Chapter 79: The Wandering Korean (8)

  Qin Keyi's father had a seemingly kind smile, but it made me feel uncertain and guilty. Based on the teachings of previous romantic dramas, when Qin Keyi's father appeared, he would probably oppose my "poor" self from taking away Qin Keyi, this "plump goose", and play the role of an obstacle in our revolutionary love road, making our originally smooth love road extremely bumpy. I don't know if Qin Keyi's father will follow this conventional route, all I can do is quietly observe for now.

  "Uncle... you're also in Korea?" As soon as these words escaped my mouth, I realized that my current state was on the verge of being stupid. Qin Ke Yi's father was clearly already sitting on Korean soil and enthusiastically drinking and chatting with me.

  "This time I came to Korea for some business matters...... You seem to be very nervous, young man!" Qin Ke's father patted my shoulder with a smile. "Come on! Eat! Don't be so formal! Two old men like us, what's the point of being so stiff?" Qin Ke's father's words suddenly made me feel a bit more at ease.

  "Do you drink?" Qin Ke's father asked me with a smile after giving me a piece of fish.

  "It's okay if you drink a little less..." I immediately put on the standard ugly and respectful face of an unmarried young man.

  "Alright! Let's have a drink today, just the two of us! I've got some Northeastern Chinese liquor that I brought back from home!" Qin Ke Yi's father said as he picked up my cup and poured me a glass. This action made it difficult for me to associate him with the image of a wealthy person who likes to show off.

  "Come on! Down it in one go!" Qin Ke's father said, after pouring himself a drink, he picked up his cup and downed it in one gulp. I followed suit, picking up my own cup and drinking it all at once. To be honest, the liquor wasn't as strong as I had imagined, but in order to maintain the image of a good kid and a standard intellectual in the eyes of people from their generation, I still pretended to be in pain, drawing on memories of my first time drinking baijiu.

  "Today I called you here alone, don't you feel very sudden and strange?! Now you must be thinking about the purpose of my calling you, right?" Qin Ke's father said while eating his food, as if he had seen through what was on my mind. All I could do was smile awkwardly and nod my head.

  "I was originally thinking of a way to get you out without letting Ke Yi know, but it turned out that Li Jia called me from the hotel just now and told me that you had returned to the hotel while Ke Yi seemed to have gone out, so I let Li Jia bring you here."

  "Why did you hide from me when we could have met?" I asked curiously.

  "I don't want to cause trouble between you and Ke Yi because of me." Qin Ke Yi's father said with a smile, his words seemed to be conveying a signal that made me happy, as if he was worried about Ke Yi and I quarreling.

  "Will seeing you cause conflict between me and Ke Yi?" I asked incredulously.

  "How long have you been together with Ke Yi?" Qin Ke Yi's father didn't answer me directly.

  "It's been about a month now!"

  "It seems... I knew when you guys were just together for a short time?"

  "So... you've known all along?"

  "Hmm! Last time Qin Ke Yi's ex-boyfriend came back, when his whole family invited my daughter and me to dinner, Qin Ke Yi formally announced it at the dinner table. At that time, our parents still wanted to take this opportunity to make the two children reconcile, after all, they had an emotional foundation, and the relationship between our families was very good, watching them grow up together from a young age... Hehe, I didn't expect this child to be the first to tell us that she already has a boyfriend." Qin Ke Yi's father said to me in a gentle tone, leaning back on his chair.

  "What's going on? I... don't know? But no one ever told me!" I asked in surprise, trying hard to recall.

  "Haven't I told you before? It was probably when you two had just started dating! That day, Li Jia went to pick up Ke Yi and seemed to have seen you too." Only then did I realize that he was referring to the day when Qin Ke Yi and I ran into each other at a laundry shop near our school. I finally figured out what Qin Ke Yi was doing that night, and the woman who came to pick him up was Li Jia, which also explained why I thought she looked familiar.

  "I'll give you 100,000..." Just as I was recalling the details of that day, a sentence suddenly came out of Qin Ke's father's mouth, making me feel like I was weightless, as if there was no chair between me and the ground. After I managed to control my shocked emotions and expression, and sat steadily in the chair, I suddenly felt the incredible power of capitalists, who could casually spit out a few words that were worth 100,000.

  "You...this is...?" Although I asked a question, my heart was secretly delighted. Could this be the representative of the first part of the rich people's expression when meeting their future son-in-law for the first time?

