Villainous Sick Beauty Chapter 103

TL: Hua

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After arriving at the hotel where he stayed, Qin Chaoyan hurried back to the guest room without saying a word.

The accompanying assistant, who planned to report while walking, didn’t dare to speak up because he thought something serious had happened.

After returning to the room, Qin Chaoyan closed the door and quickly dialed the phone.

“Hello, Xuxu, Are you still rehabilitating?” The coldness between his eyebrows dissipated, and his voice softened a little.

Ye Rongxu: “…I’ve already taken a shower, and I’m ready to rest.”

He held the phone, his cheeks flushed with the hot water; the collar of his loose pajamas revealed his delicate collarbone. He leaned crookedly against the soft pillow at the head of the bed; his voice was lazy, like a cotton ball soaked in water vapor.

Qin Chaoyan could almost imagine what he looked like at the moment; his Adam’s apple rolled unconsciously, and he asked in a hoarse voice, “Can we do simple resistance training in the bedroom? I’ll accompany you, chat, and train while cheering you on…”

“But I’ve already taken a shower!” Ye Rongxu couldn’t help but emphasize, almost speechless.

Why did the other party have to accompany him on the phone to rehabilitate and listen to him? Training is very tiring; how can he have the energy to keep chatting?

Qin Chaoyan felt slightly regretful when he heard this and said, “Okay, then I’ll go over there and accompany you to rehabilitate.”

Ye Rongxu: “…”

He quickly changed the subject and said, “I’ve been wanting to ask. How are things going over there?”

“Almost done.” Qin Chaoyan’s voice sounded indifferent when this matter was brought up: “The main things have been dealt with, and there are only some company affairs left. In addition, I plan to relocate my mother’s tomb to China, which may take a few more days.”

Suddenly, his mind moved slightly and asked, “Xuxu, do you miss me?”

His voice was a little low, magnetic, clear, and pleasant.

Ye Rongxu’s ears suddenly turned red, and soon it spread to the fingertips holding the phone. He hesitated and quickly denied, “Of course not, I’m very fulfilled here every day; there are many interesting things and…”

Before he finished speaking, Qin Chaoyan’s hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone: “But I miss you.”

He sounded very sentimental.

Ye Rongxu’s fingers holding the phone tightened unconsciously, his ears felt hot, and his heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably.

Qin Chaoyan seemed to be able to hear his heartbeat and coaxed him hoarsely, “Xuxu, let’s switch to a video call…”

Before he finished speaking, Grandma Ye’s voice suddenly came from outside Ye Rongxu’s door: “Xuxu, Julian, Julian went to your room!”

Then Ye Rongxu said hurriedly in a panic, “Let’s talk later.”

Qin Chaoyan was about to say something, but the call was already hung up. He couldn’t help but hold the phone tightly, his eyes slightly gloomy.

Half an hour later, Ye Rongxu came back; his voice was a little muffled—it seemed that he was wearing a mask—and he sneezed as soon as he answered the phone.

Qin Chaoyan asked with concern, “What’s the matter? Have you caught a cold?”

“No.” Ye Rongxu’s voice still seemed to be separated by something. He sniffed and asked, “What were we talking about just now?”

“We were talking about the video call.” Qin Chaoyan said, and then asked, “Who is Julian?”

Ye Rongxu corrected, “Before the video call, weren’t we talking about when you would come here?”

Qin Chaoyan said “hmm,” absent-mindedly, and asked again, “So who is Julian?”

Ye Rongxu: “…”

“It…”[mfn]He/she/it has the same intonation [tā] in Chinese.[/mfn]

Qin Chaoyan waited patiently for the answer, but Ye Rongxu suddenly stopped talking halfway.

Qin Chaoyan waited for two seconds and couldn’t help asking again, “Is he your friend? Does Grandma also know him?”

Noticing that the other party remained silent, he quickly said, “Sorry, I was just a little curious. I don’t mean to interrogate you.”

Ye Rongxu held back his laughter and said, “Yes, it’s a friend I met here, a handsome blond boy.”

Qin Chaoyan couldn’t help but clench his hand holding the phone. When he was about to ask again, Ye Rongxu changed the subject and said, “By the way, how long will it take for you to come here? How many days exactly?”

Qin Chaoyan: “…”

“Wait a minute.” He suddenly pressed the microphone of the mobile phone, got up and went to the living room, picked up the landline, and called the assistant’s room.

“Book me a flight ticket… the earliest one… forget it, book it for tomorrow.”

Back in the room, he picked up the phone again and said to Ye Rongxu, “It will probably take three or four days.”

His tone was serious.

*

The next day, the meeting room of the headquarters of Xie Group.

After the meeting, senior executives left one after another. Qin Chaoyan also stood up, packed up the documents, handed them to the assistant behind him, and said to Xie Yi, “This is it for now. You can contact me later when you have time for other procedures.”

