Prohibition of losing contact

As soon as Zhou Qingbai finished speaking, he saw Zhou Jianguo's back stiffen slightly, then he quickened his pace and hurried downstairs, as if some scourge was chasing him.

Zhou Jianguo had a tall image and a cold temperament. Zhou Qingbai had never seen him "run away from the wilderness", so he couldn't help leaning against the door and burst out laughing.

He found it funny, but also felt moved, his heart became soft and stable, and even the anxiety that had been lingering around him for the past few days seemed to fade a lot.

He watched Zhou Jianguo go downstairs and back to his room, then straightened up, walked into the study, and turned off the floor lamp next to the sofa.

A few psychology books were scattered beside the sofa, and the creases looked like newly bought ones, Zhou Qingbai bent down to pick them up one by one, patted the non-existent floating dust on them, and put them back on the bookshelf casually.

During the movement, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor. Zhou Qingbai stood in front of the bookshelf, before he had time to turn around, he felt a cool breeze blowing behind him, and someone pushed the door of the study open again.

"Brother?" Zhou Qingbai turned around and asked unexpectedly, "Why are you here?"

Zhou Cangshan didn't speak, his eyes subconsciously scanned the study room, but he didn't see anyone else there, so his tense shoulders relaxed a little, and he let go of the hand holding the doorknob.

"...I heard the voices of Dad and you." Zhou Cangshan said in a low voice.

"Oh, I just got up to drink water at night, and I saw my dad looking up information in the study, so I chatted with him." Zhou Qingbai said, "Woke you up?"

Zhou Cangshan was already asleep, but Zhou Jianguo didn't suppress his temper just now with two words, the voice was so loud that it even woke him up on the second floor.

The content of the argument between them sounded unclear, but the tone was not good. Zhou Cangshan was afraid that Zhou Jianguo would get angry and want to fight, so he rushed out in a hurry.

Seeing Zhou Qingbai's beard and tail now, while Zhou Cangshan was relieved, a bit of belated embarrassment came to his heart belatedly, and he avoided Zhou Qingbai's gaze uncomfortably.

"It's fine if there's nothing to do." Zhou Cangshan said, "Go to bed early, I'll go back to the house first."

After saying this, he turned around and left without giving Zhou Qingbai any time to react.

But maybe it was the bowl of wonton that was brought back late at night a few days ago that gave him renewed confidence, Zhou Qingbai was stunned, and subconsciously raised his foot to catch up to the door of the study.Called Zhou Cangshan to a stop.

"Brother." Zhou Qingbai said.

Zhou Cangshan paused and asked what happened.

"Are you angry with me?" Zhou Qingbai asked.

Zhou Cangshan was silent for a moment, he didn't know how to answer - to be honest, his state of mind is a bit complicated recently.On the one hand, he felt that he should stand firmly on Zhou Jianguo's side, chase and intercept Zhou Qingbai's "evil way", and bring him back to the right path as soon as possible; .

He felt sorry for Zhou Qingbai, and he couldn't help doubting himself when he was free, thinking that if Zhou Qingbai was really serious at all, would his actions have failed his honesty.

Moreover, he was the one who sued Zhou Jianguo, and he was the one who recruited his own father. Zhou Qingbai was beaten up, and Zhou Cangshan himself felt regretful, thinking that he should be more cautious.

He was guilty and puzzled, distressed and opposed to each other, he was in a dilemma, swaying from side to side, and finally turned around after a long while, thought carefully, and said honestly: "A little bit."

Compared with Zhou Qingbai, Zhou Cangshan and Zhou Jianguo obviously seemed to be carved out of the same mold.They are upright and can't keep things in mind. Zhou Qingbai knew what Zhou Cangshan was thinking when he saw Zhou Cangshan's twisted expression.

Zhou Cangshan's life experience and level of prestige are obviously not as good as Zhou Jianguo's. His wavering is too obvious, so obvious that Zhou Qingbai can easily capture it.

So Zhou Qingbai had a thought, blinked, and couldn't help taking another step forward.

"Brother, do you think I'm embarrassing for you?" Zhou Qingbai asked: "Because I'm 'abnormal', will it hurt your reputation?"

Zhou Qingbai's question was half-truth and half-false. He admitted that he really wanted to take advantage of Zhou Cangshan's wavering and pursue the victory, but on the other hand, this was indeed a question that had appeared in his mind many times.

Maybe it was Zhou Jianguo's attitude tonight that gave him courage, or maybe Zhou Cangshan's reaction was beyond his expectations, so he finally dared to say this sentence, like a test, and like begging for mercy.

The corridor was dimly lit, and Zhou Qingbai's voice was faint and light.

Zhou Cangshan seemed to be stung by his lonely tone, he was stunned when he heard the words, and subconsciously retorted: "No, no, I never thought about it that way."

Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as a heart-to-heart talk starts, everything that follows seems to be logical, Zhou Cangshan sighed softly, and said: "I can't tell what I think, but Qingbai, no matter what, I don't care. You are definitely not afraid that you will affect me."

