Chapter 78: Giving You a Home, Do You Believe Me?
In the VIP ward of the hospital.
Seeing Chen Shuo’s neat new haircut, Yuan Feng’s eyes lit up, and he sincerely praised, “Chen Shuo, you look so energetic, so handsome! What happened to the corner of your mouth?”
His own boss, He Yan, was sitting by the bed peeling a banana. Chen Shuo was a bit embarrassed and replied to Yuan Feng, “Thank you, I bumped into the refrigerator door at home.”
“Brother-in-law, my cousin is sitting right next to you, is it appropriate for you to praise another man’s handsomeness in front of him?” Li Ge feigned dissatisfaction, “And why only praise Chen Shuo, am I not handsome?”
Yuan Feng took the banana He Yan handed him and joked, “You come to the hospital every day, I’ve seen enough of you.” Noticing the injury on Li Ge’s right hand and wrist, he asked again, “What happened to your hand?”
“Oh, I accidentally bumped into the fish tank.” Li Ge turned to He Yan and complained, “Brother, your wife is hurting my confidence, you should control him.”
Disgusted with his cousin’s childishness, He Yan gave him a cold look and reminded him, “Your mother is coming this afternoon, make your own arrangements.”
“Ah,” Li Ge was shocked, “How did I not know? Did she call Aunt? Isn’t Yuan Feng’s due date the day after tomorrow? Why is she coming today?”
He Yan: “She called this morning, your mother is very worried about you.”
“…”
Receiving this news as soon as he arrived at the hospital, Li Ge was about to collapse. He regretted not arranging a video call between Aike and Ms. Min in advance, to save his mother the worry.
He had worked so hard to win his wife back, coaxing Chen Shuo to obediently call him “husband,” help him brush his teeth, wash his face, and get dressed. He had just had a sweet lunch with Chen Shuo at home, and he hadn’t even had much time to be intimate before coming to the hospital.
Seeing Li Ge’s silence, Chen Shuo was a bit worried.
The main thing was that Li Ge was exceptionally clingy today. At home, he was almost hanging on him, always wanting a kiss or a hug, he didn’t know where he had learned to act so coquettishly, not eating properly, insisting on being fed.
“Brother, come out with me for a moment.” After speaking, Li Ge turned back and winked at Chen Shuo, then left with a smile on his lips.
He Yan was worried about his expectant little wife, so he instructed Chen Shuo to stay and accompany Yuan Feng, then followed him out.
The door was closed. Yuan Feng couldn’t understand what was going on and could only ask Chen Shuo.
Chen Shuo sat on the chair by the hospital bed, his gaze sweeping over Yuan Feng’s pregnant belly. For a moment, he even thought, if men could have children, would homosexuality be accepted by the public like heterosexuality?
“Chen Shuo, are you unhappy?” Yuan Feng noticed something was wrong.
Chen Shuo was silent for a while, then suddenly said, “Yuan Feng, I think I’m very greedy.”
Yuan Feng was stunned for a moment, then quickly comforted him, “It’s normal to be greedy, everyone is greedy. I’m also greedy. When I was poor, I wanted money. After I earned some money, I started wanting a house, and I also wanted a wife. Later, I met He Yan, and I wanted him to be a little better to me, not to disown Yuanbao. You see, being greedy led to this, if you’re sincere, it will come true. I don’t think being greedy is a bad thing.”
Hearing Yuan Feng’s chatter, Chen Shuo inexplicably felt a little better. He felt that Yuan Feng was more skilled than the psychologist he had seen, at least he made him want to confide.
Yuan Feng mistakenly thought that Chen Shuo was reluctant to part with Li Ge and actively comforted him, “Don’t overthink it, Yuanbao will be born the day after tomorrow, I estimate his mother won’t stay for many days.”
Letting a little pregnant man worry about him, Chen Shuo couldn’t bear to continue the conversation and timely changed the subject.
His greed was different from Yuan Feng’s, it would hurt his little treasure. He couldn’t be greedy, he should be content with the life he had now.
In the fire escape, Li Ge humbly asked his cousin for advice on how to come out safely. He learned that He Yan had come out at the dinner table and was beaten up by his uncle. He was beaten so badly that he didn’t go to school, didn’t even go to the final exams, and was in a stalemate with his family for the entire winter vacation. He didn’t even have a peaceful Spring Festival and almost broke off his relationship with his father.
“I can’t believe uncle is so ruthless…” Li Ge suddenly felt a bit panicked, unable to imagine his loving father beating him up and then threatening to break off their relationship.
