Xie Qingcheng returned to Moyu Lane, sat down, and was in a state of mind for a long time.

He didn't want to recall the words Xie Lishen had just said to him. Those words kept stinging him, disgusting him, and making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Rationally speaking, being able to like others is a good thing for He Yu to be thankful for... As for how he feels and how uncomfortable he is, it seems to Xie Qingcheng It's not that important anymore.

But, that person should never be Xie Lishen.

Xie Qingcheng knew too well what kind of person Xie Lishen was.

His eyes glanced at the wall, at the almost unrecognizable traces of photo frames on the wall - more than 20 years ago, there used to be many pictures in these places, a large part of which were There is a figure of Xie Lishen.

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Xie Qingcheng's grandfather used to be a small comprador. In today's terms, it is a translator.

In those years of poverty and turmoil, compradors were often employed by foreign companies, so their lives would be better than those of ordinary bosses. He met a bourgeois eldest lady at work, and the two fell in love and got married. But one can imagine how a comprador and a capitalist roader will be treated in the subsequent years of unrest and turmoil.

The grandmother of the Xie family was unbearably humiliated in the 1970s and committed suicide, while her grandfather never married again. After being rehabilitated and removed, the man took the two children left by his wife, suffered a lot, tried to do a lot of things, and slowly brought the family back to life.

The two children he brought, one was Xie Qingcheng's father Xie Ping, and the other was Xie Ping's brother, Xie Qingcheng's uncle.

The two sons have grown up, and they have encountered the most ever-changing and all-encompassing good times in this land. Xie Ping wanted to be a policeman. Although the political trial was bumpy, it was finally passed.

And his brother, Xie Qingcheng's uncle, followed the old man to Yishi to do business. It has become the "Thank you boss" in everyone's mouth.

The family is prosperous, and the grandma's old face has always been placed in the hall by the grandfather. Live prosperously. Uncle Xie got married, and Xie Ping got married... Children and grandchildren wrapped around their knees, and the pain of that year has become a pale scab.

until a woman appeared.

The woman is the mistress of brother Xie Ping.

Uncle Xie was a businessman, and he was exposed to too many temptations and few restraints. Slowly, Uncle began to fail the test.

But what he didn't expect was that, after another year, the old man's birthday banquet, the family reunion, the mistress suddenly came to the door and asked him to ask for money, holding a child in her arms , was actually the seed he left behind.

This child is Xie Lishen.

Uncle Xie's wife is very strong, even impulsive, she is a woman who loves and hates like a fire, how can she endure such insults and betrayals at the family banquet? In a fit of anger, the woman beheaded her mistress a few days later, and then surrendered herself. She ruined her life for a man who couldn't resist her.

This incident had a huge impact on the Xie family grandfather. The old man's body was not very good for a while. Before his death, this stubborn and upright old man made a will. All his property was inherited by his second son Xie Ping, and he did not give half of his eldest son.

After the old man passed away, Uncle Xie changed completely.

His father was angry at him for being ruthless and unrighteous, and betrayed his wife, and when he was a son, he was angry at his father's renunciation of righteousness and turned his elbow out. Uncle Xie was drinking and gambling. He went to trouble his brother Xie Ping every three to five days. When he returned to the rental house, he beat and scolded Xie Lishen, calling him a "disaster".

"Talk? What are you talking about? Your wife and children are on the kang head, occupying the house and money given to you by the dead old man, and living a nourishing life, how about me? If you really treat me as a brother, you treat you Half of the real estate! Half of the money!"

Ten million won't cost you half a year."

"Fuck you! If you don't want to give it to you, just say it! There are so many high-sounding reasons for wearing a uniform, Xie Lao Er, you still want to arrest me? You open your eyes and see clearly! I am you My brother! How many beatings did I take for you when you were a child? You arrested me?! Thank you for being able to say it!

It's not enough for him to scold Xie Lishen, he also drags Xie Lishen over and points to Xie Ping to show Xie Lishen: "See? Ah? This is your uncle! The good days of their family, there are Half of the money should be ours! It's all your fault! You and your mother are that bitch! I have nothing! Nothing!"

