mayfly era

"Marshal Wen, I'm sorry." Chen Li was the first to break the silence.

Wen Xingzhi faced the scorched wall, his eyes were red, but he didn't express the slightest expression, as if his facial features no longer belonged to him.

After a long time, until Chen Li could no longer speak, a hoarse voice sounded, "Coincidentally, my father also passed away today."

Chen Li was dumbfounded for a moment, he didn't know how to comfort this man who lost two relatives in one day, he had seen too many deaths, and his language was numb.

After all, no matter what he says, the dead can never come back.

"Liuzhi inherited everything from him, including his illness. I didn't expect Liuzhi to pass away so early after he lived for so long." Marshal Wen's voice was as flat as a straight line, and he stared at the wall without moving an inch. As if there was something extremely important on the wall.

"Chen Ye, you hate Chen Ming for being harsh to you, and I also hate him for being indifferent to us. I still can't forgive him until he dies. I don't even want him to die on the same day as Liu Zhi. I don't want the future to be sacrificed on the same day." Bless them both."

Marshal Wen's sudden heartfelt voice made Chen Li even less aware of what to say, so he could only dryly say an old saying, "Marshal Wen, the dead are the greatest."

Marshal Wen shook his head, and slowly drew circles on the armrest with his left index finger.

After a while, he spoke again, slowly talking about some past events.

"Liu Yi lived alone in the tower for five years, and I was busy with various mediations. Xiao Ren was lonely every day, heh," Marshal Wen chuckled lightly, but there was no smile at all, "So I asked you if you would like to be with her?" Together, I just want you to accompany her and protect her, very selfish, right."

"I look at Xiaoren as I look at my own daughter. She has a pair of bad parents, an unreliable brother, and a sister... who I can't see once a year."

"Now she only has my unreliable brother."

Marshal Wen's straight and flat voice seemed to twist the whole space into a thread, and the sound was like silence, as if they were no longer in this three-dimensional world, and they all became thin lines.

"Chen Ye, I have seen in you what is written in many obscure sociology books... The suffering and strength of the people will condense into a rough and ugly nucleus on the surface, but inside is a pure and holy seed."

"The people are always suffering but are strong, and so are you, so don't let me down." After saying this, Marshal Wen stood up from his chair and turned to face Chen Li.

He deliberately straightened his back and neck, and stared calmly ahead.

There is always great power in his eyes, even though he is extremely sad and tired at this time, he is still so stern and tolerant.

Chen Li did not respond to Marshal Wen's comments to him, "Marshal Wen, is everything that robot said true?"

Marshal Wen was silent for a while, "Mostly."

"So the part where the pill eats the dead is fake, right?"

Marshal Wen frowned slightly, "You are doubting the nature of our confrontation with Cong Shanqin."

"I just know that lies are not good for our actions, and killing deception with deception is not the best way."

Marshal Wen sighed, "It's impossible for pills to kill people in a short period of time. This is indeed a lie, but Liu Zhi believed it. She was still very young at that time, so it's not suitable to tell her these things directly."

He went on to say, "So I hate our father, but Liuzhi thinks he is a hero. She doesn't know many things, and I... I can't say it."

"Marshal Wen, if this is your family matter, you don't need to tell me."

Marshal Wen smiled wryly, "Liuzhi has already left, so there is nothing to hide... When Liuzhi was very young, he cheated on my housekeeper. Our mother drove the housekeeper away after she found out. Said that she died from taking this kind of pill, Liu Zhi liked this housekeeper very much, and cried for many days."

"Afterwards, her mother gave birth to Xiao Ren, and after being betrayed, she suffered from severe primitive dependence and finally chose to commit suicide," Marshal Wen sighed, "So Xiao Ren was born without a mother, and Liu Zhi and I lived together In a family made up of an indifferent father and a chronically ill mother."

"So sister Liu dedicated her life to the laboratory because of a lie." Chen Li took a deep breath. Wen Liuzhi's life made him feel sad and unwilling, but all of this is now nothing but helplessness .

Maybe she has already realized that this is a lie, but she still chooses to persevere, guarding the fort alone, and going her own way.

"Yes, she is very much like her father, as smart, as domineering, and as paranoid," Marshal Wen sighed, "Even they all like that housekeeper equally."

"What kind of person is that housekeeper?" Chen Li asked.

"Simple and kind, gentle and hardworking, she is a very good person. My father was at fault," Marshal Wen said in a painful tone, "He ruined everyone's life."

Chen Li nodded and did not speak. He knew that he was not qualified to judge other people's families, so he could only give this grieving man a little bit of support.

"And... I obviously gave him a chance. That day, Liu Zhi took the risk to leave the tower. I held a celebration banquet, and Xiao Ren was also very happy." Marshal Wen's lips gradually trembled, and he raised his hand to cover his lower lip. With half a face, the voice was muffled, "But he didn't come. We waited from night to early morning, and he never came."

