Chapter 461 - The Back View of Qin Changan Indicated He Was Lonely (2/2)

Fearing that his wife might take the liberty to ask Qin Sheng more questions randomly, Li Kun said hurriedly, “Since It’s late, we won’t bother you anymore. We will invite you to be a guest in our family house some other day. Excuse us for taking the leave first.”

After Li Kun finished his words, he called Ke’er over to his side. Ke’er, who bade goodbye to Qin Sheng reluctantly, left the Qin Family house with her parents. Qin Sheng walked them out of the entrance.

After they left the siheyuan of the Qin Family, Li Kun snorted and said, “The way I see it, you are too engaged with gossiping. Why did you ask those questions? You overstepped your boundaries with your questions.”

Fu Wen replied disapprovingly, “How come I overstepped my boundaries with my questions? Don’t tell me that you are not curious about the young man’s identity. I won’t buy it.” Although people said women were born to assist their husbands and bring up their children, she did not think so. On the contrary, in her opinion, there was no way that women were surely inferior to men. Moreover, she had accomplished more achievements in her career constantly than her husband, making her hold a higher status at the Li Family.

Li Kun sneered and said, “Qin Changan had been in trouble incessantly in recent days. It does not make any difference at all even if we know the young man’s identity.”

Fu Wen analyzed the situation as she said, “Is that the reason why you purposely keep the Qin Family at arm’s length? The way I see it, the members of your family can sometimes be too short-sighted. That’s the reason why you can’t always make any big breakthrough. In my opinion, the game hasn’t come to an end yet. Indeed, Qin Changan is not much connected with the Zhu Family. However, since the young man is Qin Changan’s son, if something happens to Qin Changan, will the Zhu Family stand by? What do you think? Consequently, none of us know what the result will be.”

Li Kun, who was unconvinced by his wife’s words, said, “Then we should bet on that!”

Fu Wen replied confidently, “How and what’s the bet? Feel free to tell me.”

Li Kun deliberated for a while and said playfully, “I bet the Zhu Family won’t lend any hand to Qin Changan. If I win, is it OK that we try that posture out? If you are the winner, I will take care of the housework throughout this year.”

After hearing Li Kun’s shameless words, Fu Wen blushed, looking more graceful. She hesitated for a while and said, “Okay, I am in.”

It seemed that the Li couple had forgotten that Ke’er was still behind them. Fortunately, Ke’er was currently absent-minded, thinking about what kind of excuses she could find to play with Qin Sheng outside in the future. Even if she heard what her parents had said, she would not understand the relative meaning at all.

In the siheyuan of the Qin Family, Chang Baji and Hao Lei left after the dinner. Nan Gong had arranged the dwelling place for them, which was in a nearby five-star hotel. After all, there were many hotels nearby.

After Qin Sheng packed up his luggage, he got the materials needed for the next day’s classes ready. After that, he resigned himself to wait for Qin Changan to come back.

It was not until almost midnight that Qin Changan, who reeked of alcohol, returned to the siheyuan with Gongsun. As Qin Changan, who was somewhat drunken, saw Qin Sheng sitting in the living room, he smiled gently and said, “You are home.”

Although the deadlock between Qin Changan and Qin Sheng had not been broken yet, their relationship in these days was not as stiff as before. Qin Sheng stood up and replied, “Yep. I came back this afternoon.”

Qin Sheng hesitated for a while and said, “As an elder, you should drink less alcohol in the future since alcohol is bad for your health.”

Although what Qin Sheng had said seemed somewhat casual, Qin Changan’s heart felt warmth after he heard Qin Sheng’s words. After all, his son was expressing his concern about him. Qin Changan replied happily, “I reunited with several old friends and drank some alcohol. That’s all. Everybody in Beijing knows I am a social drinker.”

Following that, Qin Changan said in a hurry, “But I think I should drink less alcohol. After all, I am old, old.”

It was not until Qin Changan sat down that Qin Sheng greeted Uncle Gongsun. The house servants served Qin Changan with Sober-Up Tea they had cooked hurriedly. After all, they had been accustomed to Qin Changan’s late arrivals.

Qin Sheng said evenly, “Although my sister did not tell me how you had helped me in Ningbo, I knew you did have helped me out there. Thanks so much for what you did for me.” After Qin Sheng finished his words, he felt that what he had said sounded weird.

Qin Changan replied solemnly, “A father and a son don’t need to say thanks to each other. Did you ever see me acting like this? You are my son, and you were bullied by others. If I don’t stand up for you, how can I be qualified to be your father? People from the Qin Family should not be pushovers, whom anybody could provoke.”

Qin Sheng nodded and did not talk back. After all, they were connected by familial ties.

Qin Sheng hesitated for a while and asked, “Did something happen to our company?”

Qin Changan, who was surprised, retorted directly, “Who told you that? How is it possible? Since I, Qin Changan, have been hanging around in Sijiu City for many years, I have experienced many big scenes and gone through many ups and downs. It’s nothing but a petty issue. You don’t need to overthink it.”

Fearing that Qin Sheng would bring up more questions, Qin Changan drank up the tea, stood up directly, and said, “I am tired, so I won’t say anything else to you. If you have other questions, let’s discuss them tomorrow.”

Qin Sheng nodded gently and replied, “OK.” He could tell that Qin Changan, who had tried hard to remain sober after seeing him, was drunk. However, after the alcohol went to his head, he could not remain sober all the time, which could be seen from the way how he had talked. Qin Sheng was surprised about how he had not talked somewhat stately as before.

As Qin Sheng saw Qin Changan going upstairs alone, he found out and wondered whether it was because Qin Changan was drunk or too old that he had to lean against the handrail while going upstairs. Stooping, Qin Changan kept going forward with some difficultly.

The light at the stairs was dim. At that moment, Qin Sheng sensed that the back view of his father indicated he was lonely…