[Rebirth to the Future] Diplomacy

Ying is no stranger to the title of escort, his father and grandfather have both held such roles.

Under his father's watchful eyes, Ying put on his clothes in silence and went to see Mr. Rong.

He knew a secret, but never told anyone: he was not his father's real son.

His mother married his father with him in her arms.

His mother always looked at him and his father with gloomy eyes.

She thought he couldn't remember, and occasionally hugged him and said something: "Your brother is getting better and better..."

His father also knew about it, but he still cared for him and his mother, as if he didn't think it was a big deal to have another child.

His parents were uncharacteristically silent when they were together.

But there was no mutual disgust or mutual resentment in their eyes.

They began to teach him carefully a long time ago, the most important thing is martial arts training, followed by various basic knowledge.

After confirming that he was a good seedling, his father reported his existence to the Rong family.

After a rigorous school examination, Ying was brought before Mr. Rong.

Mr. Rong looked at him for a long time, and said to the person in charge of the assessment: "Let him stay by Ah Pei's side."

Mr. Rong left him alone, and told him about the "A Pei" he was about to meet, that is, the person he was about to follow.

It turned out that "A Pei" was Mr. Rong's only direct son, who was about the same age as him this year. According to family practice, it was time to find a companion.His duty is to accompany this "A Pei" to grow up, and work harder than anyone else, because his duty is to escort "A Pei", protect him, control him, and become his right and left arm.

The concept of "absolute obedience" instilled by her parents since she was a child made Ying stand obediently beside Mr. Rong.

Not long after, a five or six-year-old child knocked on the door and walked in.

The other party looks very similar to Mr. Rong, and behaves as if he was printed out of the same mold as Mr. Rong.

The little "Mr. Rong" seemed to have noticed the stranger in the study immediately, but when he looked over with those beautiful eyes, he was not at all curious.

Rather like an assessment.

——Not at all what a child should look like.

Facing that half-scrutinizing, half-indifferent gaze, Ying felt something throbbing in his blood.

That kind of expression that is too calm to be human should appear on a child, it is too incongruous.

Even if it was unintentional, there was still a kind of pride in this guy that made people want to destroy it.

Ying's first feeling is: he doesn't like this "Apei" very much.

The old man Rong said to the child: "A Pei is here? Come and get to know him, this is Ying, he is your lifelong partner."

Ying saw a trace of disapproval in the child's eyes, and also remained silent.

— He also thought it was impossible.

The following days will not be easy, the resources of the Rong family are naturally better than what his father can get, the teachers and materials are much better.

So correspondingly, the demands on him are also high.

At the same time, he was also taught how to hide beside Rong Pei and follow Rong Pei as a real "shadow".

What comforted him was that Rong Pei was not more relaxed than him.

Rong Pei is the first heir of the Rong family, so he has to learn a lot more than him.

Rong Pei seems to be born better than others, he can do everything with ease, and he can easily handle many things that can make others very tired.

Several times when Ying dragged his tired body back to the residence, he would see Rong Pei relaxed with a book leaning against the window sill to read.

Quiet and reserved.

There is no one in sight.

Ying began to search for Rong Pei's flaws.

Slowly, he found that Mr. Rong's family was not as harmonious as the outside world saw.

For example, Rong Pei.

In front of people, Rong Pei is good at words and treats people with courtesy. When he smiles at people, his whole heart is warm.But in private, Rong Pei is so quiet that he seems to have forgotten how to speak, and he never smiles outside of public places.

At least not in front of him.

For example, Mr. Rong and his wife.

Ying has lived with Rong Pei for so long, and has never seen the rumored "model couple" come here.

The only time Ying saw Mr. Rong was when he followed Rong Pei to the study of the main house.

Even in the face of Mr. Rong, Rong Pei still abides by the etiquette, as if he never knew that father and son could have a closer relationship.

Mr. Rong didn't think it was wrong either.

After observing for a long time, Ying was shocked to find that the "model couple" actually hated each other in private, and they didn't even like the child Rong Pei very much.

——If you like it, father and son, mother and son will not even have the urge to hug each other.

For the first time, Ying felt that Rong Pei was a little pitiful.

But he will not change his perception of Rong Pei.

He followed Rong Pei silently, and never said a word to Rong Pei throughout the year.

Really go with you.

—Shadows cannot speak.

Two years later, in early spring, Rong Pei heard that his mother's cousin was visiting, and planned to go there to fulfill his cousin's obligations.

Shadow quietly followed behind him.

Rong Pei walked to the front of his mother's courtyard but stopped suddenly.

Ying followed his line of sight and saw that Mrs. Rong, who was extremely indifferent on weekdays, was holding a three or four-year-old child, smiling all over her face.

Her voice was also a little soft: "This is a rose, a bit like a rose."

The child in her arms said, "Chinese rose, just like a rose!"

She pointed to another flower: "Peony, it hasn't bloomed yet, but it's almost there."

The child followed suit: "Peony!"

She kissed the child on the cheek and exclaimed, "That's great."

The scene was warm and touching.

Ying looks at Rong Pei.

Generally, when children see this kind of scene, they should run over immediately and snatch their mother back jealously.

