When he recalled it afterwards, Tang Zhihui thought that the days spent preparing for Xu Keyu's wedding were like the most leisurely period of time he had ever spent in his life.
He became Xu Keyu's legal husband and Xu Sheng's legal brother-in-law, but he still slept in the guest room. He was like a toy Xu Sheng bought to make Xu Keyu happy. It was not very practical, but the advantage was that it was always available.
Xu Keyu has very high requirements for the wedding, and the things to prepare are complicated and complicated.
She wanted a dreamy ceremony and the most beautiful venue, and the cameraman had to be careful in choosing it. Xu Keyu had no friends, so she asked Tang Zhi to accompany her to choose them.
Fortunately, it is not difficult to accompany Xu Keyu to pick things. Tang Zhi only needs to follow her, nod blindly, and make random decisions for her.
One morning at the end of February, Xu Keyu's morning run plan began. She wanted to get in shape for her wedding.
The night before Xu Keyu's morning run, Jiang Yan made a special call to Tang Zhi. He first asked about Tang Zhi's situation during the day, and then told Tang Zhi that he had worked for Xu Sheng for eight years and had never seen the lady exercise before, let alone this time. Not only did the young lady want to run in the morning, but she also arranged for a coach to come to his house three times a week.
Tang Zhi didn't answer, and Jiang Yan finally expressed his intention: "Mr. Xu thinks that Mr. Tang still needs to accompany Miss for a run tomorrow morning."
Xu Sheng and Tang Zhi lived under the same roof, but they had to communicate everything through Jiang Yan. In fact, it was unnecessary trouble.
For a few seconds, Tang Zhi wanted to tell Xu Sheng that he didn't have to worry too much and that he wasn't that dissatisfied with his desires. However, thinking about the white eyes he might receive from Xu Sheng again, he gave up the idea.
He said he was going for a morning run, but Xu Keyu still got up a little late.
Tang Zhi went downstairs. From seven o'clock until eight o'clock, she came downstairs wearing a pink sportswear and tying her hair into a ponytail.
The two started running down from the lakeside. After running for twenty minutes, a young man who was also jogging in the morning came towards them.
The young man looks similar to Xu Sheng, but his facial features are not as profound as Xu Sheng's, and his height is also slightly shorter than Xu Sheng's.
When he saw Xu Keyu and Tang Zhi, he was stunned for a moment, called Xu Keyu, then ran to them, looked at Tang Zhi calmly for a few seconds, smiled and turned his head to Xu Keyu and said: "Keyu, your brother doesn't have time. , why didn’t you show it to us?”
Xu Keyu smiled at him and did not answer.
The young man seemed to be familiar with Xu Keyu's character and said to himself: "I'm almost getting married, but I'm still shy."
He didn't talk to Tang Zhi, as if he couldn't see Tang Zhi in front of him. He just waved at Xu Keyu and continued running up the asphalt road.
"This is my cousin," Xu Keyu told Tang Zhi in a low voice, "my uncle's son."
Tang Zhi nodded, looked back, and found that the young man had taken out his mobile phone and seemed to be making a call.
During the next morning jog, Tang Zhi met no fewer than five relatives of Xu Keyu who were running up. They all behaved similarly to the young man. They greeted Xu Keyu and turned a blind eye to Tang Zhi.
Just like Tang Zhi is a deformed man with a head sticking out of a vase in the Circus of Curiosities exhibition.
When the noisy people came to his side, they all fell silent. Their feet seemed to be nailed to Tang Zhi's booth, and they only dared to look at him out of the corner of their eyes.
Maybe it was because he didn't like to exercise, and not long after, Xu Keyu couldn't run anymore.
Tang Zhi first walked back with her. After walking a few steps, Xu Keyu didn't want to leave and asked Tang Zhi to carry her, but Tang Zhi did.
The weather was stuffy and the air pressure was very low. Xu Keyu wrapped his arms around his neck and pressed heavily on his back.
After walking a few steps, Xu Keyu's cousin led a group of spectators and ran down, laughing loudly as if on a hike. When they saw Tang Zhi carrying Xu Keyu on his back, they all fell silent.
