Qi Xiuyi had been very gloomy lately. His bank card was frozen. The latest model of a mini single-person helicopter, for which he had finally snatched a slot and paid a deposit, had also been sent back by his father. And lately, even when he went out for meals, he had to wait for his companions to pay the bill.

Talk about it.

Talk about it!

This was outrageous!

Where was Qi Xiuyi going to put his face now?!

The dignified young master of the Qi family had fallen to this, he was truly disgraced!

His father’s business was so vast, this amount of money wasn’t even a drop in the ocean compared to their family assets.

Why was he so stingy?!

Qi Xiuyi was extremely gloomy, so much so that when Young Master Yu came to visit today, he almost couldn’t bother to go out and greet him. But the thought that the other party was most likely there to collect a debt, and that the butler would surely tell his father about it, leading to a scolding, prevented him from showing Yu Zhiqiu any good face.

Please, it was just 800,000.

He wasn’t going to not pay it back!

Hadn’t he said he’d pay him back after some time, once his dad’s anger subsided? Was there really a need to rush over and ask him for the money?!

Oh well, with this request, his dad would definitely pay the money back for him.

But his own bank card being unfrozen? That would once again be a distant dream.

Qi Xiuyi sighed deeply.

Yu Zhiqiu laughed at him: “Alright, Uncle Qi definitely won’t bear to see you suffer for so long. Just endure this period, and it’ll pass.”

Qi Xiuyi’s looks mostly favored his mother, but he inherited Qi Jingming’s eyes, which were slender and long, looking like a fox when he squinted. The difference was that when his dad squinted, he looked like a cunning and alluring fox king, while Qi Xiuyi, with the baby face inherited from his mother, looked exactly like an unripe little fox when he squinted.

Qi Xiuyi glared at Yu Zhiqiu irritably and said: “Go ahead and laugh! If I weren’t here, you’d be bored to death for the next two months!”

Yu Zhiqiu said nonchalantly: “Heh heh, I have a whole list of older sisters I can call out to play anytime. What about you?”

Qi Xiuyi fumed: “You’re telling me, my dad is really something. Isn’t my pocket money meant for me to spend… I didn’t do anything bad, why did he freeze my bank card?!”

Yu Zhiqiu asked: “Do you want to check your bank statement before you speak?”

Qi Xiuyi said: “Okay, although my spending is several times yours… my dad’s assets are also several times your dad’s! Spending proportionally, isn’t that reasonable?”

Yu Zhiqiu: “.”

Yu Zhiqiu glanced at him: “Impressive.”

Qi Xiuyi mumbled: “Besides, I’m not like You… that You-what’s-his-name, who indulged in all kinds of bad habits like eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling.”

Yu Zhiqiu: “Indeed, you’ve only hit on three out of four: eating, drinking, and playing. One less than him, how remarkable.”

Qi Xiuyi: “Every penny I spend has a purpose!”

Yu Zhiqiu helped him list: “Indeed, it has a purpose. Bought a plane, then an airline. Bought an airline, then bought a cruise ship on installments. Not to mention your room full of countless antiques and limited-edition figurines, and meteorites that could fill an entire exhibition hall…”

Yu Zhiqiu summarized, speechless: “Dude, if this were at my house, you’d basically be trying to contend for family authority with the old man.”

Seeing that it was getting late, Yu Zhiqiu stood up to bid farewell, not forgetting to remind him before leaving: “Pay me back using my C Bank card, not the A Bank one, okay? Don’t let my girlfriend find out, or she’ll definitely get jealous of you again.”

Qi Xiuyi pinched his nose in disgust: “Such a sour, jealous smell. You should break up sooner and find the next one. With no money and no looks, who knows what they’re even talking about… Alright, alright, bye, don’t send me off.”

After Yu Zhiqiu left, Qi Xiuyi sighed and flopped back onto his bed, trying to figure out how to handle his father’s interrogation tonight.

However, after thinking for a bit, he gave up.

Never mind, his dad might not even be back tonight.

How great would it be if he could be as busy as he was before, coming home every day after Qi Xiuyi had already fallen asleep! Dragging it out for ten days or half a month, everything would be forgotten.

Thinking this, Qi Xiuyi comfortably invited friends, immediately went online and invited five professional players to carry him in casual matches, and soon scored a beautiful 6:0.

Just as he was about to start the next round, Qi Xiuyi suddenly keenly heard the sound of the downstairs door opening and closing.

Damn, why so early? Does Old Boss Qi not have meetings or dinner appointments tonight?!

