Chapter 034: “Beauty can mislead” (06/10)
“Xie Yunyao, ah……” The incident of the Xie family’s parents losing their footing and falling off a building some time ago had kept Wei Xiu very busy, as well as blaming himself. This matter was well known to Aunt Xu. She also knew, because of this, that they were trying to save the boy trapped in the game, namely Xie Yunyao. “Does that child know?”
Wei Xiu gently nodded. “I told him in the hospital, but he just asked two questions and then didn’t mention it again. He didn’t even ask where his parents were buried……”
Aunt Xu was distressed by this. “This child is just avoiding reality, ah. Refusing to accept the truth and not wanting to face it.”
“I’m worried about that.” Wei Xiu’s cool face suddenly looked helpless. “He doesn’t seem to be bothered by it at all, but…… how can he not be upset? He hasn’t grieved or cried even a little bit.”
Wei Xiu’s parents lived with his brother while Aunt Xu had been by his side for several years. She was kind and caring, so in his heart, he regarded Aunt Xu as a respected elder.
Before when he was exhausted because of the Xie family’s affairs, he only showed his vulnerability in front of her. Aunt Xu sighed softly. “Give him some time. Be there for him during this time.”
—- — —-
Wei Xiu went to the garden and sat down; he smoked two cigarettes and sat there for a while before he adjusted his mood and went upstairs.
As soon as he entered the bedroom, he saw Xie Chenyang wearing only a towel and roughly drying his hair as he walked out of the bathroom. Wei Xiu frowned and with a cold voice asked, “What are you doing?”
Xie Chenyang: “I took a bath.”
Wei Xiu walked over with big strides, pulled over his body, and pressed him to sit on the bed.
Xie Chenyang was a bit confused. “You……”
Wei Xiu snatched the towel from his head and looked at the gashes on Xie Chenyaang’s head that had only scabbed over but hadn’t completely fallen off, exasperated. “You don’t want to get better?”
Xie Chenyang looked at his worried and anxious appearance and said cheerfully, “It’s really fine. It’s been more than a month; this injury has long been fine. There’s only a small bit of scab left. It’s not a big concern.”
Wei Xiu’s face was taut as he meticulously helped him rub his hair.
“Ah-Xiu……”
Wei Xiu had his eyes lowered as he wiped his hair, ignoring him.
Xie Chenyang was puzzled: [It’s just a minor wound. It’s not that bad, right? Previously, I received a knife wound and I could still fight eight hundred rounds!]
You Huang: “……” Not really interested in answering back.
Waiting until Xie Chenyang’s hair was no longer dripping, Wei Xiu ruffled his bangs and looked down at the wound. The flesh where the scab had fallen off was slightly reddened, with a bit of what hadn’t fallen off still hanging on. “The doctor said that with your constitution, the wound healing is slower, so you should’ve waited……”
Xie Chenyang reached out and fished him into his arms, pressing him onto the bed, muffled: “It’s already healed and scarred, and the scabs have pretty much fallen off, so it’s not so bad to take a shower.”
Wei Xiu: “You ……”
Xie Chenyang reached out and stroked his face, lowered his head and kissed him, “BB[mfn]”Bie bb is a homophone of Bie Bi Bi, which means stop talking nonsense. It is a local dialect with a Beijing-style superiority tone, which means to tell you to stop talking nonsense. Most of the time, it means to disdain what you say, but the malicious content is not high. It is just a habit from childhood. Don’t say it to your elders.” — Baidu[/mfn] again, I’ll kiss you again.”
Wei Xiu reached out and pushed him. “Get up. Don’t mess around, you’ve been lying down for more than a month, your body……”
“Just because you have a mouth to BB[mfn]Fun fact, BB can also stand as shorthand for ‘Baby’ /’Baobei’ ![/mfn], doesn’t mean you’re allowed to b.”
Xie Chenyang hummed and laughed, leaning down and kissing him deeply.
You Huang: “……” Has to say that this host’s man is able to endure. In his place, he would teach the other party to behave properly!
Wei Xiu, at first, also struggled a little, and then Xie Chenyang directed the car to go down together, was kissed limp, panting out of breath.
