Chapter 132: Thanks, Mom
All these understated hints made Fu Yansheng’s heart tremble incessantly.
He seemed to have guessed what Jiang Ying wanted to express, but he wasn’t sure – after all, few parents could so easily accept their child being with the same sex, not to mention one such as Qi Yu who was favored by the gods.
But Jiang Ying’s words just now not only seemed to point to his true relationship with Qi Yu but it also seemed to be telling him that Qi Yu needed him.
Was she encouraging him to take responsibility for Qi Yu?
……Is this a trap? Or maybe she’s bluffing?
Jiang Ying added, “However, just as you said, Qi Yu is a proud child and he’s not willing to get close to anyone, even to me. He doesn’t tell me everything, he doesn’t pour himself out to me…”
She sighed lightly and continued: “As a mother, my hopes for him may be different from those his father has for him. My only wish is for my child to be happy, not like me and his father… Yuancheng and I are very conceited people. Because of pride that we couldn’t set aside in our early years, we let ten years slip by. When you’re young, you don’t think much of ten years. It’s only when you’re older that you realize that people don’t have so many decades they could just let slip. …”
“Auntie…” Looking at the wise woman in front of him, Fu Yansheng felt all his negotiating and speaking skills completely fail him. With every work from the other, cracks began to show along the line of defenses in his heart.
He was visibly moved and he said, “Thank you for telling me this. If Qi Yu needs me, I will…”
As soon as he said this, Fu Yansheng saw Qi Yu appear at the door of the restaurant.
Looking at the faint worry hidden under the other’s grave and stern expression, Fu Yansheng’s heart also jumped fiercely.
“…I will protect him forever.”
His deep and low voice drifted in the air, only Jiang Ying heard it.
As he finished his words, Qi Yu also drew near. He pulled out a chair and sat down, asking, “Mom, what are you talking about with Teacher Fu?”
Jiang Ying smiled: “We were talking about what your Teacher Fu thinks of you.”
Qi Yu: “…”
Jiang Ying called over the waiter to add another setting for Qi Yu. She also added a few more orders of dimsum. “We talked a lot but didn’t get to eat much, so let’s all dig in…” She tilted her head and asked Qi Yu, “Where’s your father?”
Qi Yu: “He’s on the phone with Lawyer Han. He had me come down first.”
Jiang Ying: “Forget it, now that he’s started making calls, he’ll never finish. I’ll just pack some porridge for him.”
Qi Yu glanced at Fu Yansheng quietly and said, “Dad also said to have Teacher Fu go to find him after the meal.”
Fu Yansheng was startled and replied, “Okay.”
The man hurriedly ate two shrimp dumplings and a bowl of rice porridge. He finished in less than ten minutes. “Auntie, please take your time. I’ll go up first.”
Jiang Ying: “So soon?”
Qi Yu lowered his head and explained, “He always eats fast when he has something to do. Don’t worry about him.”
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Jiang Ying pushed the freshly served dimsum in front of him and persuaded softly, “Okay, stop with all these anxious thoughts.”
Qi Yu ate a piece of steamed pork ribs and remembered Jiang Ying’s purpose behind meeting with Fu Yansheng. He couldn’t help but ask, “Mom, do you think Teacher Fu is… is good?”
Jiang Ying commented, “When I look at people, I look at their eyes. And he, he has very steady eyes.”
Qi Yu: “Is that so…”
Jiang Ying gave him a sideways look. “However, we only talked for a bit and I couldn’t’ see through him. He’s someone you picked yourself, shouldn’t you know him better than I do?”
Qi Yu’s heart skipped a beat. What was with this “someone you picked yourself”? When Jiang Ying said this, she seemed to be alluding to his “romantic partner”!?
Jiang Ying saw a trace of panic on Qi Yu’s face. So, she smiled and said, “He’s a very good young man. My first impression of him is very good.”
Qi Yu asked in a low voice, “But, what Teacher Fu is doing could bring down a crisis upon us at any time. Don’t you blame him?”
