Chapter 80: The Wandering Korean (9)

  Wine is absolutely a catalyst for adjusting the atmosphere, especially in front of two Northeastern men. When Qin Ke's father took off his shirt and exposed his chest, indicating that there was no distinction between seniority or wealth, only two Northeastern men who had drunk too much, it meant that the atmosphere in the room had been adjusted to a certain extent. In other words, both people were already drunk. So I followed Qin Ke's father's example and took off my shirt.

  "Uncle... I've been wanting to ask you a question?" I asked, my face red and stuttering, to Qin Kaiyi's father who was also blushing.

  "Alright! Speak!" Qin Ke Yi's father replied readily.

  "When you first returned to China, why did you suddenly lose contact with Ke Yi's mother? From what Ke Yi told me about your emotional experience with her mother, I can feel that you are not an irresponsible man! What happened?" Qin Ke Yi's father's face, which had been filled with joyful smiles, suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a sorrowful smile, making me feel like I had asked the wrong question.

  "Not long after I returned home, I went to prison..." Qin Ke's father said with a sigh after finishing the wine in his cup.

  "I'm going to prison!!？Why is that?" Although I appeared very surprised on the surface, given my understanding of this special group who got rich first, I could still accept it in my heart. In the early days of reform and opening up, people were influenced by the communist ideology of hating the rich, which determined that most people would stick to their jobs and live a 9-to-5 life. Those who dared to take risks were mostly former labor camp prisoners or unemployed youth, and working people at that time generally didn't want to get involved in this mess. This also explains why major newspapers often wasted ink discussing the quality of rich people, and this innate factor also determined that the origin stories of these wealthy individuals were not very glorious. Qin Ke Yi's father must have had a lot of dirty money to achieve his current success.

  "I was sentenced to three years for profiteering from scarce goods..." Perhaps it involved a topic he didn't want to mention, and his expression now was in stark contrast to the cheerful one he had earlier. He kept pouring himself cup after cup, as if afraid that I would compete with him for the wine.

  "So you lost contact with Kei's mom?"

  "I went in before... I had secretly hidden 500,000 yuan and asked my friend to send it to Ke Yi and her mother... Alas! I didn't think that when I came out, I found out that the money was embezzled by him at the beginning, not a single penny was left for Ke Yi and her mother... If Su Ying had received that money, she wouldn't have..." At this point, Qin Ke Yi's father suddenly wiped his eyes with his hand, which made me realize that even a millionaire boss can have a weak side, and this rare scene was shown in front of a poor young man like me who met him for the first time. At this moment, I thought all I could do was to listen carefully to his confession and occasionally give him approving and affirmative glances."

  "After I came out, I wanted to go back to Korea to see the mother and daughter immediately, but at that time I was penniless and had no face to go back... Fortunately, a few friends who did business with me before helped me out, lent me some money and we worked together on stocks and futures... At that time, the stock market was very hot, as long as you were brave enough, you could make money. In less than a year, I made a small fortune, paid back the borrowed money from my friends, and then rushed to Korea without stopping. Who knew..."

  "Have you and Kei ever explained me?" I asked him after seeing his emotions slightly improved.

  "Of course, I've explained before, but you might have also experienced her temper... She's very stubborn, and over the years, I've never said anything to her or asked her for anything, trying my best to satisfy her, so she's developed this attitude. Every time I try to explain things to her, she refuses to listen... Once, we even had a big fight, and she accused me of having another woman outside... She doesn't know that the only woman I've ever loved is her mother, but later, because of loneliness... I also found comfort in a few men! You understand, right? But I never thought about marrying them; my wife's position has always been reserved for Ke Yi's mother, and no one can replace her..." At this point, his emotions fluctuated again, and tears rolled down the corners of his eyes. So, I put on a good son-in-law face again and handed him another tissue.

  "Kang Jian! Can you help me out?" Qin Ke Yi's father said to me after taking the tissue and wiping away his tears.

  "Let me help you? I... what can I do to help you?" Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh. A wealthy person who is used to getting their way would ask a poor kid for help?

  "Tomorrow is my birthday, I hope you can come, of course..."

  "Of course, I'd rather have Qin Keyi come too, right?" I confidently picked up where Qin Keyi's father had left off with a slightly insufficient tone.

  "Are you sure you can bring Qin Ke Yi and I together?" Qin Ke Yi's father's expression at this moment was like a general giving the final order to a confused soldier.

  "I'll try... I actually hope you and your daughter can eliminate the estrangement between each other, I can feel that Ke Yi still cares about you a lot, she often complains to me that you don't go home to accompany her."

  "I've also been too focused on business these past few years, I thought that as long as she was well-fed and well-dressed, and had enough money to spend, that would be showing her care... it seems I was wrong... my daughter and I have also lacked communication for too long..." Qin Ke's father sighed, saying slowly, it seems that someone who can successfully run a large enterprise is not necessarily someone who can successfully manage their own family.

