Difficult to quit

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"In your heart, is your brother such a worthless man?" Li Qinghai touched the watch on his wrist.

In the Yihai practice room, Zhuang Yi was wearing a big towel around his neck, sweat dripping down on the wooden floor, the veins on the back of his right hand clutching the phone were bulging, and he wanted to rush to the other side of the phone and beat up that person.

But his gaze turned involuntarily to the watch with the dark green strap lying quietly on the open floor.

He suppressed his excited temper, "Then what do you think? Can the Li family tolerate you coming out? What if they kick you out?"

"I can't tolerate being dragged down," Li Qinghai said foolishly, "Can't I, Li Qinghai, live without the Li family? Don't worry, Yihai is enough to support the two of us."

Then you didn't even see me for the last time, why did you go back to Li's house?

Now that you leave the Li family, you will leave. You, Li Qinghai, have always been so free and easy, no matter how much affection you have given when you want to, will you always be so merciless when you walk.

Zhuang Yi clenched the soft flesh in his mouth.

He said, "Then you..."

He paused, suddenly not knowing what he was going to ask.

When he was 23 years old, he only had one love affair when he was young and ignorant, but it ended in a very tragic ending; since then, he has been walking alone without moving again Heart.

Faced with this kind of thing, he was still so young and at a loss, not knowing what to do.

After a while of silence on the phone, Li Qinghai spoke first, "Zhuang Yi, the only thing wrong with this matter is that I forgot to ask your opinion."

He paused, rarely hesitated, "You, do you mind?"

He waited for Zhuang Yi to question him why he came out publicly without his consent, but after calling and waiting for a long time, Zhuang Yi didn't ask him, so he asked himself.

Zhuang Yi didn't react, "Ah, what?"

Li Qinghai made him laugh, "You won't come here to lose your temper without watching the news, right? I just said in front of the media that we have a better life, do you mind about this?"

Zhuang Yi was stunned, "This, this matter, I..."

He hadn't thought about it yet.

Li Qinghai understood immediately, and without letting him continue, he said, "I still have something to do. Are you in Yihai? Well, let's practice first. I'll take you to a place in a few days. I'll talk about it later."

After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Zhuang Yi silently looked at the phone that hung up the call.

He wondered if he should have said that he was angry just now, and Li Qinghai made a decision without asking his opinion, and made the matter of their relationship public to the media.

But this is the truth, even if Li Qinghai doesn't make it public, can he still like other girls?

Should he be angry?

He sat on the floor, staring blankly at himself in the mirror.

The dance teacher, assistant manager and agent were crowded outside the practice room, and no one dared to come in to disturb him.

On the day Li Ershao publicly came out, he became the number one hot search on the Internet, followed by the word "explosive".

These days, the public’s acceptance of homosexuality has increased a lot. It is no longer as fearful as it was ten years ago. Several public figures have come out publicly. Everyone just discusses it for a while. After the freshness passes, they stop paying too much attention. .

This matter fell from the hot search the next day, and no one discussed it after a few days. After all, there are too many fresh melons in the circle every day, and netizens are overwhelmed.

This incident caused a storm in the entertainment circle, but it caused an uproar in the business circle of City B.

The Li's Group has a deep foundation, and there is another branch of the family who is in politics as an assistant, and it is the leader in the business circle of City B.

Li Ze is getting old, and his skills are not as good as before. The only son of the family is very successful in the British company and is unwilling to come back; the two illegitimate sons, one is stupid and can't support the wall, and the other is sharp and has Li Ze. The demeanor of the year, but unexpectedly the whole network publicly came out.

In the entertainment circle, this matter is considered explosive news at best, but in the upper-class business circle, it is unbelievably stupid.

I don’t know how many people in the wealthy circle are unisex, but everyone with a brain knows that it’s fun. In the future, it’s serious to find a well-matched marriage and inherit the family business. Who would openly come out for an actor?

They also made up a story about being together since they were young. Isn't this a joke for the entire upper class?

The second young master of the Li family started attacking the third young master's forces at the end of last year, and it has become more intense recently. He will not hesitate to hurt the enemy ten thousand and three thousand. All the forces on the sidelines heard the news and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to take a piece of Li's cake. Many of Li's properties suffered setbacks, and the stock price plummeted.

Li Ze's news was not smooth again at this time. He knew that it had been three days later, so he called Nizi angrily and prepared to scold him, but was hung up.

He called again, but still hung up; Li Ze was so angry that he dropped his phone and ordered his secretary to book the nearest flight back home.

Li Qinghai hung up Li Ze's call, and casually threw the phone into the armrest box next to him.

Zhuang Yi asked next to him, "Aren't you going to answer?"

"It's just a scolding, so I won't pick it up." Li Qinghai said indifferently.

Because of the series of chain reactions of his public coming out, the entire business world in City B was in turmoil. Wanhe Group worked several night shifts in an attempt to save the stock price from falling. However, more than half of the top executives who could contact Li Ze were not in the company. Business trips, overseas trips, and vacations, just like the appointments, caused the news to reach Li Ze three days late. Many decisions were uploaded without approval, and the entire Li family was in turmoil.

At this juncture, Li Qinghai, the second youngest with the most right to speak, was not in City B. The leaderless vice presidents had no choice but to find Li Qingxiang.

All work calls were transferred to Xiao Chen, and Li Qinghai took Zhuang Yi back to City A.

Zhuang Yi's mother has been in poor health since his father's death. A few years ago, she was diagnosed with cancer. At that time, Zhuang Yi signed the overlord clause with Star Entertainment for money, and used the signing fee to perform surgery on her. In recent years, he has not How do I go home, but I send money to her regularly every month.

