Chapter 63

After choosing the dessert, Qi Ji took the tray and found a quiet corner.

From the position he was in, he could see Pei Yusheng with his back to him and Qi Mingyu on the opposite side. Qi Ji was eating the black forest while glancing at them from time to time.

Although the voices of the two could not be heard at this distance, their conversation seemed to be smoother than Qi Ji had imagined. He even saw his brother, who had always been impatient, rarely smiled to outsiders.

After watching it for a while, Qi Ji couldn't help but sigh.

It seems that President Pei can indeed eat anywhere.

But even so, Qi Ji still felt a little subtle. In his sense, it was difficult for him to have any interaction between his brother and President Pei, and he never expected to see such a harmonious conversation between the two.

In fact, in the final analysis, Qi Ji had this idea because he felt that he and Pei Yusheng were people from two different worlds.

Before the two of them finished talking, Qi Ji was attracted by another group of people.

It was Mr. Xue who came.

Mr. Xue has served in F University for decades, and he was rehired after retirement. He was specially awarded the honorary title of life. Even among the scholars in the hall, he did not lose his color, and could even be said to be one of the best.

In addition, there were many people at the scene who were students of Mr. Xue. As soon as he appeared, he naturally attracted a lot of attention, and everyone greeted him one after another.

Qi Ji's location is near the entrance of the hall, which is convenient for greeting people. Apart from Mr. Xue, he also saw Grandma Yu who came with him.

The two old professors are both teachers who have served in F University for many years, and there are not only a wave of people who came to greet them. Qi Ji originally planned to leave after greeting without delaying the time of the two of them, but when Grandma Yu saw it, she took the initiative to stop him.

"Xiao Qi, do you have time to do grandma a favor?"

Qi Ji said, "I'm free, you say."

They walked to a less crowded place, and Grandma Yu took out two lunch tickets from the bag: "Can you take this ticket to the front desk of the hotel? If a guest named Xue Zhongqi comes over, just Put them in."

Qi Ji asked, "Uncle Xue has returned to China?"

Xue Zhongqi is Grandma Yu's son. Qi Ji met him twice when he accompanied Qi Mingyu to Grandma Yu's house. It happened that Xue Zhongqi's nickname was also Qiqi. At that time, when he heard grandma Yu calling Qi Ji at home, he couldn't help but answer. Therefore, Grandma Yu changed her name to Qi Ji Xiaoqi.

Grandma Yu laughed, her raised eyebrows revealed a touch of joy: "Yes, he came here with his lover. He just got off the plane, and it was a little slow to come here, so we didn't wait for him."

"The tickets for the two of them are also with me. I originally planned to put them at the front desk just before I came up, but I met an acquaintance in the lobby and forgot when I spoke." Grandma Yu said, "I originally thought of coming up to find a student. Help send the admission ticket down, I happened to meet you, can you help grandma?"

Qi Ji took the admission ticket: "Okay, I'll help you deliver it now."

"Hey, thank you Xiaoqi." Grandma Yu said, "You can just come up after you send it off. They will be here for a while."

Sure enough, when Qi returned from sending the tickets and ate almost all the desserts, he saw Xue Zhongqi who had just arrived.

Xue Zhongqi is an elegant man with glasses and a very bookish spirit. Although he is over forty years old, his appearance looks like he is only thirty years old at most, and he completely inherits Grandma Yu's appearance advantage. Qi Ji called him Uncle Xue, but in fact, if he only looked at his face, it would be more appropriate to call him brother.

Xue Zhongqi grew up on the campus of F University and was familiar with many of the professors present. He hadn't returned to China for a long time, and he was busy greeting and talking to people when he arrived, so Qi Ji didn't come forward to disturb him for the time being.

But this time, what attracted Qi Ji's attention the most was not Xue Zhongqi, but his companion.

When Grandma Yu sent the admission ticket to Qi, she clearly said that Xue Zhongqi and his lover were coming. However, what appeared with Xue Zhongqi was not the young aunt Qi Ji imagined, but a tall foreign man.

The man had a tall nose and deep eyes, handsome eyebrows and deep eyes. He was tall and slender, similar to Pei Yusheng. At first Qi Ji thought that Xue Zhongqi's lover had not come up for the time being, but after seeing it several times, he found that the two were always inseparable, and the more he looked, the more he felt that something was wrong.

Moreover, the foreign man was not marginalized on this occasion. When many people present communicated with Xue Zhongqi, they would greet him politely, as if they had known each other before.

However, the first person who stepped forward to shake hands with the foreigner was a manager from Xinghai, the one who came with Pei Yusheng.

The more and more Qi Ji looked, the more puzzled he became. He happened to meet Grandma Yu again, so he couldn't help but raise his doubts.

"Grandma Yu, didn't you say that Uncle Xue came with his lover?"

Grandma Yu said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Qi Ji hesitated for a while, but still said, "But the man next to him..."

