Chapter 30
Chen Mo was sweating all over. Amidst all the admiring and surprised looks from the people around him, he was ready to follow Xi Siyan to leave the dance floor.
Just then, a soothing piano piece slowly sounded in the hall.
The crowd looked back.
Yang Shule, wearing a white dress, sat behind a piano and played a song dedicated to the newlyweds, "To Alice". The lights were centered around him, elegant and dreamy.
The crowd gradually gathered towards the stage.
Sun Xiaoya's face turned black as the bottom of a pot. She gritted her teeth and said, "Why did he have to go up and play at this time? He was afraid that others didn't know he was good at this. It's disgusting that he deliberately showed off!" She suddenly raised her voice, "...He actually looked over here! It's obvious that he was deliberately provoking me!"
Chen Mo looked over and met Yang Shule's gaze.
In a flash, Chen Mo understood better than anyone that Yang Shule was responding to what he had said on the stairs before: "deliberate."
Chen Mo looked away without much interest and smiled at Sun Xiaoya, "Why do you care if he is provocative or not? In an occasion like today, can you still ruin your cousin's engagement party?"
"Of course not." Sun Xiaoya's expression did not relax at all, and she said angrily: "Otherwise I would definitely go up and tear his face apart."
Chen Mo had seen the two people fighting, so he was not surprised by the girl's anger.
But he did not remind Sun Xiaoya that Yang Shule was clearly targeting him tonight.
Chen Mo knew a long time ago that this day would come.
There was a time when Yang Shule could no longer pretend to be noble and disdainful of fighting. Now, whether in school or in the Yang family, his situation was much worse than before. They had never been in a relationship where they could tolerate each other, but in the previous life, he was the first one who couldn't stand it. There were too many people that Chen Mo couldn't stand, not just Yang Shule, so he was allowed to sit idle in the high building, always maintaining his image of an elegant, kind and enthusiastic young master, allowing him to compare and suppress, and finally easily reap the benefits.
For two lifetimes, the person who truly disdains to compete on such matters has always been Chen Mo himself.
What he fights for, besides profit, is care, favoritism, and proof that his birth was not a mistake.
However, the facts taught him that these luxuries, at least in the Yang family, were just reflections in the mirror. Once touched, waves would arise, and he would find that nothing was real.
Between husband and wife, between father and son, between mother and son, and between brothers, that seemingly beautiful thing is nothing but a fig leaf.
There are all kinds of selfishness, exploitation, and costs involved.
Everyone is a good actor.
So Chen Mo didn't fit in.
Later, he and Yang Zhi each occupied half of the Yang family, and the attitudes of Yang Qi'an and Zhou Yaoqing were just perfunctory at the beginning, but now they were cautious and true. At that time, Yang Zhi often smashed the office, making every subordinate tremble with fear. After he got angry, he was able to restrain all his emotions when facing Chen Mo again. When Chen Mo called him by name, he angrily said, "Have you ever regarded me as your brother?!" It was like he was sick.
So when Chen Mo and the Yang family broke up over the issue of shares, everyone felt relieved.
It's like a relief for everyone.
Having the chance to do it again, Chen Mo was genuine in not wanting to argue, so he performed very well.
But it’s different for Yang Shule.
Chen Mo took the path he disdained to fight for. He obviously felt that he had no way to go, so he could only stand up.
At the end of the song, he stood up to the applause.
He leaned towards the microphone and smiled, "Second brother."
The scene was buzzing.
"Second brother? The Yang family ranked the brothers. It seems that the real and fake sons get along well."
"Where is the one that was found?"
After Yang Shule's voices faded away and everyone's eyes turned to Chen Mo's position, he continued with a smile and said, "My parents specially asked us to give a blessing program to my cousin and his wife. Second brother, it's your turn. The dance just now doesn't count."
He pretended to be waiting, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
Just wait and see Chen Mo, who had just had a moment of glory, embarrass himself on stage.
Sun Xiaoya, who was beside Chen Mo, was speechless. "What is he doing? Is he trying to stir up trouble? He really thinks he is the protagonist today, and he has to let him choose the people!"
Sun Xiaoya’s making a fuss doesn’t mean that other people at the scene will react in the same way.
After all, the engagement party always has performances and blessing sessions.
Yang Shule took the lead and pointed out someone to take over, so everyone naturally cast their expectant eyes over.
