Of course Cheng Lang didn't think that Xu Lie was an easy kid to coax.
Let Xu Qiao play hard tricks or stalk him, the purpose is not to coax Xu Lie, but to let him see that her sister is doing her best to keep him.
Precisely because of his poor acting skills, this thought seemed unexpectedly sincere. For such a lovely sister who works so hard, who can make up her mind to leave as soon as she says it.
Cheng Lang was actually playing the emotional card.
He didn't comment on his girlfriend's acting skills. After all, he couldn't bear his conscience after commenting. He took a white towel from the towel rack silently, soaked it in hot water and wrung it out a little, and handed it to Xu Lie: "You Take off the sweater, scrub and scrub."
Xu Lie injured his left hand. Except that it was difficult to use both hands to twist the towel, it did not affect other actions. After taking the wet towel, he glanced at Cheng Lang, his eyes probably asked: Are you not going out
Cheng Lang actually wanted to check if there were any other injuries on his body.
After all, there are differences between men and women between siblings, and it is more convenient for brother-in-law to do this kind of thing.
He raised his eyebrows and put his hands on the edge of the sink: "What, do I need to avoid it?"
"certainly."
This child is too shrewd, Cheng Lang said straightly: "I've checked it now, give your sister an explanation, and she won't check it a second time. With me, there is still a chance for a big injury to turn into a small one, and a small injury to turn into a small one. Once we get to her, it will be difficult to pass the test."
Xu Lie frowned irritably, and took off the sweater with one hand.
Pieces of bruises, new and old bruises, and red scratches instantly came into view.
His complexion was fair, and these scars were particularly eye-catching.
Considering the child's self-esteem, Cheng Lang didn't ask much about the origin of the scar, nodded and said, "Go for a full body checkup tomorrow."
Xu Lie wiped off the tomato juice with a hot towel, raised his head with a frown, and looked at him in the mirror: "Is this the small injury you said?"
"I'm just saying 'there's a chance.' If it's purely skin trauma, I won't intervene, but in your case it could be a muscle or a bone."
"I know if I was hurt or not." Xu Lie threw down the towel.
Cheng Lang handed him a bathrobe: "Put this on first, and I will give you a clean dress when I go out."
Xu Lie let out a deep breath, put on a bathrobe and walked out.
"Before we go out," Cheng Lang raised his hand and locked the door lightly, "Let's talk."
"My sister hasn't married you yet, has she?" The implication is that he has nothing to talk to with someone who is neither relative nor relative.
"Because of this, I am the most suitable person to talk to you about this matter." Cheng Lang smiled, "I didn't discuss the proposal with your sister, and of course, I didn't get the consent of your parents .It's just a deal between me and you."
Xu Lie frowned: "What deal can I have with you?"
"There can be transactions if there is a supply and demand relationship. Let's talk about each other's needs first. From your point of view, the current situation is-your sister, your father, and your mother want to raise you, and you don't I hope to accept the upbringing of either of them. You are an adult, and you do have the right to refuse them, but the result of the refusal... "
Cheng Lang made a gesture: "It means that you will sleep in the open air, live in the open, and repeat such a dark life endlessly. You don't have to tell me that you don't care, that you think it's good. No one will think it's good, I know you What are you doing, you are punishing yourself, to punish your mother, because your mother cares about you."
Xu Lie turned his eyes away, his eyes fell on the ground out of focus.
"Let's talk about me again. From my point of view, the current situation is—your self-imposed exile has hurt my girlfriend. I don't want to see her worry about you, feel sad, and feel sad. I hope you can do what she wants. Restoring a stable life, going back to school. So, our supply and demand relationship is formed."
"Perhaps your current life is the only way to atone for your sins when you had no other choice, but since I have intervened in this matter, you have no other choice. I can give you a way and let you change your mind way to correct the wrong you want to correct.”
Xu Lie looked back, his expression was no longer as resistant as before.
"Want to hear it?" Cheng Lang was like a persuasive teacher.
"Tell me about it." Xu Lie said.
"You don't want to be your mother's marionette, nor your sister's burden. It's very simple. I will take care of your life. You choose a city in China that you want to go to, and I will arrange for you to join the class for you. Pay the tuition fee, and give you a fixed monthly living allowance... "
Before Xu Lie frowned again, Cheng Lang changed the subject: "It's just that the money is not given to you for nothing, but lent to you. In the future, you will have to repay me with the interest of the bank loan. After you have enough financial capacity."
Xu Lie didn't make a sound for a moment.
