Xie Yang pretended not to notice that Qiu Xing was angry. He took out his phone and looked through the comments under Mu Zhouyi's rehearsal video. After reading it, he sent a WeChat message to Qin Cheng and Hu Biao respectively.
An hour later, the car stopped in an open-air parking lot deep inside the sanatorium. Xie Yang and Qiu Xing got out of the car and walked towards the small building.
Qiu Xing walked with big steps and a gloomy face. He didn't look like someone who came to celebrate the New Year, but rather like someone who came to collect a debt. Xie Yang followed Qiu Xing two steps behind, and he was in a good mood.
Before entering the small building, Xie Yang called out to Qiu Xing.
Qiu Xing immediately stopped, turned his head to look at Jie Yang, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xie Yang reminded, "Be closer." Then he walked to the position next to Qiu Xing and gestured inside, "Let's go."
...How can just walking side by side be considered intimacy!
The expectation in Qiu Xing's heart was extinguished, and his eyes kept falling on Jie Yang's hand hanging at his side. He wanted to pull it but was too embarrassed to take the initiative to reach out. He held his breath and hesitated until he arrived at the small living room where Qiu's mother was.
Qiu Xing: “…”
Qiu's mother was clear-headed at the moment, leaning on the sofa listening to the news. When she saw Qiu Xing coming up, she immediately looked over, then frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Are you unhappy to see me? Why do you look so long?"
Qiu Xing quickly adjusted his expression, walked up to sit opposite Qiu's mother, and said, "No. Mom, how are you feeling recently?"
"Very good." Mother Qiu looked at Xie Yang who was walking back, and looked him up and down. She was surprised, "Yang Yang seems to have grown taller?"
Just as Xie Yang was about to answer, Qiu Xing said sarcastically, "You're still growing at the age of 20. Your puberty is really late."
Xie Yang and Qiu's mother looked towards Qiu Xing together.
"..." Qiu Xing lowered his head and poured himself a cup of tea, tilted his head to take a sip, and pretended to be calm.
"Aunt, I have indeed grown taller." Xie Yang looked at Qiu's mother, walked naturally to Qiu Xing and sat down next to him, picked up the tea that Qiu Xing had just put down, raised it to his lips and took a sip, then put down the teacup and raised his hand to untie the scarf around his neck.
Qiu Xing slowly lowered his head, looking at the teacup in front of him that had been "defiled" by Jie Yang. After a while, his Adam's apple rolled, and he turned his head to look at Jie Yang: "You..."
"What's wrong?" Xie Yang put down his scarf and looked at Qiu Xing, then smiled, leaned over to help Qiu Xing take off his scarf, and said, "Why don't you take off your scarf? The heating in the room is so strong, isn't it hot?" He considerately helped Qiu Xing take off his scarf, and after that he helped Qiu Xing adjust his collar, and then his fingers gently brushed Qiu Xing's Adam's apple as if by accident.
Qiu Xing straightened his back and stood up in a flash.
Qiu's mother and Jie Yang looked up at Qiu Xing again. Xie Yang asked, "What's wrong?"
"..." Qiu Xing's neck was stiff. He quickly glanced at his mother and said, "Nothing... I'm going to the bathroom." After that, he turned around and walked away.
Qiu's mother looked at Jie Yang.
Xie Yang looked back calmly.
Qiu's mother asked, "Is it fun to tease him?"
Xie Yang nodded honestly: "It's really fun."
Mother Qiu smiled, her brows relaxed, and asked with a bit of malice: "How long do you think it will take for him to come back?"
"At least five minutes later."
"Then he has improved a lot compared to before." Qiu's mother turned off the news that had been playing and said, "Ah Xing looks much better."
"He has indeed gotten better. After having heart surgery, he sleeps much longer every day and has a better appetite. If he wasn't too busy at the end of the year, he would look better than he does now."
Mother Qiu nodded, turned sideways, picked up a small photo album from the shelf next to her and put it on her lap.
