Tl: Hua
Not long after Qin Chaoyan left, the door of the lounge was pushed open again. Lin Jiaojiao, wearing a light blue dress, peeked through the crack.
Ye Rongxu was playing with his phone with his head down. After noticing it, he looked over and asked: “What are you doing?”
Lin Jiaojiao saw that he was the only one in the room, so she immediately opened the door with confidence and came in with a smile.
“Brother, are you really going to get engaged to Qin Chaoyan? Tell me quickly, when did you two have the signs? Why did it develop so quickly?” She approached Ye Rongxu and joked.
Ye Rongxu: “…”
“No signs.” He said with a straight face.
Lin Jiaojiao didn’t believe it. She stood next to him, her eyes bright, and she said, “I just saw my new brother-in-law…”
“What brother-in-law?” Ye Rongxu glared at her.
Lin Jiaojiao: “…”
“Okay fine.” She quickly changed her words and whispered, “I just saw Qin Chaoyan. It’s true that ‘clothes make the man’. When he stood at the venue in a suit, he instantly became the most handsome man in the venue. He was more stylish than a star, more stylish than Qin Jing… Cough, anyway, brother, you have good eyes.”
After saying that, she took a look at the suit Ye Rongxu was wearing, and couldn’t help saying, “I think you two look very good in this.”
Ye Rongxu coughed lightly and said with a serious face, “Don’t talk nonsense.”
Hearing this too many times, he almost thought that he and Qin Chaoyan were really a couple.
The influence of words is terrible. He must always remember that they are falsely engaged.
Ye Rongxu muttered in his heart, and then asked her: “Why are you here instead of in the banquet hall?”
Lin Jiaojiao: “I came to hang out with you. The banquet hall is so boring. Besides, I’m not familiar with those second-generation in the circle.”
Ye Rongxu looked suspicious, thought about it, and asked: “Did someone say something unpleasant?”
This is something he had thought of earlier. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, the change of the engagement partner from Qin Jingxu to Qin Chaoyan was like water flowing to the lower place, and the more it changed, the worse the conditions.
He didn’t care. Those people didn’t dare say anything in front of him. At most, they talked about it behind his back. But Qin Chaoyan might…
“I didn’t hear something like that.” Lin Jiaojiao shook her head, and then comforted him, saying, “Don’t worry. When Uncle sent out invitations, he definitely didn’t invite those who gossiped.”
That’s what she said, but Ye Rongxu thought about it and still decided to go to the venue early.
*
In the banquet hall, Qin Chaoyan stood next to Grandma Qin, holding a wine glass, and was introduced to the guests who came to greet him.
But the old lady was in poor health, and she was helped to sit down after standing for a while, so Qin Chaoyan stood beside Ye Boxuan.
He was supposed to stand beside Qin Qijiang and be taken by Qin Qijiang to meet people. But he obviously didn’t want to communicate more with Qin Qijiang, facing this nominal father, he was expressionless throughout.
Qin Qijiang was very angry in his heart, but he didn’t want to make a scene on such an occasion. He smiled stiffly and simply went to the old lady Qin with a glass of wine to get close to Ye Rongxu’s grandparents.
In the venue, those who could come to greet Ye Boxuan in advance were people who had close relationships with the Ye family and were well-known in the business world.
Looking at Qin Chaoyan standing beside Ye Boxuan, surrounded by these people, Qin Jingxu, who was standing in the distance, had a gloomy face and almost broke the wine glass with his hand.
He looked at the scene for a moment, then suddenly drank the glass of wine and turned around to walk elsewhere.
After he left, several rich second-generations standing in the original place looked at his back and shook their heads.
Then they looked at Qin Chaoyan in the distance. One of them said with envy: “Qin Chaoyan is so lucky to be engaged to the young master of the Ye family. His status in the Qin family will be different in the future.”
“I heard that the Qin family didn’t pay much attention to him. He had to make money by setting up a stall in the past. Now he may have completely turned things around and saved twenty years of hard work.”
“More than that? He can successfully become the son-in-law of the Ye family and won’t have to work hard for the rest of his life.”
“Qin Jingxu’s face is not very good. He must feel bad without this engagement.”
“What do you think Young Master Ye is thinking? This marriage contract is changed when he says it’s changed.”
