Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Dai Chukong brought Qi Bufan to a restaurant for dinner.
After the dishes were served, Qi Bufan watched as Dai Chukong picked up a carrot. He thought of something and his gaze became nostalgic. He said, âI remember that when you first lived with me, you hated eating carrots the most.â
Dai Chukong still remembered what happened back then.
She said, âYou said that eating carrots is good for the eyes and for the body. I listened to you.â
Qi Bufan nodded.
He ate a piece of bamboo shoot. It was like chewing wax.
He put down his chopsticks and said to Dai Chukong, âChukong is very obedient. Then, can Chukong listen to Dad again?â
Dai Chukong looked puzzled. âWhat?â
Qi Bufan remained silent.
Dai Chukong looked at him uneasily. Her heart was in turmoil. She did not know what he was trying to say.
Qi Bufanâs gaze was very serious. Just as Dai Chukong was about to be ashamed and wanted to lower her head to avoid his gaze, Qi Bufan finally spoke.
Qi Bufan said, âDonât love me.â
Dai Chukongâs face turned pale.
âBrotherâ¦â
âChukong, Iâm your father.â Qi Bufan interrupted her.
Dai Chukong gritted her teeth and looked indignant. âBut youâre not my father!â
âIâm your fatherâs brother. Itâs fine if you donât want to call me father, but you can call me uncle.â Just take it that the father-daughter bond between them was no longer there.
Dai Chukong was about to cry.
She gripped her chopsticks tightly with her right hand. Her expression was angry and ashamed. She said indignantly, âI wonât! I donât want you to be my father or my uncle! I like you. Iâve liked you since the first time I saw you! I love you. I donât want to be your daughter. I want to be your woman!â
Dai Chukongâs tone became more and more emotional.
Qi Bufan scolded her softly, âChukong, shut up!â
His cold expression was very scary.
Dai Chukong suddenly shut her mouth.
She looked at Qi Bufan in silence, her eyes red. In the past, she had thought that Qi Bufan was the best and most considerate person in the world, but now, she felt that Qi Bufan was the most ruthless and heartless person in the world. He had rejected her feelings just like that, without any reluctanceâ¦
Dai Chukong opened her mouth and took a deep breath.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
She looked up and held back her tears.
She looked at the man opposite her with a blurry gaze and asked Qi Bufan, âYou want to reject me, right?â
âYes,â Qi Bufan replied firmly.
Dai Chukong gave up.
âWhat I want to be is never your daughter.â Dai Chukong put down her chopsticks. Her hands were clenched into fists, and she pointed her fingers inward with her thumbs facing out. She exerted force with her fingertips, and the nails of her eight fingers almost completely pierced the flesh of her palms.
She said, âIf you donât accept my love, then weâd better stop living together.â
âIâm tired of pretending not to love you.â
âIâve had enough! Iâve really had enough! Brother⦠if you really canât accept me, then letâs split up now.â
After saying that, Dai Chukong fixed her gaze on Qi Bufan. She wanted to see regret and reluctance on his face. However, Qi Bufan disappointed her. His expression was serious and stern without any pity.
Dai Chukong completely gave up.
âMy father is willing to die for you because he treats you as a brother. He thinks itâs worth it. You donât have to feel guilty towards me. Iâm proud of my father, who is willing to sacrifice for his comrades.â She stood up, and his gaze followed her naturally.
âWhen I graduate and find a job, Iâll return you all the money youâve spent on me over the years.â
ââ¦Uncle.â
Dai Chukong called him uncle and left.
At first, she was walking. Her footsteps were slightly messy. When she walked out of the restaurant, she started to run.
Qi Bufan pressed his face against the window and watched Dai Chukong run back to school, wiping her tears with her hands.
He sat alone, unaware of the passage of time.
When Qi Bufan came to look for Fang Yusheng, Fang Yusheng was waiting for him at the Fang familyâs entrance with the Maserati parked beside him.
Fang Yusheng raised his eyebrows when he saw him.
He stood up and walked to Qi Bufan, asking softly, âHave you told her?â
ââ¦Yeah.â
âAfter thinking about it, I feel that drinking alcohol is meaningless. Iâll bring you for a spin. What do you think?â Fang Yusheng seemed to be prepared. Not only was he wearing a sweater, but he was also wearing a down jacket that could withstand the cold.
Qi Bufan felt terrible, but he did not say anything and nodded.
Fang Yusheng got into the driverâs seat and let Qi Bufan sit in the front passenger seat.
He drove the car out of Binjiang City and went to a sports car road. This was a racing road specially built by a group of good-for-nothings in Binjiang City for the sake of racing. People came here to race in the middle and end of every month. Today was neither the middle of the month nor the end of the month, but there were still people racing privately on this road.
Fang Yusheng parked the car at the entrance of the racing track. He got up from the driverâs seat and walked around to the front passenger seat. He said to Qi Bufan, âYou drive.â
Qi Bufan looked up at him in surprise.
Fang Yusheng said, âItâs very uncomfortable to hold it in, right? You drive. Remember, Iâm still in your car. Iâm different from you. I have a wife and children. Nothing can happen to me.â
Hearing Fang Yushengâs threat, Qi Bufan felt his heart warm.
He jumped into the driverâs seat and drove Fang Yusheng as fast as lightning. They overtook the cars and arrived at the end of the road in less than two minutes.
Qi Bufan stopped the car, his short hair disheveled.
He looked at the barren land at the end of the road and could not help but lean on the car and cry.
Fang Yusheng looked at him silently.
âI brought her up from nine years old to twenty years old. Itâs been eleven years! Canât we just be father and daughter properly? You know that she actually said something like returning my child support fees today. For so long, Iâve never heard her call me daddy. She only called me brother. Today, she actually called me uncleâ¦â
âWhen she was in her third year of high school, I would take the time to make supper for her no matter how busy I was. I hoped that she would do well in her exams and that her future would be bright. I thought that my words and actions were right. How could sheâ¦â Qi Bufan found it unbelievable that Dai Chukong would fall in love with him.
But it did happen.
âWe broke off our father-daughter relationship today. Sheâs really quite ruthless to break it off just like that.â
Qi Bufan cried hard, and Fang Yusheng heard him say many things.
After he finished crying, Fang Yusheng said, âThis is good too. In the future, find someone who knows her place and you wonât be afraid that she and Chukong wonât get along well.â
Qi Bufan ignored him.
When Fang Yusheng returned home, what awaited him was the hot rice Qiao Jiusheng had left in the pot. He immediately felt extremely happy.
In a small forest in London.
A man stood in front of Lisaâs tombstone. He was wearing a gray winter coat with a beige scarf around his neck. The man was no longer young. There were even a few light wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but his facial features were still exquisite and good-looking.
It was hard to imagine how stunning he looked when he was young.
He looked down at the tombstone in front of him, and his eyes revealed a yearning that seemed to be both painful and hateful. He muttered, âI finally escaped from the cliff, but you diedâ¦â
Footsteps rustled behind the man.
A gentle and quiet voice called out to him, causing him to trembleâ
âBaoguang?â
Chi Baoguang turned around and saw a woman.
A woman in a grayish-blue coat stood under a small oak tree. She looked at the man in front of her, her quiet and deep green eyes filled with shock..