Ch81 - "Don't cry."

Edited by kat

Shen Bozong leaned against the head of the bed, half leaning over and smiling at Shen Qi.

The smile reached his eyes.

Shen Qi had seen this expression of his a lot.

He would always smile warmly at him.

When his mother was still there, he would be fooled and regard him as a hero in his heart, but not now.

With a sneer, he took back the outstretched hand that was stopping Shen Bozong. His gaze swept over Shen Bozong’s hypocritical face before falling onto the water cup in his hand, and the corners of his lips quirked up, almost into a sneer. “If you want to drink it, then I won’t stop you.”

He had really lost his senses, being taken in by Shen Bozong’s pitiful appearance and even suddenly having the idea of caring for him.

Shen Bozong’s smile froze.

His hand holding the water cup seemed to feel the heat and began to tremble. The steam rising from the water cup covered his eyes.

“I… I’ll drink it.” Shen Bozong took a sip of hot water.

Shen Qi let out an “en” and didn’t stop him.

He didn’t have enough patience to act out a scene of a loving father and dutiful son with Shen Bozong here.

Although he was already his last blood relative, his affection for his family had long since been exhausted.

Shen Bozong still lifted his gaze to peek at Shen Qi.

Shen Qi noticed him, frowned slightly, and simply walked directly to the window, where the moon and specks of stars could be seen.

Shen Bozong sipped at the water until it was all gone and turned his head to look at Shen Qi’s back.

He had grown up and was no longer a little boy at the mercy of others.

“My mother’s matter, did you find a person to do all that?” Shen Qi broke the dull atmosphere in the room by opening his mouth.

His voice wasn’t very loud, and it was as calm as usual.

It wasn’t like when he talked to Shen Bozong on the phone, when his voice was mixed with disgust and anger.

Shen Bozong looked away and rubbed his hand on the quilt for a long time before he let out an “en.”

“I… Then, you wouldn’t be able to compete anymore. Professional players are not allowed to have a history of mental illness, so you could come back to inherit the family business and accompany me. Look, I’ve done so much for you, how can you not even take a look at it, right, you…”

Before he finished, he was interrupted by Shen Qi’s laughter.

His laugh was too quiet.

But Shen Bozong heard it.

If he could, he would rather that he didn’t hear it, and that he wasn’t awake.

“Shen Bozong.” Shen Qi turned around, leaned against the wall, and looked down at him, giving the illusion that he was looking down from a commanding position. There was no pity at all in his eyes. “Do you know why I came to see you?”

Shen Bozong looked happy, and he opened his mouth to speak.

Shen Qi did not give him the chance. “I wanted to see if you were very unhappy here. If you weren’t doing well, I would be at ease.

“You haven’t been my father since my mom died. I also need to remind you that your family business is already gone now. The current boss of Shen Media is Fu Zhen.”

Duan Rong found out about that right before he had arrived.

Shen Qi had only been a little surprised.

Then he understood.

Unbeknownst to him, someone had slowly helped to clear the road before him.

It was just unexpected that Shen Bozong could still get in touch with the outside world.

That professional anti received some money and confessed that the person who told him to release the information was from this hospital.

They were a nurse at this hospital.

“Impossible! That’s my family business! That’s the business I worked so hard to carve out for you!” Shen Bozong seemed to suddenly get worked up. “Don’t lie to me! Qiqi, don’t lie to Dad. That’s what Dad wants to leave you, so don’t be unhappy. Dad will give you much better things. Whatever you want is fine, as long as you obediently come back and accept all this.”

“Then what if I want my mother?” Shen Qi suddenly asked.

He stared fixedly at Shen Bozong. The other party’s face was a little red, and he held the quilt tightly with both hands. The sleeves of his patient gown were rolled up to his elbows, and Shen Qi could see the blue veins on his hands and arms.

Shen Bozong laughed and his eyes curved, as if he really liked this question, and he said softly, “I’ve found her for you. Look at Su Ya. She looks so much like your mother. She has the exact same eyes, and when she smiles, they look so alike. She’s also warm, and her personality is very similar. Your mother must have thought the two of us were too lonely and sent her to us.”

His tone was too gentle.

Shen Qi felt a chill.

“You’re crazy.”

He walked up to Shen Bozong’s sickbed in two steps, and grabbed Shen Bozong’s collar. His strong self-control was stripped away cleanly by Shen Bozong’s madness at this moment.

“She’s not Qi Wanyun, and you don’t deserve to ruin other people’s feelings for you!

“Shen Bozong, I won’t recognize you as my father in the future. For my entire life, I won’t.

“From now on, you should think about how my mother died back then and what you did every day and every night. Everything you did makes me feel disgusted by you, not proud.”

His right hand tightly grasped Shen Bozong’s collar, but Shen Bozong didn’t struggle at all. He didn’t seem to hear what Shen Qi said, instead trembling and stretching out his hand to grab Shen Qi’s hand and wrist.

Even his dull eyes suddenly began to shine.

Shen Qi noticed his intentions, let go, and stepped back two steps.

His eyes were red.

He turned his face and didn’t want to look at him again.

Shen Bozong was dazed for a moment, and seemed very regretful.

He gasped twice before opening his mouth and saying, “I… I just didn’t want you to be tired like me in the future…”

Shen Qi laughed sarcastically. “I don’t need anything from you, and…”

He went up again and helped Shen Bozong straighten out the collar that he had just messed up. “Those things are already gone, and you have nothing now.

“I will help you handle the transfer procedure, to let you return home to a place without any people. If you don’t die prematurely, then you will spend the rest of your life there.”

This was the popular meaning of “house arrest.”

With that, Shen Qi stepped back again.

