Wanderer

One day when he was seven years old, Bai Tong'an heard his mother ask himself: "Xiao An, can we have another child living in our house?"

Children are born with a desire for monopoly, and Bai Tong'an refused without thinking, "No! You can't live in it!"

"Look, if another kid lives in, you will have companionship when you go to and from school and attend classes at Grandpa's." The mother tried to persuade, "And mom will buy you more toys and snacks, so that you can You can play with more toys and eat more snacks... And, don’t you not like to do housework? In the future, you and that child can take turns doing housework, so you can save three days of housework.”

Facing such a powerful attack of sugar-coated shells, Bai Tong'an succumbed a little, and asked, "Who wants to live in?"

"The child's name is Wen Hai." The mother gestured slightly, "Remember? The tall and thin child, you meet each other every Chinese New Year."

Bai Tong'an pouted his lips in displeasure: "The one who robbed me of grandpa's New Year's money."

"...You stupid child, you've got money at such a young age." The mother poked Bai Tong'an's head, "Let Xiao Hai live in, and we'll take care of him, okay?"

"Where are his parents?" Bai Tong'an was puzzled, "Is he so disobedient that his parents don't want him anymore?"

The mother's tone was helpless: "My younger brother is very sensible, but some parents have to do a lot of their own things, and sometimes, there is no way to take care of my younger brother."

"Oh—then he is very sensible, his parents still don't want him—" Bai Tong'an expressed great sympathy for the "brother" who had almost no impression, "Okay, then he can live in, but he You have to help me with housework...you can't rob me of my lucky money."

"..."

In this way, Wen Hai, who was half a year younger than Bai Tong'an but half a head taller, lived in Bai Tong'an's house for seven or eight years. When they reached high school, the two lived in the same dormitory. , Usually after school on weekends, Wen Hai also followed Bai Tongan back to his home. Ten years later, I can't blame Mr. Bai for completely treating Wen Hai as his own grandson.

Wen Hai has been a quiet child in front of adults since he was a child. He is not as likable as the lively and versatile Bai Tong'an, and he doesn't have much sense of presence. Therefore, he is often bullied by Bai Tong'an. According to Wen Hai's own later statistics, Before him, apart from Wen Zefeng, most of the experiences he could remember being scolded bloody by adults were all blamed on Bai Tong'an's behalf.

Maybe before Wen Hai lived in Bai's house, the young Bai Tong'an sincerely wanted to take good care of his younger brother, but who knew that if he went astray, Wen Hai would do all the work, and Wen Hai would suffer all the scolding. Well, Wen Hai's new year's money also belonged to him, and he bullied people like this since childhood.

"20 years..." Bai Tong'an supported his head weakly, "This fucking retribution is waiting for me here."

Wen Hai, who came over, saw Bai Tongan's appearance covered by dark clouds, and sighed too, put the mocha he just ordered on the table, sat across from him, and said, "Tell me, what do you want me to explain?"

"What did I tell you when I sent the little flag to you?" Bai Tong'an didn't bother to turn around, "What did you tell me then?"

Wen Hai thought for a while, "I seem to only remember you telling me that Xiao Qi looks very good-looking."

"Fuck you, uncle." Bai Tong'an didn't know what to say, "I now understand Xin Xian's feelings when he kicked me out of the house."

Xin Xian is Xin Xin's real brother. When Bai Tongan came to propose marriage for the first time, this gentle and inarticulate photographer just picked up a tripod and beat Bai Tongan out. It was Bai Tongan who tricked him to death with his smooth words. His sister, just how unreliable the crimes of this brat have been described for 5 minutes.

Wen Hai felt that this didn't sound right, and after thinking about it for a long time, he asked, "Are you scolding me?"

"Nonsense, how can I fucking praise you?!"

"Oh——" Wen Hai nodded, and retorted unwillingly after thinking about it: "I'm sure I'm more reliable than you were back then, right?"

"I said you were unreliable before, and asked you to find someone to live a good life, but in the end, you were so unreliable that you dragged a small flag to the water, oh my god..." Bai Tongan was so worried that his temples jumped With pain, "Besides, how reliable are you compared to me? Is the house bigger than me or the salary is higher than mine? Or have you finally learned to coexist peacefully with other human beings?"

"..."

"Except for being prettier than me."

Wen Hai lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "I can beat you, does that count?"

Bai Tong'an didn't answer, and said: "You can't find anyone, why do you have to find someone like Xiao Qi?"

"Then I can still find you like this?"

"That's right, who like me can take a fancy to you."

"..."

The strange silence began to spread around the small round table. The two held cups and looked at each other, not knowing whether they wanted to drink coffee or pour coffee on each other's head.

Wen Hai: "I can really beat you, why don't we try now?"

Bai Tong gave him a white look, "You really think it through?"

"Actually, it's a little bit worse." Wen Hai laughed, "But I want to understand one thing these few days,"

"what?"

"Why did I dare to reject you at the beginning? I was cowardly when I came to Xiaoqi."

"Because you're an idiot."

"..." Wen Hai was helpless, "Then let's not talk about it."

"Don't." Bo Tongan raised his chin, "With a purely academic attitude, I'm still a little curious about your achievements in understanding life."

