10 Unintentionally Starting the Rumor Mill (1/2)

”Heh, Su Yan …” One of his co-workers leaned over, a questioning gaze in her eyes. ”Can I ask you a question?”

”Sure. What's up?” Su Yan slid his phone back into his pocket and turned around. He smiled but then noticed her expression. ”Hah? What's wrong?”

”No, it's nothing. I was just … Well, we were wondering if you were … you know, thinking about dating?”

”Dating?” Su Yan blinked. How did she get that idea? ”No. Well, it's not like we have the time for that anyway. There's no use thinking about it, is there?”

One of the other women couldn't take it anymore. She looked around and stood up when she saw no customers coming over. She hurried to Su Yan's counter and leaned forward next to him. ”Ah, come on, Su Yan, don't be like that! We've all seen you checking out the men.”

”Yeah!”, came the affirmation from the other women.

”Hah? What?” Su Yan couldn't believe what was happening. Shit, this was even more embarrassing than seeing those videos and having to share a bed with Nie Chang afterward! His co-workers thought … he was into that kind of thing?!

”Come on!” The co-worker patted his shoulder. ”It's nothing to be embarrassed about. We're not from yesterday. It's alright that you're into men. We support you! Just go for it!”

”Yeah!” Another co-worker ran over and patted him on the back.

Su Yan was stunned. That had never happened before! Why were those women so … touchy today? They'd normally hold their distance because they wouldn't want to be misunderstood. Oh no! This could only mean he had really been labeled as gay!

”You misunderstood! I'm not —”

The rest of his co-workers ran over, too. There really weren't many other people around and most hurried to buy their tickets or board their subway without paying attention to the information counters. They were quite free for now.

Normally, Su Yan liked that time of day. They could just casually chat or do some things of their own. It had been way more hectic during the vacation period but now things had calmed down a bit. He had waited for this but now he really wished they would go back to the busy days of before.

”Ah, Su Yan, don't worry. That's nothing bad. You love who you love. Isn't that right?”

”Yes, yes!”

”Indeed!”