Chapter 262 - Qing Bao, Do You Like Me?
Chapter 262: Qing Bao, Do You Like Me?
“Uncle Hu, don’t you remember me?” Song Chuchu smiled. “Song Chuyi from class six.”
“Oh, oh, oh, it’s you.” The old uncle thought hard and suddenly stared wide-eyed at him. “It has been more than a decade. Right, you’ve grown so big already. I really wouldn’t be able to tell if you hadn’t told me.”
Song Chuyi’s smile froze. The old uncle didn’t realize and continued to say with a grin, “I’ve been on duty for so many years and have never seen such a bold and mischievous student like you. While everyone was in class, you would dare to climb the school gates right in front of me and I couldn’t even stop you. You climbed the gate in the morning, afternoon and even at night. And then there was your brother. He was so protective of you. Every time you climbed the school gate, he would apologize to me profusely and plead with me to not tell on you to the discipline master. I remember there was one time I caught you smoking in the field, you rascal.”
The corners of Song Chuyi’s lips curled into a subtle, bitter smile.
Uncle Hu passed him a cigarette. “Have one. I saw that you enjoyed smoking quite a lot when you were studying. Here, here, do you want to take a seat?”
Song Chuyi accepted it with a smile as he chatted with Uncle Hu.
“What are you doing now?”
“I’m a doctor.”
“A doctor’s good. To think such a mischievous child would end up becoming a doctor. Hehe, are you married?”
“Yes.”
“Aiyo,” Uncle Hu teased. “You were a playboy who often brought girls along, running to the gate in the past. To think there would be someone willing to marry you.”
Song Chuyi laughed heartily.
They chatted for almost half an hour until a call from Changqing came. She sounded unhappy. “Song Chuchu, it’s almost two. Are you coming back or not? If you’re not, I’m going to lock the door.”
It was quiet in the security booth. Uncle Hu laughed upon hearing that and said, “Yo, your wife must be rushing you to go home.”
“Where are you?” Changqing frowned when she heard that voice.
“I’m coming back.” Song Chuyi hung up and said to Uncle Hu, “I’ll be off.”
“Run along. It’s the middle of the night; don’t keep loitering around outside. Now that you have a family and a career, your wife must be worried,” Uncle Hu said.
“Sure.” Song Chuyi felt a sense of warmth inside.
He drove quickly and arrived at the Yan Household within 20 minutes.
When he opened the door to the bedroom, the lights were still on. Changqing turned around with her hair scattered all over and looked at him sleepily.
“I told you not to wait for me.” Song Chuyi smiled lightly.
“I didn’t want to wait for you either, but you went out so late at night and even drove. I was quite worried.” Changqing pouted her clean little mouth helplessly.
Song Chuyi was stunned. It was just a simple sentence but he felt an inexplicable wave crashing in his heart.
He suddenly recalled what Uncle Hu said when he left. Now that he had a family and career, his wife would be worried.
He had probably never thought about those problems that were only human nature.
Perhaps it had been a very, very long time since someone was worried about him over the simplest things in life.
It seemed he had only just realized that there was actually someone who was concerned about him.
“Changqing…” He walked to the side of the bed quietly. His gaze was so gentle it was like a pool of spring water.
“Mm?” Changqing blinked sleepily. She found him very strange.
“Nothing.” Song Chuyi smiled as he lowered his head.
Perhaps to her, it was perfectly normal to be concerned about someone, while in his family, concern was a distant concept.
He bent down and kissed her on the lips. “I’m back now; go to sleep quickly. You don’t have to worry.”
Changqing’s face heated up slightly. “I just said it casually. Did you take it seriously? I wasn’t very worried about you. However, why did you smoke? Are you in a bad mood?”
“No, I met an old uncle whom I hadn’t seen for many years. We were catching up and he passed me a cigarette. I couldn’t reject him, so I smoked. I’ll brush my teeth now.” Song Chuyi walked away with a smile.
When he returned after washing up, Changqing was already asleep. He looked at her sleeping soundly and suddenly recalled the words Song Chulang said when he left. He felt a slight sense of loss inside.
The next day, Changqing was still sound asleep when she was suddenly shaken awake by a strange force.
She opened her eyes with annoyance and when she saw Song Chuchu on top of her, she felt like crying. “Song Chuchu, what are you doing? Forget that you made me sleep late last night. Why are you waking me up early in the morning?”
“Sorry,” Song Chuyi said with a low and hoarse voice as his lips touched hers lovingly. “I just kind of felt like it. I wanted to be with you like this.”
Changqing was enchanted by his alluring voice.
Oh my god, did I hear wrong? Is Song Chuchu acting coquettishly with me?
She gathered her concentration and looked at Song Chuchu on top of her, his fair face and pure gaze simply made him look like a male vixen.
She didn’t have very good self-discipline, and in no time at all, she was enchanted by him and her mind was blank. She said with a pout, “You can’t do this; I want to sleep.”
“Then you sleep. I’ll do my stuff.” The smile on Song Chuyi’s lips broadened. He pressed his lips on her cheek and slowly kissed her earlobe.
“How am I going to sleep with you like this?” Changqing squirmed.
Song Chuyi’s glabella twitched. He closed his eyes and asked in a low and hoarse voice, “Qing Bao, do you like me?”
