The Neon Tower

Yu Han and Zhen Rong traveled together, reciting poems and colluding with each other. They walked for a long time before returning to the capital.After parting ways in the market, Yuhan returned to Prince Duan's Mansion to pay his respects to his father.

Duan Wang sat alone in the living room reading a book.Before Yu Han entered the room, the steward gave him a reminder gesture, which meant that he should walk lightly so as not to disturb the prince.

Yuhan nodded, and entered the room lightly.

"But you're back?" Wang Duan said with his mouth moving without taking his eyes off the book.

"Yes, my son greets father." Yu Han saluted.

"Sit down."

"Yes." Yu Han sat opposite to King Duan, opened a cup on the table, filled it with hot tea, and pushed it in front of King Duan: "Father, please drink tea."

"Well. Let's go after dinner tonight."

"Yes."

"You don't look right." Duan Wang glanced at Yu Han's face and said.

"Huh? Why isn't it right?"

"When I entered the palace a few days ago, I heard from those little maids who chewed their tongues that His Royal Highness has been depressed since returning from a trip."

"..." Yu Han's eyes wandered, and he really didn't know what to say.

"how?"

"No... nothing..."

"Could it be for you?" Duan Wang raised his eyes, frowned and said seriously when he saw Yu Han's reaction.

"It's okay, I didn't succeed. Fortunately, a friend who was traveling with me rescued me in time." Yu Han said, remembering what happened that night.

"Is it Zhen Rong?"

"No, it's my friend's younger brother, very skilled."

"Most of your friends are the sons of officials. Except for the second son of the Minister of War, almost none of them understand martial arts."

"I haven't had a chance to report this matter to my father. I just met this spring. Because the topic is speculative, I still call him a brother."

"who?"

"West of the city...the headliner and boss of the Nihong Building, and...a boy named Coyote." Yu Han stammered.

"What???? You!!" Duan Wang was furious, his eyes widened: "Zhen Rong took you there?"

"..."

"It's all here to please officials who are different from ordinary people's hobbies. Why are you... disrespectful!!"

"No, Dad, Haoyang and Xiaoxiangyu are not that kind of people."

"Haoyang?" Hearing the name, Duan Wang immediately relaxed his tense face.

"Father? Do you know Haoyang? He is a tall and straight man with breathtaking beauty."

"I don't know, I don't know."

Seeing that King Duan didn't seem to be interested in scolding him anymore, Yu Han plucked up the courage to ask again: "Father, son... I want to ask Dad a question..."

"Little boy, why are there so many problems?" Duan Wang picked up the teacup and blew on the tea leaves on the rim.

"Baby...Is it Fan Yingchen's child?" Yuhan asked straightforwardly.

A sip of tea reached his throat, and he was accidentally spurted out of his mouth by this question: "How is it possible, when he handed you over to me, he was just 19 years old and unmarried. He started fighting at the age of 16, and I followed him every time No one in the army, except the men and half the women, went to find anyone to give birth to you brat." He stood up and patted Yu Han on the head with his hand.

Yuhan scratched his head, he couldn't understand why his father reacted so strongly: "Then why... you want to change the child's surname to Fan?"

"Zhao Yan, didn't you say you like me? Just treat him as my child and raise him, is that okay?"

That was the first time he begged him, and the last time he begged him. The only begging was actually using his feelings for him as a bargaining chip.

"Your surname is Zhao now."

"Father, just tell me what happened back then."

"Oh, I also want to know what happened back then." Duan Wang thought for a while: "Don't think about anything now, you will understand when the time comes."

"Baby..." Yu Han wanted to say something more.

Duan Wang stared at him again with those majestic eyes until he held his breath and dared not speak.

The atmosphere of the dinner was terrible. The father and son just quietly ate the food in front of them without any further conversation.After eating, Yu Han hurried back to his mansion.All the servants went back to rest, and the room was silent. He returned to the study, lit a candle, and opened the book he hadn't finished reading.

The next morning, Xin'er knew that Yu Han had come back, so she prepared breakfast early, and then went to the study to wake him up.

"My lord, my lord, it's time to get up." No one answered in the room.

She knocked on the door a few more times: "My lord? If you don't get up again, Xiner will be angry. You have been away for so long and come back, don't you miss Xiner?"

Seeing that there was still no answer, she curled her lips and pushed open the door, only to find that there was no one in the room, as if no one had come back.

"Where are the people? Where have you been?"

Yuhan came to the front of the neon building, and the announcement paper on the rest outside the door had been torn off. From the outside, people in the building could be seen busy cleaning. It seemed that they were going to welcome guests again tonight.Thinking that I came back from traveling all the way, it took a lot of time on the way, and Haoyang and the others should have come back one step earlier than me.

He walked in, saw Xiaoxiang Yu checking the account at the counter, and happily stepped forward to salute: "Brother Yu."

"Brother? When did you come back?" Xiao Xiangyu put down the account book and ordered the accountant to continue reading.

"Yesterday, how about you?"

"I came back three days ago, let's go up and talk about it." Xiaoxiangyu guided Yuhan upstairs, and Yuhan followed after looking around.

It's really strange here, even though I have been here many times, I have never been able to recognize the route by myself.

When I came to Haoyang's room, I found that the room was full of messy things, which was completely different from the previous layout.

"Brother Yuhan? Are you here?" Haoyang didn't know what he was playing with, but when he saw Yuhan coming, he showed a warm smile.

"What is this doing?"

"Oh, that's right. The fifteenth day of this month is Coyote's birthday. I wanted to celebrate him, but we two old men couldn't think of a better way to do it. Now we are worrying about the birthday gift."

"Coyote's birthday?" Yu Han's eyes lit up.

"Yes, don't look at the hyena's appearance, but he is not much younger than his brother. After his birthday, he will be twenty."

"So, it's just right that my brother is here, let's give us an idea."

"That's it...then it's time to celebrate." Yu Han thought for a while and said with a smile.

"Why don't you just ask him directly? But that kid has been away for some reason recently, and he often sees no one." Xiao Xiangyu said while rubbing his chin.

"Leave him alone, you won't be able to find it anyway." Haoyang continued to fiddle with the things in his hand.

In the evening, Yu Han left the Neon Building, walked alone on the road, muttering: "Happy birthday..."