Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 60

After Lu Ming left, Ji Yanchen successfully ‘abducted’ Chi Qiu from the Lu family’s house.

With the help of Chi Qiu, he successfully stayed in the head office of Ji Family in Xingxi City. Although the work that Ji Feining arranged for him was not easy, but Ji Yanchen had to stay in Xingxi City, where he grew up, so that he could come and play with Chi Qiu. Not to mention, it also allowed Chi Qiu to help him plead for mercy at any time.

Furthermore, Chi Qiu never asked for much in return, so Ji Yanchen could easily do it every time.

As soon as he got in the car, he threw Chi Qiu a pair of sunglasses and a mask: “These are for you to go to the exhibition later. Chi Qiu, from now on we are a grasshopper in a boat. If my brother wants to ‘be unjust’ to me, you must come and save me.”

Grasshopper?

Chi Qiu was in a complicated mood. He was not used to the oncoming wind from the sports car so he silently put on his sunglasses. At Ji Yanchen’s childish urging, he compromised: “Got it, Grasshopper Ji.”

“Grasshopper Chi.”

“You’re the grasshopper.”

“Yes, I’m the grasshopper, the most handsome grasshopper in the world!”

These two people, one said a word and the other said another word. If people heard them, they would think that they were not older than ten years old together.

After about five or six minutes of bickering, the two people finally stopped for a while. Ji Yanchen took a look at the time on his watch and planned to take Chi Qiu for a drive and then have a nice lunch. They had to have fun in the morning and then go to the exhibition in the afternoon.

The wind whistled past Chi Qiu’s ears, blowing his hair into a mess, but his mood was soaring with the speed of the car. Chi Qiu grew up being quiet and obedient. After he became blind, he almost stayed at home. He rarely had such moments of indulgence.

And every time he was ‘out of line’, he was accompanied by Ji Yanchen.

Ji Yanchen was a person who did not play cards by the rules. And yet, it was precisely this kind of character that made him and Chi Qiu become complementary friends. Every face of Chi Qiu that couldn’t be shown to the outside, Ji Yanchen knew all about it.

In order not to be discovered by people who were familiar with him, Ji Yanchen drove to a corner of Xingxi City. It was close to the sea, and the wind was very strong, blowing people’s mood soothing.

Ji Yanchen found a place to park and walked with Chi Qiu to a small hill in a familiar way. Only to see that nothing had changed here, except for a fence with a ‘danger’ sign painted on it.

Chi Qiu took off his sunglasses and ran forward enthusiastically: “I haven’t seen the sea for a long time.” He spread his arms against the sea breeze and took a deep breath at the sea not far away, “It’s so comfortable.”

Ji Yanchen took his happiness into his eyes, dejectedly putting both hands in his pockets: “You are very dull, no wonder you and Lu Ming were born together.”

It sounded like a loss, but in fact, it was a compliment to Chi Qiu’s heart.

Ji Yanchen and Chi Qiu stood in front of the fence together. Ji Yanchen suddenly shouted, which startled Chi Qiu firmly: “What are you doing?”

“Isn’t that what they all do in TV dramas, shouting madly at the sea about what’s on your mind can relieve stress.”

“…”

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“It’s nothing… Yanchen, you should learn less weird things.”

“…”

When Ji Yanchen went to study abroad a few years ago, he mistakenly thought that he finally got out of Ji Feining’s clutches and could let himself go like other rich second-generation, but he was met with waterloo in his life.

He was caught by Ji Feining for dancing, caught by Ji Feining for drinking, caught by Ji Feining for racing, and caught by Ji Feining for fighting. Finally, he gave up on himself and just being bored at home, holding a glass of red wine and watching TV shows and everything.

The rebellious period of the poor teenager was completely exhausted in this way, turning Ji Yanchen into a naive and innocent young man who spoke poorly.

Ji Yanchen suggested that Chi Qiu shout two sentences to relieve his stress, but Chi Qiu had a thin face.

So, Ji Yanchen gave him a demonstration: “Ji Feining you care less about me—” After shouting, he added: “Yet, don’t ignore me at all—”

Chi Qiu was shocked.

Ji Yanchen was very comfortable, as refreshing as a joyous event, and said to Chi Qiu: “Try it, it’s so cool!”

Chi Qiu refused but he kept encouraging him.

Unable to bear Ji Yanchen’s persuasion, Chi Qiu shouted a little, but it couldn’t be clearly heard.

Ji Yanchen put his hands behind his ears: “It’s useless for you to shout like this. You didn’t shout at all. I brought you here today for you to relax. Everyday you pretend to be blind in front of Lu Ming and everyone. Sooner or later, you will be bored. Chi Qiu, just shout loudly, I’ll take care of this mountain today! ”

Chi Qiu took a deep breath but he didn’t have courage. Only after putting on his sunglasses, he opened his mouth again.