Qi Xiuyi, scared, went offline at lightning speed, rummaging through his room for an antique coin he had just planned to use as an excuse to fob off his father.

After finding it, he placed the coin in a gift box, making it look unopened, and put it in the most conspicuous place in the room. Then he lay down on his bed, pretending to be asleep, though his heart was pounding with nervousness.

Don’t misunderstand, he wasn’t nervous!

He was just worried that one day, he might accidentally end up on the path of being grounded and cut off from the internet, just like Young Master You back then!

Ten minutes passed.

Twenty minutes passed.

Click-clack, thud.

Another sound of a door opening and closing.

Qi Xiuyi got up in confusion, secretly pulled open a crack in the curtains, waited a moment, and sure enough, saw his father’s car driving out of the courtyard.

Qi Xiuyi: ?

Oh, good, his dad was still busy.

He let out a sigh of relief and went back online.

During this time, he received a message from Yu Zhiqiu, complaining that he had specifically told him, yet the money was once again transferred to his A card.

Qi Xiuyi: …

Damn, his dad really found out! …Although he already knew this would be the result…

Qi Xiuyi: [Oh, because I hadn’t had time to tell my dad yet. He’s too fast!!]

Qi Xiuyi grew more nervous the more he thought about it, deciding to go to bed early tonight to prevent running into his busy dad if he stayed up late. He quickly went out for a bath. He had just changed into his bathrobe and left the bathroom when he heard a click-clack, and the main door opened again.

Qi Xiuyi tensed up, nervously peeking downstairs. Qi Jingming had just unwrapped his scarf and taken off his overcoat. The butler was helping to take his clothes and bag, hanging them on the coat rack nearby, then stooped to take off his boss’s boots. The Fox King kicked off his boots, looked up, and his gaze met Qi Xiuyi’s.

Qi Jingming: “Not asleep yet.”

Qi Xiuyi smiled brightly: “Oh, Dad! You’re back really early today. Have you eaten? I’ll go tell Aunt Liu to make you some soup!”

Qi Jingming calmly replied: “I’ve eaten, no need. It’s half past eleven, get some rest early, you have to get up early tomorrow.”

Qi Xiuyi: “Oh, oh, okay!”

Qi Jingming withdrew his gaze, didn’t linger in the living room on the first floor, and took the elevator on the other side to the third floor, seemingly heading back to his study. Only Qi Xiuyi remained, somewhat bewildered, standing in place.

Huh? He just went back to his study?

Didn’t mention Yu Zhiqiu coming to collect debt today?

Didn’t mention him borrowing money from someone again?

Didn’t threaten to ground him and cut off his internet like every time before??

Qi Xiuyi was bewildered, confused, his heart dangling in mid-air, swaying so much that he lay awake in bed for two hours, still unable to fall asleep.

Unease. Too much unease.

…Could his dad be brewing some big move?

Please, don’t let him actually learn from Uncle You’s experience!!

Qi Xiuyi grew more anxious and nervous the more he thought about it. In a flash, the moon set and the sun rose.

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“Host! Qi Jingming, he… he actually found our hotel address directly, and even knew our room number?!”

Lin Chen unhurriedly adjusted his collar, completely ignoring the respectful young butler waiting beside him. He internally sighed to the system: “See, that’s our new dad’s power.”

The system worried: “But Host, I… I thought all night, and I still think this plan is too dangerous!”

Lin Chen: “Kids like you, staying up all night thinking nonsense. Know the consequences now, do you?”

System was anxious: “Qi Jingming is the most ruthless wealthy family head in the entire book! When the protagonist initiated his liquidation plan, the closest he came to failure was in his confrontation with the Qi family; that time, the entire protagonist team almost lost all their lives!”

Lin Chen sighed contentedly: “See, see my dad’s strength in protecting his family.”

Lin Chen: “It looks like we’ll be very safe for the next year!”

System: “…”

System cried like a noodle: “Host! Host, please reconsider!”

Lin Chen raised his hand and squeezed his five fingers.

System: “…Wuwu QxQ!”

The young butler noticed Lin Chen’s gesture and asked, confused but polite: “Young Master?”

Lin Chen said: “Oh, nothing, just a mosquito that flew away.”

The young butler acknowledged, lowered his eyes again, but couldn’t help but secretly glance at the new young master who was about to move into the Qi family home.

Or rather… the real young master?

