Madness of the Heart

Ming Shu found that life now is very different from before.

When separated from Xiao Yuan for a long time, as long as Xiao Yuan came to find him in Dong Ye City, he was reluctant to leave home. Nian Xiao Yuan had already stuck to where Xiao Yuan was going, and he would follow wherever Xiao Yuan was going. Even if Xiao Yuan only went from the balcony to the kitchen, or from the study to the bedroom, he would follow.

Xiao Yuan followed him too, occasionally teasing him, and asked: "Team Ming, do your subordinates know that you are like a koala at home?"

He pressed Xiao Yuan on the sofa, rode on Xiao Yuan's waist, and leaned down to kiss Xiao Yuan, "No one else knows, only you know."

In fact, he is so tall and so strong in the crime squad, he is really not suitable for being a koala. But he can spend too little time with Xiao Yu'an, and he loves Xiao Yu'an too much, every time he meets briefly, he wants to enlarge and enlarge.

It's best to scale it up for a lifetime.

He is so clingy, but he cherishes every minute and every second he spends with Xiao Yuan.

Now Xiao Yuan is transferred to Dongye City, and the long separation is over. He is like a man who has been poor for half his life and suddenly becomes rich, and finally lives without hurry.

He would still follow Xiao Yuan from the study to the bedroom, but he didn't bother to follow Xiao Yuan from the living room to the balcony.

Xiao Yuan took the clothes to dry on the balcony and asked with a smile, "Ming team, are you a koala?"

Ming Shu pretended to be stupid on the sofa, "What koala? Who is the koala? Which zoo koala came out?"

Xiao Yuan temporarily threw the clothes on the shelf by the sliding window, walked to the sofa, and patted Ming Shu's **** through his pajamas.

Obviously it doesn't hurt, but Ming Shu exaggeratedly exclaimed, "It hurts, it hurts! Don't treat the meritoriously wounded like this!"

In fact, where there is any injury, it's just that a certain place is overused.

At the place under the pajama pants, Xiao Yuan had already put a soothing ointment on him, and the hot feeling was gone, he propped up his upper body, lay on Xiao Yuan's lap, and took a lazy nap.

The serious crime team took a collective vacation, but the deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau did not. Xiao Yuan had to go to the bureau every day, and Mingshu woke up when he slept by himself, and finally felt like living calmly.

The reunion of the past is like fighting a battle of death.

News came from Los Angeles, saying that the head of Village Hou had taken care of the funeral of his son Hou Pad, and his mood gradually stabilized.

The police from the Los Angeles City Bureau and the town’s police station visited Village Chief Hou from time to time, and took the trouble to explain what the insurance purchased by Hou Pad was used for.

"Little Oar is for me to spend my old age in peace, and cure serious illnesses..." Elder Hou Village burst into tears, holding a lighter that could no longer be sent out in his hand, and Hou Oar's bank card and insurance documents in front of him.

There are close to one hundred thousand yuan in the bank card, all of which Hou Paddle earned over the years while studying and working. If he didn't suffer from brain cancer suddenly, after he officially graduated and established a foothold in the main city of Los Angeles, maybe he would take his old-fashioned father who can only farm.

"Xiao Oar is not an unfilial son, I know, I know it best!" Village Chief Hou hugged his son's portrait. After a long time, he raised his head and said to the police: "Don't worry, I will live well for Xiao Ou. If I die and others call him an unfilial son, no one will speak for him..."

Mingshu felt swelling in his eye sockets.

In Dongye City, Fang Yuanhang took Chen Quanhan's letter to see Chen Mi's family again.

Chen Mi refused to accept the letter from beginning to end, nor did he accept Chen Quanhan's confession.

She shut Fang Yuanhang outside and said, "Please don't bother me again. Chen Quanhan died when he died. I don't care, let alone know why he died. I have nothing to do with him, blood is such a thing, in fact The easiest to cut off. From the moment he abused and beat me, he was no longer my father. For me, only the family relationship that supports each other is eternal. You go, I don’t want his things, okay The bad ones, don't all."

These two matters concerning father and son, father and daughter remind Ming Shu of his family.

When he was still in Los Angeles, he had thought of going home to see his parents, but at that time Luo Xiangfu's case had not been solved, and he couldn't get away at all.

