my brother became a scum

I froze for a moment, a little unbelievable: "What did you just say?"

"I said, Li Yang pulled me out, I have to cooperate with the investigation." As he said this, he put a piece of meat in the bowl, bit off the lean meat, and threw the fat meat into my bowl.

"what happened?"

"A grandson went in to see Li Yang and told her to put the blame on me, and her husband could have his sentence reduced."

"Li Yang agreed?" My mind was a little confused, I rubbed my temples, "Isn't she very fond of you?"

"She likes my money, and her husband's people."

"What do you say, old lady?"

"I can't die, I can go in for a few years at most," Zhang Chen was still laughing, his eyelashes were blown up, and there was a sense of absurd beauty under the light, "Go and help me pack some clothes, I'll continue to eat for a while."

"..."

From a moral point of view, Li Yang confessed to Zhang Chen, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. Zhang Chen really deserved it, and he should have spent a few years in prison. A few days ago, I was completely released for him, and I felt that the society was unfair and the power was oppressive.

But when Zhang Chen really took this step, I actually felt sad. He has never suffered since he was a child, and I don’t know what to do after entering.

I dug out a travel bag, picked a few pieces of clothes that Zhang Chen put in my place, and folded them in. Then I dug out socks and underwear from the drawer. After thinking about it, I stuffed another set of toiletries. Zhang Chen’s voice floated in from the outside: "Don't give me a cigarette substitute, I guess there will be a security check when you go in."

I went back to the living room with my travel bag. Zhang Chen put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a tissue. I couldn't help but say to him, "Why don't you take a shower?"

"It's too late, if you don't go out, you will have to be taken away in front of you."

I turned my face away, I was afraid to look at him again, I couldn't hold back anymore, after thinking about it, I asked him again: "Is there anything else I'm missing, I'll stuff it in for you."

"I'm missing you, but you're so big, you can't fit in."

I'm afraid this is an old-fashioned love story, I should scold you in my heart for being so hypocritical, I can't think about it, and I feel even more uncomfortable when I hear it.

"Chen Heping, it's time now, tell the truth," Zhang Chen stood up, and forcibly took his hand to break my face. He smiled unbearably, but his fingertips trembled slightly, "You like me Is it?"

"I don't like it." I answered very naturally, without the slightest hesitation.

"I thought you would lie to me." Zhang Chen withdrew his finger, but his expression didn't change at all, as if the moment just now was just another joke he made.

I raised my hand and touched his head, coaxing him like I did when I was a child: "When you come back, brother will play with you well."

"You won't be married when I come back, will you?"

"No, I'll wait for your return."

Zhang Chen didn't ask about what happened after he came back. He was calmer than I imagined. He put on the camel windbreaker, picked up the travel bag with one hand, patted my shoulder like a brother, turned sideways and wanted to leave , I grabbed his arm, and he looked at me with those bright eyes, and said, "What?"

I stared at the narrow section of his neck that was exposed outside, and I could vaguely see the hickey marks I left last night, so I couldn't control my hands, took my thin scarf from the hanger, and wrapped it around his neck After a few laps, another beautiful knot was tied. When he wanted to let go, Zhang Chen suddenly said, "You look like my mother."

At that moment, Xiao Xiao Nii was completely broken, and she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.I also patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go."

He bit his lip with his teeth, looking like an innocent rabbit, and said, "Kiss me again."

I leaned over, kissed his forehead, and left without a trace of lust.

"Chen Heping, don't you want to see me off?"

"That's your way, I can't send it."

"You are really cruel."

"Let's go, come back early."

Zhang Chen took a deep look at me, pushed the door away and even closed my door intimately.I opened the curtains, waited for a while, and saw him coming out of the unit door, walking forward without looking back, until he disappeared to the end of the road.

I drew the curtains and started to clean up the dishes on the table. Zhang Chen had a pretentious meal, and a few pieces of greasy meat fell into the rice bowl. I pulled the meat steaks into the trash can, and the rice bowls fell together and took them to the kitchen to wash the dishes. , I happened to see the apron thrown on the table casually.

I suddenly realized that Zhang Chen would not be in my house for a long time to come, and I clutched the apron, feeling a little overwhelmed.

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The next day, there was a small news push on the homepage of the browser. Zhang Chen resigned as chairman, and Wu Qingfei took over to form a new leadership team. Wu Qingfei is Zhang Chen's confidant. I have seen it several times. The overall situation is stable. up.I switched to the stock window again and found that the stock price was fairly stable, so I let go of some worries.

In any case, it is much better to do it low-key than to do it high-key.

The department has been quite depressed during this period. After two colleagues were persuaded to quit, two more colleagues submitted their resignations successively. There is still a long time before the civil servants apply for the exam. Even if a few people are transferred, they are still not very proficient , I had to work overtime to catch up with so many things.

