Chapter 65 Biological Parents

Qi Nian turned off his phone in a upset mood. Just as he was about to put it away, it suddenly rang.

After seeing who was calling, his heart skipped a beat. He held the phone in a panic and answered the call hesitantly.

"Niannian?" Chu Rongshi's voice came out, with the sound of wind from another city in the background, giving Qi Nian a feeling that the other person was very gentle.

Qi Nian felt his ears were a little hot, so he moved the phone away from his ear, placed it in front of him, and turned on the speaker.

Perhaps because he didn't get a response, Chu Rongshi asked patiently, "Why don't you say anything?"

Qi Nian breathed a sigh of relief and coughed lightly: "Brother, why... did you call me suddenly?"

"I see you sent a message and then retracted it." Chu Rongshi said with a smile: "I came over to ask if there is anything."

Qi Nian said dryly: "Nothing..."

If I wanted to let you know, I wouldn't have withdrawn it.

Besides, there's really nothing.

Besides, what are you laughing at!

"Well, I didn't send a message before because I was on a plane." Chu Rongshi explained without asking any more questions.

Qi Nian immediately said, "You're coming back?...Auntie and the others miss you."

"Really? I'm on business trips so often, I didn't know they would miss me." Chu Rongshi said with a smile, as if he found it strange.

Qi Nian picked his fingers and said dryly, "Maybe... they are too embarrassed to say it."

Chu Rongshi chuckled. It was unclear whether he believed Qi Nian's words or not. He said, "Someone misses me. I am very happy."

"Oh..." Qi Nian didn't know how to describe it. He always felt that his brother's words were weird, which made him very uncomfortable.

Qi Nian asked again: "So...are you almost home?"

"No, I'm still in transit." Chu Rongshi asked, "Are you coming to pick me up?"

Qi Nian subconsciously said: "No!"

There was silence over there for a moment, and Qi Nian couldn't help but feel guilty again, wondering if his reaction was too big. Besides, putting aside other things, his brother was still so good to him.

I can't deny everything that happened in the past just because he treated me like that, right?

Just as I was struggling with my thoughts, I heard Chu Rongshi say with a smile, "I didn't intend for you to pick me up. I'll be arriving in the middle of the night, so you should have a good rest."

Qi Nian pursed his lips: "Yeah."

After hanging up the phone, the little curly-haired cat swayed listlessly following the movements of its owner.

Qi Nian sighed, why couldn't he, with his ability to eat melons, discover things related to him in advance?

If he could discover it in advance, then he...

It seemed that there was no other way. Qi Nian's shoulders drooped helplessly.

Pursing his lips, he wondered if his brother arrived at the airport in the middle of the night? Would it be better for someone to pick him up at that time?

Qi Nian returned home with a thought in mind, and ate his meal with a thought in mind.

He walked quietly to where Chu Zhen and Ning Min were watching TV and sat down, waiting for them to notice his presence.

After a long while, Chu Zhen, who was watching TV attentively, turned around and saw Qi Nian. His eyes widened and he asked, "Oh my god, when did you get here?"

Qi Nian smiled shyly: "Just came here."

Chu Zhen thought of something, took the remote control, and asked, "You want to watch the pink flying pig? I don't know if the TV station is broadcasting it at this time, and I don't know if it can be connected to the previous one."

Everyone thought: "..."

"No, I have something else to do." After Qi Nian finished speaking, Chu Zhen and Ning Min both looked over.

Qi Nian suddenly became nervous again. He didn't know what he was nervous about. He fiddled with the fabric on his pants and said, "My brother is taking a midnight flight back to Beijing tonight."

Ning Min: "Ah? He didn't tell me or his dad."

Qi Nian poured himself a glass of water and drank it in small sips.

Chu Zhen laughed and said, "It seems like you two have a really good relationship. I just told you that."

Qi Nian was caught off guard when he heard this, and immediately started coughing violently out of guilt.

Ning Min was sitting next to him and quickly raised her hand to pat Qi Nian on the back: "Hey, what's wrong? You choked even when you were drinking water."

Facing Ning Min's concerned face, Qi Nian blushed and took out a tissue to wipe his mouth.

"Nothing, I'm... a little thirsty." Qi Nian explained embarrassedly.

