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For the following week, Qi Xing didn't go home.
He went to work as usual, going to Ye Xingzhou's place in the morning and returning there after work.
He decided to play a cold war with his father.
So, both father and son are ignoring each other.
In addition, Qi Ronghua was really busy during this period, so he didn't have much time to care about his son. Of course, the main reason was that he couldn't bear the shame, and he refused to lower his head before his son.
"Just after work time, Young Master Ye's car arrived at the company building downstairs. The Young Master got in the car and left with him. They even kissed on the face while getting in the car. There were quite a few people at the company gate and they all saw it..."
The assistant reported Qi Xing's whereabouts to Qi Ronghua. Seeing Qi Ronghua's face as black as the bottom of a pot, he immediately shut his mouth.
Qi Ronghua took a deep breath and tried to lower his rising blood pressure, but he couldn't help but curse: "That little brat!"
………
In the car, Qi Xing sneezed and said with disgust: "It must be my dad cursing me."
Ye Xingzhou calmly drove while reminding him: "If you don't want your dad to curse you, then don't deliberately provoke him."
"How am I provoking him? Why, I can't kiss you? Do you have a problem with kissing me?" Qi Xing squinted.
Okay, he admits that he was doing it on purpose.
He kissed Ye Xingzhou in public at the company gate where there were the most people, and it would reach his father's ears in minutes because he wanted his father to know that his opposition was invalid.
He was going to be with Ye Xingzhou even without his approval.
The car stopped at the intersection waiting for the traffic lights, so Ye Xingzhou casually peeled a candy from the bag that Qi Xing threw in his car and stuffed it into Qi Xing's mouth, successfully blocking his incessant chatter.
Qi Xing bit the candy and glared at him.
The red light had turned green, so Ye Xingzhou looked ahead and stepped on the gas pedal again.
Qi Xing was about to say something when his phone rang.
It was his mother calling.
He casually pressed the answer button.
Wang Cuilan said as soon as she opened her mouth: "It's Saturday tomorrow. Come home for dinner."
Qi Xing: "In one condition, I will bring Ye Xingzhou, and I'll go."
Wang Cuilan: "Okay."
He didn't expect his mother to agree so readily, so Qi Xing confirmed again: "Really? Will my dad agree?"
"What does it matter? He can't kick you out of the house once you're here. Come over first and then we'll talk." Wang Cuilan said.
Qi Xing: "Okay then."
He hung up the phone and gestured to Ye Xingzhou: "Come home with me tomorrow."
Ye Xingzhou "hmm”, showing no sign of nervousness.
"My mom is much easier to talk to than my dad. You just need to get my mom on your side, and my dad will be a paper tiger." Qi Xing taught him the secret to winning over his parents. "Especially since you're so handsome that you'll definitely pass her test. Just sweet-talk her, be thick-skinned, and flatter her a little. Once she's happy, she won't object to us anymore."
Ye Xingzhou smiled: "Okay."
Qi Xing's phone rang again.
This time it was Li Zechen calling.
Qi Xing was slightly surprised and pressed the answer button.
Li Zechen's first words were: "Qi Xing, were you kidnapped in Las Vegas?"
Qi Xing: "……How did you know?"
"Then it's true." Li Zechen explained. "The one who kidnapped you was Ye Wanyao from Ye's Corporation, right? He's a big client of mine and he suddenly became unreachable. I asked his former assistant who knew that he was in trouble. After a little investigation, I heard that he was suspected of kidnapping, murder, and illegal use of explosives. The kidnapped victims were the two lovers of the chairman of Ye's Corporation, one of whom I guess is you."
Qi Xing awkwardly said: "Well, there are some misunderstandings because there are no two lovers."
"Was it really a misunderstanding?" Li Zechen's tone made it clear that he didn't believe it.
Qi Xing: "It's a bit complicated and it's hard to explain in a few words. Anyway, the worst thing is that Ye Wanyao."
Li Zechen laughed: "Okay, okay. I'm not trying to pry into your private life, I just heard about it and wanted to ask. But are you okay? Did you get hurt when you were kidnapped?"
"No, Ye Xingzhou saved me." Qi Xing said and then warned him, "But this matter, you must not tell my dad, or anyone else."
"Don't your parents know?" Li Zechen reminded him. "This is not a small matter, I think you should tell them."
Qi Xing: "Anyway, I'm fine, so don't need to tell them about that. It's better to avoid worrying them. Just do me a favor and don't tell anyone."
