surface wind

After Shi Zhe and Luo Xingzhi arrived at the hot pot restaurant, the snow outside still didn't stop, but it didn't increase.

The two chose a seat by the window and sat down.

After ordering, a waiter came up to help heat up the pot. After a while, the soup boiled completely, and the dishes were served one after another.

Shi Zhe and Luo Xingzhi each put food into the pot, and when the food was cooked, they looked out the window together.

Steam from the hot pot inside the window, snowflakes flying outside the window, beautiful scenery on a good day, old friends reunited after a long absence, this is a good time to talk about each other's past experiences over the years.

But neither Shi Zhe nor Luo Xingzhi had it.

Because they have undergone earth-shaking changes compared to when they were separated.

Shi Zhe looked at the snow scene outside the window, and secretly looked at Luo Xingzhi through the reflection on the window.

Luo Xingzhi is now sharp-eyed, handsome and domineering. It is indeed very different from his memory, but what has changed more is his character and temperament.

If there are no major changes, although a person's personality will change as he grows up, it will not change too much overall.

In these years, many things should have happened to Luo Xingzhi, and it should not be a good thing.

If he wants to talk to Luo Xingzhi about their past experiences, it's not about reminiscing about the past, but exposing each other's scars.

Shi Zhe didn't mind telling Luo Xingzhi his past, but his past, his experiences in those years were really not that interesting, he didn't know how to say this, for fear of spoiling the atmosphere after the reunion.

Luo Xingzhi probably thought the same as him, so he didn't lead the topic here.

Shi Zhe cleared up his mood, turned his head to look at the snowflakes falling outside, and sighed: "This snow should not be too small."

Luo Xingzhi: "The snow was really heavy at the beginning of this year."

Shi Zhe beamed with joy: "Then tomorrow, can we build a snowman?"

Luo Xingzhi saw that he was full of anticipation, and he couldn't help but laugh: "It doesn't stop all night, it should be fine when I wake up tomorrow morning."

After exchanging a few words, the dishes were cooked.

The first time they moved their chopsticks, the two collided.

Looking at the piece of meat roll that was caught at the same time, Shi Zhe and Luo Xingzhi looked up at each other, then smiled in unison, and let go of their chopsticks at the same time.

Seeing that the piece of meat was about to be overturned and sunk by the tumbling soup again, Luo Xingzhi quickly caught it with his chopsticks again.

When Shi Zhe saw this, he was planning to find another target, but in the next second, a hand was stretched out from the other side, and he put the piece of meat on his plate.

Shi Zhe raised his eyes unexpectedly, and couldn't help but laugh: "So considerate."

Luo Xingzhi followed with a smile: "Take care of the children."

Because it is a 24-hour store, the two of them did not rush, and ate the hot pot slowly. Halfway through, Shi Zhe ordered more dishes and ordered a bottle of wine.

After eating the hot pot, the two walked back against the snow.

He just drank some white wine, but Shi Zhe didn't feel drunk, his brain was unexpectedly sober, but his body was a little light, and he always felt that he couldn't fall into place when he walked.

Luo Xingzhi also drank, but his condition was much better than that of Shi Zhe. He glanced at the people beside him who were walking unsteadily, and wanted to help him, but was rejected: "I'm fine, I'm not drunk."

Luo Xingzhi had no choice but to walk with him at a slow pace, ready to pick someone up at any time.

Although Shi Zhe walked unsteadily, he didn't need help. He walked back to the entrance of the community smoothly, when Shi Zhe's cell phone rang suddenly.

...Who still calls on WeChat at such a late hour?

Shi Zhe took it out to look at it strangely, and found that it was Xue Hui who called.

Shi Zhe stared at the note for a while, ignored it, and let the phone keep ringing.

Seeing the suspicious gaze cast by Luo Xingzhi, he casually explained: "My stepfather, I don't want to take it."

Luo Xingzhi nodded, looked at Shi Zhe who seemed to be doing nothing, hesitated for a while, but still didn't say much.

The two walked all the way downstairs, and the phone hung up automatically because no one answered it for a long time.

Then it rang again quickly.

Shi Zhe still didn't answer, until he got to the door of the house, entered the porch, hung up the second call, but the third call followed.

Shi Zhe's originally good mood fell to the bottom. He stood still in the entrance, connected to the phone directly, and asked impatiently, "Is there something wrong?!"

It took a while before there was another voice from the other end: "Xiao Zhe, I know you like men, but people outside are not necessarily clean and clear. If you really want to fall in love, among the friends I know, there are some Like you, the child likes men, how about I send you a business card so you can get to know each other?"

Shi Zhe's mind is still very clear at the moment, although he doesn't understand why Xue Hui called in the middle of the night to make such a call, but he has already heard the general meaning.

He squinted his eyes, his eyes became colder, but his tone didn't change much: "I have a lot of suitors here, so I don't bother Uncle Xue to bother with favors. It's a little embarrassing with your friends, isn't it?"

