Solstice Secrets

Before Zhuang Zhou walked out of the company gate, through the glass wall outside the hall, he saw Xia Mo standing by the fountain pool in the small square in front of the building, with his hands in his trouser pockets, silently looking at everyone who came out of the building. people.

Xia Mo's figure is taller than him, and looks thinner, but just standing casually gives people a very powerful feeling.When facing this person, Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but feel that he was a pet dog like Brown Sugar, while this person was a real beast wandering in the wild.

Zhuang Zhou's feelings towards him were actually very complicated.When he was a child, he helped himself fight, but he didn't beat him less.Zhuang Zhou always couldn't beat him, and he screamed every time he beat him.At that time, Xia Xueying always thought that Zhuangzhou was noisy, but she never mentioned Xia Mo.Zhuang Zhou has never been angry with Xia Xueying's partiality.Later, when she was older, she gradually realized that perhaps Xia Xueying's status as the eldest son of Xia Mo gave her a feeling of being reliable.

Xia Xueying is a very particular woman who eats western food and wears cheongsam.The delicacy and gentleness between the eyebrows and eyes are like the slender branches of Ling Xiaohua.She couldn't bear Zhuang Zhou's naughty and noisy, every time she talked to him, the first few words were almost always "Why are you..." In her eyes, only Xia Mo is different, he is from Zhuang Chengyan The eldest son is the child who is placed with high hopes by both the Zhuang family and the Xia family.And Xia Mo lived up to everyone's expectations and took taking care of her as a first-class responsibility in life.

In fact, Zhuang Zhou and Xia Mo didn't spend much time together, let alone getting to know each other.However, things like bloodlines cannot be separated by time and region.Zhuang Zhou has no doubt that when he needs help, Xia Mo will be the first to reach out to help him.But he never counted on the intimacy and tacit understanding that should exist between brothers.If he really understood himself, and really took his own thoughts seriously, would he still do something like drive Ling Dongzhi away?

He walked in front of Xia Mo, looked at him indifferently, "When will I go back?"

Xia Mo frowned, "Are you kicking me out?"

Zhuang Zhou nodded, "Yes."

Xia Mo sneered, "Just because I chased away your little lover?"

"He's not my little lover," Zhuang Zhou corrected him, "he's my wife."

Xia Mo showed a look of disdain on his face, "Can you stop being so embarrassing?"

"Are you ashamed?" Zhuang Zhou asked him back, "Then why don't you think it's shameful? There are people you like, but you hide them and don't dare to admit it. On the surface, you will marry a woman you don't love with a sanctimonious appearance, and then put This woman left her at home to find her lover for a tryst?"

Xia Mo stared at him, his eyes darkened, "When did you become so eloquent?"

"When you don't know." Zhuang Zhou shrugged, "After all, what do you know about me? I'm not eight years old, but 28. Also, please don't use that kind of expression when you talk to me Very familiar tone. I'm not used to it."

Xia Mo turned her head, as if she was trying her best not to hit him.

"One more thing, I handed in my resignation letter, and I have been suspended." Zhuang Zhou looked at his calm expression cracking almost maliciously, "Or you can fight for it, I think you get the dealer's property The possibility is still very high. After all, Dad is old and Zhuang Lin is too young, neither of them are your opponents."

Xia Mo grabbed him by the collar, "Do you think I'm doing all this for the banker's money?"

"Yes." Zhuang Zhou ignored the hand holding his collar, with a smile on his face, "That's what I think. Because I can't think of another reason for you to travel all the way here to ruin my marriage Where were you when I broke my leg at school? Where were you when I was alone in a big empty house during the Chinese New Year? Where were you when I fought with the gangsters in the courtyard and lost too much blood and was sent to the rescue? At the end of summer, where were you when I needed you?"

At the end of Xia's face, his complexion changed slightly, and the clenched finger bones also turned slightly white.

Zhuang Zhou opened his fingers and said indifferently: "Since you are not there when I need you, then I don't need you, and you have no reason to appear. You are as selfish as Xia Xueying, and you only have yourself in your eyes. I think you Has managed to turn herself into a double of her—that's why you love her so much."

Xia Mo stared at him for a long time, then asked hoarsely, "Is this how you look at me? Don't forget that she is also your mother."

