TL: Hua
Lin Jiaojiao was facing a package of tin foil clams and was ready to sip them one by one. When she heard the words, she raised her head suddenly and almost choked on her saliva. Uncle Chen, who had just sat down, also looked at Ye Rongxu in surprise.
Qin Chaoyan froze with a rare display of emotions on his face, and he looked at Ye Rongxu as if he had seen a ghost.
Ye Rongxu’s eyes were still bright, and he even asked with some expectation: “How about it? Do you agree?”
He suddenly felt that this method was very good. It not only maintained the agreement between the Ye and Qin families, but also got rid of Qin Jingxu. And if Qin Chaoyan agreed to be engaged to him, with his status as a shield, no one would dare to bully him again.
Maybe Qin Chaoyan won’t turn evil in the future.
Even if he still turned evil, considering that he was indirectly protecting him now, at least… cough, he would not torture him in different ways, right?
After all, Qin Chaoyan took revenge on him, firstly because he had bullied him before; secondly, the Ye family had indirectly bullied and humiliated the other party when protecting him; and thirdly, he and Qin Jingxu had an engagement, so he could take revenge on Qin Jingxu by snatching him away and torturing him in bed.
But once he and Qin Chaoyan are engaged, he won’t be involved in any of the three things!
He’s simply too smart to be able to come up with such a good solution.
Ye Rongxu couldn’t help but praise himself.
In order to make his thoughts clear without being heard by Uncle Chen and Lin Jiaojiao, he “drove” them both to the next table.
After sending them away, he looked at Qin Chaoyan and whispered, “Don’t worry, it’s just a fake engagement. It will be canceled in the future. Only you and I need to know this. And this matter is not completely without benefits for you, at least after getting engaged to me, you have my support, and Qin Jingrong will definitely not dare to bully you like this in the future.”
Hearing “support,” Qin Chaoyan seemed to glance at his thin waist and quickly look away.
He lowered his eyelids slightly, calmed down, and gradually regained his rationality.
Young Master Ye didn’t really want to get engaged to him; he was just pretending, doing it for others to see.
As for who he was doing it for… Without thinking much, he can guess that it is Qin Jingxu.
Maybe the young master felt that there was no hope of catching Qin Jingxu’s cheating evidence, but he was unwilling to give up, so he just bit the bullet and pretended to fall for other people, so as to stimulate Qin Jingxu? To get revenge on the other party, or to make the other party angry and jealous?
Regardless of the possibility, it’s just a means of fighting between couples.
Qin Chaoyan narrowed his eyes. He did not want to get involved in this matter, and even less to be a tool for the fight between the two.
He ate the last milk-flavored steamed bun expressionlessly, and under Ye Rongxu’s expectant eyes, he said slowly, “Sorry, I can’t agree to this either.”
Ye Rongxu’s smile froze, and his fair little face was filled with “confusion.” He couldn’t help asking, “Why?”
This doesn’t work; that doesn’t work. What would work for you?
Qin Chaoyan: “No reason.”
He’s an ordinary person who just wants to live a peaceful life and doesn’t want to get involved in the love-hate relationship of a young master from a powerful family.
After packing the remaining strings of potato chips, he took out the money he had “robbed” from Qin Jingrong before, pulled out a hundred yuan bill, pressed it under the plate, and said to Ye Rongxu, “I’m sorry, I still can’t help you. Thank you for treating me to this meal, but let’s split the bill.”
Ye Rongxu: “…” You “split” too much.
A few skewers of steamed buns and baked potato chips can’t cost a hundred yuan1A little over 10 USD. The food in China is really cheap. T.T.
“Would you like to consider it again?” Ye Rongxu still didn’t give up and still struggled with a last-ditch effort.
Qin Chaoyan shook his head but said, “The conditions I promised you before still count. If you need help with anything else, you can come to me again.”
After saying that, he stood up with his backpack and the packed potatoes. Before leaving, he looked at Ye Rongxu again, hesitated, but still advised him: “If you want to take revenge on Qin Jingxu, there are many ways. There’s no need to use your marriage as a price.”
