Translator’s note: this is probably full of typos but I have to wake up veeeeerrrryyy early tomorrow. orz Sorry! Let me know if you spot the errors in the comments!
Chapter 135: Two Younger Brothers
After hanging up the phone, Qi Yu went through the evidence Zhang Chengxuan gave him linking it with the entire Qiu Rusong incident. There were still some questions that he couldn’t understand.
——Who was the person who recorded these conversations? Was it Zhang Chenghuan? Zhang Chengxuan? Or someone else?
If it was Zhang Chengxuan himself, this matter would be a little scary to think about.
This showed that Zhang Chengxuan has been monitoring and keeping watch on his second brother since at least four years ago and that he’s been trying to collect “evidence” that could lead to his brother to a deathtrap. At that time, Zhang Chengxuan hadn’t even met him yet.
If someone else recorded it, what was their purpose for recording these? Under what circumstances did Zhang Chengxuan obtain these?
……
Qi Yu was couldn’t understand it, at the same time, he felt it was useless thinking about it too much by himself. He decided to wait for half a month, when he sees his father, to discuss it.
Thinking of what Qi Yuancheng had told him on the phone, Qi Yu took out his mobile phone and sent separate messages to Jiang Ying and Qi Feng, asking them the specific time when they would be coming to the US.
Jiang Ying replied to him: “Your dad was planning to let me go earlier, but I want to stay with him for a few more days. I’ll probably go there with him.”
While chewing on his parents’ dog food, Qi Yu stared at her message and re-read it over and over again. He couldn’t help sighing in his heart about how this “love in their twilight years” has changed his mother.
Qi Feng was probably still sleeping in and it took a long time to reply: “Dad’s secretary has already helped us book the plane tickets. We’re leaving the day after tomorrow!” After that, a “two kittens running in circles” emoji.
Qi Yu’s mouth twitched, Qi Feng hadn’t mentioned Ling Ke but he still somehow felt that he had eaten dog food from his brother and sister-in-law.
“Send me the flight number and I’ll ask the driver to pick you up.”
After replying to his younger brother, Qi Yu put down the phone and sat in the empty apartment, feeling a sense of loneliness and resentment.
The next day, he packed his luggage and took Wang Meng back to Newtown.
Qi Yuancheng found a professional wedding planning team to prepare his and Jiang Ying’s wedding. Qi Yu didn’t need to worry about those things. After he returned home, he only instructed Anne to clean up Qi Feng’s bedroom and a guest room in advance so that his “two younger brothers” would have somewhere to stay. He then called Uncle Meng and Uncle Qi on behalf of his dad to ask them about the details of their arrival on July 15th — How many people were coming in total and if they needed any special arrangements.
Although Qi Yuancheng has a successful career and has made an extensive network of friends, the only people he ever visits frequently in he US, were Uncle Qi and Uncle Meng’s families. In addition, Jiang Ying was a well-known anchorwoman. In order not to attract public attention, the two were going to hold their wedding in a very low-key manner.
A few days later, Qi Feng and Ling Ke arrived in Newtown. Qi Yu had nothing to do that day, so he drove to the airport to pick them up.
As soon as the three met, Qi Feng asked nervously, “Is Dad at home?”
Although Qi Feng already understood that his prejudice against his father was due to a misunderstanding, the many years of estrangement between father and son couldn’t easily be eliminated. Moreover, he came with a “boyfriend” this time. He was afraid he’d be embarassed when he met him.
Qi Yu put the luggage into the trunk for the two of them and said, “He’s not here.”
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Qi Feng said blankly, “Tell me what?”
Qi Yu didn’t know how to explain the group’s affairs to Qi Feng and felt that even if he did explain, Qi Feng might not understand. So he made a random excuse to fool him, “Our parents are on their honeymoon and they’ll be back two days before the wedding.”
“Huh? Who would go on a honeymoon before getting married…” Qi Feng complained, but his face was obviously relaxed and happy.
When Qi Yu brought the two of them home, Qi Feng excitedly dragged Ling Ke, who was stading awe-struck, through the door for a look around. Without Qi Yuancheng around, this kid let his unbridledness go wild.
Qi Yu followed behind them, hearing Ling Ke ask Qi Feng nervously, “Qi Feng, is your father actually this rich?”
