"You..." Zhou Ziheng pressed Xia Xiqing's shoulder, too angry to speak.
"What about me?" Xia Xiqing put her arms around his neck and smiled at him with an ambiguous look.
Although Zhou Ziheng was annoyed, he couldn't vent his anger on Xia Xiqing. Just when he was feeling uncomfortable, a familiar voice suddenly came from the stairs, "Zhou Ziheng?"
He turned his head and saw the man in the scandal holding the fish standing next to him...
"Xu Qichen?"
When his name was called, Xu Qichen was stunned for a moment, "Yes, yes." But the next second he saw the explosive scene of Zhou Ziheng pressing Xia Xiqing under his body, and immediately raised his hands to cover his eyes, "Well... I'll go cook, go cook." After saying that, he pulled the elbow of the person next to him into the kitchen, "Let's go."
Zhou Ziheng was completely confused now. He turned to look at Xia Xiqing. Xia Xiqing raised an eyebrow at him, "You don't really think that Xu Qichen and I are having an affair, do you?"
“… Of course not.” Although Zhou Ziheng was confused due to anger, he was still very clear about this point.
Xia Xiqing leaned forward and kissed him, "That's pretty good."
"So who is that man?" Zhou Ziheng still had a thorn in his heart. In Xia Xiqing's eyes, he looked like a child whose toy had been taken away.
Xia Xiqing pushed Zhou Ziheng up by his chest, took his hand and led him to the kitchen, "Here, look for yourself."
Zhou Ziheng suppressed his anger and looked in the direction of his sight. In the kitchen, Xu Qichen was cutting fish with his head down. The young man had just washed his hands and splashed the water on Xu Qichen's face, causing him to turn around with an angry look on his face, only to be kissed.
"Is this Xu Qichen's boyfriend?" Zhou Ziheng suddenly understood.
Xia Xiqing whispered, "Not only that, it's also mine..."
Zhou Ziheng's anger, which had finally subsided, suddenly flared up again, "Yours?!"
"My eldest nephew." Xia Xiqing gave him a blank look. "This is my nephew who studies IT, Xia Zhixu. I remember I told you about him."
The amount of information was too much for Zhou Ziheng to take in for a while. He pointed at Xia Zhixu's back blankly and asked, "How old is he..."
"Older than you. He's twenty-five."
What
Zhou Ziheng immediately stretched out his hands and pulled Xia Xiqing's face, "How old are you? Are you lying to me? You are not more than 25 years old?" He quickly let go of his hands and covered his ears, "Oh my God, don't tell me you are 35, I don't want to hear it..."
Xia Xiqing stared at Zhou Ziheng helplessly.
How could he fall in love with such a fool
"I'm eighty-five, do you believe it?"
"Do not believe."
Okay, not so stupid that it cannot be saved.
Xia Xiqing dragged him to the living room. "My grandfather had ten children, Xia Yunkai is the youngest one. Xia Zhixu's grandfather is my grandfather's oldest child, so Xia Yunkai and his grandfather are actually of the same generation. He is his great uncle, and I am his younger uncle. Although we are the same age, our generations are very different."
Zhou Ziheng, who finally understood the relationships between the characters, nodded in confusion, "How tragic."
"Are you talking about Xia Zhixu? Yes, he is very miserable. Forget about me, but he still has to call that little brat Xia Xiu Ze uncle."
Xia Xiqing remembered something and suddenly laughed, "I remember it was when I was about ten years old? It was Chinese New Year and every household gathered together. At that time, Xia Xiu Ze was born not long ago, less than one year old, still a little baby, holding a red envelope in his hand. The adults forced Xia Zhixu to greet the little baby and call him uncle, otherwise they would not give him a red envelope, hahaha."
Zhou Ziheng imagined the scene, and his heart was suddenly filled with pity for Xia Zhixu.
He left Xia Xiqing and walked to the kitchen. He cleared his throat and patted Xia Zhixu on the shoulder. Xia Zhixu turned around and saw Zhou Ziheng, thinking he was going to hit him. "Wait a minute, listen to me first..."
"sorry."
Xia Zhixu was stunned for a moment, and turned to look at Xu Qichen, who was also looking at him in a daze.
"Just now I misunderstood you without knowing the truth. I thought you had some improper relationship with Xia Xiqing." Zhou Ziheng lowered his head and half-bent his waist. "I'm so embarrassed to have made such a big joke on our first meeting." After saying that, he stretched out a hand. "I'm Xia Xiqing's boyfriend. My name is Zhou Ziheng."
How could Xia Xiqing have picked up such an angel... Xia Zhixu held Zhou Ziheng's hand in fear, "It's okay, I don't mind, it's not the first time this has happened... No, I mean..." Xia Zhixu suddenly cleared his throat and asked in a low voice, "You are a good person, why on earth would you fall for someone like Xia Xiqing..."
