"Brother, let's leave first. You should go back early."
After the meal, Huo Yan and Mingyao said goodbye to Huo Xiao.
Huo Yan pursed his lips and looked a little cold.
Huo Xiao knew that he was complaining that his attitude at the dinner table was too indifferent and unkind.
"Brother Huo, goodbye."
The girl waved and whispered goodbye to him. Half of her green-white fingers were tucked into her sleeves. Her eyes only stayed on his face for less than half a second before turning away.
Huo Xiao stood there, watching the two people leaving arm in arm, and silently lit a cigarette.
The smell of tobacco seemed to lessen the boredom in my heart.
As the white mist filled the air, Huo Xiao suddenly recalled an incident that happened when he was a child.
It was one summer when my parents took the two brothers to play in the mountains.
Huo Xiao and Huo Yan were less than ten years old at that time.
There is a manor at the foot of the mountain, which was opened by my father's old friend after his retirement. It only accepts regular customers.
His wife also prepared gifts for Huo Xiao and Huo Yan's two children.
But they are DINKs and have no children.
Obviously they don’t understand that it is a taboo for families with two children, especially twins.
That is, everything given to the two children must be exactly the same, even two pairs of socks.
At that time, she prepared an airplane model and a sports car model, both of which were very exquisite and expensive.
But Huo Yan and Huo Xiao both took a fancy to the airplane model.
Because of Huo Yan's health, he often needed injections and medicines. His mother stayed with him and watched him suffer day and night. Naturally, she felt a little distressed and partial to him.
So I discussed with Huo Xiao and let my brother play with the plane this time.
"You are the older brother, so you should take more care of your younger brother."
This was not the first time Huo Xiao heard this sentence.
At that time, Huo Xiao was immature and had the domineering and selfish nature of a child.
He was aggrieved.
Huo Yan has physical problems, but they are not caused by him. Why do he always have to give in? !
He turned around and ran out, following the path into the mountains.
The mountain is not that developed yet and there are very few people there.
While going up the mountain, there were squirrels scurrying under my feet.
He heard a "swishing" sound, and there should be a stream nearby.
Huo Xiao, who was originally angry, gradually forgot what happened before and was immersed in this jungle adventure.
By the time he reacted, the sky had turned dark.
His heart skipped a beat.
Guessing that his parents would definitely come out to look for him, he hurried back.
"Brother-brother-where are you-?"
When his ears moved, Huo Xiao seemed to hear Huo Yan's voice.
He ran quickly towards the direction of the sound.
When Huo Yan saw him, his eyes lit up, he staggered over and hugged him tightly.
"Brother, I don't want the plane anymore, please go back quickly..."
His voice was hoarse, his lips were chapped, and his arms were stained with blood from branches.
Huo Xiao pursed his lips, feeling very uncomfortable.
After the two returned, Huo Yan fell seriously ill.
Huo Xiao was imprisoned by his father, but this time he had no complaints.
After that, Huo Yan rarely showed his preferences and let Huo Xiao choose first no matter what he had.
Of course, Huo Xiao never snatched anything from him again.
Huo Yan was born with precocious intelligence, and his sensitive and slender nerves brought him literary aura and talent, and also made him feel more deeply about suffering and negative things.
Such people tend to become depressed, but Huo Yan always has a faint smile on his face, and his expression remains unchanged even if he drinks extremely bitter Chinese medicine every day.
"Mom is already very sad about my illness. If I behave negatively again, won't it make her suffer even more?" Huo Yan once said to Huo Xiao.
The youngest son of a big family is frail and sickly, so every elder dotes on him.
He had ten thousand reasons for being willful and bohemian, but he eventually developed into the gentle and calm temperament he has now.
For Huo Xiao, taking care of his sickly brother has become his instinct and part of his responsibilities as a human being.
Although he has changed from being domineering and willful when he was a child, he has become mature and stable now.
But in fact, his nature has not changed, only the external means have changed.
Over the years, he has been successful in his career.
Whatever he wants, he must get it no matter what method he uses.
He would grab whatever he liked, even if it belonged to his own father.
but.
Huo Yan, his only brother...
A cigarette burns to the end.
He blew out the last puff of smoke and crushed the cigarette butt.
never mind.
He, Huo Xiao, wanted money and good looks.
If you want a woman, where can you find one?
Why hurt a brother's feelings for a woman who doesn't care about him.
What's more, there are many more beautiful and charming women than her.
She is not irreplaceable either.
Huo Xiao's lips twitched into a smile.
He deliberately ignored his inner feelings.
He turned around and got into the car coolly and left.
In the following months, Huo Xiao devoted himself to intense and busy work.
When I work overtime at night, I sleep directly in an apartment near the company, and rarely even go home.
In his spare time, he plays golf, race cars, rock climb, drink with friends... He leads a colorful life.
Gradually, he rarely thought about his brother and his girlfriend.
Only occasionally when I was checking my phone, I saw a group photo shared by Huo Yan in his circle of friends.
A young man and woman stand on the bridge and smile at the camera.
The man put his arm around the woman's shoulders, and their eyes shone with joy and warmth.
The appearance of the couple is handsome, and the other is beautiful. Anyone who sees them must say that they are a perfect match.
Huo Xiao sneered.
Isn’t it that I don’t like to use social software? Why have I started posting on Moments?
He didn't like it and turned off the screen.
Just as he put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it, his cell phone rang.
The person who called him was Zhao Xinghui, a friend he met when he was studying abroad. His family was in real estate. After returning to China, he opened his own entertainment company, and the relationship between the two was okay.
"Brother Xiao, we haven't seen you for a long time. We went out to drink. We have to balance work and rest at work!"
Huo Xiao took a deep breath of cigarette and suppressed the boredom he felt when he saw the photo just now.
"Okay, send me the address."
He raised his hand to put the cigarette in the ashtray, picked up the car keys, went downstairs, and drove to ClUb.
The bright lights in the nightclub are flashing, and the music is blasting to the eardrums. Men and women dressed in cool and fashionable clothes were twisting and screaming on the dance floor.
Huo Xiao ignored the people who came to chat with him and went directly to the VIP room on the second floor.
