Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 26
Ji Yanchen with a little ‘jealousy’, staring at the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in front of him.
Not only that, he also muttered in his heart: Had I known that you like men…Even if I was beaten to death by my brother ten years ago, I would not go abroad to study.
In this way, Lu Ming would not have an opportunity to take advantage of him. Chi Qiu’s lonely spring would not be occupied by Lu Ming.
Of course, he didn’t say these things out loud——
After attending Chi Qiu’s wedding, Ji Yanchen sulked on the sofa. Ji Feining saw him and sneered, “Why didn’t you get so upset when you failed three classes in a row?”
Well, with this stimulation, he said all the words out loud: “Ge, I really can’t figure it out. Why should Chi Qiu marry Lu Ming? Not to mention the relationship within their Lu family that is like a mess; look at that Lu Ming, getting married is like going to a funeral, with that straight face…”
“So what?” Ji Feining sat down and casually poured himself a glass of water.
Ji Yanchen was questioned.
So what?
He froze and foolishly said: “If I had known that Chi Qiu liked men, I would have chased him!”
Wasn’t it ‘the pavilion closest to the water enjoyed the moonlight first’?1basically first come first served, but also means to gain some kind of benefit or convenience due to being close to some people or things Ji Yanchen thought in his heart that he was not bad looking. The business of the Ji family was getting bigger and bigger, and the money in his hand was not less than Lu Ming.
Ji Feining was very calm; he bowed his head and took a sip of water. He took Ji Yanchen’s remarks as a joke and didn’t pay much attention to it.
Ji Yanchen wondered: “Ge, why are you not talking?
“If you were really interested in Chi Qiu, according to your temperament, can you wait until today? Besides, can Chi Qiu like you?”
“I…”
“Yanchen, you’re just used to following him since you were young. To put it bluntly, you only have feelings of gratitude for him, not love. If you were the one who married Chi Qiu today, that would be the most irresponsible thing you could do to Chi Qiu.”
Ji Feining’s statement was not wrong at all.
Ji Yanchen thought about it carefully and was speechless. There was more unwillingness in his heart, and these unwillingness all came from——he was afraid that Chi Qiu would have a bad life.
But the Ji family’s help to Chi Qiu over the years had actually gone beyond the scope of repaying the gratitude. For a lot of private matters, the two brothers just didn’t get it out in the open.
Ji Feining believed that since Chi Qiu had chosen Lu Ming, then Chi Qiu had his own reason.
……
When a gust of wind passed, the flowers and plants in the backyard of the villa swayed messily, and some petals fell on the side of Chi Qiu’s shoulder with the wind.
Ji Yanchen no longer thought about that.
He glanced at this osmanthus tree, which was useless except to block people’s sight, and then turned his head to see that Chi Qiu had taken off the petals from his shoulder by himself.
Ji Yanchen took a deep breath and changed the subject awkwardly: “My brother sent you a message yesterday, why didn’t you reply?”
“I was too tired, I didn’t see the message.” Chi Qiu said softly, a little embarrassed, “Since yesterday, Lu Ming has been with me, it is not very convenient for me.”
“Okay.”
Ji Yanchen looked around to make sure no one was around, and then directly told Chi Qiu the content of the message. “The money Chi Xia asked for has already been remitted. Don’t worry too much. My brother has an eye on her. The reason for asking for money is not a lie. She really wants to do some business with her boyfriend. But the money you’ve saved over the years is completely empty. You gave her everything.”
Chi Xia wanted to make an IOU, but Chi Qiu didn’t take it seriously.
He never thought of asking Chi Xia to pay back the money. After all, he couldn’t spend the money himself.
Since Chi Xia’s whereabouts could not be discovered by the family, Chi Qiu asked Chi Xia to contact Ji Yanchen and Ji Feining first.
“It’s okay, I don’t have any great use for keeping the money.” Still unsure, Chi Qiu asked, “How’s the matter I asked you guys to look into earlier?”
“Don’t worry, Chi Xia’s boyfriend is not someone with bad intentions. I have used my brother’s financial and human resources to carefully check out all three generations of his ancestors.” Ji Yanchen spoke exaggeratedly and liked to make a little joke. He continued: “He and Chi Xia used to be college classmates. They all have that idea towards each other. It’s just that the boy is poor and didn’t dare to chase her. That’s why they have been delayed until now.”
When Chi Qiu heard this, he said sadly, “It seems that Xiao Xia doesn’t want to go home for a while.”
“She seems to want to wait for stability before bringing the person back. Otherwise, Aunt Chi’s temperament will make it difficult for her to nod when she sees that the man can’t meet her basic requirements in his career.”
They were not afraid of the rest, everyone was afraid of Chi Lanyan’s difficult temper.