A tall girl burst into sharp laughter first. She laughed so hard that she shouted to Xu Keyu: "Keyu, when are you going to teach me how to be a charioteer?"
Xu Keyu seemed a little nervous, hugging Tang Zhi tightly, burying his face in the gap between his arms, not looking up or responding.
"I haven't even carried my wife on my back!" My cousin also laughed.
The laughter of men and women echoed on the mountain road. Tang Zhi looked back and saw someone taking pictures of them with a mobile phone.
Tang Zhi carried Xu Keyu on his back and walked up without saying a word. After walking for a short distance, he felt that Xu Keyu was shaking, so he said to Xu Keyu very softly: "Don't be afraid."
He didn't know how long he had been carrying Xu Keyu on his back. When he saw the bungalow, his legs and shoulders were sore, and there were dark shadows in front of his eyes.
The housekeeper stood straight at the door, and when he saw the two people appearing, he immediately trotted towards them.
He couldn't explain what was going on. The moment he saw the house, Tang Zhi suddenly felt at ease, and Xu Keyu's hold on him relaxed.
It was as if he and Xu Keyu were children playing outside during the war and encountering air raids.
Returning to the airspace controlled by Xu Keyu's brother, they would be safe.
Tang Zhi thought that Xu Sheng might be indifferent, but he was also reliable, and his disregard and contempt were at least not really hurtful.
In the evening, Xu Sheng came back.
It was rare for him to go home for a meal, and the food on the table changed subtly.
After the meal, Tang Zhi wanted to accompany Xu Keyu out to try on a yarn. Their wedding date was booked in a hurry, and they didn't have time to customize the wedding dress from scratch, so they made a reservation to go to the wedding dress store tonight to try out the finished product, and then rush it to her size.
When changing into desserts, Xu Keyu suddenly asked Xu Sheng hesitantly: "Brother, are you busy tonight? Can you accompany us to try on a yarn?"
After Xu Sheng heard what Xu Keyu said, he immediately glanced at Tang Zhi, as if he was suspecting that Tang Zhi was responsible.
Tang Zhi was very unjustly accused. He had not heard Xu Keyu mention this matter all day long. In all likelihood, it was Xu Keyu's impromptu idea.
To show his innocence, he mouthed an explanation to Xu Sheng: "It's not me."
Xu Sheng seemed to have difficulty accepting the way Tang Zhi exchanged information with him. He frowned with disdain and looked away. He didn't know whether he believed it or not, but he finally agreed.
In the dusk, they came to the wedding dress shop in the city center.
The bridal shop is at the entrance of a shopping mall. The glass is very bright, and a white gauze dress hangs in the window. The light flickers on and off the dress, imitating the bride's secret dream for the wedding.
The store manager met them at the door, and the style chosen by Xu Keyu was already hanging in the fitting room. The receptionist took her in and closed the heavy curtains. Xu Sheng and Tang Zhi sat at both ends of the sofa in silence.
The sofa was very long. Xu Sheng was reading documents on his tablet. Tang Zhi saw that he ignored her and lowered his head to read the news on his mobile phone.
Tang Zhi had just opened a piece of cute pet news and wanted to read it carefully, but he heard Xu Sheng's voice: "Have you met Xu Mingwu this morning?"
After a while, Tang Zhi realized who Xu Sheng was asking. He turned to look at Xu Sheng. Xu Sheng's eyes were staring at the velvet curtain that separated them from Xu Keyu, and the tablet screen in his hand had gone dark.
"Yes." Tang Zhi said.
"Did you carry her back?" Xu Sheng asked again.
Tang Zhi didn't know how much Xu Sheng knew, and he wasn't sure how much he should say, so he just said: "Well, she said she was tired and wanted to carry it."
Xu Sheng asked slightly warily: "Didn't she fall?"
Tang Zhi didn't expect that Xu Sheng didn't trust him so much, so he immediately denied it and said smoothly: "But Miss Xu looks very thin, and it is quite heavy to carry."
Xu Sheng was not moved by Tang Zhi's efforts and said coldly: "It shouldn't be her weight problem."
