Chapter 84 Extra 4 if line: Meeting at that time (3)
The year Ye Xingzhou graduated from high school, he applied to study abroad in the UK.
At that time, Qi Xing had just entered the sixth grade. Just like in the previous few years, the little boy happily spent the whole summer playing with his older brother. It was only a few days before Ye Xingzhou boarded the plane that he learned from others that his older brother was leaving and would be gone for several years.
After hearing what Ye Xingzhou had confirmed, the kid's eyes turned red and he kept silent for a long time. Finally, he uttered "I don't want to be friends with you anymore" and ran away.
Ye Xingzhou waited downstairs of his house for two days before the angry child reluctantly came out to see him. Ye Xingzhou took him to Qingping Garden and set off fireworks with him for an entire night.
"Big brother is a bad guy. He doesn't even consider me as a friend. Others laugh at me and say I'm your little follower. You must think so too. You didn't even tell me that you were going to study abroad. If others hadn't told me, would I have known about it only after you left?"
"Are you particularly happy? No one will bother you anymore. You don't have to worry about it anymore."
"High school students don't want to be friends with elementary school students. You'll be a college student in the future, and you'll definitely not be friends with an elementary school student like me. So I don't want to see you anymore. Bye, I'll go find other friends."
The child sat on the stone steps with his head down. The more he spoke, the more unclear his voice became, and the more aggrieved he sounded.
Ye Xingzhou handed a firework stick to him: "Want to play?"
Qi Xing raised his head and stared at him in a daze. Under the fireworks in the dark night, Ye Xingzhou's face seemed to be covered by something, and it was a little difficult to see clearly. However, the pair of eyes that were looking at him gently were smiling.
Child: “…What are you laughing at?”
"It's my fault for not telling you in advance. I didn't know how to start the conversation, and I didn't expect my little friend would be so sad. I'm sorry."
Ye Xingzhou spoke very seriously, and his tone was not to coax a child. He was sincerely apologizing to Qi Xing.
Qi Xing: "Then can you not go?"
Ye Xingzhou: “No.”
Although he was very sorry and couldn't bear to leave his little friend, he could only take one step at a time along the path he had chosen in order to get what he wanted.
Children may not understand it now, but they will slowly understand it when they grow up.
Qi Xing was angry and depressed, but there was nothing he could do.
He is too young. Even if the adults spoil him and give in to him, many things are beyond his control and he can only accept them.
"Qi Xing, I will never forget you."
"As long as you still want me as your big brother, I will definitely not forget you first."
"If you don't believe me, I can make a pinky promise with you."
Ye Xingzhou stretched out his hand and raised his chin to signal him.
Qi Xing believed that he was no longer a child, and he no longer believed in pinky promises, but since Ye Xingzhou said so, he still reluctantly reached out his hand.
"You can't lie to me."
On the day Ye Xingzhou left, Qi Xing did not go to see him off. The kid was probably still angry and thought it would be too embarrassing if he went and cried in front of him. The bastard would leave anyway if he cried, so it was better not to go.
He threw the figures and snacks that Ye Xingzhou bought for him before he left into the trash can. A night later, he couldn't help but pick them up again. Finally, he held the things in a daze for a long time and secretly wiped away his tears.
They actually had very little contact in the following year. Ye Xingzhou had just arrived abroad and had to adapt to study and life, so he didn't have much time. Qi Xing, an elementary school student, also didn't have much time to surf the Internet or use his phone. He was still sulking, and his grandfather asked him to call Ye Xingzhou, but he refused unless Ye Xingzhou called him.
This frequency was maintained once every one or two months. When the phone was connected, there was nothing much to talk about. In the past, the child would mutter all the trivial things around him to Ye Xingzhou, but now he is unwilling to say anything.
Ye Xingzhou was actually very helpless. Apart from sending some gifts back from time to time, he didn't know any other way to make his little friend happy.
Ye Xingzhou did not return to China during the summer vacation that year, but found an internship there. In order to successfully enter Ye's company in the future, he had to accumulate more experience and produce a good resume and achievements.
The kid went from expectation to disappointment. Grandpa Gan reminded him that he could go to England to see his big brother by himself. He thought about it and shook his head: "I don't want to go. He is so busy. He won't have time to play with me if I go."
