88. Fanwai II (I)
Cheng Zhi lived in a small house with his mother since he was a child, took some cheap medicine, didn't pick anything, and grew up to be nine years old like this.
When they were nine years old, a man suddenly picked up their mother and son and moved into a big house, and the mother said that it was the father.
The big house is wide and bright, he can have a room alone, he is lying on the windowsill looking at the surrounding scenery, quietly supporting his little head, and suddenly saw a person downstairs carrying a heavy bag, about to walk into the house, the person suddenly raised his eyes and looked over, and saw Cheng Zhi lying on the windowsill at a glance, those eyes were sharp and compelling.
Cheng Zhi was startled, and immediately retracted his head, and when he looked again after a while, the person was gone.
At dinner in the evening, Cheng Zhi saw the man again, and his father began to introduce: This is my brother, Cheng Qi, who is going to military school.
Cheng Zhi shouted obediently: Brother.
The man looked over again, his eyes were faint, and he looked a little cold.
Cheng Zhi lowered his head and ate quietly without making a sound.
Cheng Zhi has always been a quiet child, always sullen alone, what kind of eyes, what kind of words he treats quietly, as if nothing can hurt him.
He instinctively felt that this brother didn't like him very much. Probably inexplicably because of the addition of a half-brother, no one likes to suddenly one day, a stranger lives at home and divides his father's love.
In fact, Cheng Zhi has always felt that it doesn't matter if he has a father or not, and it doesn't matter if he has a big house, he has only one wish: don't cause trouble to others.
He always minimizes his sense of saving, he doesn't want to take medicine, it is very expensive, it will cause trouble to his mother, and his mother will work hard. In this big house, he also tries not to appear in front of his brother, who doesn't like him and will be unhappy to see him.
He wanted to be so small, so small that no one would notice it, and hide in his own world. He once followed his mother to see a kind of flower, and his mother said it was a cherry blossom.
The cherry blossoms are flying colorfully, they will soon wither, very beautiful, just like in that world, he is the only one, Cheng Zhi's world is full of cherry blossoms, he is the only one, and he does not cause trouble to anyone.
He eats quietly every day, sleeps quietly, studies hard, doesn't cause trouble at school, and classmates will not fight back when they are bullied, it hurts, but he doesn't cry and always keeps his head down.
That day, he came home with his schoolbag, his father and mother were not at home, he breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to enter the room, when the schoolbag was grabbed, he looked back and saw his brother.
My brother was seventeen years old, very tall, like an adult, and he looked up at his brother, and he felt that his brother was very scary.
He opened his mouth to call out to his brother, but he didn't dare.
"What's wrong with the face?" The elder brother looked at him and asked, then suddenly touched it with his hand.
Cheng Zhi was so frightened that he took a step back and whispered, "I fell myself, I'm sorry, brother." β
Then the atmosphere suddenly fell silent, but if my brother didn't leave, he couldn't go either, until his heart was suppressed and hurt a little, and he heard his brother speak: "You always avoid me, am I terrible?" β
Cheng Zhi took a step back, looked at Cheng Qi for a while, and said in a low voice: "Brother is not terrible, I'm afraid that my brother will be unhappy when he sees me." β
Cheng Qi suddenly squatted down, level with Cheng Zhi, looked at his helpless eyes, and asked, "Why am I unhappy?" β
Cheng Zhi's eyes widened, looking a little pitiful, he shook his head: "I don't know." β
Cheng Qi looked at him for a moment, then suddenly turned around and said, "You come with me." β
Cheng Zhi obediently followed him, he didn't know what his brother was going to do, he only saw that his brother seemed to have gone to get something, he was like a puppy, Cheng Qi took one step at a time, but it was not in the way.
Suddenly Cheng Qi squatted down, he suddenly took a step back, Cheng Qi looked at him and suddenly smiled.
Then he opened his eyes wide and watched his brother gently apply medicine to the wound on his face, his brother's hand was very light, and he felt very gentle, such tenderness he had never experienced, nor from his mother.
The older brother doesn't seem to hate him as much as he thought he would.
"Don't get hurt casually in the future, if someone bullies you, you have to sue me, and if you are injured, you have to sue me, you know?"
Cheng Zhi nodded obediently.
Cheng Zhi's body is so weak, he has never learned how to fight back, how can he not be injured?
Until Cheng Zhi was fourteen years old, he would still be seen by Cheng Qi with wounds, and Cheng Qi finally reprimanded with a cold face: "Why don't you fight back?" You're a boy! Boys need to learn to protect themselves! You're fourteen years old, and you've been bullied because you didn't fight back! β
Cheng Zhi's eyes widened, reflecting Cheng Qi's angry appearance, and he opened his mouth to make a sound: "I'm sorry, brother, I know what to do." β
Then the next day, Cheng's family received a call from the school, saying that Cheng Zhi was rescuing.
Cheng Qi immediately rushed over, he stood at the door of the emergency room, listening to the teacher explain while wiping his sweat: "Cheng Zhi was fighting with his classmates, suddenly fell to the ground, and was sent to the hospital to know that he had congenital heart disease!" β
Cheng Qi's eyes widened, listening to the woman, Cheng Zhi's mother, and began to explain anxiously: "He hasn't said anything, I thought it was okay!" β
Father: "Why don't you tell me that he has a heart attack!" How can it be better without surgery? β
He has always been so quiet, so obedient, and has such a low sense of storage, even the injuries are carefully hidden, and no one notices his abnormality. He looked so weak, but looking back, it was as if he had never cried beforeβeven so quietly in pain.
Cheng Qi sat beside the hospital bed and guarded, his father and the woman had already gone back, he looked at the face of this so-called younger brother, and he was in a daze.
