Applaud for Happiness

In Shen Qi’s opinion, the meeting with his parents was undoubtedly a success.

Thanks to his warnings over the years, the Shen family had finally accepted his sexuality. They are also very familiar with Mr. Jiang; the male god he had always mentioned. Even Grandma Shen, whose hearing and vision were impaired, knew of Jiang Changshen.

Therefore, when Jiang Changshen came through the door, everyone’s first thought was ”Wow, Lao 1 Qi/ Xiao 2 Qi/ Uncle Qi really brought the man back.”

Grandma Shen was old and had Alzheimer’s, thus she smiled at everyone she saw. So there was no need to worry about her. However, Mother and Father Shen were the standard strict father and gentle mother type. Father Shen’s expression turned ugly when he saw Jiang Changshen.

“My father is always like this. I haven’t seen him laugh since I was a child.” Shen Qishao decided to sell his father out for fear that Jiang Changshen would be uncomfortable.

Jiang Changshen recovered from the shock of seeing Father Shen. It had only been five years since Father Shen retired from Shen’s entertainment company as the chairman. He would still appear at important occasions such as the annual meeting. Jiang Changshen naturally knew who he was. Looking at Brother Shen, who was not only the current chairman of Shen’s entertainment company, but Jiang Changshen had also negotiated business with him six months ago.

He didn’t expect it.

“Hello, Uncle.” Fortunately, he eas experienced within this area and could easily handle these changes without surprise. In fact, he had guessed about Shen Qi’s family for a long time. Based on Shen Qi’s words and actions, he could tell that he had an excellent family background.

Even though Father Shen didn’t think much of Jiang Changshen, his manners were still there. “Sit.”

As soon as the head of the household spoke, everyone found their seats on the sofa and sat down.

Of course, Shen Qi and Jiang Changshen sat together.

Mother Shen was much more gentle and greeted everyone with tea and fruits. She looked at Jiang Changshen’s eyes as if he was her son’s wife. When she was young, Mother Shen was also a fujoshi and open-minded. Besides, the younger generation can do just fine on their own to find their own happiness. 

With this mentality, the more she saw Jiang Changshen, the more satisfied she was. Although he was a little older and more mature and steady, he was able to control Shen Qi. The most important part was that he was handsome, even more good-looking in real life than on television.

All of the Shen family’s good-looking genes went to Shen Qi. Although the brother Shen and sister Shen were not bad, they were much inferior to Shen Qi. Their appearances were above average, but not enough to be a celebrity. However, Shen Qi was different, inheriting all of the excellent genes. Just by looking at Shen Qi and Jiang Changshen’s faces, they were really a perfect match.

Shen’s mother smiled and chatted with Jiang Changshen, questioning him about things like where he was from, his family members, and how he met Shen Qi.

Brother Shen has a good opinion of Jiang Changshen. He is considered one who knows him the best in his family. After all, he had spoken with him before. As they were chatting, he would often chime in and give his support.

Sister Shen had a peculiar personality. She had been focusing on academics her entire life. She was more cold-hearted than Shen Qi, and paid little attention to her family. On weekdays, she ignored everything except her academic research. The laboratory was her friend and the microscope was her lover.

With a serious face like father Shen, she wouldn’t take her eyes off the tablet unless someone called for her.

However, she commented on Jiang Changshen: “Pretty good. He matches you.”

Shen Qi raised his chin, both proud and arrogant: “Of course!”

Sister-In-Law Shen’s personality was like Mother Shen. Both are great wives and loving mothers. She guided the topic making the atmosphere less awkward.

As they chatted, Shen Qi became an outsider. The whole family revolved around Jiang Changshen. He smiled and simply sat opposite Yuan Yuan and Tuan Tuan, eating oranges together.

With Jiang Changshen’s EQ, it was easy for him to please everyone. Once they started eating, he was very close with Mother and Brother Shen. Father Shen’s face also became much better. He even invited him to play chess with him in the afternoon. Grandma Shen kept smiling at Jiang Changshen.

Everyone at the table enjoyed themselves.

Shen Qi took Jiang Changshen to his room for a nap, and let him take a tour of his room.

“Look!” He opened the door and saw a huge face hanging at the headboard. Needless to say, it was Jiang Changshen. “This is the best one I selected out of countless photos. What do you think?”

In the photo, Jiang Changshen’s appearance was abstruse and was faintly smiling, which was very charming.

Shen Qi had personally selected it. It is definitely the most handsome and best-looking photo of Jiang Changshen. You could eat two more bowls of rice every day just by looking at it.

In addition to this one, the three other walls also had various photos and posters of him that almost covered the whole wall. If it wasn’t that Shen Qi was handsome and behaved normally, he would be mistaken as a perverted fool.

It was really…

The corner of Jiang Changshen’s mouth rose.

It was obviously a weird situation, but it made him happy from the bottom of his heart as if he had drunk holy water.

Shen Qi ran to the bedside table, opened the bedside table, and waved to him excitedly: “Come here! Come here! I have something to show you!”

