Chapter 77 I Want to
Yan Yi comes home from get off work and prepares a romantic candlelight dinner.
The food was cold, and Bai He didn't get home yet. Her phone was turned off. Yan Yi slowly put down the phone, probably guessing that she might have been taken away.
He drove straight to the villa where Qi Lang was.
As the sun sets, the coastline is vast and boundless, seagulls fly above the silver sand beach where the waves hit the shore, and the Bentley drives into the uninhabited bay peninsula and stops in front of a secluded manor villa.
After Yan Yi got out of the car, he slammed the door shut and strode towards the iron gate of the villa.
There were several bodyguards equipped with electric batons guarding the door. Seeing the man coming in aggressively, the housekeeper hurried out to greet him.
"I want to see Qi Lang." He said in a deep voice.
"Seventh Master will not see any outside visitors tonight."
"When your Seventh Master was still young, I climbed over the wall and entered his house. Try to stop me."
After saying this, Yan Yi walked straight towards the garden behind the iron gate. The housekeeper quickly reported on the intercom. After receiving permission, he did not stop Yan Yi and simply followed him, leading the way. "Mr. Yan, please come this way. Master Qi and Miss Bai are dining on the beach."
Yan Yi walked along the inner crossroads and headed towards the private beach.
The gardens on both sides have been well maintained, with elegant and tall five-needle pines. The scenery changes with every step, and there is a wind and rain corridor leading directly to the beach.
Yan Yi thought of his old home, where the garden was overgrown with weeds and he didn't like hiring a gardener to tidy it up. Now, the Seventh Master seemed to have a life style and interests that suited his status.
On the beach, a beige parasol tent was seen from afar. It seemed that there was a barbecue party. Su Xiaojing and her cousin came over, one wearing a Bohemian holiday long skirt and the other wearing pineapple and watermelon swimming trunks.
Bai He was also wearing a white shell-lined tube dress. She was barefoot and walking on the soft sand, learning how to barbecue with her older cousin.
Qi Lang was wearing a black shirt that looked out of place with them. He had two buttons fastened, revealing his neck with distinct veins. His black cane was placed beside the chair. His temperament was a little heavy, and he did not blend into the relaxed atmosphere of the beach barbecue.
The eldest cousin put the fragrant barbecue into his plate. He picked it out with chopsticks for a few times, picked out a piece that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and placed it on Bai He's plate beside him.
Seeing Yan Yi coming over, Su Xiaojing raised her hand and greeted him: "Doctor Yan, I've been waiting for you!"
"Why are you here?"
"Seventh Master invited us over!" Su Xiaojing was overjoyed. "At first, my boss wouldn't let me take some time off, but then Seventh Master called and my boss was completely floored. He asked why I hadn't told him I knew him earlier and even asked how long I'd need to take off. Was a month enough? Hahaha, what a valuable friend he is!"
Yan Yi sneered: "He has always been good at this."
My cousin also smiled and said, "I'm a free agent and can make an appointment anytime."
Yan Yi walked over to Bai He and said in a deep voice, "The phone is turned off. I'm worried about you."
"He turned it off." Bai He rolled his eyes. "It was charging. He forgot to turn it on."
"You asked me to be your umbrella. I see you don't look very scared right now."
"It's okay. I'm not afraid of him anymore after seeing him." Bai He put the barbecue on his plate. "You must be hungry after being busy at the hospital all day. I grilled some meat for you. Come and try it. I promise I won't poison you this time."
Yan Yi didn't move his chopsticks and looked at Qi Lang: "Seventh Master is so interested, why don't you invite your friends over for dinner?"
"I haven't seen them for a few years. I miss them very much." Qi Lang said with no expression.
"Are you missing us or someone?" Su Xiaojing deliberately made trouble.
Qi Lang said frankly: "I miss my ex-girlfriend."
“Yo~”
The cousin continued to stir up trouble: "Are you thinking about your ex-girlfriend, or Yanyi's ex-girlfriend?"
Qi Lang didn't feel embarrassed and continued the conversation naturally -
"Both."
Bai He blushed a little and whispered to Yan Yi, "He agreed to do an interview with me. Hey, don't stand there, sit down."
He stood, she was nervous...
Yan Yi sat to her right. She squeezed the sauce for him and whispered to her, "Don't eat seafood or greasy food for the next few days."
"Well, I know. They're all grilled for you." Bai He partially poured all the grilled meat onto his plate. Although some of them were... burnt and unbearable to look at, they were all grilled by her herself.
Yan Yi felt a little relieved.
At this time, Qi Lang picked up a piece of pork belly with his chopsticks and handed it to Bai He's plate: "You were so busy roasting it for him that you didn't eat much yourself."
Bai He picked it up, dipped it in sauce and put it in his mouth.
Yan Yi squinted his eyes and looked at her. She spread her hands and said with her eyes: The boss picked it for me personally, I dare not not eat it.
She was willing to explain to him, and Yan Yi was not jealous.
Qi Lang felt a little uncomfortable and said expressionlessly, "Bai He, come sit next to me."
Bai He had no choice but to stand up, but the man next to her grabbed her wrist and said in a deep voice, "Are you just going to listen to him?"
Bai He whispered, "I need your help. My future and career depend on him. I have to listen to him!"
Yan Yi let go of his hand and said calmly, "Do you still want to have the surgery?"
Bai He paused.
Qi Lang said, "I can arrange surgery for you with a specialist in Beijing."
Just as she was about to take a step, Yan Yi continued, "Think carefully. I have a zero-error rate here, which is unique in the country."
Bai He: ...
Got held up.
Su Xiaojing whispered to her cousin: "Fuck! It's coming again, it's coming again."
These two old male parrots raised by Bai He have been fighting for many years and are still fighting!