  "Uncle, don't worry! I'll take care of it!" I gave a guarantee to Qin Ke Yi's father, but considering Qin Ke Yi's stubborn and unyielding personality, I didn't have much confidence in this. Although this move seemed a bit like trying to curry favor with my future father-in-law, I really hoped that Ke Yi could improve her relationship with her father... Qin Ke Yi appeared strong and gave the impression of living a very happy life, but actually lacked care from others. At the same time as I could give her all my love, I also hoped she could feel warmth from her family...

  Qin Kaiyi's father originally wanted to continue drinking with me, but before the third cup was finished, Li Jia pushed open the door and came in, using the excuse that it was getting late and there were important meetings tomorrow to unilaterally end our conversation between two Northeastern men with bare arms, making me wonder who is leading whom, and who is paying whose salary...

  After returning to the hotel room, it was around 1 o'clock in the morning. I didn't even have the energy to take off my clothes and fell asleep on the bed in a daze. After an unknown period of time, I suddenly felt someone riding on me. In the haze, I confirmed that this wasn't a dreamy feeling, and very reluctantly opened my eyes to find Qin Ke Yi sitting on top of me with her waist bent down, staring at me with two big eyes.

  "You're back......" I said drowsily to Qin Ke, half-opening my eyes.

  "Was your single life enjoyable last night?"

  "Ah!! Don't even mention how great it was! But good things are always short-lived, fleeting, and before I could even savor the moment, you appeared in front of me, and all the joyful scenes can only become brief memories!" I said with a smile.

  "Wow! It's been a while since we last met, and your writing skills have improved so much! You've even started using essay-style topics for casual conversations?"

  "I've always had a good writing style! You often only focus on my shortcomings and ignore my strengths, leading to misunderstandings about me. Good tea needs to be savored slowly!"

  "Then you can slowly savor it, it seems that you are so reluctant to give up your single life, and it makes me feel a deep sense of guilt. So I have no choice but to painfully decide to go back to Shunying's house, letting you continue to enjoy the pleasure of being single..." Qin Ke said, pretending to be pitiful, and was about to slowly get off my body. But then I pulled her down onto the bed and flipped over to press myself on top of hers.

  "What are you doing! Get down quickly! You're so clumsy!" Qin Ke said with a smile as he pushed me.

  "How many times have I told you, in this situation, don't ask 'what do you want to do' kind of hurtful questions, the most rational thing to do is to close your eyes and actively cooperate with me to complete the next technical action!" I said as I started kissing Qin Ke Yi's mouth.

  "Match your head! ...... Wait! How come there's such a strong smell of wine in your mouth? Where did you go to get mixed up?" Qin Ke asked me with her hand covering my mouth.

  "Ah……? I was bored staying in my room yesterday, so I sneaked out alone to a nearby soccer fan bar to watch the game and had a few beers!" Maybe because I haven't lied recently, it took me a bit longer to think.

  "Really?" Qin Ke asked with half belief and half doubt.

  "What am I cheating you for! Korean fans are so crazy, scoring a goal and smashing beer bottles, they don't consider the feelings of those Koreans who collect waste, this is their most profitable business, if there were matches every day, they would be laid off!" I deliberately changed the subject.

  "I've heard that there's a red-light district around here somewhere!" I didn't expect Qin Ke to change the subject even more, leaving me at a loss.

  "What do you mean? I can go to that kind of place... kidding! Besides, we don't speak the same language, how are we going to communicate?"

  "What's the point of using language to communicate? Can't we just use body language?"

  "You don't understand this... Before two people can communicate physically, it's essential to have a linguistic exchange; otherwise, they'll just be going through the motions and won't be able to achieve that perfect union. It'll just become a mindless, mechanical movement... When I was about to share my unique insights on the necessary communication between ***, Qin Ke Yi stared at me with an odd gaze, so I gave up on explaining those remaining points."

  "You're quite experienced, huh? Haven't you often fooled around with girls at bars before?"

  "Not even a chance! This is just my theoretical understanding, I haven't had time to put it into practice yet, and then I ran into you..." I found that Qin Kei was still staring at me with a strange gaze. "I'm going to take a bath! You think about where to go play for a while!" I thought the best way to get rid of this crisis was to escape from Qin Kei's line of sight, so I said as I jumped up from the bed and rushed into the bathroom.

  I turned on the shower switch, and the water flowed from the nozzle towards my head, quickly covering every inch of my skin, giving me a sense of relaxation. At this time, my dizzy brain began to clear up a bit, but how to persuade Qin Ke to attend his father's birthday party started to bother me, causing a new wave of dizziness.