it takes a little effort

In the car, Ling Chuan thought of several lines for coming out, direct, tactful, tough, and submissive. He also imagined countless possible reactions of his parents after hearing it, and even thought of lines to deal with it. .

I just like Jiang Kai, I have liked it since I was a child.

He likes me too.

I don't like men, I only like Jiang Kai.

What's wrong with boys and boys together? Which law stipulates that boys and boys can't be together.

Gay is gay.

I will not like others.

Don't you all like him, grandparents like him too, there are many doctors in the family, you have multiple sons, grandparents have multiple grandchildren, think about the good, how wonderful.

Then you didn't disobey grandma's order to stay together, and almost eloped.

I didn't say we were going to elope.

Isn't life the same as traveling? You live for your own happiness, not for passing on the family line.

We will be filial to you together.

Forgive us, okay?

Dad entered the house and put a big bag of breakfast and fruits on the table, and my mother put the cooked vegetables brought from home into the refrigerator to keep them fresh.

Ling Chuan stood aside and looked at them, his mind was a little bit confused, and he didn't know how to speak the lines that had been sorted out.

It felt like I was on a bungee jumping platform, knowing what I was about to face, my calves felt weak.

"The dumplings made by grandma last time are all eaten." Mom closed the refrigerator door.

"Ah?" Ling Chuan was taken aback for a moment, "I've already finished eating."

Jiang Kai pinched his fingertips lightly, signaling him to sit down first.

"Xiao Kai hasn't eaten yet, let's sit together," Dad came out of the kitchen shaking his hands, "I bought a lot earlier, and I have your favorite spring rolls and siu mai."

"Thank you uncle." Jiang Kai smiled, but felt very sorry in his heart.

"Oh, why are you being polite to me all of a sudden?" Dad handed over the spoon, "Is your hospital also closed on weekends?"

"It's a rotation. As for whether it's a turn or not, we can only follow the fate." Jiang Kai felt that his throat was a little dry, so he opened the can of yogurt on the table and began to drink.

"You two went to the movies last night." Mom put a spring roll into Jiang Kai's bowl, and put another one for Ling Chuan, "What movie did you watch? Is it good?"

Does it look good? Ling Chuan really can't answer this question. He just watched the beginning yesterday, but he didn't do anything serious in the middle, and he couldn't understand the plot behind it.

"It's pretty good," Jiang Kai answered for him, "It's about a man and a woman who have traveled through time and space and fall in love."

"A costume movie?" Dad asked.

"Modern," Jiang Kai smiled, "How about I book a ticket for the two of you, and you two can go see it together."

"Oh, those who talk about love are all for you young people to watch. I am almost the age of a grandma. What kind of movies do I still watch?" Mom said with a smile.

When the age of grandma came out, Ling Chuan's heart sank suddenly.

He originally thought that since his mother had seen the circle of friends, she began to wonder whether there would be other feelings between him and Jiang Kai, so she could confess if she continued talking with that meaning, but suddenly came With such a sentence, he was a little at a loss.

If, as he speculated, his mother had already begun to doubt the relationship between him and Jiang Kai, then what she said contained a warning meaning.

Remind Jiang Kai, and remind himself.

As their son, the only child of the Ling family, he was going to get married and carry on the family line.

This means that the mother doesn't agree with them being together at all.

Another possibility is that my mother really just said that casually.

Ling Chuan clenched his fists, his palms began to sweat, and now he hoped it was the latter.

In any case, he has already walked up the bungee jumping platform, and it is impossible to go down any further. If we don't talk about it today, I don't know how long it will take before we can speak.

With the courage to come up with great difficulty, he was afraid that he would lose his breath if he took another big breath.

"I have something...I've been wanting to tell you guys for a while." Ling Chuan grabbed his pants leg and spoke slowly.

Jiang Kai stretched out his hand calmly, covering Ling Chuan's slightly trembling fingertips.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Mom took a bite of the spring roll and looked at him.

The mother's tone was relaxed and normal, which slightly loosened the tight string in Ling Chuan's head.

Fortunately.

