Chapter 075
Qi Yu’s thoughts were going up and down. His chest filled with admiration and concern for his father. “Dad, what else can I help you with next?”
Qi Yuancheng shook his head. “You’ve already been a great help. Rest here for the next couple of days then book a flight back to California. Dad will be targeting some moves against Mei Wei, if you stay here and something were to happen again… I won’t be able to feel relieved either.”
Qi Yu understood. Him not giving his father additional worries was already the best help he could provide his father.
As for what specific moves, since Qi Yuancheng didn’t offer to tell him, he also sensibly didn’t ask anymore.
However, Qi Yu remembered the assignment his dad had given him before, and asked, “If I’m heading back, then what about my work with the Si Yuan Group’s Technology Development Department?”
Qi Yuancheng thought for a while and said, “Before you go back to California, let Xiao Fu help you form a team of three to five people in Haicheng. They’ll be responsible for matter here. Stay abroad for now and just let them help you do things here.”
Speaking of Fu Yansheng, Qi Yuancheng couldn’t help but say, “You’ve been investigating Mei Wei for the past two months and Fu Yansheng has helped you with all sorts of things. He’s formulated plans for you and guided you to do the right things. After watching him closely, I too feel that this person is trustworthy.”
Hearing his father praise him, Qi Yu felt happier than being praised himself. He was about to add to Fu Yansheng’s good points when he heard Qi Yuancheng’s tune shift and he said with meaningful and heartfelt words, “However, although they say that you cannot have a subordinate you can’t trust, he has just started following you, after all. He’s also older and smarter than you. When you interact with him, you should learn to hide a little bit. Don’t tell him everything. If he sees completely thoroughly you, in the future, it won’t be you driving him. Instead, he’ll be leading you by the nose.”
Qi Yu: “En, I know…”
Qi Yu said to himself, ‘I’ve been hiding my feelings for Fu Yansheng. Hasn’t he already made himself so thoroughly clear already?’… However, thinking of the contract he’d signed with Fu Yansheng behind his father’s back, he couldn’t help but feel a little guilty.
“By the way, when Teacher Fu goes to California with me, should I rent him another apartment for himself?” Qi Yu quietly looked at his father’s expression when he said this.
“You can arrange this yourself.” Qi Yuancheng didn’t seem to take such trivial matters to heart.
Seeing that his father didn’t think much of it, Qi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, “Will you be staying in China for the time being?”
Qi Yuancheng shook his head. “I have to return to Newtown the day after tomorrow. But I will need to travel back and forth frequently for a while.”
As father and son were chatting, Secretary He came over and knocked on the door, “President Qi…” The other party pointed to the watch on his wrist, probably reminding Qi Yuancheng that time was up.
Qi Yu was not surprised at this and hurriedly said: “Dad, if you’ve got something important to do, you should go ahead.”
Qi Yuancheng got up reluctantly. He patted his son’s shoulder lightly, urged him to pay attention to his health and then hurriedly left.
At noon, Qi Yu still ate in his room. After the meal, he asked the nurse for a pot of afternoon black tea. He sat at a small table on the room’s built-in balcony, drinking tea while using his mobile phone to learn about the follow-up development of the incident last night. .
Several topics related to “Mei Wei” were still on Weibo’s hot search. Netizens have posted countless discussions on controversial topics such as “high-grade imitation shops” and “internet celebrity erotic transactions”. There was also a well-known lawyer and a popular commentary account who wrote long articles analyzing the pros and cons behind these incidents, the legitimacy of high imitation stores, so on and so forth.
Through previous discussions and things he’d learned from Reporter Yang, Qi Yu could now tell from how public opinion was being guided that there was a very professional public relations team operating behind the scenes. They were steering the public’s attitude towards “punishing evil and promoting good”, letting Mei Wei return to normal, so that Mei Wei as a brand would no longer be seen as a target of criticism.
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“Xu Jing Ge?” Qi Yu wanted to get up to greet him.
“Sit down, no need to get up.” Xu Jing gestured for him to sit back down. He placed the fruit basket on the low cabinet at the entrance. He walked over and frowned, “Why didn’t you tell me something like this? If Secretary He hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have even known you were hospitalized.”
