cold flame

After hanging up the phone, Gao Wenxuan lit a cigarette and walked from the conference hall to the hotel.In the early summer, there is no noisy countryside where the cicadas are playing, the evening breeze comes slowly, blowing through the small garden with flowers and plants, and a special fragrance that only belongs to summer.

He seemed to have noticed this strong seasonal change only now, and couldn't help but think of Lin Mo's words a few days ago.

I went to pick up Lin Mo at the airport at this time last year. It has been a year now. The time of a year is very short, but it has been infinitely stretched when recalling it. They all vary with expectations.This kind of transformation is undoubtedly unprecedented for him.

Counting it carefully, such days are really rare in a long life. He knows the hardships of getting to this point, and he can't let go because of the abundance and sweetness after experiencing the hardships. If he wants to go back to the starting point again , it is too difficult.

So he had to use the most perfect method to calm down this incident, but fortunately, Lin's father didn't know about it... Gao Wenxuan frowned slightly, thinking about how he should communicate with Lin's mother when he returned tomorrow.

Untimely, a phone call from Gao's mother rang.

"Calling so late, what's the matter?"

"You make it sound like my mother shouldn't call you." Mother Gao complained with a sneer and said, "I won't go around, tell me the truth, are you with Lin Mo? "

Gao's mother is not the kind of person who acts without confidence, Gao Wenxuan is aware of this, and simply admits: "That's right."

"I really didn't know that the son I watched growing up was gay." Gao's mother said a little bluntly.

"There are still many things you don't know, and correct me, you didn't watch me grow up."

Not to be outdone, Mother Gao said, "Really? But I know that Lin Mo is your late wife's younger brother."

"You don't need to remind me about this." Gao Wenxuan threw away the extinguished cigarette at his fingertips, and said, "So what do you want to say after confirming it? If it's to persuade me to separate from him, it's better to save words like this."

After a while of silence, Mother Lin said, "I underestimated your feelings for him."

"I was serious."

"Have you ever thought about the impact of being with him? It is only known to us now, and one day more people will find out and spread it. What will everyone say? You can bear it, and you can guarantee Lin Mo Can you bear it too?"

"This is a matter between me and him. Since we are together, we will naturally face it together. But you, are you worried that we can't bear the gossip, or are you afraid that it will affect yourself and affect your hard-working business?"

His words made Gao's mother a little annoyed, and said: "I just wanted to persuade you like Lin Mo's mother. Since I can't say no, there is no other way, but you must know that if I don't stop someone from coming forward, it will not be A few words and a few words can handle it."

"Thanks for reminding."

"It was a mistake for you to be with Lin Mo." Before hanging up, Mother Gao dropped such a sentence.

For some reason, Gao Wenxuan had an ominous premonition in his heart, he sent a message to Lin Mo, and walked towards the hotel holding his mobile phone.

Father Lin put down the phone in disbelief, and today's news came from the TV with a steady voice, but he couldn't hear anything, and couldn't listen to anything.

Sitting there alone for a while, when Mother Lin came out of the kitchen with the brewed tea, he slowly turned his head and stared at his wife intently, eyes full of complex doubts.

"What's wrong? With this expression, who called just now?" Mother Lin asked while sitting on the sofa next to her.

"Mother Wenxuan."

Mother Lin's expression changed, and her astonishment made Father Lin even more indignant. He asked in a calm voice, "You knew it a long time ago, why didn't you tell me? You can't expose your family scandal. I actually only found out from other people."

"Wenxuan's mother is not an outsider."

"It's an outsider now! Both Wenxuan and their family." Lin's father retorted loudly, his tone full of complaints and anger before he became angry, "It's a pity that we always regarded him as our own before, and we didn't expect him to do such a thing Before, I picked up Momo from get off work every night, and sent him this and that, and by the way, I even asked Momo to live with him. "

Gao's mother simply told Gao Wenxuan and Lin Mo that they were together, and didn't explain anything redundantly. Lin's father understood his intention and pushed all the responsibility on Gao Wenxuan, thinking that he, who was older than his son, was the one who seduced Mo. Don't be guilty of doing wrong.

"Did it happen at that time? If Gao Wenxuan hadn't done so much deliberation, how could it be like this now?! My son has been fine since he was a child, how could he be gay?"

Father Lin's approaching roar echoed throughout the living room. Mother Lin couldn't answer, but anxiously persuaded: "Calm down, or your blood pressure will rise again."

"How can I calm down? This is not a trivial matter. Have you talked to Momo? What did he say?"

Faced with Lin's father's questioning, Lin's mother immediately thought of the image of Momo kneeling in front of her and constantly saying "I'm sorry". She hesitated a bit, and finally shook her head and said, "I haven't talked to him yet."

