Cen Ning didn't know that Yan Xingzhi had a younger brother besides Yan Xingyao, and he was as old as him.
"Ning Ning, this is Nan Ru," Xu Wanying introduced to her warmly after she approached the living room, "Usually he lives on campus, so you haven't seen him since you've been here for a while, he's my...second son .”
Cen Ning obediently greeted her, and the other party glanced at her and nodded.
There was no fluctuation on the surface, but Cen Ning felt a little strange in his heart, why no one mentioned him before. He looks only a little bit like the man of speech and deeds, but his indifferent temperament seems to be carved out of the same mold. As soon as he sits there, it seems to be written on his forehead: strangers should not enter.
After saying hello, Cen Ning went back to her small building. The fact that she had a younger brother didn't make her pay any attention to it, but she kept hanging on about her final exam.
She was full of anticipation and wanted to show him her report card, but his expression just now looked a little scary.
What happened to him...
"I'm back." Wei Pinfang came out of the room, "I haven't eaten yet."
"without."
"I'm going to the kitchen next time."
"Mom." Cen Ning called Wei Pinfang to stop, and took out the final report card from his schoolbag, "This...exam score."
"The grades are out? How did you do in the exam." Wei Pinfang didn't have any extra expressions, and took a look at the report card, "The class is ranked nineteenth...you just took the exam for nineteenth?"
Cen Ning: "I, I this time..."
"You can still get in the top ten in elementary school, why did you get worse and worse after entering junior high school?"
Cen Ning hurriedly explained: "This is different, the one in primary school, simple."
"How can there be anything simple and not simple? Then how can others do well in the exam? Your appearance of studying hard is just pretending?"
"No..." Cen Ning suddenly felt inexplicable, the tip of his tongue was astringent, and the joy at the moment when he got the report card was completely wiped out by the successive blows after returning home, "I have made progress."
She said this in a very low voice, so low that Wei Pinfang didn't hear it at all, but Cen Ning didn't mind, because she didn't expect any reaction from her at the moment, her attitude and words had already hurt her. So Cen Ning just comforted himself subconsciously: she is not putting on a show, she is working hard.
After the meal, Cen Ning prepared to enter the house with his schoolbag.
"Ning Ning."
Cen Ning turned around, only to see Wei Pinfang suddenly said: "Have you met that younger brother of Xingzhi?"
Cen Ning nodded.
Wei Pinfang: "Then remember, that younger brother's surname is Xu, so don't make any mistakes when the time comes."
Cen Ning showed surprise: "Ah, is it Aunt Xu's surname?"
Wei Pinfang was too lazy to talk about these messy things, but she was worried that Cen Ning would say something wrong in front of the Yan family, so she explained, "Yes, because Xu Wanying only entered the door three or four years ago, and Xu Nanru was also fourteen or five years old at that time. Xingzhi's biological mother has been dead for many years, and Xu Wanying is just his stepmother."
"Yes, but Xu Nanru..."
"It's pretty similar to Xingzhi, isn't it?"
Cen Ning nodded.
"Of course the two of them are half-brothers." Wei Pinfang frowned, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, "Men really don't have any good things. I married one at home and hooked up with another outside. Heh, Xu Wanying is really lucky too. Yes, after so many years of hard work, I finally made it through."
Wei Pinfang cared about his thoughts, and this kind of adults' words did not avoid Cen Ning at all. But Cen Ning was completely shocked. So, Uncle Yan was in two boats
Cen Ning suddenly felt that it was difficult to look at Yan Su directly, and suddenly understood why his expression was so bad today after his words and deeds.
It never occurred to her that there was such a story behind her glamorous appearance and her words and deeds.
**
In the next period of time, Cen Ning didn't encounter the words and deeds very much, and sometimes he just passed by, without even a pause for a word.
Later, New Year's Eve came. That day, Cen Ning followed Wei Pinfang to the market to buy ingredients, and everyone will have a New Year's Eve dinner at the dinner table tonight, so Wei Pinfang also planned to cook a few dishes for everyone to try.
After returning, Cen Ning helped Wei Pinfang in the kitchen. There was a distance between the kitchen and the living room, so Cen Ning didn't react when he heard a faint exclamation from outside.
Cen Ning didn't run out in panic until some porcelain hit the ground and made a loud noise. And when she came out and saw the picture in front of her, she was stunned.
It was so broken that it was a white porcelain vase on the coffee table, but on the ground, it was the words and deeds that wrestled with Xu Nanru, and the fists of the two hit each other's face and body without mercy.
"What are you doing!" Yan Su and Yan Guofeng also came out of the study upon hearing the sound, Yan Su stepped forward and pulled them apart. Xu Nanru and Xu Nanru who were separated were very calm. They seemed to have cooled down in an instant, but they just looked at each other indifferently, without saying a word.
"What are you guys doing after Chinese New Year! Did you take me seriously!" Yan Guofeng was furious, and he slapped the coffee table, making the air stiffen a bit.
Xu Wanying was there just now, she secretly wiped her tears, and said in a panic: "Dad, don't be angry, the two of them just..."
"Don't explain it for them yet, let it go, Nanru, you can say it yourself."
The way of words and deeds: "There is no reason, it's just that I can't understand the other party."
"What are you talking about? He is your younger brother." Yan Su was extremely angry, "In words and deeds, you are an elder brother, and you are not serious! Usually training is used to beat your own people?!"
