Chapter 12 – Breakfast
Qi Yueran was a man who paid attention proper behavior, that as soon as he entered the business circle, he dreaded that whatever he had done would be for others to grab and use against him. Therefore, when He Jian let him sleep in his own bed in the bedroom, Qi Yueran thought it wasn’t proper.
He Jian knew what he was thinking. He went to give him medicine and water, and looked at him as he said: “Go to sleep. I’m out.” Without waiting for Qi Yueran to open his mouth, he opened the door and went out to the small living room. He couldn’t help thinking that if Qi Yueran wasn’t ‘him’, he really wouldn’t know what he was thinking. However, on second thought, if this person was not ‘him’, he wouldn’t care so much about helping him.
Qi Yueran was sleeping almost all day, so he couldn’t sleep at night, but the cold medicine had a bit of sleeping effect. After lying in bed and thinking for a while, he was asleep.
He Jian sat on the sofa in the small living room and took the portable computer to deal with some things. He left Han Pinggao in Quanlin City, hoping that this time he would not delay the progress of building a film and television base in the north of the city, thus he made some time to check the email sent by Han Pinggao.
It was past 2 o’clock in the morning when he looked up. He Jian had been sitting on the sofa holding the computer for a while that he felt his shoulders and neck were sore. At this time, he just wanted to rest in bed.
Qi Yueran was sleeping in his bed now. Although he didn’t carry any XX idea towards Qi Yueran at all, the marriage proposal had already been made, but he was afraid of scaring Qi Yueran when the latter saw him as soon as he opened his eyes. It was also impossible to go to the guest room on the second floor to sleep. Although there were many rooms in the house, he could be seen by others and the old man would be suspicious again.
He Jian snuck into the bedroom and looked at Qi Yueran. He seemed to be sleeping soundly. Only then he stepped out, took a coat and put it on him as he reclined on the sofa to put up with the night.
Before dawn, Qi Yuran woke up. He recovered from fever and also mended his lost sleep. His face was not as sallow as it was yesterday, he looked very energetic. After washing up well in the bathroom, he dressed up neatly before pushing the door to go out the room
As soon as Qi Yueran came out, he saw He Jian on the sofa opposite of him. He Jian still hadn’t woken up. When He Jian was sleeping, he didn’t look as a warm and gentlemanly as he usually was during the day. His eyebrows were slightly wrinkled and under his eyes were slightly dark, which made him looked serious instead.
Catching sight of He Jian sleeping on the sofa all night made him felt a little knot in his heart. He couldn’t say why.
Before he had met He Jian, Qi Yueran had only heard of the name He Family’s third-shao. His impression of the man was the second generation of rich officials, who indulged in disgusting orgies of eating, drinking and passed the nights in dicing and card playing and other frivolous pastimes, that made him somewhat disdainful to the man. On the other hand, their first meeting wasn’t any better either.
Qi Yueran had nevertheless admired He Jian after keeping in touch for several occasions. He Jian spoke smoothly and cleanly, he was gentlemanly and also knew courtesy. He Jian also didn’t have the ignorance of a hedonistic son of rich parents in his style of conversation, which wasn’t quite consistent with the rumors.
Qi Yueran never understood why He Jian proposed to marry him, that certainly was not good for He family. Moreover, during the day when he was ill, He Jian had been considerate right down to the most trivial detail and now he slept on the sofa all night. This made Qi Yuran not able to comprehend the more he thought about it…
For a business family, no benefit, no getting up early[1], who would make a loss deal? If He Jian was sincere, Qi Yueran thought it was even more unreasonable.
When He Jian woke up at about 9 o’clock, he saw Qi Yueran sitting on the small sofa in the room reading a book. He hadn’t completely woken up at first, but he did when he caught this sight.
The furnishings in the inner bedroom were very complete. He was sure there was a small bookshelf beside the sofa, but he couldn’t tell what books were on it. Last time he took one out of the room, it was a mess of pornographic publication.
