On the rewards for successfully defeating a boss

"You just inexplicably trust someone you've only met a few times." Chi Yuxing immediately retorted and rolled up his sleeves.

"So now after being busy for a long time, there is no danger at all. I was still worried." Chen Qian was completely relieved and thought about the development of things so far.

It was very different from what he had imagined.

Originally, he thought that he could quickly defeat them all and drive them out of his territory, but now they are just using some painless tricks to annoy him.

"You seem to have a lot of confidence in the Chi family. No matter what, they can't cover the sky with one hand, not to mention that several families are standing in front of them together." Chi Yuxing shrugged, giving him a reassurance.

"Then why don't you take advantage of this chaos to find an opportunity to leave the Chi family? You don't look like a willing participant, and you originally had your own plans." Chen Qian's eyes fixed on the buttons of his black shirt, and he imagined the moment he ran into Chi Yuxing downstairs in the college building. In the same place on that T-shirt, there was a small bold word.

Freedom, freedom.

"Of course I'm willing to do that. Chi Yuyuan is lying in bed, and the monthly bill is hundreds of thousands..." Chi Yuxing smiled with an ambiguous smile, and his stiff expression caused barely noticeable bags under his eyes.

"Why would you worry about money in the Chi family?" Chen Qian knew that he was making up a lame excuse and interrupted him.

But after he said it, he realized that his words were just like reopening an old wound, and that excuses were the most pleasant to use.

Sure enough, the smile on Chi Yuxing's face collapsed and his eyes became dim.

He said calmly: "If it was Chen Tian lying on that bed, you would be more obedient than me."

As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Qian immediately understood.

The scattered fragments of the story are woven together at this moment.

Chi Yuyuan, Chi Mu, and Chi Mu's mother.

At different times, they helplessly became chains called family.

The scene of the birthday banquet came to mind. Every face on the stage, adults and children, was remarkably clear, except for the white-haired old man in the wheelchair in the center. I vaguely remembered him as a kindly figure, but in just a few months, he was completely unrecognizable.

……

When Chen Qian came out of the coffee shop, the lights were already on. He declined Chi Yuxing's dinner invitation and wanted to go back to school early.

After watching him walk out the door and get into a taxi, Chi Yuxing took out his cell phone and dialed the number he remembered.

The person on the other end quickly answered, and Chi Yuxing said, "Chen Qian received the photos of the Chen family, taken from a distance."

"Well, thank you, I'll take care of it."

"No need. Yu Yuan can't hold on for much longer. Bringing him out as soon as possible will be my reward."

……

Time flies, and it has been almost half a month since the day I received the photos.

The schedule for junior year is packed, and all free time is squeezed out of the schedule.

During these days, the few of them almost went back and forth between the library, the college building, and the dormitory. They even ordered takeout for convenience. They spent most of their day in the computer room, which made Qi Yudu come to Ke Wu's house with tears in his eyes and asked him if he still remembered him. In the end, he only got to go out with Ke Wu on Saturday.

"Qi Yu only comes to pull Ke Wu when we meet every three to five days, why is there no movement from senior?" Yu Wangxi looked at the young couple pulling each other as they went out, and watched the fun without thinking it was a big deal.

"If there's any movement, everyone's been like a spinning top lately." Chen Qian buried himself in front of his computer, constantly tapping away at the keyboard. The computer that usually had the game webpage open was now filled with lines of code. "I keep getting errors when running this. You have to help me take a look."

Yu Wangxi sighed, feeling very disappointed with his friend.

Even though he had hinted so clearly, Chen Qian was still focused on the two lines of broken code. "Okay, I'll show you later."

"Breaking news, guess who I saw downstairs when I was picking up the takeout just now?" Sun Cheng has been re-elected as the takeout messenger for a week, and today is no exception.

"Who is it?" Yu Wangxi asked while tidying up the clutter on the table to make room for the takeaway.

"Miss Lin Xixi, whom I haven't seen for a long time. She was waiting for someone downstairs in the men's dormitory. I went over to say hello but she urged me to leave quickly." Sun Cheng put down a bunch of packing bags on the empty table left by Yu Wangxi.

Chen Qian didn't react much and just kept thinking about his homework.

But the three words "Lin Xixi" accurately aroused Yu Wangxi's curiosity. It had been a while since he had seen her. He could only recall her face in her circle of friends and maintain their gradually fading friendship by making phone calls.

Sun Cheng followed Lin Xixi's location downstairs and took the gossipy Yu Wangxi to the balcony. He pointed in a direction and said, "She's under that tree. Do you see her?"

Yu Wangxi squinted his eyes and saw two people standing under the tree.

"Who is that man next to her? I can't see clearly." Yu Wangxi is a little nearsighted. He doesn't need to wear glasses in daily life, but occasionally wears contact lenses to add a buff.

Now I regret that my eyesight is not as good as it used to be. I want to open the daily disposable lens on the spot, but I am worried about missing some exciting moments.

"Here, turn on the camera and zoom in. Don't climb up." Seeing that he was about to jump out of the balcony, Sun Cheng quickly pulled him back to the ground and took out his phone to give it to him.

"Oh my god!" Yu Wangxi suddenly jumped forward, his body swayed and he almost fell out. Fortunately, Sun Cheng was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and immediately pulled him back.

"What's wrong? You fell down, so forget it. I just bought this phone!"

"That guy is the scumbag who was exposed on the confession wall in freshman year. He is the one who cheated people out of money and sex, and he doesn't care about men or women!" Yu Wangxi didn't have time to calm his heart which was pounding because he almost went downstairs. His eyes were fixed on the intimate man and woman on the screen.

"What? Lin Xixi wouldn't be interested in this, would she?"

"Who knows, they are leaving, come downstairs quickly!"

"What are you doing? Why is there such a big noise? What happened to Lin Xixi?" Chen Qian was attracted by their startled voices. As soon as he walked out of the balcony door, he was pushed back by two people and dragged downstairs.

Chen Qian didn't even have time to change his shoes, and his slippers almost slipped down his calves on the way down the stairs. He jumped two steps to recover and continued running.

He didn't know what happened and ran out subconsciously, but when he saw the nervous expressions of Sun Cheng and Yu Wangxi halfway, he thought he could put the reason aside for the time being and just run after them.

The three of them jumped down the stairs, taking two steps at a time, and they were out of breath after reaching the next step.

Fortunately, such efforts paid off. Lin Xixi and the man didn't go far. They were now walking slowly on the trail in front of the dormitory building, talking and laughing.

Yu Wangxi rushed over when he saw the man. Before Sun Cheng and Chen Qian could react, he had already reached Lin Xixi and stopped the man.

Lin Xixi was very surprised to see the three people who were so busy that they almost disappeared under such circumstances. "Why are you out of breath? Are you running to exercise?"

"No, we... have something to talk to you about. Are you busy now?" Yu Wangxi made an excuse, looked at Lin Xixi eagerly, and winked at her.