"Then I have to have a good talk with him. No matter what, we must cut off contact with Gao Wenxuan, and our two families will not communicate with each other in the future."

Lin's mother understood that her stubborn son would not follow the rules easily. He originally told Gao's mother that he hoped that the other party would persuade Gao Wenxuan, but who knew that it would reach her husband in less than a day. Don't let Father Lin know unless it is absolutely necessary, otherwise you have to deal with it head-on.

Maybe when the time comes, it will not be as simple as forcibly severing contact between the two.

Thinking of this, she felt dizzy for a while, and wished that she would be kept in the dark. Although she was annoyed at her son's stubbornness, she still thought about him in her heart. The conversation yesterday was enough to make Lin Mu sure that Lin Mo The firmness shown in this is not a momentary confusion. Her son really fell in love with a man.

At this moment, there was a knock at the door. Lin Mo came back from the outside and saw his parents with strange expressions. He guessed something in his heart, and walked over and said, "Dad, Mom."

"It's just in time for you to come back. I have something to tell you."

"Dad, I'm a little tired, can we talk about it tomorrow?" Lin Mo wanted his father to calm down for a night before talking to him.

"I'm going to ask you now."

"The child just came back from get off work, let's talk about it tomorrow," Mother Lin urged quickly.

Father Lin ignored it, stood up excitedly, and said before Lin Mo could speak, "Are you with Gao Wenxuan?"

Guessing that his father would know, Lin Mo replied calmly: "Yes."

"You—" Father Lin heard him confess without hesitation, and didn't know what to say in a panic. He resisted the urge to reprimand his son, gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice: "Did he start it first? You know what?" I don't know what to do now?!"

"I know." Lin Mo looked directly into his father's glaring eyes, "We started together."

Father Lin pointed at him and shouted in disbelief: "What did you say?! Tell me again."

"Okay, Momo, don't talk anymore!" Seeing that the situation was not right, Mother Lin stood up and held her son, wanting him to go back to the room first.

Lin Mo pursed his lips without saying a word, but stood still and refused to move.

"What do you mean you started together? Two men, how did you start?! Tell me, where have you been studying for so many years? What did the school teach you? This is how your mother and I educated you? You are going to marry a wife and have children in the future! No matter how rebellious and ignorant you are now, you must have a basic salary! I will never allow such absurd things to happen to the Lin family!"

Father Lin finished speaking in one breath, seeing that his son was still silent, only staring at him with a pair of cold eyes, he was even more annoyed, angry that Lin Mo didn't justify or admit his mistake.

"From today onwards, I won't allow you to meet Gao Wenxuan again! I won't let him come to our house anymore. You can go on a blind date with me tomorrow. Whether it's Uncle Zhang's daughter or Uncle Li's daughter, you have to find someone quickly anyway." Girlfriend, be a normal person."

Lin Mo finally spoke with a firm tone: "If I don't go, I won't find a girlfriend either."

"What are you going to do if you don't find a girlfriend? Do you still want to continue seeing him?" Lin's father was irritated and asked repeatedly, his eyes glowing: "I tell you, even if you don't find a girlfriend or get married for the rest of your life, you don't want to be with him." He's going on! It's impossible. I don't want people to say that our Lin family has a pervert who only likes men. "

Lin Mo suddenly raised his head and said, "Yes, I am a pervert! I only like men."

"Pa" slapped Lin Mo heavily, and a rusty smell came out of his mouth. He stared back at his father who had never hit him before. In addition to anger and stubbornness, there was also a trace of hurt sadness in his eyes. .

"You are too presumptuous!"

Lin's father yelled at him louder than before, and the anger rose to his forehead. Lin's mother quickly stood between the father and son, facing the red-faced and blue-veined husband, begging: "If you want to say more, even if No matter how angry you are, you can't do anything to your son!"

"I hope this slap can wake him up and let him know what nonsense he is talking about!"

"I'm not talking nonsense, I'm telling the truth."

"you--"

Seeing his son standing a head taller behind his wife, Father Lin suddenly realized that he had grown up and was no longer the willful and rebellious boy who needed the protection of his parents.The red and slightly swollen side of his face silently stung Father Lin's eyes, and with his gray temples, he suddenly had mixed feelings.

"Aren't you sober?! That's your brother-in-law... your sister's husband!"

Lin Mo's tears fell with the last sentence. Father Lin, who shouted out with all his strength, seemed unable to hold on any longer. The sadness and helplessness hit him under the anger, which immediately made his eyes heat up, but his eyes suddenly went dark. , fell to the sofa next to him.

"dad!"