Yin Hong

The raindrops were still falling to the ground, and the alley smelled damp and cold, and the residues of mud and gravel were swept into this small corner, and deposited together and stuck to Yawen's boots.After Yawen turned around, he subconsciously raised his hand to throw it at this person, but he saw the immature fair face that he was very familiar with in the next second, and stopped his hand movements.

"Why are you moving so fast?" Yawen grabbed Albert's shoulder and led him to lean in a little more. "What are you doing in England?"

"Come to say goodbye to you, brother." Albert smiled and dropped a kiss on Yawen's chin, and said in a naughty tone, "You didn't even leave me a word when you set off. I'm leaving now. I won’t be back for a long time, so of course I’ll take the initiative to say goodbye to you.”

"Didn't you often leave without saying goodbye before? Didn't you disappear for several months? After you left for the first time, your mother has been haggard for a long time, and your father has been searching for your whereabouts. You still have the face to say Me?" Yawen raised his eyebrows and pushed him away, pinching the flesh on his face with all his strength, "Tell me, what do you want me for?"

"I really came to say goodbye to you," Albert shrank his neck in pain, then stretched out his finger and pointed to the street outside, "I just want to tell you something—let's find a pub, Brother, I haven't been to England for a long time, and I want to drink."

"If you pay, that's fine." Yawen pushed him out of the alley, followed him, and rubbed his rain-wet head several times, "You choose."

Albert smiled shyly, and pulled Yawen forward.His little smile looked like a well-behaved younger brother in the eyes of passers-by. He was walking in the rain hand in hand with his older brother, admiring the small town of England in the rain and fog step by step.

Albert chose a tavern that looked small.The door frame of the tavern is covered with fresh flowers. The petals of the flowers seem to be a little wilted under the continuous rain, but these raindrops slide down the petals, stems and leaves, making the colorful flowers look delicate and charming.These should be the flowers that the romantic boss or the clerk got up early in the morning to pick them up, or maybe they planted them in the backyard by themselves, placed on the door frame like this, and hung on the door with the words "Mariel's Flowers" The signboard of "and wine" is very suitable, but it doesn't look like a tavern, but more like a good place for ladies and ladies to enjoy afternoon tea.

After Albert walked in, he found a seat by the window and sat down. He followed Yawen with his eyes until he also sat down in front of him. Then he waved to the gentleman standing behind the solid wood table, "Two cups Clear beer."

"I brought money," he said to Yawen, "I haven't sat and talked with two people like you for a long time."

"Who made you toss around outside for years and months, and basically never go home, and I have my own job, so I can't even see each other, let alone sitting at a table drinking." Yawen paused, then changed There is a saying: "I mean, father will never allow a child as big as you to drink with a glass of strong wine. If he fully understands your nature, he will probably get sick from anger."

"But this is me. Although it is true that he cannot be known, his son is like this," said Albert, holding out two fingers, "both of them."

"Don't count me." Yawen patted his dangling hand in front of him, "I'm more serious than you."

"Don't speak out of your conscience, brother, I don't think you are a kind and good person." Albert deliberately puffed up one cheek, like a three-year-old child who hasn't eaten snacks, "If it wasn't for being You and Andre have played tricks so many times, so I won't grow up so fast."

"That's also Andre's problem. I'm at best an innumerable accomplice." Yawen said, clearing himself.

The owner of the bar brought the two glasses of beer that Albert asked for, put them in front of the two of them respectively, and then reported a number in English.Albert took his hand off the table, reached into his pocket, took out a coin of the corresponding value and threw it into the boss's hand.He also specially gave some extra as a tip, and vaguely reminded the boss not to come and disturb.

In some respects, the workers in these taverns are extremely smart. When Albert passed his eyes over, he nodded in understanding, tossed the coins in his hand a few times, and walked back to his place without stopping. coming.

"Now let's get down to business, little rascal." Yawen lifted the glass and took a sip. It tasted good, although it wasn't a good wine, and it didn't have the sweet and sweet flavor of grape wine, but in this kind of wine Chatting in the weather, this wine is also a good foil.

"First of all, I must tell you that I may frame everyone around me, but I will definitely not harm you and your parents." Albert drank half a glass of wine in one sip, and his arrogance was not lost to other tables. Those mature men with beards in front of them, but his face was unnatural, and he said this to Yawen with some grievances, "Don't get me wrong."

