Xu Shi: "..."
How had he been nice to Xu Xingqi?
He had only spoken up to remind Xie Yanci not to argue because he seemed mature and levelheaded enough to listen to reason.
Xu Xingqi, on the other hand, would only cry, make a scene, and threaten to hang himself.
With Xu Xingqi there, Xu Shi could hardly comfort Xie Yanci. He stood there, looking at the two men on either side of him.
Xu Shi decided to get one of them to leave first.
After transferring Xu Xingqi the money for the groceries, Xu Shi said awkwardly, "I already had takeout while working overtime. Why don't you come another day? I've really been a bit busy lately."
He wasn't good at turning people down.
Especially boys like Xu Xingqi, who burst into tears whenever they were rejected.
And who were very good at acting cute...
If it had been Xie Yanci, he would have turned him down without hesitation.
After all, to someone as unreasonable as Xie Yanci, a rejection was no different from no rejection at all.
This was the first time Xu Xingqi had been kicked out. His lips turned down, and tears spilled straight from his eyes. "Are you busy dating him?"
By "him," he meant Xie Yanci, who was hiding in the kitchen, eavesdropping.
"I'm not." Xu Shi didn't want to discuss homosexuality with Xu Xingqi. "He and I are both men. We can't date each other. Do you understand?"
His adoptive parents were very homophobic. Xu Xingqi had only just turned twenty and had never dated anyone. He couldn't be a bad influence on the kid.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a scoff came from the kitchen.
They couldn't date, but they could get married, kiss, and even...
Sleep together.
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