When the magic flower blooms

The billiards room of the villa is the room on the first floor of the annex near the swimming pool.One half is a mini bar and the other half is a billiards room.

Father Ming took out a bottle of whiskey from the wine cabinet and brought three wine glasses.He Tiansi took it cleverly and poured the wine on his own initiative.On the other side, Wu Fei took out clubs and chocolates from the club box.

Since it is a pastime, there are no rules.He and Wu humbly asked their elders to come first, and Ming's father didn't refuse. He adjusted the club, found a good angle, and quickly opened the ball.

After a crisp collision, the colorful billiard balls scattered around.Soon there was the sound of falling into the hole.

Good first shot.He Tiansi immediately applauded obsequiously.Wu Fei walked over and took the colored balls out of his pocket and rearranged them.

Ming's father wiped the cue stick, estimated the new position, and casually asked Wu Fei: "Your father often deals with people in Yuyuan recently?"

Wu Fei thought he was talking about the marriage contract again, so he could only smile wryly: "I don't know the specifics, I guess it was introduced by an acquaintance."

Dad Ming adjusted his position and hit another good shot.This time He Tiansi imitated the example and began to help out with balls.

Ming's father continued to say to Wu Fei: "Your father is busy, so he doesn't go out for tea with his old friends. If I go on, I will even forget what he looks like."

Wu Fei smiled and said, "My dad also knows that uncle is busy, so he won't bother you if you have nothing to do. If you want to get together, I'll tell him another day."

"Let him be happy."

Ming's father leaned over and hit another shot, "Our two families have been friends since your great-grandfather's generation, and they can be regarded as family friends. You can't leave the relationship between the two families in the hands of my generation. .”

The result of this shot was not ideal, Ming's father shook his head a little regretfully, then turned to look at Ming Ruoxing.

"You come."

He Tiansi responded, and quickly took the pole and walked to the table.Just as he found his position and was about to take off the swing, he suddenly heard Dad Ming asking him a question.

"What are your plans for the future?"

"Ah, me? Not yet." He Tiansi was honest, his mind was indeed blank at the moment.

After that, Dad Ming stopped talking.Although he was somewhat suspicious, He Tiansi continued to play.

After a good start, he immediately adjusted to the second shot.

But at this time, Dad Ming spoke again.

"How long do you want my son to stay in the country with you?"

He Tiansi's heart suddenly felt weak, but he still held his own.

"It depends on how long he wants to stay, and I welcome it for as long as possible. But if you want him to come back, although I am reluctant, I will try my best to help you persuade him."

As soon as these words came out, He Tiansi immediately added a sentence "it's strange" in his heart.And Dad Ming's reaction seemed a little subtle.

He raised his head and uttered only a single note.

"Oh?"

Oh what do you mean?

He Tiansi felt a little creepy, but he still pretended to be calm on the surface.Find the angle and set the second shot.

The white ball hits the red ball, making a hole in one.

At the same moment, Ming's father asked a new question: "Do you want to find a job?"

"Ah?" He Tiansi foolishly turned his head to look at him while holding the pole.

"I said do you want to get a job in the city."

"Uh... I did think about it before."

He Tiansi still chose to tell the truth.Intuition told him that the majestic man in front of him had the "super power" to see through lies.

Worried that he would be misunderstood as not wanting to make progress, he also sincerely added: "I used to feel bored living alone in the country, and I felt that I didn't have any skills when I wanted to go to the city. But recently I don't seem to think much about it. Xiaoxing has taught me a lot. thing."

Ming's father nodded to express his approval of his choice.

"Then think about it carefully."

-

The outdoors separated by a wall, beside the garden and swimming pool.With their backs against the lights coming from the billiard room, the two brothers of the Ming family sat on chairs on the terrace and smoked.

The smoke is of course the big brother’s. The high-purity, medicinal-grade Alpine Polygonum leaves have a similar relaxing effect on both big and small cats.

Ming Ruoxing basically has no addiction to smoking. Even if he stays up late to work on weekdays, he only smokes ordinary refreshing cigarettes occasionally.Although there are no sequelae and side effects of Polygonum mutianensis, it will temporarily cause muscle relaxation and other conditions, so it is only used in leisure time.

The two brothers lit the cigarette by the light by the window.Each exhaled a puff of smoke, and then looked at the three people who were playing in the window at the same time.

"He seems to be a different person." Ming Ruochen spoke first.

Ming Ruoxing's eyes fell on the person they were talking about: "I thought so too at first. But now I feel that no matter what his name is or what he looks like, he is always himself and has never changed. "

Following the direction of his line of sight, Ming Ruochen saw He Tiansi standing beside the table with a club in his arms, applauding Mingfu's golf skills with adoring expression.

"The old man seems to like him very much."

"Hmph. He's the best at coaxing old people."

Ming Ruoxing made a disdainful voice, but his relaxed expression seemed a little proud.

"Besides, didn't the old man always like him very much? When he was still the director, he personally awarded him a medal. Hmph, an old man who only cares about blood."

Ming Ruochen blew out another smoke ring, "The old man only believes in blood? Do you really think so?"

Ming Ruoxing thought for a while, but didn't speak.

The two brothers were silent for a moment, and then it was Ming Ruochen who spoke first.

"Why did you bring him back?"

"Chinese New Year."

Ming Ruoxing leaned back on the chair, looking at the three brightest stars in the winter night sky above his head.

"You said, this kind of festival, is it possible to leave him alone in the countryside? Anyway, I can't do it."

