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The next day Yu Nian returned home with a birthday present for Yu Yuan, a box of tea that he saved up to buy.

Xiao Mocun gave him a card, but Yu Nian never took money from it.After all, he was the only one eating at home, so I was ashamed to ask my husband to pay for the food.

It was just such a simple matter, and my husband had ridiculed him at the time, saying that he was fake and lofty.

Since the annual salary has been increased, Xiao Mocun often buys things for Yu Nian, whatever is expensive, but it is a pity that they are all things that are not needed at all.Famous watches, electronic products, and the house they lived in were also saved by Xiao Mo, as if it was purely to prove that he was richer than Yu Nian.Yu Nian would decline at first, but later he would not.Because Xiao Mocun would get angry every time he refused, and asked him why he looked down on his money.

Probably in Xiao Mocun's heart, the surname Yu is always good at bullying others and destroying others' self-esteem with money, so now that he has capital, he has to take revenge fiercely, even if it is his partner Yu Nian.

Yu Nian didn't dare to defend himself, and only hoped that Xiao Mocun would be less angry.

In the early morning of the weekend, there are not many people and vehicles on the road, and it is rare to take the suburban bus to go smoothly.Yu Nian was still wearing his white earphones, remembering that he and Xiao Mocun took the bus together four years ago, a little sweetness appeared on his face.

At that time, Yu Nian didn't have much chance to experience public transportation, and there were people picking him up and going in and out, so he bit the bullet and took the bus in order to have more opportunities to get along with Xiao Mo.I remember that day was the end of the sophomore year, the sun was baking the asphalt road, and there was a wisp of summer sweetness in the wind. He stood in the bus with a backpack on his back, novelty and excitement, and the white T-shirt behind him was full of excitement. There was a little sweat.

The driver slammed on the brakes, his center of gravity was unsteady, he yelled softly and fell into Xiao Mocun's arms, and was immediately surrounded by the other party.His face was flushed, and before he could say thank you, he was pushed away anxiously.

Yu Nian was slightly startled, then lowered his head and said softly like a mosquito: "I'm sorry, brother, I didn't stand still, did I hurt you?"

Xiao Mocun was also quiet for a few seconds, and whispered something that Yu Nian remembered in a low voice with a youthful voice.

"No, it's because you smell too good."

Afterwards, the two didn't even look at each other, they just stiffly pulled the pull ring above their heads, and stood next to each other with red faces.

That was the first and only time I heard Xiao Mocun praise his pheromone.Yu Nian realized later that Beta has no fragrance, and Xiao Mocun was just coaxing him.In the following years, I never heard such gentle words and affectionate praises again.

"Beta's smell is really weak and unpleasant."

"You stay away from me."

"Don't you know how to put on a protective sticker?"

All he could get into his ears was this sharp disgust, and before he had time to fully enjoy the beauty of marriage, life had already died down.

Thinking of this, he raised his head, touched the place where the pheromone protective sticker was stuck on the back of his neck, and gently tore off the film.

I posted it all night yesterday, and now it's a lot more comfortable to tear it off, as long as I stick it again before I go home.He pulled out his phone and set an alarm to remind himself to reseal the offending smell of ginger blossom before entering the house.

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The Yu family used to be well-known in Los Angeles, but now even though the family is in decline, the emaciated camel is still bigger than the horse, at least the real estate is still there.The three-storey villa on the outskirts of the city is now the family's residence. After sending out a few helpers, it seems quite enough to live in. Even if there are a few more guests, there will be enough rooms.

As soon as he got home, a middle-aged man in a wheelchair was pushed out from the study on the first floor.

"came back?"

Yu Nian nodded with a smile, put down her things and walked over to squat down: "I still wonder if you're up yet, I didn't expect you even put on your shirt, do you need to be so formal?"

The person in the wheelchair is Yu Yuan, with gold-rimmed glasses, meticulous hairstyle, thin face, and looks slightly mean.

The little girl pushing the wheelchair is Xiaohui, and she is his brother's nurse.Xiaohui and Yu Yuan usually don't go together, but Yu Nian is very speculative, and before Yu Yuan can reply, she smiles and says: "Brother Yuan woke up at 07:30 today, and I even pushed him outside for a couple of laps .”

"The weather is fine today, everyone is up, so I might as well go out for a walk." Yu Yuan said.