“Wait.” Seeing that he was leaving right after, Xie Yi hurriedly stopped him with some surprise, “You’re leaving now? You won’t stay for a few more days?”

He thought that such a major matter would take at least a few months to complete.

Qin Chaoyan said, “No, there is an emergency.”

After that, he and his assistant hurriedly left.

Ye Rongxu woke up in the luxurious bedroom of the villa estate in the morning. When he went downstairs for breakfast, the estate butler in a gentleman’s suit handed him a thick stack of letters.

Ye Rongxu couldn’t get used to Western food and was picking up a crystal fried dumpling with chopsticks. He looked up and asked, “What is this?”

The butler from M country explained in broken Chinese, “Dear Ye, this is sent by your father. He said it was a letter sent to you by your lover.”

Ye Rongxu paused with his chopsticks in his hand. His face was a little strange.

Qin Chaoyan sent him a letter? Why didn’t he receive it, but his father did? Did he send it to Country C? No, if there’s anything, he can just call directly; why send a letter?

He picked up a letter, opened the envelope, and was stunned after seeing the contents of the letter. The date was three years ago.

His fingertips paused slightly, then he continued to flip through the pages: three years ago, two years ago, last year, January this year… almost one letter per month.

Ye Rongxu felt confused. It turned out that in the three years since the breakup, when he was trying to send news to Qin Chaoyan, Qin Chaoyan was also writing letters to him.

After coming back to his senses, he was both disappointed and surprised. He hurriedly called Ye Boxuan and asked frantically, “Dad, Qin Chaoyan sent me a bunch of letters; why didn’t I receive them? Did you intercept them?”

Ye Boxuan was speechless for a while and said, “How heartless you are. Don’t blame your dad for everything. Look carefully at the address on the envelope. Your boyfriend got your address in Country M wrong and sent the letter to someone else’s house. Thankfully, Mr. Griffin, who received the letter, was kind enough to keep them. After several inquiries, he later found out that the recipient was my son, so he contacted me and sent the letter over.”

He admitted that he was wrong to break up the two, but Xuxu couldn’t put all the blame on him, right?

Ye Rongxu: “…Uh.”

He apologized awkwardly, and after hanging up the phone, he suppressed his joy and called Qin Chaoyan again.

“Qin Chaoyan, did you send me a letter?” He couldn’t help but ask with a soaring tone, “Why didn’t you tell me later?”

Qin Chaoyan seemed to be in a good mood and said with a smile, “Did you receive the letter?”

Ye Rongxu: “En.”

Qin Chaoyan explained, “Since we’ve resolved things and reconciled, I think there’s no need to talk about this matter again, lest you feel regretful and sad after knowing it.”

Ye Rongxu did feel regretful, but there was also a sweet happiness.

Under the circumstances at that time, it must have been difficult for Qin Chaoyan to send these letters without being discovered. It can be seen from the fact that the sender information on the envelope has changed several times, but none of them is related to Qin Chaoyan.

But even though it was so difficult, he could still send one every month.

Ye Rongxu felt a surge of warmth, his eyes glistening with emotion. But—

He raised his tone slightly and deliberately said to the phone, “Don’t try to fool me. After discovering the truth, you’re too embarrassed to admit that you sent the letters to the wrong address for three years, right?”

Qin Chaoyan: “…” cough

“It must be.” Ye Rongxu affirmed, then suppressed his joy and opened the letters one by one in chronological order.

In the first letter, Qin Chaoyan explained to him the breakup text message again and again, which was repressive and obscure. As time went by, the repression was gradually hidden, and the content of the letter became a normal greeting, sharing the latest situation, and expressing thoughts.

It was as if they were just friends who had separated temporarily.

Warm light surged in his moist eyes as Ye Rongxu’s fingertips gently stroked the beautiful handwriting on the letter paper.

He took a deep breath, calmed his fluctuating emotions, and asked Qin Chaoyan on the other end of the phone, “Qin Chaoyan, is this a love letter?”

Qin Chaoyan seemed to laugh softly and slowly said with a warm tone, “Turn around, I’ll tell you.”

Ye Rongxu was stunned, and an unbelievable thought emerged in his heart as he slowly turned around.

Sunlight streamed through the dining room’s large windows, illuminating the young man in a soft, warm glow.

A travel-worn figure stood at the door of the room, facing the light, looking at the young man in the light and shadow, and slightly curling the corners of his lips.

He put down his phone and walked over briskly.

“Swish!”

The letters in Ye Rongxu’s hand fell to the ground, and he asked in surprise, “Why are you here? Didn’t you say it would take three or four days…”

Before he finished speaking, his body was hugged tightly.

Qin Chaoyan smelled the sunshine on his body, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, “I want to see you.”

So you came?

