Seven years after my death, the male protagonist of the substitute novel was criticized

Chapter 46 Pei Yizhou!
Pei Yizhou stood in front of the water purifier like a sculpture covered in volcanic ash without looking back.

Warm water trickled into the glass, and his tiny shadow seemed to be visible on the swaying water surface, distorted by the impact of the water flow.

The first thing he did when he entered the house was to pour Lin Lu a cup of warm water - unfortunately, the person he cared about chose to stab him in the heart.

"Why?" He filled a glass of water, pressed the button to turn off the water, and then turned around to look at Lin Lu.

There was no sound of flowing water. The house, which had been empty for nearly two months, was unbearably quiet. The three words he asked calmly gave Lin Lu the illusion of anxiety.

But the reason was already thought of in advance, and she answered smoothly.

"Although we are a family, we have all grown up and it is time for us to have more private personal space."

Then he emphasized calmly, "Normal siblings are like this. At the age of seventeen or eighteen, they should..."

"Normal brother and sister, are we normal brother and sister?" Pei Yizhou suddenly interrupted her.

coming.

The hairs on Lin Lu's back stood up and he tightened his face to prepare for the showdown that would come sooner or later.

"How come we are not normal siblings? Although we are not related by blood, we have depended on each other for many years. I try my best to do what a younger sister should do, and you, as a brother, also..."

"I am not such a kind brother," Pei Yizhou interrupted her again, his usual gentle mask replaced by indifference and depth, "and you know that's not what I'm talking about."

He was still standing at the water collection point. Lin Lu was in the middle of the living room, and the two were not far away.

But the bright light and thin air seemed to have turned into some kind of sticky expanding material, separating them far apart, making it impossible for them to get any closer no matter how hard they tried.

Lin Lu's heartbeat quickened, and the speed of his rebuttal also increased, with words coming out of his mouth without being perfectly processed, just to block the words that were about to come out.

"I don't know what you want to say, and I'm not going to listen. I'm eighteen years old, an adult. Isn't it normal to want a more private and independent living space? And I'm not here to ask for your consent, I'm just telling you that I have this plan."

Pei Yizhou answered directly: "I disagree."

"I said, I'm not asking for your permission."

"But if I don't agree, you can't leave this house."

Lin Lu opened his eyes wide, surprised and incredulous: "What do you mean?"

In her impression, Pei Yizhou was completely a top-notch brother who would never say anything harsh to her, let alone such blatant threats to show his final say.

Before she said this, she just wanted to characterize the matter as a small matter of "sister wanting to have an independent space" and try not to mention Pei Yizhou's abnormal thoughts. As long as they could move out as soon as possible, maybe Pei Yizhou could be saved and there would be room for reconciliation between the siblings.

I didn't expect that he would reveal this attitude after just a few words.

Pei Yizhou seemed to have adjusted his mood. He walked over calmly and placed the cup of warm water next to her.

"Lulu, isn't it good for us to live like this? You have been living with me since Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin passed away. Can you really get used to living alone?"

It sounded like gentle persuasion, without any ulterior motives to pull at one's own thoughts.

But Lin Lu knew that he was mentally ill, and could only think that he was just trying to lead him forward before his true intentions were fully exposed.

Lin Lu held back, staring at the glass of water without looking at him: "After work, there are people living on their own everywhere. Didn't you say that our family is rich? We can get used to it more easily if we have money."

“But it’s not safe.”

"We live in a society ruled by law now. In high-end residential areas, security guards value the lives of the owners more than their own." "Your health is still under observation. If something happens, what will you do alone?"

"I'm moving out, not immigrating to outer space. You can come and have dinner or see me anytime."

The two of them asked and answered each other back and forth until Pei Yizhou could no longer find any more normal reasons.

He stood in front of Lin Lu in silence, his tall figure covering her.

Lin Lu still didn't look at him, but stared at his shadow, inexplicably thinking of moss. Pei Yizhou was sometimes like moss, growing in shadowed places.

After a while, Pei Yizhou asked softly, "Are you really willing to leave me?"

"Brothers and sisters are like this. When they grow up, there will always be a day when they will be separated." She emphasized the brother and sister again.

A sneer sounded in the empty living room.

Pei Yizhou picked up the cup of warm water that she didn't like, took a sip, and suppressed the anger rising in her heart.

"No need to keep emphasizing our relationship. I know what you're thinking. Do you think I'm disgusting? So you can't wait to leave me?"

This was not unfamiliar to him, as Lin Lu had said something like this before.

Just doing it again, he still found the pain unbearable.

Maybe siblings are really like this, and all men and women who seem to be brothers and sisters, sisters and brothers, or family members to bystanders are like this. As long as one of them has the wrong thoughts first, it is disgusting and they are not far from separation.

He finally pointed it out, and Lin Lu's breathing seemed to be mixed with another stream of oxygen. After taking a deep breath, she was finally willing to look up at him.

"Brother, this is not a matter of whether it is disgusting or not, but you should not have such thoughts. I know it is painful to lose a family member, and it has been very hard for you to find me for many years. Maybe you have been too painful in these years, and mistakenly confused the feelings for your sister with the feelings of being in a relationship at your age, and couldn't tell which kind of nostalgia is deeper. But we have always been brother and sister, I just want to be a family with you, and we can live a good life, like before..."

"You don't need to whitewash me. There's nothing to be confused about. Even if I take a lot of psychiatric drugs, I can still tell the difference between siblings and lovers." Pei Yizhou said calmly.

Lin Lu was stunned, and the rest of the words died on his lips.

She didn't know whether she should be sad about the fact that he mentioned taking psychiatric drugs, or about the fact that her lover was silent.

Pei Yizhou looked at her, and felt a pain in his heart, but he did not show anything wrong, and just kept talking to himself:

"I thought I was patient enough to live like this without pointing out anything, but you still want to leave. You want independent private space. This house is 200 to 300 square meters, and your living space takes up 80% of it. I am usually in the company, and I can only be with you from the evening to the early morning. Isn't this space big enough? You want privacy, and I will not enter or leave your room without permission. Are you still worried?"

"Or, in fact, you could have endured and continued to live with me, but that night you saw me committing suicide in the bathroom..."

"Pei Yizhou!" Lin Lu stood up suddenly and called a halt urgently, not wanting to hear those two words from her brother's mouth.

This was the first time she called Pei Yizhou by his full name, and it was also the first time Pei Yizhou heard her call her by her full name in anger and embarrassment after seven years.

Pei Yizhou looked at her wide eyes, but still couldn't control himself. He put his palm on her cheek and pressed the corner of her lips with the tip of his thumb.

Then, as expected, it was slapped open.

The pain on the back of his hand mixed with the obscure feeling in his heart, and he only felt a tremor in his body.

　Wow--

　　
　
(End of this chapter)