[26]
Ji Yanchen stared at the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in front of him with a bit of "jealousy".
Not only that, but he also muttered in his heart: I knew you liked men... Even if I was beaten to death by my brother ten years ago, I would not have gone abroad to study.
In this way, Lu Ming will not have an opportunity to take advantage of. Chi Qiu's lonely spring would not be occupied by Lu Ming.
Of course, it's not that he hasn't said these words before—
After attending Chi Qiu's wedding, Ji Yanchen sulked on his sofa. Ji Feining saw it, and said sarcastically: "Why didn't you see you so annoyed when you failed three courses in a row?"
Well, this excitement, he said it all: "Brother, I really can't figure it out. Why did Chi Qiu marry Lu Ming? Let's not say that the relationship between their Lu family is like a mess, you see That Lu Ming, getting married is the same as going out for a funeral, with a straight face... "
"So?" Ji Feining sat down and poured himself a glass of water casually.
Ji Yanchen was stopped by the question.
so what
He froze for a moment, and said foolishly, "I knew that Chi Qiu liked men, so I would have chased him!" Besides, the Ji family's business is getting bigger and bigger, and the money in his hand will not be less than that of Lu Ming.
Ji Feining was very calm, bowed his head and took a sip of water. He took Ji Yanchen's words as a joke and didn't pay much attention.
Ji Yanchen wondered: "Brother, why don't you talk?"
"If you are really interested in Chi Qiu, can you wait until today according to your temperament? Besides, can Chi Qiu fall in love with you?"
"I… "
"Yan Chen, you are just because you are used to following him since childhood. To put it bluntly, you only have feelings of gratitude to him, not love. If you are the one who married Chi Qiu today, then you are the most irresponsible to Chi Qiu practice."
What Ji Feining said is not wrong at all.
Ji Yanchen thought about it carefully, and was speechless. What's more in his heart is resentment, and all these resentments come from - he is afraid that Chi Qiu will have a bad life.
But the Ji family's help to Chi Qiu over the years has actually gone beyond the scope of repaying kindness. Many private matters, the two brothers just did not bring it to the surface.
Ji Feining believes that since Chi Qiu chose Lu Ming, there is Chi Qiu's own reason.
...
After a gust of wind, the flowers and plants in the backyard of the villa swayed messily, and some petals fell to Chi Qiu's shoulder with the wind.
Ji Yanchen no longer thinks about it.
After he glanced at the osmanthus tree, which was useless except to block people's sight, he turned around and saw Chi Qiu taking off the petals from his shoulders.
Ji Yanchen took a deep breath, and changed the subject awkwardly: "My brother sent you a message yesterday, why didn't you reply?"
"I'm too tired to see the news." Chi Qiu said softly, a little embarrassed, "Since yesterday, Lu Ming has been by my side, and it's not convenient for me."
"Fine."
Ji Yanchen looked around, and after making sure there was no one around, he directly told Chi Qiu the content of the message: "The money that Chi Xia asked for has already been remitted. Don't worry too much, my brother has eyeliner on her side." , The reason for asking for money is not fake, she really wants to do some business with her boyfriend, and she is short of capital. But the money you have saved over the years is completely empty, and you have given her everything."
Chi Xia wanted to make an IOU, but Chi Qiu didn't take it seriously.
He never thought about asking Chi Xia to pay back the money, after all, he couldn't afford the money.
Since Chi Xia's whereabouts could not be found by his family, Chi Qiu asked Chi Xia to contact Ji Yanchen and Ji Feining first if he had something to do.
"It's okay, I don't have much use for keeping the money." Chi Qiu was still worried, and asked, "What happened to the matter I asked you to investigate before?"
"Don't worry, Chi Xia's boyfriend is not a bad-hearted person. I used my brother's financial and human resources to carefully investigate all three generations of his ancestors." Ji Yanchen spoke exaggeratedly and liked to make small jokes , he continued, "He and Chi Xia used to be classmates in college, and they had a little interest in each other. It's just that the boy's family is poor and he dare not chase after him. This has dragged on until now."
When Chi Qiu heard this, he said sadly: "It seems that Xiao Xia doesn't want to go home for a while."
"She seems to want to wait for a little more stability before bringing someone back. Otherwise, with Aunt Chi's temper, she might find it hard to nod when she sees that a man can't meet her basic requirements in career."
The rest are not afraid, what everyone is afraid of is Chi Lanyan's tough temper.