"Before, I persuaded Ah Xing to see a doctor, but he always agreed on the surface but was perfunctory behind his back. I know what he was thinking... At that time, he suddenly called me and said that he had undergone surgery..." She suddenly stopped talking, touched the photo album, and then looked at Jie Yang seriously, saying, "Jie Yang, choosing you was the best decision I have ever made in my life. Thank you."
Xie Yang noticed that Qiu's mother's eyes were a little red, so he stood up and sat next to her, holding her hand on her leg. He took the opportunity to explore his special ability and said with assurance and comfort, "No need to thank me, auntie, don't worry, he will get better and better."
…
Six or seven minutes later, Qiu Xing came back. Xie Yang had already sat back down, chatting with Qiu's mother about the koi carp in their home's lake.
Qiu Xing pretended to be calm as he sat down next to Jie Yang. When he saw a cup of tea in front of Jie Yang, his face fell. He looked at the tea in front of him again, moved his fingers, pretended to reach out and pick up the cup as if nothing had happened, drank a sip like a thief, then quickly put the cup down and tried to join the conversation, saying, "There are more and more fish in the lake. We must release some next year."
Qiu's mother stopped talking, looked at Qiu Xing who was pretending to be calm, and suddenly sighed softly.
Qiu Xing frowned in confusion.
"We need to release some of them." Xie Yangze responded naturally, as if he had discovered nothing.
After chatting for a while, it was lunch time and the three of them went to the restaurant. Xie Yang fulfilled his duties diligently. He sat close to Qiu Xing during meals, took the initiative to pick up food and serve soup for Qiu Xing, helped Qiu Xing roll up his sleeves, and spoke to Qiu Xing very closely.
Qiu Xing's reaction changed from being stiff in the beginning to slowly getting used to it and enjoying it, and he would occasionally respond, such as picking up food for Jie Yang. His whole aura became visibly brighter.
Qiu's mother looked at Qiu Xing's silly smile and wanted to say something, but finally shut up.
After the meal, Qiu's mother went back to her room for a nap. Before leaving, she assigned Jie Yang and Qiu Xing a task to go out and buy Spring Festival couplets and New Year's goods.
In fact, the sanatorium had everything. To buy something, one only needed to tell the people in the logistics department to go buy it. However, Qiu Xing seemed to have been infected with the same confusion as Qiu's mother and had completely forgotten about it. After sending Qiu's mother back to her room, he said to Jie Yang, "Let's go to the supermarket."
Xie Yang nodded, turned around and went to the small living room to take out the coats, scarves and other things of the two people. Then he gave Qiu Xing's clothes and scarf, and put on his own clothes.
"You are so old, but you can't even wear clothes properly."
Qiu Xing suddenly stepped forward, reached out to help Jie Yang straighten the hood of his coat that was turned inside out, then pulled Jie Yang's hand away and helped him button the collar of his coat to the top button. Finally, he took out the scarf and helped Jie Yang wrap it carefully, circle by circle.
Xie Yang put down his hand, looked at Qiu Xing, whose eyes were filled with disdain and impatience but whose corners of his mouth were slightly raised with a contradictory expression, and smiled.
Qiu Xingxun asked, "What are you laughing at? Are you proud of not being able to wear clothes well?"
Xie Yang smiled and shook his head. After Qiu Xing helped him put on his hat, he took a step back and said, "Thank you."
Qiu Xing snorted, with a noble and cold expression again, and said: "Wear your gloves yourself, and remember to wear a mask as well. Look at you, you have to cover your face every time you go out. You don't know what's so good about being an artist."
“The advantage is that you can make money quickly.”
"Those who make money quickly are always those who hold the capital." Qiu Xing put on his coat, then picked up his scarf very slowly and glanced at Jie Yang out of the corner of his eye.
