Chapter 37 Chapter 36: The Mysterious Nangong Chou

There is no real "absolute" thing in the world. If you look at the same thing from different angles, you will often come to different conclusions. If there is a traveler who gets lost in the barren mountains and knocks on the door in the middle of the night to ask for a place to stay, as long as you have a little compassion, you should "absolutely" take him in. If it is a masked man in black, it is not certain whether you will take him in or not. Even if you take him in, you should "absolutely" be wary, more or less always be on guard. But if the man in black who came here had done his best for you and helped you last night, wouldn't the situation be completely different?

Circumstances are different, and practices will of course change. Only principles are constant. Some people have certain principles no matter what they do or how they do it. What is Guo Dalu's principle? It is easy for them to forget the hatred of others, but it is difficult to forget the kindness of others. As long as you have been kind to them, no matter what the circumstances, they will definitely find ways to repay you. As long as they have promised, no matter what the circumstances, they will definitely find a way to do it. Do it even if it breaks your head. They will never find excuses to shirk their responsibilities, let alone renege on their own cheek.

No matter what kind of things they encounter, they will never escape. In the middle of the night, someone knocked on the door again. The knock on the door was urgent. The first person to hear the knock on the door might be Yan Qi or Wang Dong, but the first person to answer the door must be Guo Dalu. It was the mysterious man in black from last night who came. He was still standing there like a ghost, and slowly said: "I lost my way in the barren mountain, I missed the place, I wonder if I can spend the night here?" Guo Dalu smiled and said: "Yes, of course I can, not to mention staying overnight, even if I stay here for a year, it will be fine."

The man in black said: "Is there really no problem?" Guo Dalu said: "There is no problem at all, no matter whether you missed Sutou or not, you can come anytime, we welcome you anytime." The man in black said: "Although your Excellency is like this, I'm afraid that others..." Guo Dalu hurriedly said: "The others are the same, since you are here, you are our guest." The man in black asked, "What kind of guest?" Guo Dalu said: "We have only one kind of guests." The man in black said: "There are many kinds of masters."

Guo Dalu said: "Oh?" The man in black said: "There is a kind of master who will chase away guests at any time." Guo Dalu smiled and said: "There is absolutely no place like that kind of master. As long as you enter this door, unless you are willing to go out, no one will ask you to leave." The man in black suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "It seems that I did not knock on the wrong door." Then he walked in slowly, across the yard and onto the corridor. His gait remained the same, his appearance remained the same, but at least one thing had changed—he had become more talkative.

In this moment, he said two or three times more than last night combined. ※※※ Although the night is very deep, there are still two or three rooms with lights on. Lin Taiping seemed to be still reading. What about Yan Qi? No one ever knew what he was doing in the house, because he always liked to close the doors and windows tightly. The man in black looked at the light on the window, and suddenly said, "All your friends live there?" Guo Dalu nodded and said with a smile: "I live in the last room, the closest to the place to eat." In the last room, not only was the light still on, but the door was also open.

The man in black walked over and stood at the door. After a long time, he said slowly: "Although you haven't said something, you must have known it for a long time." Guo Dalu said: "What matter?" The man in black said: "No one can really sleep standing up." Guo Dalu laughed and said, "It's hard to even sit and sleep." Looking through the open door, you can see a large bed in the room. The man in black looked at the bed, sighed again, and said, "But there are still some things that you probably don't know." Guo Dalu said: "Oh?"

The man in black said slowly: "Your Excellency will never know how long it has been since I have slept peacefully for a night in such a big bed." Guo Dalu smiled and said, "I really don't know about this matter, but I know about another matter." The man in black said: "Oh?" Guo Dalu said: "I know you will be able to sleep peacefully on this bed tonight." The man in black suddenly turned his head and said, "Really?" Guo Dalu said: "Of course it is true." The man in black said: "Your Excellency, can I sleep until dawn?"

Guo Dalu smiled and said, "It's okay even if you sleep until noon, I guarantee that no one will disturb you." The man in black looked at him, his eyes were shining, he suddenly gave a long bow, without saying anything else, he strode in and closed the door. Then, the lights in the house went out. The lights had been off for a long time before Guo Dalu turned around slowly and sat on the stone steps in front of the porch outside the door. It is not that there are no other vacant rooms and other vacant beds in Fugui Villa. But he decided to sit here, as if he was ready to watch the night for the man in black.