WSIDIILMBOCIR Chapter 58
by VolareQin Yuanging’s nap wasn’t long. After getting up with Li Chongge, he felt a little embarrassed and went to the bathroom to change his clothes before coming out.
“I’ll go ask Zhang Zhaolin about this afternoon’s arrangements first. Come down later.”
Qin Yuanging quickly walked out of Li Chongge’s room and went downstairs along the corridor.
He didn’t find Zhang Zhaolin, but he ran into Tang Jingxuan sitting downstairs smoking.
Hearing the movement, Tang Jingxuan turned around, saw Qin Yuanging, and hurriedly put out his cigarette in the ashtray.
“Mr. Qin.”
Qin Yuanging clearly remembered Tang Jingxuan saying that he didn’t smoke, but it was someone else’s business, and he didn’t need to ask about it just to embarrass him.
“I’m looking for Zhang Zhaolin, but I can’t get through to him. Do you know where he is?”
“Mr. Qiao Gongyu is coming over, and Mr. Zhang went to the entrance to pick him up. He probably didn’t hear the phone ring on the way. Please forgive him.”
Qiao Gongyu is coming?
He had heard Sun Qihao mention before that he had been invited this time, but he didn’t see him last night, so Qin Yuanging assumed he was busy.
Qin Yuanging didn’t want to interfere too much in the matter between Zhang Zhaolin and Tang Jingxuan. It wasn’t that he was unwilling to help, but he felt that they should solve their own problems.
Moreover, Qin Yuanging didn’t think he was particularly insightful when it came to relationships, otherwise he wouldn’t have failed to understand Li Chongge’s feelings for so many years.
Besides, before this, Qin Yuanging’s romantic experience was blank. Where did he get the qualifications to pontificate on other people’s affairs?
Qin Yuanging didn’t understand Tang Jingxuan, but from the few times they had interacted, Qin Yuanging was certain that he was not as obedient as he appeared to be. The stubbornness and decisiveness deep in his heart would probably cause Zhang Zhaolin a lot of trouble.
“Okay, I understand, thank you.”
Qin Yuanging returned to Li Chongge’s room and told him the news that Qiao Gongyu was about to arrive.
“I know.” Li Chongge closed his laptop in a good mood. “He’s coming to congratulate me.”
“You told him?”
Qin Yuanging knew that Li Chongge wasn’t the kind of person who would casually talk about his private affairs, even to those he was close to.
“Yes, he knew some of it before. And I needed someone to share the good news with, so I told him.”
Li Chongge also had times when he couldn’t help but want to show off.
Qin Yuanging couldn’t help but be a little surprised and asked, “When did he know? Did you tell him?”
“He figured it out himself.”
Li Chongge raised his eyes casually.
“About two years ago.”
Such an out-of-character Li Chongge, Qiao Gongyu wasn’t deaf, blind, or stupid. He easily discerned the emotion hidden in his heart.
Qin Yuanging felt a sting in his heart. With Li Chongge’s watertight personality, for Qiao Gongyu to see the clues, some unpleasant things must have happened during that time.
At least, that’s when Li Chongge learned to smoke.
“Li Chongge, during that time, were you in a lot of pain?”
Li Chongge turned around, drew the curtains, and opened his arms to Qin Yuanging.
Qin Yuanging leaned in, his voice a little muffled, “Do you know why I suddenly left two years ago?”
“I didn’t know before, but later I guessed a little.”
When Qin Yuanging said he liked Li Chongge, Li Chongge suddenly found an explanation for Qin Yuanging’s willfulness.
He was just too scared.
During those two years, Li Chongge wasn’t the only one who was suffering. Did Qin Yuanging, who was eating dry bread in a foreign country, really find relief by running away?
“At that time, I didn’t know what to do. I just wanted to go out and hide. I hoped that time could dilute all the inappropriate fantasies.”
Then return as if nothing had happened and continue to be friends with Li Chongge.
This was the first time the two of them had talked about Qin Yuanging’s departure without saying goodbye.
Fortunately, they were in a hugging position, otherwise Qin Yuanging wouldn’t have had the courage. Li Chongge’s embrace was warm and tight, giving Qin Yuanging the strength to face his mistakes.
How could Li Chongge not understand Qin Yuanging’s helplessness and panic? He experienced it earlier and for longer.
So he couldn’t blame Qin Yuanging for anything. In fact, he felt sorry for him.
Qin Yuanging had a smooth life, except for a little suffering in this matter of love.
Whose fault was it?
Li Chongge felt it was his own fault. If he hadn’t hidden so deeply and so secretly, even though Qin Yuanging was a little slow to understand love, he would have realized it one day, and then there wouldn’t have been two years of absence between them.
Li Chongge was good at guiding and good at waiting, finally waiting for the day Qin Yuanging understood, but Qin Yuanging scared himself away.
This was hard to judge.
So Li Chongge took all the blame on himself. Sometimes, not showing too much emotion wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
“It’s all in the past.” Li Chongge didn’t know how to comfort Qin Yuanging. He could only hold him tighter.
The past pain was real, and the present love and sweetness were also real. Li Chongge didn’t mind suffering first and then enjoying the sweetness, but he couldn’t bear to see Qin Yuanging suffer.
Although there was no “what if,” Li Chongge couldn’t help but wonder if he had been less worried and confessed his feelings to Qin Yuanging earlier, was it possible that they would have been together in their youth?
“Then are you still angry with me?”
If Li Chongge had left without saying goodbye, Qin Yuanging didn’t think he could have been so generous as to easily forgive him.
“The day you were willing to come back, I didn’t care about anything anymore.”
As long as Qin Yuanging was willing to come back, willing to return to his side, Li Chongge wouldn’t hold anything against him.
Digging up old accounts was an inevitable part of any couple’s relationship, and even Qin Yuanging was no exception.
Because Qin Yuanging believed that Li Chongge hadn’t been honest enough about this matter.
“The first time we met at Deng Weien’s club, your face was frighteningly cold.”
This was Qin Yuanging’s first meeting with Li Chongge after returning to the country, and the other party’s cold attitude made him very uncomfortable.
Even knowing that he was in the wrong first, Qin Yuanging would still feel pain after seeing how indifferent Li Chongge was to him.
“I was indeed unhappy that night, but it was because of something else.”
Some things, Qin Yuanging wouldn’t have mentioned, but since he took the initiative to bring it up, Li Chongge didn’t mind asking for some compensation for himself.
Sometimes, compared to Li Chongge, Qin Yuanging seemed a little naive, because he was still asking sincerely, “What was it because of?”
“The day you came back, I went to pick you up at the airport.”
But not only did he not pick up the person, but he also saw Qin Yuanging get into Jiang Muyuan’s car.
Even if Li Chongge wasn’t qualified, he couldn’t help but be jealous, couldn’t help but be unhappy, and couldn’t help but wonder what the relationship between Jiang Muyuan and Qin Yuanging was.
Qin Yuanging hadn’t lost his memory, so he naturally knew why Li Chongge was angry.
Qin Yuanging should have repented, but he suddenly smiled. He thought of the Cullinan that had deliberately cut off Jiang Muyuan’s car.
“Even if you’re angry, deliberately cutting off someone’s car is very dangerous.”
Li Chongge raised his hand and pinched Qin Yuanging’s earlobe, adding a warning.
“If there’s a next time, it won’t just be cutting off a car.”
Qin Yuanging tactfully promised that there wouldn’t be a next time.
But this time, Li Chongge didn’t kindly let Qin Yuanging’s mistakes pass lightly.
“We’ll settle this debt slowly when we get back.”