Extra world three
Most homosexuals who are in a relationship may have struggled with how to meet their partner's parents, and have probably imagined a scenario where they would simply reject the relationship.
He Xing looked at Yu's father who was busy in the kitchen, then looked at Yu's mother who was smiling brightly at him, and then looked at Yu Chengwei who was peeling a grape for him.
but……
But why does this seem different from what he thought?
He Xing didn't know how things turned out like this. Didn't Yu Chengxu tell his parents what he had said before?
He looked at Yu Chengwei, and Yu Chengwei subconsciously turned his head away.
He Xing confirmed the answer in his heart: Yu Chengwei must have hidden something from him.
Yu Chengwei looked at his mother, tears welling up in his eyes. "You just said you'd cooperate, but you didn't say you'd go to this extent?" Besides, He Xing's brain was quick, so he must have figured it out by now.
Thinking of this, Yu Chengwei fell headfirst onto He Xing's shoulder.
He sighed for his impending tragic fate.
"Make way," He Xing whispered, "They are still here!"
Don't let him get close to you now. He will definitely be dead if he goes back to the house.
Yu Chengwei sighed even louder.
- He just wanted to give He Xing a 'surprise' at first.
They'd been back together for a few years. During those years, Yu Chengwei had hinted to He Xing that his parents wanted to meet him, but He Xing either flatly said no or fell silent. Yu Chengwei didn't like the conflicted look on He Xing's face every time he mentioned it, so he eventually gave up on the idea.
He had heard He Xing talk about his family, so he didn't want He Xing to be troubled by the word "family" again.
But just a few days ago, He Xing, who had rested well, asked if he could meet their parents. Yu Chengxu was putting on his clothes at the time, and when he heard this, he thought he was hallucinating and didn't even bother putting on his clothes.
He Xing looked at Yu Chengwei: "But if it's inconvenient for them..."
"...Don't worry, it's very convenient!" Yu Chengwei held He Xing's hand, feeling as if the night-blooming cereus he kept at home had suddenly bloomed before him. He looked at He Xing affectionately, "They are very convenient! Really!"
He Xing looked at Yu Chengwei, who was still shirtless, and his eyes slowly swept down from top to bottom.
Just when Yu Chengwei thought they were going to have another go and was about to lie down with his arms outstretched, He Xing said to him, "Put on your clothes. You're not afraid of catching a cold."
Yu Chengwei could only put on his clothes silently.
Because of He Xing's words, Yu Chengwei did not return to the company after resting, but went back home overnight to share the good news with his parents.
"He said we'd meet, so we'd meet?" Yu's father's reaction was very rude. "We've talked about meeting so many times before, but he refused. Now he wants to come to us just because I said so? He's dreaming!"
"If you hadn't told me back then that you thought homosexuality was a disease, I wouldn't have been so afraid that you would find out about him, and we wouldn't have ended up breaking up." When it came to He Xing, Yu Chengwei retorted with a single sentence, "Why are you being so arrogant now?"
Father Yu glanced at him, sneered, and didn't give his son any face: "Given your personality back then, you had to wait until the next day to admit your mistakes, even if I hadn't said that at the time, you two would probably have broken up because of something else!"
"But it definitely won't happen as soon as you said that." Yu Chengwei said without hesitation, "Also, don't assume things that haven't happened in reality. It makes you look irrational."
"Hey—" Yu's father couldn't help laughing as he looked at Yu Chengwei. "Things are different after you started your company. Do you still remember how your company got to where it is today?"
"Dad." Yu Chengwei also smiled, the father and son's smiles mirroring each other. "If you want to discuss with me at this critical juncture the possibility that my company won't be able to operate without your connections, then you should let Mom tell me the rest."
"You two are almost the same!" Mother Yu glanced at Father Yu, who was sitting next to her, with a frown on her face. "Why are you competing with your own son?"
Father Yu snorted and said nothing.
"And you!" Yu's mother also looked at Yu Chengwei. "Just say a few words. Why do you keep bringing up the past?"