He said, slapped Xie Lishen's face hard, the child's face was quickly swollen, and the tears kept falling...

Xie Ping hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "What are you doing? We adults, what are you doing to beat the children?"

"What's the matter? Take care of your family, Xie Qing! I'll beat him to death!"

Xie Ping had no choice but to leave.

Before he left, he looked back at Xie Lishen, such a small child, his eyes were full of hatred, but he didn't know who the hatred was for...

Perhaps to answer the old saying that people are watching, not long after, Uncle Xie had an accident on his way home because of drinking and gambling. He was drunk and fell into the river, then It was late at night and no one saw him until the next day when he was hit by a yellow sand boat on the river - by that time, Uncle Xie was already swollen and completely lost his anger.

After a series of procedures, Xie Ping brought back the only son left in the world by his eldest brother.

"Lishen, you will treat this as your home in the future. We will take care of you. Okay?"

Xie Lishen was very young at that time, but his eyes had a maturity that a normal child would never have.

He politely said to Xie Ping and Zhou Muying: "Thank you uncle, thank you aunt."

Then turned her head and looked at Xie Qingcheng.

He stared at Xie Qingcheng longer than anyone else.

“…Thank you cousin.”

Xie Qingcheng has been a big straight man since he was a child, and he is not so sensitive. He didn't notice Xie Lishen's eyes at all, and nodded to Xie Lishen casually: "Don't be afraid, what do you need? Look for me, we are family."

"..." Xie Li smiled deeply, "Okay."

In fact, looking back, Xie Lishen's hostility towards Xie Qingcheng was there from the very beginning.

And then they got along under the same roof, and the sense of hatred increased rather than decreased. Part of the reason was that Xie Qingcheng was too slow.

For example, Xie Qingcheng never cared about his origin. In his opinion, a person is an individual and has nothing to do with his parents and family.

So he doesn't shy away from Xie Lishen. When watching TV, he sees the episode of the illegitimate child of the mistress.

He can be so calm, entirely because he thinks Xie Lishen is not such a person, he did not establish any connection between the two, but Xie Lishen doesn't think so, he likes to sit in the right seat , will speculate that this is Xie Qingcheng deliberately mocking him.

Because Xie Lishen has already put on a pair of colored glasses called imaginary enemy, whatever Xie Qingcheng does is wrong and has ulterior motives, either to harm him or to mock him. Even if Xie Qingcheng glanced at him casually, Xie Lishen would be so sensitive that he wanted to dig out some deep meaning from this glance.

He hates Xie Qingcheng and likes to deduct the meaning he wants from every word and every behavior of the other party. will argue with him.

The sad thing about the inability to understand each other between people is that many times people are not because they don't have such ability or opportunity, but because they don't have such a will in their hearts.

Therefore, Xie Lishen's resentment against Xie Qingcheng became deeper and deeper... And a large part of this came from his own imagination. He believed that Xie Qingcheng stole his things and it was disgusting The more he thought about it, the more hated he felt.

The most typical example is that once, there was a Chinese New Year stage performance in the community.

In that stage performance, the organizer originally took a fancy to Xie Lishen, who was reading in the garden at that time, and felt that this little boy was born very beautiful, suitable for acting as the prince in the story.

Who doesn't like to be a prince? Xie Lishen was so happy at the time, his pride was on his face, and Xie Ping and his wife were also happy for him. After all, there used to be too few things to be excited about this child. This was the first time they saw him so excited. A little guy who really fits his age.

Xie Qingcheng is also happy for him and thinks he is indeed suitable for this role.

On the day of the show, Xie Lishen did his best to perform perfectly on the stage His Royal Highness, an elegant gentleman, and won the applause of the audience.

He thought he could win the best performance award at that time... The contestants in the back were not enough to watch, most of the children did not prepare too seriously for the fun of it, so they forgot their words Forgetting the words, out of tune, Xie Lishen was very excited, and was waiting to take the stage to accept the award.

