the shadow

is your own?So my brother... is it Qi Chou?

It turned out that I had been so early... The young man couldn't believe it, so he could only close his eyes in embarrassment, almost ashamed to look up at Qi Xie, and slowly rubbed his head down.

"At that time you were only 6 or 7 years old, but you played the piano very well, remember?" Qi Qi sat down on the piano bench, raised his hand and opened the cover of the piano.

Yin hummed lightly, "I remember."

Qi Lan put his hands lightly on the keys and pressed the first note.

Memories flowed out with the music like running water, pictures and fragments flashed in front of Yin, slowly gathered together, slowly pieced together, and finally completed.

Yin Yin closed his eyes and listened, the fingerings fluttering on the keyboard appeared in front of Yin Yin like a projection.Everything is so familiar.But I didn't know what was touched in my heart, and I felt sore and swollen.

After Qi Xi's song was finished, all he could see were his eyes that were red, his heart tightened, he stood up and took him into his arms.

The young man sniffed, choked up and couldn't speak, but tears flowed wantonly from the corners of his eyes.

In fact, it wasn't until now that I really felt like I was home, right?

Is it the familiar melody that broke the strong perseverance?

Tired, all these years?

When Fu Bo went to deliver the afternoon tea, Qi Si had already started tutoring Yin for the press conference a few days later.Seeing Qi Xi solemnly holding up a ruler to correct Yin's sitting and standing postures and various etiquettes, the old man walked over with a smile.

"Young masters," Forbe saluted with one hand on his chest, "Please use some fruit."

Yin Yin was surprised at the old man's standard and fluent Chinese, so he heard Qi Xie introduce, "This is Uncle Fu, an Englishman, and the chief steward of Ji's manor."

Yin knew that although this old man was a servant of Ji's family, he was highly respected, so he followed Qi Xi's teaching before, bowed his body slightly to show respect, and called out "Fu Bo."

The old man was still smiling, "Young Master Yin, you are being polite." He said and led the two of them to sit down at the small table.

Only then did Yin see that the fruit Fu Bo brought was actually a fruit that he had the honor to taste in the extreme north, but had never seen it in other places.

The old man did not miss the look in Yin's eyes, and asked, "Young Master Yin, do you know this fruit?"

Yin took a closer look at the crystal clear fruit pulp on the plate and the white powdery jam in the small saucer and said, "I'm not quite sure, is it lip fruit?"

Uncle Fu smiled pleasantly, "That's right, it's just that this lip fruit is not common, how can I ask Master Yin?"

Qi Xi raised his eyebrows and used a small fork to pick up a piece of fruit pulp, dipped it in jam and put it in his mouth. A strange sweet smell was directly transmitted to his brain from his taste buds.

"I have only seen it by chance. There is such a fruit growing under the ice layer in the ice and snow land. Because the whole body is white and looks like a snowball, it is often not found by people, but is often eaten by some animals. It is called Lip fruit is because the outermost layer of the fruit is poisonous before it is ripe, and the first way to judge whether it is ripe is to touch it with warm lips. If the lips feel tingling and sticky, it is not edible, otherwise it means it is OK edible."

Yin's voice is clear and soft, delicate and deep, very pleasant to hear.His speaking speed is neither too fast nor too slow, and his pitch is neither high nor low, but it allows people to focus all their attention on listening.

At this age, Uncle Fu knows a lot of people, and he can understand a person's character by listening to a person's talk.At this moment, the originally calm eyes were tinged with admiration, "Master Yin is right. And when the lip fruit is fully mature, the outer layer of the fruit will shed the poisonous outer layer, and a new layer of yellow peel will be born." , and the peel can be used to make jam and eat with the pulp. It’s just that the pink in the white is too light to be recognized, and people’s fingers and fingertips have already lost their sensitivity in such a low-temperature environment, so in order to pick them in time People still take the risk of putting their lips to it."

Yin Yin smiled and nodded as he recognized Uncle Fu's words, raised his hand to fork the fruit pulp and put it in his mouth, his behavior was refined and polite, and he already had the cultivated temperament of a nobleman.

