To rely on others is to promise each other

"what is this?"

Pei Shanqing couldn't bear it anymore, and pulled Jiang Yubai's collar, his eyes were scarlet, and he said each word, "Are you spying on me?"

Jiang Yubai looked very calm, and asked back with half-raised eyebrows, "Yeah, what's the matter?"

Pei Shanqing clenched one hand into a fist and raised it high, but stopped in mid-air when he swung it towards his cheek, his fingertips were deeply embedded in his palm, and the dull pain went straight to his chest.

"Why on earth did you become like this?" Pei Shanqing murmured, dropped his hands as if exhausted, and fell down on the sofa.

Jiang Yubai stood in front of him, his eyes glued to him, and the frequency of blinking was very slow, as if Pei Shanqing would disappear if he opened his eyes in just a second.

"Didn't you already know it? You know what kind of person I am. If I only show weakness in front of you, I won't be able to win your heart. Why don't you lock you up by my side with a strong attitude?"

Pei Shanqing opened his mouth to refute him, but was suddenly covered by Jiang Yubai. He moved closer, his dark brown pupils glistening with tears through his half-closed eyes.

"Pei Shanqing, you are too demanding of me. You know that my love is dark and dirty, not as beautiful and bright as you imagined, but you still responded to me. If this is the case, you should bear it, shouldn't you?"

The sky outside the window was very blue, and it was rare that there was no fog. The sunlight came in through the glass, they were bathed in it, and no one said anything more.

After watching all the videos in the storage card, Pei Shanqing successfully found the camera behind the iron frame according to the angle, and without saying a word, he picked up the iron tongs and smashed it to pieces.

Jiang Yu Baichu watched quietly at the door, without any superfluous expression on his face, but deliberately refused to move away when Pei Shanqing was about to come out, hoping to see how he would react.

Pei Shanqing was blocked in the room and couldn't get out, didn't talk to him, and didn't even want to look up at him. Jiang Yubai inexplicably tasted a sense of helpless frustration from his series of angry behaviors.

Jiang Yubai opened his mouth and said as sincerely as possible: "I was wrong."

Pei Shanqing ignored him, Jiang Yubai embraced him reluctantly, and continued, "I really know I was wrong."

"Then let me go out." Pei Shanqing said without pushing him away.

Jiang Yubai stopped talking, he knew that Pei Shanqing was not just talking about this door, even though he knew it was wrong to do so, he still couldn't take the slightest risk to let himself lose him.

Pei Shanqing waited patiently for a while, then took a step back to leave his embrace, bit by bit he loosened his hands from his arms, and the rough calluses on his fingertips scratched the back of his hands, making it painful to scrape.

Jiang Yubai lowered his head and made room for a narrow gap. Pei Shanqing squeezed out between him and the door frame without hesitation, quickly walked back into the bedroom, and then slammed the door shut.

Jiang Yubai didn't go out again. During most of the cold war with Pei Shanqing, he sat on the floating platform of the living room window, staring at the small light spot in the sky that the sun miniature moved slowly.

In the other small part of the time, he would pick up the cat playing on the side, tie a note on its stubby calf that said I'm sorry, and put it on the door of the bedroom, and wait for it to knock on the door and take a look at Pei Shanqing.

The air in the house was even a bit cold, until Jiang Yubai received an unexpected call from Pei Yi from overseas.

"Yu Bai, is your brother with you? Why can't you get through on the phone?" Pei Yi asked on the other end.

Only then did Jiang Yubai realize that he forgot to charge Pei Shanqing's mobile phone these days, so he said, "We are all at home. He has been a little busy recently, so he may have forgotten to charge his mobile phone."

Pei Yi hummed vaguely, and Jiang Yubai asked, "Uncle, do you want me to give him a few words on the phone?"

"No need." Pei Yi paused and said, "I'm at the airport now, and I'll be home in a while."

Jiang Yubai was stunned in place, and it took him a long time to understand the meaning of his words, and said with difficulty: "Do you need us to pick you up? It may not be easy to take a taxi now."

Pei Yi replied "It's okay" and hung up the phone in a hurry. Jiang Yubai stayed for a few seconds before getting up and knocking on the bedroom door, with a trembling voice that didn't look like himself: "Pei Shanqing."

Pei Shanqing quickly opened the door, and vaguely realized something after seeing his embarrassing face, Jiang Yubai opened his mouth and said softly, "Uncle has returned home."

Jiang Yubai had never seen such a complicated expression on his face, and the two of them couldn't care less about other things, so they hurriedly tidied up every corner of the house.

Pei Shanqing glanced at every place, there are traces of two people living together, pairs of mouthwash cups and toothbrushes, slippers of the same style, two pillows scattered on the sofa, if you don't look at the top and bottom of the bedroom Anyone would think that the bed they made was a newly married couple.

Pei Shanqing finally understood Jiang Yubai's feelings of worrying about gains and losses. He settled down and got up to open the door amidst the long ringing of the doorbell. Pei Yi stood outside with only a large travel bag on his back, looking like he was walking in a hurry.

"Dad." Pei Shanqing said, "How long will you stay this time?"

Pei Yi glanced at him, and walked into the room from beside him without saying a word. Jiang Yubai came from the kitchen with a water glass, and called "Uncle" obediently.

"Well, why are you standing there? Sit down as if you made a mistake." Pei Yi sipped his saliva and said to the two people standing beside him.

Seeing his relaxed attitude, Pei Shanqing asked embarrassingly, "Dad, why didn't you say something earlier when you came back suddenly?"

"Your mobile phone can't get through, so I came here." Pei Yi said, "I have something to deal with in China, and I will stay for about three days."