If he were to propose these conditions to someone with bad intentions, Young Master Ye would probably be gnawed to the dregs. After all, he’s quite delicate and easy to deceive.
The little conscience Qin Chaoyan had left made him say this reminder.
But Young Master Ye was a little bit ignorant of people’s goodwill. After hearing this, he actually started to glare at him. His beautiful eyes, like glass beads, were particularly clear under the light.
Qin Chaoyan looked at him in silence.
Under the warm yellow street light, the two, one sitting and one standing, were staring at each other in silence, and the hustle and bustle in the distance seemed to gradually disappear.
After a while, Qin Chaoyan suddenly averted his eyes away from the young master’s beautiful face, which was set off by the halo and looked a little warm.
The noise suddenly flooded into his ears again, as if he had returned to the human world.
He took a deep breath, stopped looking at Ye Rongxu, and turned away.
Ye Rongxu, who was left there, was staring at his retreating back like a pufferfish, feeling a little depressed. Who said I wanted to take revenge on Qin Jingxu?
He just wanted to end the engagement with the other party.
Lin Jiaojiao, sitting at the next table, was stealing glances at the other side while eating.
Seeing Qin Chaoyan walking away, she quickly sat back in front of Ye Rongxu with the plate in her arms, waved her hand in front of her cousin, who was still in a daze, and asked curiously, “Brother, why do you suddenly want to get engaged to Qin Chaoyan? Haven’t you always liked Brother Jingxu?”
Ye Rongxu came back to his senses and looked at her. “Who said that I liked him? Also, don’t call him brother in the future.”
Lin Jiaojiao, with a blank face: Wow, the tone is so domineering.
Then she continued to gossip: “Did you have a fight with Qin Jingxu? But you can’t get engaged to Qin Chaoyan either. Don’t you still have an engagement with Qin Jingxu?”
The bodyguard, Uncle Chen, also sat back with the plate and agreed with what she said.
Although they all sympathized with Qin Chaoyan’s experience just now, that’s a completely different matter. Anyone with eyes could see that Qin Chaoyan and Ye Rongxu are not from the same world, and the Ye family would not agree to Ye Rongxu finding an illegitimate child with nothing as a fiancé.
It may be torture for both of them to be forced together if they are not of the same social class.
Besides, this illegitimate child is the younger brother of the current fiance. That’s not a good way to find a son-in-law.
Although Uncle Chen has only been a bodyguard for Ye Rongxu for less than two years, the Ye family treats him well. Because his father cannot be with him all the time, Ye Rongxu is somewhat dependent on him, a bodyguard who is almost the same age as his father, often follows him to protect him, and has a good relationship with him.
In his heart, he has long regarded this spoiled young master of his employer’s family as his nephew, but no matter how good the relationship is, he is still an outsider after all, and he cannot really say these thoughts out loud.
But Lin Jiaojiao did not hesitate to say whatever she thought.
Ye Rongxu didn’t want to explain at first. Although he didn’t like Qin Jingxu, as Lin Jiaojiao said just now, they still had an engagement, and what Qin Jingxu did was still cheating.
It’s so embarrassing to talk about being cheated on.
But after listening to Lin Jiaojiao’s words, he finally explained: “Qin Jingxu has boyfriends, two of them.”
“What?” Lin Jiaojiao stood up with a “snap,” rolled up her sleeves, and said angrily, “There is such a thing? Damn scumbag, I really can’t tell.”
Then she slapped the table and asked Ye Rongxu, “Brother, why didn’t you tell me earlier? What are you going to do now? Should I help you beat him up?”
Ye Rongxu has been used to going to bed early recently. In order to find Qin Chaoyan tonight, he stayed up an hour later than usual. Now he was feeling a bit drowsy, holding a thermos, and yawning.
He was startled by Lin Jiaojiao’s slapping the table, and his yawn was disrupted. He said helplessly, “You want to beat him up?”
The one who’s going to get beat up is you.
Lin Jiaojiao said “uh-huh” and pulled Uncle Chen to give herself a boost, saying, “Isn’t there still Uncle Chen here?”
