translated_Chapter 30

30: “Ding Ling Ling—”

30: “Ding Ling Ling—”

Qiu Shi smiled: “It’s okay, it’s for Rin. We’re very good friends. I’ll draft the contract as soon as possible.”

Her father said embarrassedly, “We…we know about you two. It’s normal to make mistakes when you’re young. We’ve accepted it. From now on, you can decide your own affairs.”

Qiu Shi lowered his head: “Back then, when Rin wanted to break up with me, I was really out of my mind. I’m really sorry. I just…I’m sorry, besides my younger brother, I have no family with blood ties. I really…”

Tsukimi Rin’s hand trembled. She saw Qiu Shi wearing that plain ring again.

The two rings weren’t exactly the same. Tsukimi Rin’s was thinner.

The one on Qiu Shi’s hand was the one Tsukimi Rin left on the entryway back then.

“Rin, is there still a chance for us?”

Tsukimi Rin was lost in her own world: “Huh?” It took her a few seconds to realize what Qiu Shi was saying. Tsukimi Rin picked up her teacup and took a sip: “We’re not suitable, Qiu Shi. I can’t accept you playing around like that outside, but you have your own career. I don’t like finance, and we won’t become colleagues.”

“My younger brother in a few years…”

“If you really wanted to let go, you would have let go a long time ago, instead of drawing me a cake again and again. I’m not young anymore, Qiu Shi. I don’t want to play a melodramatic, dog-blood love story.”

“I promise I’ll stop. I said it before, trust me one more time, please?” Qiu Shi begged.

Tsukimi Rin sneered: “Then stay here from now on, okay?”

Qiu Shi pondered for a while: “Okay, I’ll temporarily hand over the work to the assistants and stay with you for a while.”

“Not for a while, for a year, ten years, a lifetime?”

“That’s even better, just like those few years. If you miss Qiu Ci, we can even invite him to come over for the New Year.”

That string of keys with the bell rang in Tsukimi Rin’s mind again: “Ding Ling Ling—”

Tsukimi Rin yawned: “Okay, I’ll see how long you can stay.”

Her father arranged a room for Qiu Shi, right next to Tsukimi Rin’s.

On the company’s side, after arranging her Tsukimi Rin’s father’s affairs, Qiu Shi took a year’s leave.

When Tsukimi Rin wasn’t home during the day, Qiu Shi would chat with her father and mother.

Her mother originally thought this girl was some kind of fierce and evil person.

However, Qiu Shi’s words were pleasant and sincere.

Her mother gradually relaxed her vigilance and even felt sorry for this child without a mother: “You have a younger brother?”

“Yes, but my younger brother’s mentality is too immature, doing nothing all day long.”

“The child is still young.”

“Like me, twenty-six.”

“Ah…” Her mother’s expression was complicated, and she envisioned Qiu Ci as a (playboy).

Tsukimi Rin found Qiu Ci’s contact information through Qiu Shi and called him.

Qiu Ci’s deep voice sounded like one piece of crystal colliding with another.

“Who is this?”

“Qiu Ci…it’s me…” Tsukimi Rin said nervously. Qiu Ci probably knew about the abortion.

“Ms. Tsukimi, is there any trouble?” Qiu Ci’s words had a cool feeling, making one’s heart cold.

“It’s already resolved.”

“You…are you with my sister?”

“Yes.”

“Can you give her the phone? I have something to tell her.”

Tsukimi Rin handed it to the person next to her.

Qiu Shi took the phone: “Hello? What’s wrong?”

“Mr. Bi Su thought you were studying in Paris, and letters were sent here.” Qiu Ci briefly explained the matter.

“Oh, is that so? I told him before that I would go to Paris to study or something, and he believed it. Don’t worry about it.”

“Okay.”

She hung up the phone when there was nothing else to say.

Qiu Shi chewed gum: “You seem very nervous when communicating with him?”

Tsukimi Rin was indeed embarrassed. Qiu Ci hadn’t done anything to offend her, and even helped her. Even that time during the Spring Festival, it was Qiu Ci who tipped her off and made arrangements.

“No.” Of course, Tsukimi Rin wouldn’t admit it, and turned the topic to other aspects: “Bi Su?”

“A Chinese high school student, as idealistic as you, but even more miserable. I’m sponsoring him.”

“He…is he the designer that your younger brother admires?” Tsukimi Rin just remembered, it felt familiar.

“They’re all in the arts, and he’s quite similar to Qiu Ci.”

Qiu Shi became gentle, truly unmatched.

She was already built on Tsukimi Rin’s aesthetics, and she hadn’t grown tired of her all these years.

“What are you thinking about?” Qiu Shi tapped Tsukimi Rin’s head.

“Thinking about you wanting me to have children, I’m angry!” Tsukimi Rin turned her head away.

Qiu Shi reached out and wrapped her arms around her waist: “Baby, I really want my own child.”

“Then give birth to one for me, okay, Qiu Shi?” Tsukimi Rin said seriously and earnestly.

A look of panic flashed across Qiu Shi’s face, and she was a little unnatural: “Okay, baby, wait until I’m done with work, okay?”

This busy.

Another year passed.

Although she was in Japan during this period, she was always busy with various video conferences and phone calls.

During the New Year, her father and mother busied themselves quite a bit.

Especially after learning that Qiu Shi hadn’t spent a few Spring Festivals with her younger brother, they became even more attentive.

They repeatedly asked Qiu Shi to bring her younger brother over.

However, Qiu Ci never had a suitable time to come.

On the day of the Spring Festival, after eating dumplings and the New Year’s Eve dinner, her father and Qiu Shi were still talking enthusiastically.

Tsukimi Rin came outside alone to get some air.

She vaguely seemed to see an umbrella-holding figure at the end of the street.

It was snowing in Japan right now.

The snowflakes reduced visibility, so she could only see a blurry figure, tall and slender, like Qiu Shi.

“Qiu Shi…” It wasn’t Qiu Shi, Qiu Shi was inside the house: “Qiu Ci!”

Tsukimi Rin was shocked and jogged over. It really was Qiu Ci.

He was wearing a thin coat: “Ms. Tsukimi.” Polite and distant, as if nothing had happened in that spring in France.

“You came without saying a word…”

“I came to find you.” Qiu Ci’s eyes were gloomy.

She didn’t know if Qiu Ci would blame her. If he did, it wouldn’t make sense. Although she had disappointed Qiu Ci, the existence of that child was abnormal in the first place.

“Is there anything I can do for you?”

“That key, do you still have it?” Qiu Ci asked, “Never mind if you lost it…”

“I’ve always kept it.” Tsukimi Rin said.

“Can you return it to me, or throw it away? The villa was bought by a wealthy person, but he likes my retro door lock and needs to destroy all the keys except his.” Qiu Ci’s umbrella tilted slightly towards Tsukimi Rin.

“How could you sell it? Are you short of money?” Tsukimi Rin didn’t understand: “You designed and decorated that house yourself.”

“That’s just a house. It doesn’t matter who lives in it. I’d rather have someone who likes it stay there. Since you’re not going home, throw the key away.” Qiu Ci handed the umbrella to Tsukimi Rin: “Take it.”

Tsukimi Rin took the umbrella.

Qiu Ci freed a hand and took a letter out of his backpack: “This is a letter for my sister. I brought it here on the way. Please hand it over to her.”