Chapter 161 Chapter 161 Out of Control

Qi Yu'an knew that Wu Yaoguo was trying to warn him, and was afraid that Jiang Xi would be bullied, so he supported Jiang Xi openly and secretly.

Qi Yu'an stopped what he was doing and said seriously, "Don't worry, uncle, I will take good care of Jiang Xi. My family will also treat Jiang Xi very well. They all praise Jiang Xi as a good girl. I won't let her suffer any injustice."

"No matter what happens, I will stand by her side. If someone bullies her, I will do the same as you do. If reason doesn't work, I will use my fists to solve the problem."

Wu Yaoguo didn't expect Qi Yu'an to say such a thing. Seeing that such a gentle young man also wanted to fight, Wu Yaoguo was relieved to see that he had such intention.

Jiang Xi is the golden phoenix of their family. In the past, Wu Yaoguo felt that there was a big gap between their family and Qi Yuan.

Now, Jiang Xi is so outstanding, Qi Yu'an has to work hard to be worthy of his Jiang Xi. Before that, he, as his uncle, has to observe him carefully.

Professor Wang limped in on crutches, inspected the parts Qi Yu'an had assembled, and said with satisfaction, "You did a good job. There were no mistakes. You even managed to assemble these parts with a touch of beauty. It's worth all the time I've spent teaching you."

Qi Yuan said modestly: "It's Professor Wang's teaching that's good. Without Professor Wang's guidance, I wouldn't be able to assemble it."

Professor Wang smiled and said, "You, you've also learned to flatter me. Okay, it's getting late. Go back and get some rest."

Jiang Xi also said: "Yes, you haven't rested since you got off the car. Go back and rest early."

Professor Wang joked, "Look, your partner is heartbroken. Go back and rest quickly, or someone will blame me, an old man."

This sentence made Jiang Xi blush, while Qi Yu'an smiled brightly: "My boyfriend is a good person, so he feels sorry for me. Thank you Professor Wang for reminding me. I'll leave first."

After Qi Yu'an finished speaking, he looked straight at Jiang Xi again. Jiang Xi's cheeks felt a little hot. When she found that Qi Yu'an was looking at her, she still gave Qi Yu'an a faint smile.

The familiar and sweet atmosphere between the two of them seemed to be enchanted, and no one else could intrude.

Professor Wang suddenly felt very full. He shouldn't have said that.

Wang Yu... What's wrong with having a partner? Is it so great to have a partner? Look at that little look, I can't stand it, I can't stand it at all.

Wu Yaoguo and Wang Yu reached an agreement at this time. Why is this kid showing off? He hasn't passed his inspection yet.

Although I have passed his assessment temporarily, the assessment period is still long. I am just an object, and it has not reached the final step yet, yet I am sticking to him.

The three men stared at each other, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward. To some extent, they were all single. The three bachelors looked away from each other, without saying a word, and left the laboratory in tacit understanding.

Jiang Xi and Qi Yu'an left the factory together. Qi Yu'an said, "You don't have to see me off. It's getting late. I can go back to the village by myself."

Jiang Xi shook his head: "I'm not sending you off, but I also need to go back to the village. My mother has gone back to see my grandmother, and I haven't seen my grandmother for a long time. It's a good opportunity for me to go back to the village with you."

Hearing that Jiang Xi wanted to go back with him, Qi Yu'an became happy: "Okay, let's go back together. But I don't have a bicycle, so I can't take you with me. I can only ask you to walk with me."

Jiang Xi smiled: "I used to walk to the county town often, it's not as expensive as you say."

Qi Yu'an: "That was in the past. Director Jiang is different now. Time is money. Director Jiang is very busy. As a member of the organization who has the honor to join, of course I have to serve Director Jiang at his beck and call."

Jiang Xi laughed: "Where did you get so many words? I even suspected you bought some books secretly, like the kind that teach people how to speak."

Qi Yuan said: "Yes, it is, but I haven't seen it, because I basically learned it by myself."

