【Xiyao】Everyone is happy

Summary: An unsatisfactory face-to-face and dog-blood family ethics drama.

The shopping mall on weekends is a refuge for tired souls. At this moment, the heavy rain curtain is blocked, and the transparent gate is like an enchanted entrance.

Lan Xichen was leaning against the wall, with his shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows, reading Hesse on his Kindle.

Of course, the waters of the world will meet again, and the Arctic Ocean and the Nile will blend in the wet clouds.

Out of the corner of his eye, the little boy pushed open the door and carefully put the umbrella into the plastic umbrella case.So the boundary became blurred and merged into a painting, and the people in the painting came with bright colors.

This ancient and beautiful metaphor makes this moment sacred.

The visitor stopped in front of Lan Xichen, who had black and white cut eyes.Lan Xichen closed the Kindle, looked at him with a smile, caught the smile emerging from those eyes, smart and cunning.

Like a little fox, he thought.

"I'm sorry I'm late," Jin Guangyao apologized slightly, "Second Brother, you're so easy to recognize, I saw it right away."

I'm even prettier than the photos.In view of this fact, Jin Guangyao felt a little complicated, so he didn't say anything.

Lan Xichen: "You didn't, I came early."

There are still 10 minutes left before their agreed time.

Jin Guangyao immediately said, "That's considered my lateness, so I'll treat you to dinner."

Lan Xichen didn't argue with him, and smiled: "Then let's go, what do you want to eat?"

In fact, Jin Guangyao had read a lot of reviews on the app last night, and finally chose hot pot.Hot pot is always a safe bet when you don't know each other's tastes.If one chooses the great inventions in human history, it should be among the top three.

There were a lot of people queuing at noon. They took their numbers and sat on chairs outside the restaurant to wait.Jin Guangyao was originally good at invigorating the atmosphere, and they were already familiar with each other in the game, except for the first few minutes of trance when transitioning from virtual to reality, the rest of the time was an atmosphere of meeting old friends.

Topics ranged from courses to papers, to usual weekend arrangements, and to Lan Xichen's younger brother.

"He sometimes doesn't go home on weekends and lives out with his boyfriend." Lan Xichen said, "You know him, Patriarch Yiling."

Jin Guangyao's accident did not last long.Lan Xichen's tone was warm, and he knew that his tutor was enlightened.

The two chatted without saying a word, Jin Guangyao inadvertently glanced in a certain direction, and suddenly tightened his fingers holding the number.

This tiny movement was noticed by Lan Xichen: "What's wrong?"

Jin Guangyao smiled, stuffed the number paper into his hand, and stood up. "It's okay. When I see an elder I know, I'll go over and say hello. Second brother, you sit down, and you go in first when you arrive."

The piece of paper was curled into a ball by him.

The woman in front of her was probably in her forties, beautiful and well maintained, but the conspicuous logos piled up all over her body gave her a touch of vulgarity.Standing next to her was a handsome young man and a young girl beside him.The girl is not very beautiful, but her makeup is clean and light, her temperament is gentle and friendly, and she feels comfortable at first sight.

Jin Guangyao stepped forward: "Hi Auntie, Hi Brother Zixuan, this..."

Jin Zixuan looked a little unnatural. "This is Jiang Yanli, Miss Jiang."

His half-brother once mentioned that he had a fiancée.Jin Guangyao said hello, Jiang Yanli smiled at him.

Mrs. Jin snorted, without concealing the contempt on her face.

"Zixuan didn't even come to dinner with you before. Do you really think of yourself as a young master?"

Jin Guangyao quickly apologized with a smile: "Auntie, I really have a lot of things at school recently, and I will definitely bring you a gift to make amends someday."

"No need," Mrs. Jin sneered, "I don't want to see you either, what if you come and poison us."

"mom."

Jin Zixuan looked displeased.Jiang Yanli had a premonition of a storm, and looked at them with a hint of bewilderment.

"Did I say something wrong? Look at what he looks like. He is carved out of the same mold as his bitch mother. How can there be any shadow of our family? Who knows which wild man his bitch mother gave birth to, and we will be blamed." Home, it’s not about making money.”

Some passers-by slowed down and looked sideways curiously.Humans like to join in the fun is an instinct.

