I Am Rich

13

It's New Year's Eve. Since Guan Zhiyi had finished recording for the variety show, she can take a rest for a while, then enter the group "Dawn and the Wild" after the new year.

Guan Zhiyi went home because of her father's words. Originally she planned to return by herself, she didn't expect Qi Chengyan to come.

"Sister Yun hasn't come yet, she asked me to wait for her."

Qi Chengyan said, "No, she already knows that I'm coming."

Guan Zhiyi was a little surprised: "So, are we going home now?"

Qi Chengyan asked, "Do you need to go back to your place to pack?"

"There is no need, all the necessities have been brought for this recording."

"Okay, let's go straight away then."

"Um!"

Qi Chengyan took her suitcase and gestured for her to go outside first.

Guan Zhiyi greeted Xiao Ran, "Goodbye."

Xiao Ran answered, "I'll see you next year."

Guan Zhiyi nodded and walked towards the door. Xiao Ran stared at her back and lamented, "I said, you also specially come to pick up this girl, my curiosity is getting heavier."

Qi Chengyan: "Throw away your curiosity."

"Hiss ...... are you sure you don't want to tell me who she really is to you."

Qi Chengyan smiled faintly: "Didn't I already tell you." 

"But you even come to pick her up...Can you give me some more hints?"

Qi Chengyan thought for a moment: "Neighbours."

"Um?!"

Qi Chengyan patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, I'll go first."

Qi Chengyan and Guan Zhiyi walk out one after the other.

"Neighbour? Guan... Could it be that...'' Xiao Ran was stunned, "Guan Yuanbai's family?"

"Brother Ran, are you leaving now." Just at this time, Xiao Ran's agent came over.

Xiao Ran was still in a daze and didn't answer his question immediately, so the agent followed his line of sight and looked towards Qi Chengyan,"I did not expect that Guan Zhiyi is Qi's person, this little girl has some ability."

Xiao Ran glanced at him:"What are you thinking?"

The agent naturally said: "I heard that Qi Chengyan is going to make big moves in the entertainment industry. After he returned to China, many sharp-eyed celebrities fought advancing wave upon wave**. Zheng Yitong, you know, I heard that she was chasing him some time ago. It's unexpected to see Zhiyi, a small third line artist, succeed first."

(**one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades.**)

Xiao Ran inexplicably laughed: "Qi Chengyan is so good, can anyone succeed."

Agent: "Then Guan Zhiyi ......"

"She is an exception. Let's go, I want to go back and rest early."

Xiao Ran didn't say much. The Guan family and the Qi family's wealth were equal in power, yet Guan Zhiyi struggled in the circle alone. There might be a reason for this. But since she and Qi Chengyan didn't say anything, he naturally wouldn't talk too much.

However, this can explain the reason why Qi Chengyan personally came to pick her up. Given his relationship with Guan Yuanbai, it is not surprising for him to help her.

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Qi Chengyan didn't drive by himself today, Guan Zhiyi glanced at the person who sat next to her, asked, "He's the one who asked you to pick me up, right?"

"Still mad at your brother?"

Guan Zhiyi hummed lightly then turned her head to look out the window, "If he was really sincere, he should have apologized to me and come to pick me up in person."

"It seems that you don't like me picking you up."

Guan Zhiyi was taken aback and quickly said, "That's not what I meant. I, I like it when you come to pick me up!"

The corners of Qi Chengyan's lips is faintly hooked: "Oh, really."

"Yes! I just casually said that to express his lack of sincerity."

Qi Chengyan said: "He said he knew he was wrong the last time. So he won't say it again in the future."

"Really?"

"Really, but I guess he can't give up his dignity to keep a high profile, he let me come to pick you up instead." Qi Chengyan is very skilled at being a peacemaker for both of them, "So don't be stubborn when you get home."

Guan Zhiyi is indeed easy to coax, Hearing that Guan Yuanbai actually knew that he was wrong, she immediately lowered her resentment towards him.

"When the show aired, I watched it a bit." Qi Chengyan said.

Guan Zhiyi was a little embarrassed after hearing this: "I haven't watched it yet, Isn't it quite silly?" 

"I didn't expect you to have such a strong living ability. In these years, do you really have to carry everything by yourself?" Qi Chengyan glanced at her, "What does your brother think, really let you do it all alone."

