I’m male and straight. What should I do if my mother suspects that I’m gay? Waiting online, it’s very urgent.
Life is always full of one accident after another, and then the ups and downs.
I couldn’t care less about massage this time. After briefly explaining the causes and consequences to Ning Yiheng, I hurriedly replied to my mother on WeChat.
Ning Yiheng had no intention of going home. He dragged a chair next to my bed and watched me type on the keyboard.
Life Is Like Tea: I said how come you haven’t been close to girls since you were a little, and you don’t even have puppy love. I should have understood it a long time ago.
Life Is Like Tea: I completely understand.
My dear mother, what exactly did you understand ah?
Me: Mom, that was my boss just now, he was helping me with the massage.
Life Is Like Tea: Boss???
Life Is Like Tea: Son, with your IQ, you can’t play with a man who is too rich ah!
Life Is Like Tea: Don’t be deceived by rich men.
Me: …
Why can’t I handle it? What do you mean by my IQ—
Wait, that’s not the point.
Me: There’s really nothing going on between me and my boss, I like women.
Life is like tea: It’s okay, I can support it, I’ll talk to your Dad.
Life is like tea: Xiu Xiu, we live our own lives and don’t care about what others think.
I don’t care what others think!
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I was lying flat on the bed with my fist in my arms. At this time, my waist hurts, my legs hurt, my hands hurt, and my heart hurts even more.
Even if he was suspected of being gay with me, Ning Yiheng was quite calm and asked me, “Your nickname is Xiu Xiu?”
… Boss, is this the point you should be concerned about now?
However, Ning Yiheng was gay after all, and he may not care about being misunderstood in this regard. I am a straight steel man, and the person who misunderstood is my own mother, which made me a little difficult to accept for a while.
Seeing that I wasn’t energetic, Ning Yiheng raised his eyebrow and said, “Xiu Xiu, are you very sad?”
How could he still make such a joke at this time— Ah, is Ning Yiheng joking with me?
A person like Ning Yiheng can joke?
—Does Boss treat me as a friend? He actually regarded me as a friend. I’m so ashamed. I never thought about being friends with Ning Yiheng.
Even though I was delighted, I still felt a little shy about the name “Xiu Xiu”. I was embarrassed by this name and blushed with shame.
I covered my face and said, “Boss, you should call me Cheng Huai Xiu. Only my parents and my older brother call me “Xiu Xiu”, which sounds too strange.”
Ning Yiheng was a bit lost and said, “Okay, Cheng Huai Xiu.”
He said again, “We didn’t have time to finish talking during dinner just now. When will you go home this year?”
I temporarily forgot the frustration my mother brought me, and my attention was all attracted by this question, so I blurted out, “Ah, boss, didn’t Li Xiaoming tell you?”
Ning Yiheng looked puzzled, “Why would he tell me?”
To put it bluntly, in such a short period of time, they had to reconcile and be intimate. They really didn’t have time to talk about this kind of unimportant issue.
It seems that I should be used at this time. Let me help them add some information that they don’t have.
I explained, “Boss, Li Xiaoming and I are fellow townspeople. We have gone home together for the Chinese New Year in previous years. We haven’t booked tickets yet this year.”
Although Ning Yiheng asked me, I didn’t leave Li Xiaoming in my sentence. I hope he will notice the meaning of my words and credit me when he gets the beauty back in the future.
Ning Yiheng frowned slightly when he heard Li Xiaoming’s name, but there was no special reaction.
Ning Yiheng pondered for a moment, and somewhat briefly and awkwardly said, “Cheng Huai Xiu, this year… This year, I’ll accompany you home ba.”
I was dumbfounded, “… Ah?”
I can’t understand the meaning of the words “accompany you” anymore. This was inconsistent with the logic I currently perceive, causing my brain to crash again, and I can’t figure out what Ning Yiheng means.
Ning Yiheng was stunned when he saw me, and hurriedly explained, “Wait a minute, Cheng Huai Xiu, wait, uh… I don’t mean anything else, don’t think blindly.”
“Didn’t your mother misunderstand? I didn’t mean to offend.” His forehead was sweating and the roots of his ears were slightly red. “It’s better for me to explain it myself, lest you can’t understand it by yourself.”