But Rong Pei didn't.

Rong Pei stood there quietly, as if he couldn't move anymore.

He looked at his mother quietly, not missing every gesture of her closeness, not missing every word of her soft teaching.

He stood like that for a long time, until Mrs. Rong was about to carry his cousin back to the house, he moved to follow, grabbed Mrs. Rong's hand and called, "Mother."

Madam Rong's expression became very cold for a moment: "Why are you here?"

Rong Pei withdrew his hand, and calmly put it back to his side: "I heard that my cousin is coming, let me come and see him."

Mrs. Rong subconsciously shifted the child to the hand away from Rong Pei, nodded and said: "I am interested, but time is tight, so you don't need to come here on purpose, you can go back."

Rong Pei said, "Yes."

His expression was always calm.

Not at all as calm as he should be at his age.

Ying followed Rong Pei back to the residence, and Rong Pei sat by the windowsill and read a book again.

Rong Pei seems to have no friends, the only thing he is interested in is reading books, it seems that books can give him everything he wants.

It's just that Rong Pei seems to be immersed in the book for a longer time than before, knowing that it's late at night and doesn't even want to sleep.

Ying played back what happened during the day in his mind, and felt something unexplainable growing in his heart.

It seems that Rong Pei's flaws couldn't be more obvious.

Rong Pei fell ill the next day.

Grandpa Rong asked Ying what happened to Rong Pei recently, and Ying told the truth.

After hearing this, old man Rong sighed and gave him a short vacation to go home.

After returning home, Ying was greeted with a slap from his father.

The mother protected him and said to his father: "Why beat the child!"

The father pushed his mother away and pulled him into the room, where he beat and scolded him a lesson.

Seeing that he was still unconvinced, his father said sharply, "It is your responsibility that he is sick!"

Mother was crying outside the door.

Ying didn't like Rong Pei even more.

But he decided to start talking to Rong Pei after he went back, and tried to be nicer, nicer to Rong Pei - nicer.

It was so good that Rong Pei couldn't refuse, nor could he leave.

——In this way, he can open Rong Pei's heart little by little.

——and then completely defeated Rong Pei.

Rong Pei's condition is a bit serious, and Rong Pei has not woken up yet.

Shadow stayed close by to take care of the sick.

Under his careful care, Rong Pei finally opened his eyes.

Rong Pei seemed a little surprised when he saw him guarding the edge of the bed, but soon returned to his usual calm.

He sat up and said, "I want a drink of water."

Ying fed him the water, and with pity in his eyes, he rarely spoke: "I heard that Master Biao is also sick, and Mrs. Rong has been guarding him all day and night."

Rong Pei didn't seem to have any reaction to what Ying said, but instead said in surprise: "I thought," he pointed to his throat, "you can't do it here, you can't speak."

Under Ying's gaze, Rong Pei smiled slightly, as if he didn't care at all about the serious illness he had just encountered and his mother's indifference.

Shadow doesn't care.

——Anyway, the next days are still very long.

After being seriously ill, Rong Pei never went to Mrs. Rong's place again.

Rong Pei's exposure to studies gradually increased, and he devoted more and more energy, and his daily sleep time was compressed to the shortest.

He was always the best among his peers, and he was never a worry.

Mr. Rong is very satisfied with him, and occasionally praises him.

Only then Rong Pei will look like a child.

Always happy, always happy.

Time flies is more than ten years.

As he got older, the mask on Rong Pei's face became more and more natural, just like his parents who seemed to be in perfect harmony: one face in front of the person, another face in the back.

After doing many things for Rong Pei in a down-to-earth manner, Ying can feel that Rong Pei's attitude towards him is much better, but he has seen this attitude of Rong Pei too much - Rong Pei treats everyone who is useful to him. Such.

From making friends to studying, Rong Pei acts with a strong sense of purpose.

Rong Pei won't even take a look at things that are useless to him.

Ying is better for Rong Pei, and obeys all arrangements of Rong Pei unconditionally.

And the opportunity he had been waiting for had quietly arrived.

The thing is ridiculous: Rong Pei's cousin has caused trouble, and it's a big deal.

That hot-blooded young man plunged headlong into the deadlock, and was deeply involved. He was directly the deputy of the main culprit.

Mrs. Rong came to beg Rong Pei to lend a helping hand, but Rong Pei did not respond.

He watches calmly as his cousin is sentenced to death, to be executed that season.

Mrs. Rong was soon bedridden.

When Rong Pei went to see her, he was kicked out of the house. Many people heard Madam Rong crying and scolding: "You are a cold-blooded monster just like your father!"

Rong Pei didn't care.

He devoted himself to his work as always, but he didn't step into Mrs. Rong's ward again.

Since then, all the younger generations in the family have looked at him with fear.

Ying knew very well that the Rong family had nothing to do with it, but he still made the most malicious speculation to Rong Pei: "Are you blaming him for taking your mother away?"

Rong Pei's eyes stopped on the page at that time, and he didn't look up at him at all.

Soon after, Rong Pei started dating others, and the lovers changed one after another.

