Morbid domestication

I sat on the sofa with my body tense, and Xu Tangyue sat close to me. She seemed very happy and kept talking non-stop.

She talked about the interesting things she encountered recently, what delicious food she ate, about her good friend, and how the Samoyed named Tangtang at home destroyed Xu Sheng's orchid.

I echoed like that, while listening to Xu Tangyue talking about that happy and warm home.

"Brother, I won No.1 in the painting competition, and our teachers praised me, brother, guess what I drew?"

All I could do was ask, "What?"

Xu Tangyue raised her head and tried to get closer to my ear and whispered: "I drew our family, my parents, my brother, me, and Tangtang, I also drew it."

After she finished speaking, she showed a sweet smile to me: "Brother, am I serious?"

I was stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds I found my voice and praised: "Yueyue is great."

Maybe my reaction was too flat, the excited smile on Xu Tangyue's face gradually faded, she gave me a weird look, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

I was afraid that Xu Tangyue would find out that I was wrong, so I could only pull myself together and smiled at her: "Then Yueyue won the first place, what reward do you want?"

Xu Tangyue's eyes lit up: "Then brother, can you take me to Disneyland?"

I was choked up and didn't know how to answer.

Just at this time Shu Wan came out from the kitchen, "Tang Yi, don't pay attention to her, you are so busy with work, how can you have time to take her there, besides, I told your dad before that I would take her there."

She put the plate with vegetables in her hand on the dining table beside her, "Yueyue, wash your hands first, the meal will be ready soon."

Xu Tangyue stood up reluctantly, and went to the bathroom step by step.

Seeing this, Jiang Rao, who had been silent at the side, also stood up and said to me: "Then Mr. Xu, I won't bother you. We'll discuss the work after you finish your work here."

I also got up immediately: "Then I will see you off."

I sent Jiang Rao out, and entered the elevator with her. When the elevator door was completely closed, Jiang Rao said apologetically, "Sorry Yu Nian, when I received the news, your father and the others had already arrived in City A gone."

"I tried to inform you halfway, but I never found a chance, but I made insinuations. Your father and the others will leave tomorrow morning."

I shook my head and said, "It's fine."

Jiang Rao asked again: "Can you handle it? If you really can't, find an excuse and don't go back."

I actually just thought about Jiang Rao's proposal, but according to Xu Tangyi's current physical condition, it will take at least a month or two to recover. Before that, Xu Sheng has to deal with it, so it's hard to avoid it all the time.

Just now the elevator arrived, I said to Jiang Rao: "I can handle it, you go back first."

Jiang Rao glanced at me, but said goodbye and left without admonishing me.

When I returned to the apartment, the dining table was already full of food. Shu Wan, who was putting the dishes and chopsticks away, saw me and immediately smiled and said, "Just in time, go wash your hands and prepare to eat. Auntie cooked your favorite food." soup."

I thanked me and went to the sink beside me to wash my hands.

While wiping her hands, Xu Tangyue suddenly ran over. She didn't call my brother this time, but just looked at me silently, with unconcealable scrutiny in her eyes.

Children don't know how to hide their emotions, she doubts me.

I thought it was bad in my heart, but my expression was still the same. I asked her while wiping the water on my hands, "What's wrong? Why do you look at brother like that?"

She carefully looked at me a few more times, and whispered: "Brother?"

I threw the tissue into the trash can and smiled at her as naturally as possible: "What's wrong?"

Xu Tangyue lowered her head and muttered a few words in a low voice, but I didn't hear clearly. Just as I was about to ask her what she said, she raised her head and showed me a big smile again: "Brother can sit next to me when we eat later. ?"

I also twitched the corner of my mouth, showing a smile, "Yes."

This meal can be considered enjoyable, of course, under the premise of ignoring my inner thoughts.

Xu Sheng didn't talk much, he asked a few questions about his work, and I said I was very busy, and he asked me how long it would take me to finish my work. I told him that it would take a month or two to finish my work here. Sheng didn't say much.

As a stepmother, Shu Wan didn't seem to ask too many questions. She just asked me if I would be unaccustomed to life if I stayed in City A for so long. , after being politely rejected by me, I didn't say much anymore, I just filled the soup that was said to be Xu Tangyi's favorite drink and handed it to me.

Xu Tangyue was much quieter than before, only occasionally talking about her school affairs.

The meal that took me through the day was finally over an hour later, and it was already nine o'clock at night after it was over.

Xu Sheng and the others don't stay here at night, but in a nearby hotel. As a junior, I dutifully sent the three of them downstairs to the hotel.

At the entrance of the hotel, Shu Wan held Xu Sheng's arm and said to me softly: "Tang Yi, it's getting late, you should go back quickly, we can go up by ourselves."

Xu Sheng also said, "You should also pay attention to rest when you are busy."

I nodded to show that I understood, Shu Wan bent over and said to Xu Tangyue: "Yueyue, goodbye to brother."

Xu Tangyue glanced at me, turned her head and said to both of them, "Mom and Dad are waiting for me, I have something to whisper to my brother."

After all, without waiting for the reaction of the two of them, he took my hand and pulled me to the side of the hotel and ran.

I probably guessed her intentions, a 10-year-old girl is incredibly sensitive, or her relationship with Xu Tangyi is really good, so good that I can tell that I am a fake in a few words.

But since she didn't expose me just now, she probably won't tell Xu Sheng again.

Xu Tangyue pulled me to a corner to avoid people and stopped, then she let go of my hand, took a few steps back, and looked up at me with a serious face.

After a while, she asked, "You're not my brother, are you?"

"What do you think?"

Xu Tangyue put on a positive tone: "I know you are not, although you look exactly like him, but I know you are not."

"Then why didn't you expose me just now?"

Xu Tangyue wrung her fingers and pouted a little unhappy: "Because my brother said before that there is a person who looks exactly like him, and he also said that is his most precious brother."

My heart felt sore for a while, and the feeling of depression and irritability when I saw Xu Sheng's family, with nowhere to vent, subconsciously dissipated a lot.

"My brother also said, let me treat you well when I see you in the future, and call you brother." Xu Tangyue looked at me and asked seriously: "Then I call your brother now, you can tell me mine Where did brother go?"

I took a deep breath, suppressed the turbulent emotions in my heart, touched the top of Xu Tangyue's hair, looked at the deep starry sky in the distance, and answered after a while.

"He'll be back soon, I promise."