Chapter 76: Improper Relationship
It was already late December when Qi Xing returned home after his graduation ceremony. His father gave him half a month off and told him to go back to work after New Year's Day. This was a good time for him to finish the move.
It was Qi Xing who took the initiative to propose to move in with Ye Xingzhou. Qi Ronghua's face turned green and he didn't say anything for a long time. Wang Cuilan agreed first: "Since we have agreed before, we can't go back on our word."
The one who wanted to "go back on his word" was embarrassed, but couldn't let go of his pride and insisted, "You can move, but you can't live in his house. You're not married to him, what's the point of that? Can't our family afford a house? I'll buy you an apartment, and if he wants to live with you, that's up to him."
Qi Xing doesn't care. It doesn't matter whose house he lives in.
The new house is not far from his home. Qi Ronghua bought it specially for him. The community environment and geographical location are better than Ye Xingzhou's house. The area and average price of the villa are also higher than Ye Xingzhou's. When Mr. Chen knew about it, he laughed and said that this old guy was clearly trying to compare with others. Just let Qi Xing accept it happily.
Qi Xing was indeed quite happy. If this was the way his father competed with others, then he could have more.
After moving, Qi Xing would go back every weekend to have dinner with his parents. If Ye Xingzhou was free, he would go with them. Although Qi Ronghua looked unhappy, his attitude towards him was actually getting better and better.
As long as he keeps a calm mind and compares himself with his friends in the business world, no matter whether they have sons or daughters, is there anyone who is as capable as his son to find a partner of Ye Xingzhou's level? Thinking of this, Qi Ronghua felt proud and looked at Ye Xingzhou with a much better attitude.
Not to mention that his son is also doing very well now. After returning to China, he went back to the company and directly joined the core department. He is learning on the board of directors and doing his job in a professional manner, just like a qualified second-generation heir. Outsiders always praise him by saying "a good father will have a good son", which makes Qi Ronghua feel comforted and proud. He feels that in a few years, he will be able to retire and spend his old age in peace.
"My dad thinks too highly of me. He even said he would give me more tasks. I ran away as soon as I got off work today."
Qi Xing collapsed on the sofa in Ye Xingzhou's office and sighed sincerely: "It's still easier to be a salted fish and a rice bug."
After Ye Xingzhou finished reviewing the last document, he looked up at him and said, "If you really don't want to do it, stop and take a rest. Do it when you want to do it."
Qi Xing: "Then will you support me?"
Ye Xingzhou smiled and said, "Okay."
Qi Xing was so moved by his smile that he climbed up from the sofa and walked towards him, then he lay on the desk with a smile: "Ye Xingzhou, I am richer than you now, right?"
Most of Ye Xingzhou's assets were transferred to him. If you really count them, he is indeed richer than Ye Xingzhou now, and it is not certain who will support whom between them.
Ye Xingzhou put down his pen, leaned back in his chair, crossed his long legs, and looked at him with a smile on his face.
Qi Xing raised his eyebrows: "What are you laughing at? Am I wrong?"
Ye Xingzhou: “Yeah.”
Qi Xing stretched out his hand and pointed: "Then why did you say you would support me? It's just nice words."
Ye Xingzhou nodded and changed his words: "Then you should work hard and support me."
I've seen people with thick skin, but I've never seen anyone as thick-skinned as this one. Qi Xing turned sideways and sat on his lap.
Ye Xingzhou stretched out his hand to embrace the man, but the boy's claws had already grabbed his face: "Look at how shameless you are, hiss——"
When Ye Xingzhou's hand rubbed the sensitive area on his waist, Qi Xing took a breath and glared at him.
"There is a business cocktail party tonight. Do you want to go together?" Ye Xingzhou asked.
Qi Xing's attention was instantly diverted: "Business reception? I'm not going."
He hates this kind of boring socializing the most.
Ye Xingzhou: "Then you go home first."
Qi Xing reluctantly pulled the bastard's tie. He was already here and didn't want to go home alone: "Okay, I'll go with you."
At the cocktail party, Qi Ronghua had just finished socializing and greeting others when he turned around and heard others talking about the Ye family. He pricked up his ears and listened a few more words.
It was nothing more than that the Ye Group had recently acquired some company. Ye Xingzhou was too decisive and drastic in his actions. While other companies were still in the wait-and-see stage, he had already taken action, without any regard for the code of conduct at all.
Of course, there is no such thing as chivalry when doing business, but everyone knows that Ye Xingzhou has always been strong and unyielding. But he always gets what he wants, so it is inevitable that people will talk about him behind his back.
