imaginary rival

The two stayed at Jiang Shiyu's house for a while, but they still didn't dare to do anything.

One was because Jiang Shiyu's mother would come back suddenly, and the other was because the family hadn't prepared anything. The things I used in the hotel last time didn't have the nerve to pack them up and bring them back, and Yan An was too embarrassed to just leave them in the hotel. What if someone finds something along the ID card?

Jiang Shiyu was speechless, and he didn't know why they would check you along the ID card and wouldn't send you home, but he didn't say anything, and took a black plastic bag to pack it. , all lost.

It's not over after losing it, Yan An was nagging, and one day later he suddenly asked: "Will someone find us by following the fingerprints on those things..."

Jiang Shiyu really convinced him, and when he planned to do it later, he had to collect all these things, and throw them away after Yan An completely eliminated the clues.

But after this sentence, I guess I have to wait until the grandparents are gone.

Jiang Shiyu sent him away, his head was a little confused, he didn't know where to take his grandparents for dinner tomorrow, and he didn't know where to go for this so-called take them to play.

After all...he himself has not fully grasped the road here.

Forget it.

With Yan An following, he didn't have to worry about this.

"Is it moulting?" My mother pinched the back of Xiao Binghai's neck, picked it up, and stroked the hair on the back twice, "Take it and comb it."

"Oh," Yan An took the little hailstone, sighed, and rubbed its head, "It can be said that our mother despises you visible to the naked eye."

"If you don't shed hair, you don't dislike it." Mom clapped her hands, stretched her waist, and planned to stroll to the kitchen to get some fruit to eat. "Are you going out to play tomorrow?"

"Yes." Yan An nodded.

After all, he had to play with Jiang Shiyu's grandparents.

He has to show his presence in front of his father.

Yan An felt strange, it was the first time he had admitted his homosexuality so openly and without hesitation, it didn't feel bad, and he didn't flinch when he saw the shock in Jiang Xing's eyes.

It's amazing.

It's amazing how suddenly I feel like I'm a year older.

The next day, Yan An got up very early, planned his action route, called Jiang Shiyu to wake him up, and then went directly to his house downstairs for a short stay.

Today's weather is fine, not too hot, suitable for taking a walk outside and having fun. Jiang Shiyu walked down after a while, wearing a pair of gray shorts with a touch of blue, showing beautiful calf muscle lines .

Yan An thought.

It feels like I can kick eight of me with one kick.

"Have your grandparents woke up?" Yan An walked over, raised his hand, wanted to hug Jiang Shiyu's waist, and felt that the street was not very good, so he raised it a little bit, and hooked Jiang Shiyu shoulders.

"Get up, let's go find them after we have breakfast." Jiang Shiyu also raised his arm, hooking Yan An's shoulder instead, "What do you want to eat?"

"It's fine." Yan An smiled.

He doesn't pick anything.

Jiang Shiyu also smiled.

The two had breakfast nearby, and then took a taxi to the hotel to pick up Jiang Shiyu's grandparents. Jiang Xing and that man were also there, and they probably wanted to be together. Jiang Xing didn't expect Yan An to appear so naturally next day. In front of him, he froze for a while.

Yan An didn't bother to respond to his surprise at all, except for Jiang Shiyu, he was a little too lazy to respond to the whole family, but he took the time to look at the man next to Jiang Xing.

To be honest, he looks pretty good and is dressed like a dog. No one outside would have thought that this would be a third party who ruined other people's families.

Perhaps sensing that Yan An was looking at him, the man raised his eyelids to glance at Yan An, nodded, and then moved his gaze elsewhere.

Nodding what?

He wouldn't think I was greeting him, would he?

Hold.

Yan An frowned, and never said the words that came to his lips. Jiang Shiyu and his grandparents got along fairly smoothly over there, and he couldn't see the blunt and rigid look yesterday. Yan An didn't want to provoke him at this time. What a contradiction.

Grandparents came here to play for four days, and Yan An and Jiang Shiyu accompanied them seriously for four days.

