Jin Shuhen

On the second day, Bai Jinshu really brought Ye Lihen to visit his uncle.When they came to the inner hall, Lin Ling's father, Li Huo Lin Congyuan, who became famous as a whip in Jianghu when he was young, was talking to Jiangcheng.Jiang Cheng was very happy to see Bai Jinshu. After simple etiquette, Bai Jinshu introduced Ye Lihen to Jiang Cheng and Lin Congyuan.

"Uncle, Lin Shibo, this is a friend I made a few days ago, Ye Lihen."

Jiang Cheng only took a look and realized, "This little brother looks like he has internal injuries?"

Fearing that Ye Lihen would be impolite, Bai Jinshu took the lead to answer for him: "Ye Shaoxia searched for clues for me before, and went deep into the tiger's den, unfortunately he was injured."

Jiang Cheng nodded with concern: "I've heard from Ling'er that someone was chasing and killing you. Have you found out who is behind the scenes now?"

Lin Congyuan on the side also echoed, looked at Ye Lihen and asked: "This Ye Shaoxia has already visited the enemy camp, so he must have some clues?"

Bai Jinshu has never asked Ye Lihen about the specific details of his infiltrating operations. The main reason is that he already knows enough about Ye Lihen. If Ye Lihen thinks there is something Bai Jinshu needs to know, he will tell him directly without asking. He has no intention of opening his mouth to say something, so it's useless for you to ask.

At this moment, as expected, Lin Congyuan's question only made Ye Lihen shake his head lightly: "I have already been exposed before I have time to investigate."

"But do you know where the enemy's main altar is?" Lin Congyuan asked.

Ye Lihen continued to shake his head: "It was already dark at the time, and I was completely unfamiliar with Fengcheng, so I might not be able to find that place."

Bai Jinshu wasn't sure if what Ye Lihen said was the truth or he didn't want to reveal too much to Lin Congyuan and Jiang Cheng, but anyway, he helped take up the topic: "Actually, there is no need to really find the other party's lair, so we can talk to them In the fight against each other, I can basically confirm that they should be members of the Fire Lotus Sect."

Jiang Cheng nodded thoughtfully, and said with worry: "Yes. The Fire Lotus Sect must have received the news that we, the martial arts righteous way, will encircle and suppress the next plan. Jin Shu, as the No. It is inevitable that the Fire Lotus Sect will be the target."

"Uncle, don't worry." Bai Jinshu smiled lightly, "In order not to destroy the momentum of my martial arts alliance, I will not let myself be killed by people from the Fire Lotus Sect before the martial arts conference."

Bai Jinshu has always been confident in himself. In his opinion, the only thing in this world that he thinks he can't do is that he can't do it.Even without the current martial arts, Bai Jinshu is still optimistic about his ability.

Compared with his optimism, Jiang Cheng considered it more carefully. "Jin Shu, I happen to be going to the south of the Yangtze River, why don't you go with me?"

Bai Jinshu thanked his uncle for his concern for his safety, but firstly, he knew that Jiangcheng's trip should be to hope to meet more heads of sects and patriarchs of martial arts families before the martial arts conference. Ye Lihen was still seriously injured, so Bai Jinshu couldn't leave him and go on the road alone.Based on these two reasons, Bai Jinshu leaned over to bow and replied: "Thank you, uncle, but my friend was injured because of me, and it is my duty to take care of him until he recovers from his injury. I'm afraid I won't be able to go on the road with uncle."

After he finished speaking, Ye Lihen said: "Anyway, I was going to go to Jiangnan, and I happened to be able to go with me."

Bai Jinshu was stunned by Ye Lihen's attitude of not showing anything at all.He subconsciously glanced at the man who was obviously cold and withdrawn. "Your injury is not serious, can you hurry?"

Jiang Cheng once again focused his attention on Ye Lihen.

"Brother Ye, do you mind letting me see your internal injuries?"

For people in the Jianghu, it is a taboo to be recruited, and Jiang Cheng is obviously trying to test it at the moment. Bai Jinshu does not blame Jiang Cheng for having reservations about Ye Lihen. To be honest, he himself feels that Ye Lihen's identity must not be simple, but Seeing that Jiangcheng was going to test Ye Lihen, he instinctively opened his mouth to help Ye Lihen, "Uncle, the doctor has seen Li Hen's injuries, uncle, don't worry too much." In order to emphasize that Ye Lihen is his friend, Bai Jinshu specially used A more intimate title.

