Tangled Relationships

Chu Xiyue spat in disgust. "He even went after his friend's son? What a monster!"

"What happened after he came back?"

[After Liu Xianzhong returned to the country, he took in a godson. The man was his godson in name, but he was also his lover. And that godson had another identity: he was the film director's godson too, the kind who slept with him. The director had personally introduced him to Liu Xianzhong.]

Chu Xiyue said, "Wait. I'm losing track of these relationships."

She could barely keep up.

She carefully sorted it out. "So Liu Xianzhong's fourth lover was his lover's lover?"

Were they sharing a lover now?

[That's not all.]

Chu Xiyue was stunned. "There's more?"

[That godson stayed with Liu Xianzhong for several years before they lost touch. He married a woman and had a son. A few years ago, that son grew up and, through a strange twist of fate, became Liu Xianzhong's lover too.]

Chu Xiyue: ...

"Is this what they mean by following in your father's footsteps?"

Father and son serving the same man—no, wait. The son's father's godfather was also Liu Xianzhong's lover. So was it three generations, young, middle-aged, and old, serving the same man?

No, that wasn't right either. Liu Xianzhong had slept with his godson's son. Did that make it a grandfather-grandson romance?

Chu Xiyue felt like her brain had short-circuited!

These relationships were far too complicated! The film's plot paled in comparison. Too bad this story would never pass the censors if they filmed it. Otherwise, they could rename My Lover to My Lovers.

[The film was restrained, and it took some artistic liberties. In reality, Liu Xianzhong's wife knew he fooled around with men. She just didn't care. As long as those men stayed out of her sight