“I guess he doesn’t like the person anymore. After all, it’s a child marriage. When he was young, he didn’t know anything. It’s fine for them to get along like brothers, but now he has grown up and has someone he likes. Can he still be bound by the engagement?”
“That’s right.”
“Heh, I don’t think so.” A chubby, fair-skinned boy in a black suit suddenly interrupted the crowd.
The people present turned their eyes to him.
The chubby boy snorted, and said with some disdain: “It’s obvious that the eldest young master of the Qin family dumped Ye Rongxu. In order to anger him, Ye Rongxu chose Qin Chaoyan as a second choice.”
“Qin Chaoyan is not as good as Eldest Young Master Qin in terms of status and position, and is not even worthy of comparison. Such a good fiancé is now replaced by Qin Chaoyan, who is a nobody. I think the one who really feels bad in his heart should be Ye Rongxu.”
The rich second generation who were listening to his speech had an expression that was hard to describe.
Is this guy okay? At an engagement banquet hosted by the Ye family, he’s mocking the young master of the Ye family like this? Does he know how many people who came to the engagement banquet tonight wanted to curry favor with Ye Boxuan?
Although these rich second-generations are not involved in family business management and usually do nothing, they still understand the basic situation. At the moment, it’s the Qin family that’s trying to cling to the Ye family.
Who is this person? “Is his brain a bit weak?
Finally, someone couldn’t help but ask in a low voice.
One of them thought that the little fat boy looked quite familiar. After a careful look, he whispered to the others: “He seems to be the illegitimate son of Ye Rongxu’s uncle, Lin Jiaojiao’s younger brother, what’s his name… Song Yangyang?”
Others: “…”
“The Ye family actually invited him?”
“I think he came with his dad? Or maybe not; who knows how he got in?”
Several people whispered. Song Yangyang, holding the cake in one hand, ate a mouth full of cream, unable to resist perking up his ear to listen to what they were saying.
But at this time, Lin Jiaojiao pushed Ye Rongxu into the banquet hall, and everyone’s eyes were quickly drawn over.
Song Yangyang also saw it, and by chance, his eyes met Lin Jiaojiao’s.
Seeing that her cheap brother was also at the banquet, Lin Jiaojiao was stunned at first, and then murderous intent burst out of her eyes.
Song Yangyang was startled, turned around, and quickly ran away with the cake.
Ye Rongxu was sitting in a wheelchair, and his vision was blocked by others, so he didn’t see Song Yangyang, but he noticed that Lin Jiaojiao was in a bad mood, so he turned his head and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Lin Jiaojiao gritted her teeth, staring in the direction where Song Yangyang disappeared.
Suddenly remembering something, she lowered her head and said to Ye Rongxu, “Brother, I have something to do, I’ll push you to grandpa and grandma first.”
After she finished speaking, she pushed Ye Rongxu to the main ceremony table and handed him over to Grandpa Ye and Grandma Ye, then turned around and hurriedly left.
Ye Rongxu looked at her back with a suspicious expression.
But the emcee soon announced the start of the engagement banquet, so he could only retract his gaze and wait for the engagement process.
*
After leaving the main ceremony table, Lin Jiaojiao walked all the way to the outside of the banquet hall, grabbed Song Yangyang, who was hiding, and shouted: “Who allowed you to come here?”
Song Yangyang wanted to hide, but after being caught, he simply went all out and said with confidence: “What’s wrong with me coming? Who said I couldn’t come?”
Lin Jiaojiao sneered at the words: “I’ve never seen such a thick-skinned person. Does the Ye family have anything to do with you?”
“Why not?” Song Yangyang said with a strained neck, “Isn’t our father Ye Rongxu’s uncle?”
“Whose father? That’s your father, not my father.” Lin Jiaojiao was so angry that she felt sick.
Ever since her mother became a vegetable in a car accident, her father openly brought the mistress and Song Yangyang, the illegitimate son, home and let them bully her. In her heart, her father was dead.
If it weren’t for her cousin Ye Rongxu bringing her to the Ye family, she wouldn’t know what kind of life she is living now.
In addition, she was very sure that her uncle would never invite Song Yangyang and Song Yangyang’s father to the engagement banquet.
“Tell me, how did you get in?” Lin Jiaojiao grabbed Song Yangyang’s collar and questioned him.
Song Yangyang, who was the same age as her but strong and sturdy, violently yanked her hand away and turned his head to run, yelling as he did so, “Can’t I come with my friends?”
