TL: Hua
Qin Chaoyan bent down to pick up the wooden horse.
If he remembers correctly, the wooden horse should have fallen into the swimming pool later. He always thought that it would be thrown away into the trash can when people cleaned the pool.
Accompanying with garbage is its final destination, just like him in the past.
But unexpectedly, this wooden horse, which was simply made and cheap and should have been discarded, was now clean and lying in a beautiful gift box that was more expensive than itself, as if it were treasured.
Qin Chaoyan’s eyes flashed with complexity; his five fingers tightly grasped the wooden horse, and his fingertips gently brushed its vivid eyes.
He was half crouched down, his back facing Ye Rongxu.
Ye Rongxu found it strange and turned his wheelchair closer.
“What are you doing?” He leaned forward and asked curiously.
As soon as he asked, he saw Qin Chaoyan holding the wooden horse and turned around, looking at him deeply.
Ye Rongxu’s eyes fell on the wooden horse and immediately widened. Soon, embarrassment and uneasiness came together, and in an instant, his ears turned red.
“I didn’t pick it up.” Before Qin Chaoyan asked, he hurriedly denied it, trying to show that he wasn’t the kind of person who said one thing and meant another, saying that he didn’t like it, but secretly picked up the gift.
But he was immediately annoyed after saying it. Isn’t this the same as confession?
Qin Chaoyan was still half-squatting in front of him, the corners of his lips gradually curved up, and a smile seemed to appear in his eyes. Seeing this, Ye Rongxu couldn’t help but hold the wheelchair armrest tightly, his fingers exerting great force. This is embarrassing… If his legs and feet could move, he would definitely be digging the ground with his toes at this moment.
He turned his head and looked around. Seeing that the door was not closed tightly, he hurriedly shouted, “Brother Ning, come here quickly; why is there a wooden horse in my room?”
He pretended to be surprised, as if he really didn’t know who put this sculpture in the gift box.
Brother Ning was the caregiver who was responsible for taking care of him. If Brother Ning didn’t know that he had put away the wooden pony, he would definitely not be able to explain it clearly, and then he (xsa) would refuse to admit it no matter what.
Ye Rongxu opened his pure and clear eyes, pretending to be calm.
However, it happened that the caregiver wasn’t on the second floor at the moment, but Butler Lao Yang was. Hearing the voice, the other party leaned in and said, “Young Master, you had someone pick up the little wooden horse; have you forgotten? It was me who helped clean it on the day you were discharged from the hospital.”
Ye Rongxu: “…”
Qin Chaoyan, who was still half-squatting in front of the wheelchair and holding the wheelchair with one hand: “…”
His smile became more obvious.
Ye Rongxu stuttered: “R-really? I don’t remember it very well.”
After saying that, he saw the smile in Qin Chaoyan’s eyes, and he became more embarrassed. He hurriedly controlled the wheelchair and retreated in shame.
“What are you looking at? I’m going to take a nap; why don’t you go out?” He deliberately frowned and said fiercely.
Qin Chaoyan didn’t think he was fierce, but just thought he was like a cat with its fur blown up. Obviously, when they weren’t on good terms before, he had seen Ye Rongxu use this tone and expression, but why didn’t he think… the other party was so cute at that time?
Qin Chaoyan pursed his lips, and in order not to annoy the young master, he forced himself to hold back his smile, put the wooden horse back into the gift box, slowly stood up, and left with the Butler.
Ye Rongxu waited until they all left before controlling the wheelchair to the bed, unbuttoned his coat, and climbed up with great effort.
Lying calmly on the bed, he took a deep breath, and then—
“Ahhhhhhh, how embarrassing!”
He pulled the quilt over his head, wrapped like a silkworm, and tried to roll around on the bed.
Halfway through the roll, he struggled to peel back the covers again, revealing a suffocating red face and gasping for air. In the end, he couldn’t catch his breath, so he took out the oxygen mask and inhaled some air.
It’s so infuriating.
After breathing in some oxygen, he lay back on the bed, turned over, and continued to immerse himself in shame.
*
Qin Chaoyan returned to his normal self after going downstairs, and it happened that Ye Boxuan was also free at home today.
Ye Bo Xuan has a good relationship with Lu Yunfeng, and recently paid more attention to Qin Chaoyan’s situation in Jiazhao, as early as the first time he knew that Jiazhao and Hongsheng had officially renewed the contract.
Seeing Qin Chaoyan coming downstairs, his eyes moved away from the newspaper, and he urged the person to the study again.
