Chapter 978: Chapter 43: Sparks Shine Bright, Only True Feelings Must Not Be Betrayed

It seemed to have little effect.

Gu Zixi hugging him felt too real! It left him with an unfulfilled desire that no woman could satisfy.

Finally, when he was almost exhausted, he muttered to himself, "Alright, stop overthinking, you’re just scaring yourself, how could you possibly like men? At most, you just felt a bit sorry for him in that moment, besides, he’s so good-looking, even my sister said it’s normal to like looking at him, you’re just being neurotic, stop thinking so much! Ignore it, and it’ll be fine in a few days!"

Calmly drying his hair, Yu Xi went to bed, regardless of whether it was already four o’clock in the afternoon, confusing the servants.

He called the kitchen, saying he wouldn’t be having lunch, mentioning he had a cold and would be taking a nap, then covered his head and started sleeping...

...

Yu Xi slept like there was no tomorrow.

In the dream, he seemed to be relentlessly pursued by a ferocious beast, running desperately, shouting for it to stop chasing him!

But the beast roared and laughed wildly, growling in sinister beast language: Am I the one chasing you? It’s clearly another version of you, right?

Yu Xi looked back, and indeed saw that the beast had transformed into another version of himself.

The exact same eyes and brows made him stop, curious about why he was chasing himself.

But as "he" approached, with a cold smile, he heard, "Zixi, I like you, would you like me too?"

He was shocked and lowered his eyes, realizing he had become Gu Zixi’s image!

This horror was terrifying, he quickly pushed away "himself", shouting angrily, "How disgusting! What’s there to like or dislike between two men? Your sexual orientation must be skewed! Get lost!"

"He" immediately showed a hurt expression, "You actually look down on me? You think I like men, don’t you! Let me tell you! I don’t!!!"

Screaming in the dream seemed to overlap with the scene when he went to see Gu Zixi on New Year’s Day.

Yu Xi, feeling weightless, woke up from the dream with a start.

He shouted too: "I don’t like men! I don’t!"

The clear voice echoed in the empty bedroom, everything seemed absurd and laughable.

Looking at everything around him, Yu Xi noticed it was daylight, the demon downstairs taking its morning stroll at 7 o’clock, a morning requiem.

Quickly wiping the sweat from his forehead, Yu Xi realized no one heard his dirty words, heavily laid back in the middle of the bed, breathing a long sigh.

"I’m really going to be driven insane!"

Rest, ponder, meditate.

After five minutes, Yu Xi finally adjusted his emotions and got out of bed.

He had thought it through, he couldn’t possibly like men, he had clearly liked someone from his stepmother’s family before, his sexual orientation should be so correct!

It was just that yesterday Gu Zixi suddenly hugged him, and he was too sensitive, that’s why he felt that was what he wanted.

He is straight! Straight, the kind that only likes to sleep with women, a straight man with a one-track mind!

Getting dressed, Yu Xi washed his face and brushed his teeth, unusually making himself look particularly handsome today, planning to have breakfast then go have fun with his juniors, or if worse came to worst, those young ladies from the Chen Family quite liked him, he’d go to show his presence.

Humming a tune, Yu Xi put one hand in his pocket, playing with his car keys, cheerfully heading out.

But he didn’t expect to bump into Gu Zixi, who happened to be coming downstairs for breakfast as well.

Gu Zixi felt quite embarrassed about Yu Xi’s behavior yesterday, thought he might have done something to irritate him, and upon seeing him now, smiled gently, "Yesterday, are you okay?"

This sentence wasn’t meant to be mentioned, but once it was, it immediately reminded Yu Xi of all his agitation, confusion, heartbeats, and unease from yesterday.

His lips wanted to lash out once, how could it be nothing! Gu Zixi! Your presence is the biggest mistake!

But he squeezed out a smile, saying, "Nothing, I just suddenly had a stomach ache yesterday, and wanted to have diarrhea, so I ran."

Gu Zixi was stunned, he had never heard someone say they wanted to have diarrhea, could hurt for half a day, and even cry.

But thinking of Yu Xi’s expression yesterday, like he was about to explode, and how he usually acted quite foolishly, it seemed possible!

Refreshing his highest understanding of fools.

Gu Zixi tilted his head and smiled, saying: "Good to hear. I thought something happened to you, or I said something wrong, making me worry for half a day!"

Gu Zixi’s smile was gentle and lovely.

Clean, untouched by dust.

Yu Xi already had no resistance to his smile, and upon hearing that he was worried for him, his heart skipped a beat, becoming even more chaotic and trembling...