He Yan was surprised that his cousin wanted to come out and only asked if he was serious.
“Sigh,” Li Ge sighed, “I used to think about it when I was annoyed during the New Year, but now I can’t. You don’t know how much I like Chen Shuo, it’s like being poisoned, I just want to marry him.”
He Yan neither persuaded nor stopped him and said, “Just think it through before making a decision, and test the waters first.”
Li Ge: “If they don’t agree, can I threaten them with death?”
He Yan: “…”
The more he talked, the more annoyed he became. Li Ge wanted to smoke. He habitually reached into his pocket and took out a box of mints, which he had bought at a convenience store on the way, one of the ways to coax his wife.
He tilted his head back and poured a few into his mouth, chewing hard, and casually asked He Yan, “Want some? I’m quitting smoking for my wife, see my determination.”
He Yan: “Eat them yourself.”
“I’ll talk to you later,” Li Ge put away the mints, “I have to go back now. To see your wife, we didn’t even have a chance to be intimate. You have to help me persuade her when I come out.”
He Yan: “…”
When he returned to the suite ward and was about to enter Yuan Feng’s room, he unexpectedly ran into his aunt, who immediately asked him if he had been fighting with his girlfriend and told him to coax her more, not to let the girl be wronged.
Min Lanying: “Xiao Ge, did you hear me?”
“Aunt.” Li Ge helplessly planned to deal with it first. After all, coming out was a long battle. But his gaze casually swept into the ward, and he saw Chen Shuo sitting quietly on the sofa, not saying a word, his head lowered, pretending to be looking at his phone. He instantly felt so sorry for him, his own wife was the most wronged one.
“We broke up.” Li Ge blurted out, and after saying it, he felt much more relaxed, and repeated, “Aunt, we’re not compatible, we broke up.”
Min Lanying: “This…”
“I still have something to do, I’ll go back first.” Li Ge shouted into the ward, “Assistant Chen, give me a ride.”
“…” Chen Shuo stood up, but Li Ge was already gone. He said goodbye to Yuan Feng, his steps slow at first, then quickening, and then he quickly chased out of the ward, seeing Li Ge’s departing figure, his phone just happened to ring.
Xiao Bao’er: [Wife, come to the fire escape with me.]
Li Ge couldn’t wait to go home, and was afraid that he wouldn’t have time later. He hid in the fire escape and secretly pounced on Chen Shuo, wanting to kiss him for a while. But Chen Shuo forcefully lifted him off the ground, making Li Ge lose all support and completely depend on him.
“Fuck,” Li Ge timely wrapped his limbs around Chen Shuo and scolded in a low voice, “You’re showing off with me again, right? Next time you hold me like this, give me a heads-up, you scared me.”
Chen Shuo stared directly at Li Ge and gently called his nickname, “Xiao Bao’er, I’m sorry.”
“What are you talking about, did you cheat on me behind my back?” Li Ge teased, sensing that Chen Shuo had something to say, “I’ll give you half a minute, don’t interrupt my kissing.”
Chen Shuo still stared directly at Li Ge, looking at his beloved little treasure carefully, completely engraving him in his heart, and finally made a decision.
He said softly, “Don’t come out, you can take me to meet Aike sometime.”
Who knew that Li Ge would decisively refuse, “No way, you see how much it hurts to have a secret relationship, my romantic nights are gone, I wanted to do it on the balcony tonight.”
“I’ll make it up to you later,” Chen Shuo had learned how to coax his little treasure, “You can do it wherever you want, just don’t come out, be good.”
Li Ge became suspicious, “What do you mean, there must be a trick.”
“…” Chen Shuo was defeated by Li Ge. It seemed he had gone around in circles and returned to the starting point, but the result was better. He had already seen Li Ge’s sincerity, which was enough.
Li Ge: “Quiet one, explain yourself.”
“Xiao Bao’er,” Chen Shuo hugged Li Ge a little tighter and said slowly, “my original family wasn’t very good, I had no home after my mother passed away. Your family is very good, you should cherish it, don’t do anything to hurt your family.”
Looking at Chen Shuo’s expressionless face, Li Ge could sense his emotions in his heart.
He moved a little, “You let me down first.”
As soon as Chen Shuo put Li Ge down, he was suddenly hugged by Li Ge, and his whole body was lifted into the air, which really startled him. Fortunately, he timely wrapped his arms around Li Ge so he wouldn’t fall.
