The call ended.
Xu Shi looked at the screen glowing in the pitch-black Emergency Stairwell.
Suddenly, he felt a little like laughing.
His adoptive parents were so homophobic, yet they had actually arranged a blind date with a man for him.
The other man must really be rich.
Who could it be?
Xu Shi lowered his head and looked at the wedding ring fitted snugly around his ring finger. He reached out and touched it gently.
Before, he had never understood why Xie Yanci always wore his wedding ring when theirs was clearly just a loveless arranged marriage.
Now, he seemed to understand.
During the days when they could not see each other, only this ring could prove that he had existed.
"..."
Xu Shi slowly sighed.
He slipped quietly out of the Emergency Stairwell and returned to his desk without Zhang Ya noticing.
"Want to go to the hot springs tomorrow? It's the weekend." Xu Yu suddenly leaned over beside him.
She looked around, then lowered her voice. "Actually, Zhou An asked me to ask you. Do you think he likes you? But he seems straight."
Xu Shi gave Xu Yu, who was pondering hard beside him, a faint glance. His voice was cold. "No. I'm going home."
"You have a home?" Xu Yu blurted out.
"No, no, I mean, you have parents too?"
Xu Shi: "..."
"That's not what I meant." Xu Yu finally untangled her tongue. "I mean, I've never heard you mention your parents before."
She and Zhou An had secretly looked at Xu Shi's file together and had always thought he was an orphan...
Xu Shi leaned back in his chair and heaved a sigh.
Taking off his glasses, he rubbed the bridge of his nose, sore from their pressure. "Do you know why Zhang