"Then I'll book a hotel for you." Pei Shanqing turned on the phone while talking, but was stopped by Pei Yi: "It's not that I can't sleep, I'm sleeping on the sofa, so there's no need to book."

The cat bowed from the window sill, aimed at Pei Yi's leg and rushed towards Pei Yi. Pei Yi was startled, and Jiang Yubai hurriedly hugged the cat, "It's used to making noises on the sofa, and it may not stop at night."

Pei Yi said he was fine, and slowly asked, "How is the Yubai college entrance examination? Have you checked your grades?"

"Check it, it's okay."

Jiang Yubai didn't say anything too specific, but Pei Yi was very interested in this issue: "Which school do you plan to apply for? Your brother didn't think about it when he applied for the school. The geographical location and professional ability are not enough."

Pei Shanqing interrupted him suddenly: "That was a long time ago. If I had his share, which school in China wouldn't just pick it randomly?"

"Have you considered studying abroad?"

As soon as these words came out, the conversation immediately fell into a stalemate. Pei Shanqing's ability to disrupt the atmosphere must have been inherited from Pei Yi, always saying inappropriate things at inappropriate times.

"Dad, he only went abroad to study after failing the college entrance examination." Pei Shanqing said, "Aren't you ruining his future by doing this?"

Although Jiang Yubai didn't make a statement, his silence had already expressed all his thoughts. Pei Yi took a step back and tried to make amends: "There are still good schools in Europe."

Jiang Yubai and Pei Shanqing didn't refute too much anymore, but they also showed resistance in the open and in the dark. Pei Yi restrained his emotions and said flatly: "Forget it, let's not mention this for now. I'll buy what you want to eat tonight."

Jiang Yubai took the lead in saying, "There are a lot of vegetables in the refrigerator, so you don't need to buy any more."

"I'll go with you." Pei Shanqing got up and smiled at Jiang Yubai, "You bought too many tomatoes last time, so you just went out to buy some beef brisket to stew together."

Jiang Yubai hesitated to speak, and while he was hesitating, Pei Yi and Pei Shanqing had already left the door.

In the noisy vegetable market, Pei Shanqing kept looking at Pei Yi's face, but the other party was negotiating the price with the vegetable seller in a leisurely manner, and ignored him at all.

When the two of them came out with big bags and small bags, Pei Yi suddenly said, "Let's go back, it's not very far."

"……it is good."

"How is the studio you opened now?" Pei Yi's tone was as serious as ever, "Recently, the Internet industry is emerging, and the shareholders of the company want to acquire a related company. I don't know you..."

Pei Shanqing was a little surprised, and replied: "I'm not interested in your company, it's fine as it is now."

Pei Yiyu persuaded earnestly: "Development abroad is better than domestic development. Besides, no matter how uninterested you are, won't all my property be yours in the future?"

"Stop talking about that." Pei Shanqing made it clear, "I don't plan to go abroad."

The sky was covered with haze, Pei Yi stood there for a long time after hearing this, Pei Shanqing was puzzled, walked up to him, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Pei Yi put the plastic bag in his hand on the ground, looked at his son who was as tall as himself, and asked, "Repeat what you just said."

"I said, I'm not going abroad."

Snapped--

Pei Shanqing's side face was in hot pain, and the shame brought about by being slapped in public made him feel even more uncomfortable. He turned his head and cast his gaze at Pei Yi, but he was stunned in place.

Pei Yi is no longer as high-spirited as the last time we met, he is already a middle-aged man over half a century old, his temples are even a little gray, and the wrinkles on his face all reveal the vicissitudes and helplessness, his lips tremble slightly, even with a smirk. His hands were shaking.

"How long will you be obsessed with it? Do you think you have a future like this? Can you walk outside in an open and aboveboard manner?"

Pei Shanqing woke up suddenly, Pei Yi's words were chilling to the bone, he finally realized the purpose of Pei Yi's coming here sadly.

"You are not such a confused child, have you considered the consequences of this matter? Have you ever thought about Jiang Yubai's parents who passed away?"

Pei Shanqing opened his mouth and tried to defend himself: "I will take good care of him."

Pei Yi couldn't bear it anymore, and asked him every word: "What do you take care of him? Do you let him lock you up at home every day, or rely on your studio that is about to close down?"

The secret that I thought no one knew was exposed and exposed to the light of day.

"Dad...how did you know?" Pei Shanqing spoke with difficulty, as if every word was covered with thorns.

"Your online disk account has been logged in since I asked you to save files for me last time, and the videos you have viewed will automatically start cloud synchronization."

Those unappealing images resurfaced in front of his eyes, Pei Shanqing felt that his whole body had been pricked by dense needles, and there was a solid pain in his heart, as if he had stabbed a knife himself in order to maintain his sanity.

"If you don't agree with Jiang Yubai's study abroad, then you go abroad to take over my company." Pei Yi said without refusal, "Anyway, the two of you must separate."

Pei Shanqing's eyes became sore, he lowered his head and asked, "Is there no other way?"

"Pei Shanqing, you have seen his current situation yourself. How long will this continue? He has to go to school and you have to work. Is it possible that the two of you can live without leaving home?"

Pei Shanqing remained silent, Pei Yi continued: "Let's go now while there is still room for redemption. He was not like this before, maybe after you leave, he will be fine."

On the street full of people coming and going, the midsummer sun is so dazzling, and the presence of cicadas and the high temperature are so vivid that Pei Shanqing can't feel a trace of reality.

He seemed to be dragged off the track by life, and crashed into the bottomless darkness.

After a long time, he said, "Okay, then I'll go."

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