His words and deeds became colder and colder: "My own? You wouldn't dare to say such things when Mom was still around."
Yan Su: "You!"
"Shut up about your words and deeds." Yan Guofeng frowned and turned to Xu Nanru, "Nanru, what is it?"
Xu Nanru's tone was calm, as if he wasn't the one who fought just now: "It's nothing, he said it too, it's just that he doesn't like the other party."
"You... you two brats!"
Because it was New Year's Eve, Yan Guofeng's daughter and grandchildren, who were usually not at home, all came back, but everyone looked at the scene and didn't dare to come forward to persuade them.
After a moment of silence, Cen Ning stood on the sidelines, watching Yan Xingzhi and Xu Nanru walk away under the elder's glaring gaze, and then went back to their own rooms.
This attitude really made Yan Guofeng unable to calm down.
"It's reversed! It's reversed!" Yan Guofeng sat on the sofa angrily and gasped, "Let them go, let them go, and you don't have to shout when you eat! We take care of ourselves!"
…
The New Year's Eve dinner was tasteless, and everyone whitewashed the peace, calling the juniors to toast and drink Yan Guofeng, but everyone knew in their hearts that Yan Guofeng had never been interested because of his two grandchildren.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone dispersed.
Yan Guofeng forbade anyone to give food to the two fighting boys, so no one dared to express anything.
It was late at night, and Cen Ning was always thinking about his words and deeds, so he secretly walked back from the small building to the villa.
She had already learned something from Aunt Chen earlier, that words and deeds and Xu Nanru would fight because of Xu Wanying, probably because words and deeds had a cold attitude towards Xu Wanying and said something that Xu Nanru didn't like to hear, so the two ridiculed each other, and then He said nothing and did nothing.
To be honest, words and deeds have always been a particularly mature image in Cen Ningyan's words, so his sudden behavior of such a juvenile temper was quite unexpected to her.
Perhaps, in front of parents, no matter how old you are, you are still a child.
"Aunt Chen."
"Oh, Ningning, you came just in time." Aunt Chen pulled her into the kitchen, "You must be starving because it's so late and you haven't had anything to eat. The old man loves you, so you send him something to eat. Even if found out, I won't be willing to scold you."
"Yes, yes." Cen Ning was eager to find a reason to see what he said and did.
"That's great." Aunt Chen said while putting some food on the plate, "I just saw that Wanying sent it to Nanru, hey, it's my own baby..."
Cen Ning felt a little astringent, but he didn't dare to comment too much, he just asked, "Auntie, do you have any... hard-boiled eggs."
"What do you want? I don't like to eat."
"No... His face is a little swollen."
"Oh! Look at me, I forgot all about it." Aunt Chen hurriedly prepared to boil eggs, "Wait a minute, I'll be fine soon."
"Um."
A few minutes later, Cen Ning went upstairs with the dinner plate. She knocked on the door a few times, but there was no response from inside. Cen Ning hesitated for a moment, and lightly pressed the doorknob.
The lights in the room were not turned on. Cen Ning looked around, but found that Yan Zhizhi was not in the room. She walked in and put the dinner plate on the desk.
"What about people..."
The room was very quiet. Cen Ning pressed the light switch, only to realize that the balcony was not closed tightly. She stepped forward and suddenly saw a person standing outside the balcony.
The man on the balcony probably realized that someone had turned on the light in his room, so he turned his head to look, so Cen Ning met his exceptionally cold eyes.
"..."
"What are you doing here?" Yan Zhizhi leaned against the railing, with a cigarette in his right hand.
Cen Ning: "...I, send food."
"No, take it away."
"But you haven't eaten yet."
"Not hungry."
"Then you're hurt."
His brows were slightly frowned, but he didn't speak.
There was a long silence.
Seeing his indifferent appearance, Cen Ning suddenly felt angry. She looked at him and repeated word by word: "You, hurt, hurt."
Words and deeds: "..."
Cen Ning bit his lip, suddenly angry and wronged in his heart, it was the first time they talked to each other in so many days, but how could he be so cold. Moreover, how could he care so little about his body
Probably out of breath, Cen Ning did the most daring thing since she came to Yan's house in a trance: she stepped forward and snatched the cigarette from his hand, threw it on the ground, and stomped it out.
"..."
"..."
Words and deeds: "You—"
"wait!"
Cen Ning didn't wait for his words and deeds to react, he turned around and went back to the room. When she came out again, she held a warm egg in the palm of one hand.
"What are you doing?" He raised his eyebrows in words and deeds, a little surprised by Cen Ning's rare boldness.
But Cen Ning didn't answer him, but grabbed the collar of Yan Xingzhi with his other hand and pulled it down forcefully.
Caught off guard by his words and deeds, he was really pulled down by the little man in front of him. During his astonishment, the hot chicken rice rubbed against the corner of his mouth.
"hiss-"
The painful voice of words and deeds pulled Cen Ning back from the heat, she froze for a moment, her eyes trembling in fear.
"It hurts, does it hurt?"
This little pain is nothing to words and deeds.
The night was shrouded in darkness, and the winter in the capital was so cold that it made one's heart chill, but at this moment, when he saw the little girl whose nose was red with cold, he blurted out his words and deeds for some reason.
"It hurts."
The author has something to say: No matter what happens, let’s talk about the pain!
Xu Nanru: You will thank me in the future.