know the enemy

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Jia called and asked Bai Mu if he could take someone with him at night. Bai Mu thought he was going to bring his girlfriend home, so she happily agreed.

When Bai Yi came back at noon, she even dragged him to discuss what to cook for dinner.

"Just as usual."

"That won't work. When the little girl comes tonight, why don't we do something nice?"

Bai Yi was taken aback, "What? Who? Who's coming to our house?"

"Your brother is his partner."

Bai Yi was stunned, and nodded slowly after a few seconds: "...Oh."

Bai Mu looked at him suspiciously: "What's your reaction? To be honest, have you met someone?"

"...Ah." Bai Yi nodded, but what he said was, "No."

When he woke up drunk that night, Bai Yi didn't return to Bai's house for many days.When he went back a week later, he pretended to forget about it, and Luke didn't mention it.It's just that occasionally the two people's eyes collide, and they will inadvertently dodge.

He was suddenly afraid of nightfall, afraid of seeing Luke, and even more afraid of seeing that person.

The result is still seen.In the evening, Mother Bai went to open the door and saw that the man standing behind Lu Jia was also stunned. After a few seconds, she said: "Xiao Ran, come in quickly."

When Lu Jia heard the name "Xiao Ran", he lowered his head and laughed.

Mu Wenran glanced at him.

Relying on Baimu's presence, Luke turned his head and smiled at him blatantly, showing his white teeth.

Mother Bai turned around and looked at the living room. Bai Yi had already stood up, her body unconsciously tense.Father Bai glanced sideways, but he didn't see who it was, but he still said "Come on".

Mu Wenran greeted politely, and handed the meeting gift to Baimu.Mother Bai forgot to speak for a while, and took it blankly.

"excuse me."

"He has nowhere to go today, so I called him over. I told you on the phone, and you agreed, right?" Lu Jia waved his hands in front of Bai Mu.

Bai Mu came back to her senses, "You didn't make it clear, child, I thought... hey, don't talk about it, come in quickly, come right away, what gift do you bring, so polite."

Bai Yi did not relax, his eyes fixed on the two of them.

Mu Wenran also saw him, and smiled at Bai Yi when the others were not paying attention, a little playful and a little warning.

Bai Yi tensed up instantly, and clenched his hands into fists.

Seeing Mu Wenran, Lu Jia whispered in his ear: "Don't bully my brother."

Mu Wenran glanced at Bai Yi again, "Okay."

Father Bai and Mu Wenran got along very well during the meal, no matter what Father Bai said, he could pick up the conversation.

Bai Yi ate in silence the whole time. He ate the fastest and was the first to get up and leave the table.

Baimu glanced at him reproachfully, and pulled him to make him sit back.

Bai Yi paused for a while, then went out, went to the balcony, opened the window, and lit a cigarette.

Then Lu Jia also finished eating, got up and said, "I'm going to see Bai Yi." Then he went to the balcony.

Bai Mu was a little speechless, and smiled embarrassedly at Mu Wenran.

Seeing Lu Jia approaching, Bai Yi lit his cigarette twice and exhaled mist: "You've already made up your mind, are you going to talk to your parents today?"

Lu Jia tied up the pony, sat on it, looked up out of the window: "No, today is just for dinner."

"That's good." Bai Yi sneered, "I thought you two were out of your wits, and you only came out on festive occasions."

Lu Jia smiled: "Oh, you still know 'coming out'?"

Bai Yi didn't want to answer.

After a while, Lu Jia said, "I've thought about it for a long time, and I still want to tell you."

"what?"

"sorry."

Bai Yi crushed out the cigarette butt, frowned and asked, "What?"

"I'm sorry." Lu Jia repeated, with the blue sky in his eyes.

"I'm sorry for what?" Bai Yi remained calm, and threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray, "Is it because of what I said that night?" He didn't want to mention that night at all.

The evening wind in September is warm, blowing across the cheeks, and the afterglow of the setting sun is shining.

