CH 86

With Qin Zhongyue’s words, Xie Zhongxing felt very awkward in front of Qin Xiangqian.

Qin Xiangqian also felt the same. He took Xie Zhongxing’s phone, turned off the speaker and lightly cleared his throat.Qin Zhongyue on the other end was still completely oblivious. He asked with concern, “Xing Xing, did you just cough? Did you catch a cold?”Qin Xiangqian, “You unfilial brat. It’s me. Do you always talk about me like that to Xing Xing?”Qin Zhongyue, “……”Qin Zhongyue was still able to say nonchalantly, “Long time no see dad, I really miss you. Have you been well? Have you been eating properly and not staying up too late? Don’t work too hard. Your health is most important.”Qin Xiangqian, “…..”He laughed out in anger, “Now you know to worry about me?”Qin Zhongyue said confidently, “You’re my dad. If I don’t worry about you, who would I worry about?”Qin Zhongyue continued, “I just hate that I’m not gifted in business. Otherwise I would be able to inherit your mantle and lead the Qin Enterprise out of China, taking control of the global economy! Dad, you must have had a hard time all these years because of how useless I was.”Qin Xiangqian, “…...You really think that I’ve been having a hard time?”Qin Zhongyue nodded, “Of course. So why don’t you retire early and hurry and let Xing Xing take over?”Qin Xiangqian, “…….”Qin Xiangqian knew that that mouth of his wouldn’t be able to say anything good but every time he heard things like this, he couldn’t help but feel helpless inside.He directly hung up on him.Qin Zhongyue looked at the call that had suddenly ended for a while before proceeding to quietly send Xie Zhongxing a message, “Xing Xing, why are you together with my dad?”Xie Zhongxing only replied a while later, “Guess.”Qin Zhongyue, “Could it be that your overbearing CEO souls have collided, letting out sparks of capitalism?”Xie Zhongxing, “?”Xie Zhongxing said, “Don’t say corny things like that in front of your father and also don’t get your father to give me a vice president position.”Qin Zhongyue could tell that he was serious so he immediately agreed.Xie Zhongxing also felt that he had spoken too sternly so he softened his tone and said, “You can still say things like that privately though.”Qin Zhongyue, “Say what things?”

Xie Zhongxing, “That ‘Protect Xing Xing-ist’. It was too corny.”After pausing slightly, he added, “But I like it.”Qin Zhongyue sent him a string of ‘hehehe’. Xie Zhongxing could picture in his mind his foolish laugh.So cute. Thought Xie Zhongxing.*Xie Zhongxing’s winter break started on January 22nd.After his final exams, Xie Zhongxing could finally leave the campus.But he didn’t have anywhere to go. He didn’t have a home.With Qin Zhongyue constantly pestering him to come to his place and Qin Xiangqian also calling to get him to stay, Xie Zhongxing agreed.He did have matters he needed to attend to and staying at Qin Zhongyue’s place would make things more convenient for him.Qin Zhongyue was in a very good mood. After his exam results were released, his entire being almost glowed. After all------ He didn’t fail a single subject!!!This was undoubtedly good news for Qin Xiangqian. He immediately took a screenshot of the results as soon as he found out about this and sent it into the family group chat.Qin Zhongyue had managed to maintain an average score in all his subjects. Although he didn’t get a scholarship, just the fact that he didn’t fail any of his subjects was a demonstration of his strength! This will finally shut the mouths of those relatives who constantly say that although he may have gotten lucky getting into the university, he may end up failing his subjects and have to retake them.Qin Xiangqian smugly called out Qin Dejiang, “How were Wenxuan’s grades?”Qin Dejiang didn’t speak. Qin Zhongyue’s fourth uncle spoke up instead, “Wenxuan failed a subject. I have to say, you really shouldn’t get too proud after getting into university. For someone as outstanding as Zhongyue, he should aim for a national award.”Qin Xiangqian said, “Ah, the national award. The other child in my family got that. A total of ten thousand yuan. I’m very proud of him.”The group chat fell silent. A while later. Qin Lulu finally spoke up, “Uncle, who are you talking about?”Qin Xiangqian, “I’m talking about Xie Zhongxing, the child who taught Zhongyue. He is very outstanding. Not only did he get admitted into Tsinghua University last year as the top student in the province, he won the national award in his first year of university. He will probably have a promising future regardless of whether he goes down the research path or joins my company.”As soon as he said this, Qin Dejiang could no longer sit still. He immediately asked, “Xiangqian, could it be that you’re thinking about handing the company over to an outsider? You’re not afraid of him changing everything up?”Qin Xiangqian said, “What nonsense are you on about? He’s not my son.”

