The next day Sheng Xing Ze was being awakened by Yu Bai. He rubbed his eyes in a daze against Yu Bai's chest unconsciously.
"What time is it?"
"It's nine o'clock, the sun is already up." Yu Bai touched his head and placed a good morning kiss on Sheng Xing Ze's forehead.
Sheng Xing Ze buried his face in the quilt, only revealing a messy bundle of hair.
"Five more minutes."
Yu Bai pulled him out of the quilt, "Hey, you said the same thing about half an hour ago."
Sheng Xing Ze touched his phone on the bedside table and handed it to Yu Bai, "Give my parents a call."
Yu Bai looked at the phone in front of him, "Are you sure you want me to call?"
Sheng Xing Ze just woke up, so his reaction was still slow. Yu Bai said a word to him, he would need a while for his brain to process before he could answer.
"Forget it, I'll do it." He leisurely selected his home phone number.
The person who answered the phone was Mother Sheng, "Xing Xing?"
"Mom." Sheng Xing Ze, who had just woken up, spoke in a soft voice, and Mother Sheng felt somewhat relieved by his tone.
"Xing Xing, my baby," her voice sounded very happy. "I saw that you received an award, I'm very proud of you, my son deserves it. Xing Xing is really awesome."
Sheng Xing Ze was a little fluttered by his mother's praise, and the sleepiness in his eyes instantly disappeared, "Mom."
He shyly called out to Mother Sheng.
"Why are you being all shy? This is not our Xing Xing's character." Mother Sheng quipped.
Sheng Xing Ze heard his mother sounded even more excited now, and quickly interrupted her, "Mom, are you at home now?"
"Yes, do you miss me?"
"No," Sheng Xing Ze glanced at Yu Bai next to him, then hesitated: "I'll bring someone home to see you in a moment."
"Why are you still being all mysterious with your own mother?" Mother Sheng smiled, "Who is it?"
Sheng Xing Ze took Yu Bai's hand, his voice was obviously nervous, "previously my boyfriend, my fiancé now."
After saying so, he squeezed the phone as his breathing slowed down.
After hearing these words, Mother Sheng remained silent. Sheng Xing Ze waited for a few minutes before speaking tentatively.
"Mom?"
"You, get home this instant," Mother Sheng's tone seemed to contain ice that hadn't been thawed for thousands of years. Sheng Xing Ze shuddered involuntarily, but he still tried on the edge of death.
"I accepted his proposal yesterday. Mom, you can't break someone's marriage."
"You two get back here."
After saying this, Mother Sheng hung up, Sheng Xing Ze could feel her anger through the phone.
"I think we both will be beaten." Sheng Xing Ze said regretfully; his hand touched Yu Bai's profile. "I hope my mother will not slap the face or it will hurt me."
"I'm not afraid." Yu Bai kissed his face, "I will protect you."
After breakfast, Yu Bai drove Sheng Xing Ze towards his parents' home. He received a call from Mother Yu on the way.
Because Yu Bai could not answer the phone while driving, Sheng Xing Ze answered the phone for him.
As he pressed the answer button, Mother Yu's worried voice came from the receiver.
"Da Bai, be careful. Just now, when Xing Xing's mother called me, she sounded very angry. When you go to his house later, remember to behave."
Yu Bai had told his family earlier about his relationship with Sheng Xing Ze. Mother Yu was naturally very happy that Yu Bai finally got together with Sheng Xing Ze.
Knowing that it was Sheng Xing Ze who confessed first, Mother Yu was very angry and urged Yu Bai to buy a proposal ring, for fear that Sheng Xing Ze would rush to propose before Yu Bai.
"Auntie, this is Sheng Xing Ze." He said after Mother Yu finished her words.
"Xing Xing, your mother just told me you want to bring your boyfriend home."
"I have accepted Brother Yu's proposal, and I think it is not good to not tell them."
"Your mother's words may be a little bit overbearing, but she is just worried about you. I just saw your dad go to the supermarket to buy something, so he can make good food for you."
"Uhm, thank you Auntie."
Mother Yu sighed lightly, "Xing Xing, no matter what your mother said, she does it out of love. Your mother has only you. With the two of you being together, you won't have children. She is just worried that no one will take care of you two when you get old."
"Thank you Auntie, I will have a good talk to my mother."
After hanging up the phone, Sheng Xing Ze gave a scared expression to Yu Bai: "Did you hear what Auntie said?" He covered his face, "We will soon face the wrath of my mom."
"Are you afraid?" Yu Bai ruffled Sheng Xing Ze's head.
Sheng Xing Ze straightened his back, "what there is to be afraid of, my parents are reluctant to beat me."
However, when they finally arrived at the house's doorstep, Sheng Xing Ze was a little hesitant.
"Didn't you say you aren't afraid just now?" Yu Bai smiled.
"They won't beat me, but I'm afraid they will beat you." Sheng Xing Ze said his worries.
Yu Bai transferred all the gifts he had prepared for the two elders to one hand, and held Sheng Xing Ze's hand with his free one, helping him press down his hand on the fingerprint lock.
The door got unlocked.
Sheng Xing Ze opened the door and carefully poked his head in.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back." He gave a pleasing smile.
When Father Sheng saw his son, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face. Mother Sheng pinched his leg, Father Sheng held his thigh painfully, and the expression on his face suddenly became serious.
"Where is the person you bring with you?"
Mother Sheng asked coldly.
Sheng Xing Ze blocked Yu Bai behind him, "You are so angry, how could I let him in."