"Your way of getting along is different." Ming Ruochen's voice had a hint of teasing, but it was suppressed by something heavier, which was not obvious.

Ming Ruoxing shook his head: "Don't talk about me. What about you and Wu Fei? What's going on."

Ming Ruochen was silent for two seconds, and then exhaled a long puff of smoke.

"My relationship with him is different than what you think."

After saying this, there was another long silence.In the darkness, only the red light between the brothers' lips flickered on and off.

When the cigarette was almost finished, Ming Ruochen finally thought of a new topic.

"If you have anything to do with He Tiansi in the future, just go to me instead of Wu Fei. Don't worry, I won't send him to the research institute."

"Why, you are usually busy enough." Ming Ruoxing asked, "Could it be that you can reject me, but not him?"

Ming Ruochen smiled: "If you really want to know the reason, then maybe I'm going to start a tirade on the political subject you hate the most."

"Forget it." Ming Ruoxing shook his head frankly, "I keep politics at a distance."

After saying this, he still couldn't help asking one more question.

"If Wu Fei really gets married, what are you going to do? Let's just leave it at that?"

"It's all said that you can't control it."

Ming Ruochen stubbed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, "Don't worry about it, and take care of your own affairs first."

This sentence reminded Ming Ruoxing that he happened to have some "personal matters" to ask.

"Brother, can you help me find out who arranged He Tiansi in Jinyu Village?"

"how?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little curious. I have the impression that there are quite a few safe houses in the bureau. Why did you choose Goldfish Village?"

"It's hard to say. However, people in the bureau have generally filled out similar voluntary forms. Once they retire, they can choose a relatively suitable location according to their personal preferences. I can help you find the Naga form. But during festivals, It will take a few more days."

"This is not in a hurry."

Ming Ruoxing nodded.He suddenly had a premonition that his curious answer might be hidden in this form.

-

When it was close to midnight, there were a few sparse firecrackers in the distance.But it soon quieted down again.

The night of New Year's Eve does not seem to be much different from yesterday and the future tomorrow.

At around [-]:[-], the party in the annex had broken up.Ming Ruoxing led He Tiansi back to the second floor of the main house, and settled him in the guest room next to Wu Fei.

"What do you think of my family?" Ming Ruoxing asked He Tiansi how he felt while waiting for the clock to strike zero.

"It's very friendly. Your mother and your brother have met each other a long time ago. Although your father looks good, he is quite kind to me. And your family is quite rational. It seems that the New Year's Eve It was just an ordinary family gathering, not even a string of firecrackers."

"Maybe it's because cats are basically solitary animals, and their personality is originally cold." Ming Ruoxing could only explain in this way, "Besides, it's better than leaving you alone in Jinyu Village, right?"

"Strong! Too strong."

He Tiansi nodded again and again, taking advantage of the situation and sticking up again: "Don't leave tonight, just live in this room with me, okay?"

"No!" Ming Ruoxing flatly refused, "This is my home!"

"What's the matter with your house? Your mother won't come to check the house again, will she?"

Even so.But to compare my heart with my heart, my parents and elder brother are all on the same floor, and it is too shameful for me to do this kind of thing with He Tiansi secretly.

But shame, sometimes also is a kind of stimulation.

Ming Ruoxing seems to be hiding a balance in his heart at this moment.Once the heart beats, it can only become more and more hopelessly sideways.

But He Tiansi has clearly understood this point.

He hugged Ming Ruoxing's arm, and then took him further into his arms.Then they hugged each other like this, turned around, and the bed was behind them.

Forget about waiting for the moment when the zero o'clock strikes.Both of them sank into the soft bed, the sweaters on their bodies were lifted up little by little as they twisted, and the cool air made their skin tremble.

"and many more……"

At the critical moment, Ming Ruoxing was still reasonable, "I don't want to leave any suspicious traces, and I don't want to take the trouble to clean it up tomorrow."

For his reasonable request, He Tiansi naturally readily agreed, and turned around to get something from his bag.

But maybe because he walked too fast, he turned over and over, but he didn't bring out the most "important" thing.

Without safety measures, Ming Ruoxing firmly refused to continue.Not reconciled, He Tiansi muttered that even if there was toilet paper, he opened the drawer of the bedside table.

Unexpectedly, there was a new, unopened box of condoms in the drawer.

"No! Absolutely not!"

On the contrary, Ming Ruoxing refused, "My house is not a hotel, this thing must be a trap set by my mother. If I use it, I am pretending to be self-inflicted. It cannot be used!"

"But don't you think it's quite subtle to use this method to hint at our current relationship?"

"What a ghost! In short, I will never accompany you to do this kind of thing. You can solve it in the bathroom by yourself."

"No."

He Tiansi sternly refused, and had already snatched the box of condoms.

"I'll open it now. If you leave, I'll take it apart one by one and blow it up as a balloon, and then fill it with conditioner."

"..."

Ming Ruoxing was about to mock He Tiansi for being a rascal.Suddenly, a certain detail from a certain day two years ago jumped out of my mind.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he calmed down and asked He Tiansi with a smile: "...Did you just say that you put conditioner in the condom?"

"Yeah, isn't it wonderful? It's okay to do it several times a night."

He Tiansi was still immersed in the mood of self-admiration.Think without realizing that the crisis is at hand.

Ming Ruoxing continued to ask: "Where did you learn it?"

"I didn't learn it, it seems to be in my mind all the time." He Tiansi said honestly, "I guess I have deceived someone like this before I lost my memory?"

Ming Ruoxing's next answer was to pick up the largest pillow on the bed and smash it viciously at He Tiansi's head.