The Return Of The God Level Assassin

Chapter 980: NOT AN ILLNESS OR MADNESS

”HAH! You want respect from me? After being so utterly disrespectful to your own father? You have the nerve to demand respect from me? Youʼre a disgrace! You have no right to ask for my respect!”

Even without hearing his fatherʼs angry rhetoric, Shen Yi Mu could tell just by the otherʼs expression how angry he was right now. His fatherʼs face twisted into a scowl, his brow furrowing with frustration. The muscles in his face were taut and rigid. His breathing became shallow and rapid, and his nostrils flared with each exhalation. A deep flush of color suffused his cheeks and neck, the veins in his temples bulging with pent-up anger. It was clear that he was on the verge of exploding, his fury barely contained beneath the surface.

Shen Yi Mu had already taken that into account when he decided to tell him that heʼs gay. Because thereʼs no way the other wouldnʼt be. His father, an ultra-conservative, who couldnʼt even tolerate his sonʼs partner being a foreigner, what more if the other was of the same gender?

But he didnʼt care. This was the last straw. If he didnʼt speak now, he would be forced to meet up with the woman his father obviously wanted him to marry. He should make a stand now, regardless of the outcome.

Shen Yi Mu had already learned his lesson when he lost Ah Yue before. Didnʼt he promise himself that if he was given another chance to be reunited with the other, he would do everything in his power so the two of them would never be separated again? So how could he tolerate his fatherʼs plan of marrying him off?

Besides, he was already thinking of telling his mother about his sexual orientation. This situation only pushed the schedule forward.

His father held the back of his neck as if trying to suppress his rising blood pressure. His brother immediately gave the other his medicine, which their father readily accepted.

Shen Yi Wu glared at him, his expression full of blame. As if saying, ʼif something happened to Dad, itʼs all your faultʼ.

Shen Yi Mu almost laughed wryly at that. Whose fault was it that things escalated to this point? He knew that he wouldnʼt be able to go through this marriage and yet he didnʼt say anything to stop their father to arrange this. Or was it because the other thought that what he felt for Ah Yue was just something temporary and he had already gotten over it. That his feelings for him totally had nothing to do with his sexual orientation?

Yeah, he could totally see that, knowing his brother.

Shen Yi Mu only spoke again once he saw that his father had drank his medicine and that he had calmed down a bit.

”I apologized if you feel disrespected, but I wonʼt take back what I said. I canʼt meet that woman with the intention of marriage, or any woman for that matter.”

”You--!”

He spoke again before his father could continue what he was saying. ”I know you must be thinking that I was doing this to rebel or that I only said what I said to avoid meeting this woman. But thatʼs not it, Dad. Itʼs simply because Iʼm gay. Brother knows about it, you can ask him. He can tell you that Iʼm not lying. He even knew I had a boyfriend before.”

Whatever his father was about to say stopped after he said that. The other glanced at Shen Yi Wu. The latter glared at him even more fiercely, probably because he didnʼt expect that he would involve him in this. Seeing his brotherʼs reaction, their father must have realized that he wasnʼt lying.

”You knew about this?” their father asked incredulously.

Shen Yi Wu clenched his teeth. ”I did.”

Shen Yi Mu had to give his brother props for just admitting it and not giving any excuses. But, of course, this simple admission only made their father angry.

”And you didnʼt bother to tell me?” their father yelled. ”If you had, maybe we could have saved your brother from this... madness!”

Now, Shen Yi Mu really had to laugh.

”Dad, being gay is not an illness and most definitely is not some kind of madness, as you put it,” he said dryly. ”Thereʼs nothing wrong with my brain. This is simply just... well, me. Nothing can be done about it. Unless, of course, you plan to drug me, then throw me in a room with some random woman, and order her to have her way with me just so you could prove that Iʼm not gay.”

Their father finally turned his attention back to him. The other was glaring almost as much as his brother. One could see that the anger inside him had now come close to a boiling point.

”How do you think your mother would react, hearing you say such... things?”

Shen Yi Mu didnʼt expect that his father would really go there. Itʼs like mentioning his mother was his ultimate trump card to straighten him up and pull him back from the ʼright pathʼ.

If this was before he met Ah Yue again, he might have second thoughts. But itʼs different now. Ah Yue was back with him. And he could no longer afford to compromise. Even if it was for his mother.

”She would be surprised and in shock. Maybe she would even have a hard time understanding and accepting it. But with time, I know that Mom would still accept me. Accept this me. Because Iʼm her son and she loves me,” Shen Yi Mu said with confidence. ”I canʼt exactly say the same for you, Dad.”

Then, before the otherʼs temper blew up once again and threw something at him out of anger, he turned around and walked towards the door of the study. But before completely leaving, he glanced at his father and brother and said;

”And oh, if you try to do some underhanded things just so you could ʼcureʼ my ʼproblemʼ, please donʼt. Because Iʼll go straight to the media and announce to everyone that Iʼm gay.”

He opened the door and left.

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