There are also many people who are skeptical.
"Chen Mo is the one who just danced with the Sun family's daughter. He doesn't look like he was brought back from the countryside at all."
"The Yang family specially trained him, didn't they say they brought him here today for Old Madam Zhou to review?"
"If you practice social dancing seriously, you can still look good, but if you practice piano, it takes time to learn it."
"It's the same if you go up and say some blessings."
"Wouldn't the difference between the two sons be particularly large? Young people all care about their reputation, and no one wants to make a fool of themselves."
Chen Mo listened to these words intermittently.
There was no extra emotion on his face.
As Sun Xiaoya told Xi Siyan to think of a solution quickly, he walked forward. Step by step, he passed through the upper-class engagement banquet venue with all kinds of gorgeous formal clothes, and then went on stage.
Unlike in his previous life when Yang Shule finished his song, Chen Mo was forced to go on stage by countless people who admired Yang Shule, and ended up in endless silence and embarrassment.
There aren't many malicious people out there nowadays.
More of curiosity.
Only Yang Zhi, who was drinking with someone in the distance, stopped and frowned. The Yang couple, who were arm in arm, muttered a few words: "When did we let the kids perform? Shu Le is just fooling around." Then they died down when Zhou Yaoqiong said: "Young people, just fooling around."
The only one who came down from the second floor was Old Mrs. Zhou.
Looking at the two people on the stage from a distance, he turned his head and said to the person next to him: "Let's go back."
"Not going down anymore?" asked the person next to him.
The old lady said: "Let the young people handle their own affairs. It's not right for an old lady like me to interfere."
"What if the child suffers?"
"No." The old man smiled, his tone firm.
In fact, Chen Mo, who took the microphone from Yang Shule, put one hand in his pocket and said, "I am not as knowledgeable and talented as my brother. I really can't play the piano, but I can sing."
The audience started to make a noise, "You'll have to listen to it to find out!"
"You can listen to it." Chen Mo smiled, and took out his phone the next second. "But I don't quite remember the lyrics. I guess my cousin and his wife don't mind me singing while looking at the phone, right? Although my preparations were sloppy, my blessing is absolutely sincere."
It's so real that it makes people laugh.
The two protagonists shouted, "No problem!"
The atmosphere on the scene was casual and relaxed, completely different from what Yang Shule had expected.
Everyone thought they were going to hear some funny live version of "Today Are You Going to Marry Me" or "I'll Love You Until I Die".
soon.
A pure voice with a slightly rustling texture came clearly from the microphone.
Low, pleasant, and a cappella.
What would I do without your smart mouth
"All Of Me", a song that is not unfamiliar to everyone. When the man on the stage sang the first sentence with his eyes downcast, the scene suddenly became quiet. The seventeen-year-old boy did not need to pretend to be profound, but he was inexplicably affectionate.
From the second sentence, everyone suddenly noticed the insertion of accompaniment.
The young man from the Xi family, who was questioned by many people tonight but had never shown up from beginning to end, appeared behind the piano.
His playing was casual and relaxed, and I never saw anyone singing with a mobile phone from beginning to end.
One sitting, one standing, one in light, one in dark, their coordination was so perfect as if they had rehearsed it in advance.
A song ends.
There was thunderous applause, some people sprayed champagne, and some shouted congratulations.
It turned out that it was time to cut the cake.
The cake tower, which is taller than a person, looks beautiful with various chocolates, fruits and cream flowers.
Those who participated in this session were basically young people who were good at making a fuss. They played a game, asked the protagonists to kiss each other, and then let them cut the first piece of the cake together.
The crowd was bustling with activity.
After Chen Mo got off the stage, he didn't move forward. He leaned against the stage, holding a piece of cake that someone had enthusiastically given him.
Many people called out, "Chen Mo, come here, let's go together."
Chen Mo smiled and shook his head, "You guys eat."
At this time, another voice came into my ears.
"Shu Le, go and call him. Don't you call him the second brother? Someone sent out the video of him singing, and several of my classmates asked for his contact information."
"That's right, Shule, go ahead."
Yang Shule sounded embarrassed, "Stop messing around, my second brother likes boys."
"Ah? A man? Gay."
“I can’t tell at all.”
"Shu Le, your family members don't know about this, do they?"