Bai He refused to be served and simply sat next to her eldest cousin. Her eldest cousin smiled and picked up a piece of Orleans chicken wing for her.
Yan Yi asked Qi Lang: "Bring her here just to have dinner?"
"Of course not." Qi Lang said as a matter of course, "From now on, she will live in my manor and live with me."
"Oh, does she know about this?"
Yan Yi looked at Bai He. Bai He quietly covered her face with the bowl and turned away guiltily.
It seems that resistance is futile.
"In that case, I'll stay here too." Yan Yi leaned back in the chair and said casually, "Do you need a family doctor? Master Qi."
Qi Lang shook the tall red wine glass in his hand, lowered his eyes, and muttered a word -
"lack."
After the beach barbecue party, Qi Lang sent a car to take his cousin and Su Xiaojing home. Su Xiaojing knew that the three of them would definitely reminisce about the past, so she did not disturb them.
Bai He said worriedly, "Little Tuantuan is still at home with no one to take care of her."
Only when Qi Lang looked at her did his indifferent eyes become gentle: "I have someone bring it here a long time ago. Don't worry, there are people in the villa to take care of it."
Yan Yi sneered, "How thoughtful."
Qi Lang looked at him and asked, "Aren't you afraid of cats? How can you live with her?"
"I'm not afraid, I just don't like it."
Qi Lang and Bai He have heard this line for almost twenty years.
This guy's stubbornness is also shocking.
In the evening, Yan Yi came to Bai He's room and asked worriedly, "Are you really going to stay here?"
"I can't mess with him right now," Bai He said. "The editor-in-chief has already said that if I can't get anyone to do an interview with me, I'm going to be fired."
Yan Yi noticed the little girl's evasive look and said, "Actually, you also want to stay."
Bai He pretended to be relaxed and said, "He asked us to live here, so let's just stay. It's such a big house, with a huge garden and a private beach, and we don't have to pay rent."
Yan Yi's dark eyes locked onto her for a long moment. He held her shoulders and said, "What happened to him has nothing to do with you. Don't blame yourself for this. Don't think about atonement or compensation for him. He doesn't need it."
Bai He knew that she couldn't hide anything she was thinking from Yan Yi...
She met his dark eyes, her eyes slightly red: "Angelia is dead, did you know?"
Yan Yi shook his head in surprise.
While recuperating in the United States, Qi Lang never mentioned this matter.
At that time, he stayed alone most of the time, spoke very little, and did not ask for translation.
"What's going on?"
"Many people died, his friends, and his men. One of them I met in Hong Kong, his name was Mu Zhanyan. He loved to laugh just like him. When he was put into a sack and thrown into the high seas, Qi Lang was tied to the mast and watched him struggle and sink..."
Bai He's voice was hoarse and his body was trembling slightly. He didn't dare to think about what he had experienced at that time.
Even if the culprit has been sentenced to death, it can't make up for anything. What's lost is lost...
"Angelia died of illness." Bai He suppressed the sobs in his throat. "He wasn't by her side at the time. He was in Vietnam, his life or death unknown. He didn't even see her body."
Yan Yi felt the golden locket of longevity and wealth under his clothes, and the woman's gentle and loving smile appeared before his eyes. She stroked his face and told him: "From now on, Yan Yi is also my son."
He said nothing, his throat choked with a sour feeling.
Bai He held the back of his hand and said, "Let's stay with him."
After a moment, Yan Yi nodded vigorously: "Okay."
As long as it’s “us,” anything is fine.
…
Late at night, Bai He went out to get some water to drink without turning on the lights.
There was a black silhouette beside the sofa, lonely and hidden in the darkness.
"Are you still not asleep?" She walked down the stairs slowly, her steps light.
"I'll sleep after you fall asleep." Qi Lang still said this, just like before.
Bai He said, "I'm grown up now and I'm not afraid of ghosts anymore."
The man said, "But I don't want it to end."
His watch will not end until the day he dies.
Bai He walked over to him and asked worriedly, "Your leg? I heard some shrapnel has penetrated the bone. Does it still hurt?"
"I hope it hurts, but that's better than not feeling anything at all."
"Can I take a look?" she said, trying to lift up his loose trouser legs.
Qi Lang lifted her hand and looked away, as if to avoid it: "There's nothing to see."
Seeing the little girl's lost expression, he explained, "The wound is hideous, I was afraid it would scare you."
Bai He thought for a moment, took off the green silk scarf from her neck, and spoke frankly with him: "Okay, I'll show you my ugly scar, and you show me yours too."
This was the first time she was willing to show him her scars.
Qi Lang stopped being pretentious and rolled up his trouser legs, letting her see the hideous and ugly scars on his legs, with traces of stitches, patchy here and there, and twisted scars.
I heard Yan Yi say that his leg was almost broken, which shows how bloody and horrific the injury was.
Bai He said nothing and gently stroked the scars.
Qi Lang looked at her, gently caressing every inch of her skin with his eyes.
The moment she raised her eyes, Qi Lang looked away: "Go to sleep, Bai He."
Commanding tone.
"You go to sleep first, I'll watch over you tonight."
Qi Lang said nothing more and lay down on the sofa with his clothes on. Bai He covered him with a thin blanket, sat beside him, and gently stroked his face: "Qi, go to sleep."
Qi Lang closed his eyes.
Countless times in the past, he had closed his eyes, his mind filled with many sounds, screams, gunshots, and many people falling one by one in front of him, sinking into the endless deep sea...
He lost sleep from then on.
He reached out and held her soft little hand: "I don't blame you for leaving. Your leaving was my only blessing at that time."
otherwise…
Qi Lang didn't even dare to think about it.
"I'll be there for you," she said.
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