"Even if you're thirsty, drink slowly." Ning Min shook her head helplessly and took the opportunity to touch Qi Nian's curly hair. She felt that it felt so good. Then she smiled and filled his cup with water, her eyes full of kindness.

Under Ning Min's loving gaze, Qi Nian took the cup and took a big sip of water.

After drinking a glass of water, he exhaled and wanted to continue speaking, but Chu Zhen, for some reason, refilled his glass of water.

Qi Nian looked at Chu Zhen.

The latter coughed lightly and said calmly, "Drink slowly. If it's not enough, there's more. There's plenty."

Everyone thought: "..."

The hand holding the cup was shaking slightly.

After finishing the glass of water, Qi Nian held the glass in his hand to prevent them from pouring water for him. In the disappointed eyes of Ning Min and Chu Zhen, he said, "Uncle and aunt, are you going to pick us up at the airport?"

"I've never received one before," said Ning Min.

It’s not that she ignored her eldest son, but Chu Rongshi always gave them the impression of being very independent.

If the other person was ten years younger, they would worry about these things even if they were more independent, but now they obviously don't.

Chu Zhen had something to say. He felt aggrieved: "Last time I came back late at night, no one picked me up."

"When did this happen? How come I didn't know about it?" Ning Min looked at him in confusion.

"It was that night five years ago..." said Chu Zhen.

The two had a heated discussion about returning home late at night and having no one to pick them up at the airport. Qi Nian was unable to get a word in for a long time, so he had to return to his room silently.

He lay back on the bed, thinking silently, forget it, his brother himself said there was no need to answer the call.

I turned over and thought: But, it would be uncomfortable to return home alone in the middle of the night and face an empty house, right?

Qi Nian pursed his lips, silently took out his cell phone and checked the flights for tonight.

There are not many flights tonight, so it is easy to determine which flight the other person is taking.

Qi Nian quickly set an alarm for one o'clock, then closed his eyes and went to sleep.

It felt like I hadn't slept for long when the alarm went off. Qi Nian rubbed his eyes drowsily and put on several layers of clothes to prevent it from being too cold outside before going out.

He drove to the airport. Maybe because there were not many cars on the road at that time, he arrived earlier than expected.

Arriving at the airport pick-up gate, Qi Nian looked at Chu Rongshi's flight again. Fortunately, it was not delayed.

He yawned and patted his face, trying to cheer himself up.

On the other side, Chu Rongshi pushed his suitcase off the plane. The long journey inevitably made people feel a little tired, not to mention that in order to come back earlier, he compressed his work in the past few days.

He rubbed his aching temple and told his assistant to go back and rest: "I'll give you a few days off. You've worked hard. Go back."

The assistant is very happy. Although she has to work overtime, she still has holidays, and she gets triple pay for overtime! I hope there will be more jobs like this in the future.

Chu Rongshi had seen the airport at night many times before, and this time was no different. His expression remained calm until he saw the familiar figure at the airport entrance. He tightened his grip on the suitcase.

The expression that was calm changed, and Chu Rongshi even thought he was hallucinating, until the familiar boy seemed to see him, raised his little face and waved at him.

The boy was afraid of attracting other people's attention, so he just waved his hand. When he saw him looking at him, he immediately put his hand down and gave him a big smile.

Chu Rong subconsciously quickened his pace and walked in front of Qi Nian. When he got closer, he found that there were two faint dark circles under the boy's porcelain-like skin.

His voice was a little dull, and he whispered, "Why are you here?"

"I... I couldn't sleep, so I came to pick you up." Qi Nian's eyes were a little vague and he spoke vaguely.

He didn't want Chu Rongshi to think that he came here just to pick him up.

Chu Rongshi raised his hand slightly, and at that moment he had the urge to hug the boy in front of him, but he quickly withdrew his hand.

Qi Nian didn't notice Chu Rongshi's actions. He glanced at the other's suitcase and actively stretched out his hand to offer to help him carry it.

Chu Rongshi smiled and handed the suitcase to him.

Then he asked, "How do you know I'm on this flight?"

Qi Nian smiled slyly: "I checked it online and roughly guessed it?"

Chu Rongshi lowered his eyes: "Yeah."

"you……"

"Eh? Are those uncles and aunts?" Qi Nian pointed somewhere not far away and almost thought he was seeing things.

Chu Rongshi looked at something not far away and was silent for a moment: "...Yes."

