Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“What kind of thug do you think I am?” Xie Lingya asked Hai Guanchao.
He was speechless. What did he mean by thinking his ruthlessness should have a limit? Was he the kind of person who would beat his father to the point of hospitalization just because his father disapproved of his relationship?
Hai Guanchao thought for a moment and said, “Not a thug, but think about those guys who died at your hands…”
Xie Lingya: “Can they compare to my dad? They were all demons and monsters!”
Hai Guanchao: “Hard to say, you didn’t seem to spare anyone either.”
Xie Lingya: “…”
Father Xie saw the doctor whispering to Xie Lingya and knew they knew each other. He couldn’t stand Xie Lingya being with men all the time, and immediately said with a dark face, “Is anyone else coming to see me?”
“Excuse me,” Hai Guanchao walked over and examined Father Xie’s injuries, “Your injuries are a bit serious. You need to go to a big hospital for X-rays.”
Father Xie: “…”
This was enough to make him need to be hospitalized. Who did he do wrong? The place where he was injured was so shameful.
Seeing Hai Guanchao still winking at Xie Lingya, he coldly asked, “Is this young man also your friend?”
Xie Lingya immediately replied, “No, he’s my uncle’s teacher.”
Father Xie was speechless. Of course, he couldn’t call Hai Guanchao “uncle.”
Xie Lingya took him to the hospital, where, after an examination, it was confirmed that he had fallen and was injured. He also needed to stay in the hospital for a few days and then go home to recuperate for two or three months.
This was a serious injury, and because it was his coccyx, he needed to rest in bed even more. It was heartbreaking to think that Father Xie had only recently recovered from his fracture and now he had to stay in bed again.
Song Jing stayed with Father Xie in the ward. Xie Lingya asked Shi Changxuan to run the hospital admission procedures and then took Sisi and carried her. He saw Song Jing carrying her all the way.
When Father Xie saw Shi Changxuan leave, he scolded Xie Lingya. Seeing him carrying his daughter, he angrily said, “You have a snake on your hand and you’re carrying your sister. What if she gets hurt?”
But in fact, the snake crawled out of Xie Lingya’s sleeve, and Sisi grabbed its tail and started swinging it around with a grin.
“No, this isn’t an ordinary snake. I know what I’m doing.” Xie Lingya saw Sisi swing the snake around a couple of times and quickly took it from her hand. The snake, frightened, scurried back into Xie Lingya’s sleeve. Everyone’s afraid of bear children.
Father Xie was angry, but his bottom hurt if he moved, so he could only talk. “What kind of sense do you have! You’ve been doing *that* with someone, and you still make him pay the fees? Is that money yours? He lives in the temple all the time, are you supposed to support him?”
Because Father Xie didn’t come often, he didn’t know much about Shi Changxuan. He had a better impression of him before, but now he wanted to hit him.
However, he was embarrassed to be seen in front of Shi Changxuan after being carried away by him, so he started yelling as soon as Shi Changxuan left.
Xie Lingya immediately said, “No way, he’s donated over a million to our temple. He earned it all himself by performing rituals for people.”
He was referring to the money Shi Changxuan had given him through the Taoist Association under other names, including the reward for capturing Pei Xiaoshan. After they got together, he naturally opened up to him and told him about it.
Mr. Xie choked, “In short, if you stay with that Zhiping, don’t ever come home again.”
Xie Lingya: “???”
Xie Lingya: “What Yin Zhiping[1]? More like Little Dragon Girl[2].”
Mr. Xie: “??? What nonsense are you spouting? I won’t agree to this.”
Xie Lingya lowered his head and suddenly said, “Auntie, go out and buy some water.”
Song Jing knew he was going to have a heart-to-heart talk with Mr. Xie, so she quickly agreed and went out.
Xie Lingya calmly said, “Dad, you should know very well that I always keep my word. Since I started high school, I’ve rarely said anything childish.”
Mr. Xie was speechless. Of course he knew, and that’s why he was even more anxious. Xie Lingya wasn’t jumping around as much as before, but his will was stronger. From applying to university to inheriting Baoyang Temple, Mr. Xie couldn’t interfere with any of the steps in between, and Xie Lingya handled everything very well on his own.
Mr. Xie said with a heavy heart, “There are people doing this at our school too. Do you know what happens to them?”
He wasn’t some closed-minded person; he had some understanding of homosexual relationships, but both the current social situation and his long-held beliefs made it difficult for him to accept his son’s choice.
Xie Lingya said, “I know. But life is already full of constraints. If you can’t even do what you want in this area, what’s the point of living? Yes, if you insist on controlling me, go to Baoyang Temple, go to Shi Changxuan’s house and make a scene, threaten suicide, and get on the news…”
Mr. Xie: “Me, go to his house and make a scene, threaten suicide??”
Xie Lingya: “Anyway, just make a scene. After that, we might really be forced by public opinion…”
Mr. Xie thought, “To be separated?”
Xie Lingya: “No to commit suicide.”
Father Xie: “…”
Xie Lingya: “But after we die, we would become ghosts and go to the underworld to fall in love. I have a good relationship with the local city god, so he’s going to give us public jobs. We will be living a better life than we are now. You couldn’t even interfere, and you would still continue being condemned by netizens for being too old-fashioned and causing the deaths of your son and his boyfriend.”
Father Xie: “………………”
Father Xie stared blankly, speechless for a long time, before finally saying, “…Did you just threaten me with your death?”
“No,” Xie Lingya said calmly, “What I said is true, and Shi Changxuan and I didn’t get together on a whim, or for superficial reasons like looks.”
He had never told Father Xie about his experiences before, but now he had to bring some up.
