Xu Shanlan

According to Conglin's last wish, Yin Yi brought him back to China and buried him with Cong Zhanyi's mother.The funeral in the jungle was held grandly, and everyone in the martial arts world attended.Conglin offended a lot of people during his lifetime, he scolded as much as he deserved, hated as much as he deserved, and didn't let anyone step down at all.Many people were so angry that their teeth were itchy behind their backs, but when such a day came, they had to give a thumbs up and sigh secretly.There are fewer and fewer people who are so tough, arrogant, and unwilling to compromise with the world.As a result, there were surprisingly many people attending the jungle funeral, and many of the older generation flew back to have a last look even though they were thousands of miles away.

Gu Haiping and Xu Shanlan performed the gift of son-in-law and always followed behind Cong Zhanyi.Yin Yi is the most respectful of etiquette and prestige, a half-hearted person, now he has no intention of dealing with the guests, and only stays by the jungle to accompany him, but his mood seems to be relatively calm.Cong Zhanyi, on the other hand, was unexpectedly calm and steady, everything was arranged in an orderly manner, his behavior was appropriate and his speech was calm.From his death in the jungle to his safe burial, he never shed a single tear.While everyone laments that Jungle has a future, they also feel that Cong Zhanyi is a bit unreasonable. Those who are acquainted with each other know that their father and son have hated each other for many years, and their words have aroused a lot of discussion.

In any case, the dead are dead, and the living still have to live their lives.Yin Yi didn't want to go back to City S again. He had played with Jungle in that house since he was a child, and there were lingering memories everywhere. He really didn't have the courage to face it.Cong Zhanyi was silent for a while, and said: "That's fine, the air here is clean and the environment is leisurely, Master and Uncle calm down, and call us if you have anything to do."

Yin Yi smiled bitterly: "What else can I do? It's just to live with your father. If I have such a day...you can bury me next to your father..."

Cong Zhanyi heard him say sadly, and said: "There is no obstacle in this world that you can't get over. You think Dad has been thinking about it all his life, so he should let it go." He spoke calmly but firmly, which surprised Yin Yi very much. He glanced at Cong Zhanyi. With a glance, Zhan Yi felt more and more unable to see through this nephew.It's just that Cong Zhanyi behaved so politely and politely at the funeral, and didn't see Qi Rong at all. Yin Yi felt unhappy and didn't want to say more, so he nodded lightly.

Only the three brothers and sisters went back to the old house, Gu Haiping ignored Cong Zhanyi along the way, and ran upstairs immediately after returning home.Xu Shanlan helped Cong Zhanyi pack Yin Yi's things, and wanted to help his uncle take them to the countryside. He passed by Gu Haiping's room with the cardboard box in his arms, saw that the second senior brother was also busy there, and threw all his clothes into the suitcase.Xu Shanlan went in and asked, "Second Senior Brother, what are you doing?"

"I'm leaving!" Gu Hai said without raising his head.

"Where are you going?" Xu Shanlan was anxious, put the things in his hands aside, rushed in and held Gu Haiping's hand, "Why are you going?"

"I can't stay here." Gu Haiping was so angry that he couldn't bear it anymore, and pointed out the door, "Look at his appearance, does he feel a little sad? It was his father who passed away, not the indifferent Zhang San Li Si! "

Xu Shanlan blinked, and after listening to it for a while, he realized that Gu Haiping was scolding Cong Zhanyi, how could he want to hear others say that the elder brother was wrong, not even the second elder brother, so he raised his eyebrows and argued, "What's wrong with the elder brother? Do you have to cry bitterly and cry to death?"

"That shouldn't be what he looks like!" Gu Haiping threw his things on the bed angrily, "Back then, he just left, no matter how sad Master was, and he didn't even see each other for three years. It's good now, Master Passed away, he didn't even drop a tear. What's this called?!"

Xu Shanlan pursed his lips, and said seriously: "Second senior brother, don't look at me like that. After all these years, don't you understand him? He doesn't talk about how hard he is. I know he's really sad."

"You know?" Gu Haiping sneered, "What do you know?"

"I just know." Xu Shanlan's attitude was surprisingly firm once he changed from the tiredness of the past, his hands clenched into fists involuntarily, and he stared at Gu Haiping with sparkling eyes, "I know brother is not feeling well at all, second senior brother, you don't have to cry It's sad, it's more uncomfortable to hold it in your heart than to vent it."

"Alas—" Gu Haiping sighed, and sat on the side of the bed, "Lanzi, I'm leaving. I'm different from you. I couldn't get along with the big brother when I was young, and then we parted for three years. So... Eldest brother is sincerely kind to you, maybe it's too good, so others don't take it seriously." His mouth was bitter, and he smiled bleakly.

Xu Shanlan had nothing to say for a moment, and after a long silence, he said in a low voice: "So... so you always remembered when the elder brother took me away..."

Gu Haiping shook his head: "I don't care about this. At that time, there was no senior brother, and there was a master. But now, the master also..." He didn't continue, and patted Xu Shanlan on the shoulder, "You are a good boy, practice harder Right. Lanzi, I can’t rely on anyone more than myself.”

Xu Shanlan nodded solemnly: "Thank you, Second Senior Brother." He thought for a while and asked, "Then where are you going?"

"Go to Hong Kong first."

"Huh? You really want to be a movie star."

"What movie star?" Gu Haiping smiled, looking out the window, "I just want to look around and see a wider world, just like when I walked out of a small fishing village and followed Master to S City."

