bad daddy

"Do you hate me?" Xiang Jie stood still, feeling oppressed.Dark clouds suddenly blocked the sun, gusts of cool wind blew past, and wind and rain were about to come.

Xiang Jie exhaled.

"I don't hate it, how could I hate it." He Yaning turned around with a smile and looked at him seriously, "You are a good boy."

"You have many possibilities in the future, you have to try more." He Yaning smiled and urged earnestly like an elder, "Don't be afraid of failure."

There was a muffled thunder in the distance, and after a while, there was light rain in the sky.A small drop of rain fell on the tip of Xiang Jie's nose, he blinked and asked one last question.

"Is Lian Ming your boyfriend?"

He Yaning smiled, and wiped the rainwater with his hand, "Lian Ming? No. That kid is just my friend."

Lian Ming finished his breakfast contentedly, and when he saw He Yaning came back with wet hair, he smacked his lips in surprise, but he remained motionless, "Ah, you didn't bring an umbrella?"

He Yaning took a towel and wiped his hair, "Why don't you bring an umbrella when you go downstairs to throw out the trash. How about breakfast? Have you eaten it all?"

"Hey, keep it for you, keep it." Lian Ming smiled, pushed the thermos cup forward, and took out a tissue to hold it, "You two... How are you?"

He Yaning glanced at him, "It's okay. By the way, the child asked, are you my boyfriend?"

"Damn it!" Lian Ming's voice rose suddenly, his brows were tightly frowned, "That kid, tsk, what are you thinking all over your head!"

He Yaning was overjoyed, "This is still taking advantage of you. I haven't said anything yet, why are you in a hurry."

"I have to be anxious. It's not easy to be single for 30 years. I have to keep my innocence!" Lian Ming leaned on the sofa, squinted at He Yaning's expression, and smiled again, "Then you promised him No?"

He Yaning's heart skipped a beat, and he took a sip of the remaining porridge, "What do you think?"

"I originally thought that this kid is no good. Apart from being good-looking, he has no other use." Lian Ming took a dental floss pick and picked his teeth, "But it seems that he is a good cook—— bur— —It’s okay to keep it.”

He Yaning couldn't help laughing at his inconsistent figure who was quickly captured by delicious food.

"But I think, if he doesn't have a job, it's not good for him to eat your clothes and wear your clothes." Lian Ming said seriously again, "It's not to save you money. I just think that if he lives like this, it will be a long time. That kid can't take it."

Yes.

He Yaning sighed silently while drinking the porridge.After all, he had been in a similar situation before.At that time, he felt that income from work was not important, as long as there was love.He also naively thought that feelings could overcome all practical problems.But thinking about it now, the reality still beats the feelings severely.

Reality slapped him mercilessly, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't recover until now.

"He's still young, so he should do something else." The spoon fell back into the bowl with a "ding" sound, and He Yaning reached out and rubbed his temples, "You're right, if you fall in love with nothing, you will end up in complete failure."

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, Xiang Jie raised his hand to wipe his face, his hand was wet, whether it was rain or tears.

Pedestrians holding colorful umbrellas hurried through the bustling streets.The thin windbreaker was quickly wet, and Xiang Jie shivered violently due to the sudden spring. His lips turned white, and he felt cold.

He Yaning bid him farewell solemnly.in the rain.

"Don't bring food here in the future, it's a waste of time." He raised his face, "Since you have decided to stay, spend more time looking for a job. Being able to support yourself is better than anything else."

He was considerate and promised to make up the rest of the salary.

He is very kind, rejecting himself, but not rejecting others thousands of miles away.

He even generously promised that if Xiang Jie needed any help, he could contact him.

He Yaning put himself in a position that seemed very close, but in fact he would never be able to touch it.

Xiang Jie walked dejectedly to the park in the middle of the street. The whole park was soaked by the rain, and there was an intoxicating mist.The rain was slow and cold, down to the marrow.Even stray kittens hide in the grass to hide from the rain.

Anyway, it was already soaked, so Xiang Jie didn't care about it and was even more embarrassed.

He sat on a bench in the park, watching the raindrops pass by, the light gray stone road was slightly wet, and the soil in the grass evaporated with a faint fishy smell.

The phone rang suddenly.Xiang Jie didn't know who else would call him at this time.He lost interest and glanced lazily at the caller ID.

