He and him in another life

When I got a call from Xiao Xia Houshang, he said that he knew that he was going to study in England soon, and invited some buddies to hold a farewell party for him.

Cao Pi leaned his head against the window glass, and said in a lack of interest: "Forget it."

The car was very quiet, and Xun Yu could vaguely hear the voice on the other end of the phone.

Probably because Xia Houshang's kindness was hard to turn down, Cao Pi finally changed his mind and said yes, asked about the time and place, and hung up the phone.

"Where? I'll take you there." After he hung up the phone, Xun Yu took the initiative to ask.

"No, I'll just take a taxi by myself. You should go back early." After unfastening his seat belt, he added as if thinking of something, "Don't worry, I won't take the opportunity to find him, I just want to be alone for a while."

Xun Yu couldn't say anything more, so he pulled over and stopped the car, "Drink less wine."

"En." Cao Pi responded, got out of the car without looking back, and walked along the street alone.

Sitting in the car and watching his figure disappear at the corner of the street, Xun Yu sighed softly, turned on the ignition and drove away from the side of the road.

42

As night fell, Cao Pi and Xia Houshang met at a place they used to frequent, and the brothers quickly got high after a few glasses of wine in the familiar box.Cao Pi didn't talk much, but he drank the wine refreshingly, and he didn't need to be persuaded at all. Unfortunately, the more he drank, the more sober he became.

In the end, the music in the box was still playing, and everyone except him was drunk and passed out.

Cao Pi sank on the sofa, holding the phone in both hands, staring at the LCD screen on the wall, in a daze.

"Hey." Xia Hou still didn't know when he woke up, or he wasn't drunk at all.Nestled in the other corner of the sofa, he stretched his legs and kicked Cao Pi's trousers with little force, "Tell me, why do you suddenly think of going abroad to study? It looks like you are not voluntary."

Startled by him, Cao Pi dawdled for a long time without replying, as if he didn't know where to start, and seemed unwilling to elaborate.

Xia Houshang could wait anxiously, so he stood up and sat up next to him, "Tell me, what's the matter with you since I was a child? It's not bad." He took the phone from his hand and threw it on the sofa. Swapping him a cup of cold water, Xia Houshang was already fully prepared to listen to his complaints.

"My dad knows about me and Teacher Sima."

"I knew it... Tell me, think how I can help you."

"You can't help me, Ashan. No one can help me."

"not necessarily."

43

The efficiency of Cao Cao's team has always been amazing.Sima Yi got in touch with his parents and younger brother in the United States, telling them that he would go to take over the unfinished research project of his elder brother in the near future. Soon after, Cao Cao completed a series of relevant procedures, and all the funds were in place and arranged. Special Research Group in the United States.

Here, Sima Yi had just put Cao Pi's things back in their original places, before he could take a breath, he was urged to sign for it by the courier who came to the door.

Air ticket in two days.

Sima Yi looked at the date on the ticket, and suddenly remembered that no one would take care of the fish at home after he left.When he walked to the aquarium and looked at the few anchovies that had been eaten by the saury fish, he felt indescribably sad.

Call Cao Pi and let him come over.

A voice in his heart was clamoring like this, driving Sima Yi to go to the dinner table to pick up his mobile phone, but at the same time, another voice in his mind told him that it was not wise to do so.

He hesitated, and felt a shock in his palm. It was Cao Pi's call.

The finger reacted before the brain, and the call was connected.

44

"Sima Yi approached us when he was still in America."

"At that time, the two sides did not negotiate."

"Severing all contact with you is a condition for him to get the project start-up research and development funds."

"He gave up on you."

"It's not you who he loves at all, but your identity as the successor of the Cao family."

Xun Yu's words were like poisonous thorns. Every time Cao Pi repeated a sentence, the thorns would go deeper into his heart.Holding the water glass tightly with both hands, there was a little tired drunkenness in his eyes, "I can understand Sima's mood of making a choice, thinking that it's okay even if I'm forced to part with him temporarily, as long as I become better and stronger, as long as I He is willing to wait for me, and one day I will return to him." After taking a sip of water, Cao Pi lowered his voice, "But tell me, if what Uncle Xun said is true, then I..."

"You believe what other people say about him, but you don't believe what you have seen with your own eyes all this time?" Without letting him say the rest, Xia Houshang swung his wine glass and squinted his eyes and asked back.

Cao Pi was stunned, unable to recover for a long time, and then laughed out loud, almost crying.

Xia Houshang also laughed along with him, jokingly saying that he can't do anything else, but he is definitely a good hand in love.

After laughing and cursing, Cao Pi put down his water glass, and wanted to say something more, but he couldn't react in his head when he got drunk.

At this time, the door of the box was suddenly opened from the outside.