Qi Xie secretly smiled, the light in his eyes was like a child proudly showing off his beloved gadgets, showing off his teaching achievements to Yin.

Uncle Fu smiled slightly, and couldn't help feeling warm in his heart. How long has it been since he saw such a childish young master?

The author has something to say: I don't know what I have written so much. .But at any rate, it explained why Yin entered the chat field. . .

Then what lip fruit is my nonsense, please don't get into it. . .

Finally, I wish you all a happy Valentine's Day.

☆、chapter37.Ⅺ

The next morning, both of them got up early to go to morning exercises, but because Yin's body needed to rest, they could only watch from the sidelines and at most do some warm-ups.

Yin originally thought that the morning exercise would be over soon, but he didn't expect Ji Linxuan to come, and he felt uneasy all of a sudden.

Ji Linxuan's aura was unusually strong, but she knew in her heart that she couldn't break the rules, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and come forward to say hello, "...good morning."

Ji Linxuan glanced at him and stopped, "Morning. How is your body recovering?"

Unexpectedly, Ji Linxuan would pay attention to him, and she clenched her hands into fists nervously, "Thank you for your concern... I feel much better now."

Ji Linxuan smiled brightly, "I care about you because you are Xiaoxi's younger brother, that's all."

The young man stiffened and lowered his head, his clenched fist suddenly released, "Yes..."

Although Qi Si who was not far away was exercising in the morning, most of his attention was on Yin, so although he couldn't hear the conversation between the two, he could see it clearly.

He knew that his master had always had a prejudice against Yin, and he understood that the root of the prejudice was himself.Therefore, he never expected Ji Linxuan to accept Yin in a short period of time, but he would not allow his uncle to misunderstand and blame Yin anymore.

But at this moment, Yin's sudden pale face made his heart tighten, and he suddenly realized that maybe Yin at this time needs his protection.

Qi Xi anxiously ran up to the two of them, but Ji Linxuan looked at him calmly with her arms folded.

Yin Yin seemed even more at a loss because of Qi Lan's sudden arrival, Xiaobu took a step back, trying to reduce his sense of existence as much as possible.

"Why, are you afraid that I will make things difficult for him?" Ji Linxuan smiled angrily.

"Master," Qi Chou stood between the two of them and blocked Yin behind him, "Xiao Yin didn't understand the rules not long after he came back. If he offended Master, please ask Master to punish Xiao Chou. It's Xiao Chou who didn't teach him well. It's Xiaoxie's fault." As he spoke, he knelt down in front of Yin.

Ji Linxuan's eyes turned cold, and he smiled angrily, "You want to be punished for him?"

Yin was anxious in his heart, couldn't help stretching out his hand and tugging at Qi Chou's clothes, but Qi Chou responded as if he didn't know, "Yes."

"Chan..." Yin whispered behind Qi Chou, but was frightened by Ji Linxuan's cold glance.

"Double the training. Come to me when you're done." Ji Linxuan turned and walked out after speaking to Qi Xie.

Yin gritted his teeth and chased after him, and stopped in front of Ji Linxuan, "You can't do this, he didn't do anything wrong—"

"Xiao Yin, come back!" Before Yin could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Qi Xie, the fire in his eyes was the anger that Yin hadn't seen for a long time.

Ji Linxuan left with a smile, but Yin shuffled back to Qixi's side.

"Has he always been so unreasonable?" Yin's eyes were full of entanglement and complexity, "Isn't he your uncle? Just let him be like this—"

Qi Qi shook his head, stretched out his hand and patted Yin's furry head lightly, "It's impolite." After speaking, he walked back, intending to continue training.

Yin hesitated for a while and followed, but suddenly didn't know what to say.He suddenly had a feeling that he was actually just an outsider.He didn't know what identity he was between Ji Linxuan and Qi Chou, and he didn't know what qualifications he had to participate in the affairs of these two people, even though he was their relative in name.

