An Accident in Broad Daylight

Regarding the scene of confession, Xu Tangcheng imagined countless scenes.

When is the right time, what kind of language is easier for the family to accept, which things can be compromised and which things cannot be compromised... But now, things are revealed too suddenly, and he has been "confessed" without any preparation.It was only at this moment that he realized that the reality he had to face was the only and worst scenario among the countless assumptions.

"what happened?"

Xu Yueliang and Xu Tangqi had already heard the sound and ran out. They looked at each other, but they didn't understand what was going on.Seeing his wife's eyes were red, even though he didn't know why, Xu Yueliang hurried to her, trying to comfort her.But before he could reach Zhou Hui, Zhou Hui suddenly raised her hand and threw the thin coat at Xu Tangcheng's feet.

Then, she finally burst into tears.

"Do you know what you're doing?"

Xu Tangqi, who was also walking forward, was frightened and stopped beside Xu Tangcheng in a daze.You know, although Zhou Hui loves to chatter, she is actually a very good-tempered person. She and Xu Tang grew up so big, Zhou Hui never even said a serious word to them, let alone make such actions as smashing things.

Xu Tangqi came back to his senses, and for some reason, seeing Zhou Hui in pain, his eyes turned red unconsciously.

"Mom..." She was so distressed that she called out in a low voice and ran towards Zhou Hui.

"Tang Qi," Xu Tangcheng stretched out his hand to hold Xu Tangqi, looked at her slightly pale face, and said softly, "Go into the house."

"elder brother……"

Xu Tangqi looked at him, then at his parents over there, but didn't move.

"What the hell is going on? Huh? Talking?"

Xu Yueliang asked several questions in succession, but Zhou Hui and Xu Tangcheng seemed to have discussed it, and neither of them answered.Noticing the scattered papers on the ground, Xu Yueliang bent down, and just as he was about to pick them up, Xu Tangqi helped him pick one up first.

After seeing the picture clearly, Xu Tangqi's gesture of handing over to Xu Yueliang immediately froze.Even for her, the content of this photo was too shocking. She was at a loss for a while, and looked back at Xu Tangcheng in a panic.

Subconsciously, Xu Tangqi felt that Xu Yueliang and the others should not see this photo, but before she could take back her hand, Xu Yueliang had already taken the photo.

After taking a look, Xu Yueliang's eyes widened.He raised his head abruptly, cast his gaze on Xu Tangcheng, and never looked back.

He has lived for more than 50 years, and this is the first time he has come into contact with such a thing, not to mention that one of the parties involved is his son.

Xu Yueliang usually doesn't talk about reasoning to educate his children. The only thing he has seriously taught Xu Tangcheng is to make him pay attention to safety.At this time, Xu Yueliang didn't say anything immediately, he frowned and looked at Xu Tangcheng, and after a while, he pressed the photo in his hand onto the coffee table.

The air in the living room was so fragmented that it was almost impossible to breathe.

Xu Yueliang and Zhou Hui stood beside the sofa, while Xu Tangcheng hadn't moved since just now, standing quietly not far away, looking at the floor.

The three of them were distinct, and they were in a state of confrontation.Xu Tangqi was the only one who wanted to take care of both sides, but the little girl who was raised in Huaguduo was also a little panicked, and really didn't know what to do.She didn't dare to speak rashly, and after deliberating over and over again, she just picked up all the photos on the ground in silence, held them in her hands, and stepped aside.

For a long time, Zhou Hui's suppressed crying could only be heard in the room.The surroundings were quiet, so every sound could be heard clearly in Xu Tangcheng's ears, making him unable to even raise his head.

"Why are you suddenly confused?"

Not a serious reproach, Xu Yueliang can be regarded as a start for this conversation.

Xu Tangcheng's thousands of words were not appropriate to say at this time, he raised his head and met Xu Yueliang's gaze: "Dad, Mom..."

"Don't call me!" Zhou Hui was not as calm as Xu Yueliang. She held Xu Yueliang's arm tightly with both hands, and her whole body was trembling, as if she was holding her body up and down in one breath. Did not let myself fall.

Seeing Zhou Hui's appearance, Xu Tangcheng only felt a tight pain in his chest.He had long expected that there would be a showdown day, and from the beginning to the end, what he was most worried about was actually Zhou Hui.

If it is said that the person who gave the most to this family must be Zhou Hui. She is a good mother in almost every sense of the standard, and no one can fault her.

