《Xie Jiu! Come and fight!》
After An Yinong’s pseudonym was revealed, his fans almost fainted. Before, Xie Jiu and He Tiantong could still remain calm, but now, it’s was revenge for the theft of their wives and children.
“It’s fine if you snatched He Tiantong, but why did you snatch our idols as well?”
In the past, He Tiantong was just a nice rich man to them. He often did charity and was generous to his subordinates. They would want to work for him if they had the chance. These rich people were too far away from their lives.
But Gu Pan and Yinong were different. Their characters had accompanied them through their student days and into the society. Many people regarded these two faceless figures as friends and idols. According to the words of later generations, these two were their male gods. They just quietly took their male gods away. Did they ask the fans for their opinions?
At this moment, Xie Jiu was no longer the successful businessman and medical genius. He was just a bastard who was full of money and secretly kidnapped the son of Hong Kong. His rivals in love could be lined up from the island to the mainland.
An Yinong also did not understand how this “Son of Hong Kong City” title came about, because others used extremely sensational words to describe his feelings when facing “learning disabilities” and “campus violence and kidnapping”?
Hiss, Zhang Wei, who just had a baby girl, actually called to comfort him. However, An Yinong did appear on TV talking about dyslexia. He hoped that when people saw children like him, they would not directly judge them as “naughty, careless, and stupid”, but give those children a chance. Maybe, there was another ‘Yinong’ and ‘Gu Pan’ among those children?
An Yinong on TV was young, handsome, eloquent, gentlemanly and considerate. People in front of the TV couldn’t take their eyes off him.
“Brother Da, too bad, you were late.” Hei Pi, who was now a basketball coach, comforted his childhood friend, Li Da, who was now a big star.
Li Da said nothing, just drank one bottle after another. Hei Pi had always known what his brother was thinking, but at the time he didn’t know that the young master could accept a man, and the two of them were worlds apart. Li Da had even participated in the kidnapping, so he always felt that he was not worthy of speaking his mind, so he kept it in his heart for so many years.
“If I had known this earlier…what’s the use of knowing this earlier?” Still one person in a world of their own.
Also on TV were Wu Bai and his group. Wu Bai was released from prison early a few years ago due to his good behavior. Then he opened a freight company with a group of brothers. Today, he was doing very well and people call him “Boss” whenever he went out.
Many people who wanted to quit the underworld came to follow him. Because of his early reputation and his grandfather’s prestige, people in the underworld would not take action against his freight company.
“I was saying that the person who could make our Walled City known to the world must have had some contact with us. When he first entered the Walled City, he was amazed at everything.”
Ah Kuan drank and slapped his thighs, looking proud like a big chicken: “This is the first time I have met such a person. He was pointed at a gun, but he could still talk and laugh with us. I knew at that time that he must have great potential.”
“If it weren’t for him, we would still be in a daze and wouldn’t know when we would die. He deserves to be called the Son of Hong Kong. He is the only one who is qualified.”
“Really? He said at the time that he wanted to be a cartoonist, and I thought he was just joking, but I didn’t expect him to really become a famous cartoonist.” Awei sighed as he looked at the young man on TV. He also talked about what happened back then with his wife.
In fact, it was only one year ago, but it seems like a lifetime ago when I think about it.
Grandpa Wu Bai had passed away two years ago, but he was very peaceful when he died. He said he was very happy and that he could die with peace of mind seeing his grandson walk out of the quagmire. Every time Wu Bai thought of his grandfather’s last words, he thought of that young master.
“This guy Xie Jiu has always been a role model for my grandfather to educate me when I was a child. When looking for a person, I always look for the best. He is so lucky.” He bit the cigarette and seemed to “see” the day that changed his destiny in the smoke.
Many people were on the show that day, and Editor Qian was in the bar. Because of her “concealment”, Editor Qian was punished by “drinking”.
“At that time, he was only this tall, about the same size as my brother. I was thinking, is this true? He was already very impressive as a boss, but he could also draw?” The drunk editor Qian said with a big mouth, “But he really can draw well.”
“Ah——” Zhang Ming, who was also drunk late at night, tore the newspaper in his hand. He was released from prison two years ago, but because of his lack of physical strength and good connections to help him, he could only work as a waiter in an entertainment club.
Although his income was not bad, he liked gambling. As a result, he had no savings but only debts. Now there were big red words painted on the door of the room he rented. The landlord’s patience was almost reaching the limit.