Guan Yi was stunned: "Actually, he wanted to help me in the middle, but the premise was that I gave up my current career. Of course I refused, and I already said at the very beginning that I could live on my own, so I don't want any help from home."

"Don't think it's hard?"

"I don't think so."

Qi Chengyan's news about Guan Zhiyi in those years was actually disconnected, so he was surprised when he saw the news and variety shows. He did not expect the little girl he held and spoiled when she was a child could also live like this.

"How have you been with Hongxi recently?" Qi Chengyan asked casually.

Guan Zhiyi didn't expect him to ask about this, said somewhat awkwardly, "Ah ...... he, it's not convenient for me to call anyone during recording this month, so I didn't contact him either."

"Um."

Qi Chengyan didn't mean to continue asking, Guan Zhiyi said, "Did he tell you something."

"No."

"Oh."

"Instead, he told his parents that he likes you very much."

"Is that so ......"

"What?" Qi Chengyan glanced at her, "You don't seem to be very happy."

Guan Zhiyi of course can make some perfunctory remarks just now, if she wanted to pretend she can easily do so, but she doesn't know why, when she's next to Qi Chengyan, she has no desire to pretend.

"Then brother, do you feel happy?"

Qi Chengyan paused for a moment: "Me?"

When Guan Zhiyi asked this sentence, she suddenly realized something was wrong. Why did she ask this… She twisted her eyebrows and changed her words: "I mean, I'm with your cousin, will you feel... happy? Is it appropriate?"

Qi Chengyan looked ahead and said, "If both of you really like each other, then you can say it's appropriate."

"So...you feel very happy too, right?"

Qi Chengyan stretched out his hand and rubbed her head, said, "If you children are happy, then I will be happy."

Child……

She has grown up so much, why is she still a child?

In fact, she used to like it when he treated her this way, calling her a child and spoiling her more than her own brother did. But now, she suddenly felt that she didn't like it…

Really, she doesn't like it at all.

An hour later, the car drove into the Imperial Palace.

Yuhe Mansion is located in the prime area of the imperial capital, close to the Changhu Lake and the wetland, with a superior natural environment. Guan Zhiyi has lived here since she was a child. Qi Chengyan's grandfather also lives here, and Qi Chengyan lived with his grandfather when he was a child, so he has also lived in this area for more than ten years.

When the car got in, Qi Chengyan first had the driver drive to the front of the Guan family house, and only when Guan Zhiyi got out of the car did he allow the driver to turn back. However this turn back is not that much farther, in a few minutes he reached his own house.

After saying goodbye to Qi Chengyan, Guan Zhiyi pulled her suitcase and walked inside.

"Little Miss is back!" Just after entering through the doorway, the family's maid, Auntie Chen, already welcomed her with surprise.

Guan Zhiyi said, "Auntie Chen, are Dad and Brother here?"

"Yes, they're here, they're probably in the study now. Come, come, give me your luggage."

Guan Zhiyi let go of her hand and went inside.

There are many people who help out at home, most of them watched her grow up, so they all looked happy when they see her coming back. Guan Zhiyi greeted them one by one before walking to the study. She raised her hand and knocked on the door, then she heard her father say from inside,"Come in"

"Dad." Guan Zhiyi peered her head in. 

Guan Xinghuai was sitting behind the desk while Guan Yuanbai sat in front of him. The two of them were probably talking about the company matter again.

"You're back." Guan Xinghuai said.

"Um.

"What are you doing standing there, come in."

"Oh."

Guan Zhiyi walked in and closed the door.

"What's the matter with you?" Guan Yuanbai frowned and stared at her.

Guan Zhiyi: "...what happened to me."

Guan Yuanbai looked at her up and down, stood up, then pulled her arm: "I just saw you some time ago... Why did you lose so much weight?"

Guan Zhiyi said indifferently: "Weight loss ah.."

"I told you not to go on a diet."

Guan Xinghuai also followed to lecture her: "Xiao Wu, your brother is right. Why are you so messy at a young age!"

"I'm not dieting! Just healthy weight loss, I exercise to be thin." Guan Zhiyi explained, "Really."

Guan Yuanbai reached out and directly squeezed her face, dissatisfied: "Before is already thin enough, I really don't know what you think."

"That is you who thinks that I'm thin, but the camera does not think so......"

