In an apartment, Li Rui sat quietly on the sofa and said nothing, looking fixedly at the night sky outside the window, looking a little dazed, while Luffy sat next to him, wanting to say something, but he was worried that it would make Li Rui's mood worse, so he had to wait silently, and also looked out the window to think about his own thoughts.

Since breaking through the security checkpoint, Li Rui took a taxi and went straight to Luffy's apartment, with diplomatic staff documents on his body, he didn't have to worry about being arrested, he got out of the car when he was about to arrive, found a public phone and called Luffy to pick it up, and then walked to the gate of the community, just as Luffy came out to greet him.

After arriving at Luffy's apartment safely, Li Rui walked on the sofa and was silent for a full hour, Luffy could see that Li Rui had something on his mind, and after waiting for a while, seeing that Li Rui's mood still hadn't adjusted, he got up and said softly: "Door master, I know you have something on your mind, and when I have something on my mind, I sit and eat, or I'll get you something to eat for supper, right?" ”

"Okay, get some snacks and drink with me." Li Rui said gratefully.

"Gotcha." Luffy saw Li Rui agree, and hurried to go.

In less than half an hour, Luffy cooked three dishes and brought them up, opened the wine cabinet and asked, "What to drink?" ”

"Come on with some spirits." Li Rui said in a deep voice.

"The best second pot head, brought by domestic friends, is strong enough." Luffy smiled, took out a bottle of Erguotou, and then took out two wine glasses, the two sat down at the table, Luffy got two glasses, put down the wine bottle, picked up a glass and put it in front of Li Rui, raised his wine glass and said, "Door master, come, respect this fucking life." ”

"Thank you." Li Rui said gratefully.

The two clinked glasses, Li Rui was bored in his heart, and he wanted to drink very much, so he took a big sip of the wine glass, and a spicy wine rushed up, Li Rui pressed it hard, swallowed it with the liquor, took a long breath, and felt that the breath exhaled was hot, and the whole person suddenly sobered up, a ball of hot air surged in his chest, and praised: "Strong enough, this is the wine that men should drink." ”

"But no, I'm still worried that you can't get used to it, although this kind of wine can't be graded, but it is a real people's wine, it's delicious enough, strong enough, and it's not good to drink, it's much better than those blended liquor, I like this wine very much, so let my friends bring some over when they have the opportunity." Luffy laughed.

The two chatted casually while eating, and before they knew it, Luffy saw that Li Rui could drink, and he hadn't drunk enough, so he took out another bottle and opened it, and filled it up for Li Rui, Li Rui didn't shirk, while eating and drinking, chatting first, and unconsciously half a bottle was down.

At this time, Li Rui put down the cup and suddenly looked at Luffy and asked, "Luffy, ask you something." ”

"Say it." Luffy was a little taller, but he was still sober, and he knew that the topic was coming, so he also put down his glass and agreed.

"What if, I mean, if you were born outcast, what would you do?" Li Rui said, and finally spit out the words that were held in his heart through the wine.

Luffy was stunned, and immediately realized that this matter was not small, and after thinking about it carefully, he said solemnly: "Door Master, I don't know what others think and how to do it, but there is one thing, we must figure out why we make a decision again." ”

"Why did you abandon your own children? No amount of reason can excuse such behavior. Li Rui said in a deep voice with an ugly face, and he was about to drink the wine glass.

Luffy could see that Li Rui was drinking, so he quickly grabbed Li Rui's arm and stopped: "Don't worry, you listen to me, you also know a little bit about my situation, right?" ”

"Okay, you say." Li Rui said solemnly, looking at Luffy.

Luffy nodded, his eyes were slightly condensed, as if he thought of the painful past, and said in a deep voice: "When I was ten years old, my family took me on vacation, and the cruise ship had an accident on the sea, and finally it was dull, and my parents took me to grab a lifebuoy, but in the end, my mother chose to give up, and my father didn't stop me, I was unconscious at the time, and I hated my father very much when I learned about it afterwards." ”

"Huh?" Li Rui looked at Luffy in surprise, and he woke up a lot from alcohol.

"Isn't it incomprehensible?" Luffy smiled bitterly: "I used to hate, I ran away from home, and I beat my father, but I didn't calm down and listen to my father's explanation, at that time, I thought that my father gave up on my mother, he was a coward, a selfish man, this kind of man is not worthy of being my father." ”

"And then?" Li Rui asked suspiciously.

"Later?" Luffy smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass and poured it down, a line of hot tears rolled down, Luffy continued emotionally: "I didn't reconcile with my father until I died, I didn't know until I finished taking care of my father's funeral, it turned out that my mother was already terminally ill of cancer, and that trip may be my mother's last, in order for me and my father to survive, my mother chose to die, and my father lived in pain and suffering every day, plus my rebellion, but in order to make me grow, I silently insisted, resisted all the pain, and did not explain a word until he died. ”

Li Rui was stunned, picked up the wine bottle and filled it for Luffy, Luffy obviously remembered the pain, for a while, smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass and said: "Although it has passed, I can never let go of it in my heart, why was I so selfish and self-righteous back then?" If I can calm down and think about it and understand the truth, maybe my father will not die so early, he will not suffer for a lifetime, and he will not die blindly, as a child, I am selfish and a failure, so I advise you, try to think from the perspective of your parents, at least you should calm down, communicate calmly, understand the truth and then make a decision, so as not to regret your life like me. ”

"Thank you." Li Rui's eyes suddenly brightened, and he raised his glass gratefully.

Maybe it was to untie the knot in his heart, or the pain in his heart was relieved, Li Rui's whole person relaxed, let go of the cup and Luffy to push the cup, and another bottle of belly, Luffy couldn't bear it, and fell drunk on the table, Li Rui has been used to drinking since he was a child, nothing serious, helped Luffy to bed to rest, and poured himself a drink.

Borrowing wine to dispel sorrow and sorrow, all the wine in the bottle was drunk, Li Rui didn't get up to get it again, his mind was full of the figure of the man in black, lingering, and gradually overlapping with a familiar person, are the two of them the same person? Why is it called Red Tiger? Why not come and find yourself sooner? What does it have to do with yourself?

The night outside the window was deep, the stars were dense, and the cool breeze gently came in from the open window, Li Rui silently looked out the window, thinking a lot, a lot, and couldn't help humming: "The place where the white clouds drift over is the thousand-yearning of the grassland people, the flying grass, the herds of horses and sheep, and the white Hada, singing the ballad of dreaming back to the ages, the hero of the grassland, with the Jin Ge Iron Horse disappearing in the distance of Gala Mountain, the lonely white wolf, eager to find the direction of home, the direction of home┅┅"

Before I knew it, I was already in tears.

(End of chapter)