Chapter 378 The Meaning of “Father” (Two in One, Please Subscribe!!!)

"My child, your apology scares me so much, and I can't bear this gift from you." The man who dragged Yuan Zhisheng back to the ramen stall patted him on the shoulder, "You didn't do anything wrong, it was me. I owe you all, and to be honest, the moment I learned the truth, I felt more guilt and regret than joy."

Yuan Zhisheng wanted to raise his head and look at the old man who pulled him from the rainstorm into the ramen stall and said these words to him, but he no longer had to look up because the old man standing next to him had already leaned over him. on his waist, checking his torn injuries and re-fixing the gauze.

Yuan Zhisheng was still sitting in the seat where he left the ramen stall. Except for the old man coming to the front from behind the food table, nothing seemed to have changed. The illusion-like moment made Yuan Zhisheng feel a little dazed.

The tops of Minamoto's and Uesugoshi's heads were exactly where the ramen stall lights were shining. The gentle beam of light fell from the sky and shone on Uesugoshi's side face. From Minamoto's perspective, the old man's kind face was just immersed in the warmth. In the yellow light beam, he felt the old man's warm palm against his cold skin, and a warm current surged through Yuan Zhisheng's heart. A thought subconsciously crossed his mind... If he really had a father like him in the world. If such a role exists, the father's temperature must be the temperature of the old man's generous hand at this moment.

Until now, Yuan Zhisheng still couldn't compare the kind and kind old man in front of him with the figure who appeared next to him in the blink of an eye and then pulled him back to the ramen stall with a force that he couldn't resist in a hurry.

All this happened so unexpectedly, the old man appeared so fast that he was like an unpredictable ghost, and his strength was as strong as a bull. Minamoto Chisei finally understood a little bit about Masamune Tachibana's "Snake Qihachi" describing Uesugoshi. How much weight do the words "the most powerful parent in the family in the past century" hold, but Yuan Zhisheng still can't see through the bottom line of the old man's strength. He only feels that the old man in front of him gives him an unfathomable feeling. , like an infinitely deep black hole.

"It's very tiring, these years... I'm sorry that I haven't been with you for so many years, leaving you to bear all this alone." Uesugi Yue looked at the wounds on Minamoto's waist and abdomen, and the hideous scars seemed to be winding around. There was a poisonous snake around Yuan Zhisheng's waist, and the old man's eyes were full of distress and remorse.

"It's okay." Yuan Zhisheng could only lower his voice and reply.

What else could he say? Do you say you are tired? Still not too tired? He didn't want to expose his vulnerable side in front of the old man, and he didn't want to lie to the old man, so he could only say "it's okay" lightly, just like every child who doesn't want his parents to worry... Children will always stubbornly think that they You are an adult now and can take care of yourself.

"Be patient." Uesugoshi took out the soju and cotton swabs from the drawer of the car.

He unscrewed the sealing cap of the soju, dipped a cotton swab in the high-purity soju and carefully applied it to the cracks of Minamoto's wound. There was a lot of rainwater in Minamoto's wound, and Uesugi was more worried that the wound might be infected.

The alcohol came into contact with the gash in his abdomen, and the sudden sharp pain made Yuan Zhisheng subconsciously want to take a breath, but he gritted his teeth and endured it... Yuan Zhisheng didn't want to show his cowardice in front of anyone. On the one hand, even if that person is his biological father.

Over the years, he has been gritting his teeth and getting through it like this, never complaining about his pain and fatigue. Many times after completing a mission, Crow Yasha or Tachibana Masamune would often ask him if he was tired, and Minamoto would answer in a naive way. They were all "not bad", just like the answer Uesugoshi just gave... But in fact, how could he not be tired? He was actually very tired, so tired that he was almost out of breath.

Yuan Zhisheng always thought that he was just a turtle trying to crawl back to his own puddle. He had no ambitions or desires, but a person without ambitions and desires was not suitable to survive in Tokyo, let alone sit at the top of the mafia clan. On the throne, the family and even the entire Tokyo are like a huge cage for Yuan Zhisheng, imprisoning his freedom and life.