Ye Rongxu finally yawned and reminded her: “The Qin family also has bodyguards.”
Lin Jiaojiao: “But… Uncle Chen is very powerful. He alone can beat ten people.”
After that, she asked Uncle Chen, “Right, Uncle?”
Ye Rongxu was speechless: You’re a bit too exaggerated.
Uncle Chen unexpectedly took over the conversation and said modestly: “Beating ten people is a bit exaggerated; beating three or five is not a problem. Qin Jingxu usually doesn’t go out with bodyguards. If the young master needs it, I will go to deal with him tonight.”
Ye Rongxu: “…” Uncle, why are you so easily swayed?
“Don’t make trouble; hurry up and finish the skewers first.” After the meal, he wanted to go home and sleep.
“Oh.” Lin Jiaojiao saw that he didn’t intend to beat Qin Jingxu, and instantly wilted.
She sat back on the bench, sipped a few mouthfuls of the clams, and suddenly raised her head again: “Brother, what are you going to do then? Just let him go?”
Ye Rongxu yawned again. With small tears oozing from the corners of his eyes, he said, “I want to cancel the engagement, but I don’t have any evidence of his cheating.”
Uncle Chen thought for a moment and said, “I can ask a few friends to help track him and get evidence of his cheating.”
Ye Rongxu’s eyes lit up slightly, but he became listless after hearing this: “No, he has been alarmed and must have been very proper recently. It’s useless to track him.”
And Ye Boxuan must have sent people to investigate a long time ago. If it were useful, it wouldn’t have taken ten days, and there was still no evidence.
“Ah, what should we do then?” Lin Jiaojiao was so worried about him that she wasn’t in the mood to eat anymore.
Ye Rongxu was also thinking about this problem. He still felt that the fake engagement with Qin Chaoyan was the best and fastest way, achieving three goals in one stroke.
But Qin Chaoyan didn’t agree… Forget it; let’s think about it tomorrow. He really has to go back and get some sleep.
So he urged Lin Jiaojiao and Uncle Chen to eat quickly.
When they finished eating the skewers and returned home, it was almost twelve o’clock. Ye Boxuan, who usually worked overtime until late, came back earlier than them.
Seeing Lin Jiaojiao pushing Ye Rongxu back furtively, followed by Uncle Chen carrying a barbecue bag, Ye Boxuan’s eyebrows jumped fiercely. “Where did you go? Why did you come back so late?”
Lin Jiaojiao was so guilty that she wanted to hide behind the wheelchair. Meanwhile, Ye Rongxu was dozing off in the wheelchair. He woke up with a start and hugged the thermos cup tightly, asking, “What’s wrong? Are we home?”
Ye Boxuan: “…”
Seeing his son so sleepy, he felt helpless and said nothing more, only reminding him, “Go take a shower and go to bed quickly. By the way, don’t forget to soak your feet and massage them.”
“Yeah.” Ye Rongxu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. Not long after, his head began to feel sleepy again.
Ye Boxuan finished his work and went to the bedroom on the second floor to see him. He saw that his feet were still soaking, but he was already asleep.
Ye Boxuan was feeling helpless again and said to the nurse, who was about to wipe his feet, “You go and rest first. I’ll do the rest.”
The nurse put down the towel and left.
Ye Boxuan came forward and squatted down. He wiped the water off his son’s feet and carried him to the bed, massaging his legs and feet according to the doctor’s instructions.
Seeing that Ye Rongxu’s slight frown gradually loosened, Ye Boxuan sighed and covered him with a quilt.
Back downstairs in the living room, Ye BoXuan asked Uncle Chen, who hadn’t gone to rest yet, “Where did Xuxu go today? Why did he come back so late?”
Uncle Chen hesitated for a moment but didn’t hide anything. He said everything he should say, including the fact that Ye Rongxu proposed to get engaged to Qin Chaoyan, but was rejected by Qin Chaoyan.
Ye Boxuan was speechless for a moment and said after a while, “Xuxu is really a child who does whatever comes to his mind.”
