Chapter 56

<details><summary>Characters List</summary></details>

<details>Le Han – Main Character</details>

<details>Gua Gua Gu – In-game main character’s name Daji / Enchanting Imperial Concubine – In-game alternate character’s name</details>

<details>Qi Xun – Male Lead</details>

<details>Mu Yi Cheng Zhou / Mu God – In-game main character Zhan Ge – In-game trumpet’s name Spark’s singer</details>

<details>Zhou Yao – Qi Xun’s best friend</details>

<details>Meng Bu Meng – In-game main character’s name Spark’s member</details>

<details>Luo Yan – Zhou Yao’s husband</details>

<details>Lu Jiao (Emperor of Qi) – In-game main character’s name Spark’s drummer</details>

<details>Qin Yuyuan (Princess Qin) – Qi Xun’s pursuer</details>

<details>Axue – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Zhang Yang (Prince Tang) – Le Han’s pursuer</details>

<details>Qiao Rui – Le Han’s roommate and friend</details>

<details>Spark’s bassist</details>

<details>He Yiming – Le Han’s previous crush and senior student</details>

<details>Zhao Yifei – Le Han’s high school classmate and friend</details>

<details>Yu Manman – Le Han’s high school classmate and He Yiming’s ex-girlfriend</details>

<details>Xu Jingsen – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

<details>An Ke – Yu Manman’s friend</details>

<details>Yao Lingyu – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

Edited by Bubbles

Qi Xun was nervous, trying to show the most perfect smile on his face. When he heard the exclamation of ‘silly child’, his smile dropped slightly, and he felt that something was wrong.

He subconsciously looked at Le Han beside him. The next second, he saw Le Han being pulled by Mother Le to her side, still smiling silly.

Qi Xun: “…”

Did the two elders misunderstand something?

“What’s the matter with your injuries?!” Mother Le looked at Le Han up and down in surprise and anger, then stared at Qi Xun. “Who… who beat you!?”

Although she had asked ‘who beat you’, the look in Mother Le’s eyes seemed to have determined that it was Qi Xun.

Father Le also widened his eyes and said with a dark face, “This is the boyfriend you brought back?!”

Qi Xun’s mouth twitched and he hurriedly said, “Uncle and aunt, you’ve misunderstood!”

Le Han also recovered his senses and said in surprise, “ Ah , no, mom and dad, you misunderstood. He didn’t beat me!”

When Le Han’s parents heard this, their nerves relaxed.

Just now, they were shocked when they saw Le Han’s appearance. They thought it was the man next to Le Han who’d caused it. But after thinking about it, if he was the culprit, he wouldn’t dare to bring Le Han home like this.

How did Le Han become like this? They were angry, distressed, and confused.

Mother Le frowned and asked, “What the hell is going on!”

…

Qi Xun bought something on the way and made enough preparations to visit Le Han’s home.

After putting the things down, they sat on the sofa, and Le Han briefly introduced Qi Xun’s identity. Le Han’s parents finally stopped suspecting Qi Xun after they talked about what had happened last night. But then, the more they listened, the angrier they became.

Le Han had some difficulty when he talked about it, so Qi Xun simply didn’t let him say anything. He directly explained the matter to the two elders, skipping Xu Jingsen’s dirty intentions towards Le Han.

Father Le gasped angrily. “Uncivilized! How can there be such an uneducated child in this world! What did their parents do to teach children to be like this! It’s just social rubbish!”

Mother Le’s eyes were red. “Did you go to the hospital for an examination yesterday? Are you okay?”

“I’m okay.” Le Han felt a little nervous when his parents were so angry. “I just have to wait until the swelling subsides. Don’t worry.”

“I, I’m going to look for those beasts to settle accounts!” Father Le wanted to stand up.

“Uncle!”

“Dad!”

Qi Xun hurriedly helped Le Han stop Father Le and comforted him, “Uncle, don’t be too distressed. Sit down first.”

“Yes, Dad.” Le Han nodded quickly. “Don’t be distressed… Qi Xun has already helped me out.”

“How do you want to settle accounts with them! Don’t you know the parents of those people?! How can you go look for them? Can you beat them up?” Although Mother Le felt distressed and angry about Le Han, she was still rational and told Father Le, “Sit down first!”

When Qi Xun saw the appearance of Mother Le and Father Le at this moment, the idea of the two elders worrying about Le Han’s sexuality disappeared. He could see that the anger of Le Han’s parents was really directed at Xu Jingsen’s group.

