Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 16

How dare Ji Feining forgot that Chi Qiu was the benefactor of the Ji family.

If Ji Feining hadn’t been delayed today, taking a work call downstairs the hotel, Ji Yanchen wouldn’t have had a turn to save Chi Qiu.

Ji Feining was dumbfounded. After all, he couldn’t say anything to his younger brother, who was ten years younger than him.

He helplessly let go of his hand and temporarily slowed down his tone: “You are twenty-two years old, can you stop being so impulsive? If something happens to that child today, the person who will be in a difficult situation is Chi Qiu.”

“Just a little chili powder…”

“You say that again?”

Ji Yanchen was stunned by Ji Feining’s angry eyes and quickly changed his words: “Ge, you are right! Fortunately, that little bastard is okay. False alarm, false alarm…” He was brought up by Ji Feining since childhood. His elder brother was like a father and a mother.

Ji Yanchen could bend and stretch in front of Ji Feining, just like a spring essence.

“…”

Ji Feining only felt a row of black lines on his forehead. He slapped Ji Yanchen directly on his back, and it was so painful that Ji Yanchen could not speak anything.

“Brother, I said, give me face when I’m outside!” He quietly pointed to the back, begging, “Lu Ming is there, he saw it. I’m so embarrassed…”

“You should be more polite to Lu Ming, he’s not a character to be fooled.” Ji Feining raised his chin toward the door of the lounge before he continued to preach, “You disturbed the Lu family’s banquet, go in to apologize to Elder Lu. When this matter is over, you can go back with me.. ”

“What about Chi Qiu after I leave?”

“His business is not your business.” Ji Feining really had a headache, “You are the one who will add to his mess by being here.”

A good birthday banquet, due to this matter, had to end early.

The guests left one after another, and the last to go were the two Ji brothers. Ji Yanchen was worried about Chi Qiu and went back and forth trying to find an excuse to stay. Ji Feining was close to hitting him on the head with a cane before he was meekly ‘carried’ away like a puppy.

Elder Lu was still in the lounge, so everyone went in honestly.

He was sitting on the lounge chair with a tired face and coughed a few times.

Lu Rongtian was the most clever, he bent down and patted the old man’s back to flatter him: “Dad, don’t be angry.” He handed over a cup of tea, but the old man waved his hand without answering. Lu Rongtian grinned again as he put the tea on the table and went to stand to the side.

Chi Qiu obediently followed Lu Ming, trying to minimize his presence to avoid adding new trouble to Lu Ming, but a light-colored suit made him particularly eye-catching.

There was no sound in the room, and no one spoke first.

Lu Ming’s phone vibrated untimely.

He picked it up. Not knowing what the person on the phone said, Lu Ming calmly said to Elder Lu and Chi Qiu, “I have something to do, I have to go out for a while.”

Chi Qiu was shocked, he didn’t think Lu Ming would leave him here alone. He raised his hand anxiously, not wanting to be left here by himself, but stopped his voice: “Lu Ming, I…”

Lu Ming smoothly held his hand and brought him to a seat, letting him sit down: “I’ll be right back. If someone makes it difficult for you, don’t pay attention to them.”

This oblique accusation inevitably caused Lu Rongtian’s voice to open up, “Lu Ming, what do you mean? Do you have to say that about your elders?!”

Lu Ming didn’t even look at Lu Rongtian before indifferently walking out of the lounge.

“You!” Lu Rongtian was furious. He turned his head to look at Elder Lu, but found that he had no intention at all to reprimand Lu Ming. Lu Rongtian suffered a dumb loss, angrily put away the sound, cursing fiercely in his heart: doing harm to his own people to help an outsider.

It was awkward and terrible.

It didn’t take long for Zhen Zhen to put on an outer shirt and walk in ‘tatata’ in high heels. Lu Rongtian seemed to have seen the savior; his eyes lit up, and he deliberately asked, “Is the child okay?”

“The lips are all red and swollen badly.” She sighed, “Oh, Junjun is too young and doesn’t usually eat spicy food. This bite of chili powder can be uncomfortable for a while. You know, the kid has a weak stomach, and my cousin and sister-in-law usually dote on him and raise him carefully.”

Elder Lu nodded and didn’t say much about it. Instead, he looked at Chi Qiu: “Xiao Qiu, tell me the original story, from your point of view, again.”

