I Am Rich

49

Guan Zhiyi was completely bewildered as she came up from the underground garage.

Seeing the two of them coming back together, Qi Mingsheng glared at Qi Chengyan,"Look at you, you even have to drag Xiaowu to be a light bulb when you send someone off, why did you detest Mengjia this much, what's so bad about her!"

Qi Chengyan glanced at the little girl next to him, smiled,"There's nothing bad, it's just…"

Qi Mingsheng: "Just what!"

"It's just that I already have someone I like."

Guan Zhiyi stiffened, began to stare oddly at her own shoes.

"What? Someone you like?" Qi Mingsheng's eyes lit up, "Who?! Which one! What's her name!"

Guan Zhiyi coughed violently, "Grand--grandpa, I suddenly recalled that I have something to do, I'll go back first."

"Wait, wait, wait, listen to him first, say, who on earth is it!" Actually, for Qi Minsheng, it doesn't have to be precisely Yang Mengjia, he just hopes that Qi Chengyan can quickly fall in love and get married. Unfortunately, his grandson was not interested in this matter.

He was so aggravated at the hopelessness about this matter, Hence, the old man felt like he had seen the light again when he suddenly heard him say he had someone he liked. 

Facing Qi Mingsheng's compelling eyes, Qi Chengyan glanced at the panicked little girl, and smiled faintly,"I can't tell you yet."

Qi Mingsheng choked, "Why can't you tell?!"

"I'm still pursuing, haven't catch her, I don't want grandpa to interfere."

"Why would I interfere!"

Qi Chengyan ignored him, "Anyway, I'll let you know when she gives me answers."

Guan Zhiyi no longer dared to look at Qi Chengyan. The amount of information she got today is so much that she would not be able to digest it for a while.

On the way back, she still had those few words in her mind: Otherwise, how about being your boyfriend?

How about…

Boyfriend…

Is he serious? ? !

"Xiaowu, Xiaowu!"

Guan Zhiyi was startled by the bursting voice in her ear,"Why…"

"Why are you so distracted? I've repeatedly called you, and neither were answered." Guan Yuanbai said discontentedly.

Guan Zhiyi rubbed her ears,"I'm thinking about things…"

Guan Yuanbai was unflinching, "Is it true, Cheng Yan really has someone he likes? Who?"

Guan Zhiyi's expression changed,"You, why are you asking me?"

"You usually hang around him, don't you see anyone?"

"When am I hanging around him!" Guan Zhiyi had a guilty conscience,"He's a good friend of yours. Please reflect upon why you don't know about it!”

After saying that, she walked home in a huff.

Guan Yuanbai was baffled for a while, but on second thought, it seemed to make sense.

As a good friend, he didn't even know that there was such a special person... Qi Chengyan was probably just saying that offhandedly to appease his grandfather, right?

____

Guan Zhiyi once had a secret, that is she fell in love with a person, and she never told anyone about her feelings for him. Later, she decided not to like him anymore, and just slowly digested it on her own.

Now she has another secret, which is: When that person said he liked her and confessed his love. He was so sudden and abrupt that it caught her off guard, this time too, she can only digest it on her own.

However, this time, evidently, she could not digest anything.

All night long, her heart was pounding and she was at a loss.

There's probably one's who were just like her, someone who would tremble as they held the candy because they received it too suddenly, not dare to eat nor touch, they just foolishly stare at it to make sure if this candy really belongs to them.

The next day, Guan Zhiyi woke up with dark circles under her eyes.

She usually wakes up during lunchtime, so she came down from upstairs and sat directly at the table to start eating lunch, dazedly picked up her chopsticks and greeted those present, "Dad, brother, good morning."

Guan Xinghuai and Guan Yuanbai looked at each other and asked, "Xiaowu, are you not feeling well?"

Guan Zhiyi shook her head.

Guan Xinghuai,"Then did you staying up late? Look at your face, did you not get any sleep all night?"

"Ah......I've slept."

Although she only fell asleep at seven o'clock in the morning.

Guan Yuanbai wrinkled his eyebrows, "I see that you must have been playing with your mobile phone until the middle of the night, relying on your young age to foolishly stay up all night, also not afraid of aging faster."

Guan Zhiyi lowered her head to pick up rice, did not say anything.