Before he was injured and broke his leg in a car accident, he was also a suave and suave young man. Even as a Beta, he still kept his eyes above the top all the year round, and he was two extremes with the unassuming Yu Nian.After being injured, he was divorced by Omega, his career also plummeted, and his spirit has declined a lot. However, the arrogance of the past is still there, but when there are many ordinary people, he must tidy himself up properly.

Yu Nian stood up and said, "You've worked hard, Xiaohui, let me push it, you go and rest."

Xiaohui couldn't wait for her wish, so she hurried back to her room.The house suddenly became quiet, as if there were only two brothers left.

"Brother, do you want to go upstairs and have a look?" Yu Nian asked.

There is no elevator in the villa, Yu Yuan doesn't allow them to install it, probably because he doesn't want to admit that he is disabled.But in front of Yu Nian, he didn't have these considerations, he asked: "Are you carrying me?"

"Yeah." Yu Nian nodded with a smile.

Carrying his brother on his back to the balcony on the second floor, Yu Nian found a chair for him to sit down.Looking down from the second floor, the pomegranate tree has already produced a lot of green and red fruits, which will only mature in a month or two.

"Xiao Mocun, why didn't he come back with you."

"He..." Yu Nian hesitated, "He's on a business trip."

A trace of doubt flashed in Yu Yuan's eyes, and he quickly pulled Yu Nian to lower his head, and then pulled his collar away, his face darkened instantly when he saw the gland with deep tooth marks.

"Brother, don't touch my clothes."

The lie was exposed on the spot in less than three seconds. Yu Nian unnaturally pulled back his collar to cover the gland, and went to the railing to support it.

"Is Xiao Mocun still refusing to come?"

Yu Nian hesitated for a moment, looked downstairs and nodded.

Every year during festivals and family birthdays, Yu Nian would invite Xiao Mocun to go home with him, but the other party always had various reasons to refuse, and even didn't even bother to find a reason in the end.

"This kid is too deceitful!" Yu Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "He refuses to come once after being married for so many years. He obviously looks down on us. If our Yu family hadn't helped him back then, he is still a poor boy who is still a graduate student. The Omega father in the small restaurant is being bullied by others, how can he have the right to put on airs with us?"

When he said this, his eyes under the lens were shining coldly, and his words clearly showed great contempt for Xiao Mo.In his heart, even though Xiao Mocun married his younger brother and became a big backer, he was still the poor student who had to be at his mercy, his clothes were white from washing, but his expression was more rebellious than anyone else. It's annoying to see.

Yu Nian's nerves jumped, and he hurriedly pressed his brother's forearm.

"Brother, you must not say this in front of him. You know that what he hates the most is that we mention his family, and... and his postgraduate study."

Yu Yuan snorted lightly, with a look of disdain on his face.

"Is there anything I can't mention? Didn't we just pick it up? Our Yu family helped him find his biological father and made him Qi Minghong's grandson. Instead of being grateful, he blamed us for meddling in other people's business. It's really wolfish. As for his postgraduate matter," Yu Yuan seemed dismissive, "compared with your life, what is going to graduate school? He helped you, and we also helped him. We don't owe him anything."

"No...it's not like that."

The word wolf-hearted and dog-lung is really harsh, Yu Nian squeezed his brother's sleeves tightly with both hands, "If he is really like what you said, why would he still want to be with me after he finds his family?"

This is the reason he has been using to comfort himself, and it is also the reason why he has always believed that Xiao Mocun is not heartless.

Less than a year after the two got married, Yu Yuan broke his leg on the highway in the provincial capital. He has been decadent for more than half a year, and the Yu family's family has also plummeted.On the contrary, Xiao Mocun found his real blood relatives under Yu Yuan's suggestion, and became the eldest grandson of Qi Minghong, the old chairman of the Qi family, one of the best in Los Angeles. His status and status were completely reversed.At first, even Yu Nian himself thought that Xiao Mocun would definitely find a way to get rid of him, maybe by paying divorce compensation, maybe by giving the Yu family a sum of money in the name of the company, in short, let him get away as far as possible.But it turned out that his worry was unnecessary, such a 180-degree change did not bring any disturbance to their marriage, Xiao Mocun still regarded him as dispensable, but never proposed a divorce.

Even Yu Yuan couldn't explain this.He took off his glasses, took out his handkerchief and wiped it lightly.

"Even if he still has some self-knowledge and knows that today's success depends on our Yu family, can he treat you badly?"

Yu Nian trembled slightly and remained silent.