Qi Lan walked back to the sidelines and tied weights on his legs, Yin just stood behind him and watched, he felt that he didn't seem to know this person at all.

Qi Qing knew Yin had left.

But he didn't chase.

He continued to step on the runway, strapping on weights, and his running doubled into a 6000-meter endurance run.

The rules set before, no reason to suspend training, training doubled.Qi Xi seldom violated Ji Linxuan's rules, but if he did, he would definitely be punished severely, and his future training would only increase rather than decrease.

Qi Xi guessed that Yin just couldn't understand the way he and his uncle got along, and thought that if he explained it to him later, it would be fine.

The end of 6000 meters was nearly 20 minutes later.Qi Xi walked half a circle at a slow pace on the runway, except for shortness of breath and dry mouth, he didn't seem very tired.Estimated the time in my heart, thinking that Yin should have already had breakfast, and a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth inadvertently.

It wasn't until Qi Chou finished training that he heard Uncle Fu say that he followed Qi Guanling to "Diuyu" after breakfast.There was a secret loss in his heart, but he couldn't tell the reason.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, the tiredness is also relieved a lot.Qi Lan went to the study according to Ji Linxuan's previous instructions, but Ji Linxuan didn't even look at him as soon as he entered the door and said, "Bring the watch."

Qi Chou took off the special watch on his wrist, and after handing it over, he stood up respectfully again.

Ji Linxuan carefully looked at the various data including instantaneous speed, heart rate, and breathing rate, adding a chill to his already gloomy face.He sneered, "Oh, 6000 minutes and 19 seconds for 37 meters?"

Qi Chou's nerves tightened, although usually this kind of warm-up-like running lap in the morning would not be timed, but this time since Ji Linxuan made a request, Qi Chou would not refute anything.

"In the future, I will add two sets of 2000-meter variable-speed running to the training every night. The frequency of the three sets after the squat and jump is obviously reduced, and the strength of the legs is not enough. Add five sets of squats and five sets of frog jumps, and a set of 20."

"Yes, Master." Qi Chou replied without hesitation, and his gaze remained humbly lowered, as if these punishments were not aimed at him.

Ji Linxuan put down his watch, glanced at Qi Qi who was standing very tall, and said coldly, "Go to the punishment room and wait for me."

Qi Chou walked out the door of the study room and was about to go to the punishment room, but when he passed the stairs, he ran into Yin who had just returned home and was going upstairs.

Both of them were inexplicably embarrassed.

"You're back?" Qi Xi smiled lightly and stopped.

"Hmm... I'm sorry, I went to Diyu without telling you..." Yin squeezed the corner of his clothes, "I'm going to pack up the old things..."

"En." Qi Chou nodded, just about to say something, but the door of the study was opened from the inside, Ji Linxuan stood at the door, without looking at Yin, and said coldly, "Aren't you going to prepare?"

Yin saw that Qi Xi's face turned pale, and his heart trembled suddenly, but Qi Xi replied respectfully, "I'm sorry, Master, Xiao Xi will go now." After speaking, he glanced at Yin comfortingly, and said, "Go back and rest first. , I'll come find you later."

Seeing Qi Lan walking towards the depths of the corridor, Yin suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. He wanted to catch up, but was suppressed by Ji Linxuan's invisible pressure and couldn't even move forward.

This feeling is very uncomfortable.

It seems that the distance between the two has suddenly become farther, as if there is something between them, something hidden, but no one points it out and no one knows it.

Yin has never been a person who can't hide things in his heart, but now when it comes to Qixi, he can't sit still and feel restless.He couldn't bear this kind of vague embarrassment, couldn't bear himself who clearly cared but couldn't bear not to care.

So he sat in his room for a while, and finally got up and decided to find out.He wanted to question Ji Linxuan in front of him and get the explanation he wanted.

Yin is such a pure boy, most of the time he is always indifferent, no one can see his preferences.Only those who care about are so stubborn and persistent.

When Ji Linxuan entered the punishment room, he deliberately concealed the door and did not close it. Qi Xie was absent-minded, so he didn't notice it.

