two trees for forest

That night Lin Dongyu stayed at Shen Jin's house.

Early the next morning, he asked the class teacher for sick leave and didn't go to school.Because Dong Yu has always been very good at school, the teacher gave him a leave of absence without asking any specific questions.

When Lin Dongyu returned to the house where the two lived, his eyes were full of traces of Lin Jian's existence - the clothes hanging in the entrance, the group photo on the wall of the living room, the bowls and chopsticks with different patterns in the kitchen, and the paired toiletries in the bathroom , the suit covered on his shirt in the cloakroom, the construction books next to the must-read classics in high school on the bookshelf, and even his own bedroom, there are two pillows, one big and one small.

Lin Dongyu closed his eyes and forcefully forced back the tears.He pulled out his suitcase from the storage room, simply packed a few changes of clothes, and stuffed all the books for class into it.

After hesitating for a long time, Lin Dongyu still stuffed the key into his pocket.After leaving the community, he stopped a car and reported the address of his grandfather's house.

Lin Dezhi had no class this weekend, and when he was practicing calligraphy at home after breakfast, he heard a knock on the door.

When he opened the door, he was embraced by his great-grandson who was as tall as himself.

Lin Dongyu hugged him full of grievances, "Grandpa."

Lin Dezhi patted his great-grandson on the back and looked over his shoulder, only then did he see the suitcase that Dong Yu was dragging.Quickly asked: "What's the matter, did you quarrel with your father?"

Lin Dongyu hummed in a muffled voice.

Lin Dezhi let go of him and took the suitcase in his hand, "Come in, come in, come in."

Dongyu followed his grandfather into the house first.Lin Dezhi first went to pour him a glass of honey water and brought it over, Lin Dongyu took it, sat on the sofa and sipped it without making a sound.

Lin Dezhi also sat down next to him, "Tell grandpa, what's the matter? Why did you quarrel with your father?"

Lin Dongyu lowered his head and argued in a low voice, "There is no quarrel." The voice was so low that even he couldn't convince himself.

"Why did you even bring the suitcase over without arguing? You tell grandpa, grandpa will teach him a lesson!"

Lin Dongyu bit his lower lip, "No need."

"Then what's the matter? No!" Lin Dezhi tried to stand up, "I'll call Lin Jian and ask him to come over!"

"Don't!" Lin Dongyu hugged his grandfather in a hurry, "Don't let dad come over, I don't want to see dad. Grandpa, just call my dad and tell me that I won't be going home for a few days. Here you are."

"No, you don't say anything and don't let Lin Jian come over. How can you just run away?"

Lin Dongyu looked at Lin Dezhi with red eyes, and said aggrievedly, "Grandfather."

Lin Dezhi's heart softened when he was called by his great-grandson, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, let's live with the great-grandfather first, and I'll call your dad and tell him that you can stay as long as you want."

"Thank you grandpa!"

……

Two weeks later, Lin Jian's urgent work could finally come to an end. He specially picked a Sunday to go to his grandfather's house, preparing to take his son back to his side.

The door was opened by Lin Dongyu, and the two were taken aback when they saw each other.Lin Dongyu didn't speak, turned around and entered his room.Lin Jian touched his nose, entered the room, and closed the door behind him.

Lin Dezhi was sitting on the sofa and reading the newspaper of the day. Seeing that it was Lin Jian, he smiled and said hello, "Are you here?"

"Yeah." Lin Jian sat down on the other side of the sofa, "Come and see you, and take Dong Yu back to my place by the way."

Lin Dezhi put down the newspaper in his hand, took off his presbyopic glasses, and asked Lin Jian, "What's wrong with you and Dongyu? I've been here for two weeks, and I didn't find anything from him. Father and son What kind of hatred overnight, all of them are still angry?"

Lin Jian smiled awkwardly, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that I found a girlfriend and let him meet without discussing it with him. Dong Yu couldn't accept it, and was arguing with me."

Lin Dezhi obviously didn't believe it, he thought that his precious grandson would not be so ignorant, "Is it because of this?"

"Well, it's because of this. It's also my fault. I didn't discuss it with him in advance. It's my fault. I'll go and apologize to him."

"That's fine, you guys have a good talk, I'll talk to Mr. Xu next door."

