SWNOVELXO Chapter 72 - I
Xie Qi ultimately didn’t manage to pick any of those big lotus pods.
Because he had really been frightened, he didn’t react until he got into the car and asked, “Your family is so superstitious. How can you live in a house where so many people have died?”
Qin Yizhi’s eyes fell on Xie Qi’s face as he said, “Well, that’s why I lied to you.”
Xie Qi: “…”
He felt a little embarrassed. He had been completely frightened by Qin Yizhi just now.
But it was normal to be afraid of dead people… Anyway, it wasn’t that he was timid.
Qin Yizhi said, “I’ll take you to another place to pick lotus pods tomorrow.”
Xie Qi quickly put his earlier feelings behind him and asked, “Where can I pick them?”
Qin Yizhi replied calmly, “I have several manors with ponds like this.”
Xie Qi couldn’t help but sigh at the simple life of the rich.
He immediately said, “Okay.”
After a pause, he asked, “But what does your grandfather think? Does he really not mind me? I thought a feudal family like yours would hate homosexuality.”
He joked, “Don’t you have to soak the pig cage for marrying me?”
Qin Yizhi was silent for a moment and then replied, “It doesn’t matter, he won’t do anything to you.”
Xie Qi said, “Oh,” and added, “That’s a bit unexpected.”
Xie Qi didn’t quite understand, but he could vaguely feel the sarcasm in the eyes of Qin Lingyun and the others when they looked at him. It was obvious they looked down on him from the bottom of their hearts and felt that a male partner wasn’t worthy of being on stage.
In that case, what did Qin Yizhi gain from marrying him?
Xie Qi vaguely felt that it wasn’t as simple as Qin Yizhi had said.
If it were an ordinary family, where parents urge a man to get married, the man might indeed need a “partner” to show off. But his presence would only make Qin Yizhi more criticized, and Qin Yizhi would have to work harder to defend him. To be honest, it wasn’t as good as marrying the beautiful daughter from the Yan family.
Xie Qi had something on his mind and couldn’t hold it in any longer, so he asked directly.
Qin Yizhi’s eyes fell on Xie Qi’s face. Xie Qi didn’t look away. The two looked at each other—compared to the beginning when Xie Qi didn’t dare to look at him, now he had indeed made a lot of progress and could take the initiative. His eyes were filled with the stubbornness to get answers.
Qin Yizhi paused and said to Xie Qi, “You are useful, at least to me, very useful.”
Such words couldn’t easily satisfy Xie Qi. He pressed further and asked, “What use?”
Qin Yizhi could only explain a bit more, “The Qin family looks great on the surface and is one of the top large groups in the country, but it’s gradually rotting internally. This is the bad nature of all family businesses. It’s also because the Qin family has always followed the ancestral precepts. The family business will be inherited by the eldest son and grandson, and I’m the legitimate heir.”
He paused and continued, “In today’s modern society, there’s no such thing as the eldest son or grandson. Only the capable ones hold the position. Naturally, the descendants of the family have their own ambitions and compete for power and profit. The upper and middle levels of the Qin family are almost all relatives, and their power is deep-rooted and difficult to eradicate. This is an opportunity. The heir who’s supposed to inherit the family business chooses to remain silent and marries a wife who has no benefit for him. While Qin Lingyun’s influence grows, and others bide their time, I’ll also take a share of the pie.”
Qin Yizhi looked at Xie Qi and said, “If it didn’t work, you could play your role.”
Xie Qi covered his chest, pretending to be sad, and said, “Although you told a fact, it was a bit heartbreaking for me.”
Qin Yizhi replied, “It would be fine if you didn’t ask.”
Xie Qi pretended not to understand and continued to ask, “Then what was going on with Xie Dai’s big business?”
Qin Yizhi whispered, “Country L would not have the money to pay the balance.”
He smiled slightly and said in a calm tone, “Generally, for this kind of big business, the group would do background checks and risk assessments, and Qin Lingyun would see perfect results. After all, Country L is very wealthy, and the government has always been generous. The final payment would be very good, and that country never care about big or small companies. As long as they have a good reputation, they would accept bids. These were all pieces of information that could be investigated.”
Qin Yizhi stopped smiling, and his tone became serious again. “But what he couldn’t investigate was the deeper information.”
Xie Qi asked, “Huh??”
Qin Yizhi said, “The political situation in Country L would be unstable next year, and the government of Country L would spend a large amount of money to purchase supplies.”
Xie Qi was confused again. “How did you know this news?”
Qin Yizhi replied calmly, “When doing business, you must also capture the international trend. Some things are inevitable. Very few people knew this news, even less so Xie Dai and Qin Lingyun. When they started construction, they would find out that they might have to withdraw without the final payment and would need to pay a huge amount of compensation. Country L would be short of money at that time and would give them a heavy blow. It’s impossible to bring down the Qin family, but it’s easy to bring down the Xie family.”