Qiao Yan looked at the marshal with his head as big as a bucket, and the marshal was always impartial.
But Qiao Yan also had his own considerations.
He stood upright, without his usual indecency, and solemnly gave a military salute to the Marshal: "Marshal, I did something wrong in this matter. I am willing to accept the internal investigation and bear all the consequences." Bo
Lun Te's complexion finally improved.
Qiao Yan continued: "But I think the matter should be done urgently. Under the circumstances at that time, we had the few versus the many, and the underground arena wanted our lives. When we couldn't even guarantee our own safety, we had the right to do so. Right to take some extreme measures to protect ourselves."
Qiao Yan said frankly: "So I insist that we should not punish Xia Yi for this matter." What Qiao Yan did
not say is that he saw the imprint on Xia Yi, Xia Yi Yi was also a slave and one of the victims, so he felt that Xia Yi should not be punished for this incident.
Federal law protects the rights of victims. He did not violate the intent of the federal law.
But this involves Xia Yi's privacy, and he has no right to say it.
Berent looked carefully at Qiao Yan and asked sharply: "Are you insisting? What are you insisting on?"
Qiao Yan nodded without hesitation: "I insist on the reputation of a federal soldier."
Berent sighed in disappointment, He closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead.
Compared with Xia Yi's killing itself, he actually cares more about Xia Yi's attitude towards killing.
Even a soldier who has been on the battlefield for a long time can't kill a person indifferently, but Xia Yi can.
Xia Yi gave him the feeling that the whole person was outside the normal social order, ignorant of social order, and had no respect for it.
He couldn't agree with Xia Yi's attitude towards life, but Xia Yi's ability was very powerful. This makes him like a wild beast in an extraterritorial place, once out of control, he will definitely devour everyone around him.
Berent opened his eyes and made a decision. He said to Qiao Yan: "Okay, but—" He turned around, his eyes flashed
and said: "Xia Yi must not enter the expeditionary army."
Come over and say in shock: "Marshal! No—"
"I've already decided." Berent interrupted and sat down tiredly. The marshal, who has always been known for his toughness, showed a rare fatigue and said, "Qiao Yan, go away." Come on, don't make me regret it."
Qiao Yan gritted his teeth and could only close the door and leave.
"Ah--" Xia Yi sneezed hard.
Under the square, Xia Yi held Twenty-Three in one hand, holding a large handful of popcorn in his arms.
Next to him, Eno was holding a big marshmallow.
A three-day carnival celebration was held in the school, and the square was transformed into a market centered on the statue of Marshal Wien, with small stalls of various classes and organizations on both sides. Eno's cotton candy and Xia Yi's popcorn come from the market.
Both Xia Yi and Twenty-Three were wearing retro white shirts, champagne-colored vests, usually unruly black hair, neatly combed behind their heads, and dark brown champagne hats on their heads, they looked like dogs, It was Heinz's handwriting.
Twenty-three single-armed Xia Yi's half-human-tall bear puppet that Xia Yi had just won for him by throwing darts, looked nervously at the crowd around him, carefully pinched Xia Yiyi's finger, and hid behind Xia Yi .
Rarely did he see so many people.
Many Omegas around looked at the two and secretly smiled.
Twenty-Three looked up at Xia Yi puzzledly, pursed his lips and said, "They are so strange."
"People here are very strange." Without showing the majesty of a parent, he coughed lightly, and said to Twenty-Three seriously, "Just get used to it."
Twenty-Three didn't know if he listened, and couldn't help turning his head and asking anxiously: "Where's Heinz?"
"It's almost there." Xia Yi couldn't help but look at the time. Not long ago, Heinz said that he was already on the way, and they would send Twenty-Three to Qiao Yan's house later. Then they went to Mrs. He Qing's house as a guest, and they made an appointment to meet here.
Xia Yi glanced at the crowd, and finally a familiar figure appeared in the crowd. His eyes lit up, he bent the corner of his mouth, stretched out his chin and pointed there, and said, "Here we are." Yinuo, who saw this scene next to him, was
sad Sighing, looking at Xia Yi shaking his head straight, Xia Zai looked at Colonel Heinz's and his eyes were shining, he was more excited than seeing delicious iced mint tea.
Is this all right?
His cub!
Ino looked towards the crowd.
In the vast crowd, Colonel Heinz has a peculiar charm that can always be noticed at a glance. The blond man, handsome and tall, looked at Xia Zai with a smile, and came slowly from the crowd.
Xia Zai waited a little impatiently, and waved his hand at Colonel Heinz as if beckoning a cat to tease a dog.
