Son, “Mom” Will Back You

Gu Nian's voice became softer and softer as she talked. Suddenly, she looked up nervously and happened to look into Luo Xiu's very gentle brown eyes.

Luo Xiu was very calm and said to her casually, "I am not gay."

Gu Nian, "… …"

Gu Nian immediately put on her little fairy smile. "Oh hahaha. You are so funny, Mr. Luo Xiu. Where did that come from?"

"It was what you were thinking just a moment ago." Luo Xiu turned and looked at her nonchalantly with a smile that wasn't a smile. "Was I wrong?"

Gu Nian, "… …"

Gu Nian really wanted to deny that but, being looked at by her precious son's beautiful and serious eyes, it would seem that she had lost her ability even just to lie.

Gu Nian nodded with tears in her eyes. "I am so sorry, Mr. Luo Xiu. I shouldn't have thought that about you. There was just so much resentment in the way that Zhu Hanyu was looking at me."

Luo Xiu, "His resentment stemmed from something else."

Gu Nian, "Oh? What is it?"

Luo Xiu gave her a profound look, smiled at her, and refused to say any more.

Gu Nian really wanted to pursue the topic but, before she could do that, she had already spotted the familiar sign.

What could possibly be more important than her precious son's birthday?

Anything else could wait!

Gu Nian had successfully pacified her own curiosity. Smiling, she took a few steps forward, pointed at the retro-style sign, and turned back around to look at Luo Xiu.

"Mr. Luo Xiu. Right here. This is the restaurant that I was talking about."

"Mmm."

The two stepped inside the not-to-big restaurant side by side.

Matching the design of the sign, the décor inside the restaurant was also simple and retro. The tables and chairs, with obvious enamel, gave out a hint of wood scent and their material also looked pleasing to the eyes.

The pace in town was slow. Most of the younger ones work out of town and only the elderlies remained home and rarely did they come out for dinner.

It was still early in time and there were barely any one inside the restaurant. The only other customers were seated at a table quite far away from them.

Gu Nian dragged Luo Xiu with her and pulled a rope hanging down adeptly.

A chime came from behind the drapes.

Not too long later, a clean-looking middle-aged woman with her hair pulled behind her lifted the drape and walked out.

Seeing the newly-arrived customers, she smiled. She greeted Gu Nian with her not-so-standard mandarin mixed with some regional dialect.

"Miss Xiao Nian, you came again? Eh? And you brought a friend with you today?"

"Yes, Boss Lady. Your breakfast is too, too, too, too mazing. I only wish I can bring my beddings and crash here."

"Oh, you are very welcomed to do so."

Gu Nian and the Boss Lady chatted for a little bit before she turned and introduced their specialty breakfast to Luo Xiu. She only placed the order after running it by him.

After the Boss Lady had returned to the kitchen again, Luo Xiu asked, "You have been here many times?"

Gu Nian turned around. "Yeah."

Luo Xiu, "The studio is quite far from here, at least 1.5 – 2 hours each way by public transportation… you came all the way here for breakfast?"

"Sort of. That makes me a foodie, right?"

Luo Xiu was speechless.

Gu Nian's face was taut but finally busted out laughing. "I was here to scout. I started planning since a week ago, how I want to plan your birthday if I can celebrate it with you – I have tried all of the breakfast places in town and this one is my favorite!"

Luo Xiu, "Scouting out for today?"

"Uh huh!"

"Aren't you worried that I might have other plans?"

"Oh yes, I worried about that a lot. But then I thought to myself afterward, what if you will agree to celebrate this day with me? Then everything would be worthwhile."