those romances

When Qin Ge returned home, before he had put down his luggage, he heard the cry of a baby, and his body froze.

From then on, Qin Ge was no longer the only child in the family.

The ancient road lined with shady green trees climbs up the steps, passing through the lush forest, and the cinnabar red cornices quietly emerge from the emerald green branches and leaves.The ancient houses hidden in the mountains and forests are isolated from the world. The quaint glazed blue tiles and cinnabar red walls come alive amidst the singing of warblers. Walking across the stone bridge with gurgling water, two bridges are painted with pythons, dragons, phoenixes, unicorns and flying cranes. The thick beams and pillars of the auspicious flower decoration support a hanging plaque, and two protruding lacquered characters——

"Shen House"

The young man with the backpack went around the gate and walked along the red wall for a while, until the afterglow of the setting sun was about to fade away, he crossed the red wall lightly and stepped into this ancient house.

This is Shen Tu's nominal "home"

A clear and bright woman's laughter came from the hall, and then, a dignified and elegant woman in cheongsam walked down the steps with a gold-plated round fan, her voice was as sweet and crisp as a warbler.But the expression between her eyebrows is very arrogant, the tails of her narrow and long eyes are slightly raised, her facial features are aggressively beautiful, and her gestures and gestures have the restraint and restraint unique to a lady.

Shen Tu didn't want to answer, but the mistress had already said Shi Shiran: "Your father is sick, please ask me to bring you a message, saying that he has been idle all day and should do some serious things, such as... sharing the family business and so on. "

At this moment, Shen Tu had gone far away.

Jiang Min laughed heartily:

"It really is uneducated."

Shen Tu returned to the room, locked the doors and windows, laid out the fruits and vegetables in the backpack one by one, and then lay on the bed exhausted, staring at the flying patterns on the beams in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, deliberately heavy footsteps sounded in the corridor.

Shen Tu, who was extremely vigilant, woke up in an instant, clenched the knife in his hand, and the next moment there was a knock on the door.

"--Who?"

The knock on the door was slow, but dull and powerful enough to wake any sleeping person in the room.

The movement outside the door stopped, and then a clear youthful voice sounded, saying:

"Brother, mother calls you to have dinner together."

Shen Tu no longer hesitated, opened the door, and in front of him was a handsome and thin young man.The boy's appearance followed that of his biological mother, Jiang Minxin, with delicate eyebrows, a charming and pretty color at the end of his slightly raised eyes, and bright red lips, holding a harmless smile at this moment.

At this moment, the young man's expression jumped with joy, his clear eyes passed over Shen Tu, and landed on the table with fruits and vegetables, he asked in surprise, "What are those rubies?"

Shen Tu didn't answer, but flashed his eyes dimly, closed the door, and asked with a gloomy face: "Shen Xuan, what do you mother and son want to do?"

"Brother, why do you say that? You seldom go home after college, and I'm nervous about my high school studies. Wouldn't it be nice for our family to have a reunion dinner after a long absence?"

Shen Xuan pouted his lips slightly, looking as pitiful as if he had been wronged.

"That's your family."

"Brother doesn't want to admit it, but the blood you and I bleed belong to the Shen family, this cannot be changed no matter what."

Shen Tu leaned against the wall and listened to Shen Xuan's words:

"Father is seriously ill, and you are the eldest son. From now on, the family business of the Shen family will be handed over to your elder brother. I am the second son, and I should be there to help. My mother is a foreign relative and shouldn't interfere. So in the long run, you and my brothers shouldn't do this. alienate."

When it came to the word "family business", Shen Xuan bit it hard, and his pupils, which were as clear as glass, turned slyly, and then fell back on Shen Tu.

——Eldest son?

Those three words are the real joke

Shen Tu said: "You don't have to test me. I'm not interested in the things of the Shen family, but... your calculating eyes just now are really disgusting."

