Male supporting character in a book: Aren’t we brothers?

Only after hearing the sound of the door closing did Chen Li dare to slowly come out from under the quilt.

His mind was in a mess right now, and his memory of last night was a little fuzzy, but he did have an impression of it.

He mistook the real Xu He for the Xu He in his dream, and he indulged himself and treated him...

But why did Xu He suddenly change his attitude?

Is it because he is responsible for what happened last night? Or is it because his actions have been discovered?

Chen Li looked at the closed door and thought for a long time before he slowly got up and washed up.

His dry body was because the man had cleaned him. After washing up and coming out, he saw the water cup on the bedside table again.

He curled his lips, walked over, picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.

Sweet, honey water.

He raised the corners of his lips and walked out of the bedroom. There was a bouquet of bright red roses on the table in the dining room.

He was slightly stunned and took two quick steps over. Fresh roses were gorgeous and their fragrance filled his nose. There was also a card on it.

"I'm sorry I lost you before."

Chen Li's eyes felt a little sore. He put down the card, took the cup and walked into the kitchen. Something was warming in the casserole on the stove.

The porcelain lid was opened, and steam rose out, revealing the delicious and fragrant lettuce and beef porridge inside.

"Foul." It was too foul. This little trick made him fall for it.

Today was a holiday so he didn't have to go to work. He took a bowl of porridge to the restaurant and ate it slowly while smelling the rich fragrance of roses.

There were also messages from Xu Hefa on the phone, all of which he had sent to him before. He just read them silently without replying.

You can say that he holds a grudge or that he is arrogant because of his favor, but I have already lost face by doing that last night, so let him think whatever he wants now.

After finishing breakfast, he saw the suitcase in the living room. His eyes softened for a moment, and he walked over with a smile on his face.

When I opened the 20-inch suitcase, less than half of the space was occupied by clothes, and the rest was all packaged boxes of pastries and snacks.

He took them all out and found a bag to put them in. Seeing the box next to him, he gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly: "So he sent him a message to ask him out, just to get two boxes of mooncakes for himself? He's the most stubborn person in the world."

But he still felt very warm in his heart, and he opened it in a good mood. He wanted to see what kind of mooncake it was.

But what was in the first box gave him a surprise.

Looking at the several small boxes that were taken out, Chen Li's mouth curled up again and again, and he didn't blink until his eyes were sore.

That’s great! It seems that his guess was right. I was never wishful thinking.

*

Xu He, who had promised his mother to go home, arrived home in the evening.

When I entered the house, Xu's mother was still preparing dinner and humming a little tune in a good mood.

"Hey, why don't you come back after the moon rises so you don't waste time." The first thing Xu's mother said to her son was sarcasm.

Xu's mother has a dignified appearance, and the traces of time left on her body are not obvious, except for her eyes, which make people feel that she has experienced many stories.

Xu He knew his mother's character very well, and there was no ill intention in it. He explained, "The flight is at this time, what can I do?"

Hearing this ambiguous explanation, Xu's mother simply ignored the conversation. She pointed to something on the table next to her and said, "Try it and see if my cooking skills have deteriorated."

Xu He frowned as he looked at the table piled high with pastries. "When you have time, take a rest. Making these is time-consuming and laborious, and you can't finish all the pastries you make."

"If you can't finish it, just give it away. It's for neighbors." Their community is an old one, and most of the residents are elderly people whose children are working away from home. They usually help each other.

Mother Xu brought the cooked dishes to the table and said with a smile: "And I didn't make these by myself."

Xu He knew that they usually liked to help each other, so he didn't ask anything, rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen to help.

The two of them had a happy reunion dinner together.

In the evening, Xu He looked at his mother Xu who was packing things, with an expression that seemed to want to say something but was hesitant.

"What's this you brought? Red wine. Who in our family drinks this stuff?"

"The packaging of these grapes is so beautiful. You must have spent all your money on the packaging."

Xu's mother muttered to herself while packing things neatly.

Xu He took the box directly: "If you want to know whether the money was spent on the packaging, you can try it. I washed it."

As a result, the box was quickly snatched away by Xu's mother. "This one looks fresh. I'll keep it for giving away. You eat the one in the refrigerator and I'll buy the one."

Xu He was speechless, "Are you confused about the priorities?" Isn't he closer to me than those old men and women?

Mother Xu didn't even glance at him. "You young people work hard every day, work overtime and eat takeout every day. You must rarely buy fruit to supplement your vitamins. I'm saving this for Xiao Chen. He works overtime every day."

"Who is Xiao Chen?"

"The tenant across from us has a very nice personality. He brings things to us neighbors as soon as he comes. He also helps walk the dog and fix things in the community. But he is too busy at work and often has to work overtime and can't go home."

Xu's mother shook her head as she spoke. "It's just that their boss is so inhumane, but luckily he's proactive. He made those snacks for me. When you go to work, take some and share them with your colleagues."

Xu He: It’s like my work isn’t hard.

But he still obediently went to the refrigerator to get the fruit and wash it.

He diligently placed the washed fruits in front of Xu's mother with an expectant look on his face.

Xu's mother felt a pang in her heart. The expression on Xu He's face last time was telling her that he was going to study abroad.

