Novel Full Chapter 398
Qin Jing didn’t feel anything deep; he only felt goosebumps all over his body.
After all, this person had just been holding hands with his sister, and now they were confessing to him. Even though he knew it was his online partner, he still felt utterly disgusted.
Gritting his teeth, his fists clenched tightly.
Wen Bai then turned to Qin Xiaoyu and said, “I’m sorry, Xiaoyu, but… anyway, you didn’t seem to care if I liked you or not. You just wanted to be my girlfriend, right? So I… let myself fall for someone else.”
Qin Xiaoyu immediately burst out laughing in anger, “You think you’re so wronged, and I should be grateful for the opportunity you’ve given me! If I had known you were gay, I wouldn’t have even looked at you.”
Even if she didn’t have feelings now, emotions could be cultivated over time. But if someone wasn’t on the same page, why waste effort?
It’s innate orientation, not something that can be “fixed” like a bent object.
Wen Bai felt embarrassed by her words, especially seeing the hostile looks from both siblings. He couldn’t help but feel wronged, “I lied to you, and it’s my fault, but you both said you loved him and wanted to bring him to the family celebration. What about now?”
Seeing Wen Bai’s retort, Qin Jing and Qin Xiaoyu nearly burst out laughing in anger simultaneously.
A teammate stepped forward to persuade Wen Bai to stop, knowing they couldn’t afford to offend Qin Xiaoyu.
Wen’s mother, hearing her son’s words, went completely mad.
She leaped up, grabbed Wen Bai, and with a fierce glare, shouted, “What are you saying? What are you talking about! How could you possibly…?”
“Enough! I like men. Do you get it? I like men!” Wen Bai finally lost control and shouted at his mother.
His mother responded with a fierce slap, knocking him back down.
“You’re sick! You need treatment! Just like your father, you’re both sick! You’re both perverts.” Wen’s mother trembled, her eyes vacant. “But it’s okay, Mom will help you get better. You’ll soon return to normal.”
As she said this, she started to nervously attempt to help Wen Bai up again.
The surrounding crowd was in an uproar. So, Wen’s father was also gay? But he had a child with Wen’s mother, so she must have been deceived. No wonder she’s so homophobic.
People couldn’t help but feel sympathy for her.
But Wen Bai pushed his mother away angrily, “You destroyed my dad, and now you want to destroy me too? My dad wronged you, but he tried his best to make up for it. He’s been gone for so long, yet you can’t let go of him, and now you won’t let me go either?”
Wen’s mother instantly looked heartbroken and desperate.
The bystanders felt Wen Bai’s words were unfair. After all, Wen’s mother was the victim in this situation.
Although she seemed like a shrew now, she was pushed to this point.
[So that’s how it was… Wen’s father, when he married Wen’s mother, didn’t know about his sexual orientation. In that era, there was little information about such matters, so he simply followed tradition and married, having a child. Although he was reluctant about intimate matters, he thought it was just personal preference. He worked hard to support the family and took good care of his wife and child. But later, when he met a man, he realized his true orientation. He initially wanted to keep it hidden but decided it wouldn’t be fair to Wen’s mother’s life, so he was honest and asked for forgiveness, promising to leave everything to her. He even planned to leave with nothing.]
Qin Zhao and Qin Rong didn’t expect to get such juicy gossip. Earlier, they felt Wen’s mother, despite being overbearing and unreasonable, was pitiful due to the deception. But hearing the background, they felt it was all rather inevitable.
[But this news was like the heavens falling for Wen’s mother. Both families were from scholarly backgrounds, so they were extremely traditional, believing that same-sex relationships went against their ancestors. She loved Wen’s father deeply, and his gentle care was something she could boast about in her social circle. Everyone envied her for having a good husband and a good son, living the perfect life. She couldn’t accept this drastic change and tried everything to stop Wen’s father from leaving.]
Qin Zhao and Qin Rong remembered Qin Xiaoyu mentioning that Wen Bai’s father had left.
[Wen’s father tried to reason with her, stating it was for her own good, but she refused to believe him. In the end, to stop Wen’s father, she revealed the secret to both sets of parents. The older generation, who prided themselves on their scholarly background, absolutely forbade such things. After discussion, they sent Wen’s father to a mental hospital, not a proper one, and kept him locked up. The conditions in that dubious hospital nearly drove him insane. It was only the man he had met earlier who rescued Wen’s father and took him away, leaving the country. They lost all contact afterward.]
Qin Zhao and Qin Rong were stunned. They couldn’t imagine how horrendous it would be for a normal person to be locked in an unethical mental hospital, treated for ‘being gay,’ especially when it was his own relatives who did it.
[Wen Bai had witnessed all this, leaving deep scars. After his father left, his mother became somewhat obsessed, constantly cursing at homosexuals and strictly watching her son, fearing he might make a wrong step. Because of this, Wen Bai became afraid of being treated like his father and kept denying his feelings, even forcing himself to date girls to ‘straighten out.’ Otherwise, Wen’s mother wouldn’t have, after using up the money left by Wen’s father, sent Wen Bai to work in an all-male environment, as she believed that being gay was a disease, and her son was perfectly fine.]
Qin Zhao and Qin Rong here, could only sigh at how one family’s issues affected so many people.
Others, unlike them, didn’t easily learn the truth behind the scenes. Naturally, their focus wasn’t on this. Instead, they were shocked that not only had their team leader cheated, but he’d also come out! It was too shocking.
Wen’s mother still tried to persuade Wen Bai.
Wen Bai, however, shouted, “If you hadn’t constantly pushed me, I could have lived freely! In this day and age, unlike my father’s time, I could choose to be with the man I like! It’s all your fault for making me scared and anxious! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have ended up cheating on them and forcing myself. Everything is your fault!”