Chapter 129: Xiao Fu is Investigating
Qi Yu’s heart gave a big jump when he heard Xu Jing ask this. Of course he couldn’t answer this question directly. If he did, Xu Jing would definitely blame it on Fu Yansheng’s “wrong teachings”.
Their ideas and principles on doing things were very different but no one has forced him. It was he who out of respects for his own nature and innermost being, chose what kind of person he wanted to be.
“Jing Ge,” Qi Yu tried to make himself appear more rational, “My request just now was indeed a bit abrupt to you. But I’m not denying you or targeting you. There are other reasons that I can’t explain right now. …”
Xu Jing’s gaze was pressing. “What reasons? You can’t tell me?”
Hearing this familiar question, Qi Yu suddenly remembered what he had asked Fu Yansheng in the hotel parking lot in the middle of the night the day before – ‘You can’t tell me, can you?’
The same predicament, but the person asking the question had changed from himself to Xu Jing.
At this moment, Qi Yu felt like he could understand Fu Yansheng’s mood at that time.
——I have people I want to protect, so I can’t be emotional.
Qi Yu said, sounding pained, “Jing Ge, I’m sorry.”
He prayed in his heart: For the sake of those seven years, I hope you can forgive me and understand me…
But Xu Jing’s eyes gradually dimmed. He lowered his eyes and said, “Okay, you have your own onions and your own ideas. If you don’t want to tell me then don’t. But no matter what your reasons for making that request just now, I am still currently the CEO of Shanyu Investment and I have to be responsible for this company. If you really want me to withdraw those investments, you can come to me when you have your dad’s instructions.”
Qi Yu: “…”
In fact, even if Xu Jing hadn’t said it, Qi Yu would have found the soonest opportunity to tell his father about it. After all, he wanted to move more than just 600 million worth of funds. It was impossible not to let his father know about such a big move.
However, Qi Yu believed Xu Jing to be an older brother he could rely on. So he came to him directly, intending to talk to him first, even hoping to get some spiritual comfort. But after hearing what the other party said just now, Qi Yu realized that he had been too presumptuous.
He nodded and said, “…Okay.”
Since they couldn’t talk about it now, Qi Yu didn’t delay much longer and said that he was heading back.
Xu Jing got up to see him off. When they got to the door, Qi Yu suddenly remembered, “By the way, Jing Ge, my parents have decided to hold the wedding ceremony for their remarriage in the United States this July.”
Xu Jing was taken aback. “They’re really getting married again? So fast?”
Qi Yu smiled lightly and said, “En, will you be joining us at that time?”
Xu Jing rubbed the bridge of his nose and smiled. “We’ll see, I might not have the time.”
Qi Yu felt a little down in his heart. A few years ago, they talked about this during one of their get-togethers. Xu Jing even brought up wanting to attend his parents’ wedding. Qi Yu didn’t know if he was making excuses now because he was angry at him.
When Qi Yu left, Xu Jing returned alone to his office. He picked up the documents that Qi Yu had just read to put them away. He suddenly threw the documents on the table in a fit of irritation. He raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows again.
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After leaving Fengmao, Qi Yu didn’t delay. He called Qi Yuancheng while in the car, asking him if he had any plans to return to China soon.
I’m planning to go back this weekend. I’ll be re-filing our marriage license with your mother in Haicheng.” Qi Yuancheng’s tone was slightly raised, and there was an indescribable happiness in his words. After explaining, he asked, “Isn’t Blooming Lotus’ acquisition over already? You haven’t gone back to school yet?”
Qi Yu: “No, I have some important things to discuss with you.”
Qi Yuancheng heard his solemn tone and couldn’t help asking, “What’s the matter?”
Qi Yu couldn’t bear to shatter his father’s happy mood at this time, so he said, “When you come back, we’ll talk in person.”
