But then I thought about it. This Zhang Danqing is not Zhang Danqing, so I asked aloud: "Zhang Xinwei's brother?"
My mother said: "Yes, who else could it be if it wasn't him?"
I asked in surprise: "Brother Danqing is out?"
Zhang Danqing was convicted of serious injury for fighting with someone. It was my dad who spent a lot of effort to deal with it, so he was only sentenced to two and a half years.
My mother said, "That's right. I suddenly heard someone calling me on the way to work today. I turned around and saw it was him. I was shocked. He was released three months early because he behaved well in prison. ”
I kept asking: "Then how is he now? Is he the same as before?"
My mother said: "She hasn't changed much. She shaved off a full inch. She looks like a normal person, but she has lost a lot of weight. I almost didn't recognize her at first glance."
What's it like in prison? I have never been there and can imagine it.
I was filled with emotion, thinking that my mother was just gossiping. Unexpectedly, she continued: "Zhang Danqing was so enthusiastic when he saw me. I happened to carry something to school this morning, and he insisted on helping me get it. We were at odds for a long time. He asked me for your phone number. I kept it. I just said that you lost your phone and you haven’t changed your number yet, so you didn’t tell him.”
I subconsciously said: "Why don't you tell him?"
My mother’s voice was even higher than mine, and she said, “You and Zhang Xinwei are in such trouble, how dare I give your number to Zhang Danqing? He just came out of the house, and you know what kind of person he is. He’s just looking for trouble.” !”
The disdain in my mother's words was so obvious that it immediately aroused me. I immediately frowned in displeasure and said aloud: "I don't know what kind of person Brother Danqing is? I've been playing with him since childhood. When I was older, when did I get into trouble, didn't he help me fight and protect me? What does the matter between me and Zhang Xinwei have to do with him? He's not stupid. You said I lost my phone and didn't change my number. You didn't tell him clearly. I don’t want him to contact me!”
I could imagine the embarrassing scene, so I was very angry.
My mother was also unhappy and said: "Are you stupid? They are brothers and sisters, who do you think you are? Does Zhang Danqing care who is right or wrong between you and Zhang Xinwei? Don't you know that you are looking after your own sister? How about I He said that you, a kid, act like a weakling, and you even got into a fight with me. "
Standing at the entrance of the airport, I was so angry that stars were popping up in my eyes. I really wanted to have a big argument with her, but I came all the way and I still thought, she is my mother.
Trying to be calm, I tried to give her a few examples. I said, "Brother Danqing, you don't know what's going on in his family. Auntie is not in good health and can't work, so the whole family relies on his father's salary." Danqing When my brother was not sixteen, he followed the adults to work on the construction site. Zhang Xinwei used to think that he was embarrassed and wouldn't let him come to pick her up at the gate of our school. The relationship between the two siblings has never been good. I think Brother Danqing treats me more than Zhang Xinwei. Okay."
"Besides, it's not my fault even if I tell the truth about Zhang Xinwei. Brother Danqing has always been a helper but not a relative. He just came out of it. He must miss us friends who have been playing together since childhood. What do you think? Why did you just..."
Tears come to me very quickly, and I really echo Luo Xiangdong's words. I cry when I am moved, when I am angry, and when I feel wronged.
This made my mother so angry that I was choked and speechless.
"What's wrong?" Luo Xiangdong appeared next to me at some point. He looked at me in surprise. I immediately looked away and reached out to wipe my tears.
My mother also had sharp ears and asked me quickly: "Who is it?"
I said: "No one, colleagues from work."
My mother said: "Okay, I want to tell you something, and you can explain it to me. Go to work quickly, and let this matter be over."
I tried hard to hold back my tears and said in a low voice: "What happened? Next time you see him, give him my number, or ask for his number to me, and stop making your own decisions."
In fact, I want to say, stop being so selfish. But the person on the phone is my mother after all, and I have been accustomed to not talking too much to her since I was a child.
My mother was even more unhappy than I was. She answered the call casually and hung up the phone.
Luo Xiangdong stood next to me, holding the ticket in his hand. He looked at me and said, "What happened?"
I was in a good mood at first, but now I lost most of it, so I said casually: "It's nothing."
A flash of suspicion flashed in Luo Xiangdong's eyes, and he said, "I heard you say Danqing." After a pause, he said again, "Zhang Danqing?"
I confused Zhang Danqing with Zhang Danqing when I was thinking about Luo Xiangdong, so I looked up at him and explained in a low voice: "My mother's phone number, the Zhang Danqing we are talking about is not the one you know. This is what I have been playing since I was a child. My old friend, Zhang Xinwei’s brother.”
Luo Xiangdong frowned slightly, with a hint of disgust in his eyes: "Zhang Xinwei's brother?"
I said 'hmm' and then briefly told him a few things about our childhood. Follow Luo Xiangdong to the VIP ticket check-in channel. On the way, Luo Xiangdong said: "Auntie is right, you really don't need to meet him again. After all, they are brothers and sisters, connected by bones and tendons. You don't need to use friendship to go there." Experiment with family ties.”