Zhuang's mother's condition worsened recently. After Li Qinghai found out, he arranged for her to be admitted to a local private hospital.

He built this hospital in the name of Yang Ping. It regularly accepts poor people who have no money to see a doctor for treatment, and also accepts social donations. The whereabouts of all funds are publicized. It is a semi-welfare hospital; at the same time, it also provides a full range of VIP for the rich. Intensive care services are several grades more expensive than public hospitals, but the medical conditions and environmental facilities are the best in city A.

The dean and vice dean were all waiting at the door, Li Qinghai signaled that they don't need to follow, and left a director to lead the way.

The director introduced while walking: "The inpatient part of our hospital is divided into east and west areas. The east area is the VIP intensive care area, and the west area is the general area. Please come here."

Zhuang Yi followed behind Li Qinghai, hesitating a bit.

Li Qinghai stopped a step, walked side by side with him, and asked him in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

Zhuang Yi hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "You can wait for me outside later."

Li Qinghai understood and said with a smile: "Why, are you afraid that I will scare the old man by talking nonsense in front of your mother?"

Zhuang Yi gave him a sideways look.

Li Qinghai put his arms around his shoulders and led him forward, "Am I such a confused person? Your mother is ill. Why should I scare her?"

Zhuang Yi stood still. This person came out in front of the whole network without saying hello a few days ago. His credibility is really low.

Li Qinghai just smiled, and squeezed his shoulder, "It's my responsibility to come out, haven't you promised me yet? How can I talk nonsense in front of your mother."

After a pause, he said again: "It's up to you in the future, if you don't want to talk about it for the rest of your life, okay?"

Zhuang Yi nodded and followed his footsteps to the East District.

The two of them followed the director into the elevator. Zhuang Yi looked up at the jumping floors. Li Qinghai suddenly said, "Zhuang Yi, you don't want me to see your mother. It's also because of the car accident that year, right?"

Zhuang Yi didn't speak, just stared at the floor.

Li Qinghai sighed, reached out and pinched the back of his neck with strength and warmth, "Didn't you say it, you can't blame yourself for this matter. Your brother is carrying it, is it okay?"

Zhuang Yi let out a "hmm", and the elevator made a "ding", and it arrived.

The director led them to the door of the ward and stopped. Zhuang Yi raised his hand and stopped in front of the door. Before he was ready, Li Qinghai passed him with a long hand behind him and knocked on the door.

Inside the door, Zhuang's mother said, "Please come in."

Zhuang Yi glared at Li Qinghai, pushed the door open and went in, Li Qinghai followed behind him.

Zhuang's mother was very haggard, her hair was thin and gray, and her cheeks were so thin that they were sunken. She was completely different from the capable woman in business attire in Li Qinghai's memory.

She was sitting on the bed with glasses on and was reading a book. When she looked up and saw Zhuang Yi, she couldn't believe it at first, and then her whole face was filled with joy, and she casually stuffed the book under the pillow, happily I didn't know what to say, "Xiao Yi, you, why are you here? Come here, come and talk."

Zhuang Yi stepped forward, but was grabbed by Zhuang's mother. He sat down beside the bed and answered Zhuang's mother's question, "I drove here from City B."

Zhuang's mother took off her presbyopic glasses and looked at him seriously, "I'm thin, is it because I don't eat well? I heard that your crew will give out boxed lunches. Take a big one and eat more."

Zhuang Yi said: "Mom, I'm eating well, it's because I've been exercising recently."

In fact, it was Li Qinghai who forced him to quit smoking. Sometimes he was so addicted to smoking that he couldn't eat or sleep, and he had indeed lost some weight.

He remembered that Li Qinghai was still behind, so he introduced, "Mom, this is, it's me..."

"Hello, Auntie." Li Qinghai has already picked up his words, "I am a friend of Zhuang Yi's company, and I will go back to City A with Zhuang Yi, and accompany him to see you."

Zhuang's mother narrowed her eyes and looked at Li Qinghai, "Hello, Xiaoyi doesn't have many friends. I have only met Zou Kai in these years, and he is in TV dramas just like him."

After talking for a while, it was basically Zhuang's mother asking and Zhuang Yi's answering, the unfamiliarity that anyone with a discerning eye could see.

When Zhuang Yi was young, Zhuang's mother was busy with her career and often traveled on business. The two spent less time together than him and Li Qinghai, but at that time Zhuang Yi was well-behaved and obedient, and there was no barrier between mother and child.

Later, Zhuang's father had a car accident, and Zhuang Yi was discriminated against and bullied by the whole school. He gradually closed himself off, and became more and more taciturn in front of Zhuang's mother. After leaving home in college, he only returned home during winter and summer vacations. I haven't been home a few times.

The two chatted for a while, and Zhuang's mother suddenly said, "Xiaoyi, mom wants to eat the fried buns downstairs, can you buy them for me?"

Li Qinghai immediately said: "I'll go buy it, Zhuang Yi, you can chat with Auntie for a while."

Zhuang's mother gave him a reproachful look, "Xiao Yi, how dare you let your friend run errands, you go."

Zhuang Yi had no choice but to stand up, and when passing by Li Qinghai's footsteps paused, "Qing..."

Li Qinghai interrupted him, nodded slightly at him, and said with a smile: "You go, I'll sit with auntie for a while."

Zhuang Yi went out.

Li Qinghai moved a stool and sat down by the bed, unpacking the fruit basket he brought over, "Auntie, what fruit do you want to eat, I'll get it for you."

"You don't need to be so polite," Zhuang's mother said, "I don't know your name yet?"

Li Qinghai's movements stopped.

Before he could answer, Zhuang's mother said again: "Li Qinghai, I remember correctly, right?"