“What are you afraid of, I’m just showing off with you too.” Li Ge held Chen Shuo steady and suddenly chuckled, “Wife, do you believe I can give you a home?”
“…” Chen Shuo was suddenly stunned.
“That ‘husband’ you called me, I won’t let you call it for nothing.” Li Ge’s attitude was firm, and he added, “I’m not coming out for you, I’m coming out for myself, you know?”
“…” Chen Shuo was at a loss for words, his little treasure was so good.
Li Ge: “I can see that you’re not on good terms with your father, you don’t want to have anything to do with that side. From now on, my parents are your parents, but you have to let me do some ideological work first.”
Chen Shuo: “…”
Li Ge: “You tell me, what kind of love potion did you give me? If I had known it would be like this, I would have taken you down at that bar parking lot three years ago.”
Remembering something, Chen Shuo didn’t dare to struggle and urged in a low voice, “Hurry up and put me down, don’t let the wound open.”
Li Ge put Chen Shuo down. Seeing Chen Shuo nervously checking his wound, he asked smugly, “Have you seen your husband’s strength? If it weren’t for this injury, I could have carried you up these stairs and directly to the underground garage.”
Fortunately, the stitched wound on Li Ge’s wrist hadn’t opened. Chen Shuo heart-achingly applied a medical dressing and instructed, “Be careful with your wound when you get back, I’ll pick you up on the day the stitches are removed.”
As soon as he mentioned this, Li Ge was reluctant to part with his wife. He hugged Chen Shuo and was about to kiss him when his phone in his pocket rang annoyingly. He thought it was Ms. Min and didn’t dare to be slow, quickly taking it out. Seeing the caller ID “Fei Fan.”
Chen Shuo also saw it and said, “Answer it.”
Li Ge answered the phone, his tone displeased, “You really know how to pick a time.”
“What’s wrong, don’t tell me you’re with Assistant Chen…” Fei Fan on the other end of the phone was still incredulous, “I really didn’t expect you to be the bottom.”
“…” Li Ge’s face darkened, and to save face, he subconsciously retorted, “Don’t fucking talk nonsense, no, you’re a straight man, what are you asking all these questions for?”
Fei Fan: “You said it yourself when you were drunk, if you don’t believe me, ask Qiao An.”
Li Ge: “…”
Fei Fan: “I was just worried about you, I called to check on you. Judging by your tone, you seem to be fine, so I won’t bother you anymore. I’ll send you a video on WeChat, you can watch it when you have time.”
After the call ended, Li Ge asked Chen Shuo with a dark face, “I said it myself?”
Chen Shuo: “You did, I couldn’t stop you.”
Li Ge: “…”
Chen Shuo: “And you wet your pants, remember?”
“Don’t talk nonsense, how could I wet my pants? I wouldn’t do that even if I was completely drunk.” Li Ge wouldn’t believe he could be so disgraceful. He vaguely remembered Chen Shuo helping him put on his pants, how could he put them on again if he had really wet them?
Chen Shuo recalled the little treasure who had completely relied on him last night, who couldn’t do without him, who even needed him to hold him when he went to the toilet, so soft and cute.
He didn’t plan to tell Li Ge, so he nodded, “Yes, whatever you say.”
Li Ge: “…”
Chen Shuo: “Let’s go home first.”
“Wait, let me see what Fei Fan sent.” Li Ge opened WeChat, opened the video, and his face instantly turned incredibly dark.
“Sob… wife… I want my wife, sob…”
“Alright, what’s there to cry about? If this wife doesn’t work out, just find another one. With our Mr. Li’s conditions, are you afraid you won’t find a partner? I’m recording you, you can see what you’re like later.”
“Sob, sob, sob, wife…”
Chen Shuo leaned over to watch the video, both heartbroken and unable to suppress a slight smile, saying, “Forward the video to me.”
“…” Li Ge was so angry that he wanted to die, “Fuck you, you’re all laughing at me, are you even human? Fuck, I’ll delete it now!”
Chen Shuo: “It’s very cute.”
Li Ge: “Don’t be so sarcastic with me, it’s all your fucking fault for making me angry, saying bridges to bridges, roads to roads, if you say it again, I’ll really be rude to you.”
Chen Shuo: “…”
Returning to the cozy little apartment, Li Ge only had time to kiss his wife, and he also wanted to kiss Chen Erdi, when Ms. Min arrived in Beicheng in a flurry.
Chen Shuo saw Li Ge off, took the car keys, and went out again.
