After Jing Ranxiu left, Qi Yan waited for a while before quietly getting out from under the quilt.
When he got out, Qi Yan was shocked because Jing's mother was standing beside the bed with a faint smile.
"..." Looking at Jing's mother's expression, Qi Yan knew that she had seen through his little trick, and was speechless for a moment of embarrassment.
Mother Jing looked at him for a long time before she said, "Xiaoyan...did you have any friction with Xiaoxiu?"
Qi Yan pursed his dry lips and shook his head: "No..."
"Xiaoyan." Mother Jing sighed earnestly: "If Xiaoxiu did something wrong, I apologize to you on his behalf. Of course, I'm not afraid that you will take advantage of the situation, I just hope to comfort your aggrieved heart." The
most feared thing about reorganizing a family is not that one person rejects the whole family, but that when one person makes another person feel wronged, no one mediates. The consequence of that can only be to slowly alienate everyone's relationship.
Mother Jing didn't want that to happen, at least before Old Qi's condition was out of control...
During these days, it would be fine even if it was just for show.
How could Qi Yan tell Mother Jing about what happened between him and Jing Ranxiu? But he didn't know what excuse to use, so he just nodded along with her words, pretending that he didn't care.
Mother Jing smiled softly and said, "Are you feeling better? I'll make you another bowl of ginger water?"
"No, I'm much better, but I'm weak." Qi Yan quickly refused: "I will definitely be full of energy tomorrow."
After making a solemn promise, Qi Yan watched Mother Jing leave. Only after the door closed and the footsteps disappeared did Qi Yan let go of the breath that had been held in his throat.
Did he... almost get exposed just now? !
After lying in bed again, Qi Yan opened the chat panel and saw Lao Tu's various requests for mercy and apologies. Qi Yan directly deleted the dialogue box between the two, and the message reminder below was from Jing Ranxiu.
ββγAre you okay? γ
These four simple words made Qi Yan's nose sore suddenly, and tears rolled in his eyes, and finally flowed down the corners of his eyes...
Can't you come and apologize to me properly? ! What's the point of sending a message? !
Really aggrieved, Qi Yan sniffed, wiped his tears with his hands, angrily put the phone on the bed, closed his eyes, and went to sleep!
It seemed as if he waited for Qi Yan's reply for a whole day, but Jing Ranxiu was destined to be disappointed, because after Qi Yan woke up, he forgot about this matter. Maybe two or three days later, when he opened the chat panel again, he was surprised that he had not replied.
Jing Ranxiu thought Qi Yan was angry, and his heart was gloomy. He even lost his mind to work in the past few days.
However, at the request of Jing's mother, he paid extra attention to and investigated the whereabouts of Zeng Yang and Zeng Xinrou, and found that Zeng Yang did not have any other major problems except for foreign debts; and Zeng Xinrou acted like a rich kid every day, whether at school or outside. Maybe the education she received since childhood has been deeply rooted in her bones, so others look at her with dissatisfaction.
Suddenly he thought of Qi Yan being drugged, and that day happened to be the day Zeng Yang brought Zeng Xinrou to the Qi family villa...
Jing Ranxiu's brain exploded, and suddenly everything made sense.
If the things in the teapot were deliberately put there by someone, waiting for an opportunity to achieve his own goal...
then the night he and Qi Yan spent together was really a coincidence.
Jing Ranxiu's mouth suddenly curled up into a faint smile, and the chill in it was self-evident.
He wanted to thank Zeng Yang and his daughter, and he must... "thank you" well.
Zeng Yang failed last time, but he would not let it go a second time. Since the end of the semester has passed and Zeng Xinrou is at home every day, he can bring his daughter to the Qi family villa often.
Old Qi couldn't hold on any longer. The Qi family would belong to Qi Yan sooner or later. As for the newlywed wife and the extra son, Zeng Yang didn't believe that the fool Old Qi would give the family property to a son who had no blood relationship with him.
As long as his daughter could hold on to Qi Yan, the foreign debt of the Zeng family would not be a problem at all.
So, on this day, Zeng Yang brought Zeng Xinrou to the Qi family villa again.
And Jing Ranxiu, who had been paying attention to the movements of the Zeng family father and daughter, also returned home early that day, quietly waiting for someone to come.
Qi Yan, who came downstairs to get snacks after playing the game, saw Jing Ranxiu on the sofa and was confused!
"You you you you-"
"I'm back." Jing Ranxiu said lightly, then looked away and didn't look at Qi Yan.
The inexplicably tense atmosphere was dispersed by his action. Qi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt inexplicably lost. He
silently took a lot of snacks from the refrigerator, held them in both hands, and when he returned to the living room, he looked at Jing Ranxiu again, and found that he didn't look at him, so he decided to go back to his room.
Coincidentally, at this time, the housekeeper Wang Bo opened the door and welcomed the Zeng family father and daughter who had planned it long ago.
"Old Qi, I'm here to see you!" Zeng Yang smiled familiarly: "Have you been feeling better recently?"
Zeng Yang's loud voice made Old Qi frown slightly. He reflexively glanced at Qi Yan and found that he didn't look strange, so he felt relieved: "Why did you come here suddenly without telling me!"
"Hey, I took my daughter out for a stroll and decided to come and see you!" Zeng Yang said, and then he pulled his daughter, who was "strolling casually" but dressed very brightly, to the front: "Xinrou, say hello to Uncle Qi!"
"Hello, Uncle Qi." Zeng Xinrou called softly, then stood aside gracefully and said nothing.
Old Qi was in the living room, and he couldn't help but welcome them. After asking them to sit down, he ordered fruit and tea to be brought.
Old Qi sat with Jing Ranxiu, while Zeng Yang and Zeng Xinrou sat together. The four of them were just facing each other. Qi Yan stood silently at the corner of the stairs, wondering whether he should take the opportunity to slip away when they didn't notice him!
But how could Zeng Yang let Qi Yan go?
"Hey, why are you standing there, Xiaoyan, come here!" Zeng Yang waved at Qi Yan: "Xinrou has been talking about you these days."
Qi Yan rolled his eyes imperceptibly, thinking that your daughter probably talks about my... family's money every day!
Qi Yan put the snacks on the counter, walked over, scanned the area, and sat silently in the empty seat next to Jing Ranxiu.
Zeng Yang sat down with him, just like Jing Ranxiu next to Qi Yan just now.
"Hey, this is..."
"Ah, this is my wife's son." Lao Qi said, "Xiao Xiu, this is Uncle Zeng."
After that, Jing Ranxiu didn't say anything for a long time. Lao Qi and Zeng Yang were both embarrassed and looked at each other. When Lao Qi was about to say something to smooth things over, Jing Ranxiu suddenly looked at Zeng Xinrou and spoke slowly.
"Hello."
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