Qi Hong is back
Qi An'an was a little dazed, Qi Hong was an absolute NPC in the book, he was completely a soy sauce character, and he didn't mention a few words at all. He is not a good father, neither Qi An'an nor Qi Zhen is a good father.
When making soy sauce, it was also at the end of the plot. He saw Qi Zhen leaning on the boss, and wanted to show off his loving father's character, and make a fortune by the way. But in the end it didn't work, so Jiang Lu didn't need to take action, so he let his subordinates dismiss him casually.
There was suspicion of hydrology there, Qi Anan didn't like it very much, and he didn't like this character very much, and it was even more unlucky to see him come in with a gloomy face.
Qi Hong is at the most handsome age of a man, wearing a decent suit and well maintained, but his face is not very good-looking, as if he is here to make trouble. The moment he stepped into the house, he looked around with a dark face, but froze in place.
No one noticed the subtle changes in his expression... except Jiang Lu.
He withdrew his gaze from Qi Hong's face, glanced at Qi Zhen, and finally landed on the small suitcase.
The pupils were pitch black, without a trace of light.
"What... what's going on? What are you doing?" Qi Hong looked around, confused by the scene, and asked with a frown.
Can't see it for a birthday? It looks like good friends gathered together to hold a party. Qi Anan shook the garland in his hand: "It's your birthday."
Oh, this father must be clueless, she added: "Today is Qi Zhen's birthday."
Qi Hong didn't speak.
At first glance, the room was carefully furnished, with tenderness and care everywhere, and the coffee table was full of gifts, absolutely without any perfunctory.
None of these could have been prepared hastily, and Qi Hong's expression became even uglier after scanning around.
He stood there with an air of calm and prestige, and looked at Qi Zhen with a cold face. On the phone that day, she did not say anything directly, she kept saying that Qi An'an was very kind to her, yes, she was indeed very kind to her.
But... Qi Hong glanced at the suitcase: "An'an is celebrating your birthday here, with so many things arranged, what are you doing with a suitcase?"
Qi Zhen muttered: "I, I just clean up."
"What are you packing? So many suitcases in the morning?! This is for your birthday, why did you feel wronged?" Qi Hong suddenly lost his temper.
Being cheated is not a good feeling, and this kind of unspeakable advanced deception is even more disgusting.
Qi An'an didn't know why Qi Hong was so angry, she only knew that he disliked "Qi An'an" very much, and she thought it was aimed at her when he walked in the door.
Who knew, it was with Qi Zhen that he lost his temper.
The atmosphere was good just now, but it was all ruined when he came. Qi Anan frowned and asked, "You... why did you come here suddenly? Why don't you go to the study for a meeting? I'll ask Uncle Chen to pour you a cup of tea."
Qi Hong glanced at Qi Zhen indifferently, turned his head to look at Qi An'an, and looked at Qi An'an, and his tone softened: "An'an is so old, Dad is fine, I haven't seen you for a long time, it just happened to be a little free for a while , come and see you."
He looked at the youngest daughter, and couldn't help being a little surprised. This daughter was very different from his impression. It turned out that Qi An'an always had a gloomy face and didn't like to talk, let alone laugh. Since he was born, he didn't pay much attention to her at all. Now, after looking at her, he realizes that his little daughter looks so smart and beautiful. Her once lifeless eyes have become smiling eyes, and the dimples on her cheeks make her look like Bright and cute, it makes people feel soft.
Qi Hong smiled and rubbed Qi An'an's hair: "An An and He changed so much when they were young, why are we so different? Why don't you call me Dad?"
Don't say I don't have feelings for you, even "Qi An'an" hasn't looked at you for several years.
Qi An'an was confused by his father-daughter drama, and called out inexplicably with a wooden face: "... Dad."
Jiang Lu stood at the back of the crowd. Although the expression on his face looked very calm, the hands hanging by his sides had been gradually clenched, until his knuckles turned white.
Qi Hong saw that it was not appropriate for him to stay still at this scene, so he stroked his clothes: "I am not coming back at the right time today, I will disturb you children. I will go first, you have a good time. Ann, treat your friends well, Dad will go to the branch office to take a look around, and come back to accompany you in the evening."
After he finished talking to Qi An'an with a smile, Qi Zhen cast a cold and meaningful look, turned and left.
This glance made Qi Zhen's back break out in cold sweat, she bit her lower lip slightly, and the panic in her heart grew bigger and bigger. Qi Hong is a good father in front of her, not because he likes her so much, but to put it bluntly, he is interested and just wants to role-play.
