GLIHBN Chapter 69
by VolareChapter 69: Going to Restock
Chi Ye had been out for a long time and hadn’t returned. Su Shi heard the sound of the door opening downstairs and ran down, disgruntled. “Why did you take so long to come back? What did you even go do?”
Chi Ye took out two boxes from his pocket and showed them to him. “Went to restock.”
Su Shi’s face flushed red. “Shameless.”
West Hangzhou’s winters aren’t too cold, so there’s no need for heating. The bed was warm, and Su Shi lay on Chi Ye’s chest, a tender love flowing in the air.
Chi Ye pulled the blanket up, covering Su Shi’s shoulders. “Don’t want to sleep yet?”
Su Shi wasn’t sleepy at all today, but he didn’t want to do anything else either. He just wanted to be with Chi Ye quietly like this. After a moment, Su Shi said, “I’ve never heard you talk about your childhood.”
The night before, Su Shi had told Chi Ye secrets he had never told anyone else. In exchange, he naturally wanted to know more about Chi Ye.
But Chi Ye was very decisive. “There’s nothing to say. My childhood was boring.”
Su Shi actually had a feeling that Chi Ye’s childhood wasn’t great. He had heard Xu Chongming say before that Chi Ye was locked in a basement when he was little, and later became very afraid of basements.
But Chi Ye refused to talk about it.
Su Shi decided not to ask anymore. After all, everyone has past events they don’t want to look back on. When Chi Ye wanted to talk about it in the future, Su Shi would be a good listener.
No matter what, Su Shi made a judgment about Chi Ye’s childhood.
“You must have been a good kid.”
Chi Ye reached out and touched Su Shi’s head, full of affection. “Not really, but I’ll definitely be a good boyfriend.”
Su Shi curved the corners of his mouth and buried his face in Chi Ye’s chest, as if he didn’t need to breathe.
In front of him, Chi Ye was good, and that was enough.
Chi Ye looked at the ceiling in the darkness, his eyes filled with coldness, and he held Su Shi even tighter.
When Xu Chongming returned home this time, he was met with Jiang Hui’s stern questioning.
“What exactly have you been doing lately? You’ve turned yourself into this state. What’s the matter with you!”
Xu Chongming’s condition had been bad recently; anyone could see it. The blow he received tonight was even greater.
Xu Chongming had been snubbed by that brat Chi Ye and was already depressed enough. Returning home and having to face Jiang Hui’s bossiness, Xu Chongming didn’t have the energy to deal with it.
“Mom, I’m tired. Can we talk about it later?”
Unexpectedly, Jiang Hui became even more dissatisfied when she heard this. “Who isn’t tired when they’re alive? Aren’t those workers on construction sites tired? You’re already much better off than them.”
Jiang Hui always had a sense of superiority, believing that it was a great blessing for Xu Chongming to be her son. Xu Chongming had been instilled with this idea since he was a child.
But now, Xu Chongming felt very tired. He dragged his feet, ignored Jiang Hui, and walked towards the stairs.
Jiang Hui grabbed Xu Chongming’s wrist. “Chongming, I’m talking to you.”
Xu Chongming was exhausted and shook off Jiang Hui’s hand. “Mom, Su Shi broke up with me. Are you satisfied?”
A hint of anger appeared in Jiang Hui’s beautiful eyes. “You’ve been acting like a ghost these past few days because of this? I thought it was because of the project.”
Before Xu Chongming could speak, Jiang Hui said to herself, “It’s good that you broke up. You’re going to marry Xinyi sooner or later, so it’ll save trouble in the future.”
Su Shi had almost become an obsession for Xu Chongming. Jiang Hui’s words made Xu Chongming feel the courage to resist for the first time.
“Mom, I won’t marry Xinyi. I don’t like women.”
*Slap* A slap landed on his face.
Compared to the slap Su Shi gave him, this was like a tickle. Xu Chongming didn’t feel any pain or itch. “I like men.”
Jiang Hui scolded, “You unfilial son! I told you that you can play around outside, but you can’t delay marriage and having children.”
Xu Chongming didn’t care anymore, completely shattering Jiang Hui’s illusions. “Miao Xinyi doesn’t like me. Dating her before was just cooperation, acting for you and her dad to see.”
“You…” Jiang Hui was furious. “No wonder you were so obedient. I thought you had figured it out.”
“I’m very disappointed in you.” Xu Chongming said what Jiang Hui was about to say first. “Mom, were you going to say that?”
From childhood to adulthood, Jiang Hui had never affirmed him. No matter what he did, Jiang Hui would always say, “You can still do better.”
Jiang Hui widened her eyes in shock, looking at Xu Chongming in disbelief.
“You’re never satisfied with what I do. Even if I listen to you and marry Miao Xinyi, you’ll still have other things you’re not satisfied with.”
The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time erupted at this moment. Xu Chongming felt relieved for the first time. “You don’t treat me like a son. You treat me like a work of art.” Still an unsuccessful work of art.
Xu Chongming almost never talked back to Jiang Hui. Jiang Hui was so shocked that she couldn’t speak. After a long while, she said, “Chi Ye is more worry-free than you. You’re not even half as good as Chi Ye.”
It would have been better if she hadn’t mentioned Chi Ye. Mentioning Chi Ye made the guilt that Xu Chongming had felt for talking back to his mother disappear. The taut string snapped in two.
He laughed. “Chi Ye is good. Chi Ye is better than me in everything. Then I’ll tell you now, he’s with my ex-boyfriend now. Do you still think he’s good?”
“What did you say?”
Compared to Xu Chongming breaking up with Su Shi, the news that Chi Ye and Su Shi were together shocked Jiang Hui even more.
Xu Chongming was very satisfied with Jiang Hui’s reaction. “Don’t believe it? I didn’t believe it at first either. Well, I just saw them watching a movie and going back to Su Shi’s home together.”
Jiang Hui’s mouth hung open for a long time. “He’s with your ex-boyfriend. Why are you so distraught? Could it be that you still miss him?”
Xu Chongming regretted not resisting temptation when he was abroad and making a mistake that Su Shi couldn’t forgive. “I don’t want to break up.”
He really didn’t want to break up with Su Shi and really loved Su Shi. If time could go back to the past, he wouldn’t have chosen to go abroad, let alone betray Su Shi.
“But you’ve already broken up. You can’t cause trouble for Chi Ye. You can’t fall out with Chi Ye.”
Jiang Hui had once said that Chi Ye would be a great help to the Xu family in the future and told Xu Chongming to maintain a good relationship with him.
Xu Chongming sneered. “When we hadn’t broken up yet, he already had those kinds of thoughts about my boyfriend. Did he treat me like a brother?”
Jiang Hui had always not cared about unimportant things at all. “No matter what, we can’t fall out with Chi Ye.”
Xu Chongming was very disappointed in Jiang Hui and had nothing to say. He sighed and prepared to go upstairs.
Jiang Hui let him go, muttering to herself, “No wonder Chi Ye was so concerned about Chongming’s blind date and even gave away seafood buffet coupons.”
Xu Chongming’s footsteps upstairs paused. He suddenly turned back and said to Jiang Hui, “Mom, what did you say?”
Jiang Hui immediately fell silent, trying to cover it up. “No, nothing.”
But Xu Chongming had actually heard it.