why do you like me

025 cheated

Cheng Jing packed her luggage in the room.

The curtains were drawn tightly, a white lamp was placed above the head, and the suitcase was placed on the floor, half of which was filled with books.The door of the closet was open, Cheng Jing squatted down, picked out all the summer clothes and threw them on the bed.

The room is clean and cool. Cheng Tong only wore a pair of cartoon socks on his feet, and with a Lego-built robot in his arms, he ran into the room with a thud, and the golden retriever followed, watching the child stuff the robot into the luggage on the ground box.

Cheng Jing glanced at him: "Cheng Tong, I don't need this."

"Brother!" Cheng Tong walked over and hugged Cheng Jing's neck, "It's a gift from me to my brother!"

Cheng Jing: "Just put it in the room."

Cheng Tong: "Brother, take it with you."

Cheng Jing: "I only have one suitcase, put Lego in it, where can I put my clothes?"

This time, Cheng Jing came back directly from school. At that time, he only had a backpack and nothing else.Cheng Tong tilted his head and thought for a while, then went downstairs again, and Jin Mao turned his head to follow.Cheng Jing helplessly shouted: "Yoyo, sit down and don't move." One person and one dog went downstairs together, who might trip over whom.

The golden retriever came in and sat obediently beside the suitcase.After a while, there was another thump, thud, and Cheng Tong came in dragging his colorful cartoon suitcase, and said out of breath, "Brother, I will lend you my suitcase!"

Cheng Jing pulled the child into his arms, rubbed his cheeks, and said, "Cheng Tong, brother, I'll say it again—my brother only uses his own suitcase, and you can only put what you need in it. Lego puts In the room, my brother will not take it away."

Cheng Tong pursed his lips and was about to cry: "Brother doesn't like Tongtong anymore."

Cheng Jing's face was slightly condensed: "Who told you such a thing?"

Cheng Tong kept silent, hugged Cheng Jing's neck and hummed coquettishly.Cheng Jing was unmoved, straightened the child's posture, and asked again: "Your mother said I don't like you, right?"

Seeing that Cheng Jing's expression was not right, Cheng Tong said cautiously: "Mom is wrong, my brother likes me very much, and I like my brother very much. Whether my brother likes me or not, I like my brother."

Cheng Jing let go of the child, stood up and picked up the cartoon suitcase and walked out. The golden retriever stood up and followed.When he was about to reach the stairs, Cheng Tong rushed over, grabbed the suitcase, and said, "I'll send it back by myself. Brother, put the robot away. I want to come to the room to look at it every day."

Cheng Jing put down the suitcase, stretched out his hand to squeeze the child's flying bangs, and turned back to the room.The things in his room have always been neatly arranged. The wall-type bookshelf next to the desk has six layers. The bottom layer is a few log storage boxes, the middle three layers are full of books, and the upper two layers and the top layer are all kinds of certificates. Awards, trophies and other honorary certificates are full.

Fortunately, when I was packing up my things just now, I turned out the book I wanted to read.Cheng Jing rearranged the books on the bookshelf, leaving a gap at the corner of the fourth floor from bottom to top.Lego is placed here, yoyo can't touch it unless he stands up and stretches his claws, and Cheng Jing won't knock it down easily if he runs around the room playing crazy.

Cheng Jing had just finished putting it back, when there was a sudden thump downstairs, accompanied by the cry of the child, was a woman's scream.Cheng Jing turned around and went downstairs, and saw a woman in the living room squatting and hugging Cheng Tong, and kept saying, "Where did the baby fall, does it hurt?"

The golden retriever shrank under the table, blinking pitifully.

Cheng Tong's suitcase fell far away, Cheng Jing went over to pick it up, and walked to the cloakroom.Cheng Tong looked at his back and cried out with tears in his eyes: "Brother."

Cheng Jing put the suitcase in the cloakroom, turned around and went upstairs without taking a second look, and continued packing.It was almost twelve o'clock, and there was the sound of a car outside, and Cheng Yumin came back.

Not long after, the nanny called for dinner, and Cheng Tong ran over again, followed by Jin Mao.This child has a shallow brain, and has long forgotten how miserable he was when he fell and cried just now. Seeing Cheng Jing put the Lego robot next to his most precious books, he immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, and ran over to hug Cheng Jing Arm, said: "Brother, Dad is back, let's go have lunch."

At the dinner table, the woman and Cheng Yumin were already sitting.The woman called Cheng Tong to sit next to her. Cheng Tong looked up at Cheng Jing and said to the woman, "I want to sit with my brother."