He actually wanted to get engaged to his fiancé’s younger brother, but most importantly, he got rejected.
What’s even more outrageous is that Ye Boxuan realizes that he’s more concerned about his son being rejected than “wanting to get engaged to his fiance’s younger brother.”
His baby is so good, but Qin Chaoyan actually refused? That kid must have bad eyesight.
Ye Boxuan pinched his brow, thinking that he might have been too tired from his recent work to have such strange thoughts.
Of course, even if Qin Chaoyan agreed, he might not agree.
*
The next day, Ye Rongxu woke up an hour later than usual, and because his routine was messed up again, his spirit was a little less than good.
When he arrived at the dining room, he was a little surprised to find that Ye Boxuan was still at home. “Dad, why haven’t you gone to work yet?”
Ye Boxuan coughed lightly. “What are you talking about? You’re not happy that I’m staying home a little longer?”
Of course, I am happy!
“But haven’t you been very busy recently?” Ye Rongxu controlled the wheelchair to the dining table.
Butler Lao Yang quickly brought him the soup that had been boiled long ago.
Ye Rongxu pinched his nose, took small sips, and drank it quickly, frowning because of the bitterness.
Ye Boxuan had peeled the candy and waited beside him. When he finished drinking, he immediately stuffed the candy into his mouth.
“Thank you, Dad.” Ye Rongxu bit the candy and said vaguely.
Ye Boxuan sighed and asked, “Xuxu, I heard that you proposed to Qin Chaoyan yesterday…”
“Ahem.” Ye Rongxu coughed lightly and almost choked on his saliva.
Ye Boxuan hurriedly stroked his thin back to help him breathe and said, “Don’t get worked up.”
Ye Rongxu coughed so much that his beautiful eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and he thought depressedly: How can I not get work up? Who’s spreading rumors? When did I propose?
“I didn’t.” After catching his breath, he opened his eyes wide to deny it.
Ye Boxuan frowned. “But I heard that you want to get engaged to Qin Chaoyan?”
Ye Rongxu: “Uh.”
This is true, but it’s also fake.
Agreement, it’s an engagement agreement.
And that guy hasn’t agreed yet; it’s such a headache.
Ye Rongxu held the bowl again and pretended to eat.
Seeing his eyes wandering around, Ye Boxuan knew that he was guilty and couldn’t help sighing again, asking, “Why do you suddenly want to get engaged to him?”
“This…” Ye Rongxu hesitated.
Ye Boxuan’s heart sank. He frowned and asked, “Is it to get back at Qin Jingxu?”
Like Qin Chaoyan, he also subconsciously thought so.
“Of course not.” Ye Rongxu denied it immediately.
But then it quickly occurred to him that if he told the truth, his dad would definitely not agree that he would go for a fake engagement with Qin Chaoyan in order to not have a marriage contract with Qin Jingxu and not let the other party take advantage of the Ye family.
“Yes… I suddenly like Qin Chaoyan a little now.” He simply lied.
Maybe he was too guilty; when he said the words “like Qin Chaoyan,” his face was a little red from embarrassment.
But in order to increase credibility, he still kept his eyes focused and continued to make things up: “He saved me three times recently, and I found that I misunderstood him before. He is a very good person, and… he is much more handsome than Qin Jingxu.”
After saying that, he lowered his head to eat again, revealing two red ears.
Ye Boxuan was speechless for a moment. But it’s also kind of true. Qin Chaoyan’s appearance was indeed better than Qin Jingxu’s.
Could it be that his Xuxu was obsessed with looks?
He suddenly remembered the day when he saw Qin Chaoyan holding Xuxu’s feet in the hospital. The two young men with outstanding looks happened to make intimate movements. The atmosphere was inexplicably charming. It was no wonder that he thought too much as soon as he entered the door.
Without taking anything else into consideration, if one just talks about looks, the two of them do look good together.
But the problem is that Qin Chaoyan rejected his Xuxu.
So, even if that boy is good in every way, his eyesight is definitely not good.
This is a flaw, a big problem.