Qi Xun helped Father Le back to the sofa and sat down, then he said calmly, “I made all the five apologize to Le Han.”

“An apology is not enough—” Father Le said angrily.

“Dad!” Le Han raised his voice, then paused and said, “I asked them to apologize!”

Le Han sighed, thought about it, and said, “I still hope they can go to jail, but it’s impossible to send them to jail based on the situation at that time.”

Reality was not a whimsical novel or TV series. Xu Jingsen and the others had gone too far, but it was impossible to send them to prison based on what they’d done in the alley. Even if Qi Xun was here now—

Noting that Qi Xun was also looking at him, Le Han said, “I don’t want you to take the initiative to abuse power for personal gain.”

Qi Xun was helpless.

Le Han continued, “I don’t want you to beat them up. I fought with them just to protect myself, but I don’t like fighting at all! I want their apologies more than all these.”

He’d wanted to get the words ‘I’m sorry’ from that group of people.

He didn’t know what others would do when they encountered this kind of thing and whether they would try their best to retaliate back, but he didn’t want to waste more time on those scum. He just wanted to get their apologies.

Hearing this, Mother Le and Father Le fell silent.

Upon seeing this, Qi Xun sighed softly and said, “Yesterday, I made those five people apologize sincerely before letting them go.”

Of course, Qi Xun didn’t finish—

What had happened yesterday was solved just like that, but Qi Xun always believed that the wicked would have their own retribution. It should be said even if ‘God’ didn’t do it, he would push the waves and let ‘God’ punish them.

Anyway, this matter was over on Le Han’s side. Le Han didn’t want to pay any more attention to it, and Qi Xun wouldn’t bother him with it, but this matter wasn’t over yet.

Thinking of this, he lowered his eyes slightly, and a dark light flashed through them.

He added, “Uncle and aunt, you can rest assured. I can guarantee that those people will never contact Le Han again.”

Qi Xun didn’t think those people would dare to approach Le Han on their own initiative.

Qi Xun spoke firmly, but Mother Le was still worried. “But if they come to find trouble…”

Qi Xun smiled and said, “I’ll solve it.”

Mother Le paused and looked at Qi Xun carefully.

She had to admit that although Le Han was a man, his personality was too soft. The man next to him looked tall and steady, and his character seemed quite mature. At this moment, he had the strength to make people feel convinced.

There was such a young man beside Le Han…

Mother Le looked at her child, suddenly feeling a little amused.

She used to be unable to accept Le Han’s sexual orientation, but now she felt relieved that there was such a man taking care of her son. There was no sense of disobedience at all.

“Mom, don’t worry,” Le Han comforted.

Mother Le sighed, nodded, and said to Qi Xun, “Xiao Qi, thank you for taking care of Le Han yesterday.”

She had to admit that she and her husband weren’t smart and had no ability or money. To be honest, they didn’t have the courage and confidence to do some crazy things. In the end, there wasn’t much they could do for Le Han, and their guilt for him couldn’t be eliminated.

Qi Xun said with a smile, “It’s okay, this is what I should do.”

For Qi Xun, it was enough for Le Han’s parents to accept Le Han sincerely. He didn’t demand anything else. After all, many things in the world were not as perfect as ideals. He would do what Le Han’s parents couldn’t do for him.

“Speaking of which, how did you meet?” Mother Le gave Le Han a reproachful look. “If you go out with your boyfriend, you can tell us honestly. Why did you lie and say you were going to see Zhou Yifei?”

Le Han shrank his neck.

Because… Officially, they only recognized each other yesterday.

The two looked at each other and coughed lightly.

To prevent the two elders from thinking that their relationship was fragile, they didn’t mention the part of online dating and said that they’d met through Le Han’s roommate Qiao Rui.

After explaining what happened last night, Le Han relaxed.

At lunchtime, Mother Le brought out the food. Because Le Han’s timing was unexpected, she didn’t have the time to go out and buy more vegetables, so she could only cook a few vegetables to support the main dishes.

Qi Xun gave face and ate a lot.

After the meal, Le Han went to the toilet. Father Le gave Qi Xun a look, and Qi Xun obediently followed Father Le to the window.

“Xiao Qi, have you come out to your family?” Father Le asked.

Hearing this, Qi Xun remained silent for two seconds and said, “Not yet. Before I met Le Han, I never thought I liked men.”

