drowning tide

After walking the short distance from the garden to the main entrance, Yi Huai took out the key and opened the door. Just like in the past, the living room on the first floor left a lamp for him who came back late.

There was only one door with light in the corridor behind the living room, and he stood outside and knocked lightly.

"Mum An, are you awake?"

During this period of time, he had been trying to find a chance to chat with her, but she was like a clam with its shell tightly shut, refusing to respond to him.

He waited for about 5 minutes, and the other side remained silent, "Good night." He put down his hands and was about to go back to his room. When he was about to reach the stairs, he glanced back.

That door has never been opened for him, it seems that An's mother is determined not to tell him about those things again.

After washing off the oily smoke from the barbecue bar, he lay on the bed and tried to call Luo Yi's private number again, but the busy signal was still waiting for him.

This is, that is also, everyone keeps his mouth shut, everyone can talk to Luo Yi except him, and the things he wants to know will never have a definite answer, the joy of being with Nie Xicheng Diluted by the anxiety and distress caused by these things again, he turned over and just fell asleep in a daze.

He woke up once in the middle, picked up his phone and saw several new unread messages, except for work matters, it was a message that Nie Xicheng sent him after he got home, telling him not to worry when he got home.

When was the last time you heard Luo Yi's voice?The person who hated him so much that he hoped never to see each other again, actually worried him because of Schrödinger's blood relationship.

——What am I expecting?

Even during the time he was recovering from his injuries, he rarely slept so deeply. When he opened his eyes, it was already dawn, and half an hour had passed since he usually woke up.

The prepared breakfast was placed on the table in the dining room, and there was a note beside it. He picked it up and read it, and recognized that it was written by An Ma.An's mother told him not to worry when she went out to do the shopping, and said that there was hangover soup in the crock pot in the kitchen, so he should remember to drink it.

He quietly finished his share of porridge with carrot cake and other side dishes, and before leaving, he turned back and went into the kitchen to pack a few more things before going out.

It was a rare rest day, it seemed to have rained at night, the ground was almost dry by this point, and the clear and warm sunshine made people feel a little hot and dry.

Half an hour before the agreed meeting time, Nie Xicheng's car was already waiting outside. He went over and knocked on the window glass, and the window glass came down. Nie Xicheng was dressed very casually today, T-shirt and shorts, and his suit Compared with the appearance of leather shoes, there is a kind of vigor and vitality unique to young people.

Obviously, it hasn't been long, and he almost can't remember what the assistant named Yin Yuan next to Wen Zhicheng looked like before - he vaguely remembers that it was a man who was polite, temperless, and shadow-like.

"Have you had breakfast this morning?" Yi Huai hid the lunch box in his hand a little behind his back, carefully observing Nie Xicheng's expression, thinking that he would not take it out if he said he had eaten it.

Nie Xicheng was concentrating on reading the email, when he heard him ask this, he raised his head and glanced at him inadvertently, "I had a cup of coffee, I haven't had breakfast yet."

For this answer, Yi Huai was glad that he had the foresight, "I brought you something, you can see if it suits your taste."

"Really?" Nie Xicheng guessed that he had time to talk to him after answering the email, but seeing that he was still standing, he frowned subconsciously, "Not coming up yet?"

Because he was not sure what Nie Xicheng liked, Yi Huai took some of each of the snacks, and finally added a bowl of corn porridge.

Nie Xicheng ate them all without changing his expression. He simply packed the lunch box, then took out a piece of paper to wipe his hands and prepared to drive.

"Where are we going?" Yi Huai still didn't know the destination of their trip by this time.

Nie Xicheng didn't answer his question directly, but looked at the road in the rearview mirror seriously, "You'll know when you get there."

The main traffic in Rongcheng on the rest day is a little bit better than usual, but overall there are still traffic jams, here and there, all the way to the expressway.

If there is a big festival like the National Day, even the expressway may be blocked, but today they are lucky, the expressway is unimpeded, Yi Huai thought for a while about where this expressway will pass along the way, and then ruled out those absolutely impossible, There will be an answer soon.

"Are you going to see Uncle Nie?"

Nie Xicheng glanced at him quickly, "You can't tell. I want to see my father. If I go alone, he will scold me for not taking you."