This “Qing Bao” almost melted Changqing. She said softly and coquettishly, “You know the answer.”
“I want to hear it.” He continued to enchant her with his hoarse voice. “Can you tell me?”
Changqing’s face reddened from his teasing. In the end, she was no match against him and she said delicately with a trembling voice, “I like you. I like you the most.”
Song Chuyi paused and his eyes suddenly darkened.
Changqing sensed that something was wrong and before she could even react, he had already assailed her like a storm, torturing her early in the morning, making her weep and cry.
After that, Changqing fell back asleep from exhaustion. She didn’t even know when Song Chuyi left and only heard him saying something about “liking” next to her ear indistinctly.
When Changqing woke up, she cursed a certain rogue angrily.
After a few days, when it was almost September, the Yan Corporation had already paid off all the compensation fees to their business partners and Changxin had already returned from Beijing. Yan Lei was in a good mood, relatively speaking. There was still a horrible meeting with regards to the Yan Corporation’s future development in the afternoon.
It was four in the afternoon and Yan Lei walked out of the meeting room exhaustedly. His assistant came over and told him immediately, “CEO Song from the Sky Corporation has been waiting for you in the guest room for quite a while.”
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Yan Lei walked quickly to the guest room.
When he pushed open the door, he could see Song Chulang standing with his hands behind his back, raising his exquisite chin as he admired a painting on the wall.
“Chulang, why did you come over suddenly?” Yan Lei said with astonishment. “Have you been waiting long?”
“It was alright.” Song Chulang turned around and smiled gently.
Take a seat. I’ve been busy recently because of the matter at the Yan Corporation,” Yan Lei said with a sigh. “Chulang, I’m really sorry. The Song Family has put in such a large investment, and instead of helping you reap benefits, now it’s…”
Song Chulang raised his hand. “Don’t mention the investment anymore. We’re relatives, after all, and you’re friends with my dad.”
Yan Lei nodded. He felt a little puzzled inside. Didn’t this Song Chulang hate his daughter a lot? Why did he become so friendly all of a sudden? “Then you’re here now for…”
Song Chulang opened a file that he brought, took out an A4 paper from within and pushed it over.
Yan Lei looked at the “Acquisition Proposal” printed on it and his face changed slightly.
Song Chulang was calm. “Uncle Yan, our family understands the current situation Yan Corporation is in very clearly. Even though you’ve already settled all the compensation fees, it was done so with funds from the Song Family. My dad said he’ll take that as a betrothal gift for Chuyi’s marriage with Changqing. The problem now is that the Yan Corporation must’ve had a large batch of products in inventory. Your meeting just now must’ve probably been a discussion with your subordinates on how to quickly sell this batch of products. However, under the current conditions, it would be too difficult to do so. No companies would dare to buy them. Even if there was, they would be recalled at a very low price. If I guessed correctly, the most the Yan Corporation could get out of these stocks wouldn’t surpass two to three million.”
Yan Lei watched Song Chulang’s sharp gaze and sighed softly. “To think you have more sense for business than your father even at such a young age.”
Song Chulang’s gaze didn’t move. He continued: “Uncle Yan, I think you must be very busy right now. You’re getting married in less than half a month, but the company’s situation is getting worse day after day. You want to salvage the company’s reputation but this isn’t something that can be done in a day. You will need a large amount of financial support during this period. I also think that right now, there are many companies that want to acquire the Yan Corporation. Some of them might’ve even started to eat the Yan Corporation up slowly using despicable means.”
Yan Lei rubbed his glabella. The tension in Song Chulang’s voice eased. “The Song Family is willing to spend a suitable amount to acquire the Yan Corporation. You can look at this proposal. I believe that the sum would be considered quite good based on the Yan Corporation’s current situation. It would also be sufficient for you and your family to lead a good life. You’re also getting on in years. You have two daughters who don’t know about management. Please consider this carefully.”
He stood up after finishing his piece.
Yan Lei saw him to the door. “I will consider it.”
“Thank you.” Song Chulang turned to leave.
At night, Changxin and Lin Yiqin came over too. The family was reunited and Yan Lei felt pretty satisfied seeing that, so he said, “What would you all think if Dad sold the company?”
Song Chuyi was stunned. Changqing sucked on her chopsticks and said with a grin, “It doesn’t matter. It’s good that you’re selling it. That way, you won’t have to work so hard and you can bring Auntie Shen around wherever you want in the future.”
“I think Auntie Shen’s body wouldn’t be able to take that,” Changxin said with a smile. “However, my opinion is similar to Changqing’s. It’s up to you. In any case, if you passed it on to us, it would probably be sold too.”
“You two useless lasses.” Yan Lei shook his head. However, he was glad. “Chuyi, actually, it’s the Song Family who wants to acquire the Yan Corporation.”
“Thud.” Song Chuyi didn’t hold onto his chopsticks properly and they fell onto his plate. He was shocked. “The Song Family?”
“You didn’t know about it?” Yan Lei was stunned. “Your brother came to the company to see me today. I really didn’t think that after the failed investment the Song Family made in us, he would still be willing to acquire the Yan Corporation at such a high price.”
Song Chuyi’s mind went blank for a few seconds when he suddenly recalled that day when Song Huaisheng’s attitude changed after walking out from the study with Song Chulang. Could this be what they talked about in the room?