Seeing Qi Shuo puffing away expertly, Qi Nian frowned and reminded him, "Smoking is not allowed in the Qi family."
Qi Shuo turned his head and glanced at him, sneering, "Did you smoke less during your rebellious period? Are you lecturing me here?"
Qi Nian fell silent. He had indeed done some rebellious things when he was seventeen or eighteen years old. There was nothing much to say about it.
But Qi Nian quickly realized that he had done everything secretly, so why would Qi Shuo know?
Qi Shuo didn't explain. He quietly finished smoking a cigarette before speaking, "Hate me?"
Qi Nian didn't say anything. It wasn't hatred, but he just felt that he had lived a very frustrating life in the past few years.
But Qi Shuo thought Qi Nian's silence was a tacit agreement. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Zhao Yin's voice again.
He leaned against the car window in a mysterious way, "My uncle told me to tell you, in ten minutes, if you can't explain it clearly, he will get on by himself."
Qi Shuo opened his mouth and blurted out, "Get lost!"
Zhao Yin snorted, raised his middle finger at Qi Shuo, and then floated away again.
Qi Nian would be a fool if he still couldn't sense something fishy going on. He stared at Qi Shuo with burning eyes, "What's going on? What did you do without telling me?"
Qi Shuo glanced at him and asked him, "If I was good to you, I would have offered myself up without them teaching me. Wasn't the lesson you learned from that woman Lin Youyou enough?"
Qi Nian was suddenly speechless, his brows furrowed tightly, wondering what this meant.
Looking at Qi Nian's tangled expression, Qi Shuo sighed and lit another cigarette, "How old were you then? You would rush over to me if they treated you well, and hide any good things from me and put them under my pillow. You knew they were trying to squeeze you dry, but what were you saying? What's yours is mine."
Qi Shuo leaned back in the seat, "You were so gullible when you were little. Once you get used to it, you'll become even more foolish when you grow up!"
Qi Nian was really insulted, but he chose to remain silent.
After a long while, Qi Nian finally spoke, "Did you tell me to leave home before?"
"It's not a good place, just leave one." Qi Shuo glanced outside, it was still pitch black, a bit annoying.
Qi Nian was silent again, and he said how could it be so easy, so that's how it is.
Qi Nian stared at the strange yet familiar person beside him. The familiarity was that they were the closest brothers in the world, but the strangeness was that in his memory, this elder brother was distancing himself from him.
He originally thought Qi Shuo hated him, but now he found that it was not the case.
She was distancing herself from him on purpose, yet she remembered something so far away. If it wasn't important, how could she remember it? If she didn't care, why would she know about the rebellious things he did, and even try to find a way to send him away from that suffocating place?
Qi Nian's heart could not calm down for a long time. He began to think about the past, his parents' endless brainwashing, Qi Shuo's indifference and alienation, and the things that Qi Shuo would never be able to learn.
No matter what time, Qi Shuo always seems to have the same expression, numb like a machine.
Thinking about the expectations his family had for Qi Shuo, which was like educational oppression on him, his family had even higher expectations for Qi Shuo, and how did Qi Shuo get through such desperate expectations and strictness?
Even when Qi Jing came to the Qi family and set a date of three months, Qi Shuo was the one who was excluded.
It seems that no one in the Qi family's generation is close to Qi Shuo. He is like a lone ranger who has to handle everything by himself.
Qi Shuo is now 27 years old, and will be 28 after the Chinese New Year. Before that, was Qi Shuo also suffering like him and wanted to escape?
Qi Shuo is older than him and more capable. He can get rid of him completely as long as he wants.
But Qi Shuo didn't do that. Instead, when he used the excuse of falling in love, he helped him and let him leave that suffocating place.
But Qi Nian was still unbalanced. He asked angrily, "But why didn't you say it?"
"Will you leave if I tell you?" Qi Shuo threw the question back. He knew Qi Nian's character too well. Qi Nian still remembered every little kindness he showed him when they were young.
If he had said that Qi Nian would definitely not leave, why did he have to tie both of them up since one of them was destined to stay?
Qi Shuo pressed his forehead tiredly, "Once some things lose balance, no one knows what will happen in the future. Even if I can take you away, what will happen after we leave? Do you think they will do nothing?
Have you forgotten how Grandpa died? It was Grandma's brothers who were killed in a power struggle. If we can't leave one behind to settle their hearts, what should we do? Should we watch them kill others, or let Grandpa drive them out of the Qi family?
Qi Nian certainly didn't forget. Even though he hadn't left the house at that time, the elders in his family would mention it from time to time.
His grandfather was murdered and Qi Mingtang almost lost his life. He felt that the Qi family owed him. Qi Jun also gave the family a lot of compensation in this regard, which indirectly fueled his ambition and made him crazy.
Letting Qi Shuo compete for the position of head of the family is the safest and most legitimate way. Once Qi Shuo leaves, Qi Mingtang will definitely be stimulated to do something crazy.
Qi Nian pursed his lips tightly and felt a little heavy in his chest. When he was feeling self-doubt, rebellious and resentful because of those grievances, Qi Shuo had already thought so much and had to endure and plan for this.
The gap between them is too big, too big to be bridged.
Qi Nian took a deep breath and wanted to speak but didn't know what to say. Should he comfort her or something else?
Qi Nian didn't know, he just felt bored.
Fortunately, the ten minutes passed quickly, and the ghostly aura outside the car dissipated. Qi Mo walked over and knocked on the car window, "Have you explained everything?"
No one answered him, and the atmosphere was inexplicably heavy.
Qi Mo opened the car door and said to Qi Nian, "Everyone should calm down for a while. It's not necessary to have a result in the next two days."
Qi Nian obediently got out of the car, walked a few steps and then turned back. He asked Qi Mo, "When did Second Brother know?"
"It should be much earlier than you expected. The fourth child came a while ago, which was an accident. Others don't know yet." Qi Mo explained, "After the New Year, we will tell Grandpa Zeng to come back before the sixth day of the New Year."
Qi Nian nodded, and couldn't help but look at Qi Shuo in the car again. In the end, he turned around and left without saying anything.
Seeing Qi Nian walk away, Qi Mo started to remind him, "Don't pretend to be deep. The third brother is very soft-hearted. I think he will figure it out tonight."
Qi Shuo gave him a displeased look and said, "You'd better pray that no one else can hear it except those two."
"Don't worry, I'm alone this time, not even my great-grandfather is here."
Qi Shuo gave up at this point. He stood up and got out of the car to the front driver's seat. With a cold face, he drove away.
Qi Mo stood there and took a mouthful of exhaust fumes. He really had a weird temper.
Gu Zhou and Qi Jing were also watching secretly, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that it was really talked out.
We are a family and brothers, so of course we should treat each other well.
Qi Jing was very satisfied with this New Year. He had solved another problem and could have a good sleep at night.
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