TL: Hua
Extra 5 – Main Storyline Daily Life 5
The temperature in the room seemed to be rising, and Ye Rongxu’s face inexplicably grew hotter.
Qin Chaoyan’s patient explanation echoed in his ear, unhurriedly, each word drilling into him like a stroke of feather, making his eardrums tingle.
He heard every word, yet it was as if he hadn’t heard a single one clearly. His mind couldn’t focus, and the words on the test paper blurred.
The fingers holding the pen tightened slightly as he tried to turn his head away, attempting to create some distance.
“Do you understand?” Qin Chaoyan suddenly turned his head, his clear black and white eyes looking at him, while simultaneously raising a hand to block his attempt to turn away.
Ye Rongxu couldn’t dodge in time, and his cheek pressed against Qin Chaoyan’s palm. The slightly cool touch reduced the heat on his face by a fraction, making it so comfortable that he didn’t want to move away.
Ye Rongxu stiffened, his heartbeat drumming in his ears, and he only clearly heard the last four words.
He licked his slightly dry lips, turned his head blankly, and looked at the person beside him with a pair of misty eyes.
Qin Chaoyan was extremely close to him. His handsome eyebrows and high, straight nose were like strokes of a paintbrush, sharp and elegant. Being so close made Ye Rongxu’s breath hitch slightly.
His own figure was clearly reflected in the other’s dark eyes, his gaze as deep as a still pool, as if truly trapping him within.
Ye Rongxu’s gaze accidentally met his, and a strange panic rose in his heart. He hurriedly turned his head back and said in a muffled voice, “Understood.”
It was a question he had gotten wrong due to carelessness. Even without Qin Chaoyan explaining it again, he knew how to correct it.
But the atmosphere was a bit strange now. He wanted to push the other person away to wash up and rest.
Qin Chaoyan pressed down on his shoulder and said hoarsely, “No.”
Ye Rongxu plopped back down in his seat.
Qin Chaoyan: “Student Ye, don’t leave today’s work for tomorrow. You have to redo this question. You can’t leave the knowledge points you haven’t mastered today until tomorrow.”
His tone was more serious and earnest, as if it were truly the case.
Ye Rongxu doubted his own overthinking again. Anyway, it was just one question; it would only take three to five minutes to solve.
“Okay.” He picked up the pen again. Just as he wrote the word “solution,” he suddenly felt a slight weight on his shoulder.
Qin Chaoyan rested his chin on Ye Rongxu’s shoulder, the pressure neither too light nor too heavy. It was as if he wanted to get closer to watch him solve the problem, but the posture was even more intimate.
Ye Rongxu stiffened, didn’t speak, and continued writing the solution steps. Halfway through, his waist was suddenly encircled again.
His sensitive body softened, and he almost fell forward onto the desk. Regaining his senses, he immediately turned his head, his beautiful eyes glaring at the other person.
“What’s wrong?” Qin Chaoyan asked as if he didn’t understand, “Still don’t know how to solve it?”
Ye Rongxu’s eyes were misty as he said through gritted teeth, “Teacher Qin, you…”
He wanted to say, “Where are your hands going?” But Qin Chaoyan interrupted with a helpless tone, “Weren’t you listening carefully just now? Forget it, Teacher will explain it to you again. Don’t be distracted this time.”
As he spoke, he walked around the chair and directly pulled Ye Rongxu into his arms, holding him tightly around the waist as they sat together on the chair. His other hand held Ye Rongxu’s hand that was holding the pen, guiding him stroke by stroke as if teaching him to write, writing out the solution steps.
“Here, when x=0, sin(3x)=0. According to the given conditions, f(0) is equal to…”
Ye Rongxu’s thin back pressed tightly against him, clearly feeling his body temperature and even more so the vibrations from his chest as he spoke.
At this moment, how could he not see that Qin Chaoyan was not trying to tell him about the wrong questions at all but was role-playing with him.
He gritted his teeth and struggled angrily.
Qin Chaoyan suddenly held him tighter and said in a hoarse voice, “Don’t move.”
Ye Rongxu stiffened, feeling as if he had sat on something, and his face instantly turned as red as blood.
Qin Chaoyan’s gaze was scorching as he looked at him and said, “Student Ye, not listening carefully in class deserves punishment.”
