Chapter 11 Inappropriate
On the way back to the city, Ye Xingzhou's cell phone rang, and he turned on the car's Bluetooth to play the phone.
"Xingzhou? Are you free now?" It was Lin Zhinian's voice. "Can you come to my studio? A group of people came outside and said that I occupied their house and wanted me to move out. I'm blocking the door and won't let them in. They've been banging on the door."
Lin Zhinian spoke very quickly and asked Ye Xingzhou for help in panic.
Ye Xingzhou asked: "What's going on?"
"I don't know either," Lin Zhinian said anxiously. There was a faint sound of smashing things on the other end of the phone. "It looked like a group of thugs. They said that the contract I signed with the agent for this house was invalid and that the house was theirs. They wanted me to either pay them or give them the house, or else they smashed my studio. My assistants all went home after get off work, and now I'm the only one here."
Ye Xingzhou reminded him calmly: "Call the police first."
"Teacher Lin, where are you?" Qi Xing interrupted, "Don't worry, call the police first, we'll be there soon."
Lin Zhinian seemed stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Qi Xing to be with Ye Xingzhou. He responded, "I'm in the studio. Xingzhou knows the address."
Qi Xing urged the people around him: "Young Master Ye, why aren't you moving? Hurry over!"
Ye Xingzhou looked back at him, said to Lin Zhinian, "I'll be there in ten minutes", hung up, drove to the intersection ahead at a leisurely pace, and turned the car around.
Qi Xing sneered at him: "What do you think of Teacher Lin? You're not nervous at all if something happens to him. If I hadn't told you, would you have just told him to call the police?"
Ye Xingzhou looked straight ahead and did not deliberately speed up: "I am not a policeman, and neither are you."
"Teacher Lin would have to be blind to fall for you." Qi Xing was too lazy to say anything else after cursing. If he could lose to a love rival with such a character, he would have no need to hang around in the society in the future.
Ye Xingzhou ignored him and the car turned into a small road at the next intersection. Ten minutes later, it stopped in front of a small detached building at the end of a secluded tree-lined avenue. This was Lin Zhinian's personal studio.
There were three or four cars parked in front of the building and the gate was open. As soon as Qi Xing got out of the car, he heard banging and shouting inside. He strode in and saw a group of people smashing things and throwing paint inside. Lin Zhinian tried to stop them, but to no avail. When Qi Xing came in, he was pushed onto the drawing table behind him. His palm brushed against the sharp edge of the iron table, instantly leaving a large cut, with blood dripping.
Qi Xing frowned, picked up a chair and smashed it hard on the back of the gangster who pushed Lin Zhinian.
Ye Xingzhou, who was parking his car outside, arrived a step late. When he entered the room, he saw Qi Xing holding a stick and hitting people randomly, while Lin Zhinian tried his best to protect his paintings that were destroyed beyond recognition. He kept retreating and looked extremely embarrassed.
Ye Xingzhou frowned, took a step forward, and raised his hand to block the iron stick that Qi Xing was throwing at him from behind.
Qi Xing took the opportunity to kick the gangster who was confronting him hard. He wanted to teach him a lesson, but was stopped by Ye Xingzhou. At the same time, sirens were heard outside.
A few minutes later, all the thugs who came to cause trouble were taken away. Lin Zhinian sat down in a chair in embarrassment, with blood still dripping from his hanging palms.
Qi Xing stepped forward to remind him: "Go to the hospital, your hand needs stitches."
Lin Zhinian shook his head and said hoarsely, "I want to clean up here first."
"It doesn't matter if we clean up later. It's more important to treat the wound," Qi Xing said, looking around. Unfortunately, the whole studio was in a mess. "Do you have any bandages here? Tie up the wound first to stop the bleeding. We're going to the hospital now."
Lin Zhinian still shook his head.
Qi Xing thought about it, turned around and saw Ye Xingzhou, paused, and walked over.
"Can I borrow your tie?" He said it bluntly, and without waiting for Ye Xingzhou's consent, he reached out to untie his tie.
Ye Xingzhou looked a little cold, but Qi Xing pretended not to notice. "I'll stop the bleeding for Teacher Lin first... What's wrong with your tie? Why can't you untie it?"
Qi Xing complained but didn't stop his hands. He was not a patient person, so if he couldn't get it off, he would just pull it violently.
Ye Xingzhou was squeezed so hard that his body leaned forward. Qi Xing raised his eyes and met the teasing look in his eyes. He finally realized how strange their position was. He curled his lips and loosened his grip: "Untie it yourself, hurry up."
When Lin Zhinian looked up, he saw this scene. He saw Ye Xingzhou staring at Qi Xing with interest for a few seconds, then slowly untied his tie and handed it to him.
Lin Zhinian was slightly startled. It was the first time he saw Ye Xingzhou looking at someone with such eyes. And before that, it was indeed Ye Xingzhou who helped Qi Xing block the club from behind.
An indescribable strange feeling surged in his heart. Before Lin Zhinian could think about it, Qi Xing had already walked back, squatted down with Ye Xingzhou's tie, and helped him bandage the wound on his palm.
The young master's actions were not gentle, but they were full of sincerity. Lin Zhinian thanked him in a low voice.
"You're welcome. Teacher Lin, just remember to have dinner with me next time." Qi Xing said casually.
Lin Zhinian forced a smile and said, "Okay."
Qi Xing asked him curiously: "Where did that group of people come from? What's the matter with occupying the house?"
Lin Zhinian hesitated and said, "...I'm not sure either. After I returned to China, I rented this house from an agent to use as a studio. The contract was signed with the agent. They came twice before and said that the house was theirs and that the contract between me and the agent was invalid. I ignored them, and tonight they came to smash and rob us."