Xu Shanlan scratched his head: "What's good outside, I like to stay at home."

"That's not it." Gu Haiping glanced at him, "If you want to leave Eldest Brother, I don't think he would agree to it. Fortunately, you are too lazy." He picked up his luggage and said, "I'm leaving, take care of yourself."

Xu Shanlan sent Gu Haiping downstairs. When Cong Zhanyi heard that Gu Haiping was leaving, he didn't stop him. He looked calm and said, "Contact me often. Call me if you need anything."

"Okay, I got it." Gu Haiping waved to Xu Shanlan and Cong Zhanyi, threw the travel bag on his back, took another look at the yard that had been with him for more than ten years, turned his head, and strode away.

Everyone who should have left has left, and those who shouldn't have left have also left. In the empty house, there are only two brothers and sisters left.Cong Zhanyi said: "Go ahead and pack your things, and go home tonight."

"Oh." Ever since Master passed away, Xu Shanlan had been worried that Cong Zhanyi would not be able to bear it, but now seeing his expressionless face, showing no signs of happiness or anger, he could only ask, "Then... what about Master...?"

Cong Zhanyi said softly: "Burn it." The two sat one by one and stood up, turned out all the things in the room, and gathered them one by one on the middle ground, the master's pile and the master's uncle's pile.The setting sun reflected from the window, casting a hazy light on the room.There are still some daily necessities on the top of the cabinet. The more you organize the bottom, the older the things are.

Xu Shanlan suddenly let out a soft cry, and squeezed out a group photo of several seniors in the fishing village from the book.Cong Lin stood in the middle, with his hands behind his back, looking radiant, and a smiling Yin Yi stood beside him.Xu Shanlan was in a trance for a while, it turned out that such a long time had passed before he knew it.

He was watching, when Cong Zhanyi snatched it up and threw it on the ground, saying, "There are no people here, why are you still looking at this?"

Xu Shanlan couldn't hold back any longer, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, if you really can't stand it, just tell me."

Cong Zhanyi paused for a moment with his hand holding the clothes, and said, "What are you talking about?" His tone was unusually cold.Xu Shanlan pondered for a moment, and said, "Master passed away, you must be very sad..."

Cong Zhanyi sneered: "What's so sad? We've been separated for so long. Has he been nice to me since I was a child? Apart from beating me, punishing me, and forcing me to practice hard, he was nice to me Why? Why should I be sad? He just fulfilled his duty as a son, and he didn't say a word for me in the end!" Cong Zhanyi's voice became sharper and higher-pitched as he spoke, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.His face was livid, as cold as a stone, but his eyes shot out a kind of neurotic fiery light, and his whole body looked distorted like a seriously ill patient.

Xu Shanlan felt palpitations, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Cong Zhanyi's arm: "Brother, brother, don't be like this... Master has passed away, don't hate him anymore, he has already left."

Cong Zhanyi seemed to be awakened from a dream, and after a long while, he nodded slowly: "Yes, he is dead, gone..." Tears rolled down without warning.He opened his palms to cover his face, and shrugged his shoulders slightly, "Lanzi..." Cong Zhanyi whispered, all the grief and regret that had been suppressed for days and nights came out all at once, "Lanzi...I shouldn't have left back then, no We should just go like that...Anyway, he is my father...my father is gone..." Like a lost child who couldn't find a home, he put his forehead on Xu Shanlan's chest and cried bitterly.

Xu Shanlan had never seen a senior brother so heartbroken, and couldn't help but hold his heart tightly together.He suddenly understood why Cong Zhanyi was shocked by the news of his father's serious illness, and why he stared at him with such resolute, fierce, almost sick eyes.For Eldest Brother, there is nothing left to lose, he is his only one.

And myself, why not?

When Xu Shanlan recalled it later, he always felt that his maturity started from this moment.It was this moment that let him know that senior brother is not invincible, let him know that senior senior brother is also vulnerable and helpless, and let him know that not only senior senior brother is his safe haven, but he is also his.

There are still many hardships in the future, no matter the pain or happiness, the two should support each other, rely on each other, and walk side by side.

When Xu Shanlan returned to school, it was already the start of the new semester in September.After two full months of absence, so many things happened, Ning Xin, who had just come into contact with the campus, seemed like a world away.

After class, Wang He leaned over to ask questions, and he was very sad when he mentioned the jungle, and he also told Xu Shanlan a news that was no longer news: Luo Yanan was selected as the first batch of exchange students between the school and a certain school in Canada, and he will arrive in the next two years. I went to study in Canada.If you perform well, you will stay there and go to university directly.

If it was in the past, Xu Shanlan would have felt embarrassed when he heard that Luo Yanan had a crush on him and heard her leave, and wondered if he should get together and give it away.But now he just said indifferently: "Oh." Then there was no more text.

Wang He stared: "Hey, make a statement, it won't be the end of it."

"what?"

"He likes you, why are you pretending to be stupid, why don't you feel embarrassed when people are leaving?"

Xu Shanlan smiled but said, "What do you want me to mean? Say I don't like you at all? Or say I like you?"

Wang He was stunned by his question, blinked his eyes and calculated for a long time, and said, "Lanzi, why do I think you have changed?"

Xu Shanlan stretched his waist: "Okay, go to sleep." He lay on the table and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He had to get up early to practice exercises tomorrow.He is not sure whether he has changed or not, but the elder brother will definitely not change, even if he has cried in front of him without image, he will never be soft-hearted because of this.Are you lazy and try?I will definitely be beaten again!

【Warm and Sweet】