Ye Rongxu didn’t dare to move, but that didn’t stop him from retorting. “Do you really think you’re a teacher? Stop fooling around; let go of me. I need to go…”
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Chaoyan suddenly pinched his chin, pushed him against the desk, and lowered his head to bite his soft lips.
His kiss was fierce and ruthless. He held Ye Rongxu’s waist with one hand and finally simply picked him up, placed him on the desk, and leaned over him.
The test papers were swept aside and scattered all over the floor. Ye Rongxu quickly whimpered, tears welling up in his eyes, the corners of his eyes tinged with red. He was forced to lean back, his body without support, and he had no choice but to wrap his arms around Qin Chaoyan’s neck, bringing himself even closer.
He was almost out of breath and tried to kick the other person with his legs, but they were easily caught and placed together on the desk.
He gasped for breath, finally finding a gap to breathe, and hurriedly turned his head away, but his scarlet earlobe was kissed again.
“Disobedient students must be punished,” Qin Chaoyan’s voice was muffled.
His stern eyebrows and eyes were tinged with red, his usual coldness gone. He lightly bit the earlobe of the person in his arms and asked in a low, husky voice, “Think my back is bad?”
“And even bought me health supplements?”
Ye Rongxu instantly froze, forgetting the question he was about to ask, even feeling a bit guilty.
Qin Chaoyan took the opportunity to bring his legs closer and lifted him up, turned around, kicked open the study door, and strode to the adjacent bedroom. The gray-blue sheets were crumpled. Beautiful, slender fingers gripped the sheets tightly, only to be covered by a larger hand, making the fingers clutching the sheets appear even whiter, almost transparent.
Ye Rongxu was like a small, pitiful animal caught from the water and carried back to its den by a beast, wet and sobbing.
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The next day, the lumbar massager Ye Rongxu had ordered finally came in handy.
He was leaning crookedly against the bed, a massager positioned behind his waist; his loose pajamas couldn’t hide the scattered marks on his collarbone, and his fair fingertips were covered in hickeys.
His expression was gloomy. He pressed the power button on the lumbar massager, but after pressing it only twice, the pain almost brought tears to his eyes.
What kind of massager was this? It was too uncomfortable.
Qin Chaoyan knew his delicate nature and that he couldn’t handle such devices, so he quickly picked him up and removed the massager.
Two minutes later, Ye Rongxu lay on his stomach in bed. Qin Chaoyan applied ointment to his lower back and gently massaged it.
“I’ll massage you in the future. This machine is too rough,” Qin Chaoyan said.
Ye Rongxu choked back a sob, and after a long while, he regained his senses and gritted his teeth, “There won’t be a next time.”
Then he vented his anger, saying, “I’ll return the massager later.”
He paused, then added, “And those health supplements.”
Just seeing them made him angry.
Qin Chaoyan pursed his lips and chuckled softly.
“However, this moxibustion belt is not bad. Maybe we should keep it,” Ye Rongxu hesitated for a moment, then said with uncertainty.
He said there wouldn’t be a next time, but… what if there was?
“Okay,” Qin Chaoyan picked him up and kissed him between his eyebrows and the corners of his eyes, his mood exceptionally good.
Due to feeling unwell, Ye Rongxu took half a day off from studying after only one day of review.
This wouldn’t do. He was here to review for the college entrance examination, not to fool around with Qin Chaoyan.
So, during lunch, Student Ye gave Teacher Qin repeated instructions, hoping for serious tutoring.
Qin Chaoyan naturally wouldn’t delay his important matters. Yesterday was actually an accident. Although he had tasted the sweetness and really wanted to fool around again, he also knew what the priority was.
What if doing this too much delayed his studies? What if he didn’t tutor him properly and was fired by his father-in-law?
Furthermore, if Ye Rongxu didn’t get into his desired school and was sad, he would feel even more heartache.
So, in the following days, Qin Chaoyan returned to his initial demeanor and tutored him seriously. Because of the special tutoring last night, Ye Rongxu felt inexplicably awkward when Qin Chaoyan explained questions to him again.
Fortunately, Qin Chaoyan didn’t do anything more, and that awkwardness quickly dissipated.
Qin Chaoyan had said before that when he was at work during the day, Ye Rongxu could review in the rest room of his office. But in reality, he brought most of his work home and stayed in the study with Ye Rongxu.
Studying at home was naturally more comfortable than at the company. Plus, with Qin Chaoyan cooking and feeding him, Ye Rongxu was very satisfied with this arrangement.