"Nian Nian, you're here too? Why didn't you tell your uncle and aunt?" Ning Min came over with a smile and complained again: "Your dad was too slow. I was so anxious that I was afraid he would miss the call. Fortunately, we caught up."

After saying that, he looked at Chu Rongshi again and asked with a smile: "How is it? Are you surprised?"

Chu Rongshi smiled helplessly: "...surprise."

"Haha, let's go home quickly. We're so sleepy. This surprise wasn't easy to come by." Ning Min waved her hands, covered her mouth, and yawned gracefully.

Qi Nian was infected and yawned as well.

Turning his head, he saw Chu Rongshi looking at him and laughing. He quickly closed his mouth and muttered softly, "What are you laughing at?"

Because Ning Min and Chu Zhen also drove here, when they went back to Chu Rong, Qi Nian drove the car that he had driven, and Ning Min and Chu Zhen drove the other car.

Qi Nian was talking to Chu Rongshi at first, but when he got to the back, he fell into a deep sleep on the comfortable seat.

When he woke up, he found that the car had stopped. He rubbed his eyes and asked in a slightly sleepy voice: "Are we there yet?"

"Yeah." Chu Rongshi reached out and helped him unbuckle his seat belt.

Qi Nian suddenly woke up, got out of the car in a panic, and said, "I'm going back to my room to sleep."

After saying that, he ran upstairs in a panic.

Chu Rongshi got off the car and heard Ning Min's puzzled expression: "How can this kid run so fast? It's like there's a wolf chasing him."

Chu Rongshi looked at the boy and said with a hint of laughter: "Maybe he is too sleepy."

"This kid, he was so sleepy, but he still went to pick you up." Ning Min sighed, and said to Chu Rongshi with a bit of sourness: "Why do I feel like I'm closer to you than to me?"

Chu Rongshi rarely said modestly: "He was the closest to me when he was a child."

Ning Min: “…”

Although I don't want to admit it, it was true in the past...

But why does it feel like there is a hint of boasting in the eldest son's calm tone?

Ning Min shook her head, thinking it must be her illusion. Would her eldest son show off?

Hmm, illusion.

——

The next day, Chu Rongshi distributed the gifts he brought for the business trip to everyone. This time, Qi Nian still had a big box.

He didn't feel it the previous time, but this time, facing the curious looks of Ning Min and Chu Zhen, he felt a little guilty, and he carried the box back to the room with a huff.

This time, there were no longer many small and interesting things. Qi Nian opened it and found several pairs of limited edition sneakers and a game console.

However, is this a gift you would bring on a business trip?

He shook his head and found another note in the box, which was written by Chu Rongshi.

The other person's handwriting is just like his own, neat yet sharp. Every time Qi Nian sees the other person's handwriting, he has a feeling that "the handwriting reflects the person".

The note read: I asked my friends and they said young boys would like these, so do you like them?

Qi Nian's cheeks were a little hot again. He quickly folded the note, hesitated for a moment, and stuffed the note into the drawer. Uh... Mainly because I can't find the trash can, so I'll put it in the drawer first.

After Qi Nian put the note, he looked at the sneakers in the box again and hesitated for a moment. It seemed that... he couldn't let down the gift from his brother, so he decided to... give it a try.

After a while, Qi Nian put on the new sneakers. As expected, boys' love for sneakers is engraved in their bones. He thought he would not feel much until he put on these sneakers.

Looking in the mirror, he thought: Isn’t this too handsome?

I couldn't help but look at myself in the mirror happily. It turns out that no boy can resist sneakers.

Just as he was thinking about this, the cook knocked on the door and asked him to come downstairs for dinner.

Qi Nian quickly agreed, looked at the shoes on his feet, hesitated for a moment, and still chose not to take them off.

Well... Aren't shoes meant to be worn? Wouldn't it be a disservice to keep them in the shoe cabinet?

Thinking of this, he packed up the shoe box, put it in the shoe closet, opened the door and went downstairs to have breakfast.

When I ran into Chu Rong downstairs, he said, "Good morning."

Qi Nian shrank back uncomfortably: "Morning."

Chu Rongshi lowered his eyes, his gaze fell on his feet, and smiled briefly.

Qi Nian looked at his back, touched his nose, and muttered softly: "What are you laughing at..."

He went downstairs with light steps.

