Reborn Petty Citizen

Zhang's mother is not well.

No enemy advances, we retreat, no enemy defends, we attack, no strategy can be used, the child readily admitted.

Mother Zhang just felt a little dizzy.She didn't expect Du Xingzhi to expose the relationship between the two of them so bluntly. The moment she got the answer, she was unprepared, and for a moment she was more flustered than angry.

After taking a few steps back, she had mixed feelings: "You..."

Du Xingzhi lowered his eyes, put his hands on the coffee table, and knelt down neatly facing Zhang's mother.His spine was as straight as a steel plate, his head was slightly lowered, and his expression was solemn and serious. Although he was kneeling, he looked more upright than standing in a military posture.

"Auntie, I'm sorry for you. You have taken care of me and helped me all these years. You took my mother and me out of Huaixing and let us escape from that place. I can never repay your kindness." He raised his head and stared into Zhang's mother's eyes , the expression was so firm that Zhang’s mother was dumbfounded for a moment, “But I really love Zhang Ze, I have liked him since I was in Huaixing. I have been with him for so long, I can’t do without him more and more, I know you I can't accept the fact that two men are together at once. But I can swear to you, I will treat him well and love him like I do now for the rest of my life."

Zhang's mother staggered for a moment, and the feelings she got from hearing what she already knew from the mouth of the person involved were completely different from what she got to know.Du Xingzhi's words were sonorous and neat. She knew this child well, and knew that he was a person who kept his word and kept his promise.But all of a sudden, how could she accept such a ridiculous thing?When two men are together, they will be cast aside if they talk about it!

She covered her eyes and held back the tears—unlike Zhang Su, she had loved and hated vigorously in her life.The relationship between her and Zhang's father is more of a family relationship, and the relationship with her current boyfriend Li Changming is only between goodwill and liking.She had never tried true love in her life, and she was even more unable to put herself in her place to understand how much love can affect a person. Part of Du Xingzhi's words pierced her heart, while the other part really made him unable to understand.

Zhang's mother shook her head, her thoughts were a little confused: "No...it has to be Ozawa? He is still young, he doesn't understand so much, don't you understand? You don't know either?"

Du Xingzhi lowered his head and let her question him. After Zhang's mother finished speaking, he said in a low voice, "Auntie, I'm sorry. I understand, but I can't let go. My father is dead. Apart from my mother, all I have left is Xia Ozawa is a relative. I know you will not easily agree with me and him, but...at least, I want you to know my sincerity. "

Mother Zhang's nasal cavity was sour, and she lowered her head to stare at the young man whose eyes were beginning to be in a trance.She found out the fact that Du Rusong had died from the memories left just now. Du Xingzhi lost his father overnight, which made the scolding she wanted to say impossible for a while.

This is also a poor child...

After Zhang Ze packed his luggage, he came out to look for Du Xingzhi. As soon as he reached the stairs, he found the two people who were stalemate. His eyes widened.

Why is Du Xingzhi kneeling there?And my own mother, why did she look like she was about to cry or not?

He hesitated for a moment, and ran towards the two of them without hesitation in the next second: "Mom! Old Du! What are you talking about?"

Zhang's mother's eyes suddenly shifted from the object of the blame, and she didn't want to beat around the bush anymore, so she yelled directly: "You still have the face to ask?! Tell me, what is the relationship between you and Xingzhi?! After eating and sleeping together for so many years Together, we thought you two were brothers, but why do you still sleep in the same bed after you each have a new home? What are those things on the coffee table?!"

Zhang Ze subconsciously glanced at the coffee table. The condom and lubricating oil in his eyes made him slightly stiff, and then his ears turned red quickly, and his face turned pale the next moment.

Mother knows.Even though he had expected this day when he was with Du Xingzhi from the beginning, when this day actually came, he was still at a loss.His feelings for his family were too complicated, and the fate of the whole family in his previous life made him feel guilty and uneasy.Subconsciously, he didn't want to have conflicts with his family.

His mother's scolding made him not know what to do. He lowered his head and let the other party shout and ask, his eyes slowly focused on Du Xingzhi who raised his head.

His wavering heart immediately became firm. He took a deep breath, walked to Du Xingzhi's side, and knelt down resolutely.

