TL: Hua
On the day of Ye Rongxu and Qin Jingxu’s wedding, there was a rare snowfall in Jiangcheng.
He sat in the luxurious Limousine, looking out the window at the white flakes falling in droves, his chest as heavy and breathless as the cloudy sky.
He lowered the car window and took a deep breath. The biting cold penetrated his chronic lungs and caused a violent cough.
His cousin sitting next to him hurriedly closed the car window, picked up the oxygen tube, and asked worriedly, “Brother, do you want to take a breath for a while?”
Ye Rongxu closed his eyes and shook his head. A trace of fatigue appeared on his pale and beautiful face.
The wedding car drove into the most luxurious hotel in Jiangcheng. Ye Rongxu took off his down jacket and only wore a well-cut white suit. He sat in a wheelchair and was pushed to the wedding site by his cousin.
When they passed the corner of the stairs, their way was blocked.
Ye Rongxu looked up and saw Qin Chaoyan, whom he hadn’t seen for a long time.
The other person had deep facial features and wore a black slim coat, followed closely by several elites in suits and leather shoes. His expression and momentum were no longer those of the illegitimate son of the Qin family who could be bullied by anyone back then.
He stood in front of the wheelchair, lowered his head slightly, and looked at Ye Rongxu. His dark eyes were cold, distant, and emotionless.
Ye Rongxu clenched his fingers. His fingertips, which were pale from long-term illness, were flushed with a thin circle of red. His heart seemed to be pinched by an invisible hand, dull as the gray sky outside.
He knew that Qin Chaoyan was here for revenge.
He tried to keep his spine straight, and his voice held a sickly coldness. “Make way, please.”
Qin Chaoyan didn’t move and stared at him with dark eyes. After a while, he suddenly pulled him up from the wheelchair and took off the boutonniere representing the groom in his suit.
Ye Rongxu’s legs were weak, and he suddenly fell into his arms, soaked in coldness. His expression finally panicked. “What are you doing?”
Qin Chaoyan saw that he couldn’t stand, and his eyes were dim. Suddenly, he picked him up horizontally and strode out.
He tightened his jaw and said coldly, “Qin Jingxu is no longer the president of Qin Group. Your wedding is canceled.”
What?
Ye Rongxu’s struggling movements froze, and shock appeared on his face, which was slightly red due to shortness of breath.
It was not until he was stuffed into Qin Chaoyan’s car and taken back to the villa that he finally came to his senses.
Jiangcheng’s powerful families: Qin and Ye’s marriage is grand and luxurious. As one of the prospective groomsmen, he is taken away from the wedding site by his fiancé’s brother.
Looking at the closed bedroom door and Qin Chaoyan, who tore off his tie and approached step by step, Ye Rongxu thought vaguely: He really came for revenge…
He ruined his wedding and suppressed Qin Jingxu’s company.
For all the humiliation he had suffered back then.
*
Four years ago, Jiangcheng, Ye family.
Early in the morning, the servants in the villa began to get busy, preparing for the eighteenth birthday party of Ye Rongxu, the young master of the Ye family.
Butler Lao Yang looked at the list and gave instructions back and forth in the living room: “The flowers must be artificial and fragrance-free. The young master is allergic and can’t stand the smell of pollen. When will the birthday cake be delivered? Soon? Oh, good, why hasn’t the king crab sent by the hotel arrived yet? The young master doesn’t eat it, but didn’t the young master of the Qin family just return to China? He loves to eat this. Go and tell them to hurry up…”
Their young master’s mother died early, and he was born sick and weak. He has been treating the hospital as his home for many years. He is the pampered medicine jar1Medicine jar is a metaphor for someone who’s chronically ill. of the Ye family. The butler didn’t dare to be careless about his birthday party.
Ye Boxuan came downstairs wearing a tie. Seeing the butler being occupied, he walked over and asked, “How are the preparations going? Where’s Xuxu? He hasn’t woken yet?”
“Everything is ready. The young master is still sleeping.” The butler said hurriedly. Seeing that he was wearing a suit, he hesitated again. “Sir, are you going to the company?”