Qi Ronghua listened to their chattering, and couldn't help curling his lips because his words sounded like flattery but were actually full of sourness.
"He can afford a price that others can't, so of course he will win. In business, what's the first come first served rule? It's all about who has money who has the final say. Why do you sound like he got a huge bargain for free?" Qi Ronghua interrupted with a smile, his tone sounding like a teasing one, but it made others embarrassed to refute.
No one expected him to say this suddenly, and it was hard to tell from his smiling face whether he was intentionally speaking for Ye Xingzhou or was just discussing the matter at hand.
Someone also laughed and teased him: "It seems that Director Qi has a good relationship with Mr. Ye. The Xingneng Technology invested by your company has made a lot of money recently. I heard that it was Mr. Ye who specially brought the business to you, Director Qi. This makes us jealous. If there are such good projects in the future, we have to rely on Director Qi and Mr. Ye to let us have a share."
Qi Ronghua cursed in his heart, "You old bastard, on the one hand you mock me for flattering that kid Ye Xingzhou, and on the other hand you envy me for making money and want to take advantage of me. You're so flattering."
He smiled wryly: "Isn't that what he should do?"
Everyone: “???”
Qi Xing followed Ye Xingzhou and came here after the cocktail party started. As soon as he entered the door, he saw his father chatting and laughing with others. He: "..."
"Ye Xingzhou you bastard, didn't you tell me that my dad would be here too?"
Qi Xing wanted to turn around and leave, but Ye Xingzhou was very calm: "I thought you knew it before."
He had no idea and he ran away as soon as he got off work.
"Let's go over and say hello." Ye Xingzhou put his arm around his shoulders and pushed him forward.
Qi Xing laughed dryly. He didn't come with his father, but with Ye Xingzhou instead. He could imagine what his father's expression would be in a while.
As soon as Ye Xingzhou showed up, people came over to greet him one after another. Most people didn't know who Qi Xing was - after all, he seldom appeared in such occasions. Even if they had seen him before at Old Chen's birthday party, that was more than two years ago. Few people remembered what he looked like.
But everyone has heard about Ye Xingzhou's romantic affairs. When they saw Qi Xing, such a young and "handsome" boy, following him, and the two of them being intimate and ambiguous, how could they not know what was going on? Everyone was a smart person.
Ye Xingzhou was about to introduce Qi Xing's identity when Qi Ronghua suddenly called out from behind the crowd: "Qi Xing!"
Qi Xing shrank his neck, whispered to Ye Xingzhou, "I'll be back soon", and quickly walked over to his father's side.
Many people were surprised, but Ye Xingzhou had no intention of explaining and started chatting with others about other things.
Qi Ronghua called Qi Xing aside. If it wasn't for the public, he would have pulled the boy's ears and asked, "Why didn't you tell me you were here?"
Qi Xing felt guilty: "This isn't some inappropriate occasion, why can't I come to a business reception..."
"I didn't say you couldn't come," Qi Ronghua said angrily, lowering his voice to teach him a lesson, "You shouldn't have followed Ye Xingzhou like this. Didn't you see the way those people looked at you just now? These bastards must have treated you as Ye Xingzhou's mistress. You are shameless, but I am more shameless!"
"Then I was originally his little lover." Qi Xing said as soon as he opened his mouth. As for who supported whom between him and Ye Xingzhou, it was just a matter of interest and it didn't matter.
Qi Ronghua couldn't help it and slapped him on the back of the head: "You little bastard, are you trying to piss me off to death on purpose?"
"I won't say any more," Qi Xing begged for mercy, "I'm already here, so Dad, you can't let me go."
Qi Ronghua: "Follow me and don't run around."
Throughout the entire cocktail party afterwards, Qi Xing was forced to follow Qi Ronghua, socializing and dealing with people everywhere, toasting and being toasted, listening to others praising him and flattering his father at the same time, silently rolling his eyes in his heart, regretting for the ten-thousandth time that he should not have come tonight.
Finally, Ye Xingzhou took the initiative to come over to them and called Qi Ronghua, "Uncle Qi."
Qi Ronghua uttered a "hmm" and was a little indifferent to him, probably because he was dissatisfied with him for taking the initiative to wake Qi up tonight.
There were many people watching the excitement. Ye Xingzhou glanced at Qi Xing who had drunk two more glasses of wine and said, "It's getting late. I'll take Qi Xing back first."
He came here to meet a foreign investor. His goal has been achieved, so there is no need to stay here any longer.
Qi Ronghua frowned. Qi Xing had already put down his wine glass and moved quickly to Ye Xingzhou's side: "Dad, we are leaving."
Qi Ronghua: “…”
Little bastard.
