Chapter 185 I’ll Only Dote on You
In the afternoon, both Qi Feng and Ling Ke came to visit him in the hospital.
He heard that Qi Feng suddenly woke up in his school dorm at around 6 o’clock this morning, feeling flustered, heart palpitating. He thought he’d had a nightmare. When he sent a message to check in with his brother at around noon, he received no reply. He also couldn’t get through his phone. Qi Feng couldn’t help contacting Jiang Ying and only then did he find out that his brother had been kidnapped last night and could have lost his life!
Qi Feng immediately rushed to the hospital with Ling Ke. By the time they arrived, Qi Yu had finished chatting with Fu Yansheng and had fallen asleep again.
Qi Feng ran into Fu Yansheng at the door of the hospital room. Qi Yu had no idea what Fu Yansheng told him but Qi Feng was so frightened, he could hardly sit still as he waited by Qi Yu’s bed. “Ge……”
Qi Yu looked at his brother. “Why are you here?”
Feng burst into tears and said, “Ge, I was wrong. Ge… Don’t leave me, huhu…”
His younger brother’s actions left Qi Yu stunned. He wondered out loud, “Why are you crying? I’m not dead.”
“You… how can you say such an unlucky thing?” Qi Feng sobbed twice, his face twisting. He wanted to reach out and touch his plastered left shoulder but for fear of hurting him, he withdrew his hand. Tears poured out again. “Does it hurt a lot?”
Qi Yu: “The aneasthesia hasn’t worn off. It’s fine…”
“Fu Dage told me already. Huhu… This is just too miserable. Why do you always encounter this kind of thing?” Qi Feng wiped away his tears. Eyes rimmed red, he said, “It’s okay, in the future, you’ll have me. Although I I still don’t quite understand why Dad had to grow the business so big and make you work so hard… But forget it, since this is what you want to pursue, I will try my best to share your burden in the future…”
Qi Yu: “???”
Qi Yu looked first at a grief-stricken Qi Feng then at Ling Ke, carrying a fruit basket. Brows furrowing, he said, “Go wash your face and calm down. And while you’re at it, go wash some apples.”
Qi Feng nodded and hurriedly followed Ling Ke into the ensuite bathroom to wash the apples.
Qi Yu looked at Fu Yansheng, who was leaning against the door with his arms folded. He raised his eyebrows, “What did you say to my brother?”
Fu Yansheng walked over with a light smile. “Nothing.”
Qi Yu kept his voice to a whisper and asked, “Then what has he been smoking? You didn’t let him listen to the recording of my conversation with Zhang Chengxuan, did you?”
Fu Yansheng slowly cranked Qi Yu’s hospital bed to allow him to sit up. He whispered into his ear, “I wouldn’t let him listen to that without your permission. I might have just exaggerated your injuries a little bit.”
Qi Yu: “…”
Fu Yansheng added, “I also said that before you lost consciousness, you were worrying about no one being able to help your dad with work in the future. And while you were unconscious, you kept calling his name…”
Qi Yu scoffed at Fu Yansheng’s description. “I wouldn’t.”
But he was also a little surprised. When he had been facing the threat of possible death, he did have similar worries. He never told anyone though. Regardless, Fu Yansheng still guessed it.
Qi Feng quickly washed the apples and came back. He wanted to peel them for his brother himself, but having never done chores since he was a child, a quarter of the apples came away with the peel.
Fu Yansheng couldn’t stand it and said, “I’ll do it.”
Qi Feng obediently handed over the apples. Looking at his brother, he said guiltily, “Ge, when I graduate, I’ll go help out at Dad’s company… I may not be as good as you, but I’ll study hard. And Ling Ke, although we’re majoring in journalism, his grades are better than mine and he gets a scholarship every year. He’ll definitely be better than I am…”
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Qi Yu almost spit out his apple. “Handicapped? Who told you that!?”
He shot a glance at Fu Yansheng and said angrily to Qi Feng: “You idiot! Don’t believe everything that others say…”
Qi Feng: “???”
Fu Yansheng raised his eyes and said, “Hey, what ‘others’? I’ve even given you our heirloom bracelet and you’re still treating me like an outsider?”
Qi Yu snorted softly and said to Qi Feng, “Okay, I’m fine. I just have a fractured shoulder and humerus. Recovery will take three months tops!”