"What did you say?"

"No, nothing." Guan Zhiyi also knew that Guan Yuanbai and her father were actually worried about her, so she said, "It's okay, I'm very healthy, don't start lecturing me as soon as I come back, okay?"

Looking at her, Guan Yuanbai and Guan Xinghuai naturally knew that she must have lost weight because of her work. Both of them were dissatisfied, but when they remembered that they're going to be upset about the same things again during new year, they tacitly agreed not to say anything else.

"What are you doing?" Guan Zhiyi changed the subject.

Guan Xinghuai said, "Talking about your brother's work."

"I knew it."

Guan Xinghuai: "What do you know, ah you did know, Xiao Wu, how is it with that young man from the Hua family recently."

Really... The questions asked by Father and Brother are exactly the same as those asked by Brother Cheng Yan.

"Okay, very good."

"That's good."

Guan Xinghuai asked, "By the way Yuan Bai, Cheng Yan has been back to China for quite a long time, right?"

"Mm."

"Good, you guys usually don't come back very often, and it's going to be New Year's Eve, so tomorrow both of you go to Cheng Yan's house and pay a visit to Elder Qi."

Guan Zhiyi: "Okay!"

Guan Yuanbai: "Got it."

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The next day, Guan Yuanbai and Guan Zhiyi went to Qi Chengyan's house with gifts.

Guan Zhiyi often came to Qi Chengyan's house when she was young, and had a very good relationship with Elder Qi. After entering the door, she walked in with ease, "Grandpa!"

In the living room, Qi Chengyan and Qi Mingsheng, the old man, were drinking tea.

When he turned his head and saw Guan Zhiyi trotting in, Qi Mingsheng's eyes were bent with laughter, "Oh look who it is, isn't it our little princess~"

Guan Zhiyi leaned over with a smile: "It's been a long time since I came to see you, Grandpa, I brought you some gifts."

"It's already good that you came to see me. You don't have to bring any presents, hurry up and sit down."

"Mmm!"

Qi Mingsheng: "Yuan Bai, you too, don't stand up, sit down."

"Okay." Guan Yuanbai sat down, "How is your health lately?"

"I'm fine." Qi Mingsheng said, "But it looks like Xiao Wu has lost some weight?"

"Illusion, I have not lost any weight."

"Is that so?"

"Yes."

"That Hong Xi kid treats you well, right?"

Guan Zhiyi paused: "Uh ...... good, quite good."

"That's good, you are the one I watched growing up since you were young. Marry my own family, I would feel at ease." 

Guan Zhiyi smiled a little unnaturally.

"Hey, both of you learn from Xiao Wu, You must also hurry to determine your other half." As the topic changed, the arrow suddenly aimed at Guan Yuanbai and Qi Chengyan.

Guan Yuanbai coughed lightly: "The company has been a bit busy in the past two years…"

"This excuse again, busy busy busy, When are you not busy, then? You and Cheng Yan are really the same." 

Qi Chengyan laughed a little, not denying anything.

"But fortunately, Cheng Yan has had a partner, Yuan Bai, you have to hurry up."

Guan Yuanbai glanced at Qi Chengyan unexpectedly: "Partner?"

Guan Zhiyi was startled: "What... partner?"

Qi Mingsheng smiled faintly: "Xiao Wu, I have arranged a good partner for your Brother Cheng Yan. After the two met, they were quite satisfied with each other. It is the girl from the Yang family, do you know her?"

Guan Zhiyi blinked slowly and doubted what she had heard, she thought it was ridiculous and funny that a man of Qi Chengyan's nature would go on a blind date.

But, she found herself unable to laugh.

She watched Qi Mingsheng talking about his partner, and an unspeakable depression suddenly rose in her heart.

"... That girl is one year younger than your two brothers. She is very beautiful. Next time you guys can meet, all young people can chat."

Guan Zhiyi turned her head to look at Qi Chengyan, his face is normal, it can be seen that what Grandpa Qi said is not a joke.

So ...... has he met the one he likes?

Guan Zhiyi took a breath, and felt that the frustration in her heart suddenly piled up more and more, making her hard to breathe.

In fact, from her first interaction with him after his return she found herself in a somewhat different state of mind, but she did not expect it to be different to this extent.

She never thought that after hearing that he had someone he liked, she would feel so...sad.