Xu Yueliang had bad legs. Xu Tangcheng remembered that when he was a child, Zhou Hui rode a bicycle to take him to and from school.Throughout the year, the temperature is not always suitable, there are times of great sun and snow, but in Xu Tangcheng's vision, mother's back has not changed.

"Tang Qi," Xu Tangcheng said in a low voice, his throat choked and hurting, "help Mom sit down first."

Xu Tangqi nodded and wanted to help Zhou Hui, but Zhou Hui stubbornly refused to sit down.She looked at Xu Tangcheng with red eyes, moved her mouth, and finally said only one sentence.

"Break up with him."

Like an order, but also like a request.

Perhaps it was this sentence that forced Zhou Hui to recall what she had just seen. She covered her eyes with one hand and asked Xu Tangcheng in tears, "Do you know what you are doing?"

Xu Tangcheng wanted to say "I know", he wanted to say that he was not confused, and he also wanted to say that he was just in love and did not do anything bad.He can tell a whole set of truths, and can provide a whole set of logical chains for the innocence of homosexuality, but he can't say these words now, and he dare not say them.

In this matter, even if he is right, he has no right to accuse his parents of not understanding.If there is any benefit to his previous scruples and considerations, it probably made him anticipate the proportion and timing of his defense.

"You are two men... What do you think, what do you do?"

Zhou Hui's voice gradually dropped, and she repeated those few sentences over and over again, but when Xu Tangcheng didn't answer, she asked again and again.

"Where's the photo?" Zhou Hui called Xu Tangqi suddenly, "Tang Qi, give him the photo."

Xu Tangqi didn't dare to provoke Zhou Hui anymore. Although he didn't know why she said that suddenly, he still hesitated and handed the photo to Xu Tangcheng.

"You tore it."

The line of sight that was originally on the ground suddenly lifted and fell on Zhou Hui.Xu Tangcheng didn't expect Zhou Hui to make such a request, Zhou Hui took a deep breath, and continued in an unsteady voice: "Everyone goes the wrong way, Mom won't tell you, you tear up the photo, and break up with that child." Once it’s clean, there’s nothing wrong with it.”

Everyone looked at Xu Tangcheng, and Xu Tangcheng glanced at the photos again, but did not move for a long time.

In almost any stalemate scenario, delaying tactics can work.Clearly knowing that Zhou Hui is the most excited and the least likely to make sense at this moment, and knowing that he should follow Zhou Hui first and let her calm down temporarily, Xu Tangcheng still held the photo and fell silent.

It was just a few photos, but now that they are torn up, he believes that Yi Zhe will understand, and it will not affect the relationship between him and Yi Zhe.

But he couldn't bear it.

Yi Zhe smiled with his mouth pursed when he was close to his face, and when he stuffed the photo into his pocket, he kept whispering in his ear not to lose it, but to keep it all the time.

Xu Tangcheng is not a superstitious person, but even if he doesn't want to, he has to admit that he is uneasy and afraid of their future. He is afraid that he can't solve the family affairs well, and he is also afraid of any accidents.Driven by the uneasiness and fear, perhaps eager to find something that could calm him down, he suddenly became superstitious at this moment, fearing that if he tore up the photo, the future would really fulfill an endless separation.

"Did you hear that?" Seeing that he didn't move, Zhou Hui asked again.

Xu Tangcheng looked at Zhou Hui silently. He didn't directly refuse, but based on the understanding between mother and child, Zhou Hui also understood what he meant.She couldn't believe it, and she didn't understand why the child who had never worried her since childhood suddenly became like this.

"Then you chose him?"

This time, Xu Tangcheng finally said: "Mom, there is no question of choosing or not, I just..."

"You have to choose! Let me tell you, I can't accept it, not only I can't accept it, but my family can't accept it either."

"I know you can't accept it." Xu Tangcheng said, "I know. I haven't told you all this time, just because I know how unacceptable you will be, and I can understand you, really. But mom, you at least Give me a moment and let me explain clearly, okay?"

"How long has it been?" Zhou Hui asked suddenly.

Xu Tangcheng was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood what Zhou Hui was asking.

"More than three years."

"More than three years," Zhou Hui murmured, "You lied to us for more than three years? Huh?"

Someone is knocking on the door, twice gently.

Others didn't know who it was, but Xu Tangcheng knew it was Yi Zhe.

According to the plan just now, he should open the door now, and when Yi Zhe said he would bring them mooncakes, Zhou Hui and Xu Yueliang would come out to greet them, and Xu Tangqi would trot out.