"He was the one who started it," Yu Chengwei said, crossing his arms, a little annoyed. "...You all know my wife's family situation. He didn't really believe in family relationships to begin with. And then he heard you say things like homosexuality is a disease, which is very suggestive."
"He finally offered to meet you," Yu Chengwei whispered. "My dad said 'no' again. Just be thankful he didn't hear that. Otherwise, he really would have never seen you again."
"--Ah?" Although she had already thoroughly investigated the situation of her son's boyfriend, hearing this from him still made Yu's mother subconsciously cover her mouth. "Can he really be so cruel? Never meet his boyfriend's parents for the rest of his life?"
"It's not cruel..." Yu Chengwei corrected immediately, "It's just..."
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something like pride, but then he felt that wasn't quite accurate, so he just skipped it and said, "Just tell me whether you want to meet him or not!"
"See you!" Yu's mother made the final decision. "We will definitely make him happy and make him want to go home with you every year!"
Yu Chengwei glanced at her, then at his father, who was sitting next to him. Although Yu Chengwei still kept his arms crossed, his expression was a little awkward: "...Really?"
"Really!" Yu's mother smiled and slapped Yu's father on the back.
"Really, really." Yu's father was very angry after being slapped.
"You'll cooperate with me then, right?" Yu Chengwei stared at him closely. "You won't agree to it now and then bully him later, right?"
"No, whose family are you from—" Yu's father's words were slapped back by his wife next to him for the second time. He had to take back the first half of his sentence in frustration, "Well, I'll cooperate with you when the time comes."
Yu Chengxu still had a hint of doubt on his face, but he held out his finger: "Then you... have to pinky promise me."
What kind of thing would only a child believe?! Father Yu frowned, wanting to ask why Yu Chengxu was so decisive at one moment and childish at the next, but in the end he said nothing.
He stretched out his finger and hooked it with Yu Chengwei.
“—Alright!”
Although I asked you to cooperate with me, you don't have to cooperate so much, right? Yu Chengxu sat next to He Xing, using the serving chopsticks to pick up food for him while thinking about how to answer any questions He Xing might ask.
He didn't intend to hide it from He Xing, but when the time came, would it be better to use a roundabout tactic or be direct and honest?
"These are my dad's specialties," Yu Chengwei said. "Come, try this!"
He Xing stared at the food piled high in his bowl by Yu Chengwei. Although he wanted to ask what was wrong with Yu Chengwei today, he took a bite and said, "It's really delicious. Rich but not greasy."
"He doesn't usually cook." Looking at He Xing like this, Yu Chengxu was too lazy to think about how to answer He Xing's question. He stood up, picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks, and then put it into He Xing's bowl. "By the way, this is delicious too! You should try it too!"
Father Yu and Mother Yu looked at each other.
Yu's father: Look at how worthless he is! Isn't it shameful?
Yu's mother: The young couple is so close! Just like us before!
The two people thought that each other's eyes showed approval of themselves, and continued to eat contentedly.
"--Thank you." He Xing looked at the fish that looked like it was about to fall off his hill in the next second and ate it immediately.
He glanced at Yu's father and mother who were eating with their heads down, and waved to Yu Chengwei, who immediately came closer.
"Don't give me so much," He Xing whispered, "What if I can't finish it later?"
"Can't I help you eat when the time comes?" Yu Chengwei also answered in a low voice.
He Xing's eyes suddenly became confused: And then will your parents think that you are my exclusive leftovers processor?
This kind of thing can barely be considered a hobby between young lovers if done in private, but doing it in front of the family at the table is like two psychopaths.
Which parents can accept that their son and his partner eat each other’s leftovers?
Feeling that he couldn't convince Yu Chengwei, He Xing put his hand on his bowl with an expressionless face, blocking the side facing Yu Chengwei.
"Okay, okay," Yu Chengwei said quickly, "Just take whatever you want. Don't be polite. Just treat yourself like you're at home!"
"Right, right, right!" Yu's mother, who had been listening to their conversation, raised her head. "Don't be polite! We're all family!"
Then she heard Yu's father whispering "What are you doing!" and only then did she remember that her son had deliberately lowered his voice when talking to his girlfriend, probably because he didn't want them to hear.