Cheng Lang gave him some time to buffer his thoughts, and then continued: "As for your mother, I inquired about her situation. Although she is currently living in a relatively tight situation, she can guarantee her basic life for the time being, and as far as I know, She's meeting new… families these days."
Cheng Lang's statement was a bit reserved, but Xu Lie obviously understood, and his pupils shrank slightly.
"If your mother has a new family in the future, of course you don't have to worry about her life in the United States, and if not, I will provide you with a certain amount of maintenance for her until you have enough financial ability—if she does meet Difficult. Of course, you also need to repay this money with interest." Cheng Lang smiled, "I heard from your sister that your grades are very good, and I think my investment will not fail."
Xu Lie lowered his eyes.
"I've said everything I need to say, and I'll leave the rest to you to consider." Cheng Lang flipped the door lock with his backhand and opened the door.
Outside the door, Xu Qiao quickly hid behind the corner the moment the door lock was opened.
It's a pity that the two of them have already seen her.
She cleared her throat and walked out, chuckled, and saw the weighing scale at her feet in a blink of an eye, pointing to the ground: "Then what, I'm measuring the weight, have you packed it?"
The two did not express any objection to this, Qiqi said "hmm".
Cheng Lang turned to look at Xu Lie: "I'll get you some clothes, do you want to stay here for one night?"
This is to imply that Xu Lie thinks about it for a night.
Xu Lie glanced at Xu Qiao.
An unconcealable joy erupted on her face, and her eyes were shining like lights.
"How many rooms are here?" Xu Lie's tone was still not too obedient, but at least it was not as sharp as before.
Xu Qiao made a "yeah" gesture: "Two rooms."
Xu Lie glanced at Cheng Lang.
Cheng Lang seemed to have no intention of opening a second room, perhaps because he was afraid that he would run away in the middle of the night.
Xu Lie can promise that he won't run away, but he can't ask Cheng Lang to spend more money.
So, after looking at each other briefly—
"I sleep on the sofa in the living room..."
"I slept with your sister..."
The two spoke in unison, and after they finished speaking, their brows raised at the same time.
Xu Qiao coughed, looked at Cheng Lang, then at Xu Lie.
Cheng Lang faced Xu Lie and said seriously: "This leather sofa is too hard, you can't sleep."
"I've slept everywhere."
"But you're hurt now."
Xu Lie frowned, hesitated to speak.
Obviously, his concern was that he didn't know how far Xu Qiao and Cheng Lang had developed. If they hadn't reached that point, he certainly didn't want Cheng Lang to succeed to his sister because of his relationship.
Xu Qiao really didn't want to discuss such an embarrassing topic in front of her younger brother. She had an idea, stood beside Xu Lie, took his arm, and said that the two siblings were on the united front, and then said to Cheng Lang, "Yes, I Brother's hand is injured, so he can't sleep on such a hard sofa, so you sleep on it."
"..."
Before Cheng Lang sighed, Xu Qiao frowned at him quietly, winking at him, implying something.
"Okay." Cheng Lang nodded after a moment of stagnation.
—
After the room was allocated, Cheng Lang "borrowed" the bathroom in Xu Lie's bedroom to take a bath, and asked the hotel waiter to make a bed on the sofa with a new quilt. After the siblings closed the bedroom doors, they turned off the lights in the living room , went to the balcony and lit a cigarette.
This hotel is close to the city center, and there are many tall buildings and bright lights outside the window, so it also makes the corner of the balcony extraordinarily deserted.
After one cigarette passed, the phone in Cheng Lang's hand vibrated.
Xu Qiao sent a message: "Husband, hold on! Your little baby will come to save you in a while!"
Cheng Lang smiled silently in the dark, and replied, "Your brother may not fall asleep so early tonight."
Xu Qiao: "Then what should I do, do you want to sleep on the sofa all night?"
Cheng Lang: "I mean, anyway, before he falls asleep, I might as well come in now. He probably won't come to the living room."
Xu Qiao didn't reply, and a minute later, Cheng Lang heard the sound of the door opening very softly.
As soon as he turned around, he saw her stooping like a thief, poking out half of her head through the crack of the door, and waving at him.
Cheng Lang walked lightly, picked up the quilt on the sofa, and walked over.
Xu Qiao dragged him into the bedroom, closed the door carefully, and let out a sigh of relief.
Cheng Lang threw the quilt on the bed, turned around and hugged her upright, raised his head to look at her, and said in a low voice, "What about cheating?"
