Chapter 63 I Won’t Come Back
"Your father isn't particularly bright, but he's a man of tact. He's listened to me and relocated the company overseas six months ago. This is the only way I can protect your family." Liang Jianwei sighed deeply, "I'm really getting old."
He asked why his parents traveled abroad so frequently last year, and he was far away in Jiangcheng and didn't even notice it.
Liang Jianwei didn't mind his silence, but as if he saw through his inner thoughts, he continued, "I agreed to your transfer to Jiangcheng, and I was already planning it. You're smart, but sometimes knowing too much isn't a good thing. I thought I could hold out until the end of your college entrance exams, but now it seems..."
Liang Qi understood what he was going to say.
"I won't leave," he said decisively.
"Don't mess around." Liang Jianwei was a little tired, and his voice was unconsciously a little tired. "If you don't leave now, if something really happens, you will definitely be restricted from leaving the country with your status."
"I didn't do anything." Liang Qi said stubbornly, "Why should I leave?"
"What are you doing?" Liang Jianwei stabbed the ground with his cane. "You can continue doing what you want to do abroad. You can find the partner you want. You're still so young!"
Liang Qi gritted his teeth and said nothing. He understood the reason, but the promise he had just made to Shen Xiyu rang in his ears.
He remembered that he had told her that he would always be with her. All rationality was thrown out of his mind. He only knew that he could not break his promise. He could not break his promise.
"I won't leave." Liang Qi said more firmly.
"You want me to die, don't you?" Liang Jianwei was truly enraged by him and started coughing violently. "Think about your future. No woman wants a man without power and money. You're young now, but what about the future? Can you stay young forever and never consider reality?"
"I will develop AI services that surpass the world's level, and I will give her a good life." Liang Qi argued with him with clenched fists.
"Without the Liang family, you're nothing! Giving people a good life? How many years do you think the good life you're talking about will last? Five years? Ten years? Twenty years? R&D is so expensive, how are you going to survive? Living off someone's parents' inheritance? Who do you think provided the money for those early investors? It was me and your Uncle Pei who provided the funds. The country doesn't like your stuff! Can you survive without financial support?!"
Liang Qi was speechless. He had never heard anyone mention this matter before.
It turned out that all those things he thought he had created with his own ability after escaping from the Liang family were actually supported by them behind the scenes. Whether it was his own talent or his painstaking research and development day and night, they were all built with their own money out of kindness. It was not because they thought what they made had a future, but because of Pei Wei and his identity. Perhaps there were many moments that he didn't know about, when others appreciated their identity rather than their achievements.
In fact, he is still an appendage of the Liang family who has accomplished nothing.
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*
Shen Xiyu has been contacting Liang Qi less recently. At first, she didn't think there was anything wrong because she was busy. After the New Year, she went to tutoring classes every day without fail, and most of the time she was doing papers until around 11 o'clock. These things took away most of her attention.
The time she really felt it was when Liang Qi hadn't called her for a week. This fact itself was very un-"Liang Qi" because he was just a clingy big dog. Thinking of her own metaphor, Shen Xiyu was a little disgusted by herself, but she still unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth when she thought of it.
After picking a night, Shen Xiyu sent a message to Liang Qi in advance.
—Magrim: Call?"
Liang Qi didn't reply for a long time. Shen Xiyi thought he was busy and waited for a long time, but there was still no response from the phone.
She was already a little annoyed. It would have been fine if he hadn't called her for a week, but when she wanted to call, this bastard pretended to be dead.
Shen Xiyu directly dialed the video call.
The phone rang for a long time before someone answered.
The camera shook for a while before Shen Xiyu could see Liang Qi's face clearly.
She swallowed the complaint that was about to come out of her mouth and asked, "Have you lost weight?"
Liang Qi walked to a somewhat dim place, "No." He touched his chin, "Isn't it too handsome?"
Shen Xiyu rarely laughed or scolded him, "No, you've lost a lot of weight, and there's a bruise on your chin."
Liang Qi was stunned, but quickly recovered. He raised his camera and said, "You're too sharp-eyed, you little liar."
"You are the liar this time."
Liang Qi was choked for a moment, "I bumped into it a few days ago, it's not a big deal, don't worry."
"Then why didn't you call me for so long?" Shen Xiyu asked.
"I was afraid you'd see it." Liang Qi kept smiling, "You should be heartbroken, right?"
Shen Xiyu ignored him, "When will you come back?"
"Missed me?"
Liang Qi originally wanted to tease her to make her happy, but unexpectedly, Shen Xiyu said without hesitation, "Well, I miss you so much."
He choked up inexplicably, tears welling up uncontrollably. Afraid that Shen Xiyu would notice, he moved the camera away for a few seconds, pretending to pick up something, and calmed down.
"My grandpa hasn't been feeling well lately, and I've been running around with him. That's why I didn't call you. I've remembered it all, so I'll catch up when I have some free time, okay?"
