Chapter 245 Red Dragon's Persuasion, Birthday, Gift (asking for monthly ticket)
After meeting with Gui Zhong and Mu Long, Hei Pupa happened to pass by the weather forecast recording site, stuck to the glass curtain wall, and eavesdropped for a while with his restraints. When he heard the host say that Li Jing would have a heavy rain in a while, he rushed home as soon as possible.
After a while, Gu Wenyu walked through the French window and stepped onto the wooden floor.
He took off the black pupa suit he was wearing and stuffed it into a cardboard box with the restraints, randomly stacking it with diapers.
After he sealed the carton, he suddenly heard the hoarse and heavy voice of the dragon in his mind:
"Ming Huan, little one... come down and talk."
Gu Wenyu was stunned.
This was the first time he heard the voice of the Red Dragon Wales outside the spiritual world. It seemed that the power of this strange fragment was much greater than that of the three trustee personalities.
"Here I come."
He muttered, lay down on the bed, rested his head on his folded arms and closed his eyes, feeling his body slowly becoming lighter, as if he was wrapped in a blue unconsciousness.
Gradually, falling into the deep ocean of the spiritual world.
When I opened my eyes, what came into view was still the library at sunset.
Ji Minghuan raised his fair hand, touched the hospital gown on his body, took a look at this four or five-year-old body, sat cross-legged on the ground and stared at the ground, thought for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at the red dragon crawling in the corner.
He remained silent, waiting for the giant dragon wearing reading glasses to speak first.
"I don't really understand why you want to deliberately anger your collaborators?" Red Dragon asked, "You could have just not angered Gui Zhong and Mu Taki and cooperated with them in a more peaceful way."
"Because I need to keep a distance from them and maintain a purely cooperative relationship. Do you understand, Grandpa Long?"
"Why are you pretending to be mature, kid?" The dragon adjusted his reading glasses. "You keep talking about cooperation, but do you really know what's going on?"
"Please... whether it's Gui Zhong, Lan Hu, or Mu Long, they are all people who are willing to die for their companions." Ji Minghuan pursed his lips, "So, if one day one of them cares about me enough to be willing to sacrifice himself for me, then it's all over."
He paused and said, "After all, the black pupa is just a body to me, and I can sacrifice it at any time."
"So that's what you think. I was wondering why you didn't just reveal your identity to Ghost Bell and Blue Arc."
"Have you finished reading my memories?"
"Look at it briefly, it's about the same."
"I've only lived for a few years, and you're fast-forwarding this? Don't fast-forward me to death."
After saying that, Ji Minghuan tilted his head and muttered, "This time it's really difficult. If I'm not careful, my father and brother will all die... But if I don't let my brother enter Hongyi, I won't be able to get any clues about the Salvation Society. I'm in a dilemma."
"If it were Qingping, he wouldn't think about these things. He would just take one step at a time." said Julong.
Ji Minghuan turned his gaze away from its face, lowered his head, and remained silent for a while.
"So... he's dead."
"But you can learn from him sometimes and be more free and easy."
"If he was really carefree, he would have told me his identity long ago." Ji Minghuan said softly, "No one can be carefree in front of someone they care about, otherwise they don't care enough."
As he spoke, he leaned back, put his hands on the ground, closed his eyes and sighed.
"But you two are similar in one way."
"Which one?"
"I always tell him, 'You can't save everyone,'" the red dragon said, "and that applies to you, too."
Ji Minghuan was stunned.
The red dragon raised his head and looked at him silently. After a moment, he lowered his eyes and continued to flip through the book through his reading glasses.
"Ming Huan, go ahead. We'll talk another day."
"Okay, I'm very busy. Unlike Li Qingping, it's best not to call me if you have nothing else."
"I don't know you very well." The red dragon groaned, "but I know that your spirit needs rest, otherwise it will soon collapse."
"I will collapse only if I rest, okay? Every time I sleep a little comfortably, the sky will fall when I wake up, just like today." Ji Minghuan looked up at the ceiling, the afterglow of the setting sun shining on his cheeks, "I have too many things to consider, how can I have time to rest?"
After saying that, he collapsed on the ground and stared at the ceiling in a daze for a while.
"You are different from Li Qingping. You are just a twelve-year-old child."
“I have a lot of memories.”
"No matter how many books a child reads, it will not affect the fact that he is just a child."
