RES Chapter 112

Of course Bai Yan didn’t understand. He had only heard of ‘marriage first and then love’. How could there be such a thing as ‘divorce first and then love’?

Just when Bai Yan was puzzled by this endlessly twisted urban love story, Chi Qiu suddenly stood still and the cake box he was holding in his hand fell to the ground with a ‘thud’.

Roasting him was one thing, but Ji Yanchen’s reaction was the most sensitive.

He was the first to rush up and wrapped his arms around Chi Qiu’s shoulders, for fear that Chi Qiu would fall: “Chi Qiu?!”

“…”

Chi Qiu subconsciously covered his right eye and shrank his shoulders.

“Are you alright? Are your eyes uncomfortable?!” Ji Yanchen was anxious, “I’ll take you to the hospital!” He almost hugged Chi Qiu.

However, Chi Qiu grabbed Ji Yanchen’s coat and stopped him aloud: “No!”

Ji Yanchen hugged him. Chi Qiu said not to go so he wouldn’t go. It was Luo Xu and Bai Yan who arranged a place for them on the unopened first floor and let them sit down first.

Bai Yan poured a cup of hot water and looked at Chi Qiu with concern.

And Chi Qiu’s whole body was dumbfounded; his pair of eyes blinked involuntarily, and then blinked again. From closing the eyes to opening the eyes, and then from opening the eyes to closing the eyes, he repeatedly doing this action.

“My eyes seem to be able to see blurry shadows…” He looked at the few people in front of him with uncertainty, always feeling that he couldn’t see who was on the other side. It could only be judged from the figure. The one directly opposite him would be Ji Yanchen, the shorter one on the left would be Bai Yan, and the taller one would be Luo Xu.

“You sit for a while and take it easy, we’ll go to the hospital again.”

“En.”

Chi Qiu stood up with Ji Yanchen supporting him: “I’ll contact Lu Ming first.” Although Ji Yanchen liked to go against Lu Ming, in critical moments, he definitely would not be childish.

“No, didn’t the doctor say it’s not a big problem.” Chi Qiu thought that Lu Ming had not yet returned his phone call, so he must be busy. He felt that this was a trivial matter, it didn’t matter if he told him a little later.

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene in front of him suddenly went from blurred and faint to bright. For a while, the blinding light made it impossible for him to stand still.

Chi Qiu again covered his right eye, trying to make himself adapt by avoiding the light and getting comfortable. But the change in the eye was a moment of clarity and a moment of sky spinning.

At this moment, it seemed that everything was walking on an irregular trajectory.

Chi Qiu’s fingertips were slightly numb. Under the concerned gaze of the crowd, he dropped his hand. The figures in front of him gradually became clear; not only did he recognize Ji Yanchen, but also recognized Bai Yan and Luo Xue. Looking around again, he saw the decoration style that had been praised by Ji Yanchen, as well as a bouquet of brightly colored hydrangeas on the counter.

Chi Qiu moved his lips and spoke out unsurely: “I…I saw that?!” He narrowed his eyes, “But…”

Ji Yanchen held his breath.

In Chi Qiu’s line of sight, there were too many things that broke into something, and it was actually a leap within half an hour. He frowned and rubbed his eyes nervously: “But I don’t seem to get used to it.”

“…”

Ji Yanchen almost burst into foul language: “Fuck! Bai Yan, your cake is a panacea!”

While it was still early, Ji Yanchen packed the rest of the cake and took Chi Qiu to the hospital again.

Because Chi Qiu had been under the doctor’s supervision for a long time, they did not have to wait long before they got the chance to enter the consultation room. The doctor was amazed at the speed of Chi Qiu’s recovery. He gave Chi Qiu two simple examinations and after determining that there was nothing wrong with Chi Qiu’s right eye, he said: “The medicine I prescribed for you, you continue to take it for a week. After a week, if there’s nothing wrong, you don’t need to come for a follow-up.”

“Thank you doctor.”

Walking out of the consultation room, Chi Qiu’s steps were much lighter and his guide cane was habitually held in his hand. Ji Yanchen took the guide cane from him and said happily: “You don’t have to pretend you can’t see anymore, it’s time to retire from this thing, right?”

“Yeah!” Chi Qiu pursed his lips.

Ji Yanchen raised his hand: “Then I will confiscate it.”

When Chi Qiu thought that he would be going to really start a new life, his whole heart was filled with joy. They sat back in the car, and Chi Qiu took the lead and made a phone call to Chi Lanyan.

