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"Brother, what are you doing?" Bai Lu pushed open the door and came in. When he looked up, he saw Bai Li sitting on the edge of the bed with a peaceful expression, one hand still resting lightly on his stomach.

With just one glance, he already felt that his elder brother attached great importance to and loved this child, perhaps no less than his affection for himself.

Bai Lu stood by the door a little stiffly, always feeling awkward and embarrassing when he broke into a private atmosphere that had nothing to do with him.

Bai Li stood up, "I was dizzy just now, I'll be fine after sitting for a while." He walked over and held his brother's hand, "Are you still angry with me?"

Bai Lu shook his head, but didn't speak.

Bai Li sighed softly, and led him to the living room.

There is already a plate of cut fruits on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

"Brother, I have to leave in half an hour, let me take a good look at you, okay?"

Bai Li nodded, "Of course." Then he sat there upright for him to see.

He smiled, "Can I give you a hug?"

This sentence made Bai Li hesitate for a moment.

He was a little sad, "I don't want to be presumptuous, and I don't do anything else, just hug."

"Why would I be afraid of you doing something else, you are my dearest brother..." Bai Li explained in a low voice, but he didn't say anything after all, just nodded and stretched out his arms towards Bai Lu.

Bai Lu hugged him and buried his face in his brother's neck.

"Are you going to live here from now on?" he asked.

"This is the place that the Xie family helped me find. I don't want to owe them favors to hinder you, and I will leave later."

"Don't worry about it, it's very good here, it's tiring to move again."

Bai Li broke away a little and looked at him, "Don't you want to completely sever ties with the Xie family? I can't hold you back forever, can I?"

Bai Lu was stunned for a moment, and then replied softly: "I will not leave Xie's house." He shook his brother's hand and comforted him, "You can enjoy it at ease, you deserve it."

He was afraid that his brother would be worried that he would think wildly again, so he added an explanation against his will, "The Xie family is fine, I don't want to leave."

But Bai Li was not so easy to fool, and asked patiently: "Why did you use suspended animation to get rid of it before?"

Bai Lu was silent for a while, originally he didn't want to talk about this question, but his brother asked instead.

If it was normal, he might not say it, but today...he smiled bitterly, and said in a low voice: "Because you, brother, I just want to be with you, no one else except you."

"Xiao Lu, I don't want to be your weakness," Bai Li gently held his hand, "There's no need to protect me all the time, I can do it by myself, haven't you been here for eight years, you..."

Bai Lu covered his brother's mouth with his fingertips.

Bai Li's voice gradually decreased.

"Brother, can we go to a place far away that no one knows?" Bai Lu hugged his brother again, resting his chin on the other's shoulder, "It's just you and me, we will live a lifetime together."

Bai Li sighed softly, "I have a child."

"It's okay, I will raise it with you, and I will love it too."

"I can't be your lover." He realized that he had to say these cruel-sounding words, otherwise Bai Lu would not give up easily and wanted to take him away one day.

"If you are my brother, then I like you; but if you don't want to be my brother at all, sorry, I don't like you."

This was almost the most cruel thing Bai Li said, and he felt uncomfortable listening to it.

But after all, he is a soft-hearted person, he only said one harsh word, and the next sentence became gentle again, "Look, did you have a good life without me for seven or eight years?"

Bai Lu's eyes were red, "You have been my spiritual pillar for the past eight years. I just thought about you and wanted revenge, so I persisted until today, otherwise I wouldn't be here..."

Bai Li felt distressed, and leaned over to hold him in his arms.

"Aren't we as good as before?" Bai Lu's tears flowed down, begging softly, "I just think, just the two of us, relying on each other, not relying on outsiders, and living a life so simply, I don't want Forcing you to like me..."

He looked at his brother with the expression of an abandoned child.At that moment, Bai Li was not afraid at all. He was worried that Xiaoli, who seemed to be in an unstable state, would not be able to control his emotions and do something impulsive. Now it seems that this brother still makes him feel full of love. .

He lightly stroked the back of Bai Lu's head, coaxing him patiently just like he had comforted him countless times before.

"Why do you have to bring someone who is holding you back? You are not like me, who accepts everything. I can never be as bold as you. I just want to live alone now."

Bai Lu was not reconciled, "I also want to live an ordinary life, but can't I be with you?!"

"You don't understand me."

"I know!"

"Xiao Lu, listen to my persuasion," Bai Li watched him quietly, "don't think about 'take me away' anymore, don't give yourself such psychological hints. In fact, your life is much better now than before. Don't you remember how hard we were in the early years? I was with you when you were most vulnerable, so you are very dependent on me."

