Chapter 13 – Share the Same Bed
“I heard that you are going to build a film and television base in Quanlin. Do you need my help?” He Liang said: “Although the old man doesn’t say it, he has always made people pay attention to this matter.”
“I know.” He Jian said: “This time, I want to do a good job and I also want to do something on my own. Going back to Quanlin this time, Mom let someone give prior notice, so there are already many people taking care of me.”
He Liang could see that He Jian didn’t feel at ease with Qi Yueran being over there, so he didn’t say anything else. After the two people said a few words, He Jian left in a hurry and went to the room next door.
For He Jian, before Qi Yuexin’s legs healed, it would always be his secret trouble and guilt. This was the case in his previous life, and he still had to add Qi Yueran’s share in this life. Up till the end when the company he had painstakingly managed was declared bankrupt, he couldn’t blame his older brother.
Qi Yueran was more than a year younger than Qi Yuexin. When Qi Yuexin was 18, he considered taking a driver’s license. At that time, Qi Yueran wasn’t yet an adult and couldn’t drive. Father Qi was a conservative man; he had high hopes for Qi Yuexin and cultivated him more, so it was inevitable that he would be biased.
When Qi Yuexin had a driver’s license, Master Qi gave him a new car, which was of course worth a lot. Qi Yueran was extremely envious at that time. Only few boys didn’t like cars and he surely wasn’t the exception.
Qi Yuexin said that he was going to go out for a test drive and asked Qi Yueran whether to follow him or not. Of course, the latter readily agreed. Qi Yuexin asked him where he wanted to go and Qi Yueran said that he wanted to go to the port because he had not taken a drive to see the sea.
The weather was bad that day. When they went, the sun was still out, but when they were ready to go back, it began to rain and it was gradually getting worse.
Qi Yuexin’s driving skill wasn’t so good; after all, he just took the driver’s license. They had an accident on the way back. Qi Yueran didn’t remember anything at that time and only fainted after he heard a loud noise. When he woke up, he heard the sound of raucous and a servant said that the eldest young master’s legs were bad.
Twenty years later, He Jian still clearly remembered the situation at that time. At that time, he was only 17 years old and hadn’t even gone to college. He wasn’t stable enough and hadn’t experience things, so he was confused for a while. With a blank mind, he immediately got up from the hospital bed to look for Qi Yuexin, but he didn’t see his older brother.
There were sounds of crying and shouting in his older brother’s ward. He was stopped by his father before he went in. Inside, he heard his older brother’s hissing and exhausted crying voice, and he couldn’t respond for a while. Moreover, he was even more confused by the ruthless slap to the mouth from his father.
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His father seemed very heartbroken, flustered and exasperated. After slapping him, his father continued to hit him on the head and said something such as “I let you go to the port, I see you’re still going, you see what you’ve done to your older brother” and so on.
Qi Yueran was a person of few words since childhood. He wanted to be strong and liked to pretend to be calm. However, Qi Yuexin was not. He was a relatively talkative person and the car accident had changed him completely.
At that time, the doctor said that the possibility of rehabilitation to normal was not very great and Quanlin lacked medical facilities. It was recommended that they should go to big city for treatment. Qi Yuexin couldn’t accept the reality, so he refused treatment and didn’t cooperate.
Qi Yueran felt that the whole sky had collapsed at that time. He was helpless and scared. He thought that if he didn’t suggest going to the port, there wouldn’t be anything happening. Nonetheless, regret was useless.
Qi Yuexin became a lot quieter and asked to be discharged from hospital to go home when his injury almost healed. He hadn’t say a word of blame to Qi Yueran, which made Qi Yueran didn’t know what to feel.
After that, Father Qi could only cultivated Qi Yueran at home, but his treatment to Qi Yuexin was even more partial. Qi Yueran didn’t think it was wrong as he still had a critical juncture in his heart. As long as his older brother put forward any request, there was nothing that he couldn’t have done.
He Jian gently opened the door of the room next door. The check-up seemed to have been finished and Qi Yueran stood at the table with a face that looked very bad, which was much whiter than yesterday’s when he was ill.
He patted Qi Yueran on the shoulder but didn’t ask what the situation was. Qi Yueran came back to his senses and thrown a look at He Jian.
The doctor spoke a few words of advice and made an appointment for the next time to go to the hospital for the check-up. After that, he was sent out by the servant. Qi Yuexin didn’t look unhappy or lost, only said: “It’s been so long that I don’t care much about it, so Xiao Ran doesn’t have to worry about it either.”
