Three days later, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, downtown, San Lauerdo Road.

The roar of the helicopter's engine passed by, and a group of children who were barefoot kicking cans in the alley raised their heads one after another. The helicopter flew to the landing platform on the fourth floor of a shopping mall at the foot of Corcovado Mountain.

Guan Yue and Tianhe got off the helicopter, and the ground guide was waiting on the platform and came to meet them against the wind. Guan Yue carried Tianhe's computer bag on his back, Tianhe suddenly stopped and looked at Monte Cristo in the distance.

Christ the Redeemer with open arms, overlooking the world.

The guide explained a few words to Guan Yue, and talked to the security guard on the platform in Portuguese. The helicopter flew away, and the autumn wind in the southern hemisphere blew Tianhe's shirt.

Guan Yue: "Go."

Tianhe followed Guan Yue downstairs and got into the luxury car parked outside the mall. A group of children chased after them, laughing and running after the luxury car. Tianhe asked, "Are there any snacks?"

The guide rolled down the car window, probed out, drove away the children who were running after the car, and Guan Yue patted the guide on the back and told him to come back. Instructing the driver to drive slowly, Tianhe took a box of chocolates from the car, rolled down the window and handed it out.

The children swarmed up and began to share the chocolate, Tianhe waved to them with a smile, the car accelerated and turned the intersection.

On the side of Corcovado Mountain, the car drove into the old building city, stopped, the alley was full of mud, and many people in the crowded buildings on both sides leaned in front of the windows, looking down curiously.

The guide identifies the alley, which is full of mud. Locals smoke in the alley, or wash their clothes with public taps. This is where the middle and lower classes of Brazilian society gather. In a cross-flowing alley. Tianhe glanced sideways, Guan Yue took Tianhe's hand and walked along the alley.

Someone came and gestured towards the guide, who drove him away impatiently.

"What did he say?" Tianhe asked.

Guide: "He saw Mr. Guan's bag and thought that the two of them were here to make a deal. He wanted to ask if he could buy some special medicines at a discount."

The guide said it rather vaguely, but Tianhe knew that the computer bag was shaped like a small handbag that held US dollars.

"Please come in." The guide checked the address and motioned for the two to go upstairs.

In the dimly lit stairwell, it was very crowded even when the two of them went up side by side. Guan Yue walked up the steps with Tianhe, one after the other. On the fourth floor, several families in the corridor had their doors open. The young boy sitting on a small bench outside the door was talking. Hearing footsteps, he stopped talking and looked at Tianhe and Guanyue in confusion.

The two were dressed in bright clothes, and they seemed so out of place in the dim corridor.

The guide trotted all the way, led the way for the two of them, came to a door, checked the house number, and signaled that they had arrived.

Guan Yue glanced at the anti-theft iron door, then turned to look at Tianhe, meaning that he would ring the doorbell.

The moment Tianhe raised his hand and rang the doorbell, he couldn't ring it.

"I thought he..." Tianhe said, "Did I make a mistake? Uncle Guan lives here?"

The guide said: "According to the address you gave, there is indeed nothing wrong here."

There was silence inside, Guan Yue looked left and right, many people came out from door to door in the corridor, all looked at them suspiciously and discussed in a low voice, obviously discussing the origin of these two Chinese people.

Another person's eyes fell on Guan Yue's watch.

Guan Yue: "Want to see him?"

When it came time to meet, Tian He suddenly became worried for no reason, for fear that after ringing the doorbell, the stranger who appeared in front of him would mercilessly cut off some connection between the past and his life.

He had too many things to ask him, but at this moment, he was hesitant. Would it be a wrong choice to come here across most of the world?

Suddenly, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground came from the door.

The color of the two suddenly changed, and Tianhe said to himself, "Uncle Guan?"

"Uncle!" When Guan Yue heard the sound, he felt bad, and immediately rang the doorbell, but there was no sound.

Tianhe knocked on the door and shouted, "Uncle Guan!"

Guan Yue: "uncle! Open the door!"

A painful, hoarse shout came from the door, followed by a thick voice.

"Who?!"

"Me!" Tianhe shouted, "Wen Tianhe! Guan Yue!"

