Act 1 Chapter 22

  "The nurse just informed me that you're awake, so I came to take a look at you, Hayato." This woman had no idea that Yamakaji was already prepared to pounce and snap her neck.

  "Damn it, you're a woman, and nothing good ever happens when you show up, get out!!!" Just as the bear's loud roar came out, the medic sitting next to him lightly poked his waist, but didn't say anything, thinking to himself that she seemed to be shy.

  "What's with the poking!! Say what you want to say!!" The cannon muzzle directly turned towards

  "I'm telling you, can't you be a bit gentler with the girls?" The person sitting next to Shan Xiong was startled by his roar and let out a voice that sounded like they had been scared. 'Where have I heard this voice before?'

  "Don't be afraid of him, he's just like that. By the way, I still don't know your name?" Seeing himself like this, he could only comfort the girl who was scared by someone.

  "I, I'm called Nalan Chun." Upon hearing this name, she realized that she wasn't familiar with it at all. She tried to search her memories, but couldn't find any similar fragments. 'Who is she? The name sounds unfamiliar, but the voice feels somewhat familiar.'

  "Is your name Nalan Chun? Nice to meet you, I'm Wang Kun. If you'd like, you can call me Yun, just like Shan Xiong does." I couldn't find the answer in my memories, so I could only politely introduce myself to her. Out of the corner of my eye, I could still see Shan Xiong, who had been disgusted by my tone, slightly curling his lip.

  "I'm also very happy to meet you." She hesitated for a moment, lightly placed her hand on my already outstretched right hand, symbolically shook it once, and then quickly withdrew it, as if shy or afraid.

  "King Kun, don't you think you've kept your guests waiting for a bit too long?" A woman who had been left standing to the side finally couldn't help but ask, or rather, rebuke.

  "Damn it, you've been waiting for a long time. If I don't kill you now, that's already giving you face." The mountain bear, who was also being ignored, couldn't help but shout out loudly as well.

  "Mountain bear, you're being too loud and will disturb the rest of the patients." He could only use this tone to get Mountain Bear to lower his voice a bit, after all, his own ears were also ringing from the noise.

  "Damn it, Jian, you'd better not remind me or I'll get angry. This woman is so annoying, insisting on putting you in the ICU. Now I'm stuck here, and all they do is check on me every step of the way!!!" "Is this really the ICU?" he wondered to himself, then turned his head to carefully observe his surroundings. Indeed, there was only one bed in the room, and the medical equipment was extremely well-equipped. It seemed that only high-ranking military officers above the rank of colonel were qualified to stay here.

  "Women, what do you mean? Why did you arrange for me to come here? Are you trying to show off your privilege?" As soon as the words left her mouth, she unintentionally discovered a hint of grievance flashing in her eyes. However, it didn't last long, only for an instant, and immediately, it was replaced by that detestable expression, that superior feeling - arrogance.

  "Never mind, it's pointless to argue with you all about this issue. Falcon, I want to talk to you alone." The woman started to shoo people away. "What do you want to say to me?" Puzzled himself, the question wasn't asked out loud, but was instead directed at his own heart.

  "Damn, my brother just woke up and you're already driving me away. What's going on? Are you afraid of scaring me or something?! As soon as she spoke, she knew she was in trouble. Mountain Bear wouldn't listen to her anyway, and speaking like that would only enrage him further."

  "Some words, when said to you, and when said to others, get two completely different reactions."

  "Come on, woman, say what you have to say, don't beat around the bush." He didn't wait for Mountain Bear to speak, cutting in and urging the woman who had been standing at the door.

  "No, there are some things I can only tell you alone, please ask Xiong Er to step aside for a moment."

  "No need, if you want to thank me, you don't have to. It's because of the mission that Bear and I worked hard to protect you. Now that the mission is complete, we don't have any obligation to consider your safety. On the plane, I also heard some things, some words I won't say, but you understand what I mean." I can only use implicit language to convey my meaning to this woman: Woman, if you don't leave, Bear will beat you up. Your ability to cover up the truth is not bad!!

  Understand what she meant, but she still insisted "No, this has nothing to do with it. I'll stick to my goal. Let the mountain bear leave, and you and I will talk."

  He reached out and grabbed the bear that was about to hit him, turned around, looked into her eyes, "Woman, now I'm very curious about what you're going to say next, but don't expect me to keep our conversation a secret from the bear." Curious, questioning. These four words can summarize his current state of mind.

  "Alright, brother, I'll listen to you. It doesn't matter whether or not I tell big brother." Shan Xiong's words left him stunned for a moment - 'How come he's being so obedient today?' As he wondered this in his heart, he inadvertently glanced at Nalan Chun beside him. 'Is it because of her? Did she make Shan Xiong's stone head smarten up?'

