Chapter 63
Chapter 63
The phone kept vibrating, as if urging him to answer it.
There was a tingling sensation in the palm, and this tactile sensation connected the electric current to the atrium.
Li Xinghe stared blankly at the name for a long time, and finally pressed the green connect button.
After a slight ring, the phone was connected, and neither of them spoke.
Li Xinghe put the earpiece close to his ear, and vaguely heard the familiar breathing sound from the other end.This voice has been with him for two years, and he can always imagine the expression on the face of the owner of the voice every time it goes up and down.He suddenly felt his heart burning and the tip of his nose sour.
"Brother, is that you?" the other end shouted.
Li Xinghe quickly pulled back his thoughts, reluctantly said: "It's me...I'm listening."
Zhao Qingbei responded and asked him, "Are you at home, or at school?"
Li Xinghe hadn't had time to tell him about Zhao Xuejin, at first he was afraid that he would be unhappy if he heard about it, but later he didn't have the chance to talk about it.He lied: "At a friend's house."
"We've made friends so quickly, it seems that we, Xinghe, don't need to worry about it." Zhao Qingbei chuckled lightly.
Li Xinghe squeezed the phone, summoned up his courage and said, "You called me, what are you planning to say to me?"
Zhao Qingbei paused for a few seconds and said, "You called me a few days ago, but my phone was broken, so I didn't reply you in time, I'm sorry."
Li Xinghe felt sour, what a lame excuse.
He must have taken care of those messy things before making this call.
Before he came, he found that Patrick's Weibo hadn't been updated for a long time, and all the news about Blue Water Bay was suppressed again.
No need to think about it, how tired he is these days.
Even the sound sounds like a strong feeling.
Li Xinghe sniffed and said, "I miss you, and I want to go back to China to see you, is that okay?"
Zhao Qingbei didn't speak for quite a while, and after a while he pretended to be relaxed and said, "You're only a few days into school and you're going back to your country. What, is it because the foreign language teaching is too difficult to understand? Or is someone at school treating you badly?"
He asked these questions with great tenderness and patience, but said nothing about domestic affairs.
Li Xinghe bit his lip, and finally said: "No, I've adapted well, it's just..."
It's just what, I just want to share a little with you, at least I don't want to listen to you so casually.
But he knew that Zhao Qingbei would not want to hear this, even if he said it, it would not change anything.Since he was able to hide it from himself for so long, he obviously hoped that he would know as late as possible, and it would be best not to know at all.
He secretly made a decision, exhaled and said: "Forget it, it's okay, it's just that I encountered a little trouble today. My friend asked me to go to dinner, and I will talk to you later."
"Okay, I'm free anytime today." Zhao Qingbei said, "Remember to take a picture of what you ate."
Before they separated, they agreed to follow the rules of long-distance relationship, good morning and good night every day, and send each other what they did and what they ate today.
But on the day Li Xinghe came here, he was very busy, and when he thought about saying good night, he was afraid that he would have gone to bed early and would disturb him.In the next few days, I have to report and cope with the course, completely forgetting the initial agreement.
He said "Got it" in a low voice, then hung up the phone and began to look at the ticket seriously.
When it was time for dinner, Zhao Xue asked the housekeeper to bring up the dishes.
He doesn't exaggerate, he does have a talent for cooking.
Li Xinghe settled a concern and gained a little appetite.While eating, he praised, "If you weren't a doctor, you could even open a small restaurant. It's so delicious! I thought this place was a gourmet desert, but I didn't expect the local food to be so delicious."
Zhao Xue wiped her mouth with a napkin, and said with a smile, "Part of it was done by the housekeeper, and it's inconvenient for me to stand up and operate."
The way he eats is very similar to Zhao Qingbei's. He is extremely elegant and meticulous, and his preferences are roughly the same. He likes vegetables and seafood, but he doesn't like red meat.Worthy of being a biological brother.
Li Xinghe swallowed what was in his mouth, scratched his face and said, "Actually, I'm quite curious, but I don't know if it would be impolite to ask."
"You want to ask me what's wrong with me?" Zhao Xue said indifferently.
Li Xinghe nodded: "Will it get better?"
Zhao Xuejin said: "It's a kind of spinal cord disease, and it's complicated to say. In fact, there is hope for a cure, but I have been in poor health since I was born, because this disease has caused some other symptoms. For you Said, maybe a cold will be fine in three to five days, but it will take more than ten days for me to recover."
Li Xinghe showed regret, "Then there is no cure now?"
"No." Zhao Xuejin said, "I am engaged in research in this field, and the mentors I know are also actively helping me recover. I believe there will always be a way in the future."
After eating, Li Xinghe saw the butler brought him a plate of medicine.
Zhao Xue swallowed them one by one as usual. He was very thin, and when he took the medicine, he felt that the capsules would get stuck in his throat.
Li Xinghe hurriedly handed him the water, and the housekeeper thanked him.
This housekeeper is a foreign old man, who seems to have been with Zhao Xuejin for many years, knows all his needs, and can always help him before he asks.
After the butler served dessert and left, Li Xinghe couldn't help but said: "I think you are very strong, stronger than anyone I have ever met."
