"Madam boss, who was that person just now? I saw that he seemed to be quite hostile to Qingwu."
Bai Duo did not directly ask for information about the handsome man, but brought out Song Qingwu's safety, which made it easier to trick Liu Rou.
"The man's name is Meng He, and he is a popular figure around the county magistrate. He doesn't have a problem with Qingwu, but with me." Liu Rou sighed, and she was ashamed to tell the reason why. "This happened before it was too late. Thank you little brother for saving my child’s life.”
"Qingwu worships me as his teacher. This is what I should do. Speaking of which, in my opinion, the county magistrate is not a good man and a believer. Why don't you and your wife break away from him?"
"It's not that I don't want to leave, it's simply..." Liu Rou's words stopped abruptly. She glanced at Bai Duo and suddenly felt that her thoughts had been led astray, so she changed the subject and said, "Master Chen is very caring. We, little brother, you have misunderstood him.”
Bai Duo was stunned and said nothing.
I just don't know how this 'care' is taken care of. But thinking about it, since the county magistrate is interested in Liu Rou, he will definitely not let them go.
Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of Liu Rou, Bai Duo turned his attention to Song Lei again.
This honest and honest man was standing at the door, looking anxiously for someone, probably Song Qingwu who ran out.
Bai Duo pretended to chat with him, and then asked him about his opinion about the county magistrate.
"I'm stupid and have no business acumen. It's Rou'er who runs this inn. I'm not qualified to be the shopkeeper due to circumstances or reasons, but Mr. Chen specifically allowed me to take up the post. He's really a good person."
Song Lei giggled, his thick lips curved into a simple arc.
Bai Duo didn't know how to evaluate Song Lei for a while. In the end, he could only sigh helplessly and thought to himself: "You are really an idiot. What did you get in exchange for being the shopkeeper? Do you really not know?"
Relying on his woman to sell her body in exchange for food and clothing, it's no wonder that Song Qingwu despises his father.
It feels like the whole world is lying to Song Lei, a simple and honest man. I really don't know how he will face this naked reality when he wakes up from his dream.
"Song Yan, don't stand stupidly at the door. You are the shopkeeper and you must have the momentum of the shopkeeper. As for that bastard Qingwu, this is not the first time he has run away from home. He will naturally come back when he is hungry.
I will teach him a lesson when he comes back. Look what he said. Is there anyone who treats his biological father like this? "
Liu Rou grabbed Song Lei's ears and pulled him away from Bai Duo.
Bai Duo knew that Liu Rou still didn't believe him. Perhaps it was because of Song Lei's lack of heart that he had to let this woman be more wise.
If she saw Yi Xin Yi, she would not have been able to raise Song Qingwu alone in the early years.
She is a suspicious and intelligent woman.
"The two of you should be busy first and go down to find Qingwu." Bai Duo clasped his fists and turned to leave.
After Bai Duo left, Liu Rou whispered to Song Lei, "You didn't say anything nonsense, did you?"
Song Lei was like a child who made mistakes. He answered whatever Bai Duo asked, and said everything he should say and shouldn't.
"Looking at your expression, I guessed it! What if he is also Chen Jinglong or Meng He's spy? He is just here to test our attitude and tone.
If they notice that the two of us want to run away, we will be in big trouble. "
Liu Rou squatted angrily under the counter. He was a good man, but he was too honest and too kind.
Just now when Bai Duo suggested why he didn't leave the Hongchen Inn, Liu Rou was very panicked and was very afraid that the matter would be exposed.
...
Bai Duo was walking on the street and finally spotted Song Qingwu under a banyan tree planted in the city.
He was curling up now, like a hedgehog protecting himself.
The thin body was shrouded in the shadow of the withered trees, and the wave of sadness seemed to be about to drown the young man.
"Actually, your father still cares about you." Bai Duo walked up to him and said.
"He is not my father! If he really cared about me, why did he abandon our mother and run away in the first place? He has not been famous for several years, and he will rely on my mother to support him when he comes back!
Do you know how much we have suffered and how much we have been looked down upon over the years? What about him? He only pretends to be pitiful, only says sorry, and only kneels down to beg for mercy!
Do I need him to do this? I need him to protect my mother like a man! "
Song Qingwu's big tears rolled down her face, and she stared at Bai Duo with red eyes, as if waiting for an answer.
"But your father just wanted to protect you two, so he begged for mercy, and that's why he knelt down. There is a golden rule in men's knees. No matter how stupid your father is, he understands.
But what can he do? He has nothing to gain and can only sell his dignity.
Besides, didn't you rush out to protect your mother at that time? You were timid when facing that big man in the costume. You can't accept that you, like your father, can't do anything. "
Bai Duo's voice was like a sharp sword piercing the most taboo and sensitive place in Song Qingwu's heart.
He argued loudly: "Nonsense! It was you who put your hand on my shoulder and told me not to be impulsive!"
"But, if your mother is bullied, shouldn't you be impulsive? I told you not to be impulsive, but you just stayed put as a matter of course?
People who really want to fight hard cannot be held back. "
Hearing this, Song Qingwu stopped his heated argument and stood there blankly, falling into deep self-doubt.
"Am I really not much better than my father? Am I also a loser and a coward?! But I'm not afraid of death. I often fight against hungry wolves!"
“No matter how many times a person who is afraid of heights adapts to standing on the edge of a cliff, he will still be afraid of heights. As long as you are human, you will have emotions, and fear is an emotion.
So you have fought with the hungry wolf many times, but you still feel stage fright when facing a strong enemy.
Because you only defeated the wild wolf but did not defeat your cowardly self.
The fundamental reason is that you are not strong enough.
A person's weakness is like an armor that clings to the body. You can't feel it on weekdays, but when you want to make a move, you will suddenly find that you are restricted and you are so powerless. "
Bai Duo traveled between black and white, and experienced two lives as a human being, during which he encountered many life-and-death battles.
But when he faced those corpses that day, he still felt frightened.
Even the emperors of the human world would bow down and worship when they saw the gods and Buddhas all over the sky.
This is how people feel. Once something exceeds their understanding, they will feel at a loss and feel fear.
"Master, what should I do?" Song Qingwu looked confused in his eyes.
"Anyone's strength is accumulated over time and cannot be achieved overnight, including me. The reason why I have this strength is all due to diligence and hard work.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. From tomorrow on, I will officially start teaching you martial arts. "
