Jian Yi said I have something important to tell you.

  "What does it have to do with my feelings?" Qi Chengji, who had just entered the door still wearing his military uniform, heard Qi Chengyue's words from outside and was initially puzzled, but upon entering and seeing Song Yu also present, he understood.

  "Don't spout nonsense!" The old lady's face sank, and she rebuked, "Don't think I don't know why you're so opposed. You've married Jian Yi and yet you're still so suspicious. Be careful, a marriage isn't ruined by others, but by your own actions."

  "Grandma!" Qi Chengyue couldn't believe it, the old lady actually said that to her in front of so many people.

  At home, the old lady loves Qi Youxuan the most. It's not that she favors boys over girls, but rather that Qi Youxuan is younger and also two generations apart, so naturally she dotes on him more.

  But anyway, she always smiled at her and never said anything heavy.

  "Qicheng, I think you may have some misunderstandings. Song Yu and I never had that kind of feeling, we've always been like siblings. My plan was to wait until I'm an adult and capable, then find a way to dissolve the engagement with Song Yu. We both had an understanding about this before the Song family went bankrupt. It's not just because I liked Wei Ran back then, even if Wei Ran hadn't appeared, we wouldn't have been together anyway." Qicheng explained, also revealing his plans for the first time to his family.

  "But the Qi family will be ridiculed, you can't deny it! Are you all going to watch the Qi family become a joke?" Qi Chengyue said recklessly, she didn't expect that even Qi Chengji wouldn't care about this matter, and they had lost such a useful bargaining chip. Qi Chengyue clenched her fists in frustration, why did even Qi Chengji have to help them, he should be the one with the most reason to stop them from being together.

  "Even if you will eventually break off the engagement, it's not good for Song Yu to be with anyone, but she has to be with big brother. Isn't this slapping our family in the face?!" Qi Chengyue exclaimed, "She is clearly intentionally humiliating us!"

  "Qī Zhòng Xūn, is this how you taught your daughter to be so reckless and rude in our home? Your mother and I are still here, how dare she have such an attitude!" The old man slammed his hand on the back of the sofa, glaring at Qī Zhòng Xūn furiously. "She's already so arrogant at home, who knows what she's like outside! Now I'm wondering just how much shame she's brought to the Qī family!"

  Qī Chéng Yuè's eyes welled up with tears as she stood up fiercely, "I'm also doing it for the sake of our family, Grandfather! We can't let everyone lose face because of Big Brother's selfish desires. I still want to be able to go out and see people in the future! Not to mention now, even before when Big Brother and Song Yu's relationship was just a rumor, those friends in our circle were already gossiping about it! Now that their relationship is confirmed, how can we still show our faces?"

  "Alright!" Qi Zhongxun also shouted, Qi Chengyue was so unruly in front of the two elders, and as his father, he had lost all face, letting the old man scold him.

  "What are you saying in front of Zuo Yuanchuan!" Qi Zhongxun rebuked.

  Qī Chénglín also called over Liú Shěn and had her take Yù Xuān to play in the courtyard.

  "You..." She felt like everyone in this family had gone mad, and no one was helping her.

  Qī Chéng Yuè angrily rushed upstairs.

  Guan Liya looked at Qi Chengyue's figure disappearing on the stairs, hesitated to speak, and then sighed, "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry, she..."

  Guan Liya stopped talking and looked at Song Yu with a somewhat disapproving shake of her head, then said: "I'll go persuade her."

  Having said that, he hung his head and went upstairs.

  Jian Yi also stood up, with a face full of tolerance and apology, "Grandpa, Grandma, I'll go take a look too."

  The old lady waved her hand impatiently and said, "Go away!"

  Qizhong Liang fell silent for a moment, then stood up: "You two, come with me."

  Song Yu glanced at Qi Chengzhi, and Qi Chengzhi pinched her hand to comfort her, then took her with him to follow Qi Zhongliang to the study.

  Xia Wen Na watched for just a moment, and Qi Cheng Zhi couldn't bear to let go of Song Yu, so he could only shake his head helplessly, but there was nothing he could do.

  "Close the door!" By the time Qi Zhongliang gave his rough and loud command, Song Yu had already closed the door.

  Before Qizhong Liang spoke, he first pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and lit one. However, before he could light it up, Qi Chengzhi's soft voice sounded in a low tone: "Song Yu doesn't like the smell of smoke, I never smoke in front of her."

  "What's wrong with you!" Zhī Zhòngliáng scolded carelessly, still wanting to light a cigarette.