  "Brother, my relationship with Nalan is not what you think it is. I'll tell you the details another day. I've also prepared a gift for you, and I'll bring it over when I come tomorrow." Shanyu must have seen something in his eyes that made him realize he was making an awkward excuse, or perhaps a clever evasion?

  "Hey, remember, you owe me an explanation! Can't help but tease Xiongmao a bit."

  The mountain bear didn't have a chance to say anything, as he was directly dragged out by Nalan Chun beside him. "Ah!! Wait, I haven't finished speaking, don't pull me!" As the mountain bear's voice gradually faded away, his mouth also curled up into a slight smile.

  "You're really good to your brother, completely different from what's being said outside." The person speaking had already sat down lightly on their own bed. Upon hearing her words, he instantly withdrew his smile and put on the usual expression people saw: indifference, or rather, an icy face.

  "Ladies, if you want to sit down, there's a chair over there. You can sit here, I don't mind. And my smile, from now on, is only for my brother." The words that came out of his own mouth made the person who heard them feel extremely awkward, and they quickly got up from their bed and sat down in the chair where Nalan Chun had been sitting earlier.

  "Now? What about before?" The woman easily found something in her own words that could lead to further conversation.

  "It's none of your business what happened in the past, I didn't have an obligation to tell you." He easily retorted back at her.

  "So I want to know?" Still not giving up?

  "You can use the privilege in your hands to ask around, to investigate, you can even check how old I was when I stopped crying." The words without any emotion stirred up her curiosity even more.

  "If I wanted to hear it from your own mouth?"

  "Then you can go die."

  "What?" The person who was scolded by her own mouth, for a moment, had not reacted yet. Looking at her face full of question marks, she knew that she herself did not go to explain to her, but waited for the question mark on her face to slowly fade away until she understood what she meant.

  "What did you come here for? Why are you talking nonsense all the time?" She herself had already understood, and without letting her speak, directly took over the conversation. "If you have something to say, do you need to brew your emotions first?"

  "Do you know how the soldiers outside have been talking about you since your return? The mountain bear has already sent two people to the hospital for this, it's not that I'm suppressing him, he would have let the military police take them away long ago. The airport incident was the same." Upon hearing her words, he couldn't help but smile to himself 'usually before negotiations, one should first put themselves in the highest position, making the other side feel grateful, only then can they get the greatest benefit, she's learned well.'

  "I don't care what others say about me, but I appreciate your help in taking care of the bear. Thank you. If you think you can use this to blackmail me into doing something for you, then you're wrong. If I did that, the bear would knock me out with one punch and then go turn himself in."

  She gently pulled out my ID card from her own breast pocket, along with Ou Yang's amulet that was hanging on it. "Has she not given it to Shan Xiong?" Her voice reached my ears just as I finished thinking this in my head. "Please don't blame me for not giving this to Shan Xiong." She paused for a moment, her head lowered, as if making some sort of decision. I didn't interrupt her and quietly waited for what she had to say next.

  After a few minutes, she seemed to have made up her mind and slowly lifted her head. Then, I heard her voice beside my ear. "When you and he came back, almost everyone here didn't believe you could come back alive, but Shan Xiong believed that you could come back alive. I also believed that you could come back alive, so I didn't give this to Shan Xiong because I wanted to personally return it to you when you came back. In the few days of waiting for your return, I kept thinking about what you said to me last time. Sorry, please accept my apology. Don't laugh at me, but now I realize that I was indeed a flower in a greenhouse. I took everything too lightly, including war. I thought it was just like playing a game. When I begged Father to let me come here, he only said one sentence when I left: 'It's not what you think it is over there. If you go, you'll understand. If something happens to you, I'll be heartbroken. If you still don't understand that our soldiers on the battlefield are not what you think they are, I'll be heartbroken.' Father didn't even come to see me off when he finished speaking. Now, I understand what Father meant. The people we saw at home and the ones I met while studying abroad were completely different from you. I apologize for my previous thoughts and my wrong actions. I don't expect you and Shan Xiong to forgive me. I know that my actions have hurt you too much. Sorry!"

  She didn't give me a chance to say anything, but directly handed the thing in her hand to mine, then stood up, turned around and opened the door. As she was about to leave, she turned her head back and said "My father will arrive three days later, he will personally award you and Shan Xiong with medals. At that time, it will also be the time for me to leave, and from then on, you will never see me again. One last thing: You are my hero!!!" After saying this, she turned around and left without any hesitation.

  As the door slowly closed, I gently held in my hand the ID card and amulet she had returned to me, which still retained her body temperature. However, it soon cooled down and became a cold piece of metal again, just like my heart.

  "You are my hero" He repeated her words softly to himself, "No, I am not your hero!!" He looked up at the sky outside the window and said softly, "Ouyang, I am your hero, no matter in the past, present or future. I have always been and will be your only hero, the only one."