TL: Hua
Qin Chaoyan went downstairs only after Ye Rongxu fell asleep.
In the living room downstairs, Ye Boxuan had not gone to bed yet. He was sitting on the sofa with a cup of coffee, looking at the portrait of his wife on the table with a nostalgic look.
Noticing Qin Chaoyan coming downstairs, he waved, calling him over.
It was almost twelve o’clock at night, most of the servants had gone to bed, and they were the only ones left on the first floor.
Ye Boxuan put down the coffee cup, waited for Qin Chaoyan to sit down opposite him, and said first, “It’s very late already, so just stay here tonight.”
Qin Chaoyan nodded.
Ye Boxuan picked up the coffee, seemed to hesitate, and asked him about his studies and work. After a long detour, he finally got to the point and asked Qin Chaoyan what plans he had for the future and whether he had any thoughts about the Qin family.
This was a roundabout way to ask him if he wanted to compete for the Qin family. If Qin Chaoyan had this intention, it wouldn’t be so easy for the Ye family to stay out of it.
At least, they couldn’t ignore their son-in-law like they did to the Qin family.
Qin Chaoyan knew his concerns and smiled, saying politely, “Uncle, don’t worry; I don’t have any thoughts in this regard.”
Ye Boxuan breathed a sigh of relief. Realizing he had no such ambitions, he was about to comfort him by saying, “That’s good; you can come to the Ye family in the future.” But before he could, he heard Qin Chaoyan re-explain the future he had described to Ye Rongxu on his birthday.
This was his plan and the future he promised to Ye Rongxu.
Ye Boxuan was surprised after hearing this, and his face showed approval: “It’s good that you have this plan and ambition. You are not bound by the Qin family and are not blind by the immediate interests. Not bad, not bad. When you start implementing it, I will help out as well.”
“Thank you, uncle.” Qin Chaoyan was polite and respectful.
Ye Boxuan has become increasingly satisfied with him in the past six months and reminded him, “You have achieved good results in Jiazhao in the past six months, but the college entrance examination is less than half a year away, right? Don’t stay in the company every day after the New Year. You should shift some of your energy to study.”
Although this is his second time in high school’s third year and he has achieved excellent grades in the year prior, most of his energy in the past six months has been focused on the company. He might forget the textbook knowledge after so long, so it’s necessary to review more as the exam is approaching.
Qin Chaoyan is not worried about this. He usually takes time to practice questions, recite, and review textbook knowledge when he is free, knowing that he has not missed anything.
However, he still nodded and thanked Ye Boxuan for his advice.
It was late at night, so Ye Boxuan didn’t say much. After chatting a bit, he asked him to go upstairs to rest. He picked up the coffee again, gazing through the steam at his wife’s photo.
Qin Chaoyan was ready to leave but hesitated and turned back. “Uncle, you should also rest early. Besides, drinking coffee so late can cause insomnia.”
Judging from his posture, he’s likely to stay up late at night to work overtime.
Ye Boxuan was stunned for a moment, waited for him to leave, put down the coffee cup, and laughed: “Just like Xuxu, he also manages me.”
*
After the New Year, Qin Jingxu officially entered the headquarters of Qin Group. At first, he was just an employee. Within two months, he was promoted to project team leader and then deputy manager of the department.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was the crown prince coming to gild his reputation. It was said that his studies in Country E were also completed ahead of schedule, so he can focus all his energy on group affairs, especially cooperation with the Xie family.
Qin Chaoyan, on the other hand, was fine in the first two months after the New Year. Since March and April, he has rarely gone to the company. He is usually either at school or at the Ye family.
Some people in the Qin Group suddenly couldn’t figure out the direction of the wind. Last year, Qin Chaoyan suddenly formed a marriage alliance with the Ye family and took over the branch company Jiazhao with the support of Old Lady Qin. The situation was so prevalent that Qin Jingxu went abroad to hide. This caused people to speculate that Qin Chaoyan was going to succeed the Qin Group.
Unexpectedly, in just half a year, Qin Jingxu returned to China and brought the Xie family to support him, which suppressed the momentum again.
And Qin Chaoyan seemed to have been suppressed and withered a bit, frequently traveling to the Ye family. Some time ago, Old Lady Qin suddenly attended the board meeting and didn’t support the cooperation with the Xie family.
“From what I see, it’s obvious that there are two factions fighting in the group’s top management. The old lady supports Jiazhao’s young President Xiao Qin, and Director Qin supports the young master who just returned to China.”
“In addition, the person at Jiazhao has the support of the Ye family, and the eldest young master has the support of the Xie family. It’s hard to say who will win and who will lose.”
“This fight is bound to happen.”
