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—he was a beast—

Xu Ziqin, who has been at the top of the major rankings all year round, ranked second in the final total score, and Da Ya was stunned.

The Four-Eyed Girl called Qin Yang that night: "All the answers on the English answer sheet were misplaced from reading comprehension, and 24 points were deducted, which directly lowered the total score by a large amount."

The whole family's original interest in eating was completely poured with cold water by this phone call. Even the hottest mutton hot pot on weekdays, no one touched their chopsticks. It was Qin Li who put a piece of meat in the young master's bowl: "If you don't pass the test Once? Our Xiaoqin's strength is there, and we will make up for it in the future."

Qin Li's arm was in a plaster cast and was wrapped around his neck with a bandage. When he was pinching his flesh, his other hand was pulled and he was struggling to move. He was seated by Qin Yang's armrest: "Dad, you eat yours, don't worry about him, it's not that you don't Hand, pick what you want to eat yourself. I am not angry about my grades, not only the English teacher, several teachers reported that he is not in a good state a few days ago, and in class he is distracted and sleeps."

Grandma complained when mixing oil for Qin Li: "Don't put too much pressure on him. Isn't Zijie able to live comfortably if his grades are not top-notch? Although our family is not considered wealthy, we still have a factory. Even if you don't pass the exam, you are still a general manager, and you can't starve them."

Wang Zhizhi felt uncomfortable when he heard his mother-in-law's words, and hurriedly slapped his son's head: "Mom, the old saying is good! You can't be richer than three generations. How can you compare with the past in these years? Just you and Dad back then Traveling all over the world to gather contacts and find business depends on a good tongue.

Nowadays, academic qualifications are just a stepping stone. If you don’t have academic qualifications, if you talk about it again, it will be empty teeth, and everyone will be farting!

To put it bluntly, even if you really become a general manager in the future, your educational background is not as high as that of a secretary, and you will still be paid by others after being fooled around! "

Qin Yang liked to hear these words, and instantly reached a united front with his sister-in-law: "That's right."

"That's right!" Qin Li glared at the two of them, really unwilling to wrong the young master.

Xu Ziqin lowered his head and gnawed on the ribs. The meat was gnawed clean, but he gnawed on the bones, like grinding his teeth, and was stroked on the head by the grandfather beside him.

I was startled suddenly, trembling with fright, the chair was thrown, and the pupils constricted.

"Hey!" Qin Li stood up abruptly, "What's wrong with this child? Why are you so scared?"

The whole family focused their attention, and a group of people gathered around him asking questions, thinking that he must be haunted by something. Grandma said that she would go to Guang'an Temple to ask for a peace talisman for him tomorrow, and everyone was in a hurry.

The young master calmly shook his hand and went back to the back room: "I'm a little tired, I'm going to sleep for a while."

After leaving the banquet, he lay on the bed in a daze. When he sniffed, there was the smell of lavender air freshener. He sprayed it before eating. Now the smell didn’t dissipate, and it was still very strong. He sneezed a few times , Open doors and windows for convection ventilation.

The voices from downstairs were bustling and floating upwards, and they could be heard clearly.

"Is Xiao Qin okay? I touched him just now, and he reacted very violently, as if frightened. Nobody bullies him these days, right?"

"Who would dare, it won't be... the same as when I was in elementary school?"

"Bah, bah! Crow's mouth! What did you say! It's been more than ten years, why did it suddenly appear?"

There was a lot of chatter downstairs, Xu Ziqin covered himself in the quilt and couldn't isolate him at all. As soon as he closed his eyes, the scene of Bai Jiang's slap on his shoulder that night was vividly remembered.

The family dinner downstairs went from a short chat with the parents to work arrangements.Qin Yuan's food factory is doing well recently, and intends to annex several sluggish beverage factories in the surrounding area to expand the production base.

After the new year, I went on a business trip with Wang Zhizhi for a period of time. Several companies in Canada joined forces with them to expand their sales. If successful, they can quickly expand their overseas business.

The young master just listened to the general idea, and he heard the mystery in Qin Yuan's words. The food factory did not expand, and the inheritance right will undoubtedly fall to his son Wang Zijie.

