[First time] Burn it, brother-in-law!

Back home at night, the two children sang birthday songs for their father and uncle in unison, but they never took their eyes off the cake during the whole song.

Ah Chu quickly rubbed a piece of cream and spread it on the tips of the two sons' noses.Ai Zhong looked at Ah Chu puzzled, while Ai Hua took advantage of his brother's distraction and licked off the cream on the other's nose, and then stretched out his tongue to lick the piece on the tip of his own nose.Because the position of the cream was too upright, Aihua stared at him right in the eye, but his little tongue didn't live up to it, and no matter how he stretched it out, he couldn't reach the target.

Ah Chu was teased by his youngest son and laughed, Ah Ci couldn't help but laughed too.

After cutting the cake for the children, Ah Chu walked upstairs silently and entered his father's room.

Ah Ci was worried that he would fall into depression again, so he followed.When he opened the door, he saw Ah Chu respectfully bowing to his father's portrait and burning three sticks of incense.Ah Ci frowned and asked, "Why did you suddenly come to offer incense alone?"

Ah Chu shook his head: "Not suddenly. In fact, every birthday, I would come to this room to stay for a quarter of an hour, but you never noticed."

"You are indeed more filial than I am." Ah Ci walked to him, looked at his father's portrait and said, "I never thought that my birthday belongs to my parents. They gave me life and happiness 30 years ago." I should be grateful for this meaningful day.”

"I didn't know how to be grateful to my parents in the past. I always felt that it was their failed marriage that caused my fate to be dependent on others. It was not until my 25th birthday that I realized that I should spend more time with him. Unfortunately, on the second birthday, he was no longer there. Already... I want to wait until the incense burns out before leaving, if you are not busy, sit down and chat with me for a while."

"Okay." Ah Ci nodded, sat on the rocking chair, and waited for him to tell the story of 5 years ago.

"Do you remember, that was the only birthday I didn't spend with you after returning to China. Not only did you not go home, but you didn't even send me a text message, and I didn't answer your phone call. I don't know where to go crazy Ah Chu sat on the edge of the bed and said with a wry smile, "On the way home, my heart was so blocked that I thought you were too heartless. As soon as I entered the house, I was stupid——Dad was wearing an apron in the kitchen Busy work. It’s the pink apron that Yashu used to wear. She was pregnant at the time and didn’t go into the kitchen very often. Dad used it to wear it. It’s very funny. He cooked noodles for me and left half of the dough, saying that he would wait for you When I come back, I will cut the noodles and put them in the pot, otherwise it will be lumpy... I will listen to him talking about you while eating the noodles. That's what he said..." Ah Chu cleared his throat, imitating his father's expression and tone, "' Last year, Ah Ci thought that I only bought a bowl of noodles, and he refused to eat them without your share. In fact, I was afraid that the noodles would fall off if I kept them for a long time, so I wanted to buy them for you after I saw him. But I admit that I Sometimes it's biased because your brother is lacking in heart.'”

Ah Ci twitched the corner of his mouth, nodded and said, "He keeps talking about me like that, I'm used to it."

"He is worried for you, afraid that you will suffer." Ah Chu paused, and then said, "He is also worried about me, afraid that I will not be able to hold back when faced with temptation, and I will follow his old path and get divorced, which will hurt the most. The most important thing is the child... He said he was sorry, and he was an incompetent father when we were growing up. I found out that only I held on to the stain of his affair 20 years ago, in fact, he had changed a long time ago." Ah Chu looked at his father's photo and said with emotion, "You didn't answer the phone that day, and we were both a little worried. We contacted Xiao Liu to make sure you were not on duty, so we were more at ease. After you called back, it seemed that you were going to KTV with Ronghua The phone rang several times without noticing it. After hanging up the phone, Dad actually laughed and said, "This boy, he won't be him once he goes to KTV! The God of Songs is possessed!"... In this world, Only his love for you is blindly giving without expecting anything in return. In all fairness, I can't do this."

"He's right, I'm really short-sighted." Ah Ci said sadly, "Why didn't you tell me these things at the time?"

"When I went to the kitchen to clean up the leftover noodles, my dad said that the third-ranking elder brother would throw the noodles in front of his younger brother and scold him; the second-ranking elder brother would throw away the noodles and his emotions; Make snacks and send them to my younger brother tomorrow morning. This is called not wasting the wishes of the elders. It is a kind of inheritance-he cooks himself, hoping that we can feel the warmth of home. If we quarrel because of this, it will be counterproductive. Later you Talking about fighting and smoking during the rebellious period, he said that he has never cared about your changes. I think maybe he cares, but he knows your temper. If you discipline directly, you will rebound; if you condone it, your provocation It's like hitting cotton, after a long time, you understand that rebellion is useless, so you will be honest. Facts have proved that your self-discipline has always been very strong."

