Chapter 20

A black Bentley stopped at the gate of Wenxinyuan. Qiu Yi took off his suit jacket, unhooked his tie which was still on the back seat with his bony fingers, and casually pulled the hem of his white shirt out of his trousers, turning from a workplace elite into a street thug. Qiu Yi said to the man sitting next to him, "Thank you, Brother Lin," and was about to open the car door.

The young man called Brother Lin slowly handed over a document bag from his briefcase: "This is the plan for several projects involved in this meeting. Chairman Qiu wants you to take it back and take a good look at it."

Qiu Yi stared at the file bag for a while, frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "I don't understand these things either. It's more reliable to leave these things to you."

Lin Fan knew, of course, that he had been Chairman Qiu's secretary for nearly ten years, and that some of the plans were not the truth to him at all, but -

"Qiu Yi, you are different from me." The gentleman with glasses was not as easy to talk to as he looked. The hand holding the briefcase did not shake at all.

Qiu Yi sighed and reluctantly took the bag from Lin Fan.

"If you have any questions, you can always ask me." Lin Fan looked at Qiu Yi's indifferent expression and couldn't help but remind him: "Qiu Yi, you can't be an ignorant child all your life. It's good for you to get in touch with some things earlier."

Qiu Yi tucked the briefcase under his arm, opened the car door as if he had been heard, turned around and waved to Lin Fan: "Thank you, I'll ask my grandfather to give you a higher salary later."

Lin Fan knew that what he had just said was in vain. He pursed his chin into a cold line, pretending not to hear Qiu Yi's joke, and signaled the driver to drive.

Qiu Yi patted his thigh rhythmically while holding the briefcase, he took a long breath and rubbed his neck, preparing to go home quickly to change out of this terrible suit.

No. 1 Middle School was still in class at this time, and there were few people on the surrounding streets, so the sneaky teenagers at the back door of the school were particularly eye-catching.

Qiu Yi narrowed his eyes and recognized one of them as the boy in the milk tea shop that day, Li Qin. He was surrounded by several people with various tattoos on their arms, exuding a temperament of "I am not a good person".

This guy appeared near No. 1 Middle School for no reason. It was obvious that it was not a good thing. He had already learned about Li Qin's punishment from Shen Tan, so this guy appeared here with the intention of causing trouble.

At the gate of Wenxinyuan, in an unnoticed angle of view, the tall and straight young man like a pine or cypress licked his back teeth with his tongue and smiled.

It just so happened that after attending meetings with Mr. Qiu for a few days, he had already become irritable and wanted to find someone to stretch his muscles.

Near any school, there are always some places that are usually deserted and are used by high school students who have nowhere to go to settle their personal grudges. These are what students call the "small grove after school."

I don’t remember who grabbed the other’s collar provocatively, nor do I remember who swung the fist first. None of this matters. The real feeling of the fist hitting the flesh can truly soothe the boiling blood in my heart.

At some point, several tattooed hooligans were already lying on the ground, twisting and groaning like insects. Qiu Yi gasped, moved his neck a few times, then grabbed Li Qin's collar and lifted him up from the ground.

"Are you coming again?"

Li Qin had long been afraid of this guy, and after seeing how fierce Qiu Yi was in a fight, he was now trembling all over: "No, no, we won't come again, brother."

Qiu Yi nodded, feeling disappointed that this man was such a coward, and threw him back to the ground. Warm liquid flowed down his right arm. He didn't know who had hit him from behind with an iron rod, and his blood was cooling down, with waves of pain spreading up his arm.

Qiu Yi shook the blood off his arm nonchalantly and walked towards the alley. The bag of documents given by Lin Fan had been thrown on the ground and stepped on countless times. The outer brown paper bag was torn. Qiu Yi bent down and picked it up. The dusty paper was stained with several bloody handprints.

Qiu Yi threw the document into the trash can without caring. The phone in his pocket rang and a message came from an unfamiliar number.

【I'm at the gate of your school. 】

Qiu Yi's eyes darkened. He had never memorized this number, but he had memorized it by heart.

At the gate of No. 1 Middle School, when Qiu Yi walked over with his hands in his pockets, the woman in the BMW had already become impatient waiting.

Qiu Yi knocked on the car window, and the window rolled down. A delicate, cold female face appeared in front of Qiu Yi.

The woman saw Qiu Yi's expression and frowned: "Look at what you are thinking now!"

