under the filth

Perhaps because of the unpleasant conversation before going to bed, both Tang Cen and Aisen couldn't sleep well, and they tossed and turned until the middle of the night before falling asleep.However, it wasn't long before I fell asleep, and at nine o'clock the next morning, the alarm clock Eisen set rang on time: "Dididi-dididi--"

The alarm clock rang for nearly half a minute before it was cut off. Eisen glanced at the time displayed on the phone, supported his head and yawned long, and shook Tang Cen beside him when he was a little more awake.

Waking up Tang Cen was not a difficult task, the real trouble was getting Tang Cen to wake up.

Eisen woke up Tang Cen for the first time, and Tang Cen answered in a daze. After hearing his answer, Eisen went to wash up directly. When he came back, Tang Cen still fell asleep in his original position. , didn't even move.Eisen was no stranger to this situation, this time he sat directly beside Tang Cen, shaking his shoulders to wake him up.

Tang Cen opened his eyes and glanced at Eisen, mumbling: "I'll get up right away..." But the next second his eyes were closed again, and he fell asleep before Eisen called again.

Eisen had no choice but to yell again. After three or four times of tossing, Tang Cen finally staggered into the bathroom with his clothes in his arms before Lei Meng knocked on the door.

When Tang Cen finished washing and changed his clothes, Lei Meng was already sitting on the sofa in the living room, drinking the black tea made by Eisen.

Hearing the sound of opening the door, Lei Meng raised his head and saw Tang Cen standing not far away. He looked a little at a loss, Lei Meng raised his eyebrows slightly, and said to Eisen who was standing beside him: "Eisen, Won't you introduce me?"

Eisen froze for a moment, followed Lei Meng's line of sight to find Tang Cen standing in the shadow, and hurriedly pulled Tang Cen out, pressed his shoulders and made him sit next to Lei Meng.

"This is my boyfriend, Tang Cen." Eisen said and patted Tang Cen on the shoulder.

Lei Meng nodded his head as an answer, Eisen's gaze stayed on Lei Meng's face for two seconds, and then withdrew his hand on Tang Cen's shoulder: "You talk, I'll cook."

Tang Cen didn't expect that Aisen planned to let him stay alone with Lei Meng, so he grabbed Aisen's clothes in fright.Eisen was pulled by him suddenly, staggered half a step back, and almost fell on the sofa.

After standing still, Eisen turned his head and helplessly comforted the flustered Tang Cen: "Don't worry, brother wants to chat with you alone." As he spoke, he bit by bit opened Tang Cen's fingers that were pulling at the hem of his clothes, Under Tang Cen's astonished gaze, he walked into the kitchen.

Tang Cen watched Eisen enter the kitchen without looking back, and after confirming that Aisen really didn't intend to come out, he silently looked away and looked at Lei Meng beside him.But when he turned his gaze to Raymond, he realized that he had been looking at him.

Being stared at by those green eyes exactly like Eisen's, Tang Cen's back felt a chill, he lowered his head slowly, and tightly clenched his hands on his knees into fists.

Tang Cen's restless appearance fell into Lei Meng's eyes. He watched Tang Cen lower his head and caught a glimpse of the ring on his left ring finger out of the corner of his eye. His heart moved, he put down the teacup in his hand, and said slowly: " He told me about the general situation, and there is actually nothing to ask, but there is one thing I want to know."

Tang Cen subconsciously straightened his back, suppressed the trembling in his throat, and said meekly and respectfully, "Say it."

"If everyone in our family forces you to break up, will you still be with him?" Raymond's voice was very low, and his tone was calm but with undeniable majesty. Although it sounded deliberately restrained, it was It still reminded Tang Cen of his father who was also a superior.They talk to themselves the same way, without any greetings, straight to the point.

It was just this topic when he opened his mouth. A bad idea suddenly popped up in Tang Cen's mind. He didn't know if there was Eisen among the "everyone" in Lei Meng's words. Meng's confession was still Lei Meng's own meaning.

The embarrassment of being forced to break up was still vivid in his memory. Tang Cen closed his eyes and tried his best to forget the images that kept popping up in his mind, but he couldn't completely erase them.

Tang Cen's silence changed in Lei Meng's eyes. He fumbled for the ring on his left ring finger, and said indifferently: "This is just a hypothesis, you can say what you think, mother and I want to know about your relationship." The attitude is not really asking you to break up."

"No." Tang Cen gave his answer almost at the same time Lei Meng finished his last word.

This answer was completely beyond Lei Meng's expectation. His pupils trembled slightly. Before he could ask, the crisp sound of porcelain colliding with each other came from the kitchen.

The kitchen and the living room are not far away, and Tang Cen and Lei Meng didn't deliberately lower their voices, so Eisen could hear their conversation clearly.