From that day on, he no longer mentioned Ye Xingzhou's name, as if he had forgotten this big brother who had been with him for several years.
After entering middle school, a big thing happened to Qi Xing.
His father's business expanded rapidly in those two years and was too high-profile, offending too many people, so he was kidnapped by someone hired by one of his father's competitors.
The child was missing for five whole days before he came back. Fortunately, he only suffered minor skin injuries. He was heartless and was not that scared. But his parents were scared enough.
Ye Xingzhou heard about this half a year later when Old Chen called him to tell him. He and Qi Xing had not been in touch for a long time and had no idea that Qi Xing had encountered such a thing.
"Qi Ronghua and his wife are both fools. They are driving little Qi Xing into depression. He doesn't even want to talk anymore. If you have time, please comfort him. I'm an old man, and he won't tell me anything he has in his heart."
Ye Xingzhou didn't expect such a change to happen to Qi Xing. He was silent for a long time after hanging up the phone. After four months, he contacted his little friend again.
Qi Xing's face appeared on the computer screen. He was not as quiet as Mr. Chen said. He was still smiling as before: "You busy man finally have time to talk to me."
Ye Xingzhou looked at him, breathed a sigh of relief, and apologized first: "I'm sorry, wake up, I broke my promise, I thought you didn't want me anymore."
Qi Xing pouted: "Big brother, you are really good at putting the blame on others. It is obviously you who are always busy and have no time to care about a little kid like me."
Ye Xingzhou: "Well, it's my fault."
With just a few words, the long-standing rift between them seemed to have disappeared.
Ye Xingzhou later realized that the reason why the kid forgave him suddenly after being angry for such a long time might be because of what Mr. Chen said, that he really had no other friends to play with.
Ye Xingzhou felt soft-hearted and distressed. From that day on, no matter how heavy or tiring his schoolwork was, he would try his best to make time to chat with Qi Xing.
They returned to the way they were before. Qi Xing would tell him everything, whether happy or unhappy. He would also try his best to find topics to talk about, telling him about the new things he saw and heard over there, to make his little friend happy.
From then on, every summer vacation, the children would go to the UK to see him and play with him for a month. During the Christmas holidays, he would also return home to see his children.
Time flies. It's been six years since Ye Xingzhou came to the UK. After graduating with a master's degree, he works in an investment bank there, and Qi Xing has grown from an elementary school student to a high school student.
During the winter vacation that year, Qi Xing flew to England alone. He called Ye Xingzhou after getting off the plane. When Ye Xingzhou hurried to the airport, he was sitting on the floor in the corner of the arrival hall, sleeping soundly against his suitcase.
Awakened by Ye Xingzhou, Qi Xing looked up at him for three seconds, climbed up, and jumped directly onto Ye Xingzhou and hugged him.
Ye Xingzhou was knocked back two steps by him. He held the man steady with both hands and smiled helplessly.
The last time they met was during last summer vacation. Ye Xingzhou was unable to return home for Christmas due to some reasons. Qi Xing couldn't wait for the next summer vacation, so he came here early during the winter vacation.
"Are you particularly happy to see me, big brother?"
"Look, I've grown taller. Finally, I don't have to look up at you anymore."
"If you make me happy, I will stay here and spend the New Year with you, so that you won't be alone and miserable."
This kid was still as noisy as he was when he was little. Ye Xingzhou let him talk, stuffed him into the car, fastened his seat belt and said, "Sit tight, we're going home."
They chatted idly in the car. Ye Xingzhou had taken a temporary leave and had also answered two work calls.
When he hung up, Qi Xing suddenly asked him, "You've already graduated, why don't you go back to China? How long will you continue to work here?"
"I'll go back after I gain two years of experience." Ye Xingzhou said casually, and asked him, "You're almost in your third year of high school. Where are you going to go to college?"
Qi Xing was a little unhappy and didn't want to say anything.
Of course, his parents also wanted him to go abroad. His father would donate a building to get him a place in the place he wanted to study, but he didn't want that.
"I will apply to a local university in Huaicheng."
Ye Xingzhou raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Take the college entrance examination? Can you do it?"