Yi Huai was speechless by what he said, looking at the rapidly changing scenery outside the car window, "He won't blame you." He is like me, as long as he knows that you are still alive, he will be very happy.

"I can even imagine how he would scold me if he knew what happened later..." Nie Xicheng didn't believe what he said at all, and sneered, "He wouldn't scold me, he would just let me sit at the door. Kneeling outside all night, reflect on what I did wrong. I have been thinking, if he didn't hide everything from me like that, forcefully protect me in the glass greenhouse he made, but let me know how the world works According to the rules, I wouldn’t have taken so many detours, mistakenly believed in Wen Zhengting’s rhetoric, single-handedly went to find Xu Laodao desperately, and in the end I couldn’t even keep you, and was taken to the United States by Uncle Yao like a bereaved dog.”

None of them are in the habit of listening to the car. When they talk about this kind of topic, once they get into a predicament where no one speaks, the atmosphere in the car will appear depressing, which does not match the bright autumn light outside the window at all.

"Do you hate Uncle Nie?" After Yi Huai asked, he felt that this was a bit too much, and quickly changed his words, "I didn't mean..."

Nie Xicheng didn't take these things to heart, "No, he has his own considerations, and I have always hated myself and Wen Zhengting."

This has never changed since that day ten years ago.

·

They arrived at the cemetery at ten o'clock in the morning. The burial area is on the mountain, divided into six areas from A to F. Nie Yuan was buried in the most luxurious and remote area F.

Nie Xicheng bought a lot of things at the management office at the foot of the mountain. In addition to regular supplies such as bouquets and incense candles, there are also trivial things for repairs such as gold lacquer and stone lions in the tomb. Yi Huai wanted to help him get some, but Nie Xicheng Refused.

"I haven't been here for a long time. It's a little bit of filial piety."

Even though there were not many people in Area F, they still searched for Nie Yuansheng's tomb based on their memory for a while, and several times it was Yi Huai who calmly showed Nie Xicheng the way.

The marble tombstone was a little dirty, and the weeds beside it grew a little tall. From the remaining traces, it can be seen that someone came to worship a while ago.

Overall, it is much better than the desolation and no one in Nie Xicheng's imagination, and it looks like someone is maintaining it regularly.

"Did you do it?" Nie Xicheng knew that he couldn't reveal too many flaws by pretending to be Yin Yuan, and there were only a few people left who would do this for a long time.

Either this person in front of me, or Uncle Chen, there will be no other possibilities.

"I came here once last year. I helped wipe the tombstone and tidy it up. As for other times, Uncle Chen should do it."

Nie Xicheng nodded, "Thank you."

"Thank you so much." Yi Huai handed him the wrung-out rag, then stood aside so as not to disturb him, "Didn't you still want to engrave my name on the tombstone?"

After wiping off the dust and dirt on the tombstone, Nie Xicheng picked up a small bottle of gold paint and repainted the words on it.

"Yes, it's a pity that it was stopped."

Because the name was rather complicated, he focused his attention on the movements of his hands, for fear that something would be wrong. Yi Huai knew it was inappropriate, but he still couldn't help but feel that his frowning looked very sexy.

"Now that I think about it, it's fortunate that someone stopped me, otherwise I'll get you into trouble."

More than one person said that this was inappropriate, because Yi Huai was not Nie Yuansheng's adopted son in the legal sense. Nie Xicheng was young and energetic at the time, and he didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and he was dissatisfied for several days. Thinking about it now, maybe these people have considered Yi Huai's complicated life experience in addition to the rules, but unfortunately he couldn't figure it out back then.

"It's okay, it's not a big deal, after all, Luo Yi is also scary."

After he finished speaking, he felt a little regretful. He still didn't know what Nie Xicheng and Luo Yi talked about when he lost consciousness, and what kind of agreement they reached. He just didn't want to mention Luo Yi in front of this person.

In the past, hatred was greater than everything, but now I don't know how to mention it.

Nie Xicheng sighed, "That's right, even Wen Zhengting wouldn't dare to trouble Luo Yi casually. Alright, it's done."

After tracing the words, Yi Huai handed him the new stone lions without him saying anything. He knocked off the two old ones and threw them aside, and then glued the new ones on with cement.

After finishing everything, he stood up and patted the ashes on his knees, and met the familiar and unfamiliar face in the black and white posthumous photo.

