Editor: MinMin
Qi Xun’s meeting lasted the entire night. It was almost midnight by the time he got home.
When he entered the villa, the first one who greeted him was Chubby squatting by the door. The Dragon Li meowed coquettishly and rubbed his soft, plump body against his father’s legs.
Qi Xun picked it up. Seeing the light and hearing the sound of the TV from the living room, he called out, “Bai Xi?”
But no one answered.
When he came out of the entrance hall and into the living room, he saw Bai Xi lying on the sofa, holding a small blue blanket with his phone by his side. The other man had fallen asleep.
Qi Xun put down Chubby and patted the kitten’s big, flurry butt, signaling for his fur baby to go play by himself while he sat down quietly next to Bai Xi.
Bai Xi must have fallen asleep waiting. His cheeks and lips were in lovely pink, and some of the hair that fell out of his small ponytail framed his forehead. He looked very peaceful sleeping.
He noticed that Bai Xi was not wearing pajamas but his shirt, judging from how loose it was around the sleeping man’s figure. Although his clothes were a size too big for Bai Xi, it was not enough to be a substitute for a nightgown. Two long and slender legs were exposed under the shirt, they were pale and thin.
Qi Xun immediately began to regret coming home late.
But he did not wake Bai Xi. After adoring the sleeping man’s face, he softly picked the other up and quietly back into their room.
When he came out of the bath, Bai Xi was still deep in his sleep. He even changed his position and sunk deeper into the bed.
Qi Xun looked at Bai Xi for a moment under the dim light.
After his meeting ended, he did not leave immediately. He stayed to chat with several senior managers.
Although he had a notorious reputation in the company for being cold and strict, he did not have a bad temper. Several senior executives were familiar with his character, so it was not taboo to joke with him occasionally.
Now everyone in the company knew that Mr. Qi, their president, was engaged. Because of this, an unknown number of young employees had resentment in their hearts. Why does the handsome and talented one always get to marry young?
Several senior executives were older than Qi Xun and regarded this as happy news. They knew that Mr. Qi was rarely in a good mood, so they joked and congratulated him on the upcoming wedding.
Qi Xun was also surprisingly patient, smiled, and said, “Please attend our wedding banquet once we have a set date.”
The senior executives promised one after another.
One of them complimented, “Of course, I will be there. I have not met this outstanding little young master I have been hearing about. How lucky for him to be with Mr. Qi.”
They knew some about Qi Xun’s fiance, a young master of the Bai Family who was close to the Qi Family. They never met the young son from the Bai Family, and only heard of the daughter who would be taking over the family business as the son was not as interested in the company. Naturally, they pictured the little young master as someone who is infatuated with romance.
However, Qi Xun had a successful career at a young age and was the Qi Family’s sole successor. It was not wrong to say that the young master was the lucky one.
As Qi Xun was ready to leave, he smiled faintly at the compliment.
He was not someone who smiled often. He possessed a pair of peach blossom eyes, the most loving eye form, but they were sharp. They always send out this unintentional pressure on anybody they stare at.
But this smile had shredded off its usual coldness like a cold distant person suddenly gaining warmth and becoming an ordinary, nearly married man.
“The lucky one should be me.” He said to the executives. “Xi Xi is a suitable partner to anyone, but I am not.”
When he finished this sentence, it did not appear he wanted to continue the conversation as he buttoned his coat and nodded to his employees, “I will be heading out. And everyone should as well.”
The executives quickly sent their boss off.
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When Qi Xun walked out of the meeting room, the older senior executives glanced at each other again, laughed, and joked, “Young people are always different when they are about to get married. They are so protective of their wives.”
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For others, it would look as if he was the one with the upper hand and could hold complete control over Bai Xi’s deep love, but he knew very well that Bai Xi was the one who possessed all the power.
Even without him, Bai Xi still has a bright future. Others would cherish Bai Xi as a treasure and take gentle care of him.
But not for him. If he had not been with Bai Xi, he would not find such happiness.
Bai Xi chose him. It was Bai Xi’s determined love that did not give him up.
He interlocked their fingers and kissed Bai Xi’s lips.
The duo’s shadows were cast on the wall, vaguely intertwined yet hard to separate.
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Bai Xi slept until dawn and blinked at the ceiling, unable to remember what had happened.
He glanced to his side and found it empty, but there was a slight disturbance in the bedding which showed that someone slept there last night.
