Epiphanies of Rebirth Chapter 73 (Part 2)
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Chapter 73.2 You two can't live like this without a proper title or distinction. This is the most basic requirement for my son's marriage.
The negotiation ended successfully, but Qi Kai didn’t feel an ounce of joy, he just sat blankly in the huge private room, looking at the clear sky outside the window.
After the new year, Yan City was still shrouded in the cold of winter; the earth barren.
A bell strung in the distance and resonated into his chest, echoing repeatedly inside.
Qi Kai suddenly narrowed his eyes and stared at a particular location. He even got up and moved closer to the window to have a better look.
A rather large deciduous tree in front of the restaurant had shed all of its leaves for the winter, but at the very top, Qi Kai could see a little bit of green life about to emerge.
However it was rather hard to make out clearly from such a tall distance. Qi Kai squirted his eyes but felt tired after looking at it for a while.
He couldn’t explain why he suddenly felt so vulnerable. As he lifelessly sat back down, Qi Kai glanced at the big envelope that Xiao Chi had left behind. He subconsciously opened it and pulled out the items inside.
On the sight of the rather clear photos, Qi Kai almost jumped out of his seat. When he recalled Xiao Chi's words, he immediately realized that Shi Nanxing probably was the one who had these pictures taken.
Did Shi Nanxing know Lin Jingzhe and Xiao Chi’s secret? When did he find out?
Qi Kai didn’t know the answers to the questions above, but the confusing actions of his uncle before all made sense now. He now knew why he had asked him to find a private detective, arranged for the company's driver to drive out of their province, and why he wanted someone who could enter Xiao Chi's father's work office.
When Qi Kai came home and saw Shi Nanxing playing chess with his grandfather, he felt an incoming headache.
Shi Nanxing immediately asked him, "How did the negotiation go?"
"All set." Qi Kai put on a tired smile in return to his uncle’s gleaming eyes. "I’m going upstairs to rest for now."
Qi Kai returned to his room and held out the thick envelope in front of him. He stood there, hesitating for a long time. When footsteps came from outside the door, he immediately opened a drawer and put the envelope inside.
As soon as Shi Nanxing entered the door, he saw Qi Kai lying on his bed with his limbs stretched out and his face blank.
Excited by the happy news, he stepped forward and asked, "Don't pretend to be dead, tell me about the situation!"
Qi Kai sighed and said, "The negotiation was a success, Xiao Chi said we can have the contract signed tomorrow at Flux Realty."
Shi Nanxing couldn't contain his joy, his face was bursting with happiness. After hesitating for a long time, Qi Kai still quietly asked the question that he had been meaning to do so, "Uncle, why don't we... let Xiao Chi go directly to the bank?"
"Are you retarded? What will Sha Peng do to us if we don’t hand him the money? Jiang Qiaqia can worry about the bank loan, and we will pay it back at the end of the year." Shi Nanxing felt relief, a heavy burden that had been weighing down his heart had finally been released. He sat down on the bed and ordered, "Hurry up and let the people in the company start the preparations. Oh and quickly inform Jiang Qiaqia of this, she needs to cooperate with us to go to the bank to go through the procedures."
On his way back, Xiao Chi received a call notifying him that Qi Kai decided to have Dominion Properties handle with the shares instead of the bank.
After returning home, he relayed this news to Xiao Shenxing. His father held his teacup silently for a while, soon he sighed, got up, and went upstairs.
Xiao Chi watched his father's back disappear behind the study door, before he turned to look for Lin Jingzhe.
Lin Jingzhe was currently playing on the computer with Xiao Miao. Well, to be more accurate, they were discussing Xiao Miao's investment plan
Lin Jingzhe was amazed by Xiao Miao's revolutionary vision. Regardless of profit or loss, for her to think of promoting the internet industry in this era was already quite a remarkable feat. Not to mention, the field of online creative works was a hot pie in the future generation; with the transition from PC to mobile, that sub-industry will only continue to thrive.
The changes of the times were often reflected in the details of ordinary people’s lives; the one chosen by more people was always the victor. The people of this age would never believe that the highly influential newspapers and magazines will soon be forced into a difficult predicament due to the real time ability of the internet. Lin Jingzhe also considered himself as an ordinary consumer in life. Compared with the nostalgic lifestyle, like most others, he was more inclined to choose new technology advances if it were to make his life more convenient– for example, in his new home in his previous life, his ordinary LED TV had slowly transitioned to digital television. A smart device would assist him in every step of the way, from the moment he entered his house, to until he goes to bed. Computers, tablets and smartphones had completely replaced 80% of the things that people carried in their daily lives! Not mentioning the paper books placed on the bookshelves that most people have but never read, by that time, he didn’t even need to bring a key or wallet when going out! All of it was now conveniently replaced by smart devices.
These changes infiltrated into the details of his life quietly, so much so that he can't recall an exact time even now. In the past, he was just a follower of trends, but now, he became a member who participated in creating a new era!
He couldn’t call Xiao Miao a grown up, but she has already studied in college for several years. Since she intended to arrange her career in advance, Lin Jingzhe was more than happy to help out. Hence, after Xiao Chi left in the morning, not only did he not leave, Lin Jingzhe stayed and had a deep conversation with Xiao Miao, asking in detail about her ideas about investing and entrepreneurship.
In the end, he couldn't help but admit with a sigh: every child in this compound wasn’t as simple as he had initially thought.
