Chapter 54: He's My Brother
Xiang Xiaoyuan sat alone on the terrace, it was already a June day, and the wind at night was still a little chilly.
The room was so stuffy, so stuffy that it was suffocating.
The eyes are like a broken floodgate, unable to control the tears, allowing them to pour out like a flood.
If it weren't for his willful decision to choose to live here, then it would be impossible to know Xue Cheng and Cheng Hao.
Even if you run back and forth like a spinning top on the weekend, you won't feel so uncomfortable.
It was an indescribable discomfort, a desperate discomfort that my perception of this shijie was ruthlessly shattered.
Cheng Hao's indifferent attitude hurt her far beyond Xue Cheng's disappearance itself.
In her shijie, there is no one thing at stake that outweighs a person's life or death, and there is no one in her shijie that can be compared to a person's life.
This made her unacceptable and angry.
Xiao Yuan choked up and raised his head, there was a curved moon hanging obliquely in the sky, which looked like eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
From here, the rooftops and treetops of the villas in the community are tinged with a faint silver glow from the moonlight, as if a thin layer of snow has fallen.
I still remember that at Christmas, there were also beautiful lanterns hanging here, and at that time, Xue Cheng handed himself an apple, telling him that as long as he didn't cut it, he would have good luck this year.
But what's going on this year? I don't have such high expectations, I just hope that this year will be as safe as usual.
From the very beginning, however, it became one situation after another.
first witnessed the sudden death of passengers on the train, then the menacing SARS, Zhao Jianling was isolated, and now it is Xue Cheng's turn to be missing.
Is it because I cut off the skin of the apple in the first place?
Xiao Yuan smashed his head, how did he become so superstitious? When things don't go well, a lot of messy things will be linked together.
She was thinking nonsense here, and Cheng Hao opened the door and walked over.
He looked at Xiao Yuan, who was still shedding tears, and then sat down beside her.
Xiang Xiaoyuan quickly moved to the side, separating himself from him.
It's so cold, like next to a weather mass moving from the Siberian plateau, even if it is the height of summer, he can instantly drop the temperature by thirty or forty degrees.
Cheng Hao frowned slightly when he saw Xiaoyuan's reaction, this girl was still crying.
She can really cry, she can't stop crying, just like a child who doesn't care about her, she can cry for a day.
I still remember last year, she liked to laugh very much, and when she smiled, her eyes turned into a crooked crescent, like the crescent moon hanging by the sky now, which made you want to laugh with her.
But now she loves to cry, and this year she only remembers her tears.
I can't forget that when she came back from the Spring Festival, she fell on top of herself and cried bitterly; she couldn't cry anymore when she saw that her fever had subsided, and she didn't forget to beat herself with a pillow; she couldn't forget that when she learned that the people who fought with her on the front line of SARS were quarantined, she anxiously asked her if she was afraid, and she said "um" in a choked voice; I can't forget her wiping her tears step by step when she came out of the hospital.
I never felt that a woman's tears had so much power that they could make her heart ache.
But the heart is just disobedient, it just hurts, like a knife cut.
She's still crying, this good cryer......
"Haven't cried enough?"
Cheng Hao's voice sounded like a mockery, and Xiao Yuan turned his face to the side to ignore him.
"For Xue Cheng, I can wait, but some people can't wait, and the company can't wait. In addition to me, there are thousands of people waiting to eat and support their families. His voice was calm, but it seemed to have a little warmth.
"You say, what should I do?"
Hearing Cheng Hao's words, Xiang Xiaoyuan was suddenly stunned, and his tears could be contained.
She turned her head and looked at Cheng Hao in astonishment, it was the first time she heard him talk to herself with such a sincere attitude, and she was speechless for a while.
"I originally wanted to hide it for a while, but even you know it, and it's impossible to hide it anymore. The company can't do without a chairman, otherwise there will be a big mess. Although Xue Cheng is not in charge, his status is there. β
Xiao Yuan bit her lip and still didn't speak, just listened quietly.
"Tang Yuan is Xue Cheng's cousin, and he is considered an immediate family member, only if he takes over, others will not have disputes, and those who want to break the branch will not succeed. And, he has the ability to stabilize everything and get the company back on track. β
After a pause, he continued.
"I'm really under a lot of pressure these days, and I'm just as anxious as you are. Xue Cheng had an accident this time, I can't escape the blame, and inviting Tang Yuan is also a last resort. When he takes over, I'll take the blame and resign. β
His attitude was calm, and he spoke slowly in a narrative tone.
But Xiang Xiaoyuan still felt the turbulent waves behind this calm, there was a shijie she didn't understand, and she couldn't even imagine.
She suddenly felt that she was naΓ―ve, ridiculous, and impulsive, and even questioned him at this time.
I can't help him share his worries, and if I have to make trouble for him, I can't help Xue Cheng.
"That'...... You won't ignore Xue Cheng......" Xiao Yuan said timidly.
knew that Cheng Hao was going to find someone to replace him, and thought that he was going to abandon him for his own interests.
"He is my brother......" Cheng Hao said word by word.
Every word was smashed in Xiaoyuan's heart, this is the most haode answer.
She looked at his eyes quietly, different from the coldness of the past, only sincerity and firmness.
Needless to say, he won't make guarantees, and he doesn't need to make guarantees, the word "brother" is enough......
Whether or not what he said was true or not, she was willing to believe him, that kind of unconditional belief, desperate believing......
finally knew what Xue Cheng was in his heart......
"Mr. Cheng......" Xiao Yuan's voice trembled, sounding like a wisp of wind drifting by: "Yes...... Sorry ......"
Before she could finish speaking, Cheng Hao suddenly interrupted her.
"Give me your hand. He was still speaking in the commanding tone she knew best, only this time she didn't sound so cold.
Xiao Yuan hesitated and stretched out a hand, not knowing what he was going to do.
Cheng Hao suddenly pulled her hand, and even the one that didn't reach over was dragged over with him.
Xiang Xiaoyuan was defenseless, and the whole person was almost dragged by him.
Cheng Hao buried his forehead in her palm, her palm was warm and damp, but it could alleviate the bad emotions that had been entanglement and suppression for all these days.
Her hands are really small, and her own hands can wrap her hands in them.
Holding her fingers, you can feel the thin phalanges, the smooth bones, as if in the book, when you move, you will feel as crisp as a ring.
But now he was quiet, and he felt quiet in his heart, a kind of tranquility that had never existed.
I just want to bury it quietly in the palm of her hand like this, imagining myself like a little dove......