linked to the collar

Saying goodbye to Leng Fengyin and Canxing, Xiao Ran and the three returned to the White Mansion.Xiao Ran just had time to say goodnight to Bai Zhengqing who was walking at the end, and was dragged back to the room by the gloomy Bai Ye.

As soon as he returned to the room, he dragged the person onto the bed and threw his robe on the screen. "Why don't you come back with me?"

Xiao Ran turned his head and untied his robe. "I'm worried about the store... I remember that my father's store used to be very busy every Chinese New Year. This is the first year of Qingfengzhai's opening. One, I only came to pick up the goods in the second year of junior high school. If the boss is not around, I will always feel rude..."

"This is no reason, Xiao Ran, don't use this kind of excuse to deceive me!" Bai Ye sat down beside Xiao Ran, took Xiao Ran's outer robe and threw it on the screen. "During the Spring Festival, most of the stores are closed. Even if someone comes to pick up the goods, shopkeeper Liu can handle it well even if you're not around. How can there be any impoliteness?"

Xiao Ran bowed his head and said nothing, his hands resting on his knees were so pale that there was no blood in them.Bai Ye didn't speak, and leaned against the bedpost with his arms folded and glared at Xiao Ran with a sullen face.

"Bai Ye..." After all, Xiao Ran couldn't bear Bai Ye's glaring gaze, so he raised his head and forced a smile. "Your family celebrates the New Year, what am I going to do as an outsider?"

"What outsider? Eldest brother calls you third younger brother, and the emerald jade butterfly that aunt gave you is still in your arms. Their attitude is so clear, why do you think you are an outsider? Who chewed your tongue? "Bai Ye stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Ran into his arms, pinching his chin slightly. "Xiao Ran, why don't you want to? Don't be perfunctory, why don't you want to tell me what you really think? Hmm?"

"...But Bai Ye, I will not be your family after all." Xiao Ran leaned against Bai Ye's chest and rested his head on his shoulder. "Bai Ye, don't force me, I can't... I can't enter your house!"

He suddenly pushed Bai Ye away, stood up after staggering two steps, and stared at his feet with his head down. "Bai Ye, if I entered your house like this, I would be ashamed to face my ancestors! The Xiao family... The Xiao family will not produce a descendant like me who shamelessly lies under a man to have fun! I, Is it not good for us to go on like this for the rest of our lives? Do we have to let others know about my relationship with you? Isn’t it okay to keep it a secret? Bai Ye, Bai Ye... Bai Ye, I... I... No one else knows, I can Pretending, pretending that we are still brothers-in-law, but if we enter your house, your aunt, your eldest brother really treats you as yours... How can I face the ancestors of our Xiao family under Jiuquan? What face do I have? See my father and my mother...and, where is Qionghua?"

"What are you thinking? If your parents are really alive, knowing that someone can take care of you and love you instead of Qionghua, it's too late for them to feel relieved, why do you feel ashamed to see them?" Bai Ye stood up When he got up, he walked behind li xuan and wanted to hug him, but he stretched out his hands but was avoided by li xuan.

"Bai Ye, I can accept your feelings, I am willing to be hugged by you, because, because I also have feelings for you, but in the eyes of others? Bai Ye, although the Xiao family is not as prominent as your Bai family, but, It can finally be regarded as a scholarly family. Our Xiao family has never had a life-long relationship between a man and a man... Dad has always looked down on these things, Yin and Yang harmony, two men, what is this? Even raising a child It is common for others to have a prostitute, to have a pet, but our Xiao family never likes to see these things. I, I am very happy that your mother and eldest brother can accept the matter between me and you, but let me be your I can't do it if people come into your house!"

"Xiao Ran, why do you always think so much? Why do you have to worry about so many things? Is it not good for us now? Now big brother knows, Canxing knows, Leng landlord also knows, in fact, so many people already know, you also know It is tacit approval. Why do you object so much when it comes to going to my house? Or do you think that as long as you don’t enter the Xuantianmen, you can deceive yourself and others that the relationship between me and you is still a secret? If your ancestors really knew, When you are hugged by me, will they not know?"

"No, no matter what, Bai Ye, I won't go back with you! I'll wait here for your return, but I won't leave with you."

"You!" Bai Ye was anxious, he really didn't understand what Xiao Ran was worried about?Are those dead people the reason why he can't let go of his knot?Don't care that he is such a big living person, but care about those who are dead and can't get up again, what will they think? "Xiao Ran, are you going to run away like this for the rest of your life? You are so ignorant of me for the rest of your life?"

Xiao Ran turned his head and remained silent.

During the stalemate, I heard someone knocking on the door. "Second brother, third brother, have you rested yet?"

It's all so loud, can't he hear it?Bai Ye walked to the door with a sullen face and pulled the door open. "Brother, we can talk about it tomorrow morning. Xiao Ran and I have something to discuss now."

Bai Zhengqing at the door looked serious. "Second brother, I think you should talk to me first..."

He lowered his voice a little, and glanced at Xiao Ran who was standing by the table with his back to them. "About the third brother, you will definitely want to know."

Bai Ye stared at Bai Zhengqing as if he wanted to see through his reason for coming, Big Brother Bai patted Bai Ye's shoulder reassuringly, pulled him out of the room, and while pulling him away, he raised his voice to Xiao Ran inside the room: "Third brother, my second brother and I have something to talk about, you should go to bed early. Well, Shi Er is at the door, if you have anything to do, just call."

"...Okay, I'll trouble you, brother."

Hearing the door was closed, Xiao Ran slowly slumped on the ground.

Why doesn't he want to go to Xuantianmen with Bai Ye?He wanted to be with Bai Ye for the rest of his life, he wanted everyone to know about his relationship with Bai Ye, but... what identity did he use to stand by Bai Ye's side?

Bai Ye has a family, and he is still a man...

His current happiness was stolen from He Ruhui, right?He was obviously her husband, but he gave all his tenderness to himself.

If it was only here, he could cover his head as if... as if he didn't know anything, and cherished this stolen happiness with all his heart, and cherished it every day.

However, stepping out of here, standing next to Bai Ye and stepping into the Xuantian Gate with the status of "third younger brother", is like proclaiming his shamelessness to the world...

There will be no pretense, and he will not be able to let everyone know about his relationship with Bai Ye.

Yes, he was afraid of seeing other people's contemptuous gazes, he was afraid of being ridiculed, and he was afraid of the harm he might suffer if his relationship with Bai Ye was exposed.

However, he is even more afraid that others will be hurt by it.

That innocent He Ruhui, how should she face her husband's infidelity?

Xiao Ran still remembered the admiration he saw in He Ruhui's eyes for Bai Ye at the He family's family banquet many years ago, and he also remembered the picturesque beauty when the two stood together.

Maybe this beauty can't last long, and Xiao Ran also knows Bai Ye's passion... But, if he is the one who destroys this beauty, Xiao Ran can't forgive himself.

Therefore, he would rather deceive himself and hide in Wuzhou City than take a step, even if he can only do this for the rest of his life, at least he will not destroy other people's dreams.

He didn't want to be unable to sleep because of guilt.