After putting down the phone, Qi Yu went to unpack the clothes in the cardboard boxes.
Cheng Lijun’s fashion sense was not bad. She had prepared everything, from office wear and clothes for daily leisure to close-fitting innerwear.
Qi Yu had a typical standard figure. So long as the size was right, the clothes would fit him. He picked a few of his favorites and had the hotel staff clean them first.
At six o’clock in the evening, Qi Yu returned home. Upon seeing him, Jiang Ying asked, “Are you losing weight?”
“…Am I?” Qi Yu looked down wonderingly at himself.
Jiang Ying folded her arms and raised her head. She called out, “Xiao Feng, your brother is back.”
A few seconds later, on the second floor’s inner balcony there appeared a face that looked simply to be a ‘copy-paste’ of Qi Yu’s. “Hey, you’re back~ Ge!”
Qi Feng smiled and walked down the stairs, followed by Ling Ke.
Jiang Ying pointed at Qi Feng and said, “Stand closer to your brother. Let me see…”
Qi Feng was perplexed. “What are you doing?”
She waited for the brothers to stand next to each other, their figures were clear at a glance.
“And you say you aren’t getting thin?” Jiang Ying’s brows furrowed slightly, “What’s the matter? Are you not eating well or are you working too hard at school?”
Qi Feng also turned around to look at his brother when he heard these words. It seemed that he found this seldom seen difference between them strange. “Ge, you’re really thinner than I am?” Looking wasn’t enough for Qi Feng and he even reached out to touch Qi Yu. “Look at your thin waist. Is dad not treating you well?…F*ck, how can you still have abs when you’re this thin?”
Qi Yu slapped his hand away and said irritably, “Obviously you’ve gained weight because of lack of exercise!”
Qi Feng: “Nonsense! My weight has always been between 75kg-78kg since second year of high school!”
Qi Yu looked at him askance. “You’re actually that heavy?”
Qi Feng: “Heavy, your ass! This is the standard weight, okay!?”
Qi Yu frowned and stretched out his hand to feel his younger brother. “Just where did you grow those extra ten kilograms of meat?”
Qi Feng exclaimed, “Hey, hey, what are you doing! You dirty old man!”
Ling Ke: “……”
Seeing that the two brothers were about to fight again, Jiang Ying hurriedly said, “Okay, okay, stop making trouble. Go wash your hands. It’s time to eat!”
While Qi Feng went to the bathroom, Qi Yu handed a box of chocolates to Ling Ke. “Here, I brought it for you.”
Ling Ke: “…Thank you.”
Qi Yu deliberately asked him, “Thank you, who?”
Ling Ke whispered, “Thank you, Gege”. His fingers curled up from nervousness.
Qi Feng came out just in time to hear these words. He yelled angrily, “You’re harassing Ling Ke again!”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Qi Feng next to them, asked curiously, “What task? What’s dad asking Ge to do?”
Jiang Ying: “Your dad asked your brother, a college sophomore, to drop out of nowhere and be Mei Wei’s Haicheng branch’s interim president for two months. He’s also asking him to investigate the company’s business problems.”
“Ge, that sounds miserable!” Qi Feng gave him a piece of red braised pork with a look of sympathy on his face. “No wonder you’re so skinny. Eat more.”
Qi Yu raised his eyebrows: “Then will you come to help me?”
Qi Feng: “As if.”
Qi Yu: “……”
***
After dinner, Qi Yu spent some time chatting alone with his mother. Afterwards, he went back to the hotel.
Before going to bed that night, he confirmed with Complex Number their meeting place and time for the next day.
Yu: “Where should I meet you tomorrow?”
F1S: “Can you drink?”
Yu: “I can drink a little.”
F1S: “Do you know where Feng Mao Building is?”
Qi Yu was surprised. What a coincidence! Isn’t Feng Mao where Xu Jing works?
Yu: “Yeah, I know where that is.”
F1S: “Tomorrow at eight o’clock in the evening, the Skyline bar on the top floor of the Feng Mao Building?”
Qi Yu replied “OK”.
The next day, Qi Yu slept through the day, waking up in the evening.
After getting up, he picked a silver-gray checkered shirt and light-colored pants from the new clothes that had been washed and dried yesterday, and tidied himself up a bit.