Ye Boxuan obviously appreciated Qin Chaoyan’s ability and wanted to cultivate him.
He sat down in the study and was about to ask Qin Chaoyan how his internship was going recently, but he saw the slap mark on his face first. He was stunned and asked hesitantly, “Your face…”
Qin Chaoyan touched the wound that had just been medicated and explained lightly: “I accidentally bump into something.”
Ye Boxuan: “…” What thing can have finger marks?
Did Xuxu do it? No, no, Xuxu doesn’t have this much strength. However, the smell of medicine on Qin Chaoyan’s face was obviously the smell of the ointment that Mr. Du prepared for Xuxu.
Ye Boxuan was silent for a while before changing the topic and talking about work, giving him some advice and guidance and talking about his experience when he was also an intern.
This chat lasted the whole afternoon.
At five o’clock, Ye Boxuan received a call and needed to go to the company, so he stood up and said, “I’ll go to the company. By the way, it’s almost time for dinner. Don’t go back yet. Stay and have dinner with Xuxu and the others.”
“Yes.” Qin Chaoyan also got up and went downstairs together.
The company’s business seemed urgent, so Ye Boxuan went downstairs and left in a hurry.
Ye Rongxu’s lunch break should have ended long ago, but for some reason, he didn’t come downstairs.
Qin Chaoyan had nothing to do, so he found the college entrance examination real questions from his mobile phone and asked the Butler to help print them. He then sat by the French window in the living room to practice questions.
Outside the villa, a colorful sports car pompously rolled in and stopped outside the gate.
Cao Yuxuan hurriedly got out of the car, took out a half-meter-high hand-made gift box from the back seat, walked to the gate of the courtyard, and asked the security guard to let him in.
The security guard knew that he was Ye Rongxu’s friend. After informing the Butler, he let him in.
Cao Yuxuan was delighted to see that he wasn’t denied entry, and hurriedly walked towards the gate of the villa with the gift box.
The Butler didn’t know what happened at the birthday party and greeted him at the door as usual. After leading him into the living room, he said, “The young master hasn’t come down yet after his lunch break. Wait a minute; I’ll have someone go upstairs to take a look.”
Cao Yuxuan was dumbfounded and hurriedly grabbed the Butler’s sleeve, asking eagerly, “Wait, Rongxu wasn’t the one who let me in?”
Qin Chaoyan, who was doing the questions, raised his head slightly.
The Butler turned around and smiled kindly: “Of course not; I told the security guard to let you in first.”
Then he asked, “Any more questions?”
Butler Lao Yang has served the Ye family for more than 40 years, and he still has the right to make decisions, so he doesn’t have to ask for instructions on everything. Besides, Cao Yuxuan used to come here often. His parents have a good relationship with the Ye family, and they often visit each other during festivals.
Cao Yuxuan’s face turned bitter after hearing this, and he said dryly: “Oh, so that’s the case, then, Uncle Yang, you don’t need to call Rongxu. I’ll just sit here and wait.”
Butler: “It’s okay, the young master should be awake.”
He slept at noon, and he should have woken up by now, but for some reason he hasn’t come downstairs. Besides, it’s almost dinner time; even if he hasn’t woken up, he has to wake him up quickly.
But Cao Yuxuan waved his hands and coughed dryly, saying: “No, let him sleep more.”
Hearing this, Qin Chaoyan lowered his head again and continued to do the test questions.
Cao Yuxuan sat on the sofa holding a half-meter-high figurine gift box, seeming a little cramped.
He originally thought that the one who let him in was Ye Rongxu and thought that the other party wasn’t that angry. But Ye Rongxu didn’t even know that he was coming.
He couldn’t help but feel uneasy. What if Ye Rongxu didn’t calm down at all and kicked him out later without even accepting the gift?
Cao Yuxuan knew the temper of his childhood playmate. Ye Rongxu didn’t say anything at noon because he was the birthday boy and there were other people present. Now there is no one else, and he’s at Ye Rongxu’s house. The situation is not clear. Will their friendship end for good?
The more Cao Yuxuan thought about it, the more bitter his expression became. He regretted it. Qin Jingxu really got him good. Alas, but it was also his fault. Why did he meddle in other people’s business?
As he was thinking, he suddenly heard a “rustling” sound.
Cao Yuxuan was stunned and poked his head out from behind the gift box.
