Chapter 921: Chapter 662: Dad, Doesn’t Your Conscience Hurt?
"Alright, alright, everyone sit down and eat. Ming Lang, your brother just got back from the military, he’s exhausted."
Yin Shihua quickly tried to smooth things over.
Shan Mingxu hurriedly seized the chance to calm things down, nodding as he spoke,
"Exhausted, truly exhausted!"
Yet Ming Lang continued to stare daggers at Shan Mingxu.
Ming Xu and Ming Lang had always sat together, but when Ming Xu was about to sit next to Ming Lang, he saw Zeng Xiaocheng’s rear firmly planted in the chair beside Shan Minglang, showing no intention of moving.
Not only that, Zeng Xiaocheng even shifted his chair closer to Shan Minglang, creating a gap between him and Yin Shihua for Shan Mingxu to sit.
Shan Mingxu wasn’t known for being overly sensitive, but...
Zeng Xiaocheng had been by Shan Minglang’s side for an unusually long time. During this period, Ming Xu hadn’t spent much time with the military, his mind occupied with family matters, adding to that many people he’d asked to track Uncle Bai’s whereabouts, so he’d been home much more frequently than before.
Wherever he saw Ming Lang... Zeng Xiaocheng was invariably by his side, even at home.
Was he overthinking things?
"Brother, sit down."
"..."
Shan Mingxu was still suspicious, and then Zeng Xiaocheng unexpectedly said this, causing Shan Mingxu to shiver.
"I’m the same age as Ming Lang."
"Oh, I know, Ming Lang calls you brother, so I follow him in calling you that."
Zeng Xiaocheng said matter-of-factly, leaving Shan Mingxu feeling awkward all over.
"Haha, Xiaocheng and Ming Lang really have a good relationship! With Mingxu not home, Xiaocheng and Ming Lang seem like twins."
Yin Shihua laughed.
No one in the room thought much of it, except Shan Mingxu.
Everyone just thought Zeng Xiaocheng and Shan Minglang were close, and knew that Zeng Xiaocheng was the grandson of Old Sir Zeng, who was a life-long friend of Old Master Yin, and both sides hoped this relationship would continue through generations.
Ming Lang and Xiaocheng’s bond was naturally better closer.
If Shan Mingxu hadn’t recently encountered a troubling issue, he wouldn’t have veered off course in his thinking.
In this open, scientific society, sexual orientation is free, and homosexuality is no longer viewed as an illness.
That’s the fact, the theoretical knowledge, but this open and free society isn’t quite on par with the West; not as many people truly accept it.
Perhaps some people say they have no issues and can accept such relationships between same-sex, but once it’s happening around them, they immediately resist.
Shan Mingxu was in the military, surrounded by men, and never did he expect a pair to arise right under his nose.
By chance, it was only he who discovered it, and whether to report it or not was a dilemma.
As he wrestled with this issue, seeing Zeng Xiaocheng so attentive to Ming Lang at home, it was truly hard to not think too much.
"Ming Lang is nice, lively, and I have similar hobbies to him — we’re well matched."
Zeng Xiaocheng said, pride evident.
Ming Xu heard this, feeling a bit prickly, he sat down, his tone rather sarcastic,
"I didn’t realize Young Master Zeng also likes writing poetry and crafting literary works."
As for Ming Lang’s interest, isn’t it just reading and writing, like his dad,
"That’s not what he meant."
Ming Lang hastily clarified.
Ming Xu glanced at him, "Then what is it?"
Ming Lang mouthed to Ming Xu,
"Playing...video...games..."
Then Zeng Xiaocheng nodded in agreement, still with a proud demeanor, raising his chin, exposing both nostrils.
Ming Xu wished he could poke Zeng Xiaocheng’s nostrils with his chopsticks!
This could really be called a match in interests?!
Shan Mingxu was truly enlightened.
"Okay, you three, hurry up and eat."
Yin Shihua urged.
Shan Mingxu had no choice but to eat quietly.
Meanwhile, Yin Shixiu briefly recounted the events of the night at Tianjin Port, lightly mentioning that Wu Rong saved him, and how he then reached out to Eric, who secretly went to the United Kingdom for treatment.
The whole table fell silent upon hearing this.
Though he spoke so casually, sometimes saying things lightly doesn’t make it any easier for others.
Imaging scenarios can often be more exaggerated than reality.
Seeing the Yin elders with pale faces said it all.
"Dad, Mom, look, I’m fine now, Wu Rong has been arrested, and soon the prosecutor will publicly charge him for his crimes, the Rong Family is having a hard time, too, and Rong Jing has also been taken for questioning."
"..."
"Uncle Bai is personally overseeing things at the bureau, whether it’s Wu Rong or the Rong Family, things won’t be easy for them ahead."
