MFMBSA 76

Chapter 75 – A New Beginning

 

As autumn approaches, the sun becomes rare. It was cloudy all day today and it finally started to rain when it was almost dark. The temperature dropped by several degrees.

 

However, Qi Xi did not feel cold. Fu Yanchuan brought clothes when picking him up. Huang Shilin, who was as cold as a stray dog ​​because of her thin clothes, saw him and was so envious that she vowed to find a boyfriend.

 

Cheng Shu put his hands in his pockets and said, “Shall I introduce you to someone?”

 

Huang Shilin immediately rejected it with disdain, “All the good men in the three-dimensional world already belong to someone. I don’t want the leftovers!”

 

Qi Xi had already entered the elevator. When the door closed, he heard Huang Shilin’s words and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously. Then he turned his eyes to Fu Yanchuan, “Little Sister Huang said you are a good man.”

 

Fu Yanchuan couldn’t help laughing. He had finally improved from a “nice guy” to a “good man” with Qi Xi. After getting out of the elevator, he casually asked, “Xi Xi, I have something to talk to someone about tonight. Do you want to come with me?”

 

“Are you going to discuss work?”

 

Qi Xi was not uninterested in Fu Yanchuan’s work, but he could not be interested. The documents Fu Yanchuan usually read were all incomprehensible to him. He did not want to go very much, for fear of falling asleep while listening and embarrassing Fu Yanchuan.

 

Fu Yanchuan got into the car before answering, “It’s work, but Qiao Ye is one of the participants.”

 

He was still cautious when mentioning Qiao Ye’s name, observing Qi Xi with his peripheral vision. Seeing Qi Xi’s eyes lowered, he asked tentatively: “Don’t you want to go, or don’t you want me to go?”

 

Qi Xi believed what Fu Yanchuan said to him, and he also believed that Fu Yanchuan would not lie to him. Nonetheless, he still couldn’t help comparing himself with Qiao Ye.

 

Qiao Ye is better than him, smarter than him, and taller than him. He doesn’t know how he can compare to him, nor does he know what about him is worthy of Fu Yanchuan choosing him.

 

What if Qiao Ye actually likes Fu Yanchuan and wants to pursue Fu Yanchuan. Will Fu Yanchuan reject him? Or will he leave him with Qiao Ye.

 

“Xixi.”

 

Fu Yanchuan grabbed Qi Xi’s hand, and Qi Xi finally looked up at him, his eyes full of anxiety.

 

Qiao Ye called him in the morning and indeed only discussed project cooperation. Qiao Ye’s company was not the only partner he could choose from, and he did not want to do Qiao Ye a favor just because they are old acquaintances.

 

Before Qi Xi met Qiao Ye, he could never mention Qiao Ye’s existence, so that Qi Xi would slowly forget about the “substitute” situation. But Qiao Ye appeared in front of Qi Xi, and he couldn’t make Qi Xi forget about that setup. However, he hoped that Qi Xi would not hide a thorn in his heart forever.

 

He agreed to meet Qiao Ye just to let Qi Xi understand that he had never had any intention of crossing the line of love with Qiao Ye.

 

If Qi Xi can let it go, he will choose a partner according to the normal process. If not, he will not choose Qiao Ye’s company no matter how suitable it is.

 

But Qi Xi’s thoughts were easy to understand. Seeing Qi Xi hesitate, he couldn’t help but wonder if it would be better to let the name Qiao Ye rot among them.

 

He moved towards the passenger seat, put his palm against Qi Xi’s face and asked him to turn around, then he leaned his forehead against Qi Xi and said, “My Xixi is also very good, but he can’t draw yet! I like those who can draw.”

 

Qi Xi finally found a place where he was better than Qiao Ye and suddenly laughed, “You’re right! I want to go.”

 

Fu Yanchuan took a while to reply, “Okay.”

 

The meeting place was a business restaurant. Qi Xi followed Fu Yanchuan into the private room.

 

Not only Qiao Ye was there, but also Mr. Shao.

 

He had prepared himself mentally before entering the restaurant, but he still subconsciously looked at Qiao Ye when he saw him again. He felt that they were not very similar, especially when he looked closely. Qiao Ye seemed very calm like the landscape in a Chinese garden, standing there quietly like a painting, and the changes of the four seasons were very slow.

 

Fu Yanchuan walked to the table. He naturally put his arm around Qi Xi’s waist and introduced him to the two people sitting there, “This is my Qi Xi. He can’t eat well without me. Do you mind if I bring him here?”