The two children kneeling side by side, one tall and one short, were somewhat similar from clothing to hairstyle, and Zhang's mother was so angry that they were dead pigs that they were not afraid of boiling water, and she slapped the table and cursed: "Bastard! !!"

Zhang Ze lowered his eyes and pressed his fists tightly against the carpet.He felt that Du Xingzhi was watching him secretly, and he was aware of the other party's uneasiness and apprehension. What was Du Xingzhi afraid of?Afraid that he will fail the test?Zhang Ze sighed with difficulty in his heart, it seemed that his long-term passivity made Du Xingzhi uneasy.

Although he had never spoken sweetly, Zhang Ze knew Du Xingzhi's sincerity towards him better than anyone else.Who would willingly hand over his inheritance to another without enough love to sustain it?Zhang Ze has always known what Du Xingzhi did for him silently behind his back, just like the last time he dealt with Zhang Su's questioning by himself, he actually borne a lot of hard work by himself.Du Xingzhi sleeps lightly and is vigilant, but he can only fall asleep soundly when he is around him. He is proud and conceited, but he has never shown this quality in front of him.

Even if there is no deep love, just for this friendship, he is willing to spend his whole life to repay the other party.

Mother Zhang shook her head, she couldn't accept such a ridiculous thing.There are so many women in the world, she can introduce ten or eight of these two children in one day.How did the two of them settle on the dead end drill? !

She suddenly calmed down, her face was watery, and she said flatly: "Don't think about it. I can't agree. You two should break up, break up quickly, if you still recognize me as a mother."

Du Xingzhi's body tensed up suddenly, and he suddenly became uncertain.Not sure what choice Zhang Ze will make between himself and his mother.It is not a day or two for Zhang Ze to attach importance to his family. When he was in Huaixing, he had a conflict with Zhang Ti, and he blamed himself indiscriminately.The woman sitting here now is the biological mother he has always cherished. She uses the relationship between mother and child as a threat, which is undoubtedly a very heavy weight.

His fists on the carpet trembled unconsciously.However, at the next moment, a slightly cool hand approached slowly from the side, holding his fist.

Du Xingzhi couldn't help but want to cry. He turned his head and met Zhang Ze's comforting gaze. The slightly curved corners of Zhang Ze's lips had never made him feel so dazzling for a moment!

"Mom, I'm sorry." Sensing Du Xingzhi's uneasiness, Zhang Ze realized that he could no longer be silent.He took a few steps back on his knees, kowtowed three times to his mother, stood up with difficulty and pulled Du Xingzhi up, looked at his mother, turned and walked towards the door.

Du Xingzhi was surprised, he stared blankly at his grasped hand.Zhang Ze has never been able to break free of his hand in front of his parents, this is the first time he took the initiative to hold it.

He clenched Zhang Ze's fist into his palm with his backhand. The opponent's palm was no smaller than his, and was even rougher and thicker. It was not easy to hold hands.

Zhang Ze reached out to touch his trouser pocket while he was in a daze, and brought Du Xingzhi back to his senses a few times. Then he held the other hand of the other side, looked at the closed door, and lowered his head and asked, "What are you looking for?" What? A key?"

"Is there any smoke?" Zhang Ze put his head on Du Xingzhi's chest with a tired expression, and his voice was hoarse with a slight trill, "Give me a cigarette."

The flames are scattered.

The top of the lit cigarette suddenly glowed red, and with the rustling sound of burning, the choking smell of nicotine permeated the corridor.

Du Xingzhi and Zhang Ze squatted side by side, each smoking a cigarette in relative silence.Zhang Ze wasn't very good at smoking, and could barely swallow it after coughing a few times, but Du Xingzhi didn't stop him.When he himself was troubled, his first reaction was to smoke a pack of cigarettes. Zhang Ze's current emotions must be more complicated than he could have imagined.

Du Xingzhi hesitated, and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry." Du Xingzhi had been planning and implementing the plan to come out, and Zhang Ze had never participated in it. The two of them have come to this point. implicated.But Du Xingzhi couldn't take it anymore. Zhang Ze had almost zero plans for his life. If he didn't take the initiative, maybe the other party would never think of how to confess their relationship to their relatives in this lifetime.Recognition seemed a trivial matter to him.But for Du Xingzhi, it was more than that.