Seeing Father Le frowning, Qi Xun added, “Uncle, you can rest assured that I’m absolutely serious about Le Han. Otherwise, I wouldn’t come here today. Maybe I’m more attached than Le Han.”

Speaking of this, he smiled.

Father Le was a little surprised, but he was also satisfied with Qi Xun’s answer. He coughed and said, “Then your parents…”

“I’ll find time to talk to them and solve this problem as soon as possible,” Qi Xun said.

Father Le thought about it and said, “If there is anything we can help with, you can tell us.”

Qi Xun wasn’t polite either. He nodded and said, “Okay.”

“By the way,” Father Le thought for a moment and asked, “You should already be working? Your parents…”

Qi Xun also said he wanted to have a good relationship with Le Han. Same-sex marriage had already been approved in China for a long time. If the two had a long and stable relationship, it was possible to get married. Of course, same-sex marriage being legal didn’t mean that the acceptance of homosexuality among the general population had increased. Thinking of what had happened to Le Han in high school, Father Le wanted to learn about Qi Xun’s family situation before broaching the discussion of marriage.

And Father Le had been thinking about a problem.

He knew how arrogant the students of Le Han’s high school were. Just now, he’d impulsively said that he wanted to settle accounts with them, but just as Mother Le said, after calming down and thinking about it, how could he settle accounts with them?

This was a very wretched topic.

Seek justice from those people’s parents? He had met the parents of those students in Le Han’s high school before he’d accepted Le Han’s sexual orientation. That year, although he was angry that his son went astray, he didn’t want him to be bullied like that. He had seen Le Han injured before, but now that he thought about it, neither of them paid enough attention. He had no idea how many times Le Han had suffered such things before they noticed. At that time, he argued ardently with the parents of those students in front of the teacher. That was the most humiliating and angry moment in Father Le’s life.

Call the police? Sue them? He thought about it and knew that it wouldn’t work as those people’s parents had a way out.

Fight back? That was even more impossible. How old was he? Could he beat them?

After all, compared to them, he had neither money nor power.

So no matter how humiliated he felt, he had to admit he couldn’t help Le Han get justice under his social status.

He didn’t want to talk about it anymore. His life was half over, and it was useless to regret many things now. He just felt curious about Qi Xun having a way to make those little beasts apologize sincerely to Le Han.

Qi Xun knew what Father Le wanted to ask, and he didn’t intend to hide it.

Before speaking, he looked at Father Le’s face.

Le Han went to the bathroom, and when he came out, he heard his mother shout, “Han Han, take Xiao Qi to your room to rest.”

“ Oh , okay.” At this moment, Le Han saw Qi Xun walking towards him, waved at him, and pointed to the room in front of him. “Go to my room, I’ll get a drink.”

“All right,” Qi Xun responded and walked in first.

Le Han liked soft drinks very much. There was always Sprite at home. He took out two cans from the cabinet, and when he turned around, he saw his father supporting himself on the window.

Le Han was startled and asked, “Dad, what’s the matter with you?!”

Why are you using the window as support!?

Not only did Father Le support himself, but he also trembled slightly.

He gave Le Han a complicated look and asked, “Do you know about Qi Xun’s family?”

“…” Le Han muttered, “Know, know…”

“…” Father Le was silent for a moment and seriously said, “Han Han, you have to study hard!”

Le Han held the Sprite in his hand and replied with equal seriousness, “I will!”

It seemed that his father was also frightened by Qi Xun’s background. Le Han returned to his room while thinking.

As soon as he looked up, he found Qi Xun standing in the middle of the room, looking around with his arms folded.

Le Han thought of something and stiffened as he looked at the walls of his room.

Before coming out of the closet, Le Han used to buy some… magazines with many male models, read them quietly and hide them afterwards. After his sexual orientation was exposed, Le Han’s pressure increased sharply. Thinking that his parents already knew that he was gay and to fight the stress, he simply cut out all the photos of the naked men he liked in the magazine and pasted them on the wall.

Once he stopped being bothered by other people’s opinion, he let his restraints go… His personality in the game was quite unified with that outside the game…

His mother tore down the photos several times, and he pasted them several times. Later, at the end of his college entrance examination, his mother accepted his sexuality and began to feel guilty, so she didn’t tear down the pictures again.

So at this moment, there were various muscular naked men from magazine pictures on the walls of his room…

Qi Xun turned around and smiled.

Le Han trembled.