Chapter 109 (1093rd update)
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Mu Shaoting returned on Wednesday at noon.
Miss Mu finished her final exams and felt that she was exhausted and needed to replenish her energy. So as soon as she got home, she ordered a cake and planned to eat it with her little nephew.
Seeing that she wanted to order a cake, Ye Qingxi said to her, "Auntie, could you order one for me?"
"Sure," Mu Shaoting replied without hesitation. "What would you like to eat?"
"Chocolate will do," Ye Qingxi thought to herself. Most people should be able to accept this flavor.
"It doesn't need to be too big, just the size for one person is fine."
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Mu Shaoting pinched his cheek and teased him, "Does your baby want to eat all by himself?"
Ye Qingxi quickly shook her head, "No, no."
He said, "I don't want to eat it myself; I want to give it to Uncle Qiu."
"Uncle Qiu?" Mu Shaoting asked in confusion, "Who is that?"
"Last time, when my brother, uncle, and I went out to play, I bumped into Uncle Qiu while we were having dinner, and I got his clothes dirty. Uncle Qiu didn't make me pay for it, and he wasn't angry. Later, my uncle came over, and they met. Then my uncle treated him to a meal. During the meal, Uncle Qiu ordered a lot of food for me, including a really delicious little cake, so I wanted to give him a cake too," Ye Qingxi said, trying to sound like a child.
Mu Shaoting understood.
She patted her nephew's head and said, "Okay, Auntie will order one for you."
"Mm." Ye Qingxi nodded. "Thank you, Auntie."
An hour and a half later, the cake was delivered.
Ye Qingxi ate her mango cake with Mu Shaoting, and then planned to take the chocolate cake that Mu Shaoting had ordered for him to see Qiu Yue.
He called Qin Yuan, "Uncle, are you busy?"
Qin Yuan asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
“My aunt went home for the holidays and bought a cake. I want to give one to Uncle Qiu Yue. Last time we ate together, Uncle Qiu Yue ordered a cake for me, and I want to give him one in return.”
Qin Yuan was surprised.
He felt that Ye Qingxi was indeed different from other children his age.
Most children don't have the concept of reciprocity or giving and receiving gifts.
This is normal because they are still very young. They have been receiving since birth, so they are already used to receiving. Giving is a course that needs to be learned. And like most courses, learning is just learning. It only means that they know it, not that they will remember it all the time. They will still be more used to receiving, and because of this habit, they do not feel that they need to do anything, until they grow up and slowly understand human relationships.
But Ye Qingxi was clearly different. Once he ate the cake Qiu Yue ordered for him, he would remember it and want to give Qiu Yue one back the next time he ate cake.
This is very rare for a child.
Qin Yuan was impressed by how well he had been taught, but she also wanted to protect his pure and beautiful qualities.
Therefore, he did not reject Ye Qingxi.
Although he felt that Qiu Yue might not need such a cake.
He sent Qiu Yue a WeChat message, asking him if he was at the company or somewhere else.
Qiu Yue asked in confusion, "What's wrong at the company?"
Qin Yuan made a voice call, "Xiao Xi remembered that you ordered a cake for him last time, so he thought of you when he ate cake today and wanted to send you one."
Qiu Yue: ? ? ?
Qiu Yue had never received such good treatment from a child in her entire life.
He looks rather fierce, and most children are afraid of him!
He also dislikes children, finding them annoying.
As a result, the two sides disliked each other and avoided meeting unless absolutely necessary.
Now, a child actually wants to give him a cake.
Qiu Yue exclaimed once again: "Are there really such angelic children in this world?!"
That's truly rare!
So Qiu Yue agreed, "Okay."
It wouldn't be right to refuse a child's kind offer.
"Then I'll bring him over to find you in a bit."
"Mm," Qiu Yue said.
Seeing that he had agreed, Qin Yuan left work early to pick up Ye Qingxi.
Of course, there's also Qin Cheng.
