Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 32
As Chi Qiu continued to show his love, Lu Ming spent more and more time with him. Chi Qiu was no longer the one who waited at home alone until late at night every day.
Now he would stand at the door to greet Lu Ming when he got off work at the right time.
When it rained, he would hold an umbrella; when it was sunny, he would prepare a hug.
If Lu Ming was a stubborn and dull stone, then Chi Qiu was a flower that fluttered on the branches, falling on this hard stone. No matter how many times he bumped into the wall or hurt, he could smile and say to Lu Ming, “Welcome home.”
No matter how numb Lu Ming’s feelings were, he could clearly feel the meaning of ‘home’ uttered by Chi Qiu.
This was the first time that Lu Ming’s impression of ‘home’ had been concreted.
Lu Ming had never had a complete family since he was a child: his father was full of lies and never returned, his mother was mentally unstable, his paternal grandfather was busy with company affairs, his maternal grandfather and grandmother were always unhappy with their daughter’s marriage, and his uncle rarely returned home from his studies.
There had never been anyone like Chi Qiu, waiting for him to arrive home every day, glued to his side, holding his hand, chattering and sharing with him the trivial and boring things in life.
Lu Ming didn’t know what else to do. He began to frequently bring home desserts and milk tea, like a reward for Chi Qiu. He fed the thin Chi Qiu to gain ten pounds.
But the word ‘fat’ was not reflected in Chi Qiu, and Chi Qiu, who was a little rounder, looked better. Chi Qiu really didn’t want to eat sweets, so he took a chance and told Lu Ming politely, “I can’t get fat any more.”
Lu Ming told him seriously: “You are not fat.”
“…”
“It was too thin before, but now it’s just right.”
Chi Qiu thought that Lu Ming didn’t understand it on purpose. He was anxious, he couldn’t continue to indulge Lu Ming’s sweet-tooth behavior: “Eating too much sweet is bad for your health, no matter how much I like it, you can’t keep buying it. Look, I’ve got pimples, I’ve never had pimples before.”
He pointed to his chin and raised his head to let Lu Ming see more clearly.
Lu Ming looked carefully and found that Chi Qiu had a small bump on his chin. If you insisted that it was a pimple, it seemed a little too much.
“This is not a pimple.”
“Lu Ming, it is.” Chi Qiu was very insistent.
Lu Ming reached out to touch his chin, but Chi Qiu grabbed his hand and held it in his arms. Chi Qiu’s voice was soft and gentle, sounding no different from usual, but his words were a little overbearing: “From today onwards, you are not allowed to buy milk tea and cakes home, you know?”
This was probably the first time Chi Qiu said ‘no’ to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming was startled, feeling fresh for the first time.
When Chi Qiu didn’t hear Lu Ming’s answer, he was ready to argue with Lu Ming with his nervous heart. No matter what, he must stop Lu Ming.
Just as he was about to open his mouth, Lu Ming answered honestly, “Got it.”
“…”
“What, do you regret it?”
Chi Qiu shook his head violently, not having a chance to say a word in his stomach.
But Chi Qiu finally didn’t have to eat sweets, he happily tiptoed and kissed the corner of Lu Ming’s mouth.
Inside the villa.
Xiao Yan, who helped carry the ingredients, came out of the kitchen together with Aunt Zhang and happened to see this scene……The two of them consciously retreated to the kitchen.
Xiao Yan peeked out with a thief’s head and lamented, “I didn’t expect that Mr. Lu, who is so serious all day, is actually a ‘husband control’ at home.”
Aunt Zhang knocked Xiao Yan’s head: “You brat, your mouth has no filter. This is called love, do you understand?” She said so, but Aunt Zhang agreed with Xiao Yan’s words in her heart.
Lu Ming listened to Chi Qiu’s words very much at home, especially recently. In Aunt Zhang’s opinion, it was a bit exaggerated to be that obedient.
She thought to herself, could he have done something wrong? But after thinking about it carefully, Lu Ming’s came home from the company at two o’clock every day. Apart from being busy with work, he accompanied Chi Qiu, simply dedicated to this life.
This kind of good partner, in the perception of Aunt Zhang’s age, was hard to find. The only shortcoming was that Lu Ming didn’t have many expressions, and often looked absent-minded.
The time soon approached the end of April, and Chi Qiu and Lu Ming got on the plane to City C.
It was the first time that the two of them traveled ‘far’ together. Lu Ming, taking into account the inconvenience of Chi Qiu, arranged a lot of things before taking him out. The one-hour flight time was too short; Chi Qiu had not returned to his senses when they had already arrived at City C, which had done a good job in greening.
His excitement overshadowed the apprehension in his heart. He held his cane tightly all the way and followed Lu Ming to breathe the first breath of air filled with the scent of grass and leaves outside the airport in C City.
The driver that was arranged by Lu Ming waited outside for a long time and politely opened the door for them.
