Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 50

It was also unintentional that the fairy tale he wrote was seen by Ji Yanchen, who was only 16 years old at that time.

As soon as the warmhearted Ji Yanchen saw that Chi Qiu had written hundreds of thousands of words, before reading a few lines of the story, he was moved first.

He remembered that he had a relative working in a big publishing house, so he hurriedly asked Chi Qiu to copy the document with great enthusiasm, lying that he wanted to take it back and read it slowly.

As a matter of fact, he threw the story directly onto the desk of his relative. On the pretext that his relative still owed his family a large sum of money, he crossed his legs and said ignorantly, “I think this can be published, what do you think?”

After a minute of silence, the relative thought they should inform Ji Feining.

Half an hour later, Ji Feining personally came to the door and took Ji Yanchen away, angrily reprimanding, “If you don’t get into trouble every day, your skin will itch, right?”

That was what he said, but after learning that these documents were written by Chi Qiu, Ji Feining spent a day carefully reading the story Chi Qiu wrote.

Ji Feining was a smart man. After reading it, he quickly guessed what Chi Qiu was trying to hide. He found Ji Yanchen and asked a few questions in a stern voice. But he didn’t expect that Ji Yanchen was very righteous and didn’t say a word. Not only that, Ji Yanchen also learned to play Tai Chi1meaning that he kept changing the subjects. He could answer a question for you, but he didn’t focus on the subject.

Ji Feining got annoyed, he didn’t want to waste time with Ji Yanchen any more, so he got straight to the point: “When did he regain his sight?”

Ji Yanchen played dumb: “What are you talking about, brother, why can’t I understand?”

Ji Feining held up Ji Yanchen’s flash drive, “If you tell me honestly, I have a way to get Ji Qiu’s story published.”

“…”

When a sentence fell, the benefits came to the fore. Ji Yanchen hesitated for a moment, but continued to act stupid: “Ge, I really can’t understand what you’re saying.”

Ji Yanchen was dead set on denying it and was determined not to let Ji Feining know Chi Qiu’s secret.

But who was Ji Feining?

Ji Yanchen was brought up by him, so whenever Ji Yanchen pouted his butt a little, Ji Feining could know what he was going to spew nonsense. Furthermore, Ji Yanchen’s attitude already said it all.

Looking at the righteous brother, Ji Feining didn’t want to be a disservice to him.

He had no choice but to take matters into his own hands; he did an investigation, and was surprised to find that when Chi Qiu was 15 years old, the doctor had told the Chi family that Chi Qiu’s right eye had the possibility of regaining its sight.

It was just at that time that the Chi family was in frequent trouble – Chi Lanyan and Lin Yuming were arguing constantly over the pair of children, even to the point of getting a divorce. Chi Xia, who suffered from mild depression in the family, also fell down the stairs and almost had an accident.

All the bad things happened in one period of time, which caused Chi Qiu, a gentle character, to be so frightened that he couldn’t eat or sleep well every day, and was sent to the psychological clinic by Chi Lanyan for short-term counseling treatment.

For these, Ji Feining was not completely ignorant. He once heard something but he as an outsider, in the end, was not clear about the detailed reasons.

And it was precisely after that that Chi Qiu’s eyes showed no signs of improving.

Ji Feining thought carefully before and after, and suddenly had an epiphany.

The next day, Ji Feining went to Chi’s house, but he didn’t tell Chi Qiu that he already knew about his recovery.

Since the two children chose to keep the secret, Ji Feining should abide by the rules.

He simply made his intentions clear, and after asking Chi Qiu’s permission, he delivered the long fairytale Chi Qiu had written directly to the email address of a friend who was the editor-in-chief, asking him to give him a little advice.

What followed was a new life that Chi Qiu had never faced before.

He became a fairytale author, had his first published book, also sold the first film and animation adaptation rights, earninh the first bucket of money in his life.

Although this was not without the help of the Ji family, in the end, it was the story written by Chi Qiu that gained recognition.

When the contract was signed, Chi Qiu was already an adult. He gave himself a pen name that had nothing to do with reality, and completely removed himself as an author from the life of a ‘blind man’.

Naturally, he also concealed it from everyone except the two brothers of the Ji family.

Around eleven o’clock, Chi Qiu smelled the aroma of the food.

He put a few Braille books back on the shelf, and before he could tuck them in steadily, the bedroom door was knocked lightly twice. Chi Qiu turned around and saw Lu Ming pushing open the door and looking at him lightly.