Yu Yuan squeezed his temples with his left hand and squinted at him: "You don't have to hide it from me, the Qi family has already spread the news that he sleeps in the company all day long, and he was made a joke by others. Now it is said outside that the Yu family is a family member. Waste. There are two sons in total, both of them are Betas, one has become disabled after being divorced, and the other's husband doesn't even come home."

After saying this, his expression was a little out of control, and suddenly he clenched his fist with his right hand and hammered his thigh several times, "If it weren't for my legs, I would have tried to get you to leave him a long time ago, how could people from the Yu family behave like this? Being bullied casually!"

"Brother!" Yu Nian hastily stopped him, "We don't care what other people say, what are they doing? Besides, Mo Cun didn't bully me, really, he...he treats me very well."

"You still help him speak?!" Yu Yuan's chest heaved with anger.

Yu Nian hurriedly showed a bitter smile: "I didn't lie to you, really."

His brother put on his glasses, took a deep look at him, and suddenly let out a long sigh.

"Do you remember that on my 30th birthday, we held a banquet at the Bulgari Hotel, with a total of eighteen tables?"

"I remember, of course I remember." Yu Nianyi recalled from the railing, "It was so lively that day, all the uncles and uncles came and gave you a lot of gifts. But what impressed me the most was the banquet there. Among all the dishes, I liked it the most. I like to eat the Thousand Island Shrimp and Crab Roll, and it won’t taste the same when I go to other restaurants.”

"You just remember to eat." Yu Yuan smiled, his voice sounded much calmer than Yu Nian's, "If we go back to the past, I don't think Xiao Mocun would dare not come. It's a pity that he can only sit at the table for birthdays in the future. It’s useless to talk more about being in a wheelchair.”

"Brother..." Yu Nian couldn't bear it, "Don't think about these unhappy things, think about the relatives and friends downstairs, everyone came here because they really wanted to wish you a happy birthday. Sometimes people's fortunes change, Instead, you can tell the truth from the fake.”

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of his husband who was not present, and felt a pain in his back, as if he had slapped himself and could not continue to enlighten.

"Having said that, I still hope that one day the Yu family can make a comeback, at least not let others step on their feet like the soil in the garden. But I also guess that your ambition is not here, so I don't want to force you."

Yu Nian felt ashamed, for himself and for Xiao Mocun who was not present.He whispered, "Thank you brother."

At 05:30 in the afternoon, everyone arrived.There are family members and relatives of the Yu family, as well as friends of the brothers.After going downstairs, the two brothers met Wen Ziyu, Yu Nian's best friend in college, who had just arrived without changing his professional suit.

"I was looking for you just now." Wen Ziyu smiled and took out a wrapped gift and handed it to Yu Yuan, "Brother, happy birthday, all wishes come true."

Yu Yuan smiled politely, and put it on his lap without looking at it, "Why are you late today?"

"I'm looking for a job and the afternoon interview took longer than originally estimated."

"Interview?" Yu Nian asked curiously, "Ziyu, have you changed jobs?"

Wen Ziyu's family was poor, and he was an Omega with outstanding looks. At that time, there were many people chasing him in school.But he is very strong. He started working part-time when he was still in school, and entered the financial industry on his own when he graduated. He was so busy in the first two years that he saw countless times in Los Angeles neighborhoods at three o'clock in the morning. In the past two years, he gradually got better. , Class reunions can also appear from time to time.Yu Nian thought that he would continue to work in the previous investment bank, but he didn't expect to change jobs.

"Yes, I plan to change the environment. The previous salary increase was too slow."

"Isn't the salary in the company you work for pretty good?"

Wen Ziyu smiled: "You still care about this? For Xiao Mocun. By the way, what about others?" He looked behind Yu Nian.

The three graduated from the same university, and the fact that Xiao Mocun met Yu Nian also has a lot to do with Wen Ziyu.Strictly speaking, Wen Ziyu knew Xiao Mocun, a direct brother, earlier than Yu Nian.

"He doesn't want to come." Yu Nian didn't hide his emotions very much in front of his good friends, and anyone could see the faint disappointment on his face.

The three of them came down the steps, avoiding everyone to reminisce about the old days.

"This brother is really stubborn."

Yu Yuan said angrily: "What are you talking about him?"

"Brother, don't be angry." Wen Ziyu smiled, "I just asked casually to care for Xiao Nian. Today is your birthday star, so if you don't mention it, don't mention it."

Yu Yuan snorted coldly, and moved elsewhere on his own, without giving him face.He was not awkward either, and walked up to Yu Nian as if nothing had happened.

