Chapter 443 Si Si San and Shao Wu come out of the closet
443:
The next day, Mu Feng went to the cemetery.
He went to see Ye Min, to see his long-dormant friend.
Mu Feng felt very guilty.
But all he felt was guilt.
“Xiao Xi really likes him and has made plans for the future, so I can’t force them to separate.”
If Ye Min were alive, Mu Feng thought, he might have said the same thing to him.
They will tell him that this is Ye Qingxi's life, and he has the right to decide who he loves and who he will spend the rest of his life with.
But Ye Min is dead after all.
Without his departure, Ye Qingxi would not have grown up by his side, nor would she have developed such a deep relationship with him.
Mu Feng was very grateful to him for entrusting Ye Qingxi to him before his death.
The more grateful he was, the more guilty he felt.
The more guilty I felt, the less I could face him.
He poured Ye Min a glass of wine, a glass of wine that Ye Min had loved when he was alive.
He thought that time, after all, had changed him.
He once loved Ye Qingxi because Ye Qingxi was Ye Min's grandson.
Now, he would rather Ye Min resent him than let Ye Qingxi do something she doesn't like.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “But if you were alive, you would probably make the same choice as me.”
Descendants are things that cannot be seen or touched.
But Ye Qingxi is alive and well.
Someone like Ye Min sees things so clearly.
He would never allow Ye Qingxi to marry someone he doesn't love just for the sake of so-called bloodline inheritance, nor would he allow Ye Qingxi to live the rest of her life in pain and repression.
"I will help him resolve the issue of his child," Mu Feng promised him. "I will educate his child and do my best to protect him from harm in this matter, and ensure that the Ye family is preserved to the greatest extent possible."
Mu Feng gazed quietly at the photo on the tombstone.
Ye Min in the photo looks young and refined, with a slight smile as if to say, "It's okay."
But perhaps, that's just what he wanted to say.
Hopefully, he won't blame him.
Mu Feng stood in front of Ye Min's tombstone for a long time.
The winter wind blew by, turning some of his hair gray.
He stood in the vast天地 (heaven and earth), like a tree bearing the wind and snow.
Snow weighs down the branches, yet the tree remains unyielding.
Arrogant and aloof, standing amidst the flood of time.
Mu Feng finally left as night fell.
He had a dream that night.
In his dream, he saw Ye Min as a young man, Ye Min as a middle-aged man, and Ye Min as an old man.
He held Ye Qingxi up to him and placed her hand in his palm.
He said, "From today onwards, he is your grandson."
Mu Feng looked at him and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry."
Ye Min smiled gently.
“It’s alright,” he said. “Mu Feng, you’ve done very well.”
“You’ve already made sure he’s doing very well.”
"But……"
“No buts,” Ye Min said again. “You are his grandfather, and you have the right to decide what is truly good for him.”
"Besides, I'm entrusting him to you, but only him, not the Ye family, much less the future of the Ye family."
"So, as long as he's doing well, that's all that matters."
Ye Min looked at him, then at Ye Qingxi.
He was so open-minded and kind.
His eyes were full of love. He said, "You have given this child everything he wanted. You have done right by him, and you have done right by me even more."
Mu Feng never expected him to have such a dream.
After waking up, he picked up a photo of himself and Ye Min from the bedside table.
Ye Min is smiling brightly in the photo.
He stood with his arm around his shoulder in front of the school building.
That was a photo they took together before their college entrance exams, just before he was about to return home.
Mu Feng still remembers that it was very hot and sunny back then.
Ye Min was in a good mood, just like the sunshine.
He said, "After the college entrance examination, I will be able to go to university, and then I can do some odd jobs while studying to earn some money for myself."
Mu Feng said, "You can come to my family's company."
Ye Min refused, saying pragmatically, "It's not possible now. I'll do what I'm capable of. I'll go to your company when I've completed my studies."
"Okay." Mu Feng didn't try to persuade him any further.
He only asked, "Will we meet again?"
"Of course," Ye Min said in a light tone. "I will also apply to schools in the city, to the best university I can get into, and then we will naturally meet again."
"You should study hard and repeat your studies." He instructed Mu Feng, "A person like you should live a life of integrity and freedom, instead of wasting your abilities."
"Mu Feng, we only live once in our lives, so we should live in a way that we won't have any regrets."
"I'm so glad to have met you as a friend, and I really hope we can meet again at university next year."
"Okay," Mu Feng replied.
He carried Ye Min's hopes and the youthful sunshine of that summer back to his path.
From then on, his life returned to normal.
Mu Feng looked at the person in the photo and slowly smiled.
