play house

"What's this piled up by your door?"

Chu Xian followed Shen Yichi up the stairs, the apartment with four households on the first floor, the public corridor department was piled up to the brim, and there were two big cardboard boxes placed in front of Shen Yichi's house.

"cigarette."

Shen Yichi opened the door and let Chu Lingze go in first, while Chu Xian lifted the lid of the carton with great interest,

"You're really an old smoker. Those who didn't know thought you were selling cigarettes."

"It's going to be given to the uncle at the door. I just packed it two days ago,"

Shen Yichi leaned against the door to help him prop it up, "You asked me to teach you how to smoke before."

"Why don't I remember..."

When Chu Xian opened his mouth, he immediately realized that Shen Yichi was talking about the only time they met in college, so he changed his words,

"I drank too much and talked nonsense. My dad got lung cancer because of smoking, and the family almost collapsed because of it. The smell of smoke is the last thing I can smell in my life."

"You didn't seem to drink very well in the past few years, and your memory will get worse after drinking."

"No one dares to persuade me to drink now."

Chu Xian snorted coldly.

The few years just after graduating from university were the most difficult days for him. Chu Xinglin was admitted to the hospital due to critical illness, his family company went bankrupt, and his property was divided up by relatives of the Chu family. He didn't drink well before, but how could he refuse the toasts on the wine table at that time, unlike now, as long as he said he didn't want to drink, all the toasts on the table had to be replaced with warm tea.

"Come inside,"

Shen Yichi closed the cardboard box, "I don't have many slippers at home, are you wearing mine?"

"Don't you have any shoe covers?"

Chu Xian glanced at Shen Yichi's pair of big yellow dog cartoon slippers. This pair of peripheral products of "Save the Children" didn't make him want to stick his feet in.

"I usually don't have guests at home, so I'm not prepared."

"Then go barefoot, anyway, my socks are soft."

Chu Xian took off his shoes and went into the house, while Chu Lingze was fascinated by the pile of "Save the Children" peripheral toys piled up in the corner of the living room. After getting Chu Xian's consent, he plunged into it and had a great time playing Almost.

"What to drink? Black tea?"

"I only drink Lapsang Souchong for black tea, just pour me a glass of boiled water."

Chu Xian obviously disliked the box of Lipton black tea bags on the coffee table. He took a sip of the purified water Shen Yichi handed over, sat on the sofa like a supervisor and stared at Shen Yichi picking up the documents, and suddenly asked,

"Why did you say that I have a bad memory after drinking?"

"Because you were not the only one who patronized the bar that day, but also a brat named Chen Wang. If I guessed correctly, he is Chen Mei's younger brother?"

"..."

When Chu Xian heard the word "Chen Huang", he almost cracked the enamel cup in his hand, and he said "hmm" calmly,

"You're right, he's a damned brat."

It was the last year of college.

Shen Yichi finished his graduation thesis early, and devoted himself to working in Bailan's bar to make money.

He is good at bartending, billiards, chatting and attracting customers, plus he has a sufficiently outstanding face. At that time, Shen Yichi could earn much more money every month than when he was doing children's programs later.

But his grandma's illness was like a bottomless pit filled with unevenness, and the demand for special medicines was also increasing. Most of Shen Yichi's income was paid to the hospital, and the remaining money was just enough for his daily expenses.

"Brother Shen, don't you sing today?"

On the most leisurely afternoon, other staff in the bar sat down next to Shen Yichi with bento boxes.

"Rest today."

Shen Yichi lazily played with his mobile phone, pawing at the lunch boxes he bought at the convenience store opposite.

"Singing a show earns thousands of dollars. If you want me, I will definitely sing every day, every night, until Brother Bai sells everything, and sings until our bar closes down."

"Do you still want your throat?"

Shen Yichi was smiling at first, but the smile on his face soon turned into a dull gray ice because of the incoming call notification on the phone screen. His colleague quietly came over to take a look, and asked embarrassingly,

"Your family asked you for money again?"

"Um,"

Shen Yichi hung up Shen Su's phone, "Guess what's the reason this time?"

"I remember last time I said that your stepmother lost all of your brother's tuition fees by investing in stocks. This time... Could it be that something happened to your brother again? Has he got cancer?"

"It's really him,"

Shen Yichi sneered, "But it's not for medical treatment, he made his girlfriend's belly bigger and asked me for money to have an abortion."

"Fuck, he must be sick. Isn't your brother almost 20 years old? He still asks you for money for an abortion? How shameless! You can't even get those thousands of dollars?"

"Of course she can get it out, but she wants to get the wool from me even more."

Shen Yichi threw the uneaten boxed lunch into the trash can, said hello and slipped outside from the back kitchen to smoke. His addiction to cigarettes was slowly picked up after Ye Mei's death. There were too many things to worry about, and no one was there It can be said that only when smoking can you calm down a little.

His so-called younger brother, Shen Li, was the son of that mistress and his father. He was only a few years younger than him, and he also inherited his father's genes and had a pretty face. Set of skittish flowery intestines.

Shen Li's current ignorance and lack of knowledge are mostly due to Shen Su's precepts and deeds, and he doesn't know what kind of brainwashing Shen Li has received from his mother since he was a child.

Before he had time to light a cigarette, Shen Yichi was attracted by a figure on the opposite side of the road. The moment he fixed his eyes on who was opposite him, he felt numbness in his back and backflow of blood—it was Shen Su... Shen Su found this place Come!