In the car, Lu Ming and Chi Qiu sat in the back seat together, with a laptop on his lap. He was dealing with work.
Chi Qiu was very quiet, afraid of disturbing Lu Ming.
It was Lu Ming who spoke first: “The concert is at seven o’clock in the evening, it’s still early. Let’s go to the hotel to put away our luggage and have an early dinner. Later you can rest for a while, or you can meet Ji Yanchen——” he closed his notebook, “It’s up to you.”
……
The largest hotel in City C was the property of Ji’s family.
Recently, the miserable Ji Yanchen was carried to this side by Ji Feining to learn to take care of the affairs of his own hotel.
Under a hundred boredom, he learned that Chi Qiu and Lu Ming were coming to City C for a concert at the end of the month, so he couldn’t wait to arrange an A-class room for them both.
According to Ji Yanchen’s words: “You come to City C but not staying at my hotel? Are you people who are short of that kind of money? What’s wrong with coming here to support my business?”
He asked three times in a row, not only confused Chi Qiu, but also silenced Lu Ming next to Chi Qiu.
Who asked Chi Qiu to turn on the loudspeaker.
Helpless, Lu Ming asked his assistant to cancel the hotel he had previously booked. When he asked his assistant to book the Ji family’s hotel instead, Ji Yanchen called again and said proudly. “I reserved a room for you, my treat. Should I decorate the room with roses for you?”
Chi Qiu was glad that he didn’t turn on the loudspeaker this time. He half-covered his phone and informed Lu Ming that Ji Yanchen had reserved a room for them. Then, under the guise of going to the bedroom to get something, he whispered to the phone sneakily, “How about you put a little, ba”
“A little is enough?”
“Then, let’s put a little more.” Chi Qiu scratched the tip of his nose, quite embarrassed.
Ji Yanchen, who really knew Chi Qiu very well, said with confidence: “I know you like it. Let me tell you another piece of good news, you’ll absolutely love it even more!” Before saying that, he suddenly asked, “Is your phone not on the loudspeaker this time?”
“No, he’s in the living room, I’m back in the bedroom.”
“Will he eavesdrop?”
“Of course not, ah!”
“Okay, okay.” Ji Yanchen said with peace of mind, “The room I have arranged for you has a two-person bathtub, you can watch the night view when you soak in the bath. The location is perfect!”
For a moment, some unspeakable things appeared in Chi Qiu’s mind. He swallowed his saliva immediately, and his fantasy alone was about to give him ‘cerebral hemorrhage’. He thanked Ji Yanchen sincerely and exclaimed: “This is really great!”
Chi Qiu was looking forward to this romantic weekend trip.
Ji Yanchen didn’t need Chi Qiu to thank him. In the end, he said, “You just have to be careful, don’t show your eyes, or I’ll be a disservice.”
When it came to the word ‘eyes’, Ji Yanchen carefully lowered his voice even though there was no one around him at the moment.
He really felt sorry for Chi Qiu: “You are really amazing. If I were to pretend to be blind, I couldn’t pretend for so many years. How in the world did you manage to do that? Don’t you feel suffocating in the past years?”
You know, as a blind man, whether in life or in other areas, you had to pay attention everywhere.
Chi Qiu didn’t care: “I’m used to it.”
“If I were you, my eyes might have been exposed as soon as they regained their sight.” Ji Yanchen really admired Chi Qiu.
However, Ji Yanchen knew it in his heart. The relationship between the Chi family was complicated, and Chi Qiu’s eyes were like a rope that could maintain the superficial relationship. Once it broke, the so-called home would be falling apart.
From the time Chi Qiu regained the sight of his right eye at the age of fifteen, he had to continue to be a blind man because of some things. He took this matter as a secret and buried it in his heart.
Chi Qiu didn’t even tell Ji Yanchen at first.
If Ji Yanchen hadn’t unintentionally bumped into one of Chi Qiu’s actions, Chi Qiu would have been able to hide it from him until now.
He could not understand how much patience was building up inside Chi Qiu’s heart, and whether they would suddenly burn one day, swallowing Chi Qiu himself up and burning him into a pile of ashes.
Until later, the 25-year-old Chi Qiu reunited with Lu Ming and decided to leave the Chi family.
When Ji Yanchen learned the news, he was sad and happy. Sad that Chi Qiu found a wooden man, happy that Chi Qiu could take the opportunity to ‘restore his sight’ and no longer needed to be a blind man.
At that time, Ji Yanchen secretly concealed it from Ji Feining, using his own family’s abilities to arrange hospitals and doctors abroad. He planned to let Chi Qiu go abroad and pretend to have an operation.
Unfortunately, things backfired, everything was not as they thought.
T/N: So yeah, Chi Qiu’s eyes have actually regained their sights. There are like two or three hints for that in the previous chapters but it’s so vague that you’ll actually notice it after you read this chapter, at least that’s the case for me hahah
Anyway, sorry for being MIA for the past two weeks. There’s another update to make up for it!
