Only you are so different

Chapter 25
In Su Xiuyan's memory, there is always one thing about Su Xiuran.

That was when Su Xiuyan was in the second grade of junior high school. He was overly doted on by his mother and not carefully cultivated by his father. His behavior inevitably carried the traces of a second-generation dandy.

Playing truant from school and being called a parent. He doesn't have the guts. He's drunk, racing and driving under the influence. He's not at that age. He doesn't have the energy to spare. At best, he's a little bit arrogant towards the teacher in class, and his nostrils are so upsetting among his classmates. Just a few.

Even so, the family background of the Su family made him look so eye-catching in that aristocratic school that was already full of dandies, so naturally, he began to surround himself with other second-generation ancestors who were not very honest.

After being brainwashed by those second-generation ancestors for a while, he began to more or less look down on Su Xiuran, who was always regarded as a model of outstanding students, and felt that his elder brother was very lackluster, but he was just another old-fashioned old man.

Of course, he was still afraid of Su Xiuran at that time. After all, in the absence of the role of father, it was Su Xiuran who had always played the "authoritative role" in his life.

After all, since childhood, when he was naughty, he would reprimand him gently but majesticly, and when he was slack and want to be lazy, he would remind him to always remember what he should do... These are all done by Su Xiuran .

He entered the rebellious period at that time, his attitude towards Su Xiuran changed a little, he learned to talk back and be dissatisfied, Su Xiuran naturally found out, but since he was always criticized by the teacher, his academic performance did not drop much , so did not say anything.

Until he really made a mistake—bad students have done too much, and it is impossible to escape every time.

That was one of his cronies at the time, a bully student in the class who liked to bully his classmates, and asked him to "teach that disobedient boy a lesson".

At that time, he was stuck in the middle school thinking of "of course we must support brothers", so he naturally followed without any doubt.He is a bit taller than his peers, plus he is good at sports and has practiced taekwondo. He looks tall and strong, and he is very intimidating.

The specific process was lacklustre. During the break after lunch, they blocked the thin poor guy wearing glasses in the bathroom, and then locked the door of the bathroom, giving him various "lessons".

He didn't do anything the whole time, just stood there with his arms folded, acting as a qualified human wall and silent accomplice.

That was the first time he faced this kind of bullying among classmates. When the leader buddy asked that poor fellow to kneel down, he didn't feel anything.

When the poor guy was asked to prostrate on the ground and his buddies stepped on his head, he also told himself that the weak must submit to the strong.

He frowned slightly when his buddy lit a cigarette and ordered the poor guy to take off his shirt so they could burn his back and chest with cigarette butts, thinking it would leave a scar, dude was going a little too far .

When his buddies started shoving the poor man's head down the toilet and punching and kicking the victim for his feeble resistance, he was a little overwhelmed.

In his consciousness, he still felt that the behavior of several people beating a weak classmate was not a "hero", nor was he a strong person.

So he grabbed his buddy and told him enough is enough, that's enough.

However, he underestimated the malice from the teenagers, and also underestimated the "brotherhood" between himself and his buddies.

A few teenagers obviously felt that his mother-in-law was gone, and also thought that he did not agree with their actions, which was "betrayal". During the quarrel and shoving, the force of beating the poor man lost control, and finally they didn't know who pushed it. With one hand, he pushed the poor bastard's head against the corner of the toilet.

The poor boy didn't even make a sound, and passed out directly with his head bleeding.

Looking at the bloodstains gradually spreading on the floor, several lawless teenagers finally realized that something was wrong, but after looking at each other for a few times, they quickly scattered like birds and beasts, leaving only the limp teenagers on the ground, and the one who was at a loss. Su Xiuyan.

Later, Su Xiuyan made an emergency call, but stayed where he was and was caught by the rushing teacher.

When confessing the process to the teacher, those "buddies" all said that Su Xiuyan was the mastermind, that Su Xiuyan led them to act, and was also the one who beat Su Xiuyan.

After finding out that he had been betrayed, Su Xiuyan simply kept silent and let the trembling teacher call his parents.

Unfortunately, at that time, Su Daolin was on a business trip in Europe, and Qu Yan was on vacation in Canada. The person who finally represented the Su family to meet the principal was Su Xiuran, who was two grades above him and was in the first year of high school at the same school.

He will always remember that scene. He was dragged from the big office by the teacher to the principal's office, and saw his slightly thinner brother sitting at the principal's desk.