Ye Rongxu’s eyebrows curved, and before he could speak, he was suddenly picked up.

He whispered and hurriedly hugged the other’s neck.

Qin Chaoyan carried him upstairs, asking, “Which bedroom is yours?”

Ye Rongxu unconsciously pinched his collar and asked, “What?”

Qin Chaoyan: “I flew all night and didn’t get enough rest. I want you to accompany me to rest.”

Ye Rongxu: “But I just got up.”

Qin Chaoyan blinked: “Just accompany me to sleep for a while.”

Ye Rongxu remained reserved for a moment and nodded.

Downstairs, Grandma Ye was accompanying Grandpa Ye, who was recuperating at home after the operation. Seeing that the dining room was quiet, she asked curiously, “Where is Xuxu? I heard a sound just now.”

Butler Evan stepped forward and explained in a clumsy accent, “The young master and his boyfriend went upstairs to sleep.”

Grandma Ye was surprised: “Xiao Qin is here?”

Then she said, “Why are they sleeping as soon as they meet in the early morning?”

Grandpa Ye waved his hand and said, “Let them sleep. It may be to adjust to the jet lag.”

It’s normal for young people to be clingy when they are in love, not to mention that it’s not easy for these two kids to be together.

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The manor was particularly quiet in the afternoon. Qin Chaoyan woke up and subconsciously stretched his arm to the side, but it fell through.

He quickly opened his eyes and found that Ye Rongxu had already left at some point.

He pinched his eyebrows, got up, washed up, and went downstairs.

Grandma Ye and Grandpa Ye were sitting by the window of the dining room, drinking tea. Seeing him coming down, they smiled and said, “Are you up? Xuxu is playing with Julian outside. This child is allergic to cat and dog fur but still insisted on playing with the dog while wearing a mask. Go and persuade him.”

Qin Chaoyan walked out of the gate and saw Ye Rongxu wearing a mask and gloves on the lawn outside the manor. He threw a Frisbee with force and shouted to an adult golden retriever squatting not far away, “Julian, go catch it, go, go!”

Qin Chaoyan couldn’t help laughing.

Ye Rongxu turned his head subconsciously when he heard the voice.

Qin Chaoyan crossed the steps with his long legs, walked in front of him, leaned over, and smiled: “Julian? Blond, handsome guy?”

Just then, the golden retriever came back with a Frisbee in his mouth.

Ye Rongxu said, “He is a blond (hair), handsome guy.”

Qin Chaoyan had no choice but to take the Frisbee from the silly dog’s mouth and said, “Grandma said you can’t play with it for too long.”

Ye Rongxu said angrily, “Okay, then you help me send it next door; it’s the next-door neighbor’s dog.”

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Half a month later, Ye Rongxu and Qin Chaoyan boarded the plane back to China together.

As the wings passed through the blue sky, Ye Rongxu took out the letter he had collected and read it again.

After reading all the letters for the second time, he suddenly looked up and asked Qin Chaoyan, who was sitting next to him, “You haven’t told me yet; is this considered a love letter?”

Qin Chaoyan turned to look at him with gentle eyes: “Of course it is.”

Ye Rongxu couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows, press down the corners of his slightly raised lips, and look down at the letter in his hand again.

[To Xuxu:

I hope you are doing well.

It’s been three years and two months, or 1,556 days, since we separated. How have you been lately? How is your recovery from the surgery, and is rehabilitation very hard?

I heard that the place where you live has sunshine all year round, and the scenery must be very good. Over here, there’s often rain, and the winter is especially cold. Summer is extremely uncomfortable, often dull and boring.

I miss the days when we were together in Jiangcheng, when the weather was not cold and we could go fishing in winter. If given the opportunity, I would like to invite you to go fishing again without Grandpa Lu, of course. What do you think?

By the way, is the koi I gave you okay? Are Xiao Xu and Xiao Yan already parents?]

“More than being parents, they are already grandfathers and grandmothers.” Ye Rongxu couldn’t help whispering when he read this.

Qin Chaoyan’s eyes also fell on the letter. Hearing this, he curled his lips and gently held his hand.

Their gazes locked as Ye Rongxu looked up, and his breathing stagnated slightly.

Below the aircraft’s wing, an endless expanse of clouds stretched out, half of it bathed in the golden light of the rising sun.

“After returning, I want to go fishing.” Ye Rongxu suddenly said, “Without Grandpa Lu.”

Qin Chaoyan was stunned for a moment. He nodded and said in a hoarse voice, “Okay.”

“Teach me to choose a site, make a nest, and cast a rod.”

“Okay.”

“… I’ll think about what else I want to do.”

Qin Chaoyan held his hand in a tight grasp, and a smile appeared in his eyes: “Don’t worry, think as long as you need. I will accompany you.”

Their journey together has just begun, with a lifetime of shared moments to come.

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