Chapter 72
Ling Yin suddenly hugged Qu Xing's shoulders tightly.
The place was completely silent. The sound of the group's breathing was not as loud as Jiang Lin's lying voice.
Qu Hongfei: "Hang up."
"Okay, boss." The man hung up the phone and nodded to Qu Chen, "Master Xiaochen, we'll wait for you outside."
Qu Chen stood there, his mind in turmoil: "I'm sorry..."
"It's not your fault." Qu Xing said, "Qu Hongfei would have come looking for me whether you were here or not."
Le Anyi looked at the two brothers: "What's going on? What's wrong with Xingxing?!"
He only dared to get angry after seeing everyone leave, and stood up suddenly: "How can he be rude to you? Is that your dad? He said he is your dad?! What is he going to do?!!!"
"..." Qu Xing drank a sip of water in silence and said, "How about, Brother Hui, you bring up the substitute AD carry?"
Zhao Hui: “No…”
"What substitute are you looking for?" Zhou Si suddenly put the cup on the table. "Why would a substitute who's not injured or sick be needed? What kind of a lousy father are you? You even believe such harsh words? I want to see how rude he is!"
Qu Xing lowered his head and tugged at the bracelet on his wrist.
"We live in a society ruled by law now!" Zhou Si said, subconsciously pulling a cigarette from his pocket and holding it in his hand. "You're an adult. I don't believe he can really stop you from doing anything."
Qu Xing understood the logic. He also didn't quite understand how Qu Hongfei, a man far away from home, with no legal father-son relationship, could say such things. But Qu Hongfei's tone was full of conviction. He was afraid that Qu Hongfei would find a way to stop him from playing esports. He was an unarmed and lonely civilian, and he didn't want to let Qu Hongfei really do it.
Qu Xing leaned back in his chair and raised his head: "Ah——"
Zhou Si: "Who is your father?"
Qu Xing said listlessly: "...a very rich foreigner."
"foreigner?"
Qu Xing: "Anyway, his nationality is not here, so legally he's not my father."
"So what's his situation in the country?" Zhou Si asked.
Qu Xing looked at Qu Chen inquiringly.
Qu Chen shook his head: "Don't worry, Dad can't do anything about this, he just..." likes to brag.
Qu Xing heaved a sigh of relief, but the other half was still hanging: "What do you think he can do?"
Qu Chen: “I can’t imagine.”
"But he's not in good health right now." Qu Chen felt like he was being extremely rebellious when he said this: "He can't do anything. Don't worry, brother. Dad just wants to threaten you. If he really had some tricks up his sleeve, he wouldn't have used that notebook to trick you last time."
Um?
What are you lying about?
A group of people looked at Qu Xing in unison.
"Alright." Qu Xing slumped down in the chair, his hand reaching to the right to touch Ling Yin, and nervously scratched it twice. "I was so scared! I thought he was going to kill me. I was even thinking of making a will to leave my property to Brother Ling."
Ling Yin squeezed his hand unhappily.
The atmosphere in the room relaxed a little. Le Anyi patted his chest and said, "So who are those three people? They look really scary."
Qu Chen: "I brought him... but he is also my father's person."
Le Anyi: “Oh.”
Qu Chen hesitated for a moment, then turned to Qu Xing and said, "Brother, I'd better go. See you later if there's a chance."
Qu Xing raised his eyes, looked at him in a trance for a while, then slowly sat up straight and looked at him seriously.
Seeing his expression, Qu Chen thought he was going to ask him to stay or say something. But Qu Xing just looked at him seriously and said, "Goodbye."
Qu Chen: “…”
As expected, you are my brother.
Watching Qu Chen turn around and leave, Qu Xing felt a little complicated.
It wasn't that he was heartless. It was just that although he could treat this brother as an ordinary brother and try not to associate him with Qu Hongfei, their relationship was different from others, not only because of Qu Hongfei, but also because of Qu Chen's own personality.
His younger brother looks calm, but also seems to be in pain. He is not very good at getting along with others, and Qu Xing doesn't know how to deal with the relationship between the two "brothers".
Imagine Qu Chen's life. It seemed like he had nothing to offer except money. He was unlucky, had inherited a heart condition from his father, and wasn't going to live long. But what was the point? He had no way, no right, to interfere in Qu Chen's life. He could only let him be.
Let's just ignore what happened today. It's already happened, so he can just treat it as a horror room experience and let it go. If Qu Chen thinks he caused it, then he'll have to leave.
Qu Xing turned to the crowd who were no longer excited and held up his wine glass with both hands: "I'm sorry, I'm affecting everyone's mood for winning the championship."
As soon as the wine glass touched his lips, Ling Yin reached out and took it away: "Don't you dislike wine?"
"Indeed." Qu Xing went down the stairs and put the wine glass back.
"What's the impact?" Zhou Si put the cigarette between his fingers back and said, "We are all family. Don't talk about substitutes in the future. When something really happens, we can talk about it and solve it together."