"And she seems to use her own method to report the safety of the family on a regular basis, so as to prevent Aunt Chi and Uncle Lin from calling the police to find someone." Ji Yanchen said, not forgetting to complain, "This man is really inexplicable. I didn't dare to chase him before. When Chi Xia was arranged by the family to go on a blind date, he suddenly had the courage to make such a big mistake for us."
"..."
Chi Qiu was quite helpless, afraid that it was a wrong decision for him to let Chi Xia go. After all, she is her own sister, if anything happens to Chi Xia, he will be fully responsible.
Now, Chi Qiu can only keep an eye on it. Once there is any change in Chi Xia's side, he intends to ask Ji Yanchen to help and bring him back directly.
"Yan Chen, I may continue to trouble you and Brother Ning during this time."
"Why are you being polite to us? By the way, that matter..." Ji Yanchen pointed to his eyes and asked as a signal, "When are you going to tell Lu Ming?"
Chi Qiu bowed his head, the tea cup in his hand was warm, and the tea stem stood upright in the center of the tea.
"At least wait for Chi Xia to come back and let her start taking over the family's company."
"... Then there is something to wait for."
"Yeah." Chi Qiu pursed his lips and smiled, "No hurry, Lu Ming and I are getting along well now."
Ji Yanchen understood: "Okay, when you have plans, let me know in advance, and I will help you."
Chi Qiu was very grateful: "Thank you, Yan Chen."
There is a second secret hanging in Chi Qiu's heart, and he can't say it until it blooms and bears fruit. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea with a calm expression.
Around ten o'clock, Ji Yanchen brought Chi Qiu back to the living room. Ji Yanchen saw that Ji Feining and Lu Ming were still chatting nonchalantly, and between the words, he was afraid that he wanted to imprint "polite" on his forehead.
Ji Yanchen couldn't help laughing, if he wasn't afraid of Ji Feining's anger, he really wanted to take a picture of this scene with his mobile phone.
Chi Qiu grabbed his clothes and coughed lightly, telling him to save face for those two.
Ji Yanchen shrugged and told him in a low voice: "My brother hasn't had an awkward chat for a long time, he has good perseverance. Now he must be eager for me to say 'Okay, let's go back'."
Knowing that "brother" is better than "brother", as expected, when Ji Feining saw Ji Yanchen, he stood up as if he had received an amnesty, and asked, "Are you finished talking?"
Ji Yanchen deliberately said: "If you want to talk, you can talk more."
Seeing that his skin was itchy, Ji Feining squeezed his crutch hard, and his fist hardened.
Lu Ming knew that Ji Feining couldn't talk to him except for serious business. But out of politeness, he politely kept the two brothers of Ji's family for lunch.
Chi Qiu then said: "Aunt Zhang's cooking is very good, brother Ning, Yan Chen, you guys stay and have lunch before leaving."
"No, I'll do something later. It's rare for Mr. Lu to rest today, so we two brothers won't make light bulbs." Ji Feining declined, and called Ji Yanchen, "Yanchen, if you have anything else, let's talk to Chi Qiu next time. "
He couldn't sit still any longer. Every minute he had to talk to Lu Ming was a torment, and it was even more difficult than a difficult business negotiation.
Ji Feining thought to himself, Chi Qiu is probably the only one in the world who thinks chatting with Lu Ming is interesting.
Ji Yanchen suppressed a smile in his heart, and patted Chi Qiu's shoulder: "I'm leaving, I'll come to play with you next time."
From childhood to adulthood, this is the sentence Ji Yanchen said to Chi Qiu the most. In fact, the word "play" is not suitable for them at this age, but Ji Yanchen has already formed a habit.
When he passed by Lu Ming, he stopped suddenly and apologized unprecedentedly: "I've offended you a lot with my words these two days, I'm sorry."
After finishing speaking, he stepped forward a few steps and helped Ji Feining, who was leaning on crutches and his legs were unstable.
Ji Feining smiled knowingly: "I'm sensible."
Ji Yanchen lowered his voice: "Stop talking, save me some face."
Chi Qiu also did not expect the stubborn Ji Yanchen to apologize, he was no less surprised than Ji Feining. You know, it's not easy for Ji Yanchen to bow his head and apologize to someone he doesn't like obediently.
Chi Qiu was very grateful for Ji Yanchen's understanding. He and Lu Ming sent them to the car in the front yard, and repeatedly invited them to play again later.
After the car drove away from the villa, Chi Qiu breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Ming looked at the closed villa door, recalled Ji Yanchen's apology to him just now, and then synthesized his understanding of Ji Yanchen's personality.
He held Chi Qiu's hand, and before he was about to take him into the house, he boasted sincerely: "You are very powerful."