Marry for Alliance? No Way!

On July 1 of a certain year, a multinational plane landed safely at Kyoto Airport. A young man wearing white casual clothes and a white hat with a cool temperament walked off the plane pushing a white suitcase. After seven years, Qiyue finally set foot on his homeland, but his face no longer had the immaturity, fear, and tears of seven years ago. What he had was only calmness, or... indifference. Indifference to the world. "Young Master." A familiar female voice sounded in his ears. Qiyue looked up at the source of the voice, and his eyes, as calm as water, softened a little, "Aunt Jiang, long time no see." Aunt Jiang raised her hand and rubbed his head like seven years ago, "Young Master has grown up, welcome back." Qiyue hugged her and rubbed her palm, as if to act coquettishly, "Aunt Jiang, I want to eat the food you cook." Aunt Jiang smiled, "Let's go, go home, Aunt Jiang will cook for you." "Okay." Qiyue responded. Aunt Jiang opened the car door for Qiyue. After Qiyue got in the car, he saw a man sitting in the passenger seat. The smile on Qiyue's face froze and slowly disappeared. The man didn't even turn around, but just asked lightly, "Are you back?" "Yeah." Qiyue just responded coldly, without any intention of saying anything more. The man paused for a while, and then asked, "Have you been doing well these years?" Hearing this, Qiyue sneered, "What do you think?" The man was choked and said with some shame, "Is this how you talk to your father?" Yes, this man is Qiyue's father Chen Ming. Chen Ming lit a cigarette a little irritably. Qiyue looked out the window, and the car had already started. Qiyue looked at the scenery outside the window that was receding rapidly, without any fluctuation in his eyes, and his voice was still cold, "Why did I go abroad and why did I come back, you won't forget it?" Chen Ming choked again, and was silent for a while, extinguished the cigarette, and said with a rare guilty voice, "I'm sorry..." "I don't need it," Qiyue interrupted directly, "I didn't come back for your apology, I just came to do business with you." After these words, Chen Ming was completely speechless. Indeed, Qiyue went abroad when he was sixteen years old, and there was a gap of seven years between them. And in these seven years, Qiyue forced himself to learn to let go, learn not to care, learn to do business, and learn many, many things. So far, there is only one person he can't let go of, that is his lover, and the one who pulled him out of the darkness and taught him to let go. Along the way, there was no more conversation in the car, and the silence was terrible. More than 20 minutes later, the car stopped in front of a villa. Qiyue calmly looked at the familiar and unfamiliar villa in front of him, without any emotional fluctuations, and got out of the car first. As soon as he entered the house, he saw his mother Yang Liping, who used to be busy and serious, watching a movie with her daughter and eldest son. His arrival broke this harmonious scene. The smile on Yang Liping's face faded instantly, and her voice became indifferent, "Are you back? Then go wash up quickly, we'll go to Shen's house for dinner tonight." Qiyue just responded lightly, and walked straight to the room seven years ago without even saying hello. His eldest brother's voice came from behind, "Mom, why doesn't my brother pay attention to us?" Qiyue didn't want to hear their voices at all, and closed the door directly. Qiyue turned on the light in the room, and it was exactly as he thought. The room was full of clutter, and it was relatively clean. There were only beds and toilets, but they were also full of dust. Qiyue didn't care, just borrowed the bathroom to take a shower, put on a white T-shirt and white jeans, which set off his straight and slender figure. Qiyue glanced at the clothes on his body, and sadness flashed in his plain eyes. His lover likes white, saying that white can neutralize the haze on him. But she didn't expect that she would die unexpectedly, nor did she expect that she would lead him out of the haze and teach him to let go, but she would become his concern that he couldn't let go. Qiyue sighed and took out a notebook from his bag. It was very thick, with hundreds of pages. Qiyue looked at the notebook and smiled dotingly, but the smile was bitter and sad. After a long pause, he opened the notebook and looked at the pages of text. The words on the paper were beautiful, and every word was full of nostalgia. "Qiyue, are you happy today? Do you miss me a lot? Then be good to yourself and smile more. If you can... please forget me." "Qiyue, don't be sad for me, it's not worth it. I'm not a good person. You have to live a good life and be happy every day. I will be happier." "Qiyue..." Page by page, every word is persuading him to let go, but for a person in the dark, how can he let go of the person he regards as light? When Qiyue turned to page 236, he stopped because he saw the two rings that he used as bookmarks. Qiyue's eyes lit up slightly, but dimmed in just a moment. He took out a silver chain and a bookmark from the suitcase. Qiyue put the bookmark away, took the two rings, put one on the ring finger of his left hand, and strung the other with a silver chain and hung it around his neck. He put the ring on the position of his heart and sighed. "Mengyao, when can we... meet again?" At this time, the door was knocked. Qiyue restrained his emotions and opened the door. It