Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 25

Chi Qiu lowered his eyes, feeling awkward: “I can’t tell you.”

“What is it that you can’t tell me? If you think I can’t be trusted, you can always tell my ge.” Ji Yanchen missed the point and sadly thought it was because he couldn’t be trusted.

Chi Qiu was likewise shaking his head: “Yanchen, I can’t say this.”

Ji Yanchen was anxious: “Chi Qiu, we used to say everything to each other, didn’t we? Is it because Lu Ming bullied you, so that you are afraid to say anything, and forced to marry him?”

How the Lu family’s property needed to be inherited was said to be hidden from outsiders, but Ji Yanchen who was always well-informed happened to know before he returned to China. It was also because of this that he preconceived his own prejudice against Lu Ming after seeing his bland attitude towards Chi Qiu, and it had deepened a lot.

Chi Qiu felt that this misunderstanding was big: “No, it’s my own self that wanted to get married…”

Before he finished speaking, Ji Yanchen interrupted him angrily: “I deliberately provoked him many times in the past two days, but he was not jealous at all. Is this normal? When you got married before, I thought he was strange. Don’t be careless about him. I know something about Elder Lu’s property. ”

“Yan…”

Ji Yanchen did not give Chi Qiu a chance to speak. He spoke angrily: “It’s not because I haven’t been in love, but I don’t see any feelings that he cares about you in Lu Ming.”

The more Ji Yanchen thought about it, the more things went wrong. Except for the possibility that Lu Ming had facial paralysis, everyone could see his careless attitude.

Ji Yanchen had a rampant temper. Once he had set his mind on something, an anger in his heart would rise first.

You know, when Ji Yanchen was abroad, when other people threw a wink at his ex, he could drink a pound of vinegar.

“Chi Qiu, I think he is giving you a bewitching soup!”

“…”

Chi Qiu didn’t expect that Ji Yanchen’s final conclusion was actually ‘bewitching soup’.

Chi Qiu felt helpless and felt that Ji Yanchen had not changed much since he was a child. Fortunately, Ji Feining worked hard, otherwise, if Ji Yanchen was thrown into Ji’s group, wouldn’t he be swallowed and stripped alive by life.

Naturally, Ji Yanchen was also still young. In Ji Feining’s opinion, this ignorant brother still needed to be refined and grow.

At the end, Chi Qiu organized his thoughts and words in his heart.

When he was about to open his mouth, Ji Yanchen snapped out: “Chi Qiu…”

This time, it was Chi Qiu who interrupted him with a loud voice: “Ji Yanchen.” Generally, when Chi Qiu called Ji Yanchen by his full name, he was angry. Ji Yanchen felt a tingle. He quickly closed his mouth and swallowed the chattering speculation back to his stomach for the time being.

Chi Qiu started by saying, “Don’t always interrupt people, you listen to me to finish my words quietly.”

He slowly opened his mouth and patiently said to Ji Yanchen, “I can’t tell you why Lu Ming is like this, but I assure you, this matter has a certain degree in my heart, it exists reasonably, and I am willing to tolerate it. There is nothing wrong with the marriage between Lu Ming and I. We both married of our own free will and love each other.”

“…”

“Even without Grandpa’s property as a condition, we will still get married.”

Ji Yanchen listened and moved his lips in disapproval. Chi Qiu’s tone of seriousness in defending Lu Ming made Ji Yanchen look like an aggrieved husky, completely losing his rebellious posture last night.

“Yanchen, I know you are well-intentioned and really care about me, but what you have done has crossed the line. I am married to Lu Ming, we are partners.”

The implication was that outside of this marriage, Ji Yanchen, as a childhood friend, had no right to overly accuse them about their relationship.

Ji Yanchen was speechless for a while, and froze in his seat in a daze.

He really didn’t expect that he would really annoy the gentle Chi Qiu by just saying a few ‘bad things’ about Lu Ming. You know, the last time Chi Qiu was angry with him was ten years ago.

At that time, Ji Yanchen was ashamed of Chi Qiu and didn’t dare to see him. He hid in the room and cried every day. When Chi Qiu found out, he asked Chi Lanyan for a long time before he had a chance to come over to Ji’s house.