"I'm sorry Dad, I will come to see you on time in the future, and I won't stay away for so long."

His voice was rarely choked, and Yi Huai quietly turned his back, leaving space for the father and son.

Don't know what they said, but it must have been whispers between close relatives that couldn't be easily shared with other people, and even he couldn't get involved in it.

"All right."

After a long time, until he felt his legs were a little numb, Nie Xicheng finally came over and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go back."

"it is good."

On the way down the mountain, they walked one after the other. Nie Xicheng walked in front with his things, suddenly remembered something, and asked him a question, "Do you have a US visa?"

Yi Huai couldn't imagine why he said this suddenly, "Yes, what's the matter?" He remembered that this person had lived in the United States for many years, "Do you want to take me to meet someone?"

Nie Xicheng's tone could no longer detect the slightest trace of grief, as if he was talking about an extremely ordinary trivial matter, "I will take you to see me...Mom some other day."

Because of his position, Yi Huai didn't notice the pain that flashed across Nie Xicheng's face when he said the word "mother".

He noticed Nie Xicheng's pause but didn't think about it deeper, "Really? I haven't seen Aunt Jiang for many years."

"She should be doing well recently. I'll tell you if there's anything to do over there."

·

After returning to the city from the cemetery, Nie Xicheng did not send Yi Huai back.

Before coming here, he specifically asked Yi Huai to make sure that he had nothing else to do all day, and they went to Qing'an Park, which was a place they would often go to when they were teenagers—for no other reason, just because it was away from the park. home nearest.

This "home" is not the three-bedroom, two-living room where Yi Huai lived with his parents when he was a child, or the Luo's house that always seemed deserted, but the three-story villa of Nie Yuansheng and Jiang Xue's couple with a beautiful garden full of plants that were planted by him. The Corolla rose, which is mistaken for a rose, is like a clump of burning flames in the blooming season, dazzling to death.Now the house has a new owner, and it is unlucky for the previous owner to have such an accident, so the new owner completely renovated the house from the inside to the outside, so that the old look can hardly be seen anymore.

Qing'an Park can be regarded as the last pure land in Rongcheng's urban area, with lush green shade, artificial rivers and gurgling water, and different kinds of flowers blooming all year round. Naturally, it has become a place for many people to spend their holidays. Today, for example, there are more than one family enjoying a picnic on the grass next to the blue sage beds.

"What are you going to do for lunch?"

When Nie Xicheng took out a whole box of homemade sandwiches, Yi Huai couldn't help but take a second look, "You made it?"

"Yes, I did it." Seeing through what he wanted to ask next, Nie Xicheng finished what he had to say in advance, "It's too complicated to do, so I just make simple and quick ones like making sandwiches. Come and try." Taste."

The sandwich was cut into small pieces, and Yi Huai took a piece with a small fork and tasted it.

There are cabbage, tomato, bacon and egg skin in the middle. The ingredients are fresh, and the sauce is adjusted just right, neither salty nor bland, which can be called perfect.The ingredients are fresh, sandwiches are usually freshly made in the morning and eaten in the morning, Yi Huai realized how could someone get up early to make such a whole box of sandwiches and then drink a little coffee for breakfast?

"You had breakfast, why did you lie to me that you didn't eat it?"

"You found out." Nie Xicheng sat next to him, and bit a small piece of sandwich from his hand in this position, "You think you did it very covertly? I saw your hand from a long distance away." holding something."

"Then you've eaten it all."

Nie Xicheng answered irrelevantly, "I'm a little supportive."

Yi Huai looked at him speechlessly, "Aren't you going to tell the truth?"

"Not next time."

"You still want to have a next time..." Yi Huai was embarrassed by him, and remembered that what he brought was just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and he felt even more guilty, "My sandwiches are so-so, what flavor do you like?"

"Whatever you want, as long as you can eat it."

They ate sandwiches and drank the coffee they just bought. It was like many years ago in the afternoon when Nie Xicheng was either reading a book or doing his homework, while he was sketching. Halfway through the drawing, he felt that it was really meaningless, so he quietly observed Every move of Nie Xicheng, he regarded him as his model, and because of his poor technique, the person he drew was far from handsome. After being discovered by the people next to him, he yelled angrily and absolutely refused. Acknowledge that the person in the painting is yourself.

"How does revenge feel?"