Xue Hui: "Actually, it's not troublesome. The main reason is that people outside are too chaotic. I'm afraid that if you don't pay attention, you will suffer a lot. If both of you know the basics, your mother and I don't have to worry so much."

"And, as a college student, even if you know a lot of people, they are just ordinary students. If you are looking for a partner, it is better to find someone from the right family."

After Shi Zhe heard this, he felt disgusted in his heart. He turned his head to look at Luo Xingzhi who was always by his side, and suddenly smiled: "Good brother, we are in the same family, right?"

Luo Xingzhi glanced at his mobile phone and said loudly: "Of course."

The man on the other end of the phone suddenly lost his voice, and Shi Zhe was about to hang up the phone when another woman's voice faintly rang out.

"I brought you hangover soup, drink it before going to sleep..."

After she finished speaking, she seemed to have noticed the phone she was talking on, and soon her voice became clear: "Xiao Zhe?"

Shi Zhe was even more annoyed: "What's the point of calling you continuously at such a late hour?!"

Luo Xingzhi frowned slightly. Just now when Shi Zhe was facing his stepfather, he at least restrained himself a bit, but now, he opened up all the thorns on his body.

Li Yun's voice was a little awkward: "Your Uncle Xue was drunk, that's why he called you."

"Oh, he doesn't have to worry about time to call me when he's drunk, that's fine, he even dictates my relationship." Shi Zhe sarcastically said, "It's not your turn to worry about my own affairs."

Li Yun: "He's just talking when he's drunk. Is it necessary for you to talk like this?"

"I talk with guns and sticks, haha, now I am the one who is wrong again." Shi Zhe chuckled softly, "When I was seven years old, you left me alone in the urban area, sometimes I really felt , If I hadn't been picked up by Aunt Luo and brought back, so I wouldn't have to continue to be your son, how wonderful it would be."

There was panic in Li Yun's voice: "You..."

Shi Zhe didn't wait for her to finish speaking, directly hung up the phone and turned on the Do Not Disturb mode.

The next second, he was hugged from behind.

Luo Xingzhi hugged him very lightly, but also very warmly.

Feeling the silent comfort given by Luo Xingzhi, Shi Zhe's emotions calmed down a little because of his drunkenness, but those frailties that were deliberately hidden were uncontrollably burrowed out.

He leaned back and said in a low voice: "Brother, do you want to hear my stories about these years?"

Instead of standing in the porch with Luo Xingzhi and talking stupidly, Shi Zhe went back to the bedroom together.

The room is Shi Zhe's most private space, and when he sat on his bed, he relaxed, and looked at Luo Xingzhi for a while with a pair of drunken eyes, and then slowly opened his mouth after finding an entry point.

Shi Zhe started directly when Ms. Li took him to remarry.

A single mother with a child marries another man who died earlier and had a son of his own. Life is destined to be turbulent.

The man's son regards him and Ms. Li as thorns in the flesh, and even thinks that his own mother's death was caused by Ms. Li for the sake of superiority, and targets their mother and son from all aspects.

"You also know that my mother has a cowardly personality. When I was a child, I fought back and injured the person who bullied me. When the parents of that little bastard came to the door, she knew the reason, but she still slapped me without saying a word. "Shi Zhe said sarcastically, "After getting married, she became the wife of the wealthy Xue family, but the weakness and incompetence in her bones have not changed at all."

Conflicts in reorganizing families often come from conflicts among children.

In the beginning, Ms. Li asked Shi Zhe to be patient, but he endured, but what he got in return was the intensified bullying and finding fault.

And every time they have a dispute theory, Ms. Li always pulls sideways, no matter what, even if Xue Ziying provoked the dispute, even if he is the one who suffers, he is always the one who is wrong in the end.

After a short period of time, Shi Zhe realized that he was just a tool used by Ms. Li to curry favor with Xue Ziying, so he couldn't bear it anymore.

Doesn't Xue Ziying like to bully people?Then just fight.

In the beginning, Shi Zhe did suffer from the fight because of the physical gap, but he held back a lot of strength in his heart, even if it was an injury for an injury, Xue Ziying would have to feel bad.

Gradually, after Shi Zhe entered junior high school, Xue Ziying didn't dare to take action outright, and instead resorted to other means.

Because the family didn't care about him and his stepfather wanted to indulge him, Shi Zhe was rebellious and prickly in junior high school. He often climbed the wall to go out, and he would always run into gangsters from other schools.

Shi Zhe knew that these gangsters were brought by Xue Ziying to bully him. At that time, he had already developed blood and courage from the fight between himself and Xue Ziying. The shivering peers of the students still didn't have the slightest timidity, and they still didn't give in despite being outnumbered.

"Those gangsters that Xue Ziying found were probably frightened by my desperate style of play. After being beaten, they never dared to provoke me again."

Speaking of this, Shi Zhe suddenly laughed lowly, and hooked Gou Luo Xingzhi's hand: "Brother, I still remember when I was a child, you taught me the principle of 'when you are bullied, you have to stand up and resist'."

"Without you, I wouldn't be where I am now."