Rong Pei was very passionate about chasing him, and there was never a possibility that he could not catch up with what he liked.In the eyes of lovers, he is a passionate and good lover, but Ying can see from his still indifferent eyes that he has not shown his sincerity at all.

Of course, such a relationship cannot last.

Rong Pei also seemed to be getting tired of this cycle of "chasing prey—losing novelty—chasing new prey", and put all his thoughts back on work.

Soon after, Mrs. Rong and Mr. Rong divorced.

This dealt a big blow to the Rong family's reputation, but Rong Pei dealt with all the slanderous remarks calmly.

He didn't even ask the reason for the divorce of his parents.

Ying felt that the blood flowing in Rong Pei's body became colder and colder, and nothing could shake him in the slightest.

There seemed to be no flaws in him anymore.

This was not the result he wanted.

A year later, news came from Mrs. Rong's natal family that Mrs. Rong was seriously ill.

Rong Pei just paused after hearing it, and didn't intend to take a look at it at all.

It was Mr. Rong who brought him there.

Shadow also followed to the hospital.

Mrs. Rong was thinner and weaker than ever, her eyes opened when she heard the door open.

Rong Pei stood where he was and looked at Mrs. Rong quietly.

There were tears in the corners of Mrs. Rong's eyes: "Is Ah Pei here? Ah Pei, I'm sorry, Ah Pei... come here, Ah Pei, let me take a look, Ah Pei... let me take a look."

Ying knew why Mrs. Rong had such a change.

Because someone told her how many times she had hurt her son since she was a child.

Because she had been told that the part she played before her own son was the cold-blooded monster she hated most.

Ying looks at Rong Pei.

Rong Pei didn't move.

In the end, Mr. Rong ordered directly: "Apei, go and hold mother's hand."

Only then did Rong Pei go forward and grab Mrs. Rong's hand that was stretched out to him with all her strength.

Mrs. Rong died that night.

Rong Pei organized the funeral for Mrs. Rong in an orderly manner without any mistakes.

It is precisely because he has done so well that many people say that he has "no sadness on his face", which is really cold-hearted.

Ying said to Rong Pei like this: "You have been taught to be an emotionless machine."

Rong Pei did not argue.

No matter how much outsiders criticize him, this kind of Rong Pei is obviously in line with the requirements of Mr. Rong and Mr. Rong. It won't be long before Rong Pei becomes the helm of the Rong family.

Rong Pei was given a lot of alcohol that night, and when he returned to his residence, he was a little unconscious.

Shadow carried him to bed.

Looking at the defenseless Rong Pei in his arms, Ying suddenly felt something surging inside his body.

Few people saw his face, almost only a few people knew that it was three points similar to Rong Pei's facial features.

There are only three points, and people who don't know the inside story will not doubt it at all.

But he knew.

He knows many secrets, each of which is dirty and shameful: such as whose child he is, why his father raises other children and women without any grievances, why his father forced him to instill "absolute obedience" idea.

He knows the secrets in his heart better: for example, why he hated Rong Pei from the first time they met, for example, why he gave Rong Pei the illusion of caring about him and repeatedly and severely hurt Rong Pei.

——Because Rong Pei is actually...his younger brother.

— because he hated it.

Ying reached out and touched Rong Pei's fragile neck.

Rong Pei unconsciously burrowed into his arms.

Shadow's hand stopped.

Many violent thoughts flashed through his mind: just kill Rong Pei like this, or...Press Rong Pei on the bed and fuck him hard.

Yep, that's the crazy idea.

Looking at Rong Pei's straight back, looking at Rong Pei's extremely cold eyes, he wanted to ruthlessly tear up that unbreakable mask, make him moan, make him cry, and make him unable to show that calmness again. Another indifferent attitude.

It's just that Rong Pei's tolerance limit seems to be uncertain.

For example, he and Mrs. Rong were originally the closest mother and son, but whether Mrs. Rong treated him indifferently or confessed to him sincerely, it seemed to him that it was just an unimportant matter.

Nothing can break him.

Nature did not give him any chance to completely destroy him spiritually.

Ying put Rong Pei under the quilt and covered him with the quilt.

Rong Pei gradually became familiar with family affairs, and his life became more and more relaxed.

He began to ask Ying for advice, trying to help him get to the bright spot.

Shadow did not agree.

Rong Pei didn't have time to spend too much time on this matter, because he was obsessed with another matter.

Marriage.

Unexpectedly, Rong Pei came back from the blind date banquet with a faint smile on his face and a little light in his eyes, "I plan to try to start a family, maybe this is just a marriage, but after marriage I will treat her well."

Shadow clenched his fists.

Why did Rong Pei still have expectations for family and marriage at this point?

Rong Pei didn't notice his strangeness, he smiled and repeated the old saying: "The wedding date has been fixed, you will be my best man when the time comes?"

After hearing this sentence, Ying calmed down and said calmly, "Okay."

great.

He'd turn that into a wedding with no groom and no best man.

In fact, no responsibilities, no blood relationship, no feelings... are not things that trap him.

From the beginning to the end, there was only one thing that really trapped him—Rong Pei, whom he had been watching and wanted to destroy ruthlessly all the time.

Kill him and he will be free.