"What are you talking about!"
Before he could finish his bad words, Xia Xiqing, who was walking to the kitchen door, caught him and said, "Let go of me, don't grab our Hengheng's hand." He then dragged Zhou Ziheng out and said, "Don't talk to my eldest nephew, he is not a good person."
So, are there any good people in the Xia family? Zhou Ziheng thought to himself.
The four of them sat around the table during dinner. Xia Zhixu was afraid that Zhou Ziheng still had misunderstandings, so he laid out what happened at the party last night and explained it clearly. "Yesterday was my grandfather's 90th birthday, and he went with us. Neither of us wanted to stay any longer last night, so we found an excuse to slip away. We might have been photographed by reporters at that time. Don't get me wrong, Xia Xiqing is a person who likes to make moves on people, don't take it seriously."
Zhou Ziheng nodded knowingly, "Yes."
"What do you mean by 'hmm'?" Xia Xiqing slapped his chopsticks, frightening Xu Qichen. "Xia Zhixu, what do you mean? Just say it, but you have to secretly step on me. Do you think I can't hear it?"
Xu Qichen touched his back and said, "Calm down, calm down." But the next second, Xia Zhixu, who was sitting on Xu Qichen's left, pulled his arm back and said, "Don't touch him."
Seeing this scene, Zhou Ziheng suddenly felt that he had found a companion.
"What's wrong with touching me? Just do it." Xia Xiqing grabbed Xu Qichen's hand and pulled it to her chest, "You grew up jealous."
Xia Zhixu slapped his chopsticks and said, "I really grew up eating jealous food. I've been eating it for ten years. Do you have any objection?"
"You deserve it for eating for ten years. Who told you to be a coward?"
"Don't be scared if you have the guts. I'll expose all your secrets in a moment and see if you'll back off."
"You try? I'll kill you."
Zhou Ziheng silently reached out to Xia Xiqing's hand that was holding Xu Qichen's, and pried open his fingers one by one. Xu Qichen then successfully escaped and gave Zhou Ziheng a grateful smile. "That's how they are. Whenever they get together, they'll start fighting in a matter of minutes."
Zhou Ziheng also forced a smile and scooped a spoonful of tuna salad for Xu Qichen, "It's okay, let's just eat quietly."
Unexpectedly, Xia Xiqing suddenly shifted his attention during the fight, "You pick up food for him, why don't you pick up food for me?"
Zhou Ziheng reacted immediately, picked up a piece of sashimi and put it in his bowl, feeling extremely happy, "Eat it, eat more."
Xia Xiqing showed a satisfied expression on his face, and he was too happy to bother with Xia Zhixu. In order to change the subject as quickly as possible, Zhou Ziheng started chatting with Xia Zhixu in a friendly way, "My nephew."
Hit the minefield in one second.
"Who are you calling nephew?" Xia Zhixu showed a kind smile on his face.
"No, I'm Xi Qing's boyfriend. In terms of seniority..." Zhou Ziheng looked at him with a smile, "Look, isn't Lian Xiaoze also your uncle?"
Once again stepped on the minefield.
"… "
Xu Qichen couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately took turns to serve food to the remaining three people, piling up their bowls. "Let's eat, everyone. If you have anything to say, we can talk after dinner."
Xia Xiqing took out his cell phone and took a picture of the food on the table.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Ziheng asked when he saw him fiddling with his phone after taking the photo.
Xia Xiqing finished typing, raised his head and ate a piece of sashimi, "Post a Weibo post to clarify."
Xia Zhixu also breathed a sigh of relief, "You finally clarified it. My company group was in an uproar this morning, everyone was gossiping, and someone even said that you were the one I had a crush on for ten years. I had a crush on you for ten years, but I've been openly grudged you for twenty-five years, okay?"
Xu Qichen leaned back in his chair and laughed, "Netizens will definitely say that Xia Xiqing is a professional at making fake melons. All the melons that come out of him are fake, hahaha."
Zhou Ziheng carefully refreshed the homepage twice and finally saw the post posted by Xia Xiqingxin.
[ng_summer: Let's break up. The guy photographed is my nephew, he's not in the entertainment industry, and he has a boyfriend. We attended a family gathering together. Paparazzi has so much free time every day, why not just interview me? It's boring to take secret photos.]
At the center of the storm, Xia Xiqing made another clarification on Weibo, and was soon pushed to the top of the hot list by netizens.
[Small fish eats big fish: He is indeed a painter with more top traffic than the top traffic...]
[A passing cat: Xia Xiqing is so good! ]
[I am a little angel: Am I the only one who cares about seniority? Xia Xiqing and this boy seem to be of the same age. But if you look closely, their eyebrows and eyes do look a bit similar.]
