Chapter 85, The Secret of Comfort
After staying at Jiang's house for one night, Jiang Ran dragged her packed suitcase downstairs the next morning and saw Qi Yuan wandering around the car.
"Qi Yuan." Jiang Ran walked quietly behind the girl and patted her shoulder. "What are you doing here?"
Startled, Qi Yuan patted his chest and said, "Ranran, why are you coming down so early?"
"I'll take the luggage down." After throwing the luggage into the trunk, Jiang Ran stretched lazily, "I'm so sleepy... Why are you here so early? I thought you and Captain Chu..."
"We are innocent." Qi Yuan blushed and replied sternly, "Don't always think about dirty things."
Jiang Ran's expression looked even more innocent than hers: "I haven't said anything yet - Qi Yuan, stop thinking about such dirty things."
Thinking his little thoughts were seen through, Qi Yuan's cheeks flushed with guilt: "Jiang Ran, do I look so indecent?"
This girl is really interesting, and also really easy to fool. Jiang Ran laughed: "Well, quite serious - I wonder what the serious classmate Qi Yuan is doing here?"
After the joke, Qi Yuan hung his head somewhat disappointedly, leaned against the car door, and whispered: "I feel that Chu Yuan is not very happy, but I don't know how to comfort him."
He really expressed his feelings directly.
Having long noticed that girls are straightforward and a bit naive, Jiang Ran was equally straightforward: "Captain Chu must be feeling bad after losing several teammates right after arriving in Jiangning."
"I know." Qi Yuan sighed, twisting his fingers together. "He has always taken care of me. I want to do something for him, but after thinking about it for a long time, I find that there seems to be nothing I can do."
"You want to comfort him?" Jiang Ran said bluntly, "Just hug him, kiss him, and lift him up high. If that doesn't work, just throw him down..."
Looking at Jiang Ran in surprise, Qi Yuan thought for a moment and said blankly: "Ranran, I didn't realize that you and Professor Si were so passionate..."
Jiang Ran, who was making the plan, was choked by the cold wind and almost coughed up tears: "Cough!"
Qi Yuan patted her on the back and said, "Don't get excited. I won't tell anyone." Then he muttered softly, "When I saw Professor Si, I thought he was an abstinent type, but it turns out he's a carnivore. You can't judge a person by their appearance."
Jiang Ran: "..." Miss, I haven't said anything yet, please don't jump to conclusions!
The two looked at each other in silence. After a moment, Jiang Ran cleared his throat and brought the topic back to the point: "Where is Captain Chu now?"
"Room." Qi Yuan pointed to a window on the second floor. "He should still be resting."
"Then why did you come down by yourself?" Jiang Ran pushed her back. "Go back to the room, wait for him to wake up, and ask him if he wants to drink water or eat... Let him feel the warmth of his lover."
"The warmth of a lover?"
"Yeah, if I woke up and found a cute little sister like you by my side, wouldn't that be super healing?"
Jiang Ran said as she pushed Qi Yuan upstairs.
“Someone once told me that if you want something, you just reach out – whatever you put your mind to, you just do it.”
When they reached the door of the room, Jiang Ran patted her shoulder and said earnestly: "Words of comfort are meaningful only when they are spoken out loud - Qi Yuan, you have a long way to go, so go ahead!"
Seeing the girl about to leave, Qi Yuan subconsciously grabbed her and asked, "What about you?"
"Me?" Jiang Ran laughed. "I'm going to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Once you've comforted Captain Chu, I can have a hot breakfast. How wonderful~"
After hearing Jiang Ran's encouragement, Qi Yuan got excited and knocked on the door and walked into the room. He just bumped into Chu Yuan who had just come out of the bathroom with wet hair.
The man's shirt was buttoned casually with only the middle two buttons, revealing his collarbone and slim waistline that could hold fish. And then...
Qi Yuan raised his hand to cover his nose and turned around hastily.
Chu Yuan, who was wearing a towel, seemed not to notice her excitement. He slowly wiped his hair, walked behind her, and looked at her expression: "Hey~"
He chuckled softly in her ear: "Are you bleeding from your nose?"
The man laughed in a low, hoarse voice, which was extremely sexy. Qi Yuan felt like a kettle with boiling water, his whole body was hot and smoke was coming out of his head.
In order to avoid being caught by the man, she could only shake her head desperately, wishing she could plug her ears: "No, no, no!"
"Really?" Chu Yuan continued to wipe his hair, his tone drawn out, "If you want to see it, I won't refuse you - anytime, anywhere, you can pick it up."
All the blood in her body rushed to her head, completely wiping out her rationality. Qi Yuan turned around with a flushed face and looked at him: "Chu Yuan, have you slept with me before?"
Chu Yuan's mouth twitched at the straightforward question and he reminded her, "Sister, what are you thinking? When we broke off our engagement, you were only nineteen. I'm not such a beast."
“…”
"Or do you think something happened between us?" Chu Yuan leaned over again and put his hand close to her cheek. Amidst the girl's sudden rapid breathing, he smiled leisurely, "Qi Yuan, are you thinking of something indecent? Eh~ I can't tell, you're such a lecher."
Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, the cat's fur explodes: "You're the pervert! You're a big pervert!"
After the little girl finished cursing, she angrily wanted to open the door and leave.
"Pray for a wish."
Holding her hand that was holding the door handle, Chu Yuan restrained his teasing expression and said tiredly, "Don't go. Stay with me for a while."
He softened his tone and made his request seriously. Qiyuan had no way of refusing and followed him silently to sit beside the bed.
The little girl was so close, Chu Yuan hooked his fingers around hers, clasped them together in his palm, and leaned over to whisper to her, "Qin Huai has already escaped. There's no point in going to the blockade anymore. Once things are settled here, I'll take you to Fengyang."
When Qi Yuan heard Feng Yang again, she was not as excited as before. She nodded gently and whispered, "I'm not in a hurry. Your work is more important."
The little girl's well-behaved appearance made him feel a little uncomfortable. Chu Yuan touched her head and smiled: "Qi Yuan, I've noticed that you've become much more well-behaved after losing your memory."
"Eh? Is there?"
"I remember one time we made an appointment to see a movie, but I couldn't make it because of a very important meeting. You were so angry that you ignored me for three days." Chu Yuan's eyes softened as he recalled the past. "In order to appease you, I consulted everyone I could."
"Pfft." Qi Yuan was amused by his exaggerated description and looked at him, laughing grimly, "You stood up your girlfriend, so you should have come to comfort me."
"uh-huh."
Looking at the girl's smug expression, Chu Yuan leaned over and kissed her hard on the cheek while she was off guard.
The man's face, which suddenly approached and then left, kept repeating in his mind. Qi Yuan stared at him blankly with his mouth slightly open.
So silly and cute.
The man clenched his fists and put them to his lips, coughing to hide his triumphant smile.
After coming to his senses, Qi Yuan suddenly looked away, and even his neck was stained with a layer of crimson.
She didn't say anything, but Chu Yuan became interested and told his girlfriend about the past as a story.
"The marriage between the Chu family and the Qi family is between me and your sister Qi Yao. Your sister refused to accept the family marriage, but she had no way to resist her parents' arrangement. It just so happened that you had a good impression of me, so you exchanged identities with her and became my fiancée under the name Qi Yao.
"When I first met you, you came down from upstairs with your sister. In fact, your various behaviors at that time made me very suspicious of your identity, because according to the information I got, such a lively personality should not belong to Qi Yao, but to the younger twin sister Qi Yuan.
"But, for me at that time, as long as the marriage partner was a daughter of the Qi family, it would be fine. Qi Yao or Qi Yuan, it made no difference..."
Hearing this, Qi Yuan opened his eyes wide and glared at him angrily: "So, Chu Yuan, you have no feelings for me at all - what about dating, what about fiancée, are they all just routine?!"
The girl became angrier and angrier as she spoke, her cheeks puffed out like a waterlogged pufferfish.
She showed a care that she herself didn't even notice. Chu Yuan's mouth twitched. He wanted to laugh, but didn't dare to laugh out loud: "Qi Yuan, can't you feel my feelings for you?"
She wanted to yell, "I can't feel it!", but looking at the man's expectant gaze, Qi Yuan hesitated and admitted defeat: "Um, I... I feel a little bit..."
"Ahem."
This girl is still as gullible as before.
Chu Yuan, suppressing his smile, ruffled the girl's hair and said seriously, "Qi Yuan, I told you when we first met that we truly loved each other. Although we had our own purposes when we first met, we loved each other until the moment we were forced to separate."
Qi Yuan didn't doubt his words, but frowned and thought for a long time before asking, "Chu Yuan, you said we broke off the engagement because the Chu family fell into decline and my father felt that you were not worthy of me... But in my memory, my father was not the kind of person who despised the poor and loved the rich, and..."
She spoke tentatively, carefully observing the man's expression. Noticing the change in his expression, Qi Yuan swallowed the rest of her words.
How could a man who had long experienced the fickleness of human nature fail to notice the girl's sudden hesitation? He still smiled, but there was no trace of tenderness in his smile. He asked slowly, "And what?"
Sensing the young man's displeasure, which could even be considered disgust, Qi Yuan pursed his lips and said nothing.
Chu Yuan didn't like her father. He hated his father, or rather, he hated all the members of the Qi family except her.
Why?
Didn't he say that the Qi and Chu families were old friends, close enough that their children could be betrothed to each other? If that was the case, why did Chu Yuan hate her father and the Qi family so much?
"Chu Yuan..." Having made up his mind, Qi Yuan took back his hand and asked seriously, word by word, "Please tell me what happened when we separated."
The girl looked straight at him with a firm gaze and an expression of being ready to die. Chu Yuan stared at her for a moment, then suddenly curled his lips and smiled.
With a bit of sigh and relief.
"You're sure you want to know about the past?" he asked. "My story is undoubtedly very subjective and one-sided—even so, do you still insist on listening to me?"
(End of this chapter)
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