Ye Boxuan has played the role of both a father and a mother all these years, and he also has to take care of the company. Despite being only 40, the hair on his temples is already a little gray. Hearing this, he sighed. “There are some urgent matters. I will rush back in the evening. When Xuxu wakes up later, you can help me coax that delicate boy. By the way, you can ask his friends to come earlier. He’s forgetful. If he plays with his peers more, he won’t be angry.”
The butler agreed repeatedly. After sending him out, he hurried back to the living room to make phone calls and invite them one by one.
…
In the bedroom on the second floor, the sunlight passed through the gap in the heavy curtains, quietly entered the room, and fell on the delicate profile of the boy on the bed.
Ye Rongxu opened his sleepy eyes and stretched out his hand from the thin blanket. His pale, almost transparent fingertips brushed the light. He was dazed for a moment before he sat up with his arms propped up.
The misty blue blanket slipped from his chest, revealing his thin body in pajamas.
After using the air conditioner for half the night, he woke up with a headache, a sore throat, and a stuffy chest. He picked up the bronchodilator from the bedside and took a few breaths before feeling slightly better.
After putting on his clothes with difficulty, he rang the bell at the bedside and asked the nurse to carry him to the wheelchair.
Looking at his powerless calves, there was a hint of gloom on his pale and sick face.
The nurse handed him the warm water and medicine and said, “Young Master, it’s time to take the medicine.”
Ye Rongxu felt a little uncomfortable and said irritably, “I won’t get better even if I take it. What’s the use?”
Since he was in a wheelchair at the age of twelve, he has never been able to stand up again. His father and grandparents felt sorry for him, so they took him to see so many doctors and take so many medicines over the years, but they were useless.
Not long ago, his grandpa invited an old Chinese medicine practitioner and said that he might be able to cure him. He tried acupuncture a few times, and his calf did feel a little better, but Qin Chaoyan pushed him back to the old state.
When remembering Qin Chaoyan, he was filled with anger.
Every time he met this unlucky boy, nothing good happened.
But even if he was angry, he still had a little hope that he could stand up. He grabbed the medicine again and swallowed it all in a rage. As a result, the pill got stuck in his thin throat, and he almost choked.
He hurriedly grabbed the water cup and took a few more sips, which made his eyes misty.
After a lot of trouble, he went downstairs to see that the hall had been decorated as he wanted, and he finally felt a little better.
His cousin, Lin Jiaojiao, and some of his peers, who he knew or didn’t know, were gathering in the hall, chattering. When they saw him coming, they quickly gathered around him.
“Happy birthday, Rongxu.”
“Happy birthday, Xiaoxu.”
“Happy birthday…”
Ye Rongxu was like a star, accepting their gifts one by one and saying reservedly, “Thank you; why did you come so early?”
“Of course I missed you, so I came early.” Lin Jiaojiao knew that her uncle had to go to the company temporarily, so she tried to cover it up by making Ye Rongxu happy.
Ye Rongxu knew that his cousin was just coaxing him, but he was very happy. He slightly raised his delicate and beautiful chin, like a noble Persian cat: “I see you every day; why are you still missing me?”
Perhaps because he hadn’t had many friends since he was a kid, he liked the hustle and bustle and liked to be sought after.
When the atmosphere was heating up, a wooden horse that was exquisitely made but looked cheap was brought to Ye Rongxu.
The laughter stopped abruptly, and everyone looked at the hand holding the horse and then at the owner of the hand.
Qin Chaoyan was in washed-out clothes, and his thin and frail figure was out of tune with the wealthy children around him who were dressed in high-end clothes.
He held the wooden horse tightly with his fingers covered with thin calluses and small wounds and silently looked at Ye Rongxu, who was surrounded by people and was as delicate and beautiful as the little prince in the book. After a long while, he slowly said, “Happy birthday, Ye Rongxu.”
When Ye Rongxu saw him, his smiling face fell instantly. He said unhappily, “What are you doing here?”
Qin Chaoyan lowered his head. His dark eyes showed no emotion as he whispered, “I’m here to apologize to you.”
