No. 7 Fish House

【One】

My name is Qi Chen, and I have an older brother named Qi Shi.

Since he was sensible, he has been by my side to protect me, watching me eat and sleep every day, his eyes never leave me for a moment.

I have always believed that I have the best brother in the world. Even though my relationship with him is half-brother, I also believe that there is no pair of brothers who are closer than us in this world.So, when I was young, I always pestered him, chasing after him every day and shouting: Brother, Ah Chen wants to hug him.

He always looked at me helplessly. At that time, I was young and didn't understand that the emotion in his eyes was full of disgust.

My mother Liu Yingxue always held me in her arms and told me in a low voice: Chen, he is just a servant, not your brother, he is not your father's child, he was picked.You are the future head of the Qi family, you have to stay away from him, understand?

Faced with my mother's repeated instructions, I just took these words as wind in my ears and let them pass as soon as I blew them away. This did not affect my enthusiasm for my brother Qi Shi in the slightest.

After my brother's ninth birthday, my father decided to send him to school, and I lost my temper because I didn't see him all day.My father has nothing to do with me, he has always doted on me, so he stuffed me to my brother when he came back, and said: "You take Ah Chen to study tomorrow morning, he will go to and from school with you, you have to take good care of him at school." He, don't let him get hurt."

I pulled my brother's sleeve and saw my brother's hand clenched into a fist in the sleeve.I didn't know at the time that he hated me so much.

【two】

In the school, I was the youngest, and I didn't understand any of the poems my teacher said. I only knew that I was pestering my brother to turn the flower rope for me in class.My husband saw that I was not paying attention in class, so he called me to have a private talk, and he said: "Second Young Master Qi, you are incomparable with your brother, he needs these things to change his future, and you don't need to change to change your future." Already have a lot of things. Can you stop bothering your brother in the future?"

I know that Mr. Li has always liked his brother very much. His grades are the best in the class. He is very smart. It can be said that he has never forgotten those textbook knowledge.But every time he came home, his father asked about his grades, but he always didn't say a word, and I used this terrible grades to provoke my father's love.

They always encouraged me over and over again: "Chen, study hard, you must be the most promising child in the Qi family."

I laughed happily in their arms, while my brother stood alone in the corner, no one cared.

Now that I have entered the school, my brother has become the focus of other people's eyes. Naturally, I don't want them to take my brother away.

I raised my head and said to Mr. Li very innocently: "I will definitely be as good as my brother, and I will become like him."

Mr. Li rubbed his forehead helplessly. He has always looked down on me, a kid from a rich family, and only thinks that I am playful and lazy.

After this conversation, I stopped pestering my brother in class. I sat behind him and listened to the class carefully every day. Occasionally, I always asked my brother after class if I didn’t understand something.

When he explained to me, his tone was quite irritable.

When I was ten years old, I was as good as my brother, and the praise in the school no longer belonged to him alone.And he gradually became indifferent. He loved me in every possible way at home, but he refused to say a word to me in school, as if we were the strangest brothers in the world.

Seeing that his birthday was approaching, I stopped him after school and asked, "Brother, what gift do you want?"

He is already a head taller than me, and he has faded away from his youthful immaturity. He is already a handsome boy, but I am still a baby face.He looked at me for a long time before asking me in a deep voice: "Qi Chen, why did you even take these away?"

"I didn't take anything." I looked at him with wide eyes.

"Don't look at me like that, I think you're disgusting."

That was the first time since I was sensible, I heard my dear brother tell me that I was disgusting.I feel a little wronged, and I don't quite understand why my brother hates me so much, "You obviously hate me so much, why do you still protect me? You must be pretending to hate me, right?"

"No, it's true that I hate you, and it's false to protect you." He said, "If I don't protect you, your mother and your father won't feed me. From the moment you were born, I was doomed to be As a stepping stone for you."

"I chose to go to school, thinking that the knowledge I gained would change my life, but why would you take all of this away?"

After he finished saying this, he turned around and left, and I stood there blankly.

It turned out that the caring for me in the past few years was not sincere, at least it was because I was threatened that I pretended to be like this in front of me.

He didn't wait for me after he walked out of school that day, and I went home alone in the rain on the street.I repeated in my mind what Mr. Li said to me. He said: You are incomparable with your brother. He needs these things to change his future, but you already have many things without changing.

My brother needs knowledge to change the future, and I already have the future he wants without.

I thought of this sentence and fell into the mud pit.A clean and slender hand appeared in front of my eyes. I thought it was my brother, so I immediately put it on his hand and stood up with a smile: "Brother, you are finally waiting for me to go home together."

I looked up and saw a strange big brother smiling at me.

I looked at him warily: "Who are you?"

He moved the umbrella over his head slightly, and I saw the door behind him, with a plaque on it - No. [-] Fish House.

