Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 33

At this time, Chi Xia’s romance was blocked, and she insisted on leaving Chi’s house before Chi Qiu…You know, one of the biggest reasons why Chi Qiu had repeatedly pretended to be blind was because of Chi Xia.

Back then, when Chi Qiu’s eyes were diagnosed by the doctor as having a chance of regaining their sight, Chi Xia became more and more distant from Chi Qiu.

There were constant quarrels at home. Even though Lin Yuming and Chi Lanyan did not get divorced for the sake of their daughter, they had slept in separate rooms for many years, and their relationship was as thin as paper.

Years of repression made Lin Yuming’s heart not know whether it was remorse or disgust, all fused together.

He couldn’t hold back any longer and rebuked Chi Lanyan in a stern voice: “When he was blind, you forced Xiao Xia to be the heir and forced Xiao Xia to do things she didn’t like. You always complain that Xiao Xia is not as smart as Chi Qiu, but you can’t help it, now the Chi family only has Xiao Xia……”

He took a deep breath, grumbling like pouring water: “Okay! I understand that your family business needs someone to inherit it. I also admit that you as a mother, although strict, but you love Xiao Xia. For Xiao Xia, you also keep this marriage in name only. But ask yourself, Chi Lanyan, is this love of yours comparable to the love you have for Chi Qiu?”

As a father, he fought with all his might for his daughter.

Chi Lanyan looked at him condescendingly, her silent cold violence was like a dagger.

Lin Yuming couldn’t stand this look from Chi Lanyan. He gasped as his forehead seeped with dense beads of sweat: “Since you recognized Xiao Xia as the heir, then all this should be hers! Now…now that Chi Qiu is going to be better, you want to kick Xiao Xia away? Yes, I know that Xiao Xia is not as smart as Chi Qiu, not as good as Chi Qiu’s position in your heart!”

He laughed, like a wry smile: “But these years, Xiao Xia has worked so hard, can’t you see it?”

Chi Lanyan didn’t want to talk to him. Facing the out of control Lin Yuming, her tone was extremely indifferent. After a thousand words, she only left one sentence: “If it wasn’t for you back then, Xiao Qiu wouldn’t be like this.”

“That’s right! Chi Qiu’s eyes are due to my negligence. Over the years, I have tried my best to be nice to him, I have made atonement for him, and I am trembling in this house…But Xiao Xia is innocent, why do you treat her like this? Isn’t she your daughter?!”

“Clank——”

A cup on the table was smashed to the ground with an ear-piercing cracking sound

The estrangement between the couple was no longer as secretive as it was in previous years. With the news that Chi Qiu’s eyes could regain their sight, it was openly put in front of the two children.

Along with the collapse, there was Chi Xia who had been unhappy all the time.

She stopped talking to Chi Qiu and always shut herself up in her room without saying a word. Whenever Chi Qiu showed kindness, all he got was Chi Xia’s silence.

After many days, she finally took the initiative to speak to Chi Qiu: “Because my father has done something wrong, I can only be your substitute.”

Chi Xia lowered her head blankly. In the time when only she and Chi Qiu were alone, she said at a loss: “Mom and Grandma like you, even if I try harder, they won’t approve of me. As long as you can see, they will definitely choose you without hesitation.”

Her efforts would eventually be scrapped, and the childhood she lost along with it would turn into a bloodbath.

As she grew older, Chi Xia was no longer the little girl who was thinking about her brother. Once people grew up, they would know how to count their gains and losses.

At that time, Chi Qiu could already see it. That morning, he suddenly felt the light but he hadn’t had time to tell anyone.

Chi Qiu stood up in a panic, not knowing how to speak.

He hoped that his sister could stand by his side, and he hoped that his sister would smile at him as she did when she was a child. But people grew up and changed. Chi Xia had changed, and only Chi Qiu had been trapped in the dark for many years.

Chi Qiu moved his lips, but embarrassed by the situation, he could not make a sound at all. He saw Chi Xia’s slightly red eyes and her tears that were falling down one by one. It was hot, even if it did not fall on his body, he still felt the same pain.

The tears were crystalline and beautiful, but how Chi Qiu wished he was blind at the moment.

It turned out to be so uncomfortable to see.

Chi Xia choked up and said, “If mom and dad keep fighting, they might really want to get a divorce. I don’t want them to divorce at all, I don’t want dad to leave and I don’t want to leave mom…” Only this time, she said the words that hurt Chi Qiu, light and vicious, “It’s all because of you, it would be nice if you couldn’t see it all the time.”

If Chi Qiu continued to be blind, their family would not break up and there would be no outbreak of quarrel.

Chi Xia would follow the original steps set by Chi Lanyan to become the heir of the Chi family company. She would also take care of her poor blind brother for the rest of her life as Chi Lanyan told her.

