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Bai Xi’s whole being was dumbfounded.
His mother would not visit his apartment more than three times a year. If she needed something, she would summon him back to the palace. Why did she suddenly stop by today?
He still had hope that he could fix this. After a brief silence, he tentatively asked, “Mother, are you playing a joke on me?”
Wu Mo admired the manicure she recently got in the salon. “Who is playing a joke on you? I have rung the doorbell to your apartment five to six times now. Have you gone dense from sleeping too much? Why are you not opening the door?”
While talking, Bai Xi’s phone vibrated.
He exited the calling screen and switched to WeChat. His mother sent him a photo, it was his front door.
It seemed as if his vision darkened.
It was like his mother caught a turtle in a jar. She came fully prepared and didn’t give him room for quibble at all.
Before he could figure out an explanation, his mother asked, “Xi Xi, be honest with me. Where are you right now? Are you at Liang Song’s place?”
Bai Xi: “…”
He needed to reconsider this for a second.
Since things had reached this point, he could be lenient if he confessed now.
At least he was a man in his twenties. It was not a big deal if he did not return home at night and got caught by his parents.
But he was still feeling guilty when he finally told the truth.
“I am not at home, nor am I at Liang Song’s place. I am at Qi Xun’s place. I stayed at his house because it got late so I just stayed here for the night.”
Wu Mo did not believe him at first.
If her son was staying at Qi Xun, why hide it? Why was his first reaction to deceive her by saying he was home and treated her like a fool?
“Then why did you lie to me that you were at home?” She said as she walked to the elevator. Now that she knew that Bai Xi was not at home, she would not spare the effort to stay at the door. “To be honest, you are not a child anymore. Are you still afraid of me scolding you?”
Bai Xi glanced at the kiss mark on the inside of his wrist and coughed.
“It was a slip of the mouth. I did not know you were at my door. You asked me if I was at home and I was too lazy to explain, so I just said I was.”
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He does not fluently come home now, found excuses to slip away after the New Year’s Day dinner, and occasionally giggled at his phone.
If she would add today’s stunt to the list and she was not suspicious, then she would be Bai Xi’s mother in vain.
She narrowed her eyes slightly. “Xi Xi, are you really at Qi Xun’s house? Were you really out playing too late to return home last night? Are you dating and did not dare to tell me and give me this lie?”
“Are you sleeping at your partner’s house right now?”
Bai Xi: “…”
Damn it. His mother should not have started her own company, she should have worked as an FBI agent instead.
He was silent for a few seconds before confirming, “I’m really at Qi Xun’s house. If you do not believe me, I can send you my location.”
“No need.” Wu Mo was not interested. She did not come to investigate, she just wanted to scare her son because of her strange intuition. It was boring once she escalated the issue. “You are not a kid anymore. I cannot control what you do outside.”
“But do not always bother Qi Xun. He is a little older than you and not your brother. First, you bothered him while he was on a business trip, and now you are staying at his place. Be conscious of his busy work life.”
Bai Xi listened to the lecture like a good boy.
But inside, reflected in his heart was: He was not to blame! If he did not cling to Qi Xun, Qi Xun would be unhappy. The other man even forced him to call him his husband last night.
He blushed again and replied, “I know. I have a sense of propriety. Do you want the tailor’s shop address or are you just trying to mislead me?”
“Of course I want it. Ms. Ruan liked the cheongsam you gave me. Order one for her as a birthday gift.” She already got in the car and gestured to the driver to drive. “I was not really checking in on you, but as parents, I will always care about my children. And I do not really object if you really have a partner. I already told you in high school that I will always support any of your relationships. We are not that kind of illiberal parents.”
She felt slightly gloomy. Her child was older now and there were bound to be secrets. Although she could understand it, she would no doubt also be frustrated.
Bai Xi gripped his phone tightly and then loosened it.
“I know.”
“When will you come back for dinner this week? It is almost Lunar New Year. Your work should be off for the holiday soon.”
“I will come home.”
The two chatted again. Wu Mo told him not to overwork the next two days before ending the call.