Yu Bai was not afraid at all, ruffled Sheng Xing Ze's head and walked out from behind him.
"Uncle, Auntie." He handed the prepared gifts to the two elders, and moved to stand in front of them, "Let me re-introduce myself, I am Xing Xing's boyfriend, Yu Bai."
Mother Sheng and Father Sheng stopped talking. They had thought of many possibilities of what Sheng Xing Ze's boyfriend would be like, but they had completely missed the person right next to them.
They had prepared a lot of questions, but now they couldn't ask anything when facing Yu Bai.
Mother Sheng couldn't hold up her poker face, she beckoned to let two people in.
"Xing Xing, go to the kitchen to help your dad with lunch." Before Sheng Xing Ze could sit down, Mother Sheng drove him away.
Father Sheng had wanted to be alone with Sheng Xing Ze, and took Sheng Xing Ze to the kitchen.
Sheng Xing Ze glanced at Yu Bai with worried eyes, and headed to the kitchen in small steps while being watched by his mother.
"Mom, he is my first boyfriend, don't scare him away."
He couldn't help but say that last sentence to Mother Sheng.
Yu Bai, who was sitting on the sofa, gave him an assurance look, and Sheng Xing Ze turned to head to the kitchen step by step.
In the kitchen, Sheng Xing Ze was lying by the door trying to eavesdrop on the conversation in the living room. Father Sheng patted him on the shoulder.
"But Mom looks so fierce." Sheng Xing Ze felt aggrieved.
"Just before you arrived, your mother told me that no matter who you brought home today, as long as the person truly loves you, we will not interfere."
"Dad?"
"Silly child, same sex marriage has been legalized for so many years, your parents are not so old-fashioned." Father Sheng touched Sheng Xing Ze's head.
"Furthermore, Xiao Yu is such a nice person. Both your mother and I know his family well. We know how good he is to you. Just now I told your mother that if our Xing Xing like boys, it would be good that his boyfriend is Xiao Yu, we can rest assured."
"In the end, he is actually my boyfriend." Sheng Xing Ze smiled.
After Father Sheng said that, Sheng Xing Ze felt like a big rock got lifted from his heart.
The atmosphere in the living room was not as tense as Sheng Xing Ze imagined.
"How long have you been with Xing Xing?" Mother Sheng looked at Yu Bai's face, wondering whether she should feel pleased or glad.
"Two months."
Mother Sheng smiled, her tone didn't sound so opposing, "Just two months, and you have already thought about marriage?"
"We've liked each other for a long time." Yu Bai recalled the time when he had a crush on Sheng Xing Ze, and couldn't help but smile.
"I can see that you really like Xing Xing." The smile on Mother Sheng's face had not disappeared, and her gaze towards Yu Bai was of approval.
Yu Bai smiled, "I started to like him early on, but I didn't know that he also liked me, neither of us dared to confess."
Mother Sheng started to remember those moments in the past after hearing what he said.
Yu Bai listened to her telling the story of her two-way crush with Father Sheng, and the sweet smile on Mother Sheng's face had never faded.
Mother Sheng finally returned to the topic. She patted Yu Bai's hand, "Xiao Yu, his father and I have not let Xing Xing suffer any hardship in the past 20 years. I know this is wrong of us asking this from you, but Xing Xing is our life."
She stared into Yu Bai's eyes, "Auntie believes you will be good to Xing Xing, right?"
Yu Bai knew that the current Xing Xing is the one that had been suffering a lot; therefore, the younger man cherishes everything he has now. Since Sheng Xing Ze didn't say anything, he would help him keep this secret.
"I love him with all my life, protect him and pamper him, Auntie, don't worry." Yu Bai promised.
"Actually, Auntie is glad that Xingxing is with you. Our families know and understand each other very well. Do your parents know this?"
Yu Bai nodded hesitantly.
Mother Sheng was not angry, she just said playfully: "Tell them that I won't let them off for not telling me."
Yu Bai smiled brightly.
When Mother Sheng mentioned that they would often be separated due to work in the future, Yu Bai told her of his decision.
"I've already told my manager that I'll retire after I finish filming the current movie, and I will spend my time with Xing Xing in the future."
Mother Sheng frowned upon hearing this, "Xiao Yu, you sacrificed too much for this."
"I made this decision from a long time ago, and my parents also hope that I can help out my brother with the family business in the future." Yu Bai explained.
Mother Sheng smiled, "You young people's affairs should be decided by yourself, we parents only wish the best for you."
"I will treat Xing Xing well."
Mother Sheng patted Yu Bai on the shoulder and let him go to the kitchen to look for Sheng Xing Ze.
"What did my mom tell you?" Sheng Xing Ze watched Yu Bai naturally taking the knife from his hand and skillfully helped him cut the potatoes.
"She wants me to be nice to you." Yu Bai finished cutting the potato and leaned to Sheng Xing Ze's side to kiss his sideburns.
Sheng Xing Ze smiled and hugged Yu Bai's waist. Unsurprisingly, the two were driven out of the kitchen by Father Sheng, who had not received the love from his wife yet.
This meal was filled with warmth and happiness. Mother Sheng knew that Sheng Xing Ze had to catch a plane back to the filming site tomorrow morning, and she didn't hold them up for too long. She told Yu Bai to make time to discuss the wedding date when she had dinner with Yu Bai's parents.
"When you come back next time, we will get the certificate." Yu Bai kissed Sheng Xing Ze's lips in front of the Sheng parents.
Sheng Xing Ze buried his face in the man's chest and refused to look up, his ears were red with embarrassment.