Zhang Ze didn't speak. After smoking a cigarette, he bit a new one, took a deep breath on the nearly burnt cigarette butt, and threw the cigarette butt on the ground casually.

He stood up, raised his foot to crush the sparks, closed his eyes and leaned tiredly against the wall, his voice seemed to come from afar: "I didn't think so early..."

"I'm sorry." That's all Du Xingzhi could say. He stood up, hugged Zhang Ze a little aggrieved and unwilling, and said in a low and deep voice, "I want to marry you, and I want to wear the same suit as you. I want our mother to be very happy to attend our wedding. I have booked the venue, and we both put on the promise ring. I really want to marry you, and I am going crazy."

Zhang Ze is used to tolerant of his desire for monopoly, not to mention being valued so much by the person he likes, as long as the heart is not too wild, ordinary people will feel more sweetness.Zhang Ze is no exception, he enjoys the feeling of being sought after and valued, and also cherishes the other party's kindness to him.But he was indeed too young, only in his early twenties, and Du Xingzhi's efforts to get married seemed unfounded to him.But when the other party said this, he also had to admit that he had never thought about confessing the relationship between the two to his mother. In fact, a large part of the reason was that he was afraid of facing the censure of his relatives, just like today.

But his personality has been cured, he is content with the situation and drifts with the flow.Before he came out, he would not worry day and night about the difficulties he would encounter when he came out, and he would not worry about whether the relationship between the two would be acceptable after he came out.Du Xingzhi always said that he has a big heart, but in fact it may not be the truth.Zhang Ze has a big heart, how can he be filled with such a big or small thing?

Although I am very sorry for my mother, I will be sorry sooner or later. Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. As a junior, Zhang Ze will make up for the harm he caused to the other party at this moment in the years to come.

After smoking a cigarette, his spirit gradually returned to his body, and the logic in his mind gradually cleared up.His eyes became clearer, he squeezed his cigarette and glanced at the direction of the door, sighed, and muttered: "We..."

Du Xingzhi immediately listened with a solemn expression.

"...where are we staying tonight?"

"..." For a moment, Du Xingzhi felt that he was really stupid. He stretched out his hands and rubbed his face, as if nothing had happened, "Why don't you go back to the Summer Palace Road? You can ask for leave until today, right?"

Zhang Ze was noncommittal, no matter what, he couldn't sleep on the street after being kicked out.However, Du Xingzhi's mood improved when he was on the road, and he had the courage to express his worries: "What if my mother comes to the door and forces us to break up? I can't stand her crying, you Give your mother a call and let her go home early to take care of my mother."

Du Xingzhi glanced sideways at Zhang Ze, but said nothing.Of course he will make the phone call, other things... "Your mother won't come to see us."

"How is it possible!" Zhang Ze glared at him, "Do you think she is someone who gives up so easily? If she gives in so easily, she must be pretending. To be honest, I was surprised that she didn't hit you today. When my aunt was hurt, she almost split my aunt in half with an ax."

Du Xingzhi smiled slightly, and said in his heart, she won't hit me, she can't do it.

Zhang's mother really couldn't do anything, as if her ears and eyes had been filled with paste, she was in a daze, her mind was fragmented.The moment Zhang Ze and Du Xingzhi went out, she burst into tears. She covered her face and cried alone for a while. She couldn't tell whether she couldn't bear it or couldn't let it go. She still lay on the door and peeked out through the cat's eyes. .

The two children seemed to leave firmly, but they stood at the door and did not leave immediately.At that moment, Zhang's mother couldn't tell what it was like, but she didn't know whether it was because of timidity or other reasons. Her hand was on the doorknob and she couldn't press it down.She watched her son, who had never smoked or drunk, squatting at the door, smoking a cigarette all over his body, watching the two children stare at each other silently, watching them squatting down together as if sticking together for warmth, her heart tightened more and more. .

She didn't forget what Du Xingzhi told her before confessing.The child lost his father two days ago.Zhang's mother thought of her husband who suffered a huge blow after her father-in-law passed away when she was young. Zhang's father ran away and cried and cried for a few days, and his whole body was like a zombie who was exhausted, ignorant and walking dead.