“Do I have to go back to the walled city?” He knelt on the ground, laughing and crying at the same time. Only there were sufficiently cheap rental houses.
His aunt had been a lover of three or four men, and now she was looking for a fifth victim and had no time to care about him. As for Wenlong, he had not been able to contact him and he didn’t know whether he was alive or dead.
“This world is so unfair!” Zhang Ming roared at the night sky. He tried his best to get out of the walled city, but after going around in circles, he had to go back.
Even now, he still felt that He Tiantong was a lucky idiot. He was lucky to be born in a wealthy family and had an outstanding talent for painting. If he were given the same conditions, he could do better! “Damn God!”
With the added bonus of movies and TV series, the matter of the genius cartoonist became a huge sensation, and eventually people from other countries also learned about the news. This incident pushed An Yinong’s reputation to a higher level again. Yinong’s fans and Gu Pan’s fans joined together to form a fairly large group.
The company that had previously bought many of An Yinong’s filming rights felt that this shocking news out of the blue could be used as an opportunity to launch the “Monster Universe”.
The second film in the Monster series, “House of Resentment”, had entered the casting stage, and An Yinong had also appeared in local newspapers as a beautiful, strong, tragic (crossed out) and story-telling genius. There was even a talk show that invited him from across the ocean. He suddenly became so successful that Wen Long, who now lived in the basement, also saw his photos and experiences on the landlord’s TV.
Afterwards, there was a video clip taken from Hong Kong. The young man, who was already 26 years old, had extraordinary charm just standing there. When he lowered his head to paint, the picture was so beautiful that people couldn’t bear to destroy it.
The landlord with a permed hair spoke her hometown dialect for once. She gave a thumbs up to the TV and said, “I had something similar. I had trouble studying back then, so I had to work because I didn’t study well. Hey, you think I should have pushed myself back then…”
“Host, the regret value suddenly rose to more than seven just now. The protagonist must have heard the news about you.”
“Don’t worry about it.” An Yinong was very calm. He was now wearing a Chinese Tang suit.
It was too shocking for two grown men to get married in this era, but the people had to give Uncle Xie Jiu, who was “very insecure and had to kiss and hug” recently, a point. Grandpa He said, “Why don’t you worship your ancestors and put your name in the family tree?” The two agreed, and now they are wearing “wedding clothes”.
The stone tablet of the ancestral hall was swept clean and two red silk cloths were hung on it. The He family’s relatives and friends were standing at the door, including Granny Lian. She was a little hard of hearing due to her old age, but she was in good spirits. She was holding a stand in her hand, on which stood two parrots, rubbing against each other.
A red carpet extended from under the feet of An Yinong and his friend all the way into the ancestral hall.
Among those present, He Chengjue and Li Yufeng had the most complicated feelings.
Just during this period of time, the affair between An Yinong and Xie Jiu was exposed, and then some people laughed at them privately, saying that they had a homosexual child and had no offspring.
He Chengjue was so angry that he beat the man up, and then he said, “What’s wrong with homosexuality? It’s okay if I can find Xie Jiu to be my son-in-law.” He said this, but he was still angry when he came back.
As a result, within two days, his son’s two aliases made headlines, and he became the son of Hong Kong. No one said a word about homosexuality or childlessness anymore. Instead, they envied him for having such a successful son. Comics were indeed a niche, but if a niche was taken to the extreme and went beyond the circle, it was no longer a niche.
This was not about money, it was about face. When he goes out, when others mention He Tiantong’s father, He Chengjue would be overwhelmed by envious eyes. Even the relatives from their great aunt’s side, who had never liked them before, called to confirm again and again and wanted to sign the book.
Such achievements could be called “bringing honor to the family”.
He Chengjue and Li Yufeng were not so excited. They were reflecting on themselves. When their son was little, he said that his eyes skipped words and could not remember things. Why didn’t they ask him more and show more concern? If they had asked and shown concern, their son wouldn’t have suffered so much, and he wouldn’t have been easily taken away by Xie Jiu next door due to lack of understanding.
Two young men were already walking hand in hand on the other side of the red carpet. They walked past and entered the ancestral hall, where Grandpa He was already standing there holding the family tree.
Xie Jiu wrote the words “Xie Yu” next to He Tiantong’s words. In the evening light, they were smiling, and even their hair and lips were filled with the joy of autumn.