Tang Zhi couldn't help but laugh. He felt that Xu Sheng, while protecting his own shortcomings, had too strong a desire to win, so he raised his hand to show weakness: "Okay." He added, "It's because I'm weak."
Xu Sheng looked at Tang Zhi as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he suddenly told Tang Zhi: "Remember to praise her when she tries on a wedding dress."
The corners of Xu Sheng's lips were very flat when he spoke, and it was difficult to tell what his emotions were.
Maybe it was because Xu Sheng was very indifferent to everyone else and never wanted to have anything to do with Tang Zhi. Now that he suddenly became an older brother who wanted to care for his sister but was powerless, Tang Zhi found it a bit funny.
Tang Zhi himself has no other relatives except his mother who is in prison. After his mother was imprisoned, Tang Zhi never played the role of being cared for.
He didn't finish his studies and didn't dare to tell his mother. From the day he dropped out of school, every time he went to visit the prison, he would tell his mother about his college life. He went to work overseas and pretended to be a foreign exchange student with a scholarship. He even said California when he got tanned. The sun is too strong.
He felt that good fortune and bad fate were really a kind of metaphysics, and Xu Keyu's mental problem was more like a disease of wealth. After she got sick, someone would care about her, and no matter how unreasonable the wish, someone would find a way to pay for her.
Xu Sheng also looked at Tang Zhi, as if he was dissatisfied with Tang Zhi's delay in answering. Tang Zhi immediately said to Xu Sheng, "Okay."
Xu Sheng's requirements were always very high, so while waiting, Tang Zhi typed up a lot of compliments for Xu Keyu to put on his wedding dress later.
But for some reason, the curtain didn't open for a long time, so Tang Zhi became distracted again and started watching the news again.
When Xu Keyu came out wearing her first set of white gauze, Tang Zhi hadn't finished reading the news about Tang Zhi's cute pets.
Hearing Xu Sheng's throat clearing reminder from the side, he was startled, raised his head in panic, and subconsciously said to Xu Keyu: "You are so beautiful, like a fairy descending to earth."
Xu Keyu and the receptionist both laughed. Tang Zhi was a little embarrassed and added: "This one suits you very well."
Xu Keyu pursed his lips and said, "There are still several sets."
"Then try something else," Tang Zhi followed her and said, "Maybe there is something more suitable for you."
Xu Keyu nodded, and the receptionist pulled the curtain back again.
Tang Zhi felt anxious and glanced at Xu Sheng. Xu Sheng also looked at him with some displeasure between his brows: "It's too exaggerated."
"Perfunctory." Xu Sheng commented again.
"I'm sincere," Tang Zhi defended and asked Xu Sheng, "Does Mr. Xu think Miss Xu is not good-looking?"
Xu Sheng stopped talking, and Tang Zhi smiled at him again and said, "I think Miss Xu is very beautiful."
He saw Xu Sheng twitching the corner of his mouth but said nothing. He spoke quickly and asked Xu Sheng: "Mr. Xu doesn't believe me?"
Only then did Xu Sheng look at him again. After a while, he closed the magazine in his hand and said without much interest: "Compared with you, Xu Keyu is indeed a bit unique."
Tang Zhi didn't fully understand what Xu Sheng meant. He didn't know whether Xu Sheng said he was ugly or that he wasn't special enough. He only knew that he was asking for trouble.
However, he met Lawyer Zhong again a few days ago. He was in a good mood and was not angry at the moment. He pretended not to hear his sarcasm just now. He looked at Xu Sheng intently and said in a low voice: "Mr. Xu, I want to go in two days." Visiting my mother. I haven’t been there for a long time because I was afraid that she would be worried.”
Xu Sheng took another newspaper, read the front page, and then said without looking up: "The wedding is over."
Whether it was an illusion or not, Tang Zhi felt that the atmosphere was a little more relaxed and less oppressive than when Xu Keyu was around. But Tang Zhi was always good at enjoying hardships, and Xu Sheng was flipping through the newspaper without saying a word, so he felt that maybe it was really an illusion.
Not long after, Xu Keyu changed into a new wedding dress and the curtain opened again.
The relaxation Tang Zhi imagined was like the fog under the early morning sun. If you don't pay attention, it will disappear without a trace.