[The Pretender] Minglou Center Short Story Collection

Mingtai is no stranger to Latin.

He was well educated at home, and he was introduced to foreign languages ​​early on, so he was neither too good nor too bad, just passable.

Ah Cheng's Latin literature is excellent.He writes love letters to his girlfriend, without thinking about them, and writes them at his fingertips. The fluent words in his pen form elegant poems. , Seeing the expression of admiration on the face of the ignorant girl, the vanity is often boosted.

It's just copying, not to the point where I can write it at will.

Mingtai sat on the bed, with his back leaning against the head of the bed, looking at the line of Latin thoughtfully. The handwriting was his, and it was also his at a glance. In just one sentence, the letter combinations were reversed. It may not be able to understand, but Mingtai can't think of when he wrote this sentence, nor can he remember his mood at that time.

He rubbed the line of words with his finger, this sentence was written incomprehensibly, why?With whom?Is it because of feelings or because of the content in the book?

The night was very quiet, and he still didn't feel sleepy at all.

The recurring dream of the past still gave Minglou a headache.

In the dream, Mingtai still looked like a child, pulling his clothes corners, staggering to follow him, calling him big brother crisply, and in a blink of an eye, he grew up, and the two stood facing each other, not much difference in height.

"Why did you send me away?" Mingtai choked up and said, his body shaking violently.

In Minglou's impression, Mingtai has never cried like this before. Mingtai's crying is either fake or hollow, and the voice must be loud. The purpose is to let the people around him know his grievances and know that he needs comfort and compromise; Or just burst into tears, this is really sad, and you have to vent it unscrupulously.

Mingtai's emotions were all written on his face, he never thought of pretending.

Except maybe for one thing.It was his thoughts on Minglou.

Or, no disguise is the best disguise. It seems simple and clear, but in fact there is something hidden inside.

"Why did you send me away? I've already forgotten, I forgot everything..." Mingtai wiped his tears with his sleeve, but he couldn't dry them.

"The night is long and there are many dreams." Minglou's heart aches, so he can only murmur.

"Minglou!"

The voice was too sharp even if it happened in a dream, and it dragged Minglou out of the dream. He opened his eyes, and Mingtai happened to be bending over to look at him. This coincidence shocked Minglou quite a bit. Sit up abruptly.Mingtai didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and his spirits were low. When Minglou bumped into him, he took a step back, holding his nose and almost burst into tears: "Minglou, good morning."

The dream and reality suddenly separated.Minglou woke up from the drowsiness, subconsciously said: "Did I talk in my sleep?"

"That's right, you've been calling my name." Mingtai rubbed his pantothenic nose and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Minglou didn't know how to answer, and got angry with himself with a sullen face. Mingtai misunderstood his expression, and quickly said: "I lied to you, you didn't say anything, you woke up before I called you—I You're not a bad guy, you're too sharp, aren't you?"

Minglou heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and said calmly on the surface, "Why are you calling me?"

"I woke up early." Mingtai said, "I didn't wait for Brother Ah Cheng to call me, so I got up on my own initiative."

Before Ming Lou could speak, he hurriedly said: "When I went back last night, I immediately remembered that there was one more question I hadn't asked, but I couldn't ask you right away. I was too entangled, and I almost stayed up all night."

"What's the problem?" Minglou asked back.

"What do you think of me?" Mingtai said, after thinking about it, he corrected again: "What impression do you have of me? What do you think of me?"

There are three questions in a row, each of which has the same meaning, but Mingtai always feels that none of them can successfully express his intention.

Minglou looked at him, couldn't help but want to sigh, and had to endure it desperately: "What do you think? It's my younger brother—it's rare to get up so early, can't you go out to exercise? Young people, what do you look like when you look listless all day long? talk?"

Mingtai looked at him and made an aggrieved look: "Why are you... different during the day and at night?"

Minglou frowned and waved his hands: "Get out."

Mingtai didn't please him, so he backed out disheartenedly, and holding the door open, he asked unwillingly, "Minglou, what do you like to drink in the morning? I'll get it."

"Need not."

"Are you going out today too? Why do you always go out?"

"I'm very busy. Unlike you, I stay at home every day."

Mingtai didn't have time to get angry, and fought repeatedly: "I invite you to go out to play?"

"No time." Minglou already knew how to deal with him, and said slowly.

"...Can I go and see you at work?"

"Don't make trouble, will you?"

Mingtai was discouraged, and said truthfully: "I just want to do something for you, but you don't need anything."

"Why haven't I seen you pestering people like this before?" Ming Lou couldn't help shaking his head.

Mingtai was very happy: "I haven't heard you talk about our past, tell me more?"

"You used to be very annoying." Minglou said.

Mingtai waited for a while, seeing that Minglou didn't mean to say anything, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "That's it? Gone?"

"Gone."

Mingtai was angry, put his hands in his pockets, he walked back and forth in the corridor, muttering "what's bothering me" and "what's bothering you", Ah Cheng went out and saw him walking in circles in the corridor There was no end to it, and he yelled: "Mingtai, why don't you go downstairs?"

Mingtai looked at him, and there was something in his words: "I woke up early, I regret it."

"Don't go back to sleep." Ah Cheng made a threatening expression, and Mingtai said "Oh" unwillingly.

The two went downstairs together, and Mingtai asked, "Brother Ah Cheng, what was my relationship with Minglou like before?"

"Why do you care about this?" Ah Cheng squinted at him: "Didn't you say that big brother treats you badly? Go abroad as soon as possible, and get out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible."

Mingtai repented on the spot, repenting with confidence: "I was ignorant at the time, how could I take what I said when I was ignorant?"

Ah Cheng was silent, and then said: "Anyway, what will I do with you, and what will you do with him."

