Chapter 120, Update 1201
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Qiu Yue listened quietly without saying a word.
The fog blurred Qin Yuan's face, making it somewhat hazy, but one could vaguely make out her appearance from her university days.
At that time, the two of them were put in the same group by the teacher for badminton training.
The badminton shuttlecock flew very high in the air. Qin Yuan was very determined, and every time, she was unwilling to lose to him and let the shuttlecock fall to the ground.
Once, during a break, he sat next to Qin Yuan and asked him, "Where do you want to work in the future?"
Qin Yuan, a sophomore, has already become quite well-known at school. He has won many competition awards, including the gold medal in the recently popular robotics competition.
Qiu Yue thought highly of him, so he wanted to recruit him.
However, Qin Yuan's answer was, "I'll go work for my own company."
"Your company?"
"Yes," Qin Yuan looked at him, "Are you interested in joining?"
Qiu Yue: ...
Qiu Yue smiled and said, "I'm here to give you an offer."
"BOSS Zhipin?" Qin Yuan asked proudly. "Then I don't need it, I'm a BOSS myself."
Later, Qin Yuan and her friends actually started their own company during her senior year of college.
His company has a nice name, called "Flying Kite".
Qin Yuan has always been brave, free, and dared to fly out of her own world.
It may have taken off slowly, but it flew very steadily, and gradually it flew higher and higher, farther and farther.
Qiu Yue recalled Ye Qingxi's words: "I believe in you, but you are just my brother, not my father."
He said, "If you were the CEO, Uncle Qiu, you could tell him not to be there, and I could keep looking for you."
He said, "Your parents are so foolish, how could they let you have such a younger brother?"
He added, "Uncle, let me tell you my little secret: if he were the eldest son in his family, he would definitely become the CEO!"
Qiu Yue smiled.
Ye Qingxi's secret comes from two arguments: Mu Zheng, who has younger siblings, and Qin Yuan, who has a younger sister.
Now, he can present his third argument.
Qiu Yue wouldn't gamble with Qiu Lu on his parents' love, because it was a losing proposition.
He always knew, he just refused to admit it.
Sometimes, people are consciously confused, just to make themselves look less embarrassed.
But now, Qiu Yue feels that it's meaningless.
This tug-of-war between him and his parents has gone on for far too long. If it continues, all that will happen is that he returns to Rongsheng, he reorganizes Rongsheng, and his father reins Qiu Luan in, paving the way for Qiu Luan once again.
The cycle repeats itself.
Infinite loop.
In that case, he simply didn't want it.
He was willing to save the company that had been tied to him since childhood, but he didn't want to have to compete with others after saving it.
At that moment, Qiu Yue suddenly realized that he was actually quite mercenary and realistic.
When Rongsheng was at its peak, he couldn't bear to part with the piece of fat meat that was already within his grasp.
Now that Rongsheng might be on the verge of collapse, he found that letting go of it wasn't so difficult after all.
Since his parents love Qiu Lu so much, and since they both want Qiu Lu to take over Rong Sheng, then let's give it to him.
From now on, they will be free to manage according to their own ideas.
And he can run the business according to his own ideas.
It's good for them both.
"I never knew you could be so sharp-tongued," Qiu Yue said with a smile.
Qin Yuan picked up a piece of boiled corn. "Really? I think I'm quite gentle. My employees all say I'm an approachable and good boss."
Qiu Yue smiled and poured him a drink.
"You asked me out just to tell me this?"
"No, not exactly," Qin Yuan said. "I'm taking Xiao Xi and Xiao Cheng to the aquarium tomorrow. Are you coming?"
"Huh?" Qiu Yue was surprised.
“Your brother is your brother, and you are you. Xiaoxi doesn’t dislike you, so if you’re free, you can come along too.”
Actually, it was Ye Qingxi who brought this up.
He called him and asked, "Uncle, can we have one more person when we go to the aquarium?"
He thought Ye Qingxi was going to bring one of his good friends, but unexpectedly Ye Qingxi asked him, "Is Uncle Qiu Yue going? Could you ask him for me?"
“His younger brother is currently detained. My uncle said that detention means keeping him in one place and not letting him out, so I won’t be able to see him and can continue playing with Uncle Qiu Yue.”