Xie Lanlan also came here once during the period. Grandparents have seen them. After all, they lived together when they were young. When they saw Yan An, they didn't respond. When they saw Xie Lanlan, they remembered all those things from more than ten years ago, and said with a smile. How did the little girl grow so tall?It's getting more and more beautiful!

As he spoke, he intentionally or unintentionally made Xie Lanlan and Jiang Shiyu stand together.

Perhaps in their imagination, men and women of this age would always feel a little uncomfortable standing together, hesitating and entangled endlessly, and they could do something along the way.

But the man is Jiang Shiyu and the woman is Xie Lanlan, so the scene is very different.

What is their relationship?

That's a dead brother.

Staying together for three days and three nights will not cause any discomfort.

Perhaps seeing what grandparents wanted to do, Xie Lanlan posted in the small group: Are you crazy?How old are we?

While smiling at my grandparents, I didn't come to join in the fun the next day.

The discomfort in Jiang Shiyu's heart became more and more intense.

Jiang Xing's goal in life is to get married and have children. He said that he was forced to be immobile by his grandparents. Now that Jiang Xing's goal has been fulfilled, it's his turn, right?

In the eyes of grandparents, are they machines to complete tasks, or "people" who can freely follow what they want?

Jiang Shiyu couldn't figure it out.

Fortunately, everything is coming to an end, time flies, and grandparents have to get on the plane to go back the next day.

"Let's take them to eat hot pot today," Yan An said while putting on his shoes, "I see the old man has been greedy for a long time."

"They are old, so it's not good to eat greasy food." Jiang Shiyu said.

"It's not like eating every meal," Yan An said, amused, "Would you like me to give you plain water and white porridge every meal when you get older?"

Jiang Shiyu scolded him with a smile, and Yan An laughed too. After laughing, he hung up the phone, ready to take the keys and go out.

He groped on the shoe cabinet for a long time before he remembered that he had left the keys by the bed yesterday, so he had to take off his shoes and go back to get them. His mother was about to go out to work, so the mother and son went out together, entered the elevator, and chatted. There is nothing there.

As soon as she got out of the elevator, her mother's phone rang. She took it out to answer it, and put it to her ear: "Hello?"

Yan An was pinching his mobile phone to send Jiang Shiyu a message, saying that he had gone out, and the words had just been typed and hadn't been sent yet, when his mother suddenly lowered her voice, and said very rarely: "What?"

Yan An froze for a moment, then looked up at his mother.

Mom's lips were slightly opened, her hand was holding the phone very hard, and her brows were also clenched a little bit.

"Mom?" Yan An called out in a low voice.

"Oh, I see," my mother suddenly recovered, raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows, "don't worry about it, just take care of yourself."

Yan An pursed his lips and did not speak.

He put his mobile phone in his pocket and followed his mother until she hung up the phone before asking, "What's wrong?"

"I'm so annoying about work," my mother was still rubbing the center of her brows, "you'll find out when you get to work, there isn't a boss or colleague in the world who isn't stupid—"

"Pay attention to quality!" Yan An shouted with a serious face.

"...Ouch," my mother laughed, and pointed to the gate of the community, "Fuck you, I have to go to work."

Yan An waved his hand.

Mom looked at the direction he left, and suddenly lowered her head and took a deep breath.

Today is the last day of my grandparents here. Yan An took them to drink tea at noon, and listened to music being played in a small teahouse. After talking for a long time, Yan An felt drowsy.

But Jiang Xing and that man didn't follow, it's more fortunate than the value. Yan An quietly leaned on Jiang Shiyu's shoulder and slept for a while. Anyway, there are rockery, rocks and screens all around, and he is not afraid of what others will see. Jiang Shiyu also Did not push him away.

In the afternoon, I went to eat hot pot. There was an aroma of sesame oil and hot pot base ingredients all around the hot pot shop. Yan An went in and told the boss to put the least amount of spice in it. Then he ordered a mandarin duck pot. The small piece as big as a palm is white soup, this is their last patience here.

