Chapter 2: Washing Big Head or Small Head

  Han Yu was startled by Hei Zi's actions and froze for a moment before reacting, then hastily walked in and said: "Hei Zi, forget it, why bother arguing with her?"

  "She can insult me, but she cannot insult my brother!" Hei Zi's cold gaze fell on the little nurse's face, and after a long time, he coldly snorted: "Don't think that just because you wear this uniform, you're an angel, maybe you're just a dung beetle!"

  The little nurse's tears fell down, and the pear-blossom-like face was supposed to be pitiful, but when Han Yu saw it, he felt a sense of disgust.

  He hastily shifted his gaze elsewhere and said in a low voice: "Let's go!"

  Hei Zi nodded and gave a cold glance at the little nurse: "Receipt!"

  Several people waiting outside to pay saw them coming out, and hastily made way for them with a respectful gaze. Han Yu touched his nose somewhat uncomfortably, while Hei Zi remained calm and composed.

  The old man's surgery is done and very successful!

  "What's your plan?" Hei Zi asked softly at the hospital entrance.

  Han Yu gently shook his head and said: "Not for the time being, I think I'll take care of this old man first..."

  Hei Zi glanced at him and smiled: "In this day and age, good people like you are really rare. Don't worry about that old man, I've already called the hospital to notify his family members. They'll pay you back later!"

  Han Yu said in a soft voice: "It doesn't matter whether it's returned or not, 8,000 yuan can buy back a life, it's already very cheap!"

  "Eight thousand yuan for a life, is it cheap?" Hei Zi's mouth corner revealed a bitter smile, and after a pause, he let out a long sigh: "Alright, this hospital may be expensive, but the service is comprehensive. The little nurse provides 24-hour care, eight thousand yuan, enough for that old man to stay until he recovers and leaves the hospital."

  Han Yu still wanted to say something, but Hei Zi laughed and patted his shoulder: "Alright brother, in this society now, you and I are both struggling to survive, we can barely protect ourselves. Do you still have the energy to save others? If you're really worried, just come back another time when you're free."

  Han Yu thought so too, after giving the old man money, he only had a few dollars left in his pocket. For now, the most important thing is to solve his own food and clothing! As for the old man, since there are people taking care of him at the hospital, he shouldn't have to worry about it anymore, right?

  "Alright, but in this county town, apart from you, I don't have any other friends. You..."

  "Stop it, you young fellow! If you're going to be so polite with me, I'll have to get impolite with you! As long as you don't mind the humble place, you can stay as long as you want!" Hei Zi said generously.

  Han Yu nodded and said: "Alright, I won't be polite with you anymore. But this way, I'm afraid I'll be disturbing the two of you's private world..."

  Hei Zi's facial muscles twitched twice as he forced a laugh and said, "Bullshit! I'm still single now, where did you get this sister-in-law from?"

  After finishing speaking, he took a big step forward, and Han Yu looked at his back, frowning. It seemed that something had happened to Hei Zi, and she remembered that he had said before that he had found an object named Nie Yuzhu and was going to get married, but now it seemed that things had changed!

  That night, Hei Zi and Han Yu both drank a lot of wine. They talked about many things, their former comrades-in-arms, the military flower of the cultural troupe, the forests and marshes where they had once fought for their lives, modern life...

  Nor did they know when both of them slipped under the table!

  It wasn't until a faint sound of footsteps echoed that Han Yu suddenly opened his eyes, he sprang up with a start, but immediately furrowed his brow.

  Hei Zi chuckled and put down the breakfast in his hand: "If I'm not mistaken, you little brat was specially recruited at the age of eighteen, mixed with Lao Zi for a year, and now you're only twenty? Didn't you get drunk before?"

  Han Yu gently shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Before I went to the army, I was still a minor. In the army, it's not allowed to drink alcohol, you know that, where would I go to get drunk?"

  "Heh, damn it! You little brat hasn't even gotten drunk before and you're drinking so aggressively? Almost got my body, trained by years of drinking, knocked out. Alright, get up and wash your face, I'll go make some hangover soup for you."

  "It's okay!"

  "It's all right, you don't have to worry about it anymore." Hei Zi turned around and went outside.

  Han Yu tapped his head with his hand, but didn't get up. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the bed and began to regulate his breathing using a special technique. When he was very young, he had learned a set of nameless heart methods from an old man in their village.

  At that time still young, one mind wants to be a great hero who can fly and walk on walls, unexpectedly persisted.

  The Nameless Heart Method has only three layers, and each layer will increase your reaction speed exponentially. For example, if two people throw punches at the same speed, a person who has practiced the first layer of the Nameless Heart Method will soon have a speed that is twice as fast as their opponent's, but their own strength will not be weakened, thus increasing their killing power.

  It is said that when the Heart Method is cultivated to the second level, speed will increase by four times, and when it is cultivated to the third level, it will increase by eight times!

  Han Yu has only practiced up to the first level so far and doesn't know what's next, but just this first level has already made him the martial arts champion of the entire school.

  Moreover, this mental method greatly enhanced his survival ability, not only allowing him to better conceal himself in the wilderness, reduce energy consumption, improve his memory and analytical efficiency, but also enhance his sense of danger.

  The old man also taught him some boxing and hidden weapons, but the boxing was incorporated into the combat skills he learned in the army. As for the hidden weapons, it is said that they only truly possessed power when his mental method training reached the third level.

  Because at that time, hidden weapons could bend and shoot enemies hiding. As for now, it's just an improvement in the speed and accuracy of his hidden weapons.

  Han Yu let out a long sigh, feeling that his headache had eased slightly. He opened his eyes to find that Hei Zi hadn't returned yet, so he quickly got out of bed and started exercising to get his blood flowing, then went to wash up.

