Chapter 137: Everyone has their own Aspirations
“Resigned?” Qi Yu looked incredulous, “Why would he resign?”
Do you still remember, you told me last time while we were in China that you had gone to Xu Jing, wanting him to take back Shanyu’s investment?” Qi Yuancheng said quietly, “Later, I asked Fu Yansheng to create a report analyzing the Group’s future situation and a plan for rectification. Like you, one of the things he mentioned in the plan was to withdraw part of Shanyu’s investments as a precaution… Last year, I spent a lot of money to recover Mei Wei’s shares. Save for some fixed assets on hand, we no longer have much of a revolving capital we can use. This situation is indeed a risky for us if we wish to retain control of the Si Yuan Group in the future. I asked him to go visit Xu Jing to see which of Shanyu’s investment projects can be withdrawn.”
Qi Yu was shocked: “You asked Teacher Fu to go see Jing Ge!?”
“What’s wrong?” Qi Yuancheng was stunned by Qi Yu’s reaction. He explained, “Fu Yansheng’s other identity aside, he has studied mathematics and economics and he’s worked in a securities company for many years. In both corporate finance and risk investment, he has extremely rich experience and accurate judgment. Having him do this was the most efficient way and really makes the most use of him.”
When Qi Yu thought of Xu Jing’s question to him at the beginning, he felt his vision start to go dark and his voice began to tremble. “So Jing Ge has resigned…?”
“He did submit his resignation letter to me after that, but what is the causal relationship between these two things? Just because I asked Fu Yansheng to review the projects he had invested in!?” Qi Yuancheng seemed to be quite annoyed at Xu Jing’s resignation. There was a chill in his eyes. “Qi Yu, Xu Jing is by no means an impulsive person. Him resigning at this time, shows that he has thought about this matter for a long time.”
Qi Yu still couldn’t believe it. Even though he already knew that he and Xu Jing’s three views didn’t match and even though the distance between them had indeed grown a bit more during the past two years, he never thought that Xu Jing would leave him one day…
With how big the Si Yuan Group was, except for the position of chairman, Dad must have been willing to give Xu Jing any position he wanted.
Qi Yu looked at his father and said urgently, “Have you asked Jing Ge why he’s leaving?”
Qi Yuancheng said indignantly, “Of course I asked. When he submitted his resignation letter, I asked him if he was dissatisfied with his job. He said that he wasn’t, that it was for personal reasons and that he felt he couldn’t continue with his job. He then went on to thank me. Obviously I knew he was just giving me lip service! I then asked him if he had told you that he was leaving. He said he would find a chance to tell you. I thought he had already told you…”
Qi Yu shook his head, feeling dejected.
Qi Yuancheng looked at him and heaved a sigh. “It had a waste for you to treat him as a brother, and it had been a waste for me to cultivate him for so many years. I thought he could assist you in taking over my work in the future but since he’s made up his mind, you shouldn’t impose either. During all these years, I have never treated him badly. If he really can’t tolerate having other people around you, then I think it may be for the best that he’s left. It may not necessarily be a good thing for you to have someone with that kind of character stay. With his current qualifications, you don’t have to worry that he wouldn’t have a good place to go.”
“Dad, don’t say anymore…” Qi Yu clenched his fists beside him, lowered his eyes and said in a trembling voice, “I’ll go and call Jing Ge…”
Saying so, he turned around and left the study, quickly walking upstairs.
Back in his bedroom, Qi Yu impatiently took out his mobile phone to found Xu Jing’s number. He was about to call but he hesitated for a moment.
What would he even say once the call got through? Was he going to try to make him stay? How? What could he promise him? If he couldn’t make him stay, was he going to ask him where he was going next?
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Qi Yu gritted his teeth and pressed the dial button.
Beep…beep…
Listening to the dialing tone in his ear, Qi Yu’s mind was running like a running-horse lantern, replaying the bits and pieces of his relationship with Xu Jing over the past two years, searching for all clues that might indicate that the other party would leave.
—-“Jing Ge, have you been busy lately?”
—-“Of course, I’m busy, busy conquering the world for you.”
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—- “Didn’t you say you had something going on tonight? Was it to come see him?”