Grandpa and grandma ate very happily, chatting while eating, halfway through the meal when Jiang Xing and the man came, Yan An felt that the meal was even more tasteless.

The dinner was paid by Jiang Shiyu. After leaving the store, he quietly retreated to Yan An's side, and whispered, "I'll send them away later, let's go eat barbecue."

"Aren't you full?" Yan An glanced at him.

"Yes, I'm not full," Jiang Shiyu smiled helplessly, "I don't know who moved the chopsticks three times just looking at the hot pot."

"...fuck," Yan Anle said, "No, I thought it was, after following you for the past two years, the taste has been adjusted very lightly."

"En." Jiang Shiyu responded, motioning for him to continue.

"But, I didn't expect it to be so light." Yan An smacked his mouth, "It's amazing."

In fact, how light can hot pot be?

Jiang Shiyu did not refute Yan An.

He could tell that Yan An ate so little because of the wrong people eating with him.

It was strange that Yan An hated his family even more than himself, but after spending so many days with him, there was not a day when he said he didn't want to be with him.

Just like... Just like when he accompanied Yan An to find Aunt Wang.

He hates Aunt Wang more than Yan An.

This is a very wonderful little emotion.

For the first time, Jiang Shiyu realized that the emotions he gave and the emotions he endured are all rewarded. No matter whether Yan An is subconscious or not, he will respond.

Their feelings and mutual consideration have always been two-way, which is a very comfortable thing.

It was dark when I sent my grandparents back to the hotel. Jiang Shiyu was already ready to have a spicy barbecue with Yan An, but Jiang Xing turned around suddenly before entering the hotel and looked at Jiang Shiyu. .

Jiang Shiyu had a very bad feeling at that moment.

There is an urge to sweep the body with grapefruit leaves when I get home.

"Let me chat with you," Jiang Xing walked over and said to Jiang Shiyu, "Alone."

Yan An frowned.

Jiang Shiyu patted Yan An's arm, signaling him to relax. When it arrived, he thought Jiang Xing couldn't come up with any new tricks. He just said a few words to annoy him. What's the use? Xiaoyu has already prepared It's time to eat extra spicy skewers, Xiaoyu is fearless.

Opposite the hotel was a river, they were standing by the side of the road, and the wind blew over, carrying the stench of the river.

Jiang Shiyu found that his grandparents didn't go into the hotel either, but looked over nervously.

They probably hope that they and Jiang Xing will reconcile, right?

But it's a pity.

It will never be possible.

"I've thought about what you said to me at the airport last time." Jiang Xing took out a cigarette and handed it to Jiang Shiyu. Jiang Shiyu didn't move, but he took it back and lit it himself. I just feel that now...the times are different, and everything is different."

"I realized that I liked men at the time, and I didn't dare to admit it at all. I thought I had some kind of illness, that I was a freak, and that..." Jiang Xing paused, "I thought that I would be sorry for my parents for the rest of my life."

Jiang Shiyu raised his eyelids and stared at him coldly.

"Later, I was forced to do nothing. I met your mother and had to get married. You also know what happened afterwards," Jiang Xing continued, "Your grandparents have always known that I like men, but... ...What else can I do? In that era, what is the difference between admitting that you like men and directly pressing your parents' faces into the mud?"

"That's your business," Jiang Shiyu looked at him, "You shouldn't—"

"—Yes, your mother shouldn't be a victim," Jiang Xing took a deep breath, "I thought about it a lot, maybe I was really wrong, but it's useless, I can't change what has happened .”

Jiang Shiyu looked towards the river.

He didn't know how many of these words were Jiang Xing's sincerity. He was just thinking, what's the point of Jiang Xing saying these things now?

is that useful?

It is absolutely impossible to smooth out the damage. Time cannot heal everything. If you say you can't let go of some things, you will never let go of them in this life.