However, unlike what everyone thought, Qin Chaoyan is now focusing all his energy on reviewing study materials and his business plans.
He often goes to the Ye family, not to “ask Ye Boxuan for help” as they imagined, but to accompany Ye Rongxu to walk with the help of robots.
After the Xie family invested in Qin Group, they didn’t do anything to Qin Chaoyan or the Jiazhao branch, which made people a little confused.
In the front yard of the Ye family villa, Ye Rongxu walked for ten minutes with the help of robots and was exhausted.
Qin Chaoyan brought a fruit plate over, put a piece of watermelon in his mouth, and handed the fruit plate to the caretaker nearby. Then he used a cloth towel to help Ye Rongxu wipe his sweat.
Ye Rongxu slightly raised his flushed and sweaty little face, let him wipe it while chewing the watermelon, and asked vaguely, “Did Xie Yi target you?”
Qin Chaoyan shook his head and replied casually, “No.”
The attention has always been on Ye Rongxu.
“Oh.” Ye Rongxu nodded and said with relief, “That’s good; you just need to concentrate on reviewing for the college entrance examination.”
As he said that, he couldn’t help but turn his head and give Qin Chaoyan a brilliant smile.
Sunlight bathed his smooth forehead, highlighting his bright eyes.
Qin Chaoyan was slightly stunned, and after a long time, he asked in a hoarse voice, “On the day of my college entrance examination, will you go…”
He wanted to ask if the other party would send him to the exam, but thinking of Ye Rongxu’s health, he hesitated and felt that it wasn’t necessary.
But before he finished speaking, Ye Rongxu said, “Go, of course I have to go!”
Send my husband… Ptooey, send my boyfriend to the exam… How novel!
Lin Jiaojiao floated behind the two of them at some point and said faintly, “Brother, I asked you yesterday if you would send me to the exam, and you said no.”
Ye Rongxu: “Uh.” I was deliberately teasing you.
*
On the seventh floor of Yufeng Building is the manager’s office of the newly established branch of the Xie family in Jiangcheng.
Qin Jingxu was led into the office by a secretary, annoyance evident on his face.
Xie Yi, who was sitting behind the desk, kept his head down to sign documents. After about three or four minutes, he put down his pen and looked up, asking, “What’s the matter?”
The moment Qin Jingxu raised his head, he restrained his expression and asked, “Cousin, why don’t you agree with my plan against Jiazhao and Qin Chaoyan?”
Xie Yi took another document and flipped through two pages before saying in a low voice, “No hurry; I heard that he’s going to take the college entrance examination soon, no? It’s not very decent to take action at this time. Let’s wait until he finishes the exam.”
Qin Jingxu was clearly choked, his expression even incredulous.
Did his cousin travel through time from the Spring and Autumn Period? Before going to war, they had to politely notify others that the time was not suitable, so they could wait a little longer?
What he wanted was to drive Qin Chaoyan out of the Qin family and crush him to death in the mud. He didn’t care whether the other party took the college entrance examination or not. It would be best if he didn’t take the exam.
Thinking of what Qin Chaoyan had taken back from him in the past six months, he looked jealous and uneasy. After struggling for a while, he spoke again: “But Uncle asked you to help me…”
“Cousin.” Xie Yi put down the document, and his expression became a little serious. “Uncle asked me to help you, but not to listen to your command, understand?”
Qin Jingxu’s expression was slightly stiff. After a long time, he managed to maintain a gentle smile: “I didn’t mean that. It’s Grandma who has been making things difficult for us recently and helping that Qin Chaoyan…”
After a pause, his tone softened a bit: “I understand what you mean. I will listen to you. I was a little anxious just now. Don’t misunderstand, cousin.”
“It’s okay.” Xie Yi shook his head and watched him leave before returning his gaze to the document.
After a long time, he suddenly put the document down again, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
*
After Qin Jingxu left the building, his face began to look ugly. When he got into the car, his expression was even more distorted.
“Xie Yi! Damn, what the hell!” He ripped off his tie and slammed it on the steering wheel, gasping for air.
After a while, he took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.
“Hello, Zhang Yun, your cheap son is going to take the college entrance examination. Do you know?”
“What to do? He’s going to take the college entrance examination, and you, as a mother, don’t know how to care about him?”
After saying that, he hung up the phone forcefully, with a bit of cruelty still in his expression.
It wasn’t convenient for him to prevent Qin Chaoyan from taking the college entrance examination as he did last year, and there was no need for that, but it was still possible to take out his anger.
What did it matter to him if a mother was going to torture her son?
He put down his cell phone and sneered.
*
On the eve of the college entrance examination, Zhang Yun suddenly became concerned about Qin Chaoyan. She was too sick to get out of bed before, but recently she suddenly called Qin Chaoyan frequently and even made soup and sent it to his rented house.