Seeing Bai Jinshu's attitude, Jiang Cheng no longer insisted, and he returned to the original topic with a natural expression: "Since Brother Ye's injury is not serious, it is fate to meet, why don't we go on the road together."

Bai Jinshu also understood that it was much safer to walk with his uncle, and thinking that Ye Lihen might also be hunted down by the Fire Lotus Sect because of his previous actions, in order to ensure the safety of the injured, he finally nodded in agreement.

Next, after reminiscing about the past, Bai Jinshu and Ye Lihen resigned and stopped disturbing Jiang Cheng and Lin Congyuan's conversation.

Walking out of the small courtyard where the guest lived in Jiangcheng, Bai Jinshu unknowingly looked at the people around him suspiciously.

"Why do I think you are very interested in my uncle? You have been staring at him just now?"

In fact, Ye Lihen looked at Jiang Cheng twice more at most, but considering the other party's eyes were above the top, these two extra glances were definitely worth a normal person's staring for a long time.

Facing Bai Jinshu's words, Ye Lihen didn't deny it. On the contrary, he fell into deep thought and discussed with Bai Jinshu: "Why do I think your uncle looks very ordinary and doesn't look like a martial arts leader?"

Bai Jinshu couldn't help chuckling: "Could it be that you think the leader of the martial arts alliance should be overpowered?"

"That's not the leader of the martial arts, that's Nezha."

"What about the martial arts leader?"

Ye Lihen didn't pretend to think: "Cruel and ruthless, the six relatives don't recognize it."

Bai Jinshu was speechless and could only smile dryly: "This is not the leader of the martial arts alliance, this is Erlang Shen."

Ye Lihen laughed at the joke, and Bai Jinshu sensed that the two of them were really familiar with each other, Ye Lihen's attitude was no longer as cold and distant as before, and sometimes he was quite humane.This discovery made Bai Jinshu squint at the other party unaware of the amusement.

Ye Lihen didn't pay attention to Bai Jinshu's gaze, and continued the conversation: "What kind of person is Lin Congyuan?"

It was no surprise that Bai Jinshu, who was paying attention to what Ye Lihen was paying attention to, replied casually: "Lin Shibo became famous when he was young, and he can be said to be a very powerful person at the beginning, but now that Cheng Huan is at his knees, he can be considered proud of his life."

Ye Lihen pondered: "If Lin Congyuan was really a powerful person back then, why didn't he become the leader of the martial arts alliance?"

Bai Jinshu looked at the person who did not know what he was studying, "Being the leader of the martial arts is not all about martial arts." He pretended to be curious and looked at it, "Are you so concerned about this, do you want to study how to be the leader of the martial arts?"

"No." Ye Lihen replied seriously, "I'm not interested in becoming a martial arts leader."

"So what are you interested in?"

Ye Lihen didn't answer and asked instead: "Lin Congyuan has several sons, right?"

"...There are two."

"Is the son married?"

Bai Jinshu couldn't help laughing: "Do you really have a sister who can't get married? Why do you care whether everyone has a family?"

"Otherwise what should I care about?"

Bai Jinshu spoke earnestly: "Children of your age should care more about girls than big men."

"You are so old, don't you understand that there are some men in this world who only care about men?"

Ye Lihen doesn't seem to be joking at all, this is his usual style, what he does and says is always serious, which makes Bai Jinshu unable to confirm whether the other party is serious. "...In any case, Lin Shibo's two sons are married, happily married, and each have several children." Just in case, Bai Jinshu solemnly explained.

"So," Ye Lihen pondered: "Why is Jiang Cheng still not married at this age?"

Bai Jinshu couldn't help looking at Ye Lihen curiously. This person asked a series of inexplicable questions today, but he is definitely not such a boring person. Usually, there is a deep intention behind every move. However, Right now, Bai Jinshu couldn't connect these questions to a clear logic.

"Master Uncle is said to have a sweetheart who can't be forgotten but can't be together, so he has no plans to marry." Bai Jinshu said and wanted to ask the other party why he had so many questions today, but before he could open his mouth, Lin Ling came over.