He Jian was a little annoyed that he forgot to tell the servant to clean up the room before he brought Qi Yueran home. He had managed to change Qi Yueran’s view on him, but now he surmised that he had fallen back to the 18th floor of Hell. Leopard-print bed sheet, half-wall large mirror, glass bathroom and now a cabinet of vulgar magazines…
“You woke up.” He Jian took a glance, seeing that Qi Yueran had taken a proper book, he let out a sigh of relief. He said: “Is your body still uncomfortable? Are you hungry? Let’s go downstairs and have breakfast.”
Qi Yueran nodded with a smile and said: “Yesterday, not only I’d troubled Mister He to take care of me but you also slept on the sofa all night. The guest had actually occupied the host’s place.”
“You don’t have to be too reserved.” He Jian knew he was thinking, supposedly that he was afraid of being troublesome.
By the time they got down to the dining room on the first floor, the breakfast had been put away and in exchange, some refreshments and fruits were placed on the table. Master He, Madam He and Qi Yuexin were all there, seemed to be talking. There was another man, almost in his thirties, who resembled He Jian a bit, but compared to He Jian, the man gave the impression of steady and a bit difficult to approach. Of course, this man was He Jian’s second brother, He Liang.
He Liang was the only roaming in the officialdom arena in He Family now. He Liang didn’t often go back to the old house because he was busy with his work and had a family. However, when his third brother took someone home, he also heard about it and couldn’t believe it until he came to see it for himself.
When He Jian and Qi Yueran stepped in, everyone’s eyes were on them.
Father He looked at them and seemed to be a little unhappy. He treated the two people getting up late coldly and said: “Still remember to come to have breakfast. You can eat when we have lunch in a bit.”
Kang Shuqin was not happy to hear this and said: “You get up early every day because you are old, the children are different. They just got back by the flight yesterday, it’s normal to get up late.”
“Precisely you spoiling them every day that they are undisciplined and out of control.” Father He was not really angry, even after he said those, he immediately said to the servant: “Reheat the breakfast and bring it up.”
He Jian was afraid that Qi Yueran had yet recovered, so he purposely followed up with a sentence: “Bring some warm porridge.”
Madam He giggled as soon as she heard of ‘warm porridge’, wasn’t that a good digestible food?
Qi Yueran didn’t react for half a day. At first he thought having a semi liquid food now was good as he had a slight stomach discomfort and he just started to recover from fever. It was just that Madam He didn’t think such…
He Jian appeared as if nothing happened and acted as though he didn’t hear anything. There was nothing to be ashamed of anyway, they were going to ‘get married’.
Qi Yuexin was very well-behave and honestly sitting at the side, and didn’t talk casually. It was only that his face looked sallower than yesterday, like he didn’t sleep well last night.
They were eating and Father He was drinking tea beside them. After looking at Qi Yueran for several times, he seemed to think he was quite familiar. He asked: “Are you 21 years old?”
“Yes, 21.” Qi Yueran’s nerves were tense. He quickly put down his spoon as he replied.
“Look very steady.” Father He waved his hand as a signal that he (QYR) didn’t have to mind him. Then he continued: “It’s just that 21 is a little bit young.”
Kang Shuqin said: “It’s young, but no need to tell them to get married right away, get engaged first. When Old Two was engaged, Xiao Han was only 21 and just graduated.”
Father He opened his mouth wide but in the end, he didn’t say anything thoughtlessly. Lu Yuhan was He Liang’s partner and the two had ten years of age gap. However, Master He was very satisfied with Lu Yuhan, who was indeed an appropriate match. Although he was still young, he was an only son with a good family background. In recent years, he had also shown talent in the officialdom.
As soon as He Liang heard he was mentioned, he said: “Dad doesn’t have to worry too much. Mom likes to take care of these things, so let Mom take care of them. It’s a good thing for third brother to concentrate on more serious things, you should be happy. In a moment, Xiao Han will come, saying that he’ll play chess with you.”
As they were talking, a servant came in and said: “Young Master Lu is here.”
Qi Yueran had been listening to their conversation and found out that Master He liked this Young Master Lu very much. He once heard that He Liang’s partner, the Lu Family and He Family had a good relationship, and the older generations were very close. It was Master He who proposed the marriage of the two people. Although Lu Yuhan wasn’t a few years older than himself, but he was quite in his element in the officialdom and had a great character.