"Go and stand there." Ji Linxuan glanced at Qi Qi, who had already changed into a loose sportswear, and said casually, pointing to the handle by the wall.

Qi Chou respectfully agreed, committed himself and got into the inside of the handlebar.Ji Linxuan's index finger drew another half circle in the air, and Qi Xie immediately understood the meaning, and turned towards the wall.

After Qi Xi raised his arms and let the bar rest against his chest and upper body slowly leaned back into a posture, Ji Linxuan walked over slowly.

Without saying a word, Ji Linxuan just grabbed Qi Lan's arms and pressed down hard. The pain from the back of his chest and shoulder blades made Qi Lan bite his lip early, so he didn't groan in pain. 】.

Because the distance between the inside of the bar was only the width of one person, the wall just caught the part below Qi Si's waist that was lifted up by Ji Linxuan's strength, and the whole person showed a beautiful and strange arc.

The sternum was opened with a "click", and there was a muffled groan in the throat due to the pain.Then Ji Linxuan said in a cold voice, "Breathe", but did not let go.

Qi Lan still maintained the posture of leaning back, let go of the teeth biting his lips and breathed out slowly, but there was only a "cough" sound in his throat because of his poor breathing.

Ji Linxuan raised her foot and stepped on Qi Lan's feet hanging in the air, her hands trembling slowly pressed Qi Lan's head to her buttocks, "It's a lot worse... How long have you not practiced?"

Qi Lan's face was a little red, and the continuous pain made him a little unable to concentrate, but after all, he was disciplined by Ji Linxuan for nearly 10 years. If he couldn't bear it, he had no right to call Ji Linxuan master at all.

"... I've been slack during this period of time... I'm sorry, little pity."

Ji Linxuan folded Qi Chou's arms into a rectangle, and increased the strength suddenly, "You have become more capable recently. Not only are you so busy that you are not afraid of punishment, but you are also reckless in doing things."

Knowing that his master was overwhelmed by anger, Qi Xie couldn't care less about the pain, so he took a breath and hurriedly said, "Master, Xiaoxie knew it was wrong..."

Ji Linxuan let out a cold snort and let go of her hands and feet, and looked at Qi Qi, who slid down and limply on the ground, and quickly stood up again, and said, "I know I'm wrong?"

"Yes." Qi Chou nodded earnestly, got out from under the pole and stood up.

Ji Linxuan pursed her lips and looked around, Qi Xi knew that her master was thinking of new tricks to torment her, but she still stood obediently and waited.

Finally, Uncle Tongyan pointed to the small cobblestone in the corner of the room, "Go, stand on your head, shake the long whip 10 times, 20 whips once, and 10 whips if I am dissatisfied by admitting mistakes."

Hearing the long whip, he was stunned. Although Ji Linxuan was extremely harsh to him, he never used the rattan whip to punish him, because after all, he had pity for him.But now... Qi Lun bit his lip, has he lost Ji Linxuan's right to be eccentric?

Unknown outside the door, Yin, who had been peeking and eavesdropping for a long while, was so surprised that he couldn't believe it, his hands clenched into fists, and his nails sank into his palms.

Pity...brother...has he always had such a hard time?

He always thought that as the Patriarch of the Qi family and the young master of the Ji family, his elder brother Qi Chou should be held in the palm of everyone's hands.Even if he doesn't do whatever he wants, he should be rebellious and arrogant... How could he be willing to slump down and be bound by the rules?Willing to be whipped by that ugly blood-stained whip?

Yin felt that his heart was twitching and convulsing, he couldn't imagine or believe at all, the pain and humiliation he had endured all these years.

He asked himself secretly, how many lives he had missed, and how many dark nights when he needed a hug but had no one to accompany him?

The cobblestone ground is uneven, and the acupoints and tendons on the palm of the hand are aching, and the arms that bear all the weight of the whole person look even weaker and helpless.

The amount of training in the morning exercise was doubled, and he did a full 120 pull-ups. It was another torture for Ji Linxuan to open his shoulders and arms just now, so within 10 minutes after he stood on his head, his arms were faint. Some trembling.