  Qī Chéng took Song Yu and walked to the door of the study without saying a word. The door was already open, and they were about to go out.

  "I haven't even said anything yet, where are you going?" Qi Zhongliang shouted in anger.

  "Song Yu heard that there was no smell of smoke. If you want to smoke, then wait until you've finished smoking and the smell in the room has dissipated before we continue." Qi Chengzhi said calmly.

  "What a nuisance! So many things haven't even entered the door yet, and now they've all come in!" Qi Zhongliang was furious, directly throwing his cigarette and lighter to the ground.

  Zi Chengzhi turned around and said casually, "You can consider it as doting on my daughter-in-law. Besides, this is grandfather's study, he doesn't allow people to smoke either."

  The old man was carried out, and Qi Zhongliang had nothing to say. Just now, because of his bad mood, he wanted to smoke, but forgot about the old couple.

  "Close the door!" Qi Zhongliang said in a loud voice.

  The door of the study was closed and Qi Chengzhi took Song Yu back again.

  Qī Zhòngliáng let out a deep breath and said, "Your affairs are no longer any of our family's business. We don't want to interfere anymore. If you two really insist on being together, we won't oppose it."

  Song Yu quietly listened, always feeling that there was something more behind it.

  "But——" As expected, Qi Zhongliang continued to say, "Because of the past relationship between Song Yu and Cheng Ji, we think that even if you get married, it should be handled in a low-key manner. When the time comes and you decide on a date for the wedding, there's no problem, we won't object, but as for the wedding ceremony, let's just have a simple family gathering with a few tables of food."

  Qicheng Zhi didn't finish speaking before Qizhong Liang continued with what he had to say, then pulled Song Yu along as they walked out.

  "I haven't finished speaking yet, where are you going? Don't you still have me as your father in your eyes?" Qi Zhongliang couldn't hold back his anger anymore. From the beginning, Qi Chengzhi had never shown him respect, he had tolerated it, but this time and every time, without even a greeting, just saying goodbye and leaving.

  He bankrupted the Song family, kept it a secret from his family, and then got together with Song Yu again. No matter how much his family opposed it, he didn't care, never putting his elders in his eyes, even threatening them.

  At this moment, he was once again ignored, and Qi Zhongliang couldn't bear the anger that was burning in his heart. His finger pointed at Qi Chengzhi's back, trembling from the tip to his arm.

  He turned around, but didn't let go of Song Yu's hand. The corner of his mouth curled up slightly as he said, "Song Yu has nothing to be ashamed of. I'm marrying her openly and honorably, with a proper wedding ceremony. Let everyone know that I've married her, that she is my wife, Qi Zhengzhi's wife, no longer just the former fiancée of Qi Chengji. From now on, whenever they see her, they'll have to call her Mrs. Qi. Others will whisper in awe when they see her, 'She's Qi Zhengzhi's wife.' Let everyone forget about her relationship with Qi Chengji and her identity as his former fiancée."

  Song Yu felt his grip on himself tighten, filled with determination.

  "I'll marry her, not just have a wedding, but a grand one, with great fanfare. She's worth being treated with such solemnity. I won't compromise or humiliate her for the sake of marrying her. She hasn't done anything wrong and shouldn't be humiliated." Qi Chengzhi looked at Qi Zhongliang's face getting redder and redder, not knowing if his blood pressure was rising, but continued to speak calmly.

  Although Ziqi Liang didn't say that "get out" word, his expression already made it clear.

  Zi Chengzhi didn't wait for him to finish speaking before taking Song Yu out of the study.

  The corridor from the study to the living room was very long. After walking for a distance, Song Yu finally couldn't help it and pulled on the hand that was holding hers.

  Zi Xiangzhi stopped in his tracks, lowering his head to look at her. His tall figure was very close to hers, and she could feel the broad expanse of his chest without even looking, as if it could firmly envelop and protect her inside.

  She lowered her head and stared at those deep, calm black eyes. Although she was so thin and frail, the words she had just spoken to Qi Zhongliang made her heart ache terribly.

  She didn't even care that they were in the Qi family's corridor, where elders might pass by and see them at any moment. She tiptoed up, stretched out her arm to encircle his neck, and applied just a hint of force, causing Qi Chengzhi to lower his head in response.

  She raised her toes higher, stretched her neck and proactively kissed his lips.

  At the moment when their four lips were tightly sealed, Qi Cheng's arms suddenly tightened, tightly wrapping around her body. Her ribs were pressed against his abdomen, being squeezed to some extent, as if even the air in her chest cavity was squeezed out, but couldn't stop the fire that kept surging up inside her.