But Qin Li loved Xu Ziqin from the bottom of his heart since he was a child. When the young master was still ignorant, he said in front of everyone more than once: "It doesn't matter whether uncle has a son or not. When you grow up, you will inherit the Qin family's factory. "

At any rate, Qin Yuan had seen storms before, so he naturally knew what his father was thinking.The purpose of expanding overseas business and opening a branch factory is for his son and Xu Ziqin to inherit the family business in the future, so that the old man will not be left out in the cold.

Xu Ziqin was blowing the cold wind at the bay window, with a silent expression.He remembered that nightmare again.

When Bai Jiang pushed the door and entered, there was already no sound downstairs. The young master turned his head and closed the window, and saw a bowl of vermicelli in clear soup on the desk, with two cabbage leaves floating on it.

"Aunt Qin said you didn't eat anything last night." Bai Jiang approached him, "Would you like some food?"

He wasn't hungry, but he couldn't find anything else to do at this time. He took a few chopsticks and stuffed them into his mouth without even tasting the saltiness.

"That night... I accidentally bumped into you, did it remind you of something?" Bai Jiang raised his eyes.

The chopsticks stopped suddenly, and the movements were gentle.

Seeing that the young master didn't answer, Bai Jiang asked calmly, "I just heard your cousin say that you also..."

The noodle bowl slammed heavily on the window sill, Xu Ziqin's eyes were fixed: "I was fine when I was young, I guess I'm too tired these days, I'll be fine after a short rest, don't guess."

When he jumped down from the bay window, under the faint light of the chandelier, his arm was suddenly grabbed by a force, and the voice whispered in his ear: "You said the same thing half a month ago."

"This is my business!" Xu Ziqin flicked his hand, "It has nothing to do with you! Don't I fucking know what happened to me when I was a child? Do you have to tell me? Who the hell do you think you are?"

Those words hit Bai Jiang's chest lightly, his heart shrank, and even the hands that restrained the young master became heavy: "I am your brother, you said it!"

"I also said that you are a gangster and a murderer. Why didn't you say so?"

Xu Ziqin yelled, and a line of tears fell from the corner of his eyes in an instant, "I don't understand, my own mother, my grandparents, my uncles, aunts, and my cousins ​​don't even ask, what are you asking?"

The young master said more and more aggrieved, tears poured down hysterically.He really wanted to tell himself not to cry in front of outsiders, but when Bai Jiang pressed him word by word, he couldn't stand it anymore.

Why is it that the family members are unwilling to remind him face to face that a so-called elder brother should remind him?

Why did the nightmare-like memories of childhood have to be awakened?

The wound healed by time is torn apart again, is he so willing to see the hideous blood and blood?

"If you believe me, I'll help you." Bai Jiang's cold face was illuminated by the lamp and his face was bloodless, as if his words just now had no warmth, but this time Xu Ziqin didn't break free, he chose to be calm and indifferent.

help?How to help?

Can the shadows in the depths of the mind be completely dispelled by empty words?

Xu Ziqin sneered, tears gushed out like a flood that broke a dike, he cried and exhausted his last bit of strength and pressed heavily on Bai Jiang's body, crying bitterly: "Brother!"

He couldn't hold it anymore, the nightmare haunted him, he couldn't breathe, and it followed him like a shadow.Why did that man find himself?

why?

Bai Jiang gently pressed his back and patted him, making him cry into tears in his arms.

After holding on for more than ten years, this secret has been pressing in my heart. It has not been diluted by time, but it has accumulated thicker and deeper.

"Brother..." Xu Ziqin closed his eyes, tears streaming down his face, "Why do you want to remind me again and again when I want to forget? Is that my fault? Why do you have to force it on me? I'm not reconciled, I can't do it. "

Bai Jiang didn't know how to comfort him, he could only hug him, like a kitten, with soft eyes on the person in front of him: "You can't forget about escaping, you can only slap him if you face it calmly." Get rid of it!"

The young master sniffed, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, felt the beating of the other person's heart, and forced himself to think of those unbearable past events.