Looking at his sunken cheeks, Yu Nian asked caringly, "Why have you lost so much weight? Are you too tired from work?"

"It's okay." Wen Ziyu avoided it, and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about me. Tell me about you, how are you, have you been arguing recently?"

Yu Nian's eyes drooped: "Occasionally, sometimes when he is in a bad mood, he will speak more seriously."

Wen Ziyu's eyes seemed to read people's hearts, staring at him and said: "If it's just 'heavier', with your temper that you can bear, you won't say it at all."

Yu Nian shook his head and did not continue.

It was getting dark, and the lights suddenly came on in the yard, and two or three children from relatives were chasing and playing.Yu Nian's eyes moved back and forth following their figures running around, feeling at ease.

"Want a child?" Wen Ziyu asked.

Yu Nian was taken aback for a moment, and then said shyly, "The possibility is too small, and Mo Cun doesn't really want to have a child so early."

"Did he tell you?"

Of course Xiao Mocun didn't tell him this, but he could guess from his usual attitude that he didn't expect to have a child with him, and Yu Nian knew it very well.Thinking of this, he stared blankly at the child in front of him, without speaking for a long time.

"Yu Nian, have you ever thought about leaving him?"

"What?" Yu Nian turned to look at Wen Ziyu in surprise, only to see that he had already refrained from joking.

"Leave him, so as not to continue to torture each other, and give each other a chance to pursue happiness again."

"you……"

Wen Ziyu is not a nosy person, and he has never said such a thing to him.When he first met Xiao Mocun, he couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart and told this good friend the details of every meeting, but he didn't get much response. He just thought that the other party was not interested in these things.When they got married, Wen Ziyu appeared less in their lives.As one of the few people who knew the whole story clearly, Yu Nian naturally attached great importance to what he said.

"Even you said that?"

Wen Ziyu was still holding the briefcase in his hand, paused and said, "After suffering for so long, shouldn't it be time to stop the loss...Of course, if you think this kind of thing is like drinking water and knowing it by yourself, then just pretend I didn't say it." .”

These words pierced Yu Nian's heart like a thin needle.He stretched out his hand and stroked the glands on the back of his neck, and was lost in thought, until the party was over, it was still a mess.

At eleven o'clock at night, the last subway train took him back to the home he shared with Xiao Mocun.

Opening the door, the room was pitch black, as cold as a cooled storage room, filled with things no one cared about.When the light was turned on, Mantou suddenly rushed over from the balcony, meowing at him non-stop, looking extremely dissatisfied.

"what happened?"

Yu Nian hurriedly closed the door and rushed to the balcony to see that the cat food bowl had bottomed out, only a few grains were scattered around, and only a thin layer of turbid water was left in the water bowl.

Apparently Xiao Mocun forgot to save some for the steamed buns before going out.

"Sorry darling, I forgot to remind Dad." He apologized.

After refilling the food and changing the water, Yu Nian squatted on the ground watching the steamed buns devoured, and suddenly a strange thought popped into his mind: If they really divorced, who would the steamed buns belong to?

In fact, the answer to this question is obvious, Xiao Mocun doesn't like this pet as much as he does.Maybe in his eyes, Mantou, like Yu Nian, is a trouble and a burden, something that cannot be avoided.If left unsupervised, he will forget about taking care of it.

At the thought of splitting up, Yu Nian felt unstoppably cold, like a sudden onset of dependence.

After lying on the bed, he sent a text message to Xiao Mocun: "Are you coming back tonight?"

It wasn't until he was about to fall asleep that the phone received a reply: "I'm home."

It turned out that Xiao Mo saved back to his adoptive father's house.

The word home in his mouth only refers to that place, a dilapidated snack bar in an old alley two streets away from the University City, and the attic on the second floor is his home.

No matter how poor the conditions are and how difficult it is to find a nearby parking space, Xiao Mocun is willing to go back there, and often stays at home overnight, almost never leaving for a while.Yu Nian went there with him once after getting married, and he seemed a little cramped in the attic where he couldn't stand up straight. Xiao Mocun was very angry, and decided that Yu Nian looked down on that place, and he would never take him back there.

Yu Nian actually wanted to ask: "Then when will you return to our home?"

But he didn't dare, so he had already learned to restrain his behavior.He turned on the airplane mode of his phone and decided that at least tonight he would get a good night's sleep and not make trouble for himself.