Qin Dejiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. He said, “That’s good. Our Wenxuan, Lulu as well as Jingbo and the others are all very talented. They have more than enough ability to take over our Qin Enterprise. There’s no need to let an outsider be involved.”The others all echoed the same sentiments. Qin Xiangqian sneered. When his son finally manages to get together with the other party, he will directly hand the company over to him and anger these people to death.But although he was pleased with their results, there was still work he had to do.Xie Zhongxing’s part-time job this winter was to work as his secretary.While Qin Xiangqian wondered if he should treat Xie Zhongxing more strictly while working, the other party had already stopped smiling at him, treating him completely like his boss.He couldn’t help but like this child more and more. Someone like this who knows to stay within boundaries; calling him uncle in private and President Qin at work, someone who is able to distinguish between public and private matters, who wouldn’t like him?Qin Xiangqian favorability towards him seemed to even exceed that of the original secretary’s but Lin Runze himself had no complaints towards this.A female secretary tried to speak up for him but Lin Runze got her to shut her mouth. While she felt wronged, Lin Runze said, “Don’t stick your nose into other people’s business. This person may likely be our immediate boss in the future.”The female secretary was shocked, “Why? What’s his background?”Lin Runze only looked at her mysteriously and didn’t answer.The female secretary still felt wronged but if the person involved wasn’t concerned, she couldn’t do anything on her end.Xie Zhongxing himself was unaware of the attention he had attracted due to his sudden entry into the company. His mind was completely on the matters of the Qi family and the Song family.At a certain reception, he met Qi Bojun. He held a gorgeous woman in his arms as he chatted with the others and, after noticing his gaze, he looked over at him condescendingly, as if he wasn’t worthy of his attention, before looking away and continuing his conversation.Although Xie Zhongxing appeared calm, anger had already surged inside him.He already knew a lot about Qi Bojun. He knew that he would often bring women back to Song Hui’s place of residence, he knew that he would hit Song Hui, and that he would deliberately starve her and not give her any food……He had done too many terrible things to Song Hui. Xie Zhongxing was so angry, he even wanted to kill him.But his reason kept him from doing that. He wanted to make Qi Bojun lose everything.Qin Xiangqian probably knew how he was feeling at the time. He gave him a comforting look.This kind of thing actually wasn’t something difficult for Qin Xiangqian. He was known in the industry as the smiling tiger. Even if Qi Bojun tried to go against him, Qin Bojun would have no choice but to store away that arrogance of his.When the two met, they were both smiling. Qin Xiangqian said, “Long time no see President Qi.”Qi Bojun, “Likewise President Qin. It seems you managed to snag a one hundred million deal during this time, bringing glory for our country.”

Qin Xiangwian said modestly, “I was just lucky.”Qi Bojun complimented, “Having luck is also a part of your strength, If I had luck like yours, I would even wake up from my dreams with a smile on my face.”After saying this, he once again felt Xie Zhongxing’s stare. He glanced at Xie Zhongxing and asked, “And this is?”Qin Xiangqian smiled, “He’s my secretary.”Qi Bojun, “Even your secretaries are different from the rest, President Qin.”Bold and impolite.Qi Bojun’s eyes showed a hint of hostility but it was soon suppressed back down.Qin Xiangqian was a sly fox. He could naturally sense the displeasure in him.So narrow-minded. Qin Xiangqian thought this to himself.After the reception, Qin Xiangqian got into a car together with Xie Zhongxing. Song Xigu who saw this when he came to pick up Qi Bojun was completely dumbfounded.Despite Xie Zhongxing and Qin Zhongyue having that kind of relationship, he can still hover around Qin Xiangqian like that?Qi Bojun was in a poor mood. Seeing that Song Xigu appeared distracted, he asked, “What are you looking at?”Song Xigu didn’t like Qi Bojun but his family relied on Qi Bojun to survive. After their company lost their capital, they could only rely on Qi Bojun supplying them with money to let the company continue to operate.Despite Qi Bojun not liking and even hating Hui Hui, he would still give them money every time he asked him for it.He was willing to help the Song family whenever it was in need. Apart from treating Hui Hui poorly, he wasn’t too bad otherwise.Song Xigu remembered Zhao Xiang’s instructions and didn’t tell Qi Bojun about Xie Zhongxing’s matters. He just lightly evaded that topic.Qi Bojun also didn’t care. His tone was poor, “Come to my place with me and take Song Hui back.”Song Xigu wasn’t surprised. Qi Bojun would always find Song Hui a nuisance and send her back to her maternal home time and time again.This has already happened more than a few times. He had grown used to it.*When Xie Zhongxing got busy, he would completely forget about the time. By the time he returned to his senses, he realised that there was another person in the Qin family residence.

