Followed

30.

The noise of people in the barbecue restaurant, the sound of meat being put on the pot, the sound of cups and dishes clashing, the sound of conversation, laughter, and the sound of the market filled the air, were all to cover Wen Er's heartbeat at the moment.

Bie Xu had already withdrawn his hand as if nothing had happened, and didn't take the opportunity to say anything, just as if it was an accident, but Wen Er was thinking about it repeatedly, embarrassed and ashamed.

"Brother, why don't you eat it?" Wen Ya's phone call had come to an end, seeing Bie Xu and Wen Er sitting dryly, he reached out for a piece of lettuce, wrapped it up in a roll, and handed it to Wen Er.

As if the scene was reappearing, Wen Er reflexively leaned back, the movement was so violent that the chair swayed back and forth unsteadily, almost falling to the ground.

Wen Ya put the lettuce rolls on the plate in front of Wen Er, seeing Wen Er's exaggerated reaction, the hand that was about to withdraw hesitated in the air for a moment.She asked inexplicably: "What's wrong?"

"No." Wen Er quickly pulled back the chair, bowed his head and waved his hands.

He didn't dare to look at Bie Xu's expression at all. He fixed his eyes on the short distance from the edge of the baking pan to the front of him, and picked up all the vegetables in his sight. eat.

Accompanied by Bie Xu's uncontrollable laughter, the barbecue sandwich lightly tapped on his plate, and a piece of meat suddenly stretched out in front of Wen Er.

"Don't just eat the vegetables."

Wen Er silently picked up the piece of meat, said "Thank you" in a voice like a mosquito, and swallowed it in three or two bites without looking up.

Be Xu watched him leisurely from the sidelines, enjoying the fun of feeding, forcing Wen Er to finish a large plate of meat and a vegetable platter without stopping.

"Come on! Cheers!" Wen Ya shouted excitedly, holding up her glass, not wanting to be left alone.

She didn't see the undercurrent of the two people before, but saw that one of them was roasting seriously, and the other was eating, without speaking, and hurriedly greeted them.

Wen Er didn't forget that this was his younger sister's college entrance feast, and clinked glasses cooperatively, but he controlled his peripheral vision well and didn't give a single hint to Bie Xu: "Congratulations on your admission to University A, and everything will go well in the future."

"Everything is going well!" Bie Xu muffled a smile, and quickly joined in.

The three cups bumped lightly together, Wen Ya cheered, and the two of them also echoed.

After finishing his drink, Bie Xu winked at Wen Ya, and added: "If anything goes wrong, come to Brother Bie Xu."

"Okay!" Wen Ya slapped the table arrogantly, which shocked Wen Er, "Brother Bie Xu covers me!"

Wen Ya can be regarded as a big kid, she has not yet entered the society, but she has learned how to behave in society.Pulling Bie Xu, he toasted one cup after another, saying that he wanted to be filial to curry favor with elder brother first.

Wen Er didn't notice it at first, but after he realized that Wen Ya's cup was not filled with drinks, the little girl had already started talking with her tongue out.

Bie Xu checked the two empty bottles on the table, quickly removed the glass in front of Wen Ya, put a glass of boiled water on it, looked at Wen Er who was frowning, and comforted him: "It's okay, the alcohol content of fruit wine is not high. , Yaya may not be able to drink."

As if to confirm his evaluation, Wen Ya immediately began to appear to be insane with alcohol.

She pursed her mouth, as if Gulu spit bubbles, then picked up the cup in front of her, took a big gulp, stared for a moment with the water in her mouth, swallowed it all, and slammed the cup Slam back on the table.

The two people around were stunned by her movement, but before they reacted, Wen Ya snatched the barbecue tongs from Bie Xu's hand again, turned over every piece of meat, scratched it in a mess, and violently slammed it in dissatisfaction. With a flick of the clip, a splash of oil was splashed, and two drops fell on Bie Xu's sleeve.

Wen Er hurriedly grabbed the barbecue tongs, put them out of Wen Ya's reach, pressed her arm, and tried to reason with a drunk.

Wen Ya's hand was held down, and she struggled twice, but found that she couldn't make it, and almost wrestled with Wen Er.

She glared at Wen Er, her voice was urgent, a little vague, and what she said seemed to have no boundaries, but the two people at the table understood.

"Brother...after...after...you will...get...free..."

Wen Er sighed, feeling uncomfortable in every possible way.

He touched Wen Ya's head, sat down with his arms around her shoulders: "What are you talking about..."

"Brother... freed..."

Wen Ya put her head on Wen Er's chest, chanting these words over and over again, twisting her body, her hair was messed up and fell down.Let her look up now, she's just like a crazy woman.

Wen Er tried his best to comfort her, one hand ran down Wen Ya's hair, and the other hand patted behind her slowly, just like coaxing her to sleep when she was a child.

Wen Ya gradually calmed down, still muttering in her mouth, "relief" for a while, "thank you" for a while, Wen Er's eyes started to sore when she said it.

He knew what sister meant, but he never felt Wenya was his burden.

Bie Xu silently went to the front desk to settle the bill, came back and squatted in front of the siblings, asking, "Going back?"

"Go back." Wen Er supported Wen Ya and stood up, and Bie Xu naturally took over and gave him a hand.Wen Er turned his head and finally stopped avoiding Bie Xu's gaze: "Thank you."

Wen Ya tossed back and forth in the arms of her two elder brothers along the way, and was finally brought home with difficulty.

Wen Er dragged her to the bed, not daring to turn down the air conditioner too low. After thinking about it, he added another quilt for her.

Bie Xu stood at the door very gentlemanly, and did not rush into the girl's boudoir.He caught a glimpse of Wen Er's movements and couldn't help reminding: "Don't make it too thick."

