He and him in another life

I will not interfere with you.But... until the result comes out, I want to take back everything I gave you for the time being.Do you dare to bet?Cao Pi. "

"I have never had the word 'dare not'." Maintaining his superficial calmness, Cao Pi stood up from his seat, put away the document and then looked up at the clock on the wall, "It's time, what should you do?" Going to work. I'm leaving."

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"Sima, tell me, what is your decision?"

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"Xiao Pi!"

Before walking out of the company's gate a few steps, Cao Pi heard someone calling his name from behind, followed the sound, and saw Xun Yu hurriedly chasing him, "Uncle Xun?"

Standing still in front of him, Xun Yu took a breath, and handed a bank card to Cao Pi, "Take it."

Making a confused expression, Cao Pi didn't reach out to pick it up.

"You can't use those credit cards anymore, don't blame your dad, after all..."

"I know." Touching the corner of his mouth, Cao Pi still didn't take it. Instead, he took out the car key from his pocket and put it in Xun Yu's hand, "Thank you for your kindness, but I really don't need it. I can feed Own."

Xun Yu looked at the extra keys in his hand and sighed heavily, not knowing what to say.

Cao Pi took a step back, bowed slightly to him, and turned to leave.

"Is he that important to you?" Xun Yu finally couldn't help asking Cao Pi's back.

"Very important."

"Then did it ever occur to you that you might lose the bet?"

"Actually," Cao Pi looked up at the gray sky, "I don't think I can win."

This time it was Xun Yu's turn to fail to understand, and when he wanted to ask more questions, Cao Pi had already walked away.

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The longest wait Cao Pi has experienced in the past 20 years is Sima Yi's silence at this moment.

He sat on one side of the sofa and quietly looked at him on the other side of the sofa. In the middle of the night, all the lights outside the house were turned off.

Their window becomes a lamp trapped in darkness in the long night, a lonely scar.

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The morning sun shines into the bedroom through the cracks in the curtains, which is a rare good weather in winter.

Stretching in bed, Cao Pi opened his eyes, stared at the ceiling in a daze for a while before realizing that he probably fell asleep on the sofa last night.

It must have been Sima Yi who carried him to bed again.Thinking of this, Cao Pi stretched out his hand to touch the outside of the window, but he didn't touch anything except the bed sheet.The cotton sheets didn't absorb even a trace of residual warmth.

Withdrawing his hand and rubbing his eyes, Cao Pi got up and got out of bed and left the bedroom.

The whole room is very brightly reflected by the sunlight coming in from the floor-to-ceiling windows. There is an ashtray full of cigarette butts on the coffee table in the living room. The documents on the dining room table are replaced by Cao Pi’s favorite breakfast. Sima Yi’s slippers are neatly stacked On the shoe rack in the hallway.

Cao Pi knew very well where he went with the documents.

His silence last night had revealed today's answer.

After returning to the bathroom to wash up, Cao Pi changed his clothes and drank a glass of water, then sat at the dining table and began to slowly eat the cold breakfast.

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When the sun was about to set, Sima Yi returned home.He saw Cao Pi sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking up at the aquarium in a daze, with a suitcase beside him.

Sima Yi froze in place, unable to think of a suitable wording.

The setting sun outside the window covered half of the sky, Cao Pi looked back at Sima Yi for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "You are back."

Nodding his head, Sima Yi put down the car keys and walked towards him slowly.At the same time, Cao Pi also stood up, dragging the suitcase and took a step.

The two stopped half a step apart, and Cao Pi still smiled calmly, "I lost."

"I..." Sima Yi was at a loss for words, feeling that nothing he said was superfluous.

After waiting for a long time without getting any more, Cao Pi couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and turned his face to the side, "If I now know that my elder brother has something unfinished before his death, I will do everything for him." He bowed his head With a wry smile, he said again: "It's human nature. That's it, let's go."

There are thousands of words, but what comes out of my mouth is such a few ordinary words.

A farewell without a single "goodbye" or "take care".

Pass by.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the door lock opening came.

Sima Yi didn't want to see the back of Cao Pi leaving, but he had to.

So he turned his head and saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

Just like a stranded fish looks at the sea with the last bit of moisture, a dying bird looks at the sky with the last breeze, and a floating fish that lives and dies day and night looks at the afterglow of the setting sun with the last bit of body temperature.

Cao Pi just stood outside the door and looked at him like that, not resentment, regret, or even pain.

Then, the closed door blocked their view of each other.

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Who said that love is sad, love is hurt, love is unhappy.

