Author: 反舌鸟 / Mockingbird

Translator: Kinky || https://kinkytranslations.com/
Editor: Eli

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Chapter 28

Yu Ruoyun woke up to the sound of his phone ringing and someone knocking on the door. He sat up and looked around, searching for Jiang Yu, but he seemed to be gone.

First, he answered the phone. It was his father. “You finally picked up. Open the door.”

“Why are you here?” Yu Ruoyun asked as he stood at the door. It was midday, and he was still in his pajamas, while his father stood outside, looking like he had been waiting for a while.

Yu Qiwen wasn’t pleased. “I came for a conference. I finished the meetings, and you’re still sleeping.”

Yu Ruoyun stepped aside to let him in. “Have you had lunch?”

“I have,” Yu Qiwen said. “You can starve. Sit down. Your father has something important to discuss with you!”

Yu Ruoyun had a bad feeling and refused to sit down. “I don’t need it.”

Yu Qiwen glared at him. “You’re refusing before I’ve even told you? Look first before you say no!”

“I don’t want to look.” Yu Ruoyun took a step back. “I’m going to change my clothes.”

Yu Qiwen lost the last bit of his patience. “I say, enough is enough. Do you plan to stay single forever?”

He had come prepared, even bringing photos.

“These people all have proper jobs in Beijing,” Yu Qiwen said. “They don’t sleep around. Look, since you’re just lounging at home anyway, you might as well meet them.”

Yu Ruoyun found it impossible to communicate. “If they did sleep around, they wouldn’t tell you. And also…”

Yu Ruoyun picked up the photos. “Why do all these people look like they could punch me to death?”

“Isn’t that good?” Yu Qiwen said. “Blame your mother for giving you such a sissy name. When you were little and I took you to kindergarten, the teachers would ask, ‘Where’s your daughter?’ I should never have agreed to that name. Now, look, you’ve turned out gay.”

“Names and sexual orientation have no causal relationship,” Yu Ruoyun said.

“Just look at them first,” Yu Qiwen insisted, pointing at the photos. “This one, I heard, is six feet three inches tall…”

Discussing sex with parents was awkward, especially when it involved sexual positions. Yu Ruoyun felt uncomfortable. “It’s not what you think.”

“What?” Yu Qiwen paused. “You don’t like men anymore? Are you just trying to make trouble?”

“I’m not the one being topped,” Yu Ruoyun said. “Do you understand?”

Honestly, the men in the photos didn’t necessarily have to be tops. Most likely, they were muscular bottoms. But Yu Ruoyun didn’t plan to explain this to his father.

Yu Qiwen was incredulous. “Are you lying to avoid a blind date?”

“In the entertainment industry, tops are more popular,” Yu Ruoyun said impatiently, deciding to scare his father. “Most of those in power who take advantage of weaker people often prefer to be fucked. Your son is a rarity, okay?”

“What do you mean?” Yu Qiwen asked. “Have you done that to other people been exploited?”

Either way, he looked like he wanted to kill Yu Ruoyun so as to rid the world of harm.

Neither, Yu Ruoyun was about to say when the doorbell rang again. Yu Qiwen turned to see Jiang Yu standing at the entrance, holding a key.

“So, you have been taking advantage of others,” Yu Qiwen muttered. “I knew I shouldn’t have let you enter the entertainment industry. Now you’ve learned all this, probably even soliciting prostitutes and doing drugs, indulging in orgies every day…”

Jiang Yu walked over, and Yu Ruoyun had to introduce them. “This is my father.”

He then told Yu Qiwen, “This is Long Xingyu, my current boyfriend.”

Yu Qiwen didn’t respond. When he sat down earlier, something had poked his waist. He stood up and pulled out a shirt. The good news was, it wasn’t underwear. The bad news was, the shirt was torn.

Only Yu Ruoyun remained unfazed. “Don’t rummage through my stuff.”

“Rummage?” Yu Qiwen snapped. “You should clean up after yourself!”

“If you called before coming, I would’ve cleaned up,” Yu Ruoyun said. “But you never do.”

While the father and son argued, Jiang Yu stayed out of it. He stepped aside to pour some water. “Uncle, would you like some tea?”

Yu Ruoyun remarked, “That tea is very expensive.”

Jiang Yu could tell Yu Ruoyun was joking and didn’t argue. He placed the tea in front of Yu Qiwen.

“Why scold him?” Yu Qiwen said. “Can’t I have a sip of your tea? Should I file an application in advance?”

Jiang Yu had never expected to meet Yu Ruoyun’s father, let alone in such a scenario. His limited imagination couldn’t have foreseen this interaction, seeing how Yu Ruoyun spoke to his father.

“Then serve him tea,” Yu Ruoyun said, looking at Jiang Yu mischievously. “Did you know he’s here to introduce me to potential partners? These people are quite impressive, much taller than you. The first one is six feet three inches tall.”

Jiang Yu looked down and saw the photos scattered on the table.

Yu Qiwen scrutinized Jiang Yu, starting to believe Yu Ruoyun’s words. Maybe Yu Ruoyun really was the top. He hadn’t seen Yu Ruoyun’s previous partner, Jiang Yu, and didn’t know what he looked like. But the current one seemed frail, pale, and young…

“You could be his father,” Yu Qiwen couldn’t help but pull Yu Ruoyun aside. Jiang Yu pretended not to hear and sat quietly.

Yu Ruoyun hadn’t considered their age difference before, but upon calculating, it was true. As he had once hypothesized, if he had fallen in love in middle school, he could be Long Xingyu’s father.

“Yes,” Yu Ruoyun said. “Much older.”

He appeared calm, prompting Yu Qiwen to ask, “What about Jiang Yu?”

The reason he had come over was the lingering thought from Yu Ruoyun’s phone call, mentioning Jiang Yu had passed away. He intended to counsel Yu Ruoyun to move on but found that Yu Ruoyun had moved on unusually quickly.

So he couldn’t help but ask, “You wouldn’t get another dog when your previous one died. Why did you find a new partner so quickly?”

Yu Qiwen sensed something was off. He knew his son, and this wasn’t typical behavior.

It was hard to explain.

So Yu Ruoyun said, “Look at him from this angle.”

Yu Qiwen turned to look and heard Yu Ruoyun say, “From this angle, he looks just like Jiang Yu.”

“Can you lower your voice?” Yu Qiwen hissed at Yu Ruoyun.

‘I agree,’ Jiang Yu thought, barely holding back from spitting out his tea at Yu Ruoyun’s comment.

“Jiang Yu is dead, so I found someone who looks like him as a stand-in. That’s not illegal, is it?” Yu Ruoyun said. “Better than doing something against the law.”

“Do you have to choose between those two options?” Yu Qiwen was exasperated.

“You wouldn’t like the other options either,” Yu Ruoyun said. “Think of it positively. It benefits me a lot.”

“What benefit?”

Yu Ruoyun’s eyes were unclear, but his tone was light. “Given our age difference, I can die before him this time.”

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Kinky Thoughts:

LMAO. Past Jiang Yu might not have been so uptight if you were this casual Yu Ruoyun.

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