translated_Chapter 34

34: Conversation Records

34: Conversation Records

It’s just that everyone’s attitude is too strange.

After coming out of the hospital room, Qiu Shi stopped Qin Yishan: “Mr. Qin, can I have a word with you?”

“Of course.”

The building is equipped with a reception room, but Qiu Shi still took him to the coffee shop downstairs.

After casually ordering two cups, the two chose a seat by the window.

“I’ll be blunt, Young Master Qin, the words you said in the hospital room just now shouldn’t be said under our relationship, right?” Qiu Shi was very puzzled. It was obvious that cooperating with her was the best way for them to achieve a win-win situation. Why would he turn against her too? What has Qiu Ci been doing this year?

“Miss Ai La, what kind of relationship do we have?” Qin Yishan exuded an aura of an elite man that was even stronger than Qiu Ci: “You came to me a few years ago to discuss marriage cooperation, not a marriage of convenience cooperation.”

Qiu Shi sneered: “We don’t have any emotional foundation, and you yourself admitted that you are gay. That’s why we reached a cooperative relationship, which is naturally a tacit agreement of a marriage of convenience.”

“But I didn’t cuckold you. You’re not only entangled with several women, but it seems you’re also raising a young boy who’s only a teenager.”

“You’re talking nonsense.” Qiu Shi was a little angry: “What do you mean by several? Also, Little Jing is just a poor student I’m sponsoring. Can’t I even do a little good deed?”

“Dare you swear?”

“Businessmen don’t believe in oaths.”

“But they believe in contracts, Miss Ai La. We signed an engagement contract. You’re in breach of contract, after all, the official contract doesn’t state that you can have lovers. Moreover, you’ve almost made your affair with the Japanese detective Miss Tsukimi Rin known to everyone.”

Qiu Shi sneered: “That’s not the key, is it? Qiu Ci contacted you?”

“Yes, we also have some agreements between us.”

“What exactly does he want? What is it that he wants that I can’t give him?” Qiu Shi said helplessly.

“Perhaps, what he wants, you took away long ago.”

“Just for that hobby that doesn’t mean anything?” Just because she asked him to give up the training class in China and go to school in France back then.

“If you had put half as much care into your younger brother as you did into your lovers, perhaps this wouldn’t have been the result.” Qin Yishan recalled the time when that young man was recuperating in the hospital: “He was in a car accident at sixteen. After that accident, not only was his nervous system damaged, but he also suffered psychological trauma. He often didn’t want to use a driver. Have you ever paid attention to these things?”

“After going to Japan, you threw yourself into new relationships. You originally still remembered this younger brother, but before long, you forgot about him, didn’t you?” Qin Yishan took a sip of the bitter Americano.

There was a dangerous glint in Qiu Shi’s eyes: “When did you start contacting my younger brother?”

“A long time ago.”

“The car accident? Or when you first arrived in China?” Qiu Shi realized for the first time that this fiancé of hers had such a scheming mind.

“A long, long time ago. In short, I don’t see any hope in you. Perhaps you don’t have the worry of not inheriting the inheritance, but my father has fifteen children. Sorry, I have to change to someone else. You might as well just focus on dating.” Qin Yishan stood up. Everything that needed to be said had been said. Any further discussion would only lead to things that shouldn’t be discussed.

Qiu Shi left a final sentence: “I originally didn’t intend to fight with you for anything, but well, things have gotten to this point.”

“Use whatever means you have as much as possible.”

“Definitely. If I get the inheritance, the first thing I’ll do is kick you out, Qin Yishan.” Qiu Shi threatened without any concealment. What Qin Yishan expressed was no longer just ridicule, he approached her siblings with an ulterior motive, harboring ill intentions.

Qiu Ci didn’t leave the hospital room. He was peeling fruit and chatting with his adoptive father.

“Alan, do you have any thoughts about family?” Louis asked.

Qiu Ci smiled embarrassedly: “Sorry, Father, I want to handle my work first. If possible, I’d like to invest in the fashion industry.”

“It hasn’t been easy to do in recent years. I don’t understand the new aesthetics nowadays. I always like those classical things.”

“Traditional haute couture is the direction I want to go.”

“You’ve been interested in these things since you were a child, more than girls like little dresses.” Louis felt his body relax and couldn’t help but joke: “Seriously, I don’t object to your sister being gay.”

“You’re an enlightened elder.” He cut the apple into small pieces.

“So, what’s your sexual orientation?” There was a hint of anticipation in Louis’s small eyes.

Qiu Ci froze instead: “It’s hard to say, I’m not sure.”

“Since there’s no objection, I’ll take it as you’ve tacitly agreed. Can I see your little boyfriend?”

Qiu Ci also joked: “It might be an old boyfriend.”

Louis choked a little as he laughed: “That’s indeed possible. You look young. When your lover stands next to you, they probably look older than you. Can you give me a general direction?”

“He’s Chinese.”

“Then let me guess.”

Qiu Ci handed the small bowl of apples to the caregiver to help feed: “There’s no need to guess, you haven’t met him.”

“I hope to have the opportunity to meet him.”

“Sorry, he’s still busy.”

“That’s a pity.”

“It’s okay, after all, I don’t put all my thoughts into love.”

“Are you mocking your sister?”

“Maybe.” Qiu Ci was still smiling gently.

“If you want shares, you should tell your sister directly, tell me, and we’ll directly help you. If you like someone, you should also tell them. The world is your own, and only you yourself go through life from beginning to end. Don’t leave any regrets, okay?”

Qiu Ci paused: “It’s hard for me to stop thinking about other people’s feelings.”

“You’ll understand after you’ve suffered a loss.”

“Seriously, that’s not a good blessing.”

“Don’t the Chinese say that suffering a loss is a blessing?”

Qiu Ci shook his head: “It’s just people comforting themselves. I’d rather have a direct blessing, for example, I hope you won’t be too painful.”

Louis felt comforted: “You child, sigh, I’ve already enjoyed life to the fullest, I have no regrets, I’m better than you.”

“That’s true.”

The two chatted idly until night, when Qiu Ci returned to his resting place.

Qiu Shi was standing at the door of the room. She had taken a shower and changed into decent clothes, waiting for Qiu Ci: “You’re back?”

“Yeah.”

“Qiu Ci, we need to have a good talk.”

Qiu Ci, who had been wearing a formal suit all day, loosened his tie: “Okay.”

The two entered Qiu Ci’s private suite. The siblings sat down properly at the coffee table in the living room for a rare serious conversation.

“Qiu Ci, what do you want?”

“Shares, the CEO of CW East Asia, and… never mind.”

Qiu Shi smiled mockingly: “If you had said those words a few years ago, I would have given you everything, but now it’s too late. Since Tsukimi Rin is willing to come to the financial field, I will definitely prepare the best for her.”

“Understandable.”

“So, you plan to deal with me?”

“Now? Not really.” It was a year ago, sister.