My girlfriend is from the future!

Chapter 305 The Man and the Sea

The sea and sky are blue and the water and sky are the same color. Looking from a distance, the sea level is well-shaped, like a young and charming body breathing slightly, healthy and plump. A sixty-foot catamaran named "MANOLIN" is sailing on the sea, which seems to be With full horsepower, in order to conquer this charming delicate body, he moved forward recklessly.

The shirtless He Panshan is at the helm. Although he has reached the age of knowing his destiny this year, he still maintains a good figure. He is not as greasy as a middle-aged man. From the appearance alone, he is more like a Young people with a little bit of vicissitudes and rich experience.

He Panshan likes the feeling of bumping on the boat, especially when holding the rudder, the frustration and heaviness brought about by manipulating the huge hull, and he also wants to use this feeling to challenge and conform to nature.

It is an indescribable satisfaction.

On the front deck, the youngest son Yuan Chong and his old friend Lao Xie would laugh and laugh from time to time. On the endless sea, the cool wind was blowing in front of them.

He Panshan may not be the kind of good son, husband, or father in the traditional sense, but he must be the kind of successful man that even men would envy.

About him, there is quite a bit of the legend of the prodigal son turning back.

Born in a wealthy family but without a little bit of nobility, this person was born rebellious, rebellious when he was young, and he didn't deal with his old father who was conservative in thinking. This kind of confrontation was not due to He Tianran's unilateral "stubbornness", It's the kind of situation where the father and son picked up the bench and took the kitchen knife, and they fought hard for several times, head-to-head.

As a son, he is not filial.

So just how rebellious is he?

He Panshan smoked his first cigarette at the age of ten. At the age of 12, he took a sip of Moutai, which his father had kept for many years. Life, when he was 13 years old, when he started to get in touch with rock and roll, he fell in love with a woman in her 17s who was a round older than himself.

Such a dissolute life did not restrain himself until he met Bai Wenyu at the age of 28, but when he was in love, he still had a mistress outside. This person was He Yuanchong's mother Tao Wei, and until he got married, Tao Wei They didn't even know that Bai Wenyu existed.

As a husband, he was unfaithful.

He Yuanchong is only a few months younger than He Tianran. It has been widely rumored in the company and the public that He Yuanchong is He Panshan's illegitimate son. He has a good nose and eyes. After all, he is a big boss with a net worth of over [-] million. Find a mistress with a tow bottle, right?

It's just that He Panshan never responded to this point, and before He Yuanchong was 14 years old, he never knew that there was such a man by his mother's side.

In the attitude towards He Tianran and He Yuanchong's two sons, it is difficult for He Panshan to see any difference. Rather than saying that he is fair and consistent, it is better to say that he does not know how to be a good father. Learn anything from your own father.

So as a father, he doesn't teach.

In a man's life, He Panshan failed to do well in the three most important identities.

In fact, there are many labels on He Panshan. He has played rock and roll, got the code, climbed the Himalayas, and spent more than 400 days at sea in the two years when the conflict with his old father was the most intensified.

But it is such a man, when the He family gradually declined, he raised the banner at one stroke, desperately boarded the express train of the rapid development of the Internet, and now he has completely become a businessman, and the original partners of the Shanhai Group will either be squeezed out by him Go, or slowly retreat to the second line, he has truly achieved monopoly power.

He still succeeded, even if he was disloyal, filial and uneducated, no one dared to say that his life was a failure.

"Dad, give me the helm!"

At this time, his youngest son He Yuanchong came to his side, eager to try.

"Okay, you haven't forgotten what I taught you last month, have you?"

"I haven't forgotten!" He Yuanchong was full of confidence.

"Okay, then you come."

He Panshan retreated, folded his hands, and watched He Yuanchong steer the helm in a decent manner.

Men's appreciation for men is nothing more than two kinds, either they hope that I am tomorrow's you, or they feel that you are yesterday's me.

He Yuanchong looked at He Panshan, it was undoubtedly the former, but He Panshan didn't see the latter in his two sons for the time being.