"When I was eight years old, my mother went to Osaka on a business trip and picked me up. She came back a little late to talk about the project that day, so she asked her high school classmates to pick me up from the hotel. After eating sukiyaki, the wind and rain were blowing all over my body. , he took me to his house and found me his son's clothes."

Xu Ziqin was panting as he said that, holding Bai Jiang's clothes tightly, "When I was taking a shower, the light in the living room was turned off. I thought it was because of the strong wind outside and the electricity stopped. So I got dressed and was about to open the door and come out. on my shoulders."

Xu Ziqin sobbed in a low voice: "He likes men... He wanted to take off my clothes. I was so frightened. I tried my best to break free, locked the door, and squatted in the corner of the bathroom. That bastard kept kicking the door. He said he He liked me, said he wanted to kiss me... I didn't know what to do at the time, that uncle who was always gentle and kind in my eyes was just a beast... Fortunately, not long after, his wife came back, and I was so scared that I didn't even turn my head ran out of his house."

The eyebrows and eyes of Bai Jiang's pale face were already twisted together, like a living Shura, but when he fell on Xu Ziqin, his eyes were so soft.

"After returning to China, I have been having nightmares. I dreamed that he was lying on my bedside and taking off my clothes."

The young master lowered his head and buried his face in the crook of his arms, his shoulders were shaking violently up and down. "I dare not tell others, I am afraid."

"So...that night, when I turned off the light and woke you up, you remembered what happened back then, and mistakenly thought..."

"En." The young master cried until his voice became hoarse.

"It's okay, I'm by your side, everything will be fine." Bai Jiang comforted in a low voice.

The lights outside the window were flickering, and the crying subsided. When Bai Jiang helped him back to bed and lay down, the young master shrank from the bed as if stimulated, and sat on the edge of the wall with his legs in panic.

Bai Jiang put his arm on his shoulder, and said in a very low tone: "I will guard you, nothing will happen."

After the young master finished crying, he clung to Bai Jiang's body, looking for support and warmth.

"Brother! Can you hug me?" The young master's eyelashes were filled with tears, "When I was scared, that's how my cousin hugged me."

"Yeah." The boy's ears were completely red.

The next day, when the young master woke up, he found that he had slept soundly all night with Bai Jiang in his arms. He was so frightened that he stepped on his slippers and ran away without a trace. Bai Jiang opened his eyes in bewilderment, thinking that the young master had been scared again. I was in a hurry to open the door to comfort him, but when I heard the buzzing of the electric toothbrush, my footsteps became brisk, and I was relieved.

After washing and eating breakfast, Xu Ziqin put a boiled egg into Bai Jiang's bowl with a blushing face, and Bai Jiang looked up after being dazed for a long time.

"Don't talk about what happened last night." The young master surrendered first.

Bai Jiang quickly peeled the egg and swallowed it in one gulp, expressing his agreement.On the contrary, Wang Zijie leaned in front of his cousin with a chair in his arms and asked the teacher: "My lovely classmate Xu Ziqin, you are hiding secrets from your cousin? The speed of joining the enemy is very fast. Just after calling brother, you will have a secret to share right away? You are eccentric!"

Xu Ziqin lowered his head to peel the egg, his cousin yelled, and the young master stuffed the whole egg into his mouth, choking him so much that he took several gulps of milk before swallowing it.

The driver took them to a private kindergarten on the outskirts of the city to make up lessons. The car stopped at a red light, and the driver glanced at the rearview mirror: "My wife will come to take Mrs. Wang's class in the afternoon. You can tell me what you want to eat."

The driver's lover is Aunt Sun, the nanny, who was just given a two-month paid leave by Qin Yang.

Xu Ziqin became interested: "I want to eat beef brisket with potatoes cooked by Aunt Sun."

The car was parked at the entrance of the kindergarten, and the young master was sleeping soundly in the car as usual. In the past, whenever someone touched him, he would be terrified and gasp for a long time, but today when Bai Jiang shook his shoulders, Xu Ziqin just blinked his eyes slightly, and got out of the car calmly.

The driver and Wang Zijie stared at each other, stunned.

After being in a trance for half a month, the delirious young master finally returned to normal, but the young man beside the young master planted a seed of hatred this day.

Take root, sprout until the root system is tight.