"Mom, you know better than me what kind of person Dad is." Jin Zixuan frowned, "Besides, the paternity test has been done."

"What if it's fake? Zixuan, you can't be so naive." Mrs. Jin glared at him, and two girls holding milk tea not far away started exchanging whispers.

Jin Guangyao just wanted to escape from this eight o'clock family ethics drama as soon as possible.After so many years, he has long been numb, but there is still a fatal wound that cannot be touched, like Achilles' heel, Mrs. Jin's words turned into an arrow that hit it, and it was covered with poison.

"Auntie, as long as you are happy, you can scold me however you want, but my mother is gone, please respect her."

Mrs. Jin turned around and stared at him for two seconds, and raised her hand to slap him.

The slap came so suddenly that everyone except Mrs. Jin froze in place.Someone's milk tea fell on the ground, and the cleaning lady rushed to the scene of the crime, cursing in dialect.

Lan Xichen was not at ease, and just happened to encounter this scene when he followed.Shocked, he took a few steps forward to protect Jin Guangyao behind him.

Jin Zixuan exclaimed: "Mom! You're going too far! Ah Yao is my younger brother!"

"Your brother? Why did I give birth to a stupid son like you? I think someone will come to divide your property tomorrow."

"Auntie, what can we talk about, this is a public place, please don't do anything."

Lan Xichen's words were polite and his expression was gentle and calm, but Jin Guangyao felt that he seemed to be angry.

Mrs. King immediately looked him up and down.After all, she didn't know the other party, and this kind of polite top student style made it inconvenient for her to vent her anger, so she just said: "You look like a child of a decent family, don't let this kind of person lead you into trouble."

Jin Zixuan was embarrassed and tried to pull his mother away.He looked apologetically at Jin Guangyao, then at Lan Xichen. "I'm really sorry, you guys go away."

Jin Guangyao tugged at Lan Xichen's sleeve. "I'm fine, second brother, let's go."

He bid farewell to the three people across from him.After walking a certain distance, Mrs. Jin shouted in surprise and anxiety from behind: "A Li, what are you doing!"

Jin Guangyao and Lan Xichen turned their heads, and Jiang Yanli was walking quickly.

"You need to apply it on your face quickly, it's a bit swollen." She said, and handed over a light purple handkerchief, embroidered with exquisite nine-petal lotus flowers, which still had a faint fragrance.Not many people carry handkerchiefs with them these days.

Jin Guangyao took it and smiled at her: "I'm fine, thank you sister-in-law, you can go there quickly."

Jiang Yanli blushed, nodded to them, turned and left.

Jin Guangyao and Lan Xichen were sitting on a bench in the shopping mall.

Lan Xichen looked at him: "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt, how much strength can she have as a woman?"

Lan Xichen's eyes fell on the handkerchief. "This is useless, let me get you an ice pack."

Jin Guangyao smiled and said, "It's really unnecessary, how can you be so delicate." He sighed again, "Second brother, I'm sorry, I finally came out once, and ended up showing you this kind of joke."

"it's not your fault."

"I have to treat you to something good to make up for it. Is that one out of date?"

Lan Xichen thought about it. "I'm not very hungry, are you?"

"Huh? I'm not hungry either. I ate in the morning."

"Then invite me to watch a movie."

Jin Guangyao stood in front of the machine and mechanically entered the ticket collection code.Lan Xichen said that going to the convenience store happened to give him some time to be alone.He put away his smile, holding two movie tickets in a daze.

He really doesn't care about any other time and place.Why did it happen that he and Lan Xichen met for the first time?Murphy's Law is true.

He got carried away for a while, and stretched out his hand to reach for a round of bright moon, but fell out of thin air.

Jin Guangyao was wandering in his thoughts when he saw a tall and handsome guy walking towards him, holding several take-out paper bags from fast food restaurants in his arms.

... Lan Xichen made a long detour to the convenience store this time.

"Ayao, help me get it."

He was just about to ask the other party, but Lan Xichen couldn't help but stuff the paper bag into his arms, then opened the packing bag in his hand, and took out a mask.

Jin Guangyao was taken aback, and hurriedly said no, and wanted to push him away, but he had nowhere to use the things in his hands.Lan Xichen gently put it on for him, stroking the side of his ear with his fingers, like a feather on the tip of his heart.This scene overlapped subtly with the scene in his memory, which seemed familiar but completely different.