Jiang Ying directed a serious look at him and said, “Qi Yu, if, just as you’ve said, he really is investigating the Si Yuan Group and the Si Family on behalf of the government then he wasn’t the one who brought about crisis. Rather, it’s been lurking in the Si Yuan Group all along, isn’t that right?”
Qi Yu was speechless.
Jiang Ying: “Son, things are changeable. There is no one-and-done job and there is no constant unchanging wealth. You don’t need to take on all these pressures from ‘impermanence’ onto yourself. Your father has been in business for nearly 20 years and has experienced countless great storms. You have to believe that he has the ability to deal with risks and crises. Of course, it is also fortunate that your father walks an upright path himself. As long as others are fine, there is nothing too great a difficulty for our family. ”
Our family… It’s been a long time since he’s heard these words…
Jiang Ying’s remarks seemed to give Qi Yu a boost. It made him feel both emotional and moved.
“Thanks, Mom……”
***
After the meal, Qi Yu didn’t dare to go up to listen to what his dad was saying to Fu Yansheng. So he waited for a while in the public lounge of the hotel.
When Fu Yansheng came down, Qi Yu immediately got up and asked, “What did my dad say to you?”
Fu Yansheng: “He said I was to stay by his side for a while to help him do something.”
Qi Yu: “Do what?”
Fu Yansheng: “Analyze the future situation of the Si Yuan Group and come up with a rectification plan…”
Qi Yu: “…?” F*ck, having an undercover agent from the government make a post-crisis rectification plan for the Group? His father’s actions were so extreme!
Qi Yu said nervously, “Then… can you do it?”
Fu Yansheng: “Yes.”
Qi Yu: “…” He actually can? Then for what the f*ck reason has he been secretly studying the Group’s financial reports!?
Fu Yansheng said, “Come on. Let’s go back first. Today, I’ll help you with the key points of your classes this semester. Then, I’ll book a plane ticket for you. Your dad says to let you go back to school early.”
After hearing this, Qi Yu felt a little annoyed. He turned around, hands behind his back.
Fu Yansheng booked him a flight back to California in three days and arranged for Wang Meng to escort him.
During the following three days, Qi Yu didn’t see Qi Yuancheng and Jiang Ying again. However, he didn’t stay in the hotel the entire time. He took time to meet with Si Hang.
In fact, his original intention was to see Si Ze. They had worked together for nearly a year. Although Si Ze had secretly done a lot of things that he did not agree with, no matter what, Si Ze hadn’t treated him unfairly.
Every person had a sentimental side to them and they couldn’t be absolutely rational and unfeeling. Qi Yu thought of the blow that Song Puxin’s disappearance had brought to Si Ze, and the storm that the Si family was about to encounter. Occasionally, he would also find the weight of his “secrets” unbearable.
So, instead of Si Ze, Qi Yu made an appointment to see Si Hang before leaving Haicheng.
Since Christmas last year, he and Si Hang hadn’t seen each other for five months. That kid though was still the same. He still spent every day playing games and engaging in sensual pleasures. When he saw him, he sourly called him a “the big scholar-tyrant” and said, “Are you looking down on me?”. Despite this, he still warmly entertained him with food and drink.
Zhu Lin and Qin Han were both there, but Tang Weiye was surprisingly missing. Qi Yu remembered what Tang Weichong had said before and asked, “How is Tang Weiye doing recently?”
“He must have pulled a muscle wrong or he was forced to work by his family. He’s been interning in his uncle’s car sales company recently…” Si Hang rolled his eyes and teased Qi Yu, “Why so concerned about him? Let me tell you, that guy still hasn’t given up on you. Ever since he met you, he’s had your picture as the home screen of his phone. What a pervert, right?”
Qi Yu: “…”
Someone shouted from a distance: “Si Hang! When is your game company going to go public? It’s been almost half a year since I heard you announce it. Were you just shitting with us!”
Si Hang retorted loudly: “F*ck you, you big-headed eggplant! IPO’s on July 15th! Prepare your money and shut it with your BB!” After that, he nudged Qi Yu with his elbow, “You’re going to be on holiday too, right? Come here and support me!”
