Realizing that he had said something wrong, Liu Lang was flexible, and immediately turned his head to apologize to Bai Duan for being careful.
Liu Lang has always been a face controler, and he himself admits this, he has full patience with beautiful people—whether male or female—, and Bai Duan is much younger than him, and he is still a minor, so naturally You need to coax more, otherwise you will be too unmannered.
Stopping in his tracks, Liu Lang turned to Bai Duan: "Sorry, my tone was not very good just now, but I didn't mean anything malicious, but I'm really not familiar with Zheng Xu. I know some news from hearsay, and there may be some misunderstandings." He playfully said Blinking his eyes, "You know, those of us legitimate children have a natural hostility towards illegitimate children. It is inevitable that we share the same hatred and don't like to associate with them."
Although Bai Duan was still not very happy, Liu Lang seemed to be very sincere, and he could indeed understand the other party's feelings, and finally eased his expression.
Father Bai and mother Bai have always been loving. They work and live together. Father Bai has no chance or thought of cheating, so the Bai family is naturally harmonious and happy.
But the saying that "a man becomes bad when he has money" is not groundless. It is not uncommon for Bai Duan to have a lover outside or even have an illegitimate child. As a legitimate child, he often stands on the position of a legitimate child. Reject illegitimate children who disrupt the harmony of the family—even if they too are innocent and cannot choose their parentage.
However, Bai Xu is different, Bai Duan can't look at each other like an illegitimate child at all. In Bai Dun's heart, Bai Xu is just his elder brother, a legitimate member of the Bai family, and even... maybe his future lover.
During the four years of separation, Bai Duan has firmly established his love for Bai Xu, but once he understands love, he becomes more and more concerned about gains and losses. Just like Bai Xu repeatedly emphasized that he is not allowed to fall in love before leaving, Bai Duan is also worried about whether there will be other people around her brother - after all, the feelings of youth are always impulsive and superficial, the easiest Washed away by time.
Bai Duan's living environment is extremely simple, and he is devoted to studying and taking exams, but Bai Xu is different. The Zheng family is a big and complicated family, and his biological father, Zheng Ershao, is a playboy who spends his days and drinks and flutters colorful flags. Duan was really afraid that Bai Xu would be affected badly, so he changed his mind towards him and turned into a stranger.
—And he and Bai Xu are just "brothers" and have never communicated with each other. Even if Bai Xu changes his mind, he has no position to blame the other party.
The thought of Bai Xu hugging and kissing others made Bai Duan's heart ache, as if he had lost his purpose in life.
Therefore, he didn't want to wait any longer, and he didn't dare to wait any longer. He wanted to see his brother as soon as possible, to confirm the other's intentions, and to stop his wild thoughts.
"He's not the illegitimate son of the Zheng family. He's my elder brother, the one who has a registered permanent residence." Bai Duan pursed her lips and retorted dissatisfiedly in a low voice—although Bai Xu's registered permanent residence has been moved to the Zheng family, but he At any rate, it has been settled in the Bai family's household registration book for six years.
"Really? What's going on?" Liu Lang was very curious and asked enthusiastically, but Bai Duan did not hide anything, and explained in detail how his family adopted Bai Xu and how he was snatched away by the Zheng family. .
Liu Lang suddenly realized that seeing Bai Duan separated for four years but still thinking about his elder brother's appearance, he couldn't help being quite envious—he also wanted to have such a caring and beautiful younger brother!
Putting his arms around Bai Duan's shoulders, he patted him lightly. Liu Lang embraced him and patted his chest, expressing that he would help him find out about Bai Xu's situation.
Hearing Liu Lang's solemn promise, Bai Duan involuntarily curled the corners of his mouth, showing a sincere and happy smile, which immediately made Liu Lang stare straight at him.
After some exchanges, the relationship between Bai Duan and Liu Lang has greatly improved, and they have leapt from strangers to close friends. Naturally, the meal was very enjoyable and extremely enjoyable.
At the dinner table, Liu Lang first introduced the situation in the capital city and the environment of Beijing University to Bai Duan, but Bai Duan was obviously not very interested in it, and responded with nothing, until Liu Lang changed the subject and talked about After learning about "Zheng Xu" and the Zheng family, Bai Duan suddenly raised his head and looked at each other intently.
Seeing Bai Duan's ears pricked up like a small animal, Liu Lang felt amused, but he did not disappoint his expectations.
Although the social status of Bai's father and mother has improved, they are far away from the capital after all. Due to their status, the people around them don't gossip about other people's housework. Naturally, they are not as well-informed as Liu Lang, who has always been in the circle of upper-class young people in the capital.
According to Liu Lang, the Zheng family is a big family, but only the main line is in power, and the rest of the branches don't have much say. Mr. Zheng fought with his brothers for most of his life before he became firmly in power. He has two sons, and the eldest son is more respected. Now he has gradually taken over the Zheng family under the instruction of Mr. Zheng, and his son has also Entered the company and held an important position, while her daughter married and became a wealthy wife.
Compared with the eldest son, Zheng Ershao, the second son, is obviously not very successful. Mr. Zheng suffered from brotherly rivalry in his early years, so he naturally learned his lesson at this time, and he is unwilling to raise an ambitious second son and have another brotherly rivalry. Zheng Ershao didn't know whether he was born incapable or knew what Mr. Zheng meant. He had always been a second-generation ancestor who lived on his laurels, spending time and wine outside to his heart's content, even though he married a wife with a bad temper.