The feeling of losing a loved one was so unbearable, Du Xingzhi had just suffered that kind of inhuman torture, and in a blink of an eye, he got the next wave of attacks from himself.

Zhang's mother feels that she should be justified, and she has the right to express her own opinion on children's issues!But the faint distress and guilt in her heart could not be ignored no matter what. Seeing the two children finally left, she stopped crying.Sitting down by the sliding door in a quiet room, she was stunned for a while, and suddenly began to miss Li Changming terribly.

When Li Changming's voice appeared on the other end of the receiver, Zhang's mother's indistinct tears burst out immediately, and she cried out of breath: "Come here quickly... I don't know what to do... ..."

Li Changming was almost frightened to death. This was the first time he was lucky enough to hear Zhang's mother cry. He obviously didn't know why she was crying, but his heart hurt all of a sudden, and his voice trembled: "What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?" Don’t cry? Don’t cry, someone bullied you? Where are you? I’ll go there right away!!”

Zhang's mother became more and more violent and began to wail: "Come here quickly... I'm at home, I'm home alone... My son doesn't want me anymore... He ran away with a man..."

Li Changming was confused when he heard that, he casually pulled a coat from the coat rack, put it on his shoulders, and ran outside.He is in another province, and he doesn't know if there is still a flight to Beijing at that late hour.

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Zhang Ze was in a daze for the third time, and Du Xingzhi brought him back to his senses.

"Ah?" Zhang Ze was a little confused, "Where did you talk?"

Du Xingzhi looked at him worriedly, and sighed after a while: "Are you worried about our mother? Don't worry, I have already called my mother, and she must be home now. Our mother will be fine."

Zhang Zeqiang smiled calmly: "I know, I just feel a little sorry for her."

Du Xingzhi leaned over and hugged him, pulled him into his arms, and hugged him affectionately.He whispered in Zhang Ze's ear: "You didn't feel sorry for our mother, but I did for him. I was the one who seduced you in the first place. You were so young, and I was the one who led you to this wrong path. You are the victim , like our mother, was forced to accept my twisted life."

Zhang Ze punched him a little aggressively: "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm a three-year-old child? If you say you're wearing it crookedly, you're going to be crooked?" Telling me my real age doesn't scare you to death. kid.

Du Xingzhi still had the same eyes and voice: "I don't want to see you like this."

Zhang Ze smiled at him, knowing that Du Xingzhi was worried that his position would not be firm.I was also afraid that he would give up the two of them to fight to the end because of guilt.It was also at this time that Zhang Ze realized that the image he had left for Du Xingzhi all along was actually a vacillating and vague image.He is indeed guilty and worried about his mother, but he is not an unreasonable person.Some softness can be subdued, and some bottom lines must be firm.If he followed Zhang's mother's wishes and broke up with Du Xingzhi this time, then there would be a wave of blind dates waiting for him in the near future.The mother who is worried about gain and loss will urgently let him get married, and then what?Wasn't it enough to have a relationship that ended without a cause, and another innocent girl's life to be ruined?

It is far more painful to give mother hope and then cruelly take it away than to let her accept the reality now.

He glanced at the time, took out his phone and smiled at Du Xingzhi: "I'll make a call."

Du Xingzhi's restless eyes were glued to his back, watching him walk from the living room to the balcony, and when he vaguely heard his "Hello", his heart seemed to be lifted unsteadily.

Zhang Ti on the other end of the phone had just woken up, and his voice was still sleepy: "Hello?"

"sister."

"Ze? Why did you call me?"

Zhang Ze smiled and said softly, "Sister, Du Xingzhi and I are together."

"You guys came to my place together?"

"..." Zhang Ze wondered if he hadn't made it clear, and replied hesitantly, "No, I'm with him."

"You are with him and you are not here, why are you telling me this..." Zhang Ti was a little irritable. His sleep was interrupted, and the next second he suddenly struggled out of the drowsy dream, as if his head had been splashed Basin of cold water, "Is that what I guess it means?"

Zhang Ze whispered, "We have confessed to Mom just now."