[12345 Going up the mountain to fight the tiger: I was happy to see the clarification, but it was a huge blow to find out that he has a partner. This little brother is exactly my type of sniper.]
[My lover is a little painter: Paparazzi also take pictures of other people’s family gatherings. They are not celebrities who are followed by paparazzi every day. I feel sorry for our brother Xi Qing.]
[My self-study class is the best in the world: It's like sitting up in shock from a dying illness! The mood of the self-study girl is like a roller coaster every day.]
[Marshmallow is not sweet: I also think it’s a bit fake for such handsome guys to be together. Maybe Xia Xiqing’s boyfriend is a greasy middle-aged man.]
[Who said I was a little princess: Are we really not a couple? ? But they look so good together. Does eating bone surgery count as bone surgery? ]
Zhou Ziheng felt frustrated that his name was not included in the comment section.
"Why are you looking so down?" Xia Xiqing glanced at Zhou Ziheng and found him amusing when she saw his half-dead look.
Xu Qichen smiled pointedly and said, "Ziheng must feel that no one is talking about him in the comment section, so he has lost his sense of existence, right?"
Zhou Ziheng hesitated to speak, Xia Zhixu said calmly, "Think about it, at this time your fans will of course shut down their microphones to avoid suspicion. Xia Xiqing is already at the center of the storm, even CP fans dare not mention your name casually, otherwise they will be scolded by the fans of the only one."
"How do you know so much about fan circles?" Zhou Ziheng suddenly grasped the point.
"This..." Xia Zhixu laughed dryly. "Well, my company developed a role-playing game that also had a plot about the entertainment industry. When I was reviewing it myself, I also played a popular actor." He patted Zhou Ziheng on the shoulder. "Brother, I understand you."
Only Zhou Ziheng showed a grateful smile. Xu Qichen was poked with memories of his past, his ears were red as he lowered his head to eat. Xia Xiqing was jumping back and forth on the edge of danger, "Tsk tsk, evaluation? Let me try it too."
"you shut up."
At the end of the meal, Xia Zhixu and Zhou Ziheng suddenly became brothers. They agreed to wash the dishes together, leaving Xia Xiqing and Xu Qichen to play games in the living room.
Zhou Ziheng soaked the bowl in the sink. "By the way, you are in IT, are you starting your own business?"
"Yes. We mainly develop VR and AR games. Do you like playing games? I'll give you some of our products later."
"That's great." Zhou Ziheng thought to himself, to be able to start a business shortly after graduation, he must be a top student, "Which school did you graduate from?" He suddenly thought, "Could we be alumni?"
"Which school are you from?"
Zhou Ziheng washed a plate and placed it on the countertop. "P University School of Physics. I'm about to graduate."
"What a coincidence."
Hearing Xia Zhixu's words, Zhou Ziheng looked up in surprise, "Alumni?"
"I'm from T University, across from your school. I'm from the School of Information Science and the Department of Computer Science." Xia Zhixu stretched out his foamy hand and shook Zhou Ziheng's equally foamy hand. "Studying science and engineering means we're all one family."
"You are the campus hunk of T University, right? I was wondering why you look familiar to me. I feel like I've seen you on trending searches before." Zhou Ziheng frowned and thought for a moment. "It seemed to be during the inter-school English debate competition. Yes, when I was a freshman, the school even showed the video of your competition with our school's debate team."
"… probably?" Xia Zhixu, who had been the school hunk all his life, didn't know whether he should admit it or not. "Anyway, I'm not sure if I'm the school hunk, but you must be the school hunk of P University."
"No no."
"Don't be so modest. If it's not you, then who else could it be?"
"No, no, there are a lot of good-looking boys in our school."
"Come on, can there be as many boys in your school as in our school?"
Sitting in the living room, Xia Xiqing and Xu Qichen looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. This business flattery is really enough.
"I just heard you say something about having a crush," Zhou Ziheng asked, "So you have a crush on Xu Qichen?"
"Yeah. I liked him from the beginning. It's a long story, but I was pretty miserable."
When Zhou Ziheng heard this, he immediately felt dissatisfied and said, "You are definitely not as miserable as me. I am the one who is miserable."
Xia Zhixu immediately started to compete: "I'm miserable. I liked Xu Qichen the first time I saw him, but we only got together this spring."
"I am still miserable. I was deceived to death by Xia Xiqing. I dare not even say that I like him."
"I don't dare. Don't think Chenchen is obedient and soft now. When we first met, he ignored me."
"At least you two were friends when you weren't together." Zhou Ziheng said bitterly, "He and I are not friends. Xia Xiqing just treats me as a sex partner..."
"… I am still the worst offender. At least you got the advantage by buying a new ticket."