Su Xiuran was already tall at that time, and his handsome features already had the indifference and majesty of a superior. He was wearing a dark blue suit and school uniform, sitting opposite the principal, and said lightly: "Xiuyan won't be like that." Coward, I'm sure."

The teacher was already very angry, and didn't care that the principal hadn't spoken yet, and immediately retorted: "But all the students said he did it! Look at his usual virtue, I wouldn't be surprised if he did anything!"

Su Xiuran glanced sideways at the junior high school teacher whose face was flushed with anger, and said, "Mr. Min, first of all, I don't blame you for making such baseless inferences when you are excited; secondly, The first thing we need to solve is whether Xiuyan is the main culprit, who is the real main messenger, I think your hasty agitation is not helpful to find out the truth of the matter."

Teacher Min might have been pissed off by his well-founded remarks, so he regained his composure, and said with a sneer, "Student Su, if you have any good ideas, you can tell them as much as you want."

Su Xiuran motioned for Su Xiuyan to stretch out both hands, and then said: "You and the principal have both seen Xiuyan's hand, if it was him who hit the person, the time was so close, and the other party was bleeding, he There are usually marks on the fist, especially the phalanx, at least there will be red marks."

Both the principal and Teacher Min could also see that Su Xiuyan's hands were clean, as pure as a newborn baby.

Teacher Min said without hesitation: "He washed it!"

Su Xiuran slightly hooked his lower lip, and continued: "Beating someone needs a reason. As far as I know, Xiuyan and the student Zhao who was beaten didn't have much contact with each other, and there is no conflict. Instead, they claimed that it was Xiuyan. The classmate Wu who hit someone was reported to you by the classmate Zhao at the next table for cheating in the exam a few days ago, and since then, classmate Wu has been complaining a lot to classmate Zhao."

Teacher Min was also confused. Only then did he realize that such a thing happened, but he was still unconvinced: "You are very clear about the things in my class."

Su Xiuran smiled and spread his hands: "Before coming here, I just stopped by your class to ask about the situation. The secrets between students can't be hidden."

Teacher Min also taught Su Xiuran, knowing that he is both good in character and learning, and has a lot of prestige among the students. After hearing this, he began to question his previous conclusions, but he still asked: "You are right, but those few The students all insisted that Su Xiuyan did it, what should we do?"

Su Xiuran smiled indifferently, turned to the principal and said, "Actually, Xiuyan was afraid of getting into trouble, and he didn't think carefully, so he only called the ambulance and didn't call the police, but you and Teacher Min should be clear that this is deliberate injury, even if it is a minor. What happened between them should also be reported to the police.”

This is indeed the selfishness of the principal and the teachers. This is a well-known aristocratic school. If they report to the police, the bullying among the students will be exposed and the media will report it. It is the last thing they want to see one.

Su Xiuran added another sentence: "For the police, it is easier to distinguish the authenticity of the confession, and the traces at the scene will also restore the truth... What's more, as far as I know, the injured student Zhao is honest and cowardly, but he is the eldest son of the family. , you and Mr. Min think that his parents will just take some money and let it go?"

The students who can enter this school are all from rich or noble family backgrounds. Although the poor guy who was bullied is not as prominent as Su's family, his father holds an important position in the government.

Seeing that the principal was still a little hesitant, he laughed "heh": "What's more, even if Zhao's parents don't pursue it, it's not that simple to let the Su family take the blame."

Speaking of this, the principal also knew that there was no way to solve this matter privately. Before he picked up the phone, he asked Su Xiuran again: "If the police come to investigate and find that the perpetrator is Su Xiuyan, even if he is a minor People are also criminally responsible, can you make decisions for your parents? Can you represent the Su family?"

Su Xiuran nodded without hesitation: "I can."

In the eyes of the principal and teachers, no matter how young and mature he is, he is still a student and a teenager, but Su Xiuran has such a bearing and persuasive power.

The principal thought of their two parents who were out of town, and thought that the later the police was called, the more evidence would be lost at the scene, so he picked up the phone and called the police.

Su Xiuyan has been watching from the side. From the beginning to the end, Su Xiuran handled everything with a smile, except for giving him a look when he asked him to stretch out his hand, he never looked at him again.

It's just the determination in Su Xiuran's eyes and expression, but there is no change from the beginning to the end - he is so convinced of Su Xiuyan's innocence.