“Look!” He pulled out a tin box, opened it, and showed it to Jiang Changshen one by one. “Do you remember this? It was the sticker for “Xiao Lin Flying Dagger”. I loved the character Xiao Lin you played. I also wanted to practice throwing daggers. But then my father found out. And this! This! This! The lyrics book, the photo from that idol drama. I remember our whole class was watching that drama, and I copied all the songs in it. You sang one of the songs there…”

It was like Shen Qi had opened a hidden treasure and explained each one to him.

His eyes were bright as stars, and his smile was brighter than the fireworks.

Jiang Changshen tried to endure it, but could not resist. He threw the man down and pressed onto him. The stickers in Shen Qi’s hand were all scattered on the ground.

The black bed sheet made Shen Qi’s skin look snow-white. Each expression was pitiful and lovely in Jiang Changshen’s eyes. Looking at the face stained with thin red and lustful color, he was confused and lost with his actions.

A glimmer of light broke through that dark area within his heart.

After all, they were in his parent’s house. They didn’t dare to make too much noise, so they could only hug and kiss each other.

When it was over, Shen Qi lay on the bed feeling all soft in his body. Jiang Changshen didn’t know what stimulated him. He provoked him again and again, despite knowing that there were others upstairs. Shen Qi almost bit the back of his hand until it bled to stop the sound coming out of his mouth.

More importantly, Jiang Changshen actually gave him a “head”!

The pleasure made Shen Qi unable to control himself. He from Jiang Changshen’s provoking. When he was conscious again, he wished he could go back and shoot himself to death.

Fortunately, there was no one nearby, otherwise, he would have been heard.

Jiang Changshen leaned against the bedhead, stroking Shen Qi’s back with one hand and kneading his red ears with the other hand. He was satisfied and smiled: “Don’t worry, you think it’s loud, but it’s not. I can’t hear it when I stand at the head of the bed.”

The sounds coming out of his mouth were only loud because his ears heard it. He knew his limits.

Shen Qi buried half his face in the pillow, not bothering to pay attention to him,

Jiang Changshen gently patted him on the back: “If you’re tired, you can just sleep. I’ll wake you up later.”

Shen Qi closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.

When he woke up, the sun had already set. Jiang Changshen wasn’t around. He changed his clothes, wiped his face in the bathroom, and went to find him.

The other family members were also awake. Sister Shen sat in the living room watching TV with Mother Shen. She really did. She sat next to her. While mother Shen watched TV, she watched the tablet.

Outside, sister-in-law Shen was playing in the garden with Yuan Yuan and Tuan Tuan.

Shen Qi yawned and went downstairs: “Mom, where’s brother3 Jiang?”

Shen’s mother looked at him with a teasing smile and said, “He went to the study with your father and brother. It’s almost time for dinner. Can you go and help me call them down?

Shen Qi turned his feet and went to the study.

When he arrived at the study, he saw that Father Shen was happy to play chess with Jiang Changshen. Brother Shen was watching them play. The atmosphere was good, and Shen Qi was completely relieved.

The Shen family is still relatively traditional in some aspects. During the Mid Autumn Festival, everyone watched the Mid Autumn Festival party while eating dinner. Since Grandma Shen had dementia, Mother and Father Shen, as the oldest in the house, gave everyone a blessing, including Jiang Changshen.

After dinner, everyone went to the yard to enjoy the moon and taste various flavors of strange moon cakes.

In his hand, Jiang Changshen took the moon cake that Mother Shen personally recommended. It was a special high-grade moon cake and was the size of a chocolate ball. It was very exquisite. His eyes followed Shen Qi, who played with Yuan Yuan and Tuan Tuan. He ate the once hated mooncake bit by bit without leaving any crumbs.

In his memory, his family stopped celebrating the Mid-Autumn festival when he was five years old. After his parents divorced, Mother Jiang only took care of his brother. During the beginning months when he was traveling from studio to studio, he still had expectations and wanted to make some achievements to show his mother, so that she would regret giving up on him.

Later, he realized that he was used to being busy. Up until recent years, he was finally idle. Instead, he might as well be busy. His manager and assistants had family and friends. He could not force them to stay. He had to maintain the image of a filial son and send a plausible picture to prove that the family had celebrated the holiday.

This was the first time that he was really celebrating the festival. So this was the feeling of celebrating a holiday together with a family.

Shen’s mother looked back and saw that he ate everything. She tore off a piece of a different flavor moon cake and handed it over with a kind smile: “Try this too. This one is also delicious.”

Without hesitation, Jiang Changshen placed it in his mouth. He was happy even if he accidentally choked on the piece.

After celebrating, the servants lit the fireworks that were already prepared. The mid-mountain villa of the Shen family was vast and sparsely populated, so it was not within the scope of smoking prohibition.

Yuan Yuan was brave. Shen Qi held her and asked her to light fireworks with incense. After lighting, he turned and ran with her.

Everyone looked up at the fireworks, but Jiang Changshen looked at Shen Qi. In the child’s brilliant laughter, even the fireworks became the background.

“Happiness value + 10.”

 

Footnotes

老 is usually a term for people to refer to someone who is the same age.小 is usually a term for people to refer to someone who is younger.Not really his brother, just a more intimate way of calling someone.