And I was still down.
Ning Yiheng wants to accompany me home? Accompany me? Why with me?
Ning Yiheng said, “You may not know, I usually stay in the company during the Chinese New Year. My relationship with my family isn’t very good. Going to your house won’t delay my affairs.”
Li Xiaoming and I are fellow townspeople. If Ning Yiheng goes to my hometown, it means going back to Li Xiaoming’s hometown. In this case…
Ning Yiheng became more and more flustered as he spoke. “I won’t go empty-handed, nor will I eat and live for free. I have some gifts for your parents. I always want to be with you. No, send you— Cheng Huai Xiu, I with you—”
I finally smoothed out the logic!
Since Ning Yiheng already regards me as a friend, why not take advantage of staying at a friend’s house, take the opportunity to get along with the person you admire, and spend the entire annual leave together in passing? If I were Ning Yiheng, I would definitely not miss this opportunity to celebrate the Chinese New Year together.
It dawned on me and I immediately said, “No problem! Boss, I’ll help you book your flight!”
Ning Yiheng was choked back by the second half of the sentence. He looked at me with a complicated expression, the redness spread from the roots of his ears to his cheeks. “En… That’s good. Okay, you can book it then ba.”
Ning Yiheng just rambled a lot while I was too engrossed in thinking but I didn’t hear a word, so I vaguely remembered a few words.
Only then did I remember to take into account his feelings, so I tentatively asked, “Boss, you just said ‘gift’, what gift ah?”
“Oh, actually, you don’t need to give me a gift, this is what I should do.”
Boss was too polite, as long as they can be together, what do I need a gift for ah—
How about just giving me a salary increase? I hope Ning Yiheng has some eyesight in the future.
Ning Yiheng: …
Ning Yiheng put on his scowling face again, “Cheng Huai Xiu, when did I say I was going to give you a gift?”
“Did you not listen to what I said at all?”
En???
Not gift? Then what was the gift he was talking about? I racked my brains but I couldn’t recall what he said.
It was very embarrassing to be caught by Ning Yiheng when I was absent-minded— But even if I said the wrong thing, why didn’t Ning Yiheng save any face at all?
Then again, with his emotional intelligence, it would be strange if he could treat people smoothly.
I was embarrassed and a little bit angry. I didn’t dare to move, so I carefully looked at Ning Yiheng’s expression.
Sure enough, Ning Yiheng was upset again.
Ning Yiheng snorted coldly and said, “… Anyway, I won’t send Li Xiaoming to you.”
I blinked suspiciously and sincerely said what I thought in my heart, “Huh? Boss, shouldn’t this be…”
Don’t tell me he wants to give Li Xiaoming a gift?
Boss, can you chase people? I’ve never been in love, but I know it—
The response I got was Ning Yiheng’s furious back and the sound of slamming doors.
Why is boss pissed off by me again ah?
Thank you for the chapter~ 💙
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and the tragedy of NY one-sided love continues. cant wait to read the reaction of the parents.
Indeed 😂
I really want to know Xiuxiu’s reaction when he FINALLY figure it out 😂 I feel so bad for NYH, but on the good side, at least Chen mama and papa(?) has preemptively approved?
I am just WAITING for this – I recognize it probably won’t happen soon but I feel it’s going to be absolutely hilarious
I know right? I can’t wait hahaha
😂😂 ayo~
I feel like they’ll get the ok from the parents and be married while he’s still “crashing”…
Omg that… You know, now that you mentioned it, I feel like it might be possible 😂
Feels like it’d be quite “on brand” 😄
Thanks for the chapter!
You’re welcome! ❤
Thank you for the chapter! This is such a good read.
You’re welcome! I’m glad you like it ❤
Thank You for the chapter ( ∩ˇωˇ∩)♡
i guess the “unique” thinking process runs in the blood 😭
He’s absolutely hopeless. There was basically a confession in there when he wasn’t listening.
Thank you for translating!
His IQ lol, mommy knows best 🤣🤣🤣
i might be someone from xiu xiu’s family too, because if i didn’t know from the summary and the consequent discussions, i would’ve also thought ning yiheng liked li xiaoming lmaoooo, dude is REALLY bad with his words 😭😭