The servant said that Young Master Lu had come, so Qi Yueran naturally wanted to look at him.
Lu Yuhan entered the dining room. He looked very young. If he changed the suit and put on casual clothes, he might be regarded as a college student. Contrarily, it felt that he and He Liang had similarity in features of an old couple. When he didn’t smile or talk, he looked kind of bit difficult to approach.
As soon as Lu Yuhan came, without even so much as greeting, Master He asked someone to prepare the lounge to put on the chessboard and took him away to play chess.
Afterwards, He Jian and Qi Yueran had a quiet time for breakfast. After breakfast, someone who claimed to be a doctor came to see the Mister Qi, asking if he wanted to have a checkup now.
Qi Yueran naturally didn’t want to delay the time to checkup his older brother’s leg, but he wasn’t at ease. He wanted to hear what the doctor had to say, so he accompanied Qi Yuexin to the room next door for the checkup.
Kang Shuqin went out to take care of lunch, and that left He Jian and He Liang in the room. At this time, He Liang began to say: “Why did you suddenly change your temperament? Suddenly want to get married. I couldn’t believe it when eldest sister told me.”
“……Uhn,” He Jian didn’t know how to explain to him, he said: “I’m not joking.”
He Liang nodded as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he said: “Marriage may be a lifetime thing. You aren’t joking, but don’t be too impulsive either.”
He Jian had a very good impression towards the He Family’s members and this second brother also took good care of him. Thus, he cracked a joke: “Why being so reserved today? Did you quarrel with Mister Lu?”
“How can Xiao Han and I quarrel?” He Liang lit a cigarette and said slowly: “We can’t even quarrel. So I would advise you not to be impulsive and make life difficult in the future.”
In regards to He Liang and Lu Yuhan, He Jian didn’t have much to say.
He Liang said: “It’s good to be serious and not impulsive. I think Mom is very in favor of it and Dad is not really in opposition to it. So this matter is almost confirmed.”
Note:
[1] If there is no benefit in getting up early, who would go up early?
Chapter 12 – Breakfast
Qi Yueran was a man who paid attention proper behavior, that as soon as he entered the business circle, he dreaded that whatever he had done would be for others to grab and use against him. Therefore, when He Jian let him sleep in his own bed in the bedroom, Qi Yueran thought it wasn’t proper.
He Jian knew what he was thinking. He went to give him medicine and water, and looked at him as he said: “Go to sleep. I’m out.” Without waiting for Qi Yueran to open his mouth, he opened the door and went out to the small living room. He couldn’t help thinking that if Qi Yueran wasn’t ‘him’, he really wouldn’t know what he was thinking. However, on second thought, if this person was not ‘him’, he wouldn’t care so much about helping him.
Qi Yueran was sleeping almost all day, so he couldn’t sleep at night, but the cold medicine had a bit of sleeping effect. After lying in bed and thinking for a while, he was asleep.
He Jian sat on the sofa in the small living room and took the portable computer to deal with some things. He left Han Pinggao in Quanlin City, hoping that this time he would not delay the progress of building a film and television base in the north of the city, thus he made some time to check the email sent by Han Pinggao.
It was past 2 o’clock in the morning when he looked up. He Jian had been sitting on the sofa holding the computer for a while that he felt his shoulders and neck were sore. At this time, he just wanted to rest in bed.
Qi Yueran was sleeping in his bed now. Although he didn’t carry any XX idea towards Qi Yueran at all, the marriage proposal had already been made, but he was afraid of scaring Qi Yueran when the latter saw him as soon as he opened his eyes. It was also impossible to go to the guest room on the second floor to sleep. Although there were many rooms in the house, he could be seen by others and the old man would be suspicious again.
He Jian snuck into the bedroom and looked at Qi Yueran. He seemed to be sleeping soundly. Only then he stepped out, took a coat and put it on him as he reclined on the sofa to put up with the night.
