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"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Duan Li opened the door and dragged the box inside.

"Hey! Li Zi is back! How long is this summer vacation?" Duan Xiaofeng was the first to greet him.

Duan Li was a little surprised, "Two months... Brother!? Are you not going to work today?"

Brother Duan reached out to take the suitcase in his hand: "I'm asking for leave."

"Ask for leave!" Duan Li was immediately frightened. Is this still his workaholic elder brother?

"Xiao Li is back!" Mama Duan's loud voice came from the kitchen: "Wash your hands and get ready to eat!"

"Hey! Mom, I'm back."

Brother Duan dragged Duan Li's suitcase into the room, and then hurriedly cleaned up the sundries on the dining table.This scene is really too strange.

But Duan Li couldn't think of a way out, so he went back to his room, put down his things and walked to the kitchen door, "Where's my dad? Why isn't he here?"

"Your dad just went out to buy cigarettes. It's not like you don't know about his addiction to cigarettes." Duan's mother looked disgusted.

"Actually, I should go buy it for my uncle, and let him go there in person." This time it was a pretty girl who spoke, her voice was very clear.

"Little Jie, don't worry about that old man. The air in this house is polluted by him alone. He deserves to buy it himself."

The girl sneered and smiled: "Auntie, what you said. You and uncle are still young, how old are you?" While speaking, she turned and went to serve Mama Duan.

Duan Li was stunned. He quietly looked at the stranger called "Xiaojie" by Duan's mother. His cool short hair was just at the shoulder level, he was neither tall nor short, and his facial features were delicate but not outstanding. A water blue dress makes the whole person more clean and white.

Duan Li thought, when did their family have such a person?

Just as he was wondering, Big Brother Duan came over and slapped him on the back: "What are you looking at, kid! Get out of the way! You are so old that you don't know that you are standing at the door and doing things?"

Duan Li felt that he seemed to understand something after being photographed by Brother Duan.

Duan Li washed his hands, and followed Brother Duan and "Xiao Jie" to bring the prepared dishes to the living room. The table was full, richer than any holiday.

Brother Duan put the last two dishes on the table, pulled "Xiao Jie" aside, put his arms around the waist of others and said proudly, "Quick! Call me sister-in-law!"

As for?Duan Li was speechless, but this person still had to be called.

"Hello, sister-in-law." Duan Li called out very sincerely.

Auntie Duan angrily gave Brother Duan abducted with a smug face, successfully escaped from the man's clutches, and smiled at Duan Li: "Duan Li, right? My name is Zheng Jie, your brother's girlfriend."

"En." Already guessed.

"I often hear your elder brother mentioning you, and I finally met someone today." Zheng Jie turned her head and looked at elder brother Duan with disgust: "Duan Xiaofeng, your younger brother is much more handsome than you!"

Brother Duan was not happy, he stretched out his hand to press Duan Li's head, with an arrogant expression on his face: "No matter how handsome, no matter how handsome I am, I'm still his brother!"

"Little Jie, don't look at that kid who looks like a human being, he is very lazy!" Duan's mother came out of the kitchen at some point.

Duan Li was very depressed when his head was held down by Brother Duan. Is this his real mother?

When Dad Duan came back, the family of four, plus Zheng Jie, sat around the table.The Duan family has always had two sons, the eldest son is loyal but not troublesome, the younger son looks clever but is actually lazy and doesn’t like to talk, Duan’s father is also an honest person, and Duan’s mother guards the three big Buddhas at home every day. They are all regretting why they didn't have a daughter in the first place.

Now it's all right, the eldest son brought back a prospective daughter-in-law.

Although there was only one more person, the atmosphere at the dinner table was obviously different.Zheng Jie has a bright and straightforward personality and a sweet mouth, which made the two elders of the Duan family very happy.

Duan Li and Brother Duan privately felt that there should be a young girl in the family.

After dinner, Brother Duan was in charge of taking Zheng Jie home, while Duan Li was washing dishes in the kitchen.

"Xiao Jie, remember to come over for dinner when you have time." Mother Duan said reluctantly.

