Chapter 36 end

Yue Dongbei sat across from Luo Fei with a stunned expression. He had just heard the other party tell the whole truth about the jihad and Li Yanhui's revenge story.For a long time after that, his eyes didn't blink, and he looked incredible. Luo Fei had long been used to Yue Dongbei's bluffing personality, and he waited quietly, waiting for the other party to make a passionate and afterthought speech after recovering his mind. But this time when the other party spoke, what they said was completely beyond Luo Fei's expectations. "Why didn't you take her away?" Yue Dongbei said in a daze.

"What?" Luo Fei didn't react for a while. "That girl, Xu Xiaowen, why didn't you take her away?" Yue Dongbei turned into a questioning tone, "You already know that it's a hypocritical scam, why didn't you expose it? Let such a kind girl bear such a burden." How can you bear the pain? As for Li Dingguo and Li Yanhui, how long will they bear their unjust reputation?" "I tell you everything because I hope you can rewrite the history related to Li Dingguo and let the world truly understand a hero—this is also Li Yanhui's wish during his lifetime. But you must abide by your previous promise and hide it from the book. Hamo Village, don’t let the world disturb their lives, including yourself.” After a moment of silence, Luo Fei continued, “As for Xu Xiaowen, it’s her own choice to stay in the village to keep that secret. The blood of the Hamo tribe is flowing, if she wants to ignore the joys and sorrows of the tribe, she can't do it..."

"She can't do it, but you can do it!" Yue Dongbei blushed, and interrupted the other party's words unceremoniously, "As long as you tell the truth, everything will be over, and there will be no more innocent and kind people." The person who wants to bear the heavy shackles. That girl trusts you, she likes you, if you know what to do to make her happy, why don't you do it? Of course, if you do, maybe she will hate you instead, but that What? You should help her! I really can't figure out that you left her there alone!" Yue Dongbei's words hit a sore spot in Luo Fei's heart, leaving him speechless.After a while, he forced a wry smile: "I understand what you mean, but... I can't do it, believe me, my desire to take her away is much stronger than yours, as long as she has a little hint, I will do it without hesitation; but her attitude is so resolute, this is a choice without right or wrong, and I, what right do I have to influence other people's lives because of my own selfish desires?"

"You will regret it." Yue Dongbei taught Luo Fei in the tone of an elder for the first time, "When you reach my age, maybe it won't take so long, you will regret it. With such a good girl, you once had a chance Determined the trajectory of her life, but you made the wrong choice. You will mutter to yourself when you drink too much, make assumptions that no longer make sense, cowardly and humble - no matter how many glorious experiences you have ,it's the same!" Cowardly and humble?It was the first time Luo Fei heard such an adjective on himself, his mind was a little confused, and his eyes became blank.

"Okay. I will completely rewrite the analysis of Li Dingguo's character, and I will keep my promise. But Officer Luo, today I have changed my usual view of you, and you have made me very disappointed in you." Yue Dongbei said angrily. After almost saying these words, he turned and left Luo Fei's office. After sitting blankly for a while, Luo Fei got up and walked to the window, letting the breeze blow over his cheeks, which made his mind slightly clearer.The day before he left Hamo village, he also persuaded Xu Xiaowen, and the conversation at that time seemed to still linger in his ears.

"Is it worth it for you to do this for a lie?" "If you only think about myself, of course it's not worth it... But, when I think of my sister, Li Yanhui, and those clansmen, what should I do? Do you think it's just a lie, or even hypocritical, ugly? That's because of you I don’t know our village yet. Have you seen Mengsha lying under the bridge hole in the county seat? Have you seen the tragedy of the people who fled the village when their faith was shaken? We are different from you in the outside world , many people do not have faith, you can still live. As for the Hamo people, we have nothing to be proud of except that belief. Even if that belief is just an illusory castle in the air, but the tribe needs it, if this pillar It collapsed, and what awaits us is an unimaginably miserable fate."

When Xu Xiaowen said "you" and "we", her tone was so decisive, as if an insurmountable gap had been drawn between the two.Even after many days, when I think about it, it still makes Luo Fei feel a dull pain in his heart. Luo Fei took a deep breath, and looked at the distant sky. Under this brilliant blue sky, how many people are still living by relying on the power of lies? First draft in Yanjiao on October 27, 2006