Chapter 128 (2/2)
“Song Yu!” Wang Yifeng’s voice was heard. Unable to ignore him, Qi Chengzhi stopped walking and looked at him with an expressionless face.
Wang Yifeng saw Qi Chengzhi well this time. He recognized Qi Chengzhi as the man who got into an accident with him, and realized that he was right when he saw Qi Chengzhi at Jian Yi’s wedding.
“I didn’t think that he was your boyfriend.” Wang Yifeng smiled awkwardly.
Song Yu smiled equally as awkward as well. She tucked a wayward strand of hair behind her ear and apologized to him, “I’m really sorry about your car.”
Recalling every nasty comment he had made about Qi Chengzhi to Song Yu, Wang Yifeng felt flustered and changed the topic hastily. “It seems you’ve formally met each other’s parents.”
He originally thought that the reason for not telling her family about it was because she had a boyfriend with a bad background, someone her parents would not approve. In reality, it was the complete opposite, and her boyfriend was actually someone with a high social standing.
If he had not attended Jian Yi’s wedding, he would have known the Qi family’s eldest son in name only. He would not have recognized Qi Chengzhi even if they met.
When Wang Yifeng told Song Yu that he wanted to meet her boyfriend, it was a serious proposition. He wanted Song Yu to do a comparison between both men, and it was his intention to show off that he was better than the boyfriend.
At that point though, Wang Yifeng was reduced to swallowing his own saliva under Qi Chengzhi’s cold stare. There was absolutely no way he was a match for him.
Song Yu failed to cough up a suitable response to Wang Yifeng, but Qi Chengzhi spoke calmly, “We’re going to buy some stuff, but we’ll be back soon. If you’re not busy, you can come visit us at home.”
Song Yu sneaked a glimpse at him. He said those words with such self-confidence as if the Song family was his own family, and he was so natural about it.
Wang Yifeng was taken aback. In the beginning, Song Yu was so reluctant about introducing her boyfriend to her family, yet there he was, being on such good terms with her family that he treated it as his own.
Qi Chengzhi’s obscure eyes shot him a cynical glance as another sentence was added, “We’re staying here for the night so we’re quite free.”
Wang Yifeng froze completely. He had been to Song Yu’s house before and he knew that there were only two bedrooms…
Ignoring Wang Yifeng’s stupefaction, Qi Chengzhi nodded and brought Song Yu away.
Song Yu looked up at him and spotted the satisfied curl on his lips. After their evening walk, everyone in the area would know that he was Song Yu’s boyfriend by the next morning.
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The two of them went to the supermarket and bought a pair of pajamas. They also bought a few sets of underwear for him and later decided to buy some clothes from a nearby branded clothes store.
They reckoned that this would be the first of many times that he would come over and stay the night, so having a few spare clothes there would save the hassle of needing to bring over a luggage bag.
For Qi Chengzhi, nothing was better than turning her room at her parents’ place into their own little nest, where he could just come in and stay without bringing anything with him.
Consequently, Qi Chengzhi went on an enthusiastic spending spree. Song Yu was the one who had to restrain him from buying anything further.
Qi Chengzhi took the bags from Song Yu and carried everything by himself.
Song Yu stretched out her hand and said, “Let me carry some.”
Qi Chengzhi looked askance at her, “Just keep walking.”
“You’re bringing too many things, let me help you carry them,” she insisted.
“Don’t argue. We need to go home soon or else your parents will be worried,” he replied. The bags, though many, did not pose any problem for him, but Song Yu looked at him and felt as though the bags covered up his charm.
Yu Qianying and Song Donglin looked on as they came back with bags of all shapes and sizes. Their mouths were agape and they seemed to be in so much disbelief that they did not know how to respond. Was Qi Chengzhi preparing to call their place home?
Song Yu tidied up her clothes in her wardrobe cabinet and freed up half the space for Qi Chengzhi’s newly bought clothes.
Satisfied, he looked at how his underwear and clothes were placed neatly in Song Yu’s cabinet. He remarked, “If Jian Yi visits, you can bring him for a tour.”