Ji Feining entertained them warmly before he took Chi Qiu upstairs. As soon as he knocked on the door, Ji Yanchen hid under the bed like a puppy.

Ji Feining held his forehead and called out to him in a stern voice, “Yanchen! Come out.”

Under the bed Ji Yanchen buried his head and cried bitterly, tearing his heart out and yelling, “It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault! Chi Qiu must be angry with me…”

Ji Feining hated iron for not becoming steel. Last night, he clearly said it well. When Chi Qiu came here today, Ji Yanchen had to apologize and thank him; he couldn’t be decadent anymore. He squatted down to pull Ji Yanchen out under the bed. After tossing around for a few minutes, he didn’t pull the person out but hurt him instead.

Ji Yanchen cried to death.

Chi Qiu couldn’t see it. He stood helplessly and advised, “Ning ge, don’t scold him. Why don’t you go out first?”

Afterwards, Chi Qiu waited for the door to close from the outside, and then spoke nicely, repeating over and over again that he was not angry and that Ji Yanchen should not cry. Unfortunately, Ji Yanchen was probably guilty. He shrank under the bed, wishing it was himself who was blind.

This scene was in a stalemate for about an hour. One persuasive mouth dried up, and the other was numb under the bed.

Ji Yanchen remembered clearly, Chi Qiu’s patience was exhausted. After peeling away his gentle skin, his tone gradually became serious: “Ji Yanchen.”

Ji Yanchen, who was called by his full name, trembled.

Chi Qiu said: “It’s me who can’t see, why are you crying? My mother is still waiting for me in your living room, she only allows me to stay for two hours. If you continue like this, we won’t be friends anymore and I won’t say another word to you.”

Ji Yanchen’s heart twitched and he stopped crying completely.

Seeing that it was working well, Chi Qiu duly gave him a chance to step down at the right time: “I’ll count to three, if you don’t come out from under the bed, I won’t meet you again. I will do what I say.”

One, two, three.

Ji Yanchen rolled and crawled out from underneath the bed. His face was miserable from crying. He hugged Chi Qiu’s leg in a mess and bawled again, “Why are you doing this!

But Chi Qiu smiled, the corners of his mouth pursed up as good-looking as ever. He reached out and touched Ji Yanchen’s head: “Okay, okay, don’t cry.”

Ji Yanchen’s tears and snot rubbed Chi Qiu’s pants. His voice stopped, but his sobbing body continued to tremble. He kept choking: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Chi Qiu, I’m sorry…”

And in Chi Qiu’s slightly drooping eyes, he faced the endless darkness, his nose was sour.

A tear as big as a bean fell from his eyes to the back of Ji Yanchen’s hand.

The back of Ji Yanchen’s hand was burned.

Today, fourteen years later, his heart was burned.

The brief silence was broken by a snack sent by Aunt Zhang.

She put a plate of delicate cakes on the open table and glanced at Ji Yanchen’s tea that he only took a small sip: “Young Master Ji, your tea is cold, let me change it to a cup of coffee or juice for you.”

“No need.” Ji Yanchen was not in the mood to drink. He stood up and kicked the stones by his feet, feeling unhappy.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Aunt Zhang understandingly picked up an empty plate of cake from the table and left.

Looking at Aunt Zhang’s back as she quickly left, Ji Yanchen cleared his throat twice.

Chi Qiu did not answer.

Ji Yanchen dared to provoke Lu Ming, but he didn’t dare to be arrogant in front of Chi Qiu.

After calming down, he turned his head and turned his back to Chi Qiu to compromise: “Got it.”

“Thank you, Yanchen.”

Ji Yanchen looked at Chi Qiu, not wanting to make the atmosphere worse. He saw that both sides had put a step down, so he casually mentioned, “You are also too easy to feel sorry for him. Didn’t I just say a few words…”

Chi Qiu answered seriously: “I will feel distressed, don’t do this again in the future.”

“…”

Ji Yanchen finally knew why Aunt Zhang’s tea was so bitter, because it turned out to relieve the greasiness.

He reluctantly ate this bowl of dog food.