After finishing the call with Qi Yuancheng, Qi Yu returned to the hotel. He didn’t hide from Fu Yansheng that he’d gone to see Xu Jing. Fu Yansheng didn’t ask him what he went to Xu Jing for. Since that night, both seemed to maintain a tacit understanding for each other’s “secrets”.
For the next few days, Qi Yu stayed in the hotel to catch up on his studies.
Si Ze’s search for Song Puxin caused quite a stir throughout the entire city. Rong Ke specially set up a WeChat group where he would gossip with them from time to time.
Tang Weichong: “It’s been almost four days, he still hasn’t been found?”
Rong Ke: “Not yet. I asked my friends in the bureau to look for him too but there’s been no leads.”
Lin Dong: “Maybe it’s just a little lover’s spat. Maybe he’s deliberately hiding for a few days to make Si Ze anxious.”
Rong Ke: “Si Ze said that Song’s not that kind of person. He’s also worried that Song might be entertaining thoughts of suicide.”
Tang Weichong: “What? Suicide?”
Rong Ke: “He says he’s got depression or something? It hasn’t been diagnosed but Si Ze asked a doctor he knew and he said that the symptoms were a bit similar. Since half a year ago, Song would often lock himself in the room by himself and he wouldn’t say a word the entire day.”
Lin Dong: “Si Ze’s so good to him. What’s he got to be depressed about?”
Rong Ke: “Good, my ass. I just found out yesterday that this bastard’s been forcing Song.”
Tang Weichong: “Force?”
Rong Ke: “I heard that since two years ago, Si Ze’s already investigated his family members. He thoroughly studies his background info. Song couldn’t accept it as soon as they got together and he wanted to leave. Si Ze then threatened him with his parents’ safety. He also found something other shit to hold over Song. Song’s just a powerless intellectual, how could he possibly fight against an old hoodloom like him? And that’s why Si Ze got left behind.”
Lin Dong: “F*ck, what a bastard!”
Rong Ke: “Sigh, and Si Ze really seems like he can’t get over it… He just doesn’t understand — a forcibly picked melon isn’t sweet. Telling him to just find someone else has no meaning to him.”
Tang Weichong: “How come you know all this?”
Rong Ke: “I went to see him yesterday. He’s been getting moldy in that apartment on Huai’an Road for the past few days. When I asked him about Song, he spilled everything himself, crying the entire time. Sigh, f*ck. You haven’t seen him that stupid. This is going to be something I’ll lord over him for his entire life, haha!”
Lin Dong: “You’re making me want to go and have a look myself…”
Tang Weichong: “Where is Song’s hometown? Doesn’t Si Ze have information about his family? Has anyone gone to look in his hometown?”
Rong Ke: “He’s from Sucheng. They already have. His parents are ordinary employees of state-owned enterprises and they retired early. But they’re not at their home either.”
Lin Dong: “Damn, then this was a premeditated escape!”
Rong Ke: “It’s be better if that were true. Si Ze said he wouldn’t be able to hide for the rest of his life. As long as he takes his family on the high-speed train or on a plane, he can get a lead.”
……
Actually, Qi Yu didn’t think anything bad had befallen Song Puxin — otherwise Fu Yansheng wouldn’t be able remain so calm — so he never paid much attention to it.
But seeing them talk about these details, he couldn’t help feeling distressed. He didn’t know whether to sympathize with Si Ze or Song Puxin.
That weekend, Qi Yu learned that his father had arrived in Haicheng and he went to the hotel where he was staying to meet with him.
Although everything seemed quiet these past few days, he couldn’t shake this vague feeling that this was just the calm before the storm.
Qi Yuancheng was still staying at the Westin. Qi Yu went to look for him in towards the evening. When he arrived, he knocked on the door. After a while, Qi Yuancheng came to open it.
When Qi Yu saw that his dad was still wearing his undergarment and only had an unbuttoned shirt thrown on top. He couldn’t help but be surprised, “Dad, were you still resting?”
“I’m up. Come in.” Qi Yuancheng walked further into the room while buttoning his shirt.
