Twelve Difficult Study Abroad Life

The cause of things is simple.

That day when Li came back from the outside, he shouted, "Honey, quickly see what brother brought you."

Li put a box of grilled chicken on the kitchen bar, and was about to give Zeming a big hug on the sofa, when he saw him sitting blankly with no expression on his face, his whole body stiff.

His mobile phone was placed on the sofa, and he was on a video call. The other party was a middle-aged woman who was three points similar to him.

Li stopped immediately.

The woman in the video seemed to be very anxious and kept talking. Zeming was wearing earphones, so Li couldn't hear anything, but he could clearly see that Zeming's face turned pale inch by inch.

Zeming waved him to go back to the bedroom and stay, and then went to the balcony by himself.

Li obediently sat on the bed, trying to force herself to play with her mobile phone, a trace of panic in her heart bursting out uncontrollably.

"...are you okay?" Li said to Zeming in the door frame.

Zeming looked pale, he put his hands on the door frame, and smiled at Li: "It's okay." He was silent for a while, and then said with difficulty: "Brother, can you go out and stay in a hotel for a few days recently?" ? My parents are coming."

The midday sun shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows, making Li almost unable to sit still.

"I'm sorry." Li lowered his head, Zeming couldn't see his expression.

"You have nothing to do to me." Zeming walked over and hugged his shoulders, "It's okay, they just came to play for a few days."

Zeming's voice was as gentle as ever, he raised his hand to stroke Li's hair, and hugged him tightly.

Li found Zeming so nervous for the first time, he hugged him so hard that he almost trembled, like a drowning man holding on to a piece of driftwood.

Five days later, Zeming's parents came to his apartment.

The two sat on the sofa with dark circles under their eyes that they didn't know whether it was caused by jet lag or other reasons.Dad folded his arms and looked at everything in the apartment in silence, while Mom just lowered her head and her eyes were red.

The blades of the electric fan in the dining room were whirling, and the blinding sunlight scalded the ground. There had never been so many people in this room, but at this moment, it seemed that the sound of a needle falling could be heard quietly.

The traces of the two living together in the apartment were spread out in front of the three of them.Two cups, two chairs, and a couple of pillows were gifts from Li for Christmas.

Zeming never wanted to hide anything, but he didn't expect it to start this way either.

"Who is that person?"

Dad was the first to ask.

"My friend." Zeming said, "Boyfriend."

"Boyfriend? You're promising." Dad's voice was full of anger, and the emotions he held back in the taxi were like floods bursting at the moment, trying to drown Zeming, "You spend so much energy going abroad, why don't you I found a boyfriend? What's wrong with you?"

Zeming didn't speak.He's leaning against the kitchen bar with his arms crossed like Dad's, and the two are simultaneously defensively against each other.

Mom's tears finally welled up, and her voice was trembling, with a trace of bewilderment and panic: "" You were not like this when you were young?You changed it, okay?Mom will take you to see a doctor, let's go home, go home..."

"How do you ask your grandma to accept it? Your grandfather passed away a few years ago, and she was looking forward to you getting married and starting a business, and she was waiting to give you a grandson. How could you do this? What do you ask her to do?" Dad refused to budge.

Zeming was brought up by his grandparents since childhood.He still clearly remembers the scene when his grandpa had a heart attack and fell in front of his eyes.Since then, grandma has been in poor spirits, and she can only talk about things when grandpa was still in a trance all day long.

Zeming lowered his head, clenched his hands into fists, but stubbornly refused to speak.

"Drop out of school and go home. Mom and Dad will take you to the hospital, take you to see a doctor, get over it, find a girlfriend, find a job, start a family and start a business. You have always been excellent, and Dad knows that." Dad looked at Zeming, Sighed.

The visa that my parents had applied for early to attend his graduation ceremony was now used in this kind of scene. Zeming felt stuck in his heart.

He raised his head.

I haven't seen my parents for almost a year, and they seem to be a lot older all of a sudden.In the past, my father would use dyeing cream to carefully dye his hair black, but now half of his hair is gray, and he can't cover it no matter what.My mother wiped her tears, and the deep and shallow wrinkles became more obvious. The thick and beautiful curly hair that was permed when she was young has long since become thinner, and she is tied into a simple bun behind her head.

Zeming had never been this sad.In front of me are the parents who brought him up hand in hand, taught him to walk, taught him to speak, and were willing to give everything unconditionally whenever he needed it.Even when he made the decision to go abroad, they expressed their support without any hesitation. The high tuition fees can be borrowed, and they only hope that there will be fewer obstacles for him to pursue his dream.

But Zeming suddenly remembered the crying Li who hugged him tightly that night.

Li said he loved him, and he knew it.But he has never said this sentence to Li. This sentence has been imagined in countless scenes in his heart and said silently in his heart countless times, I love you.

"..."

what about later

Twelve put down his pen, but did not ask after all.

Zeming looked tired, his eyes and brows were cold.The boy who had been laughing all night finally took off his mask at this moment, his dark brown pupils were filled with layers of helplessness.

"Go back." Unlike Li, he barely drank coffee, "I'll drive you."

"You have a car?" Twelve asked in surprise.In her impression, Zeming always rides in Li's car.

"Well, I bought it later." He said lightly, "It's too inconvenient for a person without a car."

He picked up his coat and put on a slight smile when he went out: "Li taught me."