  Soft fingertips swept across his short hair, slender fingers then went against the grain up, entering his hair, messing it up, suddenly tightening, pressing his face closer to hers, lips more closely aligned.

  Chi Cheng suddenly increased the force of his kiss, pushing her against the wall, his hard body pressing against hers, trapping her between him and the wall, unable to move.

  Song Yu forgot where she was at this moment, her mind went blank, only thinking of his kiss, thinking of his hard chest pressing against hers.

  She felt the softness wrapped under her clothes had swollen to the point of pain, and involuntarily she went to rub against his body, even having a desire to lift up her legs and tightly wrap them around him.

  Until his scorching tongue swept across her lips, scorching her trembling lips ceaselessly.

  Chi Cheng slowly released her lips, but was reluctant to part with them. His moist lip tips kept lightly sweeping back and forth across hers, from left to right, from top to bottom, and then reversing direction. The tip of his nose pressed tightly against hers, their disordered breathing sprinkling onto her face, lips, and intertwining with her own, allowing her to smell his breath, no matter how much she smelled it was not enough.

  She saw the originally clear and bright black eyes flashing with madness, as if he wanted to swallow her on the spot, that crazy energy made her body ignite a fire, burning continuously, trembling non-stop.

  "How dare you be so bold today?" His low, husky voice was laced with an amused smile as he spoke, his eyes scanning her lips.

  His originally stern and thin lips curved into a gentle arc, and when he spoke, he couldn't help but peck at her bright red and plump lips.

  Song Yu leaned against the wall with a relaxed expression, his chest pressed tightly against hers, trapping her in his arms, and she couldn't see anything else but him.

  Her fingertips unconsciously played with his hair, whispering: "As long as I'm married to you, I don't need a grand wedding. What I care about is just being your wife."

  "I care," he said, not just because of his promise to Song Yu's parents, but also because of his own feelings.

  Song Yu couldn't say a word, she just leaned into his arms, her arms tightly wrapped around his neck, just like he had always held her so tightly.

  Chi Cheng lowered his head, burying it in her neck, smelling the fragrance of her hair, and constantly falling on her soft long hair with gentle kisses on her neck.

  The two of them hugged like this for a long time, and then they heard what seemed to be an awkward light cough coming from the corridor: "Cough!"

  It was Old Lady Qi's voice, so Song Yu wasn't afraid, but very embarrassed, her face burning red, she quickly retreated from Qi Chengzhi's arms.

  Qī Chéng yī zhī liǎn dàn dìng, yī diǎn er dōu méi jué de bù hǎo yì si, jiē shí de xiàng bì réng lā zhe tā de yāo, bù ràng tā chè dǐ lí kāi.

  "Whatever, I'm here looking for Youxuan." The old lady stood at the entrance of the corridor and didn't continue walking in this direction. "It's time to eat, but I don't know where he is playing."

  "We didn't see him," said Qi Chengzhi.

  "I'll go help look," Song Yu hastily said, previously she had been impulsive, and now being bumped into by the old lady was very embarrassing.

  She slipped out of his grasp as soon as he relaxed his guard against her.

  ……

  ……

  Jian Yi held the phone to his ear, listening to Zhou Mingyan's somewhat sharp and urgent tone: "You've finally returned from your honeymoon, why didn't you go home first? Why did you come back to your mother's house instead? Is it because Qi Chengyue is bullying you? Does she think that just because they have money, we have to give in everywhere? Does she think the Qi family is too good for us, so we have to listen to her all the time?"

  Jian Yi let out a sigh, his eyebrows furrowed in annoyance as he listened to Zhou Mingyan's incessant chatter on the phone: "If this gets out, it'll be a laughingstock! Now there are already neighbors gossiping behind your back that you're only after money, and became a live-in son-in-law. They put on a fake smile in front of me, saying things like 'you've found a good wife', but it's all sarcasm, implying that you have no ability and can only rely on your wife."

  "If this goes on, won't you eventually move to the Qi's house and become a live-in son-in-law?!" Zhou Mingyan's voice suddenly rose, "Jian Yi, I'm telling you, bring Qi Chengyue back here immediately! If I always give in, she and her family will take advantage of us inch by inch. In the future, not only we, but even you, won't have a say in anything!"