“And she seems to have her own method to regularly report home to avoid Aunt Ji and Uncle Lin calling the police to find her.” Ji Yanchen said, not forgetting to spit, “This man is really confusing. He didn’t dare to chase him before. When Chi Xia was arranged for a blind date by his family, he suddenly had the courage to give us such a big mess.”
“…”
Chi Qiu was quite helpless, afraid that he had made a wrong decision in letting Chi Xia go. After all, she was his own sister, in case there was anything wrong with Chi Xia, he couldn’t shirk his responsibility.
Now, Chi Qiu could only keep a closer eye on her. Once there were any changes on Chi Xia’s side, he intended to ask Ji Yanchen to help and bring the person back directly.
“Yanchen, I may have to continue to trouble you and Ning ge during this period.”
“Why are you so polite with us. By the way, that thing…” Ji Yanchen deliberately pointed to his eyes and asked with a gesture: “When are you going to tell Lu Ming?”
Chi Qiu lowered his head. The tea cup in his hand was warm, and the tea stalk stood in the middle of the tea.
“At least wait for Chi Xia to come back and let her start taking over the family company.”
“… There will be some waiting.”
“En.” Chi Qiu pursed his lips and said with a smile, “There’s no rush, Lu Ming and I are getting along just fine now.”
Ji Yanchen understood: “Okay, when you have plans, let me know in advance, I will help you.”
Chi Qiu was very grateful: “Thank you, Yanchen.”
Chi Qiu had a second secret in his heart, but he couldn’t say it before it was the time to blossom and bear fruit. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, looking calm.
Around ten o’clock, Ji Yanchen took Chi Qiu back to the living room. Ji Yanchen saw that Ji Feining and Lu Ming were still chatting one after another. Between words, he was afraid that there would be the word “kindness” printed on their forehead.
Ji Yanchen couldn’t help but laugh. If he was not afraid of Ji Feining’s anger, he really wanted to use the phone to film this scene.
Chi Qiu tugged on his shirt and coughed lightly, telling him to save face for those two.
Ji Yanchen shrugged his shoulders and told him quietly, “My brother hasn’t had an awkward conversation in a long time, good fortitude. He must be dying for me to hurry up and say, ‘Okay, go back’ right now.”
There was no one who knew an ‘elder brother’ better than the ‘younger brother’. As expected, as soon as Ji Feining saw Ji Yanchen, he got up as if he had been given an amnesty and asked, “Finished talking?”
Ji Yanchen deliberately said: “If you want to talk, you can talk more.”
Seeing that his skin was itchy, Ji Feining squeezed his cane hard, his fists hardened.
Lu Ming knew that Ji Feining could not talk to him except for talking about business matters. But out of politeness, he politely stayed with the two brothers of the Ji family for lunch.
Chi Qiu followed and said, “Aunt Zhang’s cooking is very good, Ning ge, Yanchen, you stay and eat lunch before you leave.”
“No, I have something to do later. It’s a rare day for Mr. Lu to take a break, so we brothers won’t be the light bulb.” Ji Feining politely declined and called on Ji Yanchen, “Yanchen, let’s talk to Chi Qiu next time if there’s anything.”
He really couldn’t sit still. Every minute of talking with Lu Ming was painful; it was more difficult than talking about a tough business.
Ji Feining thought to himself that Chi Qiu was probably the only person in the world who found talking to Lu Ming interesting.
Ji Yanchen held a smile in his heart and patted Chi Qiu’s shoulder: “I’m leaving, ah. I’ll come to play with you next time.”
Since childhood, this was what Ji Yanchen said the most to Chi Qiu. In fact, the word ‘play’ was no longer appropriate for their age, but Ji Yanchen had developed a habit.
When he passed by Lu Ming, he suddenly stopped and made an unprecedented apology: “I’m sorry for offending you in the past two days.”
After speaking, he stepped forward and held Ji Feining, who was leaning on crutches with unstable legs.
Ji Feining smiled heartily: “You’re sensible.”
Ji Yanchen lowered his voice: “Stop it, give me some face.”
Chi Qiu also did not expect the stubborn Ji Yanchen would apologize, and he was no less surprised than Ji Feining. You know, it was not easy to get Ji Yanchen to meekly bow down and apologize to someone he didn’t like.
Chi Qiu was inwardly grateful for Ji Yanchen’s understanding. Together with Lu Ming, he sent them to the car in the courtyard, inviting them again and again to come back and play later.
When the car drove away from the villa, Chi Qiu breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Ming looked at the closed door of the villa, recalling Ji Yanchen’s apology to him just now, and then synthesizing his own understanding of Ji Yanchen’s personality.
He held Chi Qiu’s hand and before he was about to take him into the house, he sincerely complimented, “You are very awesome.”
T/N: I hope it’s not too late to wish this, but Happy Lunar New Year to anyone who celebrates it! May this new year brings you all a lot of happiness, health, and prosperity!
