TL: Hua
Chapter 45
Ye Rongxu looked at the exquisitely crafted and expensive silver necklace in the box with a somewhat confused expression.
Is Qin Chaoyan… competing with his father?
“I already have a watch.” He stretched out his thin white wrist and showed the other party the expensive watch on his wrist again.
Qin Chaoyan glanced at it, secretly compared the two items, and felt that his necklace wasn’t that inferior to the watch. He breathed a sigh of relief and walked forward, saying, “Wear more, multiple layers of protection.”
Ye Rongxu: “Oh.” Why don’t you expect me to do well?
It sounded as if he would definitely be kidnapped.
Despite all these thoughts, he knew in his heart that this was a precautionary measure. Besides, Qin Chaoyan had already spent a lot of the money.
He obediently supported his body forward, causing the quilt to slip off his slightly thin body. The collar of his loose pajamas was a little crooked, revealing his beautiful collarbone and milky white skin. He stretched his thin neck, quietly waiting for Qin Chaoyan to help him put the necklace on.
Qin Chaoyan took a deep breath before sitting down on the bed with a slightly dark look in his eyes. Then he took out the necklace from the box with steady fingers and leaned over.
His slightly cool and clean breath shrouded the other party. He pinched the thin silver chain, and his arms went around Ye Rongxu, as if hugging him, and his fingers lightly clasped the necklace behind his slender neck.
Ye Rongxu stiffened his body unconsciously as he felt the other party draw closer. His hand, supporting himself on the bed, unconsciously grasped the bedsheet until his fingertips turned reddish.
Qin Chaoyan’s breath was beside Ye Rongxu’s ear. When he lowered his head slightly, he could see Ye Rongxu’s curled and fluttering eyelashes.
Qin Chaoyan’s eyelids drooped, and his gaze seemed to pause for a moment when his fingers accidentally touched the skin on the back of Ye Rongxu’s neck.
Ye Rongxu visibly trembled, propping his thin arms and forcing his composure.
Qin Chaoyan’s fingertips also trembled slightly, as if there was an electric current running through them. After pausing for only a second, he quickly buckled the necklace and retracted his hands. He suppressed the dark color in his eyes and said in a low voice, “It’s done.”
Ye Rongxu let out a slight sigh of relief and raised his head, but he saw Qin Chaoyan looking at him, his expression seemingly frozen.
Ye Rongxu was also stunned and asked curiously: “What’s wrong?”
Qin Chaoyan didn’t answer, his eyes fixed on his collar. In the next moment, he suddenly raised his hand; his slender fingers touched his skin and seemed to pinch something.
Ye Rongxu only felt something slightly cool move away from his collarbone position, and only when he looked down did he realize that it was the silver pendant of the necklace.
Because of his thin body, his collarbone was obviously protruding. When he supported his body with his arms, it formed a beautiful groove. The pendant of the necklace happened to fall into that groove of his collarbone. Perhaps he was too nervous just now and didn’t notice the pendant there, even though it was so cold.
Ye Rongxu’s face suddenly turned red. He touched his collar and said, “Does it look good?”
Qin Chaoyan helped him put the pendant in the right position, looked at him deeply, and nodded, “Yeah.”
His voice was a little hoarse.
Ye Rongxu hurriedly looked away and made up a random conversation to change the topic: “Where did you get the money to buy it?”
“The pocket money you gave me.” Qin Chaoyan tidied up his curly hair and helped him lie down again, his voice still hoarse.
Ye Rongxu: “?” When did I give you pocket money?
Seeing his confused expression, Qin Chaoyan explained: “Didn’t you give me a share when I taught you to trade futures? After I got it, I bought some futures and stocks and made some more money.”
To be precise, all the money he earned went into this necklace, and he even paid for part of it out of his own pocket. Now he’s basically back to being penniless, with only four- digits left in his savings. Good thing it won’t be long before the company pays the internship salary.