Mrs. Zheng Er is a poor person. Her biological mother passed away very early. When she was a child, she experienced the pain of being a superior in the outer room and bringing her illegitimate children to occupy the magpie's nest. The father doesn't love the mother, so he can only protect himself, and has developed a sharp temper that refuses to suffer. But even so, she didn't get any benefits from her stepmother, otherwise, with her background not inferior to the Zheng family, it would be impossible for her parents to decide to marry Zheng Ershao, a playful and hopeless second generation ancestor.
The relationship between Zheng Ershao and his wife is indifferent, and they seem to be divorced. After Zheng Er's wife gave up her husband's prodigal son, she devoted herself to her son. The only requirement for Zheng Ershao is that she can't bring her lover and illegitimate child home - absolutely not.
It's a pity that this poor woman's life was in jeopardy. Four years ago, her only hope was kidnapped. Although she was successfully rescued, the young master was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child. But he had a high fever and was burned into a fool.
Although Zheng Ershao was not valued, he couldn't just have a stupid son, so despite the strong objections of Mrs. Zheng Er, the Zheng family still took the illegitimate son "Zheng Xu" back to the Zheng family.
"Mrs. Zheng Er's temper is not very good, and she was hit because of her son's affairs. Her attitude towards Zheng Xu...is not very good." In order to avoid Bai Duan's worries, Liu Lang had to choose some more tactful ones. Talking, but this does not prevent Bai Duan from understanding Bai Xu's situation-obviously, Bai Xu's life in Zheng's family is not good, very bad, even if he has no worries about food and clothing, but he has a father who spends time and money, doesn't care about everything, and hates him even Deep mother, no matter who it is, it is impossible to be at ease.
Seeing Bai Duan's worried face, Liu Lang raised his eyebrows pretending to be relaxed, picked up a shrimp for him with serving chopsticks, and put it in Bai Duan's bowl: "Actually, it's not too bad, after all, the Zheng family took the initiative to recognize it. My child, if it is too miserable, wouldn't it be a slap in the face by yourself and let outsiders see it as a joke?"
Bai Duan looked at the prawns in the bowl, feeling a little embarrassed—because of Bai Xu’s conscious teaching, Bai Duan never accepts feeding from anyone other than his parents and Bai Xu. Although Bai Xu has been away for four years, this habit It has been preserved by Bai Duan.
However, Bai Duan also understood Liu Lang's kindness, and hoped to have a good relationship with him, and to find out more about his brother's situation. After hesitating for a moment, he finally violated his long-standing habit, peeled off the shrimp skin and put it in his mouth.
Just as the food was in the mouth, Bai Duan suddenly felt a strong sense of being watched. He subconsciously turned his head and looked out of the shop through the window, but found nothing.
"What's wrong?" Liu Lang asked suspiciously.
Bai Duan was a little fidgety, but he couldn't say why. He could only shake his head and try to distract himself: "Then brother—I mean 'Zheng Xu'? What happened after he returned to Zheng's house? How much do you know?"
"I don't know much about Zheng Xu. I just heard that he is an honest man. Knowing that he is not popular, he doesn't jump around very much. He has always kept himself safe, like an invisible man. If you didn't mention it today, I would almost forget him. exist." Liu Lang shrugged his shoulders, "As for the specific situation, I have to find out for you."
"Thank you." Bai Duan nodded her head lightly, sincerely thanking her.
Although he has not broken contact with Bai Xu, he is still worried that the other party will report good news and not bad news. Naturally, he hopes to understand Bai Xu's life in the past four years in more detail and from the perspective of others-this is why Bai Duan did not give Bai Xu The reason why he came to the capital without saying a word was firstly because he wanted to surprise his brother, and secondly, he also hoped to see Bai Xu's most real life situation.
Since they chatted about interesting topics, the meal was a bit full without realizing it, and when Bai Duan followed Liu Lang to check out and leave the shop, the sky was already slightly dark.
The hotel is not too far from Liu Lang's rented apartment. Liu Lang suggested that the two of them take a walk home to digest food, and Bai Duan naturally had no objection, after all, he lives in Liu Lang's house, and guests can do as they please.
On the way back to the apartment, Bai Duan was always restless, always feeling that something was following him, closely watching his every move.
Finding Bai Duan looking back frequently, Liu Lang was a little puzzled: "What's the matter?"
"... I always feel that someone is looking at me." Bai Duan frowned, with a puzzled tone.
"Isn't that normal?" Liu Lang laughed loudly, and while Bai Duan was distracted, he put his arms around his shoulders, and stroked the soft hair around Bai Duan's ears, "Walking on the street with your appearance, The return rate is 100%! When the semester starts, you will be the new recruit of Peking University!"
Bai Duan turned her head away from Liu Lang's hand uncomfortably: "That's not what I meant."
"Well, I know, just kidding." Liu Lang retracted his arms. He watched Bai Duan walk a few steps quickly and distanced himself from him, and subconsciously rubbed his hand that was just on Bai Duan's shoulder.
— For some reason, at that moment, he suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis, as if if he did anything to the younger brother of the Bai family, he would be chopped off.
Scratching his hair, Liu Lang wondered for a while, but finally took this premonition as a sudden convulsion, threw it behind his head, and quickly chased after him.
At the corner of the street not far away, Bai Xu turned out from the shadows, stared at the back of Bai Duan and Liu Lang walking side by side, and narrowed his eyes slightly.