Chi Lanyan on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds, and then her tone was tinged with a soft crying tone. Chi Qiu heard the sound, so he comforted Chi Lanyan in a gentle tone while saying a lot of good things. He also promised to go home for dinner tomorrow night.

Chi Qiu spoke in a clear tone, as if he had returned to the age of eleven and he was a sun with spring coming.

Ji Yanchen sat happily in the driver’s seat, smiling like a silly husky. He was not idle; he also announced the good news to the vast number of relatives and friends. He didn’t care whether the other party recognized Chi Qiu or not, he had to tell them that his friend had regained his eyesight, and he had regained it completely!

After Ji Yanchen finished chatting, Chi Qiu also ended the call with Chi Lanyan.

The two looked at each other and smiled. Ji Yanchen raised his eyebrows: “I’ll take you to Lu Ming’s now, you’ll give him a big surprise straight away?”

“Let’s go!”

Unfortunately, in fact, Lu Ming didn’t give them this chance.

Just a few minutes after the car started, Lu Ming returned the call. Before Chi Qiu could say anything, Lu Ming’s side was filled with the sound of Xu Ling talking to the next person and Lu Ming’s sentence came: “Chi Qiu, I’m sorry. There are some problems at work, so I may have to work late tonight. Don’t wait for me for dinner. You go to bed early.” He did not forget to ask, “By the way, how was the medical checkup?”

Chi Qiu’s words just popped a syllable out of his throat, and Xu Ling on the other end was already urging Lu Ming.

Chi Qiu swallowed back the words. He did not want to end such an important matter in three words on the phone and did not want to cause Lu Ming to be unmotivated to work at the same time, so he said: “The test results are all normal, you focus on work, don’tt worry about me. Bye.”

Ji Yanchen in the driver’s seat widened his eyes and asked him: “What are you doing?”

“Take me home, he will probably be busy until late today.” It would be a lie to say Chi Qiu was not frustrated but he really was not in a hurry. He was looking forward to Lu Ming’s happy face when he saw him gaining his sight again. He was also a little curious about what kind of expression Lu Ming would show now?

Thinking about this, Chi Qiu’s mood instantly brightened, scattering away the dark clouds.

 

 

As soon as he got home, Auntie Zhang covered her mouth and looked around Chi Qiu back and forth, as if she had seen a new person: “Sir, really? You can really see everything from now on?”

“Well, I can see it all from now on.” Chi Qiu said with a smile, “It’s only the right eye, but basically it doesn’t affect anything.”

“Only the right eye is also fine. There’s a big difference between not being able to see and being able to see.” Auntie Zhang was so excited that she insisted on asking Ji Yanchen to stay for dinner, saying that the kitchen had prepared a number of dishes.

Knowing that Lu Ming was going to work overtime and he would not be a light bulb, his heart also relaxed: “Then I will not be polite.”

He spread his legs and sat on the sofa, eating the fruit brought by Auntie Zhang and drinking the black tea newly brewed by Aunt Zhang, leisurely and contentedly.

Ji Yanchen was a little hungry. He took a bunch of grapes and nibbled half a bunch of grapes: “Chi Qiu, there is something I wanted to say for a long time, I feel like Lu Ming has changed his personality after regaining his memory.”

Chi Qiu was canceling the visual impairment assistance function on his phone. As his eyes could not be used excessively these days, he quickly put away his phone.

He took a sip of tea and was in a good mood: “Actually, Lu Ming was like this before.”

Ji Yanchen had never seen seventeen-year-old Lu Ming so couldn’t understand it: “I’m not used to him being so nice to you now. It’s a pity that you didn’t see his jealous expression at noon today. I remember one thing in particular that describes him now, tsk, let’s see…”

He slapped his thigh and remembered, “Flatterer!”¹actually, 跟屁虫 can also mean bootlicker hahahah

Listening to Ji Yanchen’s ‘address’ for Lu Ming, Chi Qiu almost choked on his tea.

Ji Yanchen vigorously patted him on the back, but was blocked by Chi Qiu.

Chi Qiu said with slight annoyance: “Why are you like my mother…Don’t give Lu Ming weird nicknames.” After speaking, Chi Qiu continued to defend Lu Ming with a few words: “Ten years ago, Lu Ming Ming was like this; he liked to talk, he could make me happy, and he was clingy to me.”

After losing his memory, except for the sweet mouth, everything else had changed. Now that it had changed back to how it was in the past, it was no wonder that everyone felt uncomfortable.

Ji Yanchen was sweetened by the grapes in his hand that he shook his head and sighed: “This is good. A few months ago I wanted to beat Lu Ming to death, but now I actually have to be friendly with him.”