Qi Xing: “…”
It has to be done even if it doesn't work.
What if Ye Xingzhou returns to China next year and he continues to study abroad? Won't they be separated again? Others are in long-distance relationships, but they are considered long-distance... good friends?
Thinking of this, Qi Xing always felt awkward, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"I may not be able to take time off to play with you, so don't run around by yourself. Call me if you have any problems." Ye Xingzhou reminded him.
Qi Xing: "Have I caused you any trouble by coming here?"
Ye Xingzhou: “No.”
Qi Xing can only stay here for a week before going back to celebrate the New Year, but Ye Xingzhou still has to go to work every day.
When he woke up early the next morning and faced the empty apartment alone, Qi Xing finally realized that Ye Xingzhou was no longer a student, and their schedules would become increasingly out of sync. It would be difficult for him to find time to play with him like before. He was really causing trouble for Ye Xingzhou by coming here without even saying hello.
Qi Xing couldn't help but sulk, not knowing whether he was angry with himself or with Ye Xingzhou.
In the following week, he either stayed at Ye Xingzhou's place to play games during the day, or went to the nearby shopping mall and market alone, bored.
If I had known I would not have come. Qi Xing recalled his previous excitement and joy, and always wondered if he was possessed by evil spirits.
On that last afternoon, he walked to Ye Xingzhou's office and sat down in a roadside cafe across the street, hoping to wait for Ye Xingzhou to get off work.
Twenty minutes later, Ye Xingzhou came out, and with him was a very beautiful blonde foreign woman. They were standing on the roadside talking. Ye Xingzhou had his back to the street, and Qi Xing couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but he saw that the woman kept looking up at Ye Xingzhou with a bright smile on her face. He clenched the coffee cup in his hand and suddenly became unhappy.
The woman got in the car and left first. Ye Xingzhou turned around and saw him, feeling a little surprised.
Qi Xing slumped in his chair, not wanting to pay attention to him.
From then on until nightfall, Qi Xing was always depressed and unmotivated no matter what he did, and he even ignored Ye Xingzhou.
Ye Xingzhou looked at him several times, sizing up his expression, as if thinking about something.
After taking a shower, Qi Xing climbed into bed and said he wanted to sleep. He pulled the quilt up to cover his head, turned around and there was no more movement.
Ye Xingzhou ignored him, turned on the computer to deal with some work, went to take a shower, and then came back and sat down on the bed to look down at him.
Qi Xing was not asleep at all. He slowly revealed a pair of eyes from under the quilt and glared at the person who was staring at him: "What are you looking at?"
Ye Xingzhou: "What are you angry about?"
Qi Xing snorted: "Why should I be angry? I shouldn't have come here and disturbed you from having a girlfriend. You must be annoyed to death by me."
Ye Xingzhou thought about it and realized that he had misunderstood: "He is just one of my clients."
Do you need to smile so happily when meeting clients?
Well, he didn’t see Ye Xingzhou laughing, it was someone else who was laughing, but he was just unhappy. He felt very upset, but he couldn’t tell the reason.
"Go to bed early." Ye Xingzhou raised his hand and rubbed his hair. Without saying anything else, he turned off the lights and got into bed.
Ye Xingzhou lay down beside him, his body temperature approaching. Qi Xing turned his back uncomfortably, closed his eyes, and forced himself not to listen to the sound of his own heartbeat.
He had slept with this bastard countless times since he was a child, but he felt particularly uncomfortable today. It was so inexplicable.
The child was wondering if he was sick, and eventually fell asleep in a daze.
He had a dream that night. In the dream, he and his older brother were entangled and hugged. He was pressed under Ye Xingzhou, listening to Ye Xingzhou panting and calling his name. Abnormal heat surged in his body. He was immersed in it and felt happiness he had never experienced before. It made him lose control and couldn't stop.
When Qi Xing woke up from his dream, faint morning light was already shining through the curtains.
The bed next to him was half empty, and Ye Xingzhou had already gotten up.
The scene in the dream frightened Qi Xing. He was stunned for a long time, lowered his head and carefully pulled open his pajamas to take a look, then wailed in pain.
...He's finished.
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