When he realized that Elliot Chen really hated him, Brandon Lu felt an unprecedented frustration.
He let go of Elliot Chen, got up and went to the bathroom, apparently to brush his teeth.
Elliot Chen had a broken leg and it was very inconvenient for her to move. Seeing that Brandon Lu had not come out for a long time, she had to sit up with difficulty.
Brandon Lu stayed in the toilet for a long time. When he came out, his expression had returned to normal, as if nothing had happened to make him so frustrated.
Brandon Lu is five years older than Elliot Chen. He is only twenty-five now, and he still has a long way to go before he becomes a mature man. He will be furious and lose his composure now. However, five years later, even Brandon Lu himself may not know what he will be thinking.
Brandon Lu carried Elliot Chen downstairs without saying a word, and just happened to meet Sarah Liu who was coming back from buying groceries.
"Ethan, what are you doing?" Sarah Liu asked in confusion when she saw Brandon Lu carrying Elliot Chen coming down from upstairs.
"Qian Qing just wanted to play the piano." Brandon Lu said, "I'll carry him up."
"Why are you still playing the piano when your legs are broken?" Sarah Liu was holding fresh vegetables in her hands, obviously she had just come back from outside. She said, "If you don't lie down properly, I won't take care of you if anything happens again."
Elliot Chen hummed.
After saying this, Sarah Liu went into the kitchen, apparently to cook.
Brandon Lu and Elliot Chen sat on the sofa together. Brandon Lu lowered his head and played with his mobile phone, while Elliot Chen watched a boring show on TV.
Brandon Lu said: "Don't go home during the National Day." This was not a question, but a statement. He never liked to discuss anything with Elliot Chen because most of the time, they disagreed.
Elliot Chen was really a little afraid to go back. He was worried that Sarah Liu and her husband would discover something abnormal about him, but he didn't want to spend the National Day with Brandon Lu.
Neither of the two choices was the result Elliot Chen wanted. The former was slightly better than the latter, but unfortunately the power of choice had never been in Elliot Chen's hands, so he simply remained silent.
Brandon Lu was very curious why Elliot Chen didn't speak. Since Elliot Chen woke up, she seemed to have become much quieter. When she should have protested strongly, she just remained silent and resisted passively, as if she had completely understood her situation and had lost interest in resisting.
One of the important reasons why Brandon Lu and Elliot Chen had such a big fight back then was that Elliot Chen was unwilling to make any compromise. If the original owner encountered this request made by Brandon Lu, it would probably lead to another big quarrel.
But now, Elliot Chen naturally would not quarrel with Brandon Lu. He glanced at the person sitting next to him with a vicious face, and suddenly wanted to sigh. It turned out that his methods were so childish when facing Elliot Chen back then.
"What do you want to say?" Sarah Liu was in the kitchen, and Brandon Lu didn't want to yell too loudly, so he said, "Elliot Chen, are you unhappy again?"
Why bother asking a question that you already know the answer to? Elliot Chen didn't want to talk at all, but seeing Brandon Lu's expression of "I won't stop until you talk", he had no choice but to ask: "If I'm unhappy, will you let the National Day pass?"
Brandon Lu said: "No."
"That's it." Elliot Chen said, "What else do you want me to say?"
In the past, Elliot Chen was covered with thorns, and Brandon Lu pulled out the thorns one by one. He felt satisfied when he saw Elliot Chen's helpless look. But now Elliot Chen is like a ball, and Brandon Lu has no idea where to start. The only way to ease his mood is to kick him away. However, this is exactly what Elliot Chen hopes for, and Brandon Lu does not want to do.
"Xiao Lu." Just as the two were at loggerheads, Sarah Liu came out of the kitchen and asked, "Do you have any vegetables you don't eat? Do you eat coriander or something like that?"
Seeing Sarah Liu coming, Brandon Lu stopped forcing Elliot Chen and smiled: "Aunt, I eat everything."
Eat everything? How come I didn't know you eat everything? After hearing what Brandon Lu said, Elliot Chen just wanted to laugh. Brandon Lu didn't eat coriander, celery, onions, or garlic. Basically, he wouldn't touch anything that came into contact with these things, not to mention things with strong flavors such as toon buds and leeks.
"You're welcome." Sarah Liu said with a smile, "I know you don't eat anything, so I won't bother you... Ethan has never been picky about food since he was young. Even if half of the meat fell on the table, he could pick it up with chopsticks."
After hearing this, Brandon Lu put on a smile on his face. He glanced at Elliot Chen and said, "Aunt, I really don't have much to eat." In fact, there are too many things that he doesn't eat, and saying it would make him seem pretentious.