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——”But Lin Huan wasn’t the only one made famous by this matter with Little Pigeon and Little Magpie. It also let everyone know about Shan Yu, this investment company. No one can say that President Xu wasn’t amazing…”
——”It’s all for conquering the world for the sake of the “Crown Prince”. It’s nothing but a false reputation…”
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——”You are still young and you haven’t experienced the sinister nature of society. Not everyone is as sympathetic and righteous as you think, nor are they as kind and pure. In the business field, your kindness towards others is cruelty to yourself. If you keep doing this, sooner or later someone’s going to eat you to the bone!”
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—-“Qi Yu, I don’t know what’s with you now. I don’t know what you’re thinking…I just want to ask, these changes in you, are they related to Fu Yansheng?”
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“Hello?” Xu Jing’s voice sounded over the other end.
Qi Yu instantly retracted his thoughts and called out, “Jing Ge.”
There seemed to be the sound of rain on the other end of the phone, pattering and rustling, revealing an indescribable sense of oppression.
After a long time, Xu Jing spoke, his tone was warm and gentle, just like how he was with Qi Yu many years ago, teaching him English and math, accompanying him to chat about this and that.
However, this time, what Xu Jing said was, “I’m sorry, Qi Yu…”
Qi Yu only felt that his mind was blank. All those things he thought of just now, he couldn’t say a word of it. He just instinctively asked, “You’re leaving?”
Xu Jing said “en” without hesitation.
Qi Yu: “Is it because… because of Teacher Fu?”
Xu Jing: “No.”
“Then…” Qi Yu stopped. All along, he never asked “why”. He was afraid Xu Jing would say that it was because he hadn’t done a good job.
But even if he could redo everything again, he might still have met Fu Yansheng, might have still been attracted by his character and three views and he might then still have drifted away from Xu Jing.
He may be able to give Xu Jing status, fame and fortune and even emotionally treat him as his own brother, but he could no longer give Xu Jing the full trust and dependence that he did as a child.
Qi Yu felt very hurt — not the hurt of being betrayed or deceived, but the loneliness of being abandoned, but his pride wouldn’t allow him to reveal the fragility and pain at being abandoned.
He blinked his stinging eyes and asked calmly, “You’ve really decided?”
Xu Jing: “En…”
Qi Yu: “Is there anything else you want to tell me?”
“Your parents are going to get married in a couple of days, right? I remember you told me on your fourteenth birthday that you hope your family could live together again and that your mother and brother could be by your side… I originally wanted to accompany you to witness this scene. Unfortunately, given my current status it’s no longer suitable for me to appear there.” Xu Jing sighed and said, “I will have to give you my blessing over the phone. I hope that your future may be free from worry and filled with happiness.”
“…Thank you, and I wish you all the best in the future.” Qi Yu held back and used the calmest possible tone of voice to say this. Afterwards, he immediately hung up.
He didn’t want to ask anything anymore. Xu Jing’s words had completely crushed him.
Qi Yu took two quick breaths. He suppressed the sobs in his throat and slowly slid down to sit on the ground.
It wasn’t raining in Newtown, but the rain on the other end of the phone seemed to fall on his ears, on the carpet, on his palms.
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A day later, Qi Yuancheng and Jiang Ying’s remarriage ceremony was held as scheduled in Newtown.
That day, the sky was clear and boundless over Newtown. When Qi Yu walked out of his house early that morning, he could smell the fragrance of lilies all around the house. The wedding team had come to decorate their home yesterday. They placed fresh flowers everywhere and they also hung up seasonal pictures. They had even strewn pink, white and champagne colored rose petals from the door of the house to the door of the wedding room.
Qi Yu carefully avoided the petal-covered carpet and made his way downstairs. He saw his father sitting in the living room, the makeup artist fixing his appearance.
The wedding was to be held at a manor on the outskirts of Newtown. Qi Yu and Qi Feng, as Qi Yuancheng’s best men, had to go with him to the venue early in the morning to welcome the guests.
“Dad, are you all right?” Qi Yu asked.
“I’m fine.” Qi Yuancheng stood up to face him and asked with a smile, “How do I look? Not bad, right?”
Qi Yuancheng was wearing a decent custom suit. His self-disciplined life and healthy eating habits made him look like someone who was only in his early forties, quite scholarly, astute and refined.
Qi Yu nodded and said, “Very good.”