But that crisp sound didn't interrupt the conversation between the two people. Tang Cen just glanced at the kitchen and continued on his own: "If only one person disagrees, I might stick to it, but if it's A whole family doesn't want to accept me, that's really my problem."

"I'm not worthy of him." When Tang Cen said this, his heart was still throbbing, but there was a bit of pleasure in the pain.

Just like when I broke up with Lu Sheng.

Lei Meng listened to Tang Cen without saying a word, and finally couldn't help but interrupt him: "Won't you persuade him to go with you?"

"No." Tang Cen took a deep breath, then raised his head, pulled the corners of his lips, and showed a very shallow smile to Lei Meng.

"I like him, but I don't want to ruin his future and his family. Someone like me doesn't deserve it."

Ten years ago, someone told him not to shed tears for those who were not worth it. Ten years later, he said the same thing to others.

Not worth it, what an ironic word.

Tang Cen's hands on his knees were tightly clenched, and he was trembling because of being too nervous. Lei Meng, who was sitting beside him, could even see the skin on the joints turning pale due to excessive force.

It was the first time Lei Meng and Tang Cen talked, but not the first time they met. He never thought that this young man who had talked with his most trusted subordinate would end up in such a situation.A person who is humbled by his own brother's love also degrades himself into the dust.

Although he said earlier that this was just a hypothesis, Lei Meng felt that this was probably Tang Cen's true thinking, and he had no reservations about him, and perhaps he had already told Eisen about it.When Raymond thought of this possibility, his head began to throb again.

Eisen, the younger brother, is good at everything when he is not in trouble, but when he does, he picks the most difficult ones.Even though they are already wearing rings, why do they still let lovers have such thoughts?

When Tang Cen bowed his head, Lei Meng glanced at his younger brother who stood at the kitchen door and listened to the whole process with a complicated expression.Feeling the anger and dissatisfaction of his elder brother, Eisen glanced at Tang Cen reluctantly, then turned and went back to the kitchen.

"Then what are you going to do in the future?" Raymond asked frankly, without making assumptions about what was there.Tang Cen thought so much, maybe he had his own plan long ago, but he didn't implement it because of Eisen.

To his surprise, Tang Cen put away the smile on his face, and hurriedly shifted his gaze a little helplessly: "I don't know, let's take one step at a time..."

Tang Cen let go of his clenched fist, and rubbed his left wrist vigorously with his right hand. This was a movement Tang Cen often did when he felt insecure, and it happened that Lei Meng saw the scar on his left wrist.The scar was covered by the wide sleeve, and the shadow cast blurred the boundary, making it look particularly hideous.

Lei Meng leaned forward, held down Tang Cen's hand rubbing his wrist, and made Tang Cen, who was immersed in his own small world, tremble with fright: "I'm really sorry that the sudden visit scared you."

Under Tang Cen's astonished gaze, Lei Meng took out a red box from behind the sofa pillow and handed it to him: "This is what my mother asked me to hand over to you."

The man who had been indifferent and assumed to break up with him before suddenly became an amiable elder brother again. Lei Meng's attitude changed so much that Tang Cen couldn't tell whether the gift was a temptation or not. He even dodged backwards a bit when he came over.

Seeing that Tang Cen didn't answer, Lei Meng looked up at Eisen who was busy in the kitchen, leaned over and said in a low voice, "It's a Christmas present."

Suddenly someone stuffed him with a Christmas present, and it was from his boyfriend's elder brother. Tang Cen didn't dare to accept it, but was about to refuse it when Lei Meng said, "Don't tell that kid, he doesn't have it this year."

"He has been procrastinating, not getting married or falling in love, and he is almost becoming a mother's heart disease." Lei Meng patted the back of Tang Cen's hand, just like Eisen usually does, "Who he is with is up to him." As long as it is what he likes, we will not interfere with his choice, after all, we are not the ones who will spend the rest of his life with him in the future."

Looking at the gift wrapped in red wrapping paper in his hand, Tang Cen felt that the red color was scorching hot, and it was very hot to hold in his hand: "Is it okay even for a person like me?"

While he was maliciously speculating about Eisen's family, they prepared him a Christmas present. What right did he have to accept it?

Raymond looked at him calmly, and asked, "Why not?"

Tang Cen was choked by Lei Meng's rhetorical question, and opened his mouth, unable to utter a word for a long time.It's not that he can't answer. There are too many reasons for objection, but Raymond's attitude is also very clear. As long as Eisen likes it, they will not interfere.

Originally, Tang Cen thought that Raymond, the eldest brother, would definitely object. No matter whether Eisen really liked men or not, at least he couldn't get entangled with a mental patient like him.However, who knew that he would agree so easily, even without making things too difficult.

Really, as long as Eisen likes it...