Zhuang Zhou sneered, "She didn't give birth to me because she loves me, but because she needs an extra son to guarantee her status in the dealer. Besides this, what else has she done for me?"

Xia Mo punched him in the face.

Zhuang Zhou staggered, a red mark appeared on his face, and it swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye.Zhuang Zhou supported the lamppost next to him to stand firm, but the look in his eyes was happy, "I have endured this for 20 years, at the end of Xia, even if you think I am heartless, I have to say, I really I don't want to admit that Xia Xueying is my mother. She is the most selfish and coldest woman I have ever met."

"I know you hate Cheng Anni, and at the very beginning, I couldn't get used to her either." Zhuang Zhou ignored Xia Mo's murderous eyes, and said to himself, "Every time I see her, I will try to make things difficult for her. Later, I was stopped by high school boys asking for money outside the school. There were too many of them, and I was beaten with a black nose and a swollen face. When I came home, she and my father were there. My father was very angry when he saw me fighting and wanted to punish me. Annie stopped him, and then asked me what was going on. I was also angry at that time, so I said it regardless."

"Cheng Anni said she wanted to talk to the teacher. I was very disdainful of what she said at the time. I was a well-known thorn in the school. The teacher would not believe me when I was beaten. I refused to let her go, but she still dragged me. Went to school." Zhuang Zhou didn't look at Xia Mo, but stared blankly at an uncertain point beside Xia Mo, but his voice was more and more gentle.This kind of tone full of gentleness and kindness was never seen by Xia Mo in him.Although he was instinctively bored by this topic, he still listened to him by accident.

"Cheng Anni went directly to the principal's office, talked to the principal, and to my head teacher. She said she was my mother and she wanted justice for her son. I stood outside the office and looked at her. It felt strange and novel. ...that was the first time anyone felt that I needed protection too, that someone had to spread their wings and put me under."

Xia Mo's face turned slightly pale.

"I don't know what she talked about with them, but that day when my class teacher, who never liked me, came out of the principal's office, he patted me on the shoulder with a pleasant face and told me that there was another incident of high school robbery." , don’t be brave, protect yourself first. Contact the teacher in time.”

Zhuang Zhou looked at him, with an inconspicuous curve on his lips, "Cheng Anni touched my head when she left school, and said Zhuang Zhou, it's not shameful to ask adults for help when you can't handle things yourself. Because when we are old, we will also need help from our children. In front of family members, there is no need for excessive self-esteem and pride. Because family members can not only accept your strengths, but also tolerate your shortcomings." Zhuang Zhou paused After a while, he said slowly: "People's hearts are fleshy. At the end of Xia, all the warmth contained in the name mother was taught to me by this woman when I was about to grow up. What reason do you think I have to hate her? Go Hate her?"

Xia Mo let out a breath silently.

"There's one more thing you probably don't know." Zhuang Zhou looked at him and said word by word: "When she married her father, she did a property notarization, and Zhuang Lin will not accept any property from the Zhuang family in the future. "

Xia Mo looked shocked, "What did you say?"

"It's true." Zhuang Zhou pursed his lips, "You heard me right. I asked her when I first heard the news, and she said that she believed that Cheng Anni's child would not be so useless that she would starve to death when she grew up. And she believes that Zhuang Lin is really going to die, and his brother will definitely help him - Zhuang Lin's ideal is to be a mechanical designer, you probably don't know it?"

Zhuang Zhou didn't look at him, but he believed that Xia Mo's face must be very exciting at the moment, "I have another word, I have been holding it back for a long time, so I just took this opportunity to say it together."

"When you left, I also thought Dad was an asshole. But after he married Cheng Anni, I slowly changed my opinion. Cheng Anni would prepare supper for him when he was working overtime, and help him before he went on a business trip. Packing up, I will accompany my grandparents to do regular medical examinations, and I will remember to attend my parent-teacher meeting on time. She is a qualified wife. You ask our mother what did her husband do for this family? When Dad works overtime She was having a party with her girlfriends outside, and when her father was going on a business trip, she complained that he was not with her, and even quarreled and threw things. When grandma was hospitalized, she sent her assistant to accompany her to the bed, and she went out to relax by herself. At the end of Xia, you still think that she is all No fault, is everything all father's fault? If so, I will not only question your character, but also your IQ."

