Yi Xiangxi sat and Liang Xiaodong stood - an invisible gap had slowly formed between the two brothers. After so many years of closeness, at this moment, they suddenly became so fragile and vulnerable.
"Brother!"
"Xiaodong, let's go."
"Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't tell me, I will check it out myself!"
Xiaodong strode away.
Didn't catch up to the west either.
He leaned against the door, as if the confrontation just now had exhausted all his strength.
Even I despise myself. Apart from such bad threats, I have no other means. Xiaodong, Xiaodong, I hope you won’t hate me too much in this life.
In the following days, Qiao Xiaomai's life was very peaceful. No one waited to have dinner with her in the morning and evening, no one called her every day, and no one secretly sent two text messages to harass her while she was at work.
Liang Xiaodong seemed to have evaporated overnight.
Qiao Xiaomai thought, in fact, life should be so deserted. It was too strong, but it was disappointing.
At 11 o'clock on Thursday night, Liang Xiaodong sent a message:
You must remember to eat on time every meal.
This is to remind her to remember to eat the next day.
She replied calmly with one word: "Yeah."
Late on Friday night, Liang Xiaodong sent a message:
If it rains tomorrow, remember to bring an umbrella.
She still replied with one word: "Yeah".
On Saturday, she returned home.
Late that night, the message Liang Xiaodong sent was still very brief:
It will rain again tomorrow, so you and Xiaobai should not go out.
Her reply was even more stereotyped than his: "Yeah."
For a week, except for these three stereotyped text messages, there was no communication between the two, nor did they see each other again.
Qiao Xiaomai guessed that he might have returned to Canada quietly. After hearing his elder brother's reasons, he might never be able to walk again in his life.
One night, Xiaomai took out all the wedding invitations and arranged them on the table, one by one. It was like a great irony. She knew that she might never need these wedding invitations again - at least, it would be impossible to marry them.
Xiaodong used it together!
I never expected that it was Liang Xiaodong who gave up first.
He didn't pass the test of his big brother.
On this day, Qiao Xiaomai came out from get off work, and Liang Xiaodong was waiting at the door. He grabbed her and said, "Mai Xiaodong, we have to talk."
Her heart was beating wildly, but she still got into his car.
The car started to move, and there was a heart-shaking silence and embarrassment in the car.
After not seeing him for a few days, he was very haggard and his whole body was unshaven. He must have been sleepless for many nights.
Did he tell him everything about that devil Yi Xiangxi? Those terrible past events, the unbearable past, the ugly past... Xiaodong really knew everything?
Now that you know it, that's it.
Anyway, there is no airtight wall in this world. Instead of telling him, it is better to let Yi Xiangxi pierce this layer of window paper. After the privacy is pierced, everyone feels at ease.
She suppressed her heartbeat and wanted to ask a question, but her lips were very dry and she swallowed the words several times before she could say a word.
"Mai Mai...my eldest brother said he doesn't like you. He wants me to break up with you, otherwise he will sever the brotherhood with me."