Jiang Xi just said it casually, but he didn't expect that there really was a book that taught people how to speak. "Is there really such a book?"

Qi Yu'an said, "Yes, there are many strange books in this world. There is a bookstore in Beijing that specializes in selling those old books. When I went there to buy books before, I saw someone wrote a book specifically for noodles."

"How do you write a book about noodles? Do you write about how delicious noodles are?"

Qi Yu'an said: "It's not just about these things, but also about writing about a person's favorite thing, which is eating noodles."

"So he traveled to many places, looking for different noodles and recording them. By recording these noodles, he also recorded the people and things he met along the way."

Jiang Xi: "Isn't that just like the ancient Xu Xiake, who ostensibly wrote about noodles but was actually writing about his travels?"

Qi Yuan: "You can say that."

Qi Yu'an paused after saying this, then turned his head slightly to look at Jiang Xi, who was walking side by side with him. His eyes were bright, and he said the following words very seriously: "There are many interesting places in Beijing. I will take you to visit them in the future."

Jiang Xi also turned his head and saw the young man's handsome eyes, which were dotted with stars and filled with warm anticipation. Going to Jing City was an invitation, an invitation that Jiang Xi understood very well, as Qi Yu'an's home was in Jing City.

Jiang Xi didn't know how to answer for a moment, but Qi Yu'an took Jiang Xi's hand and said, "Don't worry about it. I can't bear to see you look so worried. You can go back and think about it. I can wait. There's no need to rush."

"Of course, although I'm anxious, I don't want to upset you because of this. I completely respect your opinion. It's just that I'm looking forward to returning to Jing City with you. I just want you to know this."

She felt a warm touch in the palm of her hand. Qi Yu'an had thin calluses on his hands because he had done farm work in the countryside. Jiang Xi felt very peaceful as Qi Yu'an held her hand.

"I'm not hesitating. To be exact, I'm still a little hesitant, but I'm not hesitant about whether to go to Jing City with you. It's just that I still have a lot of things to do, so I may not be able to spare the time to go with you in the short term."

Qi Yu'an held Jiang Xi's hand and shook it, with a hint of intimacy: "I know, Director Jiang is very busy, and the college entrance examination is coming soon. I'm not asking you to go with me right away. Wait until you finish your work, and then we can go together."

When Qi Yu'an said this, his tone rose, and he was happy from the bottom of his heart. Jiang Xi was willing to go back to Beijing with him, which meant that their relationship had taken a step forward. Qi Yu'an felt a warmth in his heart, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Jiang Xi became more focused and attached.

Speaking of the college entrance examination, Jiang Xi ignored the burning gaze in front of him and asked, "How are your exam preparations going? I took the preliminaries today, and I didn't think the test was too difficult."

Qi Yu'an: "I'm ready."

Jiang Xi wasn't worried about Qi Yu'an's grades: "Have you prepared your notebooks, pencils, erasers, and other things? Your exam room is different from mine, so you must prepare all these things, otherwise you won't have anywhere to borrow them when you need them."

Qi Yuan smiled and said, "Everything is ready, don't worry. What about you? Are you ready?"

Jiang Xi said: "I'm prepared too. My mom even prepared several pencils for me, and a pencil sharpener. She also told me to sharpen all the pencils because she was afraid I wouldn't be able to write when the time comes."

Qi Yuan touched the Parker pen in his pocket and said, "I will take this pen to take the college entrance examination. With Director Jiang's blessing, I will definitely do well in the exam."

Jiang Xi deliberately glared at him: "Okay, you, I wanted to say this from the beginning. It's okay for others to call me Director Jiang, but even you call me Director Jiang. Are you deliberately making fun of me?" Jiang Xi pretended to tickle Qi Yu'an.

Qi Yu'an shook his head repeatedly: "Lady, spare me, I'm the most ticklish, you know I call you Director Jiang because I really respect you, I'm sincere, oh, stop tickling. I can't stand this."

