Hearing Pan An's murmur, Xiao Bing's eyes lit up. Then he smiled and said, "Let's go in and talk."
"Okay." Pan An came back to his senses and put on a cynical smile again.
Back in the House of Xiao, Xiao Bing went to Dumbass's room while Pan An was talking to Red Rose.
Chi Ban Zhiko was wearing a white dress, leaning on the sofa and looking at Dumbass with a smile. Dumbass was talking to Chi Ban Zhiko on the bed. Seeing Xiao Bing come in, Chi Ban Zhiko stood up and said with a smile, "Brother Xiao, you talk to Dumbass. I'll go and see my grandpa."
"Okay." Xiao Bing smiled and said, "The old man is still very healthy these days."
"Yes, thank you for taking care of him. In fact, I want to take grandpa home this time and let us take care of him."
Xiao Bing could tell that Chi Ban Zhiko was sincere. He smiled and said, "Okay. Spend more time with your grandpa."
"Okay. I'm going out to see my grandpa." Chi Ban Zhiko walked out of the room.
After Xiao Bing closed the door, he looked back at Dumbass and said with a smile, "You are so lucky. It's hard to find a good girl like Zhizi."
"Well, I don't have to do anything at home. Zhiko washes my clothes and socks for me. I want to do some work. Zhiko also said that men shouldn't do housework." Dumbass was a little embarrassed, but his face was full of happiness.
Xiao Bing laughed and said, "All right, all right, you are still showing off to me. Alas, but her branch is beautiful, diligent and virtuous. She actually fell in love with a silly big guy like you. It's really a fool's luck."
Dumbass giggled.
Xiao Bing grinned, "Dumbass, I want to talk to you about something. You can't mention it to your childhood friend."
"Okay." Dumbass immediately sat up and said, "Boss Xiao, what do you want to talk about? I promise I won't tell him."
"Okay." Xiao Bing pretended to be relaxed and said, "Actually, there's nothing else. I just think that your childhood friend is very interesting, so I want to know more about him. You know, I'm interested in pulling him into the Dragon Gate. It's like knowing oneself and knowing the enemy."
"Oh, go ahead." Dumbass breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought that there was something wrong with his childhood friend, so he was under a lot of pressure. But when he heard that Xiao Bing just wanted to recruit Pan An, he was relieved. Although they had not seen each other for so many years, the relationship between him and Pan An had not changed at all. So he did not want anything bad to happen to Pan An. But he also wanted to see Pan An being recruited into the Dragon Gate. Dumbass smiled and said, "I will … tell you everything I know."
Xiao Bing gave him a thumbs-up and praised, "Not bad. You use idioms very well."
Dumbass laughed and said, "I must have learned a lot from you cultured people every day. Am I making great progress?"
"That's right, that's right. You've really made great progress. "Xiao Bing smiled and then said seriously," I want to know, did Pan An often receive care from your family when he was a child? "
"Yes, my father died early. I was raised by my mother, who was both a father and a mother. Later, she pitied Pan An, so she asked him to live with us. However, Pan An also had a house of his own. He said that he was used to living at home and didn't want to live in my house, so he only stayed at my house occasionally for a few days. Usually, he lived alone in his empty house. Usually, he ate at my house. In fact, other people in the village would also take care of him, but it seemed that they didn't like Pan An very much, so Pan An still visited my house more often. My mother took care of him more."
Xiao Bing sighed and said, "I always hear you mention Auntie. No wonder she can get such respect from you. Indeed, she is really a very, very respectable mother."
"Okay." Dumbass sighed.
Xiao Bing asked, "Pan An's parents don't want him anymore, right? I seem to have heard that before. "
"Yes." Dumbass said, "First, Pan An's mother ran away with a man in the city. Later, Pan An's father also ran away with a woman in the city when he went out to work …"
Xiao Bing frowned and said with some disgust, "Why are there so many irresponsible parents in the world?"
Dumbass said, "I don't understand. My mother loved me so much. How could she be willing to leave him?"
Xiao Bing asked, "Did Pan An hate his parents?"
"Yes. He said that he didn't have them. He hated them very much. It seemed that the people in the village didn't like him because of this. They thought that since his parents were like this, he would definitely not be a good person when he grew up. At that time, there was a lot of talk about him behind his back."