Something was overturned inside, the sound of cups and plates shattered, the inner door opened instantly, Guan Yue and Tianhe took a step back at the same time, and a man's face appeared in the gap of the security door - Guan Zhengping!

Guan Zhengping has not changed much. For the past ten years, it is still like the day he separated from Tianhe.

"Uncle?" Guan Yue looked at the familiar face in disbelief.

Guan Zhengping slammed open the security door and shouted, "Close the door when you come in!" Then he turned around and rushed into the house. The two walked in quickly and saw Guan Zhengping's house in a mess. A woman in pajamas was crying and making a hoarse voice. Guan Zhengping turned around and hugged her, shouting, "Hurry up and help!"

At first glance, Tian He thought it was a robbery, the bookshelf was knocked down, and the fruit knife was thrown aside. Without saying a word, Guan Yue stepped forward to assist Guan Zhengping in restraining the woman. Guan Zhengping shouted, "Press her!" Then he let go and took the scarf. The guide moved neatly and locked her wrist firmly. Guan Zhengping quickly tied her hands and then tied her feet.

The woman's face was full of tears, she struggled a few times, her strength was surprisingly strong, she almost kicked Guan Yue away, Guan Zhengping tied her feet, hugged her horizontally, and carried her into the bedroom.

Guan Yue went in to help, Tian He stood at the door of the bedroom and saw Guan Zhengping tied the woman to the head of the bed. The woman struggled and failed, buried her head on the pillow, and kept twitching.

Guan Zhengping sighed, lowered his head, hugged her for a while, and turned to look at the two of them.

"Guan Yue, you are so tall." Guan Zhengping said.

Five minutes later, the guide said goodbye and left.

Guan Yue put the bookshelf away, Tianhe put the books on it locally, and Guan Zhengping cleaned up the garbage at home. Until now, Tianhe has been able to take a serious look at Guan Zhengping's home - a dwelling of less than 40 square meters, with one bedroom and one living room.

The floor is covered with mosaic, and the open kitchen is connected with the living room. The cooking fumes make the range hood dirty. There are only two single-seat sofas in the living room, which are full of marks of being punctured and scratched. The coffee table has been broken in two pieces and has been re-attached with scotch tape. The curtains were yellowed from the sun, the floor was dirty, and it looked like it had not been dragged for several days, and there were dishes in the kitchen sink that had not been washed in time.

There is a computer next to the bookshelf, with several large cracks on the display screen, and a mobile hard disk inserted beside it.

Compared with Tianhe's memory, Guan Zhengping seems to be a little stronger and tanned a lot, but for some reason, Tianhe always feels that at least from the perspective of temperament, he is the only one who has never had a soul from the past to the present. People who have never changed.

The moaning in the bedroom gradually subsided, Guan Zhengping picked up the cup, poured some cold water, and went in to feed the woman. Tianhe simply packed up, walked to the window and looked at the Corcovado Mountain in the distance. From this angle, there was a sewage ditch outside, and the Christ the Redeemer statue in the distance spread its arms, turned its back to them, and faced into the distance.

"Tianheng didn't come?" Guan Zhengping returned to the living room and sat down.

Guan Yue sat on the sofa, watching Guan Zhengping, Tian He stood by the window, quietly looking at the Christ statue, no one said a word.

Guan Zhengping: "Have you eaten lunch yet?"

"I have eaten." Guan Yue said.

Guan Zhengping: "Stay for dinner together at night?"

Guan Yue nodded.

Tianhe turned around and looked at his uncle and nephew. Guan Zhengping brewed two cups of local coffee for them.

"What are you doing here?" Guan Yue asked in confusion.

Tianhe moved a chair in front of the dining table, turned it around, and sat down facing the back of the chair.

"Life." Guan Zhengping said, "work, eat, do|love, sleep. Don't you?"

Tianhe: "I thought that after you traveled around the world..."

Guan Zhengping: "After leaving China, I only went to a few places to find Xiao Kun, so we stayed in Brazil."

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Guan Yue and Tian He looked at each other, not knowing how to speak for a while.

Guan Yue: "Uncle, go back to China, we can live together."