Qi Yueran’s chest felt discomfort. He knew that after five years of treatment, the effect might not be satisfactory, but he would still feel discomfort when hearing it. When his older brother said that he didn’t care, his heart felt pain as if it was being twisted.
Until lunch at noon, Qi Yueran’s face was still not looking very good. Madam He noticed and asked: “Is Xiao Ran still sick and tired? Your lips are purple.”
Qi Yueran quickly straightened his back and said with a smile: “It’s just that I’m not used to this place. It’s nothing.”
“I’ll take Xiao Ran upstairs so he can take a nap later.” He Jian said.
When Father He saw them talking, he suddenly cut in and said: “Whenever your family is free, I’ll send an invitation to sit down and talk about engagement. Since He Jian insists on marrying you, I can’t object to it. Plus, his mother has been nagging at me every day that if I don’t agree, there won’t be a day of leisure.”
Qi Yueran was somewhat surprise that he paused a second before quickly said: “Better you fix a date. My father already told me before coming here that he is free at any time.”
Qi Yueran was aware that He Family was a very upright aristocratic family, which he had thought Father He wouldn’t like this marriage. After all, Qi Family was too small in comparison that it wouldn’t be considered a marriage between families of equal social rank. He thought it would take a lot of effort and He Family would stand up against it, but didn’t expect it would go so well.
When He Jian heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Kang Shuqin was happier than the two people who were about to be engaged. She said: “That’s good, I’ll be able to sleep well every day.” She continued with a cold stare towards Father He: “You said I won’t let you have a leisure day, but every day you talk to me about how Xiao Ran is too young and Xiao Ran’s family background is not good enough. When I was with you, you were a soldier who didn’t even have an insignia on your shoulder. If I had listened to my family, I wouldn’t have looked at you.”
Lu Yuhan knew that Madam He and Master He nagged at each other in their free time, so he smilingly did the peacemaking and said, “Ma, come eat lunch. If you and Dad don’t move your chopsticks, everyone is embarrassed to move them. After lunch, we’ll put on tea and talk.”
After lunch, He Jian took Qi Yueran upstairs first. Madam He only thought Qi Yueran wasn’t used to the place and the weather, and didn’t have a good rest, so she let them go to have rest.
He Jian took him back to the bedroom on the third floor and only then asked: “What did the doctor say just now?”
Qi Yueran frowned, took a look at him and then relayed the doctor’s words. As a matter of fact, it was nothing more than giving him an immunization injection, while saying that Qi Yuexin’s legs have not been treated in time. Although he could still do rehabilitation now, it might not be good. It was also very likely that he wouldn’t recover and might take very long.
After saying those, Qi Yueran’s facial expression was even worse. He Jian comforted with: “Don’t worry too much, as long as there is hope, I will help.”
“Thank you…”
“I don’t think you’ve eaten much at noon, your face is not looking good. Is there something wrong with you?” He Jian asked.
“No,” Qi Yueran shook his head and said: “I was feeling anxious right after listening to the doctor.”
He Jian said: “Take a nap, or else you won’t be spirited. I’ll be outside, so call me if something happens.”
Qi Yueran watched him go out and quickly grabbed him. He Jian had been sleeping on the sofa for one night and now to let He Jian go out and lie down on the sofa again, he felt unacceptable to his sense of propriety, which was truly nonsensical.
“Mister He, you’d better stay and have a rest in the bedroom. Yesterday, you slept on the sofa all night. I think you need a good sleep more than I do.” Contrariwise, Qi Yueran seemed easy-mannered and not embarrassed at all. He also joked with He Jian as he said: “We’re going to get engaged. You aren’t going to sleep on the sofa after engagement, are you? Or, we take hourly turns to sleep on the sofa.”
He Jian was teased by Qi Yueran for the first time that he felt a little strange. Anyway, the bed in the room was big enough for three people to sleep in. As long as Qi Yueran thought it was fine, he was willing to make up his sleep in the comfortable big bed.
He Jian went to bed late at night and couldn’t sleep well on the sofa. As soon as he was lying on the bed, he couldn’t help sighing at the good comfort of the mattress. It was easy to get sleepy after lunch; when he lay down for a while, he soon fell asleep.
Qi Yueran was thinking of Qi Yuexin. When he closed his eyes, he inevitably recalled that rainy day five years ago. The time interval made him feel it vividly in his mind that he couldn’t sleep. He turned over a few times on the bed, opened his eyes and saw He Jian beside him. He sighed and then closed his eyes again.
