translated_Chapter 111

111: Earth Above Heaven Below: Peace

“You saw them?” Qiu Ci poured a cup of tea for Huan Qing.

“You asked me to visit your sister’s grave, and I happened to run into them, including that Jing Yueming.” After all, they had cooperated before, and Huan Qing remembered him.

“How is he?” Qiu Ci’s fingers unconsciously tightened around the teacup.

“Not good. Speaking disrespectfully, that divination from that day seems inaccurate. Jing Yueming is not doing well at all, he’s like a madman. He really needs someone to exorcise him.”

From the moment he signed the contract, Qiu Ci had lost his resolve to die.

At least he had to wait for a while, until Jing Yueming got better and lived a normal life, before he could have the courage to plan it again.

“What are you planning to do now?” Huan Qing asked him.

“I’ll see.” He knew the difference between himself and this group of people. If there were any more conflicts, he couldn’t stand up to the Qin family’s eldest brother, and might even implicate Jing Yueming.

Tsukimi Rin was just a detective and lawyer now. Su Yuyang had some wealth, but not enough to stand against the Qin family.

The matchmaking tree on the mountain was the one where he and Jing Yueming had made a wish together.

He wrote another note for Jing Yueming, hoping Jing Yueming would get better soon.

The Third Miss was notarizing the contract overseas, and the matter was causing a great uproar.

It was a critical period.

The Qin family’s eldest brother produced Qiu Shi’s will, the real will.

Everyone had searched for it for so long, and in the end, Qiu Ci had produced the fake contract.

In the real will, Qiu Shi also left everything to Qiu Ci.

Even more thoughtfully, she had found him a backer in the Qin family’s eldest sister.

Using the entire CW Enterprise/Global Wealth in exchange for Qiu Ci’s lifelong security.

Qiu Shi had never resented Qiu Ci, nor did she want Qiu Ci to join her in death.

Qiu Shi wanted her younger brother to live well, to live a whole life, at least until he was eighty years old.

She had said long ago that after their father’s death, those without the ability would be quickly divided up.

Qiu Shi ultimately only wanted to escape. She herself couldn’t get out, but she let Qiu Ci leave.

“Sister…” How can you forgive me?

He once thought that for Qiu Shi, Tsukimi Rin was the most important person.

After Qiu Ci spoke with the Qin family’s eldest brother, he received an electronic will.

The content was true, and there was even a video will.

Jing Yueming crisscrossed the city, searching all the places Qiu Ci might go.

The library, the art studio, the museum, the studio, that villa.

He went to all the places, but still didn’t find him.

Jing Yueming returned to the apartment in disappointment.

He took the elevator back to his floor.

It was eleven o’clock.

The first time they talked in the hallway was also at eleven o’clock.

The elevator doors opened, and Jing Yueming turned the corner.

He saw a familiar figure.

He was in the dim light.

Qiu Ci, wearing a mask, leaned wearily against the door.

“Qiu Ci…”

Jing Yueming called out softly, afraid it was a hallucination or a dream.

Qiu Ci opened his eyes: “Mm…” His voice was also very soft.

Jing Yueming couldn’t wait any longer. He stepped forward and hugged Qiu Ci tightly.

“Qiu Ci… Qiu Ci, why did you come back now…” Jing Yueming couldn’t control himself, holding Qiu Ci and crying bitterly.

Qiu Ci was very, very tired, but he still comforted him: “It’s okay, I’m back, okay? Don’t cry, don’t cry.”

Not crying was impossible. Jing Yueming knew that Qiu Ci would give in when he made a scene, so he liked to cry to Qiu Ci: “Qiu Ci, I miss you, don’t leave, don’t leave.”

“Alright, I won’t leave. Let’s go back to the room first.” Qiu Ci had been waiting for him at the door since he arrived at the apartment.

He hadn’t been sleeping well for the past few days, and now he had a particularly bad headache.

Jing Yueming refused to let go of Qiu Ci.