"I know." Zhou Qingbai said quickly, "That's what I asked."

"To be honest, your sister-in-law has been persuading me these days, and she has talked to me several times over there." Zhou Cangshan said, "To be honest, I still don't understand why you are so determined to be with a man." , but you give me some time, let me think again."

"elder brother--"

Zhou Qingbai wanted to take this opportunity to chat with Zhou Cangshan again, so as to improve the relationship and play the emotional card, but Zhou Cangshan interrupted him before he could speak.

"Let me calm down, Qingbai." Zhou Cangshan said, "It was my fault to ask Dad to come here without discussing with you, but we will talk about the rest later."

Zhou Cangshan's evasive attitude was obvious, Zhou Qingbai still swallowed what he wanted to say when he saw this, hummed lightly, and didn't force it anymore.

"Then I'll go back to bed first, brother." Zhou Qingbai said obediently, "Good night."

Zhou Cangshan hummed, and watched Zhou Qingbai return to his room before he sighed and walked back to his bedroom with heavy steps.

The night light in the bedroom was on, and Jiang Man was woken up by the noise. She was sitting on the bed and rubbing her eyes. When she saw him enter the door, she asked vaguely, "What's the matter? Didn't you make a noise?"

"No." The expression on Zhou Cangshan's face was still preoccupied. He answered perfunctorily, then sat on the edge of the bed, took Jiang Man's hand and hesitated for a long time before hesitatingly said: "Manman, tell me, we Is it true that you can’t persuade him?”

Jiang Man had been on Zhou Qingbai's side from the very beginning. She yawned lazily when she heard the words, leaned back, and fell back on the bed.

"Yes." Jiang Man was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, she said casually, "You finally found out, congratulations."

"But I don't understand, I really don't understand." Zhou Cangshan's face was full of confusion: "What is there to like about a man? What if he regrets it later? By then, this will become his life. stain on it?"

Jiang Man: "..."

Help, Jiang Man thought, why did I fall in love with such a log.

"And why don't you and Mom seem to take this seriously?" Zhou Cangshan wondered: "Qingbai is like this, he can't get married or have children, what will happen when he gets old?"

"He's rich." Jiang Man's ears hurt from Zhou Cangshan's nagging, she couldn't help pushing the quilt away from the bed and sat up, and said unrequitedly: "If he really breaks up with Pei You, he can find someone else in the future, even if If I can’t find anyone else, I can afford to live in the best nursing home in the future.”

"And what kind of stain is this?" Jiang Man held Zhou Cangshan's hand behind her back, touched the calluses on his hand, and said softly: "When I was in England, there were homosexuals everywhere on the streets and in schools. , Our school also has a special rainbow club, and there is a confession day every week, and you can date anyone you like for a day—even I have been confessed to by girls."

"What?!" Zhou Cangshan was confused just now, but when he heard this sentence at first, he seemed to have been hit by some kind of radar. He came back to his senses and asked subconsciously: "You promised to date someone?" ?”

"Is this the point!" Jiang Man patted him angrily: "Now let's talk about Qingbai!"

"Oh... oh yes." Zhou Cangshan nodded, coughed dryly, and said, "Go on."

"Sexual orientation is something he can't control himself, but social evaluation can be controlled by the environment." Jiang Man yawned again and said, "If you go abroad for ten or eight years, you I don't think that's a problem."

Zhou Cangshan pursed his lips thoughtfully, but did not speak.

"But having said that, why did you think of saying this." Jiang Man said, "I thought you would be stubborn to the end."

"I'm thinking, in fact, in Qingbai's life, there are few things that he is willing to endure hardships." Zhou Cangshan said in a low voice: "He has grown so big, I only met him twice. One is bartending, and the other is Pei. Woo."

Zhou Qingbai is a delicate person, he won't ask for trouble easily - unless he really likes it.

Learning how to mix wine is very hard work, not to mention a lot of boring practice, and it is also accompanied by certain dangers. Zhou Qingbai practiced hard for several years when he was a beginner, resulting in bruises on both arms and bruises on his wrists. Wearing a bandage all the time.But even so, he still has room for compromise when it comes to bartending.He knew his family didn't like him doing this, so he kept it under wraps and fought tacit guerrilla warfare with Zhou Cangshan.

Zhou Cangshan originally thought that no matter how much he liked him, this was the only level of love, but it wasn't until the day of the confrontation that he realized that he was wrong.

On the matter of Pei You, he was unwilling to compromise at all, and he was unwilling to retreat at all. From the moment he confronted Zhou Jianguo head-on, Zhou Cangshan had already subconsciously understood that he was really serious this time. of.

"Now that you understand everything, why do you care about him?" Jiang Man said, "If I force you to fall in love with a man now, would you accept it?"

Zhou Cangshan: "..."

This assumption is too scary, Zhou Cangshan just followed her words and thought for a while, and he got goose bumps all over his body, not to mention how awkward it is.

"Look, you can't either." Jiang Man said: "For Xiao Qingbai, if you let him find a girl to fall in love with, he will feel the same as you do now."

