I Am Rich

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Guan Zhiyi turned her head back as Qi Chengyan was speaking, and when she saw the person standing in the living room entrance, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

When did this person get here? Why did he suddenly appear? Did Qi Chengyan ask him to come?

No, that can't be right, he certainly would have informed her first before calling him here!

Guan Zhiyi's mind was in chaos, she immediately threw the strawberries on her hand back into the fruit bowl,"I-I that......"

Guan Yuanbai frowned slightly, feeling that something was off, but for a while, he couldn't wrap his head around it, "Aren't you away for filming?"

"It's finished..."

"When did you come back?"

"Ye-yesterday."

How come he didn’t even know that she came back yesterday?

Besides, why did she stay here when she came back? Did she get injured again? Or did she get into another trouble?

Guan Yuanbai took a look at her, sizing her up from top to bottom, no, it doesn't seem like it ah.

In the end, his gaze suddenly fell again on the strawberry that was already half bitten.

He always knew that she and Qi Chengyan have a good relationship, however, no matter how good it was, they shouldn't be so close to this degree, right?

There was a thump sound in his heart, Guan Yuanbai looked at Guan Zhiyi, then looked at Qi Chengyan. He doesn't know why, but the voice of Song Li's drunken ramblings from last night suddenly rang in his head.

"I saw Qi Chengyan holding a woman just now!"

"It turned out that he couldn't go out because he wanted to accompany someone to sleep!"

Guan Yuanbai stayed silent for a moment, the instant sense of ridiculousness it caused made him immediately negate those words, what the hell is that, Song Li was drunk to death last night and probably still hasn't sober up until now. There's no way his words can be trusted. 

Though he thought this way, Guan Yuanbai's still couldn't loosen the uneasiness in his heart. He stared at Guan Zhiyi and said, "Why didn't you tell me when you came back yesterday?"

Guan Zhiyi froze in place, not uttering a word.

And with this, Guan Yuanbai's heart sank even further.

"Xiaowu, go upstairs first. I'll talk to your brother," said Qi Chengyan.

Guan Zhiyi swallowed her saliva, "......I'll watch from the side."

"You go upstairs first."

Seeing that Qi Chengyan was resolute, Guan Zhiyi could only silently put down the fruit bowl and walked to the stairway.

Guan Yuanbai's eyes narrowed slightly, he looked at Qi Chengyan and suddenly felt extremely weird! Moreover, deep down in his heart, the two people's expression just now has somewhat shattered his denial towards Song Li's words.

It was hard to believe, but it seemed like he had to.

"You stop right there."Guan Yuanbai strode past and pointed his fingers to the sofa, "Sit down."

Guan Zhiyi's eyes turned between the two,"What exactly should I do? Leave or sit?"

"Sit!" Guan Yuanbai took a deep breath and looked at Qi Chengyan,"Why is she here, what's so mysterious, just say it, what do you want to tell me?"

Qi Chengyan glanced at Guan Yuanbai's expression and thought that he probably already had a guess and possibly was just not able to believe it. Qi Chengyan looked straight at him, saying seriously, "I want to tell you that Xiao Wu and I......"

"Qi Chengyan!"

"......"

Guan Yuanbai straightened his back, there was an earthquake in his pupil, "You hold on."

Qi Chengyan said with a slight twitch in his mouth, "Can't you let me finish my words?"

"I can't! I wanted to ask you, when Song Li contacted you yesterday, was it a normal call or a video call?"

After a moment of silence Qi Chengyan answered, "Video call."

Following the earthquake in his pupil, you can vaguely see a tsunami inside his eyes now.

Guan Yuanbai stared at him closely, "So when he was video calling you, Xiaowu is by your side?"

"She is. "

"Was everything Song Li said true??"

Qi Chengyan paused,"What did he say?"

Guan Yuanbai opened his mouth, but couldn't bring himself to say what he meant to say, he just said, "No matter what he says, the main point is why is this fellow staying together with you in the middle of the night?"

Qi Chengyan stared at him for a few seconds before saying,"Yuanbai, what you're currently have in mind should be exactly what I want to say."

"..."

"I got together with Xiaowu not long ago."

Guan Yuanbai stared at him motionlessly, what the hell? Got together? He and this little brat?

"Have you lost your mind?" After a long time, Guan Yuanbai said while gritting his teeth.

"I like her."

"She chased you?"

Both of them spoke almost at the same time.

Guan Zhiyi, who was sitting not far away, had a nervous expression on her face, yet when she heard Guan Yuanbai's question, her face turned cold all of a sudden, "What is it…why on earth do you think that it was me who's chasing him?"