"I don't believe it." Ah Cheng was too perfunctory, Mingtai didn't buy it at all.

"You want to hear the truth?" Ah Cheng asked him.

"I want to hear it." Mingtai said excitedly.

"Okay." Ah Cheng closed his eyes.

He was there that day, but it seemed like he wasn't there. After all, it was too absurd, it was like a dream.

Mingtai was so out of control, so out of control that people couldn't connect him with Su Ri's image at all. He pulled Minglou's collar, and every word seemed to be filled with blood and tears, but every word sounded rebellious. It's ridiculous that they are brothers and sisters, but there is a chaotic dispute.

"What should I do?" After finally sending the drunk Mingtai upstairs, Ah Cheng was completely confused.

"There is always a way, secularity, etiquette, status, reputation..." Minglou sat on the sofa, sweating and panting: "There must be one thing that can hold him down!"

However, before Minglou came up with a method to "press", Mingtai "forgot" all of them.

……

"Say it." Mingtai urged without waiting for Ah Cheng's answer.

Ah Cheng's train of thought was interrupted.

Minglou had signaled to him that he could say this sentence as a last resort, but was it really a last resort?Ah Cheng didn't know very well.However, seeing Mingtai's behavior is more strange than before, maybe, it's time... If it hurts feelings, what's the difference between saying it sooner and later? ...

Ah Cheng shook his head, crossed out the cruel words in his mind, and forgot it in the end.He said tactfully: "There is a gap between you."

"Gap?" Mingtai was surprised: "Why is there a gap?"

"Brother is not as good as elder sister to us." Ah Cheng held his hands secretly, and said a word lightly, but added the accent on the word "we".

Mingtai stopped involuntarily, and his face darkened: "I don't believe it."

Ah Cheng ignored him, and walked forward on his own. He didn't say the cruel words, but from Mingtai's point of view, these words were already cruel enough. If he could temporarily stop him for a day or two, it would be considered a success. .

And Mingtai took a step forward with gloomy eyes, just raised his hand, and then stopped suddenly, he was stunned by the thought he was putting into action: he wanted to push Ah Cheng down.

Push it down, let him bleed out, teach him a lesson.Not because he hurt Mingtai's feelings, but because he said something unfavorable to Minglou.

Mingtai turned his hands, his hands were clean.

Shocked.

Mingtai's breakfast was tasteless, and from time to time he stole his eyes to observe Minglou's every move.

Minglou was flipping through a newspaper, occasionally picked up a teacup, and fell into deep thought from time to time, Mingtai watched him fascinated.

Mingtai looks at Minglou with admiration, but he won't turn a blind eye to the crow's feet in the corner of the other's eyes. No matter what, in Mingtai's eyes, this person is always good-looking no matter how time goes by.

Ah Cheng suddenly coughed twice, Ming Tai shook his hand, and the chopsticks fell on the table.

"You child, what's the matter." Mingjing blamed, but his tone was not lacking in concern. Mingtai was so startled and lowered his head, because his heart was full of shock, he didn't even dare to look at Ah Cheng, let alone think about Minglou Reaction.

He thought of his feelings towards Minglou, he thought of the book last night, he thought of that passage, he thought of that line of Latin with unknown meaning... A strange clue connected these bits and pieces Get up, so that he dare not look up at anyone, lest his eyes reveal his secret.

He likes Minglou...but it's not a simple liking at all, nor a simple love, but just this is enough to make Mingtai feel like a thunderbolt.

Ah Cheng looked at Minglou worriedly. Minglou was just reading the newspaper, focusing on a news announcement, as if nothing could divert his attention from the country's changes.

Ming Jing changed a pair of chopsticks for Mingtai, and seeing Mingtai standing there in a daze, she couldn't help urging: "Mingtai, eat quickly."

Mingtai grasped the chopsticks tightly - his hands were shaking badly, he had to grab something to make his mind and body feel reliable and no longer uneasy.

Minglou put down the newspaper, and finally finished reading it: "I'm going out—Ah Cheng."

"Oh." Ah Cheng drank the porridge in a few sips, stood up calmly, and said to Ming Jing, "Big sister, goodbye."

The reaction of the two of them was so strange that Mingtai almost wanted to jump up and question.

But he dared not.

He loves Minglou, but forgets about Minglou... Maybe that's the way it is, but maybe it's not what he thinks at all, or it's just his self-indulgence.But Mingtai couldn't get a better explanation anyway.

When the car drove out of Ming Mansion, Ah Cheng thought that Ming Lou wanted to ask something, but Ming Lou sat on the back seat with his eyes closed, as if he was taking a nap, Ah Cheng would not take the initiative to disturb him, so he suppressed his anxiety and concentrated on driving.

Just when he thought Minglou wouldn't ask any more questions, Minglou suddenly said, "Did you tell him that sentence?"

Ah Cheng shook his head: "No."

"I said that you can repeat the original words." Minglou's tone was heavy.

Ah Cheng looked left and right, with complicated emotions in his heart, even a little sad: "I said, maybe it can be solved once and for all, but it will definitely hurt my muscles and bones."

"You are soft-hearted."

"Brother is not the same. Otherwise, why don't you say it yourself?"

Minglou let himself relax, looked at the roof of the car, and suddenly said: "It's my fault, I didn't consider your feelings, and let you be caught between me and Mingtai."

"No, it's Mingtai..." Ah Cheng couldn't continue, and instead said, "Mingtai has been watching you secretly all morning. Did he remember?"

Minglou thought about it carefully, then shook his head: "I don't think so."

"But he...will he be overwhelmed?" Ah Cheng expressed his concerns.

Minglou laughed, and was a little angry: "I don't dare to think about what he will do. Let's stop here."