His fatherly love can be given to himself or to others.
Qi Zhen was extremely disturbed, and Qi Hong didn't know what that look meant.
Just as she was thinking absentmindedly, Qi Anan suddenly lightened her hand and took her suitcase over.
Qi Zhen's actions today made Qi An'an feel a little strange, coupled with Qi Hong's strangeness... Qi An'an immediately suppressed the idea, no, the female goose in the book is kind and simple, this is a coincidence.
Her expression was still very sincere, and her round eyes were bright and clear.
"Ah Zhen, don't clean up today, put this back."
She was deliberately angry with herself!
Qi Zhen suddenly realized that she really underestimated Qi An'an. Obviously on the first day she realized that she was not simple, so she should be more wary of her.
Qi An'an must have guessed that she was suing her father, so she resorted to tricks and staged such a warm scene? Let her provoke her father's dislike, and kill two birds with one stone by the way, so that her father treats her differently.
Not only that, she defeated her with such a clever method, and now she still looks at her jokes with such an innocent look!
Qi Zhen almost wanted to vomit blood in his heart, gritted his teeth and pulled out a gentle smile: "Give it to me An An, I shouldn't pack up at this time, I didn't expect you to give me such a big surprise, I will put this suitcase first Go back to the bedroom."
Her smile widened a bit: "An'an, thank you for your careful preparation, I will always remember this birthday."
They are all in their teens, and the atmosphere is easy to get angry. Qi Anan is lively and loves to laugh, Qi Zhen is gentle and decent, and everyone has a good time.
There is only a little regret, the sweet scene that Qi Anan was looking forward to did not appear, Jiang Lu sat on the side, not only had little communication with everyone, he didn't even look at Qi Zhen.
When sending everyone away at night, the two teenagers who had become familiar with Qi Zhen were talking to her in front of her, and Qi Anan had time to ask in a low voice: "Jiang Lu, why don't you look so happy today? Is there something wrong? ?”
Jiang Lu asked back, "Are you happy?"
"Happy, do I look sad?" Qi Anan touched his face in some puzzlement, and asked him with a smile.
Jiang Lu stopped talking.
She does look happy.
But which father would say "An'an is so big"? This can only happen to relatives who have not seen each other for a few years.
"Jiang Lu, look at how tightly you frown." Qi Anan tilted his head to look at him, "I used to think that you are a very advanced person, but now I find that you seem to be more advanced than before."
That's right, she can't figure out what's going on in Zai Zai's head now. Fortunately, she thought that he came to Qi Zhen's birthday party because he thought of her so much, but who knew that after this day, he didn't give her a single candy.
Jiang Lu looked down at her, and asked abruptly, "If Qi Zhen doesn't live here, what do you think?"
Qi An'an was stunned: "Where do you live if you don't live here?"
"have no idea."
This question has no beginning and no end, but Qi Anan is used to taking care of Jiang Lu, so he really thought about it and answered seriously: "It's okay, if she likes to stay, she can stay here, if she doesn't like it, then don't stay here, as long as it is comfortable." After getting along for a long time, Qi An'an felt that Qi Zhen was not used to being here, no matter how she took care of her, she couldn't let her go.
In the plot of the original book, Qi Zhen lived on campus after she went to high school. She liked Qi An'an and would not stop her. Anyway, everyone can be together every day when they go to school.
As long as the two cubs can be happy, then everything is fine.
Jiang Lu was silent for a while after hearing Qi An'an finished speaking: "Soon."
There was no beginning or end again, Qi Anan didn't understand: "What is so fast?"
Jiang Lu didn't answer, his eyes looked at Qi An'an, with an almost imperceptible tenderness inside.
He could see clearly that soon, Qi Zhen would be gone.
A few days after his birthday, Qi Hong came again.
After chatting for a few words, he said uncompromisingly: "It was my father's lack of consideration to let Ah Zhen live here before. I thought about it and felt that this matter is not appropriate. It is not suitable for you to live together. I should give her another Find a place to live."
This scumbag changed so fast? Before Qi An'an could say anything, Qi Zhen immediately responded obediently and cleverly: "I know Dad, I think so too, it's better to live by myself and not disturb others, please worry about me with your elder brother, and I'm very happy Thank you An An for taking care of me these days."
After speaking, Qi Zhen smiled gently and sincerely at Qi An'an, seeing that she was willing, Qi An'an also nodded in agreement, and packed her luggage together.
