TL: Hua
Ye Rongxu likes the jolly atmosphere, but he feels chest tightness when he stays in crowded places for too long.
After leaving the hall, he and his cousin Lin Jiaojiao went to the open-air garden outside the villa to get some fresh air.
Lin Jiaojiao learned that he hadn’t eaten anything after getting up and immediately frowned and scolded him: “Look at you. Just after being discharged from the hospital, you had irregular sleep patterns and didn’t eat on time. Let’s see what your uncle will say to you when he comes back.”
Ye Rongxu suddenly looked up at her, with disbelief in his beautiful eyes: “My dad is not at home?”
Lin Jiaojiao said, “Uh-oh,” her expression froze, and then she realized that she had let the cat out of the bag.
Ye Rongxu’s spoiled temper immediately emerged, and he said gloomily: “Did he go to the company? Today is my birthday, and he still went to the company. He clearly said yesterday that he would be at home all day today…”
“That, brother, I’ll go ask Uncle Yang if your medicinal food is ready.” Lin Jiaojiao quickly found an excuse to slip away.
Seeing her slip away so quickly, Ye Rongxu could only stare blankly. After sitting for a while, he turned the wheelchair again, wanting to go to the open-air pool to sulk.
But Qin Chaoyan appeared in front of him at this moment.
The boy had thin shoulders and a straight figure, standing coldly like a green bamboo in the snow.
Ye Rongxu looked up and indeed saw his dull and lifeless face, as if someone owed him eight million… but it was still a bit good-looking.
Well, even if he didn’t like Qin Chaoyan, Ye Rongxu had to admit that this guy was actually very good-looking.
Maybe because he was a little thin, his jawline was like a fine brushstroke, his eyebrows were cold, and his pupils were like unsmudged ink drops on paper. When he looked at people, he appeared deep and cold, which could cause some discomfort.
If he were more mature, fierce, or had a noble status, people might not dare look directly at him.
At this moment, Ye Rongxu only felt that he was too tall. He tried to tilt his neck back but still couldn’t see his full expression, so he simply sat up straight and asked furiously, “What are you doing here again?”
Qin Chaoyan leaned over, and a clean breath enveloped him.
Ye Rongxu frowned and uncomfortably controlled the wheelchair to move back. Just as he was about to scold him, the other party reached out and pressed the electric button to stop his wheelchair.
“…” Ye Rongxu became even angrier.
Qin Chaoyan stopped his wheelchair and whispered, “I didn’t mean to bump into you that day. I’m sorry.”
His voice was very low, and his posture was also lowered. After he finished speaking, he pursed his lips and slightly drooped his eyelids, as if waiting for a trial.
When Ye Rongxu heard him mention this, he remembered the suffering he had in the hospital before, as well as the legs that finally had some feeling but became lifeless again. He felt even more depressed, and his beautiful eyebrows and eyes glared at the other person: “What do you mean bumping? Didn’t you deliberately push me?”
He didn’t see the person clearly at the time; he just felt that the wheelchair was being pushed by someone, and he fell down. Later, Qin Jingrong went to the hospital to visit him, and then he heard that Qin Chaoyan pushed him. Not long after, Qin Jingxu also called him to apologize for Qin Chaoyan.
Ye Rongxu didn’t doubt them. After all, he was also pushed by Qin Chaoyan when he first met him at the Qin family.
He knew that Qin Chaoyan had never liked him.
Qin Chaoyan didn’t know what Qin Jingrong had said to Ye Rongxu. When he heard him say that, he thought the other party was deliberately making things difficult for him.
He pursed his lips; his dark eyes didn’t move, and he slowly said after a while: “What do I need to do to make you forgive me?”
Ye Rongxu felt that this boy was unreasonable. He was pushed down by him and was hospitalized for three days. He didn’t even think of setting a score with him, yet the other party came to him, the victim, and demanded “forgiveness,” which was simply too much.
“No matter what, I won’t forgive you; get out of the way.” He said with a wooden, unhappy face.
Qin Chaoyan’s eyes sank. He slowly made way, but when Ye Rongxu controlled the wheelchair to leave, he followed silently.
Seeing Ye Rongxu impatiently looking back, he whispered, “I can do anything you want me to do.”
Ye Rongxu didn’t want him to follow, so he simply said, “Then you just stand here and don’t move. When I forgive you, I’ll have someone come to tell you.”