But in just ten minutes, the whole world seemed to have changed.

Xu Yueliang and Zhou Hui didn't move. Xu Tangqi wanted to open the door, but he didn't know if she could do so under such circumstances.She called Xu Yueliang in a low voice, and said, "Someone is here."

Xu Tangcheng coughed lightly: "I'll go and open the door."

Without waiting for a response, he strode towards the door, and after standing still, he stuffed the photos into his pants pocket.

He didn't know before that he was so dependent on Yi Zhe.Or, it cannot be said to be dependence, it should be said to be spiritual support.

Holding the doorknob, he felt a sense of urgency that he had never felt before—he wanted to see Yi Zhe, and couldn't wait to see him. He didn't need him to say anything or do anything, as long as he stood in front of him and let him take a look.Just like the few photos that have been stubbornly preserved just now, Yi Zhe is his pinnacle of stability.

The person standing at the door was carrying a small bag, and when he saw that it was Xu Tangcheng who came to open the door, he quickly smiled at him, not knowing whether this smile was planned or a temporary reaction.

"I'll deliver..."

Before he could say the preset lines, Xu Tangcheng had already stepped forward, put his hand on his arm, and made a stop motion.

The door just blocked the two of them, Xu Tangcheng looked into Yi Zhe's eyes, and moved his mouth slightly: "You go back first."

Yi Zhe was stunned.He couldn't see what was going on in the room, so he could only ask in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Xu Tangcheng didn't speak, and Xu Tangqi, who had just followed, also stood at the door. She stood behind Xu Tangcheng, saw Yi Zhe looking over, bit her lower lip, and pointed in the direction of the living room.

Yi Zhe still didn't understand what was going on.

"I've been discovered. My parents are not in a good mood right now." After Xu Tangcheng finished speaking, he even smiled reluctantly, "You are not suitable to go in now. Go back first and wait for me for a while?"

Zhou Hui seemed to recognize who was coming, she suddenly put aside Xu Yueliang's arm and walked over quickly.After Xu Tangcheng realized it, he quickly turned around. Without any consideration, he had instinctively stood in front of Yi Zhe.

Seeing this, Zhou Hui stopped suddenly and stared at him blankly.

Under such gaze, Xu Tangcheng's heart sank.

"Uncle, auntie."

After weighing it, Yi Zhe still called out.

Zhou Hui clenched her fists, and her nails sank deeply into the flesh of her palm.

"Well," she nodded, "what's the matter?"

"I..." Yi Zhe said carefully, "I'll deliver the mooncakes."

"No need, Tang Cheng bought a lot."

Zhou Hui spoke very lightly. Even now, she hasn't said anything harsh to Yi Zhe.Xu Tangcheng couldn't listen anymore, he turned around, pushed Yi Zhe, and let him leave first.Yi Zhe naturally refused to leave, he had never had any experience in dealing with elders, but he felt that Xu Tangcheng's situation would be very difficult, and he could not leave at this time.It was inconvenient for Xu Tangcheng to explain, and it was not good to keep talking to Yi Zhe at this moment, so he could only look at Yi Zhe, signal him with his eyes, and let him listen to him.

He pushed Yi Zhe back again and closed the door.

"Did you choose him?"

Long after the sound of closing the door dissipated, Zhou Hui asked again.

It's still the same topic.

Xu Tangcheng turned around, lowered his voice, and said, "Mom, there is no choice, you know, no matter what happens, I will never leave you."

He avoided the part that Zhou Hui didn't want to hear, but Zhou Hui pressed her hard and didn't give him any chance to avoid it.

"If you don't leave us, you will break up with him. If you don't leave him, you will go with him."

It's finally here.

Xu Tangcheng looked at Xu Yueliang, waited for two seconds, and heard him say: "Tang Cheng, we have respected your decision since you were a child, but this will not work."

When enemies confront each other, it's about who is more ruthless and who is more ruthless, but when two people who love each other confront each other, it's just to see who will soften their hearts first.

Xu Tangcheng was soft-hearted, especially for his family, there was nothing he couldn't agree to or make concessions to, but he couldn't do it today.

Everything today caught him off guard, it was a surprise attack, and he was not given any time to prepare for the battle.But there is an idea that Xu Tangcheng has prepared long ago. It is his last line of defense. When he is in a desperate situation and at the end of the road, even if he loses 8000, [-], or even [-] million, he will defend it—he will not Abandoning Yi Zhe, even if it is a tactic to delay the attack, even if it is a temporary separation, he will not.

