big brother next door

"Ah! Archie, why are you here? Could it be that you also wanted to help Ling Qiu choose a wedding dress? Oh, hehehe, it's great that the family members are so enthusiastic!"

Through the door Zuo Luqi's voice can't be heard clearly, only Mrs. Zuojiqiu's high-pitched voice can be vaguely heard.

"What! Since even Zuo Luqi said that! Well, it's decided to be a Greek fairy tale wedding! It won't change again! Mom, I will arrange the food decoration and lighting, and Archie, you will supervise Qiuyu and make all the arrangements here. Try on all of her clothes! Absolutely don't let her be lazy!"

Then Ling Qiu heard the sound of high-heeled shoes stepping on the ground from near to far, Mrs. Zuo Jiqiu probably ran away with her skirt in hand. .

"Hey, my mother is gone, you can come out." Zuo Luqi knocked twice on the door of the fitting room

"Finally I have a chance to escape...Why doesn't she listen to what I tell her..." Ling Qiu opened the compartment door with a tired face, and said thank you gratefully to the little kid outside the door who blackmailed her.

"..." Zuo Luqi didn't answer, Ling Qiu looked down at Zuo Luqi curiously, and found that the other party looked away uncomfortably.

Ah, by the way, this A-line skirt is a deep V-neck.After realizing it, Ling Qiu was also a little embarrassed, and slightly raised his neckline.

"So innocent, Archie..."

"What! It's nothing from a distance, but who will keep staring at it when you get close!"

Seeing Zuo Luqi's blushing and loud defense, Ling Qiu didn't continue to tease him after the embarrassment was relieved.

"Anyway, thank you. I'll buy the things you want after the wedding. I really don't have time to spare these days."

While explaining, Ling Qiu was looking for the clothes she was wearing in the room, after searching around but still not finding them, she sat down on the sofa in despair.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that she had tossed around without any results, Zuo Luqi walked over slowly.

"Mrs. Zuo Jiqiu probably asked someone to take away my original clothes...Forget it, even if I change clothes and go out, I will be stopped by the left road, so I just sit and rest for a while. After Madam comes back, you Just say that I have tried them all, and the one I am wearing now looks the best."

"Oh." Zuo Luqi nodded, and then said in a low voice, "It's quite beautiful..."

Ling Qiu put one hand on his lap and supported the sofa with the other, and said comfortably, "It's really rare, is Archie complimenting me?"

"Hmph, that's right." Zuo Luqi replied with his hands in his pockets, and then looked at Ling Qiu with vacant eyes, "But are you really all right, you haven't been in a good mood lately."

"Huh? Yes, because I've been busy preparing for the wedding recently."

"I'm not talking about that." Zuo Luqi frowned, "I'm talking about you, you don't look like you're going to get married at all, you're happy, it's just like you're doing a mission and expecting it to end soon."

Ling Qiu's heart skipped a beat, and hesitantly asked, "Is it that obvious...?"

"Other people see it and don't think there's anything wrong, because they think so too. But you are still different from those guys? Is it really okay for you to do this?"

Ling Qiu put his hands on his knees and clenched into fists. After bowing his head in silence for a while, Ling Qiu slightly loosened his tightly clenched fingers.

"I don't know..." Ling Qiu said a little confused, "From the beginning of the engagement until now, I didn't have any special feelings before. Obviously I knew that I liked Zuo Luyi, but everything that happened was not what I imagined. It's completely different from the previous one. But I also can't think of any reason not to get married, and it's now this time, but I'm starting to waver? What is this, it's inexplicable..."

But she was just not sure. Many people would have premarital phobias, and she was probably in the same situation now.For ordinary people, there are probably friends or relatives around to help untie the knot and ease the anxiety.But there is no one around me!So I just endured it all the time, and today Zuo Luqi burst into tears after a simple question!

Ling Qiu suddenly covered his face with his hands, and sobbed softly and suppressed.She really hasn't cried for a long time, since her parents died, she hasn't shown such weak feelings at all after the funeral.So now, even though I know it's embarrassing, and I shouldn't cry like this in front of a 12-year-old child, the tears on my face still flow more and more uncontrollably.