At the rectangular table for six, the golden retriever was wandering around. Cheng Jing waited for Cheng Tong to climb up to the seat, and then sat down facing Cheng Yumin.Cheng Yumin looked at him and said, "Tongtong fell down and called you, why didn't you agree?"

Cheng Jing: "It's just a fall."

The atmosphere instantly became awkward.

Cheng Jing doesn't like women and Cheng Yumin's behavior of coddling Cheng Tong too much, especially Cheng Yumin, neither he nor Cheng Tong has personally taken care of him for a few days, and now he listens to whatever women say, ignoring Cheng Tong's rough nerves The disposition with strong resistance to blows must be adjusted to coddling.

Cheng Jing looked down on every word and deed of this woman.

The cell phone in his pocket vibrated, and Cheng Jing took it out to take a look. It was an advertisement, and his expression could not hide his disappointment.Cheng Yumin paid attention to his reaction and said, "Are you waiting for that boy's call?"

Cheng Jing didn't speak, and put the phone aside, Cheng Yumin continued: "You should see clearly what happened this time, you have no place in his heart, and you are not suitable at all."

Cheng Jing said, "It's enough that he has a place in my heart."

The father and son confronted each other, and the woman next to him was secretly surprised.She has been in the entertainment industry and knows some things, but she didn't expect Cheng Jing to be the same... Even though she didn't dare to make a fuss about it, she was still a little surprised when she heard the conversation: "Cheng Jing, you... are you in a puppy relationship?" ?”

"What?" Cheng Jing looked at the woman speechlessly, "Puppy love?"

He has never concealed his contempt for women, and the sarcasm on his face at this moment is even more blatant, saying: "You said such ridiculous things as puppy love in front of me?"

The woman felt that her choice between "homosexuality" and "puppy love" was safe enough. Unexpectedly, Cheng Jing laughed at her, and she looked at Cheng Yumin with some helplessness, wondering where she made a mistake... Or was Cheng Jing simply looking for faults.

Cheng Yumin sighed, a little helpless: "Let's eat."

With Cheng Jing watching, even though he knew the atmosphere was not right, Cheng Tong, a silly kid, didn't dare to say a word, adhering to Cheng Jing's teaching of "don't talk when eating", and kept eating.The child didn't like to eat vegetables, so he picked a few small green vegetables and put them on the plate in front of him, then tremblingly scooped up a spoonful of broth and poured them on top of the small green vegetables.After silently sipping the green vegetables, he stretched out his hand to wipe out the wet tissue, and happily said to Cheng Jing, "Brother, I've finished eating, I ate the vegetables."

Cheng Tong couldn't sit still, and wanted to have fun after eating, the woman called to him: "It's rare for Dad to come back today, Tong Tong spend more time with Dad."

Cheng Tong: "But... I've already finished eating."

Cheng Tong had no choice but to climb back on the chair, dangling his legs, looking back and forth between his parents and brother.He knew that his mother was not his elder brother's mother, but his elder brother was his own elder brother, and his elder brother was always by his side when his mother was away.He saw Cheng Jing eating like he was counting grains of rice, and said, "Brother, why don't you eat meat?"

He said to Cheng Yumin, "Dad, give that piece of meat to brother!"

Cheng Yumin picked it up with a smile, and was about to hand it to Cheng Jing's bowl, when Cheng Jing suddenly put down his chopsticks and said expressionlessly, "I'm done eating."

Cheng Yumin's face froze for a moment, Cheng Jing looked at him, and said again seriously: "I'm done eating."

Cheng Yumin's demeanor is not bossy, but there is somewhat of an aura of calmness and prestige.He put down his chopsticks, looked at Cheng Jing, and said, "I was going to Jiangxi this afternoon, but I deliberately arranged the time until the evening, because I knew you said I would stay for a week, and I would definitely not delay until tomorrow morning. Cheng Jing, I am you." Dad, don't we have anything to say between father and son?"

Cheng Jing looked at him, and finally said: "I don't eat these things, I can't eat them."

His appetite is the same as his sleep, he is picky about the environment and his mood, and he has been like this since he was a child.What's more, he had to go back to City Z in the afternoon, too greasy food would make him motion sick.About these, people who are familiar with Cheng Jing know more or less.It's just that Cheng Yumin has always been busy with business, so it's okay to get together less and leave more, and he can't remember Cheng Jing's likes and taboos.Cheng Yumin felt embarrassed to be slapped in the face by what he said just now, so he didn't speak any more.

