141: He Is Homosexual

Next to the bridal room was a place for relatives to rest. Now there was no one there, everyone had gone out to help greet guests. After Li pulled Zhang in, Zhang immediately shook off her hand.

"Sister-in-law, is what you just said true? Is Wang Cheng really gay?" Zhang's eyes stared at Li brightly. This was great news. If she hadn’t come to Li for something suddenly, she wouldn’t have heard such amazing news.

Li was instinctually about to tell Zhang not to say anything casually, but then thought, Wang Cheng was homosexual, what did it have to do with her? If it wasn't for him, Ningkai would not fall back to engaging Wang Xiaoyan. Thinking about this, Li admitted it without hesitation.

"It's true. Xiaoyan just showed me the photo on her phone. One of the men was indeed Wang Cheng."

"Oh my god, it will really make them look bad. Wang Cheng who grew up so well turned out to be a disgusting homosexual who likes a man. If his parents knew about it, they would get so angry." Zhang had never been as exalted as now.

"Angry? Maybe the two of them knew of this long ago." Li laughed.

As soon as Zhang thought about it, she knew what Li meant. She also knew about the last time when Guan Lanfang and Wang Cheng quarreled. However, afterward, that incident seemed to be over. The mother and the child had resolved it within two days. She said, "It may not be possible. If that husband and wife really know that Wang Cheng is homosexual, even if they don’t sever relations with him on the spot, it’s not like nothing would happen. At least, Wang Cheng would be ordered to change. However, you can see how they get along now, it’s as if nothing had happened.”

Li frowned at Zhang's feasible reasoning. Although the uncle is an honest person, Guan was different. Her character was decisive and strong. If she knew that her son was gay, she would not be as calm as she was now. Did she guess wrong?

"Looking at them, the couple probably doesn’t know yet," Zhang said, starting to make calculations in her heart.

"Even if the husband and wife don't know what happened, this kind of incident is a scandal for our Wang family, we shouldn’t let it out." Li made up her mind to seize Wang Cheng's Achilles’ heel, beat their family, and report the vengeance of the north mountain’s seizure last time.

"Not really. That uncle thought he found a golden nugget and brought it back. As a result, the golden nugget caused a scandal before they could enjoy their blessings. The uncle and aunt will definitely regret it when they find that they picked up debt instead," Zhang said, smirking.

Regardless of the degree of tolerance of homosexuality in society, such a backwards, rural village like the Guan’s Village would certainly not accept such a scandal. Even if the Wang Cheng household had a good reputation in the Guan’s Village, no one would speak for them after this incident.

Men, who liked men? Disgusting at first sight.

Li did not refute.

The two people with different thoughts did not notice that there was a person standing outside the concealed door, who heard their conversation from beginning to end. Surprise and shock flashed from their eyes, and finally disappeared. When Li and Zhang came out later, the man was gone.

Although they had unexpectedly learned this amazing news, Li and Zhang agreed not to speak out today, and chose a suitable time later. When the auspicious time arrived, the two protagonists of the engagement banquet, Wang Ningkai and Wang Xiaoyan, were accompanied by their parents to the banquet hall. The guests were basically all there. Applause rang loudly and everything went smoothly according to plan.

Wang Ningkai in a white suit and Wang Xiaoyan in a red dress completed the engagement ceremony under the witness of everyone. They had beautiful engagement rings on their hands, which seemed to be embedded with diamonds, making everyone very envious. Rural villages rarely paid attention to engagements; it was usually meeting the right person, thinking of whether they could live their lives together, and then getting married.

Wang Xiaoyan, accompanied by her sisters, went and changed into a light pink dress. The dress was fluffy and her shoulders were exposed. There was only a thin layer of silk stockings underneath; she wore so little in the winter, that when everyone just looked at her, they couldn’t bear the cold.

Next was toasting. To avoid messing up the seniority, the people at each table were arranged in advance, just like when the eldest uncle first invited them to eat at Fortune Hotel. However, it was not very particular at that time, it was just adults and juniors divided. Now, in order to avoid embarrassed or hurt feelings, there were also divisions within adults and juniors. According to past customs, the banquets held in the Guan’s Village generally respected the honored elders in the village, and then the household’s parents. However, the eldest uncle's family was from the Wang’s Village, and they had no contact with the elderly in the Guan’s Village. It was planned to respect the elders in their family first, and then respect the elderly in the village. But, Granny Wang felt that it would easily offend the elderly in the Guan’s Village, so the eldest uncle minded that his parents would live here in the future, and then changed the order.