“…What did Secretary He tell you?” Qi Yu asked.
“He said that you were injured at Fengmao last night and that you were staying here to recuperate,” Xu Jing leaned closer to look at him. “Where’d you get hurt?”
“I hit the back of my head…” Qi Yu forced himself to look relaxed, “It’s nothing big. I was afraid you’d worry too much about it, so I didn’t tell you.”
I was almost kidnapped and was beaten in the process. Qi Yu also felt it was a bit shameful to say it.
“Why were you at Fengmao last night?” Xu Jing asked.
“I went to find Teacher Fu. He hasn’t officially resigned from Mingtai Securities yet. He was working overtime last night, so I went to hang out in his office for a while. While I was there, he taught me about technology companies…” Qi Yu faintly felt that Xu Jing was still a bit prejudiced against Fu Yansheng, so he subconsciously picked something good to say about his. He wanted Xu Jing to know more about Fu Yansheng.
“Is he just serving you as a secretary?” Xu Jing asked, “I heard him say last time that he was going abroad to accompany you in your studies?”
“En,” Qi Yu had a rare opportunity to rectify Fu Yansheng’s name and then explained in a few words, “But my father mainly wants him to take me to learns things at work. We won’t be spending much time in California.”
Xu Jing frowned and muttered, “Your dad too, really. You’re only going to be a junior next semester. Why is he in such a hurry for you to be involved in the work of the group?”
Qi Yu joked to adjust the mood, “Xu Jing Ge, don’t be jealous again. I only signed a two-year contract with Teacher Fu. It’s hard to say whether he’s even going to stay and help me in the future.”
Xu Jing came back to his senses and laughed in spite of himself. “The way I see it, he’s just loosening the reins to grasp them better. He’s just leaving you wanting…”
Qi Yu: “……”
Xu Jing sighed, “Okay, since you were the one who chose this person yourself, you must really like him. I won’t mind too much. It’s fine so long as you’re happy.” He paused and asked, “What’s been going on with Mei Wei? I see a lot of news coming out recently. Has your dad taken action already?”
Qi Yu said guardedly, “He should have.”
Although Xu Jing also belonged to the Si Yuan Group, he wasn’t someone closely related to the Mei Wei incident. Qi Yu had just finished chatting with his father and he realized the importance of information privacy. Thus, he didn’t dare to disclose information casually.
The two sat in the room and after more than an hour of chatting, Fu Yansheng also arrived.
Qi Yu was surprised. It wasn’t even five o’clock yet. He asked, “Why are you here so early? You got off work early?”
Fu Yansheng gave an “en”. He nodded to Xu Jing, turned to Qi Yu and said, “I was afraid you’d be bored in the hospital, so I finished work earlier to accompany you.”
What a coincidence, Fu Yansheng also brought a basket of fruit. Qi Yu saw him place his and Xu Jing’s fruit baskets side by side. The corner of his mouth twitched and an inexplicably strange feeling arose.
Fu Yansheng hesitated after putting down the fruit basket. “You guys talk first?”
“No need,” Xu Jing got up. Looking very natural, he said, “We’re almost done. I took time during work to come here. I still have to get back to the office to handle a few more matters.”
Qi Yu took the initiative to escort him to the door. Xu Jing also politely said a “see you” to Fu Yansheng.
After Xu Jing left, Qi Yu looked at the two baskets of fruits and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Did you two arrange to bring the same thing?”
“The fruit shop downstairs of the office building has exquisite fruit baskets for sale. It’s convenient… You can’t come to a hospital empty-handed. If you don’t want to eat it, you can give it to the nurses.” Fu Yansheng closed the door and said to Qi Yu, “I received a call from the police this afternoon. They’ve already gotten some information from the kidnappers last night.”
Qi Yu’s attention was suddenly drawn by Fu Yansheng. “What is it?”
Fu Yansheng: “According to their account, they don’t know who wants to have you kidnapped. They were commissioned by an intermediary organization, saying that as long as they catch you and take you to a specified location, they could get the half a million reward.”