"You're different from Xiaoqi. You don't need anything. You have so much confidence. After falling down with me this time, you can stand up and keep going. I don't have to worry about you being delayed by me." Hai's fingertips slid across the rim of the coffee cup, "Xiaoqi is different. He can't afford to lose. If he doesn't take the first step, he falls like this. It's not certain whether he can get up again."

Bai Tongan understood clearly: "You're worried that no matter how much you reject him, he will think that it's his own fault and it's his fault, so you just don't reject him, right?"

Wen Hai hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"..." Bai Tongan wondered: "It's rare for you to be so affectionate, why do I feel so disgusted?"

"Do you not believe that I dare to beat you?"

"Okay, no matter why you didn't reject Xiaoqi..."

"I provoked him first." Wen Hai interrupted him.

Bai Tong'an opened his eyes wide in astonishment, was surprised for a few seconds, and quickly returned to the topic: "Okay, you messed with him. He was young and ignorant and got on your thief boat, isn't that right? Then he is less than two years old now." Ten, I am going to study at a university nearly a thousand miles away, and I may have to study in graduate school or go abroad, or even simply settle in another city and never come back, have you considered this situation?"

Outside the window, a motorcycle roared by in the downtown area, the bustling crowd made a commotion, and the car parked on the side of the road suddenly sounded a sharp siren. When he reached the lower back, he immediately reacted, took a deep breath, turned around and met Bai Tongan, who had been staring at him silently, for a moment, closed his eyes and sighed without saying anything.

With a "clang", the coffee spoon in Bai Tong'an's hand fell into the cup.

Before asking this question, Bai Tong'an already had the answer in his heart - if the process of completing one thing is counted as one hundred steps, Wen Hai has developed a habit since he was a child to first calculate the worst that may happen after each step In this situation, count until the 99th step, and only take the first step after confirming that you can bear the consequences that are so bad that there is no possibility of salvation.

From this point of view, this guy probably has already made a plan to leave Bai Yunqi for a short time.

And even if he knew this earlier, Bai Tong'an's worries didn't diminish in the slightest. After a brief moment of speechlessness, he said frantically: "Then you... well, you put it so lightly, then the two of you won't be able to go on." Now, shall I beat you for him or beat him for you?"

"What the hell is going on with you, how far will you go...wait a minute..." Wen Hai stopped in the middle of his words, and shook his head, "No way."

"what happened again?"

"If there is a day—I mean, if there is," Wen Hai exhaled lightly, "when the time comes, no matter who is at fault, or no one is at fault but you can't go on, you have to help Xiao Qi."

Bai Tong'an had no choice but to say, "Forget it, it's hard for an upright official to settle housework, so I'd better get out of here."

"Listen to me... It's shameless to say that Xiaoqi is the only one with me now, if... if one day I want to leave him, I can't even have someone who stands by him to help him scold me." Wen Hai's hand holding the coffee cup had bruised veins, but his tone was calm, "I beg you, please."

"Tsk, the more you listen, the more disgusting you get." Bai Tong'an laughed, "I really didn't expect anyone who likes you to be so affectionate... Okay, how can I say that Xiao Qi is my younger brother? For things like feelings, help me It's okay not to help, and when the time comes, I'll beat you up for him and you don't fight back. But let me say by the way, when the time comes, Xiaoqi will have me by his side, how about you? Who will be by your side?"

Wen Hai's lips moved, but he still didn't say anything.

"That's right, you carried the bomb all by yourself. What are you afraid of if you lose your love? We will carry it by ourselves when the time comes. Don't say anything." There is no shortage of people, maybe you are still pretending to be stubborn, and he can start a new life when he turns around..."

Wen Hai said wearily: "Shut up."

"You've planned everything after the breakup in such detail, and you still don't want to accept it?" Bai Tong'an raised his voice, "This is the fact, no one is fucking obligatory, and there will always be something better."

"Then what the hell do you want me to do?! Break up now and never see each other again?"

"Hey, dear brother, have you watched too many TV series? Do you think I'm here to do this shit today, do I have to pay another check? This is the 21st century, free love between you and me , can I control who you are with?" Bai Tong'an waved his hand, "I just want to tell you that you know what kind of virtue you are, Xiaoqi, this child has had a hard life in the past ten years, Don't hurt him, and don't let him down, since you want to walk with him, then don't think about it, just walk, life is not long, if you are not careful, you can finish walking together."

After hearing these words, Wen Hai raised his head and looked at him for half a minute, and finally said in frustration: "I'm trying to organize my words to express my emotion at this moment."

Bai Tong'an raised his eyebrows, expressing that he was looking forward to it.

"But I found it really disgusting to say that." Wen Hai shrugged indifferently, "Forget it, anyway, I guess you felt disgusted when you said it."

Bai Tong'an was instantly moved by his own words, and he couldn't help but think: Damn, it couldn't be that idiot Wen Hai seduced Xiao Qi first, right?

... Otherwise, how could a child as smart as Xiaoqi, who is not lacking in discretion, fall in love with this idiot?

The author has something to say:

The past between Wen Hai and Bai Tong'an can be summed up in one sentence - "The so-called romance means that there is no future."

I'm not strong enough to write, it's a pity that I couldn't handle this part of the settings well, I'm very sorry.Looking back now, it could have been a better story.