"Do you care?" Qiu Yi stroked his hair and said, "Just tell me what you want to say. Don't waste our time."

The woman pursed her lips, squinted her eyes and looked at Qiu Yi for a few minutes before speaking: "Did your father take you abroad for a meeting?"

"kindness."

"Heh," the woman sneered, "He really values ​​you. He always thinks of you first when it comes to good things."

"He said that his two children were not doing well, so he could only rely on me."

The woman's face darkened and she gritted her teeth and said, "Qiu Yi, don't forget your identity!"

"No, I remember you every time I see you. I will never forget you in my life."

The woman looked at Qiu Yi's face. He was very handsome, but she couldn't see any trace of her in him. If it weren't for the ironclad data in the paternity test report, she would never believe that this was her child.

"You really shouldn't put so much effort on me for some things. Grandpa always makes the decisions," Qiu Yi lowered his head to look the woman in the eye. "Mom, if you have this time, you might as well coax Grandpa. Maybe if he's happy, he can give you what you want."

Qiu Yunzhi looked like she wanted to eat someone. Qiu Yi knew that she hated him. That was the day she took him away from Qiu Mingde, allowed him to call her grandpa, and gave him the status of the Qiu family's grandson, or even earlier.

Qiu Yi stood up, turned around and walked into the school, completely ignoring Qiu Yunzhi's eyes that wanted to kill him. He had seen this look too many times and didn't think it was a big deal anymore.

Walking on the road leading to the Grade 1 teaching building, Qiu Yi suddenly stopped, feeling bewildered for a moment. He suddenly didn't know where to go. No one was waiting for him in the class. What should he do?

Qiu Yi stood there for a while, then took out his cell phone and looked up the class schedule. He remembered that Tao Luanxi had chosen the physics experiment class before, so he should be in the laboratory now.

Qiu Yi turned and walked towards the experimental building. He knew that Tao Luanxi might not want to see him at the moment, but it didn't matter. It was okay to just see him from a distance or listen to his voice.

Leaning outside the laboratory, Qiu Yi didn't want to go in at first. Coincidentally, Tao Luanxi was sitting at the laboratory table near the door. Qiu Yi turned his head and could see his profile and hear him chatting with Wei Yuan.

Good.

Wei Yuan asked: "If you meet the right one, will you give it a try?"

Tao Luanxi said: "I think so!"

This answer was meaningless, Qiu Yi already knew it. He wanted to reach out and wipe the sweat off his face, but he found that the pain on his arm made him dizzy. The anger that he had just calmed down after the fight surged up again like crazy. Qiu Yi gritted his teeth, turned around and slammed a stool at the door.

Tao Luanxi was stunned. He turned around and saw Qiu Yi's gloomy face. His heart sank. Oh no!

The sound startled many people. The students turned around and saw a person standing at the door. They were surprised and scared. Some of them knew Qiu Yi and hurried over to ask, "What's wrong with you?"

Wei Yuan also went over and looked at Qiu Yi's bleeding arm. He said hurriedly, "I'll take you to the infirmary. You need to treat this injury."

Qiu Yi dodged Wei Yuan's hand for a moment, stared in one direction, and said coldly, "It's okay."

Tao Luanxi sat there without moving. He knew that Qiu Yi was looking at him. If he had been feeling lucky that Qiu Yi had not heard their conversation just a few minutes ago, the look in Qiu Yi's eyes now had already put an end to the matter.

He heard it.

Tao Luanxi felt choked by that look. More and more people gathered around Qiu Yi, but he turned a deaf ear to them and turned the laboratory with more than a dozen people into a space where only he and Tao Luanxi were present.

Tao Luanxi knew that this guy was waiting for her, so she had no choice but to walk up to Qiu Yi and ask, "Are you... okay?"

This is nonsense. Anyone with eyes can see that Qiu Yi is in a very bad condition.

Qiu Yi didn't answer, but turned and left. The look in his eyes before he left was like a basin of ice water that splashed into Tao Luanxi's heart.

Tao Luanxi woke up from a dream at night and sat up suddenly from the bed. His mind was full of Qiu Yi's eyes, which were violent and cold, but Tao Luanxi saw a little disappointment in them.

Tao Luanxi began to get scared, afraid that the disappointment was directed at herself.

Qiu Yi hadn't come to school for several days. Tao Luanxi ignored Shen Tan's inquiring look and asked him, "This guy is in the hospital now."