"Tell me, what's wrong?" Ji Linxuan folded her arms and glanced at the sweat dripping from the tip of her nose, with a calm expression on her face.

Qi Chou swallowed hard, and said, "...Xiao Chou made a mistake, rescued Xiao Yin at an inopportune time—"

Yin outside the door trembled when he heard his name, and slammed his hand on the door with a muffled sound. Ji Linxuan smiled evilly in his heart, but pretended not to hear it, "10 whips, think again."

The author has something to say: Uncle is a big villain, smirk

Happy New Year everyone~

☆、chapter38.Ⅻ

"...I was wrong, I thought you would blame or blame Xiaoyin—"

"Think again."

"..."

"10 whips."

"...Xiaoxiu made a mistake in not trusting you."

"and also!"

...a moment of silence.

Ji Linxuan was in a hurry, stepped over to Qixi's side, stretched out his hand and dragged him down, "Stand up! I'll remind you." After speaking, he walked to the cabinet angrily and took out a long cowhide from it. The whip, "cracked" and slammed the whip on the ground.

Qi Chou stood in the center of the punishment room, his body tall and straight, in a standard military posture.

Ji Linxuan held the handle of the whip with his right hand, and gestured with his left hand for Qi Qing to take off his shirt.Qi Chou obediently took off his coat and the T-shirt inside, revealing his scarred back that had not healed after being fined 50 canes by Qi Zun.

Ji Linxuan was stunned for a moment, his eyes were dark, he was never willing to use those things to punish Qi Xie, but Qi Zun was used to it.From childhood to adulthood, Qi Chou has lived too hard, and only here can he get some physical and spiritual rest and comfort.

Feeling unhappy, Ji Linxuan raised the whip and flicked it fiercely again, with a muffled "snap", but it didn't hit Qi Si's body, but on Qi Qi's pile of clothes.

Qi Xi frowned suspiciously, but did not speak.

"Can't remember?" Ji Linxuan asked coldly.Immediately afterwards there was another "pop", but Qi Chou still didn't feel any pain.

At an angle that Qi Xi couldn't see, Ji Linxuan rolled his eyes towards the sky, and continued to slap his whip vigorously on the stack of clothes, making a series of muffled "pop" sounds. If you don't recognize the sound carefully Hitting it makes no difference.

Qi Xie was really confused by his nonsensical master, until Ji Linxuan couldn't help but glared at him, Qi Xie suddenly realized what really made his master angry.

"Master, I know I'm wrong."

Ji Linxuan stopped his whip, looked at Qi Xi's dazed expression, and knew that this time he really understood what was wrong, but he didn't say it clearly, and just said, "Did I warn you before, I can't tolerate it the most." This is the only thing? How do you say you should be punished?"

Qi Chou lowered his eyes, "Xiao Chou made a big mistake, let Master punish you."

……

Yin didn't dare to watch and listen again, because the sharp sound of the whip and Ji Linxuan's scolding were overwhelming in his mind, tearing and destroying his trembling heart.He seemed to have lost all his strength suddenly, and leaned against the wall by the door, but he still refused to leave no matter what.

Ji Linxuan guessed that the time was almost up, so he left Qixi alone and walked out of the punishment room. When he saw Yin, he raised his eyes in feigned surprise, "Why are you here?"

Yin couldn't care about Ji Linxuan's coercion at this moment, he bounced off the wall all of a sudden, looking straight at Ji Linxuan with only grief and indignation in his eyes, "Sad, where is my brother?"

"You mean Xiaoxi? He is still being punished. Do you have something to do with him?"

Yin took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, but it didn't seem to work at all, "Why did you treat him like this?" He was about to open the door of the punishment room.

"Oh?" Ji Linxuan stretched out his hand to block it, with a suddenly realized expression, "So you've been eavesdropping outside?"

Yin was trembling with anger, "I want to see him!"

"It's such a big temper. If Xiaoxi dared to talk to me like this, I'm afraid I would have been beaten to death a long time ago."