That person was his half-brother, Qi Yaoming.Qin Zhongyue was completely unaware of Qi Yaoming’s plans. Taking advantage of the fact that Qin Zhongyue and Xie Zhongxing were away, Qi Yaoming had made use of his identity as Qin Zhongyue’s friend and managed to infiltrate into the Qin family residence. Because he came with Shi Yanyu before and even helped with spraying the insecticide, the maids didn’t even notice.When Qin Zhongyue saw him after returning home, he was a little confused. Qi Yaoming however had always been very friendly so he didn’t have the heart to kick him out. Qin Zhongyue just ignored him and played games while sitting on the sofa while Qi Yaoming sat next to him.When Xie Zhongxing returned, this was the scene he was met with.He watched as Qi Yaoming slowly moved closer. Qin Zhongyue who noticed this immediately moved away and complained, “You’re so annoying. Don’t bother me.”Qi Yaoming said aggrievedly, “I’m not bothering you.”Qin Zhongyue, “Just your presence here bothers me. Hurry and leave, there’s nothing for you to do here. If you really have nothing to do, I can introduce you to a part-time job cleaning the streets. Not only can you beautify the city, it is also a form of exercise. Most importantly, you get paid while doing it…..” He nagged as he played his game.Qi Yaoming was speechless, “…….”Xie Zhongxing wasn’t in a good mood at first but he couldn’t help but want to laugh when he heard Qin Zhongyue say that. He held it in and walked over to Qi Yaoming expressionlessly, “Why are you here?”Seeing that he was back, Qi Yaoming answered nonchalantly, “I came to find Brother Zhongyue. I’m not like you who is staying here so I can only come and visit Brother Zhongyue during the day and do what I can to help him out along the way.”After saying that, he picked up a plate of fruit and brought a piece of fruit over to Qin Zhongyue’s mouth.Qin Zhongyue turned to look at the fruit in Qi Yaoming’s hand and he then met Xie Zhongxing’s sharp gaze. His entire body stiffened and his body moved almost instinctively to push Qi Yaoming away, “I don’t like fruits!”Qi Yaoming was stunned. He then asked aggrievedly, “Weren’t you happily eating it earlier?”Qin Zhongyue for some reason panicked. While feeling Xie Zhongxing’s sharp gaze on him, cold sweat appeared across his forehead. He loudly exclaimed, “Then I’ll eat it myself, I don’t need you to feed me! I have hands okay?!” He then said to Xie Zhongxing, “I was eating it myself earlier! He’s really annoying, he’s constantly trying to talk to me and bother me while I’m playing games.”Qi Yaoming however didn’t relent. As if suddenly realising something, he asked, “Are you afraid of this big brother misunderstanding? It’s okay, I was just feeding you fruit. Surely big brother won’t be narrow-minded and get angry because of something like that?”Qin Zhongyue couldn’t help but feel more and more flustered with Qi Yaoming’s words. He wished he could put tape over Qi Yaoming’s lips.He didn’t dare look at Xie Zhongxing’s face directly.Xie Zhongxing was still expressionless. He asked rather calmly, “Qin Zhongyue, do you want to eat the fruit he feeds you?”Qin Zhongyue trembled. He subconsciously shouted, “No I don’t! I’ll only eat the fruit you feed me!”