The makeup artist held up a yellow rose and reminded him, “Sir, you haven’t worn this yet.”
Qi Yuancheng took it and put it into his suit pocket. “Is this all right?”
Qi Yu walked over and adjusted it. “It’s crooked.”
Qi Yuancheng glanced at it and said with satisfaction, “Where’s Xiao Feng? We’re setting off.”
Qi Feng probably still didn’t have the nerve to talk to their dad. Although he came down ahead of Qi Yu, he wasn’t in the living room. When Qi Yu went out, he saw him squatting in the garden alone, fiddling with his phone.
“What are you doing here? Eating mud? Qi Yu called out to him, “Let’s go.”
“Ge, look, look, look!” Qi Feng skipped over to him and excitedly angled his phone screen to him excitedly. He said, flaunting, “Ling Ke’s wearing a white suit. Isn’t he handsome?”
In order to abide by some conventions, Jiang Ying and Qi Yuancheng hadn’t stayed together last night. Instead, Jiang Ying stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel near their home. Ling Ke was invited to be a “bridesmaid” by Jiang Ying, so naturally they also stayed with her at the hotel.
Seeing Qi Feng’s lovestruck look, Qi Yu wordlessly turned his head away.
As he was making his way to the side of the car, he had the vague feeling that someone nearby was looking at him. He looked around but saw nothing.
The father and sons took two cars to the venue. Qi Feng said excitedly, “And mom! Ling Ke secretly took a picture for me. Look, look, did mom put preservatives on her face? Why does look completely the same as before? She’s so beautiful!”
Qi Yu glanced at it and said, “Does she keep up with her maintenance?”
“I have to learn from her. I’ll get her to teach me her maintenance regimen.” Qi Feng rested his chin between his thumb and forefinger. Letting his imagination run wild, he said, “I hope I can still maintain my current state even after 20 years…”
Qi Yu glared at him. “You’re a guy, why do you care so much?”
Qi Feng: “Of course it’s to keep Ling Ke in love with me forever! Hehe, he’s so jealous of my body. Every time he looks at my face in bed, he’ll suddenly fall in a daze. It’s super cute…”
The corners of Qi Yu’s mouth twitched. “You’re proud that you’re relying on a beauty trick to get him to like you? I guess you don’t have any actual skills to get him absolutely hell-bent on you, huh?”
“Acutal skills?” Qi Feng puffed his chest out. “I have those too. I make him feel great every time!”
Qi Yu felt there was something no quite right. He turned to look at Qi Feng. “Aren’t you a shou? What other actual skills do you need aside from lying on your stomach?”
Qi Feng was stunned. “Who said I was a shou?”
Qi Yu: “???”
Seeing Qi Yu’s surprised expression, Qi Feng realized that his brother had misunderstood for a long time. Face twisting, he said, “Ge! You can’t look at Ling Ke’s aloofness and assume that he’s the gong and I’m the shou! That’s just too much!!”
Qi Yu quickly recalled that chat record from way back then and the conversation he had with Ling Ke just a few days ago. He had already guessed that he was probably being tricked. For a while, he had a pretty ugly expression on his face.
Seeing what Qi Feng still wanted to say something, he raised his hand and pushed the other’s face aside. “Okay, okay, you’re the gong! You’re f*cking amazing!”
Hearing his younger brother mutter angrily beside him, Qi Yu looked out of the window and remembered what had happened recently, only to feel annoyed in his heart.
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【Little Theater】
Qi Feng: So Ge, are you a gong or a shou?
Qi Yu: Just shut the f*ck up or I’ll kill you. (And Ling Ke too!)
Ling Ke (shivering): Ge-Sao, save me!
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HAHHHAHAHA Ling Ke,,,, it came back to bite your a*s lmfao. Ok so I nearly cried reading this chapter omfg qi yu babie, sweetheart dont cry T ^ T. Xu Jing to Qi Yu is what Xue Niu is to Qi Feng my god. Qi Yu is taking up so much responsibility and self-blame over this,,, babieeeeeeeee. Hoping FYS comforts him instead of wallowing in whatever guilt he (FYS) feels.
Thanks for the chapter <3333
The author really gave us a slap then a candy in this chapter…😁😁😁
Man that was such a sad scene. Losing someone that was there for you for so long 😭
qy father’s is right about xj 😮💨