But at the end of the show, Xie Qing presented it.

Of course he didn't do any stage play like his cousin, he sat down at a piano, his eyelashes drooped, and in the quiet beam of light, he played the theme song of Cinema Paradise . The light that fell on the keys was lightly shattered by him, and every note was like ripples scattered in the summer night wind.

At the end of the song, Xie Lishen heard someone whispering: "Wow, it's so beautiful..."

"He is the prince in my heart..."

Xie Lishen's face suddenly turned blue.

He had no idea that the reason why Xie Qingcheng would play a piano piece in the end was because the host of the show was his close classmate and needed his support—he couldn’t listen to anything When he entered, he only knew that all his limelight had been robbed by Xie Qingcheng!

He was so angry that his eyes were red, and when he returned home that day, he suddenly asked Xie Qingcheng in a shrill voice: "Why are you going to perform? Why are you doing it with me? The same thing?! Are you mocking me on purpose?! Are you trying to compare yourself with me?! You want to take my things!!"

"..." Xie Qingcheng was stunned for a moment, "...a classmate looking for me...what's the matter with you?"

What's wrong.

He was too embarrassed to ask what happened!

If it wasn't for his elegant demeanor, dressed like a little prince, and pretending to play the piano, would he be praised as "His Royal Highness"? He did it on purpose! He deliberately pretended to be unknown! He is disgustingly hypocritical!

Xie Li gritted his teeth and said nothing, but Xie Qingcheng's appearance of playing the piano became his nightmare for countless nights. Later, when the Xie family was lonely and moved out of the original high-end community, he had to sell the piano at home and pooled money to operate on the sick Zhou Muying. Xie Lishen felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

He looked at Xie Qingcheng's hands that used to dance on the keys, moving rough wooden boards and cardboards, helping his parents tidy things up, wiping the table and washing dishes... He had accumulated in his heart for many years The bad breath was finally able to come out.

Yes... Xie Qingcheng's family took away his normal life.

They took the money that belonged to his father, and they even appeared in front of him as a rescuer!

Xie Qingcheng stole his wealth and replaced his limelight... Now the feng shui turns and the family is going downhill, Xie Qingcheng can no longer take such expensive piano lessons His noble son's temperament is gone, Xie Lishen thought happily—cousin, you took everything from me, and now, you are the same as me.

Just as poor.

Same hardship.

You are not a noble son, not His Royal Highness, you are just a poor child in a broken alley. Your parents made a mistake and were both demoted... Very humiliating, right? Your parents have also fallen to the altar, and you should be as ashamed as I am!

You should bow your head.

But Xie Lishen never thought that Xie Qingcheng's mentality had not changed at all.

Xie Qingcheng has even become more sensible and responsible than before, and he has grown up, puberty has arrived, and his figure has begun to be drawn, and he has become more and more handsome. He would be followed by a group of chattering girls with blushing faces. The girls followed him home all the time, and then when he looked up, they giggled and dispersed.

Neighbors began to call him "handsome guy", Xie Lishen is also handsome, but as long as Xie Qingcheng is there, "handsome guy" will always be Xie Qingcheng's name, and it has nothing to do with him.

Xie Li hated deeply, he looked at Xie Qingcheng's figure with hatred, looking at the gradually widening shoulders, smooth back, tight legs, under the old locust tree, turning around and raising his eyes At that time, the pair of peach blossom eyes seemed to hide the April sky in the world.

He hated so much that his heart trembled, he seemed to be afraid of Xie Qingcheng's every inch of light and growth, Xie Qingcheng's every move, in Xie Lishen's view, was the original sin.

Even when Xie Qingcheng was at home in the most difficult days, he left as much delicious food as possible to his younger brothers and sisters. In Xie Lishen's view, he was also playing a role and "giving charity" in disguise .

Does he really think he is a prince?

No...no no! He's just a thief who stole his life! They are all thieves!

After entering junior high school, Xie Lishen finally didn't want to pretend.

, This child is very delicate when he is careful, so they don't dare to say too much to him, they can only educate them with painstaking efforts.