Jiang Fang.

He was slightly taken aback.

"Hello?" Jiang Fang's voice was still so familiar and sweet, like a summer cherry full of wine, "Xiang Jie?"

"En." Xiang Jie opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse.

"That's it..." Jiang Fang hesitated, "I think I should inform you... I'm getting married."

"Yes, yes..." Xiang Jie didn't know whether he should cry or laugh for a moment, after all, it was a good thing, Jiang Fang finally found his home.But he was at a loss for words for a moment, it was too sudden, it seemed that not too long had passed since they broke up.

Xiang Jie raised his face and looked at the raindrops flying all over the sky, "Then... congratulations."

"The wedding is next Friday." Jiang Fang said, "I'll send the invitation to your home."

"Yeah." The surroundings were foggy, and Xiang Jie seemed to be in a long dream, "Okay."

"...Xiang Jie?" Jiang Fang called him worriedly.

"Huh?" Xiang Jie cheered up, the rain and fog blurred his vision, "What's wrong? I'm listening."

"..." Jiang Fang seemed to want to say something more, but she hesitated for a long time, but couldn't speak.

There are too many words, silted up in my heart.She knew that today might be the last time she had such a legitimate conversation with Xiang Jie.

"Xiang Jie." After a while, she said again, "Thank you."

"Thank you for being so kind to me." Her voice was a little choked, "Thank you."

Xiang Jie raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "You're welcome. This is what I should do."

I don't know when the phone was hung up.When Xiang Jie came back to his senses, there were already busy sounds in his ears.

It became one with the continuous sound of rain.

The hand holding the phone slowly dropped.After a while, Xiang Jie had a sore nose, and he heard himself crying.

First there was an extremely suppressed sob, and then a sob that was almost exhausted.He didn't know what he was crying about, maybe everything he experienced was the root of his sadness.

What a powerless person he is.

If you can't get love, you can't keep love.

Also lost his job.Now there is nowhere to go.

In the big city he claims to stay.The people coming and going didn't notice him at all, and no one would stop because of a young man who was crying bitterly in the rainy morning.

Xiang Jie has never felt so poor, so weak, so powerless.

Xiang Jie, what are you doing?You're 24, why is life still a mess?

His knees gave way, and he slipped and fell to the ground.He clenched his fists and beat the bench hard.

"Ah—" Xiang Jie cried out in grief and indignation.

An umbrella opened above his head, and Xiang Jie raised his head, lifting his face that was crying and was in a panic.

"Go home." Xiang Tao was a little embarrassed, thought for a while, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and handed it to Xiang Jie, "Go to my place first."

With a "crash", Xiang Jie stretched out his hand from the bathtub, the skin on his fingers became wrinkled due to the long soak.The small blue and white grid tiles on the bathroom wall reminded Xiang Jie of the blue sky and white clouds in the suburbs in early spring.

"Xiang Jie." Xiang Tao called him outside, "Are you okay?"

"It's fine." Xiang Jie replied, "I'm fine."

Xiang Tao glanced at the bathroom with some concern, thought for a while, and knocked on the door again, "Don't stay too long, come out after washing and eat something."

Xiang Tao would never have imagined that on the way home from shopping for vegetables early in the morning on the weekend, he picked up Xiang Jie who was in a mess and crying loudly in a small park with no one there.

At first he thought it was just a tramp.It was wet all over.Later, he felt that the clothes seemed to be similar to the birthday present he had bought for Xiang Jie before, so he took a closer look carefully.

Unexpectedly, it was really his unlucky brother.

Xiang Tao cooked a bowl of noodles, and the soup base he just boiled last night made that boy cheaper.When the pot was boiling, Xiang Tao suddenly thought of whether it would be better to let him drink some ginger soup first.

When he heard the noise in the bathroom, he knew that slob Xiang Jie was finally willing to come out of the bathtub.

Stepping on slippers, the sound of pattering footsteps.Xiang Jie had a bath towel on his head, and he was wearing the large pajamas that Xiang Tao took from his lover.It looked a little too wide on Xiang Jie's body, and the trouser legs needed to be rolled up a little bit to barely fit.

"Go blow dry your hair." Xiang Tao said, "Don't catch a cold."

Xiang Jie didn't move.Xiang Tao turned his head and looked at the boy, his eyes became red again.