Colonel Heinz shook his head helplessly, and even stepped up to walk from the crowd.
Colonel Heinz was still wearing the military uniform of the Expeditionary Force, his footsteps were hurried but not flustered, and his demeanor was extraordinary, but Ino always felt inexplicably familiar and deja vu.
An idea flashed in Ino's mind, and he looked up at the statue of Marshal Wayne next to them.
The tens-of-meter-tall statue actually doesn't give you a full view, and you can only vaguely see the general in the uniform of the expeditionary army with his cape fluttering, looking to the north.
However, Heinz gives people a feeling that is surprisingly similar to the temperament of the statue.
He couldn't help but said to Xia Yi: "Heinz Wayne, Colonel Heinz and Marshal Wayne have the same name." "
Yes." Xia Yi took out a candy from the iron box in his arms, bad He threw his thoughts into the open-mouthed eyes waiting to eat twenty-three mouths, stuffed another one into his own mouth, and said casually and vaguely: "The name Heinz is too common, among ten people in the federation There must be one with this name, even our school has many.”
After the death of Marshal Heinz Wien, in memory of him, many people in the Federation named their children with this name.
Yeah, coincidence.
Ino patted his head and shook his head, what was he thinking.
Colonel Heinz over there has already taken a large handful of popcorn from Xia Yi's hand, and helped Xia Yi straighten his forever wrinkled collar. The teddy bear he was also interested in.
After saying goodbye to Ino, the three of them left.
The little child in the middle held the corner of Xia Yi's clothes with one hand, and Heinz with the other. Throw it to Heinz.
Ino stood there and sighed.
Xia Zai was eaten to death by Colonel Heinz like this.
As soon as he looked up, he just saw something in the left hand of the statue of Marshal Wayne hanging by his side. After looking for a long time, he vaguely saw the corner of a square box, faintly revealing the pattern of flowers and plants that seemed familiar.
He couldn't help asking: "What is this?"
A classmate he knew happened to pass by, and the classmate pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose and said, "Ah, this is a mysterious iron box. Many people say that Marshal Wayne retired and took this iron box with him. Some people say that it contains the biggest secret of the entire Federation, and it is very important. I will look for it—” The classmate took out the communicator and found the iron
box He showed the photo to Eno: "You look like this. Many historians are curious about what is hidden inside." The classmate with eyes is obviously a top student, chattering non-stop.
However, Yinuo was stunned when he saw it—
isn't this the box that Xia Zai carried with him?
The classmate saw that Ino was silent and said, "Do you like it? There are many imitations now, if you like it, you can buy one." Ino pursed his lips and said nothing. He looked up
at the statue behind him, and there was silence in the square. And the tall statue silently watched the direction where Xia Zai and Colonel Heinz disappeared, as if they had been silently watching them leave.
The place where Mrs. He Qing invited them was not far from the academy.
It was Clovis who opened the door. There was a bandage on his arm. He was also injured that day and bled a lot. He just came out of the hospital today. He was not surprised to see Xia Yi. Instead, he whispered quickly as if he had been rehearsing for a long time. Said: "Thank you."
Xia Yi raised his eyebrows and said: "You're welcome."
In the living room, Xia Yi unexpectedly saw an old acquaintance, Dr. He with gray hair sitting in the middle of the sofa, holding an old yellow cat , saw Xia Yi coming and smiled and said: "You are here."
Clovis was about to introduce: "Grandpa, this is—"
The old man held the cat and pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose and said, "It's Xia Yi, We already know each other."
As Xia Yi's former attending doctor, the old man glanced back and forth between Xia Yi and Heinz beside him, and his relief flashed by.
The feeling of these two people is completely different from the beginning.
Fortunately, fortunately, otherwise he was really worried that Heinz would not be able to hold on any longer.
"Hello, Doctor He." After Xia Yi was surprised, he nodded obediently towards Doctor He.
It turns out that Dr. He is Clovis' grandfather.
Dr. He stretched out his hand to signal for Xia Yi to pass. Xia Yi walked over obediently. He respected the school professors and those who knew a lot of knowledge like Heinz.
Of course, except Wu Bald.
He sat next to Dr. He and looked around.
The house is old, but the decoration is very classic and warm. There is an oil painting hanging in the middle of the living room. In the oil painting, Dr. He and an old woman are sitting on a chair with not yet white hair, and a little yellow cat is squatting in the middle of the chair. They each held a baby who had just turned one year old in their arms.
One redhead, one brunette.