It's not that she doesn't want to sleep, she just couldn't help it, she was so excited that she can't fall asleep, what can she do!

Guan Zhiyi: "Why's everyone at home today?"

Guan Xinghuai said,"Dad is going on a business trip, the flight is in the afternoon."

Guan Yuanbai: "I only have to go to the company this afternoon."

"Oh……"

Guan Yuanbai: "If you haven't had enough sleep, you can sleep a little more. You don't have anything to do at home anyway."

"Got it."

After dinner, Guan Xinghuai went to the airport first. Guan Yuanbai was not in a hurry to go to the company, so he watched a movie with Guan Zhiyi in the living room.

After a while, there was a loud noise outside the front door.

Guan Zhiyi: "Who's here?"

"Probably Cheng Yan, he's going to our company today to talk about something, so he's coming over to go with me."

She got goosebumps as she heard Qi Chengyan's name.

During the period of time where she appeared to be distancing herself from him, the deepest of her heart actually has never overlooked him. When he confessed yesterday, she had to admit that deep inside she was ecstatic.

But even so, she was still anxious, very anxious.

Everything seemed like an illusion, as if the moment she moved a little bit more, she would destroy everything.

Sure enough, it was Qi Chengyan who was here, and when he came in, he set his gaze on Guan Zhiyi. Then he walked straight over and sat beside her.

Guan Zhiyi: "......"

Guan Yuanbai got up,"You're early, wait, I'll go upstairs and change my clothes before we leave."

Qi Chengyan: "Go ahead, there's no rush."

"Ok."

Guan Yuanbai went upstairs, leaving only the two of them in the living room. Guan Zhiyi sat upright, the pillow in her arms was almost flattened by her squeezing.

"Have you thought it through?" Suddenly, the person beside her spoke.

Guan Zhiyi's breath hitched, "Wh--what?"

Qi Chengyan turned his head to look at her, there was a faint smile under his eyes, "What I said last night, have you thought it through?"

Guan Zhiyi stiffened, recalled what he said yesterday: If you thought it through, maybe you might find that brother being your boyfriend is also pretty good.

"I, you...but it's only been one night…"

Qi Chengyan pondered for a moment,"Well, then I'll give you one more night."

Guan Zhiyi choked, a little incredulous,"What if I still haven't figured it out......"

"Then I can just give you another night."

"......"

Qi Chengyan raised his hand and rubbed her hair, "It's okay, I'll wait until you figure it out."

Guan Zhiyi stared blankly at him,"So, what you mean is you're…..chasing me?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"……why."

Qi Chengyan laughed,"What's why?"

Guan Zhiyi's face become hot, she was so nervous that her hands were shaking, "I mean......why do you like me, didn't you had always treated me only as a sister?"

Qi Chengyan's smile slightly converged, and for a moment he felt like he was truly a beast when he heard Guan Zhiyi's question. He coughed lightly, awkwardly said,"I've fallen in love with you before I know it, this matter... brother can't control it either."

After a shock, not only her face, even Guan Zhiyi's neck was red.

Qi Chengyan looked at her, tentatively said,"But I think it should be okay, right? I'm not your real brother, I can chase you, can't I?"

Guan Zhiyi put her chin on the pillow, her voice tightened, but she pretended to be calm, "Oh...then how are you planning to chase me?"

Seeing that she did not reject him, Qi Chengyan was overjoyed and asked," Is there anything that you particularly like?"

Guan Zhiyi glanced at him,"...I don't know."

"Well, then I'll just pick out anything?"

"......"

"I also have to think about any delicious restaurants I can take you to eat."Qi Chengyan said, "Let's have dinner together tomorrow."

Guan Zhiyi's eyes were trembling, not daring to look at him, "I'm going to Shanghai tomorrow, and will be there for the next five days."

Qi Chengyan paused, "Well, then when you come back, I will take you to eat delicious food."

"......"

"Cheng Yan, did you drive your car here?" Just then, Guan Yuanbai, who had changed into his formal clothes, came down from upstairs.

"I did."

"Oh, just take your car, then. Let's go."

"Okay."

Qi Chengyan lightly patted Guan Zhiyi and got up to walk towards Guan Yuanbai.

