Holiday Tea House (3)
Jiang Yu didn't wait for any news from Wang Zhiyao, and shamelessly approached Zeng Zhiqiang again.
"It's no problem for me to help you check Yu Shu's whereabouts, but I have a question..." Zeng Zhiqiang sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and a sharp and majestic look emerged from the corners of his eyes with many wrinkles.
"You go ahead." Jiang Yu respectfully placed the teacup in front of Zeng Zhiqiang with both hands.
Zeng Zhiqiang lowered his wrinkled eyelids, and the green tender leaves stretched out at the bottom of the water. He blew gently, and the tender leaves turned lightly at the bottom of the cup like fish.
After a few seconds, he raised his eyelids, his slightly faded eyes flashed with a gleam, and his tone became a little tougher.
"Yu Shu is a very shrewd person and won't do anything too radical. This time, he seems decisive, but he's actually very confused. I think you know where he is, so there's no need to disturb him. Give him time to think it through and he'll be fine. If you continue to provoke him, it might even exacerbate the problem."
Jiang Yu's eyes flashed with confusion and worry. He puffed his lips but couldn't utter a rebuttal. Zeng Zhiqiang was right. He was too anxious and lost his composure. He was only thinking about himself and didn't consider why Yu Shu was avoiding him.
He slowly shifted his gaze to the floor. The first time Yu Shu came to his house, he had worn shoe covers, politely saying, "Your house is very clean. Don't bother me cleaning it again."
Quite reserved.
However, he didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that Yu Shu was sticking to his smooth and shrewd social behavior standards.
Later, as they became more familiar with each other, Yu Shu stopped pretending to be so frivolous. He kept a pair of slippers in his shoe cabinet and put them on whenever he came. But on the day they returned from the scenic spot, Yu Shu started wearing shoe covers again. The next day, Yu Shu didn't reply to his messages, let alone come to see him again.
Even he himself did not expect that in just a few months, their relationship would become what it is now, one wanting to move forward while the other keeps moving backward.
Zeng Zhiqiang saw that Jiang Yu was absent-minded and didn't speak, so he tapped the coffee table lightly to attract his attention.
Zeng Zhiqiang saw Jiang Yu looking up and pushed the phone over to him: "He bought three plane tickets and went to this holiday teahouse with Wang Zhiyao and Yu Huan."
"But even if you want to go now, you can't." Zeng Zhiqiang received a rumor before he came that someone used his public office to arrange many things for Jiang Yu.
"I'm not here today just because of Yu Shu, but also partly because of you." He frowned slightly and took a sip of tea. "Li Qingyan has been transferred to Yangcheng. He has a lot of things for you to do. It will fall on your shoulders tomorrow, if not tomorrow."
Jiang Yu was slightly startled. Li Qingyan represented 749, the official, and he had no right to refuse. And Li Qingyan's intention in giving him so many things to do was obvious.
Jiang Yu didn't respond, but the slightly protruding veins on his forehead had already betrayed him.
"Sometimes the appearance of a third party can make the situation clearer and help the parties involved sort out their own thoughts," Zeng Zhiqiang comforted.
As he gets older and has experienced more things, he is very open-minded. No matter what others say, his life is his own. He will not look at Yu Shu and Jiang Yu with tinted glasses, but he just hopes that Yu Shu can meet a good person.
Don't be like him, and don't be like his mother, who is full of regrets.
Yu Shu tried hard to think for a long time but still couldn't remember what Li Chen and Gao Ziyang looked like when they were playing with the Ouija board, but he was sure that they were not the ones in front of him.
"Not interested." Yu Shu didn't want to get too involved with them, so he stood in front of Yu Huan and Wang Zhiyao and raised his hand to close the door.
Li Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled playfully, "Are you sure?"
Yu Shu felt something was wrong and took a step back, but Yu Huan and Wang Zhiyao had empty eyes and did not react even though he slapped them hard several times.
"Don't push your luck." Yu Shu's face turned cold and he shouted sternly. His gentle eyes were now filled with sharp coldness.
Gao Ziyang waved his hand, and Yu Huan and Wang Zhiyao returned to normal. Their brains seemed to have died for a moment, and they had no memory of those few seconds, looking confused.
"We're just curious, we mean no harm. Why not sit down and talk? Maybe we can become friends."
Li Chen's eyes, which were curved into a crescent shape, did not have much friendliness, but rather made people feel chilled.
"You really want to know who your biological mother is. We can help you find the answer." Gao Ziyang turned the ring casually, his eyes slowly moving down to Yu Shu's fair neck.
Yu Shu was shocked. Ever since he dug up the old birth certificate, he had always wanted to know who his mother was, but all other clues were lost with the end of the Yu Dingan incident.
He was undoubtedly a little shaken, but thankfully, his caution persuaded him to come back. He had to take responsibility not only for himself, but also for Yu Huan and Wang Zhiyao. He couldn't guarantee that these two strange and strange men wouldn't suddenly change their minds.
