Chapter 1087: Breaking off the Engagement
Yi Haoqian didn't rush to get up. He leaned against the head of the bed, picked up the shirt that Lin Yuchen had changed and held it in his arms.
The words on the other end of the phone made him snort: "Stop talking nonsense! Don't you know what our relationship is?"
"Then why haven't you come to cancel the engagement? The flowers I've been waiting for are about to wither."
Yu Ranxing simply stopped pretending and cursed in a shrill voice: "You've ruined my happiness. If it weren't for my engagement with you, I wouldn't have been rejected by him so many times."
"Rejected again?"
"Um."
Yu Ranxing had a heavy nasal tone, and Yi Haoqian felt that if he provoked him again, he would probably cry again.
"I came back this time to break off the engagement. Before coming to Kyoto, I had already spoken to both fathers, making it clear that we were just brothers and had no other ulterior motives. They expressed their understanding and said they would call Uncle Yu."
Yi Haoqian made no secret of his current relationship: "You know, I have a lover I love very much. I plan to propose to him after graduation and I feel settled."
He proposed again, hoping that Lin Yuchen would agree.
"I really envy your love that goes both ways. Unlike me..." Yu Ranxing sniffed: "He's starting to avoid me again. Yesterday I went to his house, and he was clearly at home, but he asked the servants to say he was not there."
Yi Haoqian: "Does it have to be him?"
"Likes are selective, but love isn't." Yu Ranxing's voice became serious: "Hao Qian, can I ask you for a favor?"
Yi Haoqian: "You said, as long as it is within my ability, I will not refuse."
"After we postpone our wedding, can we announce it to the public a few days later?"
Based on his understanding of his brothers over the years, Yi Haoqian felt that Yu Ranxing probably had some plan.
"What do you want to do now?"
"If our broken engagement gets out, Uncle Huo and Uncle Zhuo will probably come and match him and me up. He won't be happy if he's with me because of my parents' orders."
Yu Ranxing's voice became hoarse again: "He will be going abroad in a few days. He is currently in charge of the Huo family's project in Country H. I will announce the cancellation of the engagement after he leaves."
Yi Haoqian: "Are you going to give up?"
"I won't give up. I will pursue him abroad. There are no elders in Country H to help me. I want to pursue him on my own."
"What if... I mean, what if he still doesn't like you?"
“…”
Yu Ranxing suddenly fell silent.
Yi Haoqian felt that the question just now was very cruel, as if using a knife to cut off all of Yu Ranxing's hopes.
"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have said that."
"He and I grew up together and have been together for more than 20 years. If he really liked me, he would have fallen in love with me a long time ago. In fact, I know better than anyone that he can't possibly like me, but I just can't accept it and I want to try again. Maybe one day when I hit my head against the wall and my love is exhausted, I will face the reality." Yu Ranxing said these words calmly, which made Yi Haoqian feel more uncomfortable than his uncontrolled shouting.
He treated Yu Ranxing as his younger brother and couldn't bear to see Yu Ranxing sad and suffer.
"I'll go find him tomorrow."
"Don't!" Yu Ranxing stopped him, "Don't make a big deal out of this. It will be very awkward when we meet later."
"You have so many suitable people around you, why does it have to be him?"
"I don't know why, love doesn't need a reason, right?"
Yi Haoqian was suddenly speechless, he knew Yu Ranxing was right.
Love has no reason and is irrational, and there are not so many perfect loves in this world.
He is lucky, the person he loves happens to love him too.
Yu Ranxing hung up the phone with a laugh, but Yi Haoqian was still worried.
He came out of the apartment building and rode his bike to the Yu family mansion.
After crossing the busy street, Yi Haoqian parked the car on the side of the road, put one foot on the curb, and looked back at the black car slowly approaching.
He frowned, and the displeasure in his eyes made his eyebrows and eyes sharp. The sunny feeling on his body was dissipated by the darkness, and he looked extremely oppressive.
The assistant came out of the car and bowed: "Master!"
"I've told you many times not to follow me."
Yi Haoqian waved his hands irritably: "Go away, go away, don't let me see you again."
"Master, where are you going?" The assistant turned sideways and said, "Ask the driver to take you there."
"No need, I'll ride over." Yi Haoqian looked around, afraid of being recognized. "My wife doesn't know who I am, so don't come out casually. If you scare her, I'll kill you."
The assistant hesitated, "Don't you think that man is a little strange?"
Yi Haoqian's eyes trembled: "What did you just say?"
The assistant knew his temper and lowered his head in fear and trepidation, saying, "Master, I'm not slandering Mr. Lin maliciously. I just think he...he doesn't seem like an ordinary office worker."
His calm and noble aura didn't match his appearance, nor did his attire and manners. But his profile showed he was a department manager, no problem there.
The assistant has been in Southeast Asia for many years and has always been good at judging people. He feels that this man's clean background is problematic.
It was an intuition, and his intuition never failed.
"My wife is definitely not an ordinary office worker. She told me that after this project is completed, the company will promote her and she will soon become the manager of the branch."
The boasting in Yi Haoqian's tone left the assistant speechless for a moment.
He finally realized that love-brain is a family inheritance.
They are always like this, and so is their son.
