Hu Shouxin looked at the unconscious Long Wande and let out a sigh.
He checked his pulse and found that Sun Lang had controlled his strength very well. He had only hit the acupoint on the back of Long Wande's head and made him faint.
Old Hu hesitated for a moment before sending a stream of True Qi over … Although Long Wande needed to rest, it was better to untie the knot in his heart sooner rather than later. In his current state, even if he continued to sleep, it would only be harmful.
Long Wande slowly woke up and saw Hu Shouxin by his bedside.
He blinked his eyes and woke up from his daze. He wanted to speak but he remembered what had happened before. It was not a dream … Before he could speak, tears flowed down his face. "Brother Hu …"
Hu Shouxin sighed. "This is not your fault, nor his. The world is unpredictable, how can everything go according to one's wishes?
Everything has a reason … "
Long Wande was still crying as he shook his head. "No … No … I am not a pedantic person. After guessing what the Empire had done to him, I was also filled with righteous indignation. I have been hoping for the past two years, hoping that he was not dead, hoping that he would come to me one day …"
He forcefully wiped his tears and gritted his teeth. "He saved my life. He is the brightest person I have ever met. To me, he is like a mentor, like an elder brother, like a superior, and like a father. He has taught me too many things. I should have used my life to repay him. I also think so …"
Pain flashed in his eyes as he said in a low voice, "I had such a dream. He came back and wanted to take back everything that belonged to him. He wanted to seek justice from the Empire. I stood by his side without hesitation. Even if it meant leaving the church and abandoning my country, I was willing to do it. But … but why did it turn out like this …"
Hu Shouxin patted him and said softly, "This matter is more complicated than you think …"
Long Wande said emotionally, "No matter how complicated it is, he cannot be like this!
He is a man who is open and aboveboard. He is a man who clearly distinguishes between kindness and hatred. He is not a demon who willfully kills the innocent and treats life as grass!
He wants to take revenge on the Empire and take back everything that belonged to him. Then I followed him without hesitation. I would not regret it even if I died!
But he treats the entire world as a plaything that he can play with as he pleases. He wants to start a war every time he opens his mouth. This is not him at all! "
Hu Shouxin's eyes flickered slightly. After a moment of silence, he nodded and said, "That's right, this isn't him at all … He once told me that he was just acting back then. He wasn't that bright, he wasn't that kind. He was just numbing himself and numbing others. In fact, there was only hatred and anger in his heart. He was just pretending to be obedient, waiting for the day when he would tear everyone into pieces …"
Long Wande blinked and asked in astonishment, "Why?
Wasn't he a noble descendant of the Empire?
Wasn't he a soldier of the Empire?
Why did he hated hated hated him back then?
That's right … He said he's called Sun Lang now.
Isn't he the heir of a Duke in the Houtu Empire? "
Hu Shouxin hesitated for a moment. Finally, he shook his head. "Sun Lang's origin and the enmity between Sun Lang and the Empire are extremely deep. Even within the Empire, there are only a few people who know about it. A foreign soldier like you has no right to know … The battle at the Great Desolate Mountain was just the trigger. Sun Lang's anger and hatred had long been there. It was just that he … suppressed it."
Long Wande anxiously asked, "What is it?"
Hu Shouxin shook his head and said, "I can't say. Be it as a former soldier of the Empire or as Sun Lang's friend, I can't say anything. I don't have the right to speak about this matter. Only Sun Lang has the right to decide whether or not to tell you about this matter … although he most likely won't do so."
Yan Wei blinked his eyes in confusion. This news caught him off guard. The inside story … His eyes were filled with confusion and unease, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "He said that all of this was an act?"
Hu Shouxin nodded. "Yes, yes. He said that all of this was an act."
Long Wande shook his head. "… I don't believe it.
Our friendship, his light, his compassion, those things that attract us are definitely not fake … "
Old Hu smiled and nodded. He whispered, "I don't believe it either."
Long Wande seemed to have grabbed onto a life-saving straw. He sat up and said excitedly, "You think so too!