Li Zechen: "I helped you cover it up when you went out with Young Master Ye, and then your dad found out. I'm partly responsible for what happened to you. But forget it, since you don't want your family to know, I won't interfere anymore. I saw your Moments, you and him registered in Las Vegas, right?"
Qi Xing breathed a sigh of relief: "Yeah. Ye Xingzhou and I got married there."
"That's good. Although I still think you two are not suitable, it's good to choose someone you truly like." Li Zechen said sincerely. "Congratulations."
Qi Xing: "Thank you!"
Ye Xingzhou's gaze shifted over when Qi Xing ended the call, so the latter gave him a smile.
Ye Xingzhou didn't ask anything: "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll have someone make it."
Qi Xing: "You make it."
Ye Xingzhou nodded. He was willing to satisfy any request Qi Xing had as long as he could do it.
When they got home, there was an unexpected visitor.
It was Ye Xingzhou's uncle.
Seeing Qi Xing come back with Ye Xingzhou, Uncle Ye was first surprised, then he thought of something and took a closer look at him.
Qi Xing couldn't stand this old man, so he didn't even bother to pay attention to him and just directly went to the kitchen to make coffee.
Uncle Ye didn't realize how annoying he was because after sitting down, he asked Ye Xingzhou: "Is that Qi Ronghua's son? What's your relationship with him?"
Ye Xingzhou crossed his legs and leaned back on the sofa with his expression slightly cold: "This doesn't seem to be any of your business, Uncle."
The other party's face stiffened, and his tone became even harsher when he spoke again: "Wanyao had an accident in America, did you do it? You've already dealt with Wanqing and Wanqi, now you won't let Wanyao go?"
Ye Xingzhou didn't answer immediately. His eyelids drooped slightly, and he gave a very disdainful sneer.
Qi Xing, who was making coffee, couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
Was this old man crazy? He actually came to the victim to accuse him and was still so righteous?
Uncle Ye seemed to be provoked by Ye Xingzhou's attitude because his face darkened: "So it was you who did it?"
Ye Xingzhou lazily said: "Since Uncle knows he had an accident in America, then you must also know the cause and effect. So, why ask me?"
Uncle Ye blurted out: "Are you determined to wipe out our Ye family? You came back unscathed, which means, he didn't do anything to you. But you still used extreme measures to force him to transfer his shares to you. What you did is illegal!"
This was the real reason why this old man came to Ye Xingzhou to make trouble.
Ye Wanyao was indeed forced to sign the share transfer agreement under the threat of a gun, but so what? Now that guy is entangled in lawsuits in America and has no time to care about these things. No matter how indignant others are, it's useless.
Ye Xingzhou didn't deny it: "I did it."
Uncle Ye: "You can't get away with it! As long as I have a breath left, Ye's Corporation will never become your one-man show. You..."
"Then you should hang on to that breath for a little longer. Otherwise, if you really die of anger from Ye Xingzhou one day, your Ye family will blame him again." Qi Xing came over from the kitchen while holding two cups of coffee.
One for Ye Xingzhou and one for himself. As for that Uncle Ye, there was none.
Anyway, this old man probably didn't like coffee, and if he wanted good tea, there was none.
He sat down on the armrest of the sofa next to Ye Xingzhou, and when Uncle Ye glared at him, he continued to mock him: "Why? Am I wrong? After all, your Ye family are all masters of right and wrong. That little bastard Ye Wanyao did something like kidnapping and murder, and you blame it on Ye Xingzhou. You're so shameless. You're also an old man, who knows if you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, or diabetes? If something really happens here, won't your Ye family blame Ye Xingzhou again?"
The old man's face turned red with anger: "You brat, how can you be so disrespectful? Is this how Qi Ronghua teaches his children?!"
Qi Xing said disdainfully: "Haven't you always thought that our family is nouveau riche and not worthy of being compared to you? Since we're a nouveau riche, why talk about manners and quality? Sorry, our family is like this. We have to fight back when someone targets us. Otherwise, we're cowards. How you, Ye family, fight is none of my business, but since you know that, that dog Ye Wanyao had an accident in America, you must also know that I'm the victim. You're his uncle, so you should apologize to me, but you're still being aggressive. Your manners aren't that good either."
Uncle Ye: "You—"
"I'm what?" Qi Xing retorted. "I think you're just looking for trouble. To put it simply, you're annoying and oblivious."
"You! You're too…too much..."
Uncle Ye probably encountered Qi Xing, a sharp-tongued and disrespectful junior for the first time.
Because he was so angry that his chest kept heaving with his finger pointed at Qi Xing and kept trembling that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence for a long time, as if he was really about to have a heart attack.