Bai Lu persisted: "But I still like you."

Bai Li felt that the other party had been stubbornly trapped in this endless loop and could not get out.

"Brother, what should I do now, even you don't want me anymore..."

"You are my only real brother. How could I not want you? I hope you are happy, but I must not be your lover. Not only will you not be happy in the future, but you will also regret it."

Even if he is willing to elope, so what, can he escape the Xie family and the Bai family?Even if he could escape, he would still be living a dark life.His younger brother relies on the only family affection as the first affection. How long can this kind of enthusiasm last?Will I regret it when I meet someone who makes my brother's heart beat?After all, love is leisure. In a state of anxiety all day long, everything will be polished.

Bai Li was silent for a while, and asked, "Do you really hate Xie Junting?"

Bailu nodded.

"Even if you can't be with me, you still want to leave him?"

"Correct."

"I think that Xie Juanting is not an unreasonable person, and he seems to have feelings for you, but I don't know what he did to make you hate the Xie family so much. I always thought it was me."

Hearing his brother say "I think" and "Xie Junting", Bai Lu's face darkened slightly, and his heart throbbed with pain.

"Brother, did he do something to you? And it's not a good thing..."

Bai Li was taken aback for a moment, not quite understanding the meaning of the words, and Bai Lu suppressed his emotions so well that he couldn't see anything on his face, until Bai Lu asked the next sentence, "Is the child in your belly his... ..."

"How is it possible!" Bai Li quickly interrupted, "Of course the child in my belly is not his."

Seeing his brother answering so quickly and decisively, Bai Lu felt a little strange, grabbed his brother's shoulder, looked into his eyes and asked, "Did he ask you to tell me those words just now?!"

"I just saw you today, and I didn't know you would come. Why did he ask me?" Bai Li was a little flustered, afraid that his younger brother might misunderstand, "Xiao Lu, I'm not that kind of person, and neither is Xie Junting. How can you be so messed up?" think……"

After saying this, Bai Li seemed to suddenly understand something, and raised his eyes to look at Bai Lu suspiciously, but Bai Lu still frowned.

He didn't understand. Although women hate Xie's family, they don't want to deliberately discredit her. What's more, she had already been locked up in the police station at that time, so why bother to deceive herself.

Can't figure it out.

Bai Li grabbed Xiaolu's hand from his shoulder and pressed it tightly in his palm.

"I never had anything happen to him, I swear!"

"The Xie family has indeed helped me a lot. I feel that I owe them favors, but I have never been their lobbyist. I have always stood by your side."

"I haven't seen Xie Juanting much in the past few months. It's impossible to have anything happen to him. People from Xie's family have been helping me. Zhou Ling often took me to the hospital. I was really not in good health at that time, and I couldn't do it alone."

After a series of explanations, Bai Li felt that the hands he was holding tightly now finally stopped shaking slowly.

He took the initiative to hug Bai Lu, and patted him on the back, "I'm sorry, I made you misunderstand and worry."

"Brother, I don't want you to comfort me," Bai Lu clenched his fists tightly, "Just tell me the truth, if he really dares to touch you, I'll kill him..."

"No!".

Bai Lu kept looking at him, with a burning desire in his eyes, but Bai Li didn't need his protection or justice for him.

"Xie Juanting likes you, not me. I rarely even meet him."

"I don't know why you have such an idea. If you don't believe him, don't you believe me?"

"Why are you so suspicious of this matter? Who told you?"

Bai Lu tried his best to calm down the irritability. His elder brother's persuasive appearance made him feel very guilty, even a little ashamed, and his anxious expression finally eased.

He held his brother's hand tightly, choking and choking hard.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't with you then..."

"I'm really fine, don't be sad."

Bai Lu nodded, but his eyes slowly turned red, "I didn't expect that I would stay in Xie's house willingly in the end."

Bai Li sighed deeply, and was about to say a few words of persuasion.

But Bai Lu held his brother's face in his hands, and tried his best to give him a comforting smile, "Don't worry, I will stay with him well."

He was so low that his face was expressionless, Bai Li stood up worriedly, "Are you all right?"

Bai Lu lowered his head, looked at the ring on his wrist, and found that there were only two hours left—it took so long before he knew it!

"Brother, I can't stay now, I have to go back."

Bai Li immediately went over to open the door for him.

He hugged his brother again, and Bai Li responded to the hug and said, "There will be opportunities to meet each other in the future."

He quickly kissed his brother on the cheek, and let go before the other party had time to respond.

When he walked to the door, he was surprised to find that Xie Junting's car was not parked there, and Bai Lu finally recovered his senses.