45

Sima Yi stood at the door of the box listening to his mobile phone, dim and ambiguous light flashed across his face from time to time, reflecting a different kind of brilliance in his eyes locked on Cao Pi.

The love song from the speaker made people cry. Cao Pi stared at the direction of the door for a while, then lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was too poisoned.

"Don't rub it, it's true." After touching the mobile phone in the hands-free state from the sofa and handing it to Cao Pi, the smile on Xia Houshang's face was a little charming, "Brother, I can only help you here gone."

46

The cold air blowing in from outside made Cao Pi couldn't help but leaned closer to Sima Yi's arms.Alcohol is slowly taking effect in the body, making people drowsy and intoxicated. Cao Pi raised his head halfway and stared at Sima Yi's sharp jaw, calling him repeatedly like a raving, "Sima... Sima..."

"Hey, I'm here." Sima Yi agreed without hesitation.He remembered that they were so awake and drunk many years ago, when the young Cao Pi confessed sincerely and aggrieved in his ears.

It was as if yesterday had reappeared.

Snowflakes were gradually falling in the night sky. Cao Pi raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose, which was feeling wet and cold. He couldn't help turning his gaze to the dark sky.The bright lights across the street flickered past his eyes, and it seemed like his eyes flickered suddenly.Without any warning, he broke free from Sima Yi's hand on his shoulder, walked forward a few steps, and muttered to himself, "It's snowing."

"Go back to the car first, don't catch a cold." Following up, Sima Yi stretched out his hand as he said, wanting to hold Cao Pi.

Sima Yi's hand was warm and strong, and Cao Pi let him hold it, but his feet remained motionless as if they had taken root, and he had no intention of going with him at all.

"Cao Pi?"

"It's snowing, Sima."

Sima Yi looked at him, not understanding what to say about such an obvious fact.

"The first snow of the year."

Cao Pi also looked at him, with some kind of extreme paranoia in his eyes.

Tilting his head slightly, Sima Yi still didn't understand his intention.

The snow is getting heavier, and the noisy city night seems to be much quieter.

With a light sneer, Cao Pi showed a strange expression on Sima Yi's face, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"know."

Cao Pi shook his head and denied it mercilessly, "You don't know." The smile on the corner of his mouth became more sarcastic, "How can you be reluctant to part with me and go to cooperate with my dad?"

Sima Yi was at a loss for words, seeing Cao Pi take a step back, finally turned around and walked away in the boundless snow.

"I regret."

47

Cao Pi didn't look back.

Sima Yi thought, this is the biggest and coldest snowfall he has ever experienced so far.

The whole city was frozen.

Enough to freeze everything to death.

Love isn't immune to it, either.

48

Sima Yi changed his flight and flew to the United States one day earlier to start his research work.

The furniture was covered with gray and white plastic dustproof cloth one by one. He pulled the suitcase and stood at the door and thought for a while, then returned to the living room and turned on the automatic feeding and circulation system of the aquarium. Reluctantly set foot on the road to the airport.

He would not have thought that shortly after he left, the door lock of the house was turned a few times and someone opened it from the outside.

49

The airflow pouring in from the door swept over the thin dust-proof plastic cloth, making a slight sound.Xia Houshang spoke into the phone with the discomfort of a hangover, "Tell me, what do you want me to bring? Brother, I'm still rushing home to catch up on sleep."

("Fish, in the living room.")

"Fish?" Xia Houshang was a little surprised, but he followed his advice and walked to the aquarium in the living room.Looking at the huge glass tank in front of him, he laughed, "Cao Pi, are you kidding me?"

("No ah.")

"Does that mean I don't like it?" Stretching out his hand to gesture the height of the aquarium, Xia Houshang was convinced that it would be difficult to fish out the fish that had sunk in the water.

("Where can it be. Oh, you see that you are taller than me, you must find a way.")

"...Your sister." It's not a question of tall or not at all, okay?

("...My sister married you. Don't talk about it, my dad is looking for me, please.")

"Hey!"

("Beep beep——")

Really drunk, take it, just one word.

Xia Houshang gritted his teeth and opened his sleeves.

50

In the United States, Sima Yi changed his mobile phone number, and the new mobile phone only saved the numbers of his family and the staff of the research team.He almost isolated himself from the outside world, going back and forth between the residence and the laboratory every day.Eating, sleeping, calculating, experimenting... slowly approaching the result that his elder brother diligently pursued during his lifetime.

In fact, the life without Cao Pi is not so difficult and terrible.

It's nothing more than one year, two years... five years...

The long time has become a meaningless decoration.

Cao Pi has already finished his studies in the UK and returned to China to work in his father's company.Cao Cao is getting old and his health is getting worse, Cao Pi is ready to take over his work little by little.

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