Ye Rongxu’s face turned redder after hearing this. This was not given by him, and…what did he mean by pocket money? It sounded as if they were in that kind of relationship.
He quietly pulled up the quilt to cover half of his face and said in a muffled voice: “Thank you.”
Qin Chaoyan gave him such an expensive gift, so he should give the other party something in return.
But what’s the best thing to give?
Qin Chaoyan is now in an underdeveloped stage, and it’s best to give practical things or something he lacks.
Money is the most practical, but it’s not good to give money directly, right? And for what reason should he give it? Isn’t giving gifts to someone for no reason too ambiguous?
Ye Rongxu became more and more entangled as he thought about it. After Qin Chaoyan left, he didn’t manage to fall asleep.
*
The next day at noon, Qin Chaoyan came to Ye’s house after getting off work as usual to accompany Ye Rongxu for exercise and walking.
In just one week, he almost regarded Ye’s house as his home.
Qin Qijiang occasionally wanted him to make a trip back to the Qin family. But every time Qin Chaoyan told him that he was with the Ye family, at first he was quite happy, but after so many times, his face didn’t look too good.
“Does that brat want to be the son-in-law of the Ye family that badly?” Qin Qijiang said at the dinner table with an unhappy expression after he failed to invite Qin Chaoyan to the Qin family for dinner again.
“Isn’t that so?” Qin Qijiang’s sister-in-law tried to fan the flames when she heard this. “Big brother, I don’t mean to criticize anyone, but Chaoyan is your son after all. What’s the matter with him running to the Ye family all day? I think he almost regards Ye Boxuan as his own father. Besides, they haven’t even gotten married yet. To put it nicely, it’s filial piety. To put it bluntly, isn’t he just sucking up to the Ye family? Brother, you should also control him. The Ye family is more powerful than ours, but our Qin family isn’t much worse. Why should the old and the young all rush to flatter them?”
After saying this, she poked her husband and hinted, “Isn’t that right?”
She has always been dissatisfied with the fact that Qin Qijiang is in charge of the company, and yet her husband, who is also a member of the Qin family and Qin Qijiang’s younger brother, can only be a small department manager in Qin Group. Her words were all talking about Qin Chaoyan, but it’s actually a satire on Qin Qijiang: Aren’t you also sucking up to the Ye family?
But Qin’s second son was a dull person by nature and was afraid of his brother. After being pushed by his wife, he didn’t dare to say a word, and just lowered his head to eat.
Jiang Hongxia rolled her eyes in anger: Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat.
Then she continued with her sarcastic remarks: “Only you can tolerate it, brother. If our Jingrong finds a partner, I won’t spare him if he behaves like this.”
How could Qin Qijiang not hear the sarcasm in his sister-in-law’s words? But it wasn’t easy to get angry at her, so he could only throw away the chopsticks and said to his second brother Qin Qihe with a sullen face: “Second brother, take care of your wife.”
If Jingrong finds a partner? Ptooey! Can Qin Jingrong find an in-law like the Ye family?
After saying that, he went back to the study upstairs in anger, paced back and forth for a few circles, and called Qin Chaoyan again.
The call didn’t go through once, and it didn’t go through twice. By the third time, Qin Qijiang’s anger was like a volcanic crater about to erupt; his face was black and red with anger. As soon as the call was connected, he immediately snapped at the person on the other end: “Qin Chaoyan, now my words are useless and I can’t control you, right? You want to make your mom…”
“Hello? Uncle Qin?” Ye Rongxu’s drowsy voice came from the other end of the phone.
Qin Qijiang’s voice stopped abruptly, and soon there was only embarrassment on his face.
“Ahem, hello, Xiao Xu. That… Chaoyan’s phone is with you?” He said in a stiff and unnatural voice.
“Yes.” Ye Rongxu replied quickly.
