leave my business alone

Qin Zigui is indeed not a person with an easy-going personality.

But he has always been indifferent, and there are very few times when he is directly aggressive. What's more, in his memory, Xue Yi doesn't seem to have any enmity or feud with Qin Zigui. Why did Qin Zigui suddenly follow him? Like gunpowder.

Sheng Yan didn't quite understand for a moment.

It wasn't until Qin Zigui had made an appointment at the shooting gallery and set a time, and Fu Yungouyou and the others had to come along to join in the fun, and after a group of people got into a taxi in batches, Sheng Yan couldn't help asking: "Qin Zigui, what are you doing?" Where did you have such a big opinion on Brother Yi?"

Qin Zigui didn't answer his question directly, but turned his head to look out of the window, and said indifferently: "Do you call everyone brother?"

Perhaps it was because of the light rain falling outside the window, the sky was darker than usual, when Qin Zigui turned his head sideways, his face was hidden in the bewildered skylight, and no emotion could be seen at all.

Sheng Yan knew he was unhappy.

But the reason for this unhappiness cannot be determined.

He didn't know that his name was Brother Xue Yiyi, and where did he violate Qin Zigui's taboo, after all, it was just a casual name after he was a child.

At that time, apart from Fat Hu and his group in the family courtyard of the agency unit, it was mainly him, Qin Zigui, Fu Yun, and Xue Yi, four children of about the same age.

Among them, Qin Zigui and Xue Yi were one year older, at the adults' request, Sheng Yan just made do to call Xue Yi "brother".

However, because Xue's family and Fu's elders are several levels lower than Qin's and Sheng's families, they don't know each other very close, and Xue Yi is not as good-looking as Qin Zigui, so when Sheng Yan was young, he only loved to cling to Qin Zigui's "brother, brother ", to Xue Yi most of the time, it was just an unfamiliar Brother Yi.

They started to get acquainted in a serious way when they were in elementary school, and the adults decided to send them to learn how to shoot together, so as not to annoy people with a water gun in the yard every day.

Among the few children who learned shooting together, Qin Zigui was not interested in shooting by nature. He came to learn this simply to accompany Sheng Yan, to see that he was not in trouble, and to accompany him to and from school. When he was in junior high school, Even the school team didn't bother to enter.

Fu Yun's qualifications are average. In junior high school, he paid to join the school team in order to get a second-level athlete's certificate, but he really couldn't get a place in the competition, and he voluntarily quit in the third year of junior high school.

There is Xue Yi, whose aptitude is above average, not the best. The advantage is that he can endure hardships more than anyone else, and he is willing to spend energy and time on training. Therefore, he is basically stable in the top three levels of the school team, and he is also able to participate in the regional and city competitions. There is hope of winning an award.

But at that time, it was Sheng Yan who attracted everyone's attention.

Just like Sheng Yan's amazing talent in all sports since he was a child, every time he holds a gun, the gun seems to grow on him. The champions of district-level and city-level competitions are guaranteed.

So at that time, many people thought that Sheng Yan would go directly to shooting and become a real athlete, but they didn't expect that he made a mistake during the selection of the city team. In the 25-meter men's pistol rapid fire competition, he was defeated by Xue Yi won the last place in the city team.

Qin Zigui naturally wouldn't dislike Xue Yi because of this, after all, so many referees and coaches on the field all rely on their solid results to speak.

If there was any reason to make him unhappy, it might be that Xue Yi's mistakes in the trials in Shengyan City had more or less something to do with Xue Yi.

Because Sheng Yan and Xue Yi often trained together and participated in competitions together in junior high school, the relationship between the two is still close.

At that time, something happened to Xue Yi's family. His father was suspended from his job, and his mother left after divorce. Xue Yi often returned home after training, either without food, or being beaten and scolded by his alcoholic father.

The elders in the yard tried to persuade him several times, but they couldn't persuade them. When they called the police, they only said that it was Lao Tzu who educated his son.

Sheng Yan couldn't stand it, and every time he took Xue Yi to his home to eat and do homework, and only let Xue Yi go back after Xue Yi's father fell asleep.

At that time, Xue Yi thought it would be great if he could join the city team, because after joining the city team, he could live in the sports school all the time, train without spending money, and receive a national salary, so he could completely get rid of his father and live a peaceful life.