"But now, the times are really different. Everyone's minds are more open, maybe only some people's minds are more open, it's better than our time," Jiang Xing said, suddenly paused, "Since everyone in the family Got it, you and Yan An..."

Jiang Shiyu was taken aback suddenly: "What did you say?"

Does the family know?

Which family member?

Grandparents will definitely not know.

Mother?If mom knew about this, how could he still be standing here, even thinking about eating skewers later?

Xie Lanlan?

... No, Jiang Xing should be talking about the elders.

After I've ruled it out here, I'm left with...

All that's left is... Yan An's family.

Jiang Shiyu suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Xing. He walked over in two steps and looked straight at Jiang Xing: "Who do you think knows?"

Yan An saw what was wrong here, and hurriedly came across the road.

The man also saw this scene, frowning and approaching this side, he raised his hand, just about to touch Jiang Shiyu's shoulder, but Jiang Shiyu grabbed the man's wrist with his backhand and twisted it hard, and then The knees arched and pressed hard against the man's lower abdomen.

"Jiang Shiyu!" Yan An and Jiang Xing shouted in panic at the same time.

Jiang Shiyu didn't care about the man who couldn't stand up after being hit by him, but turned around, raised his hand and grabbed Jiang Xing's collar, his heart was hanging in his throat, and every cell in his body exploded The same catharsis.

"...Who knows?" Jiang Shiyu stared at Jiang Xing and asked through gritted teeth.

"You haven't said anything yet?" Jiang Xing suddenly realized, "No wonder she was silent for so long when I called her today..."

Jiang Shiyu only felt dizzy, while Jiang Xing was still talking.

"She was silent for a long time, and told me that she knew, so I don't need to worry about it," Jiang Xing tried to defend himself, "She may have already guessed about your relationship, and I listened to her, it was more like I expected it , there is no unexpected emotion in it."

The implication is that if you don't pay attention, Yan An's mother has already suspected your relationship.

But there was only one sentence left in Jiang Shiyu's mind.

Call Yan An's mother.

Jiang Xing called Yan An's mother.

Yan An's mother knew.

Perhaps before this, Yan An's mother was only guessing about the relationship between him and Yan An. After all, he and Yan An had never exposed anything in front of adults, and Yan An's mother had no way to be sure.

Jiang Xing's phone call directly made everything a certainty.

There is no longer any excuse.

What about Yan An?

He bit his lips too hard, and his hands trembled so hard, Yan An finally ran to his side, but before Yan An arrived, a mineral water bottle hit Jiang Shiyu on the back of the head.

He turned his head slowly and saw his grandparents walking towards this side. The bottle of mineral water was bought by Yan An. On top of Jiang Shiyu's head, Yan An stopped and stared back at the two men fiercely.

"What are you going to do, you!" Grandpa's voice and hands were trembling, he was angry, "It's fine if you hit someone, but you still want to hit your father? Ah? He raised you so big, you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Jiang Shiyu suddenly clenched his fist and slammed Jiang Xing hard on the stomach, with an expression of "Yes, I just hit him".

The speed of his punching was so fast that Yan An had never seen it before. Jiang Xing didn't even react to such a sudden punch.

Immediately after the second hit, it fell again.

Yan An suddenly realized that Jiang Shiyu was really just joking with them when he twisted his arms.

The phrase "You can't beat me with one hand" is serious.

Jiang Shiyu was like a lion irritated to the extreme, silent and attacking quickly.

When he was about to hit the third time, the man finally got up and hugged Jiang Shiyu, but Jiang Shiyu's movements were more flexible than his. Before he could hold Jiang Shiyu, Jiang Shiyu had already turned around. , kicked hard on the man's knee again.

Then there's the belly.

Arm.

knee.

In just a few places, Jiang Shiyu kicked without sparing any effort. Yan An finally recovered from his daze, and when he wanted to pull him, Jiang Shiyu kicked the man on the head hard. .