The playboy of the Gattuso family once said that Minamoto just longed for France, but he had no French romantic genes at all. He said that he was actually a traditional Japanese at heart, self-denying and paranoid, stubborn and strong, just like a living creature. The stubborn Japanese samurai in the contemporary era... Yuan Zhisheng could not refute any of Caesar's words at that time, because he could not refute it at all. He also recognized Caesar's words deep in his heart, and he recognized that he was what the other party described. That way.

He is self-denying and stubborn. Because he was born in this family, he must fight for the peace and harmony of the family. Because the man who once treated him like a teacher and a father had great expectations for him, so he built himself into The sharpest knife of the Executive Bureau, in order to repay Tachibana Masamune's expectations... Minamoto had always fantasized about leaving everything behind and getting on the plane to France, but he had to admit that deep down in his heart, he had already prepared to be imprisoned by his family for the rest of his life. preparation.

Yuan Zhisheng thought that sacrificing his entire life would satisfy everyone and allow everyone in the family to live a good life, but the reality is just like what the woman named Miyamoto Noyuki who he killed once said, even if He is Amaterasu, but Amaterasu cannot illuminate all people and "ghosts". The war has never stopped, the family has been bleeding, and the person who caused the family to bleed is actually the one who taught him all this, and he finally The man you trust.

The moment he learned the truth, Yuan Zhisheng just wanted to cry. It was difficult for him to accept this cruel reality, but reality could not tolerate him. Reality is reality, and the truth is the truth, even though it is so cruel, so arrogant, and so torturous. People are sad... Even if the sadness makes people want to cry, reality is still so stubborn, so objective, and so undeniable.

"You say it's fine, but the expression on your face has betrayed your heart." Uesugi said softly.

Yuan Zhisheng was stunned, and turned his head subconsciously, his eyes flickering slightly.

Uesugoshi didn't raise his head, he was still cleaning Minamoto's wounds wholeheartedly, but the old man seemed to know the wrinkled expression on Minamoto's face at this moment.

"You are too tired, my child. I can see that you have lived a very miserable life these years. If you feel aggrieved, you might as well cry out. It is easy to suppress yourself if you don't vent your emotions." Uesugoshi's voice Very magnetic, "In the past sixty years as a ramen chef, apart from the craftsmanship of ramen, the only thing I have learned is to learn to live a free and easy life. You have to learn to laugh, but you must also not forget to cry. Cry appropriately. It's not embarrassing to cry...it's not shameful for a man to live such a miserable life."

Yuan Zhisheng was silent for a long time. He slowly raised his head and looked at the awning of the ramen stall. His voice was slightly hoarse: "Men should not shed tears... Men who are the parents of the family should not shed tears."

"Paranoid!" Uesugoshi shook his head slightly, "If you are really paranoid to death, a smell of old-fashioned and pedantic will come to your face."

"No man should shed tears, and parents of all parents should not shed tears..." Uesugi glanced at Minamoto Chisao, "These words are what the man who lived in the 30th Showa era taught you, right? This is what he said The style of the man named Tachibana Masamune.”

Minamoto was stunned for a moment and remained silent...because Uesugoshi was right.

These words were indeed given to him by Tachibana Masamune. Although they were not the original words of Tachibana Masamune, what Yuan Zhisheng resented was that the man had clearly betrayed him and not the family, so why did he still betray that man? The words I once said are regarded as the dogma of life and will never be forgotten.

Uesugi glanced at Yuan Zhisheng's expression calmly, then lowered his head to focus on Yuan Zhisheng's wounds, and suddenly said: "Although this is very paranoid and cliché, the truth is indeed this. ... When a man joins the underworld, he puts his life on the line, and he must have the belief that he can bleed but not shed tears, especially as a man who is the head of a family, such a man cannot shed tears easily."

Yuan Zhisheng was startled, and a bitter smile spread across his lips... This smile looked even uglier than crying.

Yes, he is the patriarch of a mafia clan. A man like him cannot shed tears, but what else can he do to alleviate this unforgettable pain? Now he can neither kill Tachibana Masamune nor expose Tachibana Masamune's conspiracy. He can only endure it, but blindly forbearing will drive people crazy. He wants to cry, but he is the head of the family... Yes, he He is the leader of the underworld that attracts everyone's attention. A man like him cannot shed tears...

