RES Chapter 73

At this time, Chi Qiu’s phone vibrated.

In order to prevent Auntie Su from making fun of him, Chi Qiu turned off the voice command and the incoming caller was no longer announced, so if he did not look at the screen, he would not know who was calling.

Auntie Su broke the beanstalk, cheerfully gestured to Chi Qiu to hurry up and answer, guessing that it must be Lu Ming calling again.

Chi Qiu was frightened by Auntie Su’s smile, so he deliberately walked towards the study with his mobile phone.

When Auntie Su saw this, she hurriedly dropped the beanstalk in her hand: “Young master, be careful, don’t fall!”

“Got it. Auntie Su, you continue with your work.” Chi Qiu quickened his steps, “I can walk by myself!”

Auntie Su shook her head and had to sit down again, muttering in disbelief: “My Young Master Xiao Qiu is actually shy.”

Inside the study, Chi Qiu excitedly closed the door and happily picked up the phone to take a look: “…”

After all, it turned out to be Ji Yanchen who called.

Chi Qiu didn’t delay. As soon as the phone was connected, Ji Yanchen immediately shouted loudly, “Is Lu Ming’s uncle a pervert!”

Chi Qiu gave a blank expression: “What?”

Ji Yanchen had nowhere to let out his grievance and cried bitterly: “He let the dog bite me!”

Hearing these words, you didn’t have to mention how shocked Chi Qiu was. He didn’t even have time to ask how Ji Yanchen and Lu Fengshen met, and hurriedly asked first: “You were bitten by a dog? Did you go to the hospital?”

“No…”

“How can you not go to the hospital? Yanchen, where are you now? I’m coming over to look for you.”

“Chi Qiu, take it easy, that dog didn’t really bite me…”

Chi Qiu breathed a sigh of relief. He was really frightened by Ji Yanchen.

Afterwards, he thought carefully, how could Ji Yanchen have contact with Lu Fengshen? Chi Qiu gulped, according to his understanding of Ji Yanchen…

“Yanchen, tell me honestly, did you go to buy that painting?”

“…”

“Ji Yanchen, answer me.” Chi Qiu asked again.

“Then didn’t you like it? You like it, I want to buy it for you!” Ji Yanchen answered with special justification and said in a twisted way, “Anyway, I didn’t do anything wrong. You don’t scold me.”

Chi Qiu really did not scold him, he held back a breath, ‘politely’ inviting Ji Yanchen to come home for a get-together.

Within half an hour, Ji Yanchen appeared in the Chi family villa with an unhappy face. He was sitting cross-legged on the sofa sulking like a child who had made a mistake and been beaten.

Auntie Su, who had just baked cookies, brought them out when she saw Ji Yanchen’s face was so stinky that he could go collect debts: “Why is Second Young Master wilting today?”

This was a rare sight in a hundred years, Auntie Su was about to take a picture to remember.

How could Ji Yanchen not know her thoughts? He turned sideways and kept silent in anger.

Chi Qiu felt a little distressed when he saw the wound on his hand. His tone softened: “Does your hand hurt?”

“You are now on the same page with the Lu family, what do you care about me?” Ji Yanchen held a stomach full of anger without a place to vent it, so he was in a very bad mood.

Although the dog did not really bite him today, he was unlucky; he was so scared that he fell and broke the skin of his wrist.

However, Ji Yanchen was afraid of Chi Qiu becoming worried about him. Before coming to Chi’s house, he had already dealt with his wounds casually. And yet, Chi Qiu was still worried when he saw it; he and even half-coaxed and half-deceived him to the bedroom.

After carefully closing the door and locking it, Chi Qiu skillfully took out the first-aid box in his room and carefully treated the broken skin for Ji Yanchen.

“Ah hurt hurt hurt!” Ji Yanchen frowned and said fiercely, “Be gentle!”

Chi Qiu gently exhaled a few breaths into the wound: “You bear with it.” When the treatment was almost done and Ji Yanchen’s attitude had eased up, Chi Qiu began to ask him, “What’s going on?”