It's not like I didn't think about these late summers.only……

"Before you pointed fingers at me, I never objected, that's because I still had hope for your brother. I thought it was your way of showing concern. But I don't see it that way now, you really want to care about me, You care about my happiness, you won't go directly to Ling Dongzhi without asking me a word."

"At the end of Xia, don't force me to hate you. Don't think that you are the only one who can do things like publish in the newspaper and break away from the relationship."

Xia Mo squeezed his shoulder when he turned to leave, he knew that if he didn't express it at this time, the relationship between them would really be over, "Second brother, I know you have always had opinions on mother But there are some things you don’t know, so don’t criticize her casually. As a mother, she may not do well, but that’s not her intention. It’s not that she doesn’t want to do it, it’s just that she can’t.” Xia Mo said with difficulty: "Do you remember that before they divorced, she always suspected that Dad wanted to poison her?"

Zhuang Zhou looked at him in surprise, "You don't think what she said is true, do you?"

"She really thinks so." Xia Mo paused for a moment, with a sad expression on her face, "She suffered from depression not long after you were born. She had suicidal tendencies. She has never had a good life."

Zhuang Zhou felt completely numb.He heard every word Xia Mo said, but it was difficult to connect them in his mind.He always felt that Ling Dongzhi had some kind of mental illness, paranoia or something like that.After working for a long time, my own family also has it, but I don't know if it is inherited or not.Isn't this called not a family does not enter the same door?

"My father probably doesn't know. He is always busy and doesn't have much affection for his mother. He feels that her personality is volatile and always making trouble for no reason, so she is getting more and more tired of getting along with her. I must go with her because This. I was very scared at the time, fearing that if she couldn't see her, she would commit suicide and would never be rescued again."

The cigarette in Zhuang Zhou's hand was crushed unconsciously, and the crumbs leaked from between his fingers and fell to the ground.

"I've always hoped that you would stay in the dealer, second child. To stay in the dealer, you must get the affirmation of grandpa, otherwise there are so many children in the dealer, you won't be able to survive. Grandpa will never accept that you get mixed up with men. His Existence is a big problem."

Zhuang Zhou looked at him blankly, "He is not my trouble."

Xia Mo shook his head, "If you had to choose between Grandpa and me, who would you rather take the shot?"

Zhuang Zhou looked at him, his eyes finally became more lively, "Grandpa will not take action against me. I have already handed in my resignation letter, and it has nothing to do with Zhuang. He is too lazy to deal with a person who voluntarily surrenders his power. Of course He will be disappointed in me, at least within a few years he will completely let go of me. If I am unlucky, poor, and unsatisfactory during this period, he will feel very satisfied and feel that life has taught me enough lessons.”

Zhuang Zhou smiled, "He will wait for me to go back and beg him. A few years is enough for me."

Xia Mo raised his eyebrows, with puzzled eyes, "That person, is it worth you to do this?" Apart from being pretty, there is nothing good about him, and his temper is obviously bad, and he speaks so harshly that people want to beat him up.

"Let's make a bet," Zhuang Zhou looked at him seriously, "If I am like this, he can accept it, and is willing to marry me, and even let him take care of me. Don't ask about my affairs anymore. How is it?"

Xia Mo looked at him and shook his head slowly, "You are really unreasonable."

After leaving the company, Zhuang Zhou went directly downstairs to Ling Lidong's house to block people.Ling Lidong stopped answering his calls now, he didn't dare to go directly to find Ling's father and Ling's mother, there was really no other way but to wait.Unfortunately, he didn't know that Ling Lidong happened to have a dinner tonight, so he went straight to the hotel without going home after work.I really want to wait for him to come back, but I don't know what time I have to wait.

Zhuang Zhou can call Li He to help him feed the cats and dogs, but it's not easy for someone to deliver food to him, a squatting person.So he starved alive for more than three hours. When he ran out of patience and began to consider whether to go up and knock on the door directly, God finally mercifully sent an acquaintance from the corridor.

Zhuang Zhou's eyes lit up, he got out of the car and trotted over to stop him, "Hey, I'm sorry to bother you. Are you that..."

The woman stopped by him blinked, blinked again, and a narrow smile slowly appeared on her face, "Yo, it's younger siblings."

Zhuang Zhou, "..."