"Really? Whatever you think."
Ji Minghuan stopped talking to the Red Dragon, closed his eyes, and his consciousness gradually transferred to the body of Machine No. 1.
"It's time to eat."
Gu Qiye knocked on the door and the voice came from outside.
Ji Minghuan pushed the cardboard box on the ground under the bed, jumped off the bed, walked over and opened the door.
"Well, have you seen Xiaomai?" Gu Qiye asked absentmindedly.
"My sister seems to be gone."
Ji Minghuan rubbed his eyes and yawned.
Gu Qiye was stunned: "When, I saw her still sleeping when I went out."
"I don't know either." Ji Minghuan shook his head. "When I got up and washed up just now, she was gone."
"Didn't she tell you?"
"No." Ji Minghuan looked up at Gu Qiye, "What about you?"
Gu Qinye was silent and shook his head.
After a while, he let out a long breath and looked up at Ji Minghuan.
"Shall we talk?"
"All right."
Soon after, the two brothers stood against the fence of the rooftop, with the morning breeze blowing above their heads.
The sun hung lazily in the pale sky. The morning light awakened the sleeping Lijing, and the glass of the tall buildings was stained with a bright halo.
Ji Minghuan lay on the fence, looking silently to the west. A silver-white iron dragon passed through the viaduct and went off into the distance with a rumbling sound.
"It seems like it's been a long time since my mom passed away and I haven't had a quiet chat with you like this..."
Gu Qinye leaned against the fence, tilted his head, and looked at the birds flying over the city.
Ji Minghuan nodded: "Yes, I feel like you have been very busy since my mother passed away."
"It was quite busy before, but things will get better slowly." Gu Qiye lowered his head. "The association will soon announce that Blue Arc is dead, and then they will hold a symbolic memorial service. After that, I will have nothing to do."
“I see.”
"I plan to take a good vacation and stay home with you guys."
"The association shouldn't suddenly expose your identity, right?" Ji Minghuan asked.
"No, I have discussed this with the president, and they will say: 'We respect Blue Arc's wishes and will not disclose his identity in order not to affect his family.' After this, no matter how strong the public outcry is or how much pressure there is from public opinion, the association will keep it secret."
Gu Qiye paused and smiled unhappily, "Otherwise, wouldn't you and Xiaomai be surrounded and questioned in the classroom every day at school? I don't want to affect your grades."
"That makes sense. If you don't do this, a bunch of neighbors will gather downstairs of our house every day to give you sacrifices." Ji Minghuan joked, "If you accidentally show up again, they will all explode."
"Yes... Actually, I am only worried about one thing right now, which is how to persuade my sister to return to an ordinary life like me." Gu Qiye turned his head and looked at Ji Minghuan, "Do you have any good ideas?"
"I can't help it. My sister has inherited my father's personality. I can't persuade her at all."
"I couldn't persuade her either." Gu Qiye lowered his head and sighed, "Last night, I talked to her a lot, asking her to consider giving up being an exorcist. But early this morning, she left without even saying goodbye. Did I speak too suddenly?"
"She left for other reasons."
"Why is that?"
"Who knows." Ji Minghuan looked away.
Gu Qiye didn't think much about it and was silent for a while: "Tomorrow is Dad's birthday."
"You actually still remember it. It's not easy."
"Yes, in fact, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to reconcile with him."
"Is this true?" Ji Minghuan stared at him suspiciously, "Is this something you would say?"
"What else?"
"I'm wondering if you're possessed, brother. It's like the plot in a movie: a big villain behind the scenes controls your mind, so your lightning suddenly turns black... The Blue Arc of the Alien has turned black."
As he spoke, Ji Minghuan raised his hand and waved it vigorously in front of Gu Qinye.
"After all, I didn't do well as a stranger, and I didn't do well as a college student. I can't have a messy family relationship, right?" Gu Qiye said self-deprecatingly, "Then I didn't do anything well, did I?"
"You've done a pretty good job, don't take everything on yourself."
"So, I came to you for help." Gu Qinye smiled.
Ji Minghuan thought for a moment and said, "Convincing my sister to come back and reconciling with my father, that's all I have to do, right?"
"Yes, I am such a useless brother. I really can't do without you."
"Let's not worry about my sister for now, she's already run away." Ji Minghuan said calmly, "Anyway, let's go buy Dad's birthday cake now, how about that?"