"Senior Brother, I'm here to ask you." The person who made the opening remarks in this way really looked like a teacher asking a crime. As always, she realized Ye Lihen next to Bai Jinshu, "Ye Shaoxia, your wound Does it look much better?"

"I have recovered a lot, thank you Miss Lin for your concern." Ye Lihen said politely.

If it is said that when Ye Lihen met Lin Ling for the first time, Bai Jinshu thought it was an expression of politeness, then, with a deeper understanding of Ye Lihen, he realized that Ye Lihen's attitude towards Lin Ling was a kind of displeasure indifferent.Just like before Ye Lihen said that he didn't like Lin Ling.Bai Jinshu didn't like Ye Lihen's suspicious thoughts towards his junior sister, but seeing Ye Lihen's rejection of Lin Ling, he subconsciously chose a slightly distant attitude towards his junior sister.

"Ling'er, what can you do with me?"

Lin Ling, who was reminded, remembered: "I came to question my brother. We had agreed to go south together, but I just heard my uncle said that you would go with him, so I just dumped me."

Bai Jinshu is very innocent about this: "Uncle Shi came to see Uncle Shi, presumably to talk about the martial arts conference. If the Lin family in Chang'an is going to attend the martial arts conference, you should go with your father and brother."

"That's not to say, I belong to the Renwang faction, so I will naturally attend with the brothers from the Renwang faction."

"Since that's the case, you can talk to Master Uncle, he is naturally very happy that you are traveling with us."

Lin Lingfan suddenly realized, "That's right! Uncle Shi likes me more than Brother Shige, I'll tell Uncle Shi!" She came and went in a hurry, and left after a few words, leaving Bai Jinshu and Ye Lihen behind. in place.

Bai Jinshu noticed that Ye Lihen was looking thoughtfully at the place where Lin Ling's figure disappeared. Speaking of which, he could sense that Ye Lihen didn't want to go with Lin Ling. Choose who to make your wish come true, you can only pretend not to know. "What are you thinking?" He asked nonchalantly.

Ye Lihen was still contemplative: "I was thinking, what will the chef in the kitchen do if he finds out that the food is gone?"

"Don't worry," Bai Jinshu laughed, "The food is hidden by the master, and the master will definitely not say anything. I have never been caught stealing food since I was a child, because I am smart!"

"Have you never caught a mousetrap on the back of a dish, too?"

"...Fortunately, you are not a cook!" This was Bai Jinshu's answer after thinking for a long time.

Since Jiang Cheng, the leader of the martial arts alliance, planned to visit some sects along the way, even though there was still some time before the martial arts conference, Bai Jinshu and the others did not delay any longer and set off on the road soon.

A group of four people, try to pack as lightly as possible, but Ye Lihen's internal injuries have not healed after all, and it is inconvenient for him to ride a horse, so he can only take a carriage, which makes it difficult for them to conceal their whereabouts sufficiently.But given that at least two of the top five martial arts players are in the team, they didn't deliberately hide their whereabouts.That night, the four checked into an inn.Since there are no four rooms that are exactly adjacent to each other, I decided to live next to each other.It was Jiang Cheng who made the move-in arrangement. I don't know if he had some scruples about Ye Lihen after all. He chose to live with Ye Lihen in the East Wing, and asked Bai Jinshu to take care of Lin Ling in the West Wing.Regardless of whether Jiang Cheng has reservations about Ye Lihen's identity or not, Bai Jinshu still trusts his uncle's actions very much. Jiang Cheng brings Ye Lihen by his side, so he will naturally protect his safety. Therefore, Bai Jinshu didn't say much, and went directly complied with this arrangement.

At night, Bai Jinshu, who had always been a light sleeper, closed his clothes and rested on the bed. He put his saber by the bed so that he could deal with any accidents at any time.However, to his surprise, he didn't hear the sound of night walking from the roof, or the murderous intent approaching quietly. On the contrary, a faint smell of smoke woke Bai Jinshu from his sleep.

For a moment, Bai Jinshu wasn't sure what happened.After all, even in the days when the rivers and lakes are licking blood, it is rare to encounter accidents of water leakage.However, before he opened the window to check out, he heard the sound of Jiang Cheng penetrating the entire inn with inner strength.

"It's on fire! Everyone run away!"