"You were cheated by the agent," Qi Xing knew there was something fishy going on. "Teacher Lin, you've been abroad for more than ten years, so it's normal that you can't figure out these complicated things. Either the agent cheated you, or the agent and the landlord colluded to cheat you out of the rent. Didn't you ask someone to help you check before renting the house?"
Seeing Lin Zhinian's embarrassed expression, Qi Xing thought of Ye Xingzhou who he had left aside, and looked over to him, and started to criticize him, "How could Young Master Ye, a close friend of Lin Zhinian, do this? Couldn't he help Teacher Lin with such a small matter? And he watched Teacher Lin's studio being smashed."
Ye Xingzhou did not answer, his thoughts were still on the scene where Qi Xing helped Lin Zhinian bandage his wound. Although this kid's movements were a bit clumsy, his concern did not seem fake. It was rare for a domineering second-generation rich kid like Qi Xing to be willing to do this for others even on a whim.
Qi Xing raised his eyebrows: "Am I wrong?"
Ye Xingzhou looked at him with an ambiguous look in his eyes.
"I just don't want to trouble Xingzhou," Lin Zhinian quickly tried to smooth things over and change the subject, "Xingzhou, Master Qi, why are you two here together?"
He seemed to finally realize that Ye Xingzhou was different from usual. Ye Xingzhou was not wearing glasses today, and there was an obvious red mark above his left cheekbone. Apart from helping Qi Xing block the attack just now, Ye Xingzhou did not take any action. The mark was there before he came in.
And from the beginning till now, Ye Xingzhou's eyes have always been on Qi Xing.
This time Ye Xingzhou spoke first, saying calmly, "I was out for a drive and just happened to run into him. Let's go to the hospital first."
Qi Xing rarely agreed with him: "Yes, yes, we still have to go to the hospital to get stitches."
Lin Zhinian could only listen to them. When he stood up, he looked back at the mess in the room with a gloomy expression. Qi Xing comforted him: "Don't think about it. We'll clean it up later."
Lin Zhinian smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, the exhibition just ended, and most of the paintings are still in the museum and haven't been brought back yet."
Ye Xingzhou had already walked out.
In the hospital emergency room, Lin Zhinian was getting stitches and a tetanus shot. Ye Xingzhou was waiting outside and didn't go in. Qi Xing couldn't stand the smell of the medicine, so seeing that Lin Zhinian was fine, he also went outside.
Hearing footsteps, Ye Xingzhou looked up from his phone screen. Qi Xing threw his blood-stained tie to him: "Give it back to you."
Ye Xingzhou took it and threw it directly into the trash can beside him.
Qi Xing said with a "tsk". "I find that you really don't know how to be gentle with women. Look at your attitude. First you were not willing to come, and then when you came you acted as if it had nothing to do with you and didn't even say a word of concern or greeting. And yet you still keep Teacher Lin by your side all day long. Is that fun? I told you earlier that you might as well give him to me."
Ye Xingzhou put away his phone: "Do you want to go?"
"Are you busy? Then hurry up and leave. I'll stay here with Teacher Lin." Qi Xing wished he could get out of here. "Mr. Ye is busy, so I won't keep you."
Ye Xingzhou: "I have called someone to handle the follow-up matters. He will have to cooperate with the record-taking in a while. How long do you plan to stay?"
Qi Xing: "None of your business..."
"Didn't your parents ask you to go home before midnight? It's almost eleven o'clock." Ye Xingzhou reminded him.
Qi Xing: “???”
How the hell do you know?
Ye Xingzhou said calmly: "Uncle Qi mentioned it casually before."
Qi Ronghua is a person who is most keen on showing off his son to others. No matter who he is in front of, he likes to remind Qi Xing whether there is something or not, so everyone outside knows that he is famous for doting on his son.
Qi Xing was so embarrassed that he said, "I won't leave. At least I will wait until Teacher Lin finishes his observation."
"Do you want to pursue him?" Ye Xingzhou asked suddenly.
Qi Xing: "You just found out today that I want to pursue him? Do you have Alzheimer's? I was polite enough to greet you a long time ago, right?"
Ye Xingzhou sneered: "You are not his type."
Qi Xing: "Why do you think so?"
Ye Xingzhou's eyes moved up and down his body, and the corners of his mouth suddenly rose slightly, as if smiling: "Nowhere is suitable."
Qi Xing frowned, feeling that Ye Xingzhou's eyes were somewhat malicious and his tone was particularly frivolous.
"How do you know it's inappropriate?"
"You can try," Ye Xingzhou said, "Just don't cry if you get rejected."
Qi Xing choked up. He seemed to suddenly realize that this man was not only a madman and a psychopath, but also extremely shameless, a hooligan and a scoundrel. To sum it up, he is an absolute beast, but unfortunately he is hiding himself in human skin and deceiving everyone.
Thinking back to what happened on the mountain before, when he was pinned down by him and unable to move, Qi Xing's nerves started throbbing again and he wanted to beat him up again.
But, I can’t beat him.
Ye Xingzhou saw through him at a glance: "It's a waste of time."
Qi Xing suppressed his anger and said through gritted teeth: "Teacher Lin is mine, I will definitely be able to pursue him."
Ye Xingzhou said with contempt: "Then I'll wait and see. By the way, you have to compensate me with a tie."
Qi Xing: "…Why?"
"You're the one who's trying to be a hero and helping others, so shouldn't you compensate me for ruining my tie?" Ye Xingzhou's voice was indifferent, but the act of being so fussy about a tie was itself strange.
Qi Xing was speechless.
Who is this person?
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