Qin Chaoyan couldn’t tell what she was up to again, so he didn’t drink the soup or pay attention to her.
On the day of the college entrance examination, she arrived at the school gate, thermos in one hand, Qin Chaoyan in the other, and spoke hopefully, “Chaoyan, Mom has been feeling better these two days. The doctor said that the chemotherapy was effective. Knowing that you are going to take the college entrance examination, I took advantage of my better health to stew some soup for you. You should drink it before going to the examination room.”
She spoke pitifully, mentioning chemotherapy and stew soup, and then coughed twice with difficulty.
Surrounded by parents who were sending their children to take the exam, and not knowing the inside story, people couldn’t help but turn their heads frequently, showing sympathy.
Some people couldn’t help but persuade: “Student, your mother is sick and still stews soup for you. It’s not easy. You should drink it quickly before going to the examination room. Time is running out.”
“Yes, that’s right.” Others followed.
Qin Chaoyan stood still. He would appear unfilial if he shook Zhang Yun off at this moment.
“Brother Chaoyan.” Suddenly a soft voice came, and then Chen Jiang pushed the wheelchair over, followed by bodyguards.
Several parents hurriedly made way for them.
Ye Rongxu sat in the wheelchair, thin and slender, as light as a gust of wind.
He glanced at Zhang Yun, suddenly coughed twice, breathing hard, his cheeks flushed sickly, and he looked more like a chronic patient than Zhang Yun.
The bodyguards beside him hurriedly gave him medicine to inhale, and Qin Chaoyan also hurriedly broke away from Zhang Yun and stepped forward nervously.
Seizing the opportunity created by the obstruction, Ye Rongxu playfully winked at Qin Chaoyan.
Acting sick and weak to gain sympathy, how could he not act better than Zhang Yun?
Qin Chaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, then became so angry that he wanted to spank him, scaring people for no reason and joking about his health.
Ye Rongxu pretended to take medicine and leaned back sickly in the wheelchair again, looking at Zhang Yun, saying weakly, “Aunt Zhang, have you forgotten that my brother just drank soup this morning? Drinking too much will make it troublesome to go to the restroom later during the exam. It just so happens that I’m a little hungry; why don’t you give me the soup?”
Qin Chaoyan understood and cooperated, “I’m not hungry; give the soup to Xuxu.”
Once the parents saw that this seemed to be a family, and that they were either rich or noble, they paid no attention to them. Anyway, it’s the same whether the older brother or the younger brother drinks it.
Zhang Yun’s face turned pale. She held the thermos tightly, saying with difficulty, “No, no.”
Seeing this, Ye Rongxu directly signaled the bodyguard to get it.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Yun’s face instantly turned even paler. If Qin Chaoyan were to drink this soup, it would only cause stomachache at best, but if it were given to Young Master Ye… Young Master Ye is seriously ill; how could she afford to pay the price if something happened to him?
But the bodyguard was about to touch the thermos, and she felt anxious. She simply smashed the thermos to the ground and nervously said, “Sorry, my hands slipped.”
Ye Rongxu took a look at the soup that was spilled on the ground and said with regret, “What a pity.”
Qin Chaoyan also looked at the soup on the ground; his expression was gloomy.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhang Yun’s behavior just now was intentional.
Ye Rongxu quickly looked at Qin Chaoyan again and smiled: “Brother, go take the exam quickly; I’ll handle this.”
Qin Chaoyan was a little startled. After seeing his smile, the gloom in his eyes gradually faded, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curved: “Okay.”
“Yeah, go quickly.” Ye Rongxu waved at him.
Qin Chaoyan turned around with the exam bag, took two steps, then suddenly turned back and asked, “Can you say ‘fighting’ again?”
Ye Rongxu clenched his fist: “Fighting!”
Qin Chaoyan said seriously, “Little brother, what about the title?”
Ye Rongxu was stunned for a moment and soon understood.
“Fighting, big brother!” He was obedient on the surface, but in his heart he was secretly grinding his teeth: Are you addicted to being called brother?
Qin Chaoyan smiled gently and waved goodbye. His handsome figure, bathed in the sun, strolled towards the teaching building in the distance that was coated with a layer of gold.
The preparation bell rang, and the parents who were sending off their kids temporarily dispersed. Ye Rongxu also withdrew his line of sight and looked at Zhang Yun, who was standing trembling at the side. He suddenly smiled again, revealing a row of small white teeth.
“Liang Peng, help Ms. Zhang clean up the soup, and then accompany her back to the hospital.”
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Horrible person. Zhang Yun doesn’t deserve to be called a mother.