Qi Yu closed the door, walked straight to the sofa and sat down, mentally outlining what he was going to say.
Qi Yuancheng came over with the kettle, glanced at him and said, “What’s the matter? Your brows are all wrinkles. Did you run across something tricky?”
Qi Yu said hesitantly, “Button up your shirt first and I’ll tell you about it…”
Qi Yuancheng laughed and buttoned his shirt the rest of the way. “Okay? You’re really dilly-dallying talking with your father. Just what is it that you want to say?”
Qi Yu asked, “Dad, do you remember that I mentioned to you before that Si Ze was manipulating stocks in private?”
Qi Yuancheng straightened his neckline again and said, “En, what about it?”
Qi Yu: “Have you found any definite evidence of it?”
Qi Yuancheng poured Qi Yu a glass of water and said, “Didn’t I explain it to you on the phone last time? Your Uncle Si has a strong background, it wouldn’t be surprising if Si Ze were doing somethng of that kind of thing. But it’s impossible to find any evidence. They’re all very cautious…”
Saying that, Qi Yuancheng raised his eyes but was surprised to see his son looking at him with an almost scrutinizing look.
Qi Yu asked: “Dad, you’ve known Uncle Si for so many years, have you ever used his contacts? I mean those contacts that aren’t compliant, those engaged in things like insider trading…”
Qi Yuancheng held the kettle in his hand for a while and was shocked by the way Qi Yu looked. For a while, he didn’t know how to answer him.
Qi Yu stared at him, his eyes looking more and more fierce. There was even a look of anxiety on his face.
“Dad…” He urged. His hands resting on his knees, loosely clenched into fists, highlighting his nervousness at the moment.
Qi Yuancheng put down the kettle. The slight “da” sound that rang out when the bottom of the kettle touched the glass of the coffee table was particularly heavy in the quiet room, like a hammer falling on Qi Yu’s heart.
Accompanying this sound was Qi Yuancheng’s unequivocal answer. “No.”
Qi Yu suddenly regained his breath like a person whose neck had been strangled. His whole person relaxed. During those past three or four seconds, his hands had sweated from nervousness.
“That’s good, that’s good…” He murmured twice, as if he had obtained some kind of life line. Hope rekindled in his eyes.
Qi Yuancheng looked at him intently, frowned and said, “What’s wrong with you? Did Si Ze say something to you?”
Qi Yu took a few breaths and said softly, as though afraid of startling him, “Dad, some incident might befall the Si Family.”
Qi Yuancheng’s face suddenly turned cold. “What incident?”
Qi Yu shook his head. “I don’t know the specifics, but someone is investigating them, and they’ve been doing it for a long time.”
Qi Yuancheng suddenly stood up and paced back and forth, a terrifyingly solemn expression on his face. After a while, he seemed to have some guess. He looked at Qi Yu and asked sharply, “Is Xiao Fu the one investigating?”
Qi Yu’s pupils shrank and he looked at his father in disbelief. “How did you know?”
Qi Yuancheng didn’t answer. He suddenly turned back to the coffee table and picked up his mobile phone.
Qi Yu seemed to have a premonition of what Qi Yuancheng wanted to do. He stood up and grabbed the other’s arm, blocking him, “Dad, don’t ask him!”
Qi Yuancheng looked at Qi Yu sternly, the pressure around his body dropped sharply.
Qi Yu said in a trembling voice, “Don’t tell anyone, please!”
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【Little Theater】
Fu Yansheng: My wife is so kind to me! (〒_〒)
Qi Yu: I owe me. Pay me back with your life later.
Qi Yu is really doing his best ❤️
I hope Qi dad listens to QY!
Thank you for the chapter!
I feel like it’s not going to end well with Xu Jing 😭
I think xu jing wanna change boats….
thanks for the chapter!
is xu jing going to betray them??
Xu Jing better be just changing job. If he does something with Lin Huan to harm Qi family, I will scold him to hell, you wicked ungrateful bastard!