Zhuo Xiangming didn't stay in the study for long, so he went downstairs to find Tong Yan.
When the two were about to go home, Lin Yuehua still wanted to stay, and the main target of attack was Tong Yan.
But before Tong Yan could say anything, Zhuo Xiangming refused: "I haven't prepared anything today, and I'll get up early for work tomorrow. Forget it, I'll spend the night next time I come over."
He smiled with a good temper, and what he said was not unreasonable, Lin Yuehua had no choice but to agree, but still complained: "Don't deal with your mother, come back and stay for two days if you find time, obviously you have such a big son, but you can't see him all day."
Zhuo Jiashuo, who came over, didn't have a playful smile, and helped Zhuo Xiangming out of the siege, saying: "My brother is busy, it's not like you don't know, and didn't you see it?"
But there was no more than one good word, and he went on to say: "Okay, my sister-in-law should do her homework, let's let the young couple go home."
Tong Yan stared at him with wide eyes.
At the dinner table just now, Zhuo Zhengde brought out the wine, Zhuo Xiangming also drank some, not much, maybe only half a glass, but he didn't drive while drinking, Lin Yuehua still sent a family driver to take them off on the way back.
Tong Yan sat in the back seat with Zhuo Xiangming with his schoolbag in his arms. When Zhuo Xiangming picked him up in the afternoon, he drove a commercial car, which was very spacious, so there was still a little distance between the two of them.
Zhuo Xiangming usually doesn't talk much, so Tong Yan didn't have anything to say at this time, the car was very quiet, Tong Yan looked at the street lights for a while, then leaned back in his chair and let himself go, he didn't think about anything in the moment of silence.
"Sleepy?" Zhuo Xiangming asked.
Tong Yan hurriedly said: "No, what time is it?"
Zhuo Xiangming raised his hand and glanced at his watch, but said: "If you don't mind, just come and sleep with me, it's still far away to go home."
When he said it like this, it seemed that Tong Yan didn't rely on him because he minded—Tong Yan really minded, his blushing problem when he was near Zhuo Xiangming has not healed until now, and it probably won't get better in the future, but can he say he minds? Tong Yan had no choice but to move over with her schoolbag in her arms.
The distance from school to Zhuo’s house and back to Zhuo Xiangming’s apartment is not much different, but in both directions, the distance is doubled and the time is also doubled.
In the beginning, Tong Yan was really not sleepy, and when he leaned over, except for his head resting on Zhuo Xiangming's shoulder, everything else was well-behaved, not touching at all.
But the car was inevitably bumpy on the road, Zhuo Xiangming's shoulders were comfortable to lean on, and the familiar pheromones made Tong Yan feel at ease, shaking, and at some point, Tong Yan fell asleep.
When he woke up, he was in Zhuo Xiangming's arms, already home, Zhuo Xiangming was about to go upstairs with him in his arms.
Tong Yan, who had never been hugged by a princess since she grew up, blushed, her eyes widened, "I, I, I..." I don't know why. Zhuo Xiangming let him go, took a step back, with a smile on his lips: "Go by yourself when you wake up."
The two were standing at the corner of the stairs, Tong Yan leaned back against the handrail after landing, and fled after saying "Thank you, brother". He stumbled on the last step, causing people behind him to say, "Be careful!"
Zhuo Xiangming was still telling him to slow down, Tong Yan said yes, and ran back to the bedroom, put down his schoolbag, packed his things and prepared to take a bath, after changing into pajamas, his heart still beat a little fast, but he was no longer so shy.
He thought, Zhuo Xiangming took good care of him in the first place, and he was a very nice person, but he just saw him fall asleep and couldn't bear to wake him up.
After taking a bath, he was drowsy a lot. Seeing that it was nearly nine o'clock, Tong Yan hurriedly started to do his homework.
The college entrance examination pressure faced by international high school students is less than that of ordinary high schools, because the proportion of them choosing to go abroad is higher than that of ordinary high schools, so it does not mean that they do not need to work hard.
Tong Yan's grades have always been in the upper middle class, and sometimes he can be in the top ten of the grade, but most of the time it is stable in the top thirty.
He wants to study design, but there is no school that he particularly likes at home or abroad. Tong Yang has planned a long time ago to let him go to his own undergraduate school. Some preparations have already been made, so Tong Yan has also acquiesced to himself I want to go abroad after the college entrance examination.
The desk in the room had been there since the first day he moved in, and it wasn't really used until today.
Xuan Gui, who followed in, knew that he was studying, so he quietly stood aside, and only talked to him when Tong Yan took a break in the middle: "Did you go to your mother-in-law's house today?"
Tong Yan corrected: "It's Zhuo Xiangming's mother, I call her Auntie."
Xuangui said: "I am the only robot left at home, weak, pitiful, and helpless."
Tong Yan said with a smile: "You play as much as Zhuo Jiashuo."
Of course Xuangui knew about Zhuo Jiashuo, and said warily, "Do you think he is as good as me?"
Tong Yan said: "How did you hear that I was praising you?"
Xuan Gui said: "You said we are the same."
Tong Yan bowed his head and started to work on the question again: "You still say it's artificial intelligence..."
It took Tong Yan 40 minutes to answer the questions online, and after checking, Zhuo Xiangming had to sign for submission.
In fact, there was still an English composition that had not been written, but seeing that it was not early, he was afraid that Zhuo Xiangming would be disturbed if it was too late, so he took the tablet to find Zhuo Xiangming for review.
Zhuo Xiangming was not in the room, Tong Yan went to the study again, but the door of the study was not closed, he heard Zhuo Xiangming calling when he was about to knock on the door: "I have already said."
"I've been very clear about that."
"This is your business." Finally Zhuo Xiangming said, "It has nothing to do with me."