Now finally there is time.

But going back suddenly was actually very embarrassing.

In the past few years, he has followed Xiao Yuan back to the Xiao family much more times than he has returned to the Ming family. The elders of the Ming family loved him, and his peers had long regarded him as their own. Sometimes he can’t figure it out—they are families of similar backgrounds and classes. How can his parents and Xiao Yu’an’s parents, his grandparents and Xiao Yu’an’s grandparents have such a big ideological gap?

After he confirmed the relationship with Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan talked with Father Xiao alone once. He didn't know the content of that conversation, but after that, the Xiao family accepted him completely.

It took him and his parents for many years to compromise and let each other go.

Chen Mi said—blood ties are actually the easiest to cut off. Only the family relationship that supports each other is eternal.

Ming Shu only agrees with the second half of this sentence.

The family relationship that supports each other is the most precious, and it is hard to find, but the blood relationship is not so easy to cut off.

Otherwise, he would not think of his father because of Village Chief Hou and Chen Quanhan, and then he would have the thought of going home to visit him.

"I'll accompany you back." Xiao Yuan took out a patch panel from the locker.

Mingshu wanted to eat hot pot today, and he was too noisy at the hot pot restaurant, so he ordered hot pot takeaway, but found that the wire was not long enough when the induction cooker was placed.

The table was full of vegetables, and the two of them ate in the form of a multi-person dinner.

"Are you free?" Mingshu took the power strip and finally turned on the induction cooker. As soon as the "Scalding" stall was opened, the soup made a grunting sound.

Xiao Yuan said: "It has been relatively leisure these days, and there are two days on the weekend, which is enough."

Ming Shu still hesitated, "Is it abrupt when I go back?"

"Your mother's birthday will be next month." Xiao Yuan adjusted the dipping sauce for Ming Shu, "We even wish her a life in advance for this trip."

Ming Shu said, "I almost forgot."

"You didn't forget, you just can't say it." Xiao Yuan said while boiling the dishes: "You didn't get any care when you were a child, but in your heart, you always have your parents' place. On the contrary, they have never forgotten you. This son."

Ming Shu lowered his head, his eyelashes trembled lightly.

"You don't always have to compare my parents with your parents. Every family is different." Xiao Yuan put the beef that had been blanched for ten seconds in the Mingshu bowl. Just go and don’t think too much. We are all grown-ups, so we don’t always have to worry about things when we were young. There is no deep hatred between you and your parents, which is completely different from the situation of Chen Mi and Chen Quanhan."

Ming Shu picked up the beef, "I know, I just... how to say it, it feels very awkward."

Xiao Yuan put down his chopsticks, "Look up and look at me."

Ming Shu raised his head immediately.

Xiao Yuan's eyes were gentle, but this kind of gentleness was not weak and soft, but contained all things and was powerful enough to be reassuring.

"Brother..." Ming Shu yelled unconsciously.

"You want to care about your parents, but you are ashamed to express this concern. In fact, you can try to relax. They are your relatives, not outsiders." Xiao Yuan said: "I will accompany you. You can't handle it. I'll help you in the place. Don't worry.

The soup boils, and the sound of bubbles breaking is very small, but they are very powerful when combined.

A table of dishes was only half-finished in the end, obviously because Ming Shu had something on his mind.

After washing the dishes, Ming Shu wrapped Xiao Yuan's waist, "Brother, do you think I am a little sensitive?"

Xiao Yuan was very meaningful, "It depends on which aspect you are talking about."

Mingshu understood, and squeezed Xiao Yu'an's waist hard, "Emotionally! Have you been warm and thinking about'homework'?"

In the car a few days ago, Lu Yanzhou said that he was sensitive. He pondered for a moment and thought that he might be sensitive, otherwise he would go home to visit his parents, so he wouldn't have to worry about the time for a hot pot meal.

"You are very soft in your heart." Xiao Yuan said.

Ming Shu "tsk", "It doesn't sound like a good thing."

Xiao Yuan pulled him back into his arms, "Need a hard shell to protect you."

"You are the hard shell?" Ming Shu was not serious, "Okay, boss, I understand what you mean. Don't you just want to emphasize-are you hard?"