"He dare not face you, especially when all of you are around." Chen Li said.

"It's not that he doesn't dare, it's that he has no heart."

Chen Li had no choice but to nod again.

"He named me 'Xingzhi', saying that I must personally do everything to become the pillar of the family, and 'Liuzhi' hoped that she would reach the world like water, so he named Xiaoren 'Renzhi', Said that he only wanted Xiao Ren to be happy and free-spirited." Marshal Wen was obviously telling outsiders about the family affairs for the first time, and his tone was a little strange. We recognized a word."

"Chen Ming taught me to recognize a lot of characters, and if I made a mistake, she would punish me." Chen Li said.

Marshal Wen was amused by Chen Li's words. He shook his head, "Aunt Ming actually attaches great importance to you. When the Chen family wanted to send you to a reform camp, she refused to say anything. She must keep you by her side."

"She just lacks a sandbag that can grow its own tonnage."

"Just because she is strict with you, so you hate her?"

"I don't want to discuss this issue with you." Chen Li said.

"Have you never seen Xiao Ren again?"

"No."

"Maybe she will grow up to be the type you like."

Unexpectedly, Marshal Wen, who was extremely sad, would still not give up holding the red line, Chen Li smiled in his heart.

"I said I have someone I like."

Marshal Wen smiled, "I thought you were trying to fool me, but now I know, it should be that kid, the one at the door."

"Well, isn't he handsome?" Chen Li said in a flat tone.

"Handsome, but he looks a little unscrupulous." Marshal Wen commented like an elder.

"I'm not going anywhere seriously, so I won't harm your sister."

"Aunt Ming told me before that she likes a girl like Xiao Ren very much, but she would never give her son to Xiao Ren. She said it very directly, and now thinking about it, I feel angry... She said that Xiao Ren is not good enough. You, you have been tempered into steel, and Xiao Ren is still a baby who can only cry, she said that you must have someone who can make you feel at ease," Marshal Wen said after a pause, "Is that the person who can make you feel at ease?"

Chen Li didn't believe that Chen Ming said such a thing, but the glacier in his heart had been loosened by digging again and again, maybe Chen Ming was not as bad as he remembered, maybe Chen Ming... really wanted to be his mother .

"He can make me feel at ease, I dare to break into hell without him." Chen Li said firmly.

Marshal Wen was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing again, "You young people's words are really special."

"Where is Wen Renzhi now? You shouldn't dare to put her in the central city, she will be a living target."

"I want you to take her in. Who knew you were so disregarding old feelings," Marshal Wen said. "I sent her to an old friend in the north. She can see the heavy snow and build a snowman. She should be very happy."

"So you don't have any worries now, Marshal Wen."

Marshal Wen shook his head helplessly, "I still have a big family, I am the only one left in our small family, but the Wen family still has so many mouths and so many heads, it's a pity that few of them can be used. And this huge military and political department is all descendants of aristocratic families, and I have to deal with their internal impeachment when I go back."

"So that...round man is really your secretary?"

"Oh, just to make you laugh, I have urged him many times to lose weight."

Chen Li was silent for a while, "I wish him a speedy success."

"There is no one available on my side, and Cong Shanqin's side is not much better. There is no shortage of people. There is a saying that 'those who win the rebels win the world', so I am not far from the world."

"When he is unreliable, he is also very unreliable." Chen Li said.

"At least he is a real talent." Marshal Wen said, "You must know what information network and economic network mean. 'Net' means that individuals influence and connect with each other to form a closed environment. Do you know talent network? ?”

Chen Li shook his head.

"In fact, talents will also form a 'network', and they will develop by influencing and being influenced by each other... So in an era with many talents, more talents will be born... To put it a little more mysteriously, their brains will be in the invisible talents. evolve in the same time domain under the influence of the net."

Chen Li looked at Marshal Wen with a half understanding.

"Since the death of Aunt Ming, the talent network has begun to dry up, and the think tanks and scientists have been withering. The worst result is that this country will fall into a 'wisdomless' environment."

Chen Li frowned, "How come you all come up with such a shocking theory."

"You also know that this is just a theory, a negative conjecture. If you don't believe it, you don't believe it. You must have met Grandma Minzhe."

"Well, she looks healthy."

"As long as she is alive, this country will not become ignorant, Chen Ye, you should be very clear about what to do."

Chen Li nodded helplessly, "I don't even understand my own life, and I have to bear the lives and deaths of so many others."

"Who told you that you are Chen Ming's son, do you still want to live in peace for the rest of your life?"

"You let me die a few days ago."

"I take it back, you must not die."

"Marshal Wen, if I have nothing else to say, I'll go to work first. I'm no better than you. I'm under command."

Marshal Wen raised his chin, "Go, go and see Liuzhi when you have time, but don't buy her fireworks, she doesn't like it, it's a waste of money."

Chen Li nodded, "I remember."