Jiang Xi didn't care what Qi Yu'an said. Qi Yu'an was so good at talking that Jiang Xi gave him a stern reprimand. Qi Yu'an fled in panic: "Lady, spare me, Director Jiang, spare me, oh no, Jiang Xi, Comrade Jiang, I really can't stand it anymore, dear, please stop, I can't stand it."

When the word "dear" was uttered, Qi Yu'an was stunned, and Jiang Xi also stopped. She was breathing slightly heavily, suspecting that she had heard it wrongly.

She and Qi Yu'an have always called each other by their names, and have never used such a particularly intimate term. These three words, dear, make one's ears burn, but Jiang Xi pretended not to hear them.

Qi Yu'an also pretended that he didn't say it. His ears turned slightly red and he secretly blamed himself for saying the name he called Jiang Xi in his dream.

That dream was beautiful and brilliant. In the dream, Jiang Xi’s red lips were slightly parted, pressed against his... Oh, I can’t think about it anymore.

Jiang Xi is no longer the innocent little girl she used to be. When she saw Qi Yu'an like this, her first reaction was that Qi Yu'an must be thinking about something unhealthy: "What are you thinking about? Why do you have that expression?"

Qi Yu'an was unusually flustered. "No, I wasn't thinking about anything. Comrade Jiang just tickled me, and I couldn't stand it for a moment, so I just wanted to take a break and let my mind wander."

Jiang Xi showed a skeptical expression, and Qi Yu'an quickly pleaded for mercy: "Okay, Comrade Jiang, you've been busy for so long, aren't you tired? It's going to be dark soon, and we won't be able to see the road clearly. Let's go back to the village quickly."

Jiang Xi put aside the doubts in his heart and thought, "Never mind, Qi Yu'an is good at persuading people." After playing around for a while, the two of them started walking side by side again.

Qi Yu'an's eyes were always on Jiang Xi, or to be exact, on Jiang Xi's lips.

He still remembered the vague kiss under the tree, which was like a feather resting on his heart. Whenever he was free, Qi Yu'an would always think of that kiss, from day to night, from reality to dreams.

Now the person being kissed is very close to him. Although Qi Yu'an is a gentleman, it is impossible for him to remain indifferent when facing the girl he likes.

Qi Yu'an stopped. There was no one around. He swallowed his saliva, his voice slightly hoarse. When he uttered those words, it seemed as if his throat was burning: "Jiang Xi, can I kiss you?"

Jiang Xi stood there in a daze. This time she was really at a loss. Who would ask such a direct question, and how could she answer it after asking it?

Saying no would seem too decisive, and they were already in a relationship, so saying yes would seem too frivolous. There was no way such a thing could happen.

Jiang Xi lowered his head slightly and did not speak. Qi Yu'an observed Jiang Xi's expression and looked at Jiang Xi's lips again.

Jiang Xi's lips were plump and rosy, like a juicy red cherry. Qi Yu'an swallowed again and slowly leaned down.

His eyes were fixed on Jiang Xi's. There was a trace of confusion and uneasiness in Jiang Xi's eyes, but he did not refuse.

Qi Yu'an's lips curled up slightly, and his lips slowly approached Jiang Xi, and finally stuck to Jiang Xi's lips, with the sweet taste in the dream.

Qi Yu'an remembers eating a kind of fruit candy when he was a child. It was brought back by a relative from abroad. It was the first time he had come into contact with sweetness in his life, and it was also the most beautiful sweetness in his memory.

The taste in his mouth now is even sweeter than before, making him even more obsessed and nostalgic.

Qi Yu'an's lips rubbed against Jiang Xi's lips, his head buzzing and his heart beating like a drum.

Qi Yu'an wanted to sigh with satisfaction. It was a sigh that came from his soul, as if a tired bird had finally returned to its nest, or as if a traveler who had been searching for years had finally found the way home.

Jiang Xi was stiff at first, she felt Qi Yu'an's slightly trembling eyelashes brushing against her face.

She felt Qi Yu'an's soft lips lingering and exploring her lips repeatedly, and felt Qi Yu'an's body trembling slightly.

