Xu Shanlan

Of course, Cong Zhanyi could no longer jump out of the window like he did when he was a teenager, but walked out of the car door honestly and went to the platform to buy things.Xu Shanlan poked his head out a little, looked at it eagerly, and pointed childishly: "There is also ice cream, Wonderful Doudou."

The train only stopped for 2 minutes. Cong Zhanyi hurried back into the car and put the big and small bags in his arms on the small table: "Here, let's eat."

Without saying a word, Xu Shanlan tore off a chicken leg, took a bite and frowned and chewed: "It's too salty." Then he ate a piece of twist: "Damn, it's really hard."

"It's just like taking a train, you have to buy it."

Xu Shanlan threw the rest of the roast chicken back into the plastic bag, and sighed rather melancholy: "It's better when I came out when I was a child, everything is delicious."

"You were hungry that time." Cong Zhanyi picked up the chicken leg that Xu Shanlan took a bite of, and ate it in a few bites.

A woman on the opposite side asked, "Are you two brothers?"

Cong Zhanyi didn't want to talk more with strangers, so he just nodded perfunctorily.

"Oh, look at how nice you two are, unlike those two in my family, they fought hard for that little money." The woman seemed to have something on her mind, and she seemed to be in love with each other, and she emphasized at the end, "You two have a real relationship." good……"

Xu Shanlan turned his head and looked at Cong Zhanyi, then turned around and lay down on the table pretending to be sleeping.Cong Zhanyi saw that his face was slowly turning red, like a layer of rouge, and his long eyelashes were slightly closed.Looking at it from this angle, it doesn't look like the usual coldness and indifference, but actually has a bit of charm.

Cong Zhanyi smiled, and wanted to touch it, but there were so many people in front of him, this action was inevitably a bit ambiguous.Cong Zhanyi never wants to be ambiguous outside, the ambiguity can only be at home.I kept this meaning in my heart at the moment, anyway, the days to come would be long, so I picked up the daily newspaper I just bought and read it.

At noon, when T City arrived, Xu Shanlan originally wanted to have another boxed meal on the train, but who knew that the short-distance train did not provide this service, so he had to give up.

Speaking of which, it is not the first time Xu Shanlan has been to his father's house, but the number of times is indeed not too many, and he will never stay for more than two days.These are all forced by Master Jungle.Conglin attaches great importance to family ethics, father is father, elders are elders, martial arts practitioners must abide by the rules.Therefore, Xu Shanlan looked careless, after all, he was more influenced by his master, and he was very particular about etiquette.In his heart, going home with his senior brother to meet his parents is considered a formal family, and the family will meet again in the future.

Along the way, Xu Shanlan stopped talking, and looked out of the taxi with a dignified expression.Cong Zhanyi knew that the younger brother was very nervous, so he gently put his hand on Xu Shanlan's hand, shook it firmly, and said, "It's okay."

Xu Shanlan wanted to say something, looked at the driver driving ahead, pursed his lips and did not say anything.He is very shy, never willing to reveal his intimate relationship with Cong Zhanyi in front of outsiders, as if he is really just a senior brother.

When they arrived at Xu's father's house, Aunt Shan opened the door to greet her. Seeing Xu Shanlan, she smiled softly and said, "Come in, are there many people on the train?"

"It's okay." Cong Zhanyi said.

Xu Shanlan stood at the entrance and said to Xu's father who was sitting in the living room, "Dad."

Father Xu didn't speak. He sat on the sofa with a gloomy expression, like a dark cloud before a storm.He looked past Xu Shanlan and saw Cong Zhanyi following behind.The eyes of the two men met in the air, one was sharp and the other was cold, only Xu Shanlan didn't realize it, and called again: "Dad."

Father Xu was silent for a long time, and said, "Come in."

Xu Shanlan sat silently on the sofa with drooping eyelids.He was really good looking, his eyebrows looked like his mother, Xu's father suddenly felt a burst of heartache.Anger, sadness, remorse, frustration, all kinds of emotions are intertwined, it's hard to say what it's like.

