"Talk? Okay, let's talk about it now. How long have you been with that wild man? Ah?" Li Wei angrily got up from the bed, not looking sick or weak at all.
Xie Duo frowned: "Mom, his name is Shen Lin, he is not a wild man, I brought him home."
Li Wei was so angry that she was panting, and her voice became louder: "Okay, now you are frowning. You didn't even ask a question about Mom's condition just now, but now you feel distressed? Just because I called him a wild man?"
"Because I know you are not sick, you just want to use this incident to force us to break up." Xie Duo was still very calm. After he finished speaking, he even had time to ask Li Wei if she wanted to eat something before talking again.
Li Wei looked at her outstanding son and felt an indescribable sense of absurdity. "What went wrong? You have been so outstanding since you were a child and never made me worry. What went wrong that made you like a man? How can you like a man?"
As Li Wei was talking, her eyes went blurry and she raised her head and was about to fall backwards.
Xie Duo quickly supported Li Wei: "Mom! How are you? Where do you feel uncomfortable? I'll go call a doctor!"
Li Wei panted and pushed Xie Duo's hand away with difficulty: "Where am I feeling uncomfortable? Where am I feeling uncomfortable? Break up with him, Xie Duo, break up with that Shen Lin! I will never get better until you get back to normal!"
Chapter 49 Painting
"Your mother has had high blood pressure since the year before last, and her heart isn't in good condition either. Did you just find out about this today, Xie Duo? How many times have you been home in the past few years? When you were busy messing around with Shen Lin, did you ever consider what would happen if your mother found out?"
After Xie Changqing finished speaking, he closed the bedroom door, leaving Xie Duo outside. A doctor was examining Li Wei in the bedroom.
Xie Duo stood outside the door for a moment with his head down, then walked downstairs to the living room and sat quietly on the sofa alone.
Uncle Zhang felt sorry for him when he saw him like this, and came over to comfort him: "Madam is angry now, and her words may be unpleasant to the ears, young master, please don't take it to heart."
Xie Duo didn't say anything.
Uncle Zhang continued, "We are all family, how can there be any big conflicts? You should spend more time with her these two days, and talk it out between mother and son."
Xie Duo shook his head: "Precisely because we are a family, some things are even more difficult to talk about. There are some rules in this world that are made specifically for family members. The kids next door play basketball after school because they love sports, but your own kids play basketball after school because they are not doing their job properly. Uncle Zhang, if it was your son who was in love with a same-sex couple today, my mother would be more tolerant and generous than anyone else, and would send her blessings enthusiastically. She might even advise you to think more positively, but if it were me..." Xie Duo glanced towards the second floor and didn't finish his words.
Uncle Zhang actually didn't know what the specific conflict between Xie Duo and Xie Changqing and Li Wei was. Xie Duo suddenly brought it up, and Uncle Zhang was also stunned. He pondered for a moment and sighed, "That's true, but other people can't control it. It's because they are the closest people that they can't help but use their own standards to restrict him. Let's talk about it again. It's always good to communicate more."
Xie Duo stayed in the old house for three days in a row. During this time, Shen Antu came to deliver him a meal once, but Xie Duo knew that he was in a bad mood and was afraid that Shen Antu would notice something, so he stopped him from delivering the meal again. Shen Antu looked a little disappointed, but he just pestered Xie Duo for a kiss and then never came again.
Xie Duo knew very well that although Shen Antu looked clingy and overbearing, and was the "evil concubine" in Zhou Minghui's mouth, he was actually very sober and could always grasp Xie Duo's degree. With just one look from Xie Duo, he knew whether the next step should be to advance or retreat.
But Xie Duo didn't like this. He wanted Shen Antu to get closer to him unreasonably. Even if Xie Duo pushed him and said "stay away from me", Shen Antu would still stick to Xie Duo and hug him desperately.
Of course, Xie Duo knew that this was absolutely impossible. Not to mention driving him away, all it would take was a hesitant look from him and Shen Antu would immediately disappear from Xie Duo's world.
These days in the company, Xie Duo's temper was very bad. He scolded several department heads in succession. The whole company was in a solemn atmosphere, for fear of offending Xie Duo.
Everyone was guessing why Xie Duo lost his temper, and everyone agreed that Xie Duo had a quarrel with his lover, after all, no one had been seen delivering food to him in the past two days.
Xie Duo was indeed a little angry with Shen Antu. Although he was the one who didn't allow Shen Antu to deliver the meal, why did he really not deliver it when he said he wouldn't? After calming down, Xie Duo felt that he was sick again. The things that happened at home in the past two days made him full of negative energy. It turned out that it was right not to see Shen Antu.
After finishing his work at the company in the evening, Xie Duo returned to the old house without any delay.
Li Wei said she wanted to go on a hunger strike and really refused to eat. After being persuaded with great difficulty, she ate two bites, but when she saw Xie Duo, she lost her appetite completely. After a few times, she was exhausted beyond recognition.
As usual, Xie Duo brought food to Li Wei's bedroom to "negotiate", but in fact they had nothing to talk about because Li Wei didn't want to listen to him and just wanted him to obey.
Xie Duo had a cross-oceanic meeting in the early hours of this morning and had not slept much the previous night. After a day of intense work, he still had to deal with Li Wei's unreasonable behavior at night. He could no longer stay awake.
"Mom, do you feel happy doing this? Do you feel relieved seeing how worried I am because of your hunger strike?" Xie Duo had hastily used a hair dryer in the morning and his hair was completely messy. His bangs hung messily on his forehead, swaying slightly as he spoke.