Qi Feng suddenly realized and stared gloomily at Fu Yansheng, “Fu Dage, how could you lie to me!?”
Fu Yansheng smiled at him, the lens of his glasses flashed. “To amuse your brother.”
Qi Feng: “…”
That evening, Qi Yuancheng and Jiang Ying also came, bringing with them a nutritious meal cooked by the housekeeper at home.
Seeing their family reunion, Fu Yansheng wanted to leave quietly but was stopped by Jiang Ying, “Xiao Fu, it’s not very convenience for Qi Yu since he’s one-handed. Here, help feed him this pigeon soup.”
Fu Yansheng: “…Okay.”
Jiang Ying added, “I asked the housekeeper to set aside a share for you too. You’ve been with Qi Yu the entire day. You must be tired so have some to replenish your energy.”
Fu Yansheng: “It’s nothing. I should be here.”
Qi Yuancheng looked at him and asked, “Will you be heading back tonight?”
Fu Yansheng: “Uh, if Uncle and Auntie don’t mind, I’d like to stay with Qi Yu.”
Qi Yuancheng said, a stern expression on his face. “Then stay.”
Qi Yu: “…”
Qi Yu was completely bewildered. He’d just woken up, why were they being so tolerant towards Fu Yansheng? Both his mother and father seem to already regard Fu Yansheng as part of their family…
Of course, Qi Yu liked this kind of atmosphere and he happily let Fu Yansheng feed him the bowl of soup. Jiang Ying and Qi Feng stayed by his bedside, chatting with him for a while.
After Fu Yansheng finished feeding Qi Yu, Qi Yuancheng called him aside to discuss about the progress of the case.
Qi Yu leaned back against the bed, listening and watching. Although he was now starting to feel pain, the anaesthesia slowly wearing off, and he was lying on the hospital bed like an invalid, he had never felt as happy as he did in this moment.
As the hour grew late, Jiang Ying and the others went back, for fear of disturbing Qi Yu’s rest.
Fu Yansheng washed his face in the ensuite bathroom. After coming back, he gave Qi Yu a good night kiss and lay down on the sofa bed beside him.
After the lights were turned off, Qi Yu couldn’t help saying, “Hey, my parents look like they’ve accepted our relationship…”
Fu Yansheng: “En, while you were asleep, your dad had a talk with me a couple of times.”
Qi Yu asked curiously, “What did you talk about?”
Fu Yansheng’s low chuckle came from the darkness, “Your dad said that since you love me to death, if he still doesn’t accept me, you’ll probably remain a bachelor for life.”
Qi Yu flushed hot with embarassment. “He wouldn’t say that!”
Fu Yansheng reassured him, “Alright, alright. You’re still hurt, don’t get angry… Your dad wanted to know what my feelings are for you. I told him and made a lot of promises too… Sigh, it’s not easy wanting official status.”
After hearing this, Qi Yu felt relieved. After some thought, he asked again, “Why did you lie to my brother today?”
Fu Yansheng said slowly, “Didn’t you tell Zhang Chengxuan that you envied your brother? Since you’re brothers, I think that Qi Feng might be more considerate towards you if he knew how you thought…”
Qi Yu said, “That was just a bunch of nonsense. I wanted Zhang Chengxuan to think that I wasn’t as happy as I looked, that I also have my own difficulties.”
Fu Yansheng: “…Really?”
Qi Yu was silent for a while. He then said quietly, “Alright, when we were young I did think it was a little unfair, especially whenever I saw Mom being more protective towards Xiao Feng and Xiao Feng could get away with acting spoiled and the elders would dote on him… And when Dad and I first arrived in Newtown and gradually began to realize what responsibilities I would have to take on in the future… But how can I say this? I’ve grown up now and Qi Feng is my younger brother, after all. He’s my twin. In my heart, he’s the other me in this world. So long as he’s happy, I can feel the same way. So even if I am a little envious, it’s not to that extent.”
Fu Yansheng said softly, “You can act spoiled with me in the future. I’ll only dote on you.”
Qi Yu: “…”
The room was filled with an ambiguous atmosphere, making Qi Yu’s ears grow hot.