Guan Yuanbai glared at her,"You keep quiet for me now."

Guan Zhiyi instantly didn't dare to get angry nor speak.

Qi Chengyan said, "I'm the one who chased her."

Guan Yuanbai looked back at him with a 'is there any problem with your brain' expression.

"You, you chase her? Are you crazy?

Guan Zhiyi: "......"

Qi Chengyan: "No, I'm not crazy."

Guan Yuanbai's face ashen, "Hold on, you chased her......when did you start liking her? Wait a minute, Qi Chengyan, don't tell me that you have always been harbouring this thought all along?"

"It's only after returning to China …"Qi Chengyan said a little embarrassed," You don't overthink it, I am not such a beast. "

Guan Yuanbai immediately turned expressionless, "You're pretty much a beast now."

"......You're right."

Guan Yuanbai: "?"

At the moment, Guan Yuanbai felt like heaven falls and the earth rends. This whole time, he has never thought that Qi Chengyan and his sister's relationship would go askew, because they were too familiar with each other. From childhood to now, these two people were always under his own eyes. How could this sort of stuff happen?

Furthermore, he knew Qi Chengyan well. That person always does things with consideration and is especially good at keeping his boundaries. So how could he make a move on this little brat?

When exactly did he transform into a beast? Why didn't he know anything!

"Brother, in fact, it's not entirely him chasing me." Guan Zhiyi who saw that the two people were in a stalemate said,"I've liked him for a long time, you guys just have no idea about it."

Guan Yuanbai was a little dizzy, he looked at her and said incredulously, "Weren't you with Hua Hongxi before, you were desperately in love with him!"

"When did I desperately......wait." Guan Zhiyi paused, it suddenly occurred that she seemed to have forgotten about this matter completely, she then said awkwardly, "Brother, It looks like I've not told you that Hua Hongxi and I have never been together."

Guan Yuanbai pressed his eyebrows, owing to the shock he received from the previous events. At the moment he heard Guan Zhiyi say this, he was completely unperturbed, "...what do you say?"

Guan Zhiyi moved back, afraid that the person across from her would rush over to beat her up, "I said, I was only pretending to date Hua Hongxi before, so that Dad wouldn't set me another blind date…"

"So?"

"So, from the beginning to end, I have never liked him."

"......"

Guan Zhiyi: "Brother, that."

"......I'm going out to calm myself down." Guan Yuanbai abruptly got up and walked out.

Guan Zhiyi tried to follow him at once, but was held back by Qi Chengyan, "I'll go."

Qi Chengyan followed Guan Yuanbai towards the small courtyard, when Guan Yuanbai heard a footsteps sound coming from behind, he turned around and pointed his fingers, "Tell me, should I beat you or should I punch you?!"

Qi Chengyan stayed put while staring at him, feeling rather helpless,"We're so familiar with each other, this step should be omitted."

Guan Yuanbai said, "Why are you currying my favour? During school, when I said that I would beat up anyone who messed with Xiaowu, you were responding very positively."

"Those people have ulterior motives."

"And you don't have any ulterior motives?"

"I like her."

Guan Yuanbai choked, he got a headache from seeing 'his best friend confessing to his own younger sister right before his eyes'.

Qi Chengyan slowly said again, "You know very well how I usually treat her, don't worry about me?"

"...... Don't talk to me about this." Guan Yuanbai said, "When exactly did it start?"

Qi Chengyan thought for a while, "Since Xiao Wu was still filming for a movie that had just got finished at that time, then it's been more than two months."

"Two, more than two months." Guan Yuanbai held his own forehead, "You sure are really good at hiding it!"

"We're not hiding it, it's just that she has been constantly filming, I also only got to meet her a handful of times, that's why we agreed to wait until she wrapped up filming before letting the family members know." Qi Chengyan added, "When you called me a moment ago, I was asking you to meet to talk about this, who would have thought that you'd come to my house?"

"You......"

"Yuan Bai, calm down." Said Qi Chengyan while soothingly patting him on the shoulder with a serene expression.

Guan Yuanbai was about to vomit blood when he saw this, he gazed at him for a long time, gnashing his teeth and said, "Qi Chengyan, you damn pervert."

Qi Chengyan said in melancholy, "I felt the same way at first. After all, both of us were the ones who looked after Xiaowu as she grew up. However, when I think about it later, it seems that there's nothing wrong with me liking her, and…"

"Alright, you shut up, I'm going." Guan Yuanbai couldn't continue listening to him anymore, turned around and walked away.

Qi Chengyan followed alongside him, "Wait, I'm not done talking."