Tao Luanxi was too embarrassed to ask which hospital or which ward it was. Apart from Shen Tan, no one in the school probably knew about Qiu Yi's private affairs.

At night, Tao Luanxi hugged her pillow and stared at Qiu Yi's WeChat for a long time. Finally, she couldn't help but sent a message.

【What are you doing? 】

Another piece of nonsense. Tao Luanxi had never felt so bad at finding a topic, and she didn't expect Qiu Yi to reply. She put down her phone in disappointment and prepared to go to bed.

After a while, the phone lit up.

【Qiu/Biaobian: In the hospital.】

[Are you sick?] Tao Luanxi pretended not to know and then sent another message [My home is near the Municipal Hospital, where are you?]

【It’s not about the heart, it’s about the benevolence. 】

Tao Luanxi was secretly delighted after the trick was successful, and continued: "I've been to Renxin's ward, the facilities are good, but the soundproofing is very poor."

[No, I live in a private ward on a high floor, the soundproofing is OK. ]

At this point, Tao Luanxi basically understood what was going on. She didn't say that she wanted to go over. She just reminded him to have a good rest and said good night.

For several days, Tao Luanxi planned to go over and take a look. When she really stood in front of the hospital gate on weekend, Tao Luanxi thought of a question - what should she say when she came over?

Apologize? It seems like he didn't do anything to let Qiu Yi down!

Tell him to keep a distance from him in the future? Going to the hospital for this is really a green tea!

So, what to say?

Tao Luanxi was a little resentful that Renxin managed the inpatient department too well, which allowed him to reach the door of Qiu Yi's ward in a short while, but he obviously hadn't thought of what to say yet! ! ! !

Tao Luanxi stood at the door facing the wall, wondering how to express that he happened to pass by, happened to go upstairs, and happened to remember that Qiu Yi was hospitalized here.

"Excuse me, are you looking for Qiu Yi?" Tao Luanxi was lost in thought when he turned around and saw a man in a suit wearing glasses.

Lin Fan looked at Tao Luanxi's outfit and said, "You are Qiu Yi's classmate."

Tao Luanxi hadn't figured out the relationship between the man in front of him and Qiu Yi yet, so he nodded hesitantly: "Yes."

"He's inside." Lin Fan pushed the door open: "Come in!"

Tao Luanxi was horrified and said, "Can you please not be so polite? I haven't thought about what to say when I go in!"

It was too late to stop him. The door opened and Qiu Yi was lying on the bed in hospital gown, flipping through a magazine. Hearing the door open, the boy said without even raising his head: "Tell Grandpa I'm fine. You don't need to come over to check on me three times a day."

"Qiu Yi, your classmate is here."

Qiu Yi looked up and was stunned when he saw that it was Tao Luanxi who came. Tao Luanxi stood stiffly at the door of the ward, and he and Qiu Yi looked at each other silently for a long time.

Lin Fan placed the lunch box he brought over on the bedside, turned around to look at the two people staring at each other in silence, and said meaningfully, "I didn't expect that a classmate would come to visit you when you are sick."

Qiu Yi turned his gaze to Lin Fan's face and saw a hint of sarcasm on that man's businesslike face.

Lin Fan assessed the situation, put down his things, reminded Qiu Yi to take his medicine on time, and then left, leaving the two people with space to talk.

Tao Luanxi's legs felt a little numb from standing there, probably because she was nervous, so she started to make small talk: "Well, what? I just happened to be passing by."

Qiu Yi didn't want to expose the fact that Ren'ai and the Tao family were separated by half a city district, so he nodded and said, "Really?"

"Your hand..." Tao Luanxi pointed at Qiu Yi's arm in plaster.

Qiu Yi looked down and said, "Broken bone."

"Oh." Tao Luanxi didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere was deadlocked again. After being tortured by the weird embarrassment for a long time, Tao Luanxi broke the jar and threw it.

"sorry."

Qiu Yi was a little confused: "Why are you apologizing?"

Tao Luanxi lowered his head, a little irritated: "I don't know either."

“…”

"But I feel like you're angry with me."

Qiu Yi raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised and somewhat delighted: "Tell me about it?"

"You heard me talking to Wei Yuan."

"I heard it all, from beginning to end."

"That's not what I meant," Tao Luanxi didn't know how to explain, nor did she know why she should explain. She just said whatever came to her mind: "He said that, so I answered that. I just followed his words and wanted him to shut up!"

"Tao Luanxi," Qiu Yi interrupted him, "You don't have to explain anything to me. Even if you really fall in love with a girl, I have no right to stop you."