The butler felt that what happened last night was too absurd to be true. Just yesterday afternoon, he was still worrying with Mr. Qi about Young Master Qi… Young Master Qi Xiuyi, and the education of the Qi family heir. Who would have thought that Mr. Qi, after just a phone call and a trip out, would return with two paternity test results!

One was Mr. Qi and Young Master Qi Xiuyi’s, showing no blood relation.

One was Mr. Qi and this new Young Master’s, showing a father-son blood relation.

Mr. Qi always acted decisively.

The day after receiving these two test results—which was today—he was told at five in the morning to prepare people and a car to come to this address to welcome the real young master home!

The butler was bewildered and horrified.

…No, seriously?

Just two days ago, he finished eating the melon (gossip) about the He family’s real and fake young masters, and now a new melon directly landed on their own heads?!

That being said.

The young butler secretly observed the new young master. His face didn’t resemble Mr. Qi’s at all, but his lips and nose seemed to have some similarities to Mr. Qi’s. But the most similar aspect was undoubtedly the new young master’s demeanor. His composed posture as he stood expressionlessly and calmly adjusting his attire in front of the full-length mirror was practically carved from the same mold as Mr. Qi! He really did look more like Mr. Qi’s son than Young Master Qi Xiuyi!

Lin Chen asked the system: “Do you know what he’s thinking right now?”

System: “Boss, I’m your in-brain system, not his in-brain system!”

Lin Chen: “I bet he’s probably thinking right now, ‘How can I look more like a Qi family young master than Qi Xiuyi?'”

System: “Heh heh, Host, see? My disguise skills are super strong, right!”

Lin Chen: “Tsk, it’s no wonder I savored the memory of our meeting for three hours last night, learning his demeanor while adjusting my collar for ten minutes here.”

Lin Chen finally let go of his collar, casually put on his overcoat, and said to the butler: “Let’s go.”

The butler immediately snapped back, respectfully raising his hand: “Young Master, please.”

Five extended cars on the roads of the Imperial Capital…

Were nobly stuck in traffic.

They were stuck in rush hour traffic for a full hour and a half before finally entering the city center and arriving at the Qi family residence.

At this very moment, Qi Xiuyi, who had been “invited” out of bed and out of his room by the servants early this morning, watched as they quickly cleared his belongings from the room, his heart bewildered and angry.

Qi Xiuyi shouted in anger: “What are you doing?! Who gave you the right to move my room like this?! Where’s my phone, my phone! I’m going to make my dad replace all of you!”

A servant said helplessly: “Young Master, these are Mr. Qi’s orders, we can’t do anything.”

Qi Xiuyi’s face flushed with anger: “How is that possible? I’m his only son, my dad wouldn’t do this to me! My phone, give me my phone!!”

Just then, the downstairs main door suddenly opened.

Dense and orderly footsteps echoed downstairs.

Qi Xiuyi was in a temper. This noise made him even angrier. He immediately shook his head, took two large steps to the edge of the corridor, and his scolding voice rose high…

And got stuck in his throat.

He saw more than a dozen burly bodyguards in black uniforms neatly lined up in two rows at the doorway. Their faces were expressionless, chests out, heads held high, legs slightly apart, hands behind their backs. They looked like a dense, dark mass, cold and imposing.

A car, unusually, pulled directly up to the entrance. The young butler got out of the car, respectfully bowed, and opened the car door.

Light brown boots first entered Qi Xiuyi’s sight, followed by soft, black short hair, a lean shoulder roughly as wide as his own, and a creamy white overcoat in a style his father favored. He couldn’t see the person’s face from his angle, but the moment Qi Xiuyi saw the figure, he was very certain he didn’t know the person.

But when that person stepped through the front door, Qi Xiuyi had a momentary daze, thinking he had seen a younger version of his father.

The demeanor, the stride, the walking posture…

How could it be exactly like his dad’s?!

The moment the creamy white overcoat youth stepped into the house.

The voices of the two rows of bodyguards were perfectly synchronized and loud, shaking the roof.

“Welcome home, Young Master! You’ve worked hard, Young Master!”

“Welcome home, Young Master! You’ve worked hard, Young Master!”

“Welcome home, Young Master! You’ve worked hard, Young Master!”

Qi Xiuyi’s mind went blank instantly.

Welcome… what?!

He saw the youth raise his head, his indifferent gaze met Qi Xiuyi’s for a fleeting moment, then calmly bypassed him, landing on the room behind him.

On that unfamiliar handsome face, slightly familiar dark, thin lips parted.

Qi Xiuyi heard the devil’s voice calmly ask: “Is that my new room?”