Chapter 031: Likes Me Acting Spoiled
Qi Yu looked at him and asked, “Jing Ge, are you angry with me?”
Xu Jing didn’t expect Qi Yu to ask so directly. He was taken aback and said in a low voice, “That’s right. Kid, you used to talk to me all the time. But after only a year, you’ve gone and found yourself an online friend. …Sigh, now I know what gamers feel like working so hard to raise an account to max level only to get it hacked and stolen. It’s feels like the little brother I’ve watched grow up suddenly ran away with someone. Oh, it hurts.”
Qi Yu also didn’t expect Xu Jing to be so frank and honest. His heart loosened and he smiled.
Xu Jing looked at him helplessly. “What are you smiling at?”
Qi Yu looked at Xu Jing, who was obviously offended but reluctant to get angry. He suddenly wanted to understand.
The other thing that Fu Yangsheng said that night surfaced in his mind.
——”if you see all this clearly and still feel that he is worthy of trust.”
Yes, he still felt he was.
People need rationality. But there is also no need to abandon sentimentality because of this.
This wasn’t someone else. This was Xu Jing, the one who accompanied him through four years of puberty and gave him immeasurable concern and care.
Qi Yu picked up the chopsticks on the table and joked while tearing off the packaging, “Why are you still ‘drinking vinegar’? Don’t tell me that when I find myself a girlfriend, you’re going to stew in a vinegar jar day after day, are you?”
Xu Jing laughed in spite of himself. “What nonsense are you talking about…?”
Qi Yu wasn’t denying that Xu Jing’s intimacy carried with it some selfishness. But this was human nature. Excluding these, Xu Jing’s feelings were still genuine.
If it weren’t, how could he remember trifling things like how he didn’t like to eat chestnuts?
If it weren’t, how could Xu Jing feel dejected over him having dinner with an online friend?
Qi Yu smiled and said, “Jing Ge, we’ve known each other for seven years. You definitely hold a special place in my heart, but I have to make other friends. My dad already said that in the future, I will need capable people by my side and you can’t be the only one. That online friend is no ordinary online friend. I really think he’s very capable. If possible, I’d like for him to join Si Yuan in the future. When I graduate, you two will be my right hand men.”
Xu Jing seemed to have been awakened by his remarks. Also, the way Qi Yu emphasized “special” in the first half of what he said, comforted him a lot.
He looked at Qi Yu and sighed, “I think you’ve grown a lot this year.”
Qi Yu raised his eyebrows. “Do you think I have the charm of a mature man?”
Xu Jing said with a “pfft”, “You had a little bit but it was gone as soon as you asked.”
Qi Yu: “……”
The casserole porridge was served. When the lid was lifted, the mouth-watering aroma hit their nostrils.
Xu Jing picked up the ladle, wanting to serve the porridge for him. Qi Yu hurriedly said, “I’ll do it myself.”
After saying he so, he took the handle of the ladle and putting on an act, stirred the contents of the pot.
Before, this kind of work was done for him by others. It was rare for Qi Yu to stir the porridge himself. His hands were scalded by the steam coming from the pot and he frowned.
Xu Jing saw how he was having some trouble with it and couldn’t help saying, “It might be better for me to do it.”
But Qi Yu held on to the handle and refused to hand it over.
In fact, Qi Yu had realized it when he had been reflecting on matters today. He owed Xu Jing a lot.
For so many years, he has only enjoyed Xu Jing’s care and help, but he has never repaid it in equal measure — Maybe, in part, his father had already paid it back for him, but he himself hasn’t.
So long as he was a conscientious person, these debts of gratitude would become a burden that would control his emotions, rendering him passive when interacting with Xu Jing.
At this moment, Qi Yu seems to understand better what that signature in Fu Yansheng’s WeChat profile meant.
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After serving the porridge, Qi Yu added, “I’ll treat you to this meal.”
“Huh?” Xu Jing thought he had heard wrong.
Qi Yu looked down and said, “Before, whenever we went out, you always paid for it. Especially when we were in the US. You took me to see operas, watch movies and eat out and you settled all the bills. It’s only afterwards that I remembered, wasn’t all that money you spent yours? Now, I’m working. Although I haven’t received my salary yet, it’s my turn to treat you.”
Xu Jing sat there somewhat dazed. He seemed as though he was a little moved.
Qi Yu: “What’s wrong?”
Xu Jing’s eyes flickered. He lowered his head and replied softly, “Okay. Then, please.”
The two chatted while eating their porridge. Qi Yu told Xu Jing all about what had happened in the company today. He also mentioned how Mei Wei’s top management habitually invited internet celebrities to accompany them during dinner parties.