Around this time was still early in the morning back when he was in California. Qi Yu first went to the Hong Kong-style restaurant downstairs and had a bowl of Tingzi porridge. After filling his stomach, he set off for Feng Mao Building.
Because the hotel was close to there, it would only take Qi Yu five minutes by taxi to get there.
At 7:20 in the evening, Qi Yu arrived at the Skyline Bar, 40 minutes earlier than their agreed time.
Soft petty bourgeoisie music surrounded his ears. Lights and shadows made an ambiguous divide each table and chair.
Qi Yu chose a corner seat and sat down. He casually ordered a glass of whiskey and began the boring wait for Complex Number.
Speaking of which, he had quite the impression of this bar. Because in April last year, he’d done something stupid here…
He teased an unfamiliar man and gave him his first kiss. Afterwards, there was even a while when he felt like wanting to continue it.
It may be that the similar environment triggered his memory and Qi Yu unconsciously smiled.
……
He still didn’t know what Complex Number looked like. Dad said he was “a dragon among men”. He should be pretty good-looking, right?
But no matter what the other person looked like, Qi Yu was absolutely confident in his own appearance.
The time to meet Complex Number was getting closer. The number of people in the bar was gradually increasing.
Qi Yu repeatedly pressed the lock screen of his mobile phone——
19:37
19:44
19:52
……
Seeing the time displayed getting closer and closer to eight o’clock, Qi Yu was getting more and more nervous.
He didn’t remember ever feeling this way because of anyone…
He really wanted to meet him, but at the same time he was a little afraid.
Just then, his phone buzzed.
F1S: “Are you there yet?”
F1S: “I’m already here.”
Qi Yu’s heartbeat suddenly began to accelerate uncontrollably…
He lowered his head and replied, “En, at the corner table on the left hand side after entering the door. I picked a sofa seat for two people.”
F1S: “What are you wearing?”
Yu: “Silver-gray shirt, but I think you can see me at a glance after you come in.”
F1S: “Why?”
Yu: “I’m the most handsome one here.”
F1S: “Really?”
F1S: “Then I seem to have already spotted you.”
Qi Yu was startled, and immediately looked up.
He saw a tall young man walking slowly towards him through the shadow and illumination of the lights.
He was wearing a black shirt, a mobile phone in his hand, and a pair of thin silver-frame glasses on the bridge of his nose. The buttons on his chest twinkled under the lights as he moved.
Even through the lens of his eyeglasses, Qi Yu can see the other person looking straight at him with keen, sparkling eyes.
…… Was this Complex Number?
Qi Yu was a little entranced.
This person… Had he seen him somewhere before?
“…Qi Yu?” The voice he’d heard countless times through WeChat voice call sounded in his ear. It had a touch of metallic quality, face to face, it was more distinct and full of magnetism.
“En…” Qi Yu responded instinctively
“I am Complex Number.” The man stretched out his hand towards him with a smile. His sleeve pulled back, revealing the string of dark green jade beads around his wrist.
Qi Yu’s pupils shrank a little…
…………
………………
He remembered…!!
He was actually the one from a year and three months ago…
The man he had teased in this very bar!!?
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【Little Theater】
Chief Qin: The son of a major shareholder has come to inspect! Everyone give it your 120%. Give your best ever service for these two months. Great service gets you clubhouse girls, give bad service and you better work at sea! Did you hear everything clearly?
Everyone: Yes!
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Cheng Lijun: Mr. Qi, these are the clothes I prepared for you.
Qi Yu: Not bad.
Qi Feng: My wardrobe finally escaped! QAQ
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Jiang Ying: Are you (a) shou now!
Qi Yu: I am?
Standing in a row with Qi Feng.
Jiang Ying: And you say you aren’t (a) shou!
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Ahhhh woohoo 🎉 can’t wait for tomorrow
bwahahaha
FFFFF WHY AM I THE ONE HAVING BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH
the shou theater at the end got a laugh out of me, cause i finally understood with my small lick of chinese ;w;
Uwaaaa they mett and Qi Yu remembered!!!! Aaaaaaa im so excitedd
WAHHHHHH I’m so excited for tomorrow’s chapter 😭 my brain’s all over the place after this lol thanks for the chapter!
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HAHAH THE LAST MINI THEATRE! Shou- pfft
The mini theater is funny haha!!! Thanks for the chapter<3
thanks for the chapter!
Because he got so shou that he is a shou or is it the other way around aahhhh..
LMAO