After paying respect to the elders, the bottle of wine had been opened, and the atmosphere was quite lively.

After Wang Ningkai and Wang Xiaoyan exchanged a bottle of red wine, the young people of the same generation came up to the table with two glasses. Everyone still gave face and coaxed Wang Ningkai to have another drink.

Wang Cheng was sitting at one of the tables, and all the relatives of the Wang family and the Wang family [T/N: 2 Wang families remember] were seated at the same table. For example, Wang Ningshan, the second uncle’s son, was sitting on his left-hand side, and her relatives were on his right-hand side. It went without saying that they were all half a catty.

[T/N: I don’t know what the whole phrase for ‘weighs half a catty’ is, but it basically means weak and irresponsible.]

If it weren't for Wang Ningkai's company and Wang Xiaoyan's dad's company being comparable, those people wouldn't be so enthusiastic. When Wang Cheng just came to the table, those people blatantly asked about their income and other things. They opened their mouths and said, ‘my family’s Xiaoyan’, proud as if Wang Xiaoyan's family’s money was all theirs. Then they were appraising Fortune Hotel, saying it was disgusting, and always comparing it to the star-rated hotels in the city. They said that the hotel where Xiaoyan invited them to eat was much more expensive than here.

Wang Cheng didn't want to talk to them at all. Wang Xiaoyan must have told them bad things about him, and knowing that he was called Wang Cheng, there were three sweet, then two bitter sentences. A clever person would be mushed in a pile of residue from the mountainous pressure Wang Cheng exuded.

[T/N: ‘three sweet; two bitter’ = talking to someone and getting warm then cold, tends to be threatening.]

At this moment, someone came to him.

Wang Cheng looked up and found that it was Wang Xiaoyan. What did this woman want? Because of her actions, everyone at the table looked at him. "Wang Cheng, I want to toast a glass of wine to you."

Before the groom could come to pay respect, the bride couldn’t wait to toast Wang Cheng?

After seeing this scene, Wang Ningkai thought of something, and his face was a bit ugly. He walked over in two or three steps, pulled Wang Xiaoyan's arm, and raised his glass, smiling at Wang Cheng: "Wang Cheng, let’s toast with your sister-in-law, drink this glass and let those things go from before. "

Wang Ningkai was able to say this sentence on his own initiative, so Wang Cheng would not make him lose face. He picked up the wine glass on the table and motioned to clink it with him. Wang Xiaoyan suddenly dragged Wang Ningkai back, and the wine in Wang Ningkai's hands almost spilled on himself. He was displeased, but after thinking that today was their engagement day, he had to suppress this anger.

"What are you pulling me for?" The disgusted Wang Xiaoyan looked innocent, "I just don't want you to be too close to him. Who knows if you’ll get infected with his homosexuality?"

"What are you talking about?" Wang Ningkai was confused.

Everyone else at the same table was stunned: homosexual? Was she saying that Wang Cheng was gay, or just kidding? Wang Cheng, who originally thought of staying out of trouble, finally froze, staring indifferently at Wang Xiaoyan. Not many people knew of his relationship with Chu Yifeng. Even if they knew it, it was impossible for it to get around so that Wang Xiaoyan who didn’t interact with them knew it. Mama Wang was even more impossible, she didn't even dare to tell Papa Wang, how could she tell Wang Xiaoyan this stinky woman? So how did Wang Xiaoyan know?

Wang Xiaoyan proudly looked at Wang Cheng's slightly changed face and said provocatively: "Of course I know, I have photos to prove that Wang Cheng is gay, a disgusting homosexual. I am afraid you will be infected. As a kind reminder, it's best not to approach him to avoid being infected. "

She deliberately spoke very loudly, and everyone at the other table heard it; there was an uproar.

"I'd like to see what your so-called photo is." Wang Cheng lifted his legs and stared at Wang Xiaoyan with a cold, penetrating look. He really didn't believe that Wang Xiaoyan could take photos of him with Chu Yifeng.

Wang Xiaoyan was unafraid, took out her prepared cell phone, adjusted the photo, and handed it to Wang Ningkai.

Because of his preconceived notion, Wang Ningkai felt like the two men were definitely kissing. At first glance when he saw the photo, his face changed. Everyone else took the mobile phone from his hand, and all their thoughts were almost the same. Then one by one, it was finally passed to Wang Cheng.

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