However, he added, "Uncle, please don't tell Uncle Qiu Yue that I told him. I just told him the other day that I can't play with him anymore. If you say I told him now, I'll lose face!"
Qin Yuan found it amusing, "So you do care about saving face?"
"Mmm." Ye Qingxi nodded. "I care about my image too~"
"Okay," Qin Yuan replied.
Therefore, he didn't say anything more, and, to save face for his nephew, said, "Order a cake for Xiaoxi, and we'll eat it together."
Qiu Yue was silent for two seconds, looking a little embarrassed. "I told Qiu Lu to apologize to him, but he didn't do it at all. I'm too ashamed to face him."
"Xiao Xi won't care about these things. He's a very smart and insightful child. You can't force a cow to drink water if it doesn't want to, let alone a person."
Qiu Yue looked at him.
Qin Yuan's eyes were clear.
Qiu Yue thought that he was also a very smart and insightful person.
"Okay," he replied.
Qiu's mother called all day, and Qiu Yue finally answered at 8 p.m.
"What are you doing?! Why aren't you answering my calls?!" Qiu's mother complained. "Do you know that your brother has been detained? You'd better think of something quickly. Don't you know Ye Qingxi? Talk to him and ask him to plead with Mu Feng to let your brother go home as soon as possible."
In the end, Qiu's mother couldn't help but cry again.
Qiu Yue listened, seemingly having anticipated this, and remained completely unfazed.
"He tried to ruin someone's college entrance exam, so isn't it right that he was detained?" he said.
Qiu's mother was instantly enraged by his words. "What are you saying?! Qiu Yue! How can you talk like that?! That's your own brother! How can you be so cold-blooded! So selfish!"
"Wasn't he cold-blooded and selfish when he wanted to cripple someone's hand?!"
"You!" Qiu's mother was furious. "But Xiao Lu is your younger brother!"
Does he treat me like a brother?
Whether he is or not, you are still his brother! The two of you are the closest relatives in this world besides your father and me.
Qiu Yue chuckled and said, "Mom, you're overthinking it."
“I think Qiu Lu is doing well at the police station. When Qiu Lu talked about Ye Qingxi before, he said, ‘If you don’t control your own child and he goes out to harm people, don’t blame others for teaching him a lesson!’ Doesn’t he know this very well? Our Qiu family didn’t control him and let him go out and do whatever he wanted, so don’t blame others for teaching him a lesson.”
"Qiu Yue!" Qiu's mother was so angry that her chest ached. She clutched her chest. "How could you say that?! Do you hate your brother that much?"
“I don’t hate him, I just think he deserved it.”
"Fine, fine, fine!" Qiu's mother said angrily, "He deserved it, he deserved to die a thousand deaths, but you're different, you're noble, you're pure, you're amazing, so why do you still acknowledge me as your mother?! Don't ever come home again!"
After finishing her sentence, Qiu's mother angrily hung up the phone.
But as soon as she hung up the phone, she thought of her youngest son's current situation and couldn't help but cry again.
Qiu Yue put his phone down and looked around the room in front of him.
He suddenly remembered his grandfather.
Back then, his grandfather was still alive, and his parents weren't as blatantly biased as they are now.
His grandfather held his hand and said to him, "'The road ahead is long and arduous, but we must start anew.' Xiao Yue, no matter what you encounter, Grandpa hopes you can overcome it, and he also hopes you have the courage to start anew."
Qiu Yue smiled. This time, it really was a fresh start.
When Ye Qingxi heard Qin Yuan tell him that "the mission is complete," he quickly said, "Thank you, Uncle."
"Why are you being so polite with your uncle?" Qin Yuan said with a smile. "I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."
"Okay," Ye Qingxi replied.
He hung up the phone and happily packed the small backpack he had brought with him when he went out.
The next morning, Ye Qingxi met Qiu Yue as she had hoped.
He came with Qin Yuan; to be precise, he drove Qin Yuan there.
Ye Qingxi looked at him, feigning some embarrassment, "Uncle Qiu Yue."
Qiu Yue responded and patted his hair, "I ordered a cake for you."
He said, "Xiao Xi, I'm sorry, Uncle couldn't get my brother to apologize to you."
