Chapter 75: Shen Jun's Regret
Qin Qi raised his head and stared at Kong Nanzhu as he walked down the stairs. His face did not look very good, and there was a hint of blue-gray under his eyes, but this did not affect his handsomeness at all. His affectionate look could reach the most vulnerable and sensitive fortress deep in Kong Nanzhu's heart.
Qin Qi hadn't had time to take off his long windbreaker, or perhaps he didn't plan to stay long. The moment he saw Kong Nanzhu, he raised his foot and moved closer to her.
Wherever Qin Qi is, he is always the protagonist of the scene. The people around him automatically become invisible and become background extras. Kong Nanzhu tried his best to ignore his existence, but failed.
"Why did you come back suddenly?"
"Don't you want me to come back?" Qin Qi had already grabbed Kong Nanzhu's hand when they were still one step away from walking up the stairs. His usually warm palm now carried the chill from outside, and the cold touch made Kong Nanzhu unable to help but want to pull his hand back.
Qin Qi didn't give her this opportunity.
In front of so many members of the Qin family, Kong Nanzhu would not offend Qin Qi. She gave up struggling and was pulled to the dining table by Qin Qi with her body stiff, and sat down next to him.
Yuanxiao is filled with black sesame.
Xia Wanlin frowned, "Too sweet, so greasy."
Is it sweet?
With Qin Qi sitting next to him, Kong Nanzhu didn't know how the two of them would get along tonight. The Yuanxiao he ate tasted bitter.
Originally, Kong Nanzhu hoped that her relatives would leave as soon as possible so that she could be freed from such a depressing feeling.
Qin Qi suddenly came home, but she hoped that this boring party would not end so that she would not be alone with Qin Qi.
Qin Qi couldn't stand Kong Nanzhu's alienation and insisted on maintaining physical contact with her. He either stubbornly held her hand under the dining table or put his arms around her waist and occasionally touched Kong Nanzhu's sensitive waist muscles with his fingertips.
Kong Nanzhu bluntly waved Qin Qi's hand away. As much as she had longed for their intimacy before, she wanted to avoid it now.
Qin Qi lowered his voice and said, "Don't be so angry anymore, please."
Qin Qi rarely spoke to her in such a humble tone. To be more precise, Qin Qi in real life had almost never bowed his head to anyone.
He is the proud young master of the Qin family, a superstar who is like the moon surrounded by stars, with millions of fans screaming and shouting for him. He always stands on a high place and enjoys the admiration and attention of others, and he does not need to bow his head.
However, facing Kong Nanzhu's alienation and indifference, Qin Qi found that he had no way out. His advantages and strengths were no longer meaningful, and Kong Nanzhu didn't take these things seriously at all.
Qin Qi couldn't understand what Kong Nanzhu wanted him to do in order for their lives to return to normal.
Kong Nanzhu clearly realized that when she saw Qin Qi this time, she didn't feel happy at all except wanting to hide away from facing the messy relationship between the two of them. In the past, she would count the days waiting for Qin Qi to come home, but now she hoped that he would not come back.
After eating Yuanxiao, the party came to an end. After seeing off everyone else, Qin Hehai called Qin Qi to the study room alone.
Shen Jun looked very tired. She had consumed a lot of energy dealing with the Qin family all night. Recently, she always felt that her physical strength was not as good as before, and she often felt dizzy and sometimes had chest tightness.
Kong Nanzhu wanted to send her back to her room to rest, but Shen Jun asked her to wait a little longer.
"Your dad suddenly called Qin Qi back tonight and said he had something important to discuss with you. I'll go upstairs after he finishes speaking."
Shen Jun had a trace of sadness on his face. "Did you and Xiao Qi... have a fight? I saw that you seemed to be angry with him just now. Did he make you unhappy?"
Kong Nanzhu didn't know how to respond to the concern of her elders. She couldn't really complain to Shen Jun like she did to her own mother.
Shen Jun was both her adoptive mother and her mother-in-law. Such differences in ideas between the couple seemed insignificant and trivial to her. Many details had to be kept from Shen Jun, and generalizing them seemed like she was petty.
Shen Jun didn't ask any more questions, but patted Kong Nanzhu's hand, "Nanzhu, tell me the truth. Mom wants to know, do you feel happy marrying Xiao Qi?"
Kong Nanzhu's nose felt sore. She had been thinking about this question for many days.
The answer is vague.