He remembered the phone call Cong Zhanyi had made to him a few days ago. At that time, Xu's father was worrying about the long-standing financial problems in T City, and also worrying about his own future.He is at the deputy bureau level, only half a step away from the real bureau, but this half step is too long, and it is very likely that he can only retire as a deputy bureau inspector in the end.Xu's father was satisfied, but still faintly unwilling.He is only in his early fifties, so he can be the chief of the bureau and taste what it is like to have the final say.But there are so many deputy bureau-level cadres, and very few can become top leaders.

At this moment, when Xu's father was having dinner with the leader of the personnel department, the other party inadvertently mentioned Cong Zhanyi, but it was just a one-sentence question, "I heard you know Cong Zhanyi?"

"Yes, he is my son's elder brother." Xu's father immediately took heart, "Minister, do you know him too?"

"Hehe, we're old friends, hehe, he still has to call me uncle in terms of seniority." The minister didn't say much, just let it go.But where is the wine table, that is the place to get closer, even though the face is flushed after drinking, it must not be regarded as nonsense.

Just one day later, Xu's father received a call from Cong Zhanyi. Is it just a coincidence?After all, Xu's father is an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for decades. He didn't mention the minister's words in his conversation, but only asked about Lanzi's recent studies.Even when Cong Zhanyi made it clear that he wanted to invest and build a factory in T City, Xu's father just responded casually.

It's just that he never expected that Cong Zhanyi said something that was earth-shattering: "I want to be with Lanzi."

Father Xu didn't understand at first: "What did you say?"

"I want to be with Lanzi." When Cong Zhanyi said this, his tone was very calm, as if it was a very common thing.Father Xu was furious at that time, he almost dropped the phone on the ground, and said loudly, "You fart!"

Compared with his fury, Cong Zhanyi was as calm as a cold rock standing still in a storm: "I just want to inform you." He paused and added, "You are Lanzi's father after all, he I'll see you again in two days."

"He dares!" Father Xu roared angrily, scaring Aunt Shan in the kitchen into a panic, "He dared!" He slammed the phone on the machine, his eyes spewing flames, and walked back and forth on the ground.

Aunt Shan stood blankly, she didn't understand why her husband lost his temper so much.

Father Xu hung around for 5 minutes, then picked up the phone and called Cong Zhanyi: "I'm going to sue you! It must be you, it must be you who forced him! I'm going to sue you!"

"Sue me?" Cong Zhanyi said the truth coldly, "Uncle Xu, forget about it, Lanzi is 24 years old this year, he has been an adult for a long time. Well, maybe it's because you haven't seen him for too long."

Xu's father choked on the latter sentence and almost lost his breath, and dropped the phone again with a bang.

"What's the matter?" Aunt Shan asked, wiping her hands with her apron.

"Go aside, it's none of your business!" Father Xu waved his hand, stood by the phone and thought for a long time, then picked it up again, "Hey, what exactly do you want?!"

"Uncle Xu, Lanzi will visit you the day after tomorrow, I don't want him to be sad."

"Okay, okay." Xu's father sneered, his face twisted, "You're threatening me? Little bastard, you were still wearing crotch pants when I beat Jiangshan!"

"Yes." Cong Zhanyi smiled, with a bit of sarcasm in his smile, "Minister Deng also likes to tell me that."

"You don't need to use Minister Deng to oppress me, I don't need to exchange my son for the black hat on my head!"

"These two things are not next to each other at all." Cong Zhanyi's tone remained calm, "Lanzi and I will definitely be together. It doesn't matter whether you agree or not. It doesn't matter to us. It's just that Lanzi thinks, You are his father, and he wants to tell you."

"No need!" Father Xu jumped angrily, "I don't need him to tell! If he dares to come to the door, I'll break his leg!"