Grandma Yu smiled and said calmly, "That's Qiqi's lover. His name is Midov, and he's a Russian."

Xu Shiqi's surprised expression was too obvious, so she asked again, "Does Xiao Qi not accept homosexuality?"

"No," Qi Ji shook his head hurriedly, "I just didn't think of it for a while... Besides, I also saw the man chatting with the manager of our company, so I was a little confused."

Grandma Yu said, "Midoff is the boss of MLS. Maybe he has a business relationship with Xinghai?"

Qi Ji suddenly said: "Yes, I just talked about a new cooperation some time ago."

MLS is Russia's largest mobile operator and one of Xinghai's largest partners in Russia. When you think about it, it's no wonder they started chatting.

But the boss of MLS... Qi Ji was taken aback again when he thought of this identity.

The Midov family? Isn't that one of the top ten consortia in Russia?

This kind of identity, which can only be heard in foreign gossip, actually appeared in front of him, which is really surprising. What surprised Qi Ji most was that this was actually Uncle Xue's lover.

It's almost like the plot of the TV series happened in reality.

Regarding personal privacy, although he was surprised, Qi Ji didn't want to ask any further questions, and only helped Grandma Yu to get a few more plates. But before he helped bring the plate to the open-air balcony next to the banquet hall, Qi Ji unexpectedly saw Pei Yusheng's figure.

Pei Yusheng had finished chatting with Qi Mingyu, but now he was standing with the Russian man. To Qi Ji's surprise, the relationship between the two seemed to be quite familiar. As soon as he saw Pei Yusheng, Midov, who had always been unsmiling, showed a sincere smile and took the initiative to hug Pei Yusheng.

Qi Ji looked at it from a distance, and couldn't help but feel worried about the injury on Pei Yusheng's back.

Midov and Pei Yusheng looked more familiar with the manager just now, but Qi Ji had already walked out of the banquet hall and could not continue to watch.

The open-air balcony outside the hall is also large, more like an open-air garden, from which you can overlook the surrounding scenery. Qi Ji helped Grandma Yu put the dinner plate away, and sat with him on the glass seat for a while, but still couldn't hold back and asked about Midov.

"Grandma, is that Mr. Midoff...is he from the Midoff family?"

Grandma Yu took a sip of the red tea and said, "Yes."

Qi Ji hesitated, but when Grandma Yu saw this, she smiled and said, "Xiao Qi has also heard of the Midov family, right?"

"Yes, I learned a little about it before." In recent years, Forbes has rated the consortium at the level of hundreds of billions of dollars. Qi Ji said, "So I'm a little surprised to know that Uncle Xue's lover is from their family."

Grandma Yu sighed: "When we first learned about it, we had the same reaction."

Xue Zhongqi and Midov didn't know each other's identities when they met, and Midov only confessed their identities when the two confirmed their relationship.

"The first reaction of the old man and I was that we disagreed. Gender is the second priority. After all, as a parent, the biggest wish is to see the happiness of the child." Grandma Yu said, "But the relationship is different because the relationship is real. It's hard to go."

Qi Ji was silent.

This sentence is not talking about himself.

"After all, we are just an ordinary family, and we are so different from their chaebol oligarchs. If we really want to be with each other, if something happens in the future, only Qiqi will be injured." Grandma Yu put the tea cup back into the tea. On the disc, "In this case, even if the other party is a girl, we really don't want to agree."

It is quite normal to have such concerns. But looking at Grandma's current attitude, she no longer rejects Midov.

Qi Ji asked hesitantly, "Then... how did Mr. Midoff persuade you?"

"Let's use action." Grandma Yu smiled, with a slightly emotional expression on her face, "Forget it, Qiqi has been with him for fifteen years."

Qi Ji was slightly surprised: "So long?"

"Yeah." Grandma Yu said, "He is Russian, and Qiqi has settled in Northern Europe. We can communicate in English, but he still took the initiative to learn Chinese just to communicate with us. And every Spring Festival No matter how busy he is, he will come back with Kiki."

"Russia's prejudice against same-sex is very serious, but Midov didn't care, and offered to get a certificate with Qiqi. However, Qiqi didn't want to change his nationality, so they only had a wedding."

Qi Ji suddenly said, "Mr. Midov really cares about Uncle Xue."

Grandma Yu shook her head: "Actually, whether it's getting a certificate or a wedding, it's just a ceremony. From our parents' point of view, there is no real emergency contact person in case of an accident."

Social security contacts and social relationships are tied together. This is the real expression of feelings in a dull life.

But it is difficult for same-sex to provide this kind of protection.

"But we learned later that Midov really set Qiqi's emergency contact as himself." Grandma Yu laughed, "I don't know how he did it."

After all, it is not possible to operate in areas with same-sex laws that are not in the country.

Qi Ji replied, "He is very thoughtful."