"You have to make a reservation first and pick it up tomorrow." Gu Qiye smiled, "I know the owner of a cake shop nearby. I asked him to make the cake for Xiaomai's birthday before."
"Okay, wait until dad comes back tomorrow night and give him a surprise... I can already imagine the scene. Dad, this wooden man, will probably be so shocked that his cigarette will drop. He will be speechless for a long time and finally say 'thank you'."
Ji Minghuan teased while resting his chin on the fence and looking up at the sky.
Gu Qiye chuckled twice, and a cool breeze blew from afar, lifting his hair. He raised his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and his cheeks were bathed in the sun.
He said: "What's past is past. Now that I've said goodbye to 'Blue Arc', I should also let go of the matter of my mother."
"But what if Dad hasn't let it go yet?"
"He took the initiative to come back to us, so he must be trying to let it go." Gu Qiye said softly, "Just wait a little longer."
After a pause, he suddenly said:
"Do you think I'm a useless brother? I haven't done anything well... Actually, when I think about it now, I realize that I've been working so hard for so long, but I don't even know what I'm working for."
"Do you really think you are useless?" Ji Minghuan asked curiously.
Gu Qinye nodded.
"Then what's the money you earn?" Ji Minghuan narrowed his eyes.
Gu Qinye was stunned.
"Don't you understand?" Ji Minghuan stretched out his hand. "Open your Taobao app and let me spend some money. I used to think that our family had no money. So you have earned the money that a normal person would earn in several lifetimes in just a few years, and you're still saying that you're useless?"
He hummed, "I saw someone analyzing the assets of Blue Arc on the Internet! Since you don't want to pretend anymore, buy something good for your good brother."
"Okay, okay..." Gu Qiye smiled unhappily and handed him the phone. "What do you want to buy? I'll buy it for you."
"Don't play tricks on me. Don't hold a Blue Arc memorial service today. The next day, there will be a news report on TV: 'The alien Blue Arc declared bankruptcy and officially returned after winning the revival match'."
"That's a bit of black humor. I suddenly feel that my brother might be suitable to join the association and work in the marketing department to stir up hype."
"Anyway, I won't be polite. Let me take all the figures of Lord Tunyin first." Ji Minghuan snorted twice.
"Don't even mention the figurine. When I have time, I can invite Tunyin to our house and let you see the real person."
"Really?" Ji Minghuan asked in surprise, thinking that his Silver Swallowing Rat fan version T-shirt could finally come in handy. As expected, fate will favor everyone who is well prepared.
"Really...it's just that he has a bad temper. You have to be careful when talking to him."
"With you here, the worst that can happen is you two will have a fight."
"I may not be able to beat him."
As the two were chatting, a cumulonimbus cloud floated over in the distance and rain fell heavily.
“It’s raining.”
"Let's go back. We haven't had breakfast yet. Where did Dad go?"
"Ah, I see him, he's back, there he is."
"Why didn't he bring an umbrella?"
As they talked, the two walked into the corridor on the second floor and locked the doors and windows. The rain suddenly fell heavily, as if the floodgates of the reservoir in the sky had been opened.
Tens of millions of tons of rain fell heavily, and the scenery outside the window was all obscured by the rain.
Amid the sound of pattering rain, Ji Minghuan happily ran back to his room to close the windows, while Gu Qiye went downstairs to check whether the doors and windows on the first floor were closed.
But he hesitated for a moment, then took a towel from the bathroom, walked to the entrance first, and waited quietly with his arms folded.
After a moment, the door lock opened with a click, and the door was pushed inward. The violent wind and rain poured in, and the dim entrance was shrouded in the rustling sound of rain.
Gu Zhuoan stood in the rain with his head down, his wet suit and shirt clinging to his body, almost transparent, revealing the shocking scars on his body. He was holding something silver and black in his hand.
The raindrops hit his face, but he remained silent, like a statue standing in the wind and rain.
"Don't get the house wet."
Gu Qinye frowned and put the towel on the shoe cabinet as he spoke.
Suddenly, a bright white lightning flashed across the sky outside the window, and rumbling thunder sounded.
"Qi Ye, I have something to tell you."
Gu Zhuoan suddenly spoke, his low voice seemed to be wrapped in wind and thunder.
He raised his head and looked at Gu Qinye who was puzzled, then slowly walked in from outside the door.
(End of this chapter)
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