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Probably because of Zhou Ling's slap and his obvious refusal, Fang Chenglin didn't dare to continue arguing with Zhou Ling. He just glanced at Fang Jie with a complicated expression before leaving, as if he wanted to say something, but didn't say it.

Fang Jie and Zhou Ling were the only ones left in the living room.

In the silence, only the morning breeze blows in from the window, making the window screen move slightly.

It was still a bit chilly early in the morning, Fang Jie leaned over and picked up the fruit knife that Zhou Ling had thrown on the ground and put it on the coffee table, then went upstairs to fetch a pair of slippers for Zhou Ling, and squatted down to put it at the other party's feet.

Zhou Ling stood in place and watched Fang Jiede's movements. The anger and exhaustion from staying up all night all dissipated, and suddenly it became distressed and bitter.

Fang Jie watched Zhou Ling put on his shoes before saying the first sentence.

"Let's eat first, Mom."

Fang Jie washed his hands and put the breakfast on the table. Zhou Ling sat at the table and looked at the things in front of him.Toast, fried eggs, and two bowls of viscous, yellow millet porridge.She tasted it, and it tasted pretty good.

Zhou Ling didn't know what mood he was in, so he put down the spoon and said softly, "I didn't even know you would do this."

"Just learned." Fang Jie replied.

As for where I learned it and who taught it, it is self-evident.

Zhou Ling sat for a long time in silence after listening, and finally sighed softly.

"Mom is not old and stubborn, it's not that she can't understand liking the same sex, but why is it my son, and why..."

She paused for a while, suppressing the gushing sorrow, and then asked, "Where is Jiang Zhijin?"

"I kept thinking last night, is it because I sent you to Shaojiang that this happened, it was me—"

"No." Fang Jie interrupted Zhou Ling, and looked up at Zhou Ling.

Jiang Zhijin felt that it was his own fault, that he was gay, so he also misled Fang Jie.Zhou Ling also felt that it was her fault that she sent Fang Jie to Shaojiang and let the two boys stay together.

"Why do you have to think whose fault it is?" Fang Jie said.

"No one is right, it's just that I like him."

It wasn't anyone's mistake that caused Fang Jie and Jiang Zhijin to fall in love. The reason for falling in love was that Fang Jie liked Jiang Zhijin.

Zhou Ling was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "I couldn't sleep last night, I looked through your previous photos. I remembered that when you went to kindergarten on the first day, all the children were crying, and you wanted to cry too, but I said boy Don't cry, you just kept holding back, until your face turned red. Later, it was as if I had never seen you cry before."

Seeing Fang Jie looking at him, Zhou Ling tried to smile: "Did Mom be too strong before?"

Since childhood, Zhou Ling has always been proud of Fang Jie, but he rarely knows what Fang Jie needs.

"I want to be strong, so I hope my son can also be excellent. I hope he can grow up well... It was my mother who was wrong."

Zhou Ling looked at Fang Jie across the dining table. The other party's back was straight, his shoulders were broad, and he was as clean as a poplar.

The word "grow up well" is too broad. In Zhou Ling's mind before, he had always been successful in his studies, everything went smoothly, and he was more comfortable than himself...

She always wanted Fang Jie to live a better life, but she forgot to ask Fang Jie what kind of life she wanted.

Now that I think about it, most of them are not that important.

"As long as you are happy." Zhou Ling said softly.

Fang Jie was startled for a moment, then immediately lowered his head, the hot steam of the millet porridge made his eye sockets hot, and he almost shed tears.

He rolled his Adam's apple up and down, trying to suppress the damp heat in his eyes, then looked up at Zhou Ling, and nodded solemnly.

"understood."

After seven o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had finally set, Fang Jie took advantage of this time to go out, ordered a bowl of sliced ​​noodles at the gate of the community, and ordered a Coke by the way, ready to go to Yunqi after eating.

The TV in the store was always on, and the news broadcast had finished broadcasting, followed by the weather forecast.The shop owner brought Coke to Jiang Zhijin, and kept his eyes on the TV to talk to Jiang Zhijin.

"Didn't it mean that there will be a typhoon passing through the border this week, and the date is not sure."

"The meteorological station said it was the weekend." Jiang Zhijin also said casually.

"Didn't the typhoon come in August and September last year? Why is it so early this year?"

Another guest at the opposite table spoke up: "Hey, how can you tell the face of God."

Jiang Zhijin smiled, lowered his head and quickly finished eating the noodles, when the phone rang just as the bill was being paid.He thought it was because there were more people in the store, so Gu Xun urged him to go over, took out his phone and saw Fang Jie on it.

Jiang Zhijin froze for a moment, quickly settled the bill, and picked up the phone at the same time as he left the store. Fang Jie's voice on the other end was cheerful,

"have you eaten?"

"Just ate."

"What to eat?"

"Sliced ​​noodles."

"Are you eating alone?"

"Ah." Jiang Zhijin paused for a moment: "It's too far away, why don't you check the guard by phone?"

"Who called to check the post?"

Zhou Ling went out today and hasn't come back yet. Fang Jie sat at the desk and looked out the window. There were a few little boys playing basketball in the community. The sound of Qiu hitting the basket followed.

"Wait for me to go back and check in person."

Jiang Zhijin heard something else and asked, "When are you coming back?"

"It's a few days." Fang Jie was in a good mood, "Anyway, I have to go back to fill in the application, so go back early."

"Your mother agrees?"

"agreed."

