The winter vacation of the senior year is the last winter vacation in the university.
Ye Zhou thought about giving out the cabinet that had been hanging in his heart during the Chinese New Year.
"Coming out?" Shang Jin's first reaction was to refuse, but thinking about it, there seems to be no reason to refuse. In the second semester of their senior year, they basically have no classes, and they will go to graduate school soon. To be honest, when Ye Zhou returns to his hometown in the future There are fewer and fewer, and although the two have not graduated yet, they are truly independent. There is nothing to worry about being kicked out of the house. Shang Jin turned his eyes back to the computer and said, "If you want to come out, come out. ."
Ye Zhou took a deep breath, and before he went back, he couldn't help but imagine his parents' reactions in his mind.
Shang Jin put the computer aside, sat side by side with Ye Zhou, held Ye Zhou's hand and said, "Don't worry, they will definitely not accept it."
Ye Zhou clicked his tongue and said, "Are you so comforting?"
"I didn't comfort you." Shang Jin leaned on the sofa and said, "Just to let you know how big a challenge you will face next. But, Ye Zhou is never afraid of challenges."
Ye Zhou's lack of confidence: "It is very helpless when the initiative is in the hands of the other party. I am here to challenge, just to wait for the sentence. My parents have always regarded their face as too much, and I guess they have to say it again. Shame on them."
Shang Jin chuckled and said, "You haven't earned them any face, so why would you say shame."
Having said that, won't your heart hurt if you say it so bluntly?
What's even more bizarre is that he was actually comforted. Ever since I was a child, my parents thought that I was a second person and lost their face. Anyway, I have lost face so many times, and I don't care about one more time.
Thinking of this, Ye Zhou suddenly felt no guilt.
After talking to Shang Jin, Ye Zhou told his brother about this plan again.
When Ye Heng heard it, he added a week of extra shifts a year ago, and finally squeezed in a few more days of vacation, and bought the same return ticket as Ye Zhou.
After all, based on what he knew about his parents, they wouldn't do it, but they were definitely good at cold violence.
On the day he went back, Shang Jin drove the Ye brothers to the airport.
Ye Zhou's mood was not very high, and he was unhappy along the way, and he talked a lot less.
Shang Jin hugged him lightly and said in his ear, "Don't worry, there is me behind me."
Ye Zhou smiled and pushed him away, not wanting Shang Jin to worry, he joked: "Are you my shadow?"
"I think so." Ye Zhou is softer than him. If possible, Shang Jin hopes that he can replace Ye Zhou to experience such an experience, but there are many things in the world that must be done by himself, "When I come back, I will come to pick you up."
Ye Heng suddenly felt a sense of frustration that his brother-in-law was too capable at all and had no place for his brother. He interrupted the two people who still wanted to continue and said, "Okay, what can happen with me? Shang Jin, you can go back too. Bar."
If Ye Zhou was allowed to choose, he would definitely not choose an airplane as a means of transportation.
But for someone like Ye Heng, whose time is money, of course, the less time he spends on the road, the better. Therefore, since Ye Heng came to City A, Ye Zhou's transportation home has been upgraded from trains to planes.
Ye Zhou only felt that he arrived at his destination before he slept on the plane.
When I got out of the airport, I saw the car at home. Ye Zhou absently followed behind Ye Heng. Seeing that Ye Heng followed Ye's mother into the back seat, Ye Zhou sat directly on the co-pilot.
Once Ye Zhou decides to do something, he is accustomed to making a quick decision.
Along the way, he was arranging his lines at night, and he responded very perfunctoryly to the occasional questions from his parents.
Responding perfunctorily again, Ye's mother suppressed her anger and said, "What are you thinking about all day long?"
Ye Heng said hurriedly: "Zhouzhou didn't rest well last night, and he was not very comfortable on the plane."
Mother Ye wanted to say a few more words, but was interrupted by Ye Heng directly.