To his appeal, Yawen only gave him a short answer: "Stop talking nonsense."

"That's good." Albert smiled happily again. He nodded to himself, and finally changed the topic: "I want to go to the southerly waters this time. We got some detailed information that there are There are many unknown islands and some lands that have not been developed, and my partners and I want to go there to have a look, maybe we will find what I want.”

"How far?"

"I don't know." Albert shrugged his shoulders. "Wherever you go, you can go as far as you want."

"It's lucky that you don't lose sight of yourself, even if you're in a mess, don't blame me for scolding you." Yawen put down his glass, thought for a while, and said, "When winter is the coldest, light snow will fall on the nearby mountains. , every year at that time we have dinner with friends and come back before then."

"Okay." Albert nodded.

Yawen didn't speak, and stared at him with unclear eyes while sipping beer.

"I promise." Albert raised his hands obediently, "Your eyes are scary, take them back quickly."

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that you weren't at home two years ago, and your mother's face was really not pretty. This time you just came back soon, and you're leaving again. Didn't she cry when you left?"

"I don't know, there should be." Albert bit his lip, apologetic on his face, "But isn't Dad accompanying her? With such a husband who is in charge and loves him deeply, when we are not at home, She won't be that sad anyway."

Yawen looked at him silently. No matter what he said, in his own eyes, Albert was still a child who hadn't grown up. Sometimes he was naive and stubborn, and he did things as he wanted without considering the consequences.Even Yawen himself can't say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

"But I came to you this time, and there is another matter." Albert put away the excessive emotion on his face, "It's about that Sancerre."

Yawen raised his chin, signaling him to continue.

"Don't get close to him, brother." Albert said helplessly, "He's really too dangerous." Seeing Yawen's calm expression as before, he thought for a while, and then said, "I'm not saying that he will do anything For things that hurt you, he has no interest in such boring things as murder and arson, and he will not demolish other people's houses for no reason... But he is still very dangerous."

Yawen couldn't help laughing after hearing him say this awkwardly, "You can't tell me the specific reason, how can you convince me how dangerous he is?"

"Do I need to say anything else?" Albert glanced at the wound on Yawen's shoulder that was still wrapped in gauze, as if he had pointed it out directly.

Yawen didn't speak.He tasted the wine in the glass silently, the bitter and sweet taste spread from the tip of his tongue to his whole body, and even the flesh and joints on his body were still sore and weak as if soaked by rainwater.He looked up at Albert's frozen and stiff expression, and sighed.

"I really can't understand you this time." Albert shook his head and asked, "Do you want to know what 'we' think of him?"

"You say it."

"He is a moving property at sea, a treasure that everyone desires," whispered Albert. "I mean, everybody desires him, because he has nothing to care about, no scruples, and nothing to fear." The ground is not afraid, if you can reach a consensus with him, there is nothing you can't get - at least in the minds of those idiots, it has always been like this. They don't seem to know how scary this guy is Same, they all gathered around him as if courting death."

"Are you talking about the people on his current ship?"

"Yes." Albert curled his lips, "A fool can see that he doesn't regard them as partners who get along day and night at all, and he might leave one day when he gets tired of playing. He can kill people, but he can also save people , The ghosts don’t know what he is thinking, anything he does is abnormal, beyond common sense, I think this is the real reason why other idiots fear him.”

Yawen nodded, "A threat that will explode at an unknown time is indeed much more terrifying than an enemy who is blatantly carrying a weapon."

"Look, you know it. Since you know it, why do you continue to do it?" Albert frowned puzzled.

"You are not the first person to advise me. Andre also asked similar questions. The reason is actually very simple, but you can't understand it." Yawen touched his chin, smiling gently and calmly, " — I don't think he's a threat."

"I still don't understand you." Albert shook his head quickly twice, downed all the wine in the glass, and stood up with his hands on the table, "Anyway, if he comes to you again, or if you are unlucky again Met him..." He couldn't speak anymore, because Yawen had already stood up and gave him a hug.

"...Be careful." Albert hugged him back in a compromise, and kissed his cheek to represent farewell.

"When the first snow falls in winter, I will inform my mother to wait for you to come home." Yawen patted him on the shoulder, and walked out the door with him, "Don't worry."

☆、Chapter 036