And after Sheng Yan knew what he was thinking, the nutritious meals made by his aunt at home for him and Qin Zigui changed from two to three, and the personal trainer Ms. Xu hired for him would occasionally bring Xue Yi along.

It can be said that Xue Yi was able to train with peace of mind until before the city team selection match, all thanks to Sheng Yan.

However, the night before the selection of the city team, Sheng Yan was training hard at school, Fu Yun suddenly ran over to him and said that Xue Yi was in trouble at home, and asked Sheng Yan to come over quickly.

Sheng Yan didn't think much about it at the time, and followed Fu Yun to Xue Yi's house, and then saw Xue Yi kneeling on the ground, his father was drunk and threw things all over the floor.

Sheng Yan didn't intend to reason with the drunkard, so he pulled Xue Yi away, but for some reason, he had already reached the door, Xue Yi suddenly turned around and yelled at his father, "It's because of your ugly appearance that my mother can't do it." I don't want yours," and then completely angered the drunk middle-aged man, picked up the inkstone on the table and threw it at them.

At that time, Xue Yi, who was facing the direction where the inkstone was hitting, reacted quickly and dodged, and the heavy and hard inkstone hit the unsuspecting Sheng Yan straight from behind.

Right shoulder.

A shooter's all-important right shoulder.

Ms. Xu rarely showed her strong and stern side in the workplace that day at home. She directly called the police and detained Xue Yi's father, and found the best doctor, but to no avail.

The sharp dull pain that hit the bones made it extremely difficult for Sheng Yanguang to lift his right arm, let alone shoot with precision.

Although he insisted on participating in the second day's competition, two mistakes in the 9.6 ring made him lose to Xue Yi by one point.

Xue Yi was also able to get the last place to enter the city team, while Sheng Yan missed the best training age because of the conservative treatment recommended by the doctor.

Sheng Yan still remembers that at the end of the game that day, his right shoulder was so painful that he couldn't feel it, blood was bleeding from his lips, his whole face was pale and pale, his eyes were so sticky with sweat, and he almost fainted .

Ms. Xu cried in a rare way that day, and Qin Zigui's face was also surprisingly ugly. After he was sent back to the hospital to settle down, he went out without saying a word.

Sheng Yan didn't know what Qin Zigui did or said afterwards, only that Xue Yi never came to see him after that.

Unexpectedly, Xue Yi was blocked by himself without his knowledge.

Sheng Yan asked with almost certainty: "Qin Zigui, tell me honestly, did you block Xue Yi?"

"Yeah." Qin Zigui looked out the window without denying it, "That day I blacked out in front of you."

Having said that, Sheng Yan has a little impression, because Qin Zigui has always known the password of his mobile phone, so Qin Zigui did play with the mobile phone for a while in front of him that day, and then said, "In the future, you Just don't contact him."

But because Qin Zigui's face was so ugly at that time, he was all focused on coaxing Qin Zigui to go, so he didn't take this matter to heart.

"You said why are you so stingy? Anyway, you grew up together when you were young. As for it, and he didn't do that on purpose." Sheng Yan clicked his tongue in disgust, sounding extremely heartless.

Qin Zigui felt a puff of breath and suddenly choked up, turned his head, and was about to say something, but with Shang Shengyan's eyes that didn't pretend to be impure, those words were blocked back abruptly.

After being stuck for a long time, I could only sigh: "Forget it."

Then he turned to look out the window again.

Although Sheng Yan didn't understand what he was talking about, it's fine, but he also knew that Qin Zigui had an inexplicable repulsion and hostility towards Xue Yi since junior high school. In order to show his position, he patted Qin Zigui on the shoulder reassuringly: " Don't worry, although you are a bit stingy, who told you that I bought you back, so I still stand by your side unconditionally."

"Thank you very much." Qin Zigui replied with a blank expression, and then signaled the driver to stop, "Master, we are here, please stop, thank you."

The Road shooting gallery they came to is the largest, best, and earliest approved private shooting gallery in Nanwu.

The current actual owner behind it, Lu Yu, has some relatives and stories with the Qin family. Temporary appointment to such a large venue, otherwise it would take a long time just to go through the process.

Xue Yi is also familiar with this place because he had a lot of private training with Sheng Yan before.

When Qin Zigui and Sheng Yan got out of the car, they found that Xue Yi had already arrived.