Otherwise, Chi Qiu was going to side and protect him again.

Ji Yanchen also thought about Lu Fengshen; his enemy, and did not forget to add: “But his uncle and I really can’t get along. It annoys me even when I look at him.”

When he learned that the painting he wanted to buy was already in Chi Qiu’s house, Ji Yanchen was furious. He clearly remembered that Lu Fengshen not only let the dog scare him, but also lied to him that the painting had already been sold.

Thinking about this, Ji Yanchen was so angry that his teeth itched.

And speaking of this painting, Ji Yanchen thought of a recent incident.

“Do you remember the person we saw at the time we went to the painting exhibition, the one named Xia Zhiyan.” Ji Yanchen reminded him, “The one whose eyes were particularly like yours, but not as good-looking as yours.”

Chi Qiu didn’t have a particularly deep impression of Xia Zhiyan, but he remembered those bright, confident eyes: “I remember.” That night, Chi Qiu also had an argument with Lu Ming because of it, so how could he not remember.

Chi Qiu lowered his head and drank tea, trying hard to recall what Lu Ming told him when he was drunk, but he couldn’t remember it all. So, he asked casually: “Why did you suddenly talk about him?”

Ji Yanchen did not mean to talk about Xia Zhiyan on purpose. When he saw that Xia Zhiyan and Lu Fengshen know each other, he wanted to ask Chi Qiu if he knew about it.

“It’s nothing. I just saw the news about him recently. It was said that his plagiarism has been blown up and a lot of people want to sue him. I took a few glances on the Internet and someone put together a timeline and said he had copied a lot of other people’s works over the years.”

Xia Zhiyan was very smart. He specially picked the works of those who were poor and unknown to plagiarize, and instead of copying one by one, he integrated the elements and turned them into his own.

And whenever something went wrong, he gave money to deal with it privately or threatened to suppress it. Using this method to deal with the poor was very effective. It had been tried and tested.

Xia Zhiyan was not unknown in this circle so it was not a big deal for him to spend a little money to maintain his reputation.

However, recently, Xia Zhiyan seemed to be often walking by the river, wetting his shoes and offending others.

When Chi Qiu heard this, he couldn’t help but be shocked: “He plagiarized?”

“En, his mentor also recently received a copy of the original draft from someone, as well as a report on it. It seems that Xia Zhiyan started out by copying someone else’s old draft to change his life.”

When Ji Yanchen saw that Chi Qiu couldn’t believe it, he immediately flipped through his phone and found the original words: “Xia Zhiyan’s mother remarried when he was a teenager and he followed his mother abroad after that. Although his stepfather apparently let him go to a local prestigious school, privately he was not good to him. He was also treated harshly by him. So he was often bullied at school and his personality was rather distorted.”

After Ji Yanchen finished reading, he raised his brows.

He was clearly someone who had been bullied, but he actually bullied others later. Once the life of indulging in money and extravagance was over contaminated, the desire would be endless.

Chi Qiu suddenly lost interest and didn’t have too many words to say. It was a pity for him to have such a pair of beautiful eyes.

At this time, Ji Yanchen unwittingly turned to a new page in his phone. He stared at the screen for a while before clicking on a photo on the page and frowning: “Chi Qiu, Xia Zhiyan is Lu Ming’s classmate?”

This relationship, Lu Ming did not hide it from Chi Qiu.

Chi Qiu replied: “It seems so, but Lu Ming is not familiar with him.”
When Ji Yanchen heard it, he was confused. He looked at the photo on the phone again; although the picture was blurred, looking at Xia Zhiyan closely following Lu Ming, it didn’t seem like they were not familiar with each other.

In line with the mentality of ‘no matter what, the less things the better, and try not to give Chi Qiu trouble’ Ji Yanchen put down the phone and did not immediately tell Chi Qiu about the photos he had seen.

Only, Ji Yanchen was never a person who could hide words in his heart.

He pretended to be casual and sent the screenshot of the photo to Lu Ming, but he didn’t say anything.

Unexpectedly, Lu Ming replied in seconds. The message was simple and clear.

[It was me who reported him. But I’m busy, I’ll explain to Chi Qiu myself when I get home. ]

At the end, there was another one: [Thank you for caring about my Chi Qiu].

This ‘my’ was very subtle but it was clear that it was ‘swearing sovereignty’.

Ji Yanchen stared at the message for ten seconds before he said speechlessly in front of Chi Qiu: “What kind of vinegar spirit is Lu Ming reincarnated from?”

 

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  actually, 跟屁虫 can also mean bootlicker hahahah