Chapter 7.13 – What’s the point of crossdressing? (2)

Editor: meowmiao

Assistant Fang had yet to understand what the coincidence was when he heard Father Geng instruct the security guards, “All of you, restrain this lad. Don’t let him escape!”

Lad? The security guard was flabbergasted.

Xiang Han’s first instinct was to run, but he quickly realised that doing so was tantamount to revealing himself.

Therefore, he could only harden his scalp and turn around with a smile. “President Geng, you… know me?”

These words were spoken with utmost guilt. He could only hope that Father Geng’s eyes weren’t that sharp, but he didn’t hold much hope.

What disappointed him the most was that Father Geng directly snorted, his face cold. “I don’t just know you, I’ve even beaten you up with my walking stick before. If you don’t recognise me today, you don’t ever have to recognise me again in the future.”

Turning himself into such a mess and running off to become a secretary for that Meng Ze was enough to drive him mad!

Xiang Han immediately withered. He snuck a glance from the corner of his eyes before answering in a small voice, “Recognised.”

“In that case, follow me.” Father Geng clutched his chest, feeling as if there was something stuck in there.

Afraid that something would arise, Xiang Han hurriedly followed.

When he walked past Assistant Fang, the latter grabbed him and asked worriedly, “What’s going on?”

“Ahem, he’s… my dad.” Xiang Han explained with difficulty before lowering his voice. “Help me keep this a secret for now, don’t tell President Meng yet.”

He believed that this matter should be explained in person or it’d be easy for something to go wrong.

Assistant Fang was dumbstruck. He’d never known that President Geng had a daughter.

“Wait. Everyone saw it, it’d be hard even if I wanted to keep it a secret.” Assistant Fang knew about him and Meng Ze, but didn’t understand what was there to conceal. Ze Yuan didn’t have any feud with Si Chuang, so what if it was President Geng’s daughter?

“That’s true.” Xiang Han immediately grew frantic. However, he knew it wouldn’t be easy to explain it, so he simply said, “In that case, tell him that I’ll explain and not to listen to rumours.”

“Oh, okay…”

Father Geng saw Xiang Han whispering something to Assistant Fang and roared, “Assistant Fang, please tell your President Meng that Secretary Geng has resigned.”

Assistant Fang: “…” He was here to discuss the project, but something went wrong.

After he arrived at the office, Xiang Han slowly closed the door and carefully greeted, “Dad?”

This time, his voice was normal and not soft like before; seeming a little contrary to his current appearance.

Father Geng’s heart was in pain and he couldn’t wait to beat Xiang Han with his crutches.

“Be honest, why did you turn yourself into this mess? You even went to work as Meng Ze’s secretary?”

As soon as Father Geng spoke, a phone suddenly rang.

Xiang Han took out his cell phone and saw that it was Meng Ze calling. He subconsciously wanted to answer, but Father Geng bellowed, “Hang up!”

Xiang Han glanced at him, then quickly pressed the answer button and hurriedly said, “Meng Ze, don’t listen to the rumors, I will personally explain to you. I’m hanging up, bye.”

Father Geng: “…”

“Ahem.” Xiang Han gave a light cough and began, “It’s… as you can see, we are already together.”

“What do you mean by ‘as I can see’? Why didn’t you tell me earlier that you liked him, why did you have to do this? Look at you, what do you want me to say?”

Father Geng gasped furiously, frightening Xiang Han a little. He hurriedly stepped forward to help calm him down. When Xiang Han saw that he looked a little better, he continued, “Dad, don’t worry about this. I’m an adult and I have a sense of propriety.”

“Bullshit.”

Father Geng’s frankness left Xiang Han speechless.

On the other side, after Xiang Han hung up, Meng Ze grew more worried and sped up the car.

Assistant Fang was still in the lobby downstairs. Seeing him rush in, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, “Secretary Geng is President Geng’s daughter. She said she’d personally explain the situation to you…”

“I know, what else?” Meng Ze interrupted him.

“…In President Geng’s office.”

Meng Ze didn’t have an appointment, so he couldn’t go up there. But after their engagement was called off, the two companies’ cooperation deepened. Father Geng’s assistant knew him and was coincidentally passing through the lobby, so he enthusiastically brought Meng Ze up.

“President Geng is in the middle of a meeting, please wait a moment.” Assistant Zhao was extremely amiable to him.

Meng Ze thanked him and drove him away before walking into Father Geng’s office.