But at this time, Ye Xingzhou laughed inappropriately before raising his eyes to look at Qi Xing who was still scolding with gusto, and didn't pay any attention to his Uncle while slowly sipping the coffee in his hand.
But Qi Xing didn't feel happy.
Because just thinking about how Ye Xingzhou had been bullied by the Ye family all these years, and this old man, as an elder, probably never helped him, but now he was here showing off his power, he couldn't feel happy.
He put the coffee cup down on the coffee table with force, raised his chin, and coldly told the other party: "This old man, you can leave. This is Ye Xingzhou's house, if he doesn't invite you next time, then please don't come uninvited."
Uncle Ye: "I'm a Ye family member! I can come if I want to..."
Qi Xing took off one of his slippers and waved it in his hand: "Are you leaving or not? Do you believe me that I will hit you with the sole of my slipper? I'm rude and disrespectful, so I don't understand the concept of respecting the elderly and loving the young."
The old man wanted to stay but couldn't because Ye Xingzhou had already contacted the villa district's property management on his phone. The other party sent security guards over and unceremoniously "invited" him out.
After sending the plague god out, Qi Xing gave him the middle finger and slammed the door shut.
Turning around, he saw Ye Xingzhou staring at him with a hint of a smile in his eyes. He snorted and walked over: "This kind of old thing, don't let him in the house next time."
If it weren't for the fact that the other party was old and wobbled when he walked, he would have already done something.
Ye Xingzhou nodded casually because he didn't really care. If it weren't for the fact that this uncle was still useful in dealing with other members of the Ye family, he wouldn't have let him in the house in the first place.
But Qi Xing was willing to stand up for him, and he was happy to accept it.
Ye Xingzhou went into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Qi Xing followed him and muttered: "You poor little thing, have you never felt the warmth of love? Your Ye family doesn't seem like good people. If I were you, I'd turn over and beat them up one by one. I wouldn't be like you, who is still pretending to be at peace with them."
"I did it when I was a child." Ye Xingzhou said out of the blue, and explained more when he saw Qi Xing looking at him in confusion. "When my mom was still alive."
"Oh, so that's how it is..."
He regretted poking Ye Xingzhou's sore spot, so Qi Xing reached out and hugged him.
Ye Xingzhou knew that Qi Xing misunderstood. He probably thought that he had always been hungry and cold, bullied and beaten, but in fact, the Ye family hadn't treated him badly in terms of material things. As for being bullied and beaten, he fought back, so it wasn't a big deal.
But let Qi Xing misunderstand.
Because the more Qi Xing felt sorry for him, the more reluctant he would be to leave him.
He wouldn't ask Qi Xing to choose between him and Qi Ronghua and his wife. He just wanted Qi Xing to never give up on him, no matter what.
"Didn't you say you helped your mother move her grave back to her hometown? Why don't you take me to see her?" Qi Xing took the initiative to suggest.
Ye Xingzhou: "You want to go see her?"
"I want to go." Qi Xing said directly. "I'm already married to you. Isn't it normal to go see my mother-in-law?"
Ye Xingzhou seemed stunned: "I'll take you there in a while."
After dinner, Qi Xing lay on Ye Xingzhou's lap while playing with his phone and watching a movie when Li Zechen's phone call came in again.
He casually pressed the speakerphone, and Li Zechen said as soon as he opened his mouth: "Sorry, my dad heard the phone call I made to you just now. He scolded me and told your dad that you were kidnapped here and I couldn't stop him."
Qi Xing's heart sank: "……My dad knows?"
Li Zechen: "He knows."
After hanging up, Qi Xing was still stunned when Ye Xingzhou reminded him: "Your mom is calling."
Qi Xing looked down at the screen.
It was indeed his mother's call.
He hesitated for a moment, so Ye Xingzhou took the phone and pressed the answer button for him.
Wang Cuilan's voice was unusually serious: "Where are you? Come home now."
She didn't even give Qi Xing a chance to refuse because she hung up directly.
Ye Xingzhou stood up first before reaching out to Qi Xing: "Get up. I'll go with you."
Qi Xing looked up, so Ye Xingzhou gestured to him with his eyes.
Qi Xing was still stunned when he put his hand on him. Ye Xingzhou grabbed him and pulled him up. He stumbled forward and almost bumped into Ye Xingzhou.
Ye Xingzhou helped him up and helped him pick up his coat: "Don't think too much. We'll cross the bridge when we come to it."
Qi Xing closed his eyes in pain: "My dad is really going to skin me alive this time."
Ye Xingzhou smiled softly: "Let's go.”