"Drunk makes you afraid of the cold."

Wen Er explained, looking left and right, worried, and pressed the corner of the quilt a little tighter.

It suddenly occurred to Bie Xu that he also had the experience of being taken care of by Wen Er when he was drunk, and after watching him busy now, he realized that he was also a little headstrong at that time.

Wen Er checked around for the last time, walked up to Bie Xu, and gently closed the door of Wen Ya's room.

The two went downstairs quietly, and sat around the familiar small table. Wen Er went to the back to make a pot of tea, and handed a cup to Bie Xu: "I just ate too much greasy food, drink this, it cleanses the intestines and relieves oil. "

Bie Xu took it, sniffed the fragrance of the tea first, then praised it, then blew and tasted it slowly.

After a while, he held the teacup in his hand and said with emotion: "You are really good at taking care of people."

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

The two drank tea quietly for a while, and Wen Er suddenly spoke in a calm tone: "I also briefly mentioned the situation of my family before."

"Ah."

"My parents left in the year of my college entrance examination. There was a car accident. It was very sudden. It was chaotic. Wen Ya was only 12 years old. I was going to take the college entrance examination in a few months. Many relatives came to discuss what we should do in the future." Wen Er recalled the scene at that time, "When my parents were in love, my family didn't support them very much. Although they didn't break off the relationship, they were relatively estranged from relatives, so when they came to express their condolences, I didn't know many of them."

Wen Er showed a fleeting smile, carrying a little bit of bitterness: "Actually, the relatives are all nice. Seeing that our two children will not be able to live in the future, some uncles suggested that Wen Ya can be adopted." He paused, "However, Wen Ya's age is really embarrassing. A 12-year-old child understands everything he should know, and it's not easy to integrate into a new family. So several families analyze and analyze. You say what I say. , I can’t help being a little excited.”

Bie Xu squeezed the saucer tightly, and said clearly: "There must be a quarrel."

Wen Er nodded very lightly: "At first they asked me to discuss it alone, but then the voice was too loud, and Wen Ya heard every word."

Hearing this, Bie Xu added more strength to his hands, causing his finger bones to turn white, and looked at Wen Er with pity in his eyes.

He already understood the ending.

"Then Wen Ya pushed open the door, pushed away all the adults around, threw herself on me, grabbed my clothes, and couldn't breathe from crying." Wen Er bowed his head and took a sip of tea. After a long time, he put down the teacup, Said slowly, "She kept asking: 'Brother, don't you want me?'"

Wen Er didn't deliberately imitate the gentle tone, but spoke softly, but Bie Xu could completely imagine the heart-piercing scene at that time.

No one spoke for a long while, and Wen Er held up the teacup again, raised it to his lips, and lowered his head slightly, covering the expression on his face.

Bie Xumo was silent for a while, and said firmly: "But even if Yaya didn't say that, you wouldn't send her away."

"Yes." The teacup in Wen Er's hand shook, and he slowly raised his eyes, agreeing with the firmest tone today.

"However," he looked back at Bie Xu, a little unwilling and regretful, "I hesitated at the time."

Bie Xu also looked directly at him, and Bi Wener was very firm: "At that time, you had only one."

The two looked at each other for a while, Wen Er suddenly relaxed and let out a long breath.

He has taken on the identity of "brother" for too long, and he is used to rushing into battle. It seems that confusion and hesitation are inappropriate, but today, someone can finally understand.

"Wen Ya always feels that she is dragging me down, because of her, I can't go to further places to go to school, because of her, I have to take care of the family every day, and because of her, I seem to have given up my life."

"Not really."

"Of course." Wen Er smiled, with a little pride in his helplessness, "It should be said that she gave me strength."

"I understand what you mean. When two people are together, they can draw courage from each other. But..." Bie Xu thought about it and said, "Ya Ya said that you are going to be liberated. From another perspective, there is some truth to it."

He looked at Wen Er, as if he couldn't bear it: "She has grown up."

Wen Ya has grown up and is destined to leave. The time when brother and sister were tightly dependent on each other will gradually become a thing of the past.

"She has grown up..." Wen Er repeated in a low voice, he closed his eyes, and sighed after a long time, "I understand."

Don't stop talking, Wen Er has naturally thought about the problems he can think of quickly countless times.

The two were silent for a while, but Bie Xu couldn't help but want to fight for it.He tentatively asked: "Have you thought about it? When Yaya goes to college, what are you going to do?"

"In the beginning, I had a lot of ideas, and even thought about traveling around the world." Wen Er was a little embarrassed, "It's a bit whimsical."

"This can't be considered whimsical." Bie Xu's expression was very serious, "I also vowed to travel all over the world when I was a child."

"We're not the same..."

"It's nothing different." Bie Xu interrupted him and said seriously, "If you act, it's all the same."

It was rare for Wen Er to be the one to be educated, and he was even more embarrassed.He snapped his fingers up and down, without looking at other threads, with a look of lowering his head in reflection.

Bie Xu realized that he was being too assertive, so he slowed down his voice and said, "Of course I rely on this to make a living. Focusing on career is focusing on dreams. It's much easier. But if you have a similar idea, you should give it a try."

He spoke sincerely and earnestly. On the one hand, he wanted to enlighten Wen Er from the bottom of his heart, and on the other hand, he was thinking about his little Jiujiu.

Bie Xu earnestly said: "I can be with you."

"You have taken care of me a lot." Wen Er's first reaction was to politely refuse, and he even added, "From all aspects."

"Those are not enough. Since you are used to taking care of others, you must also learn to enjoy the feeling of being taken care of."

Bie Xu paused, and confidently announced: "Besides, sooner or later, I won't be 'someone else'."