Fortunately, Lan Xichen couldn't see his expression at the moment.The other party took back several paper bags: "Okay, let's go in."

The attendance rate was very high, and many parents brought their children to watch.As the admission time approached, there was a long queue at the ticket gate.

Jin Guangyao was holding a toy gift in his hand, poking left and right.He glanced at Lan Xichen, who was holding a paper bag beside him, and couldn't laugh or cry. This person must have bought all the main set meals of the season after entering the store.

"Second brother, do you usually eat fast food?"

"Very little." Lan Xichen answered truthfully.

It was exactly as he had guessed.The aroma of french fries and hamburgers attracted the attention of many children. Jin Guangyao was afraid that he would be beaten to death by the audience around him when he watched a movie later.

A little girl with two ponytails in front turned her head to stare at Jin Guangyao for a long time, then pulled her mother's clothes and raised her face and said something.The latter focused on mobile game activities and turned a deaf ear.

She flattened her mouth and cried out loudly, glancing in his direction from time to time.

Jin Guangyao handed her the toy, and the latter burst into laughter immediately.The voice is clear and crisp, like a happy little lark. "Thank you for your good-looking brother!"

This kid, who can change his face faster than him, must be a movie queen when he grows up.

Lan Xichen seemed to find her words very interesting, and smiled, "How do you know he's good-looking?"

"He has good eyes," the girl looked at Lan Xichen seriously without thinking, blinked her eyes, and came to the conclusion solemnly, "You are good-looking too, you all are good-looking."

The lights in the theater dimmed, and Jin Guangyao soon fell asleep.The lines and sound effects of the movie echoed in my ears, so this dream was also absurd and bizarre.

In the darkness, he struggled to keep falling.Someone is calling mother, it must not be him, this kind of address is too old-fashioned.

A cold voice sounded, full of pity. "Don't struggle, it's fate."

Another voice roared: "My fate is up to me!"

What day, what fate?

Some people should never have been born at all.

He lowered his hands, allowing himself to fall into the bottomless abyss, the wind whistling in his ears.

Until I fell into a warm embrace.

After the show ended, Jin Guangyao was still a little groggy.He asked Lan Xichen, "Is the movie good?"

Lan Xichen: "It's beautiful, I'll watch it with you again some other day."

It's half a lie.He was afraid of waking up Jin Guangyao who was leaning on his shoulder, so he was careful about breathing the whole time.Except for a certain moment, he caught a glimpse of the shaking hands of the person beside him, he hesitated to hold them lightly, and only let go when he regained his composure.

Jin Guangyao's depression has returned.On the other hand, he also felt strange that this kind of relaxed state was too abnormal around the person he met for the first time, perhaps because of the lack of sleep recently.

"Oh... I'm so sorry, where else do you want to go?" Jin Guangyao tried to do something to save this extremely bad situation.

"Why do you seem to be apologizing to me all the time?" Lan Xichen smiled, "I see you are tired too, come out next time."

Lan Xichen said that he had something to go back to school, and he sent Jin Guangyao back, but the latter insisted not to let him be sent to the dormitory.After all, Lan Xichen was too conspicuous, and Jin Guangyao didn't want to accept everyone's attention on campus.

He watched the other person's figure gradually disappear in the crowd, and breathed a sigh of relief.As if returning to reality from an absurd drama, there is no grievance or hatred, and of course there is no Lan Xichen.

Only his old acquaintances.

Before Jin Guangyao could take a few steps, Xue Yang came towards him humming a song.He walks briskly, exuberant in the setting sun, in wonderful contrast with the dismal twilight.

"Why are you wearing a mask when you have nothing to do? Are you afraid that the paparazzi will secretly take pictures?" Xue Yang approached, stopped in front of him, and pulled off the mask.

"Hahahahaha who beat you?" Xue Yangqi said, "Tell me the name, and I'll beat him up for you."

"No, let's kick your ball." Jin Guangyao put the mask back on.

Xue Yang was about to speak when the phone rang, and he picked it up: "Hello? I'll be there now, and I'll be there in half an hour. What's up with Song Lan? That's great, I'm annoyed just looking at him..."