Mom shouldn't have suspected anything. Those guesses just now were all his overthinking.

"Didn't I tell you last time that I have someone I like?" Ling Chuan turned his palms over and clasped fingers with Jiang Kai under the table.

"Well, what's the matter?" Mom asked.

"You guys know that person..." Ling Chuan glanced at his parents, "Why don't you guess?"

He really couldn't speak directly.

Dad smiled and glanced at Jiang Kai, "Do you know Xiao Kai too?"

Jiang Kai was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Well, I know, and I'm very familiar."

His mother reported the names of the two female classmates, and Ling Chuan shook his head, "This person is quite familiar with you."

My mother's complexion suddenly darkened, she looked at Jiang Kai, with a stiff smile on her lips, and pushed the siu mai in front of her, "The business of this siu mai shop is really good, Lao Ling waited in line for half an hour in the morning. The team just bought it."

Ling Chuan took a deep breath, "Mom."

"Don't talk," my mother suddenly yelled, then blinked twice in the direction of the ceiling, and repeated softly, "Don't talk...you're eating, don't talk..."

Ling Chuan's hand holding the chopsticks trembled, and he didn't speak again.

Under the table, Jiang Kai was shaking his hand as well.

"Who is it?" Dad asked again without giving up.

"Ling Guofu, who told you to buy so many pan-fried buns, you can't finish them all, it's a waste!" Mom roared.

Dad was taken aback, "Why can't I finish eating, I guess Xiao Chuan can eat these by himself."

"Eat, eat, eat! You know how to eat!" Mom slapped her chopsticks and left the table angrily. After walking around the living room, she realized that she was not at home, so she turned and walked to the bedroom.

The door was slammed shut with a "bang".

Dad's mouth was O-shaped, and he stared at the bedroom door in bewilderment.

This made Ling Chuan fall into the embarrassing state of whether to continue talking again.

After the three of them looked at each other for a few seconds, Dad put down his chopsticks, got up and followed into the bedroom, closing the door with his backhand.

"What should I do?" Ling Chuan turned his head to look at Jiang Kai, his voice trembling.

Mom guessed it.

Mom was very angry.

Then mom would tell dad.

Then Dad will be very angry.

Ling Chuan felt that before he had time to fasten the safety rope, he was pushed down headfirst.

Dead.

"I..." Jiang Kai found that his voice was so tense that he was about to lose his voice, but if he behaved as bewildered as Ling Chuan, I'm afraid Ling Chuan would be even more frustrated, and said with a deep breath, "Go and see."

"Don't, don't, don't!" Ling Chuan clenched his hand, "Don't move here, just stay with me, don't move."

"Okay." Jiang Kai squeezed his shoulder.

The two just stared into each other's eyes in silence.

Ling Chuan has never felt that every minute and every second has been so difficult. When he thinks of everything he will face next, he feels so uncomfortable that he wants to cry.

He didn't want to be separated from Jiang Kai.

Don't even want to die.

The sound insulation of the room is good or bad, I can barely hear my parents talking, but I can't hear what they are saying.

This made the two people sitting in the restaurant feel like they were sitting on pins and needles.

Ling Chuan kept stuffing things into his mouth to relieve his nervousness. When he felt that his throat was about to be stuffed, he took a sip of mineral water, and after chewing twice, he rushed into the kitchen, knelt on the ground, and breathed heavily. Spit it out.

Jiang Kai bent down nervously and patted him on the back, and passed the mineral water over, "Are you all right?"

Ling Chuan rinsed his mouth, shook his head, and did not speak.

"Jiang Kai," my mother came out of the bedroom, "Come here."

Ling Chuan immediately got up and grabbed Jiang Kai's arm. Every time his mother called his full name, he had a bad feeling.

"Auntie, I..." Jiang Kai was interrupted by his mother before he finished speaking.

"Come in with me," Mom pointed to Ling Chuan again, "Go and tell your dad."

"I don't," Ling Chuan shook his head and said these two words tremblingly, holding Jiang Kai's hand and refusing to let go, "I want to be with him."