Qi Feng: “Is he?”
Ling Ke deliberately kept his voice low, “The car your brother drove just now…is that a Maserati? And this house, this location, this design, this area…isn’t this all really expensive?”
Qi Feng scratched his head. “It’s okay. I don’t really know if it’s expensive or not.”
Ling Ke suddenly felt a burst of madness in his heart. Although he knew that Qi Feng came from a wealthy background, it was only by coming here that he clearly realized the financial disparity between himself and Qi Feng. Doubting life, he said, “Have I been depending on a wealthy young master…”
Qi Feng corrected him in a low voice, “It’s ‘second young master’.”
Ling Ke: “…”
Despite not being here for many years, Qi Feng could still easily find his room. He pushed open the door and went in, “Hey, no one’s stayed in this room before?”
Qi Yu leaned against the door with his arms crossed and said with a smile, “Who would you want to stay here? There are two guest rooms in the house. Guests would of course stay in the guest room.”
Qi Feng: “This is America. Didn’t you ever throw a party at home, invite your high school and college friends over to have fun?”
Qi Yu: “I’m not as fond of all that as you are and I don’t like bringing people home.”
Qi Feng sneered: “Tsk, you could have just said that you like doing it outside!”
Qi Yu: “…”
What’s with this kid? He’s just not happy unless he gets into a fight with me!
Although it was a bit of a headache, Qi Feng’s arrival seemed to give this quiet mansion some life. Just listening to him talk, the stored up melancholy in Qi Yu’s heart was lessened by a lot. He couldn’t help teasing his “two younger brothers” to divert himeslf from his worries.
The room Qi Yu asked Anne to prepare for Ling Ke turned out to be of no use. Qi Feng insisted that Ling Ke stay with him that night.
In the middle of the night, Qi Yu became thirsty so he went downstairs to the kitchen to get a glass of water. He passed by Qi Feng’s room and heard them “demon fighting” through the door. Qi Yu was made speechless and he couldn’t help sending them a message to restrain themselves.
Early the next morning, Qi Yu got up on time and after having breakfast, planned to go upstairs to wake the two of them up. However, as soon as he walked up to the door, Ling Ke opened the door to come out. When he saw Qi Yu he was scared into retreating back into the room.
Qi Yu was stunned for a moment and then said, finding it funny, “What are you hiding from?”
Because he’d been reminded to “restrain” himself last night, Ling Ke seemed to feel a little embarrassed seeing him. He lowered his head in embarrassment, not daring to look at him.
Qi Yu: “Where’s Xiao Feng?”
Ling Ke: “He’s still taking a shower…”
Seeing that he was already all tidied up, Qi Yu said, “Come on down. Auntie has already prepared breakfast. Eat something. I’ll take you out for a look around later.”
Ling Ke hesitantly turned his head and glanced into the room, as if he wanted to wait for Qi Feng to go with him.
Qi Yu raised his eyebrows. “Are you that afraid of me? Are you a ‘gong’? Are you afraid that I’m going to eat you up?”
Ling Ke: “…???”
Ling Ke: “!!!”
Seeing Qi Yu turn around, Ling Ke could only bite the bullet and go down with him first. Qi Yu led him to the dining room, where Anne’s fried bacon and eggs were already on the table, a classic European-style breakfast.
After the two sat down, Qi Yu asked Anne for some juice for him and Ling Ke. He accompanied him to eat.
“Are you used to eating these? If you are not used to it, you can wait a little longer. There’s porridge in the pot or we can ask Anne to cook some noodles for you.” Qi Yu said.
Ling Ke hurriedly said, “I’m fine with eating these.”
Qi Yu smiled. “Xiao Feng’s not used to these things. He seems to be a bit of a picky eater.”
Ling Ke: “Is he? I think the foods he loves to eat are quite mixed.”
Qi Yu: “Oh? What does he like to eat?”
“Sauerkraut fish, crayfish, fried buns, spicy hot pot…” Ling Ke recited off a bunch in one breath. Mention something related to Qi Feng and his expression became more natural. “We occasionally go out together on weekends and he eats hamburger sandwiches too.”