Xie Chenyang laid on his side and looked at Wei Xu. “I know you’re worried about me, but don’t worry, it’s really okay. I have a sense of measure.”
“Well……” Wei Xiu calmed his breathing for a moment and regained his composure. ”It’s because I was overly nervous.” Wei Xiu stretched out his arm to cover his eyes, a little confused as to how it had come to this. It seemed that when he was with Xie Chenyang, his mood fluctuations were particularly large.
Xie Chenyang nodded. “That’s right. I’m not a child. Don’t be so anxious. I know what I’m doing.”
You Huang couldn’t help but say, “He is just worried about you.”
[It’s only a little injury–what’s there to worry about?]
You Huang: “If it were him instead……”
[Then I still won’t worry, ah, just this little scratch? What is there to worry about a bath?]
You Huang: “……” Got it.
Xie Chenyang: “Why are you covering your eyes?”
“Is it……” Xie Chenyang rolled over and half-kneeled, lowering his head to Wei Xu’s face. “You’re not crying, are you?”
Wei Xiu lowered his hand expressionlessly. Xie Chenyang reached out and touched the corners of his eyes.
They were dry.
Wei Xiu: “……I’m not crying.”
“I can see that your eyes are a bit red……”
“Xie Yunyao!”
Xie Chenyang said incredulously, “What did you say? Roll out? Roll out to where? Out of your room? Or your villa?”
No way! After just one shower, he was so angry that he wanted to kick him out?
[Ah Huang, does he not love me anymore?]
You Huang: “……” He also wants to tell him to roll, oh.
Wei Xiu saw his confused puppy appearance, and the anger in his heart suddenly dispersed, and feebly replied, “You’re really……”
“What?”
Wei Xiu sat up, opened his arms to embrace him into his arms, and closed his eyes. “My eyes are not red from crying.”
Xie Chenyang: “Oh.”
“They’re red from you kissing them.”
Xie Chenyang understood. In the past, sometimes when they were acting aggressively, his lover’s eyes would become slightly reddened. Just a moment ago, he did not make the connection. Wei Xu was not angry earlier, so Xie Chenyang thought he was angry and cried.
Wei Xiu leaned his head on his shoulder; his voice was very light. “Ah-Yao, you should be nicer to me.”
Xie Chenyang huffed without hesitation. “Don’t worry, I will always be the best to you.”
Wei Xiu responded softly, and after half a second, asked, “Am I nagging?”
Xie Chenyang: “No.”
“You just said that I’m a mouthy BB.”
A few minutes later.
Xie Chenyang sat in the guest room and fell into deep thought.
[Why did I need to come to the guest room?]
You Huang: “Do you want me to help you remember?”
[No need.] Xie Chenyang wiped his face and said in a trance: [This should be the case of ‘Beauty Misleading Man[mfn]There are famous beauties in history, and because they caused leaders to ignore state affairs, of battles to be lost, and countries to fall, comes the saying ‘beauty misleads people'[/mfn]’.]
A few minutes ago, he was still in the master bedroom. Wei Xiu’s expressionless face as he let go of him: “Only just met the first day and you think I’m nagging. Is love at first sight really so shallow?”
“Not……”
“Then you were mistaken?”
“Our development is still too fast. You’ll stay in the guest room for the next few days. We’ll cultivate our feelings for a while, okay?”
Xie Chenyang sharply exclaimed, “There’s no need to cultivate–our feelings are already very deep!”
Wei Xiu looked at him coldly.
Xie Chenyang paused. “Maybe yours aren’t that deep yet, but mine are already very deep!”
“Sleep in the guest room, okay?”
“No way.”
“Just for a while, and then move here afterward.” Wei Xiu leaned into his ear. “Sleep in the guest room, okay? Husband.”
“……Okay.”
Then, Xie Chenyang was expelled to the guest room.
Xie Chenyang’s teeth itched, wanting to bite someone.
[My lover has become cunning. I’m so irritated.] Xie Chenyang clenched his fists and hammered the bed twice, then chuckled. [Ah-Huang, did you hear that? He called me husband.]
[This is the first time he called me husband, ah.]
You Huang: “Roll, ah!”
In fact, after Xie Chenyang left the master bedroom, Wei Xiu collapsed on the bed and buried his face into the quilt, his ears reddening. It was really haunting.