  "I'll give you 100,000... but you must leave Ke Yi... You should be very satisfied with this amount, right?" As soon as I heard the second half of his sentence, the joy I felt about the 100,000 yuan immediately turned to nothing. I can be shameless and selfless for Ke Yi in a small scope, but in other situations, I am very proud and self-respecting. Qin Ke Yi's father's seemingly calm words deeply touched my bottom line of self-esteem, making me feel that he had tarnished my feelings towards Qin Ke Yi. So, I finally had the reason and motivation to tear off the hypocritical mask.

  "Uncle... let me toast you..." I smiled and poured a cup of wine for Qin Kaiyi's father, then filled my own as well. "I think... this is the main reason you called me here today, right?" I said to Qin Kaiyi's father, raising my glass.

  "That's also a reason." Qin Ke Yi's father still maintained a warm tone and a seemingly kind smile, but in my eyes, he looked like a wolf in sheep's clothing. It seems that if I become this type of wolf one day, I might have the possibility of becoming one of those who get rich first, representing advanced productive forces.

  "Money is great... I also like money... but I value my dignity more. Maybe in your eyes, I'm just a pretty boy who eats soft rice, but that's irrelevant, I don't care about your opinion of me. But don't you think that by doing this, you're also insulting your own daughter... Is she only worth 100,000 yuan?" I said with confidence and smiled at Qin Ke Yi's father, then downed the wine in my hand in one gulp. "Uncle... I won't take your money... nor will I leave Ke Yi. We're both adults, we have the right to choose our own lives... I'll do everything possible to be with Ke Yi... just like how you made that decision for her mother back then... I'll also do whatever it takes for Ke Yi... Excuse me, I have something to attend to." After throwing a bunch of sentimental and awesome words at someone who thinks they're really cool, the feeling in my heart can't be described as "comfortable" anymore. But today, I've already experienced this feeling twice in less than an hour.

  Just as I was about to push the door and walk out of the room, Qin Ke Yi's father suddenly called me from behind. At this time, I didn't have the patience to listen to his nonsense anymore, but due to the glorious and long-standing revolutionary tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young that I had inherited in my bones, I still stood on the spot and listened to his reprimand.

  "Hah! Young man, to use a phrase you young people often say, you're really something! You're just my type, I like you!" As soon as I heard Qin Ke's father's inexplicable words from behind me, I started to suspect what kind of trick this old guy was playing. Capitalists are indeed capitalists, and they're really different from normal people in nature. So I turned around with a suspicious look on my face, staring at him.

  "If you had shown interest in the 100,000 yuan just now or even haggled with me over the price! Not only would you not get the money, but also you wouldn't get Qin Ke Yi." Qin Ke Yi's father said to me with a smile.

  "So who exactly are you..."

  "I really like your temperament! It's just like my shadow from back then... Seeing you and Ke Yi together, it makes me unconsciously think of the scenes when I was dating Ke Yi's mom all those years ago... Ah, it's quite nostalgic! Looks like Ke Yi didn't misjudge you, I'm also very reassured about your relationship with Ke Yi..."

  In just a few short minutes, with only a few words, I experienced a rollercoaster of emotions from heaven to hell, just like the mainland's stock market, always making small and medium-sized investors' hearts beat irregularly. At the same time, I secretly congratulated myself on having restrained my desire for 100,000 yuan earlier.

  "So you agree that I and Ke Yī... are together?" I asked with a somewhat insufficient tone, completely different from the confident and awesome Kang Jian from just before.

  "Hmm! I never believed those nonsense about being a good match! I'm still quite accurate at judging people, and you indeed have something worth appreciating! Since Canyi likes you... why should I oppose it?!" Qin Canyi's father poured himself another cup, smiled, and nodded at me, making me completely overwhelmed with happiness and excited beyond control. Now that we've got the official seal of approval, it seems like the revolutionary road to love for me, Qin Canyi, has finally reached its destination.

  "Don't be too happy too early, wanting to be my son-in-law, you still have a long way to go, there's a lot more you need to do, young man! The burden on your shoulders is not light!"

  "I know! I know! I'll definitely work hard! I'll definitely make Kei happy!" I exclaimed loudly.

  "Haha! I still know a thing or two about your abilities! Although you didn't do well in school, you've managed to make a name for yourself outside of it. As a student, you've earned quite a bit!"

  "What! Uncle... knows my business? The little money I earn, is it even worth mentioning in front of you?" I suddenly realized that I had unconsciously reverted to the same obsequious tone as before.

  "I still have a few old friends in your school, so it's not hard to get information about you." After hearing this sentence, I couldn't help but admire my foresight. Fortunately, during the three years of university, I didn't do anything too outrageous or shameful, and everything seemed to be leading up to this meeting today.