Chapter 13: Longevity Noodles (1/2)
Translator: Sissy That Walk
A bird Born in Autumn: But I know that my father shows favoritism only on a temporary basis. When my stepmother comes back and renders a curtain-lecture, I am still regarded as an outsider in this family. After all, such things have happened multiple times.
He Bai sat straight. After a brief silence, he heaved a sigh and then weighed his words to type.
White and Whiter: it’s not hard for me to obtain an autographed photograph of Di Qiuhe. If I give it to you as a present, will you feel happier?
Turning his head sideways, Di Qiuhe looked out of the window and saw Qin Li getting off the car in the yard. A breath of oppression was exhaled from his chest, which had been lingering on his mind since he returned home. With a smile on his mouth, Qiuhe fixated on his phone again and continued typing.
A bird Born in Autumn: I feel blue. Only your hug and kiss can cheer me up.
He Bai raised his eyebrows, staring at the phone screen for a long time with his face expressionless. All of a sudden, he stretched out one finger and poked hard at the keyboard.
White and Whiter: a child who shows ill temper is not a good boy. In most cases, they were just putting on a show. What they need is nothing but a thrashing.
Di Qiuhe was overwhelmed with joy instantly. To imagine the twisted expression White and Whiter had when typing that sentence insjected his body abundant energy again. Hearing the faint sound of door opening, he typed a sentence in a hurry, puttinghis mobile phone away, and walked over to Qin Li at the door.
Qin Li was a beautiful woman, tall and delicate. Time seemed to have given her preferential treatment, leaving her only maturity and lingering charming. Like a bottle of precious wine, the older she got, the more charm she displayed.
”You already back?” She brushed away a strand of falling hair from her ears, greeting Di Qiuhe in a gentle and natural manner, and then handed the document to him, “The vice president told me your father required your contract hastily, so I cut short the meeting to send it back. But where’s your dad?”
“In Chunhua's room. She suddenly fell ill and called the family doctor over. Dad is worried about her and has been watching at her bedside”. Di Qiuhe also put on a gentle disguise, took the document and replied in guilt,” It’s my fault. If I had not suddenly come back, she would not be angry like this. Thank you for sending me the document. Actually, you could have made others do this. Official business should come first.”
”Never mind. What’s more, it has nothing to do with you. Chunhua herself is excitable by temperament.”Qin Li patted him on the shoulder as a way of comfort, shook her head and sighed, “I also wonder what’s wrong with her. She looks so strange these days that her teachers informed me she often wrangled with her classmates recently. Her mother I am, I dare not to rule her over too hard. Teenagers tend to be overly sensitive, especially girls. I’s so sorry that you are the one who suffered, Qiuhe.”
Looking at her perfect-staged expression, Di Qiuhe expressed his approval to her acting skill at heart, and then wore a slightly desolate expression, answering to her after a period of silence, “It doesn’t matter, Aunt Qin... But I have a suspicion that there is someone close to Chunhua having stirred up discord between her and me. Last time we went home together, she suddenly lost her temper, drove me out of the car on the way, and even declared to blacklist me. In case it irritates Dad, I didn’t tell him that. Luckily, Driver Li is a clever man who disclosed nothing to Dad. ”
Qin Li knit her brows slightly, shot an unobtrusive glance at the staircase on the second floor, bowed her head and drew a wisp of hair away. A surge of anger emerged on her face when she looked up again with her voice raised, ”How dare she make you alight from the car? She is too willful! No wonder you came late last time and were hence scolded by your father. It is really ... Oh! It’s extremely unreasonable for her to do so. Let me go upstairs and give her a piece of my mind! ”
“Please don't, Aunt Qin!” Di Qiuhe barred her way swiftly. He looked very restrained, but actually he pulled her hand very hard and then continued to persuade her, ”Chunhua was just exploited by someone. Her behavior of calling me bastard or alleging to blacklist me must be the result of the dissension a certain villain sowed behind us. If you fall into rage, things will go as he or she wishes. Nowadays, Board of Directors in Huangdu is in flux, which adds the difficulty for Dad to manage it. I suspect that it is to some extent caused by sabotage of the base person, so our top priority is to smoke out the villain and solve the problem. Chunhua is still young. You have a lot of time to teach her. By the way, you'd better make an investigation of people around Xiasong. Even Chunhua is surrounded by villains, let along Xiasong. He is a candidate the board thought highly of. There must be bad person around him. ”
Shocked by Diu Qiuhe’s penetrating words, Qin Li sensed clearly the villain he mentioned was nobody but her. In addition, he talked of the turbulence in Huangdu as well as the strain on Di Bian to manage the company in the first place, and then referred to that the directors fix their mind on Xiasong as their favorite and that anything should not go wrong with him. He was actually driving a wedge between Di Bian and her!
She finally finds that things are quite wrong with the stepson. With her eyes dropped, she examined his facial expressions inch by inch with a critical eye, and drew her hand out, ”Qiuhe, let go of me. Where do you hear the rumor? You are as innocent as a child. Be careful not to be taken in by others’ plot of sowing discord.”
Di Qiuhe loosened his hand and slightly leaned to one side, with his back against the staircase. The original air of tenderness disappeared from his face, and an abominable smile revealed. With his body askew, he pointed with his finger at the direction of the staircase on the second floor, and then put on a gentle disguise again when Qin Li’s expression changed all at once. He offered his apology, ”I know you would say so ... I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to bypass you and present the cancellation to Dad. I tried to reach your assistant several times but no one answered the phone, so ... But there’s no need for you to get worried. After this thing is done, I will try to pay fewer visits to Dad lest the board stirs more trouble. ”
When hearing his words, Qin Li’s heart almost skipped a beat. How perfect his trick was--- avoiding the focus and then making concessions in order to gain advantages! Her calculation to get sympathy from Di Bian as well as to throw mud at Di Qiuhe couldn’t work at all under his words. In addition, he had also sowed discord between she and Di Bian! What happened to the boy who had been cowardly and timid before? Since when had he become so sharp-tongued!
She subdued her dissatisfactions, lifting one hand to touch his hair, and said in a gentle voice, ”You silly boy, how could it comes that I should blame this on you. Leave those of the board alone. They are merely a group of clowns who make trouble. Later on, you are still the legitimate successor to Huangdu.”
Di Qiuhe also smiled when he dodged her hand without the least hesitation, with his smile shut off. “You don’t have to lie to me. I understand I have no chance to inherit the company. Saying this is totally not my original intention, but now that I'm leaving, I can’t help worrying about my dad. ”