Unknowingly, half a month passed, and Ye Boxuan finally found a tutor.
Qin Chaoyan’s energy alone was limited. It was indeed impossible for him to tutor all of Ye Rongxu’s subjects, especially with company matters and cases to handle.
After that, Ye Rongxu went back home to continue his review. Qin Chaoyan would go to Ye’s residence to tutor him whenever he had time, and Ye Rongxu would occasionally go to Qin Chaoyan’s place on weekends to study.
Two months later, the trial of Qin Qijiang, Zhang Yun, and others finally began.
Ye Rongxu needed to focus all his energy on reviewing. Except for the court hearings related to his mother and aunt, he spent the rest of his time studying at home.
During the trial, the prosecution’s evidence was sufficient. The result was as expected. Zhang Yun and the hitman Fan Zhiqiang were both sentenced to death. Qin Jingxu was found guilty of attempted murder by hiring a hitman, but because the victim became a vegetable, he was sentenced to a suspended death sentence. Qin Qijiang was also sentenced to a suspended death sentence because his initial intention was not murder.
There was a slight unexpected turn during the trial. Zhang Yun tried to take the blame for Qin Jingxu, saying that the last instance of hiring a hitman was also her idea.
However, Fan Zhiqiang’s confession proved that Qin Jingxu was the one who initially asked him to hit Ye Rongxu’s aunt’s car. In the end, this unexpected event did not affect the verdict.
However, Zhang Yun, Qin Jingxu, and Fan Zhiqiang all decided to appeal.
After learning the result, Ye Rongxu frowned and said, “They still have the nerve to appeal.”
Qin Chaoyan: “Appeals don’t increase the sentence. For people like them who don’t know how to repent and are unwilling to give up, they definitely won’t let go of this hope. But without new evidence, the second trial will only uphold the original verdict.”
As for Qin Qijiang, he didn’t appeal again.
Mainly because his body was already in such a state that he couldn’t take care of himself.
When Qin Jingxu was in power before, he had deliberately made the caregiver neglectful, causing Qin Qijiang to develop bedsores. Coupled with his inability to move and needing help with everything, living was more painful than dying for him now. If he could be sentenced to death, it would be a relief.
However, Qin Chaoyan had already arranged things for him. After the verdict, he applied for Qin Qijiang to serve his sentence outside of prison at home, rather than in the hospital.
He arranged a residence for Qin Qijiang, carefully keeping him alive and letting his former lovers and illegitimate children take care of him. With enough money, there would always be someone willing.
As for whether those lovers and illegitimate children took good care of him, whether they disliked each other, or even abused him, Qin Chaoyan claimed ignorance.
He was willing to find someone to “take care” of Qin Qijiang. Not pulling the oxygen tube was already repaying evil with kindness and being exceptionally filial.
But one couldn’t be perfect in everything. It’s perfectly normal for him to not know that the other person was being abused because he was usually busy with work.
However, he didn’t let Ye Rongxu know about this matter. People always wanted to maintain a kind and beautiful image in front of the people they liked.
Although he felt that Ye Rongxu should be able to guess a bit. After all, his Xuxu was very smart.
But regarding this matter, the two of them tacitly didn’t mention it.
After dealing with the case, Qin Chaoyan went to Country E again to bring Xie Yunzhao’s ashes back to the country and rebury them along with the ring containing some of her ashes.
Xie Yunhua, Xie Yi, and Xie Yu also accompanied the ashes back to the country to attend the burial ceremony.
When leaving the cemetery, Xie Yunhua walked up to Qin Chaoyan, her eyes slightly red. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn’t. She only said, “I heard that you and Xuxu are back together. Congratulations. Um, when you get married, can I come to the wedding?”
During the three years Qin Chaoyan was in Country E, Xie Yunhua had taken good care of him. Back then, when he was restrained by Xie Yunming’s people at the airport, it was Xie Yunhua who found a way to help him return to the country, although in the end, it was still a step too late, and he missed three years with Ye Rongxu.
However, he hadn’t forgotten Xie Yunhua’s help, so he didn’t refuse.
Xie Yunhua seemed pleasantly surprised and quickly wiped away her tears, repeatedly saying, “Good, good.”
After a pause, she asked cautiously, “Then… When are you getting married?”
Qin Chaoyan: “…”
He fell silent for a moment.
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