His sister, Shen Tiantian, was obedient, innocent, and bashful in this life, far less sinister and ruthless than when she confronted him tit-for-tat in his previous life. However at such a young age, she displayed her interest in investment and her future career just a few days prior. Xiao Chi's younger sister, Xiao Miao, looked pure-hearted and desireless, as if placing herself above the common populace, seemingly untouched by the mundane world, but when it came to business planning, she also hit the nail on the head, her ideas clear and logical.
They had already planned quite far even though there still has yet to be any capital injected. Considering that there weren’t any discussions in the profits distribution, there was an astonishing number of successful recruitees for their website. Xiao Miao pulled out the data of that forum to show him; the flow of people in the current forum was already quite considerable.
The forum was full of threads. Lin Jingzhe couldn’t comprehend the choice of green as a background and its particular font style. The most like threads on the homepage seemed to be some of the more popular books at the moment. The titles of these threads were rather bazaire to Lin Jingzhe, he squinted his eyes, trying to understand the tiny words at the end of the titles when Xiao Miao blushed and changed the page immediately.
"Brother Jingzhe." Xiao Miao asked him softly with a blushing face, "What do you think of our forum?"
She would never dare to ask about Xiao Chi, her brother was by no means as silly, innocent, and sweet as Brother Jingzhe. He would definitely click on the threads to read the content, and when he finished, she was bound to receive a beating.
Lin Jingzhe's original curiosity about the content was immediately diverted by the seldom look of dependency on Xiao Miao’s usually cold-tempered face. He felt a sense of paternal love for this little girl who was almost the same age as his current body. With kind eyes full of encouragement, Lin Jingzhe said, "Very good, go ahead and do it with confidence. It's rare for someone your age to be so passionate about an independent career at such a young age. I will definitely support you."
This was the first time Xiao Miao heard encouragement directly from another person, her face turned redder as she whispered: "But Brother Jingzhe, the initial funding for our website has not been settled yet."
Lin Jingzhe asked, "How much are you looking at?"
Xiao Miao replied apprehensively, "It's about...one million."
She was just given a good beating by Xiao Chi after asking for the same million, but Lin Jingzhe nonchalantly waved his hand. "Write a short-term development plan and hand it to me next time. As long as you show you have unwavering perseverance, I promise to help invest whatever you need!"
This was his little sister, as obedient and good-natured as Tiantian. Let alone a million, even if she wanted 10 million, so what? As long as she requests for something, he will buy buy buy!
Lin Jingzhe recalled just leaving Shen Family's house, Shen Tiantian threw a tantrum calling him a bad brother for never making any time to bring her out. Feeling ashamed at her words, Lin Jingzhe made a mental reminder to free up some time in the next few days. He must take Tiantian out to buy some beautiful new clothes. When the shopping mall in the Mixed-Use Building is completed, maybe he should apply for an unlimited card for that little girl? No wait!– That would be too limited, why not set up a pocket money fund for Tiantian directly?
What a good idea!
Lin Jingzhe happily smiled at the thought of Shen Tiantian jumping and cheering like a little sparrow, while sitting beside him, Xiao Miao had already fallen into a daze.
One million! ! !
Lin Jingzhe actually... agreed?
This feeling was too foreign for Xiao Miao.
Xiao Miao had only heard that Shen Tiantian was showing off her brother buying this and that. She bragged about how much money he gave her and what he promised to do with her all the time, but it was the first time in her life that she experienced such a moment of being inexplicably spoiled. An indescribable refreshing feeling rushed from her toes to her scalp; Xiao Miao finally realized what kind of life Shen Tiantian had been living!
So f*cking envious! ! !
Xiao Miao was about to cry out, but she tried her best to hold it in. Regardless, her eyes were already filled with tears, "Brother Jingzhe...Brother..."
Her call dragged Lin Jingzhe back to his senses. Seeing that she was about to cry again, he immediately flustered, and tried to wipe her tears with a tissue.
Thinking that he had been too strict just now and frightened Xiao Miao, Lin Jingzhe hurriedly comforted her in a gentle voice, "Don’t pressure yourself, it’s ok if you lose money, it's inevitable that one stumbles when doing business for the first time. I only wanted to say that since you have chosen this industry, you cannot just randomly give up because of the difficulties ahead. I just hope you can persevere..."
It would have been better if he didn't comfort her. But now that he was coddling her, Xiao Miao intuitively saw the inhuman life she had lived in the past. All of her envy towards Shen Tiantian and grievance towards herself mended together, so she threw herself into Lin Jingzhe's broad embrace, ready to cry it all out.
But at this moment, the door of her room was pushed open.
A familiar scent and momentum poured into the room, Xiao Chi expressionlessly entered, and then stretched out his hand——
He grabbed Xiao Miao's shirt collar and threw her aside.
In the next second, he pulled Lin Jingzhe up from his seat, hugged him, buried his head on Lin Jingzhe's shoulder, and took a deep breath.
Realizing that he was not in the right state, Lin Jingzhe hurriedly hugged him back. He stroked Xiao Chi’s back gently with one hand, and waited for his breathing to even out before asking in a low voice, "What's wrong? What happened? Do you want to talk?"
Xiao Chi's heavy mood all the way back was finally dispelled by Lin Jingzhe’s clear voice, like the warm sunshine after emerging from a thick fog. He sighed in confort but knew he couldn't tell Lin Jingzhe about this matter. Nothing good would happen if he were to tell him about this, that was a close call. So Xiao Chi just shook his head silently.
Seeing this, Lin Jingzhe didn't ask any more questions, but hugged Xiao Chi silently, giving him his quiet support.