  "Now it's like this, what else can you do on your own in the future? Her behavior at the wedding, I wanted to say something about her, where is the reason for giving wine to the bride's family first?! But because you guys were going on a honeymoon, I didn't want to ruin her mood, so I endured it and didn't say anything. Also thought that she was a rich girl in the past, spoiled by others, not very good at interpersonal relationships, I gave her another chance, came back and performed well, who knew as soon as she came back she pulled my son to their home, what is this?!"

  "You bring her back, I'll teach her well how to be a good daughter-in-law and wife!" Jian Yi listened to Zhou Mingyan's sharp voice on the phone and could imagine how she was gritting her teeth on the other end.

  Faintly, he heard Zhou Mingyan on the other side seemingly saying to Jian Shibao: "What are you pulling me for? What did I say wrong? I'm just afraid that our son will be taken advantage of. You're so timid and afraid of trouble, always yielding and compromising, it's just going to let Qi Chengyue that little girl take advantage of us! The more we do this, the more we have to make her understand the power of the mother-in-law's family, can't let her do whatever she wants!"

  "Mom." Jian Yi called out in a tired voice, but Zhou Mingyan was still arguing with Jian Shibo on the other end and didn't hear him. He had to raise his voice again and call out once more, "Mom!"

  "Alright, I was talking to my son!" This voice brought Zhou Mingyan's attention back, "What's the matter?"

  "Mom, it's not that I don't want to go home first because you're not in my eyes, but there are also Grandpa and Grandma on the Qi family side. With two elderly relatives here, both emotionally and rationally, I should come this way first and greet them."

  "Now that you've asked, hurry back for dinner. I knew you were coming back today, so I specially went to the market and bought a lot of fresh ingredients, came back and cooked a big table of dishes. But now you say you're not coming back for dinner? What about all these dishes?" said Zhou Mingyan.

  "Mom, I told you when we were outside that we would come to the Qi's house first and have dinner with Grandpa and Grandma before going home. It was you..." Jian Yi said, but didn't continue.

  "What's wrong with me? I was just looking forward to my son and daughter-in-law coming back home for dinner, and giving me a cup of tea. What's wrong with that?" Zhou Mingyan raised her voice on the other end, as if she had been stimulated.

  Then Jian Yi heard the sobbing voice, "I raised my son so big, married a daughter-in-law, can't even drink a cup of tea? I was busy all morning just to make my son and daughter-in-law happy, but it was all in vain. Can't I be angry? Can't I feel wronged? I just wanted my son to bring his wife back for dinner, so we could have a happy family gathering, I..."

  Then, Zhou Mingyan was heard sobbing uncontrollably over the phone.

  Jian Yi wasn't really paying attention, having heard this kind of crying sound too many times since he was old enough to understand things.

  First it was Jian Shi Bo, and when he grew up, this crying would be for him. Zhou Ming Yan had always been manipulating them with her tears.

  Later on, Jian Yi also became numb to her tears.

  He expressionlessly pulled his phone away from his ear for a moment, wanting some peace and quiet, when his gaze suddenly caught sight of a figure turning to leave.

  Jian Yi hastily hung up the phone and chased after him, grabbing Song Yu's wrist. "Song Yu!"

  Her wrist was pulled back and she couldn't continue walking forward, so Song Yu had to stop and turn around to face him. She looked down at the hand grasping her wrist and struggled with all her might, although she didn't say a word, it was enough to hint. Jian Yi glanced inside the house and silently released his grip on her wrist.

  "Sorry to disturb you while you're on the phone, I'm looking for Yu Xuan," said Song Yu, who had just searched the entire villa and couldn't find him, so he came to the backyard to look, but unexpectedly heard Jian Yi talking on the phone, and from the content, he knew he was talking to his mother.

  She wasn't interested in his conversation, so she turned around and was about to leave, planning to come back after Jian Yi left, but didn't expect to be seen by him.

  "It seems like you and Qi Chengzhi are getting along well, I didn't expect the Qi family to compromise." Jian Yi said in a low voice, his eyes lingering on her face.

  Song Yu pursed her lips and didn't say anything, turning around to leave, but her wrist was caught by Jian Yi.

  "Jian Yi, you're married now, and this is your wife's hometown, so be careful. I don't want to let Cheng Zhi misunderstand, or provoke Qi Cheng Yue into another crazy outburst." Song Yu's face sank, his voice stern, the part of his wrist grasped by Jian Yi was covered in goosebumps.

  "I have something to tell you," Jian Yi said, glancing again at the house, where they were too close to the floor-to-ceiling windows and could easily be seen by those inside. "It's very important!"

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  Tomorrow I'll add 10,000 more words, byebye~~