“…He has a problem with his brain.”

“Ji Yanchen.”

Ji Yanchen was once again called by his full name. He got annoyed and fell head first on Chi Qiu’s bed: “I just want to give you that painting. I didn’t even bargain. If he thinks it’s cheap, I don’t care if he adds more. Who knew that Lu Fengshen wouldn’t sell it to me, saying that I am not a person who sincerely likes this painting at first glance. I told him 800 times that I will be giving it away, not keeping it for myself, so why did he care if I was sincere? But he just wouldn’t listen. He wants to see the buyer! But can I lead you there?”

“…”

“I see that these artists have a brain problem. They’re not selling but still put prices on them.”

Listening to Ji Yanchen’s complaints, Chi Qiu frowned: “I said I don’t want that painting, what are you… Forget it, no matter what, uncle shouldn’t let the dog bite you.”

What if he really did get bitten?

Chi Qiu knew that Ji Yanchen was most afraid of pain, and also knew that Ji Yanchen was afraid of dogs when he was young.

And when Ji Yanchen saw that Chi Qiu was helping him, he felt a lot more confident, and his voice became louder: “That’s right, is there such an outrageous thing in this world?”

“It’s really outrageous.”

Whether it was Ji Yanchen, who tried to buy the painting with force, or Lu Fengshen, who let go of the dog, it was all outrageous.

Having gotten Chi Qiu’s approval, Ji Yanchen’s mood soared and he said with a huff, “Even if his dog doesn’t bite and just scares me, I’m still really frightened. All in all, it’s him who’s wrong!”

Of course, Ji Yanchen didn’t tell Chi Qiu that the dog ‘released’ by Lu Fengshen was a young, just weaned little poodle. It did not pose any threat at all.

And Ji Yanchen was so angry that his teeth were itchy, a look of resentment was on his face.

He took into account that Lu Fengshen and Chi Qiu were now relatives, so he temporarily gritted his teeth and swallowed the anger. But that painting, he absolutely must have it. Even if Chi Qiu did not want it, he still has to get it! Even if he had to beg Ji Feining, be scolded by Ji Feining, he still wanted to get it!

Ji Yanchen looked tall, but he was still childish in his heart.

Fortunately, Ji Yanchen’s anger came and went quickly. After complaining to Chi Qiu, he felt a lot more comfortable.

He picked up a piece of Auntie Su’s baked cookies and ate them with his coffee, asking while eating: “How is Auntie Chi’s divorce procedure going? Did Chi Xia’s father make it difficult for her?”

“It’s done.” Chi Qiu reassured Ji Yanchen, “How can Uncle Lin make it difficult for her? At most, he just asked for money. It’s just that my mother is in a bad mood. Xiao Xia still refuses to contact her.”

“Your family has become such a mess and she still does not come home? I don’t even know what to say, she is even less sensible than me.”

Every time he talked about Chi Xia, Chi Qiu’s mood would be low. For Ji Yanchen’s words, he didn’t know what to say.

 

 

On the other side that Chi Qiu and Ji Yanchen didn’t know, Chi Xia reached out to Ji Feining.

Recently, Chi Xia’s boyfriend got his money cheated while doing business again. He was obviously not good in this area, but he was determined to start a business. The money Chi Qiu gave them had long been used up.

So a few days ago, Chi Xia took the initiative to give Ji Feining a call.

After Ji Feining politely informed Chi Xia that Chi Qiu’s money was running out, Chi Xia hung up the phone silently.

Within five minutes, Chi Xia called again and said to Ji Feining in embarrassment: “Ning ge, can you, can you lend me some money. I’m in a bit of a hurry, when this is done, I’ll pay you back immediately.”

Ji Feining did not agree. During this period of time, his help to Chi Xia was all for the sake of Chi Qiu.

If it was beyond the scope of Chi Qiu’s request, Ji Feining was not willing to help.