He was still hesitating when Yu Huan spoke up and whispered a warning, "If you continue to try to deceive me, I'll call the housekeeper."
The corners of their mouths twitched slightly at the same time, and they turned around and left without saying anything more. But after they walked a few meters away, they looked back. The silence of the midnight and the dim light of the street lights gave their faces a strange grayish-white color, and their meaningful gazes wandered back and forth between Yu Shu and Yu Huan.
"You are special. You can change your mind and come to us at any time."
Yu Shu shuddered in his heart, his eyes widened and his pupils dilated slightly, and he looked at Yu Huan and Wang Zhiyao in disbelief.
"Only you can hear it."
He realized that the voice that had just come directly into his mind was different from both of them, but quite familiar.
These two people are so weird. They have neither the intimacy between lovers nor the distance between brothers. Instead, it's like the same person's thinking and personality are placed in two people, and he tries his best to act like two different people.
"I'm a little hungry. Would you like some midnight snack?" Yu Shu lay on the sofa and said calmly, as if he didn't care about what happened just now at all.
Yu Huan looked at his brother for two or three seconds before moving.
"Do you feel strange?" Yu Shu went upstairs and closed the door before speaking.
Wang Zhiyao bit his lip: "They don't look like living people..."
This does not mean that they are not like living people, but that Wang Zhiyao can sense people's souls, but their souls are empty.
"We'd better be careful. I need a few drops of your blood to draw the talisman." The poison is the nemesis of wandering ghosts and spirits. The fusion of Wang Zhiyao's blood and the talisman will have a better effect.
Yu Shu actually had no appetite, as his mind was full of questions about who his biological mother was, but he didn't want to make Yu Huan worry, so he forced himself to finish his midnight snack.
He was lying on the bed, staring at the crystal chandelier in a daze. Yu Huan had just come out of the shower, wearing only a pair of shorts.
Yu Shu couldn't help laughing.
When he took his younger brother out of the village, he didn't want to be contaminated by bad luck, so he only took the necessary documents and a few pieces of underwear. When he bought underwear for Yu Huan, he thought he was buying it for his younger brother, but he forgot that he was already in his twenties. When he got home, he realized that he had bought the kind of cartoon shorts that teenage boys wear.
Just like the last time when he was rubbing Yu Huan's back, Yu Shu couldn't help but sigh that time flies so fast. The little brother who used to be well-behaved and obedient in his impression has grown up so much.
"What are you laughing at? You bought it." Yu Huan said dissatisfiedly.
Yu Shu waved his hand, and when Yu Huan stood in front of him, he hooked the rubber band of Yu Huan's pants and flicked his waist.
"Then why are you wearing it? I gave you money but I didn't see you buy clothes on your own."
"There's no need to waste it. No one will see it if I wear it inside anyway." Yu Huan tried to make excuses for himself.
"Good, good, good, you are a good child who is diligent and thrifty."
When the lights were turned off, the huge room was pitch black. The breathing in my ears was like the tide slowly rising and falling in the middle of the night, sometimes light and sometimes heavy.
Very peaceful.
"Grandpa...no, Dad..." Fifth-grader Yu Huan ran up to Yu Ding'an holding two faded pieces of paper.
Yu Ding'an recognized the two birth certificates and covered Yu Huan's mouth with a fierce look on his face. He lowered his voice and warned him seriously, "Who told you to rummage through things? What dad? I'm your grandfather. Don't let your brother know."
"Why did you lie to us and say that something happened to Mom and Dad? You are obviously my brother and my father." Yu Huan pried Yu Ding'an's hands away, stiffening his neck in defiance.
"Why can't I let my brother know, since he and I don't have the same mother?"
Yu Huan questioned loudly, earning an angry slap from Yu Dingan.
Yu Ding'an glared angrily, pinching Yu Huan's chin and shaking it from side to side: "You eat my food and wear my clothes, and you still talk back. Without me, how could you two brothers have such a comfortable and prosperous life?"
"Don't think you can be so arrogant just because I'm your son. If you dare let your brother Yu Shu know about this, I will make sure you can't leave this house."
Yu Huan was still unconvinced, but the disparity in power made him shut up.
Time passed quickly. During the May Day holiday, Yu Shu returned home and Yu Dingan greeted him at the village entrance with a kind and gentle smile.
"Grandpa, where's Yu Huan?" Yu Shu asked his brother as soon as they met. "He always wanted Transformers toys, didn't he? I bought him one when I passed by Wanda Plaza after school."
"Tell grandpa honestly, you spent your own money to buy it for him because you didn't eat well at school." Yu Dingan's eyes were filled with heartache.
Yu Shu waved his hand. "I ate well. You went to my school during the parents' meeting before, and you know how expensive it is. The food allowance you gave me for a week is equivalent to what my classmates spend in two months. And my pocket money is just sitting there anyway, so it's rare that I come across something my brother likes, so I buy it for him."
"That's good, that's good. Grandpa is not worried that you will be alone outside and not have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear." The crow's feet at the corners of Yu Dingan's eyes gathered together, and he smiled with great satisfaction.