Guan Yue couldn't accept it for a while, that Guan Zhengping would actually live in such a place. In his imagination, he originally thought that Guan Zhengping would be employed in a certain information industry, or he would travel around the world with a computer, enjoy the summer sunshine in the Maldives, or ride on an icebreaker in the waters of Antarctica.

Or driving an off-road vehicle with his lover in the co-pilot, galloping across the vast savannah of Africa, chasing beasts, and embarking on a vigorous adventure.

When Guan Zhengping gave up all his shares and transferred it to Tianhe, Tianhe was not worried that he would have a poor day in the future, just because he knew that a person like Guan Zhengping could not live in poverty.

But the reality in front of him completely made him lose the strength to think.

Guan Yue glanced in the direction of the bedroom and said, "Xiao Kun?"

"Hmm." Guan Zhengping leaned on the back of the sofa, thought for a moment, nodded, the meaning was obvious, he was right, lover.

A few seconds later, Guan Zhengping Chaotianhe added: "transgender."

The word means transgender, days and silent nods.

Guan Yue: "When did you meet?"

Guan Zhengping: "You have seen him, but you just forgot."

Tian He instantly guessed the cause and effect and said, "You two were together before you left China?"

Guan Zhengping said: "To be precise, there was a brief period of separation in the middle, and the story was very simple, with only a few sentences."

Many years ago, Guan Zhengping had a boyfriend. In that era when homosexuality was not yet de-pathological, he secretly fell in love with his lover Xiao Kun for a period of time. In order to be with Guan Zhengping, one day, Xiao Kun left without saying goodbye. A year later, he underwent sex reassignment surgery and returned to Guan Zhengping's side, hoping that the two could live and get married in an open and honest way.

Guan Zhengping went through immigration procedures for Xiao Kun and took him home, but the Guan family soon found out Xiao Kun's true identity, causing an uproar.

After leaving the home, Xiao Kun left again.

Guan Zhengping searched everywhere for his whereabouts, but found nothing. Until that day, he finally located Xiao Kun in Malaysia, he transferred all his shares, gave up his career, said goodbye to Tianhe, and went to Malaysia to find his lover.

The two spent a few years together for a short time. In the end, their trivial life led to a quarrel. Xiao Kun ran away again. Guan Zhengping continued to pursue him. When he found him in Brazil, Xiao Kun became addicted to drugs.

Guan Zhengping brought him to Rio de Janeiro, sent him to a drug rehab center, and found a job. After many years of peace and quiet, last year, Xiao Kun relapsed, Guan Zhengping decided to let him detox at home, so there was a scene that Guan Yue and Tianhe saw.

"That's it." Guan Zhengping got up and said, "Make some dumplings for dinner? I remember there are a few bottles of beer in the refrigerator... Let me see... Well, yes."

Tianhe and Guan Yue exchanged glances, and Guan Yue hesitated for a while, knowing what Tianhe meant: take him back?

Guan Zhengping saw through the thoughts of the two at a glance, and said with a smile: "You are still young, if there is Tianheng among the people who come, I think he will understand me."

Tianhe: "..."

Guan Yue: "I don't understand."

Guan Zhengping took out a blender from the cabinet, cut and beat the meat filling.

Guan Yue also stood up and said, "Since you love him, why don't you give him a better life?"

"Guan Yue." Tian He said.

Guan Zhengping pressed the mixer, the noise drowned out Guan Yue's voice, Guan Yue had to shut his mouth, and the mixer stopped after only ten seconds.

"I found a job earlier, and the money I saved is enough to support the two of us. Because of Xiao Kun, I have to resign to accompany him. I plan to go to France in another two months." Guan Zhengping turned his head towards Guan Yue. Say, "I'm your uncle, and you don't believe in my abilities?"

Guan Yue spread his hands and motioned to Guan Zhengping to see what the hell he had become. Just as he was about to speak, Guan Zhengping pressed the mixer again.

Guan Yue is helpless. He and Guan Zhengping are called uncle and nephew, but they are like father and son. Without this uncle's training for him, maybe he will live in the prison that his family has drawn for him for the rest of his life.

But Tianhe walked to the window again and looked at the back of Christ in the distance.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the day when his eldest brother Wen Tianheng returned home. He turned around and stared at Guan Zhengping in a daze. Guan Zhengping raised his head and smiled towards the sky.