Xiang Han didn’t close the door fully. When Meng Ze approached, he happened to hear Father Geng’s infuriated lament, “So what if he likes you now? Once he knows you are actually a man, will he still like you? Why are you so stupid? A straight man is not so easily bent…”

Hearing this, Meng Ze’s heart sank. Without hesitation, he opened the door and immediately apologised. “Uncle Geng, excuse me, in fact… I am not straight, I like Xiao Han. I know he is a man.”

Both of them simultaneously turned to stare at him in shock; their slack jaws could probably fit an egg.

He knew? When did he find out? Xiang Han was shocked.

“You knew? Since you knew, why did you still have Xiao Han dress up like this? What kind of fetish is this?” Father Geng roared.

“It’s …a long story.” Meng Ze hesitated to speak.

“Then make it short.” Father Geng’s face was dark.

“Ahem, dad, he doesn’t actually know. Don’t be fooled. About that… I have to go for now, I will explain it to you in detail when I go home tonight.”

Xiang Han didn’t expect Meng Ze to come, so he hurriedly said a few words, then took him away, causing Father Geng’s neck to turn red from anger.

After leaving Si Chuang, Xiang Han quickly found a secluded corner. He was prepared for battle.

Frankly speaking, both their hearts were complicated.

Xiang Han didn’t expect his disguise to be seen through so quickly, and even thought that he did a great job of strutting around Meng Ze. Now, he was so embarrassed that he didn’t know what to say.

“You…” They both spoke at the same time, then Meng Ze nervously gave in, “You first.”

Xiang Han gave a light cough and asked, “When did you find out?”

“…The night we had a celebration after obtaining the piece of land at the financial center.” Meng Ze hesitated before speaking.

So early? Xiang Han wanted to groan.

“Then…are you not angry?” He asked, covering his face.

Meng Ze shook his head. He pulled away Xiang Han’s hand and held it tightly, his voice serious. “I only realized that I’d fallen for you later on.”

“Ahem.” Xiang Han suddenly received another confession and felt a little embarrassed, but he was finally relieved.

It’s a relief as long as he wasn’t angry. Xiang Han didn’t expect Meng Ze to bend so easily. Or maybe he was naturally bent… that can’t be.

“Are you bisexual?” Xiang Han couldn’t help but ask cautiously, recalling what Meng Ze had told his father before.

Meng Ze’s grip tightened instantly; he was evidently feeling a little nervous. After a moment of hesitation, he replied, “Actually, I never liked women.”

“Huh?” Xiang Han was stunned.

Meng Ze steeled his heart and gritted his teeth. “Actually, I always knew that I was gay.”

“Huh?” Xiang Han was already at a loss and could only blank out. “Then why did you call off the engagement?”

“I’d just learned about the marriage contract at that time, and was very reluctant, so I sent someone to investigate you…” Meng Ze confessed in a low voice, squeezing Xiang Han’s hand the whole time, for fear that he would run away.

After Xiang Han heard this, he suddenly had mixed feelings. In the end, all the effort he went through to disguise himself as a female was useless? No, should he say that it was actually counterproductive?

[How so? I think it was your cross-dressing that caught the general’s attention.] Big A explained.

Xiang Han: [Fuck off, I won’t ever believe in your information again.]

Seeing Xiang Han’s hesitation, Meng Ze subconsciously gripped his hands tighter. He refused to let go until he heard Xiang Han snort lightly.

“Are you angry?” Meng Ze asked cautiously before apologising, “It’s my fault for cancelling our engagement. I really didn’t expect you to have always been in love with me. Because of my careless words, you even pretended to be a…woman.”

Xiang Han was dumbfounded. He had always been in love with Meng Ze? No, he should be referring to the original host, right?

Recalling the matter of the original host, Xiang Han couldn’t help but remember his vow to ‘Catch him and dump him’.

He immediately shook his head and said, “Actually…I’m not angry, after all, I did lie to you. Besides, it was not completely useless. At least, my cross-dressing caught your attention, didn’t it?”

Big A: [You need to pay copyright fees for this sentence, thank you.]

Meng Ze’s gaze wavered. After a moment, he suddenly hugged Xiang Han, his voice sounded a little hoarse. “Thank you.”

Thank you for loving me so much and for being willing to stay with me even after knowing the truth.

Xiang Han gave a soft ‘en’. In order to conceal the matter of his cross-dressing, he could only admit that he did for his crush

T/n: Vivi cut her hair so darn short she can’t recognise herself anymore (insert clown face here ‘o’)