WSIDIILMBOCIR Chapter 65
by VolareSince Qin Haoting’s return, Qin Yuanging and Li Chongge hadn’t seen each other for about a week.
However, they maintained an extremely frequent rate of contact every day.
At the dinner table, Qin Yuanging kept picking up and putting down his phone, a bright smile plastered on his face, completely oblivious to Qin Haoting’s increasingly dark expression.
Yu Keci couldn’t help but put down her chopsticks and ask, “Are you chatting with that girl you like?”
Qin Yuanging put down his phone and, in a good mood, took the initiative to ladle a bowl of soup that Yu Keci had stewed.
“Yes, I’m chatting with someone I like.”
Qin Haoting glared at Qin Yuanging but didn’t say anything.
Yu Keci smiled happily and asked, “Are you two together now? When are you planning to bring her back to meet your parents?”
“Mom, I…”
“We’ll talk about it later.” Qin Haoting interrupted Qin Yuanging, thinking that at least they should wait until Yu Keci had finished eating before discussing this.
But the two men’s sudden, slightly heavy expressions, in Yu Keci’s eyes, seemed to foreshadow something.
Right now, she was merely guessing whether the girl Qin Yuanging liked had a bad family background or some other flaw, which was why Qin Yuanging seemed so apprehensive.
Could it be that she was much older? About her age?
Or maybe much younger? Not just barely an adult, right?
Although Yu Keci was still eating slowly and deliberately, her thoughts had already drifted far away.
After mentally preparing herself, Yu Keci decided that no matter what Qin Yuanging said, she would at least outwardly accept it first. This was Qin Yuanging’s first relationship; as his mother, she absolutely had to be supportive!
“Mom, the person I like is Li Chongge.”
On the sofa, Yu Keci’s smile froze on her face as she peeled an apple.
Qin Haoting quickly took the fruit knife from her hand, preventing her from hurting herself in a moment of excitement.
Qin Yuanging stood up from the sofa, looking at Yu Keci with some trepidation, his voice very soft: “We’re already together. This is a decision we made after careful consideration.”
The half-peeled apple in Yu Keci’s hand fell onto the expensive carpet, making a soft, dull sound.
Qin Haoting looked at his wife with some worry, unable to help her much, but he sat next to her, picked up the apple from the carpet, threw it in the trash, and then pulled out a tissue to wipe the remaining juice from her fingertips.
Yu Keci turned her head stiffly to look at Qin Haoting, the voice she managed to squeeze out sounding somewhat ethereal in the spacious villa, “You knew all along?”
“About half a month earlier than you. I ran into them… and found out.”
“Ran into them doing what?”
Qin Haoting omitted the parts that Yu Keci would focus on, which made her think even more.
This made Qin Haoting a little embarrassed; after all, at his age, there were some things he was still ashamed to say.
“Just… mouth to mouth…”
Yu Keci looked at her son, who looked cautious, and her temples began to throb.
She had thought of everything, except that her son liked men.
And it just had to be Li Chongge.
But if it wasn’t Li Chongge, then who else could it be? For more than ten years, they had been like they were tied together!
“Mom?”
Seeing Yu Keci sitting on the sofa as if she had lost her soul, neither hysterical nor furious, Qin Yuanging felt even less sure.
“Xiaoyuan, Mom might need some time to accept this.”
Yu Keci forced a smile with some difficulty, and like a puppet, floated upstairs into her room, Qin Haoting following closely behind.
Qin Yuanging’s eyes suddenly felt a little sore. Just as he had expected, even if his parents disagreed in their hearts, they still supported each other and accepted the fact.
Qin Yuanging was born lucky, and there was always someone to pay for his willfulness.
That night, Li Chongge was playing chess with Li Tenghe.
“Dad, it’s been a while now. Have you thought it over?”
“You’re quite capable; you even managed to get your mom to come back. All these years, I’ve been the one flying to see her.”
There wasn’t a lack of affection between Li Tenghe and Gu Qingqiao, just a lack of compatibility.
Being far apart meant they could live in peace, but being close meant they would be at odds with each other.
Gu Qingqiao didn’t want to watch herself turn into a shrew, so she simply stayed away.
Li Tenghe rarely disagreed with this.
“Mom also wants to meet Qin Yuanging.”
Li Tenghe dropped a piece, his expression very calm. The traces of his rage from a few days ago had completely disappeared.
“If you don’t have children, then I won’t consider handing Kewei over to you.”
“That’s okay, and you should understand that it’s not that I need Kewei now, but that Kewei needs me.” Li Chongge smiled to himself as he said, “What do you think about me becoming a live-in son-in-law at the Qin family?”
Li Tenghe threw down his chess piece, his face beginning to turn ugly again, “For your so-called love, are you giving up your career and family?”
“Dad, I never said I wanted to give up either of those things. Aren’t you the one forcing me with these things?”
Li Tenghe abandoned the unfinished game and got up, walking to the side. The chess game was already decided; he would undoubtedly lose, so he wasn’t in the mood to continue playing.
“Will the Qin family agree to let their son act recklessly?”
“Dad, this isn’t recklessness.” Li Chongge corrected him and then said, “Uncle and Aunt are more open-minded than you; their reaction shouldn’t be greater than yours.”
“Heh, are you blaming me for holding you back?”
“Fortunately, you still have time to turn back before it’s too late.”
Li Tenghe sneered and didn’t continue with that topic.
“When is your mom leaving?”
“In three days. The day after tomorrow, she plans to visit the Qin family with me, and then she’ll go back.”
Li Tenghe’s head buzzed with anger, his voice raising a few degrees.
“Visit? When was this decided? Why don’t I know about it?”
Whether he agreed or not was one thing, but this kind of behavior, which completely disregarded him, bypassed him, and excluded him, was extremely bad in Li Tenghe’s eyes.
“Anyway, you wouldn’t agree, and telling you would only make you angry like you are now, so I simply didn’t ask you.”
Li Tenghe was choked by Li Chongge’s words, and after a long time, he finally managed to say, “Let me think about it again!”
“Okay, but please give me an answer before work tomorrow. I need to tell Qin Yuanging in advance, otherwise adding a person at the last minute would be quite rude.”
Li Tenghe was included in the list of people to be “added at the last minute,” which was something he had never experienced in his life.
After leaving the Li Family Old Residence, Li Chongge didn’t return home but headed towards the Qin family villa.
An hour and a half later, it was already 11:30, and Qin Yuanging received a call from Li Chongge.
“Are you asleep?”
“Not yet.” Qin Yuanging was worried about Yu Keci’s condition and had almost no sleepiness.
“I miss you very much.”
Qin Yuanging was stunned, his tone softening, “I miss you too.”
He missed him very, very much. Contacting him through the phone couldn’t alleviate Qin Yuanging’s desire to hug and kiss Li Chongge.