“July 15th?” Qi Yu was momentarily stunned. He said, “My parents are remarrying that day and the wedding’s going to be held abroad…”
Si Hang: “Damn! Such a coincidence!”
Qi Yu hurriedly said, “When the time comes, tell me the address in advance. I can’t be there but I can still send a gift. I will send you a flower basket. I’ll invest after the listing is successful.”
Si Hang snorted, “I guess it’ll do.”
After a while, Qi Yu changed the subject and said, “By the way, it seems that your brother hasn’t been in a good mood recently…”
Si Hang: “I know. Song Puxin ran away, no shit, he’s not in a good mood!”
Qi Yu: “Haven’t you gone to see your brother?”
“I have. I brought him a Switch and a bunch of game cards. There’s a very popular game on the Switch called Animal Crossing. Have you ever played it? Si Hang looked at him. Qi Yu shook his head, “Tsk, I knew it. A scholar-tyrant like you wouldn’t be playing games. I thought that since my brother was holing himself up in that apartment on Huai’an Road, he might as well go fishing and stuff while he waits. It’s quite relaxing. But when he saw me, he immediately shoo-ed me out and told me to stop bothering him… Damn, I don’t think I’m getting close to that mine until I’ve absolutely got nothing else to do!”
Qi Yu frowned: “With your brother like this, haven’t you tried other ways to get him to cheer up as soon as possible?”
Si Hang shook his head. “He won’t go on like this forever. He’s got a lot of things to do in the family and in the company. My dad already blew his top over it two days ago, saying that he had no sense of propriety, losing his mind over a man, making the Si Family lose face. He’s been given a deadline. He has to go back to work in the company within three days.”
Qi Yu looked at Si Hang’s ‘it’s none of my business since it doesn’t affect me personally’ attitude. He thought on it and then said, “Si Hang, you’re also a university junior this year and even Tang Weiye has already started an internship. Aren’t you going to start to engage in proper work? ”
Si Hang refused to accept. “Isn’t my company going to be listed soon!”
Qi Yu: “The company’s listing is being handled by your brother. You yourself don’t know anything. What will you do in the future?”
Si Hang said confidently, “I still have Xu Yizhou!”
Qi Yu: “…”
The two chatted for a while, after which Qi Yu really had nothing else to talk to with Si Hang. So he made his excuses and said he was leaving. Thankfully, this was just as Si Hang’s female companion came over to pester him to sing, Si Hang shouted towards the corner of the room, “Xu Yizhou, see Qi Yu off for me!”
Xu Yizhou got up, came over and said respectfully, “Qi Yu, how are you getting home?”
Qi Yu: “My bodyguard is waiting for me in the parking lot.”
Xu Yizhou nodded: “I’ll take you down.”
The two took the elevator downstairs. When they got out of the elevator, Qi Yu couldn’t help but say, “Secretary Xu, you’re spoiling Si Hang too much… Actually, he isn’t inherently bad. If you guide him well, he might not be such a degenerate.”
Xu Yizhou was slightly taken aback. He looked at him with a smile and said, “Qi Yu, not everyone is as patient as Fu Yansheng…”
Qi Yu’s heart trembled, and Xu Yizhou said in a relaxed voice, “And not every rich second generation is as worthy of cultivation as you are.”
He spoke very gently, but Qi Yu seemed to have caught a glimpse of the absolute coldness behind his gentle and refined face.
Qi Yu was speechless for a moment. He then took a deep look at him and got into the car.
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【Little Theater】
Fu Yansheng: Wife, go back and study hard.
Qi Yu: You want me to leave that much?
Fu Yansheng: No, no, it’s mainly because I keep getting stared at by your little black-bellied self and it’s placing me under so much pressure… Once your husband finishes all this, I’ll go to you ah~
Qi Yu (slaps away): Don't touch me!
Fu Yansheng: …(〒-〒)
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
The little theater lololol
thanks for the chapter!
fys got the mil’s approval yasss
Thanks for the chapter <333333
Secretary Xu is so savage ah..
Excuse me mr.Yu why are you giving the stank eye to little fish? 😤👀