Xiao Bing snorted and said, "Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. That's an old idea. How could they think like that? It's such a great harm to a child."
"My mother often told the people in the village not to talk about Pan An like that. Later, she even adopted Pan An as her son."
Xiao Bing praised, "Your mother is really a good person and a good role model. But why didn't Pan An want to live in your house? I think your mother must be very welcoming of him. "
"That's what I said. I asked him to live in my house, but he refused. My mother invited him to live in my house, but he also refused. In the end, there was no other way. Every time my mother cooked, she asked me to invite him to eat. Sometimes my mother would go to see him and help him make clothes." Dumbass said with some resentment, "People in the village liked to talk about him behind his back. I also told him to work hard. But I didn't expect that he didn't work hard at all. He liked to flirt with girls since he was a child. He peeped at girls in the village when they were bathing. He even flirted with girls who were slightly older than him. And he really hooked up with several girls in the village. Later, more people in the village talked about him, but he didn't mind."
Xiao Bing sighed with emotion and said, "I basically understand. In fact, he might not have minded. Then why did he leave? Was it because of what you said? He said that there were no girls in the village that he could flirt with? "
"Yes, that's what he said. When he left, he hugged my mother and cried. He said that he would come back to see my mother in the future. But only a few years after he left, my mother got sick and passed away. I also left the village." Dumbass's eyes were a little red. He grinned and said, "Before my mother left, she told me to go out and have a good life. She hoped that one day I could find Pan An and tell him that the old people in the village were not malicious. She told him not to mind too much and that people should live for themselves."
Xiao Bing was a little moved. Maybe Dumbass didn't have much reaction to his mother's dying words, but Xiao Bing immediately understood the meaning. He couldn't help but feel that it was rare for Dumbass to have such a wise mother.
Xiao Bing nodded and then asked, "Did you tell Pan An?"
"I …" Dumbass scratched his hair in embarrassment and said, "I forgot."
Xiao Bing said with a wry smile, "You should really tell Pan An about it."
Dumbass said, "I think Pan An never took it seriously. You saw that when I got married, he even invited all the old people in the village."
Xiao Bing sighed and said, "So you just don't know Pan An. It doesn't matter. If you don't mind, I can talk to him."
"Oh." Dumbass said, "I don't mind."
Xiao Bing looked at Dumbass and said, "If you remember anything about Pan An, you can tell me at any time."
"Well, I know." Xiao Bing pushed the door open and walked to the door. Suddenly he stopped and thought for a while. He turned back and said to Dumbass, "You should tell your mother's words in person. After all, this is the task your mother gave you before she died."
Dumbass nodded and looked a little ashamed. He said, "I'm really not a filial son. I forgot what my mother told me before she died. Alas, I'll tell him now."
Dumbass rushed out of the room. There was a faint smile on Xiao Bing's face, and then he closed the door.
Dumbass really didn't understand, but Xiao Bing had already understood the meaning of Dumbass's mother's words. He also had some understanding of Pan An's character. Pan An seemed to be a playboy on the surface. He would flirt with beautiful women as soon as he saw them. But was that really the real Pan An? Probably not.
One was marked by the company one kept. Pan An lost his parents when he was very young. How much influence could his parents have on him? On the contrary, he had been with Dumbass and Dumbass's mother for a longer time. Wouldn't he be influenced subtly by such an honest elder brother and such a kind elder?
His true nature was definitely different from the side he showed. It was just that the things he deliberately wanted to show were all formed during the rebellious period when he was growing up. Didn't you all say that I'm definitely not a good person like my parents? Didn't you all say that I'm definitely a bad person like my parents? That I'll also fool around in the future? Well, then I don't need to wait until I grow up. I'll show you now.
Could he really not care about it? Which child didn't want to be treated differently by the people around him? But he couldn't get it. No matter what he did, people would think of his parents. In Dumbass's eyes, it was unreasonable that Pan An didn't care about those people's comments. Pan An's behavior proved that he cared about it very much. Besides, those people's comments forced him into another direction, a very extreme direction, and it even affected his whole life.
Xiao Bing shook his head. These villagers were actually not bad people. But because of their gossip, it might really affect a child's life …
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