After arriving home, while Ye's father was cleaning and Ye's mother was cooking, Ye Heng walked to Ye Zhou's bedroom and asked, "What's the matter with you?"
Ye Zhou put the clothes he brought back in the closet. This time it was probably because he didn't come back early, so the room was rarely cleaned up by his parents.
"I want to talk to my parents today."
Say
say what
Do you still need to ask
"If you say it today, then the pressure will be low in the house for the next period of time." Ye Heng said after deliberation, "Let's not talk about how your parents feel, you will not feel comfortable staying by yourself. It is better to leave the first two days. Tell them the day. Leave two days for them to buffer, and talk again before leaving."
"But… "
"Listen to me in terms of time." Ye Heng had no room for negotiation, "No matter how uncomfortable it is, hold on."
It was the first time that Ye Heng dealt hard with him, and Ye Zhou could only respond embarrassingly.
However, plans have not kept pace with the changes.
This year, because cousin Ye Zhou gave birth to a baby some time ago, relatives of the Ye family rushed back from various places. It was the New Year, so they simply gathered in City D for the New Year, and stopped by the tourist attractions to visit.
Ye Zhou, who originally thought that he would complete the task after two days with relatives, watched his seven aunts and eight aunts gather at his home every day, and did not give him time to come out.
Across a door, the noisy voices in the living room could still be heard, Ye Heng said: "Otherwise, don't talk about the New Year."
The arrow was on the string, the words were on the lips, and all the psychological construction was in vain. He lay on the bed deflated, "That's the only way."
Ye Heng touched his head and walked out of the bedroom.
The moment the door was opened, I heard Ye's mother smiling in the living room: "I was just talking about where you went, your cousin is going to take the college entrance examination next year, and I want you to help him look at the reference materials."
Ye Heng frowned and said, "I've been graduating for many years, and Zhouzhou still has some review materials in the cabinet. It's okay to give it to my cousin. Besides, I have no experience in teaching people."
"Your family Ye Heng is humble." Aunt Ye pulled her son who was addicted to games and said, "Learn more from your brother Ye Heng. Look at people now, company executives, if you can't learn well in the future, you will sweep the floor for others. Do not want any."
Ye Heng picked up his cousin's cell phone and said, "Xiao Shan, go to your brother Ye Zhou. His original review materials are well preserved."
Wei Xiaoshan pursed her lips and said, "I'm not looking for him."
This contemptuous attitude made Ye Heng angry for a while. It was because of the contempt of adults, so the children did the same. Ye Heng rarely attended family gatherings, so he didn't realize this, "Where do you have the confidence to say this? Such words. From childhood to adulthood, even if your grades are better than Ye Zhou once, I will not talk nonsense with you. How can a student at the end of the crane look down on top students?"
Ye Heng's image in the Ye family has always been tall, so saying this, not only stunned Wei Xiaoshan, but also stunned Ye Mama and Aunt Ye who were chatting next to her.
Ye Heng's voice was not loud. Because he forgot to close the door just now, Ye Zhou, who was complaining to Shang Jin in the bedroom that he couldn't come out, also heard it. He put his mobile phone in his trouser pocket and hurried out, even if he knew it would be useless.
Mother Ye came back to her senses and disagreed: "Ye Heng, what did you say?"
"Ye Heng, the child is not sensible, just talk about it casually." Aunt Ye said in a roundabout way, "Xiao Shan, please apologize to your brother Ye Heng soon."
Ye Heng said, "Don't apologize to me, the person he wants to apologize to is Zhouzhou."
Mother Ye interrupted: "What apology? Children are ignorant, but adults still don't understand?"
"A sensible adult can make a child say something so wrong..."
"Forget it, brother, there's nothing to say." Ye Zhou pulled Ye Heng into the bedroom, and Ye's mother gave him the image of being incompetent and unpromising. Low.
Ye Heng looked at him and sighed, "It's my fault."
