Chi Shuyan could only tiptoe downstairs again that night. Fortunately, her father usually slept early. The light in his room wasn’t on, so he had probably already gone to bed.
When she got downstairs, Qi Zhenbai immediately put out the cigarette he was holding. As soon as Chi Shuyan got close, she sensed the strong smell of cigarettes on the man. It seemed that he had been smoking a lot tonight.
She didn’t like the smell of cigarette smoke, so Qi Zhenbai immediately said, “I won’t smoke anymore!” He immediately took off his suit jacket and threw it into the car as he asked, “Is it better now?”
Even though it was summer, the difference in temperature between day and night was a bit big, and the man was only wearing a shirt. She was worried that he would catch a cold, so she quickly had him put on his jacket – she was fine with a faint whiff of cigarette smoke.
Seeing that his wife wasn’t frowning, Qi Zhenbai didn’t plan to put on his jacket. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms, one arm around her waist.
Since no one was around, Chi Shuyan didn’t refuse his advances. Apart from the smell of smoke, the man also carried a refreshing fragrance. After hugging him for a while, Chi Shuyan couldn’t help but ask, “Why did you come looking for me so late at night?”
He didn’t call her downstairs just to get some fresh air, right?
The man suddenly said, “Wife, is Dad more important, or am I, as your husband, more important?”
Chi Shuyan thought to herself that the two of them hadn’t registered for marriage at all. It was too early to use the word “husband.” She also felt that this man was just torturing himself by asking this question.
Not only that, he was also deliberately making things difficult for her. Chi Shuyan couldn’t help but retort, “Then, do you think I’m more important, or are your parents more important?”
Seeing the man suddenly fall silent, Chi Shuyan couldn’t help but laugh. “See, you can’t answer either, so don’t ask such questions in the future…”?Don’t make things difficult for me!
Before Chi Shuyan could finish speaking, the man suddenly said, “You!”
Chi Shuyan choked and her eyes widened. The man said slowly in a deep voice, “I didn’t have a good relationship with my parents in the past! Wife, you’re as important as my grandfather, or even more so!”
Qi Zhenbai had always known that he was cold-blooded by nature. He had been brought up by his grandfather and didn’t have much of a relationship with his parents. His parents hadn’t been close to him when he was young.
Later on, his parents understood and took the initiative to become closer to him. Even though he knew that his father and mother’s feelings for him were real and that their concern for him wasn’t fake, he seemed he innately lacked family ties. After that, he never took the initiative to get close to them again. It wasn’t until his wife went to the Qi residence that he barely got close to his parents.
He respected and trusted his grandfather more. His grandfather was also the only person he had cared about before he met his wife.
Although he had been raised by his grandfather since he was a child, he also understood that apart from him, his grandfather also had his fourth uncle. Moreover, if his fourth uncle hadn’t endangered Qi Zhenbai’s life in the beginning, his grandfather might not have chosen to raise him. In the end, his grandfather had been very good to him all these years to make up for it. His affection for Qi Zhenbai wasn’t pure – only the woman in front of Qi Zhenbai was completely his.
Chi Shuyan didn’t know what the man was thinking. Her mind was stuck on his unusually serious expression and words. For a moment, she didn’t know what to say. Her mind was a bit muddled and she was completely out of it. She vaguely heard herself say honestly, “I still think my dad is more important!”
Qi Zhenbai: …