 

President Shao’s eyes turned from Qiao Ye to Qi Xi. The last time he saw Qiao Ye, he felt that there was a story. When Fu Yanchuan introduced Qiao Ye to him today, he knew that he was right. At this moment, Fu Yanchuan’s meaning was so obvious that he was almost saying to Qiao Ye directly, “My wife is here, don’t have any improper thoughts.”

 

He laughed twice as if he was enjoying a good show and replied, “Of course I don’t mind. Mr. Qiao, what about you?”

 

Qiao Ye stared at Fu Yanchuan’s hand around Qi Xi, smiled and said, “Mr. Shao, don’t joke. Mr. Fu and I were college classmates. He was so aloof back then, and I thought he would remain aloof forever. I didn’t expect that he would find a partner before me. Mr. Fu, don’t you think so?”

 

When Qi Xi heard that Qiao Ye no longer called Fu Yanchuan “Brother Yan”, he glanced at Fu Yanchuan.

 

Fu Yanchuan took off his coat and hung it up. He then pulled him to sit down.

 

As soon as he sat down, Qiao Ye asked him, “Qi Xi, you should still be in college, right? What’s your major?”

 

Qi Xi unconsciously grabbed Fu Yanchuan’s hand under the table, and Fu Yanchuan immediately put his hand on the back of his hand and held his hand.

 

Qiao Ye sat across him and Fu Yanchuan. He tried not to think about anything else. He turned his head and answered, “I’m not in school now. I’m a painter and I’m doing original animation drawings. Our animation should be released next year. I don’t know if you will watch it. If you are interested, please come and support our domestic creation.”

 

Fu Yanchuan had been paying attention to Qi Xi. He was a little surprised that Qi Xi could chat with Qiao Ye like this, but he was not that too surprised at all.

 

Qiao Ye was surprised. “Animation! That’s amazing! I also loved animation when I was a kid. I even thought about drawing comics, but my parents thought it was useless and didn’t let me learn it.”

 

“Me too.”

 

Qi Xi immediately found resonance and really let go, “My dad also said that my paintings were useless and he didn’t allow me to take the art exam for the college entrance examination, so I never learned it. I taught myself.”

 

Qiao Ye was really shocked this time, “You’re not that kind of genius, are you?”

 

“No way.” Qi Xi looked away embarrassedly, “I’m just average.”

 

Seeing Qi Xi’s shy yet proud look, Fu Yanchuan couldn’t help but laugh and praised without any modesty, “Not everyone can be as self-aware as you are. You are a little genius!”

 

Qi Xi immediately poked his waist with his arm, stared at him with squinted eyes, and whispered: “Don’t think others are praising me like this!”

 

He held Qi Xi’s arm helplessly and said, “Yes, yes, I’ll praise you when we get home.”

 

Qiao Ye stared at Fu Yanchuan in disbelief. Mr. Shao seemed to think that Fu Yanchuan’s character was not broken enough, so he deliberately said, “Mr. Fu, we have known each other for quite a while. This is the first time I hear you praise someone like this. When can I see your Qi Xi’s paintings?”

 

Qi Xi and Mr. Shao had been drinking together and felt that they were already friends. He pushed Fu Yanchuan’s hand away, took out his phone and showed his painting to Mr. Shao, “This is what I drew.”

 

Mr. Shao originally thought that Fu Yanchuan was just praising Qi Xi without principles, but he was stunned at first sight and blurted out, “It’s a very impactful work. My wife will definitely like it. Qi Xi, when can you draw a picture for me?”

 

Qi Xi was about to answer when Fu Yanchuan interrupted him, “Get in line.”

 

“Mr. Fu, don’t be so stingy all the time. Right, Mr. Qiao?”

 

Mr. Shao turned the conversation to Qiao Ye, who was at a loss for words and nodded awkwardly. Fortunately, the dishes were being served at this time, so they were able to skip the topic.

 

During the meal, Qiao Ye kept noticing Fu Yanchuan. Fu Yanchuan was helping Qi Xi pick up food the whole time. He kept telling Qi Xi not to eat too much because that would give him a stomachache, or that he was too old and he shouldn’t eat it. It’d be like he was coaxing a child and then he would put the food back into his own bowl.

 

In his memory, Fu Yanchuan was always high and mighty. Even though many people said at that time that Fu Yanchuan was special to him, Fu Yanchuan always looked down at him with a kind of scrutiny and would never speak to him with such an attitude and tone.

 

Only then did he understand that it was not that Fu Yanchuan did not understand gentleness, but that he was not the person that Fu Yanchuan wanted to treat gently.

 

After Qi Xi had eaten his fill, Fu Yanchuan finally agreed to start talking about business. After some discussion, they reached a preliminary intention for cooperation and agreed to have a formal discussion next time.

 

“Then I’ll go first. My wife is here to pick me up.”