A few days ago, when he was bullied by his cousin Qin Jingrong and his gang, he accidentally bumped into Young Master Ye, who was sitting in a wheelchair, causing him to fall down with the wheelchair.
Qin Jingrong turned around and ran away in fear, and Young Master Ye, who was as fragile as a porcelain doll, was admitted to the hospital that day and was not discharged until yesterday.
Although the Qin and Ye families have an engagement agreement, the Qin family has been going downhill in recent years, and their situation is worsening. They can only rely on marriage to tie up with the Ye family.
However, Qin Jingxu, who is engaged to Ye Rongxu, has been abroad for the past two years. Father Qin is afraid that the Ye family will find an excuse to cancel the engagement, so he values young Master Ye more than his own son.
Knowing that Qin Chaoyan actually pushed young master Ye down, resulting in his being hospitalized, Father Qin was furious and ordered him to apologize to Ye Rongxu.
“Even if you are beaten and scolded, you must bear it. Make sure that the young master calms down and forgives you. If this matter affects your brother and the young master’s engagement, I won’t let you go to school, nor will I pay a penny for your mother’s medical expenses.”
The meaning of this is very straightforward, which is to let Qin Chaoyan come to Ye Rongxu’s door and let Ye Rongxu do as he pleases.
Ye Rongxu is a treasure that the whole Ye family holds like a pearl in their eyes. If he was angry about this matter and said he didn’t want to marry into the Qin family, Father Qin believes that, with the extent to which Ye Boxuan favors his son, he would definitely agree.
As for Qin Chaoyan, Father Qin didn’t care about this illegitimate child. He even wanted to teach him a lesson through this incident so that he would always be obedient and listen to him.
Ye Rongxu didn’t know the inside story. When he heard that Qin Chaoyan was here to apologize, his expression didn’t improve. He snorted, “No need; get out.”
Qin Chaoyan paused slightly while holding the wooden sculpture, and he pursed his thin lips.
Ye Rongxu was born in the year of the horse. He peeked at the exquisitely carved wooden horse and liked it. But he didn’t like Qin Chaoyan, not only because he pushed him but also because he was an illegitimate child.
His mother died early, and he was taken care of by his aunt for some time when he was a child. He had a close relationship with his aunt and cousin, Lin Jiaojiao.
Lin Jiaojiao’s father also had an illegitimate child. Last year, his aunt had a car accident and became a vegetable person, so his uncle brought the illegitimate child home. He saw with his own eyes that the illegitimate child was well-behaved on the surface but bullied Lin Jiaojiao viciously behind the scenes. He was so angry that he took advantage of his father’s favor and brought his cousin to the Ye family. That’s why he didn’t have good feelings for the illegitimate children in their circle.
Besides, he also heard from Qin Jingrong that Qin Chaoyan was very ambitious and wanted to rob the Qin family’s property. His fiancé, Qin Jingxu, often lamented when he mentioned this illegitimate brother.
When Ye Rongxu thought of these things, he had an even worse impression of Qin Chaoyan. Seeing that he didn’t leave, he turned to his cousin without giving him any face and said, “Let’s go.”
Lin Jiaojiao glanced at Qin Chaoyan with sympathy and then pushed Ye Rongxu away obediently.
Seeing that Ye Rongxu didn’t treat Qin Chaoyan well, some mean teenagers didn’t spare any mockery.
“A bastard like you dared to come to Young Master Ye’s birthday party and even dressed like this. Is the Qin family going to go bankrupt?”
“Shh, stop talking. How can he be considered a member of the Qin family? He is just a bastard. The Qin family does not recognize him as one of them.”
“The heir of the Qin family is Qin Jingxu. How can he compare to him?”
“If you ask me, he might as well ask Qin Jingxu for help. Maybe Ye Rongxu will forgive him for the sake of his fiancé.”
“Ha, how shameless is he?”
Qin Zhaoyan listened to the malice and ridicule pouring in from all directions; his hand squeezing the wooden sculpture was getting tighter and tighter, as if he would turn around and leave the villa in the next moment.
His face was pale, and his eyes were dark, but after a long time, he walked in the direction where Ye Rongxu left.