After lying on the bed for a few more minutes, he got up and went through his morning routine. Still feeling sleepy, he rubbed his eyes and walked out of the bathroom door but ran into Qi Xun who was about to enter the bedroom.
Bai Xi bumped into Qi Xun’s arms and was kept in those warm arms by Qi Xun.
“I was about to wake you.” Qi Xun said, “I did not think you would be up already.”
Bai Xi rubbed against Qi Xun’s arms.
He could smell the minty aftershave on Qi Xun, very refreshing for this early morning.
He asked, “How late did you get home last night? I must have passed out.”
“At midnight,” Qi Xun answered. He took Bai Xi’s hand and went to the small dining room. “The meeting ended late. By the time I got home, you were asleep and I did not want to wake you up.”
Qi Xun often works overtime. Even Bai Ruo’s busy work would end late at night. Although Bai Xi felt distressed, he did not make any comments. The work and the business were Qi Xun’s after all.
The two sat down and had breakfast together. Ms. Ding also made the pudding and small cookies for Bai Xi to snack on at work.
When it was time to go, Bai Xi did not ask Qi Xun to drop him off; instead, he drove away in his car.
Before he left, he helped Qi Xun straighten out his tie. “It is not like I cannot drive. It was just nice for you to send me to work on some occasions, but not necessary to do it all the time. You should head to work early, better not be late.”
Then he took a step back to admire them a bit, smiled affectionately, and praised, “You are also very handsome today.”
Otherwise, why would we praise the men at work who looked the most attractive, especially Qi Xun, who had handsome and well-defined facial features, and his aloof temperament? When he was immersed in his work in suits and ties, his lethality went up a level.
Qi Xun was used to Bai Xi’s occasional infatuation toward him.
He often suspected that his face might have a part to play in Bai Xi falling in love with him during his final year of senior high school.
He should be very grateful to his mother for giving him such great looks.
He grabbed Bai Xi back and lowered his head for another kiss. “Then I will be off, remember we have to look into the design of our wedding suits after work today.”
Bai Xi smiled. “I know.”
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When Bai Xi arrived at his office, he shared the snacks made by Ms. Ding with his colleagues, then saved a small portion for himself and munched on them from time to time between work. Because he packed a chicken sandwich for lunch, he did not need to go out for lunch as he went back to his desk to finish reading the manuscript after eating.
But he did not get to read two lines before his phone started to ring, and the caller ID was Liang Song.
Bai Xi picked up the phone and answered while his eyes were still on the manuscript, “Hello? Something wrong?”
Liang Song was making a big fuss on the other side of the phone, “Holy cow, guess who I just saw?”
Bai Xi guessed absent-mindedly, “Who, one of your ex-girlfriends? Or one of those guys who had it out for you.”
Liang Song made a loud “Pei” sound before adding, “I wished it was one of my exes.”
Without keeping Bai Xi on tenterhooks, Liang Song loudly revealed, “I saw Qi Xun’s ex-boyfriend!”
The pen in Bai Xi’s hand stopped.
Qi Xun only had one ex-boyfriend, Zhao Qingtong.
He did not expect that the world would be so small that even Liang Song would meet the other person.
Liang Song was still buzzing, “I met him in the art gallery. He was with friends and even said hello to me. But isn’t he overseas? Why did he come back after being abroad for so long? Now he came back at this of all times, who would not find this strange?”
He was chatting away but Bai Xi didn’t respond.
He asked suspiciously, “Are you still listening to me?’
“Yes,” Bai Xi replied calmly, “You met Zhao Qingtong, and then?”
“That was it, we only spoke a few words since there is nothing for us to talk about” Liang Song wondered, “But why are you not surprised?”
“Because I have already met him with Qi Xun.”
“Huh?!”
Bai Xi gave his friend a simple version of the story where he met Zhao Qingtong during Qi Xun and his vacation on Nantu Island.
Liang Song was even more shocked.
He immediately began to form his conspiracy theory, “He must be there to deliberately encounter you two. He had been living happily overseas, there was no reason for him to be here, especially when you two are about to be married. Let me tell you, this perfectly describes a standard vicious male side character. He must be dead set on winning Qi Xun back.”
Bai Xi chuckled. “You should watch less of those dog-blood dramas.”
Liang Song was unconvinced. “Do not brush this off. My concern for you was the first thing that popped into my mind and you are not taking it seriously at all?”
“It does bother me a little bit.” Bai Xi confessed.