"It's none of your business."
Less than half an hour later, the door to Ye Zhou's bedroom was opened. Ye's mother said with an angry face: "You two come out for me."
The lively living room just now can only hear the sound of variety shows on the TV.
Ye's mother and Ye's father were sitting in the middle of the double sofa, and Aunt Ye's family had already left.
"What do you want to do today?" Mother Ye patted the table and frowned at the brothers standing in front of the coffee table, "Do you know how embarrassing I am in front of my relatives today? Ye Heng, especially you, is in vain for me to be here every day. Complimenting you in front of your relatives, is that how you behave?"
"I never let you praise me in front of relatives."
Father Ye said with a stern face: "Ye Heng, why are you talking to your mother!"
Seeing that the artillery fire was concentrated on Ye Heng, Ye Zhou quickly stood up and said, "Mom and Dad, I have something to tell you."
"Ye Zhou!" Ye Heng tugged at him and shook his head at him.
Anyone with eyes knows that coming out now is definitely the most unwise choice, but today his brother was reprimanded entirely for his sake, and there is no reason for him to hide behind his brother.
"Actually, I've wanted to talk about this for a long time," Ye Zhou took a deep breath and walked out from behind Ye Heng, clenching the corner of his shirt tightly, and then slowly loosening it, "I... I've discovered it since high school. , I'm actually gay."
Ye's mother couldn't believe it: "Gay?"
Ye Zhou said in a low voice, "Just... I like men."
Mother Ye was panting heavily and clenching her fists, as if she was brewing anger, and she seemed to be holding back.
"You... you..." Father Ye pointed at Ye Zhou, his whole hand shaking slightly because he was angry.
"Mom, the children in Teacher Li's family at your school are also homosexuals. You didn't comfort her by saying that homosexuality is not a disease. The environment for them to survive in society is already very difficult. As a parent, it is better to understand." Ye Heng said Ye Zhou pulled behind him and said, "Mom and Dad, you should understand."
"I understand!" Ye's mother stood up and suddenly realized, "No wonder you gave me the information to persuade me, and the trouble was for Ye Zhou!" Ye Heng came back once last year, and when he was eating, Ye's mother just happened to be Speaking of this matter, I really didn't understand it at first. Later, Ye Heng persuaded him. The next day, Ye's mother took this rhetoric to comfort Teacher Li.
"No matter what my original purpose was, you agree with my statement."
"Of course it doesn't hurt if the knife doesn't cut on me. I can say something nice about other people's family, but that doesn't mean I can accept homosexuality happening to my own son?" Mother Ye stood up , pushed Ye Heng away, his voice was not loud, but powerful, "Ye Zhou, you are touching your conscience, are you worthy of us for doing this? As for Teacher Li's son, she can't even raise her head now. Do you want me and your father to be the laughing stock of others?"
"So..." Ye Zhou slowly raised his head and said to Ye's mother's sharp eyes, "For your sake, my happiness is not important?"
"Happiness? What kind of happiness is a relationship that lives in the shadows all your life? Can you hold your head up and tell others that you are gay?" Ye's mother stabbed Ye Zhou in the heart and said, "Do you understand, gossip? It can kill people! How long can you take it? How long can your future lover take it? And your father and I, what happened in such a small place, I wish the whole community and the whole school would know why we are law-abiding and we should suffer for nothing This kind of innocent disaster, the reputation we have earned for a lifetime, will all be destroyed in your hands."
"I don't steal, don't rob, don't break discipline, don't break the law, just because my sexuality is different from ordinary people, how can I be ashamed?" Ye Zhou frowned and retorted, "The world is so big, how can everyone be the same, this is a A society that seeks common ground while reserving differences. I don’t despise myself, and no one can despise me. You don’t always say that your youngest son is not good in front of others, and it will only embarrass you, so even if I am gay, others should take it as well.”
"Crack!" Ye's mother slapped Ye Zhou in the face, "If you don't study hard, you will only do some crooked ways!"