Chapter 13 – Share the Same Bed
“I heard that you are going to build a film and television base in Quanlin. Do you need my help?” He Liang said: “Although the old man doesn’t say it, he has always made people pay attention to this matter.”
“I know.” He Jian said: “This time, I want to do a good job and I also want to do something on my own. Going back to Quanlin this time, Mom let someone give prior notice, so there are already many people taking care of me.”
He Liang could see that He Jian didn’t feel at ease with Qi Yueran being over there, so he didn’t say anything else. After the two people said a few words, He Jian left in a hurry and went to the room next door.
For He Jian, before Qi Yuexin’s legs healed, it would always be his secret trouble and guilt. This was the case in his previous life, and he still had to add Qi Yueran’s share in this life. Up till the end when the company he had painstakingly managed was declared bankrupt, he couldn’t blame his older brother.
Qi Yueran was more than a year younger than Qi Yuexin. When Qi Yuexin was 18, he considered taking a driver’s license. At that time, Qi Yueran wasn’t yet an adult and couldn’t drive. Father Qi was a conservative man; he had high hopes for Qi Yuexin and cultivated him more, so it was inevitable that he would be biased.
When Qi Yuexin had a driver’s license, Master Qi gave him a new car, which was of course worth a lot. Qi Yueran was extremely envious at that time. Only few boys didn’t like cars and he surely wasn’t the exception.
Qi Yuexin said that he was going to go out for a test drive and asked Qi Yueran whether to follow him or not. Of course, the latter readily agreed. Qi Yuexin asked him where he wanted to go and Qi Yueran said that he wanted to go to the port because he had not taken a drive to see the sea.
The weather was bad that day. When they went, the sun was still out, but when they were ready to go back, it began to rain and it was gradually getting worse.
Qi Yuexin’s driving skill wasn’t so good; after all, he just took the driver’s license. They had an accident on the way back. Qi Yueran didn’t remember anything at that time and only fainted after he heard a loud noise. When he woke up, he heard the sound of raucous and a servant said that the eldest young master’s legs were bad.
Twenty years later, He Jian still clearly remembered the situation at that time. At that time, he was only 17 years old and hadn’t even gone to college. He wasn’t stable enough and hadn’t experience things, so he was confused for a while. With a blank mind, he immediately got up from the hospital bed to look for Qi Yuexin, but he didn’t see his older brother.
There were sounds of crying and shouting in his older brother’s ward. He was stopped by his father before he went in. Inside, he heard his older brother’s hissing and exhausted crying voice, and he couldn’t respond for a while. Moreover, he was even more confused by the ruthless slap to the mouth from his father.
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His father seemed very heartbroken, flustered and exasperated. After slapping him, his father continued to hit him on the head and said something such as “I let you go to the port, I see you’re still going, you see what you’ve done to your older brother” and so on.
Qi Yueran was a person of few words since childhood. He wanted to be strong and liked to pretend to be calm. However, Qi Yuexin was not. He was a relatively talkative person and the car accident had changed him completely.
At that time, the doctor said that the possibility of rehabilitation to normal was not very great and Quanlin lacked medical facilities. It was recommended that they should go to big city for treatment. Qi Yuexin couldn’t accept the reality, so he refused treatment and didn’t cooperate.
Qi Yueran felt that the whole sky had collapsed at that time. He was helpless and scared. He thought that if he didn’t suggest going to the port, there wouldn’t be anything happening. Nonetheless, regret was useless.
Qi Yuexin became a lot quieter and asked to be discharged from hospital to go home when his injury almost healed. He hadn’t say a word of blame to Qi Yueran, which made Qi Yueran didn’t know what to feel.
After that, Father Qi could only cultivated Qi Yueran at home, but his treatment to Qi Yuexin was even more partial. Qi Yueran didn’t think it was wrong as he still had a critical juncture in his heart. As long as his older brother put forward any request, there was nothing that he couldn’t have done.
He Jian gently opened the door of the room next door. The check-up seemed to have been finished and Qi Yueran stood at the table with a face that looked very bad, which was much whiter than yesterday’s when he was ill.
He patted Qi Yueran on the shoulder but didn’t ask what the situation was. Qi Yueran came back to his senses and thrown a look at He Jian.
The doctor spoke a few words of advice and made an appointment for the next time to go to the hospital for the check-up. After that, he was sent out by the servant. Qi Yuexin didn’t look unhappy or lost, only said: “It’s been so long that I don’t care much about it, so Xiao Ran doesn’t have to worry about it either.”
