Our Secret

Kunlun

"Shen Wei, you never talk about your family." Yunlan dug the spoon in the rice pudding in that cute bowl. The dark eyes of Wei became bottomless. The question should have come a long ago. "I don't say about my family, though." The little bowl distributed a sweet smell; sugar, nicotine and alcohol, Yunlan love all three of them.

The gray sweater concealed the arm garter and shadowing the dark eyes in a gloomy shade of gray in the early evening light.

"My mom is the most beautiful woman in the world. She is a goddess with intelligence and ultimate cooking skill. She is the women I love most and it will never change. "

Wei placed down his paper folder on his knees and asked, "And your father? You two have a good relationship."

"My father... Ehhm... one second..." Yunlan pick up his phone from the table and tapping three or four times. A video recording run on his phone, he turned the screen to Wei's direction. 'He is a shame to the society, as well as the department.' The deep voice of Zhao Xinchi stopped as Shen tried to grab the phone. Yunlan took back it before Wei could reach. "Unfortunately he is my father."

"Yunlan" Wei whispered in between his lips.

"I know, I know. He have his reason. You told that a thousand time! May be! But really, I never been get alone with him. If not for mom, one of us might kill another one. You know, he got jealous after my birth because mom loves me. "

If this is Yunlans logic, what might Wei say?

Family, the softest spot human cherish; childlike logic of Yunlan towards his family indicates how much he was loved by his parents. Even now, when they became distant emotionally, because of a misunderstanding, the foxfire eyes of Yunlan shine bright when he mentioned his family.

"What about yours?"

"My parents died a long ago, in a car accident. I was probably around three back then. I can't clearly imagine their portrait, when I have gone back to my parents' house, we didn't find anything. All had been burnt in a coincidental fire. Total 3 houses were damaged, I only have their passport size black and white picture. My father was so handsome. "

"I am sorry."
Shen Wei smiled. "Oh, and he was a respected school teacher."
"That's why you become a teacher!?"

"Yes, I always want to be a teacher like my father and help students, by showing the path for a better future."

"So you have grown up in the orphanage!!?"

"No, I have grown up in an affectionate family. My father who adopted me and my younger brother is a very kind person. He loves us unconditionally. He died in 2014 making us orphan again. "

"You have a younger brother! That's interesting..." Yunlan falsified his astonishment.

"He is my twin brother Yezun actually born one minute after me." The shadow of his pupil shadowing his dark eyes. Sorrow lingering in those long lashes. "I was busy organizing my own life, chasing only my dreams, I ignored my only family, I never think he will go so far so early that he beyond my reach. If I am more cautious, he might live a good life."

"You always accuse me for splitting nonsense. Now who's doing it? Your shoulder isn't as big as the China sea that you took all the responsibility, you couldn't feel guilty about the others life choice." Yunlan finished the rice pudding; if now an ant came searching food it have to be returned crying. "It's two months, how long you going to take care of me? I should have tried to do something."

"What do you want to pursue?" After a long time Yunlan want to do something. It's a good sign.

"What about a shop; starting my own business?"