Guan Yuanbai was walking out while buttoning his cuffs, and when he unintentionally looked back, he asked strangely, "What's that fellow doing?"

Qi Chengyan also looked back and saw Guan Zhiyi nestled in the sofa not far away. Her entire face was buried in the pillow, as though she didn't need to breathe.

Qi Chengyan: "Maybe, the movie is quite scary?"

Guan Yuanbai glanced at him bafflingly, "That's a comedy movie."

Qi Chengyan smiled, "is it?"

_____

Guan Zhiyi really had a job the next day. That morning, Liu Yun came over to pick her up, and she flew to Shanghai with her staff.

This time she came to Shanghai for three jobs, filming a game endorsement, shooting a magazine and lastly, attending a commercial red carpet.

[Have you reached?]

As soon as she got off the plane and turned on her mobile phone, a message came in from Qi Chengyan.

He had always paid attention to her schedule, and often asked when she got off the plane, but today she feels that it was different. Her mind was full of thoughts as she looked at his message.

[Just arrived]

[Let me know when you arrived at the hotel. Take a good rest.]

[Okay.]

Qi Chengyan: [Oh right, even if you're at work, still remember to think about it every day]

[Thinking what?]

[Think about whether I am suitable to be your boyfriend.]

"..."

Guan Zhiyi took a quick look and hurriedly stuffed the cell phone into her pocket. Her hand in the pocket was tightly squeezing the phone, and her palm was a little sweaty.

A soundless unrequited love, that she has resolutely stopped before it went too far. However, everything was completely shattered that day, the moment he told her that he liked her.

She looked at his message and listened to his words, ecstatic, but also nervous and at a loss.

And in such nervousness, she also has her own little selfishness. She has liked him for so long, and only she knows the sorrows during that time.

So she wanted to be sure of his feelings, wanted to selfishly get the upper hand, and of course, she wanted to know what it would be like to be fervently liked and pursued by him.

On her first three days in Shanghai she was shooting for game advertisements, the first two days were very busy and time-consuming. During the whole day, Guan Zhiyi could only touch her phone at night.

Qi Chengyan would send messages to her these two days, sometimes asking her if she had eaten, sometimes asking whether she was tired from work, but because of her work, she didn't get to reply in time.

There was no difference on the third day. After filming all morning, she got some free time for lunch, while walking towards the lounge, she asked Maomao to bring her phone over.

She clicked on it and was eager to see his message, but, today, there was none.

She become disappointed at once, thinking that she unexpectedly had only tasted the sweetness for two days......

"Sister Zhiyi, let's go to the car to eat today."

These two days, they ate together with other staff in the lounge, but in the past, Liu Yun has often bought her "own special food" in order to manage her figure. Hence, without much thought, she directly went to the car.

She wasn't in a good mood because she didn't see a message from him. When walking while looking at her phone, she was so distracted that she didn't realize that Maomao was not following her.

When Guan Zhiyi looked back and couldn't find Mao Mao for a moment, she reached out and knocked on the door.

The door opened, Guan Zhiyi lifted her foot and went up, "I didn't know where Maomao suddenly went, she was just walking…"

The words stopped abruptly.

Guan Zhiyi stared at the person sitting in the car, her throat seemingly blocked.

Why is it not Liu Yun…

How could it be Qi Chengyan who was supposed to be in the imperial capital?

"You......"

Qi Chengyan said, "I told her to let you come here alone."

"……What are you doing here?"

Without a word, Qi Chengyan stood up and closed the car door and pulled her wrist to sit down,"I bought you some delicious food, come here."

Guan Zhiyi lightly pursed her lips,"You haven't said why you-"

"I miss you."

"..."

Her heart was pounding heavily. What selfishness for wanting to see him pursuing her? What unrequited love sorrows? Everything was thrown away at this moment. Guan Zhiyi felt that her heartbeat was only getting more and more unrestrained. She used a lot of strength to stop herself from saying 'Actually, I miss you too'.

Guan Zhiyi, calm down, he is currently chasing you! Can you be more assertive? Don't just easily give in!

"Just because of this...you came?"

Qi Chengyan used a small fork to get a mouthful of fruit and handed it to her mouth, said with a gentle and helpless voice,"Yeah, I found that I was missing you a little too much and couldn't bear it anymore, so I had to come."