"I'm not listening."

"You need to hear me out. Well then, since I have not been to your house yet. Let's talk at your house."

"Get lost!"

"Guan Yuanbai-"

____

Guan Zhiyi did not know what Qi Chengyan and Guan Yuanbai were talking with just the two of them, she just knew that they had been away for quite a while and still have not returned.

While waiting for them, her phone suddenly rang. She picked it up enthusiastically, only to discover that it was Liu Yun who called her.

"Hello……"

Liu Yun: "What's wrong? Why did you sound so dispirited?"

"It's nothing."

Liu Yun: "Oh, anyway, you have "Emergency Room" group gathering this evening, should I pick you up or?"

"I'll drive there myself later, you just have to wait for me."

"Okay, that also works."

After wrapping up filming, Guan Zhiyi got a lot of free time, her only schedule was a group interview for "Emergency Room" drama.

"You're still at President Qi's place today, right?" Liu Yun asked.

"Yeah."

Guan Zhiyi's thoughts were filled with how the talk between those two people concluded, thus, as soon as she hung up the call, she dawdled outside to take a look, but in the end, she couldn't see anyone.

So without any better option, she returned to the house. After some time, she finally saw Qi Chengyan coming in.

She immediately rushed over him, "How was it? He's gonna be okay, right? He's not angry with me, is he?"

Qi Chengyan patted her forehead,"Why would he get angry at you?"

"Then……"

"If he's angry, then he should have been angry at me. The one who hit on his precious little sister is me, isn't it?"

"So he's angry with you? Did he swear at you?"

"Swearing is just basic." Qi Chengyan said, "but don't worry, I've assured him."

"Assured about what?"

"Of course it's an assurance that I will treat you well."

"What's there to assure......" Guan Zhiyi said, "You have always treated me well, ah."

Qi Chengyan smiled, "Alright, pack up the suitcase in your room for a bit, then you can go."

"Huh? Where to?"

Qi Chengyan pointed to the opposite side and said a little reluctantly, "Your brother won't let you stay here, he asked me to call you over."

When she heard that she had to be separated from him, Guan Zhiyi suddenly felt bitter.

But after some thought, if her brother knew about this and still let her stick together with Qi Chengyan day and night, then is he really her brother?

____

Guan Yuanbai also still hasn't left yet, after waiting in the living room for a moment, he saw Guan Zhiyi dilly-dallying her way in.

"Brother." She stopped in front of him.

Guan Yuanbai pointed towards the room on the left side of the upper floor and said, "Come and stay there tonight."

"....Oh." Guan Zhiyi cautiously scanned him, "What were you guys talking about earlier? Why did it take so long?"

"Long? I can take days to finish talking about the stuff you guys hide from me."

"How can it be so exaggerated?"

"Heh."

Even though his tone was still very sharp, it was evident that his expression has eased up quite a bit, Guan Zhiyi said, "Don't be angry, you know best what kind of person Brother Chengyan is, you have nothing to worry about when I'm with him, am I right?"

Guan Yuanbai raised his eyes and glanced at her with a swish of flying arrows.

He naturally was not angry now, as she said, he knows very well how Qi Chengyan is like, but it was exactly because he knew him so well that he felt baffled.

What on earth was on his mind when he put his hand on a child that he watched growing up? How could he trust him so much and think that he was taking care of Zhiyi as a sister?

Beast...He really is a beast...

However, even if he thought like this, On the other hand, inside his head, there was an image of Qi Chengyan saying those words to him when they were talking alone a moment ago. 

He knew that this person is relatively indifferent towards male and female relationships, since childhood, he have never seen him take a liking to any woman. So he never thought that one day, Qi Chengyan would tell him that he loved someone dearly, he really wanted to protect her, and he desired to be together with her for a lifetime.

Was it touching?

Absolutely.

It's just that the object is his own sister, so there was still a little urge of 'wanting to beat people up' after he felt touched.

"Brother, I have to go out later, I......"

"I just called you here a moment ago and you're already going out for a secret date with him?"

Guan Zhiyi: "No! I have work tonight, I swear!"

Guan Yuanbai snorted softly.

"Aiya, it's really true, I have to do an interview. Umm, you drove your car here, right? Let me borrow it later."

Guan Yuanbai warned, "Come back to stay here tonight, understand? You are not yet married, what would you look like if you constantly ran to someone else's home?"

Previously, she always ran to Qi Chengyan's house all the time but he never said that it wouldn't look good…

Guan Zhiyi thought this way, but dared not say so, she just answered obediently, "I understand~"