Zhuo Xiangming's voice was not loud, and he didn't use any aggressive tone, even his usual very gentle tone, but Tong Yan could hear some anger.
The two have lived together for so long, Tong Yan probably knows that it is very difficult to make Zhuo Xiangming angry, but he should not be in a state of being furious, and he is too incompatible with him. Tong Yan could imagine that whichever partner could make Zhuo Xiangming show such emotions, the matter would definitely be considered very over the line.
Maybe it's a business matter, Tong Yan guessed. The homework can also be signed tomorrow morning. He withdrew his hand to knock on the door, thinking that Zhuo Xiangming should not want to be disturbed at this time.
But Zhuo Xiangming came to look for him before going to bed, knocked on the door lightly outside: "Tong Yan, are you asleep?"
His voice is also very soft, if Tong Yan falls asleep, he won't be woken up.
"Not yet." Tong Yan sat up quickly, Xuan Gui went to open the door, and the lights in the room turned on automatically.
"It's getting late after dealing with some things." Zhuo Xiangming didn't have time to change his clothes, he was still wearing a suit, standing at the door of Tongyan, with a sorry expression on his face, "I just came to see, it's too late, you go to bed first , can you look over your homework tomorrow morning?"
He still remembers... Tong Yan thought, he still remembers.
Tong Yang often forgets that sometimes he is very busy and goes home late, and sometimes he has to play and go home late when he is not busy. He thinks it's a trivial matter, and occasionally Tong Yan complains to him, but he doesn't care and doesn't take it seriously.
It's really just checking the homework, and Tong Yan can't say what it means unless Tong Yan says it.
But students just want to go to school, and they have to face the teacher when they go to school. Obviously the teacher said that the parents should sign, and the other students signed, but he didn't sign every now and then. He didn't like it very much.
Tong Yan didn't think Tong Yang was bad, or Zhuo Xiangming compared Tong Yang. They have two personalities. Tong Yan knew that Tong Yang was born carefree, so Zhuo Xiangming should be born to take care of others and be very careful.
Tong Yan agreed, pulled up the quilt and got under the quilt, calling out: "Brother."
Zhuo Xiangming was about to close the door, but Xuan Gui had already controlled the ceiling light in the bedroom and dimmed it. He heard that he stopped pulling the doorknob: "Huh?"
"You are so kind." Tong Yan said childishly.
Zhuo Xiangming smiled: "Sleep quickly."
He is smiling sincerely, Tong Yan can feel it.
When he was standing at his door just now, Zhuo Xiangming's emotions hadn't completely disappeared, and he was even a little tired. Tong Yan didn't expect him to smile like this, although the smile is small, it's hard to fake happiness, especially when there is no foreshadowing.
Before falling asleep, Tong Yan thought, he made Zhuo Xiangming happy, so it turns out that he can actually make Zhuo Xiangming feel better now.
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Zhuo Xiangming was lying on the bed, still thinking about the phone call just now.
Lin Yuehua had a problem with his health, Zhuo Zhengde had been telling him to go home since the beginning of the year, by this time he was no longer giving various hints, but directly giving orders, as if he was committing a heinous crime if he didn't care about the Zhuo family's business.
But he has his own company to keep busy, and now the family holds the majority, and there are many consortiums that hire managers. The Zhuo family insists that their own family members are in charge. There is no such thing as Zhuo Zhengde said. Zhuo Xiangming doesn’t care. Zhuo's is about to go bankrupt.
However, Zhuo Zhengde was as stubborn as ever, he decided to stay away from anything, just like Zhuo Xiangming was still a child under the full moon, he could only listen to him at will, wherever he put himself.
When Zhuo Zhengde was young, he was obsessed with oil painting. After marrying Lin Yuehua, he has a housekeeper, so he can indulge in his art circle without any worries.
It is common for the husband and wife not to see each other for a month or two, Lin Yuehua can bear it, but at the right age, her temper is still straightforward.
Zhuo Zhengde repeated anecdotes with the female students in the studio, which made her feel ashamed to face others. When Zhuo Xiangming was born, it was the most serious time for the newlyweds to divorce. Foster parents home.
But Zhuo's family stopped and persuaded him, and it took a lot of time. The divorce followed Zhuo Jiashuo's birth, and Zhuo Zhengde's restraint was over for a while.
But Zhuo Zhengde's heart was not at home, and Lin Yuehua was really busy, there were always delays when he came and went. After Zhuo Xiangming started to go to school, he was never taken back to Zhuo's house.
He grew up in the hands of his grandparents. Except for his surname Zhuo, he had never even met his biological parents a few times before he went to university. He did have a weak feeling for the Zhuo family. No matter how much money he has, he will not take it. Even if it really goes bankrupt, it will be the result of survival of the fittest in the market.
These words are not out of anger, the blood relationship between relatives is unbroken, and the past few years have brought them closer, but the face is gentle, but the bones are still cold, those blood ties are not enough for him to make any sacrifices portion.
Two months ago, she agreed to a fake marriage with Tong Yan, mostly because Lin Yuehua had just been diagnosed with breast cancer and her face was haggard. But it wasn't kidnapped by morality, he thought clearly, anyway, he didn't plan to marry anyone, if getting a certificate from Tong Yan could solve Lin Yuehua's urgent need, then that would be fine.
At this time, Zhuo Xiangming had two headaches, Zhuo Zhengde's aggressiveness of course, and Tong Yan.
Zhuo Zhengde unreasonably asked him to choose, either take over the company, or never mention the divorce, so at least the Tong family will support Zhuo in the future.
Zhuo Zhengde was probably the only one who would say such a thing among the adults. I don't know whether to call him arrogant or naive, Zhuo Xiangming was really worried.