Empathy is always more useful than preaching, Zhou Cangshan opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.

I don't know if these two "late night conversations" played a role. Early the next morning, Zhou Jianguo did not hide from Zhou Qingbai, but called him downstairs and held a "family meeting".

Liang Ying and Jiang Man didn't go out either. Zhou Qingbai scratched his hair, looked around cautiously, and finally sat on the only vacant seat opposite Zhou Jianguo.

"It's pretty calm these days." Liang Ying took the lead and said, "Today's meeting is actually mainly because your father wants to know about the person you like."

"Who wants to know them." Zhou Jianguo said angrily, "I'm—"

He couldn't say "yes" because Liang Ying lightly touched his leg under the table and blocked the rest of his words.

Zhou Jianguo glanced at Liang Ying's face, and reluctantly changed his words temporarily: "Ah... yes, your mother is right."

"I heard from Qingbai that the boss has seen that boy." Liang Ying took the initiative to throw the words away and said, "What kind of person is he?"

That person Pei You is a typical "other people's child". No matter what, Zhou Cangshan can't open his eyes and talk nonsense and say "it's not good".He looked at Zhou Jianguo, then at Zhou Qingbai, and told the truth with his conscience: "It's pretty good, with a good education, a good job, and a good personality."

Zhou Jianguo was still upset, couldn't help snorting, and said, "Then why did he fall in love with you, you—hiss!"

He stopped abruptly in the second half of the sentence, Liang Ying withdrew her hand under the table, smiled softly, and said, "Boss continues."

Zhou Cangshan has seen Pei You and Zhou Qingbai get along with each other. To be honest, if one of him and Zhou Qingbai is a girl, then he will definitely agree to the two of them getting married, but the problem is that both of them are adults. Man, Zhou Cangshan felt awkward thinking about it.

"Nothing else." Zhou Cangshan said, "He is indeed... a good person."

"What about his family?" Liang Ying asked Zhou Qingbai again: "Have you told his family about your situation?"

"His family knows." Zhou Qingbai smiled and said, "If I hadn't come back to explain the situation to you first, I would probably have seen his mother by now."

This answer was obviously unexpected by Zhou's parents, even Liang Ying was stunned, and asked if it was true.

"Really." Zhou Qingbai said in a relaxed tone: "He came out to his family when he was just an adult. To be honest, the first time we two met was actually at the blind date set up by his mother."

Zhou Cangshan: "..."

Zhou Cangshan belatedly thought of the "Love and Love Alumni Association", and then he realized that there had been signs of co-authoring so early.

Perhaps people have a herd mentality, and there is a good attitude to set a benchmark in front of them. The Zhou family's psychological barriers seem to have been smoothed out for no reason. Think about Zhou Qingbai's future plans.

"Actually, I don't have any special plans." Zhou Qingbai said honestly: "We like each other, so we get along well. I don't think we are any different from ordinary couples, and I don't think we must make a very strict guarantee."

The family meeting lasted a long time and covered a wide range of topics.Limited by the tempers of Zhou Jianguo and Zhou Cangshan, the Zhou family seldom had such heart-to-heart chats, so that the meeting was staggered, from early morning to lunch time.

Putting aside their differences in ideas, Zhou Qingbai talked about how he and Pei You met, and the mental journey when they decided to be together. During this period, Zhou Cangshan and Zhou Jianguo listened very carefully, but neither gave any clear answers.

However, Zhou Qingbai didn't expect to convince them both in just one chat. In his eyes, this was just the first step in the long march, and there was still much to be done in the future.Who knew that when he returned to his room after lunch, Liang Ying and Jiang Man followed him in.

"Pack up your things." Liang Ying said, "Your grandfather called and said he missed you. You pack up and ask your sister-in-law to send you to stay for a few days."

"Grandpa?" Zhou Qingbai wondered: "Isn't he the old man who likes to be clean the most? And dad——"

Zhou Qingbai wanted to say that Zhou Jianguo was still imprisoning him in name and not allowing him to go out, but before he could say anything, Jiang Man stared back.

"Are you stupid?" Jiang Man said, "Dad finally let go, why don't you run away?"

Zhou Qingbai was puzzled at first, but then he suddenly realized something, his face instantly became a little more happy, he got up from the bed, and asked with a smile: "Really, Mom, did Dad allow me to go?"

"Really." Liang Ying stood by the bed, smiled and stretched out her hand to poke his forehead: "Although your father can't accept it yet, he's not so resistant anymore."

"He couldn't be bothered to let you go out. He always felt that letting you go meant agreeing with the two of you, but he couldn't bear to keep you locked up, so he deliberately found a reason." Liang Ying said, bending slightly, and leaned closer. Zhou Qingbai whispered in his ear: "Baby, just give him a step down, okay?"

The author says:

Zhou · Queen Mother (bushi) · Daddy finally let go, the young couple will meet in the next chapter XD, Xiao Biesheng is newlywed, I will add another chapter tomorrow night~ [Thanks to humble little Ting, Gan Wangzhi, live Thank you very much for the fish food I fed in my dream~