salt by salt

There was a loud bang in my ears, and I struggled to open my eyes, the curtains were closed tightly, and the room was full of dark shadows.

The air is still humid, and occasionally the sound of rain can be heard outside the window.There was a hanging needle on the back of my hand. I thought it was the sound of thunder that woke me up, but I didn't expect it to be the sound from the room.

The single ward was full of mess, and the dazzling golden color could not be ignored even in the corner.The two people of similar height were at a stalemate, Yang Chen grabbed Andre by the collar, and there was a cold and violent aura lingering all over his body.

I don't know how long I slept, my voice was dry and hoarse as if I was about to catch fire: "Excuse me...get a glass of water."

"you're awake?"

"elder brother."

Yang Chen let go, poured a glass of water before Andre and brought it to my lips, and helped me to take a sip.

Perhaps it was because of frowning for too long that there was a light mark between his brows, but he spoke in a gentle tone: "Is there any discomfort?"

I shook my head, my whole body ached, especially my forehead and the back of my head, and my eyeballs were swollen and sore.But because there are too many discomforts, I can't tell why.

Andre obediently moved a chair and sat beside him. Wearing a black shirt today, his face became paler to almost pale.He said softly: "Brother, fortunately you are fine, otherwise I really don't know what to do..."

Yang Chen sternly said: "You call this all right?"

"Don't make noise, I have a headache." As soon as I heard his angry scolding, my temples throbbed, "Leave me and my brother alone for a while, I have something to ask him."

"You just woke up, so you can't bother."

"Just a few words," I said, "please, will you?"

Yang Chen and I looked at each other for a few seconds, and finally scratched our hair irritably, and gave in a step: "I really convinced you, I'll go outside to smoke a cigarette."

When he got up, he paused, and turned his head to look at Andre coldly: "But we haven't finished our accounts, and today I won't pursue it with you for your brother's sake. Next time, you'd better not mess with me, otherwise Don't blame me for breaking you."

Andre was expressionless, Yang Chen stopped before going out, and added inexplicably: "Xu Junyan, this is my buddy's hospital, don't worry, I will take care of everything."

There was a click as the door closed, and I was silent for a moment: "How are they?"

"They are all alive, in the hospital." Andre replied, "Xu Yuzhong's car has good safety performance, and the green belt is shock-absorbing. Brother, you have a mild concussion and soft tissue contusion. There is no major problem."

I breathed a sigh of relief——Xu Yuzhong's frenzied appearance of wanting to die together is scary even thinking about it now, and it's a blessing that no one was killed.

"Where's Xu Yucheng?"

"I am not sure."

He can't be clear, unless the truth is too bad to tell me.

Andre's mouth is very strict, and he can't pry out what he doesn't want to say.It's useless to ask further, I closed my eyes, not wanting to look at him: "...Forget it, don't tell mom what you did."

He raised his face, stared at me for a while with a look that made me hairy, and showed a strange smile: "My brother didn't ask me what I did before he convicted me?"

"Need to ask? You told me that the Xu family would collapse. I thought you were going to start from another place. I didn't expect that."

My heart was cold: "Three birds with one stone, all the Xu family's successors have accidents, and there is no successor, isn't it just collapsed? I can't think of anyone other than you as the mastermind of this matter."

"But I didn't mean to harm my brother at all, it was unplanned for him to pull you—"

"Stop talking." I looked away, "I'm not interested in what has happened. If you don't tell me, I'll pretend I don't know, and I can still be a brother in the future."

He was full of disbelief: "No, yes, interest, interest? Brother, I did all this for you, how can you not be interested?"

I said coldly: "For me? Mom asked me to take care of you. There are some things I can't allow you to do arbitrarily."

"...But my mother knows what I do, she knows everything." Andre lowered his eyelashes, "Since the day I returned to China, she has planned this day."

The vague guess in my heart was confirmed, and I was so complicated that I couldn't speak for a while.

It's really a mother, no wonder she will return to China at this time.

Before Andre said that he got into the muddy waters of the Xu family because of me, I didn't believe it, but it was her order.

Andre said in a low voice: "Xu Yuzhong is unrestrained. I just asked someone to take him to blow up balloons. I didn't expect him to play bigger and bigger. But I didn't know that you would be involved, brother, it's my fault, I should Ruined Xu Yuzhong's future early."

There was a bit of resentment on that delicate face, hissing like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity, making me chill from the inside out.

He is serious.

I sat up and stared closely at his eyes: "You said you didn't want to hurt me, okay, I believe you. But you are so smart, don't you just want to come up with such a way to get on the stage?"

Andre said without hesitation: "Anyway, the Xu family is not a good person, so there is no need to leave room for it. I am avenging my brother."

"I've stayed in Xu's family for 23 years. No matter how much I hate Xu Yuzhong, I never thought of solving the problem like this. Don't use me as an excuse!"

He pursed his lips: "There is no dead person..."

I was really angry, completely forgetting that there was a needle in the back of my hand, and waved my hand and slapped him hard.

Not long after I woke up, I had no energy.According to Andre's skill, usually this time can at most brush his chin.But I don't know if it was because of surprise, he actually sat there without moving at all.

