Ch50 - Recollection

After fleeing from Xie Yan, Ji Qinghuai, who had returned home, turned into a frosted eggplant and ran to his brother’s room to seek comfort.

Qin Lang, who had been explaining some things to his assistant, noticed his dejected appearance and put down the phone, asking, “What’s wrong?”

Ji Qinghuai walked over to him and sat down beside him, placing one hand on Qin Lang’s shoulder and resting his chin on it. He pouted aggrievedly, “Little cutie, he is really angry this time.”

To who this “he” was referring to, Qin Lang didn’t even have to think. Currently, the only person who could influence Ji Qinghuai’s mood to this extent was Xie Yan.

Qin Lang asked curiously, “What did you do?”

“It’s a long story.” Ji Qinghuai pressed Qin Lang’s shoulder and recounted the whole encounter in detail.

“Before, when I went to catch Lin Shuye, I was bitten by him because I was too careless and he managed to escape. At that time, the poison had started to take effect and I had a severe headache, so I went to a nearby pharmacy to buy some medicine.

But I wasn’t very lucky. Xiang Yunfei gave me a box of irrelevant medicine. The medicine was made with herbs with cold properties and as a result, it merged with the poison, transforming into cold poison. I didn’t know there was something wrong with the medicine at the time and I even ate two more pills when the cold poison attacked again, accidentally worsening its effects. I tried to walk back but couldn’t hold on and lost consciousness.”

“When I woke up, I found that I had turned back into a cat and I felt very uncomfortable. I also realised I couldn’t use any spiritual power but at this time, someone walked past me and accidentally stepped on me. I was afraid that it would be unsafe outside and since the person was also a demon, I followed him all the way home and he took me in.”

“Someone came to make trouble that night and that was when I knew his name. Xie Yan.”

Ji Qinghuai spoke calmly while Qin Lang listened quietly. Although he didn’t reply, he listened carefully to each word.

It turned out that this was how his brother and Xie Yan met.

Ji Qinghuai continued his unfinished words. “A few days after that, the cold poison attacked again, and it was Xie Yan who saved me and also tried to find a way to cure me.”

“During the time I went missing, I was at his house. He also took good care of me. When he saved off my fur, I got mad at him so he gave me that bell to coax me.”

The coaxing failed and Ji Qinghuai jumped up and down, causing the bell around his neck to ring the whole day. Finally, Xie Yan made a compromise.

“Under his considerate care, my spiritual power gradually recovered. Then, I jumped out the window and ran away without saying goodbye.”

“Actually, I was a little reluctant to leave but didn’t realize it until I saw him again on my blind date.”

“I didn’t know who he was fighting with at that time, but when I saw him fall from such a high place, the only thought in my mind was to protect him from harm. So, I caught him in my arms and brought him down. In his memory, that was the first time we met.”

Ji Qinghuai turned his head to the side and rested his face on the back of his hand.

“The moment I saw him, it suddenly hit me that I’d gotten used to relying on him during that time. The vague feeling in my heart became clearer and that was when I realised I liked him.”

Ji Qinghuai’s eyes were slightly closed, his mind recalling dribs and drabs of his first encounter with Xie Yan. Until now, he remembered every seemingly inconspicuous small detail very clearly.

“Afterwards, I always tried to find a way to get close to him. I wanted to get along with him as soon as possible and know more about him.”

Ji Qinghuai paused, “He doesn’t seem easy to get along with, but he’s very warm after becoming more familiar.”

Xie Yan wasn’t warm at all. Qin Lang declined to comment and said, “Isn’t your relationship already very good now?”

“Of course ah. Ji Qinghuai smiled bitterly, “As of last night, our relationship had indeed been very good.”

“What happened last night?” Qin Lang asked.

“Don’t worry, listen to me slowly.” He continued, “I went to see Xu Luo yesterday afternoon because I felt that my body seemed a little different. I wanted him to diagnose me and learned something.”

Ji Qinghuai sighed softly, “Last time, when Xu Luo helped me remove the cold poison, he found that there was something wrong with the colour of my blood. He took my blood back and found out that I had been seriously poisoned.”

Qin Lang, who had been listening carefully, frowned.

“At that time, after I was bitten by Lin Shuye, Xiang Yunfei’s medicine didn’t detoxify me and the toxin remained dormant in my body.”

Holding the same posture for a long time would make one tired. Ji Qinghuai sat up straight, “I was affected by the poison last night and did something inappropriate to Xie Yan. I confessed to him and was even about to kiss him…”

Ji Qinghuai raised his hand to cover his face, “Then, he kicked me off the bed…”

If this was a normal day, Qin Lang would have laughed out loud when he heard that, but at this moment he couldn’t laugh at all.

Qin Lang frowned, “Why didn’t you tell me about such an important matter earlier?”

Ji Qinghuai raised his head and retorted, “What’s the use of saying it earlier? It’s not like you can coax him.”

Qin Lang: “…”

They weren’t on the same page at all.

Qin Lang let Ji Qinghuai get annoyed.