Lu Jia brushed his hair back, half-closed his eyelids, and looked at the ground: "You are supposed to be an only child, and you are one year younger than me..." He raised his head to look at Bai Yi, "Auntie and the others didn't realize that, There are some things they will involuntarily turn to me."

"I used to think that if you hated me, you should be." Lu Jia said, "After all, I robbed half of everything from you."

"I do not have……"

"Yeah, no." Lu Jia smiled warmly and sadly, "You didn't blame me, you didn't blame me. I never let you fight before, obviously I'm older than you, I'm an older brother..."

"You didn't do anything wrong to anyone, and I don't need your apology." Bai Yi interrupted him, and looked into the room. Father Bai was chatting excitedly, making gestures, and Mother Bai patted him to calm him down.Bai Yi put his hands in his pockets, "Isn't it me who should apologize the most? I've been trying to stop you two."

Lu Jia tilted his head, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Then do you want to apologize? You say it now, and I will accept it immediately."

Bai Yi was speechless, and said after a while, "I won't apologize."

Lu Jia responded with a smile: "Yeah."

"So don't apologize." Bai Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "I never thought you would think so much. It's burdensome...I drank too much that day and my speech was ugly, right?"

"It's okay." Lu Jia replied honestly, "It's not to the point where I want to beat you up."

Bai Yi laughed, and then said seriously: "I never thought of you as a burden, neither did my parents...you should know."

"I know."

"You are not the one who is redundant."

"Ok, I know."

Bai Yi's eyes flickered, and he quickly lowered his head. He is not an expressive person, but he still wants to explain clearly.

"...you are my brother."

"Yeah." Luke smiled, "I am."

Bai Yi closed his eyes, "Then be more self-willed, don't be so cautious, who are you pretending to be?" Still couldn't help but speak stingingly.

"Well, I'll try my best." Lu Jia understood Bai Yi, and it was not easy to say these words frankly.

Before the people in the room finished eating, Lu Jia glanced back: "They are so slow."

Bai Yi snorted coldly: "He can coax people."

Lu Jia blinked, pretending not to hear the sarcasm in Bai Yi's words, and praised, "That's not true."

"I didn't praise him."

"Then I praise him."

"..."

Bai Yi turned his head away, not bothering to talk to Lu Jia.

Before leaving the balcony, Bai Yi still reminded: "You two...take it step by step, don't be too anxious."

"Eh? Then will you help me?"

"Why should I help you? No help." Bai Yi left without turning his head.

Bai Yi even knew about "coming out", so he must have checked the information on purpose.Lu Jia knew that Bai Yi was not usually awkward, so naturally he couldn't expose him.

The three of them bid farewell to Bai's father and mother. After walking out, Bai Yi immediately took a taxi and left. Before leaving, he gave the two of them a disgusted look, which was deliberate and childish.

On the way home, Mu Wenran asked, "What did you say to him?"

"It's nothing, I just made it clear what I haven't dared to say all these years." Lu Jia scratched his head and smiled, "After I said it, I found that many of them were misunderstandings."

"Happy?"

Lu Jia cleared his throat: "A little bit, a little bit."

Mu Wenran laughed, and put his hand on Lu Jia's head: "Are you happy, you just left me alone in the room?"

"No, no, no." Lu Jia quickly denied, "How can I, I want you and your aunt to promote the relationship."

Mu Wenran held him down, forcing him to raise his head and look at him: "Don't let me bully your brother?"

Lu Jia pretended to be stupid: "Who said that, how is it possible?" He also said righteously, "If you bully him casually, I will beat him up for you!"

Taking advantage of the darkness, Mu Wenran gnawed on Lu Jia's lips, "No, it's enough to bully you."

Lu Jia blinked, and took the initiative to rub up after a while: "Then do you want to bully me again?" He raised his face as he spoke.

Mu Wenran couldn't help laughing, put his hand on Lu Jia's forehead and kissed him.