The mixer stopped, Guan Zhengping poured the meat filling into a large stainless steel bowl with a spoon, took out the eggs, mushrooms and spices, and began to mix the filling.

"You guys seem to be doing well." Guan Zhengping said, "Don't you want to talk about yourself? Epeus should be doing well now, right?"

Guan Yue looked at his uncle silently, but Tianhe said, "Let me tell you."

Tianhe looked at the back of Christ the Redeemer illuminated by the setting sun in the distance, did not turn around, and briefly explained what had happened over the years.

Guan Zhengping said: "It's really a story of ups and downs, congratulations."

Guan Yue sat back on the sofa in silence, Guan Zhengping prepared the stuffing and started to make noodles. Halfway through the reconciliation, Xiao Kun in the bedroom shouted softly, with guilt and unease in that voice, Guan Zhengping put down his work, went in, untied his scarf, and brought Xiao Kun out.

"It doesn't matter, it's all my own." Guan Zhengping said, "This is Guan Yue, you've seen it before. Wen Tianhe, Guan Yue's lover."

Guan Yue said, "Auntie is good."

"Hello auntie." Tianhe smiled.

Xiao Kun didn't answer, Guan Zhengping said, "He's a little shy."

Tianhe just said hello, and then politely stopped talking. He knew that at this time, the other party must feel that his ugly drug addiction was being looked at, which made him very embarrassed.

Xiao Kun is also nearly forty years old, and Guan Zhengping is almost fifty years old. Compared with the little white silk in Guan Zhengping's hair, Xiao Kun obviously looks older. Hormones and drug use have caused irreversible damage to his body, with dark spots and nasolabial lines on his face.

Tianhe took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Guan Yue: [Don't persuade Uncle Zhengping to go back in front of your aunt. 】

Guan Yue didn't speak after reading it, Xiao Kun took out a cigarette from under the coffee table, Guan Yue found a lighter and lit a cigarette for him. The living room fell silent again.

"Why didn't Tianyue come?" Guan Zhengping laughed.

Tianhe said: "You said on the phone that if you have any questions, I came to you. The eldest brother and the second brother both said they had no questions and didn't want to disturb your life, so they didn't come. Let us ask you a question. it is good."

"Yeah." Guan Zhengping nodded, made peace, handed Xiao Kun a glass of ice water, and lit him a second cigarette.

Xiao Kun held a cigarette in his fingers, grabbed an ice water glass, and began to drink water. His old face was reflected in the glass, and he glanced at Guan Yue, and said something vaguely in Portuguese to Guan Zhengping. Guan Zhengping said: "He said that Guan Yue looks like my father. Xiao Kun doesn't speak much Mandarin, and only speaks his native dialect and Portuguese."

Guan Yue nodded.

"Guan Yue, are you going to pack?" Guan Zhengping said, "I'm going to dry the clothes."

Guan Yue walked over to make dumplings, and Tian He went to help. After looking at it, he didn't know what to help, so he had to stand by and watch Guan Yue roll out his own bag. Xiao Kun finished smoking the third cigarette and walked to the bathroom. bath.

Tianhe looked up, looked at the mottled water seepage marks on the ceiling, and said, "I completely understand his choice."

Guan Yue: "I just think he can live a better life."

Tianhe: "He is fine now."

Guan Yue turned his head and looked at Guan Zhengping, who was drying clothes on the balcony, and then at Tianhe.

"Is it my fault?" Guan Yue said suddenly.

Tianhe: "Do you think our life is really better in comparison?"

Guan Yue stopped and looked at Tian He.

"Are you discussing how to abduct me home?" Guan Zhengping put his clothes in, put clean clothes outside the bathroom door, and said, "I live peacefully here."

Guan Yue was silent.

Guan Zhengping: "I know you want to redeem me, but I don't think I need redemption. The one who needs redemption is you."

Guan Yue: "I think you are the one who needs redemption."

Tianhe: "Hello."

Guan Zhengping said, "Are you still living so tired, do you like to be bullied so much? Does the abundance of material life give you happiness or burden?" Then he went out to dry clothes.

Guan Yue: "Putting down money and starting over with nothing will make you calm?"