But when he opened his mouth, he almost deafened Ji Yanchen.

“Xiao Xia, can you come home early—”

“Uncle Lin, can you stop making mom unhappy—”

“Grandma, stop excluding Xiao Xia because of me—”

“Mom, don’t say anything bad about Auntie Zhang next time! I’m embarrassed—”

Chi Qiu took a deep breath and exhaled. He kept the last sentence in his heart: Lu Ming you get better quickly.

He had just finished shouting when something fell to the ground behind him.

Chi Qiu and Ji Yanchen turned their heads at the same time and looked at the people behind them.

Behind them, the ice cream box Bai Yan was holding in his left hand had fallen to the ground and rolled around, properly face up. He gulped, holding a spoon in his right hand, dazedly sip the remaining ice cream on the spoon into his mouth.

Luo Xu, who was beside him, lowered his head silently, looking at the Internet celebrity ice cream box on the ground that they bought after visiting three convenience stores. He calmly bent over to pick it up, frowned and let out a sigh before handing it back to Bai Yan : “It’s not dirty inside, but I suggest you don’t eat it. I’ll go buy it for you again.”

Of course, Luo Xu added: “If you insist on continuing to eat, I can’t stop it. Don’t cry at me when your stomach hurts at night.”

Bai Yan’s Adam’s apple moved up and down, thinking to himself, why was he concerned about whether ice cream could be eaten or not?! Holding the ice cream box, he looked at Luo Xu and then at Chi Qiu.

“…”

Ji Yanchen reacted one step ahead of Chi Qiu. He subconsciously stood in front of Chi Qiu: “Who are you, is there something wrong?”

It was Bai Yan who spoke out first: “Hi?”

Ji Yanchen frowned. He turned sideways and asked Chi Qiu: “You know each other?”

Chi Qiu’s heart was weak, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He couldn’t care about anything else, he had to pretend to be blind first.

Fortunately, Chi Qiu was wearing sunglasses, so Bai Yan and Luo Xu didn’t realize he could see at all.

Bai Yan thought Chi Qiu did not recognize his voice, so he politely took two steps: “Xiao Qiu, I’m Bai Yan, we have met before, do you remember?”

“Remember.” Chi Qiu was not tall, so he was tightly hidden behind Ji Yanchen. He slowly peeked out a little and waved in a random direction in front of him, acting quite well, “How come you guys are here too? What a coincidence.”

“There are too many paparazzi in the city. Luo Xu has the day off and said he wants to bring me here for a break and a date by the way.”

Bai Yan was a straightforward person. He glanced at the ice cream in his hand regretfully, but Chi Qiu’s deafening shouts still echoed in his mind.

He went back and forth, not knowing what to say, “I didn’t expect…you to have quite a loud voice.” After saying that, he laughed awkwardly twice as he shoved the ice cream in his hand to Luo Xiu, and invited Chi Qiu and Ji Yanchen, saying: “Do you want to have lunch together? I know a good restaurant here, Luo Xu’s treat. Just…Just take it as an apology for disturbing you.”

Chi Qiu wanted to refuse, but Bai Yan already warmly greeted them down the hill.

At noon, when Chi Qiu and Ji Yanchen followed the superstar to the restaurant for lunch, the busy Lu Ming had just finished his meeting. He walked back to his office quickly, holding a copy of the work documents in his hand.

As soon as the door was closed, Lu Ming pulled his tie loose. Taking the mug that Chi Qiu bought for him, he brewed himself a cup of coffee.

The aroma of coffee was enticing and wafted throughout the office. Looking at the steaming smoke, Lu Ming brought it to his desk as usual. He pulled out the seat with one hand and sat down, taking out a box of sugar cubes in the drawer.

Taking advantage of the undisturbed interval, Lu Ming quickly added two sugar cubes to the coffee cup and stirred a few times. He blew on the rim of the cup and took a small sip. It wasn’t sweet enough, so he added two sugar cubes more.

About ten minutes later, the assistant outside knocked the door twice.

After getting Lu Ming’s consent, she came in to report to him and said with difficulty, “Mr. Lu, after investigation. Second Young Master Ji’s auntie’s nephew’s mother’s cousin’s family doesn’t run any shopping malls.”

She breathed a sigh of relief and truly admired herself after finishing the string of words.

Lu Ming’s eyebrows twitched slightly before taking a sip of ‘black coffee’ with a sullen face. He thought he was probably crazy to have believed Ji Yanchen’s bullshit.

His expression was not good, and seeing that the assistant did not go out, he put down the cup.

The assistant hurriedly continued: “But they have a bar that is open from 4pm to 4am. If you want to go there at the end of the day, you may need to make a reservation a few hours in advance. Do you need me to make a reservation for you?”

“No.” He didn’t want to disturb Chi Qiu’s meal, and had other plans in mind, “The meeting this evening is an hour early, there’s nothing else. Thank you.”