He turned back immediately, but fortunately Bai Li was also standing at the door watching him, and the door was not closed.

"Brother, borrow your cell phone, I didn't bring it."

Bai Li immediately handed him the phone.

Only then did he realize that his brother's cell phone didn't even have Xie Junting's number, so he had to call Zhou Ling and ask Zhou Ling to transfer it.

While waiting anxiously, Bai Li comforted his younger brother: "Don't worry, Xie Junting will definitely not blame you..."

He only thought that it was Xie Juanting who set a time limit for the two brothers to meet, after all, that person may have expressed the meaning that the two of you brothers should not be too close.

Before Bai Lu had time to explain, the phone rang again.

As soon as he picked it up, he knew to admit his mistake, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't lose my temper, I admit my mistake to you, don't be angry, the time is almost up, can you come pick me up?"

"Master Law, it's me."

Bai Lu was startled, and then realized, "What did Xie Junting say?"

"Master asked you to take a taxi back by yourself, he is not free now."

Bai Lu grabbed the phone tightly, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he could only ask, "How should I report my address?"

The driver was not familiar with the route, and the one-and-a-half-hour drive took nearly three hours. The bracelet had already issued a Didi alarm, and Bai Lu could not avoid the fact that he was late after running to his death. Being late violated the rules and the sentence was extended. If this If any troubles were caused during this period, the detention and observation period will be extended.

As soon as he entered, he saw Xie Junting and the prison guards coming out.

He stared at him in surprise.

Xie Junting was not surprised, seeing Bai Lu glanced over, but did not call him or anything, but continued to explain something to the prison guard.

Today, Bai Lu's attitude at Xie's house was not good, and as a result, his sentence would be extended for being late - it was obvious that Xie Junting was warning Bai Lu not to lose any temper in front of him.

After talking to the prison guard, Xie Junting came to Bai Lu, and the two of them looked at each other through the iron bars.

"Did Bai Li explain it clearly to you?" Xie Junting spoke first, with a cool voice.

With just this one sentence, Bai Lu understood the other party's intentions back and forth, and it seemed that he was doing everything right.This man is really calm, if he got angry at Bai Lu or really fell in love with Bai Lu in the conflict caused by the misunderstanding at the beginning, then he should be the one who is guilty now——but the bad guys are all Let Bailu do his best.

The other party obviously wanted to see him admit his mistake, so Bai Lu showed him, and said "I'm sorry" obediently - although he was still forced to perfunctory.

Three words are enough, Xie Junting can understand.Of course, he wanted to hear more from Bai Lu, and it would be best if he could explain why he had such wild thoughts. In fact, he also knew that Tan Xi probably told him, but why did he react like that? He obviously cared. .But Bai Lu would definitely not be so docile. Sure enough, he refused to speak again after holding back those three words.

Xie Juanting saw that he was depressed, so he stopped talking, and said: "Don't make trouble anymore, stay obediently for a month, and I'll come pick you up."

"Master Xie," Bai Lu called out this title, and he always had two purposes, either begging or deliberately alienating, and sure enough, his next sentence was, "This place is extremely dirty and cold, my life is cheap, I will not regret it if I die, But it's really not suitable for a noble person like you, so hurry up and go far away."

Xie Junting frowned slightly.

Bai Lu sneered, but fortunately the sound was not loud, especially the noisy movements of other prisoners around him, which almost drowned out the sound.

Xie Juanting glanced at him and left.

After the person left, Bai Lu slowly lowered his head, his shoulders slumped, and finally he couldn't hold back his frustration, which surfaced little by little.

He thought more than once, if he and his brother were not this special body, but just ordinary people, would they be able to depend on each other for life and no one would be able to separate them. Ordinary and peaceful.

He also finally realized that his mentality towards Xie Junting was getting more and more wrong, it was difficult to be completely indifferent and indifferent like when facing outsiders, and he would still be resentful, irritable, guilty and resistant.I could tell myself before that I was afraid that the other party would see through my identity, but what happened later?What's with that urgency?

I don't know if it was Xie Junting's instruction, after that, Bai Lu was ignored for two or three weeks. He was still restless at first, but later he was forced to be quiet, and sat there all day long.Later, when Zhou Ling finally came to see him, Bai Lu was a little haggard, and asked for the first time if he could bring some food with him next time.

It has been a long time since I saw the child.

Zhou Ling shook his head, saying that he would only see him after he was released from prison.

Thinking about it, how could Xie Junting let his child come to such a ghostly place.

Bai Lu could only suffer slowly, with no one talking every day. After a month of barrenness, when he was about to get through it, he felt that he had already suffered from a nervous breakdown.