You who walk against the light

After Zhong Dingheng arrived home, around nine o'clock, the family had a new housekeeper, Zheng Peilan, who usually came during the day and returned to her home to rest at night.Without Amei, this home looks very empty.

Zhong Dingheng stood at the entrance changing his shoes, glanced at the living room, and saw Chen Li sitting on the sofa looking at her mobile phone, taking notes from time to time.

Hearing the sound, Chen Li turned her head: "Are you back?"

"En." Zhong Dingheng replied wearily.

"What's wrong with you? You look so ugly."

Zhong Dingheng didn't answer, and went straight to the study.

Chen Li became angry when she saw Zhong Dingheng's appearance, and couldn't help but said: "Your son is still lying in the hospital, can't you take care of yourself?"

Zhong Dingheng turned his head gloomyly, and he was not angry and pretentious, "What face do you have to speak now? If it weren't for you, what would have happened now?"

Chen Li stood up unconsciously, dropped the water-based pen in her hand, raised her voice and said, "What's wrong with me? How did you know me back then, you don't understand? Now explain the truth to me?" , she sneered and said, "If it wasn't for me, your own son would really be dead!"

Zhong Dingheng was so angry that his heart was stuffy. He reached out and nodded at Chen Li weakly, "Hurry up and sign it, so as not to hinder my eyes."

Chen Li couldn't help raising her voice: "What should I sign? Zhong Dingheng, remember, you and I are the same, don't pretend to be a loving father now!" Tears welled up in Chen Li's eyes, and her voice choked: "You can get a divorce, You return Zhong Can to me, and I will leave you."

After finishing speaking, she rudely grabbed the white paper on the coffee table, and hurriedly walked towards the second floor.

When Zhong Dingheng was young, he had a very bad temper. When such a big incident happened at home, Chen Li was still so aggressive. With his original temper, he might throw things.But now, he is older, and his body is not as bad as before, and his anger hurts his body more.

The living room returned to tranquility, Zhong Dingheng walked towards the study weakly, his back was lonely.

Since Chen Li doesn't want to divorce, she should separate.Originally, when Zhong Can passed away, Zhong Dingheng was hit hard. Both he and Chen Li were at fault for this matter. Instead of continuing to fall apart, he chose to be patient.Now it seems that this family can't be maintained even with patience.

After Zhong Ziming's matter has passed for a while, he will deal with the marriage issue.

Zhong Dingheng sat in front of the desk with heavy eyebrows and eyes. Only the desk lamp was turned on in the room, making the surroundings look dark and empty.

The phone on the table vibrated, it was Kai Fan.

Zhong Dingheng's complexion barely improved. He was the only one who called Kaifan before, and Kaifan seldom took the initiative to call him.

"Kevin?"

"Dad," Zhong Kaifan's voice sounded calm, "Are you free tomorrow? I have something to talk to you about."

Zhong Dingheng's eyes dimmed, and he just asked, "What's the matter?"

"About work," Zhong Kaifan hesitated, "I've been thinking about this issue for a long time, and I want to talk to you face to face."

Zhong Dingheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a light tone, "Okay, come here tomorrow, I'm at home."

Both father and son are avoiding matters related to Zhong Ziming.

As a father, Zhong Dingheng was able to chat with Lin Yuan frankly and speak his mind, but he didn't have the courage to be so frank when facing his son.He was even thinking, if there is a chance in the future, can that child of Ayuan talk to Kaifan so that the situation can be eased.

Except for necessary occasions, Zhong Dingheng seldom appears in the company, and he has a capable assistant at hand. He is not in good health, so he usually works at home.Occasionally feeling bored, he would get together with old friends.

When Zhong Ziming was sent to the hospital last time, Zhong Dingheng heard from Amei that Kai Fan already knew about Ziming.Although the two had a big quarrel, fortunately Zhong Ziming was not seriously injured. Surgery was an established plan, but now that he was stimulated and his situation was unstable, the surgery had to be done earlier.

It doesn't matter if you know, Kai Fan always needs to know.

Zhong Kaifan thought about it, and then asked, "How are you? Have you felt unwell recently?"

Zhong Dingheng felt warm in his heart, "Hey, everything is fine." At the end, his voice trembled a little, "Kaifan, thank you."

Zhong Kaifan didn't know what to say, there was a brief silence on the phone, and soon, he restrained his emotions, "That's okay,

You go to bed early, I will come over around three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. "

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Zhong Dingheng said in a heavy tone.

After hanging up the phone, Zhong Kaifan still felt out of breath. Taking advantage of his busy schedule, Zhong Kaifan wanted to talk to his father about hiring a professional manager.A lot has happened recently, Zhong Kaifan felt that he was on the verge of collapse, and he was really afraid that one day he would suddenly become emotional.

Even though he hated those things at home, he still had to talk about it when he saw his father tomorrow, and it was also for the sake of future plans.

Zhong Kaifan was completely disappointed with his father, he didn't make any hopes and expectations, and didn't want to cause trouble.As for the future, if there is a change in work, or if he wants to do something else, he will discuss it with Lin Yuan then.