The next moment, the small knife came out of his hand, barely brushing the cheek of Shen Xuan who dodged away in fright, and embedded it into the red-painted wall with a "ding".

Shen Xuan took out a white handkerchief, slowly wiped off the blood on his cheeks, then took a deep look at Shen Tu's closed door, and the corners of his lips could no longer restrain himself from curving like a fox.

...Maybe it's because he looks so good, there doesn't seem to be any treachery or meanness in this expression, it just feels deep, mysterious and elusive.

Shen Tu returned to the room, picked grapes and pomegranates and hugged them in his arms, then opened the window and jumped off from the third floor.

The ancient houses slowly spread out around the ancestral hall.In a corner of the ancestral hall, Shen Tu's biological mother was locked in a wooden room, but Shen Tu had never seen her face. The iron lock on the wooden door was rusted, and the discarded keys were thrown away in some corner. From morning to night, servants will open the small door like a dog hole and bring in three meals.

Tonight, Shen Tu climbed up to the small window on the roof and threw the fruit in his arms into it.This feeling of visiting prison made him hate it, so he didn't come often, and even if he did, he didn't want to talk to her.

The woman said happily, "Ah Chen, you came to see me!"

Whether he listened or not, he always said with great interest:

"How old are you? I really want to know what you look like, nose, mouth and eyes, like me or like him?... It's so strange, is he very busy recently, and he doesn't come to talk to me very often. Ah Chen , your father is sick, you tell me, otherwise, I'm always worried."

Shen Tu still had a cold face, his eyes fixed on the rusty iron lock.In fact, he could easily twist it off, but he also knew that his mother would not go.

"Mother, Shen Xuan said that I am the eldest son. What do you think?"

The soft and low voice immediately became excited, and said eagerly: "You are my child with him, my love with him...the only love."

"I thought it was an illegitimate child..."

Unexpectedly, the woman laughed happily after hearing a joke: "I love him and he loves me. How can the child born of such a strong and sincere love be an illegitimate child? Chen, I met and fell in love with him in France, but I was born Despicable, alas, actually, what does it have to do with birth... What hurts us is the secular world..."

That romantic past seemed to Shen Tu to be a distant, unattainable, foolish dream.Young people wandering away from home and female students studying abroad at their own expense meet on the streets of Paris. They collide with each other in soul and body, and pursue a platonic love.

Even though they are forced to separate like now, they still miss each other.

...But obviously letting go is the only relief

Shen Tu is very upset

"Ah Chen, it's great that you are now in college. Is the food in the cafeteria bad, have you made friends, and are your roommates treating you well?...Don't fail the exam, make-up exams are painful..."

"—I'm going! I'm fine."

When it comes to university, I just realized that the tuition fee...is not enough.

Summer nights are hot and dry, and every time you move, you will be sweaty, and your palms will be sticky.

Shen Tu, who left Shen's house, went to the unattended bar in the suburbs. Under the neon lights, the drunks were slumped together, and the heavy snoring sounded one after another. Even after looking at the stench and buzzing flies in the ditch at the door for many years, I still find it unbearable .

Shen Tu pushed open the worm-eaten wooden door of the Internet cafe, and a beam of blood wandered in the empty room full of dust and cobwebs.It was the light of the bar counter, and a tall, thin and straight figure in overalls was standing at the bar counter, wiping the tableware as usual.

Shen Tu called him:

"K"

A row of wiped knives and forks was placed in front of K, and his slender blue and white fingers slid across one by one, as if checking whether they were wiped clean.He has a simple and elegant temperament, the waistline is slender and smooth under the uniform, his face is slightly sideways, and the glasses under the light reflect the scarlet blood, the face cannot be seen clearly, only the pale and sharp chin can be recognized.

K said: "Customer, what would you like?"

The voice was calm and indifferent, calm and calm.

Shen Tu replied: "A bill of 20."

"how to use?"

This time he paused and said uncertainly: "...tuition fee"