It's a pity that this summer vacation should be difficult to get candy, so I can only hope for the start of school. But that's good too. After school starts, she doesn't have to rack her brains to bring these two together. Both of them have grades at the level of masters, so they will definitely be assigned to the same class.
Qi Hong left soon, and Qi Anan started her summer vacation stand-alone mode. There is an independent home theater on the top and an outdoor swimming pool on the bottom, which can be regarded as a taste of the life of a wealthy daughter.
In the scorching hot summer, the girl's skin is more white and translucent than before, like the most delicate lotus flower in the pond. After this summer, Qi An'an's childishness faded away, revealing the softness and sweetness unique to girls.
And every bit of her changes, Jiang Lu could see all of them.
It was only after Qi Zhen's birthday that Jiang Lu realized clearly and intuitively that he knew too little about Qi An'an. A warm and lively girl like a little sun, in his imagination, should be pampered by the whole family.
but it is not the truth.
Jiang Lu knew that Qi Zhen would not live long if Qi Hong threw a stone at his own foot and Qi Hong was so annoyed. Sooner or later, she will go, but what she said to Qi Anan at the end made him uneasy.
Jiang Lu went to Qi An'an's house for two days in a row, watching from a distance outside the door, worried that Qi Zhen would do something small, but she was still honest and behaved until that day when she moved her things and left.
The turbid breath in Jiang Lu's chest was relieved a lot.
However, Qi Zhen had already left, and Jiang Lu couldn't help but go again every few days, not daring to get too close, so he quietly glanced at her outside the door. He is like a greedy thief, he succeeded twice without being discovered, and he continued without stopping.
Qi An'an was spraying the flowers in the garden. The delicate and beautiful girl was more beautiful than the flowers.
She has grown up, bright, lovely, like a moving pearl in the sun, and he has long been integrated into the abyss.
Jiang Lu went there quietly seven or eight times this summer vacation. The last time there was not much time left before the start of school, the autumn wind gradually picked up and the heat dissipated a lot.
This day, Jiang Lu left from the side door of the community as usual, and saw a car parked by the road. He paused for a moment, stared with dark eyes for a while, and then walked towards the car calmly.
Qi Yan opened the car door and walked down, resting his hands casually on the car door, with no expression on his face: "Long time no see, do you know I'm waiting for you?"
Jiang Lu nodded: "Otherwise you wouldn't have parked the car here."
Qi Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, his eyes complicated: "You really don't look like someone your age, get in the car, you know I have something to tell you."
Jiang Lu got into the car calmly.
Qi Yan drove to an old square, which is located in a remote place, and because of insufficient infrastructure, very few people came here, and it was even empty at this time.
"You are so smart, can you guess what I want to tell you?" Qi Yan lit a cigarette after parking the car, put his hand on the car window, and lit it again and again.
Jiang Lu was silent for a while: "I know."
"Would you like one?"
Looking at the cigarette Qi Yan handed over, Jiang Lu didn't hesitate much, took it over and lit it skillfully.
"I really didn't expect to send Qi Zhen away, but I didn't guard against you. You are a frequent visitor to our house during this time. Oh, a frequent visitor outside the door."
There was a smile on the corner of Qi Yan's mouth, but his eyes were cold, without any smile, "I didn't know you well before, so I just checked you out recently."
"Not only an unrecognized illegitimate child, but also the son of a prostitute."
Jiang Lu clenched his hand hanging by his side bit by bit.
"Don't mind, I'm just telling the truth," Qi Yan smiled, "I'm not saying this to humiliate you, and I don't want to hurt people if it's not necessary. You are not worthy of An An, I thought you would understand, but I didn't expect you Finally, someone needs to be reminded."
Jiang Lu let go of his hand suddenly, and after a while, he whispered, "She didn't know I was coming."
Qi Yan nodded: "Indeed, that's why I'm being so polite to you now. You quietly looked at my sister and didn't do anything else. I'll just treat you as if you still have a little conscience."
He threatened: "But if you don't know what to do again and try to get close, I will never let you go easily."
Jiang Lu tilted his head slightly, his eyes were casual but extremely sharp.
Qi Yan's heart sank, this Jiang Lu, so young, can have such an aura. Neither humble nor overbearing, not at all inferior. Facing his threat, he didn't feel at ease at all. How could he let such a person get close to An'an.
"Jiang Lu, in fact, I admire you very much, whether it's your talent or your personality," Qi Yan said in a deep voice, "I searched deeply for some things, but I didn't find anything, so I can only say You are not only surly and ruthless, but also impeccable."
