Before leaving after dinner, Yue Jialiang asked Aunt Wang to give Yue Feiying a portion of sweet and sour pork tenderloin that she had packed earlier in the morning, and earnestly instructed her:
"Yingying, this is the sweet and sour pork that Shengzhi wanted to eat. Take it back to him. Next time you are free, come home and eat together. Dad is waiting for you!"
Yue Feiying twitched the corners of his mouth with a forced smile.
It seems that Qi Shengzhi is quite good at coaxing people. He won over his father-in-law so quickly——
Before, Yue Jialiang would just say tearfully that he would wait for her to come home for dinner, but now he is waiting for both of them?
She could no longer suppress her curiosity and wanted to go home quickly to test Qi Shengzhi's attitude and see what he was planning.
It was still early when I got home, and Shao Jingque and Ding Ling had not returned yet.
Yue Feiying planned to go back to her room to take a nap first, and then wait until Qi Shengzhi came back in the evening so that she could have full energy to "interrogate the case late at night".
But as I approached the door of the room, I heard a faint strange humming sound coming from inside.
Yue Feiying's heart suddenly tightened, thinking that a thief had broken into the house. She quickly picked up an iron candlestick from the cabinet beside her, held it in her hand, and slowly pushed open the door of the room with a nervous look on her face.
At first glance, the room was as normal as usual, except for a bulge in the quilt on the bed. She suddenly became suspicious.
Is that Qi Shengzhi under the quilt?
He came back so early today?
Although the situation was unusual, Yue Feiying still did not let down her guard.
She tiptoed towards the bed, grabbed a corner of the sheet with one hand, and pulled it with lightning speed. With the other hand holding the candlestick, she raised it high, but the next second she froze in place.
Qi Shengzhi's hair was messy and curled up in a ball under the sheets. He was still shaking slightly and making suppressed low sobs from time to time, which sounded intermittently in the quiet space.
The strong smell of alcohol filled the air around him, and his exposed skin had turned red.
At that moment, Yue Feiying felt like she had seen a wounded animal, trying to wrap her broken emotions with soft cloth and hide in a safe place to relieve the pain of her injury.
She had never seen Qi Shengzhi so fragile before. The scene before her made her frown.
"Qi Shengzhi...what's wrong with you?"
As if startled by her voice, after a brief silence, Qi Shengzhi propped up his elbows and slowly raised his head.
He was born with red lips and white teeth, and now his cold white skin was stained with a layer of red after being drunk. His pair of misty peach blossom eyes were full of watery light, and even the tails of his eyes were stained with a bit of beautiful red, making him look more amorous than usual.
This good look made Yue Feiying sigh unconsciously in her heart.
He stared at Yue Feiying who suddenly appeared in front of him, and it seemed that it took him a long time to recognize her.
The next second, Qi Shengzhi was like a little child, with his mouth pursed and two lines of tears streaming down his eyes, his voice full of grievance:
"I showed him the photo, but it turns out he already knew it... He knew everything and still wanted to protect her..."
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Yue Feiying's heart softened. She sat over and put her arms around his shoulders to support his unstable body.
Perhaps because he was drunk and confused, Qi Shengzhi did not resist at all this time. Instead, he leaned over and a warm breath with a strong smell of alcohol instantly hit Yue Feiying's neck, making her face suddenly feel hot.
The next second, she quickly reminded herself to be more sober. She was crying so hard, but she was still thinking about all kinds of nonsense in her mind. It was too inhumane.
She listened to Qi Shengzhi's intermittent words, which seemed to be related to the photo. She speculated in her heart and said:
"You mean you showed the photo to your father? Did he know about it?"
Qi Shengzhi's words surprised Yue Feiying a little -
If Qi Mingyuan had known that Qu Jingyun had a problem, how could he have lived with her under the same roof as if nothing had happened?
Qi Shengzhi's sobs became louder, and he wrapped his arms around Yue Feiying's waist. The cool and refreshing fragrance on her body made him feel at ease. He buried his head in her neck and muttered as if to complain:
"He knows everything. He knows that the bad woman is spying on me, that the bracelet belongs to the bad woman... He knows that the bad woman has wronged me, that the bad woman threw away my little fox, that the bad woman put laxatives in my milk... He knows! He knows everything! Woo woo..."
Qi Shengzhi cried so sadly that he lost all his usual arrogance and didn't even realize that his tone of voice now became like that of a child.
"But he still told me not to hand the photos over to the police. He said he would handle it his own way... Ultimately, he still wanted to protect her and he couldn't bear to see her go to jail..."
"You know what? He thought I was after his property and was using the photos to blackmail him for money, so he slapped me without saying a word..."
Before he could finish his words, a pair of cold little hands cupped his face.
The slightly cool touch at that moment made Qi Shengzhi shudder. He stopped talking unconsciously and stared blankly at the plain little face that suddenly came close to him.
Yue Feiying frowned slightly and looked carefully at Qi Shengzhi's flushed cheek. Only then did she realize that the left side of his face was still swollen. She could faintly see one or two finger marks that had not yet disappeared. She was immediately furious.
She could understand the bickering between father and son, but hitting them was wrong, right?!
This Qi Shengzhi is also a coward. Isn't he usually so sharp-tongued?!
Why is it that when you get beaten or bullied, you just hide under the covers and cry secretly?!
They are all cowards, which makes her so angry!
Yue Feiying raised her eyes in anger and met Qi Shengzhi's gaze. She saw that he was slightly drunk, his eyelids drooping, his misty peach blossom eyes covered with a layer of water mist, and his face flushed as he stared at her infatuatedly:
"Flying Fireflies..."
"Um?"
Yue Feiying, who was sulking, felt inexplicably uncomfortable when he stared at her like that. She didn't know why he suddenly called her name, so she responded in a muffled voice.
Qi Shengzhi pursed his lips, which had become increasingly red due to drunkenness, and Yue Feiying also swallowed her saliva. She felt inexplicably nervous and expectant about what he was going to say next.
"Flying Fireflies..."
"......you say."
"I want to vomit..."
“…”
Spit! Spit! Spit!
I feel like vomiting every time after drinking, so I don’t want to eat anything!
Yue Feiying was so angry that she wanted to hit someone, but considering the lesson she learned from the whole night last time, in order to avoid causing herself more trouble, she patiently brought him a basin, then hurried to the kitchen to boil some water, and then made him a cup of honey water to help him sober up and brought it back to his room.
But when she brought the honey water back to the room, the bastard closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
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