Seeing that he no longer forced himself, Cheng Jing stood up, left the dining table, and went directly upstairs.The golden retriever ran after him, and came back with drooping ears after a while, rubbing against Cheng Tong's feet.Cheng Tong originally wanted to follow, but he had to move for a long time to get off the chair, and as soon as he moved to the ground, the golden retriever came back.

The child had no choice but to stand by the dining table, rest his chin on the table with his feet on the table, and watch with aggrieved eyes.

The woman also complained to Cheng Yumin with some grievances: "I said what's wrong with the puppy love, but I didn't say that I don't support him. Why did he react so much? I'm in this house, will I not be able to breathe in the future?"

"No..." Cheng Yumin had a headache, "Is there any support for a child's love?"

He really didn't know how to explain it.Cheng Jing has been very independent since she was a child. Whether it is in life or in thought, although the false concept of puppy love has been deeply rooted in the thinking of generations, it cannot be fooled by Cheng Jing.In addition, Cheng Jing's mother Xie Jiayu is an artist who is different from ordinary people in various aspects, so that Cheng Jing dared to come out to her family when she was 15 years old.He was very surprised at the time, but there was nothing he could do, because Xie Jiayu told Cheng Jing how to use condoms very calmly, and even made an appointment with Cheng Jing to chat about the topic of "sex".In the eyes of these two mothers and sons who think and behave differently, his father is rigid and unqualified to express opinions.

But after Cheng Jing came out, he showed no signs of worrying about this aspect.He didn't look curious, or want to try anything.Not only that, but to the outside world he is not out of the closet and has always concealed it very well.Cheng Jing knows how to use masks and weapons to hide her unique core.It's just that Cheng Yumin now feels that although he and Cheng Jing still lack communication, Cheng Jing is no longer the kid who would tell frankly if he had any plans in the past.

As a father, he was shut out of his heart by his son.

After admonishing women not to talk too much in front of Cheng Jing, Cheng Yumin finished his meal, got up and went to the study to deal with business.Cheng Tong was taken to the room by the woman to take a nap. When Cheng Yumin went upstairs, he caught a glimpse of the golden retriever lying outside Cheng Jing's room.

He was going to Jiangxi in the evening, and he squinted on the office chair to rest after dealing with some urgent documents.He heard a ding sound in a haze, and he opened his eyes to see Cheng Jing, who had his back turned to him, returning the remote control of the air conditioner.

The temperature of the air conditioner changed from 24° to 28°, Cheng Jing turned to leave, Cheng Yumin suddenly called to him and said, "Xiaojing, can we talk?"

Cheng Jing looked back at him, didn't walk away, but didn't approach him either, the golden retriever at the door was spinning around in boredom.Cheng Yumin squeezed the center of his brows, sighed and said: "Xiaojing, she is Cheng Tong's mother after all, you always target her, she will not dare to speak in the future, you were not so narrow-minded before."

"Father!" Knowing what Cheng Yumin was going to talk about, Cheng Jing would resist physically, but when he heard these words suddenly, he still couldn't believe it, and said, "She is Cheng Tong's mother, so I have to be patient with her." Is it? She always says stupid things in front of me, and I laugh a few words, is it because I am narrow-minded? Letting her live in this house is all I can bear, and you still want me to speak nicely to her, don’t you think Is it too much?"

Cheng Yumin avoided the important and ignored it: "Your hostility to her is too obvious, and you have no tutor."

Cheng Jing didn't hide her sarcasm: "Tutor? Dad, don't you know? If I lack a tutor, whose teaching do I lack? Don't you know this?"

"Cheng Jing!" Cheng Yumin raised his voice, "Do you have to be so sharp, so sharp? Let's have a good talk. You have this attitude from the beginning? How long do you want to make trouble!"

"Did you say sorry to me?" Cheng Jing asked, Cheng Yumin was stunned and fell into silence for a while.

Cheng Jing continued: "You asked me to take care of Cheng Tong, saying that he was a friend's child. I took Cheng Tong to my mother's studio, and Cheng Tong stained the painting that my mother was going to send to Hong Kong for a charity auction. My mother didn't blame me. I have been working without sleep for a week and repainted a new one. In the end, Cheng Tong turned out to be your illegitimate son, and the so-called friend went abroad to film a movie. You are afraid that your illegitimate son will be exposed too early, which will affect you and that woman, but Dad, Don't you have a word of sorry to say to me and mother?"

