Wei Mengying was the only one in the room, lying quietly on the bed, looking at the dark night outside the window. Her face was reflected in the window, as well as the layout of the room and the door that was slowly opened.
Xu Joy came in from outside and walked to Wei Mengying's window, "You should give him a chance to explain."
"Look at him, has he ever thought about explaining? We have met many times, and he has saved many times. I have always regarded him as a friend, but he has never thought about explaining." Wei Mengying looked out the window, A mirrored room is like having a conversation with another self.
Wei Mengying was also struggling in her heart. She did not believe that Lin Zihan was the beast that caused the fire and the murderer who killed her parents. When she heard the news, Wei Mengying felt as if her world was falling apart. Average.
When she came to Nandu alone, Wei Mengying did not expect to meet someone who could make her feel warm, nor did she expect that she would meet this person so many times and face the danger of life and death with him so many times. Meet in...
But just like that, Lin Zihan, whom Wei Mengying regarded as a close friend, was the real murderer of her parents, and the god of death, Ye Mei, who caused that nightmare fire.
"Actually, he might just be tough-talking. He is not bad at heart. What if it was just an accident? After all, I heard that the military also intervened in that incident."
Xu Joey stayed by Wei Mengying's bedside, never leaving.
"If it was really an accident, then why didn't he explain it clearly? After all this time, he never mentioned it, and he didn't show the slightest regret."
Xu Joy's words of persuasion also seemed like Wei Mengying's own inner struggle. She still didn't want to believe the truth. However, Lin Zihan had no intention of explaining this, and even said it bluntly. This gave Wei Mengying her last glimmer of hope. Broken.
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At the gate of Nandu University of Science and Technology, perhaps due to the impact of the war, there were only a few people hurriedly walking in front of the school gate, which was still bustling at night.
Lin Zihan stood at the school gate for a long time, so long that Lin Zihan felt that his legs were numb.
"The government in Nandu is still so rotten, but the school has a greater sense of crisis." Lin Zihan recalled that five days had passed since he arrived in Nandu. In these short five days, the news about the Federation There have been no less than a dozen large-scale battles between the army and the coalition army.
Looking at the laboratory building, there are not many laboratories with lights on now. Looking at the street lights, they are not like the ones that illuminate the wide road leading to the office building all day long. There are only a few lights dimly on. .
"Hello, I am a student at Nandu University of Science and Technology. I forgot to bring my student ID card." Lin Zihan looked at the security guard in the security hall at the door. He seemed to be on duty for a long time and was very haggard.
"Go in, go in." The security guard just glanced at Lin Zihan and said perfunctorily, without questioning Lin Zihan's identity as before.
"Thank you!" Lin Zihan politely thanked him and walked towards the campus. In the harsh winter and spring days, there are some bare tree branches on the campus, and some evergreen trees on the roadside, which are the few green trees that can be seen. .
"Yeah..." The crows of crows came from the top of the tree from time to time. Lin Zihan followed the sound and could see the crows in the dark night.
These night crows usually appear on the battlefield after the war. After the catastrophe, night crows that have not been infected with the virus are indeed rare. Lin Zihan has lived on this campus for so long and has never seen a night crow.
Walking alone on campus, Lin Zihan wandered around aimlessly, from the school gate to the grove deep in the campus, from the east campus to the west campus, from the biotechnology laboratory building to the exoskeleton test site.
Lin Zihan looked at the school. There were very few people there. It was so few that it didn't look like an institution of higher learning, but rather like a declining aristocratic school. No one was interested in it anymore. The few people he saw were also in a hurry, with expressions written on their faces. Full of fatigue and ennui.
"Hello, this is the assigned personal laboratory building. You are not allowed to enter casually." The security guard at the door did not raise his head, and his hoarse voice stopped Lin Zihan who was about to walk in.
"Uncle Li, it's me." Lin Zihan looked at Uncle Li who was immersed in reading the newspaper in the foyer of the laboratory building, with a heartfelt smile on his lips.
"It's your boy, you still know how to come back and see me, a bad old man." Uncle Li also showed a knowing smile on his wrinkled face, and walked out of the hall, looking like he was Lin Zihan, who has grown a bit.
"It looks like he has matured a lot, and his face is less energetic than before." Uncle Li looked at Lin Zihan's face while walking, and straightened his rickety body.
"Uncle Li, you don't seem to have changed much, you are still as strong and strong as ever." Lin Zihan looked at Uncle Li, his steps were still fast, without any stumbling that he should have at that age.
"Haha..." Uncle Li smiled, and his steps seemed to be much slower. "It's not as good as it was back then. Although I can still walk as fast as I can now, it's really not as good as before." Uncle Li boasted immodestly.
"Let's go and sit under the ginkgo tree outside." Uncle Li pointed to the thick ginkgo tree in the square in front of the laboratory building. The wooden chair under the tree is still there. Uncle Li wipes it every day and it is spotless.
"Yeah." Lin Zihan responded softly, waited until Uncle Li walked past him, then followed Uncle Li to the wooden chair and sat down.