Song Yu, “…”
Qi Chengzhi turned and walked out into the living room. He faced Song Donglin and Yu Qianying—who were both slightly uneasy because of his presence—and said to them, “Dad, Mom, goodnight.”
Song Donglin, “…”
Yu Qianying, “…”
“Isn’t it a bit inappropriate for him to call us Mom and Dad? Even if Song Yu’s now…” Yu Qianying paused momentarily and felt uncomfortable after remembering the locking sound of Song Yu’s room door. “He can’t simply just call us Mom and Dad. They’re not married yet.”
“I’ve told him already, but he pretended not to listen. Maybe you can try telling him?” Song Donglin shook his head and had no intention of bringing the matter up with him again.
“…” Yu Qianying too did not want to bother about it anymore. She got up and grumbled as she walked into her room. “Why didn’t I know before this that he was so thick-faced?”
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In the morning, Qi Chengzhi was still asleep when Song Yu got up. He was lying on his stomach and the upper portion of his slender body was showing since the blanket only covered him up to his waist.
After Song Yu tidied everything up, she looked at his sleeping pose and smiled. She promptly went to the bathroom, but not before giving him a peck on the lips.
Yu Qianying was already busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen, so Song Yu went to a roadside snack stall in the neighborhood and bought some Youtiaos as well as some meat pies. Qi Chengzhi was not a fan of sweet things, so she did not buy fried glutinous rice cakes.
When she came back, Qi Chengzhi was already awake. He changed into the clothes that they had bought the night before and was sitting with Song Donglin on the dining table; they were both reading newspapers.
Since the two of them had promised to visit Grandmother Qi on that day, Yu Qianying was a little reluctant for them to leave since she knew that they would be taking off after breakfast. “You only stayed here for a little while. The sofa’s not even warm yet and you’re already leaving.”
“We’ll come back and stay here tonight. We’ll only be leaving tomorrow night,” Qi Chengzhi said.
Song Yu looked at him dumbfounded; she did not expect him to answer like that.
Yu Qianying was happy to hear his answer.
As a result of Qi Chengzhi waking up rather late in the morning, it was already nearing noon by the time they reached the Qi residence.
Aunt Liu opened the door for them, and when Song Yu walked in, she saw a row of shoes in the entrance hall and heard bursts of faintly audible laughter coming from the living room.
“So, how was it going on a vacation alone with Jian Yi? You didn’t let your temper get the better of you, did you?” Guan Liya asked with a smile and looked at Jian Yi. In fact, she was worried that the two of them would be at loggerheads even though they were newly-weds.
“Of course not! It’s just the two of us, so it was really sweet! I’m not a stubborn girl, so as long as there aren’t any phony people around to provoke me, why would I stir up trouble for nothing!” Qi Chengyue smiled tenderly, revealing the tiny dimples on the corner of her lips. She wrapped herself around Jian Yi and stuck closely to him.
Everyone smiled awkwardly because they knew who she referred to when she said ‘phony people’.
“Grandfather, Grandmother, Dad, Mom, Uncle, Auntie.” Qi Chengzhi brought Song Yu into the living room and greeted all his elders.
The instant she heard Qi Chengzhi’s voice, Qi Chengyue’s expression turned unsavory because he really did bring Song Yu over. The tender sweet expression from Qi Chengyue’s face vanished completely and she looked at Song Yu with full of hatred.
‘Today’s supposed to be a happy day. Why did he have to bring Song Yu along all the time!’
“You’re late. Come and sit down!” Grandmother Qi’s expression lit up when she saw the two lovebirds holding hands so sweetly.
She carried Qi Youxuan—who was busy eating some chocolate—and moved aside slightly, making space for Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu to sit down.
Qi Chengyue’s expression changed dramatically. It seemed like the whole family accepted Song Yu during her honeymoon.
She blurted out without even thinking, “Grandma, what’s the meaning of this? Uncle, Auntie, she’s just barging into our home, are you agreeing to it? Don’t you care if others badmouth us? Don’t you care about how my fourth big brother will feel about it?”
“How I will feel about what?” Qi Chengji was still in military uniform when he came in. He heard Qi Chengyue’s words from outside, and although he did not understand it at first, he got the full picture when he came in and saw Song Yu.