Lin Jiaojiao didn’t have enough strength, so he slipped away. She was so angry that her eyes were blazing.
After Song Yangyang slipped away, he walked around and entered the banquet hall from another door.
He looked around in the crowd for a long time, finally found Qin Jingrong, and hurried over.
Qin Jingrong frowned when he saw him coming, asking: “Where did you go just now?”
Song Yangyang hurriedly showed a flattering smile and said: “I just met a tigress and hid for a while.”
Qin Jingrong frowned even tighter when he heard this.
He had thought that Song Yangyang and Ye Rongxu didn’t get along, so he agreed to bring him to the engagement banquet to ridicule Ye Rongxu and Qin Chaoyan.
But he didn’t expect that this guy was even less in tune than he was, and he instantly regretted bringing him here.
“Be careful, don’t let Ye Rongxu and the others find out, otherwise, I will be scolded by my uncle.”
“I know, I know.” Song Yangyang promised repeatedly, then raised his head and looked carefully at the stage.
In the center of the stage, Ye Rongxu was wearing a beautiful burgundy suit, sitting in a wheelchair, surrounded by lights, proud and noble, like the little prince in the book.
Qin Chaoyan stood beside the wheelchair, with a slender figure and a straight-cut suit. He held Ye Rongxu’s right hand, which was as white as warm jade; his posture was intimate and natural.
Both of them had smiles on their faces and seemed to be listening carefully to the MC’s speech. One was handsome and the other was beautiful, and they were very well matched.
Song Yangyang looked at them for a while, feeling a little unhappy, and muttered, “Are they really in love?”
He didn’t want to stay any longer after seeing things go so smoothly, so he turned to Qin Jingrong and said, “I’m going to the bathroom.”
Qin Jingrong said “hmm” twice, not wanting to respond.
After the MC finished reading the congratulatory speech, he smiled and asked the two engaged couples to exchange engagement tokens.
The two families didn’t have any special tokens, so they only asked Ye Rongxu and Qin Chaoyan to pick a pair of engagement rings before the engagement banquet.
Because it was a fake engagement, Ye Rongxu just picked a pair at random, as it was just a formality. After the engagement, the ring might be thrown away, collecting dust.
But when Qin Chaoyan knelt on one knee in front of the wheelchair and helped him put on the ring with a serious look, he suddenly had the illusion that they were really engaged, or even married.
Ye Rongxu curled up the finger on which the ring was placed and looked up at Qin Chaoyan. Qin Chaoyan happened to look up as well. The dark eyes met another pair of beautiful eyes.
Their eyes met for a moment, and both of them seemed stunned.
It took them five seconds to come back to their senses after the MC reminded them.
Ye Rongxu retracted his hand suddenly, took out the ring from the box held by the etiquette beside him for a long time, and put it on Qin Chaoyan with stiff fingers.
Damn, why is this engagement so ceremonial? It’s like a wedding.
Ye Rongxu felt so embarrassed when he thought that it was obviously a fake engagement, but he had to show affection with Qin Chaoyan and exchange rings.
He didn’t know if Qin Chaoyan felt the same way, but the other party looked calm, so he couldn’t really tell.
Fortunately, the ceremony ended quickly, and the elders spoke next.
Ye Rongxu breathed a sigh of relief, and finally he could take back the hand that Qin Chaoyan had been holding.
But Qin Chaoyan didn’t seem to realize that he could let go until he exerted a little force and his fingers left the other party’s palm little by little. Qin Chaoyan was still holding on tight. Finally, the five fingers were curled up, as if unable to catch an escaping fish, suddenly missing out.
Ye Rongxu had a strange feeling and subconsciously looked up at him, but he saw that his profile was calm and his eyes were looking straight ahead, as if the action just now didn’t exist.
Ye Rongxu looked confused, and just then, a low cry rang out from the audience.
He quickly retracted his attention and found that it was Grandma Qin who announced the transfer of 5% equity to Qin Chaoyan and handed over a well-run company under the Qin family to Qin Chaoyan for management.
Some people who saw through the situation began to speculate in a low voice: “Is the Qin family trying to train Qin Chaoyan? But I heard that he hasn’t even started college yet, so why is it so urgent?”