Chi Qiu nodded and said everything. He took the initiative to admit his fault: “Grandpa, it was our fault for stuffing the cake into Junjun’s mouth, I’m sorry. But at that time, Yanchen was probably also anxious and he accidentally…”

Before he finished speaking, Zhen Zhen suddenly interrupted him: “Accidentally? Chi Qiu, no matter what, Junjun is only six years old. You and the second young master of the Ji family are both adults. How can you not tell the difference? Fortunately, Junjun is not allergic to chili powder, otherwise what should we do?”

Facing the aggressive Zhen Zhen, Chi Qiu tried to explain: “Yanchen is a bit hot-tempered. I couldn’t stop it, we were wrong. But this matter, Junjun…”

Zhen Zhen interrupted again: “Yes! Junjun is a little bit naughty, he should be beaten and scolded and educated. But you won’t eat that cake, there is no need to put it in his mouth.”

“Auntie Zhen, I…”

“If anything happens to Junjun, his parents will never end it with you.” She spoke aggressively in the name of concern, relying on the fact that she was the child’s aunt.

She had absolutely no intention of letting Chi Qiu finish his sentence and gained the upper hand one by one: “Don’t blame Aunt Zhen for talking too much, Junjun is also my nephew anyway. Besides, you guys don’t have a sense of proportion in what you do, so you have to remember everything I said today.”

Chi Qiu: “…”

In terms of eloquence, he was no match for Zhen Zhen, who had ‘experienced a hundred battles’. Chi Qiu heard Ji Yanchen say that Zhen Zhen used to be a little secretary next to Lu Rongtian. She was able to speak well and looked pretty, so she took the position from Lu Ming’s mother.

Chi Qiu thought about it; this was probably what Lu Ming called ‘difficult’. He fell silent, intending to listen to Lu Ming’s words, and no longer paid attention.

Letting Zhen Zhen, as an ‘aunt’, being like an output machine, kept accusing him.

As time passed, Chi Qiu’s ears were about to get calloused. He didn’t know what to say and couldn’t say anything. He lowered his head, feeling uncomfortable by Zhen Zhen’s words, and clenched his hands helplessly.

Elder Lu couldn’t stand it anymore. He slapped his palm on the table: “Come on! A bite of chili powder won’t hurt.”

Zhen Zhen said anxiously: “Dad!”

“You are worried about the child. There is nothing wrong with it. It’s just that Junjun took a bite of chili powder, and you scolded Xiao Qiu. To put it bluntly, what did Xiao Qiu do wrong? This is all caused by Junjun and Ji Yanchen. You really want to stand up for Junjun, ah. Do you want me to personally send you to the Ji family?”

Elder Lu at first was sympathetic to her feelings as the child’s aunt and gave her a step but he didn’t expect Zhen Zhen to come to the top of the line, without any restraint.

Elder Lu was really speechless.

You know, if Ji Yanchen, that stinky and unreasonable brat, hadn’t come at the right time, this mouthful of chili powder would have probably appeared on Chi Qiu’s clothes now, or on his face.

In the worst case, it might have gotten into Chi Qiu’s eyes because of Junjun’s fault.

Yet, Zhen Zhen mentioned nothing about this.

When the old man’s words came to this point, Lu Rongtian glared at Zhen Zhen without saying a word, signaling that she was almost done.

Zhen Zhen had to gather her emotions, and then, she suddenly wiped her tears: “Dad, I didn’t mean to do it. The main thing is that today is still Yinliang’s birthday party, making this scene…”

When she cried, Chi Qiu became more and more distraught.

Without Lu Ming by his side, Chi Qiu, who hadn’t been out in contact with people since he was a child, instantly lost his confidence. He really had no heart to deal with Zhen Zhen, who was in a hundred different emotions.

In the end, it was Elder Lu who listened to the scene and sorted it out in his mind. He said slowly to Zhen Zhen: “I’m curious about one thing now.”

“You say.”

“Today, this is a Western-style banquet, where did Junjun’s prank chili powder come from?” To really investigate this matter, it would have to start with the surveillance.

Zhen Zhen didn’t worry at all. Counting the time, Zhen Rong should almost be done.

If Elder Lu went to check the surveillance ten or twenty minutes earlier, she would have been helpless.

“I don’t know, maybe…the kid brought it himself? He has always been very naughty, he likes to play tricks on people with strange things.”

As soon as the voice fell, the door of the lounge was opened again.

Lu Ming stepped in resolutely with a hotel manager holding a laptop, as well as Zhen Rong, who followed them and was forcibly carried by two security guards.