Chapter 15: Father and son talk

Chapter 15
Zhuang Yan changed his WeChat profile picture.
The new head is a blue whale jumping out of the water. Click it to open it up and look at it. The blue whale is alive, even the splashing water is amazing.
Zhuang Yan, who has a new avatar, is very active in the group. Not only has the number of bubbling up greatly increased, but other people no longer love him when chatting with him.
Just talk a few words, I like to ask others how his new profile picture is, whether it looks good or not.
Not only ask in group chat, but also follow you to ask in private.
Everyone thinks that he has fallen ill recently.
Friend A: What happened to Zhuang Yan recently? Changed a new avatar and changed my mind?
Friend b: He was finally willing to talk back to me privately, but he came to show his new profile picture.
Friend c: I've seen show money, show baby, show affection. This is the first time I have seen show heads.
Friend D: But to be honest, his new profile picture looks pretty good.
...
Qi Rui was the first to be harassed by him.
Zhuang Yan: Yes?
Zhuang Yan: Are you there?
Zhuang Yan: Just squeak without death.
Qi Rui:?
Qi Rui: What happened after the meeting?
Zhuang Yan: Brother, how about my new profile picture?
Qi Rui: Not bad. Where did you steal the picture from?
Zhuang Yan: Fuck you, it was given to me by someone else!
Qi Rui: What?
Zhuang Yan: Someone painted it for me! unique! You can’t find it on the Internet!
Qi Rui:......You are looking for me just to talk about this?
Zhuang Yan: People like you who have no avatars do not understand my mood.
Qi Rui:? ? ?
Qi Rui: Don't say it's an avatar, I'll throw the money down. Some people are willing to paint for me.
Zhuang Yan: Vulgar.
Zhuang Yan: There are some things that you can't buy with money.
Qi Rui:...
Qi Rui: I think I haven't blocked you yet, which shows that I value the friendship we grew up together very much.
Qi Rui must be jealous of him.
Zhuang Yan snorted and stopped harassing Qi Rui, turned his head and poked another friend's private chat, and continued his great career of showing his head.
After a while, Zhuang Yan became annoyed again.
Xie Ning gave him this blue whale. What kind of gift would he give Xie Ning in return?
Those two bottles of red wine?
Aunt Chen's grandson was about to be discharged from the hospital, and Zhuang Yan had no excuses to go to Xie Ning's house for food and drink.
He has been letting Xie Ning cook, and he feels bad.
He hadn't personally washed Xie Ning's hands and made soup, so he wanted to invite him to eat at home on the weekend and send out the two bottles of red wine by the way.
But Xie Ning refused.
Xie Ning is going back to the compound on the weekend to see Father Xie.
The compound is the place where the old man Xie’s generation is old-aged. The surrounding houses are retired big people. The environment is quiet. There are guard posts on both sides of the road. Security guards are on duty at each door.
Since the beginning of last night, the snow has fallen, and a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the ground, leaving two footprints on it, which has attracted many children to step on the snow.
Xie Ning asked Wu Shu to pick him up. As soon as he arrived at the door, another car stopped back and forth.
A couple got off the car, well maintained, they looked like they were in their early forties.
Seeing Xie Ning, the woman's eyes lit up and she greeted her: "Ning Ning, you just arrived."
Xie Ning glanced at the big bag she was carrying: "Mom." He nodded at the man next to him, "Dad."
Xie Jing was more stable than Xia Wan, but when he saw his son, he couldn't restrain a smile on his face. He barely said with a stern face, "We should have picked you up if we knew it, so why trouble Xiao Wu to run this trip."
Wu Shu hurriedly said, "No trouble, no trouble. The old man urged me to pick up the young master. If I didn't go this time, I would be scolded when I came back."
Xia Wan wanted to pull Xie Ning's hand, looked at Xie Ning's indifferent expression, and began to hesitate again: "Ning Ning..."
Xie Ning responded.
Xia Wan immediately became happy: "You have lost weight again. I said that being alone would not be able to take care of yourself. I will cook some soup for you when I go home."