Xia Yi looked at Clovis's red hair, then at the painting, and there was a vague resemblance, the one with the red hair was Clovis.
Who is the other one?
Dr. He took a careful look at Xia Yi, nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Heinz and said, "The situation is much more stable. No matter what, the temporary mark is better than the constant injection of inhibitors." It seems that
their The situation should be some short-term temporary marking.
Xia Yi blushed slightly, feeling that Dr. He seemed to have something to say. Fortunately, He Qing came out wearing an apron
at this time. He took the bouquet prepared by Heinz and put it in a glass bottle on the side.
Qing is a little less elegant, but more gentle, which belongs to the unique gentleness of the elderly.
Sitting next to Xia Yi, she said softly to Xia Yi: "Brent will not come tonight."
She heard Qiao Yan say something when he complained, and she vaguely guessed that Xia Yi might not like her bad temper husband.
Xia Yi couldn't help but look at her.
He Qing blinked playfully and said in a voice that could only be heard by two people: "I know you don't like him, don't worry I don't like him either, today there is no him, only us.
" Shangzheng was about to say generously that he didn't really mind whether Marshal Berent was there or not.
Suddenly something was pulling and pulling under his feet.
Xia Yi lowered his head, and saw a yellow cat with a dull coat biting his trouser leg, struggling to climb onto his knee. Xia Yi stretched out his hand, and the yellow cat impatiently rubbed its head back and forth against Xia Yi's hand, hugged Xia Yi with its paws, and meowed hoarsely, as if it wanted to be coquettish.
He Qing raised his head in surprise, and said to Xia Yi, "Didi likes you very much."
Xia Yi held the yellow cat in his arms with one hand, and said with faint pride in his voice, "Cats like me very much." .”
When he was wandering on Pirate Star, he even used cats to help him fight wild dogs.
He had never seen a cat that didn't want to please him in all his life.
He Qing smiled and said: "You don't know, Didi is old, outsiders don't even lift his eyelids, and only Dad and Clovis can hold him at home." He Qing didn't say anything, but Xia Yi also
felt I realized that although the cat in my arms was well taken care of, it was as thin as a stick in my arms, and its hair showed a kind of life force that had reached the extreme decay. At this moment, Didi curled up in Xia Yi's arms, and kept rubbing against Xia Yi. Yi's face, meowing all the time -
as if communicating with Xia Yi.
And Xia Yi also inexplicably heard a trace of grievance from the cat's voice.
He quickly hugged the cat to comfort him.
Clovis held out his hand to Dee Dee jealously and said, "Come here."
Dee Dee had grown up with him, and Dee Dee was the best for him.
Didi looked up at him, then continued to rub against Xia Yi.
Clovis put his hand in front of Didi again in self-indulgent humiliation.
This time, Didi didn't even give him a look.
Clovis said unhappily: "Didi liked me the most since I was a child."
As soon as he said this, even Dr. He couldn't help laughing.
The old servant who was helping them pour fruit tea couldn't help but said: "Master Clovis, you are wrong, you are not the person Didi likes the most." Halfway through her speech, she seemed to realize something was wrong. What should be said is general, dare not say any more.
But it was too late, the lively living room seemed to freeze, only Didi's meowing remained.
The old servant realized that he had said something wrong, and quickly looked at He Qing.
Doctor He's expression was gloomy, but he still insisted and said to Clovis, "Why did you forget that Didi's favorite is your brother, no matter how naughty Ah Wei was when he was young, and how he grabbed Didi's hair, Didi never You will be angry, but you have eaten Didi's claws, have you forgotten?"
Although Ah Wei is an older brother, he was born much smaller than Clovis, malnourished, thin and small, three days Both ends are sick.
The couple had nothing to do at the border all year round, so they taught Ah Wei to raise him.
His wife had just passed away at that time, and his heart was ashamed.
Seeing the little sick Awei, he felt a little angry. He tried so hard to make the thin and small child eat a little more every day. Couldn't sleep all night.
He rummaged through all the books, thought for a while, and finally chose the word Wei, hoping that Ah Wei's name would be lighter and he could be brought up smoothly.
And Didi grew up with A Wei since he was a child, just like A Wei's brother, always by A Wei's side.
Clovis pursed his lips and wanted to argue with Dr. He, but before he could speak, He Qing interrupted.
"That's right. Didi likes your brother better." He Qing smiled and turned to Clovis and said, "I forgot, Clovis, go and help me see how the muffins are." He Qing's voice Although gentle, it has a taste that cannot be rejected.
Clovis stood up unconvinced, without speaking, and walked towards the kitchen dully.