Qin Chaoyan fixed his gaze on him, and after a while, he said, “Okay.”
Seeing that he agreed so easily, Ye Rongxu was a little unconvinced and tried turning the wheelchair away. After leaving for a short distance, he turned his head suspiciously.
Qin Chaoyan stood in the same place as he said; his figure was slender, like green pines and bamboo, standing still.
Seeing that he didn’t follow, Ye Rongxu was relieved and turned back to the villa.
He didn’t think Qin Chaoyan would really stand there all day. Wouldn’t that be stupid?
However, after entering the hall, he still said to the servant who was walking towards him, “Go and ask Qin Chaoyan to go back.”
Just as Lin Jiaojiao came out with his medicinal meal, he said this and turned his wheelchair over.
Qin Jingrong overheard the conversation and went outside the villa to take a look. He saw Qin Chaoyan standing by the outdoor swimming pool, his posture straight as if he were being punished, and quickly guessed something.
When Ye Rongxu drove away, he stopped the servant and smiled kindly: “Since you’re busy, I can help you tell my cousin.”
The servant knew that he was the only son of the Qin family’s second branch and the cousin of Ye Rongxu’s fiancé, so he didn’t think much about it. In addition, he was busy with his work, so he thanked him: “Then I’ll trouble you. I’ll go make a purchase first.”
“No trouble, no trouble; you are busy.” Qin Jingrong smiled and waved.
After the servant left, he took another look at Qin Chaoyan standing in the sun, sneered, picked up a glass of champagne, and turned to chat with several familiar, rich second-generations.
Qin Chaoyan had been standing in the sun. The sunlight wasn’t that strong today, but after standing for a long time, he would feel uncomfortable. Especially, he had to maintain a straight posture, not bend his knees, and could not move.
Time passed minute by minute, from noon to afternoon. The pain in his legs went from mild to severe. He didn’t eat in the morning, and by two or three in the afternoon, his eyes were already a little blurry.
For him, this wasn’t really hard. Although he was the illegitimate son of the Qin family, he had been living with Zhang Yun in the dirtiest and messiest urban village in Jiangcheng, and his life was never easy or affluent.
In order to earn tuition, he went to the dock to help people move goods. In order to save more money, he often skipped breakfast. Even if he was so hungry that his eyes were dizzy and his legs were trembling, he still had to move the goods.
Later, he knew that he was Qin Qijiang’s illegitimate son, and he never used the Qin family’s money until Zhang Yun became seriously ill and begged him to go to Qin Qijiang for medical expenses. That’s when he had to bow to reality.
Zhang Yun was not a responsible mother, but she also gave him food and raised him. He couldn’t watch her die of illness.
But after taking the money, he could never stand up straight again, not to mention that he was an illegitimate child who couldn’t see the light.
Qin Chaoyan closed his eyes tightly and felt that no matter how straight he stood at this moment, his figure was still bent.
There was a sudden downpour in the evening.
Qin Chaoyan was soaked, but he still stood in the rain, motionless.
Ye Rongxu seemed to have forgotten him, or perhaps this was his punishment.
His legs were numb, and he pursed his lips to taste some rainwater. Maybe he was too hungry, but the rain tasted sweet, and his hunger was relieved a lot.
No one came to tell him that he could leave. He didn’t know how long he would have to stand here before he could hear the word “forgiveness” and then report to Qin Qijiang.
That way, Zhang Yun would have a better time in the hospital, and he could also get back the ID card that was detained by Qin Qijiang and go to register for the college entrance examination.
As the sky gradually darkened, the lights in the villa came on.
Qin Chaoyan lightly exhaled, and through the heavy curtain of rain, he saw the light that was blurred by the rain halo.
*
In the villa, Ye Rongxu waited until dark, but Ye Boxuan still hadn’t come back.
His grandparents came in the afternoon, and seeing that their son had not returned yet, they called to urge him.
Ye Rongxu didn’t expect that his father would be late for his 18th birthday party. He called Qin Jingxu, and the other party also said that there was a traffic jam at the airport, and he might be late.
He was so angry that he could hang an oil bottom from his lips1嘴上挂得油瓶 A slang which means to describe the look of a person’s mouth pouting when angry..
It was almost seven o’clock, and the rain finally stopped, but Ye Boxuan hadn’t returned yet.
Qin Jingrong and a few other rich kids went to play outside the villa.