She had a bad feeling about it.

She picked up two grapes and ate two: "Hurry up and tell me what happened." The sooner you die, the sooner you will be reborn.

After hearing this, Xu He fell to his knees.

Alarm bells rang in Xu's mother's head, and she looked terrified. "What on earth happened?" Could he have been killing people outside?

Xu He immediately admitted: "I have someone I like, a man."

Mother Xu was silent. She clenched her hands tightly, her body was shaking, her eyes were red, and she stared at Xu He in front of her.

"Say it again! Who do you like?" Each word was pronounced heavily, as if he was asking with all his strength.

Xu He knew this was what he was going to experience. He looked his mother straight in the eye without flinching, his eyes firm: "The person I like is a man, a man like me. I have chosen him."

After hearing these words, Xu's mother seemed to lose all her strength in an instant, collapsed on the sofa and cried with her face covered.

“What happened to me in this life? Why is it like this…”

Xu He felt heartbroken when he saw his mother's expression. He pinched his palms tightly. This was something he had to go through. He couldn't let Chen Li go. His mother would have to face this fact sooner or later.

When Xu's mother was young, she met Xu He's father through an introduction.

At the beginning, Xu He's father was very caring and considerate to her. With the help of people around them, they soon got married and gave birth to Xu He.

Although Xu He's father was not as good to her as before after marriage, she did not doubt anything until Xu He was five years old.

She felt unwell at work that day, so she asked for leave to go home. What she saw when she opened the door was her husband making love with another man in their bed.

She was also familiar with the man, who introduced them to each other. When she realized it was a scam, she collapsed on the spot and went out to call for help.

At that time, the houses were all family buildings, and many of the neighbors were at home.

When everyone arrived, all they saw were two naked men. What was there to understand?

In that era, she was smart and courageous, and quickly filed for divorce and took the child away.

At that time, Xu He's parents did not allow her to take the child away. They came to her house every day to beg her to leave a child for them, but Xu's mother was not a soft-hearted person.

In the end, because she made such a big fuss about this matter, the family couldn't stand the pointing and criticizing of others and gave up.

As soon as she got the custody, she brought her savings and Xu He to Beijing, asked Xu He to change his surname, and raised him alone.

Xu He was already old enough to remember things at that time, so he understood his mother's pain very well.

This was a big part of the reason why I originally chose not to respond to Chen Li’s feelings.

He knew from a young age what had caused his mother's painful life.

Firstly, his marriage was schemed against by txl, and secondly, his mother could not accept this group when she raised him, and he realized it very early on.

But he didn't think he would touch this 'taboo' until that night on the cruise ship.

First, he had an inexplicable interest in her and had the desire to tease her for no reason.

Then Chen Li forcefully kissed him, making him feel his heartbeat out of control for the first time, so his first reaction was anger.

What followed was the man's flushed face, misty eyes, helpless movements, and finally the painful crying voice, all of which made his heart beat irregularly and gave rise to many unreasonable thoughts.

So after helping Chen Li that day, he stayed outside in the sea breeze all night with a confused mind, in order to clear his mind.

He originally thought it was just an unexpected heart-beat, but it turned out that Chen Li also fell in love with him.

The emotions between the two sides were constantly pulling at each other. He chose to reject Chen Li at first, but in the end he couldn't bear it.

It started from when he allowed Chen Li to get close to him, from when he couldn't help but turn back and take out the rose after rejecting someone, from when Chen Li seemed to have really retreated to the boundaries of friendship, from when he thought about it during the day and dreamed about it at night, from when he couldn't help but buy things for him.

It was his low mind that rejected others but left room for himself. It was he who put out the fire but watched it reignite again and again.

Now he selfishly exposed his mother's scars and caused her pain.

The hands hanging at his sides clenched unconsciously, and his heart was filled with pain.

Mother Xu took a few deep breaths, calmed herself down a bit, and spoke in a hoarse voice, "What if I don't agree with you two being together?"

"There is no if, I will not give up on him."

Xu's mother was very emotional. "Then I said it's either him or me!"

Xu He's lips moved as he looked at his emotional mother. He tried to answer several times but no sound came out.

"I won't give up on either of you. You are my mother, and he...he is also a very important person to me."

.........

"If you can't even answer a question, you're not allowed to eat crabs!"

Chen Li looked numbly at his mother who was snatching the crabs with her ruthless hands, "Really not."

He really doesn't have any girls he likes.

The next second after he finished speaking, three pairs of distrustful eyes at the table turned to him.

"Then where did you get those things?" Chen's mother pointed at the pile of snacks packed in takeout boxes. They looked out of place among the high-end gifts and obviously did not look like they were bought.

Chen Li couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, and said in a light tone: "A friend gave it to me."

"Hey, you said she's not your girlfriend, boss, your expression is incredible."

Chen Li had a heart attack. That person was not a woman, and now they have no relationship at all.

How to say it? How do you want him to say it?

He put down his cutlery, said he was full, and left the table.

The three people left at the table looked at each other.

After a while, the young girl silently raised her hand and said, "Maybe...it's not necessarily a boyfriend?"

Father Chen: !!!!!!

Chen’s mother: !!!!!!