Then let's quickly think of a way to turn him back to how he used to be! "
Hu Shouxin smiled bitterly. "How can it be so easy?
Think about how he used to be and think about how he is now. What kind of despair and sadness could make the light incarnate that you revered and missed so much become like this … The story, the obsession, how can we resolve it with just a few words … "
"Then we should work even harder!"
Long Wande said resolutely. But soon, his tone became bleak. "Moreover … Although I don't know what he has experienced, he must be very sad and confused right now …"
Old Hu shook his head. "Anyway, I don't have the ability …"
Long Wande lowered his head and thought for a while. He seemed to have thought of something and suddenly looked up. He stared at Hu Shouxin and said, "Does he still like women?"
Hu Shouxin almost choked on his own saliva. He said in horror, "If he doesn't like women, what else can he like?"
Long Wande hesitated. "You don't know. He just mentioned Courrier, the Flame Guard who chased after me. That woman is a very famous battle maniac in St. Urie Castle. She is famous for her shocking achievements and stunning beauty in the church. She can be called a peerless beauty.
More importantly, this woman has blonde hair and blue eyes. She has long legs and her butt is very big here! "
In order to emphasize this point, he even put his hands in front of his chest and said seriously, "According to what he said before, this kind of woman is the kind of woman he likes very much. Whether it is her face, chest, legs, butt, or personality, it can be said that they are all the kind of woman he dreams of …"
Hu Shouxin said with a subtle expression, "… And then?"
"And then there's the key to the problem!" Long Wande said firmly. "When he mentioned Courrier just now, his expression was too serious!
He didn't show any lust at all!
He even said that he made her into a salted fish. What a joke, that was obviously an Aer Shire cow!
Hey, you didn't see it. When he described this kind of 'foreign woman', he couldn't wait to drag Dr. Ziggler out of the church! "
Old Hu nodded. "Although I haven't seen him, I can totally imagine what he looks like."
"Is that right?"
Long Wande also nodded. "Putting her butt aside, Courrier's chest is obviously much bigger than Dr. Ziggler's. And she is a prisoner of war. If she fell into his hands in the past, I'm afraid he would wake up laughing in his dreams. But now he looks indifferent … So …"
He hesitated for a moment, lowered his voice, and whispered, "Is he …"
Old Hu's expression became even more subtle. He raised his head, and the image of an oriental breed cow immediately appeared in his mind. He thought of Sun Lang's even more lecherous appearance than before, and he said, "This... he still likes women, and he likes them even more than before. It's just that for some reason, he became pure and devoted. His heart is filled with lust, and it's all directed towards a girl..."
Long Wande was shocked. It was as if the sun had risen from the west. He asked quickly, "Who is it?
Lin Daiyu?
Xue Baochai?
Zhao Yunlong?
Lu Shu-jen?
Or Hua … "
Hu Shouxin shook his head and said, "Neither …"
Long Wande sucked in a breath of cold air, "... Is he tired of living?"
"This … There are a lot of inside stories." Hu Shouxin hesitated. "I still can't tell you."
Long Wande said unhappily, "You can't even tell me this?
I'm very tight-lipped. I won't tell anyone. "
Hu Shouxin glanced at Long Wande and said in a muffled voice, "I'm not afraid of you telling anyone. I'm doing this for your own good. If you know the truth, you won't be able to help but laugh in front of him. If you laugh, you'll be beaten."
"… Now that you mention it, I'm even more interested."
After this interruption, Long Wande's surging emotions finally calmed down. He sighed and said, "He's actually become devoted. It's really strange. I was still thinking of getting those women of his …"
Hu Shouxin took a deep breath and suppressed his laughter. He said seriously, "Compared to this, what are your plans?
Are you here to find me this time? "
Long Wande nodded and sighed. "Originally, I wanted to borrow Big Brother Hu's connections to get in touch with a prince or an important minister in the capital … Sigh, what's the use of saying this now?
The Marshal suddenly appeared, and the Death Messenger who was chasing after me was defeated and captured. Now that he's changed, I don't know what to do. "
He raised his head, looked at Hu Shouxin and asked, "What does Big Brother Hu think?