"..." Zuo Luqi just stood aside quietly, looked at her silently, and didn't say comforting words like don't cry.

"Sure enough, you are still not ready—even if you can treat strangers with no psychological pressure, and you can obediently listen to my elder brother to complete all the tasks, you are still not sure whether you want to fully integrate into my family? Because I think Ling Qiuyu, you still yearn for the life of an ordinary person in your heart, the ten years you lived in a happy family are still your most precious memories, right?"

Ling Qiu was still crying silently, but raised his head slightly and listened to Zuo Luqi's words in a daze, his heart was a little shaken, did he really think so in his heart?I've done so many things that I can't go back to, but in the end I still want to...

Zuo Luqi walked up to her, looked straight into Ling Qiu's teary eyes, suddenly seemed to have made up his mind, and said firmly to her: "If you don't want to marry Zuo Luyi now, no one will marry you." I can force you. Think about what you really want first, then I—"

"That won't work."

Before Zuo Luqi could finish speaking, someone who suddenly appeared in the room interrupted him.Hearing this flat tone of voice, both Ling Qiu and Zuo Luqi were stunned.

Zuo Luyi silently appeared behind Zuo Luqi, lowered his head slightly to look at Zuo Luqi.His face was still expressionless, but the long hair falling on both sides of his cheeks made his face a little gloomy.

"Brother, big brother...why are you here..." Facing Zuo Luyi like this, Zuo Luqi's aura weakened instantly.

"I'm a little worried about Qiuyu's condition. I came over to take a look after work. It turns out that she is not in a good condition. But you are not doing this to Archie. If Qiuyu is in a bad mood, you have to comfort her. Don't say anything. Make her more disturbed."

"I—" Zuo Luqi looked like he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.He looked up at Zuo Luyi, Zuo Luyi was expressionless, but his whole body still exuded a sense of oppression mixed with malice.

"What's the matter, do you have any excuses for what you said just now? If you say those words without a reason, even my younger brother will have to punish you."

Zuo Luqi gritted his teeth and lowered his head, a lot of cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

Ling Qiu could only see his back, but saw the child's body trembling slightly, wiping away the tears on his face, and speaking as calmly as possible.

"Sorry, I lost my temper first, and I will go to the interrogation room by myself in a while."

Zuo Luyi's horrifying sight moved away from Zuo Luqi's body, and his eyes moved up slightly, his dark eyes stared at Ling Qiu with no emotion.

Then he sighed softly, "I've told you countless times, Qiu Yu, don't be indecisive."

"Forget it, Zuo Luqi, go back to your own room. The wedding is going to be held in a week. Before that, someone will be punished and the influence will not be good. I won't hold you accountable this time, but before Qiuyu and I got married, , you will be imprisoned all the time."

Zuo Lu Qi heard that he raised his head and looked at Zuo Lu Yi, the two brothers looked at each other for a moment, and finally Zuo Lu Qi lowered his head in frustration, walked away without saying a word, and without looking back.

After Zuo Luyi watched Zuo Luqi leave, he closed the door behind his back.Silently listening to the sound of the door closing, Ling Qiu didn't dare to raise his eyes to look at the person in front of him, he could only avoid looking at the corner of his wedding dress.

Zuo Luyi didn't make any sound when he walked over, but when he stood in front of Ling Qiu, he cast a large shadow above.

Ling Qiu heard him say in a very soft voice, "Qiuyuan, look up at me"

But before Ling Qiu could react, Zuo Luyi stretched out his hand to gently pinch Ling Qiu's chin, and lifted it up slightly, making her unable to escape looking straight ahead.

"Are you very disturbed, Qiuci, why didn't you tell me?"

Ling Qiu's lips trembled, trying hard to think about how to organize his words.

