Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Illusion Becomes Reality
Qi Yan did not spend much time with Qi Ge and the other two. Adults all have their own lives, and the three had already made plans in advance. After eating and drinking to their heart's content and recuperating, they went out to play on their own. They even accepted the car that Chen Xiliu lent them, despite Qi Yan's objections.
Qi Ge doesn’t have a driver’s license, but his friend who is traveling with him does. Qi Yan thought that Shen Xiliu was too indulgent towards him, but Shen Xiliu disagreed. How could lending a car be considered indulgence? If he knew that Qi Yan would not agree, what would be wrong with giving it away?
Anyway, they are cousins, and Youyi even has a garage full of sports cars. Although he was kicked out of the house now, not long ago, under the passionate recommendation of the band's lead singer, he swiped the card given by Chen Xiliu and bought a Chery □□.
This incident made Shen Xiliu silent. He didn't even feel like caring about it and chose to turn a blind eye to it.
In comparison, Qi Ge, whose name has one more stroke than his, seems more like a serious person, at least he would not do such a thing.
Qi Yan also knew about this, and with a smile he explained one more thing to Shen Xiliu, who didn't care about his cousin. The Chery □□ had two curled eyelashes added by the lead singer, and now it looked particularly cute. If you didn't know, you might have thought it was a small car that omegas liked to drive.
“Although it looks a bit funny, it’s actually quite cute.” As he spoke, he took out his phone and shared with Shen Xiliu the Youyi account that he had long blocked, which contained many beautiful photos of his current favorite car.
"We Omegas won't take the blame for this. Maybe some people like this style, but that's a hobby." Shen Xiliu denied it. He usually drives very normally and never has this style.
Qi Yan smiled and said, "That's right. Although You Yi is a little abstract at times, he is indeed an alpha."
While he was processing and organizing the materials for tomorrow's meeting, he and Shen Xiliu squeezed on the sofa to chat and share. This kind of life was quite warm and peaceful, but why did it feel unreal?
After the computer screen went off, Qi Yan's face was reflected on it, and the illusion seemed to deepen.
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This is a very artistic flower shop. Various vibrant green potted plants are placed on the flower stands at the door. In the large transparent glass windows, green plants and blooming flowers are arranged very artistically. The shop is shrouded in hazy white gauze, and the bright lights bring changes in light and shadow, which is warm and romantic.
"This new batch of flowers are all very good. It seems that the supplier we just changed is indeed very reliable." A tall middle-aged man was helping to carry the flower pots. He was wearing a police uniform and had a square and serious face, but at this moment he looked more tender.
"Well, this time it's all thanks to big brother's introduction that I was able to find such a nice flower."
The owner of the flower shop was holding a pot of green plants. She was a little thin and pale, but her facial features were delicate and beautiful. Even her illness could not suppress her bright and colorful face, which revealed a gentle and melancholy temperament, as gentle and elegant as a lily.
"That's also because Yunqie takes good care of the flowers." Qi Jingsheng said. He was used to having a serious face, and even his words of praise were spoken stiffly.
Together, they moved all the potted plants at the door into the store. Xia Yunqie handed him a rose that had been wrapped in advance: "This is for today."
"Ahem." Qi Jingsheng took the flowers and coughed with a stern face, "I'm already quite old, but I still go back home to give flowers all day long. Your sister-in-law thinks I'm too rustic."
They are not teenagers or twenty-year-olds anymore, they are an old couple.
Hearing this, Xia Yunqie smiled faintly, and the melancholy between her brows seemed to dissipate: "But my sister-in-law changes the water in the vase every day and takes good care of it." While disdaining the man in his forties or fifties who still sent flowers all day long, he asked her how to make the flowers live longer and take good care of them.
Qi Jingsheng said with a serious face: "Your sister-in-law is such a person."
He always spoke in such a dry way. Xia Yunqie was not a talkative person either. He picked up two pots of flowers and said, "It's the season recently. Dad said it's a good time to appreciate chrysanthemums. This pot of black chrysanthemum and Huangshan tribute chrysanthemum is in full bloom. It's just right for me to take it back."
"You don't have to spoil dad like this. If he wants to enjoy the flowers, it won't make any difference if he comes directly to your place. It's not far anyway." Qi Jingsheng took the pot of flowers from her hand, "Take it back, and he will happily bring the flowers to his old comrades tomorrow to show off."
"If Dad is happy, that's enough." Xia Yunqie smiled softly. After cleaning up the flower shop, she closed the door and left with Qi Jingsheng.
He came specially to pick her up. Seventeen years had passed since Xia Yunqie was found by the Qi family. During these seventeen years, they didn't want to leave her alone again.
Even when she was in the hospital, there was always someone by her side. The loss of their daughter and sister brought too much pain to the Qi family, and they have never forgotten it. When they think of what she has gone through, they cannot leave her alone, and the whole family always takes turns to accompany her, little by little injecting vitality into this almost withered lily.
The memories before the age of three had long since disappeared, but after Xia Yunqie returned to his blood-related family, he always had a familiar feeling when looking at old photos, and he even saw his long-lost childhood in his dreams.
When she was a child, she was like this, often running around with her brother holding her hand.
Now walking with Qi Jingsheng, it seems as if those twenty years have not been lost. She held the flower pot and whispered, "Brother, are you and Xiao Yan hiding something from me?"
They were always concerned about her illness and worried about her getting hurt, but with the company of her family, Xia Yunqie was no longer the person who was driven crazy and self-harming by Yi Hongli and Song Yili. She could only wait for her seven-year-old child and unfamiliar relatives to redeem her.