The result of the matter was satisfactory. After the police arrived, they interrogated the parties one by one, and found the cigarette butt from the bathroom-as long as the saliva on it was tested, it could be determined who smoked and used it to burn the victim.

And the police can't use this method at all. When those teenagers were interrogated by the teacher, they might be able to lie and slander without changing their faces, but when they faced the police's interrogation and pressure one by one, their confessions were full of loopholes. up.

In addition, the victim who was taken to the hospital by the ambulance woke up in the afternoon. Although he was bleeding profusely from a broken head and looked scary, it was actually just trauma and a concussion.

After waking up, he told what happened. Not only was Su Xiuyan not the one who took the lead in beating him, but he was also the only one among the teenagers who spoke up to defend him.

It only took a few hours for the truth to come to light. Su Xiuran and Su Xiuyan were interrogated in the office, and by the time school was over, both of them could leave.

On the way home, Su Xiuran made a phone call to Su Daolin and Qu Yan respectively to report the situation in the afternoon. He said in a very neutral way: "Xiu Yan was framed by his classmates, and he is fine now."

How about the specific process, Su Xiuyan got mixed up with these bad boys recently, he didn't go into details, he just said it lightly.

Su Xiuyan knew the reason why he said this, firstly he was afraid of Qu Yan's worry, secondly because according to Su Daolin's personality, if he knew that he was very close to those bad boys and almost caused a big incident, he would probably be very angry He has a heavier punishment.

Seeing him hang up the phone, Su Xiuyan said awkwardly, "Thank you."

Su Xiuran looked at him out of the corner of his eye, and his tone was cold and harsh: "First, people who get too close to scum can only be scum; second, if you are wronged, you must know how to save yourself. The golden ones are all fools."

Su Xiuyan said "Oh" to show that he remembered it, but in the end he couldn't help muttering: "Brother, why do you believe so much that I didn't do it?"

Only then did Su Xiuran turn to look at him, with a helpless smile on his lips, he raised his hand and rubbed the top of his head affectionately: "You are my brother, I know."

Su Xiuyan, who had been wronged for a long time and experienced the first big ups and downs in his life within half a day, still didn't hold back. In Su Xiuran's slightly gentle words, he slanted towards his brother who was much taller than him at this time In his arms, after holding back for a long time, he said: "Thank you, brother."

Many, many years have passed since then, and many, many things have happened, and the brothers will never go back to the past.

He hated Su Xiuran blindly and gritted his teeth for many years, until he personally made a "plan" to retaliate against him and sent a sharp blade into his body.

Su Xiuran still stubbornly believes in him, believes that he is not a cruel and cruel person, and believes that he must have a good conscience.He didn't even hesitate to use his own safety to gamble on a chance of his innocence.

Later, he also thought about his extremely ridiculous "set up", thought about whether he would sacrifice himself if he forced Su Xiuran to save him, and thought about the inevitable ending... In fact, even if he didn't enter the game, Su Xiuran He had already told him the answer with his actions.

He never asked Su Xiuran why he trusted him so much and why he had to save him.

Because he knows that even if he asks, Su Xiuran will definitely smile and say a few words: "You are my younger brother."

The first time that Qu Yan really felt sorry for Su Xiuran was a year after he had "died".

She thought that she might indeed be a cruel mother, at least in Su Xiuran's place.

He was too good, too gentle and kind, so she ignored him so naturally, and because he was the child chosen by her husband, she treated him indifferently for a time.

She frankly had been an unqualified mother for so many years, and then he really left them, and also left the Su family, without no regrets, and never looked back.

She still lives in this big house that looks empty and indifferent without her husband and eldest son. Day after day, she repeats her previous life.

She told herself that nothing was different.

Until one morning, when she got up for breakfast, she found that after the familiar black tea, the traditional bowl of bird's nest porridge tasted not as good as before.

As the hostess of this family, she has always disdain to haggle too much with the servants, but breaking the taste and quality that has lasted for many years still makes her somewhat dissatisfied, so she called the kitchen helper in charge of purchasing ingredients, Ask him why the bird's nest porridge has become like this.

The honest servant said hesitantly: "This is already the best bird's nest that can be bought in the market...the previous ones..."

Having said this, he hesitated for a while, and under Qu Yan's slightly stern gaze, he continued to bite the bullet and said, "The young master ordered directly from a supplier after tasting many restaurants in person, and paid in advance. money, and did not occupy the funds of the kitchen. The previous supply can only be used until yesterday, and the price is too expensive to make the book accountable, so today I use the ones on the market..."

