Chapter 1478: Zihan Gets Beaten

"Who, you?"

Shi Youxuan laughed: "You couldn't be. Ever since you were a baby who couldn't even talk, you'd stare at little girls without blinking. If you were gay, then every man in the world would be."

"Oh Mom, I'm not joking with you. Please stop making fun of me. Can you just tell me if you can accept it or not?"

Seeing Zihan's serious expression, which truly looked like he was discussing a grave matter, Shi Youxuan turned serious as well.

"Are you talking about Zirui? Do you have proof?"

"I didn't say Zirui, I'm just speaking hypothetically!" Zihan was cautious and did not tell his mother directly that he suspected Zirui was gay.

This kind of thing is something ninety-nine percent of parents probably couldn't accept.

But he was also worried that if Zirui really did like boys and not girls, his parents would find out sooner or later. It was better to know sooner than later; being prepared early would be fine.

His mother was very open-minded, but he still worried his parents couldn't accept it. Caught in this conflicting mood, he wanted to speak but didn't dare, and even when he spoke, he didn't say directly who it was!

"Stop with the hypotheticals. Your little thoughts are written all over your face."

Shi Youxuan's brows were almost knotted together.

This really couldn't be considered good news, and she had never thought about what she would do if Zirui didn't like girls and only liked boys.

But if what Zihan said was true, then she could only accept it and provide Zihan with the greatest protection, protecting him as much as possible from the harm of outside gossip.

Shi Youxuan shed tears; she couldn't hold them back.

"If that's really the case, tell Zirui that I will accept it. No matter what, I accept it, because you are my children, and I will love you unconditionally."

"Mom, you're so good!"

Zihan hugged his mother. The young man's face still held a trace of childishness, but he was already more than half a head taller than his mother.

"Sob, sob, sob..."

Shi Youxuan held her youngest son and cried, saying while she wept: "Let me tell you, you and Zirui are siblings born of the same womb, especially you; you two are twins, so you must be of one mind as brothers. Don't let anyone else know about Zirui liking boys for now; I will go talk to him."

"If he is just like that, born that way, then there's nothing to be done about it. In the future, you must treat whoever he brings back like a sister-in-law. You cannot discriminate against them; you must treat them like family, do you understand..."

"Mom, don't worry, I know. I will do it!"

His mother's emotions also infected Zihan, and the mother and son cried in each other's arms for a while.

After crying, the mother and son walked out of the room. Zihan accompanied his mother to find Zirui, prepared to have a showdown!

There was no one in Zirui's room.

At this time, he should be in the Study.

The two pushed open the door to the Study. Father and son were each at a desk; Sheng Hanyu was signing documents, and Sheng Zirui was helping his father organize materials brought back from the company!

The father and son worked with tacit understanding, having cooperated for over a decade. Zirui was already his father's most capable assistant for working at home.

"Something up?"

Sheng Hanyu was stunned when he saw the two of them.

What was going on with these two? They looked like they had just been crying.

It wasn't strange for his wife to appear in the Study.

But it was strange for Zihan to come to the Study as well. Zihan never entered the Study; what was wrong today?

Shi Youxuan ignored her husband and said to Zirui: "Zirui, come with Mom for a moment. I have something to talk to you about."

"Whatever it is, just say it here. There are no outsiders."

"Come when I tell you to, stop with the nonsense." Shi Youxuan didn't want her husband to know so quickly.

But her husband did not agree.

He grabbed Zirui and said to his wife: "What is it that has to be kept from me? Just say it here; I'll listen too."

"This matter... forget it, you'd better not listen. I'll tell you later."

"No, say it right here."

Shi Youxuan didn't want to say it. Her husband's views were not exactly the same as hers; her husband was more traditional, and he might not be able to accept it.

Moreover, Zirui had always been raised as the Heir. Liking men and not women... although social norms had become much more enlightened, the public still found it very hard to accept such things!

But the more she didn't say it, the more her husband forced her to ask right there.

Finally, Zihan couldn't hold back and said: "Dad, Zirui likes boys, he doesn't like girls."

The most terrifying thing is the sudden silence in the air.

Sheng Hanyu was stunned.

Zirui was also stunned.

Both of them were completely caught off guard, and then they unconsciously locked eyes!

Sheng Hanyu's gaze was like a torch, his eyes looking as if he wanted to kill.

Zirui had a blank expression, completely unaware.

A moment later, he looked at Zihan, glared at him, and roared in a low voice: "Sheng Zihan, are you sick? Which eye of yours saw me liking men?"

Zihan's eyes welled up with tears, and he said sincerely: "Zirui, don't worry. I already promised Mom just now that no matter what, we will stand on your side. We brothers will face all the storms together. When brothers are of one mind, their strength can cut through metal..."

Sheng Zirui couldn't defend himself. He didn't want to cut through metal right now; he just wanted to cut off his brother!

"Mom, don't listen to his nonsense. His head is filled with romance all day long. This afternoon he wanted to set me up with Bai Manman, and when I ignored him, he started spreading rumors about me!"

"Who is Bai Manman?" Shi Youxuan suddenly felt her brain capacity wasn't enough.

Zirui said almost at the same time as Zihan: "Bai Manman is the School Beauty of our class."

Zirui: "There's only half a year left until the high school entrance exam. I want to get into First High School, get into Teacher Luo's class, and later go to Jiangzhou University just like Big Brother and Big Sister. I don't want to date early, so he just assumed I like men..."

Zihan felt his parents' gazes gradually sharpening, and seeing that things were going poorly, he turned and ran.

For the next three minutes, the Sheng Family witnessed a spectacle never seen before—Shi Youxuan and her husband, plus Zirui, rushed out of the Study chasing after Zihan.

Shi Youxuan: "Sheng Zihan, you stand right there! Your wings have hardened, and you dare to run?"

Sheng Hanyu didn't speak, quickly chasing down the stairs.

He exercises by running all year round, and although he has entered middle age, he still runs very fast, even faster than Zirui.

Zirui followed closely behind; seeing his father chasing from the front, he ran into the kitchen and chased out through the side door.

Three minutes later.

Zihan was caught by his father and Zirui, and the beating that followed made him howl like a wolf and scream like a ghost!

Zihan has a sweet mouth and a soft temper; usually, when he makes a mistake, he admits it and apologizes, and he can basically muddle through, but this time it didn't work.

"Dad, I was wrong, stop hitting me!"

"Brother, I will never talk nonsense again, but I really did it for your own good... Ouch, it hurts!"

Zirui usually rarely bothers with Zihan, but this time he was too infuriating; if he didn't give him a good beating, it wouldn't appease the public anger!

Sheng Hanyu and his son were both beating Zihan; Shi Youxuan didn't join in, but cheered from the side: "Hit him, hit his mouth; as long as you don't kill him, it doesn't matter how you beat him."

She was also extremely angry.

Usually, among these children, Zihan is the most likable, with a sweet mouth, a delicate heart, and good intuition.

But she didn't expect that he would actually take things for granted to this extent!

When Zihan said that Zirui didn't like girls but liked boys, he spoke with such certainty, looking as if it were a settled matter; she thought that since the brothers were together all day, such things couldn't be wrong, but it turned out to be so ridiculously wrong!