Chapter 473: Empty
When they reached the next intersection, the traffic light turned red. Qin Ming parked the car behind the sidewalk and then turned around to scold Qin Jingxiu.
"Are you crazy? I've been nagging about your lousy BMW for five or six years, but you were reluctant to replace it. Now you suddenly buy three cars! They're all top-of-the-line luxury cars. You drive them less than a month a year. Why did you buy so many cars just to let them rust?"
Qin Jingxiu glanced at him with contempt, "I am not alone now. I can't open it, but my daughter can."
Qin Ming: ...
Before Qin Ming could say anything, the car behind him suddenly honked its horn. Qin Jingxiu urged him, "The light is green, drive."
Qin Ming turned his head away angrily and drove the car forward.
The Chen family lives in the Four Seasons Genting community in the east of the city, which is the most prestigious residential area for the wealthy in the imperial capital besides Huajing Garden.
The community covers a large area, with duplex apartment buildings in the front, townhouses in the middle, and single-family garden villas at the back.
The Chen family lives in Garden Villa No. 3 at the back.
Qin Ming had just parked his car in front of Chen's house and before he could even pull up the handbrake, Qin Jingxiu impatiently opened the door and got out.
The main door of the Chen family villa is an anti-theft aluminum door. You cannot see inside from the outside, but people inside can see who is coming through the video doorbell.
Qin Jingxiu seldom returned to the imperial capital and almost never attended banquets hosted by the capital's aristocratic families. Therefore, the Chen family's servants did not recognize him and did not open the door immediately. Instead, they went to look for Old Master Chen in the study.
"Qin Jingxiu?"
After hearing the servant's report, Mr. Chen was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and quickly ordered the servant to invite the person in.
After thinking for two seconds, he put down the carving knife in his hand, washed his hands in the basin beside the desk, straightened his clothes, and walked out of the study quickly.
As soon as he walked into the living room, he saw Qin Jingxiu and Qin Ming coming in from the entrance. Mr. Chen greeted them with a surprised smile.
"Jingxiu, is it really you? I thought the servant heard the name wrong."
Old Master Chen looked at Qin Jingxiu carefully and said with emotion: "I haven't seen you for several years."
"Old man, I am sorry to bother you by coming here without your permission."
Qin Jingxiu responded to Mr. Chen verbally, while looking around calmly.
Old Master Chen happily invited Qin Jingxiu to the tea room. "You're welcome. I got a plate of 20-year-old Pu'er tea cakes a few days ago. It's a good opportunity for you to come and taste it."
After searching around, Qin Jingxiu still couldn't find the woman who was suspected to be Mrs. Chen, and he couldn't help feeling anxious.
"Old man, to be honest, I came here today to look for Madam Chen."
After hearing this, Mr. Chen's face froze.
He never thought that Qin Jingxiu, who has always been low-key, introverted and unsociable, would make a special trip to his Chen family to meet his daughter-in-law.
It's not that he suspected there was anything between Qin Jingxiu and his daughter-in-law, he just thought it was too strange.
Mr. Chen was open-minded and tactful. He did not ask Qin Jingxiu what he wanted from his daughter-in-law. He just told Qin Jingxiu, "She has been back to her hometown, City B, to visit her relatives for more than half a month. I'm afraid she won't be back to the capital for the time being."
When Qin Jingxiu heard that Mrs. Chen was going back to City B to visit her relatives, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
"Grandpa, are there guests?"
Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard on the stairs. The three of them looked in the direction of the sound and saw a girl in a pink dress, about 14 or 15 years old, standing at the entrance of the second floor stairs, looking at them curiously.
Looking at the girl in pink who looked vaguely like his own Qiqi, Qin Jingxiu's eyes showed some warmth.
If he guessed correctly, this should be Mrs. Chen's daughter, Kiki's half-sister.
Seeing Qin Jingxiu staring at his granddaughter without blinking, although Grandpa Chen felt it was strange, he still smiled and introduced Chen Yue to the two of them: "This is my little granddaughter, Chen Yue, she is 14 years old this year. Chen Yue, come down and call people, this is your Second Uncle Qin and Uncle Qin."
Chen Yue obediently walked down the stairs, called Qin Jingxiu and the other person respectively, then turned to Old Man Chen and said that she was going to attend a painting class. Then she politely said goodbye to the three of them and left home.
After watching Chen Yue leave, Qin Jingxiu also stood up and said goodbye to Mr. Chen.
"Since Mrs. Chen is not here, I will visit her another day."
Seeing the hurry in Qin Jingxiu's expression, Mr. Chen tactfully did not force them to stay. He politely sent the two of them to the door, then turned around with a serious expression.
After returning to the car, Qin Ming started the car but did not drive away immediately. Instead, he turned to look at Qin Jingxiu, who had a slightly solemn expression.
"If you're really anxious, we can just buy a plane ticket to City B right away. Why do you look so depressed?"
Qin Jingxiu glanced at Qin Ming and shook his head, "I'm not going to City B. I'm going to Country M."
Qin Ming stared at him in confusion. "Why did you go to Country M for no reason? You don't know your identity. Do you think you can go to Country M casually?"
"Qiqi is in Country M. I want to go find her."
Qin Ming stopped talking. No matter how troublesome or difficult it was, he could not and was unwilling to stop his brother from looking for his biological daughter.
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What's more, the father and daughter haven't seen each other for seventeen years. If it were him, he would probably want to fly to Country M on a rocket.
Qin Ming suddenly had an idea, "Why is there only an identification report but no photos? Do you know what your daughter looks like?"
Qin Jingxiu couldn't hide his smug look, "She looks exactly like me."
Under Qin Ming's highly suspicious eyes, he slowly added: "Eyes."
Qin Ming showed disdain, "Tsk~ Your eyes are a common type. It is estimated that there are 50 million people in the country with eyes that look like yours."
Qin Jingxiu glanced at him and said, "You look so ugly when you are jealous."
Qin Ming: ...
It only takes about three hours to fly from the imperial capital to City B. Qin Jingxiu can go to City B to meet Mrs. Chen first, and then go to Country M from City B.
But he didn't want to wait even a minute longer.
Qin Jingxiu felt uncomfortable after seeing the innocent, lively and graceful Chen Yue.
Many years of experience in the special forces have made his observation skills several times sharper than those of ordinary people, and his vision is piercing.
When he first met his daughter Tang Qi at Imperial Capital University, he knew that this seemingly calm and independent girl had suffered hardships and hardships that were beyond the reach of ordinary people.
The look in her eyes when she looked at him was cold and calm, as if a deep ancient well had frozen into ice, impervious to swords and guns, and immune to all poisons.
He couldn't imagine what his daughter had been through in the years he didn't know that led to such a calm look in her eyes.
Mrs. Chen is also Kiki's biological mother. Why is it that Chen Yue can live a wealthy and carefree life, while his Kiki is forced to become independent too early?
At that moment, he felt resentful towards Mrs. Chen.
But because of his amnesia, he missed his daughter for seventeen years, and he was not a competent and qualified father, so he couldn't blame anyone.
He was just heartbroken and apologetic. He wanted to see his daughter immediately and do everything he could to make up for the fatherly love she lacked.
Qin Jingxiu is a middle-level military officer. If he wants to go abroad, he needs to first apply verbally to his leader, then submit a written application form. After internal approval by the army, he can apply to the exit-entry management department.
In short, the whole process takes at least half a month.
However, he didn't even want to wait for half a day, so how could he possibly wait for half a month?
(End of this chapter)