"What?" The three of them, including Haitang, looked horrified.
"Really, go find Heizi first, and then I'm going to apologize to my uncle." I took the three girls and went out.
"What do you mean? You mean my uncle is nearby?" Haitang grabbed me excitedly.
"Don't ask, you will understand soon. Take me to find Heizi." I said and looked at Zhou Jiaonan.
With Zhou Jiaonan leading us, we trotted along and no one stopped us.
Heizi, who was pacing back and forth in the corridor, jumped down from the second floor when he saw us running towards us.
"Woof..." Dahei cursed and ran down the stairs, barking at Heizi several times.
"What happened?" Heizi looked at me first, curious about my injury.
"Zhou Jiaonan, what is the name of the master next to your grandfather?" My mind suddenly turned.
"I don't know. I asked, but he didn't tell me, and neither did grandpa." Zhou Jiaonan shook his head.
"Let's go, let's go find him." This was a big deal, so I quickly urged him.
"Do you want to become his teacher? It's impossible. He was not willing to teach me when I asked him to teach me, and I can only see him once in many years." Zhou Jiaonan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Don't worry about this for now. Take me to find him first." I was so excited that I almost jumped.
"Okay, okay, I'll take you there. He usually only stays with grandpa." Zhou Jiaonan said and turned around and ran away.
In this place, I really don't dare to wander around without her.
This time it's not the same helipad as yesterday. It looks like a dormitory, but the place is not big, only three floors smaller, but there are surprisingly many guards.
And the guards here don't look ordinary either.
"Grandpa..." Zhou Jiaonan stood in front of a door on the third floor and knocked on the door.
"Come in." A familiar voice came.
Zhou Jiaonan pushed open the door and saw that her uncle was playing chess with her grandfather. I don't know why these people all like to play chess, and they are all very good at it.
Zhou Jiaonan and her grandfather looked at me with a smile, and the man also looked at us in a panic with some confusion.
"Disciple Zhang Tianyi, pay my respects to my uncle." I said and knelt down directly towards the man.
The rest of the people were also dumbfounded, and Haitang was the first to react.
"Niece Haitang, meet my uncle." Haitang also knelt down with a cry.
Everyone understood it now, and they knelt down one by one to sign up, and naturally Zhou Jiaonan did the same.
But compared to the look in Zhou Jiaonan's grandfather's eyes, the look in his uncle Yu Shangfeng's eyes was even more shocked.
"What did you call me?" Yu Shangfeng looked at Haitang with a trembling voice.
"Uncle." Haitang said with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes.
"My senior brother...you are..." Yu Shangfeng was completely incoherent.
"Yes, I am his biological daughter." Haitang wiped the tears from her eyes excitedly.
"He told you about me?" Yu Shangfeng still had the slightest aura of master at this moment, and tears were already sliding down the corners of his eyes.
"As I said, dad also said that he was sorry for you, that he regretted it, and that he also wanted to find your whereabouts..." Haitang's words were slightly different from what he said to me, but that's what he meant.
"I'm sorry for him too..." Yu Shangfeng knelt on the ground and hugged Haitang, sobbing.
Maybe I can really feel that warmth. Although there is no blood relationship between the brothers, based on the master's personality, I believe that he and his uncle must be closer than brothers.
Haitang's eyes were filled with tears at this moment, and the two nephews could no longer talk to each other. Each of them cried harder than the other.
"What's going on?" Zhou Jiaonan and her grandfather probably had never seen Yu Shangfeng like this before, so she stood up from her seat in surprise.
"Get up, get up..." Yu Shangfeng realized that he was losing his temper and quickly helped us all up.
"These are all my senior brother's apprentices." Yu Shangfeng looked at Zhou Jiaonan and her grandfather and proudly introduced us.
"Jiaonan, you too?" Her grandfather naturally looked at Zhou Jiaonan first.
"Yes, Xiaotian is my senior brother, these two are my senior sisters, he is my junior brother, and there is Dahei. Dahei and I are equal in size." Zhou Jiaonan's eyes when looking at Dahei were still so gentle.
"Wow..." Dahei seemed to agree with Zhou Jiaonan's statement and shouted happily.
"I'm your junior brother?" Heizi frowned.
"Have you forgotten that we competed and made a bet?" Zhou Jiaonan raised his eyebrows and looked at Heizi proudly.