After hearing this, Qu Yan understood that Su Xiuran had always paid for the bird's nest porridge she was used to, and it was cooked with carefully selected raw materials.

Now that he has "passed away" and the supply has been cut off, the maid who bought it feels that instead of bringing this matter up to her and making her sad, it is better to replace it with cheaper market materials, maybe she will not be able to taste it.

Apart from being a little disappointed, she didn't have much emotion, she just said: "You settle the account for this part, you should continue to get it from that supplier, this is not acceptable."

The maid quickly agreed and followed suit.

She thought she wouldn't care too much about it, but that night, she suffered from insomnia. When she couldn't sleep, she remembered what happened during the day.

Thinking of what kind of mood that child used to care about her preferences and take care of her considerately, but never mentioned it in front of her afterwards to show his credit.

When she was in a daze, she put on her coat and walked around the house that was getting colder day by day without disturbing anyone.

Walking to the corner of the stairs, she saw a night light on near the ground, and remembered that when the children were young, she complained to her husband that she had to kiss the two children good night every night to be able to sleep. When I went back to the bedroom, I always stumbled on the stairs that were slightly darker than other places when I walked to the stairs.

The original intention of her words was that she thought it was too troublesome to kiss goodnight every day. This ceremony stipulated by her husband might as well be cancelled, just as the two children were grown up.

The husband didn't say anything at that time, but Su Xiuran, who was only nine years old, said, "Let's add a night light there, so that mom won't trip over her feet."

The husband always listened to his eldest son, so he nodded with a smile: "Xiu Ran is right."

The power of the male host's speech is different. On that day, there was a small night light there, illuminating the somewhat dark steps.

At that time, she secretly resented Su Xiuran for ruining her good deed, and she didn't notice at all that when he said that, the bright eyes that looked at her were full of hope and concern.

Yes, no matter how precocious a child is, he can't tell the difference when adults sometimes talk about one thing, but actually think about that thing, or even say this question, but actually imply another requirement...Adult People are really troublesome.

She continued to wander aimlessly, her figure was like the ghost of the mansion, moving silently in the dark night, and then she walked to the window at the end of the corridor, and saw a dense rose growing under the window.

It's not yet the flowering season, so I can't see the flowers, but Qu Yan knows that when the flowers bloom, they will be pure white flowers, the brilliant flowers the size of a cup bloom into a flower tree, and the intoxicating fragrance can Float into the house through the glass.

It was planted for her by her eldest son on her 35th birthday. He is already a tall and straight boy, his eyes are gradually cold, not as lively as a young man, but mature and steady, more and more like her husband. She doesn't like it.

On her birthday, the youngest son gave her a very flattering gift, bought with his own money, while the eldest gave her a rose that hadn't bloomed and looked bare.

He said that it was her favorite flower, which represented the birth of the mother and gave them a new life, and hoped that the mother would always be vibrant and beautiful like those flowers.

At that time, she smiled and said she liked it, but what she thought in her heart was that she could say such nice but flashy words, and she didn't know who she learned from.

However, in the following days, the bush of roses really became more and more vigorous and dense, and when it came to the flowering season, her favorite white roses really bloomed.

She never said that she liked this kind of flower, and she didn't know how her eldest son discovered it, thinking that maybe he had discovered the clues in her daily life.

She had also been wary of this child's deep scheming for this reason. If she liked it or not, he could come and ask, what would he do if he speculated and made a so-called "surprise"?
And why does this dull child always love those flowers and plants, such as the magnolia tree under the living room window, and he insists on pulling the whole family to plant it together, I don't know what's the point.

Then one day, overhearing the gardeners chatting, she realized that he hadn't planted the rosebush and left it alone. For many days after her birthday, he insisted on watering and fertilizing them himself, and for this reason. I studied a lot of knowledge about flowers and trees, that's why the bush of roses bloomed extraordinarily warmly and intensely.

She finally walked out of his bedroom. After his "death", it was not used for other purposes. Perhaps because he was afraid of touching her "pain of bereavement", the housekeeper kept it in its original appearance, and it was still the same every day. He sent someone to clean up, and even his personal belongings were not packed away.

She unscrewed the handle and walked in, sat down on the sofa after turning around, only to realize that this room was so deserted, even far more than other places in the house.

It's not that it looks cold because no one has lived in it for many days, but the furnishings and atmosphere, everything seems too cold.

