Chapter 346: Chapter 339: Suicide
A remarkable King of Soldiers now has to live by farming, Sisi couldn’t help feeling sorry for Yuan Jin, and Zhang Jie couldn’t help but say, "Brother Yuan, how can you go farming? Isn’t that like using a cleaver to kill a chicken?"
Yuan Jin smiled lightly, "I was originally a farmer to begin with, so farming is just going back to my old profession."
"But..." Zhang Jie seemed to want to say something else but was stopped by Sisi. She held her tongue, but her face still showed dissatisfaction.
Sisi took out a piece of paper from her bag, quickly wrote a few lines, and handed it to Yuan Jin, saying, "Brother Yuan, my father’s name is He Xue Wen, he’s a legitimate businessman. Here are my father’s addresses in Shanghai and Guangzhou. If Brother Yuan doesn’t want to farm anymore, you can go see my father. I believe you two will get along."
Yuan Jin took the note, carefully stored it away, and said solemnly, "Thank you, Sisi. I will consider it carefully."
Ah Rou had been silent all along, just staring blankly out of the car window at the street. Suddenly, she asked, "Brother Yuan, is something wrong with Da Gang?"
Yuan Jin’s face stiffened, but he quickly regained composure and smiled, "How could that be? He’s on a mission and can’t get away, so he asked me to come find you!"
"Brother Yuan, you don’t have to lie to me. If Da Gang hadn’t encountered trouble, he would have come to find me himself!"
Ah Rou’s voice was very hoarse, not at all pleasant to hear, but everyone could feel the deep sorrow in it. No one knew what her conversation with Yuan Jin meant – who was Da Gang, and what was his relationship with her?
Yuan Jin closed his eyes in pain, the agonizing screams of Da Gang seemed to echo in his ears.
"Ah Jin, give me a gunshot, I beg you, quickly shoot me!"
"Ah Jin, you fucker, hurry up and shoot!"
"Ah Jin, help me find Ah Rou!"
...
Yuan Jin wanted to say something more, but Ah Rou turned her head and stared at Yuan Jin, "Brother Yuan, tell me the truth, I don’t want to hear lies."
Ah Rou’s words broke through the last defense in Yuan Jin’s heart, he closed his eyes with pain, gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, Da Gang is dead. He died, killed by my own hands."
Yuan Jin wept, not with a loud outburst, but with suppressed, deep sobs.
Sisi, Shangguan, and Zhang Jie looked at each other. It seemed that this person called Da Gang was the key to Yuan Jin’s mistake.
"Brother Yuan, I know you must have had your reasons, Da Gang won’t blame you, and neither will I." Ah Rou smiled miserably and stretched out her hand to pat Yuan Jin’s back to comfort him.
After hearing Ah Rou’s words, Yuan Jin cried even harder. For years, the death of a brother had been a massive weight on his chest, causing him unrest. Now, with Ah Rou’s forgiveness, a great burden lifted from his heart, and all the grievances of many years turned into tears.
"Brother Yuan, thank you for rescuing me, and thank your friends. In this life, I, Xiao Rou, cannot repay your great kindness. I would repay you by serving you as an ox or horse in the next life."
Ah Rou’s voice grew weaker and weaker, but a faint smile appeared on her face, looking somewhat happy.
Sisi suddenly had a bad feeling and shouted, "Brother Yuan, something seems wrong with Ah Rou!"
Yuan Jin hurriedly lifted his head, only to see Ah Rou’s complexion pale, smiling at Yuan Jin, "Brother Yuan, please bury me with Da Gang, make sure to cremate me thoroughly, use the fiercest and most intense fire to burn me to ashes, I am entrusting this to you, Brother Yuan!"
Ah Rou’s voice became smaller and smaller, intermittent, her body gradually slumping. Yuan Jin held her, howling in grief, "I’m taking you to the hospital, Ah Rou, life will get better, you are a good girl, it’s those animals who are filthy! Ah Rou, you have to keep going."
"Ah Rou, I promised Da Gang I’d take good care of you, we’ll live our lives together in the future!"
"Ah Rou, we’re almost at the hospital, just hold on a little longer!"
Yuan Jin roared in agony, his voice hoarse, like an injured lone wolf.
Ah Rou gently shook her head, her pupils already starting to dilate, "I’m going to find Da Gang now. Brother Yuan, thank you for taking me out, allowing me to lie down in a clean place. Brother Yuan... you must...live on, live well...."
Blood the color of ink seeped from the corner of Ah Rou’s mouth, and she slowly closed her beautiful eyes, a smile on her lips as her hands also gently fell to her sides, a green leaf fluttered down.
"Oleander!" Sisi called out in a low voice.
Yuan Jin picked up the long, narrow leaf, the glowing green leaf lying in the palm of his hand was incredibly touching, yet it was these beautiful leaves that killed the pitiable Ah Rou—or rather, it should be said that the people from the New Dragon Association killed Ah Rou.
"Ah!"
Yuan Jin howled to the heavens, his voice filled with frustration, self-blame, hatred, and bloodlust. Everyone else also felt terrible, mourning Ah Rou’s death and also feeling sorry for Yuan Jin. His brother had died at his hands, and now his brother’s woman had also committed suicide; Yuan Jin must have reached the brink of collapse by now!
The next day, Ah Rou was cremated at the funeral home.
"Brother Yuan, accept my condolences, please move on. Ah Rou must have reunited with Da Gang now, they will be happy together," Sisi comforted Yuan Jin in a soft voice.
Since Ah Rou’s death, Yuan Jin hadn’t spoken a word, and the expression on his face grew darker and darker, making him look pitiably wretched.
"Thank you all. I know that for Ah Rou, continuing to live was the pain. I know it all, just feeling uneasy in my heart, but it’s nothing!"
Yuan Jin wiped his face and gave Sisi and the others an even more bitter than bitter smile and stood up, "Tomorrow, I will take Ah Rou back to her hometown, may we meet again if fate allows it!"
"Everyone, I can never repay your kindness, let’s hope to meet again!"
Yuan Jin bid his thanks with a grand gesture, then resolutely turned and walked away, his silhouette looking incredibly desolate and tragic.
"The wind howls, the Yi River is cold, a brave man leaves, never to return!"
Li Junji suddenly threw out a line with a bit of smugness.
"You can’t expect ivory to come out of a dog’s mouth; so uncultivated!" Zhang Jie scolded, and the others also looked at him with disapproval, all glaring angrily, while Shangguan directly slapped him on the head.
Li Junji rubbed his head, confused—how could this be? He’d been wronged!
"What exactly is going on between Yuan Jin, Da Gang, and Ah Rou? It seems pretty complicated," Zhang Jie suddenly posed a question on the way back.
"I think it might be a love triangle, two men fighting over one woman, both men dueled, Yuan Jin won, Da Gang died, but it’s Da Gang that Ah Rou loved, she died for love, and Yuan Jin is left heartbroken, wandering the ends of the earth!" Li Junji, stroking his chin, came up with an analysis worthy of a Gu Long story.
"Idiot!"
"Crazy!"
Collective disdain ING...
The analysis from Qiao Xingbang was somewhat fairer, "I think it must be that Yuan Jin had no choice but to kill his good brother Da Gang by his own hand, then according to his brother’s last wish, he sought out his brother’s woman, planning to take care of her for a lifetime, only to end up with this outcome."
Everyone also thought it was probably so, but there must have been a lot of detail in between, right? Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been possible for an outstanding King of Soldiers to make a mistake, and even end up in a military court. But what exactly happened?
No one knew, maybe only the people involved knew best!