Xie Lishen didn't listen.

Such a painless situation lasted for more than half a semester, until one time, the school leaders publicly punished Xie Lishen because Xie Lishen was caught in puppy love.

The object is a boy from the vocational high school next to her.

I'm still a male student!

Xie Qingcheng and Xie Lishen are from a junior high school. After Xie Qingcheng heard this in the audience, he was stunned and his eyes widened. No one knows the name of the boy reported by the school director. He is the worst male student in that vocational school. Both men and women play, and Xie Lishen actually got together with him.

Xie Qingcheng was mad. After the morning meeting, he found Xie Lishen and asked him what was going on. Xie Lishen rolled his eyes: "I want you to take care of men?"

Xie Qingcheng slapped him in the face...

Live at his "boyfriend" house.

Since then, the relationship between Xie Lishen and their family has faded.

For the emergency fee, in a panic, he also broke a jade pendant in the drawer. The jade pendant was Zhou Muying's favorite wishful pendant... It fell on the ground and broke in half.

Xie Qing reported the case, but did not expect that the "prisoner" he saw at the police station would be an indifferent Xie Lishen.

Xie Qingcheng said: "...do you know what you are doing!"

Xie Lishen said: "Of course I know that these should belong to my father. It was your father who took the money that belonged to my father, and you took away the life that belongs to me."

Xie Qingcheng was exhausted at that time, and he hardly had the strength to quarrel with Xie Lishen again.

The last sentence he asked Xie Lishen was: "Xie Lishen, you are such a **** beast... How have we treated you badly all these years?"

After being quiet for a few seconds, Xie Lishen replied, "You guys took away the things that belonged to me, and then turned around to give me alms, and tell me what to do if you treated me badly. ?"

"It was your mother who did it wrong-"

"My mother was just pursuing her own happiness."

"…you shouldn't think that way, you shouldn't be like her."

Xie Lishen stared at Xie Qingcheng, peach blossom eyes facing peach blossom eyes.

Xie Lishen said: "Xie Qingcheng, I will choose my path myself. Even if I am a real villain, I will not be a hypocrite like you. Just wait for me, no matter what Ten years, twenty years... One day, I will turn everything you have into mine. Xie Ping will take the things that I can't return from my parents. In the future, I will come and pick them up in person! I will let you I have tasted that everything I have is taken away from me. When the time comes, it is up to me to have mercy on you or not."

“…”

"Cousin, let's see."

Unconsciously, several cigarettes were exhausted.

Xie Qingcheng thought about all kinds of things in that year, raised his hand to support his temple, took a deep breath, and only felt that his headache was about to split.

He got up and went to bed to take some medicine, but at this moment, the phone suddenly rang.

The call came from a completely unfamiliar number.

Xie Qingcheng answered: "Hello."

From the other end of the phone came a familiar deep and soft voice.

"Mr. Xie."

The pain on Xie Qingcheng's forehead became more pronounced, with a slight dizziness, which made him unable to breathe, because He Yu's voice was on the other end of the phone.

“…what are you doing?”

"It's nothing, I just thought about it. Today at the cafe, I offended you a little. Although I just don't want you to do something to my people, but..." He Yu smiled deeply, "Looking back at your arm, it seems that you have been injured. ... It was injured to save me."

“…”

"Give me a chance to apologize." He Yu said, "Have dinner together next weekend?"

Xie Qingcheng endured the headache: "No need."

"In my impression, you are not that careful." He Yu smiled, "Don't you even give me a chance to reconcile?"

Before Xie Qingcheng could answer, he said again: "You don't need to answer me immediately, there are still several days until the weekend, you can think about it carefully. Maybe in the process, Am I willing to reveal to you some secrets that happened in the past two or three years?"

Xie Qingcheng: "…"

"Then let's do it first." He Yu smiled, "I'll send you the address, whether you come or not, I will wait for you at that place on weekends."

His voice is very pleasant, and as he grows older, it gradually takes on a bit of a bewitching aura.

"Hope we can, see you soon."