It seems that he just came back from the city team's vacation, still carrying a suitcase, wearing the team uniform of the city team, standing at the door, lowering his head and fiddling with his mobile phone. Said: "Ayan."

He was tall and handsome, his skin was slightly tanned due to long-term training, and when he smiled, his teeth were dazzlingly white, but he showed some genuine joy and joy in seeing his old friends again.

Although the relationship between Sheng Yan and him had faded a long time ago, but after all, he reached out his hand without hitting the smiling face, and was about to go up to him to say a few words, Qin Zigui stood in front of him calmly, then looked back at him, with a low voice. Shengdao: "You go to register the gun and the venue first."

No matter how dull Sheng Yan was, he could tell that Qin Zigui wanted to have a private chat with Xue Yi.

Thinking of Qin Zigui's unreasonable hostility, Sheng Yan only thought that there was some personal grievance between them that he didn't know about, and without thinking about it, he casually replied: "Okay."

I followed the staff to the gun registration office.

It wasn't until his back disappeared at the end of the corridor that the remaining two people looked back and looked at each other.

As if tacit understanding, Xue Yi smiled meaningfully: "I didn't expect you and Sheng Yan to have such a good relationship. I heard that the two of you broke up before, so I thought..."

"Don't think that the relationship between me and Sheng Yan is different from yours, no matter how much we quarrel, it won't change." A light sentence, the meaning of declaration is self-evident.

Xue Yi just lowered his head and smiled, as if he was mocking Qin Zigui, or mocking himself: "What could be different. You and I are obviously the same."

The fine raindrops hit the grass, trees, bricks and stones, noisy.

Qin Zigui's voice sounded a little distant amidst the pattering rain: "It's still different, at least I won't hurt him."

"As I said, that incident was not my intention." Xue Yi watched the raindrops falling between the bricks and stones, without looking up.

Qin Zigui said, "Whether it's your original intention or not, you know for yourself."

Xue Yi paused slightly.

Qin Zigui said again: "Why didn't you look for anyone that day, but Sheng Yan? Why did you never contradict your father before, but you had to provoke him back then, and the places that were supposed to be in the city team were not in rotation. You should know in your heart that you got your position. Sheng Yan is pure and kind, and he doesn't want to think too much, but it doesn't mean no one will think too much for him. Do you think Aunt Xu can't see your thoughts? She just doesn't want Sheng Yan. Good intentions are let down and wasted. So you'd better stay away as before, and don't provoke Sheng Yan, otherwise you can get out of the city team as you entered."

Qin Zigui's tone was so flat that it was almost indifferent.

Xue Yi's fingertips hanging by his side pinched his palm deeper and deeper,

"Also, as I said, don't call him Ayan, I feel sick for him."

Qin Zigui added another sentence lightly.

But as if he had touched Xue Yi's last line of defense, he finally couldn't help but raised his head and sneered, his expression was full of self-deprecating bitterness and contempt: "Isn't it disgusting to call him A Yan? The two of us Who has the right to look down on whom?"

The moment the voice fell, the four eyes met directly, and the tacit malice between the enemies was clearly evident.

The sound of the rain also gradually increased.

When Fu Yun's group and Zhu Penggouyou arrived at the entrance of the shooting range, they saw such a scene. They instinctively paused and hesitated for half a step. Fu Yun stepped forward cautiously and said, "Then what... Brother Yi, It's okay."

"No." Xue Yi usually has a good relationship with everyone, and when he saw someone coming, he immediately smiled and said, "What can Qin Zigui and I have to do, it's just that he is still upset about the city team tryout, it's no big deal of."

Fu Yun had a better relationship with Xue Yi since he was a child, and he was sour and jealous towards Qin Zigui and Sheng Yan, whose family background and talent were better than his own. Hearing this, he immediately choked back at Qin Zigui: "It's just such a small matter. Now, as for what? Sheng Yan blamed brother Yi for not being favored by the city team? He said as if there was no such thing, and Sheng Yan would be able to enter the city team steadily. You must know that the city team is not an outsider, not a certain Xu A lady can stuff it in with money, so Qin Zigui, don't just look for trouble here, and stand up for your master."