Xie Ning said calmly: "No, I live well outside."
Xia Wan didn't know what to say, so she stood aside, rubbing her hands involuntarily.
Xie Jing came out to make a round: "What is it like standing at the door talking? Dad probably waited anxiously inside. The snow is heavy outside, so let's go in first."
Xie Ning did not say a word, and followed Xie Jing and Xia Wan into the door.
Today is a family dinner. There are no outsiders. Uncle Xie Zun's family came early. When Xie Ning and the others arrived, the housekeeper Zhong Uncle ordered the kitchen to start serving food.
Elder Xie was sitting high in the main seat and he just pulled Xie Ning to his right. In order not to favor one another, he arranged another grandson Xie An to the left.
It is also common sense for the elderly to want their grandson to be under the knees. Others have no opinion, so they all sit down.
The Xie family has a rule not to talk about official business at the dinner table, so this will be all trivial matters of life.
The elders are naturally concerned about the marriage of their children and grandchildren. Every new year, if you don’t remind you of a marriage, you feel sorry for this wonderful time.
Fortunately, Xie Ning is young, and his cousin Xie An is on top.
"An An." Father Xie patted Xie An's hand, shouting that he got goose bumps all over, "Do you have a girlfriend?"
Xie An bit her head and said, "I'm not in a hurry."
Father Xie frowned: "How can you not be in a hurry? Your eldest is not young anymore. Even if you are not in a hurry to get married, you should find a girlfriend and decide first. Your grandma and I will be married for life at university. Once we graduated, she married I, it's a pity that she left early and she didn't even see Ningning when she was born."
Speaking of Xie Ning's grandma, Father Xie became sad. Xie Zun and Xie Jing hurriedly comforted him: "Dad..."
Father Xie waved his hand: "Stop talking about this, I now hope to see you and Ningning get married and have children one day."
Xie's family style is pure and upright and open-minded. They do not regard the other half of their offspring as the object of marriage. Both sons are freely in love. After the same-sex marriage is legal, Father Xie also accepted Xie Ning's unusual sexuality.
"Oh yes, I'm confused. Ningning likes men. I am afraid that this important task of giving birth will be on the shoulders of your cousin."
Xia Wan's expression stiffened for a moment, and she seemed unwilling to mention this topic.
Father Xie squinted his eyes: "Ningning, I remember having a boyfriend, his name is Xu... Xu or something?" He turned to look at Uncle Zhong.
Uncle Zhong responded and said: "Xu Qing."
"Yes, Xu Qing." Father Xie nodded, "That kid from the Xu family, right?"
Xie Ning looked down: "We have divided."
"Divided?" The whole room looked over.
Xie Ning nodded.
Father Xie was stunned for a moment, and then said, "If it is divided... then it will be divided. The guy from the Xu family has heard that he loves to mess around outside, and he is not with you when he looks at it."
Xia Wan followed up and said, "It's good to divide, it's good to divide, you should have divided it long ago."
There was a slight smile on her face.
Xie An was afraid that Father Xie would urge him to get married again, and grabbed Xie Ning and asked curiously: "How did you divide it?"
Xie Ning didn't want to say more, and said vaguely: "It's not appropriate, just divide it."
Xia Wan nodded approvingly: "It is well divided, if I say you shouldn't be together in the first place. It just so happens that my mom will introduce a few girls to you in two days, they are all..."
Father Xie was just urging the marriage, and Xia Wan even arranged a blind date.
"Mom." Xie Ning interrupted him and said coldly, "I like men."
Xia Wan's complexion cooled down: "What good results can men and men have? If you don't say anything else, you can't even have a child. You are just confused for a while."
Xie Ning has an easy-going temper. If it is someone else, he will pass away with a smile and will not argue with others.
Only in the matter of sexuality, he has always been terribly stubborn.
Xie Ning smiled mockingly: "This is innate and cannot be changed. No matter how much you say, I still like men."
Xia Wan was anxious: "Why don't you boy refuse to listen to me!"
"Xia Wan!" Xie Jing shouted sharply, and Xia Wan remembered that they were at the family banquet and couldn't make trouble in front of Mr. Xie.