Anyway, Qin is on vacation now, so he might as well stay home and do nothing.
Qin Yuan treated it as taking him out for fun.
Qin Cheng was indeed very happy to see Ye Qingxi.
Ye Qingxi specially invited him and Qin Yuan inside and gave them a piece of cake as well. "This was ordered by your aunt. It's delicious. Brother, Uncle, please have a taste."
Qin Yuan didn't particularly like this kind of dessert, but he felt bad refusing Ye Qingxi's kind offer.
Qin Cheng, on the other hand, ate with relish and even tried to feed Ye Qingxi from time to time, but Ye Qingxi refused, saying, "I've already eaten, I can't eat anymore."
Qin Cheng then finished eating it all himself.
After finishing the cake, Ye Qingxi went out with them and got into the car.
Qiu Yue's company is some distance from the Mu family's villa.
Ye Qingxi calculated that by the time he returned after delivering the cake, he should be able to have dinner and pick up Mu Shaoyan from school.
I wonder if the main character is here today?
But it's okay, if he's not there, he can just go a few more times.
Anyway, he will definitely try to find a way to meet the main character, and not only meet him, but also have a conflict with him.
Only in this way can he reasonably show his dislike for the protagonist in front of Mu Zheng, and pretend to be afraid. Mu Zheng will inevitably teach the protagonist a lesson because of this, and after the lesson, he will nip it in the bud and not give the Qiu family too much room to develop.
Otherwise, if the Qiu family had developed too well and taken off, they might have turned around and settled scores with them—a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years, although Qiu Lu is hardly a gentleman.
As Ye Qingxi pondered this, he suddenly realized that everything he had planned was actually based on Mu Zheng's affection and attention towards him.
If he doesn't like him or value him, then no matter how much he shows his dislike for Qiu Lu or pretends to be afraid, he won't bother to do anything further just because of a simple "I don't like him" or his imagined fear.
How can he be so confident that others like and value him?
Ye Qingxi was surprised.
He raised his hand and touched the jade pendant around his neck.
It seems that, without realizing it, he had accepted that the Mu family liked and valued him.
The same thing happened to his father before.
Ye Qingxi became happy at this moment.
He had never had this kind of confidence before.
So he always avoids questions about whether he likes someone or not, and always pretends to be happy and indifferent.
Because he knew very well that his parents did not love him.
They don't feel sorry for him when he cries, they don't feel bad when he's in pain, and they don't care when he says he doesn't like something.
So gradually he stopped crying, stopped feeling pain, and stopped talking.
His parents didn't see anything wrong with it either.
But now, he knows that his tears are a nuclear weapon, he knows that he can tell the people around him what he wants, and he still doesn't feel pain, not because pain is useless, but because his family can't bear to let him experience any pain.
In winter, skin is brittle, and Ye Qingxi sometimes finds small, shallow cuts on her hands for no apparent reason.
He himself didn't know how he got it, and it didn't hurt, but Mu Feng saw it and would remind him to be careful, while Mu Shaoyan would hug him and ask, "Does it hurt?"
Ye Qingxi shook his head. It doesn't hurt, it really doesn't hurt. He's so small, he feels it's a waste to apply medicine.
But they still worry about it and check from time to time to see if the wound has healed.
At this moment, Ye Qingxi suddenly realized that time is indeed like flowing water, nourishing things silently.
Before he even realized it, his life had already sprouted tender yet strong buds because of his new family.
He knew very well that they loved him.
As a result, he had a confidence in many things that he himself was unaware of.
They arrived at the Qiu family's company without any problems.
Qin Yuan drove the car to the underground parking lot. As soon as the car was parked, Ye Qing turned around to get out, but saw two people talking to each other next to a black car in the distance. They were facing them. He could make out their faces slightly, and they looked vaguely familiar, but he didn't recognize them.
With their backs to them...
Ye Qingxi leaned forward and looked closely. "Uncle, isn't that Uncle Qiu?"