Shen Xiyu was a little dazed for a moment, and he imagined that they had returned to the time before they started dating. Liang Qi liked to chase him like this and ask "Is it okay, is it okay?" and he always gave up.
Grandpa Liang Qi must be seriously ill, otherwise he wouldn't look so haggard, Shen Xiyu thought.
"Take good care of grandpa and yourself. If you don't have time, don't fight. I'll wait for you at home."
The boy on the other end of the phone tried hard to hide his emotions. He opened his mouth several times and finally replied indifferently, "Yeah, you too."
*
The school opening day is coming soon, and the senior high school students have to return to school early to make up for the lessons. Even though the Education Bureau has issued a pressure relief notice for so many years, it has no effect on the senior high school students. Everyone still has to return to school reluctantly half a month after the New Year.
"Liang Qi isn't coming again?" Zhang Zhi asked curiously when he saw that the seat next to Shen Xiyu was empty again.
"Well, I'm still in Los Angeles. Something happened at home and I'm told I'll be back later." Shen Xiyu handed the homework to the study committee member who was across the aisle.
"I was thinking about getting together with you guys when school starts." Zhang Zhi's mother had high expectations for him. He had been in cram school for the entire semester and hadn't been out to play for a single day. He was almost suffocating. "But Qin Yiyan and the others didn't come."
Qin Yiyan didn't come either? His seat was in the back row, quite far away from Shen Xiyu, and she hadn't noticed it. Now, after hearing Zhang Zhi's words, she turned her head and saw that Qin Yiyan's seat was indeed empty.
"Who knows what's wrong with him? I finally convinced my mom a few days ago to play a couple of games and invite him to join my team, but he said he was busy and couldn't log in." Zhang Zhi was a little angry. "He used to call me for a long time every time to get me to log in, and I always risked being scolded by my mom."
"This guy is really not a brother!" he concluded.
Shen Xiyu frowned. She felt uneasy and felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
"By the way, about you and Liang Qi..." Zhang Zhi asked furtively, "Do they all know about it?"
Shen Xiyu's thoughts were interrupted by him, "I know."
"Oh, finally I don't have to hold it in anymore. Do you know how hard it was for me to hide it..."
Shen Xiyu was a little distracted and didn't listen to him seriously.
Liang Qi, why haven't you come back yet?
*
It was several days later that Qin Yiyan returned to school.
As soon as he came back, several people urged him to treat them to a meal, saying that he had secretly rested for so long.
Qin Yiyan knew that they just wanted to find a reason to get together, so he happily agreed.
Shen Xiyu called him out during the afternoon break.
"What happened to Liang Qi?" There was no need to beat around the bush in front of Qin Yiyan, so Shen Xiyu asked directly.
"His grandfather isn't feeling well." Qin Yiyan seemed to have anticipated her question and answered promptly, "There's no one at home. He can't get away."
"But the college entrance examination is almost here, why isn't he coming back to attend classes?" Shen Xiyu asked suspiciously.
"With his grades, he can definitely do without reviewing." Qin Yiyan said indifferently, "Besides, he will review on his own over there."
"That's true." Chen Xiyu pondered and asked, "But he only replies once every two or three days now. I always feel something is wrong."
Qin Yiyan froze visibly for a moment, his expression somewhat unnatural, before he laughed and said, "I'll take care of him for you when we get back."
Shen Xiyu asked for a long time but didn't get anything useful. "Go back and do the questions."
Qin Yiyan looked at her back, hesitated for a while, and finally called her, "Xi Yu."
Shen Xiyu turned around, "What's wrong?"
The boy took a few deep breaths, then suddenly smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm just teasing you."
"Deep well ice." Shen Xiyu turned around and entered the classroom through the back door.
Qin Yiyan did not follow her in. He leaned on the railing alone, lowered his head and thought for a long time. He didn't know whether it was right for him to help Liang Qi hide it from Shen Xiyu, but he knew that Liang Qi really had no choice. This was an unbreakable situation. For a moment, he even wanted to rush into the classroom to call Shen Xiyu out and tell her clearly.
Don't wait, Liang Qi won't come back.
But he couldn't do it. He couldn't make a decision for his friend, couldn't say these words for Liang Qi, and couldn't see Shen Xiyu's shocked and disappointed expression.
Obviously...
I clearly saw with my own eyes how hard it was for them to be together, and how hard it was for Shen Xiyu to let down his guard.
How did things turn out like this?
That night after school, Shen Xiyu went home after having dinner with them. She still habitually looked back at the door opposite, secretly expecting that one day Liang Qi would open the door and scare her.
After dragging her tired body home from a day of classes, Shen Xiyu collapsed on the sofa, and Hotpot came over to pick her face.
Chen Xiyu thought for a while while holding the hot pot, then turned on his phone and made a call, "Sister Ningning, can you help me ask your boyfriend..."
"Don't tell him I asked, and don't tell Ning Zhou either."
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