Suddenly, he saw Cheng Zhi's eyelashes fluttering, and then he opened his eyes, his eyes were very dark, he looked at Cheng Qi, and opened his mouth to shout, "Brother." β
Cheng Qi's throat rolled for a moment, and he heard Cheng Zhi continue: "I'm sorry, brother, I've caused you trouble." β
Cheng Qixin was almost trembling, he looked at Cheng Zhi, his eyes were feelings that he didn't understand, he opened his mouth with difficulty, and his voice was hoarse: "It's my brother who is wrong, Xiaozhi is not a trouble, it's my brother who didn't protect you well..."
Cheng Zhi almost didn't know what Cheng Qi was talking about, he only felt a great sadness, and only repeated: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm not going to fight anymore..."
In the days that followed, Cheng Qi, who had already entered the special department, rushed home every week, and even his father didn't know why he did this, why did he do this?
Of course, it's to see if my brother is well, if he is injured, and if he is ignored by you!
Cheng Zhi has missed the best treatment period, and needs to recuperate his body well and wait for a heart.
Cheng Zhi was seventeen years old that year, but Cheng Qi did not come back that week, he covered his heart and looked out of the dark window, he knew that his brother's work was very dangerous, he looked out the window and did not sleep all night.
On the second day, Cheng's family received a notice that, according to Cheng Qi's request, Cheng Qi, who had passed the dangerous period, was transferred to the hospital in H City.
My father was a little angry: "The medical conditions in City A are obviously better, why do you want to transfer to City H?" Then he looked at Cheng Zhi, and his voice was a little cold: "Your brother is in the hospital, you go and see him." β
As soon as Cheng Zhi heard that his brother was hospitalized, his heart trembled for a moment, and his heart hurt, and when he rushed to the hospital, he opened the door of the ward, and Cheng Qi saw him at a glance.
"Xiaozhi, I'm back." Cheng Qi beckoned to him, his expression gentle: "Xiao Zhi must be worried..."
Cheng Zhi walked over, looked at him, and finally cried, while saying, "Brother, I'm sorry..."
At this time, Cheng Qi saw him crying for the first time, no matter how painful or injured he was a quiet and patient person, at this moment, because he cried, tears kept flowing out, like transparent amber, Cheng Qi felt distressed, wiped his tears, and said: "Xiao Zhi is not sorry for anyone, Xiao Zhi is my baby..."
Cheng Zhi looked at him with his eyes open, and then listened to him say: "Xiao Zhi kisses his brother, and it doesn't hurt to kiss his brother..."
Cheng Qi said this sentence almost without thinking, and even he was stunned after blurting it out, and then he saw this well-behaved younger brother, and kissed him on the cheek according to his words.
Cheng Qi's whole body trembled instantly, he almost didn't know why he did this, and then the ghost made the god say the next sentence: "Kiss my brother's mouth." β
Then Cheng Zhi leaned over, looked into Cheng Qi's eyes, and kissed him on the lips.
Suddenly! The door of the ward was opened, and the father's roar reached his ears: "Evil obstacle! β
Cheng Qi was called into the room by his father to lecture, and Cheng Zhi listened to his mother's words: "Do you know what you are doing? You're seventeen! Can you be sensible? He's your brother! β
Cheng Zhi spoke: "Why can't you kiss my brother?" I like my brother. β
The mother covered her mouth in shock, tears slid down her eyes, and then she shouted, "Do you know what this means? It'sβ" she withheld the word and continued, "Your brother will ruin his future because of you!" Cheng Qi is different from you, he has a bright future - you will ruin me, you know? β
Cheng Zhi looked at his mother blankly: "My brother will be because of me... Is it bad to become? β
His mother stared at him, her face hideous, like a ghost: "It's not good! will be scolded, life is better than death! β
Cheng Zhi's eyes widened in vain-
Since then, the days seem to have returned to the way he was when he first came to Cheng's house, Cheng Qi still comes back every week, but Cheng Zhi is cautious, trying not to talk anymore, and no longer meet Cheng Qi.
Cheng Qi also had cold eyes, he didn't know what he was busy with, and he no longer went home every week.
The days passed, Cheng Zhi was only three months away from the college entrance examination, he looked at the book quietly, he knew that when he went to college in the future, he would no longer have to cause trouble to his family, he would not meet his brother again, and his heart would not hurt so much.
The spring sun was shining, his father had already gone out, he had breakfast and was about to go to school, when he heard his mother's phone ringing, his mother picked up the phone, and gradually her eyes widened, almost to the point of hideousness, she didn't say a word to the phone, and after hanging up the phone, she stared at Cheng Zhi-
"It's all your fault! It's because you were born! If you don't save zΓ i, you won't have so much troubleβ"
Cheng Zhi opened his eyes and looked at his mother, who seemed to be going crazy, and listened to his mother's voice slowly approaching him.
"If it's not you! I'm still fine! β
"If it's not you! Cheng Qi won't meddle in things! β
Her voice was filled with endless malice, but it suddenly became softer: "I know that Cheng Qi comes back every week to see you." β
"Do you know how much he paid for it? Such a dangerous task, but you have to pinch the time to complete it, all for you, the evil obstacle! Someday he's going to die for you! β
Cheng Qi opened his eyes, without blinking, tears slid down, and his voice continued-
"Why don't you die?! I should have strangled you for the rest of my life! You shouldn't save zΓ iβ"
Cheng Zhi sat in the classroom, quiet and no one spoke, but there were so many people, the sound of the pen written on the white paper rustled, and it reached his ears, and the world was extremely noisy.
He turned his head sideways to look out the window at the large field of cherry blossoms, all of them fluttering and beautiful, and he stood up and walked into the quiet world where he was alone.
The voice on the other end of the phone from his mother, whom he had never heard, was: Cheng Qi took your brother's blood and gave Cheng Zhi a paternity test.