He won't let himself have any regrets.
He never lets himself have regrets.
“I’m also very happy to have met you as a friend,” he said softly.
On the same day that Mu Feng went to see Ye Min, Ye Qingxi and Qin Cheng also returned home after nightfall, preparing to tell Mu Shaowu and Mu Zheng about it.
At first, Qin Cheng wanted to go to Ye Qingxi's house first, so he could face Mu Shaowu and Feng Que by himself.
But Ye Qingxi refused.
He instructed, "You go home and tell your parents, and I'll go home and tell my dad and the others."
“Our identities are rather special. To our respective elders, we’re not just strangers, we’ve practically watched them grow up, and they’re even our nephews. If you tell my dad and the others, even if they want to say something, they won’t be able to bring themselves to say it.”
"So it would be better if we each came out to our parents and resolved this issue."
"But..." Qin Cheng clearly didn't want him to face this alone.
Ye Qingxi looked at him, "Or do you want me to talk to your parents?"
"Of course not," Qin Cheng said. "This is something I should naturally discuss with my parents."
"Right?" Ye Qingxi said, "You also think you should talk to your parents yourself, right?"
“This is different,” Qin Cheng said gently.
"There's no difference." Ye Qingxi looked at him. "Either we switch places and talk to each other's parents, or we each go to our own parents. Someone as fair as me would never let you go to both sets of parents by yourself. So you choose. Should I face your parents or my dad and my daddy?"
Qin Cheng: ...
What could Qin Cheng say?
Although he felt that Ye Qingxi wouldn't do anything bad by going to his parents, it certainly wouldn't be as easy and comfortable as facing his own parents.
So all he could say was, "Alright then."
Ye Qingxi laughed, "That's more like it. Don't try to be strong or take on everything yourself. Dating is a matter for two people, so coming out should be a joint effort. If I make you do everything, what's the point of dating me? You might as well just date yourself."
Qin Cheng chuckled, his eyes filled with unconscious doting affection. "Okay, you're right."
“That’s right,” Ye Qingxi said proudly.
After speaking with Qin Cheng, he said goodbye, "Then I'm leaving. We'll keep in touch by phone later."
"Mm." Qin Cheng nodded.
He watched Ye Qingxi enter the house before getting into his car and heading home.
Ye Qingxi changed her shoes in the entryway and walked into the living room, where she saw Mu Shaowu and Feng Que sitting together, watching a movie and chatting.
Upon seeing him return, Mu Shaowu teased him, "Why are you back so soon? Why don't you stay with your grandfather for a couple more days?"
"Let's go in a couple of days," Ye Qingxi said.
"Have you eaten?" Mu Shaowu asked with concern.
Ye Qingxi nodded.
At noon, Mu Feng went to the cemetery after lunch and only just returned.
He and Qin Cheng also had a meal with him after he returned.
After finishing their meal, Ye Qingxi wanted to spend more time with Mu Feng, but Mu Feng refused.
“Go back,” he said. “Tell your father about this.”
Seeing that he clearly wanted to be alone for a while, Ye Qingxi didn't insist on keeping him and left as he wished.
Seeing that he had actually eaten, Mu Shaowu asked in confusion, "You've already eaten, why didn't you stay at your grandfather's house? Why did you have to come back? Is something wrong?"
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi smiled ingratiatingly, "Dad, have you eaten?"
"I've already eaten," Mu Shaowu said.
Ye Qingxi nodded, thinking to himself that was good, otherwise he was really afraid that his father would lose his appetite after he said that.
“I do have something I want to tell you,” he said in a low voice.
Mu Shaowu laughed, "See? No one knows a son better than his father. I knew you had something to do when you came back at this time."
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi's smile became increasingly guilty.
"Speak," Mu Shaowu said, looking at him.
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi glanced at him, then at Feng Que sitting beside him, and after thinking for a moment, she simply knelt down as well.
Mu Shaowu: !!!
Phoenix Palace: !!!
The two were so frightened that they immediately stood up and quickly helped him up.
"What are you doing?!" Mu Shaowu asked, puzzled.
Feng Que also asked in confusion, "Yes, just say what's on your mind, why did you kneel down?"
As they talked, the two helped him to the sofa and pressed him down.
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi said sincerely, "Or you could just let me kneel down and say it."
"You dare!" Mu Shaowu objected. "What could possibly be worth kneeling down to say?! What, are you going to blow up the Earth?!"
Ye Qingxi: ...That's not necessarily true.
that is……
He looked at his father and stepfather, who were clearly unaware of the impending storm, and after a long while, he finally spoke, "I'm in love."