Zhang Ti didn't speak for a full minute. Just when Zhang Ze thought she was disconnected, his roar shook like thunder: "Why are you so courageous, you little bastard!? Together? Do you know what it means to be together?" Just together? He’s a man! A man!!!”

Relying on the fact that she couldn't hit him, Zhang Ze pretended to be relaxed and said: "What's wrong with the man, I will go to Switzerland to marry him in the future."

Zhang Ti was so angry that he couldn't understand what he said: "Are you really not understanding or are you pretending to understand? What does it mean when two men are together? You really don't know what the outsiders look at you !? Don’t pretend to be a big-tailed wolf with me here!”

Hearing her censure, Zhang Ze's voice became serious in an instant: "Sister, Lao Du gave me his company, his bank deposits, his investments, and all his funds. If it's just Just play, we won't be so serious. I'm not young, and when I'm with him, I know how difficult the future will be. I can't do without him, and my mother disagrees, but sister, I hope you can bless us."

Zhang Ti didn't speak for a while.

After a while, she said: "Dream." She hung up the phone quickly.

Zhang Ze sighed, staring at the phone in a daze.He also tried what it was like to confront his relatives, and he could better understand Du Xingzhi's nervousness when he faced Zhang Su alone because of the two of them.He put so much effort into it when he didn't know it but never tried to say it, Zhang Ze's heart was slightly sweet.He turned his head and looked towards the living room through the glass door of the balcony. Du Xingzhi was making a call on his landline. very bad.

Zhang Ze was also a little sad, and Zhang Ti's reaction was firmer than he imagined.It is quite disappointing that love cannot be favored by family members.He originally thought that Zhang Ti was only dissuading at most, but who knew that the fact that he was with Du Xingzhi could make her put down the phone in anger.

He was feeling lost when the phone in his hand rang loudly. Zhang Ze was taken aback and immediately connected.

There was a long silence on the other end of the receiver, about a few minutes long, and Zhang Ti's voice came over: "Are you with Mom now?"

"No," Zhang Ze said truthfully, "Mom disagreed, I was afraid she would cry, so I took Lao Du away."

Zhang Ti's tone became longer and longer: "You, please let mom worry. She is angry and she is sad. She still has to worry about you when you run out. Where do you live now?"

"We used to be in the house we bought next to the school."

Zhang Ze was silent again, Zhang Ze waited for a while, and then she said angrily: "Okay! Mom will definitely be angry, and you should not disturb her eyes recently. You and Du Xingzhi are together Is it okay to live outside? What about eating? Is there someone cleaning? If you can’t fix it, find a part-time job, don’t be sloppy when you’re not at home.”

Hearing her loose tone, Zhang Ze was overjoyed: "Sister..."

"What's your name, you are my ancestor, not my younger brother!" Zhang Ti was still sullen, but couldn't help worrying about his younger brother's life, and shouted at him, "Did you hear what I said just now? I'll tell you Zhang Ze, I am not in the country now, if I were in the country, I would definitely beat you up!"

In order to reassure her, Zhang Ze quickly betrayed Du Xingzhi: "Sister, don't worry, old Du is amazing. He is good at washing, cooking and cleaning, and he can take good care of me. In fact, he is very good." Yes, besides not being a woman and not being able to give me children, but also being gentle and making money, can you just treat me as infertile?"

"Get lost!" Zhang Ti rolled her eyes, but she was surprised by the information that Zhang Ze revealed to her just now, "You mean he does all the housework at home? Is it all handed over to you?"

Zhang Ze hummed: "Yes."

Zhang Ti sighed for a long time, and couldn't help but mourn for Du Xingzhi for a moment. She thought for a moment, and although she was angry, she also understood that Zhang Ze's decision could not be easily changed by others.Thinking of the two of them living pitifully outside now, Zhang Ti had no better idea for a while, and could only say: "I still have to go to class, I failed. Anyway, don't go to fight with your mother these days, I will talk to you today." I called her. Ozawa." Still a little unwilling, she couldn't help calling Zhang Ze, "Is it Du Xingzhi? You just identified him? What if he's not good?"