Bai Jinshu woke up completely. He first went to the next room to find Lin Ling, and they left directly through the nearest window.When he came outside, Bai Jinshu found that the ground floor of the East Wing had been completely burned, and the flames were rapidly engulfing the West Wing.Presumably, Jiangcheng, the first place to discover the fire, had brought Ye Lihen to a safe place, so Bai Jinshu didn't confirm any more. He ordered Lin Ling to stay where he was and wait for him, and hurried to support the fire and rescue operations.

I don't know where the fire started, and it was so ferocious that it would be useless to put out the fire with brought water. Bai Jinshu simply didn't care about the fire, and went straight into the fire to rescue the trapped people after being doused with water. people.

In the guest room in the East Wing, which was on the verge of collapse and surrounded by raging fire, only Bai Jinshu and Jiang Cheng dared to break in to save people.When Bai Jinshu confirmed that there were no more living people trapped in the fire, he saw that Jiang Cheng was still moving the lifeless corpse out of the fire regardless of the danger.Speaking of it, the righteousness of a chivalrous man is just empty talk to Bai Jinshu, but the reason why he admires his martial uncle who is the leader of the martial arts is often because of these trivial things that are hard to say right or wrong.But at this moment, seeing Jiang Cheng's figure, a bad premonition struck Bai Jinshu.

——Is this sudden fire really just a natural disaster?

Before, Ye Lihen had sneaked into the lair of the person who assassinated Bai Jinshu, no matter whether he found out any news, the enemy behind the scene would probably kill Ye Lihen to silence him.Now that Jiang Cheng and Bai Jinshu were by his side, it was not easy for the enemy to kill Ye Lihen.So, they chose to set fire to it.Firstly, to prevent their actions from being detected, and secondly, to prevent their intentions from being detected, they specially selected irrelevant places to set fires in order to lure Jiang Cheng and Bai Jinshu to distract themselves from fighting the fire.Their actual goal is naturally...

Bai Jinshu was startled, he rushed to catch up with Jiangcheng, he didn't care about his honorific title, and asked, "Where did you let Ye Lihen stay?"

After all, Jiangcheng has richer experience in the world. With just one sentence, he immediately understood what Bai Jinshu was worried about, and his expression changed slightly. He hugged the corpse and said to Bai Jinshu in a deep voice, "Come with me."

After taking the corpse out of the fire scene, Jiang Cheng rushed to the backyard immediately.Bai Jinshu, who didn't know the direction, followed closely, until he saw a figure hidden in the corner of the wall in the distance, he directly passed his uncle, and left like an arrow.

Coming to the corner, Bai Jinshu first saw Ye Lihen sitting on the ground.Ye Lihen, who looked up at Bai Jinshu, could see that he was conscious, but his left chest was pierced by a long sword, and there was blood pouring out.In front of him lay a man in black, still breathing, but completely unconscious.

Bai Jinshu's moves were like lightning. First, he applied acupoints to stop Ye Lihen's bleeding. After confirming that the penetrating wound didn't hurt his vitals, he began to observe the situation.

"Is this person stunned by you?"

The man in black was uninjured, and this was the only reason why he was in a coma.Before this, Bai Jinshu had never seen Ye Lihen use poison, but this was the only way Ye Lihen could defeat him right now.

——But then again, even if it was just to deal with Ye Lihen who was seriously injured, the enemy would not send an inexperienced novice. How could a person who can be a killer be easily stunned by someone who has no skill at all?

Bai Jinshu noticed the sword on Ye Lihen's body.The sword that pierced Ye Lihen's body was pierced from behind. If Ye Lihen was really attacked, how could a professional killer miss it?Ye Lihen should have been killed long ago.But in fact, Ye Lihen stunned his opponent. Obviously, he must have been prepared. He must have deliberately lured the opponent to attack him from behind. Sudden use of drugs.

"Since when did you realize that someone was going to kill you?" Bai Jinshu's voice subconsciously cooled down, "Did you realize that someone was going to kill you, and deliberately took that sword to take the opportunity to stun the other party?" The matter should not only be In this way, if Ye Lihen took the drug when the killer was acting, how could the killer who could see Ye Lihen's action fall into the trap?In other words, before the killer showed up, Ye Lihen must have been well prepared, "Should we simply say that when the fire broke out, you had already anticipated this situation, but you chose not to say anything?"

