Wen Xunchuan fell asleep until the evening when he returned to the cage. After waking up, he picked up his mobile phone and checked the time. Seeing that there was still enough time, he sat on the bed and stared blankly for a while.
A few years ago when he graduated from university, he had a bit of a fight with his family because of coming out of the closet, so he moved out of the house in a fit of anger. This move undoubtedly pushed his relationship with his family to a freezing point.
Fortunately, in the past two years, he has gradually matured mentally. He intends to repair the rift with his parents, and runs home every weekend without any change. The stalemate for many years has finally eased a little - at least he can step into the house.
In view of the unhappiness of chatting at the dinner table last week, today he deliberately avoided the meal and went home. Although he had the key in his pocket, he still knocked on the door.
"Xiao Chuan," Aunt Chen who opened the door for him was Aunt Chen who had been at home for many years, took the big and small bags from him, and sighed, "Buying so many things again, the health care products you bought before at home There’s nothing left to eat.”
"Aunt Chen." Wen Xunchuan handed her the things in his hand, closed the door behind his back, and said while helping the shoe cabinet in the entrance to change shoes, "I bought some red pears, you can cook them later, Ask my mother to drink some pear water before going to bed at night. The last time I came here, I heard from my dad that he has been suffering from insomnia lately? The American ginseng and longan can be made into water for my dad to drink, so don’t let him drink tea at night.”
"Hey, okay." Aunt Chen replied, lowering her voice and asking him, "Why are you here so late today? Your dad specifically told me that you would come here today and asked me to go to the vegetable market to buy a crucian carp to make soup for you. Woolen cloth."
Feeling warm in his heart, he raised his eyes and looked around the living room, "Where are they?"
"I'm waiting for you to eat."
"Wait for me?" He was a little surprised, raised his hand and glanced at the time on the watch, "Haven't they eaten yet?"
"No. I think it's so late today that you haven't come yet, and you still think you're not coming, so you persuade them to eat first, but your father said to wait a little longer, and wait until now."
While talking, Wen Shuyuan came out of the study with his slippers on, his gaze swept across the entrance intentionally or unintentionally, then quickly moved away, and said with a straight face: "Come here."
Wen Xunchuan nodded at him, and called out respectfully, "Dad."
"Well, come and eat." Wen Shuyuan took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and walked towards the dining table, "Xiao Chen, go ask Yu Shu to eat."
"Hey." Aunt Chen went to the bedroom, knocked on the door, and shouted, "Sister Yu Shu, Xiao Chuan is here, come out to eat."
A few minutes later, the door opened, and Zhao Yushu came out of the bedroom wearing pajamas.
"Mom." Wen Xunchuan greeted her.
Zhao Yushu gave a cold "hmm", came over and pulled out a chair and sat down opposite him.
He put a bowl of rice in front of her, observed her expression, and asked, "Are you still angry?"
Zhao Yushu didn't answer his words, picked up the chopsticks to pick up a mouthful of vegetables, put them into her mouth, and said lightly, "Why am I angry?"
"It's fine if you don't have one."
Before Wen Xunchuan could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Zhao Yushu continue: "Your Aunt Wang's daughter is twenty-six this year, one year younger than you, and she will return to China next week."
His breath was stuck in his chest and he couldn't go up or down. He was silent for a while, sighed, looked at the woman opposite him helplessly, and said patiently, "Mom, I'm gay."
"I saw her picture, she is quite pretty, and she is tall." Zhao Yushu seemed to have not heard what he said, and said to herself, "You make time next Sunday to meet and get to know her, she is also Those who study medicine should have something in common with you."
Wen Xunchuan's hand holding the spoon to help her fill the fish soup stopped in the air, suddenly feeling a little annoyed.
He pursed his lips tightly, tried his best to suppress the rage that was screaming in his heart, raised his head and stared at Zhao Yushu, and asked, "A common topic?"
Without raising her head, she replied, "Yes."
Wen Xunchuan put the spoon back on the table, and squeezed out a soft hum from his tight throat, "That's right, at least we should have some conversations about looking at men."
Zhao Yushu's knuckles holding the chopsticks turned slightly white, and her expression became condensed, as if she was actively restraining her emotions.
After pausing for a while, she said, "Change your job and stare at men's genitals every day. It's no wonder that you don't have any psychological problems."
Wen Xunchuan suddenly laughed, he relaxed his body and leaned on the back of the chair behind him, his posture was lazy, he slightly raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Yushu, although the corners of his lips were slightly raised, his voice was very cold: "What? You say that I am perverted, and now even my job is perverted?"
As soon as the voice fell, the atmosphere suddenly froze.
These two words are like a fishbone that has been stuck in the throats of the two elders of the Wen family. The thin and soft thorns are stuck in the throat. Thinking about it makes my throat feel uncomfortable.
Aunt Chen hesitated, and persuaded, "Xiao Chuan..."
"Wen Xunchuan!" Wen Shuyuan suddenly raised his hand and knocked on the table, frowned and said in a low voice, "Shut up and eat, don't talk."
He shrugged, and picked up the chopsticks with a nonchalant expression, "Well, perverts are not even qualified to speak at home."
"Wen Xunchuan." Zhao Yushu finally raised her head, looked at him seriously, and said in an unhappy tone, "Speak well."
"Okay, then I'll tell you one last time." Wen Xunchuan restrained the yin and yang attitude just now, looked her in the eyes seriously, and said word by word: "I'm gay."
Accompanied by this sentence, there was the sound of chopsticks falling on the table, followed by the sound of chair legs dragging on the floor, and finally the sound of the bedroom door being slammed shut.
Wen Shuyuan dropped his chopsticks with a sullen face, and said sharply, "Can you still let me and your mother have a good meal?"
Wen Xunchuan was silent and did not speak. He paused for a while, put down his chopsticks, got up, picked up his coat and walked towards the door.
Don't I want to have a good meal with you
he thinks.