Dazed for a moment, she was suddenly terrified, for fear that Ji Linxuan would vent her anger on Qixie because of her rudeness.

Seeing Yin's face turning red and then pale, Ji Linxuan didn't want to scare him any more, so she said, "Come with me" and turned away.

Yin struggled several times in his heart, and finally followed Ji Linxuan to the study.

As soon as Uncle Tong Yan entered the study, he rang the bell and called the housekeeper to bring in tea, and he sat on the sofa looking very tired.

Yin stood upright in the middle of the study, even though Ji Linxuan's eyes scanned up and down, but he still remembered the "scarred" Qi Qi in his heart.

"If I remember correctly, our first two meetings were not pleasant." Ji Linzhen nestled lazily in the sofa, with a low voice.

Yin pursed his lips and did not speak.

"You hate me so you don't want to call me uncle. It's okay, I don't care."

"No, I'm not..." Yin seemed a little anxious all of a sudden, he never thought that Ji Linxuan would mention this matter when he came up.

"It's not what?" Ji Linxuan had a smirk on his lips.

"It's not that I don't want to... also, I don't hold grudges against you..." Yin's voice was small and awkward.

Ji Linxuan stood up abruptly, and couldn't help but take a step back in fright.

"No unwillingness?"

"Yes……"

"You didn't hold any grudges?"

"Um……"

"Then call uncle to listen."

"..." Yin raised his head abruptly, thinking that he had heard wrongly, but met Ji Linxuan's serious eyes, and moved his mouth for a while without daring to make a sound.

There was a stalemate for a while. "You," Yin swallowed. To be honest, he was a little flattered, because he always thought that Ji Linxuan didn't like him or even hated him, so he never thought that he would be accepted. "...but before I—"

Ji Linxuan just looked at him like that, waiting for him to finish speaking.

"I was just a 'puppet' before... I don't think I... have the right to do this, call you." Hidden revealed each word to the outside, like holding a knife to cut through his own shell, layer by layer.

The admiration in Ji Linxuan's eyes did not let Yin notice, he just smiled and reached out to pat Yin's hairy head, "But you have always been Xiaoxi's younger brother, haven't you? Always have been."

Yin was startled, but his body couldn't stop shaking slightly.

"Call uncle quickly."

"...but," Yin felt his throat tighten, "you said before that you cared about me just because I was Xie's younger brother..."

Ji Linxuan smiled helplessly, thinking that this child is really serious, "That's right - if you have been refusing to recognize me."

At this moment, Yin finally understood the meaning of Ji Linxuan's words, and couldn't help but feel a little inexplicably excited and grateful.

"...Uncle" closed his eyes and read out these two words very quickly.

Ji Linxuan smiled in surprise, "What?"

"uncle…"

Ji Linxuan responded with a smile, very happy.But the next sentence made him completely unhappy.

Yin glanced at him cautiously, and said, "Then can you let brother out first? He must—"

"No!" Ji Linxuan glared at him and said viciously.

Yin's face collapsed when he heard that, "Uncle, brother, what did he do wrong that you want to punish him so severely?"

Ji Linxuan snorted, "Cruel? It would be more than that if it fell into his father's hands."

Yin's face was wrinkled, "You, you said father..."

"Your father inherited your grandfather's ruthlessness. If he was really in a hurry, it would be easy to break your brother's leg."

What Ji Linxuan said was indeed the truth, but at this time he deliberately wanted to hide his sadness, and his words would inevitably exaggerate and guide a little.

Yin Yin refused to believe Ji Linxuan's words, but what he saw and heard outside the punishment room could not be false. In addition to these words, all of this indicated that he could not even imagine the suffering that Qi Syme had suffered.

"No, it won't... how can father bear it?"

Ji Linxuan's eyes rolled around, "Why not, when Xiaoxi lost you back then, your grandfather broke his leg."

Yin's eyes widened for a moment, and at the same time, he suddenly remembered the scar on Qixi's knee. At that time, he thought that such a deep scar would be left with multiple injuries and great pain... But it turned out that it was Is it about yourself?