Yi Haoqian: "I've known him for such a long time. I know better than anyone whether he has any problems or not. His identity has been verified. I don't want to hear anything like that again."
After saying this, Yi Haoqian rode away on his bike.
The assistant sighed and shook his head.
The young master is hopeless because of his love-sickness.
Yi Haoqian rode his bike to the Yu family mansion. The housekeeper stood at the door and took a few glances before recognizing him.
"Master Yi, you are here!"
The butler came forward with a smile and said, "It's been so long since we last met. You're even more handsome than before. I didn't recognize you just now. I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. Please come in!"
Yi Haoqian parked the car at the door, and a servant immediately ran over to help him collect the car.
He walked into the mansion and asked the housekeeper who followed him, "Is Ran Xing home?"
"The young master should be in the greenhouse." The housekeeper sighed. "You've come at the perfect time. I don't know what's wrong, but the young master has been locking himself in the greenhouse lately. It's no use trying to persuade him, sir. He won't see anyone and won't talk."
Yi Haoqian: "I'll go see him."
The butler led the way.
When passing through the atrium, Yi Haoqian found that the living room was obviously decorated. The flowers in the flower stands were gorgeous and the crystal display table was exquisitely shaped.
"Butler, is there a banquet at the mansion tonight?"
"Tonight is the Second Young Master's birthday party, and also the Young Young Master's birthday party."
The second and third young masters of the Yu family have the same birthday, and they are four years apart in age.
But this was the first time Yi Haoqian had heard of this. "I've never heard Ran Xing mention it before."
He didn't even remember Yu Ranxing's birthday.
"Young Master doesn't celebrate birthdays very often." The housekeeper stood at the garden gate: "The greenhouse is just ahead, Master Yi, please come in!"
He didn't go any further after sending them here, as Yu Ranxing had a rule that forbade them from approaching the greenhouse.
Yi Haoqian nodded to the butler and walked forward.
The garden is large, with lush and carefully manicured vegetation.
Passing through the rippling lotus pond, a small white house surrounded by rhododendrons appears before your eyes.
The white roof is extremely eye-catching in the sea of bright red. The large floor-to-ceiling windows reflect the sunlight, casting mottled light and shadows in the greenhouse.
Yu Ranxing sat in the fragmented light, fiddling with a freesia in his hand.
He was so focused that he didn't even notice Yi Haoqian approaching him.
"If you keep rubbing it, this freesia will die."
Yi Haoqian rescued the freesia that had been trampled to the point of withering branches and leaves from Yu Ranxing's hands, carefully planted it in a flowerpot, filled it with soil, watered it, and finally placed the flowerpot quietly in a corner nearby.
Yu Ranxing sat there with his eyes downcast. The light from the window seemed not to fall on him, and he looked decadent and lonely.
Yi Haoqian grabbed his wrist and lifted him up from the ground: "Don't stay in the flower room anymore, go out..."
Yu Ranxing was taken outside the greenhouse.
Yi Haoqian pointed to the rhododendrons stretching out in front of him and said, "The scenery ahead is so beautiful, why don't you look up and take a look? Don't keep staring at that freesia, it's not that pretty either."
“The scenery ahead is beautiful, but none of them is that freesia.”
"..." Yi Haoqian really wanted to punch him awake: "Your life is not just about that freesia."
"Sometimes I think that God is really fair. He didn't let me suffer the hardships of life, so he gave me the pain of love."
Yu Ranxing sighed heavily: "My life has not been smooth sailing."
"You can also avoid the pain of love by finding someone else."
Yi Haoqian patted his shoulder and said, "You have many choices, but you don't want to choose."
"Let's not talk about him anymore. Let's talk about something happy." Yu Ranxing finally smiled: "My second brother is back."
Yi Haoqian rarely heard people from the Yu family mention the second young master of the Yu family. This person has always been very mysterious.
"Doesn't your second brother live in the mansion? We've known each other since we were young, and I've never met him."
"My second brother was taken home by my great-grandfather the year I was born, and he has never returned to Kyoto since then."
Yi Haoqian was shocked: "Did your second brother violate the heavenly law and be exiled to the frontier?"
Yu Ranxing spat: "You are the one who violated the Heavenly Law."
"..." Yi Haoqian noticed that Yu Ranxing was extremely protective of his second brother. "You and your second brother have only met a few times, how come you have such a good relationship?"
"My second brother had it very difficult. The family situation on my father's side is very complicated. My great-grandfather used to manage the company and run the family business. He was old and didn't have as much energy to devote to the business, so he needed an heir. My second brother left home when he was less than four years old and has been with both grandfathers all these years."
Yu Ranxing's gaze fell on Yi Haoqian: "Come to think of it, my second brother once held you in his arms!"
"Huh?" Yi Haoqian was stunned. "He hugged me? How old is he this year?"
"The year you were born, your second brother returned to Grandpa's house and visited you before he left. You were just born then, and your second brother loved you very much and always liked to hold you in his arms."
Yu Ranxing's eyes curved up, and a smile could not be hidden in his eyes when he mentioned his second brother: "My second brother is very handsome. He inherited all the good qualities of my two fathers. You will definitely be fascinated by his face when you see him."
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