Qu Xing was moved and said: "Fourth Master——"
Le Anyi: "It's not a star, you have quite a story! Why don't you tell us? Come on, tell me!"
Qu Xing: "You didn't ask!"
Le Anyi glared: "Who the hell would have thought that someone so harmless would have such a legendary life story."
"Legendary bullshit." Qu Xing shrank into Ling Yin's arms and said to him through the other person, "I'll give it to you. Do you want it?"
"Of course!" Le Anyi said shamelessly, "I'd just throw myself into the arms of my rich dad. Why would I bother playing League of Legends?"
Qu Xing: “…”
He Weichen: "Idiot."
Ling Yin went to Qu Xing's back and breathed: "Ignore him."
"I was wrong, I was wrong." Le Anyi slid down to his knees at lightning speed: "So what on earth did your father do?"
Qu Xing: "He illegally detained me."
Zhao Hui: "What?"
Qu Xing: "He locked me up in his shabby house and wouldn't let me use any electronic devices or contact the outside world."
Qu Xing felt sad when he said this: "No one called the police for me."
He asked Yu Dun last time, and Yu Dun said that because he had been out of contact for a long time, they thought he was hiding somewhere and feeling sad again.
Qu Xing was immediately speechless.
A year or more ago, if he hadn't heard from me for three days, he'd have been bombarded with calls. It was even more so in the days after his grandmother passed away. But back then, he was so annoyed that he didn't want to talk to anyone. For three months, let alone a month, he barely had any contact with the outside world. Qu Hongfei, as if he'd planned it, had just happened to do something strange. It was a good thing he was locked up in a 1,000-square-meter house; if he'd been locked up in a small, dark room, he doubted he'd have gone insane.
So people still need to stay connected with society. This is terrible.
Just as he was thinking, Qu Xing felt the arms around him tighten.
Le Anyi was a little hesitant to ask. Zhao Hui hadn't reacted yet: "It's impossible that you didn't call the police. Your family didn't notice after being missing for so long?"
Qu Xing didn't say anything.
"..." Zhao Hui: "Ah...I'm sorry."
Seeing the strange glint in the eyes of this group of people, Qu Xing said expressionlessly: "I have a family, don't make up your mind, it's just that they are different from you."
Le Anyi: “Oh…oh.”
As he spoke, Le Anyi took out a piece of paper and turned his head away.
Qu Xing: “…”
This group of people, including Ling Yin who was hugging him tightly, must have thought he was miserable. He had no father or mother, but father and mother had never appeared in his family.
His family structure was simply different from others. Fewer constraints, more freedom. This, combined with his own actions during that time, led to the tragedy of being locked up for a month without anyone reporting it to the police.
And maybe Qu Hongfei used some shameful means.
The call interface on the phone lit up. Qu Xing stared at the group of people who seemed to be mourning for him, and answered the phone expressionlessly.
Meng Hui: "Baby! Mommy saw you win! My son insisted that you were too busy to answer the phone at the celebration party. Is it done now? We planned to order a cake. Will you come back? If not, we will eat it by ourselves and celebrate for you remotely."
"Back." Qu Xing smiled. "Just in time. My teammates are mourning for me here. It's so annoying. I'll buy a plane ticket back right away."
"Hey, no, no!!!" Le Anyi quickly stood up and rushed over to grab his phone.
Zhou Si said loudly: "Oh, okay, okay, we were wrong. Your brother Ruirui has arranged an event for tomorrow. What will we do if our hero leaves?"
Ling Yin chuckled and grabbed his clothes: "Don't go."
The group chattered so loudly that Jiang Lin, sleeping beside the flowerbed, jolted awake from his half-drunk state. His disheveled hair poked out from between the flower stalks. Clear tap water flowed quietly beside him. Jiang Lin felt the urge to urinate, but he ignored it. He looked over there in fear: "What do you mean by leaving? Who's leaving? Are you guys discussing a transfer period?"
Everyone: "..." This person hasn't woken up from his dream yet.
Jiang Lin's gaze moved quickly, through the sparse flower stalks, looking at Qu Xing who was being hugged by several people around the waist. He slowly opened his eyes, not knowing if it was an illusion caused by the light reflected on the pool water, but tears seemed to well up in his eyes.
“…”
Qu Xing picked up a small bottle cap from the table, flicked his hand lightly, and the bottle cap went through the flower stem and hit Jiang Lin on the forehead, then floated down into the pool.
Qu Xing: "Wake up, Linlin."
"Oh!" Le Anyi jerked his head towards Qu Xing, then jerked it back, like a monkey just out of the mountains, and pointed at the bottle cap, "Oh!"
He Weichen: "Idiot."
Qu Xing looked at him, pursed the corners of his lips, but still couldn't help but say: "Ha..."
Le Anyi: "I'm going to Quxing, you're awesome..."
Qu Xing: "Haha ...."
Le Anyi: “…”
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