Qi Yueran’s chest felt discomfort. He knew that after five years of treatment, the effect might not be satisfactory, but he would still feel discomfort when hearing it. When his older brother said that he didn’t care, his heart felt pain as if it was being twisted.
Until lunch at noon, Qi Yueran’s face was still not looking very good. Madam He noticed and asked: “Is Xiao Ran still sick and tired? Your lips are purple.”
Qi Yueran quickly straightened his back and said with a smile: “It’s just that I’m not used to this place. It’s nothing.”
“I’ll take Xiao Ran upstairs so he can take a nap later.” He Jian said.
When Father He saw them talking, he suddenly cut in and said: “Whenever your family is free, I’ll send an invitation to sit down and talk about engagement. Since He Jian insists on marrying you, I can’t object to it. Plus, his mother has been nagging at me every day that if I don’t agree, there won’t be a day of leisure.”
Qi Yueran was somewhat surprise that he paused a second before quickly said: “Better you fix a date. My father already told me before coming here that he is free at any time.”
Qi Yueran was aware that He Family was a very upright aristocratic family, which he had thought Father He wouldn’t like this marriage. After all, Qi Family was too small in comparison that it wouldn’t be considered a marriage between families of equal social rank. He thought it would take a lot of effort and He Family would stand up against it, but didn’t expect it would go so well.
When He Jian heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Kang Shuqin was happier than the two people who were about to be engaged. She said: “That’s good, I’ll be able to sleep well every day.” She continued with a cold stare towards Father He: “You said I won’t let you have a leisure day, but every day you talk to me about how Xiao Ran is too young and Xiao Ran’s family background is not good enough. When I was with you, you were a soldier who didn’t even have an insignia on your shoulder. If I had listened to my family, I wouldn’t have looked at you.”
Lu Yuhan knew that Madam He and Master He nagged at each other in their free time, so he smilingly did the peacemaking and said, “Ma, come eat lunch. If you and Dad don’t move your chopsticks, everyone is embarrassed to move them. After lunch, we’ll put on tea and talk.”
After lunch, He Jian took Qi Yueran upstairs first. Madam He only thought Qi Yueran wasn’t used to the place and the weather, and didn’t have a good rest, so she let them go to have rest.
He Jian took him back to the bedroom on the third floor and only then asked: “What did the doctor say just now?”
Qi Yueran frowned, took a look at him and then relayed the doctor’s words. As a matter of fact, it was nothing more than giving him an immunization injection, while saying that Qi Yuexin’s legs have not been treated in time. Although he could still do rehabilitation now, it might not be good. It was also very likely that he wouldn’t recover and might take very long.
After saying those, Qi Yueran’s facial expression was even worse. He Jian comforted with: “Don’t worry too much, as long as there is hope, I will help.”
“Thank you…”
“I don’t think you’ve eaten much at noon, your face is not looking good. Is there something wrong with you?” He Jian asked.
“No,” Qi Yueran shook his head and said: “I was feeling anxious right after listening to the doctor.”
He Jian said: “Take a nap, or else you won’t be spirited. I’ll be outside, so call me if something happens.”
Qi Yueran watched him go out and quickly grabbed him. He Jian had been sleeping on the sofa for one night and now to let He Jian go out and lie down on the sofa again, he felt unacceptable to his sense of propriety, which was truly nonsensical.
“Mister He, you’d better stay and have a rest in the bedroom. Yesterday, you slept on the sofa all night. I think you need a good sleep more than I do.” Contrariwise, Qi Yueran seemed easy-mannered and not embarrassed at all. He also joked with He Jian as he said: “We’re going to get engaged. You aren’t going to sleep on the sofa after engagement, are you? Or, we take hourly turns to sleep on the sofa.”
He Jian was teased by Qi Yueran for the first time that he felt a little strange. Anyway, the bed in the room was big enough for three people to sleep in. As long as Qi Yueran thought it was fine, he was willing to make up his sleep in the comfortable big bed.
He Jian went to bed late at night and couldn’t sleep well on the sofa. As soon as he was lying on the bed, he couldn’t help sighing at the good comfort of the mattress. It was easy to get sleepy after lunch; when he lay down for a while, he soon fell asleep.
Qi Yueran was thinking of Qi Yuexin. When he closed his eyes, he inevitably recalled that rainy day five years ago. The time interval made him feel it vividly in his mind that he couldn’t sleep. He turned over a few times on the bed, opened his eyes and saw He Jian beside him. He sighed and then closed his eyes again.
