Night walk

Mo Zhao no longer remembers when was the last time he went home.

His parents were not born in high positions, and they lived in ordinary communities after they got married.Although their family is not short of money, just like he lives in an ordinary community now, people are born to love to pretend.Although his parents no longer live in the old house, for Yu Mozhao, the ordinary community he lived in when he was a child is his home.

After graduating from university, he moved into the apartment where he lives now, but whenever he has time, he goes back to his grandfather's house almost every week.But in the past ten years, the number of times I have returned to this real home can be counted on two hands.

He got out of the car and looked up, the building was the same as when he came last time.On the beige walls, there are slight lines and mottled black spots, these are the traces of time.

He slammed the car door and walked into the corridor.

After knocking lightly three times, he opened the door with the key himself.

Although he rarely came here, it was always his home, and he had the key, of course.And he knew that it was impossible for the people inside to take the initiative to open the door.Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Gao Ming who was about to open the door.

Gao Ming was slightly stunned, and said, "Here?"

Mo Zhao changed his shoes slowly and looked in the direction of the study.

"Uncle is waiting for you."

"En." Mo Zhao said and was about to go to the study.

"Mo Zhao." Gao Ming called to stop him.

Mo Zhao looked back at him: "Since I did it, people will know about it sooner or later. I know you didn't say it." How can a man in his 30s be so childish?

"..." Gao Ming didn't know what else to say.

Mo Zhao had already walked to the door of the study and knocked on it, then opened the door and walked in, closing the door behind him.

Gao Ming sighed, sat back on the sofa, and thought: What is this?

Mo Zhao's father looks a lot like him.Even like him, even though he was extremely angry, his face was calm.Seeing him coming in, he said softly, "Sit."

Mo Zhao sat across from him and looked at him.

Mo Zhao's father, Mingzhi.Mo Zhi took a sip of tea, and said very flatly: "Just now Li Heyong called me and said that your experience will be very good."

Mo Zhao smiled and said, "It's all thanks to my colleagues."

Mo Zhi put down his teacup, lowered his eyes and said: "You don't have to be modest. They don't dare to lie to me. I know exactly how capable you are."

Mo Zhao smiled again, pretending that he didn't understand the deep meaning of the words, so he didn't answer.

Mo Zhi continued: "I should have talked to you a few days ago, but it's been delayed until now." He raised his head, looking at Mo Zhao with bright and energetic eyes, "Li Heyong said that you were with Gao Ming a few days ago. Went to Z City."

"Yes."

"What did you do?"

Mo Zhao smiled and said, "I just went to see someone."

"Who are you looking at?" Mo Zhi also smiled.

"It's just ordinary people."

"Do you need me to ask Gao Ming to come in and ask for clarification?"

Mo Zhao was still smiling, but stopped talking, but straightened his back even more.

After a few seconds of silence, Mo Zhi said directly: "On the [-]st of next month, you will go to City Z to take over the post of mayor. The transfer order will arrive at the end of this month, and the appointment will also be next month."

"I reject."

"Not to be refused." Mo Zhi glanced at him.

Mo Zhao showed a smile.He's in his 30s, and he doesn't question his father like a child about why he didn't tell him how to get up when he fell as a kid, or why he didn't tell him when he graduated from college. Even the slightest bit of guidance would break all the rules at this time and forcibly give him a way.

He has better ways of his own, and he doesn't need them.

He smiled and said calmly: "You just told me not to be humble, don't you believe me?"

"I believe that you were 30 years ago, 20 years ago, [-] years ago, or even a year ago, but you are not who you are today."

When Mo Zhao heard this, he put away his smile, but laughed again after a while.

The father and son seemed to be playing charades, but it was a silent contest.

Mo Zhi didn't even mention the word Qiao Yixiao, but Mo Zhao understood everything that followed from the moment he received his call.

It's ridiculous to say that the six-year-old Mo Zhao can get the trust, but he can't get it.

Mo Zhi, his father, is actually already old.But at this very moment, Mo Zhi was sitting in front of him, looking at him, their faces and demeanor were so similar.

But he found that even though he thought he was already very strong, he was still so vulnerable.