Xie Chenyang was young and exuberant and so sticky right after they met. Wei Xiu had no doubt that if they really slept together, Xie Chenyang would definitely want to do something more intimate. But he had only just been discharged from the hospital, and……it was indeed a bit fast.
What’s more, the matter of Xie’s parents hadn’t even been discussed yet……
Although they had only just met, inexplicably, Wei Xiu just knew that if he told him directly, he would definitely not agree to sleep in the guest room.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered the time he accidentally overheard his secretary talking to someone else. ‘As long as I sweetly call him my husband, then he’ll agree to whatever I say, la,’ were the exact words of the secretary.
So, with Xie Chenyang firmly resisting, the ghostly voice suddenly bubbled up with the word ‘husband’.
Wei Xiu lifted his head, his voice was low and inaudible, “Surprisingly …… it really works.”
—- In the evening. —–
Aunt Xu made a hearty meal and called them downstairs for dinner.
Xie Chenyang watched her walk towards the door and asked, “Aunt Xu won’t stay and eat together?”
“No, I’m going back to eat with my family.” Aunt Xu smiled and said, ”You guys have a good meal; if something doesn’t suit your appetite, tell me tomorrow when I come over, ah.” The door to the house opened and closed again.
Xie Chenyang: “How is she going to go back?”
Wei Xiu picked up his chopsticks. “I gave her a car to make it easier to get back and forth and buy groceries.”
“Oh.” Xie Chenyang looked eagerly at the big fish and meat in front of Wei Xiu. “I want to eat that too.”
Wei Xiu: “No. When your digestive system is working properly, then you can eat whatever you want, but not now.”
Xie Chenyang gulped. “Just a little bit……?”
“No.” Wei Xiu put down his chopsticks. “How about I bring this to the kitchen and I’ll eat your side with you?”
Xie Chenyang took a deep breath. “Forget it, you eat.”
Wei Xiu nodded in response, deciding to eat a little quicker, then tomorrow, he’d talk to Aunt Xu and eat the same as Xie Chenyang afterward.
Xie Chenyang picked up the portion of food that belonged to him with a miserable face, then was stunned and narrowed his eyes after it entered his mouth.
Hiya! Auntie Xu’s handiwork is good, it’s so delicious!
Wei Xiu observed his expression and was relieved to see his satisfied look. Just then, his phone rang; it was his secretary. He glanced at Xie Chenyang.
Xie Chenyang waved his hand. “It’s fine, you answer it.”
Wei Xiu picked up the phone.
“Mr. Wei, someone on the internet posted pictures of you and Xie Yunyao kissing. Now it’s all over the internet that you’re planning to smooth over the death of Xie Yunyao’s parents by fooling Xie Yunyao’s affections.” Secretary Lin quickly explained the matter, “There’s also a lot of people cursing Xie Yunyao and bashing him for being unfilial.”
Wei Xiu’s breath around his body condensed down visible to the naked eye. “Hasn’t the PR department dealt with it?”
“Dealing with it now, but the photo was cross-posted on various social networking sites at the same time, and we couldn’t delete it at the beginning. Whoever released it had some programming skills, and by the time we were able to reach out to the tech department to delete it, the photo had already been widely circulated, and there were a lot of people taking screenshots of it.”
Secretary Lin: “Mr. Wei, the PR department wants to know if you and Xie Yunyao are really together.”
Wei Xiu raised his head and saw the sight of Xie Chenyang burying his head and eating ravenously.
He rubbed his eyebrows. “Mmm.”
Secretary Lin was silent for a moment. “After all, Xie Yunyao just woke up this morning. There’s also the matter of the Xie family’s parents, as well as someone who’s acting as a hidden facilitator……. Mr. Wei, the PR department is discussing a public relations proposal right now, and they’re hoping that you’ll be able to give a direction.”
Will it be public or will it be denied? Wei Xiu’s mind turned over a hundred times. “I’ll call you later.”
“Okay, Mr. Wei.”
Wei Xiu hung up the phone and looked at Xie Chenyang quietly. Xie Chenyang looked up in confusion. “Eat, ah, what are you looking at me for?”
Edit: Krone
Proofreader: Choux_choux