It is extremely difficult for an adult to admit his mistakes, or to admit it in front of juniors.What's more, Cheng Yumin is still in the upper class, and his self-confidence and arrogance have long been integrated.The father and son confronted each other silently, and suddenly a thin "brother" was heard. Cheng Jing turned around and saw Cheng Tong standing at the stairs, his sleepy face full of confusion.

"Yoyo, accompany Cheng Tong to play in the yard." Cheng Jing ordered the golden retriever at the door, Cheng Tong was about to come over, he said again: "Cheng Tong, my father and I are talking about something, don't let anyone come and disturb us."

Jin Mao walked to Cheng Tong's side, Cheng Tong hesitated for a while, finally nodded obediently, and went downstairs with Jin Mao.

But Cheng Jing's heart was filled with even denser sadness.For a long time, instead of transferring his hatred for Cheng Yumin and women to the innocent Cheng Tong, he could only restrain himself and stay away from Cheng Tong as much as possible.But Cheng Tong didn't notice the strange sensitivity at all, instead he was more clingy to his elder brother than before.

Cheng Jing closed the door of the study, turned to look at Cheng Yumin, and said, "If you don't apologize or give me an explanation, I can only have this attitude."

As if thinking of something, there was a sarcastic expression on his face, and he said, "Or you can ask the doctor to let me go abroad now. If I can fight the depression, I don't have to come back to embarrass you. If I can't take it, I will die abroad happily." .”

"Cheng Jing!" Cheng Yumin said angrily, "Letting you go abroad is not to abandon you!"

"But have you ever defended me? I suffer from depression. You didn't let that woman stay away from me. Instead, you asked me to be patient at this time. Do you think it's right for a patient to be patient and please a normal person?" Cheng Jing looked indifferent, "You really care about me. You personally took care of Jin Min to take care of me, and the principal of No. [-] Middle School to take care of me. You used all the connections that could be used in Z City. But what happened to Jin Min? I didn't ask you for it, but your 'relationships' wanted to please you by pleasing me."

After the outbreak, the emotions tended to be calm infinitely, as if there was no ripple of stagnant water, Cheng Jing said: "After my mother passed away, you wanted to send me abroad, but I was diagnosed with depression at that time, and I was not suitable to go abroad. You were very disappointed at the time, and I I thought you were worried about me. But in the end, it turned out that you wanted to send me away and live with that woman. Dad, I don’t know what I did wrong. I have to bear all this. I can’t go abroad, but at least I You can choose not to stay in this home."

He turned around and opened the door again, turned his back to Cheng Yumin and said, "Thank you for withdrawing the TV interview. I promised you to stay at home for a week, and the time has come."

Cheng Yumin watched Cheng Jing leave in a daze.

In the two years since Xie Jiayu's death, he and Cheng Jing haven't met a few times.On the one hand, he was too busy, on the other hand, Cheng Jing didn't want to go home.When Cheng Jing was going to Z City, Cheng Yumin specifically consulted with the doctor.The doctor had never encountered such a difficult situation. Considering that the environment of Cheng's family was the main cause of Cheng Jing's depression, he finally carefully advised Cheng Yumin to agree and let others take care of Cheng Jing.

The situation of Cheng Jing in Z City kept spreading to Cheng Yumin.The child's performance was no different, and he even quickly integrated into the new group, and maintained his usual excellence.His performance is so reassuring that Cheng Yumin will inevitably despise him, and it is too late to make amends.

Hearing the sound of the suitcase being dragged outside, Cheng Yumin stood up and walked to the door, looking as calm as possible, and said, "Xiaojing, let me take you to City Z."

The father and son sat side by side in the back seat, but they were silent all the way.

Cheng Jing held her mobile phone and flipped through the Q group news that she had seen many times. Every time she saw someone @江川 saying, "Isn't the Jiangchuan family thanking Cheng Jing for laughing?", his heart would suddenly twitch and the pain was severe.

In addition to the driver, there is also the secretary on the co-pilot.After delivering Cheng Jing to Xitangkou, they will go directly to the nearest airport and fly to Jiangxi.This was a temporary schedule change. The secretary kept calling to arrange staff. After all the arrangements were made, he turned to Cheng Yumin and talked about some work matters.

Not long after entering the boundary of City Z, the secretary had nothing to say.Cheng Yumin glanced at Cheng Jing who had been silent all this time, and suddenly found something to say: "Xiaojing, have you changed your perfume?"

Cheng Jing: "Jiang Chuan sent it before."

It is a refreshing plant fragrance, which is different from the woody fragrance that Cheng Jing usually uses.Cheng Yumin hesitated for a while and asked, "How long do you plan to spend with that child?"