Mo Zhi didn't mention the word Qiao Yixiao because the name was not worth mentioning in his heart.As far as he is concerned, it has nothing to do with him being called by any name.

Should he be proud that he can still be seen and kept in his heart by his father, and he will intervene if he finds something wrong with him, or should he be sad about it?

Mo Zhi got up at this moment and walked outside, but the door was not opened yet.

With his back turned to him, Mo Zhao suddenly said, "What if it's Yaoyao?" They later acquiesced in Tao Haoran's existence.

Mo Zhi was silent for a moment, then said: "You are different from him."

"What's the difference?"

"You know it."

Mo Zhao still turned his back to him, and said calmly: "We haven't seen each other for almost a year, do you know? If I wanted to go to City Z, I would have gone already. Why wait for your assignment? My ability It’s not so weak yet. And since I can easily get it and throw it away, I can get more of what I want in the future. Others believe in me, why don’t you?”

"I taught you from childhood not to be playful."

"Playing with things? That's human. I have the ability to arrange it all. Allow me to say it again, I reject your proposal."

Mo Zhi also turned his back to him, and they turned their backs to each other.

After a long time, Mo Zhi said: "You let me down very much."

Mo Zhao laughed at himself: "Gao Ming once said that too." But do they know what the real Mo Zhao is like?They didn't want to believe him even once.

He is not yet as strong as his father, but he will not fall to the bottom because of such a choice.

My aunt's love was a failure, and neither my father nor my mother had any love.

They don't know what true love, good love, can bring to people.

He will not fall into it, on the contrary, he will understand better where the road ahead is.

Mo Zhao said for the third time: "I won't go, please forgive me." After saying that, he got up and turned to look at Mo Zhi's back.

Mo Zhi also turned around and looked at him: "The last time you were so stubborn, you were only five years old."

Mo Zhao nodded: "Grandma's cat died, I cried all day."

"Afterwards, I whipped you five times."

Facing him, Mo Zhao unbuttoned his suit, knelt down straight, with his back straight, lowered his head slightly and said, "Please."

Gao Ming was sitting on the sofa and was about to take a sip of water, when he suddenly heard a loud noise from the study, he immediately put the teacup back on the coffee table in shock.The sound disappeared again at this time, he was relieved, and the sound continued to sound before the breath fell.

Then it sounded very rhythmically again and again, and he was a little confused. When he thought about counting, he didn't know where to start.He stood up and walked back and forth anxiously, not knowing how the father and son fell apart.Even family law is up!

When Mo Zhi came out, Gao Ming paused and stood at attention, calling out, "Uncle."

"En." Mo Zhi and Mo Zhao are indeed father and son, even so, they looked calm, took a look at Gao Ming, and walked out directly.

Gao Ming was looked at coolly by him, and after the door closed, he rushed into the study immediately.

Mo Zhao was lying on the ground, the clothes on his back were ripped, and he was reaching for the sofa legs with his right hand, as if he wanted to stand up.Gao Ming strode forward and helped him stand up.

Mo Zhao must have been in severe pain, but he insisted on not saying a word. He stood up against Gao Ming, his face was pale, and he was able to smile and say to him, "Thank you."

Gao Ming frowned and said, "I'll help you to lie on your stomach in your bedroom, and I'll find some ointment for you."

"Thank you."

"Why don't you thank me!" Gao Ming knew that this was a shameful thing, so naturally he couldn't ask a doctor to come to his house.He went to search for the ointment, then used a basin to catch hot water, brought a towel, put them by the bed, and helped Mo Zhao take off his clothes.When he saw Mo Zhao's back, he was a big man in his 30s, and he couldn't help but "hiss" a few times, bloodstained!

He asked worriedly, "Does it hurt?"

"It's okay." Mo Zhao's face turned pale from the pain, but he still said so.

Although Mo Zhao has been exercising since he was a child, and later went to work, even though there are a lot of dinners and entertainments, and he sits in the office all day, he does not forget to exercise.It can be said that the body is very strong, but it can't stand this pumping method.

Gao Ming dipped a towel in water to help him clean up carefully, and asked, "How many whips did you whip?"

"36."