Feeling Qi Yu'an trying hard to control his strength, and feeling Qi Yu'an's love and cherishment for her, Jiang Xi also relaxed. This was Qi Yu'an, the person she liked, her partner.

The kiss was as light as a feather, yet as heavy as the magma erupting from a volcano. After an unknown amount of time, Qi Yu'an's lips left Jiang Xi's lips.

He hugged Jiang Xi, panting slightly: "I'm sorry, Comrade Jiang, I was impulsive."

Jiang Xi didn't know what to say. He had been eating non-stop just now. What's the point of saying these things now?

Jiang Xi closed her eyes slightly, recalling the kiss just now. Her cheeks were burning hot. She reached out and pinched Qi Yu'an's thin waist, which felt very good.

Qi Yu'an groaned and hugged Jiang Xi even tighter: "What should I do, Comrade Jiang? I don't want to send you back."

Jiang Xi sensed danger and quickly pushed Qi Yu'an away: "What are you doing? Didn't you just say it's getting dark, let's go."

Qi Yu'an thought Jiang Xi was particularly cute when he was angry and embarrassed, but luckily Jiang Xi pushed him away, otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself.

Well, actually I can still hold it in, but it’s a bit harder.

Qi Yu'an smiled and said, "I understand, Comrade Jiang. I'll do as you say."

On the way back, Qi Yu'an was indeed very well-behaved and did not do anything that crossed the line. His eyes were just like substance, staring at Jiang Xi the whole time.

Jiang Xi couldn't help but glare at him. Qi Yu'an said innocently, "I didn't want to do that either, but my heart is out of control. He just wants to see you, and there's nothing I can do."

Jiang Xi...

In order to divert attention, Jiang Xi and Qi Yu'an chatted haphazardly. Their relationship no longer required them to deliberately find topics to talk about, but they could just talk about whatever they thought of.

No matter what Jiang Xi thought of, Qi Yu'an could answer very seriously and give Jiang Xi the answer he wanted.

The two of them walked to the village unknowingly, and Qi Yu'an naturally wanted to take Jiang Xi home.

As the two of them walked to the corner, Jiang Xi heard a commotion. Aunt Li appeared out of nowhere and saw Jiang Xi. She said in a panic, "Jiang Xi, your father is here."

My dad? Jiang Xi's face darkened, and a surge of anger surged up. How could Jiang Haibo still have the nerve to come here!

Qi Yu'an put his hand on Jiang Xi's shoulder and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'll go back with you. I won't let him hurt you."

Jiang Xi looked back at Qi Yu'an: "I'm not afraid, I'm just amazed at his shamelessness." My home is not a place he can come whenever he wants, I will definitely make him regret staying here.

Before the two of them entered the door, they heard a noise in the yard. It was actually Jiang Haibo who was talking alone. Chen Xiulian and Wu Yaqin stood together in silence. Chen Xiulian's face was full of anger, while Wu Yaqin's face was numb and sad.

Jiang Haibo bent over, his face full of guilt: "Yaqin, I was wrong. I was blinded by greed and was deceived by that woman."

"You also know that my family has only one son for three generations, and I don't have a son in my generation. I feel ashamed of my ancestors. That woman lied to me that she was pregnant with my child, a son. I couldn't be unfilial, so I reluctantly stayed with her, but I didn't expect that she would actually lie to me!"

Jiang Haibo looked at Wu Yaqin with a heartbroken expression: "I've had a hard time these past few years, and I always recall the days when I was with you. Those were the happiest times of my life."

"I just realized that it's you I love the most, Yaqin. We were young couples and we were so happy together."

"It was all my fault before. I didn't cherish you and betrayed my family without thinking. But now I really know I was wrong. Can you give me a chance and let us be together again? I will definitely treat you well and make it up to you!"

Jiang Xi sneered in his heart. Jiang Haibo was really disgusting. His actions were not beyond Jiang Xi's expectations.