Before dawn, Qi Yuran woke up. He recovered from fever and also mended his lost sleep. His face was not as sallow as it was yesterday, he looked very energetic. After washing up well in the bathroom, he dressed up neatly before pushing the door to go out the room
As soon as Qi Yueran came out, he saw He Jian on the sofa opposite of him. He Jian still hadn’t woken up. When He Jian was sleeping, he didn’t look as a warm and gentlemanly as he usually was during the day. His eyebrows were slightly wrinkled and under his eyes were slightly dark, which made him looked serious instead.
Catching sight of He Jian sleeping on the sofa all night made him felt a little knot in his heart. He couldn’t say why.
Before he had met He Jian, Qi Yueran had only heard of the name He Family’s third-shao. His impression of the man was the second generation of rich officials, who indulged in disgusting orgies of eating, drinking and passed the nights in dicing and card playing and other frivolous pastimes, that made him somewhat disdainful to the man. On the other hand, their first meeting wasn’t any better either.
Qi Yueran had nevertheless admired He Jian after keeping in touch for several occasions. He Jian spoke smoothly and cleanly, he was gentlemanly and also knew courtesy. He Jian also didn’t have the ignorance of a hedonistic son of rich parents in his style of conversation, which wasn’t quite consistent with the rumors.
Qi Yueran never understood why He Jian proposed to marry him, that certainly was not good for He family. Moreover, during the day when he was ill, He Jian had been considerate right down to the most trivial detail and now he slept on the sofa all night. This made Qi Yuran not able to comprehend the more he thought about it…
For a business family, no benefit, no getting up early[1], who would make a loss deal? If He Jian was sincere, Qi Yueran thought it was even more unreasonable.
When He Jian woke up at about 9 o’clock, he saw Qi Yueran sitting on the small sofa in the room reading a book. He hadn’t completely woken up at first, but he did when he caught this sight.
The furnishings in the inner bedroom were very complete. He was sure there was a small bookshelf beside the sofa, but he couldn’t tell what books were on it. Last time he took one out of the room, it was a mess of pornographic publication.
He Jian was a little annoyed that he forgot to tell the servant to clean up the room before he brought Qi Yueran home. He had managed to change Qi Yueran’s view on him, but now he surmised that he had fallen back to the 18th floor of Hell. Leopard-print bed sheet, half-wall large mirror, glass bathroom and now a cabinet of vulgar magazines…
“You woke up.” He Jian took a glance, seeing that Qi Yueran had taken a proper book, he let out a sigh of relief. He said: “Is your body still uncomfortable? Are you hungry? Let’s go downstairs and have breakfast.”
Qi Yueran nodded with a smile and said: “Yesterday, not only I’d troubled Mister He to take care of me but you also slept on the sofa all night. The guest had actually occupied the host’s place.”
“You don’t have to be too reserved.” He Jian knew he was thinking, supposedly that he was afraid of being troublesome.
By the time they got down to the dining room on the first floor, the breakfast had been put away and in exchange, some refreshments and fruits were placed on the table. Master He, Madam He and Qi Yuexin were all there, seemed to be talking. There was another man, almost in his thirties, who resembled He Jian a bit, but compared to He Jian, the man gave the impression of steady and a bit difficult to approach. Of course, this man was He Jian’s second brother, He Liang.
He Liang was the only roaming in the officialdom arena in He Family now. He Liang didn’t often go back to the old house because he was busy with his work and had a family. However, when his third brother took someone home, he also heard about it and couldn’t believe it until he came to see it for himself.
When He Jian and Qi Yueran stepped in, everyone’s eyes were on them.
Father He looked at them and seemed to be a little unhappy. He treated the two people getting up late coldly and said: “Still remember to come to have breakfast. You can eat when we have lunch in a bit.”
Kang Shuqin was not happy to hear this and said: “You get up early every day because you are old, the children are different. They just got back by the flight yesterday, it’s normal to get up late.”
“Precisely you spoiling them every day that they are undisciplined and out of control.” Father He was not really angry, even after he said those, he immediately said to the servant: “Reheat the breakfast and bring it up.”
He Jian was afraid that Qi Yueran had yet recovered, so he purposely followed up with a sentence: “Bring some warm porridge.”
Madam He giggled as soon as she heard of ‘warm porridge’, wasn’t that a good digestible food?
