Zhuo Bai blinked, then flicked his forehead with a funny look on his face: "Eye?"
Qiankun frowned and rubbed it.
"You once told me that no matter how disguised a person is, his eyes cannot deceive others. But every time Fifth Senior Brother looks at me, I always feel that you seem to be looking at another person!"
When Zhuo Bai saw him talking freely, he lost a lot of his childishness and became more and more like him.
"Am I right?"
Qiankun suddenly stopped and looked at him with gleaming eyes, as if he wanted to be appreciated.
Zhuo Bai sighed softly. Although a long time had passed for this incident, he was not relieved at all.
Seeing the heavy look on his face, Qiankun immediately whispered: "I'm sorry, senior brother, did I mention your sadness? Since you don't want to say it, just treat it as if I didn't ask."
Zhuo Bai panicked when he saw Qiankun, and he finally understood why he could always see the shadow of another person on his body.
Even the way he apologizes in a panic is so similar.
"You're right."
Qiankun raised his eyes to look at him, but turned his back when he saw him. He thought for a long time before continuing.
"I don't know why, I can always see my brother in you. Maybe I miss him too much or maybe I can't care about him and want to put my thoughts on him on another person."
Qiankun couldn't help but feel a sinking heart, and he almost spoke quickly again. He wanted to say what was in his heart. He had some doubts. Isn't the fifth senior brother an orphan? He actually has a younger brother.
In General Xi's Mansion, most of the senior brothers have family members. During holidays, General Xi will allow them to go back to visit their relatives.
However, there are some who have been orphans since childhood. For example, Qiankun himself is one of them, but he still has an older brother in the family, so he did not change his surname to Zhuo.
As for the eldest to fifth senior brothers and some of the lower-ranked senior brothers, they have lost their relatives since childhood. General Xi regards them as family members and takes relatively good care of their lives and finances.
He once told them that if they wanted to, they could take his surname Zhuo. After all, General Xi was several years older than them, so he was like their biological brother, which gave them great comfort in their hearts.
Although Qiankun and his brother depended on each other, he was determined to learn arts under the influence of Xijiang. He finally entered Xijiang's mansion and was deeply loved by his brothers. This was the most correct thing he had ever done. decision.
"You must be curious. I am obviously an orphan and have no relatives at home. Why do I have relatives?"
After a while, Zhuo Bai said in a low voice, which shocked Qiankun: "No, no, no, no, senior brother, I didn't mean that."
"It's okay. In fact, I have never told anyone else about this except General Xi, and I have never let go of it."
"I did have a brother, but he's gone."
"No more?!"
Qiankun could not express his feelings at this moment, and could only look at him in shock.
"Yes, he is not here. He was gone many years ago. Over the years, I have missed him every day. I even regretted why I did not protect him well. I still remember that he was the same size as you at that time and had the same brilliant nature as you. "
"He is different from me. He doesn't think too much about everything, but he also takes care of my feelings. If he hadn't encouraged me during the most difficult days, I might not be where I am today."
Since childhood, Zhuo Bai and his younger brother Lin Fan have lived a wandering life. However, thanks to Zhuo Bai's strength, the two of them lived a decent life, until they were robbed by bandits while traveling.
At that time, Zhuo Bai was just an ordinary person with no power, but he still stood in front of his younger brother Lin Fan without hesitation. After giving away the last bit of money he had, they didn't want to give up and wanted to spend the year together. Lin Fan, who was only twelve years old, was taken away.
Zhuo Bai fought tooth and nail to resist. In the end, although he was injured all over his body, he managed to escape with Zhuo Bai. However, without the support of Qian, his body was so weak that it was difficult to even move.
When he woke up from a dream, he found that Lin Fan was missing. There was lightning and thunder outside, and it was raining heavily. Zhuo Bai was worried and dragged his frail body outside the house. He saw a weak man walking slowly under the flash of lightning. figure.
Before he could call out, he saw him falling to the ground. Zhuo Bai ran over desperately, picked him up and took him back to the ruined temple. He saw Lin Fan shivering, still holding a few things tightly in his clothes. steamed stuffed bun.
For a moment, Zhuo Bai was at a loss. He held Lin Fan's hand tightly and burst into tears, feeling endless gratitude and distress in his heart.
Since then, although Lin Fan has been treated by Duan Zhan, his body has also suffered from the root cause of the disease. Therefore, Zhuo Bai has worked several jobs at a time, just to protect him throughout his life and prevent him from suffering any further harm.
The younger brother is well aware of Zhuo Bai's hardships. He has been obedient and sensible since he was a child, and he has always been true to Zhuo Bai's words. In order not to burden his brother, he still forced himself to pretend that nothing happened in front of him even when he was terminally ill.
Until one day, he could no longer pretend. One second he was making Zhuo Bai happy, but the next second he vomited blood and fainted.
Zhuo Bai looked at the blood on his hands and couldn't recover for a long time. He went to the doctor with Lin Fan on his back, only to learn that he was terminally ill and there was no cure.
He didn't want to believe such rhetoric. He would rather it was a group of quack doctors who were deceiving him, so he took Lin Fan to search for famous doctors, but in the end he was brought to the cruel reality that he died of illness.
And this incident left an eternal trauma in Zhuo Bai's heart. He could not forget the past with him, nor could he let go of his guilt for failing to take good care of his younger brother. Over the years, there was not a day or night when he did not miss him. , always reeling from the pain of losing Lin Fan.
He could only continue to make himself stronger and study hard to balance the trauma deep in his heart.
At the end of his life, Lin Fan used up his last bit of strength to say a word to Zhuo Bai.
"Brother, you have to live well. You must live happily without me in the future. By the way, you have to become stronger. In this way, no one will dare to bully you anymore. I don't want to see you anymore. They bullied me because of me.”
Zhuo Bai listened to his voice getting softer and softer, until it completely disappeared from his ears. He saw his hand immediately dropped. At this moment, he felt a heartbreaking pain like thousands of needles piercing his heart at the same time. .
Because of these words, Zhuo Bai became determined to become stronger, because only in this way can he protect the people around him.
But for Zhuo Bai, he has lost his only relative in the world, and he has gradually fulfilled his promise to him to become stronger, but there is only happiness. From the moment Lin Fan died, he had Completely disappeared from his life.
(End of chapter)
