Chapter 19: CH 19

Chapter 19: I want to see him again

When Yu Nian woke up the next day, he saw Xie You’s reply — “I had fun too, good night”.

He sat up in a good mood and stretched out. Yu Nian walked to the living room with his slippers and found that Yu Qing had put a sticky note on the refrigerator door, with messy handwriting on it, “Eat breakfast before leaving, you are not allowed to skip it!!!” The three exclamation marks at the end of the sentence took up half the piece of paper.

There were two sandwiches in the refrigerator, Yu Nian heated up a cup of milk, and took a photo for Yu Qing to see before eating. Yu Qing was probably on the plane and didn’t send a reply. Yu Nian was about to put down his mobile phone when the text message prompt suddenly sounded.

It was sent by Xie You. There were only two simple words, “Good morning.”

Yu Nian typed back quickly, “Good morning!”

Carrying a glass of freshly squeezed juice to the dance studio, An Cheng teased him when he saw Yu Nian, “Brother Meng posted the video of you practising dance in the practice room, and I saw that many people on Weibo are praising you for dancing well.”

Yu Nian was a little embarrassed, “I’m still far behind.”

The corners of Huo Xing’s stiff mouth relaxed, “It’s good to be clear in your heart, don’t get carried away after a few words. Whether it’s singing or dancing, your basic skills must be solid.”

An Cheng raised his eyebrows, “I said Teacher Huo, can’t you even say a few nice words?”

“If he wants to hear something good, he can read the comments left by his fans. He doesn’t need my good words.”

The two of them said one sentence after another, so Yu Nian didn’t get the chance to say anything. He could only warm up by the side and wait for the two teachers to finish speaking, before starting the class.

Xie You was in a good mood all morning.

The special assistant Qin Jian was reporting the work, and after the end, he said, “There is movement.”

The nib of Xie You’s pen stopped in the air, “What?”

“Last night Director Ding hosted a banquet at JiaTing Villa to entertain Director Song. Manager Wang and Manager Zhao were also there to accompany him. These few people talked very happily and didn’t leave until eleven o’clock. Director Ding also personally opened the door for Song Dong.”

Xie You tapped lightly on the table with his fingers and lowered his eyelashes, making it difficult to see his expression, “Do you know what they were talking about?”

Qin Jian: “It should be related to the development case mentioned at the previous meeting. Director Ding has been planning for it for so long, maybe he wants to start from here.”

“They can’t get in.” Xie You thought for a few seconds, “Is there anything else?”

Qin Jian hesitated, not knowing whether to say it or not.

Xie You’s eyes fell on his face, “Speak.”

Qin Jian didn’t dare to look at Xie You, and said bluntly, “This morning, Manager Wang met with someone from the secretariat, and pretended to ask casually who Yu Nian is.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he found that Xie You’s expression suddenly became cold, and his voice seemed to be frozen, “What else?”

Qin Jian lowered his eyes and speeded up his speech, “He also asked around overtly and secretly about why do you go to Xingyao to find President Qu so frequently some time ago, what’s the purpose? The person in charge of the public relations department also came to me and said that Manager Zhao’s secretary also mentioned Yu Nian when he was chatting with colleagues in the public relations department.”

Xie You didn’t speak. The air in the office seemed to have stopped flowing, oppressing to the point of suffocation.

Qin Jian continued, “The colleagues in the public relations department didn’t pay attention at that time, they just said a few words in passing. But later they found out that something was wrong, so they reported it.”

He paid attention to Xie You’s face but didn’t see anything, so he had to speculate, “We’re moving too fast, so they can’t keep up at all. They must be in a hurry, so they grabbed this point and wanted to make a move. “

After Qin Jian finished speaking, he signed a little.

He used to be Xie You’s father’s special assistant. After Xie You took over, he has been following Xie You until now; watching with his own eyes how Xie You stabilised his position step by step.

Xie You almost forced himself to learn to be calm and restrained in a very short period of time, learn to hide his preferences, learn to deal with those old foxes calmly, and learn to wear a cold and strong mask, making the people below tremble with fear, and didn’t dare to bully him because of his young age.

He couldn’t even remember how long it had been since Xie You had laughed.

The mask has been worn for a long time, and it’s very difficult to take it off now.

Others only saw that the young head of the Xie family became more and more like a superior, and fewer and fewer people dared to look him in the eyes. But very few people noticed that he was only twenty-three years old. If he was in an ordinary environment, he would just walk out of the university campus.

Unable to bear it, Qin Jian still said, “You need to be restrained.”

“Otherwise, it will hurt him, right?”

Xie You’s voice was very soft.

His eyes fell on the lit phone screen, which showed a text message from Yu Nian, saying good morning to him.

Qin Jian looked at Xie You’s hand holding the pen so hard that his knuckles turned white, but he still said, “Yes, because you didn’t have a weakness before.”

Because without a weakness, your opponent can’t hurt you.

But now there is, it will make the enemy excited.

After a long time, Xie You turned off the screen of his mobile phone, “I know.”