He Chengjue looked at them with mixed feelings. “I want to set up a foundation to see if I can help other children who have a hard time studying like our Atong.” He Chengjue said. He knew it was useless to say this now, since his son didn’t need it anymore, but he still wanted to make up for his mistake.
“Okay, I’ll run it with you. How about calling it Tiantong Fund?”
“Good.”
After that, An Yinong continued to create, and he still retained the two styles of “Yinong” and “Gu Pan”. Yinong painted “righteousness” and Gu Pan painted “emotion”. His works had also been remade into various film and television works and then exported to various countries.
Xie Jiu said that he was like a silk thread, which used to connect the mainland and Hong Kong City, and later connected their home country to foreign countries.
An Yinong cherished everything around him, from his employees to the country, so he provided benefits to his employees and actively worked for the country, donating money and supplies when there were natural disasters, and even going to the front line.
Xie Jiu didn’t quite understand this kind of situation, but he followed what An Yinong did, and he also had housing benefits for his employees. Probably because of this, the two of them have always been the most desired bosses in many people’s minds.
After the vest was exposed, An Yinong received more suitors. He didn’t know where these people came from. They sent all kinds of things to his house and even scattered flower petals from a helicopter. An Yinong was so scared that he took Xie Jiu back to the He family’s ancestral land overnight.
That ordinary little village, after spending a few years of money on construction, had also become prosperous. Grandpa He built a sanatorium here. He thought that this place was a good place for health preservation, and he also retired here.
An Yinong didn’t understand the local dialect very well, but he knew the familiar faces of the people. He had lived here for a long time, planted some crops, and raised cats and dogs. When the villagers found out that he and Xie Jiu were a couple, they were surprised for a long time.
He was later recognized.
A tourist who happened to come to the small village to visit the spring accidentally took a photo of him and Xie Jiu. In the photo, An Yinong was tired from climbing the mountain, and Xie Jiu insisted on carrying him on his back. At that time, An Yinong was already in his forties, but he was still very elegant. Time seemed to have favored him, leaving only a mature charm. Xie Jiu was even more outrageous, he looked almost the same age as An Yinong.
These two handsome uncles were both graceful and warm, so natural and heartwarming, but there was no scenery in the photo, only these two people were in the shot.
These first-generation netizens were so excited that they immediately found out the real person: “Ah! Isn’t this Gu Pan/Yinong?”
An Yinong was a person who “is no longer in the martial arts world, but his legend has always been there”. How many people had made TV series adapted from his comics? How many people grew up with his works?
As a large number of book fans were about to arrive at the scene, so An Yinong and Xie Jiu ran away overnight again. They took the bird cage that no longer had a parrot in it, as well as the cat and dog, and left behind a new comic book “Mountain Ghost”.
The new comic story was magnificent and fantastic, with the same gorgeous painting style as before. There was no doubt that this is Gu Pan’s work, but this time his work seemed to have integrated the harmony and tranquility of the mountain village and nature.
Fans of Yinong’s books complained that He Tiantong preferred Gu Pan to Yinong. But soon after, Yinong’s new comic came out, called “Nine Dragon Cauldron”, with a tomb-robbing theme, but the main point was the stories of these ancient objects.
Yes, the protagonist could touch the antique to know its past, how it appeared, what kind of owner it had, and how it got here. The subject matter fascinated foreign book fans. The charm of an ancient country that had existed for thousands of years was inadvertently revealed, which made people yearn for it.
A few years later, suddenly one day, the regret value reached one hundred. He was a little surprised. Later he learned that Wen Long had died on the streets abroad after falling ill.
“Why is this happening?” The system doesn’t understand.
“Because he never realized the gap between Uncle Jiu and me until his death. He always dreamed of the most perfect things, including love.”
That day, An Yinong and Xie Jiu said, “The cinema where we first met is said to have been converted into a holographic cinema. Do you want to go?”
This invitation was very sudden, and Xie Jiu seemed to understand something. They took the ferry to the other side again. The cinema, which had changed owners several times, no longer resembled its former self.
An Yinong held Xie Jiu’s hand and said, “In the first life, we didn’t confess our love. In the second life, we didn’t grow old together. I’m very happy that we can meet again in this life, but I still want to be a little more greedy…”
Xie Jiu smiled at his silver hair, and once again thought of that day when Xingchen threw himself into his arms.
“Uncle Jiu, I’m looking for you.”
WhiteMoon x BlackSun 