He didn’t want to be too close to Shen Bozong.

Their blood relation made him unable to breathe normally now.

Shen Bozong only realized what was going on after a few seconds.

He suddenly burst into tears.

He didn’t cry quietly. He grabbed the quilt and threw the pillow with all his strength, but he didn’t throw it towards Shen Qi. “Impossible, how can it all be gone. That’s all yours, that’s my son’s stuff. How can they steal it away… They are bad guys… My son ne… Qiqi, it’s dad who has to apologize to you. Dad didn’t take good care of your stuff…”

Shen Qi turned around and listened to his intermittent words and sobbing. It seemed as though something was blocking his chest.

“You don’t have to apologize to me.”

He didn’t care about those past injuries.

“The only person you have to apologize to is Qi Wanyun.”

Shen Qi could never understand why Shen Bozong went crazy because of Qi Wanyun’s death, even though he had cheated on Qi Wanyun frequently after she got pregnant and had Shen Qi.

But he also didn’t want to understand.

The door to the ward shut out the crying in the room.

“Sorry, my apologies, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop.” Su Ya lowered her head and wiped her tears carefully.

Shen Qi glanced at her and then turned his head away. “It’s alright.”

He was silent for a moment. “Will you stay with him?”

Su Ya knew what Shen Qi was asking and nodded without any hesitation.

Shen Qi was not actually surprised by her answer.

He forced himself to smile.

“Goodbye,” he whispered.

Su Ya looked at Shen Qi’s back. The light made his shadow appear very long.

She leaned against the door to the room and wept silently.

From the moment she was saved by Shen Bozong, she had probably already been doomed.

She had never yearned for love when she was young, but when she had gotten old, she had unhesitatingly fallen in love with someone who didn’t love her.

Fortunately, she had never wanted to get married. She would never get married or have kids in this life, and she was willing to accompany Shen Bozong and grow old with him.

After crying for a while, Su Ya dried her tears again and entered the room like nothing had happened.

“Bozong, don’t cry anymore. I’m the one who was wrong, I shouldn’t have gone out for so long. What do you want? I’ll help you prepare it…”

….

The night wind was very cold.

When Shen Qi left the ward, the wind blew in his face, and his neck shrank back from the cold.

His already red eyes started to sting, maybe because something had gotten into them, and even the tip of his nose began to turn red and sting as well.

He clicked his tongue and looked up at the sky.

Instead of going out directly to find the person who had helped him arrive here, he sat on the steps by the door and calmed down as the cold wind blew on him.

With his hands on his forehead, Shen Qi started to laugh.

He felt something cool by the corners of his mouth.

Maybe it was too cold, but his body started to tremble.

However, he couldn’t control it.

He didn’t actually want an apology.

The person who needed to hear that was Qi Wanyun, but even if Shen Bozong apologized, it was already useless.

Shen Bozong’s psychosis was probably his punishment.

He was originally prepared to never see Shen Bozong again, but Shen Bozong just had to force him here using the matter of Qi Wanyun’s death.

It had all been planned out. Shen Bozong knew that if this matter exploded, Shen Qi would come find him.

Shen Bozong also knew what the outcome would be.

He had just wanted to see him.

Shen Qi laughed again, but there were some sobs mixed in with the laughter.

Just a minute later, his choked up voice was interrupted.

Shen Qi was covered with a long coat.

A familiar smell suddenly entered his nostrils.

Shen Qi froze. Then, without any hesitation, he turned around and hugged the other party’s legs.

He didn’t cry anymore, but rubbed his tears and snot against the other party’s legs.

Fu Mingyuan’s action of crouching down to hug him now paused in mid-air. A moment later, he raised his hand and rubbed the top of Shen Qi’s head. His voice was somewhat hoarse as he said, “Don’t cry.”

Shen Qi sniffled. “How can I cry ah, Gege, why are you here?”

Fu Mingyuan frowned. “Do you have a cold?”

Shen Qi was still wearing a short sleeved shirt and was sitting by the door. He didn’t know how long Shen Qi had been sitting here. He had only seen when he came in that the normally ostentatious young man was now alone. The light at the door to the inpatient department reflected the young man’s figure and made him seem even lonelier.

Shen Qi shook his head and again rubbed his nose against Fu Mingyuan’s leg.

When he pulled back, the other party’s pant leg was wet.

He stood up and looked at Fu Mingyuan’s face. The corners of his lips curved up, and he stretched out a hand to smooth out his frown. “Give me a kiss, okay, Gege~”

…..

Shen Qi and Fu Mingyuan returned to the hotel where Fu Mingyuan was staying.

At the door to the hotel, they met Du Jing, who had been waiting for them to arrive. Du Jing looked as though he was about to thank the heavens and the earth.

“You two are really my ancestors. You don’t know, but when your cellphone was turned off, this guy’s face was so dark that it could be compared to Bao Zheng’s…”

Fu Mingyuan quietly gave him a glance.

Du Jing shut up, glanced at Shen Qi’s red eyes and ears, and rubbed his nose. He then yawned, silently greeted him, and went back to go to sleep.

After working today, he had just opened up Weibo when he saw that the big legal notice sent by the Qi family was on the Hot Search. It startled him into a high state of alert and he immediately told Fu Mingyuan.

No calls could get through to Shen Qi’s phone, so Fu Mingyuan had to contact Duan Rong to find out where Shen Qi was going.

After returning to his room, Fu Mingyuan let Shen Qi take a bath first.

Even after coming back, Fu Mingyuan still felt uneasy. He was afraid that Shen Qi had gotten a cold. In a few days, he had to compete. If he got a cold now, the impact would be very big.

While Shen Qi was taking a bath, he went to boil some ginger tea.

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