When I saw those four words, I was very surprised. No. [-] Fish House is a magical legend in our school. The owner of No. [-] Fish House can fulfill all wishes for others, but these wishes need to be paid.

"Qichen, do you have any wish?" The man asked me.

I looked at him blankly. At the age of ten, I didn't have any wishes. I had an excellent family background. I didn't need any hard work to get the best things in the world. I didn't have any worries, so naturally I didn't have any wishes.

"Big brother, do you have anything for sale in your fish restaurant?" I asked, "My brother is going to have a birthday, and I want to give him a gift."

The man pursed his lips and smiled, "You may not be able to give what your brother wants."

"You know my brother?" I looked at him in surprise.

He nodded: "Naturally, he made a wish with me, do you want to know?"

I nodded, as long as I can get a glimpse of my brother's wishes, I will give him whatever he wants, as long as I give it to him, my brother will definitely love me as much as before.

The man took out a note with his brother's handwriting on it.

——Become Qi Chen.

When I saw these four words, I was stunned for a moment. Brother, he really dreamed of becoming me.

"Will you promise him?" The man bent down and asked in my ear.

I pinched the note, and I don't know whether it was tears or rainwater, which stained the four words.

"Okay, let's give my brother this gift."

If he becomes me and I can be happy, then give it to him.

Let me be the brother, be as good as he is to me, and suffer as much as he needs to suffer.

"You are such a good boy." The man touched his head gently with his hand, "In three days, you will be Qi Shi."

【three】

Three days later, it was Qishi's birthday, and the school ended early. He walked fast with long legs, and I ran behind for a long time before I could keep up with him.

In that alley, I saw my brother was covered with a head and his hands were tied. The two big men discussed, "This is the second young master of the Qi family. If he is tied, he can be exchanged for a lot of money, right?"

Hearing this sentence, I rushed over desperately and bumped into their waist.

"I'm the one, I'm Qi Chen, you guys tie me up!"

The big man was a little confused, took out a portrait to compare with my face, and said: "You are the eldest son of the Qi family, the child you picked up is worthless, don't try to lie to us."

I hurriedly explained: "No, this portrait is wrong. I am the second son of the Qi family. If you don't believe me, ask him."

The big man punched Qi Shi on the head and asked, "Is what this kid said true?"

Qi Shi was stunned for a while, then nodded hastily: "Yes, he is Qi Chen, not me."

"You tie me up and ask my brother to go back and get money to redeem him. I will follow you without crying or fussing." I promised them.

The two big men were suspicious, tied me up, and then untied me at the same time.

When they put the cloth bag on my head, I saw Qi Shi's face through the gap, and the owner of No. [-] Fish Restaurant really didn't lie to me.

My brother finally got this gift, he became me, and I became him.

After my head was covered, I asked my brother: "You will go to your parents to save me, right?"

My brother replied in a muffled voice, "Yes."

I smiled: "Go, I'll wait for you."

That day, two big men dragged me into a ruined temple. We waited from dusk to night, but my brother brought someone to redeem me and go home.

The big man got impatient, took off the cloth bag on my head, and slapped me across the face.

"Did you lie to me, boy! The one who let go just now is the second young master of the Qi family. How much money you have caused me to lose, can you afford it!" He kicked me in the stomach, and I was kicked by another Grab it and slap it.

I have lived for so many years, and my parents have never hit me. These two slaps made me cry.

The big man in black suddenly smiled and said: "Brother Long, don't tell me that this kid looks like a woman. There is a little opera singer Shen Xiu in Xifangyuan. This face looks exactly like Shen Xiu's."

When Brother Long heard this, he raised my head and took a closer look, "It's true, I was going to buy this girl before, but I was preempted by Qi Tianwan, a profiteer. Today, let me be here. Vent on the little bastard..."

I screamed in horror and struggled hard, and the two of them knocked me unconscious.

How I survived that night, I don't know, I just remember that it was already bright outside when I woke up.

Those two men woke up from the dream, saw that I was holding a stone in my hand and was about to smash them to death, and kicked me away.

"Little bastard, I'm fine if I didn't kill you, leave your life and go back to the Qi family compound, I see if they will take you in as a dog!"

They left, and I lay on the cold ground for a long time before I slowly got up and put on my clothes.

Many times, I wondered, if I hadn't saved my brother that day, would he have been treated like this.

I don't think so.

Because if they kidnapped my brother, I would definitely run home and tell my parents, asking them to redeem my brother with a ransom.

But brother, why don't you come to me?Why keep me here!Why did you let those two beasts treat me like this!

I picked up the stone and walked all the way to the Qi family compound.

This road is obviously very short, but I walked for a full day before reaching the gate of Qi's house.

I saw that person using my face, enjoying my life, and I saw my mother and father call him affectionately: Chen.

He, without a word of excuse, accepted them one by one.

I rushed over and threw the rock at him.