"Jin Shu, it was because I didn't think carefully, and I left without giving Little Brother Ye a chance to speak. He did that to protect himself. Let's take off the sword first."

After Bai Jinshu met Ye Lihen, Jiang Cheng immediately turned back to find Lin Ling. At this time, the two of them returned together, just in time to hear Bai Jinshu questioning Ye Lihen.Out of guilt, Jiang Cheng spoke out to save Ye Lihen from the siege.In fact, Bai Jinshu is very clear that Jiang Cheng is only taking the responsibility on himself. If Ye Lihen wants to say, there is definitely a chance. However, seeing the other party's face is pale and there is a sword stuck in his body, no matter how annoyed he is, he can only bear it in the end .Bai Jinshu stretched out his finger and carefully broke off the exposed tip of the sword, then quickly pulled out the broken sword.Because the previous wound on Ye Lihen's body needed to be changed, Bai Jinshu carried a bandage made of cloth with him. At this time, he first quickly applied the bandage to stop the bleeding.

On the side, Jiang Cheng pressed several acupuncture points on the killer's body with a heavy expression. "If all the attacks are purely aimed at us, that's fine. Now that innocent passers-by have been affected, I think we'd better avoid the crowd next."

Hearing this, Bai Jinshu lowered his head and looked at Ye Lihen again.The people on the ground were extremely silent and did not express their opinions.Bai Jinshu felt guilty about what happened tonight, and made up his mind not to implicate innocent people anymore, but on the other hand, he didn't feel hesitant about the remaining options.Originally, Ye Lihen made people feel a little squeamish, but now his injuries are adding to his injuries. It is best to have a better environment to heal his injuries.

Seeming to see his concerns, Jiang Cheng said again, "I know that there is an old friend's old residence at the foot of the nearby mountain. It is rare for Li Hen to make an exception.

In this regard, Bai Jinshu no longer has any opinions.In order to hide their whereabouts, they also chose to discard the original carriage.Ye Lihen's injury was not suitable for horseback jolting, Jiang Cheng offered to suggest that he hold Ye Lihen and perform lightness kung fu.Biluo Jianjiang City's kung fu is very powerful, and it is like walking on flat ground when holding someone in its arms and performing light kung fu.When they arrived at their destination, Ye Lihen had already fallen asleep peacefully.

Bai Jinshu, who was in charge of escorting the comatose killer all the way, came to check for no reason. He thought that Ye Lihen was only close and trusting to him, but he didn't expect that Ye Lihen fell asleep in Jiangcheng's arms defenselessly, and only woke up slowly when he got to the place.

The mansion where Jiang Cheng led the four people arrived should be the other courtyard of a wealthy family.Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the environment is quiet. Although it is dilapidated now, after tidying up a few houses for people, it can be regarded as a good place for them to rest.

After all the tossing, the sky was already bright, and although they didn't have a good rest that night, no one felt sleepy anymore.It just so happened that there was a prisoner in his hand, whether to let him go or to stay is another matter, the most urgent thing is to interrogate him first.

Originally, Bai Jinshu thought it was just an ordinary drugged killer, but only after Ye Lihen personally gave him the medicine, he slowly opened his eyes.When he opened his eyes, he saw that he was surrounded by four people, and his expression didn't change, he spoke forcefully without waiting to be asked.

"My Fire Lotus Cultist has never been a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. If you want to kill or cut, why do you need to say more!"

Ye Lihen, who is usually relatively silent in front of everyone, was beyond Bai Jinshu's expectation. At this time, he took the initiative to intervene: "We didn't ask you anything before we talked about your background. Are you afraid that we will think you are not from the Fire Lotus Sect?"

His unhurried question made the killer stunned for a moment, and then he said forcefully: "Why do I, a member of the Fire Lotus Cult, need to hide my identity."

"If you are really a member of the Fire Lotus Sect, do you know who the left protector of the Fire Lotus Sect is?"

"My protector Xiangzuo is known as the Sleeve Bottom Demon Sword by people in Jianghu, and my reputation is far and wide. I'm afraid you won't dare to meet for a while."

Ye Lihen suddenly sneered: "You say you are a member of the Fire Lotus Cult, but you don't know that the Demon Sword under your sleeve has been emptied of power by the leader. You are lying without doing your homework beforehand?"