Yin couldn't get over the impact of the facts, he couldn't figure out why since he became Qi Yin, all of this was very different from what he had previously understood.

The young man lowered his eyes, shook his head lightly as if absent-minded, and swayed to open the door. At this moment, he wanted to see Qi Chou, he wanted to see Qi Chou.

Ji Linxuan looked at Yin's back, but it seemed that he gradually overlapped with Qixi's shadow.He was wondering if what he had done was right.

Yin rushed to the corridor and was about to run towards the punishment room, but when he stood at the door, he didn't know how he should talk to Qi Chou.

With a "click", just as Yin was still tangled and hesitant, the door was opened by Qi Xi from the inside.

Both were startled.

"Sad..." With a crying voice, Yin suddenly rushed forward and hugged him.

"What's the matter?" Qi Xi was a little confused, so he raised his hand and patted Yin's back.

"Do you hurt? Let me see, okay?"

"I don't hurt, how can it hurt?"

"You lied." Yin pushed him into the room, raised his hand and was about to take off his clothes, "I heard Uncle punish you! I heard the sound of the whip!"

When Qi Xi heard Xiao Yin willing to call uncle, his eyes widened with joy, and then he realized that Xiao Yin had been eavesdropping outside the door when he heard the second half of the sentence, and his heart was sour and sweet. "You misunderstood, uncle didn't punish me." After speaking, he took off all his clothes with his own hands, "Look."

At this moment, Yin couldn't care about being shy and ambiguous at all. With her eyes and hands, she carefully looked at Qixi from head to toe and touched it. Except for some old wounds on the skin, it was unexpectedly Unexpectedly creamy and fair.

"But—then what were you doing just now?"

"Master asked me to clean up."

Yin stared in disbelief, and looked at the person from foot to head again, "I clearly heard the whip before—"

Qi sympathized to laugh at his master's childish tricks, but he held him in his arms, with a sweet expression on his face, "You care about me, don't you?"

Without answering, he asked, "Tell me quickly, did he whip you?"

Qi Xi's smile deepened, "No."

"Then tell me, what big mistake did you make?"

Qi Xi giggled, thinking that Xiao Yin is really cute.

"Did uncle get angry because he stood in front of me and wanted to punish me for me?"

"No," Qi Xi looked at Yin who was puffed up, and couldn't help but bend his index finger and scratch the tip of the boy's upturned nose, "Uncle has always been very kind to me, knowing that I have an old disease in my leg, and never allowed me to kneel, Today, he was really angry at me for being reckless, but it was this that made him most angry."

"Uncle, really..." Yin obviously couldn't believe that Ji Linxuan would be so angry for this reason.

Qi Xi smiled dotingly, "Really."

For dinner, three dishes and one soup were cooked by Qi Chou himself, but unfortunately Qi Guanling couldn't come back from Dieyu, so it was only the three of them eating together.

At the dinner table, Ji Linxuan "inadvertently" told Yin again, the origin of Qi Chou's good cooking skills, Qi Chou wanted to stop it but couldn't stop his master's mouth, but after hearing this, Yin felt distressed again Bundle.

After dinner, study.

"uncle……"

"I know what you want to ask. I just think that I really like Xiaoyin."

No matter what Ji Linxuan said was sincere or pretending to be sincere, Qi Xian's gratitude to him would not change.So he bowed and said, "Thank you."

Ji Linxuan smiled and waved his hands.In fact, part of what he did was for love, and the other part was just to make his heart feel better, that's all.

The author has something to say: Uncle is a good person, everyone must not hate him.

☆、chapter39.ⅩⅢ

That night, the boy named Yin was almost sleepless.

The sudden pain and unknown panic stirred and tore his body and soul.

Everything is familiar to him.

The young man curled up with a smile, thinking of Qi Xie involuntarily.But it seems that this can really feel a lot better.

The next morning, Qi Xi woke up in a panic for no reason. It was already daylight, but when he looked around, there was no shadow of Yin.