  The Nameless Heart Method was his greatest secret and reliance; he didn't want anyone to know.

  "Ah, the soup is ready." Hei Zi's voice came from outside, and Han Yu hurriedly smiled and took it over: "Shut up, you still have to eat yours, I'm sorry for the trouble!"

  "Bullshit! You're here and you're my brother, I'm your elder brother! You eat my food and drink my drinks, it's only right!" Hei Zi sat there staring with his eyes wide open.

  Han Yu hastily smiled and agreed, helping to ladle out the soup. Hei Zi didn't eat but instead started drinking wine. Seeing Han Yu frowning at him, Hei Zi grinned and said: "What are you staring at? You come have a cup too?"

  Han Yu shook his head: "Do you drink every day?"

  "When there's nothing to do, just drink. What's the point of not drinking?" Hei Zi let out a bitter smile, raised his cup and downed it in one gulp, exhaling alcohol fumes as he said: "This wine is grain liquor, the more you drink, the younger you'll get. You, right now, can't appreciate its benefits, but you will understand later!"

  Although they were comrades-in-arms, Hei Zi was six or seven years older than Han Yu, so when the two chatted, Han Yu could only listen and learn.

  "By the way, what about Zihan? If I'm not mistaken, she should be a freshman now?"

  Hei Zi lost his parents at a young age and only had a younger sister left. It is said that he joined the army for his sister's sake, so she could become a military dependent and have a basic living guarantee every month. He treasured this younger sister of his, who was his only remaining family member. Han Yu mentioned her, of course, to talk about something that would make Hei Zi happy!

  As expected, as soon as he mentioned Zhi Hei Zi's eyes lit up: "My younger sister is much more promising than me, she just got accepted into the provincial key university this year, haha, and it turns out she's the same age as you!"

  "It wasn't me who bragged about you, my little sister is not only beautiful but also smart and sensible! She even didn't come back during the winter break, wanting to stay there for work. Hehe, I'll wait till next summer to visit her, that way she can continue staying there during the summer break too!"

  "The day before yesterday, she bought me a sweater, just like this one I'm wearing. How's it? Don't I look particularly spirited in it?"

  ……

  As soon as he mentions his sister, Hei Zi becomes eloquent and talks endlessly, obviously very proud of this little sister of his!

  After having breakfast, Hei Zi left, saying he would probably be back in the evening. Han Yu didn't ask him what he was doing, but vaguely guessed it out.

  Before leaving, Hei Zi left him 2,000 yuan, telling him not to rush into work, but instead travel around, buy some clothes and daily necessities.

  Han Yu went to a place where the number wouldn't show up, called his father's workplace, bought two sets of spare clothes, visited the old man in the hospital, and then returned to Hei Zi's residence.

  Hei Zi's place was a rented wooden house, simple and even a bit shabby. The room wasn't big, only over ten square meters, with a brick-raised bed taking up half of the space. Next to the bed were a computer and a camera, which Han Yu knew Hei Zi used to keep in touch with his sister.

  At the entrance, a folding square table was propped up on one side, while the outer corridor was filled with empty wine bottles.

  Han Yu suddenly remembered that he still owed himself 5,000 yuan, and his heart felt like it was blocked by a stone, making him hard to breathe.

  He threw himself onto the bed and started thinking for the first time in his life, what should he do if he didn't become a soldier?

  After thinking for half a day, Han Yu suddenly came to a very frightening conclusion - he didn't know.

  He seems to know nothing except killing. He only has a junior high school education, and perhaps he knows physics and chemistry well, but that's limited to making gunpowder and simple bombs.

  He is proficient in various firearms, hand-to-hand combat, assassination, and can infiltrate a high-end office building to steal data. But after leaving the army, everything here has changed from serving the people to committing crimes.

  Everything he grasped in the army was at odds with this society. Letting out a long sigh, Han Yu jumped up from bed, only to discover that it had already darkened outside without him realizing when.

  For now, let's fill our stomachs first.

  Han Yu found a place to eat a bowl of noodles, and then strolled around the street with his hands in his sleeves. In just two years, the county town had undergone earth-shaking changes, with many high-rise buildings sprouting up, and numerous places filled with bright lights and revelry.

  "Hey, handsome guy, come and sit for a while." Han Yu was walking when suddenly a woman appeared beside him, smiling as she hugged his arm.

  Han Yu took a step back, avoiding her hand, and glanced at the door behind her. On it was a banner with flashing multicolored lights that read "Beautiful Darling Hair Salon".

  "Get a haircut?" Han Yu looked at her suspiciously, inadvertently catching sight of the tightly bound, round objects on her chest. Han Yu's heart skipped a beat as he hastily shifted his gaze away.

  But unexpectedly, the other person suddenly leaned in close and tightly hugged his arm, saying: "Yes, sir, it's so cold outside, come inside and sit down!"

  Han Yu was a country bumpkin before he became a soldier, and after becoming a soldier, it was either training or killing people. When executing tasks, they were often in the wilderness or forests. When did he ever see such an array? Moreover, as a young man with a fiery personality, being teased by the opponent like this made him flustered.

  He struggled, but the girl refused to let go. Han Yu couldn't use force, so he repeatedly said: "You let go first, you let go first, I'm right!"

  The girl finally let go of his arm and pulled him into the hair salon by the hand.

  Inside, there were two more girls. Seeing the situation, they just wanted to stand up, but were stopped by the girl with a glance. She saw Han Yu's reaction was awkward and knew he had never been to such a place. Men like this, can't be too enthusiastic at first, or they'll scare him off.

  But once he knew the taste, he would be afraid that they were not passionate enough.

  The girl pressed Han Yu onto the chair, reached out to gently rub his temples a few times, and giggled: "Handsome guy, are you washing your big head or little head?"