Cheng Jing looked up at him.

Cheng Yumin said seriously: "Xiaojing, you have no other problems, but you are easily emotional, just like your mother. I don't want you to come to me one day and tell me that you have to give up your future for this person. Such things, I will not agree to it and will not allow it to happen."

"It's too early to think about this." Cheng Jing looked at the gradually familiar scenery outside the car, "He doesn't know that I have depression... If he knew, maybe we would break up."

Perhaps, they have broken up.

As if thinking of this, Cheng Yumin said: "Since the interview was withdrawn, the child has not contacted you, right? Are you sure you can still be together? Even if he is not so angry, he should see the gap between you clearly." .”

"It's too early to think about this." Cheng Jing emphasized again, "Jiang Chuan is not just a punk."

Cheng Yumin: "Three-year-old is a big kid, and seven-year-old is old. That child has been a liar since he was a child, and he will follow crooked ways if he wants to be successful in the future."

Cheng Jing: "Father, you are too malicious towards someone you have never met before."

Cheng Yumin doesn't object to Cheng Jing's love, but he doesn't support it either.Even if he is not a qualified father, it is inevitable to give birth to some fatherly selfishness at this time, and he looks down on the lover chosen by his son to be a gangster at the bottom of society.

There was another silence in the car, and Cheng Yumin took the initiative to break it again, and said, "Where did the kid go after the holiday? Can I see him? Just a quick glance, so I won't put pressure on you."

Cheng Jing suddenly thought of something and said, "Go to the logistics park."

The car bypassed the Xitangkou Scenic Area and drove along the long and narrow river to the remote logistics park. The roadside was full of ornamental pomegranates and privet privet. There were fewer and fewer pedestrians, and occasionally a few heavy trucks passed by.

Those pomegranate trees reminded Cheng Jing and Cheng Yumin of Xie Jiayu.It is not a precious flower and tree, but because Xitangkou grows a lot, Xie Jiayu mentioned it many times in his articles and paintings.After Xie Jiayu passed away, this was the first time that father and son came to Xie Jiayu's hometown together. Cheng Jing suddenly said: "Father, the last painting left by mother is actually a suicide note for you."

Cheng Yumin was startled suddenly, feeling incredible: "What?"

Cheng Jing said: "When you were seven years old during the Spring Festival, you went abroad. I came to Xitangkou with my mother for the first time and stayed for about half a month. On the day of the Lantern Festival, there was a lantern festival at Xitangkou. There were big lanterns hanging on the roadside. There are small lanterns hanging on the tree. It’s the first time I saw such a scene, I was very curious. But because I’m too short and it’s too dark, I can’t see clearly, I don’t know those are small lanterns. A child lied to me, saying those The little lantern is a pomegranate flower that has been electrified. At that time, I just learned that plants can be electrified, and I wanted to take a closer look at what the electrified pomegranate flower looked like. The child pulled me up to the roof, and then he ran away I stayed on the roof most of the night, and then the kid led the mother to find me.

"The kid was crying and asked me to beat him, saying that he didn't mean to lie to me. I didn't beat him. I kept thinking about whether those pomegranate flowers were electrified. After I knew it was not, I was not angry, but a little disappointed, because It's too cold. Mom asked me why I wasn't angry, and I said pomegranate flowers look beautiful whether they are real or not. Dad, you can forgive a lie that is still beautiful even after being exposed."

Cheng Jing looked at Cheng Yumin seriously, "My mother drew the scene at that time before she decided to commit suicide. Those little lanterns that looked like pomegranate flowers were given to me. And the seven-year-old me sitting on the roof is you Pomegranate flowers for mom."

——Because of my existence, no matter what you did, mother chose to forgive.

The car circled the logistics park several times, but neither the driver nor the secretary made a sound.Cheng Jing suddenly raised his head and looked out the window, as if sensing something, he saw several heavy trucks parked on the side of the road at a glance, one of which opened the door, and Jiang Chuan was sitting on it.

Cheng Jing opened the car door, turned around suddenly the moment she got out of the car, looked at Cheng Yumin and said, "One more thing...Jiang Chuan is the kid who gave me pomegranate flowers."

He went around to the back of the car and dragged out the suitcase.The wheels of the suitcase creaked on the uneven concrete road, and people not far away looked over here.

The author has something to say:

My liver exploded again...

PS:

In fact, Jiang Chuan took the initiative to contact Cheng Jing, which will be mentioned in the next chapter.

For two reconciled people, there is no issue that cannot be compromised.What's more, it's nothing.