“If that online celebrity you mentioned is cooperating with Mei Wei’s Online Marketing Team, then that’s probably Taoyi Media Company.” Xu Jing put down the spoon, his expression a bit imposing. “This online celebrity company was strongly recommended to me by Mei Wei’s CMO. It can be regarded as one of the companies invested in by Shan Yu.”
Qi Yu frowned. Isn’t Mei Wei’s CMO Chief Liu? Liu Qi?
He asked, “How much did you invest?”
Xu Jing: “10 million yuan in the initial round. At the time, it was mainly in light of the money they brought to Mei Wei… But I’ve been observing for a year and found that the investment benefit is very average. After all, the path that Mei Wei has chosen is that of the casual luxury brand. The marketplace’s consumption power cannot keep up. No matter how much they push, it can’t compare to those small brands with high cost-performance ratios…”
Qi Yu asked Xu Jing about the details of the entire investment matter, including the pretexts Liu Qi used to recommend the company to Xu Jing. Inwardly, Qi Yu decided to check the account books for the fees paid to them for entertaining guests.
While chatting, Qi Yu’s cell phone suddenly rang.
He remembered that Fu Yansheng had said that he would be calling him tonight. He took out his phone and had a look. Sure enough, it was Fu Yansheng calling.
But thinking of Fu Yansheng’s reply on WeChat saying that he was “acting spoiled”, Qi Yu was so filled with anger that he subconsciously declined the call.
“Who’s calling?” Xu Jing asked casually.
“Telemarketers…” Qi Yu lied and didn’t feel the least bit guilty about it.
“Hehe, there’s a lot of those nuisance calls here in China. You should download a call-blocking app. It will actively block those numbers marked as spam calls. It will make your life a lot easier.” Xu Jing said as he glanced at the time. “Huh? It’s getting late. We should head back.”
Indeed, without noticing it, it was already eleven.
Qi Yu got up to settle the bill and Xu Jing called the car. As usual, Xu Jing took him back to the hotel first before he himself headed home.
Qi Yu took a bath and climbed up in bed. He then lazily took out his phone and called back Fu Yansheng. It was already 12:08.
Fu Yansheng answered the phone and asked, “Were you busy just now?”
Qi Yu rubbed his stomach and said lazily, “I just came back for having a late night snack.”
“Every day, why are you so…” Fu Yansheng’s tone was ambiguous and it seemed to want to say soemthing but stopped.
“What did you want to say?” Qi Yu asked fiercely.
“Unrestrained.” Fu Yansheng’s said it clearly.
Qi Yu was sent shooting up in the bed. “Say that again!?”
When this man had said it last night, he had to bear with it. After all, he was pretending to be drunk. But how dare he say it even today?
Fu Yansheng seemed to be unaware of the threat in Qi Yu’s tone, and continued to poke at his sore spot. “I said you’re unrestrained. Yesterday, you got so drunk you were acting crazy and today, you were eating out until midnight. What are your plans tomorrow?”
Qi Yu gritted his teeth and said, “This is just normal socializing. So why do you say that I’m unrestrained?”
Fu Yansheng asked him in reply, “Is normal socializing and being unrestrained mutually exclusive categories? Your night life goes past midnight every day. Isn’t that ‘unrestrained’? — Don’t change the subject. You haven’t answered me yet. What are your plans for tomorrow night?”
Qi Yu: “None!”
Fu Yansheng: “Then I’ll make a reservation for tomorrow night.”
“Uh,” Qi Yu almost couldn’t react, “Uh…huh?”
Fu Yansheng’s tone sounded very natural. “Tomorrow night I’ll take you out for dinner.”
Qi Yu: “…………”
F*ck! He really has no idea how this man’s brain was wired!
Fu Yansheng continued, “Who upset you during the day that you sent me three emoticons?”
Inwardly, Qi Yu was saying, ‘You still have the nerve to ask? Obviously, it’s you!’
But he had already gotten over it when he had dinner with Xu Jing. Moreover, once he had reflected on it, he had to admit that what Fu Yansheng said was correct.
This man really taught him to use these principles to clearly see the people and things around him. It made him more aware of the relationship between himself and others.
So, now he no longer had the conflicted feelings and anger he had during the day. Instead, the admiration he had towards Fu Yansheng grew even more in his heart.
But Qi Yu didn’t want to tell this to the other party. — Fu Yansheng was already crushing him in all aspects. If the other party knew of his admiration, this man’s face would already be full on facing the sky!