“I want to sleep, Jing Yueming, I’m very sleepy.”

“I want to hold you.”

“Then hold me and sleep.” Qiu Ci was helpless.

Overseas, the Third Miss’s plan backfired, her position was exposed, she was quickly arrested by Qin Da, and the matter came to an end.

Picking a suitable time, Jing Yueming accompanied him to Finland.

Qiu Ci had some things there that he hadn’t packed up.

On the plane.

“Then have you ever knitted a scarf for me?” Jing Yueming fiddled with Qiu Ci’s hair.

Qiu Ci’s sleep was always bad, and he was planning to catch up on some sleep: “Hmm?”

“You said you would knit when you were bored.”

“You’ll know when we get there.”

The two returned to the old house where Qiu Ci had lived before.

The neighbors saw smoke coming from the chimney and came to visit immediately.

“Oh, Allen, you’re back again. I almost thought you weren’t coming back.” The neighbor and his wife brought roasted ham.

“I went home for a while, to pack up some things. I guess I’ll be living in China for a long time in the future.” Qiu Ci pushed the meat to Jing Yueming.

The neighbor became curious about this young man: “Is this your brother?”

“My lover.”

“Oh my goodness, he’s very cute. That’s great, you were always alone before. It’s great that you finally have someone to be with!” The neighbor was happy for him.

Qiu Ci found two knitted scarves from the box and took some specialties from China to give to the neighbors.

The neighbors were very curious about how they met.

“We met at a fashion competition. Later, I sponsored his schooling.”

They chatted for a long time, until after ten o’clock, when the neighbors had to rest.

Qiu Ci and Jing Yueming also had to sleep.

“Qiu Ci.”

“What is it again?”

“Where’s my scarf?” Jing Yueming saw it, there were so many in that box.

“They’re all yours, okay? Are you making a fuss again?” Qiu Ci was really afraid of Jing Yueming, it was harder to coax him than Yue Yue/Moon Moon.

“I want the kind that’s specially knitted for me, the kind where you’re thinking of me while you’re knitting.” Jing Yueming wanted those five years, which had appeared in Qiu Ci’s life, even if it was just in memories.

Qiu Ci smiled: “I’m thinking of you every moment.”

“I…”

“I know you’re thinking of me too.” Qiu Ci finished his sentence. They had a tacit understanding on this point.

Jing Yueming leaned into Qiu Ci’s arms, playing with his fingers, looking at the stars in the sky through the window.

It was great, he didn’t have to just think about it anymore. They wouldn’t be separated anymore.

Qiu Ci felt something metallic and cold, and looked down.

It was a metal ring, and Jing Yueming was putting it on his ring finger.

After being discovered, Jing Yueming grinned: “I designed it, is it good-looking?”

Qiu Ci raised his hand to admire it. Although there were no diamonds or jewels, the complex pattern itself did not diminish its brilliance.

“The angle of this pattern is something I’ve been researching for a long time. It uses some Taoist elements, and I’ve also done structural color in the places you can’t see…”

Qiu Ci listened to him explain it to him, nodding from time to time, and also popularizing some relevant knowledge for Jing Yueming, about metallic luster, and various gemstones, and the meaning of the patterns.

With decades of experience, Qiu Ci was like an encyclopedia.

The stove was still burning, and the ring on his ring finger faintly showed colorful reflections. They also heated milk and biscuits for a late-night snack. There was a lot to learn about jewelry design, and they could chat until very late.

“You are my beloved.” Jing Yueming said incoherently.

“What do you mean?”

“With a beloved by your side, year after year.”

Oh, the divination wasn’t wrong.

They were each other’s beloved.

Earth Above Heaven Below: Peace. Heaven above, earth below, yin and yang interacting, all things being born.

‘Little departs, great comes, auspicious, prosperous.’ Receiving the favor of heaven and earth, with a beloved by your side, never separated year after year.

The hexagram says: Greatly auspicious.

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