He put down the manuscript and took his coffee mug to refill it in the breakroom.
He said to Liang Song, “But returning or not is his own business. As you said, if he was here for Qi Xun, so what? As long as Qi Xun did not care about him coming back, what is there for me to worry about?”
Liang Song was speechless.
Reflecting on what Bai Xi said, it did make sense.
As long as Qi Xun was an egg without crack, Zhao Qingtong had no place to sting.
“That’s very true…Although I am not very close with Qi Xun, I felt that my conscience would agree that the frozen face is not the type to cheat.” Liang Song muttered, “I will still recognize him as my brother-in-law.”
Bai Xi spited back, “Do not take advantage of me, you should be the one who is the meimei.”
Liang Song burst out laughing.
Since Bai Xi was not concerned over this, then he would not stress over it as well. Instead, he asked Bai Xi if he wanted to meet for dinner soon.
“Sure,” Bai Xi returned to his office from the break room. “I can consult the possible wedding locations list with you as well.”
Liang Song cried with pain, “Da-ge, please have mercy. It is not like I have experience preparing for a wedding.”
“No can do,” Bai Xi was very arbitrary about it. “This is what friends are for.”
Liang Song wanted to answer with ‘Why don’t we disband our friendship for the time being?’ very much.
Instead, he replied with a bitter face, “Fine, all right, I will accompany you.”
Bai Xi beamed as they talked for another ten minutes before they ended the call.
Back in the office, Bai Xi continued to work while nibbling on cookies. He did not put what Liang Song told him to heart.
When he saw Zhao Qingtong on Nantu Island, he indeed felt slightly jealous, but the sour taste was gone as soon as it appeared.
He was jealous of Zhao Qingtong, but not in a hostile way.
Although they did not have much contact, he knew that Zhao Qingtong was not a bad person, just slightly arrogant, and very blunt to the point of hurting others’ feelings.
Bai Xi had also seen him take stray dogs to the vet and help pay for his junior’s medical expenses.
But whether Zhao Qingtong was a good man or not, Bai Xi did not want to have anything to do with the other person.
He took a sip of coffee and finished reading the manuscript during his lunch break.
But at this time, he still was unaware that there existed a famous phrase of ‘do not set the flag‘.
Because only three days later, he met Zhao Qingtong again.
There was no love rivalry atmosphere at all, nor were any daggers drawn. On the contrary, it had the word strange stamped all over them.
He found Zhao Qingtong in an alley in the suburbs on a rainy day.
The author has something to say:
Pine Nut Tea: There’s no need to be nervous when faced with the predecessor~There should be another update today to make up for the lack of update yesterday, but I do write very slow
The group has something to add:
Teo: This translator is going to leave the readers at a cliffhanger instead（*゜ー゜*）The next chapter isn’t edited yet…
Minmin: ((Qi Xun: Am the lucky one aha~~ 〜(￣▽￣〜)(〜￣▽￣)〜~(￣▽￣)~*))
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Thank you for the chapter! big love<3333
Thank you for the update 🥰🥰
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
Will the ex-boyfriend be a pathetic person in the next chapter?
Thanks for the translation
I wanted to say ‘oh no’ but author’s words ease me a little~
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(=^w^=)♡
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Aaaah, zhao qitong u regret it right?? Must be your biggest regret!!
Thanks for the chapter!!
thanks for the chapter!
»Mr. Ding also made the pudding and small cookies..« Ms. Ding (? A few paragraphs after this that person is called Ms. Ding, but I can’t remember if the cook/housekeeper was male or female :’D)
Thx for the ch ٩(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )و
It’s Ms. Ding. Thank you for catching that owob
Because I had read countless dog blooded novels and comics… I’m always at the edge whenever there’s a third character appearing… And it made me all sus with every characters around MC haha that feeling when you always on guard cause they’re might be some white lotus or green tea… 🤗😂😂
Thanks for the chapter 💞
Man, QX really IS the lucky one. If that accident didn’t happen, his life would probably be dull and only filled with work (:3」∠)
Lmaoo with us being used to dog blooded scenes and speculations and suspicions, I suspect the author is playing us with this card (like it’ll not go down as we thought lmao or not that heavy at least) 😩 since they kept on reassuring us that everything will be fine 😂
Mc may have fallen first, but it be true that ml will never find another person like the mc. Anyone would be lucky to have mc. He was just there at the right moment 🤭
Aaghh! 😳