“I was just getting a headache from looking at the company information.” Qi Yu casually found a reason.
“You shook me because you were getting a headache from looking at documents?” Fu Yansheng laughed, “Why are you so…cute?”
“…………”
Of course, Qi Yu wasn’t so naïve to think that Fu Yansheng’s “cute” was actually a compliment. No regular guy would like hearing another man praise him for being cute.
This was just Fu Yansheng’s tactful way of calling him “childish” or “making trouble for no reason”.
But then, he’d already said it and coupled with Fu Yansheng accusing him of “acting spoiled” on WeChat, Qi Yu couldn’t help but follow along with the other party’s understanding and said forcefully, “Why? I can’t?”
Fu Yansheng gave a light cough. His voice suddenly sounded like it was holding a smile, “You can.”
Qi Yu: “……”
Fu Yansheng asked again, “Then, are you feeling better now?”
The tone he delivered this question in was soft, with a touch of comfort.
Qi Yu was surprised. His brain then suddenly made a strange connection——
Does this man…actually…like it when he “acted spoiled” with him?
He quickly thought back to how Fu Yansheng reacted every time he sent over an emoticon when they were chatting on WeChat.
It seemed that Fu Yansheng responded sometimes jokingly, sometimes comfortingly and occasionally, he would take the initiative to call him, chat with him in a relaxed tone, and soothe his emotions.
So, the other party was actually… eating up this kind of act?
Qi Yu was surprised by his own conjecture. He heard Fu Yansheng, at the other end of the line, ask, “What’s wrong?”
He recovered and immediately said, “It’s nothing. I’m feeling much better.”
Fu Yansheng asked, “So, what company information did you look at?”
Qi Yu: “This year’s account books and the company’s major decision-making documents.”
Fu Yansheng smiled and said, “Why suffer through a headache over something like this? Generally, a company’s account books are divided by quarter. Isn’t it enough to just check it bit by bit according to the timeline?” He paused, “But I think looking at those things may be of no use to you.”
Qi Yu: “Why?”
Fu Yansheng: “In any case, Mei Wei is still a listed company. Every year, they would seek out a professional audit firm to check their accounts. So, how could a college student such as yourself see loopholes in the books?”
Qi Yu: “Then I shouldn’t look at them anymore?”
“You can go through it quickly. Get a basic understanding of the company’s major events and operating procedures. As for the profit or loss generated by that specific decision, you can have your assistant summarize and report it to you.” Fu Yansheng asked, “Didn’t I tell you to hire an assistant? ?”
Qi Yu: “I haven’t got an assistant on board yet.”
Fu Yansheng: “How many people submit resumes?”
Qi Yu recounted the matter briefly. Fu Yansheng pondered for a moment and said, “I suggest you choose someone good at math. Someone who can withstand hardships and has good endurance.”
Qi Yu asked with a smile, “Are you being biased towards math majors, because you studied mathematics yourself?”
Fu Yansheng explained, “Generally, those who study mathematics have a strong ability to analyze numbers. Once you find a problem, you will need to look at the corresponding changes in the account books and there will be a lot of those changes. Those who’ve studied math will clearly have an edge when it comes to that.”
Qi Yu: “Oh…”
Fu Yansheng: “Well, since there are no other questions, let’s stop here?”
Qi Yu: “Wait a minute, are you really inviting me to dinner tomorrow?”
Fu Yansheng: “Why? Don’t you want to eat with me?”
Qi Yu: “No…”
Fu Yansheng smiled. “Okay. See you tomorrow night.”
Once he hung up the phone, Qi Yu lay on the bed and began to think once more. Does Fu Yansheng…like it when he acts spoiled with him…
Although this was a bit weird, if it was true, wasn’t this something that he could use to his advantage?
Should he… find another chance to try it out?
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【Little Theater】
Little Gong Fu called his wife but was refused.
Xu Jing: Who’s calling?
Qi Yu sneered: A nuisance phone call.
Fu:! ? ?
Qi Yu: Let’s see if you dare accuse me of ‘acting spoiled’ again!
Fu: Aren’t you acting spoiled right now???
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Little Gong Fu: Recruit someone who studied math! With good endurance! And physical strength!
Qi Yu: Get!
Complex Number: Little 2, Ge can only help you up to here.
Square: I understand the logic, but you can please explain to me. What does ‘ having endurance ‘ mean! QAQ
wait why is the next chapter ch 2??
nvm it got solved
Aaah… Me puse al día… wuwu
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Hehehehe Xiao Yu is so cute. Acting spoiled with his husband already
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thanks for the chapter!