His elder brother is a taboo in this family.
Under this taboo, he is the only one who retreats every time.
It can only be him.
At this time, the door suddenly moved.
Everyone looked over. It turned out to be Berent back.
He Qing stood up, glanced at his father quickly, and asked a little embarrassedly: "Why are you back today?"
Berent would not come here normally.
Counting it, Berent has not set foot here for six or seven years.
Berent glanced at Dr. He, and the Marshal, who always showed toughness, hesitated for a while before saying: "I finished work early today, so I came to see you and Dad." He knew that his wife and son were here today, but
he Didn't know that Xia Yi and Heinz were also there.
Berent looked at Dr. He for a long time before asking, "Father, how are you?"
Unexpectedly, Dr. He turned his head and asked Heinz, "How are you at school?" He didn't even make sense Liberant.
Clovis came out, saw this scene, squeezed his palms tightly, took a deep breath, and reluctantly said to He Qing: "Mom, the kitchen is ready."
He Qing stood up and took Berent's arm Said: "You don't tell me when you come, since you are here, let's have dinner together, Heinz is also your subordinate."
She said the last sentence to her father. For so many years, my father never forgave Berent, and usually wouldn't even let Berent in. This time, I don't know if it will be for the sake of having guests.
Doctor He kept a cold face, but did not refute.
He Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled Berent in.
In the restaurant, Xia Yi was still holding Didi in his arms.
Didi lay quietly and curled up on Xia Yi's lap, sleeping soundly.
Dr. He said with relief: "It's rare to see Didi sleep so peacefully. Alas, Didi will be nineteen years old next month. I don't know if he can wait until then."
Didi is already an old cat. In the past six months, he has become weaker and weaker day by day.
Xia Yi rubbed Didi's forehead, even in his sleep, Didi still gently rubbed against Xia Yi in response: "Didi has been working hard."
For a cat, nineteen years old is almost It's the limit, he just fed Didi, Didi is already having difficulty eating, and he didn't eat much, but Dr. He said that this is considered too much.
The scrawny cat held on to his breath, struggling to stay alive.
Dr. He was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help touching Didi and said, "Yeah, it's also been working hard waiting with me."
In the restaurant, the servants set out the bowls and chopsticks.
However, although there were only six people, the servants brought seven sets of tableware.
When putting on the seventh set, the servant looked at Dr. He and Berent hesitantly.
But Dr. He lightly ordered: "Put it next to Clovis, this is A Wei's."
He has put this pair of dishes and chopsticks for almost twelve years, and left them for his little A Wei. that place.
The servant obediently let it go.
Crovik clenched his hands tightly, turned to the servant, and said coldly, "Take it down." Doctor He stopped
him and said, "Don't listen to him, put it on."
go up.
"Grandpa, do you have to do this?" Clovis stood up suddenly, and the resentment he had held in his heart for many years finally burst out, and he knocked the tableware to the ground without hesitation.
The china tableware clanged and shattered.
Clovis turned his head and said indignantly to Dr. He, "But my brother has been away for twelve years. After so many years, you can't accept that my brother is dead. Let go of this matter. Can we sit together as a family?"
The atmosphere was awkward for a while.
He Qing shouted angrily: "Clovis, why did you talk to your grandfather, apologize quickly."
Dr. He looked at Berent and sneered at Clovis and said, "Is it me who prevented us from sitting together? Back then, if your father hadn’t been so cruel, would my little Awei have been silent for so many years? Little Awei was only 6 years old when the spaceship exploded, how scared he would be at that time. Your father is so cruel Heart, can you sit securely with the future you bought in exchange for your own son?" Dr. He's voice became lower as the voice went to the back.
He watched the grown-up Ah Wei little by little, and disappeared like this for twelve years.
For the past twelve years, every day he thought about where his Ah Wei wandered, how he was doing well, and whether anyone took good care of him.
For the past twelve years, Didi has been waiting for Ah Wei to open the door every day, trotting to his side and hugging his legs, leaning his head against him and saying, Grandpa, I'm back.
"Ah Wei was brought up by me personally. You haven't seen him a few times since you were young. Of course you can let go. But I can't let go. If I let go, no one in this world will remember my Ah Wei anymore. "Dr. He's eyes were sad, and the tip of his eyes had a faint glimmer of water, and he murmured sadly, "My Ah Wei can't find a home even after he comes back."
Ah Wei's parents and younger brother can forget him.
But he can't.
Otherwise, when Ah Wei comes back and finds that no one thinks about him, and his home is gone, how sad he will be, that crybaby.