Qi Yueran didn’t react for half a day. At first he thought having a semi liquid food now was good as he had a slight stomach discomfort and he just started to recover from fever. It was just that Madam He didn’t think such…
He Jian appeared as if nothing happened and acted as though he didn’t hear anything. There was nothing to be ashamed of anyway, they were going to ‘get married’.
Qi Yuexin was very well-behave and honestly sitting at the side, and didn’t talk casually. It was only that his face looked sallower than yesterday, like he didn’t sleep well last night.
They were eating and Father He was drinking tea beside them. After looking at Qi Yueran for several times, he seemed to think he was quite familiar. He asked: “Are you 21 years old?”
“Yes, 21.” Qi Yueran’s nerves were tense. He quickly put down his spoon as he replied.
“Look very steady.” Father He waved his hand as a signal that he (QYR) didn’t have to mind him. Then he continued: “It’s just that 21 is a little bit young.”
Kang Shuqin said: “It’s young, but no need to tell them to get married right away, get engaged first. When Old Two was engaged, Xiao Han was only 21 and just graduated.”
Father He opened his mouth wide but in the end, he didn’t say anything thoughtlessly. Lu Yuhan was He Liang’s partner and the two had ten years of age gap. However, Master He was very satisfied with Lu Yuhan, who was indeed an appropriate match. Although he was still young, he was an only son with a good family background. In recent years, he had also shown talent in the officialdom.
As soon as He Liang heard he was mentioned, he said: “Dad doesn’t have to worry too much. Mom likes to take care of these things, so let Mom take care of them. It’s a good thing for third brother to concentrate on more serious things, you should be happy. In a moment, Xiao Han will come, saying that he’ll play chess with you.”
As they were talking, a servant came in and said: “Young Master Lu is here.”
Qi Yueran had been listening to their conversation and found out that Master He liked this Young Master Lu very much. He once heard that He Liang’s partner, the Lu Family and He Family had a good relationship, and the older generations were very close. It was Master He who proposed the marriage of the two people. Although Lu Yuhan wasn’t a few years older than himself, but he was quite in his element in the officialdom and had a great character.
The servant said that Young Master Lu had come, so Qi Yueran naturally wanted to look at him.
Lu Yuhan entered the dining room. He looked very young. If he changed the suit and put on casual clothes, he might be regarded as a college student. Contrarily, it felt that he and He Liang had similarity in features of an old couple. When he didn’t smile or talk, he looked kind of bit difficult to approach.
As soon as Lu Yuhan came, without even so much as greeting, Master He asked someone to prepare the lounge to put on the chessboard and took him away to play chess.
Afterwards, He Jian and Qi Yueran had a quiet time for breakfast. After breakfast, someone who claimed to be a doctor came to see the Mister Qi, asking if he wanted to have a checkup now.
Qi Yueran naturally didn’t want to delay the time to checkup his older brother’s leg, but he wasn’t at ease. He wanted to hear what the doctor had to say, so he accompanied Qi Yuexin to the room next door for the checkup.
Kang Shuqin went out to take care of lunch, and that left He Jian and He Liang in the room. At this time, He Liang began to say: “Why did you suddenly change your temperament? Suddenly want to get married. I couldn’t believe it when eldest sister told me.”
“……Uhn,” He Jian didn’t know how to explain to him, he said: “I’m not joking.”
He Liang nodded as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he said: “Marriage may be a lifetime thing. You aren’t joking, but don’t be too impulsive either.”
He Jian had a very good impression towards the He Family’s members and this second brother also took good care of him. Thus, he cracked a joke: “Why being so reserved today? Did you quarrel with Mister Lu?”
“How can Xiao Han and I quarrel?” He Liang lit a cigarette and said slowly: “We can’t even quarrel. So I would advise you not to be impulsive and make life difficult in the future.”
In regards to He Liang and Lu Yuhan, He Jian didn’t have much to say.
He Liang said: “It’s good to be serious and not impulsive. I think Mom is very in favor of it and Dad is not really in opposition to it. So this matter is almost confirmed.”
Note:
[1] If there is no benefit in getting up early, who would go up early?