"A person like you will have a partner who is equal to you in the future. But this person will not be An An, she is gentle and innocent, and she is not suitable for you at all."
Jiang Lu's gaze shifted to the cigarette held between his fingers, this one was about to be exhausted, and the smoke flickered on and off at his fingertips.
"Can I trust you?"
Qi Yan frowned: "What?"
Jiang Lu said in a deep voice: "Will you protect her with your heart? How could a person like Qi Zhen live by her side? Isn't it disgusting?"
"This kind of thing will never happen again in the future." Qi Yan said after a pause for two seconds.
"And your father," Jiang Lu commented in a cold voice, "Stupid and blind."
He's rarely spoken so sharply, but when he mentions it, anger still boils in his heart.
Although it was Qi Hong who was scolding, Qi Yan didn't care about it: "He is not worthy of being An An's father. I raised An An, and I took care of everything about her."
"I am her brother, I will not harm her, An An will never become a victim of family marriage. She is good-looking, has a pleasing personality, and a wealthy family. I will find her a clean family, good character and learning, gentle and courteous Your partner. You are not worthy of such a condition."
Jiang Luan listened quietly, following Qi Yan's description, he seemed to have seen a gentle and refined man, holding Qi An'an's hand, leading her farther and farther away from his world.
The desire for monopoly stirred repeatedly in his heart, but in the end, Jiang Lu admitted that Qi Yan was right.
He took a deep breath, as if he didn't feel any pain, he used his fingers to snuff out the unburned cigarette butt: "If there is no accident, Qi An'an and I will never see each other again."
"Not just seeing each other again. I hope your name will disappear completely in her life," Qi Yan sighed, and continued in a low tone, "I don't care if this is fair or not to you, I will just be this villain."
"I know your grades are very good, no accidents, you should be the number one in the senior high school entrance examination this year, and will be the number one in the college entrance examination in the future. You will become a name that everyone will hardly forget, but I don't want you to stand at such a high apex , let An An remember you forever."
"If you can accept mediocrity, I can compensate you after you go to college. As long as you want, the company's chief writer can still keep it for you. If you still feel wronged, I can give you 2% of the company's shares. "
Qi Yan finished speaking in one breath, with a very sincere tone. He wasn't joking, he tried to change Jiang Lu's supposed life, but he also tried to make up for his equally wonderful life.
But Jiang Lu never opened his mouth. He was not in a hurry, neither agreed nor refused, like a natural negotiator, with a very stable rhythm and aura.
Qi Yan had no choice but to show another hole card: "I checked, you and your mother turned against each other, she has done a lot of excessive things to you, and she will not let you go easily after recovering her strength this time. Altar If it’s too high, it’s easy to fall into the mud, and you probably don’t want to be thrown a bucket of sewage when you’re in glory.”
Jiang Lu sneered: "I think if I don't agree to you, you will probably be the one who poured sewage on me."
Qi Yan didn't deny it either: "So you should think about it carefully."
Unless it's a last resort, he absolutely doesn't want to have an enmity with someone like Jiang Lu. The current edge is already so strong, it is even more impossible to restrain him in the future. But if he really stepped on his bottom line, he wouldn't be afraid.
Qi Yan thought for a while, then turned on the recording in the car, "Listen to this again." This was a long time ago, he and Qi An'an were talking in the car.
When the recording was turned on, it was Qi Yan with a slightly serious voice: "You are not allowed to fall in love early."
Immediately afterwards, Qi An'an's crisp and soft voice came: "It's nothing, I promise not to fall in love with him early, and it's impossible to fall in love with him early, don't worry."
Jiang Lu's face finally turned pale.
This voice is so nice, every word seems to hit his heart.
Jiang Lu couldn't help but think of the day when Qi An'an also said in such a beautiful voice, "His name is Jiang Lu, Jiang of Jianghe, Lu of Land".
He is super smart and studies very well. He takes the first place in every exam. He is a terrible figure in our school. And ah, people are kind and gentle, especially caring. He is good-looking, full of advantages all over his body, especially very good.
He closed his eyes, and his heart pounded against his chest dullly and slowly, once, twice.
It's really rare, Qi Yan glanced at him, and said in his heart that he hadn't seen his face change after talking so much, but only after hearing such a passage, he saw a little emotional fluctuation.
Finally, Jiang Lu said: "I know what to do."
"But remember, I'm not because of you."