Chapter 564 Dusk Returns Home: Live Not Just for Yourself

For Cheng Xiao, his father is not only the leader of the family, but also a towering mountain in his mind. Its true height and depth have always been unknown, and it can only be viewed from afar but not approached.

In the real face-to-face battle, Cheng Xiao gradually realized the true strength of his father. He began to understand that the reason why the head of the Cheng family was able to maintain the glory of the family for a long time was not only because of his persistence and bravery in martial arts, but also because of his attitude of never being satisfied and constantly improving.

If Cheng Xiao's boxing is light and agile, like the biting cold wind on the mountains, then his father is like an immovable mountain, steady and solid. Under Cheng Xiao's attack, his father did not respond with a fierce counterattack, but showed the stability and depth of the earth.

Every attack of Cheng Xiao is like the whistling wind in the mountains, fast, cunning and unpredictable, trying to find a gap in unpredictable angles and rhythms to break through the opponent's defense. However, his father seemed to have already seen through these moves. His defense was as solid as a mountain. Every move and response was flawless and solid as a rock.

However, it was Cheng Xiao who won in the end. The internal force from the main god space and the exchange of fighting spirit, as well as the "Original Python Devouring Abyss Record" given to him by Yang Yun, made him make up for the accumulation of years, making the energy reserve in Cheng Xiao's body not inferior to that of his father. And the shocking battle in Resident Evil 2 made him see the road ahead clearly... Even so, when Cheng Xiao really knocked the man standing opposite to the ground, he still felt like waking up from a dream.

"... I won, Dad."

Cheng Xiao spat out a mouthful of blood, and made up his mind to force his broken ribs back to their original position. Then he took out a bottle of "Body Refining Spirit Liquid" prepared by Yang Yun from the space bag and drank it in one gulp. The life energy inside immediately began to repair his body rapidly. After completely healing the injuries in his body, he helped his father up and fed him a bottle of the same potion.

"...Yeah, you fought well."

Even when he was defeated by his own son, the communication between the father and son remained brief and stiff. This way of communication seemed to have always been a hallmark of his father in Cheng Xiao's memory, always with a subtle sense of awkwardness. However, in the past twenty years, Cheng Xiao has already adapted to his father's unique communication posture: "That's it, mainly because you have been working hard enough during this period..."

"I'm sorry for not giving you an explanation for what happened back then."

The sudden words made Cheng Xiao slightly stunned, because he heard concern and emotion from this sentence that sounded like a casual chat. It was as if his victory broke his father's shell and revealed his true heart hidden under his cold expression. As he spoke, the man who was knocked down by his son took out a letter from his arms: "This is the truth. Although I want to wait until you calm down before giving it to you, you have never given me this opportunity in the past few years..."

"No need, I know everything."

But what Cheng Xiao's father didn't expect was that facing the truth of the year, Cheng Xiao just showed a complicated expression: "Last year during the Spring Festival, the old man called me and told me."

Even without opening the letter, Cheng Xiao could recite the contents. It was a story about a little girl who was born in a hermit family and was good at divination and fell in love with a little boy who was born in an ancient martial arts family and was a genius since childhood; it was about the death of the little boy who became heavier as he grew older; in order to save the little boy's life, the little girl used the ancestral method of death-substitution and exchanged her own life for the other party's survival...

Even so, Cheng Xiao's eyes were still fixed on the letter in front of him. Even though he didn't know how many times he had recalled it, he seemed to be able to feel the determination and firmness of his lover when she wrote these words, and even clearly depicted the thoughts she held at the last moment of her life. Facing the rushing mudslide, the girl who made the choice must have made her choice without regrets, quietly waiting for the end to come.

——This feeling, I don't know how many times it tortured Cheng Xiao at night, like a poisonous insect that bit his heart and made him suffer.

"You know?"

But Cheng Xiao's answer was completely beyond the man's expectations. The man looked at his son with an extremely surprised look, as if he knew him for the first time: "Then why are you still..."

"Because before, I couldn't understand why you kept such an important thing from me and didn't let me know."

Cheng Xiao raised his head, not knowing whether he was looking at the starry sky or not letting his father see the expression on his face: "The old man said you were doing it for my own good. He said that this was a decision made by you and my mother together, and that my mind was not mature enough to accept this fact. If you really tell me The truth, then the inner strength I have practiced for more than ten years will be ruined under the extreme joy and sorrow. "

"But I think, if you really want to do good for me, you should tell me the truth earlier, instead of hiding everything from me and keeping me in the dark like an idiot... This is not the result I want, nor the life I want."

The three words "for your own good" are like a poison. Not only did they not cheer up Cheng Xiao, but after reading the letter, the heir of the Cheng family resolutely chose to participate in the most confidential operation, and in the deepest despair, he successfully sent himself into the main god space.

"I..."

Cheng Xiao's father moved his lips. He realized that he seemed to have made a mistake. The "good-intentioned concealment" from his parents not only did not let the child get out of the shadow, but made him sink deeper and deeper. At this moment, he had thousands of words to say, but when the words came to his lips, he could only turn into the simplest sentence: "I was wrong. I didn't take care of your feelings and didn't ask for your opinion."

"I know, so I came back this time to beat you up."

Cheng Xiao exhaled a long breath, he stood up, and looked at his father again: "Just think of this as your son's rebellious period that came ten years late... Well, my vacation time is running out, and I have to go see her."

After that, Cheng Xiao turned and left, and when he walked to the door, he heard his father's concern from behind: "Don't die, son."

"You can't die. My life is not only for myself."

Cheng Xiao didn't look back: "I will find a way to bring her back to me."

Then he took a step forward.