our psalms

The next day I stood alone at the gate of the park waiting for Xiaodong. When I saw him, his face didn’t look any better than mine. He always seemed to have something to say while walking on the road, but he always hesitated.And I have been unable to cheer up because of my father's affairs, and I didn't say a word along the way.It wasn't until evening that he finally spoke to me after he received a phone call.

"May I invite you to my house as a guest, Brother Cheng?" He barely looked at my face when he spoke.I feel very strange, what kind of home is this guy who seems to be doing nothing all day long, and I think I should learn about his career and life.But now, I really don't have much interest.

I shook my head and said, "Next time."

"How about now?" He asked pleadingly.Why was he always evasive when I kept asking questions about where his house was, but now he suddenly invited me to his house so kindly.I'm sure the kid must be hiding something from me.Coupled with this guy's abnormal behavior today, I feel that he may have some difficulties that cannot be solved, but he and I can be regarded as close friends with deep feelings, at least I think so, and I believe him, and have always been I really believe that I can see from his inner world that he must not be a bad boy.If he's really in trouble, I think I should help.

In the end I agreed to him. I thought I wouldn't be there for long, so I simply didn't call Lao Cao.

After getting off the taxi, I found out that Xiaodong took me to a villa residential area in the east of the city. I asked him puzzledly, "Do you really live here?" He just smiled and nodded .When he came to a villa garden, he stopped suddenly.He looked a little flustered, but after a while, he smiled firmly and continued to lead me inside.

Crossing a large green lawn, we walked to the big European-looking building. The level of luxury here is rare, and even I have never been to such a place before.

Xiaodong skillfully pressed the combination lock at the door, and the majestic blue-red foreign wooden door slowly opened.When you walk in, what you see in front of you is an incomparably huge living room. In front of the living room are a silver-white glass tea table and several large sofas, and a huge flat-screen LCD TV is embedded on the wall.On the other side is the balcony and the aisle, which are separated by a long, long floor-to-ceiling curtain.Behind is the staircase to the second floor, with two sides.Before I had time to observe in detail, Xiaodong took me to the sofa and sat down.

"You take a break first, I'll go downstairs and get you something to eat."

"No need, Xiaodong." I felt very dull and depressed, so I asked him in a low voice: "Is this really your house?"

Xiaodong still smiled and said nothing, stood up and walked upstairs.

I stared blankly at everything in the house by myself, wondering what this young man who was full of confusion wanted to do.Not long after, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs behind me. When I thought it was Xiaodong who came back and turned around, I saw another person.I stood up immediately in horror.

"Don't be afraid, you are Xiaodong's friend, right?" An elderly man was walking towards me. He was wearing a cloth suit and a pair of round cloth shoes.He had a smile on his face all the time, but he looked creepy.Because although it can be seen that he is getting older, there is an obvious mark on his face, which stretches from his left eye to his cheek.He was dark-skinned and bald, with crow's feet around his eyes when he laughed.

"Yes, you are?" I smiled at him politely.

"I'm his father." He said, already walked in front of me, and began to look me up and down with a strange look.

"His father?" I exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't his father..." No matter whether it is his biological father or Lao Xie, it is impossible to stand in front of me at this time.

"Hehe, you will know." He sat down slowly and looked at me, "You are really a handsome and sunny boy. I heard from Xiaodong that you are a college student at the Academy of Fine Arts?"

"Yes, I think it is necessary for me to figure out some problems." I began to tell myself to calm down and face all this rationally.

"what is the problem?"

"About Xiaodong, I remember he said that his father had passed away?"

"Hahahaha." His laughter was not so pleasant, but he loved to laugh, "Do you know what this means?" He raised his foot and put the foot wearing the cloth shoe on the coffee table.I looked at him not quite understanding.

"This is the strong evidence of Xiaodong's father. He will only put on cloth shoes for the man he likes. He should have told you?"

"But what does this have to do with me?" I suddenly seemed to understand a little bit, the person in front of me is neither his biological father nor Lao Xie, but another person, but he must know Xiaodong far more than I do.I also roughly understood the relationship between this man and Xiaodong.

Suddenly, I felt very disappointed in Xiaodong. He who had been instilling in me the uniqueness of true love is now betraying his own so-called truth, but what is he trying to explain by bringing me here today?

"You can call me Old Jiang, or Uncle Jiang, but it won't be necessarily the case in the future." The man surnamed Jiang said, "I'm very happy that Xiaodong can bring a friend like you home." His face A cold smile appeared on his face.After speaking, he suddenly put his feet in front of me, and kicked off the cloth shoes himself, revealing a pair of feet in white socks.The smell is quite unpleasant, comparable to that of Lao Cao, but I don't understand what he is trying to do.Next, he spoke again.

"Come on, prove that you are the same as Xiaodong!"

"What is the same as Xiaodong?"

"Put it on for me!" He pointed to the cloth shoes on the ground, "Only the person you like can put on the cloth shoes for him?"

In an instant, my anger rose.I stood up mercilessly and said loudly: "I'm sorry, I don't seem to have such a theory as him, and I don't seem to have said that you are the person I like!" After I finished speaking, I turned and walked towards the door.

"You will, you will!" Lao Jiang was still talking to me, "You are the chosen one, you can't leave!"

Sure enough, as soon as I walked to the door, several men in suits and sunglasses grabbed me tightly.

"What do you want to do?!" I knew that things would not be easy, "You let Xiaodong out..." Before I could finish speaking, a big hand stretched out to cover my mouth.I was still struggling, but it was a complete waste of energy. I was dragged by several people to the other back door. The moment I raised my head, I saw Xiaodong standing on the upper floor expressionlessly watching everything here.

After seeing me being taken away, Xiaodong ran downstairs and shouted at Lao Jiang: "I said, don't go too far!"

"Too much?!" Lao Jiang rolled his eyes at Xiaodong, "Who is it to be too much? After so long, your heart is still on that old driver who is dying. I really regret that I took it too lightly. If it wasn't for me Mercy, that old man has already gone to see Hades, and you are still pretending to be aggressive in front of me?"

"If he was really killed by you, I will not live like this until now, suffering from your torture!"

"Torture?!" Lao Jiang stood up angrily and took a few steps to Xiaodong and grabbed one of his arms. "How can I be inferior to that living dead man? Do you think you are great? That young man believes so much." You, what did you do to him? Don't worry, I will do what you want!"

"What do you want?"

"I can't get your heart, so I have to let him replace you."

"No!"

"No, don't just obey me obediently!"

"I listen to everything, you let him go!"

"Why do you regret it now, is it too late?"

"What are you going to do!"

Lao Jiang sat back on the sofa with a smile and raised his foot, "He won't do it, only you will. Anyway, one of you must come and put it on for me."

"I'll do it!" Xiaodong gritted his teeth, squatted in front of Lao Jiang, and slowly put the cloth shoes on Lao Jiang's feet one by one. "You'd better not think of Wang Zicheng, his father is the director of the police station!"

"You kid is bad enough." Lao Jiang said with a smile, "It turned out to be something from the police, you know I dare not take it, right? You underestimate your father and me, are all these years for nothing, I told you You, you are too tender!"...