She belatedly covered her mouth.
He Xing's ears were already red. He forced himself to raise his head, looked at Yu's mother, and said in a low voice, "...I know...Um, thank you."
Yu's mother immediately forgot the embarrassment she had just felt. She laughed and said, "...Oh! Don't be so polite! Don't call me 'you', just call me mom!"
Yu Chengxu covered his face, a little overwhelmed: "...Mom!!"
"Thank you... Mom." He Xing whispered, and then he saw Father Yu beside him immediately raised his head, "Thank you for your hard work... That... um..."
"Dad," he whispered.
Father Yu coughed and said, "Well... um... we're all family, no need to be so polite. Um... pick more food! Chengxu, don't just stand there like an idiot, pick some more food for him!"
"Okay!" Yu Chengwei responded happily with his eyes lighting up.
It was a long time later when I returned to Yu Chengwei's bedroom.
He Xing was lying on Yu Chengxu's bed, his mind still full of questions.
...What exactly did Yu Chengwei do?
...Why are my father and mother so good to me?
Yu Chengwei locked the door and lay down next to He Xing. "You must want to ask me what I did before, right?"
He Xing looked at him, nodded, and then asked, "Did you say good things about me to them?"
"No," Yu Chengwei propped up his chin, "I just told them you would come."
"Really?" He Xing was a little skeptical. "Is it that simple?"
I also said something about asking them to cooperate with me, but I feel like I'm telling you this without having to. Yu Chengxu leaned over to He Xing and hugged him.
"--By the way, what do you think of their performance today? Was it good enough?" Yu Chengwei asked loudly.
"Yeah." He Xing nodded slowly.
- So good that it scared him.
"I've always felt that I took their opinions too seriously. I was always trying to prove myself to them, but in the end, I couldn't even please myself, and was only busy trying to please others." Yu Chengwei took a deep breath. "Sometimes I also think that some of their actions are too inappropriate, and I really want to be angry with them."
"But I can't stay angry with them for long..." Yu Chengwei paused, "They are trying to get closer to me now, and I am also trying to get closer to them."
He Xing didn't say anything.
"I know you're angry about their behavior back then, and I'm angry too! But..." Yu Chengwei whispered, "It's just... well..."
"I hope you can be happy when you are here with us," he said softly, but finally said it firmly, "I... hope you can become a family with them too."
I hope you won't be disappointed with other 'family' because of your previous 'family'.
I hope you will be as happy every day as you are today.
I hope that in the future you will be able to treat my parents as your parents. Although they may not do some things well, they are also learning slowly.
So I hope you can try to...accept them.
"I know what you mean..." He Xing stuttered as he spoke for the first time, "I... know."
He was not a fool. He could see the sadness that flashed in Yu Chengwei's eyes every time he said he would not go. He also knew that Yu Chengwei chose to be vague when his parents asked him how long he could meet them.
He'd already fallen into this trap with his family. But... just like the system that didn't give up after he flatly rejected it, he didn't want to be disappointed with the next person he was about to meet because of this failure.
He also has to try to open his heart.
"So next time..." He Xing felt his face flushed, "Let's go home together next time."
"—Do you mean to go back to this house? Huh?!" Yu Chengxu looked at him with wide eyes, "Then make a pinky promise with me right now!"
He Xing pushed his face away.
Ever since I jokingly asked Yu Chengwei if he wanted to pinky promise with me one time, he seemed to be addicted to it and wanted to pinky promise with me on everything.
The children are more mature than Yu Chengwei.
Yu Chengwei, who was much more childish than the child, came up again and said, "How about a pinky promise? How about that?"
He Xing pushed his face away again: "I wanted to tell you before, your body shape is no longer suitable for acting like a spoiled child."
"Why is it inappropriate?" Yu Chengwei, who was not used to being spoiled, continued to ask, "How about a pinky promise, huh?"
"It's pinky pink!" He Xing couldn't help it. "Stop acting like a spoiled child with me! You're almost pushing me down!"
Yu Chengwei had pushed him to the edge of the bed!
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