Xiao Yuan slapped him on the back of his waist, "It smells like hot pot, go take a bath."

Ming Shu’s parents Ming Haofeng and Wen Yue currently live in the capital. When Mingshu called to ask if he had time on the weekend, Wen Yue repeatedly said: "Yes, do you come back alone or..."

Ming Shu's tone was formal, firmer than when he reported to the Bureau of Li, "I will come back with Xiao Yuan."

Wen Yue paused for two seconds, her tone changed slightly, "Okay, come back, I will prepare the room in advance."

On Saturday morning, Ming Shu and Xiao Yuan took a direct flight to the capital, and it was already four o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived at the Ming residence.

This time is just right, you don't have to sit at the dinner table together, and not far from the dinner, giving each other a buffer opportunity.

Ming Haofeng is very busy and has very little time at home-this Ming Shu has known since he was a child. But as soon as he stepped into the house, he saw Ming Haofeng dressed very formally.

Some things were tacit, but Ming Shu knew that Ming Haofeng had turned away other affairs and waited for him at home.

It's hard to meet the family, but there are not many people who can chat, and they are very restrained by each other. Ming Haofeng and Wen Yue missed Mingshu's childhood and youth, and Mingshu was like a passerby with them in the first few years of self-reliance.

It is impossible to make up, and neither side needs to make up.

From a certain point of view, Ming Shu is very similar to Ming Haofeng and Wen Yue-they are both people who put their eyes more in front of them, and let them lag behind the things that have passed.

Ming Shu gave a prepared birthday gift, which was a jade sculpture. Wen Yue's happiness was restrained, but when he said "thank you", his voice finally trembled that could not be covered.

Ming Haofeng also got a gift, a box of tea that is not easy to buy.

Both of these gifts were given by Ming Shu personally, and Xiao Yuan stood by and watched silently.

The dinner was as restrained as afternoon tea, and the family spoke politely. But this kind of politeness actually contained a gradually obvious temptation—Ming Shu found out—that his parents were trying to communicate with him, wanting to find out how well he and Xiao Yuan were having this year.

With their identities and habits, they can only do this. It's too difficult for ordinary families to humorously ask for warmth.

Under the table, Xiao Yuan gently shook Mingshu's hand.

Ming Shu took a long breath, stood up, filled Wen Yue with a bowl of soup, and smiled: "Mom, this soup, you taste it."

At this moment, Ming Shu saw the tears in Wen Yue's eyes.

"Okay, thank you." Wen Yue took the bowl, keeping his eyes on Ming Shu's face for a long time.

"Dad, let's have a drink." Ming Shu pours Ming Haofeng wine, "Just drink a drink, it won't be a mistake."

Ming Haofeng's face was cold, but his expression had actually been loosened a long time ago. He picked up the wine glass, clinked it with Ming Shu, and drank it in one fell swoop.

When Ming Shu sat down, Ming Haofeng was still standing, filling the wine glass again, turning to Xiao Yu'an, and said in the heavy tone that chiefs used to say: "Let's have a drink."

Xiao Yuan stood up, majestic and calm.

With a light touch of the wine glass, the crisp sound replaced a thousand words.

After dinner, Ming Shu and Xiao Yuan did not live in the Ming House, but went to the hotel booked early in the morning.

Xiao Yuan proposed to stay in the hotel.

In the Ming family's family affairs, Xiao Yuan was the calmest and most discerning person. Wen Yue prepared the room early in the morning, and Ming Shu also wanted to live at home a little bit, but Xiao Yuan told him that it was not appropriate.

Wen Yue wants to play a good mother, and Ming Haofeng also intends to regain harmony in the family, but this will take a long time. Having afternoon tea and dinner together as a family is something that each other can resist. But if you want to stay overnight, some of the emotions you try to hide may leak.

It's not easy to get close but keep the distance, at least it's forgiving.

But fortunately, Xiao Yuan helped him deal with all this.

"Compared with you, I'm like a naive child." The hotel room was lighted with fragrance, and the air was lightly scented. Ming Shu sat on the bed and said while wiping his hair.

"Children worry about work outside." Xiao Yuan leaned against the bedside, "Someone hurts at home."

Ming Shu laughed, "How do I feel that I have been squeezed?"