Fang Jie hesitated for a moment, closed the window to block out the sound of the basketball, and waited until the room was completely quiet before continuing, "I told her about the two of us."

Jiang Zhijin was in a good mood at first, but at this moment he stopped suddenly and stood in the middle of the road.

He frowned and asked, "What?"

Fang Jie cleared his throat: "I told my mother about our relationship."

Jiang Zhijin was silent for a while.

The silence was so long that Fang Jie's high mood just now gradually calmed down. When Fang Jie was almost a little nervous, Jiang Zhijin on the other end of the phone suddenly sighed.

"You are such a cow."

"You..." Fang Jie paused, "Are you angry?"

"What do you think?" Jiang Zhijin said. "If you want to be in front of me now, I will beat you."

He couldn't hear any emotion when he said this. Fang Jie was a little relieved, talked about the situation that day, and said in a low voice after the end: "I just think that if you say it, the pressure is probably quite high. I will start by myself." It's okay to say."

How could Jiang Zhijin not understand.

He had imagined many times in his heart that if he wanted to confess to Zhou Ling, what should he say, so as not to hurt Zhou Ling as much as possible, and not affect Fang Jie, let alone let Fang Jie not finish the family affairs, Facing another bigger trouble...

But he didn't expect that Fang Jie would be so straightforward, and at this moment he told the matter like a quick knife.

He underestimated each other.

"You..." Jiang Zhijin stopped after saying a word, and sighed again after a while.

Rather than being angry, Jiang Zhijin was more distressed.

The mess at home has just been sorted out, and he has faced such a big matter by himself, and he has shouldered the responsibility. Fang Jie said it briefly just now, but Jiang Zhijin can still feel the pressure.

"Fang Xiaojie, let's discuss it. Can you tell me if something like this happens in the future?"

"Let me tell you that you can go directly from Shaojiang to Chaocheng and kneel in front of my mother." Fang Jie smiled, "I can carry it myself, it's fine."

"It has nothing to do with whether you can carry it or not. It's about the two of us. You face Fang Chenglin and Zhou Ling alone..."

Jiang Zhijin imagined the scene at that time according to what Fang Jie said, and felt blocked for a while.

"You don't feel too tired to panic."

Fang Jie finally came to his senses: "You're not angry, are you... You're...distressed, right?"

"What do you think?" Jiang Zhijin asked. "My heart hurts to death."

Fang Jie laughed for a while, put his head on the desk, and replied again: "I'm fine."

"Send me a message before you come back, and I'll pick you up." Jiang Zhijin didn't follow him with a smile, "wait for the slap when the time comes."

Fang Jie answered quite quickly: "Oh, I see."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Zhijin didn't continue walking.

He stood there and closed his eyes for a few minutes to clear his mind, then he found Zhou Ling's phone number and called him.

Zhou Ling received it quite quickly, and was a little surprised, and called out "Ozu?"

"Sister Ling, just now Fang Jie called me and said that he told you something about me and him."

Zhou Ling on the other side immediately quieted down and didn't speak any more.Jiang Zhijin didn't hesitate, and then said, "I'm sorry."

Zhou Ling sent Fang Jie to Shaojiang because she trusted her at the beginning, and now she should say sorry to her.

"I don't know what Fang Jie told you, but a large part of the responsibility for Fang Jie and I lies with me."

Jiang Zhijin looked down at the yellow and white bricks under his feet, trying to take the problem to himself.

"After all, I'm ten years older than him. It's my fault that I can't handle many things well."

Zhou Ling finally spoke, and through the electric current, her voice sounded helpless: "Fang Jie said it was his problem, but you said it was your problem, who should I listen to?"

Jiang Zhijin smiled and replied, "I am, I am older than him, so I should be responsible."

Zhou Ling on the other end sighed.

"I have nothing against you and Jiang Zhijin, and I'm not old antique, I'm just worried about what you guys will do next?"

"Fang Jie has just finished the college entrance examination, and he is still too early to enter the society. You live ten years longer than him, and you know how difficult it is for homosexuality in society. When the time comes, you—"

Zhou Ling didn't continue, and Jiang Zhijin already understood what she meant.

The age gap, the gap in living environment, and the gap in social cognition are things that cannot be ignored between Fang Jie and Jiang Zhijin.

Jiang Zhijin said again, "I'm sorry."

Compared with his usual tone of voice when talking to others or Fang Jie, his two sorry voices were very low, and they sounded so sincere that they could not be ignored.

"I was hesitant when I decided to be with Fang Jie at the beginning. I always felt that I had spoiled the child, and... I'm sorry for you. But if I want to refuse and give up, I really can't do it."

It took a long time for Zhou Ling on the other end to speak: "You guys are really..."

The voice sounded helpless.

Jiang Zhijin closed his eyes and said again: "I'm sorry."

In just a few minutes, Jiang Zhijin said sorry three times.

He really felt sorry for Zhou Ling, Fang Jie was right, if he knew about this at the beginning, he would probably fly directly to Chaocheng and kneel in front of Zhou Ling.

"Why don't I come to Chaocheng, and if I have any questions, I'll talk to you face to face."

"No need." Zhou Ling was stunned for a moment instead, "It's not that serious, Fang Jie will probably go to Shaojiang in a few days. I'm just worried...you guys like each other now, how long can you last?"

"It counts as long as you can persist." Jiang Zhijin felt a little relieved, and replied in a low voice: "As long as he persists, then I am willing to persist with him."

No matter what the future holds, at least for now...

Jiang Zhijin loves Fang Jie.