The Braille book in Chi Qiu’s hand was very heavy, and one accidentally fell to the ground, almost hitting his foot. The sound of the heavy books hitting the ground was loud, taking Lu Ming’s attention away, and in turn masking the surprise that Chi Qiu felt when he saw Lu Ming.

Chi Qiu’s mouth opened slightly.

The next second, he was picked up horizontally by Lu Ming and placed on the edge of the bed to sit down.

Lu Ming half squatted, his brows slowly frowned. This serious expression was frozen, as if it would not change for hundreds of years: “Did it hit you?”

Chi Qiu answered with irrelevant questions: “Lu Ming?”

Lu Ming raised his head and asked again, “Did it hit you?”

Chi Qiu hurriedly shook his head: “No.”

Lu Ming breathed a sigh of relief and answered Chi Qiu’s doubts: “The work is finished early, so I come here.”

And Chi Qiu did not expect him to rush over. After all, Chi Lanyan had prejudice against Lu Ming that whenever they met, the two would always talk nonsense and be extremely awkward.

Chi Qiu thought that Lu Ming would take the excuse of this work and simply put off this meal and come back to pick himself up in the evening. He was stunned for a moment and honestly said, “I thought, you wouldn’t want to come over for dinner.”

Lu Ming was puzzled. He lowered his head and was still examining Chi Qiu’s ankle. He asked calmly, “Why would I not want to? I said I would come over after work was settled.”

“Because my mom spoke more bluntly to you, I thought…” Chi Qiu said halfway through with difficulty, thinking that the one who had the biggest misunderstanding of Lu Ming might be himself.

Lu Ming looked up and said, “Lu Rongtian and Zhen Zhen spoke even worse to you, and you went every time.”

“I’m not going now!”

“I’m the one who won’t let you go, so you don’t go.”

“…No.”

“Isn’t it?”

Lu Ming’s words made Chi Qiu speechless. His unusual calmness was contagious, and gradually cooled Chi Qiu’s speechlessness to the extreme. Fortunately, Chi Qiu was no longer estranged from Lu Ming now, he couldn’t help but quibble: “It’s different, they treat you badly, I had to deal with it together with you before.”

“What about my grandmother? She ignored you, you still always cared for her.”

Lu Ming saw the tricks and asked a few words back, and Chi Qiu was blocked by him to the point of being completely speechless.

No way, Chi Qiu blinked his eyes in exasperation, looking aggrieved.

In Lu Ming’s opinion, this expression was very interesting. After all, Chi Qiu with a little temper was also rare.

Lu Ming held his hand with little expression: “Don’t think much about this, Mom didn’t feel sorry for me, you may have misunderstandings about her.”

Chi Lanyan spoke a little harder in front of Chi Qiu, but she was not without a brain. Chi Qiu and Lu Ming were partners, she couldn’t always make trouble and destroy their relationship.

Although Chi Lanyan had something to say every time she met Lu Ming, when those words were spread out, it was just repeatedly instructing Lu Ming to be nice to Chi Qiu, not to be difficult.

As a mother, her concern for Chi Qiu, in Lu Ming’s view, was very normal behavior. Knife tongue but heart of a tofu2have a sharp tongue but a soft heart, it should be describing someone like Chi Lanyan.

Besides, Lu Ming also felt that he should treat Chi Qiu better.

Even if he couldn’t respond to Chi Qiu’s warm love, at least he should make Chi Qiu happy.

However, Chi Qiu was a little confused. He said that Chi Lanyan had misunderstood Lu Ming, and Lu Ming replied back that he had misunderstood Chi Lanyan? He wrinkled his brows, not knowing what kind of expression to make to digest this sentence.

It was Lu Ming who ended this tangled conversation and finally said, “She just wants me to treat you better.”

Chi Qiu, however, was helpless, thinking that Lu Ming had already been good to him.

In Chi Qiu’s heart, Lu Ming, even in the state of emotional indifference, could think of everything for himself. When Lu Ming’s symptoms got better, he must be the happiest person in the world.

But everything couldn’t be rushed, Lu Ming’s illness couldn’t be improved in a day or two. Perhaps, this ‘misunderstanding’ would continue for a long time.

Chi Qiu sighed, it was useless to think too much, so he no longer dwelled on it. Lu Ming didn’t mind, which made him heave a solid sigh of relief.

Because Chi Lanyan was his closest person and Lu Ming was his favorite person, one of Chi Qiu’s wishes was that these two people could live in peace.

Before Chi Qiu could say anything, the half-closed door was knocked twice again.

Only to see Auntie Su smilingly pushing open the door and amiably shouting, “Dinner is ready.”