Chapter 124 - When Will He Be Free for a Meal? Your Mom Will Be Cooking (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Her blushing face dropped. Song Yu pushed his chest away and turned around to leave. Qi Chengzhi quickly got hold of her waist, “What’s wrong? Where are you going?”
“Nothing. I don’t want to lean on you right now, ” she sulked.
“A moment ago, you were just saying how you can’t live without me. You wanted to castrate me just to keep me by your side. Why’s it that your attitude changes so swiftly? Why don’t you want to lean on me now?” Qi Chengzhi held on to her tight. Regardless of how hard Song Yu tried to wrestle her way out, he had her trapped in his embrace. “Good girl. Just stay here. Don’t move around.”
Song Yu did not want to listen as she thought it was mean for him not to reciprocate her statement. She did not have doubts about whether he loved her or not, but as it was in the moment, she just wanted to hear him say it. After all, she had said it herself! As a result, she kept trying to force her way out.
“Your movements are making me hard.” He pressed on her using his heated palms. He let her feel his development.
Song Yu only hesitated a little. All of a sudden, she held out her hand and grabbed his crotch, and meanwhile, she tried escaping to the side.
Qi Chengzhi gasped. He did not know whether to cry or laugh, as he never expected that move from her. At the same time, being in her embrace was extremely enjoyable.
As he turned around and got ready for another round, Song Yu’s phone rang.
Song Yu stopped with her grappling and tried to push him away, “Let me get the phone.”
“…” Qi Chengzhi remained still. He kept her within his embrace.
“It’s a call from home,” said Song Yu, “that’s the ringtone I set for calls from home.”
Qi Chengzhi finally let go. Song Yu picked up the phone by her bedside and answered the call, “Hello.”
“…”
“Dad? What’s up?”
“Can you ask Chengzhi later, when will he be free for a meal? Your mom will be cooking. I’ve been convincing her. Although she’s still a little hung up about the matter, we will eventually reach a consensus. Let’s sit down and have a conversation so we can have a better idea of your relationship. You should also let your mom know more about Qi Chengzhi. If he could answer her questions, she will be more open to it,” said Song Donglin over the phone.
Song Yu glimpsed at Qi Chengzhi. As she was still angry at him, she replied, “He won’t be free for a while.”
“What are you saying?” Qi Chengzhi snatched the phone away. When he was speaking with Song Donglin, he had a stern expression on his face.
“Father-in-law, it’s me, Chengzhi.” Qi Chengzhi spoke as he took over the conversation.
“…” Song Yu merely stared at him as she could not utter a word. Him calling her dad ‘father-in-law’ was a smooth one. Once again, she had gone red.
On the other side of the phone, Song Donglin was silent for a while. In the past, he did not have much interaction with Qi Chengzhi. Before the Song family went bankrupt, Qi Chengzhi was still the principal of Jixia High School. As a result, the two did not interact much in the business.
He did not recall if Qi Chengzhi had been so thick-skinned all the while.
“Cough!” Song Donglin coughed drily. “Well, Chengzhi, you can just call me uncle. You two aren’t married yet. You can call me father-in-law at that time.”
Qi Chengzhi did not reply to that directly. He asked with his firm voice, “What’s the matter?”
Song Yu grabbed the blanket at the side and wrapped herself up. Looking at the man in front of him who was acting all proper and mature, who would believe he was behaving indecently just a moment ago!
“Oh, nothing much. I want to inform Song Yu to invite you over for a meal whenever you’re free. It’s okay if you’re busy, we can schedule it some other time,” Song Donglin said.
“I’m available. Can we do it tomorrow? We’ll head over right after work,” Qi Chengzhi quickly followed up.
Song Donglin did not expect him to be so hasty. He was a little befuddled, before he replied, “Okay, sure!”
When the two had finished discussing the matter, Qi Chengzhi hung up, and all he saw was Song Yu wrapping herself into a dumpling 1 .
“Are you still being difficult?” He placed the phone back and stared at Song Yu.
Song Yu bowed her head, only showing him her velvety hair.
Qi Chengzhi huffed in place of his laughter. He grabbed ahold of her, together with the blanket, and gave her a passionate kiss. This time around, she did not dodge.
