out of control relationship

The phone was placed on the coffee table, and he looked down, his eyes slightly open.

He stared at the name on the caller ID for a while with an expression of uncertainty, and put it in his ear, "Hello, aunt."

"Xiao Yuan."

The sound of running water in the kitchen stopped, and he walked to the window in a few steps, the soapy white sky outside was drawn closer to his eyes, and the middle-aged woman on the phone said, "How are you at home now?"

Xu Shi hadn't heard this voice for too many years, and Qin Yuan was a little uncomfortable with the solicitous and almost intimate tone, so according to this change, he instinctively paid attention to the things behind the other party's words.

At this time, his voice was still full of politeness as a junior, "Auntie is here."

"Are you busy recently?"

"It's a bit early to start school, and the college entrance examination will be in a few months."

"Oh, yes, the college entrance examination is almost here..." Repeated Qin Yuan's words meaninglessly, every short sentence of the woman was embedded with a just right smile, but this sentence seemed a bit cryptic, "That little girl where?"

Upon hearing this meaningful title, Qin Yuan's voice seemed to have suddenly entered a zero-degree environment, cooling down quickly and directly, and he said, "... also, what's the matter."

"Then what," the woman was unaware of this, and still rambled on her own way, "I haven't visited your place for a long time, haven't I, your uncle and your uncle and I have long wanted to go there Look, you see, if we have time now, let's sit for a while, shall we have dinner?"

He rolled his eyelids and looked at his watch, "Eat."

"That, that's fine, we'll go there later."

He hung up the phone after hearing the busy signal, and when he turned around, he saw Qin Shuobei standing a few steps away from him, leaning against the wall, his hands red from the cold water were pressed against the radiator, his eyes were not facing him, but he knew that the other party was there Wait for him to speak.

He threw the phone on the sofa, rubbed the center of his brow roughly with his fingers, and seemed to be very annoyed by what he was about to deal with next, "When someone comes later, you can go back to your room and do your homework."

Qin Shuobei couldn't guess what he was thinking, but he didn't immediately refute him, he just asked, "Uncle, aunt, and the others are coming."

Qin Yuan folded his hands on his chest, lowered his head as if he was thinking about something, and after a long while, he slightly hooked the corners of his mouth. "Yes. I can pick my time."

His facial features are uniquely textured and stand up to scrutiny, especially the angle between the eye sockets and the bridge of the nose is beautiful and sharp; it is a smile that is so shallow that it cannot be seen clearly, except for the mouth, there is no smile on any part of the face.

Qin Shuobei couldn't help but look at him more, his fingertips sank into the palm of the parcel, but he didn't say anything more, turned back to the bedroom, and closed the door.

He had just written two multiple-choice questions at the desk when someone knocked on the door outside.

If it wasn't for meeting again today, Qin Yuan thought that he would never meet such a strong lineup except for the funeral.

When those people came in from the door one by one, he tried to check the number in his memory, but the time interval was too long, and it was difficult to sort out the family relationship. He failed to call everyone's name, so he had to take a few more. New teacups come out and are set.During this period, the sofa opposite him was already full of people, and one of the uncles was stretching his neck and looking around his house. His posture reminded Qin Yuan of the meerkat looking around in "Animal World".

Just as he was pouring water, my aunt spoke.

"Xiaoyuan, has the matter of your house been settled?"

Qin Yuan had already expected the purpose of their visit, so he acted calmly, holding the purple sand teapot steadily by his wrist, and finally filled the cup in front of him, "No."

You must know that the reason why some relatives exist is like this. They don't come easily, grinding up the blood relationship that is invisible to the naked eye and diluting it in time. Once he finds you, it will definitely be a worthwhile trip.The relatives of Qin Yuan's family are typical. To put it bluntly, apart from the verbal title of respect, there is nothing left. No wonder Qin Yuan saw it right away.

They obviously came here for the house and compensation.There is no need to repeat this reason, and there is no need to hide it, because they only have the clearest interests, and they are so pure that they do not mix any impurities.

Qin Yuan knew that the members of his father's family had had objections to his mother both openly and secretly since they got married. After his father's death, they intensified, and they didn't say anything about it. In fact, they had cut off contact with his family, and his mother adopted him Qin Shuobei...

Qin Yuan took a sip of tea, "Just say what you have to say."

It may be that he looks too much like an adult with ease, these real adults are a little overwhelmed by the calm attitude, my aunt has been staring at him, and her mouth is gradually becoming less polite. "Since you said that, I don't need to say those useless things."

"A few years ago, your grandparents, me, and your uncles pooled up money to buy this house, so now it's going to be demolished, and your uncles and I will have a share in the compensation for land acquisition. Isn't that right?"

"Because you still have to go to school now, we will keep your tuition fees for you, which is easy to say. But."

"That 'not our family', you drive him out as soon as possible, we won't leave him a penny."

"I really don't know what happened to your mother when she picked him up? It's not because of relatives, but I think you can grab a bite of food by leaving a mouth..."

Before the aunt finished speaking, Qin Yuan suddenly put down the cup in his hand.When the bottom of the cup fell on the table, all the other cups trembled, and some of the water spilled out of the rim, and the woman fell silent.