After a while, Lin Jiaojiao suddenly came to Ye Rongxu and asked in a low voice, “Brother, did you make Qin Chaoyan stand outside for the whole day?”
Ye Rongxu was surprised: “No.”
After a pause, he remembered what happened at noon and frowned again: “I did make him stand for a while, but he kept following me, and I was a little annoyed, so I asked him to stay where he was. Not long after, I asked someone to call him back.”
Lin Jiaojiao was shocked and whispered to him, “But I saw that he’s still standing over there by the swimming pool. I heard from Qin Jingrong that you made him stand for a day. Do you want to go and see?”
Since it wasn’t her brother who punished him, the blame cannot be put on him.
Besides, Qin Chaoyan is still Ye Rongxu’s fiancé’s younger brother, although he’s just an illegitimate half-brother.
Ye Rongxu was stunned and hurriedly turned the wheelchair to go out.
Lin Jiaojiao stepped forward to help him push, but he said, “I can go by myself.”
When they arrived at the swimming pool, Qin Chaoyan was still standing there.
He had just been caught in the rain, and his clothes were completely soaked, clinging to his body, revealing a thin frame with beautiful muscular lines.
The temperature difference between day and night in autumn is large. When the cold breeze blew over, his face was a little pale. His forehead was still dripping with water.
Qin Jingrong was watching and laughing at him with a few other people.
Ye Rongxu frowned and turned the wheelchair over.
Coincidentally, when Qin Jingrong saw that Qin Chaoyan had been ignoring him, he was so angry that he reached out and shoved him.
Qin Chaoyan had been standing for a day; his legs and feet were stiff, and he had just been caught in the rain, so he staggered slightly and bumped into Ye Rongxu, who was driving the wheelchair over.
Ye Rongxu: “!” Help!
His expression drastically changed. His wheelchair didn’t brake, and he watched helplessly as he rushed towards the swimming pool.
“Splash!”
Water splashed everywhere.
Before the few people present could react, they saw Young Master Ye and his wheelchair being knocked into the swimming pool.
Qin Jingrong was dumbfounded, and Qin Chaoyan’s face turned even paler.
Then there was another “splash,” and Qin Chaoyan jumped into the swimming pool to rescue the unlucky Young Master Ye.
Qin Jingrong finally reacted, with a look of panic on his face.
When normal people fell into the swimming pool, they would at most choke on the water, but if the young master fell into the swimming pool, it might be fatal.
His lips trembled, and he immediately shouted, “Someone, come quickly! Ye Rongxu was knocked into the pool by Qin Chaoyan.”
Then he warned his accomplices: “Don’t say anything; everyone is involved in this matter; let’s unify our statements and say that it was Qin Chaoyan who knocked him into the pool.”
The average water depth of the open-air swimming pool is 1.5 meters, but the young master fell into the deep water area of nearly 2 meters. When Qin Chaoyan swam over, he had already gulped down two mouthfuls of water, and his lungs were uncomfortable.
When he noticed someone approaching, he immediately hugged the other person tightly, like holding life-saving driftwood.
Qin Chaoyan was being dragged down and couldn’t float up for a while. Seeing that his face was pale and he was about to suffocate, he gritted his teeth and simply blocked his cold and soft lips, prying them open with the tip of his tongue.
The air mixed with the pool water passed into Ye Rongxu’s mouth, and he choked so much that his arms gradually loosened.
Qin Chaoyan froze, but he finally freed his hands and struggled to lift him out of the water.
The butler and servant who came from the villa turned pale and were busy pulling the man ashore.
Ye Rongxu’s eyes were closed, his pale face was blue, and his thin chest was rising and falling weakly. The nurse and the family doctor hurriedly performed CPR on him.
Ye Rongxu choked on a mouthful of water, and his breathing slowly returned.
When he was sent to the car, he opened his eyes in a trance and saw Qin Chaoyan over the shadowy figures.
He was still standing in the slightly cool pool water, looking blankly in the direction of the ambulance. The light from the villa shone on him, but his eyes were dead silent, with no light to be seen.
Ye Rongxu soon fainted again and didn’t see Qin Qijiang, who was furiously walking towards Qin Chaoyan, or Qin Chaoyan’s increasingly pale face.
While he was losing consciousness, he had a dream that he was the villainous sick beauty in a book, and Qin Chaoyan, who caused him to fall into the water and was bullied by him…
—was the male protagonist.