Zhao Xue laughed. They had been together twice, and Li Xinghe had never seen him smile so clearly.His smile is similar to Zhao Qingbei's, they are more restrained, mostly smiling and laughing, always restraining his expression.
But this time he smiled so much that he showed his snow-white teeth, and there was even a small dimple on his lips, which seemed a bit inconsistent with his image, but it made him a lot more vivid, and he was no longer weak.
"Do you usually praise people like this?" Zhao Xuejin smiled while supporting her head.
"...Is there any problem?" Sometimes Li Xinghe really couldn't figure out where the two brothers' jokes were.
Zhao Xue shook her head with a funny face and said, "No problem, I was just thinking, Xiaobei should be happy every day with you."
Li Xinghe thought about it carefully, "It can't be said that every day is very happy, sometimes he will be so angry with me that he can't speak, the most angry time seems to ignore me for three days... No, he still ignored me for those three days. What I do is bring me breakfast and pick me up to and from get off work, but don’t talk to me or look me in the eye.”
Zhao Xuejin finally couldn't control it, and burst out laughing, Li Xinghe was startled by him.
He wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "I didn't expect this guy to be so angry and awkward, and he hasn't changed for more than ten years."
Li Xinghe asked with interest: "Was he like this when he was a child?"
"Not only that, it's even more exaggerated than this." Zhao Xuejin's eyes were bent, as if he remembered something extremely interesting.
"Once his puppy urinated on the carpet. The carpet seemed to cost a million dollars. He was afraid that his mother would blame him, so he came to me to ask how to clean the carpet. I was too lazy to do it, so I told my aunt that it was me who made it dirty. I asked her to contact me to remove the stain. Xiaobei was upset on the spot and said angrily that he didn't tell me these things to make me take the blame for him. "
Zhao Xuejin's eyes gradually became gentle, "Although he was not good at words when he was young, he was a very delicate and sensitive child in his heart. My mother didn't blame me for this matter, and he wondered if my mother favored me and didn't like him. Because He ignored me about this for a whole week."
Li Xinghe's heart softened when he heard it, and the corner of his mouth raised: "But he should still talk to you later, right?"
"Yes, after a week, tell me that I'm done, let me continue to play with him."
"Then why..." Li Xinghe glanced at him.
The expression on Zhao Xuejin's face faded, and he said lightly: "It's Dad. After Dad showed us our competitive relationship in front of him for the first time, he immediately came to tell me, he said Dad said that only one of us can take over. The family business also said that my father asked him to stay away from me, don't get so close to me, and only know how to play every day."
Li Xinghe frowned, he didn't expect Zhao Zhongming to do this.But in fact, after thinking about it again, he understood his intention - he wanted to choose the best and most useful heir for him.
"After he finished talking to me angrily with puffed cheeks, I just nodded with a smile." Zhao Xuejin's eyes were filled with sadness, "He asked me what was my reaction, in fact, when my father spoke, I Outside the door. I told him that Dad was right, and that we would indeed have such a relationship in the future. He didn't speak for a long time, and stood at the door of my room for more than half an hour, and finally left silently."
Li Xinghe's heart twitched, "Uncle Zhao told you to say that, right? This must not be your original intention."
Zhao Xuejin sighed, "At that time, I was going back and forth between the two countries for medical treatment, and I wanted to push him to stop relying on me so much. After all, I might die one day, just like the one he raised. Like a puppy."
Others used euphemistic expressions to express "death", but he didn't shy away from it at all, and said those two words directly.
Li Xinghe suddenly choked up, feeling heavy and out of breath.
I don't know how many times he walked before the gate of hell to be able to speak out about life and death so brazenly.
"Don't make such an expression, I'm just telling the truth." Zhao Xuejin comforted him, "You're just like my ex-boyfriend, you're extremely sensitive to this word."
"Ex-boyfriend? Are you gay too?" Li Xinghe's eyes widened.
Zhao Xuejin sneered: "I'm not gay, he bent me."
Li Xinghe showed a embarrassed expression, he didn't expect to get such an answer.He rubbed his stomach and said, "Thank you for your hospitality today, Zhao..."
He thought for a while and said, "Can I call you brother like Xiao Bei?"
Zhao Xue said as if nothing had happened: "Of course, but he never calls me big brother."
Li Xinghe silently thought that Zhao Qingbei had only called him that. Thinking of this, he gradually became happier.
Zhao Xuejin glanced at him and said, "You just said that after you return to China, you can help me get the contact information of my high school classmates? Is it true?"
Li Xinghe nodded: "My cousin's mother is a teacher in your school, you can ask her for your classmate records. My cousin is in No. 27 Middle School, separated by a wall from you, but the atmosphere is not good."
"I know this school. In the past, gangsters often fought and made trouble, and they were punished to stand at the school gate." Zhao Xuejin said, "Then can I trouble you to ask for a classmate list for me? Thank you."
Li Xinghe said: "You are welcome, you are Xiaobei's big brother, and of course you are also my big brother."
Zhao Xue laughed and asked him: "When do you plan to go back? Are you waiting for the holiday?"
Li Xinghe smiled mysteriously: "Just next week, I plan to go back for two days."
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