"Well, he does." Grandma Yu showed her face and said slowly, "It may be this kind of thoughtfulness that really moved us."

She recalled: "When we first learned of his identity, the old man and I kept asking Kiki if Midov had given him any valuables, so that Kiki must remember not to take advantage of others."

"Qiqi always told us, no, there are no precious things, and they are very common gifts, the kind that Qiqi can afford. Later, Midov came to see us several times, and only gave some gifts. It's a very ordinary gift, so we can rest assured."

Qi Ji wanted to not put pressure on the other party, it was indeed very caring.

But when he thought about it, he didn't expect what Grandma Yu said next.

"But we only found out later that we didn't send anything valuable, obviously we didn't know." Grandma Yu smiled helplessly, "The low-cost holiday island they went to together during the AA system was actually rice. Dove's private beach. And the new bus line that Kiki opened when he went to work, and it was also opened for him by the Midov family's transportation company."

"Even the old man had a bad waist before, and the very useful masseuse he met occasionally was also hired by Midov."

Grandma Yu sighed.

"In fact, he was always giving us gifts in different ways, but he never let us know."

Only then did Qi Ji understand.

To be able to do this, it's no wonder that you can impress grandma and the others.

The open-air garden had a good view, but the upper floors were windy and the old man's resistance was low. Qi Ji sat with his grandmother for a while, and then went back indoors with the others.

As soon as he returned to the banquet hall, Qi Ji's gaze couldn't help but search all around.

Uncle Xue is not far from him, Mingyu is next to Eric, and President Pei...

Qi Ji paused. Still haven't resisted the attraction of this desperately looking person.

He saw Pei Yusheng beside Eric.

The conversation between the two parties seems to be going smoothly, and Xu Shi has already reached the step of discussing cooperation.

Concerned about Pei Yusheng's sensitivity to sight, Qi Ji didn't stop there.

It happened that Xue Zhongqi, who was nearby, saw him.

"Xiao Qi!"

"Little Uncle Xue." Qi Ji greeted the others, who came with Xue Zhongqi and Midov, who was always with him.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Xue Zhongqi and Qi Ji hugged, and after a few chats, they introduced the people around him: "This is Midov, my love."

Xue Zhongqi introduced it very frankly, and Qi Ji, who had just heard the introduction, was not too surprised.

But what Qi Ji didn't expect was that when he looked at this tall Russian man up close, he realized that his eyes were actually light gray.

Qi Ji had only seen one person with this color before.

It was Pei Yusheng who just hugged Midov.

Qi Ji couldn't help but think of his previous guess - President Pei's facial contours are more three-dimensional than ordinary people. Could it be that he is really mixed race?

But Pei Yusheng's uncle is also a lieutenant general. If their family really has foreign blood, how could Lieutenant General Pei sit in this position?

Qi Ji secretly speculated, until Midov's gaze came over, and he returned to greet him: "Hello."

Xue Zhongqi said to Midov again, "This is Qi Ji, Xiao Qi, his younger brother is the little math genius my mother saw from childhood."

Hearing this name, Midov's expression changed slightly.

He said, "Qi Ji?"

Midov's Chinese pronunciation is slightly accented, but he speaks fluently and looks like he is practicing regularly.

Qi Ji was about to nod his head when he heard him say, "Are you Pei's lover?"

Qi Ji was stunned for a moment: "...??"

Seeing Xue Zhongqi also looking over with a little curiosity, Qi Ji hurriedly shook his head: "I'm not, I just work in President Pei's company."

He didn't know why Midov said, "Did you admit the wrong person?"

Midov was not convinced by his denial. His voice was low, similar to Pei Yusheng: "Pei just established a new trust fund some time ago. The amount is very large. There are many brokers who want to help him, and many people are paying attention."

A trust fund is a fund that will not be affected even if the investor goes bankrupt. It can be withdrawn by year. It is usually a growth fund prepared by the rich for their children.

Qi Ji still didn't understand what this fund had to do with him.

He was still in doubt when he heard Midov say, "The name of that fund is Wonder."

Xue Zhongqi suddenly said, "Oh yes, is President Pei's mother the fourth young lady of the Xu family?"

The Xu family has a profound background and is a wealthy family with considerable international fame.

"I heard that the Xu family's tradition is to name fund projects with the owner's name."

Midov nodded: "When Pei just established the fund, some people thought he didn't intend to follow the Xu family's practice."

"But I asked him, and he said there was no exception." Midov looked at Qi Ji, "I only understood what he meant when I saw you."

"Chinese is really broad and profound."

Qi Ji was completely stunned.

Wonder...?

In an instant, thousands of things rushed in, and the overwhelming vocabulary drowned out the reason.

The trust fund, the Xu family tradition, the dessert factory also named Wonder...

And what Grandma Yu just said.

She said: "In order to reduce our stress, he has been changing the tricks to send such precious things, but never let us know."