Have you already decided to follow him?
His goal is the Empire, you … "
Hu Shouxin smiled bitterly, nodded and then shook his head. "I've boarded his pirate ship. I want to help him, and I also want to pay attention to him. I'm his friend, his brother. I can't leave him alone, and I can't let him go. The more he's in his current state, the easier it is for him to do something wrong …"
He slowly said, "After all, there are some things that, once done, can no longer be undone. There's not even a chance to regret it. I don't want him to regret it for the rest of his life, because … it's too much of a pity."
"Moreover … my life was snatched back by him. It was for me that he made up his mind and announced his return to the Empire … Ha, although he'll never admit it."
Long Wande was shocked when he heard this. "The Empire already knows?
What's going on? "
"To be precise, it's not the Empire that knows, but a small number of people."
Hu Shouxin smiled. "I can tell you about this matter. It happened not long ago …"
Just as Hu Shouxin and Long Wande were discussing life, Sun Lang was walking around aimlessly in the Marquis' residence. Sometimes he would look at the sky, sometimes he would lower his head and think.
Every time he met with an old friend, it was actually a memory or even a trial. Because he would think of the past, because the sealed memories would jump out of their own accord. Because everything in the past, no matter how beautiful, how bright, how sincere the people of the past were, all of this was actually …
— all built on pain and lies.
That's why I don't want to see you.
That's why you will definitely be disappointed …
Hu Shouxin, Lu Shu-jen, Qin Hui and Long Wande were the same.
Other than Zhao Yunlong who only recognized smell, when the others first saw him, they were more or less shocked. Because the person in front of them was very different from the one in their memories, because he already had a new name.
Now that he had decided to compete with the Empire, he would meet more old friends in the future … They would also be like Long Wande, shocked and even angry …
Because I am no longer the person in your memories.
He lowered his head and smiled. There were too many things in his smile. Loneliness, grievance, anger and sadness. He could have always maintained that appearance, always being the person in everyone's hearts. But everything was ruined. He could not go back, nor did he want to go back.
And the main culprit of all this had to pay the heaviest price.
"Eh, you're here?"
Suddenly he heard a familiar voice. Sun Lang suddenly raised his head and smiled brightly. "Aren't you accompanying your foreign friend?"
Zhang Yinluo frowned and snorted. "Zhao Feihuang, that sly fox, has bad intentions. She only knows how to work with others to bully me. So I ran out. So annoying."
After saying this, she hurriedly looked at Sun Lang's expression and then added, "Before I left, I already told Housekeeper Xu that that woman is very dangerous and told her to keep an eye on her. With Housekeeper Xu's loyalty and vigilance, it's very easy to keep an eye on that woman. Moreover …"
She glanced at Sun Lang, and there was a trace of hidden bitterness in her tone that she could not detect. "Moreover, she doesn't seem to want to run away …"
Sun Lang smiled and said, "Courrier is a smart person. Now that the Death Messenger is buried in the ground, the chances of her escaping with her bare hands are completely zero. She won't ask for trouble. And with Miss Zhao's vigilance and wisdom, as well as the power of her magic tool that can control people's minds, she won't let Courrier have the upper hand."
Zhang Yinluo snorted with some dissatisfaction and then said, "So, why are you wandering around outside?
Did you see your friend?
Why … hasn't he woken up yet? "
Sun Lang said faintly, "He did wake up, but something happened …"
Zhang Yinluo asked carefully, "Quarreled?
Why? "
Sun Lang smiled. "It's very complicated. To summarize it simply, it's a fanatical star-chasing otaku who suddenly found out one day that the idol he desperately supported actually needed to poop and pee. Psychologically, he couldn't accept it for a while and fell into a breakdown of disillusionment. There's no need to worry at all. With the behavior of a disgusting otaku, as long as he eats, he'll return to normal …"
Zhang Yinluo said with a subtle expression, "This explanation can't be considered a simple summary …"
"It's really very simple." His former idol laughed softly. "It's just that he woke up from a dream."