He Panshan could clearly feel that his youngest son was imitating himself in every way, especially his ambition and competitiveness that could not be concealed no matter what.

It is a good thing for a man to be ambitious, and it is also a good thing to be competitive, but it is like the front and back of a coin. If the front side is engraved with competition, then the back must be jealousy.

If it is said that these qualities of He Yuanchong are revealed based on his identity as He Panshan's "son", then He Panshan will never see himself yesterday in his youngest son...

He Panshan looked around and suddenly didn't see his eldest son, he couldn't help sighing secretly, his eldest son is really not like him...

He walked into the cabin, in the spacious enough living area, He Tianran was holding a book, with his legs resting on the sofa, his body leaning against the angled ship wall, looking at the book with a peaceful expression, he stretched out his hand to flip it The pages of the book, and the body also undulated slightly with the waves at the bottom of the boat.

He Tianran, who was reading a book, heard the movement, and when he saw his father walking towards him, he stopped his feet immediately, and said with a smile:
"Captain!"

He Panshan walked over and sat beside him, looking down at the book his son was holding.

He Tianran understood, and closed the book, revealing the title. It was Maugham's "Blade Edge", and the translator was Zi Pei.

The boy found this book in a corner of the cabin, when it was pressed under a copy of Hemingway's "Spring Tide" and a thick copy of "The Complete Works of Jin Yong".

"I thought you only liked reading comics, but this book is just right for you to read now, how do you feel?"

He Panshan asked curiously.

The son who has always liked Two-dimensional, but now he is holding a famous book in his hand, this image is really a bit contrasted.

Unexpectedly, He Tianran seriously replied:
"I watched Zhou Xuliang's version of "Blade" before, and it was very difficult to read, and I felt very awkward. The full translation accent and some local slang that I can no longer hear, sometimes I can only take the literal meaning and guess the general meaning, but It may be because of this that I will look more carefully.

And this version of Zipei's "Blade" is the first time I read it, and the reading experience is much better. It feels like "Don't think about it, listen to me." This feeling, if Maugham's original work is written in Chinese , then I think it is more like this version. "

He Panshan was taken aback after hearing this, "Have you read this book before? When did it happen?"

The boy lowered his head, recalled with a smile: "Probably, in the third year of high school."

The father said with relief: "It seems that you have accumulated a lot of things that I don't know about."

In the third year of high school, He Tianran read a lot of classics and miscellaneous books in order to prepare for the art exam. Until now, he has maintained the habit of reading at least one book a month, but most of them are electronic versions. He took out his phone and looked at it.

Of course, although He Tianran in this timeline also reads books, most of them are books related to finance, so when He Panshan heard his son's evaluation of different translators, he was slightly surprised.

It's a pity, after the world restarted, He Panshan also forgot everything that happened during the family banquet, and forgot that his son was once considered to have inherited his father's career, and he played in a band because of a girl...

"Then let me test if you have actually read it. Tell me, which part of this book do you like the most?" He Panshan asked the school.

"That's too much. I didn't understand many truths in the book at first..."

He Tianran looked at his father, paused for a moment, glanced at the distance outside the window, and said slowly:
"But now, I began to gradually understand some of the points in it. When you suddenly asked, it reminded me of a dialogue in it. The general meaning is that Isabella said to Larry, if you really love me, don't would make me so sad.

However, the answer she heard from the other party was, I really love you. Unfortunately, sometimes when a person can no longer do what he thinks is right, don't make the other person sad.

Dad, I don't think Maugham was just referring to love when he wrote this sentence, right? "

He Panshan was silent for a while, he watched his son quietly, in his eyes, suddenly at that moment, that timid child seemed to have grown up a lot.

At least, between father and son, they can finally talk peacefully about some mundane but not too mundane things.

He Panshan shrugged, "That's why I don't like Maugham very much, and I even feel a little disgusted. In this book, he seems to be saying one thing repeatedly, 'how and for what a person should live'. Telling the reader there's no God perspective, so the answer he's giving is just a concept with an ambiguous approach, and I don't like that."