Ye Qingxi shook her head, "It's okay, Uncle. I don't need your brother to apologize to me. The teacher said that apologies should be sincere. If you ask your brother to apologize to me, then your brother's apology isn't sincere, so I don't need it."
Qiu Yue was once again impressed by his child's intelligence and insight; he had never seen such a perceptive child before.
"So, as punishment for not keeping my word, I'll be your driver today and do whatever you say the whole time."
"No need," Ye Qingxi said.
"We still need it."
"And," Qiu Yue looked at him, "if you want to come visit me in the future, you can come anytime. Don't worry, you won't run into him again."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ? What is this?
Is he planning to seize power directly during this crisis in the Qiu family?
"Didn't you say before that the eldest child in the family would definitely become a CEO?" Qiu Yue asked.
Ye Qingxi nodded, "Mm."
"So Uncle is going to be a CEO too."
Ye Qingxi feigned surprise, "Really? Your parents aren't confused anymore?"
Qiu Yue smiled and said, "It's better to rely on ourselves than on them to be clear-headed."
He said, "Xiao Xi, Uncle is starting a new company. What do you think would be a good name for it?"
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ? Huh?
Ye Qingxi never expected that he would choose to take this path after her crazy suggestion.
But it's alright, Ye Qingxi thought.
He had Qin Yuan bring Qiu Yue along this time because he wanted to see him.
Let's see what his mood and thoughts are right now.
Their family is in such a mess right now, not only is Qiu Lu detained, but the company is also in a huge mess.
And these events, when traced back to their origins, are inseparable from their acquaintance.
Ye Qingxi knew very well that her meeting with Qiu Yue was accidental, but their acquaintance was deliberately arranged by him.
He was frustrated by his inability to reach Qiu Lu, so he never let go of Qiu Yue after meeting him.
He himself is well aware of how much of this is exploitation.
Ye Qingxi hates being taken advantage of, and she hates fake love and hypocritical affection.
But he himself used Qiu Yue for the sake of his family and the Mu family.
Ye Qingxi certainly didn't regret it.
Even if it happened again, he would do the same thing.
No one could compare to the weight the Mu family held in his heart, so no matter what, he had to ensure they were alive and well.
Besides, although he used Qiu Yue, he also helped Qiu Yue rewrite his fate, allowing him to continue living, didn't he?
Ye Qingxi gave himself a reason to feel at ease, but he still couldn't help feeling a little guilty towards Qiu Yue deep down.
So he wanted to see Qiu Yue and see if he was doing well.
It looks pretty good so far.
Ye Qingxi was relieved.
Of all his plans for the Qiu family, the only person he didn't want to be implicated was Qiu Yue.
"Hmm..." Ye Qingxi tilted her head, thinking seriously.
“Ah, I’ve got it,” he suddenly said.
Qin Cheng stared at him curiously.
Qin Yuan also leaned closer to hear what he had to say.
“My grandfather once taught me a poem,” Ye Qingxi said, “‘The road ahead is long and arduous, but we will start anew.’ Uncle Qiu Yue, you are starting your own company now, which means starting from scratch. You can call it Jin Yue.”
Qiu Yue was stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect Ye Qingxi to know this poem.
He is too young; he shouldn't be old enough to know this poem.
He never expected that he would say it—the line from the poem from which his name comes.
Qiu Yue suddenly became very happy.
He thought that perhaps this was God's guidance and affirmation for him.
His idea is correct.
His choice was right.
“Okay. Let’s call it that,” Qiu Yue said.
Ye Qingxi: !!
No, that's it? Should we think about it some more?
"Uncle Qiu Yue, you can think about it some more, think of a few more, and we'll choose carefully," he said anxiously.
"No need." Qiu Yue picked him up and said cheerfully, "I'll call him that, I like it."
Ye Qingxi: ...No, this is too hasty.
He looked at his hands, the hands he knew from when he was five years old, hands that hadn't yet grown up.
So he is still a five-year-old cub.
Is it appropriate for you to let a five-year-old decide your company's name like that?!
"It's not bad," Qin Yuan said with a smile. "The meaning is also good."
"Right?" Qiu Yue turned to look at him.
Ye Qingxi: ...
What else could Ye Qingxi say?
You guys really have a lot of respect for a five-year-old!
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