It turned out he had indeed taken Xue Yin to the courtesan house, but from the moment Xue Yin entered, his expression was poor. When several beautiful women came in, he finally erupted, shouting at the elder brother:
“Xiao Wang, I never thought you were this kind of person!”
After saying this, he angrily left, throwing his sleeve, and from that moment on treated the elder brother as a stranger.
The elder brother was heartbroken. This rare friend he had made was now inexplicably cutting ties. He didn’t blame me for suggesting a bad idea, just locked himself in his room, sighing and looking miserable all day.
The elder brother had always been cheerful and optimistic, so this situation was unprecedented and immediately drew the family’s attention.
Mother couldn’t bear it and knocked on the door, asking him to come out and discuss things together. In his agitation, the elder brother grabbed some clothes and returned to his official residence.
The younger sister concluded: “Big brother must be heartbroken.”
I suddenly understood. Under the combined effect of guilt and realization, I pulled mother aside and asked her view on “broken sleeves”.
Mother put her hands on her hips, eyes wide. “Wouldn’t that mean no descendants?! Are there really men who like men?”
“There are,” the younger sister added from the side. “So the world is unfair. Good men are either taken by other women or by other men.” She spread her hands.
I coughed and quietly asked mother: “What if big brother…”
Mother clenched her teeth: “A Yao, you’re not suggesting that your big brother likes a man?!”
“Of course not!” I immediately denied. “Just hypothetically, if…”
“No ifs!” Mother was resolute. “If that were true, I’d jump into a well!”
The younger sister heard mother’s last sentence and sneered: “Mother, with your current physique, you’d probably get stuck at the well’s mouth before falling in.”