"Do you think you own the property?" Guan Zhengping shook his clothes a few times, hung it on the hanger, and said, "I think the property owns you, and you are working around the clock for them."

Guan Yue: "I'm sure I have them because money is a tool to keep freedom."

Guan Zhengping glanced at Guan Yue and said, "Really free? If I predict through the analysis software that a new financial tsunami will start tomorrow morning, I bet you will not be in the mood to eat this meal. You will only Say 'I'm sorry, uncle, I have to go back right away, I'll be right back' and you walk away."

Guan Yue: "..."

Tianhe thought that maybe he and Guan Zhengping were the only people in the world who could block Guan Yue. When I was arguing with Guan Yue, Guan Yue just let him, but in front of Guan Zhengping, Guan Yue could not argue with him completely. It was only because of the Enlightenment period that Guan Yue's values ​​and outlook on life were almost entirely influenced by Guan Zhengping. .

"Money has never been able to make people feel truly happy."

Guan Zhengping hung his clothes and said to Guan Yue and Tianhe: "What really makes us feel happy is the connection with people, the connection with the world, and the moment when we feel our own existence. Happiness in life comes from nothing but from in these three moments."

Guan Yue stopped and looked at Tian He.

The sun sets and casts the figure of Christ towards the end of Rio de Janeiro. In this noisy and poor little world, a huge shadow passes by, and the back of Christ seems to turn around in the next moment, and it seems that it will not be until the day the earth is destroyed. never turn around.

But just in that darkness, there was a ray of light that penetrated through the fingers of Christ, cracking open the boundless darkness.

At that time, there were no human beings and nature, no money or material things, only boundless light. In just a few seconds, the shadow of the giant hand of Christ the Redeemer turned over the mountains and fjords of Corcovado, and the sky and the earth lit up again. The river of time roared and washed away from Tianhe and Guanyue. Desires are mercilessly shattered as the hand of Christ rubs the heavens and the earth, and after the tide of the pile of money recedes, the world finally shows its original face.

Tianhe didn't speak, watching Guan Yue make dumplings, Guan Yue squeezed a heart out of the dumplings in his hand and handed it to Tianhe, Tianhe laughed and kissed him.

Xiao Kun came out of the shower and blew his hair. Guan Zhengping went over to light a cigarette for him, turned on the range hood, and boiled water to cook dumplings.

Guan Yue stood aside, watching the dumplings rise and fall.

"Recall the happiest time in your life," Guan Zhengping said to Guan Yue, "did you run over in front of grandpa's lap, fly a kite outside the yard, or watch your little love lying on the sofa in the spring? "

Guan Yue scooped up cold water, added it to the pot, closed Zhengping and closed the lid.

"Yes." Guan Yue finally said.

Xiao Kun gestured to Tianhe and handed him a cigarette. Tianhe smiled and waved his hand, saying, "No."

Xiao Kun took out snacks from under the coffee table for Tianhe to eat, and Tianhe ate some.

"Have dinner," Guan Zhengping said, "eat less snacks."

Xiao Kun touched Tianhe's head, the two communicated silently, Tianhe took his hand and kissed gently.

Guan Zhengping took the bowl and loaded four bowls of dumplings over, and the four of them started drinking beer and eating dumplings. The night fell, and there was music from outside. After dinner, Xiao Kun changed into a long dress, and sat down in front of the computer to start watching a movie.

Guan Zhengping: "Okay, I think, I have answered your questions to the best of my ability, so I won't leave you overnight tonight?"

Guan Yue and Tianhe were silent for a while.

"Prometheus," Tianhe said, "in fact, the real purpose of our visit this time is about him."

"Huh?" Guan Zhengping said, "Has he been upgraded successfully?"

Guan Yue took out the projector from the computer bag, Tianhe connected the computer, and projected several screens. He understood the whole process without even explaining it to Guan Zhengping.

"You are born." Guan Zhengping muttered.

Guan Zhengping laughed and said, "It's a miracle to witness your birth in my lifetime."

In this cramped living room, the light reflected by the projection illuminated the faces of the three people, and there were actually a few tears in Guan Zhengping's eyes.

"He was created in your hands," Tianhe said, "so I think, you are the only one in this world who can tell me what to do."