"Isn't it being loved?"

"I was reminded to worry about work when I went home to save my parents."

Xiao Yuan kicked Ming Shu in the waist, "Come here."

"What are you doing?"

"go to bed."

Before returning to Dongye City, Ming Shu met Wen Yue again, this time in an elegant teahouse. Ming Haofeng was not there, and Xiao Yuan was not with Ming Shu.

Compared with the day before, Wen Yue relaxed a lot, and asked Mingshu how he is doing now and whether his work is hard. Ming Shu answered one by one. There was finally some normal mother-child relationship between the two.

Later, Wen Yue wanted to ask Xiao Yuan. Ming Shu saw it and said seriously: "We are fine, now he is transferred to be my boss, and we live together."

Wen Yue's gaze jumped, and for a moment, she smiled and shook her head, "You know, your father and I are not in free love."

No one in the Ming family ever mentioned this, but Ming Shu knew from a very young age that his father did not love his mother and his mother did not love his father.

After being older, he understood that parents are united because of their interests and power. They are not so much husband and wife as colleagues and partners.

And he is not the product of love, but a living contract.

Wen Yue and Ming Haofeng cannot love each other, so how can they love him like normal parents?

Wen Yue talked about this today, Ming Shu was not surprised, but suddenly got an answer——

My parents are different from Xiao Yuan's parents. This has nothing to do with class or background. The fundamental reason is that Xiao's father and Xiao mother love each other, and Wen Yue and Ming Haofeng are the pawns of their respective families.

"I don't want to marry him, and he doesn't want to marry me." Wen Yue looked down at the clear tea, "but we have to be together, I have to give birth to you. In a blink of an eye, the family is shared by me and your father. It’s painful. I didn’t give you any care, because when you were young, I was particularly afraid to see you. When I saw you, I...I would think of what I lost because of this marriage."

Ming Shu listened calmly, his mood didn't fluctuate much.

At this time, he did not hate Wen Yue, even a little pitiful Wen Yue.

"If there is gain, there will be loss. Ming Haofeng and I gave up our love at the time and got our current status. I have never regretted it. Until now, the Wen family and the Ming family are also achieving each other. But..." Wen Yue took a long breath, with a helpless smile on her face, "I sometimes think, if I didn't obey my parents' arrangements, what kind of life would I have?"

Ming Shu looked at Wen Yue, like a patient listener.

"When you disregarded my and your father's objections and insisted on going to the Public Security University, that was when I thought about it the most." Wen Yue continued, "Aside from the mother-child relationship, we actually have the same background."

Ming Shu nodded, "Yes."

"But you like a man... You like Xiao Yuan, you dare to chase after him, and you gave up the road we paved for you, and you have to sever relationship with us." Wen Yue stopped, "I am 18 years old. At that time, why not be as crazy as you? Not as brave as you?"

Ming Shu doesn't know how to answer.

Young and frivolous are not all impulsive. Even at the age of eighteen who is still unknown, he understands, or firmly believes that Xiao Yuan is worthy of him.

This is the foundation that supports him to go crazy, to be brave, to resist the family, and to fight for an uncertain future.

"I don't regret my decision, I don't regret marrying your father and giving birth to you." Wen Yue said softly: "But in these years I occasionally feel that I envy my son and he did what he thought was right. He became an elite in his professional field. As for his feelings, he seemed to have finally caught up with the people he yearned for, and they lived happily."

Unspeakable emotion suddenly surged in Ming Shu's chest.

He never knew that his mother was a very delicate woman.

Wen Yue sighed, "Well, the other way I gave up, my excellent son helped me go and walked very beautifully. My only regret seems to have been filled."

"Mom..." Ming Shu called in a deep voice.

Wen Yue smiled, "If you want to come back in the future, the door of Ming's family will open to you and Xiao Yuan at any time."

At the end of the two-day itinerary, when the flight landed at Dongye Airport, Mingshu's one-week holiday was also over.

Yi Fei sent a WeChat message—there is a folk music performance at Jiangnan Theater, and it’s still in the preview stage. It says that we have worked hard a while ago. Organize the brothers to have a look and cultivate your sentiment. You are the captain, and you will lead the team when that happens.