Zuo Luyi didn't expect her to tell the truth, and then said in a regretful tone: "Recently, I've been thinking about it too, Qiuyu is softer than the rest of the family, and sometimes he thinks differently from us. , maybe we have to be different when we get along with you. I really like you, so if Qiuciu you want a more intimate and humane life, I can give it to you. But no Thinking about getting married soon, Qiuyu is actually different from me, thinking about not how to live together in the future, but retreating?"

Is he saying he's going to be a little more human when he thinks about living with himself in the future?Although this is very common in ordinary couples, but in the Zuo family, it can be regarded as an outburst of conscience.And although I also want to live a married life, but Zuo Luyi is willing to change herself, I really never thought about it... Could it be that I am too selfish and think too badly of Zuo Luyi?In the end, I also felt uneasy because I was going to get married, and cried out just to let the other party see, such a thing is really too bad...

Ling Qiu twisted the wedding dress uncomfortably, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I, uh, have no one to talk to, so I started thinking wildly. No, that's not the reason, I'm just too bad, I'm sorry."

Before she could lower her head guiltily again, Zuo Luyi supported Ling Qiu's face with both hands, and the face that was close to her came closer, pressing onto Ling Qiu's lips with some force.

Ling Qiu blinked slowly before closing them. Although this was not the first time the two kissed, Zuo Luyi seemed a little different this time.Zuo Luyi is very skillful in everything he does, because he is smart and good at analysis.The same goes for kisses, after two he's breathless.Now, as usual, Zuo Luyi sucked skillfully, teasing Ling Qiu, the entanglement between his lips and teeth made Ling Qiu's breathing a little messy.What's different from the past is that this time, Ling Qiu vaguely felt that Zuo Luyi seemed to be using more force, his aggressive movements could hardly make people focus on other things.In just a few minutes, all Ling Qiu could feel was him, and what made him more aware than ever was that he belonged to him.

Zuo Luyi ended this heart-pounding kiss.After his lips left, Ling Qiu's breath was a little unsteady.And Zuo Luyi's hand was still caressing her face, looking at Ling Qiu's slightly red face, rubbing his thumb on her rosy lower lip, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if admiring his own masterpiece.

"It's okay, Qiuyu." Zuo Luyi sat down on the sofa next to Ling Qiu, and stretched out his arms to hug her. After Ling Qiu was embraced by him, he comforted her in a persuasive tone.

"But you have to remember, I will be your husband, the closest person in your life, there is nothing you can't say to me, I will accept everything about you. And in the future, I will be your favorite person, you The most trustworthy friend, the family you should care about the most. I will make you realize that you cannot leave me, because we are so inseparable."

"Understood? Qiuci? You belong to me, from the beginning to the end, and it will not change after marriage, and there is nothing to be afraid of. Just think about it as usual and obey my words. Other than that You don't have to worry about anything."

Ling Qiu pressed against Zuo Luyi's chest, listening to his regular and strong heartbeat, and the sweet words he said to him, she was a little dazed and couldn't recover.Although she seemed to be out of shape today, even so, Zuo Luyi's words just now were enough to make her usual stunned, right?

What he said was really confident enough, and revealed a strong desire to control.The words contained twisted emotions and a twisted desire to control, but they were still twisted and sweet.

Did it feel sweet because it was too twisted... Ling Qiu buried his head in Zuo Luyi's chest, panting lightly.But suddenly, I feel more concerned about him.The restless heart seemed to be wrapped up, and gradually calmed down.

"Well... I see" she whispered.

"Well, I know that Qiuyu will understand in the end, but in order to avoid the process of indecision in the future, let me help you a little bit."

Zuo Luyi caressed Ling Qiu's smooth long chestnut hair soothingly, and Ling Qiu suddenly felt a little tired under his gentle movements.

"I've been busy with the wedding these days, are you tired? Go to sleep, and when you wake up tomorrow, all worries will disappear"

Listening to Zuo Lu Yiping's monotonous voice, Ling Qiu felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.Then the back of the neck suddenly felt a stabbing pain for a moment, but the pain was very short-lived, and soon disappeared together with his own consciousness in the dark and sweet sleep.