intellectual norms

In the study room at eleven o'clock at night, Xia Xiaoberry was sitting on the edge of a single sofa, her back straight and her expression solemn.

Xia Yunhan saw that something was wrong, and asked her gently: "What's wrong with Xiaoberry? Tell Dad if you have anything to do."

Xia Xiaoberry's eyelashes flickered slightly, she glanced at her parents, and said in a deep voice, "Dad, Mom, I should, I can't marry Teacher Qiao."

Before Xia Yunhan said anything, Baizhu frowned: "Why? Teacher Qiao told you? He doesn't like you and won't marry you?"

"It's none of Teacher Qiao's business." Xia Xiaoberry was very determined. Everything that happened during the day seemed to give her the courage to make a decisive move. There was no way to hide, so it was better to face it head-on.

She said: "I was wrong about this matter. Teacher Qiao shouldn't be involved. He took on the identity of this boyfriend to help me. It's not true."

"What?! Xia Xiaoberry, what are you talking about?" Baizhu was completely confused, and faintly felt that she had heard something that made her particularly angry: "What pretense?"

"Don't worry, let Xiao Berry explain clearly." Xia Yunhan comforted his wife.

"I said, Mr. Qiao is not my boyfriend, and I am not his girlfriend. We are just ordinary friends. It's all fake dating, and it's impossible to get married." Xia Xiaoberry said clearly.

The air in the study froze.

Baizhu heard clearly this time, she couldn't speak, her chest heaved and fell.

Xia Xiaoberry poured it all out in one breath: "Mom, I really don't want to go on a blind date. Ever since I agreed to go on a blind date with him, I've thought about what to do. I asked Teacher Qiao to pretend to be in love with me, pretending to be me. Boyfriend, he is nice, he doesn't want to embarrass me, so he agreed."

"Originally, I thought that if I had a boyfriend in name, I would no longer be constantly urged to go on blind dates and fall in love, but I forgot that this was just the beginning. With a fake boyfriend, there would be Fake marriages, fake children, everything is fake, I can't go on like this, and I can't drag Teacher Qiao to spend time with me, so I just tell you clearly."

"Xia Xiaoberry! Are you crazy?!" Bai Zhu yelled loudly, so loud that Xia Xiaoli upstairs and Xia Xiaocheng who had already fallen asleep heard, the siblings rushed out of the room and stood in the corridor looking at each other.

"Mom, what's the matter?" Xia Xiaocheng was frightened. She had the impression that her mother hadn't been so angry in many years, but she was worried again: "What did the eldest sister do to make Mom so angry?"

The usual verbal fights are the verbal ones, and Xia Xiaocheng was worried about this stubborn eldest sister again.

Xia Xiaoli thought of something, but he couldn't say it, so he shook his head in a daze, but secretly bless the eldest sister in his heart, Xia Xiaoberry, you have to hold on...

He hesitated to tell brother Qiao what was going on at home at this time, but he would not be able to explain clearly, so he should wait until the matter came to an end before talking to brother Qiao, Xia Xiaoli thought.

"So many relatives today, so many people! Everyone knows that you are going to get married! Now you tell me it's a lie?" Baizhu was so angry that she wanted to do something, but was held back by Xia Yunhan.

Xia Xiaoberry's expression was not disturbed at all, and she said without emotion: "Mom, you are reasonable. Teacher Qiao and I have never said that we want to get married. Didn't you say that?"

Baizhu stared at the eldest daughter, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, okay, I said it, so now mom deserves to be laughed at, right? How do you want me to tell people that you can't get married anymore? Fake?"

Xia Xiaoberry was helpless: "Mom, which is more important, other people's opinions or my own life?"

Baizhu was about to get angry, Xia Yunhan quickly said: "Of course, our own life is more important for Xiaoberry. Marriage is a big deal. Since Xiaoberry doesn't like Teacher Qiao, then don't get married. Marriage is like I'm just like your mother."

The last sentence was obviously Xia Yunhan's coaxing Bai Zhu at this time, and the people next to him were going to be furious. When they heard this sentence suddenly, Bai Zhu couldn't laugh or cry, and turned around and hammered her husband: "Don't make trouble with me, she's going to talk to you about today's matter." You must make it clear to me!"

Then he asked Xia Xiaoberry: "You don't like Teacher Qiao? I told you, Xia Xiaoberry, you don't want to do it. If you don't like Teacher Qiao, what do you want to like? Don't tell me what you are chasing after stars!"