“Oh, so, then can you… let him answer the phone?” When facing Ye Rongxu, Qin Qijiang’s tone was obviously much more relaxed, even gentle.
Ye Rongxu yawned and said softly, “Qin Chaoyan is taking a shower, uncle; do you need him for something?”
“…Oh, don’t worry about it since you guys are occupied.” Qin Qijiang’s old face became more embarrassed.
Ye Rongxu interrupted: “Did Qin Chaoyan do something to upset you? You seemed very angry just now.”
“It’s okay, I’m not angry.”
Ye Rongxu was puzzled: “Really? So you won’t call him again later to teach him a lesson, will you? Or go to the company to teach him a lesson?”
“No, no, of course not.” Qin Qijiang laughed.
After hanging up the call, Ye Rongxu looked at Qin Chaoyan and raised his delicate chin slightly, looking quite proud.
Qin Chaoyan, who was said to be taking a shower but was actually sitting at the dining table opposite him. He smiled and said after getting his phone back: “Actually, you don’t have to pay attention to it. If no one answers, he will hang up by himself.”
“I’m afraid he will cause trouble for you.”
Ye Rongxu scooped a spoonful of medicinal food and grunted in his heart, thinking, I’m helping you out.
Qin Chaoyan looked at his expression, and his eyes flickered slightly. Just as he was about to lift his hand to wipe his lips, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Ye Boxuan walking into the dining room, so he quickly retracted his hand with a serious look.
Ye Boxuan didn’t notice the little movements of the two people. After sitting down at the table, he said, “Yao Bin’s matter is almost resolved.”
Huh?
Ye Rongxu and Qin Chaoyan looked up at him simultaneously.
Ye Boxuan: “A few days ago, I asked someone to help me, and through the relationship with Bohai, he was sent to another city for labor service. As long as he’s not in Jiangcheng, Xuxu will be safer.”
Ye Boxuan can’t be blamed for doing this. If it were an ordinary person, he wouldn’t care. But before Yao Bin went in, he let slip that he would retaliate when he came out.
Although he was reformed there and even had his sentence reduced for good performance, Ye Boxuan didn’t dare to gamble.
Secondly, he recently investigated and found that after Yao Bin was released from prison, he not only went to Qinyuan but also came to the area of Ye’s villa several times during that period.
Although he didn’t do anything, this behavior made Ye Boxuan worried.
“The salary is higher if he is assigned to another city. I hope he has really changed and will work hard in the future.” Ye Boxuan sighed.
In fact, besides doing this, he had more ways to drive Yao Bin out of Jiang Cheng.
But for one thing, he didn’t want to use those terrible methods, and for another, pushing this kind of person to a dead end may backfire. As the saying goes, a cornered dog will jump over the wall.
So he used a more secretive means to get Yao Bin to leave Jiangcheng. In this way, Yao Bin wouldn’t know that he did it.
However, he hasn’t found out the person who can let Yao Bin join Bohai. He didn’t know if the other party was a friend of Yao Bin and was just helping, or… if they were doing this to deal with Ye Rongxu or him?
Ye Boxuan frowned, unable to figure this out.
Fortunately, not long after, Yao Bin left Jiangcheng as he expected, which made him and Grandpa Ye and Grandma Ye breathe a sigh of relief.
Ye Rongxu didn’t think that deeply, and after knowing that, he also completely put down his heart.
For the next half month, everything was fine. Ye Rongxu even went out twice during this period, and nothing happened.
Yao Bin was quickly forgotten, as if he had never appeared in his life.
At noon that day, Ye Rongxu had to go to the hospital for a routine physical checkup.
Ye Boxuan usually accompanied him for such things, but he happened to be busy today.
Qin Chaoyan happened to be free, so Ye Rongxu simply asked Qin Chaoyan to accompany him along with Chen Jiang.
By the time Ye Boxuan found out, the group had already set off. He had no choice but to call Chen Jiang and ask him to bring more bodyguards.
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