Father Xie sighed with a calm face.
Xie An hurriedly finished the round: "Aunt Xia, this is how many years you are not enlightened and same-sex marriages have been legal. You can't look at this with old eyes. The society is progressing, and our thinking must also be improved."
Xia Wan moved his lips, but he was scrupulous about the presence of Mr. Xie and did not speak again.
Just when a new dish was brought up, Xie Zun got up and picked up a chopstick for Mr. Xie, staggering the topic.
Father Xie was too old and couldn't stand the toss. After eating, he let Uncle Zhong help him back to the room to rest.
Xie Ning was called by Xie Jing to talk to the balcony.
"Your mother..." Xie Jing pondered the sentence, "Don't blame her, this is her heart disease for many years."
Xie Ning lowered his head, unable to see the expression on his face.
Xie Jing slowed his voice: "We are just a son like you. When you were just born, your mother couldn't bear to let go of holding you. Normally, she doesn't even use a babysitter. She has to take care of you by herself."
Xie Ning might still be moved if he listened to these heart-breaking words for the first time, but after so many years, he has listened to Xie Jing repeatedly, and there has been no fluctuation in his heart.
"She and I have a consensus, don't ask you to have a great future, just hope that you can live your life happily and steadily." Xie Jing continued.
Xie Ning turned his head and glanced at him, smiling but not smiling: "Really?"
Xie Jing sighed: "I know you don't believe it, but she really loves you. The road of homosexuality is too bitter. Many heterosexual couples will eventually get divorced. Same-sex marriages do not have children as lubricants, and they have studied for many years. How many people can get together well? Even if same-sex marriage is legalized, the society still has a strange outlook on homosexuality. Look at the people around you, how many people really marry the same sex."
"I believe she loves me." Xie Ning whispered, "but...I would rather she not love me."
Xie Jing suddenly raised his head: "You..."
Xie Ning sarcastically said: "What does she want me to do? Listen to her, don't like men, marry any woman and have children, and live this life unhappily?"
Xie Jing frowned.
"I can't do it." Xie Ning curled her lips. "I can't become the normal person in her mind."
"Ningning..."
Xie Jing wanted to say something more, and was interrupted by Xie Ning: "Dad, every time you talk, you have to say a few words back and forth, I'm tired of listening."
"I know, you are in a dilemma between me and mom." He said, "but I can't give in."
"If she really can't accept it, let her..."
"As if I never gave birth to this son."
Xie Jing was shocked: "How can you say such things!"
Xie Ning looked at him lightly.
Xie Jing took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Take it back! You are not allowed to mention this again!"
Xie Ning turned his head and looked at the white garden outside the balcony.
The look is stubborn.
Xie Jing finally sighed and rubbed Xie Ning's hair.
From the time this son came out firmly in front of us, he knew that they had gone farther and farther from the fork in the road.
Xie Jing left from the balcony after a while, Xie Ning stared down at the trees rustling the wind, and snow fell from the branches like catkins floating in the air.
He suddenly remembered a sentence: Injuries from strangers, only skin injuries, injuries from close people, are more heart-warming and hard to let go of.
He didn't feel better until he was sent home by Wu Shu.
Along the way, he was silent and did not speak. Wu Shu saw his expression dull and did not dare to disturb his contemplation.
When getting out of the car, Xie Ning was taken aback.
At the entrance of the villa, in front of the iron railing gate, a rabbit made of snow stood there. The rabbit was about one meter high, and his hands made of branches were open, as if to welcome his return.
I have seen people who use snow to build a snowman, and this is the first time I have seen people who use snow to build a snow rabbit.
Next to Snow Rabbit, Zhuang Yan wrapped his scarf with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at him.
"I'm back finally, I can wait until this rabbit is about to melt." Zhuang Yan kicked the snow on the side of the kick impatiently.
Stars gleamed in his eyes.
Zhuang Yan raised his eyebrows: "Do you like it, Mr. Rabbit?"
Xie Ning's heart beats twice. Fupin Chinese