Counterfeit Hero

Tian Mimi... The two girls passing by Tian Xing Fitness arm in arm turned their heads in surprise, looked at him strangely, then looked at each other, and suddenly burst into uncontrollable laughter, as if they felt it was not polite. One of them Bit blushed, grabbed his companion and ran away.

There was also a middle-aged man wearing a windbreaker and carrying a briefcase. He was walking and drinking with a drink in his hand. When he heard the sound, he looked at Tian Xingjian next to him, coughed repeatedly, blushed and wiped away his laughter. With the drink spilled on him, he left quickly.

Tian Xingjian, who was called by his nickname, was simply ashamed. Standing at the street corner among the crowds of people, a fat and innocent man was actually called Tian Mimi in a heart-wrenching manner. There was no room for his face.

An Lei also felt that she shouted too loudly. She bit her lip and turned around. She looked at the eyes of the passers-by around her and her pretty face turned red with embarrassment. She grabbed Tian Xingjian's hand and pulled him into the corner of the intersection. A coffee shop.

The cafe was very quiet in the morning. The two of them chose a seat near the floor-to-ceiling windows on the street and sat down.

The male waiter came over with a drink catalog, bowed politely and said, "Excuse me, what drinks do you two want?"

"I want a glass of watermelon juice, and she wants..." The fat man's words suddenly hesitated, his voice became a little softer, and he couldn't be sure: "...Orange juice...?"

Under the questioning eyes of the male waiter, An Lei nodded quietly. She looked at Tian Xingjian, her eyes suddenly turned red, she bit her lip lightly and turned away.

I was relatively speechless for a while.

The giant light-screen TV on the building across the street was broadcasting a live broadcast of the Federation's welcoming ceremony for Russell. Russell in the image had already put on the uniform of a Federation general, surrendered from a hostile country, and immediately transformed into a soldier of another country. Admiral, such instances are rare.

President Hamilton delivered his speech, which was less a welcome to Russell than a call for a counterattack against Gacharin's empire.

The two of them watched the TV quietly, both a little distracted, but what they recalled in their minds was the scene when they were childhood sweethearts, one holding watermelon juice and the other holding orange juice, holding hands and smiling at each other.

After so many years apart, does she still like to drink orange juice?

After so many years apart, he still remembers what I like to drink!

The male waiter quickly brought the drinks. The two of them turned around. When they saw each other, they were both a little flustered. They turned to look at the waiter and said, "Thank you."

The waiter was startled by the gazes of the two men. This was the first time sincerely thanking him since he started working. He was flattered and waved his hands repeatedly: "You're welcome, you're welcome, please use it slowly."

Seeing the fat man opposite him looking like he was about to turn his head to watch TV again, An Lei, with red eyes, didn't want to remain silent any longer.

"Tell me, why did you become a soldier?"

This was An Lei's first question. She was forced to collapse by this question. She wanted to know the answer. Why did this boy who was never suitable to be a soldier in her heart choose this path.

Tian Xingjian was a little confused. He withdrew his eyes and looked at the watermelon juice in front of him. He said in a daze: "I don't know. After graduation, I seem to have no goals. My subconscious tells me that maybe becoming a soldier can help me." Find what I lost.”

Looking at An Lei, Tian Xingjian silently added in his heart: "Maybe this will bring me closer to you."

Tears welled up in An Lei's eyes, and she asked softly: "How did you do it to bring back more than two hundred federal soldiers?"

Tian Xingjian smiled bitterly and said: "You know I am a coward. Fear is sometimes a kind of power... I just try to escape for my life..."

An Lei almost couldn't hold back her tears, and there was a stabbing pain in her heart. Tian Xingjian said it simply, but An Lei knew that the moment he set foot on the battlefield, he had to endure how much fear he had to endure while growing up to be a federal officer. Before becoming a hero, he had to go through so many hardships.

An Lei raised her head and looked sideways at the sky outside the window, trying hard to hold back her distressed tears: "You know you are a coward, why are you so stupid, and why do you want to participate in this war that is completely incompatible with you?"

Tian Xingjian did not look at An Lei. He quietly looked at the flow of people outside the window. His voice was a little hard and tired: "There is no escape. In this vortex, no one can be alone. If the war eventually spreads to the capital, I will not be able to escape either." Fall. This way...at least I'm closer to what I lost."

An Lei looked at the clouds in the sky dreamily, feeling both happy and sad at the same time.

She knew what he had lost. The boy he once was was no longer a child who turned around and ran away when he encountered danger. He had grown into a man. He was still timid and had no choice but to join the war, but he found his courage and was even better than Most people are brave men.

The tragedy is that this man spent nearly ten years making a mistake, and he still doesn't know what he has lost.

The two of them were silent for a long time.

An Lei finally made up her mind, she wanted to tell this person...everything.

Tears were rolling in An Lei's eyes again, and her voice seemed to be in a distant cloud: "You are a fool, you have not lost, never have! Ten years ago, I was not hurt, that is not why I left you Reason. My father has always regarded you as his biological son. He said that he would let you experience everything you should experience. "

"That day, he scolded you and drove you away! You should know how distressed he was. Several times, he went to see you and looked at you from a distance... His mother advised him, but he was stubborn and unwilling to call you. You go home."

Scenes of past events passed through An Lei's mind, and her voice was filled with tears. It was a kind of unspeakable grievance.

"You never went back until he died! I hate you, I hate him, I hate you two!" An Lei's tears finally fell, and she stood up suddenly, grabbed her handbag and ran out of the coffee.

Tian Xingjian stared out the window blankly, watching An Lei's flying car leave. His brain was a little unable to react: "Dad An... passed away..."

The kind but stern middle-aged man, the person who has been with him since his parents died, the fat middle-aged man who played with his two children and was often out of breath and a little fat, the person closest to him. The person... died?

A surge of sadness rushed straight into his nose.

Tian Xingjian cried. In the coffee shop where there were more and more customers, he burst into tears unbridled. He had already regarded that man as his father. He had never been ashamed to go back, and had never dared to face that man's hateful gaze. Why... Why did he leave so quietly...

After all, he is a coward, a coward who can never undo his mistakes! Tian Xingjian howled, with a hurt whine in his voice.

He felt ashamed before the kind middle-aged man's spirit in heaven! .