The distance from the village entrance to home was not far, and the two of them arrived home quickly. Yu Huan was watching TV in the house, and when he saw his brother come back, he didn't move. In the past, he would have jumped on him and acted like a spoiled child.
"Yu Huan, look what I bought for you." Yu Shu took out a new Transformers from his backpack and just as he handed it over, Yu Huan slapped him and the toy flew to the ground.
"I don't want your things."
Yu Shu was stunned. His brother had always been obedient, so how could he suddenly become a different person and so irritable?
"How do you talk to your brother?!" Yu Dingan was furious and roared viciously.
Seeing that Yu Ding'an was about to grab Yu Huan by the collar and beat him, Yu Shu quickly stepped forward to pull him apart: "It's okay, it's okay. My brother is still young, and he has never been like this before. Grandpa, don't be angry. I will have a good talk with him."
But Yu Huan didn't appreciate it: "I won't talk to you."
The crisp sound of slaps echoed in the living room, and the fingerprints on the fair little face were particularly clear.
The blow fell on Yu Huan, but it hurt Yu Shu's heart. He didn't understand why his grandfather was so angry with his brother, and he didn't understand why he couldn't let him help his brother to vent his emotions.
Only Yu Dingan and Yu Shu were present for dinner. Yu Huan locked himself in his room and refused to come out or respond to anyone.
Yu Dingan almost took an axe to chop the door lock to open it, but Yu Shu stopped him: "Grandpa, don't let Yu Huan scare you. Let's eat first, and I'll talk to him later."
Yu Ding'an felt guilty, worried that Yu Huan would lose control of his mouth and blurt out something when the two brothers were together. However, facing Shu's request, he couldn't bear to refuse. He sighed and pretended to be embarrassed: "I'm losing control of him more and more."
Yu Shu waited for nearly three hours before Yu Huan opened the door for him.
"Does it still hurt? Let me take a look." Yu Shu touched his brother's head, the pain in his eyes surging to the point of drowning Yu Huan, "It's all swollen."
Yu Huan didn't say anything, but stuck out his tongue and poked his swollen cheek.
"Tell me the truth, has anyone bullied you at school? Have you been bullied at school?" Yu Shu took out a hot egg from his trouser pocket and hissed at the burn while peeling it.
It was indeed hot, but he mainly wanted to attract Yu Huan's attention.
Sure enough, Yu Huan took the bait. He rolled up Yu Shu's shorts and saw the red flesh on his brother's thigh. His breath stopped.
He touched it and it was still hot.
"No." Yu Huan murmured carefully, "Brother, does it hurt?"
Yu Shu controlled the strength and rubbed Yu Huan's face with the hot egg. "I'm fine. I'll just rinse it with cold water later. But you, don't be shy. If someone really bullies you, don't be shy to tell me. My brother won't let anyone bully him."
"Really not." Yu Huan lowered his head: "I'm sorry."
Yu Shu lifted up the side of Yu Huan's face that was not hit and smiled softly. The light from the chandelier enveloped him like an exclusive spotlight, adding a layer of soft light filter to him, making him hazy and gentle enough to melt people away.
"What's there to be sorry about? The most important thing is that you're okay. You know Grandpa has a bad temper, so you have to be good and don't make him angry when I'm not home. That way I can feel at ease."
"I threw the things you bought for me and got angry at you." Yu Huan's eyes sparkled.
Yu Shu shook his head: "If the things are gone, I can buy more. I only have one brother."
The two brothers huddled together in the same bed. Yu Huan rested his head on his brother's arm, his head buried in his brother's chest. He could feel his brother's steady heartbeat against his forehead, and his brother's breath slowly passed over and dissipated from the back of his neck.
Ever since he could remember, his brother had always been very kind to him. His grandfather would say that he was being unreasonable and looking for trouble, but his brother would always listen to him carefully and help him achieve his goals.
Things like today have happened countless times in his eleven-year-old life, big and small, and his brother is his most reliable and warmest shoulder.
In the middle of the night, Yu Huanxing woke up. He used the dim moonlight to see his brother's face and murmured softly, "Is it because my brother's mother is He Yuhua and my mother is Lv Xiaoting that Dad doesn't like me?"
He arched his body towards Yu Shu, leaned against the side of Yu Shu's neck and greedily sucked in a deep breath.
Yu Shu was sleeping soundly, and unconsciously he tightened his arms and held his brother in his arms. The two brothers' chests were pressed together, and they were sleeping soundly, one of them fast and the other steady.
The eleven-year-old boy had already begun to develop. Yu Huan felt the blood gathering in his lower abdomen, and he actually had a reaction because he was so close to his brother.
Even though he was completely confused, his mind was exceptionally clear at the moment, and he could even hear his own voice: "Put your lips against your brother's."
Yu Huan raised his head as if possessed by a ghost and put his lips against his brother's. The moment they touched, the place where the blood gathered heated up rapidly, as if it was about to explode, and then he felt the warm fluid.
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