"You also said it's just in case." Zhang Ze replied a little heartlessly, "The winning rate is [-] out of [-]. I don't want to gamble. Who knows if the next person will win?" Better than him?"

Zhang Ti was dumbfounded for a few seconds before he snorted softly, "Where did you learn this nonsense? Du Xingzhi taught you?"

Zhang Ze shook his head, looking back at the room with extremely gentle eyes.

"Really, I really think so in my heart. If I miss him, I may really not meet a more suitable person."

**

Du Xingzhi was uneasy and angry, uneasy about Zhang Ze secretly going to make a phone call, and he didn't know whether he was angry with himself or Zhang Ze, his chest was stuffy and stuffy like a ball of cotton wool.He hurriedly called his mother.

Zhang Su picked up the phone in her room, and when Du Xingzhi asked about Zhang's mother's situation, she couldn't help being angry: "You are too reckless, if you tell the truth, you can confess it! It's not that you don't know what kind of temper Aunt Du is, why do you have to go against it?" To touch her hair?"

Hearing her scolding like this, Du Xingzhi understood that Zhang's mother had indeed not told her what he had told her about Huaixing, and respected him even more in his heart, so he replied to his mother: "No way, I can't help it, Zhang Ze is getting older, and there are more and more girls around him, if I don't settle down with him sooner, I'm worried that things will change."

There was nothing he could do about this stupid son who was devoted to love, so Zhang Su had no choice but to inform him: "Don't worry, your Auntie Du is not as fragile as you imagined. I heard that she contacted Li Changming, and Li Changming seemed to be planning to fly to comfort her. Beijing. After I came back, I saw that she was in a good mood. She ate less at night, but she still ate. After complaining to me, she went to bed. When Li Changming arrives in Beijing tomorrow, she will be distracted. "

Du Xingzhi smiled knowingly: "Mom, thank you."

Zhang Su's throat was a little choked up, because of all the efforts Du Xingzhi had put in to be with Zhang Ze.After agreeing to the two children, she began to pay more and more attention to their daily behavior, and gradually realized that their life was not as smooth as she thought at first.Apart from the difference in gender, their daily relationship is almost the same as that of heterosexual couples. They eat at the same table at work and off work, have small disputes, and quickly reconcile after a short cold war.It's just because there is a mother in the family who doesn't know about this relationship at all, so all their intimate activities seem a little cautious.

She sighed and said helplessly: "I am your mother, what else can I do but support you? Now that you have chosen this path, you have to go on no matter how difficult it is. Where is Ozawa? Is he by your side? You Aunt Du told me that she regretted losing her temper just now, and she was worried that Zhang Ze would be shocked, so she was too embarrassed to call to ask. Is he okay?"

Du Xingzhi couldn't help but feel helpless for this mother and son who cared about each other but were awkward. He touched his nose, glanced outside the house, and found that Zhang Ze had hung up the phone and was walking towards the house. She smiled: "Well, he's okay, just a little sad. I tried to comfort him, but it didn't work much."

"You two live a good life, I will give you Auntie Du a lot of help at home." Zhang Su felt relieved, and finally told Du Xingzhi a few words.

Zhang Ze casually put the phone on the coffee table: "Who are you calling?"

"My mother." Du Xingzhi put down the microphone and asked Zhang Ze, "What about you?"

Zhang Ze stared at him, from expressionless to smiling, his mouth slightly opened: "My sister."

This was an unexpected answer, and Du Xingzhi missed a beat because of his uneasy and crazily beating heart. There was some disbelief and surprise in his eyes: "Did you tell her about us?"

Zhang Ze nodded: "Yes."

Du Xingzhi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say it in the end.He just stood up quickly and stretched out his hand to hug Zhang Ze into his arms, firmly embedded in his arms.

"Thank you." His voice was low and hoarse, but Zhang Ze was able to pick out the happy element from it in an instant, "I thought I was the only one... I am very happy, you are willing to take the initiative to fight for me with Zhang Ti "The vibrations from his voice tickled his ears, and the numbness from his ears to his neck was like an electric current that could not be ignored.

Zhang Ze shrank his neck, but did not avoid it.He firmly hugged Du Xingzhi back, and said word by word: "I chose you, and I will work hard with you."