At night, after Zhong Kaifan finished washing, it was almost twelve o'clock. He remembered that Lin Yuan was going to fly back to Shanghai tonight.Things on the Internet have calmed down, and the hot searches are clean and tidy. Once capital ends up interfering with public opinion, there is basically no chance for black fans to fight back.

Zhong Kaifan sat on the head of the bed, not feeling sleepy at all, he was waiting for news from Lin Yuan.

When it was nearly two o'clock, Zhong Kaifan received a WeChat message from Lin Yuan: He had arrived in Shanghai.

Zhong Kaifan dialed the phone directly, "Is the journey going well?"

The sound of the car door knocking came from the other end of the phone. Lin Yuan said something to the driver, and quickly said, "Everything is going well."

Zhong Kaifan was a little relieved, "Is Li Meng here to pick you up?"

Lin Yuan said, "It's so late, I'll go back by myself."

Zhong Kaifan laughed, rubbing his temples, suddenly felt a little pain in his forehead, and couldn't help hissing.

It was smashed out by Zhong Ziming with the remote control of the air conditioner that day.

It has been several days, and Zhong Kaifan only now realizes that there is a little pain in his forehead.Perhaps the psychological pain was more severe than the physical pain, which made him have no time to take care of the physical pain.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yuan asked with some anxiety.

Zhong Kaifan didn't touch his forehead anymore, "It's okay, I just knocked down the desk lamp."

Lin Yuan said: "Zhong Kaifan, don't you realize that you are not very good at lying?"

Zhong Kaifan was startled, "What's wrong?"

"You knocked down the desk lamp, why didn't I hear the sound?"

Zhong Kaifan smiled, didn't intend to explain, just changed the subject: "How are you feeling now?"

Lin Yuan replied truthfully: "There are good times and bad times, and sometimes it is easy to lose control."

"now what?"

"Better now."

Zhong Kaifan sighed: "I was really worried when I saw you in the hotel last time."

Lin Yuan thought for a while before saying: "After you left that day, I sat alone in your room for a long time, thinking about many things, and I seemed to hear Zhong Can talking to me."

"That's an illusion."

Lin Yuan said: "Maybe, but I still remember the feeling of suffocation. Zhong Can told me to be brave, no matter what happens, I will swim towards you with all my strength."

There was concern in Zhong Kaifan's voice: "Ayuan, I'm not a psychiatrist. I often don't understand some of what you said recently."

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I will tell you when I need you."

"En." Zhong Kaifan breathed heavily.

"I know I need to send out a distress signal." Lin Yuan remembered his mother's words, "I will tell you if there is anything."

"Okay, go to bed early when you get home later."

Lin Yuan suddenly remembered something: "Kaifan, I saw Uncle Zhong today."

Zhong Kaifan's tone was unconsciously full of defense: "Why did he look for you? He was looking for you, why didn't you tell me?"

"It was this afternoon, but don't worry, nothing happened. Uncle Zhong said a lot about you."

Zhong Kaifan's eyes were dark, he only remembered that his father said that he had disgraced the Zhong family and was not ashamed of homosexuality, but it was wishful thinking to want to be with Lin Yuan for a long time.

"Why don't you speak?" Lin Yuan asked.

Zhong Kaifan frowned: "Don't believe what he said." Anyway, he basically lost his sense of trust in his father.

One thing is worse than one thing less.

Hearing Zhong Kaifan's tone, Lin Yuan felt that there was a deep gap between the father and son. Although he was in a better mental state, he was still not as strong as when he was in a normal mood. He didn't have much strength to comfort Kaifan. this matter."

"Wait—" Zhong Kaifan said quickly, "He didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Lin Yuan said truthfully: "No, Uncle Zhong understands everything in his heart."

Zhong Kaifan only cared about the first half of the sentence, as for the second half, he didn't want to distinguish the truth from the false.When Zhong Kaifan was a child, his family broke up and he lived with his stepmother for many years. After a few days, Zhong Ziming lived at home again.Zhong Kaifan has no sense of belonging, and feels that he has been drifting away from the family, not to mention that Zhong Ziming is his younger brother.

Zhong Kaifan didn't want to talk about this topic, but just said: "You should rest early later, don't whine about it."

"I know." Lin Yuan looked out the car window, as if he was almost home, "You too, go to bed early."

"Yeah." Zhong Kaifan breathed heavily, "Good night."

Lin Yuan smiled, he knew that Zhong Kaifan's good night was "I love you".

"Good night." Lin Yuan hung up the phone.

The next day, Zhong Kaifan finished his work and took half a day off to go home and talk to his father.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, he arrived on time, and Aunt Zheng opened the door for him, "Are you back?"

Zhong Kaifan nodded politely, "I haven't seen you for a long time."

Zheng Peilan smiled gently, "I haven't seen you for a long time. I come to work every day. It's because you come back less often."

There was a faint smile on the corner of Zhong Kaifan's mouth, "Yes," he said, he walked to his father's study, and said to Aunt Zheng before entering the door: "No need to make tea, I will leave later."

Zheng Peilan was just about to say something, but she felt a little lost. She heard his 'yes' and thought he was going to say 'I will come back often', but I didn't expect that she didn't even want to drink tea.Zheng Peilan turned around and went into the kitchen, thinking that the atmosphere in this house is so oppressive, how did Amei persist?