C119 They Were too Old for It

Yu Qi did not know how long Lu Bei Chen had been knocking outside, because she had unknowingly fallen asleep.

After sleeping on the cold floor for an entire night, he woke up feeling cold and stiff. He quickly went to the bathroom for a hot bath and came out to change his clothes.

He sat in front of his desk and turned on his computer. He opened the document...

Her white teeth bit her lips a few times, as if she wanted to clear Hun Dun's mind.

Her jade white fingers neatly tapped on the black keyboard, and a word appeared at the top of the document: resignation letter.

Some things came to an end.

Yu Qi spent twenty minutes writing the letter of resignation and sent it to Su Qi's email. He turned off the computer, sniffed, and tried his best to force away the mist in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Sister Qi."

He got up and took out his suitcase from the wardrobe. He packed a few sets of clothes and put the computer in it. He was still lacking some daily necessities.

Yu Qi picked up his wallet and planned to go out to buy some more breakfast. He didn't eat last night and drank for so long. He went to the bathroom a few times in the morning, so his stomach was empty and uncomfortable.

Yu Qi was stunned when he opened the door.

Lu Bei Chen was leaning against the wall opposite her house. There were cigarette butts at his feet. A thin layer of ash appeared on the floor tiles, and there was also an empty box of cigarettes that had been twisted.

Lu Bei Chen raised his head and looked at her. His eyes were dark and deep. His thin lips curled up into a cold smile. "I thought you could hide in there for the rest of your life!"

Yu Qi closed the door and pretended to be calm. "Why would I hide in there for the rest of my life? Are you crazy?"

Lu Bei Chen frowned, and his eyes became even colder. "Yu Qi..."

"Huh?" Yu Qi raised his head and looked at him, as if nothing had happened.

Lu Bei Chen swallowed the words that were about to come to his lips. He subconsciously wanted to reach for the cigarette box, but his pocket was empty. Only then did he remember that he had already finished smoking.

"What are you trying to say? If you don't tell me, I'm going out to have breakfast!" She was so hungry that her stomach ached from smoking.

When Lu Bei Chen heard that she wanted to eat, he answered without even thinking about it, "I'll talk while eating."

"Oh," Yu Qi replied and turned around to go downstairs.

It would be better if Lu Bei Chen went to have breakfast with her. He did not want him to intrude on his house and see his packed luggage.

There was a breakfast shop next door in the neighborhood. It was opened by an old couple. They specialized in selling wontons, dumplings, fried eggs, and steamed buns.

It was still early, and there were not many people in the shop. Yu Qi randomly chose a seat and sat down.

Lu Bei Chen glanced at the several-square-meter area and saw that there were four or five tables that looked crowded no matter how he looked at it.

The chairs and chairs seemed to be covered with a layer of grease.

Yu Qi could probably tell that Lu Bei Chen was not used to this environment. He got up and picked up a piece of paper, wiping the chairs while saying, "Although this place is very small, Grandpa and Grandma clean it very well every day. The tables and chairs are like this because they have been used for a long time."

Lu Bei Chen sat down when he saw that the paper towel she used to wipe the chairs was not dusty at all.

The grandfather, who had made up the breakfast, came over and said with a smile, "So you're here to eat breakfast again. It's still the same as usual?"

Yu Qi nodded and smiled. "You look the same." After saying that, he looked at Lu Bei Chen and asked, "Do you want to eat wontons or dumplings?"

Lu Bei Chen looked at the old man and said, "I'm the same as her."

"Okay." The grandfather nodded and went into the kitchen to work.

Not long after, the grandma, who was collecting the money, brought a plate over first. There were two fried eggs on the plate.

"Seventhirty, this is your boyfriend. He's so handsome!" Grandma said with a gentle smile. Because Yu Qi often came here to eat breakfast, his tone was familiar, as if he was a friend.

Yu Qi quickly shook his head and explained, "He's not my boyfriend. He's my boss! Grandma, don't hurt me and get my salary deducted!"

When Grandma heard this, she looked towards the north and apologized: "I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know. Please don't take offense. It's a pity that such a good girl like Septimus doesn't have a boyfriend. You are so handsome, I thought you were our Septimus's boyfriend!"

Lu Bei Chen did not say anything. His face was gloomy, and her words kept echoing in his ears. He's not my boyfriend. He's my boss!

Did she really want nothing to do with him?

Yu Qi saw that his serious face was quite scary, so he gave his grandmother a look.

His grandmother did not fully understand what he meant. She let them eat slowly and turned around to continue with their own business.

Yu Qi got up and skillfully went to get the disinfected bowls and chopsticks as well as the seasoning plate. "The sauces here are all personally made by Grandpa when he was resting. They are very delicious. You must try them."

She put the seasoning plate with red chili sprinkled with green onions and sesame seeds in front of him.

Lu Bei Chen glanced at it but still did not say anything.

The two of them remained silent for about five or six minutes. Then, Grandpa came out with a tray.

There were two bowls of wontons, one for each of them.

Yu Qi picked up the spoon and could not wait to start eating. Although it was very hot, compared to his hunger, this bit of heat was nothing!

After eating two or three wontons, he raised his head and looked at the wontons in front of Lu Bei Chen. None of them had moved.

"Why aren't you eating?"

Lu Bei Chen could not help but grab his pants under the table. He felt inexplicably nervous.

Yes, he was nervous.

He had never been this nervous in his first business conversation, but he was acting like a hothead in front of her. He was so nervous that he was at a loss of what to do.

The tip of his tongue licked his dry lips. Because he hadn't drunk any water or rested for the entire night, his lips had become dry and a little painful.

"Septimus, what you said to Aunt Yu last night... is that true?" The last three words were almost squeezed out of his throat.

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Qi's lowered eyes suddenly trembled. He looked up at him and smiled heartlessly. "You're talking about... I don't like you?"

I don't like you!

When Lu Bei Chen heard her say these five words calmly, his long and narrow black eyes suddenly narrowed. He stared at her coldly.

"Of course it's true!" Yu Qi acted as if he didn't see the storm that was raging on Lu Bei Chen's handsome face. "Lu Bei Chen, although we grew up together, I have always treated you as my older brother! Although I used to always say that I wanted to marry you, that was what my family had said. I didn't have anyone I liked, so I thought that it might be good to marry you!"

"Now that your fiancee is Yu Mingzhu, of course I won't like you!" After she finished speaking, she looked up and smiled at him.

Lu Bei Chen had never thought that her smile was so annoying. It stung his heart so much that it started to hurt.

"Brother?" Her thin lips curled into a cold smile. "You would kiss your brother and make him sound like a slut?"

Yu Qi's face froze. In an instant, green and red alternated. His lips were trembling as he spoke. "Lu Bei Chen, you, you are too shameless."

"I'm shameless? Who was the one who came to my house to seduce me when I was drunk?" The cold voice was like a needle stabbing into Yu Qi's heart.

Yu Qi blinked. He was angry and embarrassed. His face was red. He took a few deep breaths before he could hold back his anger and splashed the wontons on his face. "Yes, I was the one who came to your house to seduce you when I was drunk, but so what?! We're not blood siblings. We're all adults. So what if we play? It's still CEO Lu who can't afford to play!"