……

Thinking of this, Chi Qiu clenched his hand, nails sinking into his palm, leaving a pale trace.

Ji Yanchen on the other side of the phone could not help but sigh heavily, quite dissatisfied with Chi Xia: “Chi Xia indeed suffered a lot of aggression, but at first it was her own wish to be the heir, and now she eloped…” He was afraid of saying the wrong thing and said euphemistically: “If she knew how much you endured for her, she must regret ever losing her temper with you like that.”

Ji Yanchen complained that Chi Xia didn’t even know what a good brother Chi Qiu was.

But there were some things that Ji Yanchen, as an outsider to the Chi family, couldn’t say for the silent Chi Qiu

Chi Qiu had probably heard similar words several times, but he didn’t take Ji Yanchen’s regret too much to heart.

He used to be really blind for several years and had gotten used to the life of a blind person. For him, there was nothing uncomfortable about continuing to live this life.

Furthermore, because he could not see, Lu Ming, even if emotionally indifferent, could also take good care of him. In many actions, the relationship between the two had long been unconsciously drawn closer.

Chi Qiu no longer responded to Ji Yanchen’s words, but said, “Yanchen, don’t be angry for me, I’m fine now. And the eye thing, no matter what, it will always be solved later.”

He was in a good mood and said with a smile: “There are no hurdles in the world that can’t be overcome.”

City C.

The airport was not far from the hotel, but there was a traffic jam on the road. For the journey that was not too far, the driver drove a full hour.

Chi Qiu was so bored and sleepy in the car that he was a little dizzy. For Chi Qiu, who rarely traveled far, today was too much running around.

When he finally got to the hotel, he couldn’t wait to get out of the car.

As soon as he opened the car door, he was greeted with a faint scent. He took a sniff and asked Lu Ming curiously, “What kind of smell is this?”

Lu Ming replied, “It may be camphor trees. There are a lot of them here.”

City C had different climates from Xingxi City; full of camphor trees, and early summer came very early.

Chi Qiu felt hot and took off his thin jacket. He checked in with Lu Ming. In the meantime, Lu Ming took a mint lemon candy from the candy tray at the bar, tore it open and handed it to Chi Qiu’s lips. “I think you are a little motion sick, this candy is refreshing.”

Chi Qiu took a bite, and the cool and refreshing taste immediately took away a lot of his fatigue.

He raised his head and held the candy in his mouth, puffing up one side of his cheeks: “It’s tasty.” It was not sweet, Chi Qiu liked it.

Lu Ming had no resistance to candy, so he took the opportunity to give Chi Qiu candy to eat one himself.

Not sweet, he didn’t like it very much.

At this time, not far away, Ji Yanchen rushed over in a hurry: “Chi Qiu!” He had just finished a meeting. He was dressed in a neat suit, like a successful person. Speaking of which, Ji Yanchen’s appearance was really good; standing at the hotel stand, he was especially soliciting guests.

“I’ve been waiting for you here for a long time, but they have to ask me to go to a meeting. My brother is always tossing me around. I don’t know what’s wrong with him, he threw me here. I’ve lost several kilograms!”

Ji Yanchen personally took them to check in. He kept talking about Ji Feining’s ‘bad words’ and didn’t treat Lu Ming as an outsider at all.

After all, Ji Yanchen firmly believed that Lu Ming was a ‘facial paralysis and mute’. If Lu Ming complained, the pigs could go up the tree.

“Di——”

Ji Yanchen enthusiastically helped them swipe the card, opened the door, and inserted the card.

At the moment when the light was turned on, there was no rose as promised in the room. Chi Qiu blinked and looked towards Ji Yanchen while Lu Ming was not paying attention. That look, as if asking: Where are the roses that were promised?

Ji Yanchen avoided his eyes, all as if he could not see. Not knowing whether he forgot or what, but he sat calmly on the sofa with legs crossed, like a handsome and silly husky.

“How is it, the room is nice, right?”

Lu Ming nodded his head and expressed his gratitude: “It’s very nice, thanks.”

Ji Yanchen had not been provocative for a day, so his bones were itchy all day: “Lu Ming, I think you are quite tired. Why don’t you rest for a while? I’ll take Chi Qiu out for a walk, do you mind?”

Unsurprisingly, Ji Yanchen’s provocation failed again.

Lu Ming put the suitcase aside and unbuttoned a shirt at his neckline: “I don’t mind.”

Ji Yanchen was about to get up when he heard Lu Ming say deliberately, “But I’m going to take him to dinner first, it might take a little longer.” He asked rhetorically, “Do you mind waiting?”

Inexplicably, Ji Yanchen felt Lu Ming’s intention…was very intentional.