“Chi Xia, come back and apologize to your mother, she won’t give you a hard time. This way of proving yourself with your boyfriend is very childish.”

For nearly a year, Chi Qiu asked Ji Feining to give Chi Xia money one after another, making Chi Qiu’s own bulging ‘wallet’ almost dried up. Ji Feining knew that Chi Qiu was not short of money, and did not care about money. But the funny thing was, so much money was thrown into the water, and yet nothing was accomplished.

Chi Xia said nothing.

Ji Feining said: “Auntie Chi and Chi Qiu are very worried about you.”

Ji Feining had always disapproved of the love brain. With the thought of ‘I hope Chi Xia wouldn’t drag Chi Qiu down again’, he simply persuaded her with a few words, going back and forth asking Chi Xia to go home as soon as possible.

No matter what, she had gotten to this point. As long as she insisted, no one in the Chi family would object to her relationship.

He just didn’t know what Chi Xia was up to. She would rather live a hard life outside than come back and reconcile with Chi Lanyan. What was even more incredible was that in order to let Lin Yuming support her relationship, she did not tell Lin Yuming that she was short of money.

But apparently, Chi Xia recently had encountered a problem that she simply couldn’t handle on her own.

“Ning ge, I’m not asking you to borrow money because I want to continue to start a business with him.” Chi Xia looked like she was holding back her crying voice and said in a panic: “I’m in a bit of trouble. I, I don’t know what to do now…”

Ji Feining’s attitude was flat: “I hope you can be honest with me, otherwise I have no reason to help you.”

He was not Chi Qiu; there was no reason to unconditionally spoil Chi Xia’s capriciousness.

Chi Xia on the other end of the phone, however, could not say anything. As she hesitated, Ji Feining’s patience gradually disappeared. A second before Ji Feining was about to hang up the phone, Chi Xia said a word in a hurry.

“My boyfriend seems to be lying to me.”

Suddenly, a thunder sounded outside the window, rumbling in the sky, and the sudden flash of bright light cut the darkening sky a step ahead.

Ji Feining picked up the remote control placed on the desk and pressed it to close the curtains.

The rain was covered by the curtain, and the lights in the room made his thoughts extremely clear.

He calmly listened to Chi Xia’s cry, thinking and analyzing.

Chi Xia burst into tears, as if she was about to collapse. She choked up and said: “He was instructed by someone to come after me. Ning ge, I don’t dare tell my parents, they’re getting a divorce now, and I feel like I screwed it all up… I, I, have no way of knowing for sure if any of this is true. I hope I’ve wronged him, I really hope I’ve wronged him. But I really don’t know anymore…Can you help me, please.”

Holding her phone, she sat alone in a rental room.

Right now, her boyfriend was not in this humble rental room. In the small space, with half a window open, a damp and earthy smell from the rain leapt in from outside.

Chi Xia’s cry seemed very helpless: “I just want to ask you to borrow some money, I want to find someone to help me check it out. I didn’t have the courage to ask him directly, I’ve known him since college. I really can’t believe he would do this to me.”

And the scraps of evidence she found were so frightening.

Facing the confused Chi Xia, Ji Feining was a very sensible person: “I can help you, but I will tell Chi Qiu first about the outcome of this matter.”

“But it’s my business…”

“I will always help you, all because of Chi Qiu. Chi Xia, you need to recognize this clearly.”

Ji Feining was a very clear-cut person, he said decisively: “If he is indeed lying to you, then I don’t think your current situation is safe. This way, since you don’t want to go home, I’ll have someone pick you up and arrange a place for you to live. I will help you find out about your boyfriend as soon as possible.”

 

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The author has something to say:
Each chapter has a point to put in, there was no deliberate procrastination. I know that everyone is in a hurry, but if the plot is not spread to a certain extent, the break up will be very awkward and difficult to do, and appear abrupt. So I’ll do my best, and I hope for your understanding.

 

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