Sarah Liu thought that Brandon Lu was just being embarrassed, so she turned around and asked her son: "Ethan, you have such a good relationship with Xiaolu, you should know what he doesn't eat."
Elliot Chen said: "There are so many things he doesn't eat, I can't count them all."
Brandon Lu stopped smiling instantly.
Sarah Liu blamed him, "How can you talk like that? Xiaolu has helped us so much, but you don't even know what he doesn't eat. I hope your father won't beat you when you go back for the National Day holiday."
His mother was really a great help. Elliot Chen immediately said, "Mom, I won't go back for National Day."
Sarah Liu was stunned: "Why not go back?" She thought her son would come back during the May Day holiday this month, but he unexpectedly had a car accident. So why didn't he go back during the National Day?
"Something happened." Elliot Chen said.
"What's the matter?" Sarah Liu obviously wanted to know: "Your father hasn't seen you for half a year. You B@st@ard, don't you really plan to go back to see him? Aren't you afraid that he won't recognize you?"
Elliot Chen didn't say anything. His expression at this moment was the same as Brandon Lu's, and both were definitely ugly.
Brandon Lu knew that Elliot Chen had deliberately taken over Sarah Liu's topic, but he knew that Elliot Chen had done it on purpose. In front of Sarah Liu, he could no longer insist on his previous decision, so he said, "Ethan, you should go back during the National Day holiday."
Elliot Chen said: "Okay." Brandon Lu's reaction was within his expectations.
Sarah Liu was indeed a great assist, but then Elliot Chen realized that his mother was not only his great assist, but also Brandon Lu's great assist.
Because Sarah Liu's next sentence was: "How will Xiao Lu spend the National Day? Ethan's foot will have healed by then. If you are free, you can come to City C to play, and then ask Ethan to take you around."
Elliot Chen's smile froze on his face, and Brandon Lu's expressionless face instantly broke into a smile. That smile was so bright that Elliot Chen felt the same as Brandon Lu, who had just promised to let him go home.
This time, Elliot Chen became expressionless.
The moods of these two people are like a scale, when one side is high, the other side is low.
"Mom." Elliot Chen said faintly: "Brandon Lu is a very busy man, how can he have the time to come to C City..."
"How can you talk like that, kid?" Sarah Liu glared at Elliot Chen.
"Aunt, I will go back with Ethan then. Please don't be unwelcome." Brandon Lu would never refuse Sarah Liu's proposal. Without waiting for Elliot Chen to say anything else, he said, "I haven't been to City C yet."
Sarah Liu smiled when she heard this: "The oranges there are the most famous... You must try them when you come over."
Originally, Sarah Liu just came out to ask Brandon Lu if there were any dishes he didn't eat, but she ended up talking about local customs and practices inexplicably. Brandon Lu had been to many places and had naturally seen a lot of things, so when he talked about the customs of various places, Sarah Liu almost burned the pot dry.
It was only after Elliot Chen reminded her that Sarah Liu went into the kitchen again, but in the end she still didn't know what Brandon Lu didn't like to eat.
Seeing Sarah Liu leave, Brandon Lu said: "Ethan, I'm so happy to go home with you."
Elliot Chen: ... You are so shameless, promise me that you won't make such a mean expression with this face, okay?
Brandon Lu was obviously in a good mood. He had completely forgotten what he had just said about not letting Elliot Chen go back. The only thing he was thinking about was that he could go home with Elliot Chen to meet his parents.
Brandon Lu had never been treated like this before. At that time, Elliot Chen had his leg broken, so how could he possibly give Brandon Lu a good face? Even Sarah Liu's residence changed, and Elliot Chen's attitude also affected Sarah Liu. Although Sarah Liu didn't know what had happened, she also knew that her son didn't like this friend, so naturally he wouldn't make an invitation like he did just now.
During the National Day of that year, Brandon Lu arrested Elliot Chen and took her to his room, and R@p3d her for several days. In the end, Elliot Chen cried and begged for mercy, and he let him go.
The current Elliot Chen would never give Brandon Lu this opportunity. When he thought about Brandon Lu entering his body, he felt numb all over and even his brain couldn't work.
Brandon Lu, who was sitting next to him, was so young, and there was nothing too deep in his smile. Elliot Chen thought that if he had understood certain things earlier, things might not have been so bad.
"Don't peek at me." Brandon Lu suddenly said this.
Elliot Chen laughed immediately. He wanted to say, "Let me see what's wrong with me?" But he held back.
As a result, when Sarah Liu prepared the meal and brought it to the table, Elliot Chen inadvertently noticed that Brandon Lu's ears were actually red. Although his expression did not change, Elliot Chen found that Brandon Lu was actually embarrassed... Then again, why did he inexplicably feel that he was a little cute when he was young? Well, it must be an illusion.
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