She felt a mixture of happiness and sadness, and she didn't know how to evaluate her marriage life.
"Mom, I don't know..."
As soon as this answer came out, Shen Jun knew what was going on. She sighed, a look of regret on her face, her former strong aura faded, and her thin shoulders slumped.
"Mom knows that you like Xiao Qi, and I've promised you that Xiao Qi likes you, but I've been wondering if I did something wrong. I shouldn't have been so anxious to urge you two to date. If you had let your relationship take its natural course, maybe... maybe you would be much happier now."
If things had gone their own way, perhaps she and Qin Qi would never have fallen in love or gotten married.
She may already be the boss of an MCN company, with more than a dozen self-media bloggers with traffic exceeding one million.
Perhaps she was still secretly in love with Qin Qi, and like many other girls who liked Qin Qi, she watched him shining on the screen from afar.
Kong Nanzhu comforted him, "Why are you so sentimental all of a sudden? Xiao Qi is very nice to me...but whether two people are suitable for each other can only be discovered slowly through getting along with each other. This has nothing to do with you."
Shen Jun immediately became nervous when he heard this, "How can it be inappropriate? You two grew up together, and no one is more suitable than you two."
Kong Nanzhu opened her mouth, not knowing where to start, so in the end she just raised a not very convincing smile, "I hope so."
Before Shen Jun could say anything, Qin Hehai and Qin Qi came down from the second floor together.
The negotiations between the father and son must not have been smooth. Qin Qi had a gloomy face and exuded a terrifying low pressure. After just a few days of not seeing each other, Qin Hehai had more white hair.
"Nanzhu."
Being suddenly called by Qin Hehai, Kong Nanzhu stood up subconsciously. Qin Hehai waved his hand and motioned her to sit down.
"I heard that you have been busy preparing for the team recently. I want to give you some support."
Qin Hehai pulled out a chair and sat in the main seat in the center of the restaurant, four seats away from Shen Jun. Shen Jun was stunned, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Kong Nanzhu was flattered and immediately looked at Qin Qi's face. Qin Hehai slammed the table and said, "I said I would support you, but you see what he is doing. Can he stop me from investing in you?"
"Thank you, Dad. I don't need it for now..."
"If you want to do it, do it big. I know you don't want to touch the money your parents left you. I'll just treat this share as a loan to you. You can pay me back when you make some money."
Kong Nanzhu felt warm in her heart. Qin Hehai always cared about her most vulnerable thoughts. She really didn't want to touch the inheritance left by her parents. That money should realize greater value for her, and now is not the time.
"Regarding your personal studio, I have asked the last planning team to help you design a complete plan. You should learn to make use of the resources. This is much more efficient than working alone like a headless fly."
Qin Qi, contrary to his usual behavior, did not express any objections from beginning to end. Just now in the study, Qin Hehai probably had already given him a shot of prevention in advance.
Kong Nanzhu let out a breath. With Qin Hehai's statement, she suddenly found someone who could support her.
Nothing can make people stand up straighter than the recognition .
"Thank you, Dad."
However, the family meeting tonight was not over yet. Qin Hehai seemed to be hesitating about what to say next. During this break, the aunt who was cleaning the dishes in the kitchen suddenly shouted into the house, "It's snowing outside!"
Kong Nanzhu turned around and looked out of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room. There was indeed heavy snow falling from the sky. The snow was falling very fast and the night was covered in white.
Shen Jun: "It's snowing pretty heavily, why don't you stay at home tonight and leave tomorrow."
Qin Qi: "I have to go back to the crew early tomorrow morning, it's not convenient to leave from here."
Hearing that Qin Qi was leaving tomorrow, Kong Nanzhu actually felt relieved.
Qin Hehai's men had been holding a brown paper bag. After thinking for a long time, he finally pushed the bag towards Kong Nanzhu. Everyone thought that the bag contained the "plan" that Qin Hehai had mentioned. Kong Nanzhu also thought so, so she did not have any psychological burden when she untied the rope.
Until she took the documents out of the bag, Qin Qi, who was standing beside her, caught a glimpse of the familiar contract heading at the top. Qin Qi lost his composure for a moment and directly snatched the document bag from Kong Nanzhu.
"Give it back to her!"
Qin Hehai's voice was full of energy, and Kong Nanzhu was shocked. In the brief moment just now, she only caught a few scattered words.
With her human power of association, she realized that the document was related to her marriage.
