that time, without the help of Mr. Rong, how can we resist? We have no choice but to surrender everything, and then watch the alien race kill our compatriots and take us captive to their land. Generations have been driven by them."

"At that time, we will go back to the kind of life we ​​used to live, and it may even be worse than before! After all, with the lessons learned from the moon wolf clan, other races are afraid that we will bring death to them, and they will only be more brutal and harsh. Enslave us."

"Is this what you want?"

"No! No! No!" The crowd was so angry that they waved their arms and shouted loudly.

Someone else screamed loudly: "If I change back to the way I was before, then I would rather die!"

Qiyang shouted loudly: "If we don't want to go back to that kind of life, we must master our own strength-not rely on Mr. Rong, but rely on our own strength to survive on this planet. Our enemies, too. You have to win on your own!"

"We human beings are not born with great strength. Only the things Mr. Rong teaches us now can give us the ability to survive and resist!"

"Don't doubt! Do your best to learn and master!"

"It's like a piece of land. Although it looks like nothing now, as long as we work hard, one day we will taste the harvest!"