Xu Qiao put his hands on his shoulders and thumped him reproachfully: "I don't want you to sleep on the sofa!"
Cheng Lang hugged her to the side of the bed, sat down, and let her sit sideways on his lap: "You can just tell your brother that you are willing to sleep with me. He is an adult. This is not something you need to avoid."
"That's embarrassing!" Xu Qiao glanced at him, "And I'm not so willing to sleep with you!"
"Then I'm still going to sleep on the sofa?"
Xu Qiao gouged him out.
Knowing that the fairy's heart is very kind, what nonsense are you talking about.
Cheng Lang smiled and stroked her cheek with his fingertips: "Thank you baby for taking me in."
"Before your baby takes you in, let's report, how is your talk with my brother?"
The sound insulation of this hotel is also very good. She just listened to the corner for a long time, but only heard a few words in a daze.
Cheng Lang explained the general content of the transaction.
Xu Qiao was worried: "Will he not study hard and work everywhere in order to pay you back? And if he really finds a place far away, I can't take care of him."
"The key now is to take care of his self-esteem first, and persuade him to return to China to study. After that, there will always be roundabout countermeasures. Whether he chooses to stay in Beicheng or not, I am sure that he is optimistic about him. You can't force him too aggressively. He stays with us, otherwise he will take good care of his body, but he will be prone to psychological problems, you know?"
Xu Qiao pouted and nodded: "Alright then, I'll let you decide on this matter."
Cheng Lang kissed her lightly on her lips: "Okay, go to sleep, I won't torment you today, you hurry up to catch up on sleep."
Xu Qiao crawled into bed and lay down.
Cheng Lang went around to the other side, spread out another quilt, and lay down in it too.
The bed is very big, even with two quilts spread, there is still a distance between the two of them.
"Then if you get sick at night, wake me up." Xu Qiao yawned and grabbed the small handkerchief she carried with her.
Cheng Lang was about to answer "No", when he saw her move, he turned sideways to face her: "Do you really sleep with a handkerchief every night?"
"What is 'really', as if you've heard it before?" Xu Qiao blinked in confusion.
Although they have lived together with Cheng Lang for a while, they have never shared the same bed after all, so he probably didn't notice that she clutches a handkerchief before going to bed.
"I heard from your ex-boyfriend." Since she discovered the loophole, Cheng Lang didn't deny it.
It was before he officially met Xu Qiao, and Cheng Ye "vomited" an ex-girlfriend to him on the day of Xifuhui's birthday party.
Xu Qiao reacted: "You brothers are talking bad things about me behind my back!"
"I didn't. He did say a few words, but I stopped him."
Xu Qiao still looked unhappy: "I must be scolding you for my princess disease!"
Cheng Lang smiled helplessly: "Ordinary people act like princesses, that's called princess disease, and princesses act like princesses, isn't it normal?"
Xu Qiao's collapsed face suddenly came back to life, and she couldn't hide her happy "Oh".
Cheng Lang pointed to the handkerchief in her hand: "So why does the little princess have to hold the handkerchief to fall asleep?"
Her eyeballs rolled around, and she seemed reluctant to say, and said vaguely: "It has something to do with my mother."
"Can't you let me know?" Cheng Lang continued to ask.
"It's not that I can't let you know, but I don't like to talk about sad things." Xu Qiao looked at him and blinked.
"Then don't talk about it." Cheng Lang touched her forehead, raised his hand and turned off the bedside lamp, "Go to sleep."
Xu Qiao nodded and closed her eyes, because she was exhausted from running all the way, even with jet lag, she quickly fell asleep.
Cheng Lang looked at the dim ceiling soberly, thinking over and over the last words she said before going to sleep, until a long time later, there was a rustling sound next to her, Xu Qiao turned over and kicked away with one leg boldly The quilt was thrown down on him.
He resisted not making a sound, felt the place where her knee rubbed for a while, moved his body slightly to avoid that position, then turned sideways to fumble for her quilt, intending to put her leg back.
Unexpectedly, with this movement, Xu Qiao "discovered" his existence in the dream. Mumbling something in her mouth, she squeezed her whole body over, got into his bed, and entangled his body like an octopus.
"..." He finally understood why she said that even if she shared two quilts, she was afraid that she would fall asleep and roll into one bed and kill him.
Cheng Lang took a few deep breaths, and lightly raised her holding his hand.
"Hmm..." Xu Qiao muttered unhappily.
Cheng Lang stopped his movements, gave up struggling, and clearly felt that his body was heating up violently after the sound.
She could have killed him, but not by making him ill.