Mom looked down and looked around as if she was looking for something, and finally rushed straight to Ling Chuan, almost exhausting all her strength, and punched down, "You are really going to die!"

Ling Chuan didn't say anything.

The next two punches my mother seemed to have used brute force, hitting his back and arms, the strong dull pain and numbness made him frown.

But compared to these, what made him more uncomfortable was his mother's choking voice and red eyes.

He has grown up so much, and he has never seen his mother cry for something, and her eyes are red.

Her father doted on her, her grandparents protected her, and no one made her feel so wronged.

As a result, such a useless son was born, and he never worried about it since he was a child, and it made her so angry that she burst into tears.

The tip of Ling Chuan's nose was a little acidic, and he stood motionless, letting her beat and scold him.

When his mother raised his arms again, he shrank his neck reflexively and closed his eyes.

Jiang Kai, who was frozen in place, came back to his senses and rushed over immediately.

Ling's mother's strength is really not small, and it made a dull sound when it hit his back.

Jiang Kai held Ling Chuan in his arms and turned to look at her, "Auntie..."

Ling Chuan opened his eyes and looked at his father who was standing aside without making a move but with a dignified expression, and then at his mother who was wiping tears, suddenly he didn't know what to say.

It really didn't matter how many beatings he took if it would calm them down.

"Get out of the way!" Mom sniffed and pushed Jiang Kai away, "It's your turn later!"

Jiang Kai was pushed staggeringly and bumped into the hollow wooden cabinet behind him.

The vase fell with a loud shattering sound, which startled everyone in place.

Dad walked over silently and dragged Jiang Kai away from their mother.

Jiang Kai lost his on-the-spot reaction ability for a moment.

Ever since he met Ling Chuan's parents, he has never seen Ling Chuan's father's serious expression. In his impression, Ling's father always has a smile on his face like a Maitreya Buddha, and he has never seen Ling Chuan's mother lose his temper. .

What's more, she didn't expect that Ling Chuan's mother, who has always been gentle and enthusiastic, would lose her temper with her.

"Uncle..." Ling's father frowned tightly, cutting off all the words he was going to explain next at his throat.

"Can you save me from worrying?" Mom said with trembling lips, then slapped Ling Chuan's arm hard.

But this time, it was obviously much lighter than the previous few punches.

"Mom," Ling Chuan lowered his head and knelt down with a plop, "I'm sorry, really, very sorry."

All the lines I had planned before will be forgotten.

At this moment, listening to his mother's crying, he really didn't know what else to say except sorry.

My mother didn't beat or scold anymore, but the sobbing sound never stopped.

Ling Chuan raised his head, his father and Jiang Kai entered the bedroom at some unknown time.

The door was closed, and he couldn't hear the sound. He was very curious, but he didn't dare to stand up now.

Mom looked at him in silence for a while, then turned around and took two tissues from the table and blew her nose, "Does your knee hurt?"

Ling Chuan shook his head, "It doesn't hurt."

Saying it doesn't hurt is a lie.

The moment he knelt down, he didn't control his speed well, and he suspected that his bones were broken after a plop. In addition, after kneeling like this for a long time, his knees were so painful that he couldn't move.

But my mother's words were obviously distressed.

"Then keep kneeling," my mother wiped away her tears, "I'm leaving."

"Where are you going?" Ling Chuan grabbed the hem of his mother's clothes.

"I'm going to the hospital to see my colleagues," my mother looked down at him, "I didn't come here so early in the morning to make you angry."

"Then don't be angry." Ling Chuan held her hand.

Mom shook off his arm, "Don't act like a baby with me, it's useless."

"Ling Guofu!" My mother yelled towards the bedroom, "Let's go! Go to the hospital!"

After about half a minute, the door was opened.

Jiang Kai walked out first.

Ling Chuan's eyes swept across Jiang Kai's body in an instant. His hair and clothes were neat, and he didn't look like he had been in a fight.

He breathed a sigh of relief silently.

Immediately afterwards, Dad came out, raised his finger and pointed at Ling Chuan, "I'll settle the score with you two when I come back later!"