Chapter 74: Who Do You Like?
“I didn’t.” After speaking, he took another sip of wine. After a few seconds of silence, he added: “I want to.”
Xu Huijiang understood. Ye Ran had never been in a relationship. After being single for a long time, he was desperately longing for love, right?
Thus, the ‘philosopher’ Xu Huijiang went online. “Spring is a beautiful season, and it’s also the season for your spring thoughts…”
Hearing these pedantic words, Ye Ran’s temple couldn’t help but twitch. He glanced at him. “Speak properly.”
Xu Huijiang returned to normal in a second. “I mean, although spring has passed, it doesn’t stop you from being in love. If you’ve set your eyes on a girl, go ahead and pursue her.”
“Or you can tell me about it, and I’ll give you some tips. Even if I’m not good enough, there’s still Chi Youchu. The three of us ‘Zhuge Liangs’ are better than one ‘Stinky Cobbler’; we’ll definitely help you get her.”
Just from Xu Huijiang saying three ‘Zhuge Liangs’ were better than one ‘Stinky Cobbler,’ Ye Ran didn’t have much hope for him.
After a long boast, Xu Huijiang leaned in once more with a grin. “Were you stimulated by those films I sent you last time?”
“I’m telling you, those were resources I worked hard to get. I still have a lot of (SM) over there; I don’t know if you can accept them.”
“Anyway, when I see those, I think of Xu Zhaoli beating me up, so I can’t watch them. If you’re interested, I’ll send them to you.”
Xu Huijiang rattled on like a firecracker. Ye Ran had little interest.
After a long while, he said, “I’m not interested in women.”
“What?” Xu Huijiang raised his volume. The bar’s speakers were loud just now and happened to drown out Ye Ran’s voice.
“Say what you just said again.”
“I said, I don’t like women.”
Ye Ran also raised his volume. As soon as he spoke, several male models ordered by the neighboring booth looked over at them, and a few even secretly threw a glance at him.
Xu Huijiang, who was exploded by this information, perfectly blocked them.
“You don’t like women?!” Xu Huijiang said in shock.
“I like men.” Ye Ran gave him a definite answer.
He thought it would be very difficult for him to admit this. After all, he used to be straight. To turn ‘bent’ just like that should have been very hard to say.
He hadn’t expected that telling Xu Huijiang about this would actually be exceptionally smooth, as easy as his bottle-opening just now.
Ye Ran didn’t know if this was his body and mind’s high recognition of the fact that he was bent, or if it was the effect of the alcohol.
He was fine, but Xu Huijiang’s brain was about to stop working.
“You like men… then who do you like?”
…
Chi Yuheng had finished all his checkups and returned to Cardiology with the results.
Si Yue had just finished seeing his morning patients. Seeing Chi Yuheng return, he gestured for him to sit down.
Si Yue examined the results one by one. “Very good. All bodily indicators are normal; there are no problems.”
Chi Yuheng nodded, his fingertips resting casually on his leg.
Si Yue lightly tapped the desk, setting aside the aloofness he showed to ordinary patients. His tone carried a hint of curiosity.
“In your case of carrying recessive genes, regular checkups are indeed prudent. But you used to come once a year. Why have you come after only half a year this time?”
Hearing this, a faint smile appeared at the corners of Chi Yuheng’s mouth. He leaned back slightly against the chair’s back. “Does Little Uncle not want me to come?”
It was almost noon, and there was no one else in the consultation room. The air was filled with only the faint sound of the air conditioning running.
Chi Yuheng simply addressed Si Yue that way.
Si Yue was his mother’s biological brother, yet he was about the same age as him.
Si Yue and Chi Yuheng’s mother were born from the same mother, but their personalities were vastly different. Chi Yuheng’s mother was quite lively, while Si Yue was cool and aloof.
Si Yue’s face turned cold. “Of course I don’t want you to come. Who would want their eldest nephew to come to the hospital frequently?”
In Jing City, few people dared to give Chi Yuheng a cold face; Si Yue was one of them.
Chi Yuheng didn’t want to keep teasing him. Si Yue observed his expression. “Coming so frequently is because of that little young master of yours?”
Si Yue was the first person to know that Chi Yuheng had thoughts about Ye Ran.
Si Yue had forgotten how long ago it was that Chi Yuheng told him he seemed to have fallen in love with the Ye Ran he had raised.
During those most innocent years, Chi Yuheng, upon discovering he had this thought, even felt he was a beast.
Si Yue hadn’t comforted him much; instead, he asked back, “Have you done beastly things?”
He was referring to “this and that.”
Chi Yuheng replied, “No. I won’t do that, and I can’t bear to.”
Even though the two were about the same age, as the ‘Little Uncle’ who was one generation older, Si Yue naturally offered the understanding of the ‘younger’ generation.
“You liking him is one thing, and whether he likes you is another. Will your love for him stop just because he doesn’t understand romantic love yet?”
The answer was definite.
It wouldn’t.
From the moment love sprouted, it would only grow infinitely.
Later, as many years passed in a flash, Si Yue heard Chi Yuheng mention Ye Ran almost every year. He understood that Ye Ran had long since taken root in his heart.
If a straight line were used to describe Chi Yuheng, the only thing that could cause upward and downward fluctuations was Ye Ran.
Therefore, with Chi Yuheng abnormally coming for a checkup half a year early this time, Si Yue naturally associated it with Ye Ran.
“He has feelings for me now,” Chi Yuheng said.
As a doctor, it was Si Yue’s occupational habit to understand in detail. “In what aspect does he have feelings? Is it physiological or psychological?”
Chi Yuheng: “Physiological, and… there should be psychological ones as well.”
“Regardless of which it is, I have to pay attention to my health.”
The corner of Si Yue’s mouth turned up, as if he could imagine the scene of Chi Yuheng and Ye Ran together. But the thing was, he didn’t know what Ye Ran looked like.
Every time Chi Yuheng spoke to him, he hadn’t yet brought his future wife for Si Yue to see.
He protected him so well that Si Yue couldn’t even snatch him away.
“Come find a day to bring my future nephew-in-law out for a meal.”
…
In the bar, Xu Huijiang raised his volume again. “You like Chi Yuheng?!”
The music in the bar was still deafening, and neon lights flickered across Ye Ran’s face, making his already reddened cheeks look even more like a ripe peach.
Several empty bottles on the table had fallen over, and out of the table full of wine, the two had drunk until only half a bottle was left.
Ye Ran’s head felt dizzy, as if it were filled with lead, yet also as if he were floating in the clouds. He even saw double images of Xu Huijiang in front of him.
Ye Ran took a step forward and hooked his arm around Xu Huijiang’s shoulder, pressing him onto the booth sofa. “Didn’t you say you had a way to help me pursue him? Where’s the method…”
Hearing someone call Chi Yuheng’s name, some people cast curious glances toward them. At least in Jing City, no one with a company at home didn’t know him.
The commotion the two were making also attracted the attention of another person.
A waiter pointed out the booth to the bar manager. The manager looked over and his eyes instantly widened.
“Why has this ancestor come again?!”
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