——

After breakfast and arriving at school, Qi Nian lowered his eyes to look at the sneakers on his feet. Hmm, they were good, not dirty.

After entering the classroom and sitting down, I couldn't help but look at the shoes on my feet.

"Oh my god, limited edition sneakers?" Lu Ze looked at the shoes on Qi Nian's feet. Qi Nian looked at his shoes so frequently that it was hard for him not to notice.

Qi Nian coughed lightly: "Yes."

Lu Ze looked at her twice more with a sigh of admiration, and was tired of saying the word "envy".

Recently, Lu Ze completed a project with the company's manager, in which he played a significant role, which can be regarded as a small-scale proof of his ability.

Because the project had just ended, he finally had a short time to relax.

At least he won't disappear after class.

"Liu Yu was still talking about you a few days ago, saying she hadn't seen you for a long time." Qi Nian said happily, "Shall we go find her?"

"No need." Lu Ze raised his chin, indicating Qi Nian to look not far away.

Sure enough, Liu Yu was waving at them.

Seeing someone looking over curiously, Qi Nian quickly walked over with Lu Ze.

"You're finally not busy anymore?" Liu Yu looked at Lu Ze, as if the other person's appearance was such a rare thing, although it was indeed quite rare.

Lu Ze nodded: "Not busy for now, final exams are coming up soon, let's talk about it after the exams."

"By the way, how is Jiang Yi?" Liu Yu found it hard not to think of this person.

"He has been much more well-behaved recently. Director Jiang's attitude has also become a little relaxed. I guess he will return to the company soon." Lu Ze had anticipated that this day would come. He never thought of delivering a fatal blow, as long as he could buy himself some breathing time.

Liu Yu sighed and patted Lu Ze on the shoulder: "You have a long way to go, but to be honest, I think that Jiang Yi is definitely not as good as you. You are the best!"

Lu Ze smiled and said, "Should I thank you for your trust?"

"Haha." Liu Yu laughed.

"By the way, Nian Nian, do you remember that middle-aged couple we met that day?" Liu Yu poked the dazed Qi Nian and asked him.

Qi Nian nodded, somewhat curious as to why she would bring this up: "I remember."

There must be something wrong, Qi Nian was full of curiosity.

In view of the doubtful look in Lu Ze's eyes, Liu Yu even explained to him what had happened.

Lu Ze raised his eyebrows: "You suddenly mentioned this, could it be that you know the daughter that couple is looking for?"

"Smart!" Liu Yu snapped her fingers. "I guess we know each other, but we're not too familiar with each other. The daughter they're looking for is a senior student of mine who is in the same major as me. I even have her WeChat number!"

Liu Yu didn't expect it to be such a coincidence: "And I just found out that the senior sister's mother is actually my mother's friend. I also heard about this from my mother."

"Ah? You just found out about this?" Qi Nian was surprised.

"Oh, who made my mom have so many friends? I can't even recognize them all, let alone her friends' daughters." Liu Yu felt that it was not surprising that she only realized it now.

"So when that couple came to see you, how did your senior sister and her family react?" Lu Ze asked curiously.

Liu Yu shook her head: "They...should be planning to meet?"

Zheng Muqing, the senior schoolmate mentioned by Liu Yu, was confused when she learned that she had biological parents.

Mother Zheng hugged Zheng Muqing with some distress: "Muqing, your father and I have always treated you as our own daughter for so many years. If your biological parents hadn't come, we might never have told you. But mommy wants to tell you that no matter what, mommy and daddy love you very much."

Father Zheng said the same thing.

Zheng Muqing certainly would not doubt her parents' love for her. After all these years, she was their only daughter. She just knew that it would take some time for her to digest this matter.

Zheng Muqing hesitated for a long time before she made up her mind whether to meet her biological parents. No matter what, she still wanted to know what kind of people her biological parents were. They had gone through so much trouble to find her, so she should meet them.

So, Zheng Muqing followed Zheng's father and mother to meet the middle-aged couple.

After seeing her, her biological parents cried bitterly, but Zheng Muqing was confused. She couldn't cry and even felt a little embarrassed.

She looked at her biological parents wiping their tears, and wondered bewilderedly, am I too cold-blooded?

She didn't know what to do. Facing her biological parents who were strangers to her, even though she knew they were related by blood, she still couldn't help but be on guard.