Ah Ci shook his head, and said bitterly, "What am I... You have become a first-class elder brother, but I am a third-class younger brother and third-class son, and I have no chance to repay him."

"I don't think so. There are many ways to repay. You have to think from his point of view. What kind of Ah Ci does he want to see? It must not be the sad and self-blaming look now." Ah Chu pressed his younger brother's shoulders, Seriously, "After living for 30 years, many relatives and friends have disappeared from your life, and there will be more in the future. Father, mother, and Ronghua are all your dearest relatives, and they all hope that you can live a good life. So, being kind to yourself is the only thing you can do for them right now."

"I understand." Ah Ci choked up, suddenly raised his head to meet Ah Chu's gaze, and said, "Now I only have you, Ai Zhong, and Ai Hua as my three relatives, and I can't lose any more."

"Well, I know. You are the same to us, so the four of us must be fine." Ah Chu got up and pulled Ah Ci into his arms.After a long time, I looked back at the incense stick, and said, "The incense has been burned, let's go back to the bedroom, the gift I gave you is on the bed."

"What is it?" Ah Ci raised his head to observe his expression, and told himself intuitively that nothing related to the bed was a serious thing.

"Don't think wrong!" Ah Chu seemed to have guessed his thoughts, and said pretending to be displeased, "I'll know when I see you."

In the middle of the bed, there is a blue pillow that is more than one meter long.The ears are as long as the face, and there is a black hair on the forehead. It is not cute, cool or lovable. It is really not like the popular cartoon design nowadays.

"This Stitch doesn't really look like it." A Ci grabbed the pillow's ear and looked at it.

Ah Chu stared at him and corrected, "Because it's not Stitch at all, it's a rabbit."

"Rabbit?" Ah Ci frowned and asked, "Where did you find such a wonderful rabbit?"

"...I ordered it from the toy factory."

Ah Ci gasped, stared at Blue Rabbit's face for a while, and then asked, "Can you tell me the meaning of giving me this?"

"It's the same as what you gave me, making up for what was missing in childhood."

"Well, this sense of design really resembles the style of that era." The style back then was not cute at all, so Ah Ci could only hug the blue rabbit and say, "Thank you, I have found the feeling of childhood."

"That's good." Ah Chu said lightly, "When I'm not at home, you can treat it as me and hug it to sleep."

Alarm bells rang out in Ah Ci's heart, and he immediately asked him, "What do you mean when you're not at home? Where are you going?"

"I'm going to England sometime." Ah Chu held his shoulders and sat on the bed together, "Last time I only stayed for one day and came back. It's not justified. The eldest sister is pregnant, and the second sister is going to have a wedding this autumn. I I have to go and help take care of my stepfather."

"I'll go with you."

"Ah Ci, I am very touched that you have such a heart. But..." Ah Chu changed the subject, "How is your English level?"

"...better than mathematics." Ah Ci replied uncomfortably.

"Is the basic communication okay?" Ah Chu asked with a half-smile.

"Hello, things like HowAreYou are okay." Ah Ci was a little ashamed, "I'm learning Japanese, and I haven't used English for many years...but I'm sure I'll be able to make up for it soon when I get to England."

"It's too late in England. You have to understand that I can't take care of my stepfather and act as your interpreter at the same time."

"Then when are you going to go?"

"The plan is to go in the second half of the year. If you can speak fluent English before then, I will take you with me."

Ah Ci thought about it, a few months is still plenty of time, and there should be enough time to enroll in a cram school, so he asked, "Do I need to study anything else? For example, nursing or something."

Ah Chu waved his hand and said, "No need! We hired a nanny at home, and I have more than enough. Your annual leave is not long, and the compensatory leave on duty is three weeks at most, which is not enough for traveling. I will find someone else at that time." Classmates will take you to play around."

"I'm not here to play! Tell the leader about the situation, and it's not a problem to ask for a long vacation..."

"I know. But the company also has to rely on you to be a 'scarecrow' for me. People are lazy, and it's not enough for me to hold video conferences. You have to go around the company every now and then for me."

Ah Ci rolled his eyes: "Hearing your tone, do you still want to live in England for a long time?"