Jiang Haibo is selfish and he loves himself the most. In order to gain benefits, Jiang Haibo can do anything and say anything. He behaves like this just because he has calculated everything after being deceived by Chen Xuemei.

Jiang Xi didn't pay any attention to what Jiang Haibo said. He only cared about Wu Yaqin's reaction.

After hearing Jiang Haibo's words, Wu Yaqin's face was still numb. Her lips moved, but she still didn't speak.

Chen Xiulian's face was filled with anger. She sternly said, "Get out of here right now! Don't come to my house. It was you who betrayed Yaqin and abandoned Yaqin and her daughter."

"They've been through such a hard time these past few years, and you didn't care. Now that Jiang Xi has become successful and has a better life, you've lost your son and your job, and you've come to find Yaqin. Your face is thicker than a city wall. Get out of here!"

Chen Xiulian spoke directly and exposed Jiang Haibo's dirty thoughts in public.

The onlookers immediately started pointing fingers at Jiang Haibo. Aunt Li even looked at Jiang Xi with sympathy. How could he have gotten into such a troublesome situation?

Fortunately, Jiang Xi is capable, otherwise how would life be?

Aunt Li still remembers that Wu Yaqin and her daughter had a very hard life at that time, and the two of them were like bean sprouts.

She wanted to help, but there were a bunch of hungry children at home, so she could only watch. However, Aunt Li was completely sure that the man who was apologizing in the yard had never appeared once. Aunt Li couldn't help but spit on the ground, what a thing.

Such an ungrateful and shameless man is not even worth a dog!

Jiang Haibo lowered his head and was scolded by Chen Xiulian. A hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes, but he still held back.

He has nothing now. Only by catching Wu Yaqin and using Wu Yaqin as a breakthrough point can he get Jiang Xi's forgiveness.

Jiang Xi is so successful. He not only opened a shop, but also a factory. Even the county magistrate looks at Jiang Xi differently. Even if Jiang Shaojie is still alive, he may not be able to do these things. Besides, Jiang Shaojie is a bastard. He is not worthy of representing the Jiang family at all!

A fire of determination burned in Jiang Haibo's eyes. Jiang Xi was his child, and Jiang Xi must bring honor to his family. He no longer had a son, and the love he had for Chen Xuemei had turned into hatred.

Jiang Haibo wants to set things right. He made the wrong choice back then, and now he must make another choice and hold on to Wu Yaqin!

Jiang Haibo observed Wu Yaqin. He had never looked for Wu Yaqin over the years, and had never even thought about Wu Yaqin.

Before knowing that Jiang Shaojie was not his son, Jiang Haibo had already thrown Wu Yaqin in an abandoned corner and kicked her away casually as if she were an inconspicuous stone on the ground.

The reason why Jiang Haibo came to find Wu Yaqin was because Jiang Xi had become successful.

Today was the first time she had seen Wu Yaqin in so many years. Wu Yaqin had aged a lot compared to when she was young, but she still had fair skin and dressed very fashionably.

Wu Yaqin was beautiful when she was young. Although she is older now, she is still more beautiful than many middle-aged women.

Besides, she has a capable daughter like Jiang Xi behind her. The moment Jiang Haibo saw Wu Yaqin, he made up his mind to persuade Wu Yaqin no matter what method he used.

Jiang Haibo simply knelt down in front of Wu Yaqin, his face full of regret and pain, and his voice was full of begging.

"Yaqin, please talk to me. I know you still have feelings for me, and I still have feelings for you too."

"I've been thinking about you all these years. I didn't dare come to you because I felt guilty, cowardly, and worthless. I've let you down. You can hit me or scold me, but please don't ignore me. I really want your forgiveness."

Jiang Haibo was very polite. He knelt down and begged while looking at Wu Yaqin: "Yaqin, look what I brought you?"

Jiang Haibo took out two walnuts from his pocket and said, "Yaqin, look, these are your favorite walnuts. When you were pregnant with Jiang Xi, you loved eating walnuts the most. You said you wanted to eat walnuts in the middle of the night. I'll go to my friend's place to find some for you."