LGSG Chapter 18
by VolareChapter 18: Male-Male Birth, Mr. Xie Suffers Heavy Losses
Xie He could share senses with the soul fragments, possibly strengthening the connection between the fragments and the main body. Anyway, since the last time the fragment shared a bed with Xia Ran, this connection had been fully established. Therefore, he could hear Xie Qiao’s conversation with the fragment clearly.
Due to the main body’s intervention, Xie Qiao’s conversation with the fragment ended.
Not long after, Xiao Xie appeared in the main body’s study.
Xie Qiao exclaimed in surprise, “Are you really going to do this?”
Xie He: “Yes.”
Although it wasn’t to prove anything about carrying on the family line to the Old Master Xie or any other absurd reason.
But Xie He didn’t mind using this method to achieve his goals.
Xie Qiao muttered softly, “I was just saying it casually.”
Xie He glanced at her.
Xie Qiao immediately sat up straight.
When she was young, she didn’t understand things and disliked Xie He.
But now that they were all monsters, Xie Qiao naturally knew that if Xie He got angry, she might not even have a corpse left.
So, since entering the instance, Xie Qiao had been very respectful towards Xie He. She knew that Xie He disliked her, this cheap younger sister, so she tried to avoid Xie He as much as possible to avoid bothering him. If it weren’t for Old Master Xie frequently going crazy recently, keeping Xie Qiao and her mother busy, Xie Qiao wouldn’t have specially come to Xie He to act as an attention seeker.
Although Xie He’s attitude towards her had always been very polite, it was obviously fake, and Xie Qiao wasn’t stupid.
Xie Qiao said, “You don’t have to worry about Dad’s side. But, Brother, how are you going to convince Brother’s Wife to act in this play with you?”
Xie He smiled.
He felt truly comfortable being called “Brother’s Wife” by Xie Qiao.
Although he didn’t know how this inexplicable rumor started, it had even reached Old Master Xie’s ears.
But now, Xie He didn’t want any unnecessary troubles.
It was better to make the best of a bad situation, both to appease Old Master Xie so that he wouldn’t go crazy at this critical juncture, and to make everyone mistakenly believe that what Xie He had been busy with recently was such an absurd trivial matter. Of course, most importantly, Xie He could take this opportunity to test Xia Ran’s emotional bottom line.
Xie He was a person who was very clear about his needs.
Since childhood, possibly because he had lacked too many things, his desires and motivations had always been very strong.
If he wanted something, he wanted it; if he liked someone, he liked them.
Xie He never wavered in his own heart.
But obviously, Xia Ran was the opposite.
Looking proactive and enthusiastic, in reality, he was a snail lacking a sense of security.
He would retreat at the slightest stimulation.
After Xie He understood his emotional needs, he had already secretly launched a strategy. But equally, he was cautious about his attitude towards Xia Ran.
Feelings had to be mutual. He couldn’t be making efforts on his side while Xia Ran had already retreated to his self-set safe zone.
Therefore, he could take this opportunity to test Xia Ran’s level of acceptance, thereby confirming how his action plan should be carried out.
Xie Qiao didn’t quite understand.
Xie He must be playing a big game, right?
After all, her brother never did anything useless.
But the fragment rolled its eyes beside her and sneered.
Heh. Love-brain.
The next day, Xia Ran woke up happily.
Working in the game made him fully realize the importance of commuting distance.
For example, sleeping downstairs from Mr. Xie meant he didn’t have to worry about being late for work and being knocked on the door by the butler.
After washing up, he rushed upstairs, and Xia Ran saw an unexpected visitor.
It was the child who looked very similar to Mr. Xie.
“Mr. Xie, good morning?” Xia Ran hesitated at the door and greeted him.
Xie He was drinking tea.
There were roses in the teapot.
Since Xia Ran had continuously, day after day, persistently given Mr. Xie rose gifts, he had completely desensitized Mr. Xie.
Although he would still occasionally get the dizziness buff, at least he wouldn’t faint upon touching them.
The soul fragment, Xiao Xie He, didn’t have such good treatment.
He looked at Xie He drinking rose tea with the eyes of someone looking at a terrifying giant, without batting an eyelid.
After Xie He saw Xia Ran, he smiled at him.
Xia Ran woke up completely from Mr. Xie’s smile early in the morning.
Why did he feel that Mr. Xie was a bit different today?
He seemed even better-looking, and his smile was even more captivating.
Oh no. Don’t be delusional, Xia Ran!
Xia Ran coughed slightly, pretending that he wasn’t overthinking things.
