528. Chapter 528 I Am Not a Hero

After leaving the auction house, Xiao Yan took Yun Xiao to wander on the street. After a year of development, there were a lot of food and entertainment shops on Heijiaoyu Street. Xiao Yan also completely relied on Yun Xiao, no matter what Yun Xiao wanted. Everything he wanted to eat and play was allowed, and Xiao Yan also had a good experience of a warm father-daughter time.

Just when Xiao Yan and Yun Xiao passed by a teahouse, they were suddenly startled and felt a familiar scent. He turned his head and looked into the teahouse and saw the back of a familiar old man.

The old man also felt something. He turned his head slightly and was stunned for several seconds when he saw Xiao Yan. Then his pupils shrank slightly and he asked uncertainly.

"Xiao Yan?"

"Senior Yingshan, long time no see."

Xiao Yan smiled and said hello, and the old man Yingshan also rubbed his eyes to make sure he saw it correctly.

"Xiao Yan, are you really still alive?"

"Haha, the boy's luck may be better than you think."

Xiao Yan chuckled softly, then hugged Yun Xiao and sat at Old Yingshan's table. Old Yingshan looked at Yun Xiao in Xiao Yan's arms and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Who is this child?"

"She's my daughter." After saying that, Xiao Yan lowered his head and greeted Yun Xiao, "Xiao Xiao, say hello to Grandpa Yingshan."

"Hello, Grandpa Yingshan."

Yun Xiao nodded obediently, and then hid in Xiao Yan's arms.

Obviously, the old man from Yingshan does not look so kind. At least the children are still a little afraid of him in their first impression.

"Hey~ Hello~"

The old man Yingshan also showed what he thought was a kind smile. However, it turned out to be the opposite. The fear in Yun Xiao's eyes became even deeper, and his head was buried directly in Xiao Yan's arms, making the old man Yingshan helplessly touch his bald head.

"It seems that I am not so popular with children."

"Senior Yingshan, please don't be offended."

Xiao Yan apologized softly, and the old man Yingshan waved his hand lightly and said with some emotion.

"I was sad for a long time when I heard the news of your death. I finally met someone I could completely trust in my life, but in the blink of an eye, the person disappeared. At that time, I was a little doubtful about life." Yingshan The old man poured a cup of tea for Xiao Yan and said softly: "The boy you arranged is quite good at getting things done. Whenever he has free time, he drags me to the brothel, even though I am not interested in that."

Hearing what Old Yingshan said, Xiao Ning's smiling face suddenly appeared in Xiao Yan's mind, and a slight cold sweat flowed from his forehead.

Cousin Xiao Ning, you really don’t choose others when you invite them.

However, he didn't feel disgusted by the old man Yingshan's appearance, Xiao Yan said with a chuckle.

"Senior Yingshan, I see you look quite good."

"Well, I haven't lived so comfortably in many years. I couldn't even imagine it before, and I never thought that the place where I could live so comfortably would be the Black Corner Territory." The old man from Yingshan took a sip of tea and glanced at it. He glanced at Xiao Yan and said, "The longer I live here, the more curious I will be about you."

To be honest, unifying the Black Corner Territory is actually not as difficult as climbing to the sky. What is really difficult is getting the Black Corner Territory to abandon the concept of the weak and the strong.

"I heard that Xiao Ning boy talk about your experience of unifying the Black Corner Territory, and also heard how many difficulties you encountered in changing the Black Corner Territory." The old man Yingshan glanced at the passers-by walking on the street, and said calmly: "Now Among the people who enjoy such a stable life, there are those who have spoken harshly to you and had very hostile attitudes. Weren't you confused about why you wanted to help them when you tried to change them? "

According to Xiao Ning's description, Xiao Yan suffered a lot in order to change these people's ideas. The most common encounter was that he was clearly helping the weak, but he was ridiculed and scorned by the weak, and even scolded. More than once, people wanted to take action against those ungrateful people, but Xiao Yan stopped them every time.

To be honest, Old Man Yingshan is trying to put himself into the role of Xiao Yan. If he sees a group of weak people he has worked so hard to help turn around and accuse and insult him, then he will kill them all no matter how calm his temper is. .

I can't stand this anger, or in other words, few people with strength can stand this anger.

As a strong man, I help you, a weakling, with good intentions, but you don't appreciate it, and you scold me in return? Did I give you face?

Therefore, Old Man Yingshan was really curious as to what mentality Xiao Yan had in insisting on doing this. It was clear that with his ability, he could silence all those weaklings with an iron fist.

But when Xiao Yan heard the old man Yingshan's question, he asked back.

"Confused? Why should I be confused?" This answer stunned the old man Yingshan, and Xiao Yan continued.

"What I do is what I want to do for myself, not for the recognition and praise of others." Xiao Yan gently stroked Yun Xiao's little head and said calmly: " No matter how much they ridicule me, I don’t care, I only care about how to achieve my goal.”

Xiao Yan turned to look at the pedestrians on the road.

"Everyone thinks that I did all this for them, but that's not true." Xiao Yan's eyes revealed determination, "I just did it for myself, to achieve my own ideals, and to make the entire continent my That’s all it looks like in my heart.”

"Whether other people like me or hate me, I don't care."

Listening to Xiao Yan's words, the old man Yingshan narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes flashing with light.

From the first meeting, Old Yingshan felt that Xiao Yan was an abnormal existence.

Now after hearing his words, he seemed even more abnormal.

Obviously everything he does is altruistic, but he himself says quite selfish things.

And Old Man Yingshan could clearly feel that Xiao Yan was not lying. He really believed from the bottom of his heart that everything he did was just for himself.

At this time, Xiao Yan spoke again, minding his own business.

"Since I was a child, I saw the heroes in those stories being respected and admired by everyone. At that time, a question would appear in my heart."

"Can a hero's identity be maintained only if he is respected and admired by others?"

"If what a hero does is not respected and admired by others, but instead is criticized and reviled by everyone, can he still insist on being a hero?"

"It would be okay if we just gave up being heroes. Maybe there are some heroes who have suffered the ill will of the people and in turn harmed the people they once protected."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yan looked at the old man Yingshan and asked.

"Senior Yingshan, do you think it is right for a hero who protects the people to harm the people he protects because he has suffered ill will from the people?"

".At least I would do this. I would not protect those who have ill intentions towards me."

Old Man Yingshan's indifferent answer was a confirmation of his answer from another angle.

Xiao Yan smiled and said softly without arguing with him.

"But I will protect them."

"Because I'm not a hero. I never want to be a hero. I just want to do what I want to do. The reason why I protect them is because this is part of what I want to do."

"Those children who envy heroes and swear loudly every day that they will become heroes in the future only see the glorious and respected side of heroes, but no one has ever considered how many hardships those heroes have suffered to have these."

"They don't want to be heroes, they just want to be high-ranking [people] who should be respected and admired by the people. The moment they think they are heroes, they have already trampled everyone under their feet in their hearts, even if Having compassion for the people is just a self-impressed sympathy for the lower-ranking people from the position of the superior, and they don’t care about what the people think in their hearts.”

"Those who only want to be heroes will never be heroes."

"Because I understand this deeply, I never think about being a hero."

"I'm just an ordinary person. I make mistakes like ordinary people. I am misunderstood like ordinary people. I am hated like ordinary people."

"I warned myself in my heart, never think too highly of myself. I am nothing great, and there is no reason for others to respect and admire me."

Xiao Yan looked at the old man Yingshan and said slowly.

"So no matter what their evaluation of me is, I will not feel confused. I will always walk firmly on my own path." (End of Chapter)