Shen Su also saw him at the same time, the well-dressed man's eyes lit up, he crossed the road cursing and rushed to Shen Yichi,

"Well, you are unfilial! You are a white-eyed wolf! I have worked so hard to raise you and you are going to repay me like this? Huh? I don't know how to answer phone calls, and I don't know how to answer WeChat and WeChat. You just know how to enjoy yourself. You are really not a thing!"

Shen Su raised his head on purpose and yelled loudly so that those in the bar who wore the same bartender uniform as Shen Yichi could hear him,

"Your brother is still in the hospital in a hurry to spend money. You are lucky, and you have smoked Honghe, right? I have raised you for so many years. You killed your mother back then, and now you want to kill me? You have been Are you here for revenge?!"

Shen Su has long been used to blaming Shen Yichi for Ye Mei's death, and he even wished that everyone around Shen Yichi would regard Shen Yichi as an unlucky murderer, reviled and despised him, so that he, a father, seemed innocent and pitiful.

"I really want to seek revenge on you,"

Shen Yichi flicked the cigarette ash, at that time he was already taller than Shen Su, Shen Su was stern, and couldn't help being pressed back two steps.

"Shen Li is not in a hurry to ask for money to help his life. It won't be too late to come to me when he lies down in the operating room."

"That's your younger brother. How do you talk? You don't understand any rules."

"Don't talk about the illegitimate child so nicely."

"That's great, you, do you think your wings will become stiff after you go to college?"

Shen Su didn't stop doing anything, he simply grabbed Shen Yichi's sleeve and began to wipe his tears, pretending to be a father who hated iron and steel, and began to cry to the pedestrians who came and went to watch the excitement,

"Didn't his mother care about him back then? He forced him out of depression and committed suicide by jumping off a building... His stepmother quit her job to take care of him in order to let him take the college entrance examination well. He was lucky enough to fail the exam on purpose for us to see. Now his younger brother Waiting in the hospital for urgent need of money, this ungrateful white-eyed wolf doesn't answer a single call... Look, I came all the way to see him, but he actually wants to drive me away, how can I explain to his dead mother ah……"

Relying on the fact that no one knows him in a strange city, Shen Su grabs Shen Yichi and rolls around recklessly on the street. Shen Yichi's stern eyebrows are mostly inherited from Ye Mei, while Shen Su looks more affectionate and gentle, even though he has already No longer young, those eyes that have seduced countless Omega's will inevitably make people feel pitiful as long as they shed tears, causing passers-by to discuss and point at Shen Yichi who is watching Shen Su's performance with a cold face.

"What do you mean? Are you here to make trouble?"

Bai Lan, who woke up from a nap at some time, brushed up her shoulder-length hair that she hadn't had time to care for, lazily pushed open the door of the bar and stood in front of Shen Su,

"What are you doing?"

"You are Shen Yichi's boss, right? Are you illegally employed here? I even suspect that you are engaging in pyramid schemes. Otherwise, why would my child not want to answer my phone?"

Seeing Bai Lan's feminine appearance, Shen Su preconceived in his heart that he was easy to bully, so he began to threaten him aggressively,

"My family, Shen Yichi, became like this because he mixed with you. He was able to be admitted to the capital university, but he was delayed by you people... I must take him home today, and don't stop anyone I!"

Because of Shen Su's uproar, many customers who wanted to enter the store were discouraged, Shen Yichi didn't want to affect other people in the bar, and he had nothing to do with Shen Su's thick skin,

"The only thing you want to take back is my money, and it's for you."

"Don't give it."

Seeing that Shen Yichi was about to take out his wallet, Bai Lan immediately stopped him and pulled him into the shop,

"You need to spend money to get rid of a gangster who hinders my business? You can deal with those drunk little bastards normally."

After receiving the wink from Bai Lan, several other small employees rushed out to persuade Shen Yichi to go in. Seeing this, Shen Su wanted to chase into the store, but was stopped by the patrolling police.

"What do you mean? What did I do? Are you going to arrest me? Are you in the same gang? You guys are all together! Shen Yichi, you bastard, wait for me!"

Shen Su was put into the car by two policemen, who wanted to take him back to the police station for a urine test on the grounds of provoking quarrels. Bai Lan stared at the car until it left the street before sneering twice.

"Dare to provoke trouble at the door of my shop, it's really a bear's heart and a leopard's guts."

Of course, the two patrolling policemen didn't pass by by chance. Bai Lan has been mixing black and white like a fish in water these years, and it is also necessary to know a few policemen who can come to help, otherwise there is really no way to drag Shen Su away.

The shop's entrance quickly returned to bustling, but the atmosphere around Shen Yichi became more gloomy visibly, he was originally hot on the outside and cold on the inside, and now he didn't even have the mood to maintain the gentleness on his face, Bai Lan Sighing, walked over to light him a new cigarette,

"I asked someone else to pack the dishes that you should wash today, so please calm down."

"Thank you, Brother Bai."

"Damn, if I were you, I'd be mad."

Bai Lan patted Shen Yichi on the shoulder, Shen Yichi forced a smile, stood up and stood outside the back door of the bar and lit another cigarette, the smoke dust slowly fell like broken clouds, blending with the greasy ground in the alleyway exuding the smell of adult retting One.

When he was smoking the third cigarette, the back door creaked and was knocked open. Shen Yichi thought it was someone from the kitchen who was going to throw out the trash, until he smelled a refreshing fragrance that was extremely inconsistent with this rotten alley.

He turned his head slightly, and met eyes with Chu Xian who was holding on to the doorknob with dazed eyes.