For several months in a row, every day from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, Saturdays and Sundays, I was too busy to look at the extra numbers in the salary card, and I was too busy to think about what would happen to Zhang Chen, or what would happen to Zhang Chen? , and don't want to think about it.

In the blink of an eye, it’s the time of the Chinese New Year, and I finally got a few days off. I went to a nursing home to stay with my grandfather for a few days. He is still in good spirits, but sometimes he recognizes me, and sometimes he doesn’t. Joy, even though she can't recognize people clearly, she gets along very well with the grandpas and old ladies in the nursing home.

One day, while I was peeling an apple by my grandfather's bed and chatting, he suddenly asked, "Are you having a fight with Zhang Chen again? Why haven't I seen my nephew come over for a long time?"

I didn't raise my eyes, and returned to him: "Zhang Chen went abroad, and he called a few days ago, let me take it for you."

"Going abroad? There is no news about this, and it will be out as soon as you say it."

Grandpa is rarely surprised. He has a good impression of Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen is very obedient and fair when he is not making troubles. Every time he sees my grandpa, he is very polite.

When my grandfather was seriously ill, Zhang Chen personally contacted the hospital, ran up and down, and was more diligent than my own grandson, so my grandfather still misses him to this day.

"When will you be back?"

I peeled the apple into small pieces, inserted a toothpick, and replied naturally: "The business over there is troublesome. If it is fast, it will take a few months, if it is slow, it may take several years."

"It's really...why did you leave in such a hurry?"

Grandpa murmured this sentence repeatedly, and I fed him a few mouthfuls of apples, and the old man fell into a deep sleep.I looked down at my phone, only to realize that he has been in for so long, and until now, there is no news.

I stayed with my grandfather for a week, and the leader started to contact me on WeChat to go back earlier. It was the end of the year, and there was a lot of statistical work in all aspects, and he couldn’t let me take more time off. I got a promotion order and officially became the deputy of the leader. A little girl from the next door department in charge of personnel came to help me with the formalities. come out.

Then came the overtime work one after another. When people are busy, they forget a lot of things without deliberately doing so. In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month, and when they received a thick stack of bonuses, they suddenly realized that this year is almost over——Zhang Chen Still no news.

I have Wu Qingfei's mobile phone number in my hand. As Zhang Chen's confidant, Wu Qingfei can know some inside information, but I hesitated for a few days and still didn't call it.Zhang Chen and I are taking different paths, even if I know his current situation, I can't do anything for him.

In the blink of an eye, it's the Spring Festival. My grandpa and I spent the New Year's Eve in a nursing home. On the first day of the new year, someone knocked on my door. I opened the door. At first glance, I didn't recognize it. After a few seconds It wasn't until he realized that he yelled, "Mr. Wu."

Wu Qingfei is a man over forty years old with a slightly bloated body. At first glance, he looks very soft-tempered, but Zhang Chen once commented on him, saying that he has a kind face and a cruel heart, and he is a very interesting person.

The fun in Zhang Chen's eyes is very different from what most people think is fun.I don't know why Mr. Wu knocked on the door of my house on the first day of the new year, but in the end he gave way naturally and added: "Happy Chinese New Year, come in and sit down."

Mr. Wu smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, looking very friendly, but shook his head: "I won't go in, Mr. Chen, if you have nothing to do, why don't you come with me? Mr. Zhang misses you very much."

Mr. Zhang?There is only one Mr. Zhang.

My first reaction was that I didn't really want to go, but I went back to the room, changed into thick clothes, covered my gloves, scarf and hat tightly, and even brought a warm water cup with me.

Mr. Wu said something vaguely: "Mr. Chen is calm, and he is not in a hurry."

"I can't rush for a few minutes, it's too cold outside."

After going down the stairs, the car was already waiting at the door. Mr. Wu sat in the passenger seat, and I sat in the rear parking space, and the driver started the car. The road went farther and farther, and we drove directly to the gate of a remote villa. , Mr. Wu said: "Get out of the car, just go in."

I thanked me, got out of the car, and entered the gate, which was still some distance away from the gate of the villa. I saw white snow in my eyes, and every breath was filled with light white smoke, and every step was extraordinarily fast. difficult.

Zhang Chen was my only variable in the first 28 years. I tried my best to get rid of his image of me, trying to separate us cleanly, but I was always forced to be entangled with each other because of emotional burden.

Now there is an external reason to separate me from him, even though I am sad, I secretly breathe a sigh of relief, always thinking that I will gradually forget it, and when I meet again, I will say that my friend cherishes it, and then we will gradually separate, bridges return to bridges, roads return to roads.

But when I just blurred his existence, he appeared again.

My leather shoes creaked as they stepped on the uncleared snow on the road, and I went back to that year in a trance, Zhang Chen held my hand with a cold hand, and he said: "Let's go like this, my soles are slippery. "