Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 731 The helpless reality!
"It's hard for me to imagine that someone as cold and hard as you would ever think of paying off Wu Sanxing's debt..."

In the face of Wu Xie's approving gaze, Hu Ming sneered.

Wu Erbai is a person...

If we say that the eldest brother Wu Yiqiong is a soft-hearted writer who is weak in temperament and can even cry when encountering problems.

Wu Sanxing is a very wild person. Once he decides on something, he will do it, no matter what price he has to pay - even if it is an unbearable price.

Wu Erbai, on the other hand, is a truly smart man who is extremely calm and rational, and whose rationality almost overwhelms his emotions.

Others may not know this, but Wu Xie knows it very well.

"Ah!"

Wu Erbai chuckled.

Both Hu Ming and he understood that this was just Hu Ming's joke.

Being calm, even to the point of being ruthless, is still a human being. Being human, one has a heart made of flesh and blood, and has a soft spot, and there are people or things that one cares about.

In Wu Erbai's life, apart from his family, there are few people or things that he cares about.

As the real pillar of the Wu family for half his life, some of Wu Erbai's emotions have long been worn away by the cruel reality, but because of this, Wu Erbai values ​​the blood-thicker-than-water family ties more than anyone else.

"..."

Looking at Wu Erbai's rare sincere smile, Wu Xie sighed. He remembered the several exchanges he had with Wu Erbai before coming here and after leaving the underground palace of the King of the South China Sea.

"…..I'm tired. I'm going to rest first. Uncle, the people from Warehouse 11 will come early tomorrow morning, right? I'll make preparations in advance."

With a disappointed sigh, Wu Xie waved his hand.

"You confessed to him? Did you and Wu Sanxing team up to set up this scheme?"

Hu Ming looked at Wu Xie's back in silence, glanced at the still indifferent brother and the silent fat man, and realized something.

In order to pass the review, too much key information was deleted from the Nanhaiwang underground palace in the film and television drama, and even many places were glossed over without any detailed explanation. However, it seems that the experience of the Nanhaiwang underground palace is a development of the original work.

“Just part of the front half.”

Wu Erbai lit a cigarette, glanced at the silent fat man, and said softly.

“I understand!”

Hu nodded in understanding.

Anyone who has read the original novel of Dao Pen knows that, except for the incident in the Sea of ​​Sand, Wu Xie can be considered the mastermind behind the incident and he showed his strength for once.

In fact, the story of Shahai still cannot escape the conspiracy of the Wu family behind the scenes.

For the rest, in most cases, Wu Xie was in a situation where he had to go on uncomfortably under arrangements that had already been planned by others.

This time, it is no exception.

But what makes people feel most helpless is that the series of schemes jointly set up by Wu Erbai and Wu Sanxing this time have only one central idea: to do good for Wu Xie.

...This is a... very frustrating, angry, painful and helpless thing.

As long as you are a human being, as long as someone designs your life without your consent under the banner of doing good for you, it will be uncomfortable for anyone.

Although, they really do it for your own good.

But for Wu Xie, he could not refute Wu Erbai's words at all.

Wu Xie's experiences over the years, coupled with his physical condition, have really touched the bottom line of everyone in the Wu family.

He is the only son in the Wu family for three generations. No one wants him to be stuck in this business for the rest of his life, where his life and death are uncertain. Wu Xie is a human being after all. He may not care about his own safety, but he must care about his elders.

Letting the elderly send off the young is a great act of unfilial piety in any era.

"Honestly speaking, if I were Wu Xie, even if I understood your painstaking efforts, I would definitely turn hostile to you." "People are independent and have their own independent thoughts. Wu Xie is already an adult. He has his own thoughts and he has the right to choose the life he wants. Even if you are his elders, you have no right and should not force him to live according to your ideas."

Hu Ming said in a deep voice.

"Xiao Xie is in his 30s or 40s this year, and I am in my 50s or 60s. Xiao Xie's father is a few years older than me."

"Hu Ming, we are not you, not Zhang Qiling, not Blind Qi. We are just mortals. At our age, it is exaggerated to say that we have already written our wills, because no one knows whether we will die tomorrow."

"Xiao Xie is the eldest son! He shouldn't be so selfish. In addition to himself, he should be responsible for his parents and the elderly lady! He must not die before the older generation passes away."

"This is the most basic filial duty that sons and grandsons should fulfill! When a person reaches a certain age and still makes his elderly parents and grandmother worry, it is not a lack of conscience, it is incompetence!"

Wu Erbai closed his eyes and spoke in a stiff voice.

"But when Wu Xie was young and ignorant, you and your family used him as a chess piece. You planned to drag him into the chess game against Lord Buddha and that person when he grew up, right?"

"Aren't you the elders who brought Wu Xie into this quagmire from which he can never escape, into such a dangerous situation?"

"Maybe, there's me..."

Hu Ming showed a rare hint of sarcasm, and after a while, he added something complicated.

Not to the Wu family. He knew that the Wu family did this because the situation at that time was too difficult and this was their only hope. If there was any mistake, everyone would die.

Hu Ming's ridicule was directed at Gan Dan's fate, at... at Uncle San.

To put it bluntly, Wu Xie's life so far can be summed up in one sentence: that of a chess piece.

This is very sad.

"It is because of our incompetence as elders that we have passed the burden on to the innocent children of the next generation..."

"For half a century, the Wu and Jie families have sacrificed too much just to survive. Born in the Wu family, maybe this is Xiao Xie's fate."

"The third brother and I are both filled with guilt towards this child. It was only because of our incompetence that Xiao Xie's first half of his life was created."

"Therefore, now that the situation has improved and we have the ability, we must not let Xiao Xie follow our old path for the rest of his life."

"Although, our approach was too harsh and too ruthless!"

"Cure Xiao Xie's illness, let him escape from this dangerous business for the rest of his life, and live a peaceful and ordinary life. No matter what, this is what we must achieve."

"Xiao Xie should have had a better and happier life. His life shouldn't have endured so much, and shouldn't have been so sad!"

"This is our fault, and we should make amends for it."

Wu Erbai lost interest in the conversation. How could he, a rational person, not know that their tough tactics this time really disgusted the parties involved?
But as a parent, no one wants to see their child die in an ancient tomb one day.

The longer I work in this industry, the more I understand that this industry is a huge quagmire. People who make a living in it are always struggling in pain. A simple life is the greatest happiness that is out of reach.

This is something that two generations of their family have been longing for all their lives. Even though, maybe this is not what Wu Xie wants, it is something they must give to their own child.

"Innocent, innocent, Hu Ming, do you remember my comment on innocence when we first met a long time ago?"

"He's not cut out for this kind of job."

"But we are friends, best friends. No matter what Tian Zhen decides, I will accompany him. If he wants to continue living like this, I will accompany him and die together in a grave in the future."

"If he's tired and wants to rest, it's not impossible for Fatty to live in seclusion with him. Fatty, I've been underground all my life, and I'm a little tired at my age."

".Actually, Hu Ming, brother, after meeting the First Emperor and hearing some of your stories about him and the fate of some of his companions, we know."

"Rather than being naive, the two of you are destined to be more..."

The fat man has never been a stupid person. In this line of work, you can't survive just by being reckless. The fat man looks like a reckless person who always talks nonsense and makes dirty jokes, but deep down, he is a very shrewd person.

He has a very thorough understanding of many things!