Beside the spacious and bright floor-to-ceiling window, Qin Chaoyan was sitting upright at the table, looking down and doing test questions. The light of the setting sun shone on him through the glass, casting a warm color.
Perhaps it was this warm color that made him less cold and less difficult to approach. Cao Yuxuan’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked forward with the gift box.
Qin Chaoyan noticed him approaching. The tip of the pen paused slightly before he slowly lifted his cold eyes.
Cao Yuxuan: “Uh.” How can he think this person is approachable? Not in the slightest.
He subconsciously backed off, but after thinking about it, he still said with a stiff upper lip: “Well, hello Qin Chaoyan, I’m Rong Xu’s friend. Uh… Regarding today’s birthday party, I took it upon myself to arrange for Rongxu and Qin Jingxu to meet, which had offended him. He probably doesn’t want to see me for a while. Can you do me a favor and help me send him an apology?”
After seeing Qin Caoyan’s eyes clearly becoming colder, he couldn’t help but want to slap himself in the head. Why did he have to poke the other party’s sore spot? Qin Chaoyan is now Ye Rongxu’s fiancé; why did he mention Qin Jingxu?
In particular, he found that there seemed to be finger marks on the side of Qin Chaoyan’s face. This is bad. Could it be that the two quarreled because of what happened at noon?
What a sin! Why do I always do sinful things?
Cao Yuxuan complained bitterly in his heart, regretting more and more, and hurriedly said, “Well, don’t get me wrong, Rongxu was very angry when he found out that I made the arrangement on my own initiative and left without eating. He didn’t want to see Qin Jingxu at all. By the way, you should have seen it too, especially if you came out of the private room a few seconds earlier at that time. You would have heard Rongxu say that he never liked Qin Jingxu.”
The coldness in Qin Chaoyan’s eyes eased a little, and he asked, “He was very angry when he saw Qin Jingxu was there?”
“Very angry!” Cao Yuxuan was afraid that the two would have a rift because of what he did, so he hurriedly said in an exaggerated tone.
“Also, when Rongxu first arrived in the private room, we asked about you, and although he didn’t say anything, he touched the ring on his hand with a particularly sweet smile.”
This was what he had summarized through the descriptions of the other people at the scene; after all, he hadn’t noticed Ye Rongxu touching the ring at the time.
However, this sentence was unexpectedly effective. Qin Chaoyan’s expression obviously improved.
Cao Yuxuan quickly struck while the iron was hot: “So you see, this is all my fault; Rongxu is also angry about it. This is the figurine I bought for him as an apology, a global limited edition. Can you help me give it to him? By the way, our family has a share in Qinyuan, so it’s considered our family’s business. In the future, if you go there with Rongxu for a meal, I will reimburse you guys. Take it as my apology.”
Qin Chaoyan didn’t say anything when he heard the first part, but when he heard the latter part, he looked at him and asked slowly: “It’s your family’s business?”
“Yes, yes.” Cao Yuxuan nodded hurriedly, hesitated after nodding, and corrected: “Not entirely, my family owns half of the equity.”
Qin Chaoyan pondered for a moment and said, “If I want to see the surveillance of Qinyuan today, would that be possible?”
Cao Yuxuan visibly hesitated upon hearing this. Qinyuan offers high-end catering. Most of the guests it receives are the upper-class, and they pay great attention to privacy. Except for the public security units, Qinyuan will not let ordinary people watch the surveillance casually.
Seeing this, Qin Chaoyan withdrew his sight and said, “I’m sorry about the gift, I may not be able to help ……”
“Don’t worry!” Before he could finish, Cao Yuxuan interrupted him and said, “Yes, I can, but I have to go back tonight and tell my dad first. What time are you available?”
Qin Chaoyan lowered his eyes and said calmly, “Tomorrow, I’ll go after I get off work at noon tomorrow.”
“Okay, I’ll wait for you then.” Cao Yuxuan nodded hurriedly, then coughed and said, “Then this gift…”
Qin Chaoyan glanced at the gift box and nodded, “I’ll help pass it on.”
As for whether Ye Rongxu accepted it or not, that was none of his business.
Cao Yuxuan was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly said, “Thank you, thank you. I found that I had some misunderstandings about you before. You are actually cold on the outside but warm on the inside. No wonder Rongxu likes you. By the way, if possible, please help put in some good words for me. Also, you and Rongxu are a perfect match.”
He raised his hands and gave two thumbs up in praise, apparently having found the secret to persuade Qin Chaoyan.
Qin Chaoyan: “…”
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