“This is to enhance his status so that he can be worthy of the Ye family. However, the prospective heir of the Qin family seems to have not yet entered the company for training. In the next few years, QinChaoyan would have already stood firm, but the heir has just entered the company. It’s really hard to say what the situation is.”
“That heir seems to be the previous engagement partner of Young Master Ye? This engagement is gone, and so is the privilege. It’s really true that if you have Young Master Ye, you have the Qin family.”
“Speaking of which, why did the engagement partner suddenly change?”
“I’m not too sure. Some say that the young master has fallen in love with someone else, and some say that the heir of the Qin family cheated… Alas, who can tell?”
A few people murmured for a while, and as they began to toast, they were all busy with their glasses, coming forward to congratulate them warmly.
Regardless of what they thought in their hearts, they congratulated the two families on their engagement.
As the protagonist of the engagement banquet and the one who could entertain guests, Qin Chaoyan was soon surrounded by people.
Qin Jingxu returned to the banquet hall at some point with a tense expression, staring at the scene.
Qin Chaoyan had just drunk two glasses of wine with the guests, and seemed to notice something. He suddenly looked up, and his dark eyes looked in Qin Jingxu’s direction.
The two people’s eyes met in mid-air, looking at each other from a distance across the crowd.
But soon, Qin Jingxu looked away.
Qin Chaoyan frowned slightly, and soon another guest came to congratulate him. He retracted his thoughts and looked down to find that the wine in the glass was gone.
A waiter hurriedly helped him fill it.
At this time, he seemed to notice Qin Jingxu’s line of sight again. Raising his head to look over, he indeed found the other party quickly averting his gaze.
Qin Chaoyan frowned again, and the guest who had just clinked glasses asked with a smile: “Why don’t you drink? I’ve drunk it all.”
Qin Chaoyan put on a typical smile and sipped the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Several guests couldn’t help but praise him for his “huge capacity for drinking.” Ye Boxuan came to the rescue in time and said to the guests, “He’s still young and can’t drink too much. Let Old Qin drink with you.”
Then he pulled Qin Qijiang over.
Qin Qijiang couldn’t refuse and smiled stiffly.
After Ye Boxuan pulled Qin Chaoyan out, he patted his shoulder and said, “You don’t have to worry about the next step. Go and rest with Xuxu first.”
Qin Chaoyan nodded slightly; his expression was already a little drunk, and he said: “Okay, thank you, uncle.”
Ye Boxuan waved his hand and asked him to go find Ye Rongxu first.
Ye Rongxu was backstage at this time, talking to his grandparents.
After tossing and turning for half a day, he was already a bit sleepy.
Seeing Qin Chaoyan coming, he hurriedly said goodbye to his grandparents and then said to Qin Chaoyan: “The banquet will probably end in a while. Dad asked us to go upstairs to rest first.”
Qin Chaoyan nodded, greeted the two elders, and then went forward to push the wheelchair and take him away.
Just after walking out of the door of the banquet hall, Qin Chaoyan suddenly felt a surge of heat in his body, which soon spread to his limbs.
His footsteps were unsteady, and his body staggered forward, pushing the wheelchair forward a step.
Ye Rongxu almost fell off the wheelchair and was startled, waking up from his sleep.
He turned his head to look at Qin Chaoyan, shocked. “What’s wrong with you?”
He wanted to kill his wife just after getting engaged… No, he wanted to kill his husband?
Qin Chaoyan let go of the wheelchair, raised his hand to press his forehead, and leaned against the wall of the corridor. His breathing was a little unstable. His neck and face soon became slightly red.
Only then did Ye Rongxu notice that his face was a little red and his eyes seemed to be slightly drunk.
He was a bit surprised and asked, “How much did you drink?”
Qin Chaoyan took a deep breath, trying to control his breathing, and said with difficulty: “Five glasses.”
Ye Rongxu counted on his fingers, compared with his father’s alcohol tolerance, and said: “Not much.”
Could it be that Qin Chaoyan doesn’t know how to drink?
Qin Chaoyan’s breathing became more and more chaotic, and he finally realized that he wasn’t drunk.
He looked at Ye Rongxu, his dark, cool eyes colored with drunkenness and an unspeakable desire.
It seemed that something was burning his nerves, tearing his reason apart, and making his brain confused.
“Ye Rongxu,” he closed his eyes and said with difficulty, “Can you…”