"Yes, I admit..." Heizi turned his head helplessly, his eyes full of bitterness.
"Then it seems like I really can't keep you." Her grandfather looked at Zhou Jiaonan with a wry smile.
"Grandpa..." Zhou Jiaonan's face no longer had the complaint of yesterday, and it was obvious that he was acting coquettishly when he said this.
"You uncle and nephew meet each other, let's go and reminisce about old times. Xiaotian, you stay here, I have something to tell you." I was still wondering if something happened to my grandfather and grandson when I was in a coma, but her grandfather's words scared me. I was inspired.
"You guys talk slowly." Unexpectedly, Zhou Jiaonan looked relaxed and pulled everyone out of the door.
"Thank you..." When he reached the door, Yu Shangfeng turned around and smiled and threw these words at me.
The door was closed and I stood in front of the table. My hands couldn't help but grasp the corners of my clothes. I didn't dare to look at Lao Zhou's eyes because yesterday, I really lost.
"Sit down, don't be restrained." Lao Zhou noticed my embarrassment and his smile became kind again.
"Well, okay." I glanced at Lao Zhou nervously and sat obediently where Yu Shangfeng had been.
"Can you play chess?" Lao Zhou raised his hand to play chess, and I didn't hear any displeasure in his voice.
"Yes, but I don't play well." I was curious about why they liked playing chess so much, but now was not the time to ask.
"Have you ever played against Lao Zhou? There's a bit of his influence in your game." After playing chess for a while, Lao Zhou in front of him asked with a smile.
"Well, Heizi and I occasionally take Dahei to drink with him." Unknowingly, the atmosphere became a lot more relaxed, and I relaxed a lot.
"Do you know why we like to play chess?" Lao Zhou suddenly sat up straight and looked at me directly.
"I want to ask, but I don't dare to ask." I also put down the chess piece and assumed a respectful posture.
"Life is like chess, and the battlefield is like chess. It changes rapidly. Sometimes you have to know the trade-offs and the choices, but there is only one purpose." After finishing speaking, Lao Zhou looked at me.
These words sounded very straightforward, but I didn't understand the deeper meaning, so I had to think hard.
"I can't think of it." Lao Zhou didn't push him, but as time passed, I still had no answer, so I had to look at Lao Zhou.
"Keep the veteran and destroy the enemy, general." Lao Zhou smiled and picked up a chess piece, which fell to the general.
"I seem to understand a little bit, but not completely..." In front of Lao Zhou, I don't need to be hypocritical, I tell the truth.
"What is the purpose of your Taoism?" Lao Zhou did not answer my question directly.
"I feel ashamed to say it. In fact, I embarked on this road to find a way to escape from the ghost's hands. After walking for a long time, I found that there are many things that are more important than escaping from the ghost's hands." I didn't expect that I would treat Lao Zhou Say these words, these words I have never said to anyone.
"Isn't this the point of playing chess?" Lao Zhou smiled.
"You mean choice? Trade-off?" I suddenly realized.
"If one day you were asked to choose between your partner and your ghost hand, how would you choose?" Lao Zhou still did not answer my question directly.
"Do you mean to escape from the ghost hands, or to save them?" I asked in confusion.
"Yes." Lao Zhou nodded.
"Save them." I didn't hesitate at all.
"I came here this time because of the exercise. When I learned that Jiao Nan was here, I just had a chat with her and met her parents." Lao Zhou suddenly changed the subject, which made me a little confused. Could it be? He is not satisfied with my answer?
"Have you ever encountered the evil ways of Japan?" Before I could recover, Lao Zhou's question came again.
"I don't want to lie. I have encountered it before, and we are not opponents. At that time, everyone was on the verge of life and death. Fortunately, there was one person who helped me..." I still couldn't say the word friend. Regarding Wu Ma Sheng, I don't know how. Describe our relationship.
"This path was chosen by Jiaonan herself. I will not be selfish enough to ask you to choose between your life and hers. I only hope that if one day comes, you can do your best to protect her and yourself." .." Lao Zhou suddenly spoke seriously, and whenever he mentioned Zhou Jiaonan, his eyes would be filled with soft light.
Save Zhou Jiaonan, save everyone, no one needs to mention it, but Lao Zhou's last sentence, "Save yourself too," made me stunned.
It seems that along the way, I have never cared about my own life or death.