Cong Zhanyi was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Uncle Xu, how can you say this so confidently? As far as I know, you haven't raised him for a day." After saying this, Cong Zhanyi Without waiting for Xu's father to answer, he hung up first.

As if being hit head-on with a hammer, Xu's father froze for a moment. He stared blankly at the receiver in his hand, and there was a beeping busy tone coming from it.He subconsciously put it back to his ear, and said hello twice, but no one answered.He put down the phone heavily and leaned back on the sofa.

The room darkened little by little, and the setting sun withdrew its light, gradually disappearing behind the buildings.Xu's father slowly remembered the first time he met Xu Shanlan's mother, as if the black and white mime played back was extraordinarily pure and beautiful just because there were no other colors.

How did this happen?Father Xu bowed his body, put his elbows on his knees, and buried his head deeply in his palms. How could it be like this?

Now the son is sitting in front of him, calm and handsome, just like Xu's mother back then.A deep sense of guilt welled up in Xu's father. The strange thing is that he never felt guilty towards Xu's mother. If he likes it, he likes it. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it.

But before he knew it, his son had grown up so much, he was also an adult, and he wanted to like others.Is it because of the accident of himself and his mother that he became like this, and made him rely on others wholeheartedly, unable to turn back?

Xu's father subconsciously looked at Cong Zhanyi. The man's expression was indifferent, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking, but the calm and confident expression between his brows hurt Xu's eyes.

Xu's father became angry for no reason, because of Cong Zhanyi's ulterior motives, and his son's worthlessness!

It's just that he is no longer promising, and he is also his own son.

Xu Shanlan said: "Father, I've come to tell you that I want to be with senior brother." He lowered his head, as if admitting his mistake, and also as if he was afraid of seeing Father Xu's reaction.The two hands were tightly tangled together, revealing the inner anxiety.But he spoke very clearly and resolutely, with a sense of going all out.

Father Xu's face sank like water, and he asked, "Have you thought about it?"

Xu Shanlan suddenly raised his head, looked into his father's eyes, and said, "I've made up my mind." Xu Shanlan's eyes were clear, like a pool of water, so clear.Xu's father looked at his young son who didn't know much about the world, and his heart couldn't be more sad. He said: "Don't regret it, Lanzi, it's a lifetime..." He couldn't continue, his voice was a little choked up.

Xu Shanlan stared at his father suspiciously for a while, as if he didn't quite understand how his father, who was always indifferent, would sometimes feel sad for him.Just because I have never cared about it before, and I have never shown it before, so once I saw it, I didn't feel much about it, and even felt a little funny.Xu Shanlan said: "Of course it's a lifetime, so what is there to regret?"

Father Xu was speechless, and the living room became quiet.Aunt Shan came out of the kitchen, looked at several people with different faces, and said with a smile: "I'm going to buy vegetables, Lanzi, Zhan Yi, what do you all want to eat? I'll make it for you. It's just that Weiwei doesn't want to eat. At home, otherwise I don’t know how happy she is, she admires Lanzi the most..."

"No need, Auntie." Cong Zhanyi stood up and said, "We still have something to do, so let's go."

Xu Shanlan also stood up.Xu's father didn't keep them, nor did he give them away, he just said: "Lan Zi, come back and have a look when you have time, this is your home too." The horn gradually raised a beautiful arc.He looked back at Cong Zhanyi, Cong Zhanyi smiled imperceptibly and nodded.Xu Shanlan suddenly understood, and he said happily, "Okay, Dad."

At night, Xu Shanlan was taking a bath in the bathroom of the hotel, and Cong Zhanyi received a call from Xu's father.Father Xu didn't say a word, and the two just kept silent to each other.After a while, Cong Zhanyi said, "I will treat Lanzi well."

With a soft click, the phone was put down there.

"Brother—" Xu Shanlan shouted in the bathroom, "I got wet with bath towels, ask the waiter for two more."

Cong Zhanyi didn't call for the waiter, instead he closed all the curtains and took off his clothes.

Taking a bath together is a good idea too, isn't it?