Tao Luanxi was stunned. This was not what he wanted to say.

"You never promised me anything, remember?"

Tao Luanxi became even more annoyed. How could Qiu Yi misinterpret his meaning like that?

"Don't talk!" Tao Luanxi was furious, with her hands on her hips, glaring at Qiu Yi: "Can you shut up and listen to what I'm saying? I said I didn't mean it, I don't want to fall in love, I haven't thought about it, and the type of girl I like is just perfunctory, why don't you understand?"

Qiu Yi understood it a long time ago, he said that on purpose!

Tao Luanxi opened up completely and angrily scolded: "If you don't like what I said, just ask me directly. What do you mean by walking away without saying a word? Are you a man? Why are you so petty? Aren't you very capable when you say dirty words in front of me? Do you have the whip and leather pants ready at home? Why are you so——"

"Wait a minute," Qiu Yi interrupted him, "Whip, leather pants, what are you talking about?"

Tao Luanxi's face turned slightly red and she mumbled a few words in a low voice, but Qiu Yi couldn't hear it at all.

"Come here and talk here."

Tao Luanxi walked to the bed and was pulled over by Qiu Yi to sit beside him: "What did you say?"

"It's the kind of thing that boys play with each other, with whips, leather pants, and hanging people up..." Tao Luanxi couldn't say any more, and looked up at Qiu Yi: "I tell you, Qiu Yi, if you dare to do this to me, I will kill you."

Qiu Yi laughed so hard that he staggered and almost hit his injured arm.

Tao Luanxi's face turned red at the other party's laughter, and she reached out and pinched Qiu Yi's arm: "What are you laughing at!"

Qiu Yi laughed until tears came out and wiped his eyes with his hand. He didn't ask Tao Luanxi where he saw these things. He knew that Tao Luanxi was probably scared by him before. He looked back secretly and searched randomly. He didn't know where he saw something bad and was scared to death. He treated Qiu Yi as a monster and was on guard against him.

Qiu Yi took Tao Luanxi's hand and placed it on his chest, saying gently and seriously: "I swear, I will never do that to you!"

The skin beneath the fabric felt warm and full of vitality, and he could faintly feel the beating of his heart beneath his flesh, which calmed Tao Luanxi's recently wandering mind.

"I don't plan to find a girlfriend." Tao Luanxi lowered his head, his voice sounding like a complaint, like he was aggrieved.

"I know."

"From now on, if you have anything you want to know, just ask directly. Don't be like that."

"Okay, you can always ask me about my affairs in the future."

Having said that, the past grudges were put to rest, and the intimacy between the two reached an all-time high. Tao Luanxi secretly sighed, thinking that the plan of keeping a distance had completely failed.

"Tao Luanxi."

Before Tao Luanxi could raise his head, the hand that was originally holding him suddenly grabbed his arm and brought him to Qiu Yi, leaving a hot and wet kiss on his forehead.

Tao Luanxi had never encountered such a thing in her sixteen years of life. She stared blankly at Qiu Yi's collar, not knowing how to react.

"You just said I could ask anything, so I asked."

The clear and magnetic voice was so close that it caused a slight vibration in Tao Luanxi's eardrum. A big hand dragged his chin slowly upwards. Tao Luanxi's line of sight went all the way up along the collar and met a pair of gentle eyebrows.

"The previous one doesn't count. Now I want to ask, can I pursue you?"

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Ever since the genetic test showed that Yi Ling would differentiate into an alpha in the future, Yi Ling took the initiative to take on the responsibility of protecting the little crybaby next door.

The little crybaby was bullied, and Yi Ling went to help him get revenge.

The little crybaby didn't know how to do his homework and was spanked on the palm by the teacher. Yi Ling stayed up all night to help the crybaby with his lessons.

In Yi Ling's heart, the little crybaby will definitely become an Omega in the future, and that will be his wife. It is natural for him to love his wife!

So even though the little crybaby grew taller and stronger than him, and his fists were harder than his, Yi Ling still touched his head on tiptoe and said, "Don't be afraid, I love you!"

After differentiating into an Omega, Yi Ling thought of this sentence again and wished he could slap himself to death!

The former crybaby hugged Yi Ling like a bear, and the smell of alpha hormone emanating from his body made him so weak that he couldn't get away from him.

"Brother," Bai Zeyang stared at Yi Ling's face with longing, "Can I take care of you from now on?"