Fortunately, the biological parents did not ask for any recognition, and only left Zheng Muqing's contact information, hoping to see her more often in the future.

Zheng Muqing looked at her biological parents with tears in their eyes. Finally, she looked at Zheng's father and mother, and still couldn't bear to reject them.

——

"I finally understand what a limited boy group is." After Zhou Jing debuted, no one cared about him anymore.

Of course, it’s not that he doesn’t care at all. For example, in terms of body management, his agent is more strict than before.

But at least it’s not like when I participated in my debut program before, where even playing with my cell phone was supervised.

At least now no one cares about playing with mobile phones, Zhou Jing sometimes thinks it's a good thing. After realizing this, he felt that participating in the talent show might not really train them to be that good.

——After all, debuting is all about popularity, not professional ability. Besides, how good can you be after just a few months of training? Those amazing singers and dancers have been doing the same thing for more than a decade.

Therefore, Zhou Jing seriously suspected that closed-door training was a process that destroyed people's desires. After all, it required idols to always maintain their figure and not be able to fall in love.

Otherwise, those companies that invested in idols, and worked so hard to train them to debut, ended up with the idols failing before they could make any money from them. Wouldn’t the companies that invested in the idols have suffered a huge loss?

At least that's what Zhou Jing thought. After all, he used to eat all kinds of delicious food secretly, but now he thinks that playing with his phone is enough to satisfy him. He thinks it's terrible, okay?

On the other hand, since Zhou Jing had free access to a cell phone, he would call him from time to time to complain about the members of their boy band: "Anyway, except for the No. 1 member, who is still active, the others don't have many resources. I don't understand the meaning of this boy band. Since their debut, I have only seen them a few times."

Qi Nian understood this fairly well: "Because if you are tied to a boy band, your popularity will be higher than if you are an individual."

"Well, these scheming capitalists." Zhou Jing complained: "By the way, I have been forced to film in various drama crews recently. My mother probably didn't expect that she let me be an idol, but after finally making my debut, I would ruin the TV series again."

Zhou Jing thought about it and was also shocked: "So why should I debut as an idol?"

Qi Nian was silent for a moment: "Well... maybe his popularity has increased after his debut?"

Zhou Jing: “…”

Zhou Jing also sent the curious Qi Nian his recent schedule. Uh… in short, he would appear in various variety shows and TV dramas, playing unimportant roles. Sometimes he would even have to show brotherhood with teammates he was not very familiar with.

He is lucky, after all, he has a background, and the company is willing to continue to train him. Companies without backgrounds are already eager to squeeze their little enthusiasm.

Qi Nian has a deeper understanding of the lower limits of some capital in the entertainment industry.

After a light cough, he could only utter two words: "Come on."

"What? Zhou Jing called you?" After hearing Qi Nian talking about this, Liu Yu's envy almost overflowed: "I've seen a lot of Zhou Jing's materials recently. Oh, he's really handsome and cool!"

Qi Nian was shocked after hearing this, because the person Liu Yu was talking about didn't seem like Zhou Jing.

However, idols all have their own personalities, which is very common, and most of the people who chase stars are also chasing the personalities displayed by the stars. The fans themselves may know that their idols may not be who they appear to be.

Qi Nian didn't have the heart to break Liu Yu's fantasy, so he took a big sip of milk tea and chose to remain silent.

It was a rare occasion for the two of them to meet outside of school today. Mainly because Liu Yu was bored at home, he called Qi Nian out.

The two wandered around aimlessly for a while, and Qi Nian asked, "Where are we going?"

Liu Yu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go shopping. I want to buy something. It's so cold outside. My milk tea is getting cold while I'm drinking it."

Qi Nian nodded and said, the mall is warm, so it’s okay.

The two of them arrived at the mall. Liu Yu bought a few things and saw a familiar figure when he was paying. He patted Qi Nian and said, "Niannian, look, is that the middle-aged couple we met the other day?"

Qi Nian heard it and went to see, it really was a coincidence.

There was a young girl next to the middle-aged couple, Zheng Muqing. It seemed that Zheng Muqing was buying clothes for the couple.

The two of them had no intention of disturbing them, but unexpectedly, just as they were about to go somewhere else, Zheng Mucheng saw Liu Yu. As if he had seen a savior, he quickly waved his hand, said something to the middle-aged couple, and then led them over.