Was the person speaking to him Qiu Lu?
That's why he felt Qiu Yue looked somewhat familiar after meeting him before.
Qin Yuan followed his gaze and said, "It really is."
He said, "Never mind, let's get off the bus later."
"Why?" Ye Qingxi asked him.
Qin Yuan raised her chin, gesturing to him, "The one talking to him is his younger brother, Qiu Lu. Judging from their appearance, they've most likely had a fight. If we get off now, it'll be awkward for your Uncle Qiu. Let's wait until his brother leaves before we get off."
That's really true!
Ye Qingxi was overjoyed!
I ran into him on my very first visit! God bless him!
How could he let this go!
Ye Qingxi stared at Qiu Lu and saw that the two were arguing more and more intensely. Qiu Yue turned and left, and Qiu Lu also walked in another direction.
Ye Qingxi: !!
Ye Qingxi quickly opened the car door, "Uncle Qiu's brother has left, I'm going to deliver a cake to Uncle Qiu."
After he finished speaking, he quickly got out of the car.
Just kidding, if you don't get off now, Qiu Luwan will be on the bus in a second!
Seeing him get out of the car, Qin Yuan quickly unbuckled her seatbelt, got out, and locked the car.
Qin Cheng then chased after them early on.
Ye Qingxi ran very fast.
Qin Cheng caught up with him and asked in confusion, "Why are you running so fast?"
"I'm afraid Uncle Qiu might disappear in a little while," Ye Qingxi said.
He watched as Qiu Lu walked towards them.
I picked up the bag containing the cake and took it out.
"I ran so fast, I hope I didn't ruin the cake?" Ye Qingxi asked, feigning concern.
Qin Cheng blinked. "I don't think so."
"Let me check."
As Ye Qingxi spoke, she opened the paper cake box.
The cake was safely inside the box, without a single scratch.
Ye Qingxi smiled reassuringly, but secretly glanced at Qiu Lu out of the corner of her eye.
Just as Qiu Lu was about to approach him, he deliberately dropped the ribbon in his hand.
"Great, the cake is fine, we can give it to Uncle Qiu."
"Mm." Qin Cheng nodded.
"Then I'll pack it up," Ye Qingxi said, as if he had only just realized, "Where's the ribbon?"
Ye Qingxi turned around holding the cake, and with a "smack," the cake "accidentally" bumped into Qiu Lu's coat.
Ye Qingxi quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Uncle, I didn't mean to. My ribbon fell, and I'm looking for it."
He said, "I can buy you a new outfit, I'm sorry."
However, Qiu Lu wouldn't listen to any of this.
He had just had a fight with Qiu Yue, and he was already angry when this happened.
He looked at the dirty black chocolate stains on his gray coat and felt a surge of anger rising within him.
Qiu Lu slammed his hand on Ye Qingxi's cake, smashing the exquisite chocolate cake onto the ground.
He grabbed Ye Qingxi by the collar and roared, "You pay for it! Do you know how much this coat cost?! Can you afford to pay for it?!"
Ye Qingxi feigned a panicked expression, "I...I..."
Unfortunately, before he could continue his act and further provoke Qiu Lu, igniting Qiu Lu's even greater anger towards him, and perhaps even prompting Qiu Lu to slap him, he first heard Qiu Lu's painful cry.
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
No, what's your name?
I haven't even called yet!
Qin Cheng glared fiercely at the person in front of him.
He studied kung fu with Kuang Jie for a semester and was the most diligent among them. He kicked hard, specifically targeting vulnerable spots like the knees. Most importantly, Qiu Lu was completely unprepared for him, and was so badly kicked that he almost couldn't straighten up.
His hand unconsciously loosened its grip. Before Ye Qingxi could react, Qin Cheng blocked him from behind and protected him in front of him.
His eyes were filled with anger.
"My brother has already apologized and said he would compensate you, so why are you yelling at him?!" Qin Cheng said angrily.
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