Blood flowed from his forehead, and a bright flower bloomed on his white forehead.

I was caught by my mother and beat me severely.The mother scolded sharply: "Qi Shi, an animal born of a dog, dares to beat my son, see if I don't beat you to death!"

The moment my mother knocked me out and lay on the ground, I saw Qi Shi and smiled.

He said: "Mom, I don't feel hurt. Don't beat my brother. Maybe my brother is just joking with me."

Tears blurred my vision, and I was powerless to fight back.

Qi Shi, you are different from me, I will save you, but you will never.

[Four]

After I became a child, my life changed drastically.

My brother and my mother Liu Yingxue joined forces to frame me, which made my father completely loathe me.In order to prove that even if I am Qi Shi, I can have all these things, I studied hard and made my father admire me, while my elder brother continued to use my face to have a good time, as if he was showing off to me that he finally got it all.

At the age of 22, my father finally decided to hand over Qitian Restaurant to me. He took my hand and said, "When I was young, you are actually very similar to your mother. Axiu is a good woman. I treated you badly in the past. Everything that can be compensated will be compensated one by one in the future.”

After leaving my father's room, I saw my brother standing there in a daze, and I walked over his feet.

"Brother, I will prove that I am more suitable to be a good brother than you."

In the next few years, I did it. I was better than him, but he has been depraved. In the past, he was Mr. Li's most admired student, and now he has become a real hooligan. The little bums wandered the streets together.

When Mr. Li saw me, he took my hand and said, "Qi Shi, I really didn't misunderstand you. You really became an excellent person. And your brother, he has always been inferior to you."

I laughed: Sir, sometimes your eyes can't see clearly.The one standing in front of you is not Qi Shi, but Qi Chen in Qi Shi's skin.The younger brother you have always looked down upon is the best.

【Fives】

At the age of 27, his father died.

As Qi Shi, I became the head of Qi Tian Restaurant, and on my brother's birthday, I gave him the puppet bride.

He thought I was mocking him for his poor health, but in fact, I just wanted to swap our bodies back.Because the owner of the Blue Joy Cafe told me that this puppet can help us get our souls back, but there is a price to pay.

I laugh, everything in this world requires a price, and nothing is obtained for nothing.

I agreed to the deal, the puppet bride entered my brother's house, and our souls were swapped back.But what I didn't expect was that the puppet bride would come and kill me.She planted several black worms in my stomach and made me their puppet.

The moment I died on the bed, I thought, maybe this is the so-called price.

When I traded with the owner of No. [-] Fish House, the price was for me to bear the shame of ruining the temple.

When I traded with Blue Covenant Cafe, the price was death.

【six】

After I died, my soul left my body, and I saw my brother walk up to my body, and he pulled the clothes off my back.

That was the first time I saw a red line on my back, running from the center of my neck to my waist, like a red scar, extremely glaring.

My brother smiled, tears fell for no reason, "Qi Chen, you are really stupid, you can clearly live a good life with my body, why did you choose to come back? I obviously wanted to kill you, but I beat you I can't, because you gave me your life."

"I have enjoyed more than ten years of joy. I have taken your body to seek flowers and willows, deliberately being a degenerate person, but it is because I know that your body will not live long."

I froze, stood in front of my brother and looked at him, trying to grab him and ask, "What do you mean!"

But he couldn't hear him, and he said to himself: "A long time ago, I met the owner of No. [-] Fish House, and he asked me if I wanted to be you, and I said I would, and then he asked me again, What if death is premature? I answer, and I want to."

"I originally wanted to use your body to live a good life, because I felt that you owed me a lot, until I heard you ask me over and over again after you were drunk, why didn't you go to the ruined temple to save you, why did you put you stay there alone..."

"It turns out that I owe you."

"I decided not to fight with you anymore, and continue to spend time and drink alone, and when I am about to die, I will lie quietly in the coffin... Let you continue to be the head of the Qi family in a glorious manner."

I wanted to hug him, but found that my hand became transparent after touching his body.

"Brother, my good brother." He gently stroked my cheek, "You said that you want to be a good brother, so be good, why do you want to change your body back? What's so good about this body? ah……"

He suddenly smiled and said, "Now that the red line has come to an end, you want to come back, you are so stupid."

At that moment, I realized that when the owner of No. [-] Fish Restaurant stroked my head, he had already planted this red thread on my body.

I will indeed become Qishi, and Qishi will become me, but my lifespan will be as long as that red line.When the red line came to an end, Qi Chen's body's lifespan also came to an end.

When the body was about to disappear, I whispered in his ear.

"Brother, Ah Chen is leaving, take care of yourself."

As if he heard it, he yelled in the room: "Achen, Achen!"

After that year, there was nothing left in the Qi family compound.

There was no elder brother in the yard, nor was there any younger brother chasing him.

A long time, long enough for the world to forget them...