He said nothing. Maybe he was thinking about how to act spoiled with Fu Yansheng.
When the silence began to drag on, Fu Yansheng spoke again, “Then do you hate the work you’re doing now?”
Qi Yu said slowly: “I don’t hate it. In any type of work, isn’t it only normal that you get tired and go through hardships? As long as you give your all in what you do, you will always have a sense of accomplishment. Right now, I like working in business. I like reading financial reports, making decisions… It’s true that there are lots of people in this industry who are senseless, hypocritical and mediocre. But I think there must be many other people like Ye Qinru, Yu Lian and Su Jing and I hope I can lead them to realize their dreams…”
Fu Yansheng: “In the future, how about giving yourself a month off every year?”
Qi Yu: “…Huh?”
“Let’s find a place to go to every year. I want to take you to Switzerland to see the Alps, to Norway to see the fjords, to Tibet to see the stars…” Fu Yansheng yawned, his voice getting softer and softer, “That’s right. Dunhuang’s sky is so very blue, lying in an open-air hotel room, you will definitely be able to see the most beautiful night sky…”
Qi Yu asked wistfully, “Have you been there?”
Fu Yansheng murmured, “I’ve been so busy, I didn’t have time. I just saw the photos on the Internet or heard from other who’ve gone… But in the future, I want to take you there…”
Qi Yu: “You haven’t been there, so why are you ‘taking’ me?”
After a long time, Fu Yansheng said, “Then you’ll take me…it’s the same thing…”
The other party’s voice sounded very sleepy and soon, a slight snoring could be heard beside him.
Since yesterday, this man hadn’t slept except for short naps while accompany Qi Yu during the day. He was exhausted.
Qi Yu didn’t wake him up. Full of expectations for the future, he closed his eyes.
***
Because of his injuries, Qi Yu couldn’t go back to school for the time being. He applied for a two-month sick leave and planned to return at the end of February after recuperating in China.
On the third day after being admitted to the hospital, the police brought back Qi Yu’s cell phone and watch. — There were few people around Jiangzhen at night and the kidnapper had simply thrown away his phone and watch in the underbrush near the exit of the ancient town. After the police interrogated the kidnappers, they retrieved it for Qi Yu coming.
Fortunately, his phone was not broken. Qi Yu charged it up and re-established connection with the outside world.
For the whole week after, people came to visit him in the hospital, one after another — Xu Jing, Ye Qinru, Su Jing, etc.
Ye Qinru told Qi Yu that because FIA was suspected of kidnapping Mei Wei’s president, New Bird had immediately decided on Mei Wei for the strategic cooperation.
Reportedly, Zhang Youfa and Zhang Bifa were both arrested the day after Zhang Chengxuan’s confession. Qi Yu asked about Zhang Chengxuan’s possible fate and Ye Qinru said that, because Zhang Chengxuan provided key evidence and because he’d been an accomplice under duress, his punishment would most likely be greatly reduced. If he hire a good lawyer, they might even push for him to be exempted from punishment. However, after doing all that, it was likely that he wouldn’t be able to return to the Zhang Family.
Hearing this, Qi Yu sighed with emotion, “That might be for the best. He should break free from that quagmire…”
One day, while Qi Yu was watching the news on his mobile phone inside his hospital room, he suddenly received a call from an acquaintance.
“Hello? President Qi, do you still remember me?”
“…Secretary Xu?”
“Hehe, that’s right. I heard you were hospitalized? I’d like to come and see you…”
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【Little Theater】
Fu Yansheng: To amuse your brother.
Qi Feng: ? ? ? I was deceived?
Qi Yu: Silly brother.
Qi Feng: How can it be repaired! I treat you as my brother-in-law and make off with my Ge and you join hands with him to bully me! QAQ Ke Ke! Let’s sic Xue Niu on him! QAQ
Ling Ke: Xue Niu is too old to do any “sic” -ing =_=
(The weak and helpless little maple leaf at the bottom of the food chain…)
I really enjoy reading this story – a great start to my morning! Thank you for your awesome translation efforts!
Thank you so much for your hard work translating 😍
I’m happy to finally see Qi Yu happy and at peace with his hubby 🥰 And thank you for the your hard work with this extra!! 🤗
thanks for the chapter!
I’m loving the harmonious atmosphere….