After Yi Huai finished eating the last piece of sandwich, he reluctantly took a last look at the empty box in front of him.

"It's so-so." Nie Xicheng noticed his eyes, "I'll do it for you next time. If you move in to live with me in the future, I will do it for you every morning."

Yi Huai was well aware of his own nature, so he said a little aggressively, "It's fine to do it every day, I'm afraid I won't like it if I get tired of it."

"Little bastard." Nie Xicheng patted his head and scolded him not very angry, "You know how to anger me."

"Why is it so-so? Isn't it very refreshing?" Yi Huai dodged him twice symbolically, and then resigned to his fate to let him mess around on his head.

For other people, they might not even know how they died.

"I saw the medicine being pushed into his blood vessels with my own eyes. The dose was very small. Even if I didn't do anything, he might not be able to come back. Then the medicine took effect very quickly. Myocardial infarction was basically the same as a real heart attack. "

They all knew what happened after that. Wen Zhengting died of heart failure caused by a series of complications of myocardial infarction. Now the two sons are arguing about the issue of inheritance, which is well known in the city.

"Wen Zhengting had been cursing me and my father before he died. The medical staff were all Americans and couldn't understand what he said, but I could understand him. He cursed me to go to hell like him and die a bad death."

Yi Huai held his hand and interrupted him, "People like him should have died a long time ago."

"Yes, but I don't regret it. Even if I have to pay for it one day, I will still kill him."

"No." Yi Huai took his hand and carefully clasped his fingers, "absolutely not."

"No what?"

Nie Xicheng looked at him with a smile, but he didn't speak, but closed his eyes, as if praying for something.

Under the shade of the tree, they were sitting side by side idly, Yi Huai was a little drowsy, in order to resist the drowsiness, he turned his head, "Did I tell you about my father?"

Although they lived together for several years, Yi Huai seldom told Nie Xicheng about his past affairs in those few years, and the few times he talked about it was about his mother.

"there has never been."

Knowing that Nie Xicheng would say this, Yi Huai smiled lightly, with a bit of slyness and complacency in his smile, "Do you want to hear it?"

Nie Xicheng stared at him, his gray eyes were full of his reflection, his eyes seemed to say "what do you think", he restrained his smile, and stopped teasing Nie Xicheng's appetite.

"My mother is a very romantic person. She is very beautiful. I don't know if there is a filter. Anyway, I think she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen besides Aunt Jiang. Even those female artists who were sent to please Luo Yi I can't compare with her, she is romantic, sentimental, and even the flowers in the bottle will be depressed for several days."

"From what you can tell, she must be a very pretty woman."

Yi Huai didn't take his words to heart, "As beautiful and gentle as my mother is, my father is just as rude. Since I was a child, he disliked me for not being a boy. My mother wanted to send me to learn piano. Not only did he I don’t agree, and I’m already a little sissy. Do I have to change my gender after learning these things? I’m sure he doesn’t love me, at least not like other parents love their children. The only person he loves is My mom...although I don't know if his love is a good thing or a bad thing for mom, I just know he looks miserable whenever he's a stay-at-home mom."

This man is often suspicious, thinking that his mother is stealing people behind his back. When he grows up a little bit, he can't help but wonder why a beautiful woman like his mother would marry him.

For money?This man has indeed saved a lot of money in a shady job, but there should be no shortage of suitors for a woman like my mother.

"As a result, I only found out some time ago that my mother had indeed cheated. My father was not slandering me out of thin air. At least from the results, he didn't. He should have really noticed something, but he just suffered from no evidence."

Because his wife cheated, he decided to kill that damned adulterer, and then deal with him, a bastard who didn't know if he was...

"Is it related to this matter that you have been depressed recently?"

Nie Xicheng, who was paying close attention to him all the time, had already noticed that his mood was wrong, but he just didn't bring it up to the surface.

Now that he mentioned it himself, Nie Xicheng no longer has any scruples.

"How could it be?" Yi Huai looked at the shade of the trees above his head. Fragments of sunlight passed through the gaps in the branches and leaves and fell on their bodies, leaving patches of warm light spots. His voice was blown away by the wind as soon as he spoke, " He was bribed to assassinate Luo Guanying, don't you think the whole thing is a bit strange? He died, my mother died, many people died, but no one mentioned who was the one who bribed him from the beginning to the end. "