"Hey! Uncle, Auntie, take good care of your health. I will come to see you in two days."

"Duan Xiaofeng, hurry up and see off." This is Duan's father.

"Hey! Parents, don't worry."

Duan Li listened to the commotion outside in the kitchen, and felt a little neglected when he returned home this time!I knew that I should bring a girlfriend back.Thinking of this, he thought of Ye Ke, and then thought of that inexplicable dream, Duan Li couldn't help shaking his hands while washing the dishes.

"Xiao Li, did Zhensheng come back with you?" Mother Duan asked standing at the kitchen door.

"Ah!" Duan Li was stunned for a moment, then continued to wash the dishes, "We got off the train together, he should have arrived home early."

"That's good. You remember to let him come to our house for dinner next time, and I will make roasted elbows for him."

"it is good."

In the evening, before elder brother Duan came back, Duan Li called Cheng Zhensheng in his room and relayed his mother's words to him.

"Thank you auntie for helping me. Say I will visit them in a few days." Cheng Zhensheng's voice over there was soft and sounded very comfortable.

"You also remember to say hello to my uncles and aunts." Duan Li asked again: "Have you had dinner tonight?"

"have eaten."

"Really? What did you eat?"

"Duan Li." The voice over there suddenly became serious.

"what?"

"Don't you think you're taking too much control?"

Duan Li didn't expect to hear such a sentence, and suddenly sat up from the bed, "What do you mean." His tone was a little stiff.

The two were silent with each other.

After a while, he heard Cheng Zhensheng sighed softly and said, "I'm joking! Didn't you hear it?"

Duan Li fell on the bed again, he raised his hand to cover his eyes, and growled into the phone dumbfounded: "Can you say that your voice fluctuates a little when you're joking?" He was really frightened by that sentence.

"Hehe! You are too stupid."

"You wait and see when I meet you next time."

Cheng Zhensheng laughed again: "I'll wait."

Later, the two chattered for a while.Duan Li told Cheng Zhensheng about Brother Duan bringing his girlfriend back, and Cheng Zhensheng said, "Your brother cares more about people than you do."

Duan Li was not convinced, and retorted: "But I am more handsome!"

"No matter how handsome you are, you still have to be dumped."

Duan Li was speechless.

Suddenly there was no sound on the other end of the phone, and Cheng Zhensheng called out, "Duan Li?"

"En." The tone felt muffled.

"Duan Li." Cheng Zhensheng called again.

"what?"

"You have me to accompany you." After finishing speaking, Cheng Zhensheng hurriedly hung up the phone. Just hanging up was not enough, so he took off the battery by the way.

Duan Li was still in shock when he heard the busy tone of "beep -" coming from his ear.Cheng Zhensheng's last sentence "You have me by your side" kept echoing in his mind.

Duan Li suddenly remembered the first time he lost love.At that time, he was not as chic as he is now, and he could giggle indifferently even if he was dumped.The blow of broken love still accompanied him for many days.

During those days, Cheng Zhensheng, who always needed his supervision before he was willing to eat, in turn supervised him. He was going to drink, and the other party accompanied him to drink.After taking a sip, Cheng Zhensheng began to vomit non-stop, until finally he passed out.

Duan Li hurriedly took someone to the hospital and lost water for a day.Looking at that person's pale face, Duan Li kept complaining to himself.

As a result, Cheng Zhensheng's first words when he woke up were: "Duan Li. You have me by your side."

"Oh! This kid, I really think that no one will want me in the future." Duan Li said to himself, with a faint smile unconsciously raised on the corner of his mouth.

That night, Duan Li dreamed again.The first half of the dream was similar to last time, but at the end when Duan Li fell to the ground exhausted, he clearly heard a voice saying to himself: "Duan Li, you have me by your side." It was Cheng Zhensheng.

Duan Li was awakened by this dream, and sat on the bed sweating profusely.After finally calming down, I looked up at the still dark sky outside the window, and wanted to get up and take a shower.Brother Duan was snoring and sleeping soundly on the opposite bed, Duan Li shook his head with a smile, and opened the door cautiously to go to the bathroom.