After getting in the car, Qi Xing fell on Ye Xingzhou's shoulder, closed his eyes and hummed: "I shouldn't have come here."
Ye Xingzhou raised his hand to rub his temple and smiled softly: "Let's go home."
The next day was the weekend, and Qi Xing took Ye Xingzhou back to his parents' house for dinner as usual.
Qi Ronghua was reading a newspaper. He saw them come in and turned away.
Wang Cuilan pushed his arm and said, "My son and Xingzhou are here. You said you would cook today. Go and cook."
Qi Ronghua put down the newspaper, sat up straight, and decided to talk business first. He motioned for the two of them to "Sit down."
When Qi Xing saw his father like this, he knew that he was trying to make trouble again and wanted to resist, but Ye Xingzhou pinched his hand and pulled him to sit down calmly.
"Qi Xing's mother and I only have one child, Qi Xing." Qi Ronghua said as soon as he opened his mouth.
Ye Xingzhou listened attentively.
Qi Xing: "Dad..."
Wang Cuilan interrupted him with a smile: "Listen to your father first."
Qi Ronghua then said to Ye Xingzhou, "I have always been thinking about how much I should prepare for Qi Xing's marriage and the birth of a child, and where I should hold the banquet. I have thought about it countless times and have already prepared everything for him. But now he has found a grown man like you, and I don't care if I have no hope of having grandchildren in this life. I will let him be happy, but you two can't keep doing this in obscurity."
Qi Xing couldn't help but interrupt again: "There's nothing unclear. We registered in the United States two years ago."
Qi Ronghua said angrily, "I know you registered, your mother knows, your uncle knows, and at most a few of your friends know. Besides that, what else? I won't even talk about whether it's legal or not. Your marriage is like a secret marriage. People who don't know will think you're not in a serious relationship."
Qi Xing: "Then I don't care..."
"I care," Qi Ronghua glared at him, "You two can't be so shameless. If this gets out, will your reputation still be ruined?"
The old man came back last night and sighed, thinking about it all night long. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was not right. No matter whether it was his son or Ye Xingzhou, they could not keep it unclear like this and let people point fingers at their relationship behind their backs and make a joke of it.
Ye Xingzhou calmly asked him: "What do you think, Uncle Qi?"
Qi Ronghua: "I'm shameless. Why don't you become our sworn brother? We'll hold a sworn brotherhood party. From now on, you and Qi Xing will be sworn brothers. You can live together or be more intimate in front of others, and no one can say anything."
Of course, he also had some selfish motives. If Ye Xingzhou became their sworn brother, and dared to do something wrong to Qi Xing in the future, he would be worse than pigs and dogs, so he had to be cautious.
But he probably forgot that Ye Xingzhou was a man who showed no mercy to his father, brothers, and entire family of relatives. In-laws? It's strange that he cares.
Qi Xing was speechless: "Dad, you are trying to cover your ears and steal the bell."
Moreover, he didn't want to be Ye Xingzhou's godbrother or younger brother. Ye Xingzhou was obviously his godfather.
Besides, what’s the matter with Ye Xingzhou becoming his parents’ godchild? Will Ye Xingzhou call his dad "daddy" from now on? Then how can he call him by that name?
No, absolutely not!
Ye Xingzhou: "I don't think so."
Qi Ronghua frowned and his face stiffened.
Wang Cuilan said helplessly, "I said they wouldn't agree. You really are the one who has to make all this trouble. Just forget it and let them hold a wedding banquet. After the wedding banquet, we can have an open and aboveboard relationship from now on."
Qi Xing was stunned.
His parents actually planned to let them hold the wedding banquet? He hasn't thought about this?
Qi Ronghua probably felt embarrassed after being rejected by Ye Xingzhou, so he said in a rough voice: "You decide for yourselves."
Wang Cuilan asked them with a smile: "What do you think?"
Qi Xing subconsciously turned to look at Ye Xingzhou, and Ye Xingzhou's eyes also fell on him: "Do you want to?"
Qi Xing: "I..."
Being stared at by Ye Xingzhou, his turbulent emotions gradually calmed down, and he slowly nodded: "I want to."
The conversation was similar to the last time when they talked about marriage. Ye Xingzhou smiled: "Yeah."
Qi Xing also laughed. As long as he didn't let his godfather call his father godfather and turn their innocent relationship into something unspeakable, it was fine.
Qi Ronghua felt upset when he saw them flirting with each other and snorted coldly, but he was actually still reluctant.
Wang Cuilan finally made the decision: "It's settled then. I'll tell the old man later and have a good discussion with him. We must make this a lively event!"
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