"That can't be true," Shen Qingqiu insists, with the recalcitrance shared by very young children and people with very high fevers. But he does sit down as he says it, so perhaps Neil can navigate this awkward situation without a fight? Although he might be tempted otherwise -- and who could blame him? -- when Shen Qingqiu follows up with, "I tried to beat up your, like, your boyfriend. Shouldn't you still be pissed at me? I'd be pissed at me, if I had a boyfriend someone tried to beat up. But I can't, because I'm straight."