As she sat in the car, she looked out of the window. Although she didn’t pursue the questions with Bai Xi, she kept feeling that there was something wrong deep down.
Bai Xi had been a well-behaved child, one that would not deceive her at all.
It was Bai Ruo who would do this the most since childhood.
She leaned back in her chair and rested her eyes and suddenly sat up straight again.
Wait a moment, whose house did Bai Xi say he was at again?
Qi Xun?
Didn’t Qi Xun come out of the closet already?!
.
Bai Xi laid at home all day. In the evening, Qi Xun finished his work ahead of time and came back early.
At dinner, Bai Xi told Qi Xun that he was caught by his mother.
“My mother is too smart.” He sighed. “Although she did not push on the issue, she must have guessed something.”
Qi Xun looked at his distressed appearance and asked softly, “Do you not want your family to know you are dating?”
He knew that Bai Xi had not revealed his sexual orientation to his family yet.
Bai Xi shook his head. “Well, the funny thing is, my parents are already aware of my sexual orientation, but if I really came out of the closet, although they would not be happy, they would accept it at least. But if I do that now, they would definitely ask who I am dating.”
Then he would have to pull Qi Xun into the mess.
The two of their family already knew each other and were regarded as business partners in the same circle.
Once both sides learned of this, their relationship would no longer be small scale. They might have to give up on their relationship today and break up the next day. They would also need to consider the relationship between their parents.
He did not want to tell his family because he did not want to add pressure to their relationship.
He did not care very much about telling his parents, but he was not sure whether Qi Xun wanted to.
But he heard Qi Xun ask him, “Won’t it be good for them to know I am the one?”
Bai Xi was startled.
He raised his head to look at Qi Xun and found that the man was serious.
“Are you worried that your parents will not like me, or are you afraid that your parents will be angry? If you are afraid that they will not agree, I can go with you.” Qi Xun said.
He was not just talking, he was going to do it.
Although Bai Xi said his parents were very open-minded, no one could promise they could stay that way.
When Qi Xun came out of the closet, he was beaten badly by his family, and one of the sticks was snapped in half as well.
But even that was useless. He seemed to follow the rules on the surface, but he was born to be rebellious. He is someone who will stubbornly insist on his own idea. There was no use forcing him to do what he didn’t want to do.
It did not matter that he suffered physically, but if it were to happen to Bai Xi, he wouldn’t agree. Bai Xi would have marks from being bumped twice against the bed. How could he stand this?
Bai Xi stared at Qi Xun in amazement.
“You really do not mind if I tell my family?” He asked.
“Why would I mind?” Qi Xun found this strange.
Bai Xi could not give a reason why.
But he met Qi Xun’s face and smiled slowly.
He thought that no matter the reason why Qi Xun wanted to be in a relationship with him, the other man would always be his favourite style. Someone serious, responsible, open-minded and reliable.
Qi Xun never wanted to cover up this relationship.
He never planned to hide it from his friends and family, from beginning to end.
It was Bai Xi who had no confidence in Qi Xun and was worried about the gain and loss.
.
After dinner, the duo played Go together.
Qi Xun was the one who taught him how to play the board game. Naturally, he could not beat the master, but Qi Xun went easy on him after winning two games, giving Bai Xi opportunities to take his pieces.
Unfortunately, that did not work as Bai Xi’s mind was elsewhere.
When they cleaned up the board, he finally made up his mind.
He raised his hand and announced to Qi Xun, “I am going to go home this week and lay all my cards on the table for my parents.”
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with this chapter, the turtle count rise to 6 lol
thank you for the translation
I didn’t notice that at first 😂😂😂
Thank you for new chapter~
Yeaa you go my bois!!! Glad to see that Qi Chen really did fall quite hard for Bai Xi already~
Ty for the chapter!!💜💜💜
Qi Xun* lmao, i totally mixed the characters oops~
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thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Things getting serious, now parents will know about them..
Thanks for the chapter 💞
qi xun is really the perfect bf, lol. but the thought that he got beaten when he came out… that really hurts my heart.