“Good morning,” Xie He said, “I need you to help me with something.”
Xia Ran: “!”
Mr. Xie planned to ask for his help?
He would definitely do anything.
This was a good opportunity to show off in front of his self-recommendation!
“I will agree to anything Mr. Xie asks!” Xia Ran said excitedly.
Xie He: “That’s great. Can you play the role of this child’s mother?”
Xia Ran: “?”
Xia Ran’s enthusiasm was immediately extinguished by a bucket of cold water.
He stood there dumbfounded, somewhat shocked by what he had just heard.
Was Mr. Xie… broken?
Could men have children in this world?
Even in Xia Ran’s era, with such advanced technology, they hadn’t developed the technology for same-sex couples to have children.
Xie He coughed twice: “No, men in this world cannot have children.”
Xia Ran: “You scared me… Wait, then why would Mr. Xie…”
“Please understand, my father is old and has always wanted a grandson. This child is a misunderstanding; he’s a stray from somewhere who looks a bit like me,” Xie He said calmly. “He somehow found out that I’ve been spending time with a very handsome young man recently. He probably misunderstood, thinking I found him a daughter-in-law. To avoid conflict, you can just pretend to be my wife and pretend that we have a child. It can be considered fulfilling the wish of that old… cough cough, old man.”
Xia Ran: “…”
Mr. Xie, you couldn’t help but call your father an “old fart” just now, right?
He opened his mouth, feeling a bit absurd.
But because Xie He himself was too serious, and that face was very convincing, Xia Ran thought for a long time and ultimately believed Xie He’s nonsense. After all, he had already promised Mr. Xie, and breaking his promise wouldn’t be good.
But no matter how he thought about it, it was absurd.
Playing Mr. Xie’s wife or something.
The more Xia Ran thought about it, the more awkward he felt.
Alongside the awkwardness, there were also some inexplicable stirrings he couldn’t explain.
After Xie He finished speaking, he had been secretly observing Xia Ran’s expression.
After discovering that the young man didn’t show any obvious resistance, the smile on his face deepened slightly.
It was good that he didn’t hate it.
He quietly waited for Xia Ran’s reply.
The young man was very easy to deceive and had a soft heart. As long as it wasn’t subjective resistance, then he would likely agree.
Even to such an absurd request that Xie He had made.
Perhaps Xia Ran himself didn’t even know it.
He showed blatant favoritism towards Xie He.
The black-haired young man’s expression changed unpredictably, much more lively than his entire little robot state when they first met. At least he had more humanity now.
After a long while, he tremblingly raised his head and said, “It’s okay, but Mr. Xie, do I have to wear women’s clothing?”
Xie He: “….!”
He was mentally prepared, but he didn’t expect this reply.
Mr. Xie, who had been calmly drinking tea, choked hard.
There was also a bit of redness on his pale face.
Because he hadn’t been in contact with Xia Ran, he didn’t know how the other party’s little head could make so many twists and turns to arrive at that thought process.
Alongside shock, there was also a bit of amusement from being found cute.
So even if he thought he had to wear women’s clothing and pretend to be a wife, he would still try to grit his teeth and agree?
Xie He had thought that he would never like anything cute.
But in fact, the black-haired young man’s serious and dazed appearance was already very cute.
“You don’t need women’s clothing,” Xie He said. “You’re playing a man with a rare talent for giving birth.”
“And I’ve also publicly come out to my family.”
“Xia Ran, I like men.”
Xia Ran didn’t even have time to be shocked about how to play a male wife who could give birth, before he was hit with Mr. Xie’s second sentence and became a bit disoriented.
“Ah, ah,” Xia Ran said incoherently, “Liking men is good… Same-sex marriage has been legal in my country for hundreds of years.”
Xie He: “It’s good that you don’t discriminate against me.”
Mr. Xie smiled slightly, and with a subtle tone of weakness, he easily shifted Xia Ran’s focus.
Xia Ran suddenly thought that Mr. Xie’s family seemed to have a very feudal style.
Mr. Xie, who liked men, must have faced a lot of pressure at first.
What was so bad about liking men!
Even liking him wasn’t a big deal.
Xia Ran hurriedly rushed to comfort the “fragile” Mr. Xie.
Only the soul fragment, Xiao Xie He, remained expressionless on the side.
He fully shared senses with the main body.
Therefore, he heard the main body’s truly remorseful thoughts.
——Why didn’t he think that he could wear women’s clothing!
Soul fragment: “…”
Love-brain.