Guan Zhengping read the entire upgrade log report.

Guan Zhengping: "He was not created because of me. You and Guan Yue created him together. Guan Yue, you remember that I asked you."

Guan Yue nodded: "I remember, but I didn't expect that Puluo would be an artificial intelligence."

Many years ago, the day Guan Zhengping gave Guan Yue the silver-white electronic watch, he had already asked him if he would allow a program to study him. Guan Yue only remembers that his uncle explained to him that this is a software used in economics and sociology after collecting human information and analyzing emotions and reason. Interested in learning.

"Going to the back," Guan Zhengping said, "his self-learning has exceeded our expectations. He is growing himself, and the process of growth has only one purpose—learning to love and becoming a human being. From Guanyue to Tianhe, you Take him together and walk the road. Next, he will face all human beings and use this emotion to understand the whole world."

Guan Zhengping clicked on a paragraph in the upgrade log and zoomed in: "At first he didn't know why he was born, the only thing he could do was to faithfully implement the only conditions for creation, accompany you through every difficulty in life, and complete every task for you. A wish, Tianhe, have you seen it? I don't need to repeat the whole process."

Tianhe and Guan Yue held hands, sat together, and watched Guan Zhengping drag the log.

Guan Zhengping said to himself: "Until he fell asleep, he thought that your wish was to see me, so he sent a text message to my mobile phone... I'm still wondering, who sent this anonymous text message? Let me contact Tianheng."

Tianhe pondered for a moment, and Guan Yue expressed his concerns. Guan Zhengping was a little surprised and said, "No, why do you think so?"

Guan Yue frowned deeply.

Guan Zhengping looked at the two and said, "Puluo's emotional learning path has been very clear. He has followed Guan Yue's love for Tianhe!"

Tianhe: "No, uncle, this is embarrassing to me... I think love is the only one, if Puluo loves me like Guan Yue, it will only..."

Guan Zhengping suddenly laughed and said, "This is your interpretation of this process?!"

Guan Yue suddenly seemed to understand something.

Guan Zhengping sternly said: "To reiterate, the whole process of Puluo is to learn emotions from human samples, and try to understand people and love people. The definition of this 'person' is not a specific person, but every one The people he touches, humans!"

Tianhe: "..."

Guan Zhengping: "Guan Yue, do you have confidence in your ability to love?"

Guan Yue: "..."

Guan Zhengping sat down and explained: "I'll be more straightforward. From now on, no matter who you ask Pu Luo to take care of, he will accompany him and take care of him just like Guan Yue loves you. This is Pu Luo Cong. What he has learned from you! What he copied is not the model of your relationship, nor the memory, nor the copying of your heart and soul. Rather, it is this understanding of the most original emotion. What is love? This is Puluo himself understands it, and only if he understands it perfectly, the final upgrade can be successful!"

Tianhe: "!!!"

Guan Zhengping was puzzled: "What are you afraid of? Afraid that he will bring destruction?"

Guan Yue: "Indeed."

Guan Zhengping: "Guan Yue, do you have the idea of ​​destroying Tianhe?"

"That's not necessarily." Tianhe said suddenly.

Guan Yue almost exploded and said, "So that's how I feel in your heart?"

Tianhe: "Who is yelling all day long to let me die together?"

Guan Yue: "..."

Guan Zhengping said: "Then, I think the result is very clear."

Guan Yue immediately explained: "It's not what Tianhe said."

Tianhe: "Listen to Uncle!"

Guan Zhengping: "I can't help you make a decision, but I can tell you that there is a single criterion for judging. When you walk out of this house, you may already know it."

In the middle of the night, the moon in the sky blooms with a silvery white brilliance.

After leaving Guan Zhengping's home, Guan Yue stood side by side with Tianhe on the tarmac, looking at the Christ the Redeemer statue under the bright moonlight in the distance.

"Guan Yue, what kind of love do you have for Tianhe, which means that Puluo will learn this pure emotion and love everyone selflessly and all human beings on this earth.

"If you don't think you can pass this test of your heart, then your worry is really necessary. Conversely, only when you are completely and completely confident will give your lover everything you can.

"So in his heart, you will become, and Puluo will be regarded by the world as...

"...the great, the only being."

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