The action was so fast that Ye Heng didn't react at all. A palm print soon appeared on Ye Zhou's face.
"Violence can't solve anything." Ye Heng pulled Ye Zhou to his side and said in front of him, "It's not that Zhouzhou doesn't work hard, it's just that you can't see his efforts in your eyes, parents, you are all teachers, You should know that the gap between the first and second place is very small, so what happened to the second place, it cannot be denied that Zhouzhou is a child with excellent grades. Why do you always use the ranking to beat him? "
"It is because we are teachers and know that the gap is small, so we strictly demand him. It is only a little bit short, Ye Zhou works hard, how can he not surpass it!"
How can it be exceeded
This is what Ye Zhou wants to know the most.
"So, my ability is limited, so I helped you find the first one." Ye Zhou smiled sarcastically, "I found someone who will win every exam. The first person. My current target, the year of the college entrance examination, the champion of city A. "
Ye's mother laughed angrily, "Is it my fault in the end?"
Just as Ye Heng was about to open his mouth to help Ye Zhou speak, Father Ye suddenly stood up, pointed at Ye Zhou and said, "Get out of here, just pretend we haven't raised you! If you want to be gay, be gay, if you want to kill, then kill, if you want to set fire to it. Set fire! You have nothing to do with us in the future."
Ye Zhou glanced at them, turned around and opened the door.
"The boat—"
"Ye Heng, stop for me!"
Ye Heng didn't chase him out, he sighed and said, "Mom and Dad, can't I follow the life path you planned by myself? I gave up what I liked, just to be a proud son in your mouth. Just have one proud son, let Zhouzhou do what he likes."
Ye's father and Ye's mother didn't speak. Ye Heng glanced at Ye Zhou's coat and said, "Zhouzhou didn't take the clothes, I'll give them to him."
Ye Zhou ran out as soon as his mind became hot. His father finally equated homosexuality with murder and arson, which made him extremely unacceptable and gave up continuing to entangle with them. The ideas are different, and no one can agree with the other.
At this point, Ye Zhou thought he would feel uncomfortable, but he was more relieved. After being suppressed for too long in this home, it finally broke out. No wonder so many people like to talk back. Although the result may have added fuel to the fire, the process is so cool!
The bad New Year's Day made Shang Ming worried. Ye Zhou didn't bother Shang Ming, but called Shang Jin. I forgot to bring my jacket when I walked too fast, but luckily I had my phone on me. There was a little snow floating in the sky, Ye Zhou shrank his neck and listened to the ringing on the phone, and he was connected after three beeps.
"Ye Zhou?"
Ye Zhou walked quickly to the coffee shop closest to home, ordered a cup of coffee and said, "Congratulations, I was finally kicked out of the house."
"Didn't you say you wouldn't be out of the closet in the new year?"
"It's hard to say a word, and it happened that my relatives left, so I was heartbroken and came out of the closet."
"Then tonight..."
"Let's talk about it, it's a big deal to go to McDonald's to make do with one night, anyway, tomorrow's opportunity..." Before the words of the ticket were spoken, Ye Zhou suddenly remembered that he didn't have an ID card! To be precise, he now has a mobile phone on his body.
"Ding dong." A text message came in, and then Ye Zhou heard Shang Jin say, "I've booked a seven o'clock flight for you, and I'll pick you up at night."
Ye Zhou held his forehead, "I don't have an ID card..."
Shang Jin paused, "Then I'll drive to City D to pick you up."
"Don't!" The distance between the two places is not close, and Ye Zhou is worried about Shang Jin's long-distance travel. "Tomorrow I will go with my brother, and he will definitely bring my ID card..." Before he finished speaking, his head was knocked. .
"You really have nothing to fear, but I'm in such a hurry to bring you clothes." Ye Heng handed him the card in his hand and said, "Where do you want to run without an ID card?"