“Must I say it?” He seized her closely. “If I don’t love you, will I spend so much time going after you? If I don’t love you, how can I go on, even if it means going against my family? If I don’t love you, will I be bothered to curry favor with your family?”
Song Yu finally cuddled him. What he had done for her was more than what the word of love could ever express.
It seemed difficult for a man like him to go around talking about love.
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In the morning when Qi Chengzhi was dropping her off at work, they had agreed that as Qi Chengzhi would get off late, Chang Lai would pick her up and drop her off at Qilin for the two to head home together.
When Chang Lai picked her up in the evening, he was driving Qi Chengzhi’s Range Rover.
Song Yu no longer avoided her coworkers, so there were quite a lot of them who saw her get on the Range Rover.
Yang Yunshu saw it too. However, as she was relatively new, she did not recognize Chang Lai, who was Qi Chengzhi’s driver, but the rest did.
When Chang Lai politely greeted and opened the door for Song Yu, someone let out an exclamation, “Isn’t he Young Master Cheng’s driver?”
Yang Yunshu was surprised. She spotted Ruan Danchen passing through as she was about to leave, she then quickly got hold of her. “Danchen, Song Yu is going to for a meeting at Qilin?”
Ruan Danchen looked at her funnily. She made a face, “Have you ever seen someone going to a meeting being picked up by the boss’ driver?”
When Yang Yunshu was still in a state of shock, Ruan Danchen shook her head, pulled herself out of Yan Yunshu’s grip and left.
Yang Yunshu was not too concerned with Ruan Danchen going. She quickly grabbed another female coworker and asked, “What’s going on between Song Yu and Young Master Cheng?”
“Who knows? It does seem like what Wang Liwei said about the two has some truth to it. For Qilin to assign such an important project to a newbie like Song Yu, who would believe the two have only business interaction?”
“If that’s the case, Song Yu got the contract by sleeping with the client and not through her ability?” Yang Yunshu was a little dissatisfied. She sneered, “When I just joined the company, I often heard people talk about how Song Yu is capable and how her designs are popular among the clients. It seems like what’s popular among the clients is something else. I guess the reason why everyone in the company is siding her is because of Young Master Cheng. Who knew what she did to obtain the previous contracts?” Wang Liwei was perhaps chased out by Song Yu through some underhanded tricks.
The female coworker next to her turned around and took a glance at her. She did not want to offend Song Yu, and Yang Yunshu was just a newbie who she had no close relationships with. Yang Yunshu had yet to build up her network within the company, as compared to Song Yu. She then said, “Well, regardless, if she’s dating Young Master Cheng, she’s not a simple woman.”
“Whether Young Master Cheng is serious or not, or regardless of the ending, she’s on the winning side for dating him.” After leaving those words with Yang Yunshu, the female coworker did not want to elaborate any further and took her departure.
Yang Yunshu was still gazing at the road even after the Range Rover had left. She kept looking, and she seemed deep in thought.
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Sitting in the car, Song Yu was unaware of the brief episode at the company’s entrance.
She took a look at the calendar on her phone—it would be Qi Chengzhi’s birthday soon. She was having difficulties thinking about how to celebrate his birthday.
The last Valentine’s day was enough of a headache. This was another significant date, but until then, she still had no idea what to do.
“Chang Lai, how did your director celebrate his previous birthdays?” Since Song Yu had some leisure time on hand, she began to chat up Chang Lai. She could potentially get some useful information out of this.
Chang Lai glimpsed at Song Yu through the rear mirror. He scratched his temples and said, “Uhm, the director never really did anything special. If he’s free, he will go home for dinner. Most of the time he has business meetings, so he skips it.”
Song Yu did not expect such an answer. His handsome face popped up in her mind. For thirty-five years, he had never had a proper birthday celebration, and no one had ever done anything for him?
It was not surprising for her that they had neglected his birthday. The Qi family had always been emphasizing more on the various aspects of education.
As the Qi and the Song family had good relations, she had known Qi Chengzhi since young. Thinking about it, there were no such instances where the Qi family had celebrated Qi Chengzhi’s birthday.