How to Feed an Abyss!

n broke my illusion about him, and reminded me that we have a father-son relationship.
In that moment he changed from being an admirable colonel back to a father who was simply not good enough.
I hated him a little bit at that moment, hated him for becoming ordinary.”

They stopped at a sentry post on the city wall.

Lu Tinghan sat down, took out a cigarette, and asked Shi Yuan, “Do you mind?”

Shi Yuan shook his head.

Lu Tinghan took out a lighter and lit it, sandwiching it between his fingers.

He looked at the group of jellyfish outside the city wall and continued: “I rejected the five hundred yuan.
Since then, I never felt that Lu Zhun was far away from me anymore, because he had a great image in front of outsiders, and he was just an ordinary man in front of me.”

He smiled: “What is an ordinary man like? A father and husband who has failed in his duties, who hesitates and feels guilty, who will carefully please his child who has been neglected for many years, and will be at a loss after being rejected.”

“Later, I found out that everyone is like this, parents, elders, teachers… The more I grew up, the more I realized their ordinariness.
Some of them are jealous, some are arrogant, and some are conformists.
I saw their shortcomings and weaknesses, and they also walked down from the ‘altar’, stripped of their halo, and became mediocre.
Later, I stood on the energy tower again, thinking that I would surpass them one day.
Unlike them, I would never want this mediocrity.”

Lu Tinghan rubbed Shi Yuan’s head: “After that is the story you know.
I became a general and everyone knows my name.” The orange cigarette butts flickered, he said, “Then I met you, and I realized that I was a person who didn’t have the courage to say goodbye and was comfortable with the illusion.
I was the same as them in the end.”

Shi Yuan: “Ah.” He was a little confused, “…I’m sorry?”

“It’s not your fault, it’s definitely not your fault.” Lu Tinghan said, “After all, I’m just an ordinary person.
When I hated Lu Zhun and vowed to surpass everyone, I had already shown my ordinariness.”

There was fog in the distance, and the ‘Deer Outside the High Forest’ stepped out slowly and gracefully.

Lu Tinghan looked at the strange infected creature and said, “I have never told anyone that it is Lu Zhun, or that part of it is Lu Zhun.
I knew it the first time I saw it.”

No matter how much he tried to deny it, there was something in the bloodline that was common.
They were equally talented and proud and didn’t like to express emotions, but at this glance, Lu Tinghan recognized him.

Maybe this was because they were father and son.

Shi Yuan thought for a while: “But, in my opinion, you have never been a perfect general.”

Shi Yuan said again: “You are very good.
You will help me untie knots, take me shopping, invite me to eat delicious beef noodles, accompany me to practice my lines, and watch my performances.
You will also pretend to be Lu Tingting, tell me about your family history, teach me to play cards, and draw, and… you are tone deaf and low quality, and even more low quality in bed.” He looked at Lu Tinghan, the tip of his tail swaying happily.
“I don’t know what an ‘ordinary person’ is, and I don’t care about the halo and mediocrity, you have always been you.”

He was the one who had been with him for ten years, the one who awakened him from a long dark dream.

In Shi Yuan’s eyes, Lu Tinghan was equally brave, but he also knew the other side of him.

Others saw Lu Tinghan high above, and when Shi Yuan saw him, he would only think that this was his human, and he must get his touch.

Nothing more.

On the distant wasteland, the

‘Deer Outside the High Forest’ wandered in the white mist, with the jellyfish floating and dancing.

They gradually disappeared into the mist.

Lu Tinghan smiled, and said after a long time: “Yes, I have never been a general in front of you.”

The smoke in his hand was half burned, he crushed it out, and said with a smile: “This is the best thing in the world.”

“Right, this is the best thing!” Shi Yuan turned his head and smiled and kissed Lu Tinghan’s side face.

They returned to the car.

The black car moved forward silently, they snuggled in the back seat, and each other’s body temperature dispelled the cold just now.
Lu Tinghan put his arms around Shi Yuan and said in his ear: “I want to say one more thing, sometimes ordinary people can’t help themselves.”

“What do you mean they can’t help themselves?” Shi Yuan asked.

Lu Tinghan did not answer.

In the month that followed, the situation became increasingly tense.

On October 16, the battle situation in the main city was critical, and the outpost Colonel Suliang was in was surrounded by the infected swarm.

“Mobilize all nearby squads for support!” Su Enqi strode to the command room.
“The outpost cannot be lost, absolutely not!”

The officers in the command room were silent.

A major general said slowly: “General Su, I’m afraid this situation is not conducive to rescue.
We have to pay too much.
We already… can’t give that much.”

Su Enqi glanced at them, his gaze like a knife: “I have my judgment, I said mobilize all nearby squads for support! Didn’t you guys hear me, what are you doing standing still? Go!”

There was still silence.

The officers stood in place, in a suffocating, seemingly frozen silence.

Su Enqi suddenly realized something: “Why are you…!”

The words stuck to his mouth, and a chill climbed up his spine.
He stood still and looked forward intuitively.

The lights were bright, and Lu Tinghan stood in the middle of the command room, dressed in a black military uniform, with five-star epaulettes shining.

He looked at him in silence.