Chapter 78

Tao Luanxi was completely ill. He had never known that he could be so mentally fragile when faced with a big event. His nose was wheezing and he couldn't breathe for a few days. Tao Luanxi lay in bed, using up pack after pack of tissues beside him.

Qiu Yi spent most of his time at home, taking good care of Tao Luanxi. Tao Luanxi had a stuffy nose and looked at him in a low voice: "Is it okay for you not to go to the company?"

"It's okay. I have Lin Fan with me. I can handle it at home."

Tao Luanxi tilted his head in anger, pursed his lips in regret, and the words "It's all my fault" were written all over his face.

"If I had known this, I would have..." Tao Luanxi kept saying "I" for a long time but couldn't come up with the next words. Unless he didn't live in Qiu Yi's house, or he wasn't so eager to have a relationship with Qiu Yi, but these were all from his heart. Even if Tao Luanxi was given another chance, he would probably still do the same.

"Don't blame yourself. If you really want to talk about this, it's my fault." Qiu Yi stared at the kiss marks on Tao Luanxi's neck. Even after a week, they were still very noticeable. "It's my fault. I wanted to have you earlier."

Tao Luanxi blushed slightly: "What should we do about your mother? She has a soft spot for you, and she will definitely want to suppress you in the company in the future."

"Weak spot?" Qiu Yi's lips curled slightly, and his big hand gently stroked Tao Luanxi's face: "My weak spot has always been you, not the fact that I like you. Unless she has the ability to make you dislike me, there is really nothing she can hold on me."

"I won't dislike you." Tao Luanxi held Qiu Yi's hand: "No one can change the fact that I like you."

Qiu Yi smiled: "That's enough."

After a few days of rest, Tao Luanxi decided to go back to class. His stuffy nose hadn't completely healed yet, so he couldn't help but want to sniff. Qiu Yi looked a little worried: "Are you really going to class? Do you want to take a few more days off?"

"I'm not that delicate, it's just a stuffy nose, I can handle it." Tao Luanxi patted Qiu Yi's shoulder, you raised your chin and said proudly: "I haven't been to school for so long, my classmates must miss me as a top student."

"That's not what I'm talking about," Qiu Yi stared at Tao Luanxi's neck meaningfully, "I'm worried that your body hasn't fully recovered."

Tao Luanxi covered her neck with her hands and blushed as she cursed, "It's all your fault!"

Qiu Yi smiled and said, "It's my fault."

Tao Luanxi snorted, but Qiu Yi added, "Too fierce."

The two of them had already left the community gate and were surrounded by students going to school. Tao Luanxi couldn't get angry, so she gritted her teeth and kicked Qiu Yi's calf.

The previous progress had fallen too far behind, and with the exam approaching, Tao Luanxi had to put more energy into studying. Qiu Yi was still nowhere to be seen all day, and this time, not to mention being at school, he even came home quite often.

Tao Luanxi realized later that Qiu Yi had always been working at home during the time she was sick. It was probably not because he was not busy, but because he squeezed out time to take care of her at home.

Even though he basically couldn't see anyone, Qiu Yi would still call Tao Luanxi around 11 o'clock every day to tell her what he had done that day and chat with her, just to take a break from his busy schedule.

Qiu Yunzhi holds Qiu Yi's great secret in her hand, but she never uses it easily. She just holds it in her hand as a tool to threaten Qiu Yi.

"After this busy period, I should be able to take a break for a while." Qiu Yi groaned, his voice full of fatigue: "It's still more comfortable to be in school. In the future, the farther away the better. It would be best if there is no one around us, and we can live our own lives."

"I want to, too." Tao Luanxi lay on the table and played with Qiu Yi's pen. "Can you come back for the exam next week?"

"If nothing goes wrong, I should be able to come back. Do you miss me?"

"No, I want to see if you can still get first place in the exam after not touching a book for such a long time."

“It’s okay to not get first place, but to be the man who gets first place.”

Tao Luanxi didn't wait for Qiu Yi in the examination room in the end. When she walked out of the examination room, she saw Qiu Mingde sitting in a black business car calmly. He turned around and smiled at Tao Luanxi: "Hello, I want to talk to you."

Qiu Mingde said he wanted to "chat", so Tao Luanxi had only one choice. Qiu Mingde did not look for another place, but directly requisitioned the reception room of the principal of No. 1 Middle School. He closed the door and only left a secretary beside him, squinting his eyes and looking at Tao Luanxi carefully.

"I remember that you and Qiu Yi had a very good relationship."

"yes."

Qiu Mingde smiled and tapped the floor twice with his cane, making a dull thud.

"There are many kinds of good relationships. If you want to be friends, I, Qiu Mingde, welcome you 100%. But if you want to use him for something else, young man, you are not qualified."

Tao Luanxi looked at the old man with white hair but sharp eyes in front of him. This time he was much calmer. Or rather, he had expected this day to come since Qiu Yunzhi knew about him and Qiu Yi. But since he and Qiu Yi had come to this point, he had no way to turn back.

"I'm telling you straight, stay away from my grandson. If you can do it, you can set the conditions. If you can't, I have the ability to make you do it." Qiu Mingde's voice was steady. After so many years of ups and downs in the business world, he was too lazy to deal with such matters in person most of the time. However, since it concerned Qiu Yi, he was willing to come out and meet the boy who was said to have fascinated Qiu Yi.

"Yes, Miss Qiu Yunzhi told you?"

"She did mention it to me, but since I have decided to handle this matter myself, I have also checked everything about you and my grandson." Qiu Mingde was prepared: "If you are going to lie, consider the cost first."

"No, I'm not going to lie to you. Qiu Yi and I are just in love." Tao Luanxi straightened his back and looked into Qiu Mingde's eyes: "It was my fault for keeping it a secret from you."

"You think it's easy," Qiu Mingde sneered, "I told you to keep your distance from my grandson, what do you think?"

Tao Luanxi was silent for a while: "Where's Qiu Yi?"

"We have finished the discussion, and if the result satisfies me, I will naturally let you meet him."

This meant that Qiu Yi couldn't get away. Tao Luanxi gritted his teeth and ordered himself to hold on and not give in!

"I'm very sorry, I can only refuse your request." Tao Luanxi's eyes were firm: "This is a matter between Qiu Yi and me. Even you have no right to interfere."

Qiu Mingde smiled, seemingly not surprised: "It's normal for young people to be a little impulsive and stubborn. I didn't expect to convince you right away." Qiu Mingde waved his hand, and the secretary behind him took out a brown paper file bag and handed it to Qiu Mingde. Qiu Mingde threw the document on the table in front of Tao Luanxi with a "pop".

"You can take a look. Does it contain every detail about you and your family?" Qiu Mingde frowned. "You can always disagree as long as you can afford it."

Half an hour later, Tao Luanxi came out of the living room. There was still a little afterglow of the setting sun on the horizon. Tao Luanxi looked down at the time and couldn't help but sigh. It was really tiring to talk to someone like Qiu Mingde.

The black morning car at the school gate had already driven away. Tao Luanxi walked slowly along the road, feeling surprisingly calm.

Tao Luanxi took out her cell phone and called her mother.

"Mom, I'm going home today and I have something to tell you."

The author has something to say: It's almost the end, I don't plan to write a long story, there will be a daily sweet extra chapter later