But one can never pull out love from the heart like a tooth.

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The fried eggs in the pan were cooked just right, with a bit of sugar, which was Cao Pi's favorite degree of doneness.Sima Yi shoveled it out and put it on a plate, then cracked another egg into the pan, and started frying his own portion.He prefers a well-boiled fried egg to a medium-boiled egg.The hot oil in the pot made a "sizzling" sound, and a drop splashed out and scalded the back of Sima Yi's hand. With a "hiss", he quickly put the almost cooked fried egg on a plate, and then rinsed it under the faucet. Come to the wound.The cold water made him shiver, and he suddenly woke up, realizing that Cao Pi had not lived here for many days.

He sat down in the dining room with a plate and finished the breakfast for two alone.

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Cao Pi left in a hurry, taking only a few things with him - a few clothes, two books and a framed photo of him and Sima Yi on the bedside table.With such simple luggage, it seemed that he was just leaving home for a few days and would be back soon.

There are still a lot of Cao Pi’s clothes hanging in the cloakroom, there is an entire shelf of books in the study, his smell is still on the pillow in the bedroom, and even the shower gel in the bathroom is still his usual brand.

Nothing seems to have changed.

But everything is different.

Sima Yi decided to pack and express Cao Pi's things to him.

Just do what you say, early on Saturday morning, Sima Yi began to pack the clothes, books, and daily necessities left by Cao Pi in his room.Mechanically repeating the action of boxing and packing, but unable to expel the memories of living together in my mind, and put them into the mail bag together with those items.It had been a long time since the boxes were packed, and Sima Yi was not used to standing in the empty room with his mobile phone in hand.

"Hello, welcome to call XX Express, please press 1 to place an order, and please press [-] for express inquiries..."

A stylized female voice prompt came from the microphone, repeated several times in a row, before Sima Yi pressed the number key dumbly, and began to place an order according to the voice prompt.

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The busy tone came from the phone all the time, Cao Pi hung up the phone a little anxiously, replayed it, but the line was still busy.

Answer the phone, Sima!

"Xiao Pi." Xun Yu's voice came from the door of the dean's office.

Hastily putting the phone into his trouser pocket, Cao Pi turned around, "Huh?"

"You..." Capturing the unnaturalness in his expression, Xun Yu smiled knowingly, without saying much, just handed over the completed withdrawal procedures to Cao Pi, "It's all done, let's go."

"Oh, good." Following Xun Yu out of the department building and getting into the car, Cao Pi looked at the scenery outside the car window and receded, thinking to himself, I have stayed here for more than five years, studying, living, and making friends. besides……

Fall in love with that person.

Now, leave like this.

"Uncle Xun, stop!"

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Sitting on the sofa and watching the courier who came to pick up the package sealed the boxes one after another with tape, and then put them in special express bags, Sima Yi suddenly felt that his life was being cut apart a little bit.

"Sir, please fill out the form."

"Ah... good." Putting away the messy thoughts in his mind, Sima Yi took the delivery note, but he couldn't let go of the pen.

"gentlemen?"

Silently put down the pen, Sima Yi looked up with a sorry expression, "I'm sorry, I won't send these express mails."

"Huh?" The picker's eyes widened, and he was a little bit reluctant in addition to being surprised.

"Uh." The corners of Sima Yi's eyes twitched, "I'll pay for the courier fee, sorry for the trouble."

After dismissing the pickers, Sima Yi went back to the living room and started unpacking, taking out Cao Pi's things one by one, and putting them back one by one.The empty place in the house returned to its original state, and it gradually felt familiar again.

Mirage-like bliss.

Being busy in the bedroom, he didn't hear the vibrating sound of the mobile phone on the dining table.

Caller ID, Er Pi.

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Sitting in the lecture theater on the sixth floor of the first teaching building, Cao Pi lightly put his mobile phone on the table and said in a low voice, "No one answered."

Xun Yu looked at him, reached out and patted his head, "Xiao Pi, calm down."

Cao Pi shook his head, so stubborn.After a while, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly raised his head and asked in surprise, "Did my dad do something to Teacher Sima?"

Xun Yu was taken aback, then sighed, "Xiao Pi, he is your father, not your enemy."

"I'm sorry, I..." Consciously making a mistake, Cao Pi showed a trace of shame on his face.

Frowning, Xun Yu hesitated for a while, but still said, "Do you really think that man really loves you?"

Hearing this, Cao Pi stared at him blankly, his voice was a little stiff, "What do you mean?"

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On the way home, Cao Pi picked up