"Show me some respect with your mouth." As soon as Fu Yun finished speaking, there was a lazy and cold voice behind him. Turning his head, he saw Sheng Yan leaning against the wall with earmuffs hanging around his neck, with arrogant and cold eyes. "Whether I can enter the city team is really hard to say, but at least if Xue Yi can enter, I can enter."

He didn't have any hostility towards Xue Yi at first, and he came to this match just to shut up rubbish like Fu Yun, but he just couldn't bear the sight of someone making things difficult for Qin Zigui, so he said something inexplicably provocative and condescending. ridicule.

It is obvious that he wants to protect someone.

Xue Yi's fingers hanging by his side curled up again.

Sheng Yan acted as if he didn't see it, and just lazily straightened up: "Okay, the competition venue has been cleaned up, the competition is over early, and I have to go home to learn functions."

After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the field. The arrogance and arrogance that came out of his bones hurt Fu Yun's eyes.

"Crap, Brother Yi, you haven't even spoken yet. Why is he so crazy?" Fu Yun knew that on his own, he couldn't compare to Qin Zigui in terms of grades, and Sheng Yan in terms of sports. Can only rely on Xue Yi.

Besides, Xue Yi has been training in the city team for two years, and Sheng Yan knows how to skip class and fight all day long, so why should he compare with Xue Yi?

The more Fu Yun thought about it, the more emboldened he became, and the few boys who followed him didn't know the situation very well, so he smiled deliberately in a Sheng Yan mentality: "Forget it, we, Brother Yi, are generous and won't talk to you. Hurry up. But Sheng Yan, today’s words can be said earlier. If you win Brother Yi today, it’s your ability, but if you can’t win Brother Yi, it’s you who didn’t make it to the city team back then. Whether it's you or Qin Zigui, don't make any more debts."

Sheng Yan gave an "um" without looking back.

Fu Yun smiled slightly: "Okay, it's a deal. I just have a few vegetable dog dolls here. If Brother Yan, you win, just us, wear them on your waist, and travel around the real world for three days, but If you lose, then you and Qin Zigui will..."

"Well, okay."

Sheng Yan still didn't turn his head, and took advantage of the opportunity to push open the door of the arena.

On the contrary, Zhu Peng and Gou You who were on the side were in a hurry and wanted to persuade them, but they couldn't go to the competition field, so they could only quickly follow Qin Zigui who was walking to the auditorium outside the glass wall of the field, and said anxiously in a low voice: "It's not Qin Zigui!" Zigui, please persuade Brother Yan, Xue Yi belongs to the city team after all, Brother Yan..."

"You brother Yan can win."

Qin Zigui didn't even wait for them to finish speaking, and sat down in the best seat in the spectator seats.

Zhu Peng and Gou You: "?"

Who gave you the confidence?

Born Bking?

They really don't understand how the relationship between Qin Zigui and Sheng Yan is so complicated, and how they can be so blindly confident, but they have no choice but to sit next to Qin Zigui, one on the left and one on the right, listening to Fu Yun and the others. The sneer and sneer, angry and nervous and anxious.

On the contrary, Sheng Yan in the arena acted like nothing had happened. He and Xue Yi each took their rifles and took their positions in front of the arena.

This is the first time in two full years that the two stand side by side on the shooting range again.

Xue Yi turned his head to look at Sheng Yan. Sheng Yan was raising his right arm, trying out the gun casually. The boy's figure was more slender and capable, and his facial features were more prominent than two years ago. Dazzling.

Xue Yi thought for a while, and then said: "Ayan, why don't you compare, you know Fu Yun and the others, compare your mouth... in case you lose..."

"Who said I would lose." Sheng Yan was trying to aim at the target, but when he heard Xue Yi's words, he turned around and smiled at him.

There was no provocation and arrogance, just a natural smile, as if hearing something interesting.

Xue Yi paused, and then explained: "After all, I am training every day, the situation is different..."

After all, he still didn't want to make too much trouble with Sheng Yan.

However, Sheng Yan put on the earmuffs indifferently: "Don't worry, it's okay. I'm talented enough to stand up to you, so you'll hit you. The old rules, single-handedly fight 30 rounds, and if the score is tied, the winner will be decided by single-handed rounds. I still have to do math papers at home, and that pervert Qin Zigui assigned me a lot of homework."

He spoke so casually and naturally.

Xue Yi's complexion instantly turned ugly.