After a slight pause, the killer widened his eyes in surprise, "How did you know the secret teaching affairs of my Fire Lotus Sect!"

Ye Lihen said lightly: "Of course I don't know, this is just nonsense. Now that the Fire Lotus Sect is facing the crisis of being encircled and suppressed, how could the leader break off his left and right hands at this time?"

The killer who tried to be calm finally ran out of words for a while, looking at Ye Lihen's eyes, there was a teased anger that could not be completely hidden.

If the killer's pretentious performance before made Bai Jinshu unable to conclude, the truth is already coming out now.

Obviously, Jiang Cheng had the same idea, he slowly approached the killer: "Who on earth sent you here?"

The killer replied coldly: "I've already said it, and I don't intend to make you believe it anyway."

Jiang Cheng slowly stretched out his hand and pressed his finger on the killer's Quchi acupoint.The killer, who had been stuck in his neck, shrank into a ball in pain instantly. He gritted his teeth and wanted to swallow the pain, but he still unconsciously groaned.

"I don't want to torture you, as long as you are willing to open your mouth, I will immediately unlock your acupuncture points." Jiang Cheng frowned and said in a low voice.

The killer kept his mouth shut: "I, I belong to the Fire Lotus Sect, let me say, what?"

"My method won't do any harm to your body, so it's okay even if it makes you hurt for a day and a night. But, can you persist for a day and a night?"

"You, kill if you want! I have nothing to say!" The killer finally screamed out, rolling on the ground in pain.

Seeing it from the side, Lin Ling couldn't bear to plead for mercy: "Uncle Shi, maybe he is indeed a member of the Devil's Cult, you go first, why don't you let him take it easy!"

After all, Jiang Cheng couldn't be too vicious. Seeing that the killer had collapsed from the pain, he reached out and relieved him.The killer, who had no strength at all, was lying on the ground exhausted, unable to move.With this state, it is naturally impossible to continue the interrogation, Ye Lihen left the room without saying a word.

Bai Jinshu originally wanted to discuss the next plan with his uncle, but seeing Ye Lihen's leaving back, Wei Wei hesitated and chose to follow.

The two walked through the corridor and stopped to rest in a gazebo.Not expecting Ye Lihen, who was in a bad mood, to take the initiative to speak up, Bai Jinshu comforted him: "I, like you, also want to know the truth, but if we really torture us with words and deeds, what is the difference between them and demons?"

Ye Lihen lowered his head and did not make a sound.

"I understand that you have spent a lot of time thinking and risking your life to get this job," Bai Jinshu originally intended to coax you, but as he spoke, the anger that had been suppressed surged up again. "But don't you think how stupid you are! You know that someone is going to kill you, but you refuse to say a word. Don't you think others are too low?"

"I know I was wrong." Facing Bai Jinshu's censure, Ye Lihen replied nicely.

This is not the first time Bai Jinshu has seen Ye Lihen admit his mistake.For the first time because of doubts about Lin Ling, Ye Lihen also easily bowed his head and admitted his mistake. At that time, Bai Jinshu thought that such an arrogant person would never admit his mistake unless he really knew that he was wrong, but now it seems that Ye Lihen I'm afraid it's just perfunctory at all.

"Then you tell me what's wrong?" At this moment, Bai Jinshu asked aggressively.

Ye Lihen didn't answer, he lowered his head and fell into silence.

Recalling the scene when he saw the other party being pierced by a long sword and sitting on the ground, Bai Jinshu was furious: "So you don't know where you are wrong at all!"

"That's because I'm not at fault." Ye Lihen counterattacked suddenly, his voice was cold, he couldn't hear too much emotion, but it made people feel the untouchable sense of distance, "I only apologized because you were angry, But it doesn't mean that I did something wrong, and likewise, it doesn't mean that I won't be angry." After speaking, Ye Lihen calmly stood up, turned and left.

Bai Jinshu, who was caught off guard, could no longer see Ye Lihen when he came back to his senses.For a moment he wanted to go to find the other party, but soon realized a truth.It turns out that even though he has been the one who has been taking the initiative to tease Ye Lihen all this time, or take the initiative to talk to him, if Ye Lihen hadn't opened the door for him, he would not have been able to do this at all.For example, at this moment, he wanted to catch up with the other party and discuss the conflict between the two calmly, but he could clearly feel that he didn't have this opportunity.