So he shook his head and told Zhou Hui: "I will not leave you, nor will I leave him."

Xu Tangcheng never went through a rebellious period. This was the first time he made a decision and watched his parents suffer.

There is a small supermarket in their community. Xu Tangcheng came out of his house and wanted to buy a pack of cigarettes in the supermarket, but found that he had no coat and no money.Fortunately, I used to come here often, so I knew the boss, so Xu Tangcheng asked, "Can you give it to me first? I was in a hurry and forgot to take the money. Someone will give it to you when I get down later."

"Success." The boss was playing a mobile game and asked without moving his eyes, "What do you want?"

Originally, he was going to blurt out the name of the cigarette he smoked regularly, but when he looked away, Xu Tangcheng remembered something and changed the name of the cigarette: "Soft China."

He wandered around the supermarket with a cigarette, and finally chose a small corner that no one saw. It was at the end of a small road, with walls on both sides and low bushes on the other side, a world of red bricks and green grass.

Sure enough, Yi Zhe came down soon, and Xu Tangcheng didn't know how he found him. Seeing him panting heavily, his eyebrows were suffocated, he waved to him.

Yi Zhe squatted in front of him and asked, "Uncles and aunts, they can't accept it, can they?"

Xu Tangcheng nodded: "The reaction was quite intense."

Both of them were squatting, but Xu Tangcheng was squatting on the edge of the brick, but actually he was a little higher than Yi Zhe.But there are differences in the two people's figures, and they come and go, so that their eyes are on the same level.

Yi Zhe didn't say anything for a long time, then took Xu Tangcheng's hand and shook it.

Dinghaishenzhen and so on are not casually mentioned.Xu Tangcheng held Yi Zhe back and stared blankly at the handshake of the two of them for a while.

Most of the smoke was burned, Xu Tangcheng turned his head sideways and blew out the smoke from his mouth before turning back and asking Yi Zhe, "Have you brought any money?"

Yi Zhe didn't know what he was going to do, but he answered honestly, "I did."

"I didn't bring any money to buy cigarettes just now, so you can settle it with the boss."

"Yeah." Yi Zhe got up immediately, and before leaving, he handed him the mooncake bag in his hand.

When he came back, Xu Tangcheng opened it and took a look.There were three mooncakes in the bag, which were indeed not the kind they usually ate.

Xu Tangcheng turned over and suddenly stopped, a sour feeling rushed into his eyes uncontrollably, forcing him to quickly light another cigarette and take a deep puff.

Still unable to stop the sour feeling, he put aside the hand holding the cigarette, buried his face in his arm for a while,

At first, I thought I bought a lot of moon cakes, but now it seems that this Mid-Autumn Festival, they only have these three yuan.

Yi Zhe trotted back and saw Xu Tangcheng playing with a piece of mooncake in one hand, so he offered to open it for him to have a taste.He wanted to say something to distract Xu Tangcheng's attention, so while tearing open the package, he said in a rambling manner: "Zhao Weifan said that a box originally cost six yuan, but You Fang ate two yuan, leaving four yuan. I I wanted to bring it to you, but she said it was unlucky to give four pieces of mooncakes, so she insisted on splitting one piece up and sharing it with me."

"The co-author gave you three yuan in total, and you brought them all for me," Xu Tangcheng held his head, and the cigarette was burning next to his ear.He smiled and said, "Didn't you say it's delicious, you can keep a piece for yourself to eat at night."

"Different taste," Yi Zhe took out the other two pieces from the bag seriously, and pointed out the flavors on the package to Xu Tangcheng, "Look, each piece is different, the one I ate It’s not the same as these.”

The wrapping paper reflected the light of the setting sun, shining golden, shaking Xu Tangcheng stunned.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Yi Zhe thought that he still had too much, so he handed the small piece of mooncake that had been opened to his mouth, and said, "Then you eat first, and give me the ones that don't taste good."

Xu Tangcheng left home cruelly on this day, leaving behind the crying and calling of his parents.With guilt, but still have to go.

At that time, his whole reason was love, but if you want him to specifically explain how deep this love is, why the two big men can't even make temporary compromises, he actually doesn't quite understand.He can only answer very abstractly, he can't let go of Yi Zhe, and Yi Zhe can't live without him.

But now Xu Tangcheng understood, very concretely and profoundly.

He lowered his head and took a bite, the mooncake sank into a gap, the gap was sweet.

"Is it delicious?" Yi Zhe asked.