Lin Dezhi was about to get up, Lin Jian hurried over to help him, Lin Dezhi patted his grandson's arm, "Talk to Dong Yu, neither of you can get angry anymore. Especially you, the elders should set an example and be good." Talk, don't get angry. Dongyu is so sensible and relies on you so much, he won't ignore you."

"I know."

Lin Jian sent his grandfather to the door, and then to Mr. Xu's house, but Lin Dezhi refused, "Go and chat with Dongyu, I go to his house all day long, so you don't need to send him."

Lin Jian didn't insist, nodded, watched his grandfather go downstairs, and then closed the door.He stood in the living room to sort out his mood, took a few steps forward, and knocked on Lin Dongyu's door.

Lin Dongyu was sitting at the table writing a historical paper. When he heard the knock on the door, his hands trembled, but he didn't say anything.Since Lin Jian came in, he hasn't done a single question. He knows every word on the paper, but he can't understand what it says together.

Seeing that there was no sound from inside, Lin Jian tried to push down the doorknob, but found that the door was not locked from the inside, so he made his own decision and gently pushed the door open.

"Dongyu, let's talk about..."

"You used to call me baby." Lin Dongyu interrupted him halfway, his voice choking.

He lowered his head, and the ABCD on the paper was blurred.

Lin Jian's heart ached, he took a few steps forward, rubbed Lin Dongyu's soft hair since he was a child, and lowered his voice, "That's because you are still young, and now that you have grown up, you will change your name. .”

"Yes. In your heart now, Lin Dongyu is no longer a treasure, but Su Xiao is the one. The future children of you and Su Xiao are."

Lin Jian's hand froze on his son's head, and he clenched his fist uncontrollably, "Dongyu, do you really have to stab Dad in the heart?"

"I'll stab you?" Lin Dongyu stood up abruptly and stared at Lin Jian fiercely, "Why don't you tell me how many times you stabbed me in the heart? You clearly know that I love you so much, and you clearly know that You really know that you love me too, but how did you do it? You solemnly refused, or the most formal written rejection! Okay, I know! You can’t accept it for a while, I’ll wait, I’ll wait for you to accept, I’ll wait for this Social acceptance, I am not afraid of it all my life! But what about you? You called me and asked me to meet you, do you know how happy I was then? I went there with a heart full of joy, what did you show me? As if nothing had happened, you introduced me to that woman you have known for a long time! Can you understand how I felt at that time?! Lin Jian, tell me! Who is ruthless between us?!"

"Dongyu, calm down!"

"I'm calm, I'm calm!" Lin Dongyu panted heavily, trembling involuntarily, crumbling, he clenched Lin Jian's arm tightly, "How can I calm down? Dad, tell me, what should I do?" Calm down!"

Lin Jian hugged his son into his arms, "Baby, don't be serious."

"I don't want to be like this, and I don't want to..." Lin Dongyu's whole body softened the moment Lin Jian hugged him. He rested his head on Lin Jian's shoulder and murmured: "But, what should I do?" How can you be satisfied?"

Lin Jian held Lin Dongyu in his arms, and the two of them were speechless for a moment.After a long time, Lin Dongyu said in a hoarse voice, "Dad, can I ask you a question?"

"Yes." Lin Jian let go of Dong Yu, and they both sat on the bed.

"do you really love me?"

"Love, but not..."

"Hush!" Lin Dongyu interrupted him by putting his right index finger in front of his mouth, and he smiled miserably, "Don't deceive yourself, I know what happened that morning, even though I kissed you first that night, but you pressed me later I kissed it. Lin Jian, the person you love is me, not Su Xiao. Why don't you dare to admit it?"

Lin Jian looked into Dongyu's aggressive gaze, "Then you can guarantee that what you have for me is love, not dependence or possession?"

"I can."

"But I can't." Lin Jian said softly, but each word weighed tens of thousands of catties. "I can't tell what it is to you. Besides, it doesn't matter. I won't let it develop on a path that it shouldn't develop."

Lin Dongyu looked at Lin Jian in a daze, but after a long time, he suddenly laughed. He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, looked at Lin Jian and said word by word: "Lin Jian, you are so ruthless."