Before Minamoto could calm down, Uesugi suddenly changed the subject: "Yes, men can't shed tears... but children can."

Yuan Zhisheng's wry smile instantly froze on his face.

"Children should cry a few times in front of their father. At this time, they can take advantage of their grievances to complain to their father about the bastard who bullied them." Uesugi Koshi had not been serious for a few minutes before he seemed to have said that again. The consumptive ramen chef said, "Then the father will comfort the child and say that it is common for boys to be bullied. It is normal to cry when bullied. This is something that every boy has to go through in his growth stage. He cried bitterly after being bullied several times. After a few times, you can grow into a real man after wiping away your tears. This time, your father will help you teach that bastard who bullied you a lesson. When you become a man, you can beat him hard with your fists. on the face."

"The father gave birth to shoulders as broad as mountains to support his children. The father gave birth to a chest as deep as the sea to hold the tears of his children. The father lived decades longer than his children to use his own life. Experience and tolerate the grievances of children... This is the meaning of the role of 'father', isn't it?"

Uesugoshi kept talking, and finally he seemed to realize that he would be too proud to show off like this when he had just become a father for a few hours, so Uesugoshi scratched the back of his head and smiled coquettishly: "That's a long way to go. I’m going too far, these are all things I’ve seen in books and TV series, and I don’t know if they’re correct or not.”

In fact, Uesugi has read a lot in books and TV series!

People like him don't know how to read or watch such tender TV series. He just suddenly realized that he had talked too much. He was in a similar mental state to Minamoto Chisheng. Minamoto Chisheng was afraid that Uesugoshi would see him. Although he has a timid side, Uesugi Yue is also afraid of showing his emotional and tender side in front of Minamoto. Both father and son are the same.

Yuan Zhisheng raised his head and stared at the warm yellow top of his head, not because of how beautiful the light was... but because he was using this to hide his red eyes because of Uesugoshi's words.

"But how do you know..." Yuan Zhisheng was about to change the subject, but his voice was extremely hoarse. He took a deep breath, cleared his throat, and suppressed the faint cry in his tone, "I mean, you said You just knew my identity and our relationship, and I just mentioned that a man in my family who I once regarded as my father deceived me. I never mentioned his name from beginning to end, but you just The name 'Tachibana Masamune' was revealed at one glance...How do you know all this?"

Just now, Minamoto was immersed in his own emotions and didn't notice this, but now he suddenly remembered that Uesugi's old-fashioned words were all inherited from the man named Tachibana Masamune.

Yuan Zhisheng recalled carefully that since he came to this ramen stall, he had never mentioned the word "Tachibana Masamune". Even the entire Sheqiba family did not understand the real person of Tachibana Masamune. He only knew the truth after being reminded... And how could his father, who had been away from the family for more than sixty years, know all this?

"Oh, it was your friend who came to my ramen stall to tell me, not long ago." Uesugi said, "He told me a lot about you, including you and Tachibana Masamune, and you The relationship with that girl named Yabuki Sakura.”

"Sakura?" Yuan Zhisheng was stunned and murmured, "My relationship with Sakura... What relationship can I have with Sakura?"

"Oh, you're still hiding it from me? Everyone has told me." Uesugi raised his eyebrows at Minamoto, stretched out his thumbs, and touched the pads of his two fingers lightly, speaking in an ambiguous tone, " It’s just… that kind of relationship.”

Gen Zhisheng became more and more confused by what Uesugi said, but a possible guess also vaguely emerged in his mind.

Only that person, only that person knew all this, and according to what his father Uesugoshi said, that person seemed to have been to the ramen stall and left shortly before his arrival, which matched the time.

"What is the name of my 'friend' who came to visit you just now?" Yuan Zhisheng asked.

"Huh? It's a young man named Lu Mingfei. Isn't he your friend?" Uesugi looked at Yuan Zhisheng suspiciously.

Lu Mingfei... Yuan Zhisheng took a deep breath and thought that his guess was correct. It was indeed Lu Mingfei. Only that guy knew all this and spread rumors about his relationship with Ying in front of his father!

Soon after the plot between Minamoto and Uesugi ended, the plot of Ryu Sanka was entered.