Xie Yang pretended not to have received the hint, took out his mask and put it on, then turned around and walked to the entrance to change his shoes, saying, "That's why I need to make money quickly to accumulate capital. Once I have accumulated enough, I can move behind the scenes."
Qiu Xing looked at Jie Yang's back, his upturned lips straightened, he put on his scarf and gloves, tried to hold back, but couldn't help saying, "You heartless family—"
"What?" Xie Yang suddenly turned around.
Qiu Xing shut up, walked to the entrance with a cold face to change shoes, and said, "Nothing."
…
The sanatorium is too remote, and it takes more than ten minutes to drive to the nearest supermarket. After getting in the car, Qiu Xing tried to explain to Jie Yang the traditional Chinese virtue of courtesy and reciprocity. As soon as he finished formulating his words, Xie Yang's cell phone rang.
Qiu Xing: “…”
The call was from Jie Xiu, and Jie Yang answered it directly.
"Yangyang." Jie Xiu's tone was full of joy and high spirits, and he said, "You and Mr. Qiu can have fun during the New Year, so you don't have to go home specially. Please help me thank Mr. Qiu for the additional investment. I promise to run the resort well! I will not neglect the hotel either, and I will definitely not embarrass you!"
Additional investment? hotel?
Xie Yang responded with a few words and hung up the phone. He looked at Qiu Xing and asked, "Did you give Xie Xiu additional investment?"
Qiu Xing immediately looked away, picked up the tortured magazine again, and said, "It's just a proper expansion of the project. Since you've decided to do it, then do your best to make it bigger. And your hotel, since you want to be a public figure, you should pay more attention to it and don't let Jie Xiu embarrass you outside."
Is this secretly calculating and helping him clarify those bad rumors?
Xie Yang looked at the magazine in Qiu Xing's hand and asked, "Is the magazine good?"
Qiu Xing paused while flipping through the magazine, shifted his sitting position uncomfortably, and said, "Not bad. There's a good analysis of the stock market trend that's worth reading over and over again."
"I want to see it too. Come over here and let's watch it together."
Qiu Xing turned his head to look at Jie Yang.
Xie Yang asked, "Won't you show it to me?"
"...You're the only one who has so many things to do!" Qiu Xing suppressed his happiness, moved over and put the magazine in front of Jie Yang, saying, "Look."
Xie Yang also moved closer, next to Qiu Xing, leaned towards Qiu Xing, put his hand on the magazine, and really started reading.
Qiu Xing looked at Jie Yang's face which was very close to him. The corners of his mouth curled up, then quickly suppressed them. He turned his head to look out the window, then slowly moved his head back after a while. He looked at Jie Yang's focused profile and moved the magazine towards Jie Yang again.
Xie Yang suddenly turned his head to look at Qiu Xing and said, "I don't quite understand it. Can you explain it to me?"
Qiu Xing hurriedly turned his head to look out the window again, suppressed his expression and looked back at Jie Yang, saying: "You only behave nicely when you need my help... What's there to not understand?"
Xie Yang pointed to a place.
Qiu Xing glanced at him and snorted, "You can't even understand this... Listen carefully, I will only explain it once."
Qiu Xing explained a not-so-long stock market analysis article to Jie Yang, from the foreign economic situation to the domestic economic policy. Zhou Miao, who was sitting in the front seat, looked pale.
When getting off the car, Qiu Xing walked with such a gust of wind. Xie Yang followed Qiu Xing with his hands in his pockets, looking relaxed.
There were a lot of people in the supermarket before the New Year. Qiu Xing frowned as soon as he entered. When he saw someone almost bumping into Jie Yang, he finally succeeded in turning his face black. He stretched out his hand to pull Jie Yang to his side to protect him, and said, "Stay close."
Xie Yang walked obediently next to Qiu.
After buying things and returning to the car, Qiu Xing's expression finally improved a little. He picked up the magazine again and said, "Do you understand this? Let me check it."
Zhou Miao, who was drinking water, unfortunately choked himself.
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