"Where did you go, mom? I don't want to be in the fandom, and I don't have fans..." Xia Xiaoberry thought about what she was going to say next, and couldn't help sweating secretly, not for herself, but for her parents in front of her.

She said: "I can't go on a blind date, get married, or have children with any man, because I like women."

God, a nuclear bomb was dropped in the study out of thin air.

Even Xia Yunhan was stunned at this moment, Bai Zhu couldn't recover, and asked, "Why do you like women? Aren't you a woman..."

Instantly, Baizhu's face changed, "You said you were gay???"

"Yes, I'm a woman, and I like women too." Xia Xiaoberry said this, and her heart was like a stone being removed. Although she still couldn't see the light, she was not so depressed anymore.

Baizhu trembled all over, and screamed: "Xia Xiaoberry! Don't allow it!"

The siblings upstairs were shocked again, Xia Xiaoli was terrified, thinking whether to rush down to save the eldest sister.

But he remembered that his father was also in the study. Xia Xiaoli had great confidence in her father. No matter how angry her mother was, her father would definitely be able to control the situation in the end.

"It's not a question of being right or wrong," Xia Xiaoberry said, "I was born like this. I have never liked men. I can only be buddies with them. If they want me to marry them as a husband and wife, I would rather die."

"What are you talking about...Xia Yunhan, listen to what your daughter is talking about! She said it was all my fault that I made her like this!" Bai Zhu was heartbroken.

"Mom!" Xia Xiaoberry couldn't take it anymore, her mother's understanding was always misunderstood, "It's not to blame, it's normal, some women just like women, and some men just like men, it's all normal .”

"That's right, Xiao Berry said the truth." Xia Yunhan finally came to his senses. He knew about homosexuality and knew it was normal, but he didn't expect it to happen to his daughter.

"Xiao Berry, are you sure? Dad means, if you have never been in a relationship, but you just feel this way, will it be inaccurate?" Xia Yunhan asked.

Xia Xiaoberry knew that people's sexuality is not simply a binary of homosexuality and heterosexuality, but more than a dozen kinds, but she was very sure of herself, and nodded to Xia Yunhan and said: "I am sure of my father, and I I've been in a relationship, I have a girlfriend, I've been with her for two years, and I'm with her now."

Baizhu was about to pass out... Xia Yunhan comforted her: "Don't be angry, since Xiaoberry said so, it's true, and she has a girlfriend..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Zhu yelled angrily, "What girlfriend! This is a fake! Xia Xiaoberry, mom is going to be mad at you!"

Xia Xiaoberry cupped her forehead: "Mom, if you can't accept it, I'm sorry, but the truth is like this, and this is the kind of person I am."

Baizhu started to cry, not screaming, but with genuine feelings, she wiped her tears and said, "I can't accept it, Xiaoberry, mom can't accept it..."

Xia Yunhan hugged Baizhu while winking at Xia Xiaoberry: "This news is a bit sudden, your mother won't be able to accept it for a while, Xiaoberry, please understand, you should go to rest first, and talk about it tomorrow when you get up."

He wanted to temporarily separate the mother and daughter, and let Baizhu calm down. Many things will change after sleeping. In the face of an unchangeable fact, someone will always have to make a compromise. Xia Yunhan knows that his wife has always been Lei The sound is loud and the rain is small, and it will be fine after the most stimulating point.

Xia Xiaoberry went out of the study, and at the stairs, she ran into Xia Xiaoli, who was still awake. It was already past midnight.

Xia Xiaoli was sitting on the stairs, and when she saw Xia Xiaoberry, she stood up, wanted to say something but didn't say anything, the caring eyes had already said everything for him.

Xia Xiaoberry went over to touch her younger brother's head, and forced a smile: "It's all right."

Xia Xiaoli let out a sigh of relief, the eldest sister looked tired, but relaxed.

"Dad and Mom are not so easy to accept, are they?" Xia Xiaoli asked.

"Dad is fine, but Mom was a little stimulated, too suddenly." Xia Xiaoberry went upstairs with him, saying, "I hope I can accept it slowly in the future, or else..."

Xia Xiaoberry couldn't go on talking, otherwise, she was a little disappointed, this matter was just a beginning, and the road to returning to herself was long and difficult.

"Does brother Qiao know that you are doing this?" Xia Xiaoli asked standing at the door of the room.

"I haven't told him yet, but I think he should be able to feel it, and I will tell my family in a few days."

Xia Xiaoli nodded. He also wanted to chat with Brother Qiao tomorrow.

"Xiao Li, my sister may have to move out." Xia Xiaoberry said suddenly.

ah?Xia Xiaoli was stunned at the door.