 

Mr. Shao hurriedly picked up his coat and left. Fu Yanchuan asked Qi Xi, “Are you full?”

 

Qi Xi didn’t understand what they were talking about, so he ate there alone. He burped accidentally, “This is not as delicious as Uncle Li’s.”

 

“I won’t come next time.”

 

Fu Yanchuan picked up his coat and put it on Qi Xi. He then said to Qiao Ye, “Mr. Qiao, we are leaving too.”

 

Because of the rain, the parking service was a bit slow. Qi Xi and Fu Yanchuan waited at the door for the valet to drive the car over. Qiao Ye also came out to wait for the car with them.

 

There is a flowing water landscape at the entrance and fishes are raised in the water.

 

Qi Xi was getting a little bored waiting beside Fu Yanchuan, when he spotted a cat fishing by the water. He couldn’t help but let go of Fu Yanchuan and went over to play with the cat.

 

Qiao Ye took two steps away from Fu Yanchuan and noticed that Fu Yanchuan’s eyes were always following Qi Xi. He felt that his gaze had finally turned to him and asked politely, “What’s the matter?”

 

He chuckled, “Nothing, I’m just surprised that you care about someone this much.”

 

Fu Yanchuan stared at him calmly and so Quao Ye continued: “You actually knew everything back then! I have been trying to become the person you longed for. At that time, I thought that as long as I kept fighting against everything around me, you would always keep watching me. Now I realize that I thought too much. You actually never-“

 

“Xixi!”

 

Before Qiao Ye could finish his words, Fu Yanchuan suddenly rushed towards Qi Xi.

 

Qi Xi slipped while playing with the cat and nearly fell into the fish pond. Fortunately, Fu Yanchuan rescued him in time, which also scared the restaurant staff.

 

“Are you hurt?”

 

Fu Yanchuan was checking Qi Xi’s limbs. When Qi Xi suddenly put his hand into his coat, he pressed himself against his waist and said, “Fu Yanchuan, the water is so cold.”

 

“Let me see.”

 

As he spoke, he took his hands out of his clothes, held them in his hands and blew two puffs of hot air into them. Just then their car came over, so he pulled Qi Xi out.

 

Qiao Ye kept staring at Fu Yanchuan, and even left without looking at him again. It was Qi Xi who turned around and said to him:

 

“Mr. Qiao, we are leaving first. Goodbye.”

 

“Goodbye.”

 

He waved his hand, watched Fu Yanchuan open the car door to let Qi Xi in, and then held Qi Xi’s hand for a long time before driving.

 

At that time, many people said that Fu Yanchuan liked him. Fu Yanchuan seemed to ignore everyone at that time, but he felt a little special when he was with him. At first, he also thought that Fu Yanchuan liked him.

 

However, no one knew that he had confessed to Fu Yanchuan, but was rejected by Fu Yanchuan. Fu Yanchuan drank that day and did not mention it again when he woke up the next day. He thought Fu Yanchuan was drunk and remembered nothing.

 

Looking back now, maybe Fu Yanchuan was not drunk that day and remembered everything. It’s just that Fu Yanchuan never liked him.

 

The one he remembered most clearly was the winter when they first arrived abroad. It was the first time he saw such heavy snow, and he excitedly made a snowman. When he came back, his hands were frozen red. He subconsciously tried to pull Fu Yanchuan’s hand, but Fu Yanchuan avoided him and gave him gloves.

 

When he saw Fu Yanchuan covering Qi Xi’s hands, he realized that it was not because Fu Yanchuan was embarrassed. Fu Yanchuan was a man with such a strong desire for control, so how could he be embarrassed to hold his hand?

 

After the car drove out, Qi Xi stared at Fu Yanchuan for a long time and suddenly asked him, “What did he say to you before we went?”

 

Fu Yanchuan was flustered at first, but then he realized a little bit of jealousy from Qi Xi’s tone. So he instantly became proud and replied: “I didn’t hear clearly, I watched you playing with the cat.”

 

Qi Xi didn’t believe it, but the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curl up, “I was just asking casually, I don’t really want to know.”

 

Fu Yanchuan nodded, “Yes, but I really want to tell you if ever.”

 

“Then tell me again, you only love a person who is 1.79 meters tall, can draw, has a ginger cat, and is about to turn 21.”

 

“I only love the person who is 1.79 meters tall, can draw, have a ginger cat, and will be 21 soon.”

 

Qi Xi smiled at him suddenly, “What a coincidence, isn’t this me?”

 

“Yes, you are. The one I love the most. The only one I love.”

 

“The same goes to you.”

 

The car drove through the rain and flowed into the fireworks world at night.