His talent has always been his shortcoming. Since he entered the city team, no matter how hard he tried to train, he was always at the bottom of the group of real talents. The reason why he won the silver medal in the exchange match between the two cities this time is because Because the main players have basically gone to higher-level events.

As for the talented Sheng Yan, from the first day he got the gun, he existed like a shadow.

But no matter how talented a person is, it is impossible to surpass him without training.

Thinking about it, Xue Yi took a deep breath, stood up to the left, raised his right arm, and stopped looking at Sheng Yan, just aiming at the target.

In regular competitions, the men’s 25-meter rapid-fire pistol shoots a total of 60 rounds, with 30 rounds in each of the two stages. However, when he and Sheng Yan competed in private, the rules were perfunctory. It has always been 30 rounds and 6 groups. , It will be a single shot to decide the outcome.

The first two groups, 8 rounds per 5 seconds, the middle two groups, 6 rounds per 5 seconds, the last two groups, 4 rounds per 5 seconds, 9.7 hits within the circle, one point, 9.7 outside the circle, missed 0 points, total hits are counted at the end.

Xue Yi was always very stable in the first two groups, he adjusted his breathing, laid down his posture, bang bang bang bang bang, five in a row, four out of five.

Sheng Yan next to him is three out of five.

The moment the score was displayed, Fu Yun and the others outside the court couldn't help but clenched their fists and shouted: "YES! Brother Yi is awesome!"

Because the faster the speed required at the end, the more difficult it is to score. Xue Yi can get the advantage in the first group, which can be said to be a good start.

But the first group was only three out of five, not Sheng Yan's previous state.

Xue Yi in the arena couldn't help but look back at Sheng Yan.

He found that Sheng Yan was still standing casually with his pockets in his pockets, holding his gun, his expression remained unchanged, he was still so confident and calm.

Just like what the coach said to him many years ago, "As long as Sheng Yan raises the gun, the gun seems to grow on him. None of you have that kind of confidence and calmness. This is talent."

talent?

But he was clearly behind, yet he was so confident and calm, what kind of talent was he?

Xue Yi thought, gritted his teeth, and played the second set, still scoring four out of five.

Next to him, Sheng Yan was still three out of five.

Fu Yun and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

If the first two groups can only score three out of five, it means that Sheng Yan is at this level.

Sure enough, there is a difference between having professional training and not having professional training.

With a two-point advantage in hand, Fu Yun laughed a little louder: "That's it? I thought Sheng Yan was so awesome now, it's just that crazy."

"You know what a fart! Our brother Yan is called to raise your hand first!"

Zhu Penggouyou yelled fiercely at Fu Yun, but he didn't have any confidence in his heart. After yelling, he turned his head and whispered anxiously to Qin Zigui, "Fuck, Brother Qin, what do you do now?"

Qin Zigui held the milk tea he bought for Sheng Yan in his hand, his expression didn't change: "Just don't worry."

Ass heart!

Sheng Yan was the only one who was as calm as Qin Zigui in the audience.

Xue Yi looked at Sheng Yan who was still calm, took a deep breath, turned his head, and the two groups fired in 6 seconds.

The third group, five out of three.

The fourth group, five out of three.

Fortunately, not super-performance, but normal performance.

Sheng Yan's current state is at most this result, so after all, he can still lead him by at least two points.

The string that had been hanging in Xue Yi's heart before finally calmed down slowly.

However, before the string was completely flattened, there were five "bang bang bang bang bang", and then five "bang bang bang bang".

Two sets of five shots within 6 seconds.

On the opposite display, the score is displayed.

Sheng Yan, the third group, the fourth of the fifth.

The fourth group, five out of four.

The total score was 14 to 14, and the score was evened instantly.

With the sudden change, Fu Yun who was ready to cheer and Xue Yi who had just breathed a sigh of relief instantly froze in place.

How could it be possible, how could it be that the faster the speed, the higher the hit rate of Sheng Yan, almost catching up to the standard level of the team.

Luck, definitely luck.

No matter how talented Sheng Yan was, how could he do this without training, and his condition in the first two groups was obviously very average.

It is impossible for him to lose to Sheng Yan again.

Xue Yi held the handle of the gun, trying to adjust his breathing.

Sheng Yan at the side seemed to have never had any emotional ups and downs from the beginning to the end, and he couldn't see the score. He just held the gun and pointed at the target, casually and indifferently, and tapped his fingertips lightly.