"You want money, don't you?" Qin Yuan looked into the other person's eyes from a leaning forward angle, and said slowly, "It's all for you, I don't want any."

He spoke very softly, which was very different from the emotions conveyed by his actions, and was completely different from the well-behaved and shy child in their impression.

He said, "The house is mine, and my parents' names are written in black and white on the head of the household. No one wants to divide it."

The second uncle "Teng" who was sitting on the other side stood up and was instantly irritated by him, "What do you mean?!"

As soon as he heard the sound of dispute, Qin Shuobei who was in the room opened the door and came out.The adults on the sofa were all taken aback, Qin Yuan looked back, stood up abruptly and shouted, "Go back!"

Everyone dared not move.

The aunt who was the first to bear the brunt was so frightened that she leaned against the back of the sofa. Seeing Qin Yuan stand up, he could see the ups and downs of his chest caused by the violent breathing, and pointed at the door with one hand, his fingertips trembling almost invisible.

But viewed from the side, this action seems to have blocked the sluggish Qin Shuobei behind him, together with the whole house and his life that has been eroded so far until only a hard skeleton remains.

"He's our family, and he didn't eat a bite of your family's food, so don't fucking point fingers, understand?"

"This is my home, you can go now," he said.

Qin Yuan didn't make any other movements, and stared at those adults stubbornly until he was out of his sight. His residence was as if they had never set foot in or cared about him.

Originally there was none.

He lowered his head and pressed his fingers against the throbbing temples, his emotions suddenly emptied after the explosion, he was immersed in this chaotic state for a while, he spoke several times, and finally said, Qin Shuobei, I don't owe you any more.

You helped me last time, this time I will pay you back.We're even.

Qin Shuobei couldn't hold back, this was one of the few moments when Qin Yuan was willing to look directly into his eyes, he thought he would lose his balance, but his tone was calmer than expected, he asked back, what is called even.

The shock of anger remaining in the air hadn't subsided yet, but was quickly frozen by Qin Shuobei's attitude again.The indifference and indifference they were used to was broken, Qin Yuan said in a low voice, what do you think.

Why is it called even?It means that the two do not owe each other, and there is no relationship.

But who wants such a situation?

Qin Yuan didn't expect that Qin Shuobei would talk back to him, and he would talk back in a way that was neither humble nor overbearing, calm and composed, which formed a quite unsightly gap with his usual unconditional obedience, and he didn't give him a chance to get angry at all.

He really didn't have the strength to get angry anymore.

what do you want.He heard his own voice echoing stiffly between the walls, he said, what exactly do you want?

Is that not enough?

Even though I restrained myself and formally accepted your existence in this family, I made you a brother that I just couldn't see.My protection for you is not to give, but to make what you have gained no longer lost. It is a chain reaction formed by years of living together, it is by the way, it is compassion.

But what more do you want?

Qin Shuobei couldn't hear the voice in his heart, maybe he couldn't hear anything at all. The sufferings he had suffered had grown between his brows and could not be erased by time. His eyes were so deep that it made one's heart palpitate, as if he wanted to swallow Qin Yuan in one mouthful.

He smiled bitterly and said, brother, you don't know, you don't know.

—Maybe you will never know in your life.

Qin Yuan clicked his tongue hard, turned his head and left.

A little struggling light in his pupils disappeared outside the gate following the opponent's back.

Qin Yuan wrapped himself in a thick coat, and squatted dumbly on the steps beside the main road of the community.

He needs to find a spacious place to relax his tense nerves. He has been a little hysterical since just now, and it seems that the unlucky child in the family can only say something incomprehensible to make him angry.He has to be alone for a while.

Fucking thing.

Probably the more gentle he was on the outside, the more serious his temper rebounded. He scolded without naming names, took out the last wilted cigarette in the cigarette case, lit it in his mouth, and still held the empty cigarette in his hand. The box; the neighbor who swept his eyes across the deserted road and walked home against the strong wind, trotted all the way when passing him, probably regarded him as a delinquent boy wandering around.

Next to the garbage pool in the neighborhood, there is an old sofa that was thrown away a few days ago. The snow that fell last night still remains on the leather surface, and it has turned a dirty gray.

It's freezing.

He sucked in a few more breaths of cold air before he felt that his frenzied temples had gone crazy and gradually calmed down.Stretched his arms and legs and walked home, the light in the living room was still on, Qin Shuobei should still be inside, usually he would turn off the light in the living room when he went back to his room to do his homework, I don't know why today.

Qin Yuan wrapped his clothes tightly and pushed open the door, bumping into Qin Shuobei's face, he turned his face away in displeasure, but Qin Shuobei did not.

He was sitting on the sofa, and on the coffee table in front of him, there was freshly boiled water, and he poured it into Qin Yuan's usual thermos cup, and the traces of someone sitting on the sofa were also covered, and a blanket was piled up for him and two pillows.

Then Qin Shuobei walked up to him, couldn't help but stuff the hot water bottle he was covering into his hands that were as cold as quick-frozen cooked food, turned around and walked back to the back room.

Qin Yuan couldn't say a word, and he forgot everything when he was angry just now.

This child is sick.

He sat down in the pile of warm cotton, staring at the white smoking water in a daze.