Qi Yu: “So they’re still not sure if it’s someone from the Qiu family?”
Fu Yansheng: “En, they’ll still have to continue to investigate to see if this organization can provide infromation on their employer. If the trail of clues is broken, we won’t know who the culprit behind all this is.”
Qi Yu: “……”
“Don’t think about it. Anyway, it’s fine as long as you’re okay.” Fu Yansheng lazily slumped his body on the chair and closed his eyes as though he were extremely tired.
Qi Yu: “What’s wrong?”
Fu Yansheng said weakly, “Do you know that you sent my soul scatter from fright with what happened last night?”
Qi Yu was amused by Fu Yansheng’s exaggerated use of words. “Oh, so you’re still capable of having your soul scatter from fright?”
“Why not?” Fu Yansheng stretched out his arm, grabbed Qi Yu’s hand and pressed it to his chest, “Come on, I’ll let you feel my heartbeat. It’s been beating abnormally fast since last night.”
Qi Yu: “……”
The palm of his hand was stuck to the man’s chest with only his shirt between their skin. He could indeed feel his heart beating slightly fast there.
Qi Yu retracted his hand and said, “But you were very calm last night. When I was caught by those people, I could still hear you calmly negotiating with them.”
Fu Yansheng rubbed the bridge of his nose, his eyeglasses tumbled along with his movements. “That’s just superficial. You think I wasn’t afraid while I was saying those things? What if they had a lethal weapon? What if they were provoked and hurt you? Who knows if those criminals think the same way normal people do…”
Qi Yu looked curiously at the man in front of him. He really hadn’t thought he was “scared” in any way. He hadn’t seen Fu Yansheng’s expression last night. He had only heard what he said. He only felt that the other party was extremely calm, able to control the entire scene with just his own power.
However, hearing Fu Yansheng say now that he had been “scared”, Qi Yu was also very happy. “Were you scared that something might happen to me?”
Fu Yansheng: “I was afraid your dad would beat me to death after he finds out you’ve been captured in my territory.”
Qi Yu’s eyes revealed an ominous glint. “And if my dad wasn’t around?”
Fu Yansheng looked at him helplessly: “Of course I would have still been scared. I’ve finally gotten myself a boyfriend. I’ve basically sold myself signing our contract and I’ve even quit my original job. All that and I’ve only gotten a few kisses… If you were taken away right under my very nose, I would probably suffer a psychological shadow my entire life.”
Qi Yu: “…………”
They could obviously be considered as sweet words, but how come he didn’t feel like listening to it? What did he mean by “norhting but a few kisses”? Just what the hell did Fu Yansheng care about?
The two didn’t dwell much on this topic. Fu Yansheng quickly asked, “Did your father come to see you?”
Qi Yu: “He was here this morning.”
Fu Yansheng: “What did he say?”
Qi Yu remembered what his father had told him. He looked down and said, “You guessed it right. He’d never planned on showing them any mercy at all. The last shareholder meeting was just to sound them out. He’d set up this huge game and even I was chess piece in his hand…”
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【Little Theather】
Fu Yansheng spent 6 hours finishing 12 hours worth of work. He got off work early, bought fruit, and went straight to the hospital.
Panting, he rushed upstairs to… see Xu Jing? ? ?
Pretending to be calm and composed.
After Xu Jing left…
Fu Yansheng grabbed Qi Yu’s hand and put it against his chest: Feel my heartbeat!
——The fear was real, and worry was also real but his fast heartbeat was because he’d been running. Hahaha!
Little theater skshsghshsgsgfs
Thank you for the chapter ❣️
Haha loved the summary at the end
XD I love the little theater, it’s like little sections for the story where it goes “But in reality, it is….” And then we get to see some hilarious underlying truth XDDDD
The fear was real, worry was real but his fast heartbeat is because of run hahaha!!! Wait for next update 🤗. Thanks for the chapter~
Awwww YS can actually be sweet, yet ask for a beating with the same words 🤣
Waiting for the next chapter! Thank you for this one!
thanks for the chapter!
omg that little theater 😂😂😂
It really gives us behind the scenes deets😂😂😂
Silly man 💕😂