Xue Yi closed his eyes, tried his best to discard all distracting thoughts, and pressed the trigger.

The fifth group, five rounds in 4 seconds.

Sheng Yan, fourth in five middle schools.

Xue Yi, third in the fifth middle school.

The score was 18 to 17.

The sixth group, 4 rounds in 5 seconds,

Sheng Yan, fourth in five middle schools.

Xue Yi, second in the fifth middle school.

The score was 22 to 19.

Sheng Yan fell behind, equalized, overtook, and won.

There are no ups and downs, indifference, and the calmness of victory from beginning to end.

Xue Yi finally couldn't bear it, and vented his anger and fired the last single shot, with a score of 9.9.

Sheng Yan also reloaded with a blank face, reloaded the magazine, and raised his hand, 10.4 rings.

All in one go.

Fully rolled.

Xue Yi made no mistakes, but he was not as good as Sheng Yan.

He lowered his hand as if accepting his fate: "Talent is really unfair."

However, Sheng Yan just replaced another box of bullets, took aim and shot, and said lightly: "You thought too much when you shot."

Then, 4 rounds in 5 seconds, 5 consecutive hits.

Miraculous strength is definitely not a fluke.

At the moment when the results came out, Zhu Peng and Gou You outside the court were stunned for a moment, then jumped up from their seats, hugged each other, and spun around in joy.

Fu Yun and his group froze in place, dazed and unbelievable.

Only Qin Zigui was leaning against the back of his seat, looking through the glass at the young man on the field holding a gun, with one hand in his pocket, confident and calm, tall and straight as a green pine, with something in his eyes that no one but him could understand. mood.

Because no one except him knows how much time Sheng Yan escaped from the classes, how much time he spent in the shooting hall to practice shooting, and how many weekends he stayed for two full days.

Not many people even knew how many times Xiao Shengyan, who was still short-legged and flamboyant at the time, cried until there was no one else on the training ground while hiccupping in order to practice raising the gun.

Sheng Yan is such a person, either he doesn't even bother to perfuse the people and things he doesn't like, or he will give all he can to the people and things he chooses.

As for the rehabilitation training after the injury, Sheng Yan never told anyone how much he cared, how hard he worked, how tired he was, because he was afraid that the people who cared about him would feel sorry for him, and he was grateful for the flowers and applause he had missed. sorry sad.

But Qin Zigui knew.

Because that playful young master who looked coquettish and coquettish, the calluses on his hands were so thick that they didn't fit in.

Such a hard-working young man favored by God should have stood on the playing field, confidently and calmly blooming his light, receiving all the flowers, applause and praise, but now he is trapped in this boring world that he doesn't like, and is accused For the mud that cannot support the wall.

And the reason is nothing more than the goodwill he has voluntarily released to the world.

Qin Zigui thought about it many times, how could there be such an existence as Sheng Yan in the world, like the little prince who walked out of the rose, living in the best expectation of the world, pure, kind and bright, but it's a pity that there are poisonous snakes and There are too many spiders, and they are not worthy of such goodness, so it seems that the little prince sometimes looks like a little fool.

Thinking about it, Sheng Yan in the arena suddenly turned his head and raised his eyebrows and smiled at him, showing off his little victory very childishly and triumphantly.

Then Qin Zigui laughed.

A fool is a fool, he is willing to become a worse person himself, to let Sheng Yan live in the best expectation of this world, to protect this good.

He stood up, carrying Sheng Yan's schoolbag in one hand and Sheng Yan's milk tea in the other, and walked slowly outside the gate of the venue.

When Sheng Yan came out triumphantly wagging the little rooster's big tail, he handed over the milk tea and pretended to be careless: "It's time to go back and do the math papers, there are still ten papers to finish."

Sheng Yan, who was originally complacent, froze on the spot for an instant.

Xue Yi behind him couldn't hold back, and called out: "Sheng Yan."

Sheng Yan turned around: "Why?"

Xue Yi tried to make himself look more calm and objective: "Even if I lost the match with you today, I still have many matches to play in the future, but I have heard about your current results. Have you thought about what you will do in the future?" what?"

"Oh, this." Sheng Yan thought for a while and said seriously, "Maybe he wants to be a human being."