Qi Yu looked at him with a smile and asked, “Isn’t Xiao Feng very clingy?”
Ling Ke: “Uh… He’s okay.”
Qi Yu took a look at Ling Ke’s body and asked curiously, “Looking at how thin you are, you’re actually able make Xiao Feng enjoy it so much, you know, during that sort of thing… You must be exercise a lot, right?”
Ling Ke’s hand holding the bread, shook. In passing, he pushed up his glasses. “…En.”
While they were chatting, Qi Feng’s voice came from the top of the stairs. “Ke Ke! Why did you go down without waiting for me?”
The sunny and handsome young man ran down quickly. He had just taken a shower and he hadn’t dried his hair. He was wearing a refreshing white T-shirt. The front of the shirt was printed with the words “I Love Link” in red, the word love was printed in the center of a heart.
Ling Ke almost spit out his juice. “Wh-why are you wearing that shirt?”
Qi Feng glanced down, grinned and said, “It looks good, right? I brought yours along with me. You can change into it later!”
Ling Ke’s ears turned red. “That’s a little…”
“What’s wrong? This is the US. This is a rare opportunity for us to be able to wear couple shirts out in public, we should take it!” Qi Feng pulled out the chair and sat down facing Qi Yu. He kept puffed his chest out like he was showing off to his brother.
The corners of Qi Yu’s eyes twitched. He didn’t feel like lowering himself to his level.
During the next few days, Qi Yu drove around Newtown with his “two younger brothers”, serving as their driver, photographer and light bulb during this period.
Seeing those two people who were intentionally or unintentionally displaying their affection in front of him every day, Qi Yu couldn’t help thinking of Fu Yansheng, who was unlikely to ever have a proper status in this lifetime. He didn’t know if their presence cured him or made him more depressed.
“Ge! What kind of straight-man photography skills do you have?” Qi Feng shouted and brought his phone over, “Both our faces are blurred. Take another one!”
Qi Yu said with a dark expression on his face, “You’ve had enough pictures!”
Qi Feng said anxiously, “No way, Ge! This is Ling Ke’s first time to the US. I want to leave lots of good memories for him! Please, please!”
Qi Yu reluctantly accepted the phone and faced the two again, “Can you two please not stick your faces so close? It’s nauseating!”
When Qi Feng heard his complaints, he hugged Ling Ke’s neck and tilted his head to kiss him.
“You f*cking…” Qi Yu gave up. He was in the middle of rolling his eyes when the phone suddenly rang and a WeChat message popped on top of the screen—
Fu Dage: [New message]
Qi Yu stared at the name, frowning.
Qi Feng walked over to see how his brother’s new photo came out. But he was met with Qi Yu turning the screen of his mobile phone towards him, asking with a sullen face, “Why do you have Fu Yansheng’s WeChat?”
Qi Feng revealed a trace of panic, trying to quibble, “It’s not him, you’re wrong…”
Qi Yu said coldly, “Open it.”
Although it had become something of a habit to bicker with his brother, if the other party was really angry, Qi Feng would never dare to be disobedient. He immediately opened WeChat to let the other party take a look. Shamefaced, he tried to say something.
Qi Yu took a look. The profile picture was indeed of Fu Yansheng. Qi Feng had secretly taken a few pictures of Qi Yu and sent them to the other party. Probably because Qi Feng was afraid he would be discovered, most of the pictures were of his side profile or his back.
Fu Yansheng replied just now: “Thank you.”
Qi Yu threw Qi Feng a piercing look. “Please explain to me why you’ve been in contact with him behind my back?”
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【Little Theater】
Qi Yu: Aren’t you a gong? Are you afraid I’m going to eat you up?
Ling Ke: WTF, he actually believed that? ……Hold up. Gege, what’s with this statement? Did you just reveal something! ! ! (╯#°Д°)╯
The Qi brothers are hilarious.
*aren’t you a gong
😂😂 Qi Yu 😁😁
Dear xiao fu,you’re in big trouble
Lololol qi yu still believing ling ke is a gong, and unintentionally revealing himself as a shou 🤣🤣🤣
thanks for the chapter.
Wait am I the only one who misinterpreted the convo, thinking Qi Yu was saying “I thought you said you were gong. Yet you’re still afraid” or something