Hitting people should not be slapped in the face. I regretted it a bit, but soon my mind was overwhelmed by the overwhelming disappointment: "Only your life is valuable in the world? Do you know how to write the word respect?"

Andre remained silent, his head slightly tilted to one side, and there were faint red marks on his fair skin.

"...Just because of this?" After a while, he touched his side face and asked softly, "Brother, you have wanted to tell me that for a long time, right? You have put up with me for a long time, right? "

"Andre, I'm your brother. No matter how bad your attitude towards me is, you won't hold grudges. This time, I won't blame you." I laughed at myself, "I just feel tired, and I can't explain it to you." It doesn't matter, you can do whatever you want in the future, I..."

"no!"

Andre interrupted me hastily. He has lost a lot of weight during this period, and his black shirt and trousers look a little thin.

He stood alone by the hospital bed, showing a miserable expression like being abandoned: "Brother, tell me, I can change everything, you don't...you can't do this to me!"

The tone of his last sentence suddenly rose, a bit panicked.

I couldn't bear it, and sighed: "The two of us have done too many outrageous things, so I don't ask you to be a moral saint, at least take other people's lives seriously, okay?"

He nodded, and I thought for a while: "No matter what is going on behind the scenes, stop at the right time. You can't swallow the entire Xu family, so why bother to tear your face apart. Since it's what your mother told you to do, let her deal with it now. After all, she is the old man's own daughter, she is closer than us, and she is more suitable for doing anything. It's a bit too eye-catching for you to appear again. "

"It's late." Andre's voice was very soft, "Brother, you can't let me void the signed contract. I'm not interested in the Xu family, but why should I give them back what I worked so hard to get?" ?”

"Can you guarantee that everything you do will not be discovered for the rest of your life? Once exposed, the old man will not let you go." I said, "You can't even understand this!"

Mr. Xu's definition of "my family" is extremely strict. In his eyes, only Xu Yuzhong is the legitimate heir. Otherwise, Xu Yucheng wouldn't need to plan so hard for so many years.

I can't imagine what would happen if he learned that Andre had ruined his eldest grandson, whom he had hoped for.

"I want to hear my brother care more about me, only you will always think about me."

He half knelt down beside the hospital bed, gently pressed his cheek against the palm of my hand, and slowly rubbed against it like a small animal.

I leaned back on the pillow exhaustedly, the medicine dripped from the needle on the ground and kept ticking, he kissed the dark red blood on the back of my hand: "Brother, rest well, don't leave here, it's not safe outside."

I can think of why Xu Yuzhong wanted to pull me together - he just wanted to find someone to take the blame for himself, or a guy who would take his back before he died.

"Don't do it again, I can't afford it." Before he left, I said, "I tried my best."

Andre turned his head and took a deep look at me, his blue eyes like icy lakes cast a tender gaze, he murmured: "I know my brother loves me, and I love you too, give me a little more time. "

I smiled.Andre, bear with your willfulness and forgive your calculations.

As your brother, I did my best.

After Yang Chen came in, he didn't say anything harsh, and silently called the doctor to give me another infusion.

It is inconvenient for Andre to come forward, I am here now and not at the mercy of the Xu family, there must be Yang Chen dealing with it.Seeing the tiredness on his face, I felt very sorry, and wanted to talk several times, but didn't know what to say.

Yang Chen seemed to be the same as me, hesitant to speak several times, and finally he kept silent and carefully fed me the porridge.

"I'm full. Well, thank you this time." After thinking about it for a while, I think it's better to express my gratitude first, "You've been so busy recently, I'm going to trouble you."

Yang Chen looked up at me upon hearing this, with a bitter taste in his arrogant smile: "Don't be hypocritical with me, I'm not willing to listen."

He drank my remaining half bowl of porridge, choked because of his haste, and coughed several times.I wanted to stretch out my hand to help him breathe smoothly, but he held him down: "Cough, be careful...cough...the needle is going to be crooked!"

He choked until his neck and ears became red, and he lay on the bedside for a long time without recovering, holding my hand tightly when he was coughing uncomfortably.

"What's the matter with you?" I was startled, and quickly opened his hand to ring the bell to call the doctor, "What's the matter? You choked like this after drinking porridge..."

"It's okay!" He covered his face with his arms, and he spoke with a strong nasal voice, "I'm fine."

There was a brief silence in the ward, and I suddenly said, "Yang Chen, I'm sorry."

I don't know what I'm apologizing for, but facing Yang Chen like this, I instinctively said this.

A tear slid down his chin and landed on the bed sheet, and then another, gradually fainting into a wet stain.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't let me see his expression, only the heavy and suppressed breathing in his throat.

"Can you stop scaring me, Xu Junyan." He seemed to be gnashing his teeth with hatred, and said word by word, "Aren't you happy when something happens every now and then? I have to be tortured by you to have a heart attack one day. Are you satisfied?"

I smiled, touched his red ears, and thought it was funny: "Am I not dead? You are such a big man, don't cry."

Yang Chen opened my hand and roared angrily: "I didn't cry! I'm so angry with you!"

"Okay, okay," I said, "for the last time."