"I'm miserable. I can't beat Xia Xiqing at all. I'm terrified every day that he's going to kick me out. Xu Qichen would never do such a thing."
"You just lack a name, okay? I've been secretly in love with you for ten years and we haven't even held hands. The first time we did that was in a game..."
Zhou Ziheng stared at Xia Zhixu with eyes wide open.
This guy has been holding it in for ten years? He is very persistent.
"You are the one who suffers the most." Zhou Ziheng patted Xia Zhixu's shoulder without even wiping his hands, "I admit defeat."
Sitting in the living room and listening to the miserable competition, Xu Qichen suddenly turned around and looked at Xia Xiqing with a wronged look on his face, "I've also had a crush on him for ten years, why is he the only one who is miserable?"
Xia Xiqing immediately patted Xu Qichen on the back like coaxing a child, "Okay, okay, Chenchen is miserable too."
So I'm the only one who's not miserable.
Before leaving, Xia Zhixu and Zhou Ziheng still had an expression of mutual sympathy, holding hands and looking at each other with tears in their eyes, as if they had found their long-lost brothers in this life. Xia Xiqing leaned against the door frame and kicked Xia Zhixu out, "Get out." Then he gently stuffed the small cakes and snacks in his hands into Xu Qichen's hands, "Chenchen, I saved your game for you, come and play next time."
"Um!"
The door closed, Zhou Ziheng felt lost, Xia Xiqing grabbed his face, "What are you doing? You like my nephew so much."
"No, I just feel sorry for him."
Xia Xiqing pinched his face fiercely, "You can only feel sympathy for me."
Zhou Ziheng suddenly smiled, reached out to hug Xia Xiqing, and kissed her again and again, "You have become more and more lovely recently."
"Stop it." Xia Xiqing pried open his hands that were holding his face, "I have something serious to tell you. First of all, I have to make one thing clear. I didn't know I was photographed by the paparazzi at first, and my phone ran out of battery and turned off in the morning. I charged it when I got home." He tilted his head and looked into Zhou Ziheng's eyes with a rare sincerity. "I only reacted when you rushed in and lost your temper today. Later, I followed your words and said that I did it on purpose to tease you. Now you know how uncomfortable it is to do something bad on purpose to make you jealous."
Zhou Ziheng knew that Xia Xiqing was talking about the last time he took advantage of Song Nian, and he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
"Also, you were so angry when you came in today. In the final analysis, you still don't believe me in your heart. If it were someone else, they would definitely feel wronged and sad if they were misunderstood by their significant other." Xia Xiqing smiled casually, "I can't do anything about it. I have a long criminal record. It's normal for you to think this way. And I understand that you are angry because you care about me. It's because you care about me too much that you lose your basic thinking ability."
Hearing Xia Xiqing say this, Zhou Ziheng felt a little sad, not because of himself, but for Xia Xiqing. He was indeed furious when he saw the picture, thinking that Xia Xiqing must have done something. His lips moved, and just as he was about to say something, Xia Xiqing raised his head and kissed him.
"Don't apologize to me. You didn't do anything wrong. I'm not upset because you're jealous or angry. On the contrary, I'm very happy. I said that to you because I know you care about me." He touched Zhou Ziheng's frowning brow and smiled frankly, "I said this because I hope you can trust me more in the future, and trust yourself more."
Zhou Ziheng stared at him blankly, unable to speak for a long time.
After saying this, Xia Xiqing resumed his usual smirk, "If you do this again next time, I'll end your probation period."
"No!" Zhou Ziheng hugged Xia Xiqing in a hurry, holding him tightly with his arms. He almost forgot about the probation period. He felt like he was half dead when Xia Xiqing mentioned it.
"Loosen up a bit... cough cough, I'm going to be hugged to death by you..."
“No returns allowed.”
"It depends on your performance."
As soon as Zhou Ziheng let go, Xia Xiqing took the opportunity to sneak into the living room, cross-legged and picked up the controller to play the game he had not finished just now. Zhou Ziheng's phone vibrated, and he took it out and saw that it was a message from Zhao Ke.
[Ke Zi: Have you read Weibo, brother? Xia Xiqing’s Weibo! ! !]
[Heng Heng: I have read it, isn’t that a clarification?]
[Kezi: It’s a comment! I’ll take a screenshot for you!]
[Ke Zi: Forget it, go and see it yourself! You must see it!]
baffling.
Zhou Ziheng went to the Weibo interface and clicked on the Weibo that Xia Xiqing had just posted. The top comment was different from before.
[Who said I was a little princess: Are we really not a couple? ? But they look so good together. Does eating bone surgery count as bone surgery? ]
The reason she was pushed to the top was because Xia Xiqing replied.
[ng_summer: My boyfriend is much more handsome than him.]