"Yo, the same age as you." Although Gao Ming was joking, his brows were still tightly frowned, and he said unconsciously, "Uncle Mo called me today and asked me about City Z. , you know it too. I don't say it, he knows it all, so I can only say it all.

You said you, alas, why are you so stubborn?I later figured it out, let us be the mayor, and your darling student should also take care of it, what's the big deal about a long-distance relationship?On vacation or something, he will visit you when he has free time, you see, isn't that good?Why do you have to die so desperately that you don't even want that opportunity? You are asking for trouble, you deserve to be beaten? !

You are just too paranoid, you just go to Z city honestly, why bother with your dad?He doesn't have time to stare at you all the time, does he? !

For example, this time, someone from City Z must have told your dad! "

"Different."

"What's different?!"

Don't follow your mind, go to Z City, whether it was then or now.It seems to be my own choice, but it is still the path under the care of the elders.But Mo Zhao, from now on, only wants to walk a path that truly belongs to him.Moreover, if he holds an ambiguous attitude now, it is disrespectful to Qiao Yixiao, and his family will only think that Qiao Yixiao is nothing.

He just wanted his family to know the weight of Qiao Yixiao in his heart.

But he didn't say it.

Some things, only he himself understands, which is very sad.

No one took Qiao Yixiao seriously.

Gao Ming only thought that he was in great pain, and didn't force him to speak. He put some ointment on him, and said, "What's the matter? You didn't listen to Uncle Mo, so he beat you up?"

"Ah."

"You can do it, brother, I'm terrified of Uncle Mo."

However, Mo Zhao was really in severe pain, he didn't say a word, just lay there, let Gao Ming speak, and gave him medicine.

He still understood what his father was like.

With just 36 lashes, Mo Zhao understood that his father had acquiesced in his refusal.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

He can't fight against his father yet, so it would be nice to be able to exchange these 36 whips for the right to choose independently.

I hope Mo Zhi is really willing to believe him once.

Gao Ming stayed here at night, and stayed with Mo Zhao, occasionally saying a few words.

He asked in disbelief, "So you really traded 36 lashes for temporary freedom?"

"should be."

Gao Ming said: "That's right, Uncle Mo probably doesn't like your sweetheart." He was playing with his mobile phone, "Uncle Mo is just like me before, kept in the dark, how do you know that this time you are not only Wanwusangzhi, you have given all your heart to others!"

Mo Zhao closed his eyes, not bothering to pay attention to him.

"Talk to me too, please me, lest I betray you and sue my uncle."

Mo Zhao continued to remain silent, when his cell phone rang on the bedside table.

Gao Ming picked it up and looked at it, it was "Xiaoxiao".

This is boring, he quickly handed the phone to Mo Zhao: "Hurry up, your sweetheart."

Mo Zhao, who was still closing his eyes and pretending to be dead, immediately opened his eyes, took the mobile phone, and connected the call.

Qiao Yixiao lay on the bed, raised her feet, and asked, "Why don't you go home?"

Gao Ming looked at Mo Zhao with a pale face, raised the corners of his mouth, and said in the same tone as usual: "I have something to do today, I'm done very late, maybe I won't go home."

That voice, Gao Ming couldn't take it anymore, so he hurried out.

"Not going home..." Qiao Yixiao dragged his voice, not very happy.

"Well, what did you do today?"

"I'm going to work today...then I'll come back to study, and I have an exam tomorrow."

"I remember, after you finish the exam tomorrow, I will pick you up."

Qiao Yixiao shook his feet, thinking that Mo Zhao hadn't come to school to pick him up for a long time, so he became a little happy again, and said with a smile: "Okay!"

Mo Zhao coaxed with a smile: "Stop reading, go to bed early."

"Well...then keep busy and remember to eat."

"it is good."

"Then I hang up."

"it is good."

"I really hung up!"

"Okay." Mo Zhao smiled.

Qiao Yixiao sighed, and said reluctantly, "Okay, I'll hang up."

He closed his eyes and hung up the phone, turned over and lay on the bed, thinking that Mo Zhao would pick him up from school tomorrow, and laughed again.Then he pulled off the quilt and started to sleep.