He Tianran replied: "However, sometimes asking a question is more...greater than giving an answer? Or is it more memorable, isn't it?"

"Is that what you think?"

Facing his father's rhetorical question, the boy nodded and continued:
"The Polaris guides the direction, and so does the Southern Cross. Although they guide in opposite directions, they both give lost sailors a way to live. You say so, Captain."

He Panshan laughed, and patted his son's head.

"It seems that I should let you study philosophy or literature. You are really talented in finance. I didn't realize that you have such advantages before."

"Actually, you should learn to be a director or a screenwriter." He Tianran muttered in a low voice.

"what?"

"It's nothing, but rather than explaining the story, I still prefer to make up my own story, and the final interpretation rests with me, hahaha..."

At this time, I heard He Panshan say something seemingly casually:
"Let's do what's right now."

Facing the sudden sense of familiar oppression, He Tianran stopped smiling, put down his book, and calmly asked again:
"Dad, since you don't like Maugham, do you like Hemingway?"

He Panshan got used to his son's sudden calmness and the author's name. He was stunned for a moment, pointed to a corner, and said to the "Spring Tide" that had suppressed "Blade's Edge": "Because of that book? Then I haven't read the book yet, and there is Jin Yong beside it, why don't you guess that I like Jin Yong?"

He Tianran was also dumbfounded: "I really didn't expect that you didn't turn it over, but I guessed it this way because it was combined with the name of your ship. Isn't this ship called 'MANOLIN'? The name of the little boy who took care of the old man."

"Yeah, yes son! You are the first person to say this accurately. You really impressed Dad today. Didn't I tell you before?"

He Tianran shook his head: "No."

The middle-aged man was very pleasantly surprised. Whenever a friend got on the boat and asked why the boat was called by this name, he didn’t explain it. It was like an easter egg he deliberately buried in his life, hoping that people Dig, but don't want to be so easily dug.

He just hid this easter egg so eagerly. If the first person who found out was his business partner, then no matter what kind of business he was talking about, He Panshan would be able to offer a very good deal. It is equivalent to a kind of reward for meeting bosom friends in high mountains and flowing waters.

And when the first person who found out was his son, He Panshan was naturally overjoyed.

"I really like Hemingway, but his works are secondary. I like his life more. When I was young, I really wanted to be like him. He can be said to be your father and my idol."

When He Panshan faced his son, he rarely showed a little bit of excitement caused by joy.

Well, He Tianran, who is more like Maugham, seems destined to be unable to walk the same path with his father, who is more like Hemingway. The two retreating south and north are really at odds, but there are indeed some contradictions in them. Like...similar.

"Tell me, what do you want recently? If you want a car or money, or something else, I can satisfy you."

He Panshan stood up energetically, regardless of whether the person who found the easter egg was a friend or his son, there should still be rewards that should be given.

Because this came really suddenly, and it was the first time that He Panshan made such a promise to He Tianran. The boy looked at his father and thought about it...

"Is anything ok?"

"Anything is fine."

"But... I don't have anything special I want now..." He Tianran wondered.

"Hey, it turns out that you are quite easy to satisfy, so you can save it for later. Come and tell me if there is anything you want. This is an agreement between our father and son, and it will be valid at any time."

He Panshan was surprised at first, and then helped to add.

Compared with the youngest son outside, this eldest son of himself is indeed a bit less ambitious, a bit too easygoing.

Unexpectedly, when he said these words, He Tianran didn't show any expression of agreement or rejection on his face. He just thought about it again and asked solemnly:

"Dad, I don't want anything, but there is one thing I've always wanted to know, can you tell me?"

He Panshan didn't expect his son to have such a proposal, so he replied without thinking too much: "Yes, what do you want to ask me?"

He Tianran pursed his lips, looked at the movement outside the cabin, and after confirming that nothing happened, he cautiously asked his doubts over the years:

"Dad... Yuan Chong to him...is he your son?"

(End of this chapter)