Jin Guangyao left calmly.Although Xue Yang has a weird temper, his happiness comes easily, as unrestrained as the wind.As for Jin Guangyao, all happiness has a lease term, and if it is overdue, he will pay a heavy price.

He sent a WeChat red envelope to Lan Xichen, then buried himself in his book.A few hours passed, and the other party confiscated it, maybe they were busy.Jin Guangyao didn't feel sleepy, and turned on the computer to log in to the game.

Lan Xichen was online. "You haven't slept yet?"

"I couldn't sleep, so I just climbed up by the way."

"Do you want to brush the book?"

"I won't read the book anymore," Jin Guangyao said, "I want to see the snow in Gusu."

Chen Qingjianghu has done a lot in humanities.There are "Ten Views of Gusu" in the game, trying to restore the ancient meaning, but it is usually a place for Taoist couples to take screenshots and post on Weibo, without much practical use.

Zewu-jun and Lianfang-zun are in one of the "Lingyan Xueji".The mountain is full of pine forests, and the clouds are full of powder, and the sky is white.

Jin GuangYao deeply felt that he was ridiculous and despicable.He actually did such a boring thing as looking at the scenery in the game, and Lan Xichen also accompanied him, even though he didn't ask for it.Lan Xichen is such a person, even if he can't empathize with the pain of others, he will definitely not sit idly by.

Just think of yourself as taking advantage of his sympathy.

In reality, people wear masks to hide their true selves, and they can open up their hearts by playing any role without any scruples on the Internet.

Maybe it was because the scars were uncovered in front of the other party, or maybe the cover of the virtual world gave him courage.Jin Guangyao talked about his past.

Half a year after Meng Shi's death, he went to Jin's family to meet relatives.It happened to be Jin Zixuan's birthday that day, and the family was full of relatives and friends attending the celebration party.In the lively atmosphere, he explained why he came, Jin Zixuan's cream-stained face froze, Mrs. Jin slapped him casually in anger, and Jin Guangshan kept a cold face, and shouted impatiently for him to be kicked out.Meng Yao wanted to leave, but those people pushed and pushed him too hard. He was thin and small, so he lost his footing and rolled down from the second floor.

The melody of the birthday song echoed in the house, and under the gazes of curiosity or disdain, he got up and left without saying a word.

No one knew that it was also his birthday.

"Actually, I don't think much of it, it's just that it's not worth it for my mother. I quite understand Mrs. Jin. She is worried about her status being threatened, so she always clings to something. After a long time, she will live like a vine spraying venom around her. Harmful but not fatal."

Lan Xichen sighed almost inaudibly.

"So I thought, I must have money. It's not that I like money so much. At least I have capital, so I don't have to look at others."

When Meng Shi was around, he would also go to work during holidays, but after all, it was a drop in the bucket.After she left, Meng Yao began to study various ways to make money, including opening a live broadcast account, but there were very few viewers.

There is an ID who often leaves comments and messages for him. Meng Yao is familiar with him, and chats with him from time to time.

On the day the Jin family was kicked out, Meng Yao live broadcasted about it.He didn't say a word about the whole story, and only jokingly said that rolling down the stairs on his birthday was memorable.

That ID entered the live broadcast room and typed a line: My parents' plane crashed. I haven't told my brother the news yet, and I don't know what to do now.

"I thought at the time, alas, all living beings are suffering." Jin Guangyao said, "I comforted him for a long time, although it was useless."

"Second brother, do you think that everyone who is close to me will be unlucky? Later, I deleted all the videos and canceled the account. I don't know how that person is now."

He doesn't have much time to confess his heart, and it's rare to share some with people he has never met.

"He's doing well," Lan Xichen said after half a minute.The second half of the sentence did not answer the question, "You also sing very well."

The world is in disarray.Li Bai wrote a sonnet, Shakespeare abandoned writing to pursue medicine, Trump logged off Twitter and offered to give way to Hillary, and Lan Xichen clicked into a live broadcast room that no one cared about.A butterfly flutters its wings randomly in a certain corner, rolling up the hurricane at the moment.

"……It's you?"

"It's me," Lan Xichen said, "I recognized you the first time I heard you speak in the game."

TBC

The opening quote is from "The Last Summer of Klingthor".