There are no decorative items, nor any warm household items, just simple beds, sofas, and cabinets, full of functionality.

She just remembered that in the younger son's room, there might still be some decorations from her, including a group photo of the two people she forced in, but the eldest son had never received any similar decorations from her. thing.

She was tired of his dull silence, so on his birthday, she would always give him a book, which seemed to be suitable for his age, but in fact it was just coping, and she could also treat what she thought he said was useless. The nice words were returned to him: "Xiu Ran loves reading books the most, and she is smart. Mom likes to give you books."

As he got older, he should have also realized this kind of coping, from smiling with bright eyes every time he received a gift, to a calm and polite smile.

Books are naturally to be placed in the study, and what to do in the bedroom, so the place is naturally empty.

She sat on the sofa and looked out of the window through the drawn curtains. It was a bleak winter, so she saw the entire slightly desolate and deserted courtyard.

She looked at it like this and thought, as expected, he wanted to leave, living in this kind of room every day, facing this kind of scenery, what fun is there in life?
In the end, she couldn't help thinking of the day when he became ill... She was waiting for him to come back at home to celebrate Su Xiuyan's birthday.

After her husband passed away, the eldest son took on heavy responsibilities and was busy with work, while the younger son was obsessed with emotional injuries. There were very few opportunities for the family to get together.And that day was Xiuyan's birthday, so she waited for Xiuran to go home so that they could celebrate Xiuyan's birthday together.

The eldest son, who was supposed to go home on time no matter how busy he was, was unexpectedly late. On the way, he made a special phone call to come back to apologize. The voice on the other end of the phone was a little hoarse, and he coughed suppressedly. A few times.

She didn't take it seriously, and secretly blamed him for being late for her younger brother's birthday, how busy he was, it was just a hypocrisy.

After finishing the call, she waited for a while, becoming more and more impatient, and when she wanted to call to ask questions, she received a call from the driver.The driver told her that Xiuran was already in the emergency room, and that someone needed to sign for the operation, and to receive the critical illness notice issued by the hospital to the family members.

In a panic, she rushed to the hospital, signed the surgery notice, and received the critical illness notice.

The driver waited blankly outside the emergency room, holding two gift boxes in his hands.When handing the box to her, the driver said: "This is a birthday present specially given by Mr. Su to Er Shao, and there is another gift for you to make amends. Mr. Su said that he is too busy these days to take care of it." go home."

Seeing her staring at him blankly, as if she didn't understand why he only mentioned this gift at this juncture, the driver hurriedly explained: "I saw these left in the car after Mr. Su passed out, so I brought them here to your wife. .”

She took it numbly and opened it. Apart from a watch for Su Xiuyan, there was also a pair of pearl earrings. Although they were not custom-made, they were indeed a style she would like. It was obvious that although the purchase was in a hurry, she was still full of enthusiasm. mind.

She put away the gift.She didn't know why she didn't give the watch that was Xiuyan's birthday present to her younger son. She also put the pearl earrings in the safe and never wore them.

No one but the driver and herself thought these things had been lost in the confusion.

Recalling this moment, she didn't remember how cold she used to be, ignoring him who was still struggling between life and death, and announcing the news that he had "passed away" to the outside world.

But she clearly, and suspects that she will never forget, remembers the look in his eyes after he just woke up, after hearing her explain the current situation and knowing that he has been declared "dead".

It was a very, very soft gaze that was as sad as snow, and could disappear in an instant like snow. Then he closed his eyes again, and there was a gentle curve on his colorless lips that he couldn't put down in time.

He didn't fall asleep, but fell into a coma again. When Cheng Yu rushed in and asked her what she said, the doctor who was always polite to her yelled at her angrily: "Aren't you okay?" Are you not reconciled to watching him die?"

She still thought it was ridiculous at the time, and felt that she had been insulted. She was his mother, so couldn't she be more concerned about him than an outsider?She also said that she wanted him to die, which was ridiculous.

Until later... He really left, he put everything down so resolutely, and after he left, it seemed that he never thought of coming back, except for the monthly routine phone calls, it had nothing to do with him really "passing away" difference.

Then she let time go by, and after a year, she was reminded by something else, remembering the fact that he had gone.

She thought that if every child had a sincere and pure love for their parents, then she might have lost one of them.

That child she didn't like and dote on, but was too gentle, she had lost him a year ago, and she might not be able to get him back for the rest of her life.

(End of this chapter)