"What have you been busy with these days? I haven't seen you kid for more than a year." Uncle Li looked at Lin Zihan, his face full of kindness and pride. Maybe this old man really regarded Lin Zihan as his own. Children.
"I joined the army, and then the Allied Army rebelled, so I lived alone in the wilderness area and hung out with some wilderness hunters for a while." Lin Zihan said simply. He thought maybe Uncle Li wouldn't know this, so he didn't elaborate. , what's more, he didn't want Uncle Li to think that he was in league with the hunter. After all, in the eyes of many people, the hunter was just a bandit.
"Then why do you dare to go back to Nandu now? Didn't it mean that you were already on the wanted order issued by Nandu?" Uncle Li took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, and it was Lin Zihan's wanted order printed on it. .
"I didn't expect that in this day and age, I would actually be wanted on a paper warrant." Lin Zihan smiled bitterly and took off his disguise. He thought that no one would remember it. Maybe if the security guard at the school gate was more serious, he would have taken off his disguise. Report the news to the security bureau, and then wait for the 10 million reward.
"I know, how dare you come back without pretending." Uncle Li's tone sounded like a scolding, but more like concern and concern for Lin Zihan.
"It's okay, I have a hidden identity, the military adviser of the Empire Federation." Lin Zihan didn't hide it. He didn't want to wear the mask anymore at this moment. It was too tiring. What's more, no matter how good the mask is, it will eventually be taken off. At that time, maybe The most painful.
"Why, it looks like you have encountered something unpleasant?" Uncle Li saw Lin Zihan sighing and looking a little unhappy when he spoke, and his whole person shivered.
"Yes, I originally wanted to say goodbye completely when I came to Nandu, and start over from my past in Longcheng, but I didn't expect that those damn memories would catch up with me again, and I would throw them away no matter how hard I tried." Lin Zihan said, and the past that made him feel most clearly that he could not get rid of was Wei Mengying.
"Get rid of the memories of the past?" Uncle Li repeated Lin Zihan's words, looking at the dozen or so stars that lit up in the dark night, only a dozen or so stars.
"Why do you want to get rid of it? The past is in the past and cannot be changed. Even if you get rid of it, it still exists, right?" Uncle Li suddenly asked, his eyes still locked on the brightest star under the night. .
"Maybe it's because that past made me unable to face someone important to me. Maybe it's because that past was so unbearable that even I didn't want to look directly at it." Lin Zihan closed his eyes and looked peacefully. Lying on the wooden chair, he emptied his mind and body, and also let go of the last defense in his heart. Only here would Lin Zihan feel at ease, and only then would he really close his spiritual eyes.
"But it was that past that made you who you are now. If you lose the past, you will become incomplete. Just like an antique, without the traces left by the years, it will lose its meaning." Uncle Li used it. An inappropriate metaphor answered Lin Zihan's question.
"But Uncle Li, didn't you also say that you didn't dare to face that failure, so you came to Nandu and worked as a security guard in this school." Lin Zihan looked at the wrinkled face. With an old face, the white hair on the temples is even whiter. There are only a few black hairs on the top of Uncle Li's head.
"Yes, I have been hiding for a long time, but I still dare not face that failure, because that time we lost the last chance." Uncle Li regretted regretfully, with a crystal teardrop in the corner of his eye. Following the ravine, he slowly landed on the wooden chair.
Lin Zihan didn't know what kind of experience it was that made an old man who was nearly eighty years old still shed such tears and make it so sad to talk about it.
"Uncle Li, have you ever thought about whether your choice would change if you had to do it over again?" Seeing the tears in the corners of Uncle Li's eyes gradually drying up, Lin Zihan continued to ask. This is also the easiest answer in Lin Zihan's heart. .
Lin Zihan once believed that every decision he made would not be regretted, nor would it be changed due to the consequences. But seeing Wei Mengying's cold eyes, Lin Zihan was shaken, and the strongest defense in Lin Zihan's heart was loosened. .
"There is no chance to do it over again, so maybe we shouldn't regret it, because after making a choice, we should bear the consequences." Uncle Li suddenly became serious, his voice was hoarse but full of power. That feeling made Lin Zihan couldn't help but glance at Uncle Li a few more times.
"Is Uncle Li really an eighty-year-old man?" Lin Zihan's eyes fell on Uncle Li in confusion. He could feel that Uncle Li suddenly became excited, even much younger, like a general standing on the battlefield. Usually, a final passionate shout is given.
"I think we all shouldn't blame ourselves for the past that we can't go back to. Compared with the unacceptable consequences, doing our best to face the future and welcome the next life may be the best choice." Uncle Li He said and waved his hand.
Lin Zihan's keen eyes saw the scar on Uncle Li's palm. More than a year had passed, and it was still so dazzling and obvious.
That night, Lin Zihan sat under the ginkgo tree, sat on a wooden chair, and sat on the campus of Nandu University of Science and Technology, looking at the place where he once lived. Those were his best years, without killing or deception. No war, no blood...
Lin Zihan and Uncle Li talked for a long time, a long time...
It wasn't until the sky got slightly brighter that Lin Zihan returned to the hotel.