Father Xie sensed a chilling truth in his straightforward narration, and his expression became increasingly complicated. His son had experienced things he couldn’t even imagine without his knowledge.
Father Xie desperately wanted him to immediately sell Baoyang Temple and stop getting involved in such dangerous matters. However, seeing the look in his son’s eyes reminded him of Wang Yuji— the resemblance was striking. Besides, no one knows a son better than his father; how could he stand by and watch his son die if he withdrew from Baoyang Temple?
Having shared such a life-or-death bond, Father Xie also realized that Xie Lingya’s relationship with Shi Changxuan wasn’t what he had imagined, and it couldn’t be handled like an ordinary family relationship.
Xie Lingya had finished his confession. Seeing his father remain silent for a long time, he asked, “Well?”
“…Don’t talk so casually,” Father Xie said, regaining his composure. “Whether it’s your ideals or your love, I can’t stop you, can I?”
Xie Lingya saw a hint of weariness in his father’s eyes and remained silent for a moment.
Father Xie turned his head away. “Although I can’t stop you, I don’t agree with it either.”
He understood the reasoning, but emotionally, he still found it hard to accept!
Xie Lingya breathed a sigh of relief. He knew his father had actually backed down; it was only a matter of time before he admitted it and the relationship was finalized.
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
Xie Lingya opened the door, and Song Jing said to him, “Lingya, your friends are here.”
Xie Lingya took a step forward and saw that not only Zhang Daoting and Xiao Dian, but also He Zun, Guo Xing, and others had arrived, crowding the corridor in a large group.
“What are you all doing?” Xie Lingya asked, “Did you all come to see my dad?”
Everyone nodded in unison.
Indeed, they had heard that Xie Lingya had caused their uncle’s hospitalization as soon as he arrived, and they didn’t know why. They were worried that something might have happened, and they all wanted to come and comfort Teacher Xie.
Besides, many of them had never met Father Xie before, and they couldn’t help but want to see what the hero who had raised Teacher Xie looked like.
Xie Lingya glanced around suspiciously, “…Come in.”
Everyone rushed in, greeting Father Xie, inquiring about his condition, and asking how he had raised his son so well.
Father Xie’s face was starting to contort, and he exchanged pleasantries with them with a stiff expression.
After praising Father Xie, they praised Song Jing and her daughter.
When Shi Changxuan returned after completing the formalities, he was greeted by this lively scene. “?”
“Oh dear, Master Shi is back.”
“Master Shi is excellent, he’s off to pay the fees now.”
“Uncle must like Master Shi too, they have a good relationship.”
Father Xie knew they didn’t know the truth, and he couldn’t reveal it, so he could only nod stiffly.
It was only with great difficulty that he managed to send these people away, but the next few days were anything but peaceful.
Xie Lingya stayed at the hospital to take care of Father Xie, and Shi Changxuan often came over. And whenever someone wanted to see Xie Lingya, they would naturally come to the hospital. For example, Tang Qi came to invite Xie Lingya; his tourist attraction was about to open, and Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan had done the feng shui consultation, so he hoped they would attend. He also brought a fruit basket for Father Xie.
Incidentally, Tang Qi also wanted to get some talismans for his friend.
Xie Lingya took out cinnabar and talisman paper on the spot, wrote and drew on them, and then handed them to him.
Tang Qi carried them away as if they were a treasure. After he left, Father Xie hesitated and said, “I feel like I’ve seen him on the news before.”
Xie Lingya said, “Yes, a famous entrepreneur. Didn’t you hear him mention a scenic spot?”
Father Xie felt a bit speechless. A famous entrepreneur? His son was so happy just sitting on the small table in the ward drawing a couple of talismans. What had his son actually accomplished in the industry without his knowledge?
Father Xie wasn’t online all the time, so naturally he didn’t know whether his son or Baoyang Temple was a celebrity or not.
When Shi Changxuan came over, he brought Xie Lingya’s mentor, Professor Zhu.
When Father Xie heard that this was his son’s mentor, he almost sat up, but unfortunately, he couldn’t.
After Professor Zhu comforted the patient, he naturally explained his purpose, “My niece is getting married. Could you pick a date for her? Also, I’d like to ask about the wedding customs.”
Father Xie: “…”
Xie Lingya asked him for the birth dates of both parties, calculated a date, and mentioned some auspicious and inauspicious methods. Professor Zhu left satisfied.
Father Xie hadn’t expected that he’d even managed to win over the school mentor…
Xie Lingya whispered to Shi Changxuan, “President Tang came by earlier, saying it was opening and inviting everyone to come and have fun. He said we could all go up the mountain together, and he’d reserved a hot spring room for us…”
Shi Changxuan also lowered his voice, and the two began to talk.
Phytolacca God exclaimed, “I want to soak too!”
Liu Lingtong said, “Won’t my leaves get ruined…”
“Are you only worried about the leaves?” Xie Lingya chuckled, “Besides, what’s the point of soaking in a hot spring pool? Just fill a teacup with some hot water.”
Shi Changxuan looked at him with a smile, as if to say that he was talking nonsense again.
Xie Lingya also turned to look at him, secretly touching his hand.
….
Behind them.
Father Xie pounded the bed board hard: “I don’t approve of you two being together!!!”
Xie Lingya, Shi Changxuan: “…………”
They almost forgot he was still behind them.
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[1] Yin Zhiping is a notable figure in the study of homosexuality in China, primarily through his academic work and advocacy
[2] The character Little Dragon Girl (Xiaolongnü, 小龍女) from the famous Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes. Her story centers on a heterosexual romance with the male protagonist, Yang Guo and who is known as a devoted lover.