sneak peek

Nian seemed to be addicted to this remote control game, and kept telling Mo to go around in circles. After driving for half an hour, he was still spinning around nearby.

Mo patiently played with him, for fear that if he was dissatisfied, he would hurt Gu, or let another innocent person be disembowelled.

Finally, an hour later, he made Mo stop in one place.

"There's a blindfold hanging on the tree in front. Do you see it? Put it on. I didn't say you can't take it off." Nian's voice cannot be questioned.

Mo Wang put it on as he said, and thought to himself, could it be that you want me to drive a motorcycle blindly?Then manipulate me to bump into others?

But fortunately, Nian didn't have this plan, but just let him continue to move forward.

Mo Wang, who was deprived of his sight, lost his sense of direction. Although Nian kept guiding him by his ears, he still walked cautiously.

After walking for about 10 minutes, Nian suddenly said, "Stop."

"Huh? It's here?"

"Jump."

"What?" Mo Wang didn't react for a while.

"Can't you understand people's words? Jump."

Mo Wang understands this time, he is not sure what is ahead of him, a cliff?cliff?Maybe just a step.He stretched one foot forward tentatively to make sure the front was clear.

jump?Want to dance?What happens if you jump?

"Hurry up." Nian urged him out, "Do you want to add some scars to your Gu Yexi?"

Mo Wang jumped.

There was no pain as expected, he just seemed to have fallen into a big pit.The pit wasn't too deep, and he didn't suffer any injuries, only his butt was knocked and his hands were scratched.He sat up, subconsciously trying to take off the blindfold to see where he was.As soon as the hand was raised, it was knocked off.

Only then did he realize that there was someone beside him.

"Who?"

"Did I allow you to take off the blindfold?" Nian's voice sounded, but it came from the mobile phone.

Mo Wang didn't dare to take off the blindfold anymore. Based on the sound, he judged where the phone fell and planned to pick it up.As soon as I touched the phone, my hand was stepped on.The gravel and sand at the bottom of the pit sank into his palm, and he was in great pain, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

"Help up." After reading the order to the mysterious man, Mo Wang felt his foot move away, and at the same time he was pulled up by someone.

"Bring it here." Nian continued to give orders, and the man pulled Mo Wang around quickly, turning left and right.

Mo Wang stumbled and bumped into the wall several times, his body was numb with pain, and when he finally stopped, he had no idea how far he had walked or where he was.

His blindfold was taken off rudely, and a bright light shone into his eyes. He squinted his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found that he had unknowingly walked to the ground again, in front of an abandoned factory building, not far away from him. In the distance, Nian was sitting on a red velvet sofa, with a medieval European-style tea table in front of it, with a pot of tea and two teacups on it.The appearance of high-end furniture in this place where the birds don't shit, has an indescribable sense of disobedience.

"We finally met." Nian said slowly.

Mo Wang remained expressionless and did not respond, his eyes looked around, trying to find Gu's trace.But he and Nian are the only two people here, not even the person who brought him here just now is gone.

"Come here." Nian Xie smiled, "It's been so long, don't you want to sit down?"

"Where is Gu?"

"come over."

Mo Wang hesitated for a moment, and sat next to Nian.

Nian supported the armrest of the sofa with his hands, sat sideways, and looked at Mo Wang's face carefully.Mo Wang was not used to being stared at, so he couldn't help but move away from Nian, turning his face slightly to the other side, not letting him see.

"It's really similar." Nian's tone sounded like envy or jealousy.

"like what?"

"Like father."

Mo Wang was stunned for a moment, he subconsciously touched his face, does it look like it?Seems to be true, since childhood, my grandfather and eight uncles have always said so.

But grandma never said that.

"I don't look like that much." Nian added.

"Oh." Mo Wang responded casually.

"Don't you think so?"

"I have no memory of him, he hasn't been home since I was two years old."

Nian was taken aback for a moment, as if he didn't quite believe it, "There are always photos and videos, right? How many uncles are there with grandparents? Didn't I tell you about him?"

"So what?" Mo Wang became a little impatient, "I never cared about the question of whether I look like it or not. What do you think about letting me come? Where is Gu?"

Nian smiled contemptuously, "Don't worry, can't we talk for a while? Don't worry, I will let you see your Gu."

"We have nothing to talk about."

"Oh? You don't want to know about my mother and your father?"

"Not interested." Mo Wang said sincerely, "Besides, I have basically guessed it."

"Oh, you're not interested in listening, but I'm interested in talking." Nian poured two cups of tea, "Do you want some tea?"

"No." Mo Wang was very vigilant.

"Don't worry, it's not poisonous." Nian glanced at him and drank his cup of tea.