Luo Xiangdong's words inexplicably reminded me of the saying that family affection defeats love. After a pause, I said out loud: "I didn't want to experiment with anything, I just felt that what my mother did was unreliable and unsophisticated."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Auntie is also doing this for your own good."
I was thinking about Zhang Danqing, so I didn't say much until I checked in and entered the VIP lounge. In the end, Luo Xiangdong took my hand, turned his head and said, "Hey, are you going too far by hanging out with me and thinking about other men with a drooped face?"
I glanced at Luo Xiangdong and said, "You don't even speak to me."
Luo Xiangdong said: "I'm not afraid that your childhood sweetheart will call you."
What he said was serious, but it made me laugh. I said, "Who is your childhood sweetheart?"
Luo Xiangdong said: "Ever since we were young, our relationship has been so strong. My aunt and I even fell out because of him. Are we still childhood sweethearts?"
I said: "Brother Danqing and I have a pure brotherhood. I really regard him as my brother. When you didn't even see him coming in, I cried like crazy."
Luo Xiangdong lowered the corners of his lips and said nonchalantly: "What do you want to express when you tell me this?"
I said, "I really wanted to give him some warmth after he came out. There is no human touch in prison, but when he came out, my mother refused. Brother Danqing felt so uncomfortable."
Luo Xiangdong said: "You are such a bad person. If you catch anyone who wants to give you warmth, I will find someone to award you a goodwill ambassador award later."
I rolled my eyes and said, "Can you be more serious? I'm telling you what's on my mind."
Ever since I took the call from my mom, I felt completely bad. Especially since I am still someone who misses my old relationship. When I think about the fights that Zhang Danqing fought for me when I was a child, I feel that my mother did not allow him to contact me, which was very unethical.
Luo Xiangdong also became more serious. He said: "People change. You also said that prison is not a good place. There are everyone in it. Even if he was a good person before he went in, can you guarantee that he will be the same when he comes out now?" Same? Besides, there is a feud between you and Zhang Xinwei. Zhang Xinwei might tell him about you. Do you know whether Zhang Danqing wants your number to reminisce or seek revenge? "
After finishing speaking, before I could answer, Luo Xiangdong added: "I'm jealous when reminiscing about old times, and I want him to come in to seek revenge, so Auntie did the right thing, it's best not to meet."
Luo Xiangdong said it was natural. I turned my head to look at him, raised my eyebrows and said, "Who are you challenging?"
Luo Xiangdong looked at me, his eyes full of arrogance: "With you."
Hey, I really can't control him.
As a result, before getting on the plane, Luo Xiangdong and I discussed all the topics about Zhang Danqing.
The airport PA began to announce, asking passengers going to Binhai to prepare for boarding. Luo Xiangdong and I walked hand in hand. No one paid attention to us on the road. I was afraid that someone would secretly photograph me with my cell phone and post it online, so I took my sunglasses from my bag and put them on.
When Luo Xiangdong saw this, he laughed at me in a low voice: "I didn't even wear it and you still put it on?"
I said, "With that face of yours, unless you wear a mask, wearing anything else is useless."
Luo Xiangdong said: "I will take it as your compliment that I am not ordinary."
"Tch, I should put on Internet celebrity makeup so that no one else knows who I am if I post the photo."
The two of us chatted all the way to the boarding gate, and the ticket check-in staff was a young woman. She glanced at Luo Xiangdong, recognized him immediately, and then raised her eyes to look at me.
I deliberately lowered my head and pretended to look for something in my bag, so that she wouldn't see my face.
After checking the tickets, Luo Xiangdong pulled me inside and said, "It's not shameful to be with me. You don't have to look like a thief."
I said, "I'm not afraid of other people. I'm afraid that my family will know."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Your family doesn't agree with us being together?"
I told the truth: "I haven't dared to tell my mother yet."
"What will happen if Auntie finds out? Will she object to us being together?"
My mother definitely didn’t want me to be with Luo Xiangdong, because we had a failed experience before. I didn’t want to spoil the fun at this moment, so I changed the topic out loud: “She was so shocked that I didn’t tell her anything. By the way, what are we going to do at the beach?”
Luo Xiangdong said: "What do you want to play?"
I have been to Binhai once, which is the largest and most beautiful seaside city in China. I smiled and said, "I want to go fishing."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Okay, you can play whatever you want."
It took more than two hours to fly from Night City to Binhai. Luo Xiangdong and I slept on the plane the whole time. After the plane stopped, we went to the pet aerobic cabin to pick up kingb and queenb. At first glance, they looked like they were often brought on planes by Luo Xiangdong, and there was no abnormal reaction at all.
I was holding queenb, and Luo Xiangdong was holding kingb. As soon as we exited the VIP entrance, we saw a man wearing a bright red shirt standing outside the exit. Wearing big sunglasses, he smiled and waved to us.
This man... his figure and outline look familiar. Taking a closer look, I said out loud: "Brother Chao."