He looked at the black screen of the mobile phone, and said it clearly, word by word, “Tell the people in the public relations department that Qu Xiaoran asked me to help him with something. I often went to Xingyao to find Qu Xiaoran recently because I fell in love with underground boxing together with him and spent a lot of money. As for Yu Nian…,” he paused and continued after a while, “I know what to do about it.”

Qin Jian replied, “I’ll get it done.”

Xie You got up, “First, postponed the video conference in the afternoon.”

“You—”

“Uncle Qin, I’m going to Xingyao,” Xie You held the phone tightly, and his voice was very low, “I want to see him again.”

Qin Jian sighed and didn’t object anymore. He just said, “Don’t worry, no one will find out.”

Qu Xiaoran was sitting in his office dozing off. Seeing Xie You’s sudden arrival, he felt a little strange, “Why did you suddenly come here?”

Xie You was silent for a few seconds, and then said bluntly, “Ding Zhaoxian hosted a banquet at JiaTing Villa last night to Song Ke.”

Qu Xiaoran woke up from his drowsy slumber, and stood up immediately, “Fuck — okay, this young master won’t swear! Ding Zhaoxian and Song Ke? How did the two of them get together? Wasn’t Song Ke’s side torn apart by you? Does he still want to make trouble?”

Xie You didn’t say anything.

Qu Xiaoran had a bad premonition in his heart. He scratched his head, knowing that his IQ was limited. Usually, when Xie You encountered this kind of serious thing, he would just take him to play, “My brother, I’m quite free these two days, do you want to meet and have a meal together? Have a talk? Xie Xiaoyou, I know you are powerful, but it’s quite dangerous to fight alone. Ding Zhaoxian has a solid foundation, great power, and dirty methods. I am really afraid for you!”

Xie You didn’t answer, and instead asked, “Is Uncle Qu in the country?”

Qu Xiaoran was stunned, and nodded quickly, “His flight will be back by tomorrow night.”

“I’ll see Uncle Qu the day after tomorrow.”

“Okay, okay,” Qu Xiaoran nodded again and again. The bad feeling in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, and he couldn’t help asking, “You are in a bad mood… Is something wrong?”

Xie You put his fisted hand behind his back, “They’re eyeing Yu Nian.” He tried his best to restrain himself, but in front of Qu Xiaoran, his voice was still a little trembling.

“Fuck!” Qu Xiaoran’s eyes widened, and he slapped the tabletop with his hand, “Those old bastards are really shameless!” He reacted suddenly, swallowing his saliva, “Then what are you going to do?”

He watched everything until now, and he knew the means of those people. Back then, Xie You was forced to suffer from migraine, even when he couldn’t sleep, he didn’t dare to see a doctor and take medicine, for fear of some underhanded methods.

Later, Xie You survived, the counterattack was successful, and several old guys were kicked away, and then it stopped.

During that time, the Xie family’s internal affairs were really bloody, and he worried every day whether Xie You would have any “accident” that was not an accident.

On the contrary, Xie You’s tone has completely calmed down, “Last time when Yu Nian was set up by those fans, you asked for my help.”

Qu Xiaoran nodded heavily, “Okay.”

“I always come to Xingyao during this time, it was because I watched the underground boxing match with you, and I also raised black market boxers.”

Qu Xiaoran wrote it down, “Okay, I’ll do it today.”

Xie You took a breath, “Where is he?”

Qu Xiaoran responded quickly, “Yu Nian should be taking vocal lessons now. Meng Yuan didn’t give him any messy announcements. When he wasn’t recording the program, he would dance in the morning and vocal lessons in the afternoon, and sometimes learn other miscellaneous things.”

He paused and asked again, “Xie Xiaoyou, do you… want to take a look?”

“En.”

The two took the elevator down to the 30th floor, and Qu Xiaoran brought Xie You at the door of the practice room and asked in a low voice, “He’s inside. Do you want to go in? I’ll just make an excuse.”

Xie You shook his head.

He stood against the wall, listening carefully to the sounds coming from inside.

Qu Xiaoran stood on the side, anxious. For the first time, he felt that the sound insulation of these practice rooms should not be so good in the first place!

After a while, a faint singing voice came out. As soon as Qu Xiaoran heard it, he could tell that it was Yu Nian singing.

He glanced at Xie You quietly and found that Xie You was still standing in the same position as before, but the whole person seemed to be relaxed.

For some reason, he felt a tinge of bitterness in his heart.

If Xie Xiaoyou’s father and brother are still good, then he should be the same as himself, playing games and dozing off at work, and wanting to play until midnight after work. If there was any trouble, there would be a big brother to help with it.

You can’t even like someone now, afraid that your liking will be used by others and become a sharp knife to stab the other party.

After standing for five minutes, Xie You tilted his head and said, “Let’s go.”

Qu Xiaoran returned to his senses, “Don’t you want to… listen to it for a bit longer?”

“No need.”

If he listen to him again, he’ll want to push the door in and take a look at him.