"Well, I'm going to take care of the elderly, and I'm not on the catwalk. I can't just check in and come back like half a year ago."

"Then how long are you going to stay?"

"At least wait until the eldest sister has given birth. I think we will spend Christmas there. And it depends on the recovery of the stepfather. If the second sister returns from her honeymoon and plans to have a baby, it may take longer..."

Ah Ci lowered his head, tugged at the blue rabbit's ears, and didn't speak for a long time.

"Any comments?" Ah Chu asked.

Ah Ci sighed heavily, threw the blue rabbit into his arms, and said, "Yes! Since it will take so long, don't use plush toys to perfuse me!"

Looking at his younger brother, Ah Chu couldn't help laughing, nodded and said, "I didn't think carefully, I should order an inflatable for you."

……

Ah Ci made up his mind to go to England to meet Ah Chu's wonderful stepfather and sisters.

The last time Ah Chu hurried away and came back in a hurry, he didn't show up for half a year, which might have caused the family's dissatisfaction.In the past this time, if they had a good attitude, he would return home early as Ah Chu planned.As long as he finds out that these three people tell Ah Chu to do this and that like ordering servants, he will definitely drag his elder brother back to the country together, and will no longer be so useless.

However, after many years, Ah Chu is no longer the oil bottle he used to be, and it is not so easy to make him angry now.

Ah Ci knew that he was worrying too much, but he always felt that his eldest brother was not happy these days, which was really worrying, so he could only pick up the English that he hadn't spoken for many years, and started to make up for it.Ah Chu kept his word, leaving late and returning early every day according to the bet, dutifully picking up and dropping off the children.This also freed up a lot of tutoring time for Ah Ci, who often spent late at night in the study unknowingly, and did not go back to sleep until Ah Chu came to remind him.In all fairness, he had never worked so hard before going to school, and Ah Ci himself found it unbelievable.

However, just when he was studying hard behind closed doors to a state of ecstasy, Ah Chu also quietly made small moves.

One night, when the children were asleep, Ah Chu went to the study to help his younger brother correct his spoken English, when his cell phone rang suddenly.He unhurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and when he saw the displayed name, he immediately covered the screen, and said to Ah Ci: "I'm going to answer a call, you continue."

Ah Ci nodded, watching him walk out of the study and directly into the soundproof bedroom, his heart sank a little.Although it just passed by in a flash, the three words displayed on the phone screen should be "He Yashu".

He closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, completely out of the mood to study.

A few minutes later, Ah Chu returned to the study and asked with a smile, "Are you sleepy? Let's stop here for today."

Ah Ci opened his eyes, looked at his elder brother, and asked in as relaxed a tone as possible: "Who called just now? So mysterious?"

"Oh, it's from Gao Jixue. One of our dramas failed the censorship of the radio and television, and we have to delete a few scenes."

Ah Ci raised his eyebrows and looked at him for a moment: "Then why didn't you say it in front of me? As for hiding in the house to pick it up?"

"I'm afraid of disturbing your study." Ah Chu replied with a smile, neither blushing nor out of breath.

"Oh, that's right." Ah Ci nodded, stood up and stretched, "I'm sleepy from studying, let's go back to the room."

After returning to the room, Ah Chu went to take a shower first. Ah Ci took the opportunity to pick up his mobile phone and flipped through the call history, but found nothing - the call history had been deleted.

How about deleting the record even after calling Gao Jixue?Ah Ci twitched the corners of his mouth sarcastically, and put the phone back in place calmly.

Early the next morning, Ah Ci used the intranet to investigate He Yashu. She had returned to China a few days ago, but Rongsheng had no entry record.This may explain that her second marriage was not happy.

Before lunch, Liu Yunpu came to Ah Ci to complain about Li Qinhong's many complaints: "Why am I so memorized! I used to listen to her calling and drinking all day long in the criminal investigation, and finally transferred to the police, and it hasn't stopped for half a year. She has finished her maternity leave. I've been transferred too, and I'm still in charge! Tell me, what else can she do besides putting on a face and yelling all day long?"

Ah Ci drank his coffee and said calmly: "She can do it, but we may not be able to do it... such as having a baby."

Liu Yunpu laughed loudly: "Is having a child considered a skill?"

Ah Ci nodded: "Forget it...and, irreplaceable."

After so many years, Ah Chu still misses the woman like He Yashu who sees differences and wants to change.Regardless of the one-day couple's hundred-day kindness, no one can replace her because she loves Watson's mother.