was his mother Yang Liping. Yang Liping looked at Qiyue up and down and frowned, "You go to the Shen family dressed like this." Qiyue had no expression on his face, "What else?" Yang Liping said confidently, "Go change into formal clothes." "I don't have it." Qiyue responded very straightforwardly. Yang Liping choked and walked directly into Qiyue's bedroom. Seeing the clutter in the room, she felt guilty for no reason, "Qiyue..." Qiyue did not respond to her call, but said lightly, "I haven't bought formal clothes for seven years, and I don't need them. If you need a Qiyue in formal clothes, please go back seven years ago. There are none." "You..." Yang Liping choked. Qiyue no longer paid attention to Yang Liping and walked out of the room. In the living room, Qiyue's father Chen Ming, brother Chen Yun, and sister Chen Han were wearing formal clothes and talking and laughing. Qiyue looked out of place in casual clothes. Qiyue's arrival made the living room, which had just been lively, quiet down. Chen Ming frowned, "You're going to the banquet dressed like this?" Qiyue remained calm, not minding the atmosphere in the living room at all, "What else?" The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and Chen Yun wanted to be a good guy at this time, picking up an unopened bag and blocking Chen Ming, "Brother, don't argue with Dad, you and I are about the same size, this is a suit I customized a few days ago, you can wear it." Qiyue turned his eyes to him, looked up and down at this brother who had not seen him for seven years, sneered, ignored Chen Yun's hand handing over the bag, and turned to walk towards the door. Chen Yun's hand froze in mid-air, not knowing what to do. Chen Han, who was standing by, finally spoke up, "Qiyue, why didn't you accept the gift that your elder brother gave you? Are you too rude?" Chen Ming also chimed in, "Qiyue, stop right there. Is that what I taught you? Do you know what it means that a gift from an elder cannot be refused?" Qiyue paused for a moment, but there was no response. She just called someone for the first time after returning to the Chen family, "Chen Yun," in a cold voice, and uttered a few words, "Where is your cat?" This question stunned all the Chen family members, including Yang Liping, who had just come out of Qiyue's room. Qiyue was sent abroad because of a cat. Back then, Chen Yun picked up a British shorthair on the street. It was a stray cat. Chen Yun wanted to keep it. Chen Ming, Yang Liping, and Chen Han all agreed. Qiyue also liked cats at the time and did not refuse. Just one week after adopting the cat, one night, when Qiyue got up to drink water, the British shorthair came over and circled around his feet. Although Qiyue liked it very much, when it approached, Qiyue felt itchy all over. Suddenly, Qiyue realized that he was allergic to cat hair. So he grabbed the cat's collar and wanted to put it away. This scene happened to be seen by Chen Yun who also got up to drink water. He immediately shouted, "Qiyue, what are you doing? Do you want to hurt the kitten?" This shout woke up the Chen family, and everyone looked at Qiyue with condemning eyes. Qiyue explained helplessly, "I seem to be allergic to cat hair, I just want to put it away." Chen Yun paused and said to Yang Liping, "Mom, I don't want to send the kitten away, it's so pitiful." Then, Qiyue was sent to the hotel that night. The next day, all the Chen family members except Chen Yun came to Qiyue. Chen Ming said, "Qiyue, Ayun likes that cat very much..." When Qiyue heard this, his heart sank. Chen Han said to him, "Qiyue, please bear with it for a while, don't go home for the time being." The most ruthless thing was Qiyue's mother Yang Liping, "Qiyue, go abroad and study abroad by the way." Just like that, Qiyue was arranged to go abroad without saying a word. Seven years later, when Qiyue asked about the cat again, everyone was silent and didn't know how to answer. Qiyue didn't hear the answer, and didn't wait any longer. "Since Mr. Chen, Mrs. Chen, Master Chen, and Miss Chen are not ready, I will go to do something first, and I will go directly to the Shen family when the time comes." Qiyue didn't stop and strode out of the door. The Chen family stared blankly at the direction Qiyue was walking. After a long while, Chen Han spoke with a complicated tone, "Dad, Mom, Brother, Qiyue... has changed a lot..." At this point, Chen Han's voice trembled for a moment, and then he continued, "It seems that we forced him to be like this, right..." None of them could answer this question, because they were all participants in forcing him to go abroad. After a long while, Chen Ming took a deep breath, "What happened before can't be undone. In the future, we should compensate him well. We asked him to come back and have a blind date with Miss Shen this time to compensate him." "That girl has liked Qiyue for many years. After they get married, they will definitely be happy." When Chen Ming said this, he was moved, and everyone present nodded in agreement. However, will Qiyue really accept or understand the compensation they think of? Aunt Jiang, who had been listening to everything, sighed and shook her head secretly. As a bystander, she clearly understood that there was an invisible gap between Qiyue and the Chen family. Not disturbing each other was the best result. If they were forced to be together, one would die and the other would be injured. However, as an outsider, she could not intervene...