What time was it? Still thinking about Xie Yan but ignoring the powerful poison hidden in his body?

“I’m not talking about Xie Yan.” Qin Lang could only stifle his anger but when he spoke to Ji Qinghuai, his tone was as calm as usual, “I mean, since you know that you have been poisoned, yesterday, why did you…”

Qin Lang paused, “I was at home all day today, you should have told me earlier.”

“Speak one minute later and worry one minute less.”

Qin Lang couldn’t refute Ji Qinghuai’s reason. He had gotten used to it for so many years. Anyway, no matter what he said, Ji Qinghuai always had something to refute him.

Qin Lang stopped worrying about this issue, and instead asked, “Did Dr Xu say how to remove this poison?”

“Xu Luo said that the poison is unique to Lin Shuye, he should have an antidote.” After speaking, he remembered something and added, “Regardless of whether he has an antidote or not, finding him as soon as possible will help us.”

Ji Qinghuai was afraid that Qin Lang would be very worried, so he patted Qin Lang on the shoulder and pretended to be relaxed, “But don’t worry too much, Xu Luo said that my body has recovered well so this poison can’t do anything to me for the time being. As long as we find Lin Shuye as soon as possible and get rid of the poison, it will be fine.”

He said that, but being affected suddenly last night was not a good sign. Ji Qinghuai, as the party involved, knew how powerful this poison could be when it flared up. Last night, only his desire was affected. If it was the same as the previous two times, what would have happened last night would be a whole different scenario,

Thinking about it this way, Ji Qinghuai felt that he might as well have lost his mind and fought with Xie Yan last night. Qin Lang was at home anyway, so he would lose a one-on-two fight.

Aiii…

After the two finished talking, Qin Lang immediately notified the demons working under the East district to assist in arresting Lin Shuye. Lin Shuye was a fugitive and there was someone assigned to capture him but it would take a long time and he couldn’t afford to wait.

Nothing was more important than detoxifying Ji Qinghuai!

The next day after the order was issued, Qin Lang received news from his assistant Yang Yinan early in the morning. Yang Yinan reported that the heads of the other three districts had been notified yesterday by someone to assist in the arrest of the rat demon, Lin Shuye, and that people from the other three districts had already started looking for him.

The four districts were managed by different people and there were also people above them. For example, with his power, Qin Lang could only mobilise the people he was responsible for. Someone who can mobilize the three districts at one time was definitely above him.

Xie Yan.

Qin Lang could only think of him. Xie Yan didn’t mobilize the demons in the East District because he knew Qin Lang would do so.

During this period, Qin Lang noticed one thing.

Xie Yan left yesterday morning and didn’t even talk to Ji Qinghuai. That meant that he should have known about the poison the day before yesterday but why did he only find out yesterday?

Qin Lang was suddenly a little unhappy.

Now, he can’t even be the first to know about such an important matter?

Hmph.

Xie Yan was secretly helping Ji Qinghuai find Lin Shuye, while his brother was in a hurry to find someone and eating vinegar at the same time. At this moment, Ji Qinghuai didn’t know any of these and was sleeping without being able to tell between day and night.

For the next three days, Ji Qinghuai stayed at home and didn’t even step foot out of the living room door. First, it was too cold outside, so he didn’t want to freeze himself. Second, he was in a bad mood and just didn’t want to go out.

And the reason for the bad mood was because of that.

Xie Yan was angry.

Ji Qinghuai stared at the phone in a daze every day. Sometimes, he would type out a message in their chat but he would delete it and retype it, only to delete it again. The message wasn’t sent and he didn’t dare to call. And Xie Yan also didn’t take the initiative to find him. The last chat between the two was on Christmas Day.

Ji Qinghuai could only sigh.

Christmas is over, how is this good ah…

On the morning of the fourth day, Ji Qinghuai had to put on his clothes and go out because he needed to attend a wedding banquet for Ji Xianzhi. It wasn’t too late when he left, but there were already many people present.

Ji Qinghuai didn’t have the heart to deal with people, so he chose a quiet place and sat down, reducing his sense of existence. He didn’t like such occasions with too many people. The noisy people only gave him a headache.

Because he was still thinking about Xie Yan’s anger, Ji Qinghuai couldn’t do anything in the past few days. He picked up a piece of watermelon and put it into his mouth but before he could bite on it, he suddenly heard someone say, “Hi.”

It was a girl’s voice.

Ji Qinghuai looked back and faced Zhao Anran.

The author has something to say:

On Ji Qinghuai’s attitude towards ‘being stepped on by Xie Yan’s paws’ at different times:

When meeting for the first time: Who is this blind person that dares step on this Young Master?

Once he fell in love: He accidentally stepped on me.

I felt JQH when “slept without being able to tell day and night”. I slept for a total of 13 hours after getting my booster, 2 hours after breakfast, 3 after lunch and 9 hours during night LMAO

Just a quick heads up, if there are 2 horizontal lines at the end of the chapter like this one, the first line will be for author’s note and it will also be stated at the beginning. The other horizontal line below it will be my own comment and I won’t indicate it because I’m too lazy.