"Jiang Shiyu!" Yan An panicked, rushed over, grabbed Jiang Shiyu's hand, "Stop beating!"

Jiang Shiyu couldn't hold back his strength at all. He broke out, but he was silent. He didn't make a sound from the beginning to the end—even when Yan An came to pull him, he was stunned for a second before he realized that this person couldn't fight. , but the body has already moved, grabbing Yan An's arm and twisting it again.

"Fuck," Yan An broke free immediately, turned around and grabbed Jiang Shiyu's arm, "Stop beating!"

"It's unreasonable!" Grandma cried, "Having raised such a big son, he beat his father so hard, what kind of beast are you! What are you, Jiang Shiyu!"

"Shut up!" Yan An only felt that the air was full of gunpowder, which exploded violently in his body. Without thinking, he turned his head and shouted at the other side, "Shut up! Isn't that good enough? What the fuck are you guys?!"

But Jiang Shiyu let go of Yan An, picked up the bottle of mineral water, walked up to Jiang Xing, squatted down, his eyes were empty, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "You think you are doing it for my own good, and you want to go to her in advance?" Let’s talk, let’s make our future easier, right?”

Jiang Xing wanted to explain a few more words, but Jiang Shiyu suddenly roared, the voice came from his throat, and all the cells in his body were roaring: "I need you to treat me well?!"

"You! Jiang Xing! You!" Jiang Shiyu pointed at his grandparents, "Did you raise me? The way you raised me was to ignore it! Let me fend for myself, you know how cold and violent are? How did you write that word?! Am I not just a tool you put aside to give Jiang Xing a pension in the future?"

The grandparents seemed to be stunned by his yelling, and stayed where they were, without speaking.

"Now I'm grown up! Are you thinking about controlling me again?" Jiang Shiyu lowered his head and stared at Jiang Xing, "Is it necessary? Jiang Xing? Is it necessary! That phone call you made proves that What don't you understand?!"

"I have never made troubles since I was a child, I have never provoked others, I have not even had a rebellious period! Are you still not satisfied! All your neglect, arrogance, selfishness, everything I have accepted as ordered, Have I ever complained?! What do you still think about me now, Jiang Xing? Now you think about it and use your way to treat me well?"

Jiang Shiyu smashed the mineral water bottle in his hand at Jiang Xing's feet, surrounded by people standing and watching, Jiang Shiyu's mind was empty, his whole body seemed to be on fire, forcing him to yell out all his dissatisfaction : "Why? Fuck you why!"

Yan An was stunned for a few seconds, but he didn't go up to stop him, nor did he go up to comfort him.

He had always felt that Jiang Shiyu's emotions lacked an explosive point before, but he never thought that Jiang Shiyu's emotional explosion would be like this.

Not even a single tear.

After Jiang Shiyu yelled, his shoulders trembled. Yan An felt that he might have finished venting, so he walked over and held Jiang Shiyu's hand very hard.

Jiang Shiyu, however, withdrew his hand back in an instant as if he had been electrocuted.

"You..." Yan An was stunned for a moment, before he finished speaking, Jiang Shiyu suddenly turned his head to look at Yan An.

At that moment, he seemed to see Jiang Shiyu who walked past the smoking area alone in the station two years ago. He was at a loss, at a loss, but forced himself to calm down.

"I'm sorry," Jiang Shiyu murmured, tears gathered at the moment he saw Yan An, and big ones rolled down directly, "...I'm sorry, Yan An, I'm sorry."

"...Hey," Yan An opened his arms, and regardless of the gazes of those who stopped around, he firmly hugged Jiang Shiyu, "I'm sorry for what you said, is it okay if I need to say something?"

Jiang Shiyu didn't speak, Yan An thought for a while, and then said: "All right, as long as it's not empathy, I can forgive you."

Jiang Shiyu still didn't speak.

Yan An only felt that the hand on his waist was tightened a little bit, tighter than every time before, as if he was afraid that he would escape, Yan An suddenly realized that maybe this time was worse than every time before, All serious.