Qi Jingsheng didn't know what to say, but Xia Yunqie seemed to have seen through it: "Is it about the Yi family? That child rarely lies to his relatives. He wouldn't hide other things from me. Apart from the Yi family's affairs, did he meet Yi Hongli?"
"Now when I think back to that time in the past, I always feel that I was stupid and bad. I was actually played around by Yi Hongli. If it weren't for that child who always supported me, I might have died a long time ago."
In this regard, Qi Jingsheng also said: "Qi Yan is really a very strong and smart child."
Recalling the scene of meeting the child that year, Qi Jingsheng still remembers the shock he felt when they first met. He is clearly just a seven-year-old child, why does he have such cold and terrifying eyes?
"She is indeed very smart, she doesn't look like my son." Xia Yunqie said this with a gentle smile on her lips.
That was the most painful memory that Xia Yunqie didn't want to recall. Every time he thought of it, he felt unbearable pain and wanted to end this sad life by committing suicide.
But in the midst of this pain, her own child stood up and fought with Yi Hongli to protect her.
"Why not?" Qi Jingsheng disagreed with Xia Yunqie's words, frowning and emphasizing, "Yi Hongli, that ruthless, greedy guy, can't give birth to such a good child. Qi Yan can grow up so well because of the education you and Uncle Xia gave him."
When he met Xia Yunqie, Yi Hongli used a lot of despicable means to force her to surrender. After forcing her to leave the house with nothing, he controlled everything through various means, not allowing her to work outside and not letting anyone get close to her, completely satisfying his desire for control. He wanted Xia Yunqie to bow to him for Qi Yan and life. How despicable and shameless!
Fortunately, Xia Yunqie was stupid at the time and was immersed in a state of emotional breakdown all day, while Qi Yan was quite smart. Even though she left with her mother who was kicked out of the house, she did not forget to ask someone to pack up and take away all the valuable items given to her by her elders, such as the various gold longevity locks and peace knots, as well as her mother's jewelry.
This will prevent them from getting into trouble due to lack of money the first step they take when leaving home.
Listening to Qi Jingsheng talking about what happened back then, Xia Yunqie was a little dazed: "Yes, it was obviously me who was wronging him throughout that incident, but he..."
I woke up in the middle of the night, squatting in the corner with my body cold, crying and saying sorry to her...
Often at that time, Xia Yunqie's mind was extremely clear. She didn't understand why her child would apologize to her? Why does he look even more painful and desperate than her?
But she knew that she was a mother and her child was only seven years old. She had to find a way to comfort him now. She shouldn't let him suffer such pain, right?
If she continues to behave so absurdly, she will not only not be worthy of being a daughter, but even not worthy of being a mother.
Except for the fact that she could not control herself when the disease broke out, Xia Yunqie once tried desperately to return to normal and be a normal mother for her children.
"Xiao Yan, it seems like you have encountered a lot of things recently." Xia Yunqie slowly stopped and looked at Qi Jingsheng. The breeze blew the blooming Huangshan tribute chrysanthemum in her arms.
"Don't worry about me. I'm not as weak as I was before. I was able to get through it back then, and now I won't continue to dwell on the pain of the past."
She will now look forward, for her children, as well as for her parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, and younger generations, the relatives who care about her.
Facing Xia Yunqie's eyes, Qi Jingsheng couldn't refuse: "Indeed, they had some conflicts..."
There was no reservation. After all, the person who knew best where Grandpa Xia would hide the things was probably Xia Yunqie. She was the only one who could make Yi Hongli get the punishment he deserved...
"My uncle has checked all these places, and he hasn't seen any of them. Could it be among the items that were auctioned that year?"
As the things that were taken away that year were checked one by one, countless marks had been crossed out on the list, but Qi Yan still couldn't find anything left by his grandfather.
If he had not confirmed the authenticity of this matter from other places, would he have doubted whether Xia Qingshan had really left any evidence behind?
"If it's really not here, then this is the only possibility left." Qi Yan flipped through the information at the bottom. These were the names of the Xia family's antiques that were auctioned that year. Most of them had been ruled out, and there were still at least thirteen items on the list for suspicion.
After Gu Yanxing learned about this matter, he investigated according to the list. Among the more than thirteen auction items, five had been taken back by Yi Hongli, so they could be temporarily ruled out.
But the problem is that among the remaining eight auction items, some are missing, some are lost overseas, and some have been bought by private collectors. The possibility of getting them back is very slim.
"I knew it wasn't that simple." Gu Yanxing cursed as he placed an order for a few formal suits, ready to save face and get to know the people he had investigated.
He flipped through the information: "Leave these to me to check. You check the other three. They just happened to have been bought by the Shen family. Take advantage of your boyfriend's relationship!"
"We agreed to take care of the Yi family in a month, don't forget it." Gu Yanxing glanced at Qi Yan, "It's hard to say whether being in love is good or bad. You have some dark circles under your eyes."
"It has nothing to do with love. It's my own problem." Qi Yan waved his hand. He has fair skin, and once dark circles appear under his eyes, they are very obvious and cannot be ignored.
Gu Yanxing had known him for many years and knew about his insomnia: "Isn't it much better now?"
He seemed energetic a few days ago, but suddenly became weak in the past two days. When he thought that Qi Yan already has a partner, who is a strong person, Gu Yanxing couldn't help but doubt and overthink.
Fortunately, Qi Yan did not have any extra omega pheromones on his body, so it could still be seen that they were the same, pure virgins.
Reassured.
"It's not a problem of insomnia now." Qi Yan rubbed his temple, and the hallucination turned into reality.
Whenever he saw Shen Xiliu these past two days, he felt inexplicably guilty, especially when Shen Xiliu got close to him, he would see some indescribable terrible scenes.
Qi Yan didn't even dare to imagine that he would do that!
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