When it was time to wake up, Yin did not come... Yin always came to be on time...

"Xiao Yin..." Qi Sen silently read Yin's name, got up and walked out of the room quickly.

Still bent, curled up like a fetus in the womb, the boy's pale face was frowning as if he was enduring pain.

But motionless.

In the short distance of walking to the bedside, countless pictures from the past flashed in Qi Chan's mind, and he suddenly began to be afraid, afraid of the despair that he would never see when he turned around like before.

"Yin, wake up." Qi Xi carefully hugged the man in his arms, stretched out his hand to touch his carotid artery - there was body temperature and pulse - Qi Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly pressed the butler's access to ask the doctor to come .

The young man lying on the bed didn't respond at all, and he didn't dare to move because he didn't know where the injury was.Ji Linxuan rushed over after hearing the news, and what she saw was Qi Xi's distraught look - just like that time.

"What's going on?" Ji Linxuan walked to the bedside and stretched out his hand to gently prop up one hidden eyelid. Seeing that the pupils responded to the light, he probably knew the priority of the problem in his heart. "Why did you fall into a coma for no reason?"

"I don't know, I don't know..." Qi Xi shook his head absently, "I didn't take good care of him..."

"Xiaoyin will be fine."

Ji Linxuan's tone was very firm, so firm that Qi Xie's originally lost heart became firm in an instant.

He thought, no matter what, in the days to come, he would definitely be by Yin's side and never leave again.

The doctor came soon, took out various instruments to check, and came to the conclusion that the allergy caused the coma.

allergy?Qi Xi looked at the red dots all over Yin's body, and frowned fiercely. Last night's food was cooked by himself, could it be that there was something in it that made Xiao Yin allergic?

A few doctors calmly took the instruments and prepared to give Yin a skin test, feeling anxious while holding Yin feeding water, at this moment, besides trusting the doctor, he was at a loss and didn't even know what else to do.

"Cough..." Slightly comatose with a swallowing reflex, Qi Xi was overjoyed when he heard Yin's voice.

His eyelids trembled slightly, and the pale boy slowly opened his eyes, smiling at the person in front of him, "...I'm fine." He retracted his arms and grabbed Qixi, preventing the doctor from touching him again.

"Xiao Yin, let the doctor take a look, don't make trouble." Ji Linxuan stepped forward and gently wiped the sweat on Yin's forehead with a dry towel.

Yin's eyes are cautious and cautious that Qi Xi has never seen before, as if they will shatter and destroy like ice if touched.He looked deeply into Yin's eyes, and then sighed helplessly, "Okay, I'll let the doctor go now."

"Xiao Xi," Ji Linxuan frowned dissatisfiedly, "I haven't found out the allergen yet, what are you doing?"

Qi Symo nodded apologetically at Ji Linxuan, then went straight to the doctor to see off the guest.

Indeed, he couldn't bear to make Yin suffer, but he couldn't bear the hopeless abyss of hope hidden in Yin's eyes.

"Uncle," Yin propped himself up and smiled comfortingly, "Don't blame brother, I'm much better already."

Ji Linxuan shook his head, "The press conference will be held in a few days, how can you make people feel at ease like this?" As he said that, he asked someone to call the doctor back.

"I really don't need uncle," Yin accidentally fell off the bed in a hurry, reached out and grabbed Ji Linxuan's clothes, "...the doctor can't cure it."

Qi Chou was startled, and immediately picked up the weak little man and put him back on the bed.

"What stupid things..." Ji Linxuan could not deny that at that moment his heart seemed to be grabbed hard, it was a familiar distressing feeling.

The boy lowered his head, revealing a fair neck, and his brown hair was disheveled, blocking the prying eyes.

Such a weak posture can rarely be seen on Yin, but he is still stubborn, as if there is an invisible wall around him, defending, not letting others get close, and not letting himself go out.

At this moment, Qi Chou suddenly realized that it seemed difficult to pick up the past that he had missed, not only because the other party didn't want to talk about it, but also because he didn't even know what to do.