"No." Mo Wang insisted.

"Whatever." Nian put down the teacup, touched the caterpillar scar on his hand, "Do you know how this scar came from?"

"Is this a real scar?" Mo Wang always thought that it was pasted by him to imitate his father.

"My mother put it on by herself." Nian finger circled on the scar, "She said, this will make me more like my father."

Mo Wang suddenly heard a bit of resentment in the tone of Nian. He looked at Nian carefully and found that he had more similarities with his father, such as a small mole next to the Adam's apple and a small birthmark behind the ear.Did Nian's mother put these up for him?Does he have it too?Why do you do this?

"Can't understand?" Nian asked.

Mo Wang paused, and replied honestly, "I'm not interested in understanding."

Nian laughed, "It's so indifferent, you are not so indifferent to your family, Gu Yexi?"

"Anyway, it doesn't matter whether I'm interested or not? If you want to say it, just say it!"

"Do you know how my mother fell in love with your father? It's funny to say, it's just because she cut her hair that day, no one noticed, but my father noticed and praised how beautiful it is. I used to think this It's very romantic, but now that I know the identity of my father, I think he just wanted to win the favor of the drug gang's daughter, so he said it casually."

"So you think your mother was cheated of her feelings, and now she wants to seek revenge from me?"

"Oh, what do you think?"

"You left your mother at home to fend for yourself, so you probably don't really care about her that much?"

A smug smile suddenly appeared on Nian's face, "How is she now?"

"Alive."

"Is it harder to live than to die? Isn't it?"

Mo Wang was curious and concerned, "What's wrong with her?"

Nian tapped his brain, "Crazy."

"Neuropathy?"

"She devoted her whole life to making her son a dead lover who she always cared about. Isn't she crazy? Is there any other explanation?"

Mo Wang suddenly seemed to understand the actual relationship between the two of them, which made him a little hard to accept, "You... But I think many of those medicines are not psychotropic medicines."

Nian laughed loudly, "Do you think I want to cure her?"

Mo Wang understood that Zhang Li was not sick at all, but Nian couldn't stand her mother's obsession, so she lied that she was sick and gave her various medicines every day, which made her bedridden and her health became worse and worse. Almost dead now.

"What did she do?" Mo Wang asked in a low voice.

"What did she do? I think about it. Growing up, other children went to play and go to school. I can only stay at home and learn how to become a father. She gave me my father's name and reproduced it on me. My father's scars, telling me about my father every day, and asking me to imitate his voice and smile. If I don't do well, I will be beaten. Of course, if I do well, I won't be given the reward I want. There is Sometimes I make mistakes on purpose because I'd rather be beaten. But I've never complained before, and I take it for granted."

"Until you found me?"

"Yes," Nian glanced at Mo Wang, "until I found you, it was an accidental discovery. You may not remember, about three years ago, I ran into you by chance on the street. I thought , You look so much like your father. I couldn't help but followed you for several blocks. You seemed a little drunk and didn't notice me. After that, I kept thinking about who you are and why you are so similar Father, is it reincarnation? After that day, I couldn't help but go back to that street every day, in order to see you again. I also went to the nearby store to inquire, and finally found out where you live. "

"Have you ever been to my house?" Mo Wang was surprised.

"Well, when I went, you weren't there, and neither were my grandparents. I climbed in from the balcony and looked at the photos inside, and I understood everything. I understood the hero who died for the drug gang in my mother's heart, that The lover who treats her wholeheartedly is just a double-faced person. And he already has a wife and a son, and our mother and son are just an accidental product of his mission."

"So you started to resent, resent your mother's blindness, resent my existence?"

"You can say that, but it's not quite right." Nian took out a photo from his pocket. It was a group photo of Mo Wang and his grandparents on a spring outing when he was a child, and it was stolen by Nian at some point.

"I was looking at your home, your bedroom, your clothes, your pictures. Do you know what I saw?"

"what?"

"All of this could have been mine." Nian put away all the smiles on his face, and his face darkened along with the sky outside, "My grandparents, my room, my clothes, and ours. Group photo. They are also father’s children, why can I have my own life while I have been a substitute for almost 20 years?”

Mo Wang was speechless, he knew that what Nian said was fallacious, but after knowing Nian's experience, he could understand why Nian had so much resentment.

"Heh, are you pitying me with this look in your eyes?"

Mo Wang didn't answer, just asked: "Have you finished telling the story?"

"It's over."

"Take me to see Gu."

"It's really ruthless," Nian said lazily, "Is there nothing brother wants to tell me?"

Mo Wang's tone was very cold, "What do you want me to say?"

Nian laughed at himself, "Okay, if you want to see Gu Yexi, just follow me."