"It was Xi Siyan who accompanied him just now, right? Is it your second brother who likes him? Or is it the two of them..."
Several people gathered around the cake and were whispering to each other in a very secretive tone.
As they were talking, they suddenly became quiet.
Because they found that the person in question was standing behind them at some point.
"Go on."
Chen Mo tilted his head and smiled, "What about the two of us?"
"Second brother." Yang Shule stepped forward, "You..."
The sound stopped abruptly.
Because Chen Mo took action without hesitation for a second and smashed the person's head directly into the cake.
The next second, he pulled Yang Shule's hair on the back of his neck and pulled him up. In the silence and stunned environment around him, he looked at the cake with regret and said slowly: "It's a pity to waste such a good cake even if it's left over."
Chen Mo looked at the face whose eyes and nose were covered with cream, and whose expression was unknown at the moment, and continued, "I've tolerated you for a whole night, and you're not done yet, are you?"
The claim that the Yang family's adopted son and real son had a good relationship was thus refuted.
“What are you doing?” After being informed of the situation, many elders finally came.
This also includes the Yang couple.
Everyone was talking at once.
"Yang Shule scolded Chen Mo first."
"No, it was obviously Chen Mo who started it first."
"It was you who first said Chen Mo was gay, and you kept saying, and you kept saying..."
"What else did you say?!" Yang Qi'an, who was already beginning to get angry, asked loudly.
Chen Mo's homosexuality finally spread from the original school scope to the entire Suicheng upper class circle.
Regardless of the attitudes of each family, Yang Qi'an must be very angry.
The person who just spoke did not stop there and shouted: "Do you think Chen Mo likes Xi Siyan? Xi Siyan accompanies him, I wonder if they are in love!"
Chen Mo held his forehead.
Watching Yang Qi'an's eyes go from anger, to shock, to numbness, and even a bit of surprise mixed with delight, he felt so sick that he wanted to vomit.
Chen Mo looked at the person who just spoke, "Classmate, I like her just because she plays the accompaniment, and we are in love just because we are in the same frame. We even live in the same dormitory, so shouldn't we say that we slept with each other? Are you making up rumors about Xi Siyan because he is not here?"
This made the person who just opened his mouth stunned.
Chen Mo ignored Yang Qi'an's gaze, glanced at Yang Shule with disgust, and said, "Control your good son. He doesn't need to spread the word whether I am gay or not. If Xi Siyan is troubled by the Xi family because of this, Mom and Dad, I'm afraid it will be more than just embarrassing for you."
There is a small garden outside the back door of the banquet hall.
Ten minutes later, the protagonist of the incident was leaning against the wall in the dark, with fireworks flickering at his fingertips.
Someone came out from the archway opposite. It was Xi Siyan, who had accompanied him with music tonight and then disappeared.
He came forward and stood there.
Chen Mo looked up, "Did you hear about it? I'm sorry to involve you."
Xi Siyan glanced at him and said, "You refuted it, but you said you wanted to go to bed as soon as you opened your mouth. It makes me doubt the school environment you went to before."
"It's OK." Chen Mo answered halfheartedly.
He remembered that Lao Gou had said that Xi Siyan went abroad in his previous life, which seemed to be related to his sexual orientation. He was surprisingly able to tolerate such rumors.
But since the person said that she doesn't like men, Chen Mo has clarified it and he won't really ask her about it.
He just said, "What happened to you today? You were late and lied to Sun Xiaoya about the traffic jam. So many people were looking for you all night. Where were you?"
"Want to know?" he asked.
Chen Mo paused and nodded.
As a result, the next second, the person in front of him bent down slightly, and Chen Mo felt his fingertips on the wrist hanging at his side. The fingertips slowly moved down along the wrist, brushed across the palm and fingers, and finally took away the cigarette between his fingers.
Xi Siyan achieved his goal and stood up.
He glanced at the thing in his hand and raised an eyebrow: "Draw again?"
"Annoying." Chen Mo frowned.
He didn't come here today to perform a big show with Yang Shule, but he just performed for nothing.
And it's free.
There was a dark shadow under Xi Siyan's eyes, and Chen Mo had the illusion for a moment that he was in a good mood tonight.
Chen Mo soon heard him say, "Take out the cigarette box. It's confiscated."
Slowly, but undeniably.
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