Mu Shaowu: !!!
Phoenix Palace: !!!
"You're in a relationship?!" Feng Que exclaimed in surprise. "When did you start dating? Why didn't you tell me or your father?"
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi silently looked at Mu Shaowu.
Mu Shaowu's expression was clearly not as relaxed as Feng Que's.
He had clearly realized the meaning behind Ye Qingxi's kneeling and his words.
"Are you talking about a boy or a girl?" Mu Shaowu asked anxiously.
Phoenix Palace: ? ? ? !!!
The astonishment in Feng Que's eyes deepened in that instant. Good heavens, no wonder his son was about to kneel down and say that...
Feng Que's heart skipped a beat, and then he heard his son say in a low voice, "It's a boy."
Phoenix Palace: !!!
Feng Que looked at Mu Shaowu, his eyes filled with: Ah, this, this.
It's not that he discriminates against homosexuals—he is one himself—but rather, can Old Master Mu accept it?!
Mu Shaowu knew that.
"Do I know him?" he asked his beloved son.
Ye Qingxi nodded.
Feng Que: ? ? ? They know each other?!
"Pei Liang?!" Mu Shaowu guessed.
He should have realized this sooner. Ye Qingxi and he had been close since childhood, and they were even ranked first in both subjects, one in literature and the other in science. Wouldn't that easily spark a romance?
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Ye Qingxi quickly shook her head.
One should not covet a friend's wife; this is Zhong Yan's love interest, not his.
"Then it's Huo Zinan?" Feng Que guessed.
They've known each other since childhood, and Ye Qingxi even saved him from dire straits—it's like a redemption story come to life! Especially now, Ye Qingxi is a director, and Huo Zinan is the male lead in both of her films! How could Huo Zinan not fall in love?!
You should know that he and his wife are a director and an actress!
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Ye Qingxi shook her head again.
"It can't be Kang Cong, can it?" Mu Shaowu looked at him. "Didn't Kang Cong have a girlfriend? What? After breaking up with his ex-girlfriend, he was heartbroken and then turned gay?"
"Of course not."
“That’s Chen Xiang.” Feng Que recounted, “I’ve heard it from your dad. He’s followed in your footsteps since you were little. Whichever school you went to, he went to the same school. He even wanted to be in the same university town as you, and he insisted on being your manager. He must have a crush on you!”
"No." Ye Qingxi was both amused and exasperated. "We're just friends."
"It can't be Zhong Yan, can it?" Mu Shaowu sighed, "That child is good, but..."
"No, no." Ye Qingxi saw that they had all guessed a few times, and was afraid that they would all say their roommates' names in the next round, so she said a little shyly, "It's... my brother."
Mu Shaowu: ? ? ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Phoenix Palace: !!!
Feng Que was shocked, "Your brother?!"
Mu Shaowu was even more shocked than him: "Which brother of yours?!"
Ye Qingxi: "...Qin Cheng".
Phoenix Palace: !!!
"Isn't Qin Cheng your brother?!"
Mu Shaowu: ...
Yes, isn't Qin Cheng your brother?!
“We’re not even blood brothers,” Ye Qingxi said, looking down. “We’re not related by blood, we’re not on the same household register, and we even have different surnames.”
“Then he’s your brother too.” Mu Shaowu looked at him. “Didn’t you always call him brother?”
Ye Qingxi: "..."
"Does your grandfather know about this?" Mu Shaowu asked him.
Ye Qingxi nodded, "I went back yesterday to talk to my grandfather about this."
"What did your grandfather say?"
Ye Qingxi raised her eyes and looked at him. "My grandfather agrees."
Mu Shaowu: ? ? ? ! ! ! !
"He agreed?!"
He actually agreed?!
"Explain it to him clearly: it's Qin Cheng, your uncle's son, Qin Cheng?!"
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi nodded weakly.
Mu Shaowu: ...
Is this really his dad?
Isn't his father an anti-gay activist?
How come he actually agreed to his two grandsons getting together?!
"Are you sure you agree? It's not that he doesn't support you being together, but he also won't break you up?"
Ye Qingxi: ...
At this moment, Ye Qingxi felt a little embarrassed again.
It's not anything else, but his grandfather seems to really favor him too much.
"Mmm," he replied in a very soft voice.
Mu Shaowu: ? ? ?
Mu Shaowu: ...
Well, even the activists of the anti-LGBT alliance agree to this?!
After all this fuss, it turns out his father was only against them, the sons, not his son, the grandson?!
It has to be said, his father truly loves his son!
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