Chapter 37: Chapter 36: Investigate! Who Gave Him the Small Night Lamp Chapter 37: Chapter 36: Investigate! Who Gave Him the Small Night Lamp Facing his wife’s resentful gaze, Qi Jingshan, who commanded tens of thousands of employees at Qi Corporation and had been a powerful figure in the marketplace for decades, suddenly felt a bit guilty, “I didn’t expect it to turn out like this…”
Qi Xingzhou had been autistic and emotionally challenged since childhood, but he was exceptionally intelligent. He started to independently research and produce new products when he was just seventeen or eighteen years old.
Now, several of Qi Corporation’s best-selling products were developed solely by Qi Xingzhou.
What father doesn’t like to boast about his own children, and Qi Jingshan, even as the president of the corporation, was no exception. Qi Xingzhou had finally agreed to go out with him, and Qi Jingshan coaxed and deceived him into attending a business gala.
Thinking that it was their own hotel and nothing would go wrong, just a moment of inattention was all it took. When Qi Jingshan looked back, he realized that Qi Xingzhou, who had been following behind him, had disappeared. Fortunately, he was later found by Assistant Liu, safe and sound. Otherwise, Qi Jingshan would never forgive himself.
Not long after Qi Jingshan returned, Qi Chen came back as well.
Qi Chen was like a younger version of Qi Jingshan, similarly dressed in a suit, with a handsome and strong facial profile, a straight figure, and an aristocratic air mixed with a certain mature steadiness.
Qi Chen was twenty-eight that year. When he was in college, instead of coming home to take over Qi Jingshan’s business, he chose to set up his own small company.
Over the past few years, Qi Chen’s team had grown from the initial five or six people to over a thousand. The scale wasn’t large, but the annual revenue was quite substantial.
Qi Jingshan and Ji Shuang were sitting on the living room sofa. When they saw Qi Chen return, they immediately invited him to sit down, have some fruit, and rest for a while.
Qi Chen looked around the house and asked the question he cared about most, “Mom, did Xingzhou go to the hotel again?”
“Yes,” Ji Shuang sighed, “That child, once he decides to do something, no one can stop him.”
Previously, when Qi Xingzhou stayed at home all day long and had no desire for the outside world, Ji Shuang was very worried as she watched him spend every day indoors.
Now that Qi Xingzhou insisted on going out every day, unstoppable by anyone, he even went out more times in a week than he had in the previous season!
While this was a scenario Ji Shuang had hoped for in the past, when it actually happened, she hadn’t expected to become even more worried!
Qi Chen also knew that his younger brother was not the same as most people. When Qi Xingzhou first spent those couple of days squatting at the hotel elevator, not only did Qi Jingshan and Ji Shuang personally try to persuade him to come home, but Qi Chen, upon learning about this, also rushed over from his company.
But Qi Xingzhou was particularly stubborn this time, listening to no one, and went to the elevator every evening where the malfunction had occurred, rain or shine, until late at night. No one needed to persuade him; he would return home on his own initiative.
Qi Chen asked, “Did Doctor Cheng come today?”
“He came this morning,” Ji Shuang had not left the house all day, so she knew everything clearly, “Doctor Cheng said that the last elevator malfunction did not cause any physical or psychological harm to Xingzhou. The test results showed that his physical data were the same as before.”
“Doctor Cheng also told us to pay close attention to why Xingzhou would carry out this action, suggesting it might be a good breakpoint for him to develop an interest in the outside world.”
Upon hearing Ji Shuang’s words, both Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen fell into deep thought.
After dinner, the three of them sat in the living room, waiting for most of the evening. At ten o’clock, Assistant Liu escorted Qi Xingzhou home.
Having safely delivered Qi Xingzhou back to the Qi Family, Assistant Liu’s duty for the day was done, and he was eager to leave work.
Qi Xingzhou stood quietly at the entrance, changing his shoes.
He inherited the Qi family members’ superior genes, standing at 186 centimeters tall, with a broad build, majestic like a pine, and long legs.
He wore a white shirt and light grey pants, as simple as an outfit could get, clean and clear, exuding a youthful aura.
His thick eyelashes hung low as he took out slippers from the shoe cabinet, his hands cool and pale, the joints distinct, like lustrous and translucent white jade.
When Qi Xingzhou did something, he was especially focused and serious, even a trivial matter like changing shoes took on immense importance.
One of the Qi family ancestors was a Russian woman, and from a young age, Qi Xingzhou displayed delicate mixed features. His eyes were deep-set, his nose sharp, his skin fair, and his jawline clean-cut. Coupled with his clear-cut tall stature, if it weren’t for the emotional disorder that he had carried from the womb, Ji Shuang couldn’t imagine how exceptional her younger son could have been.
When Ji Shuang saw Qi Xingzhou return, she immediately greeted him with caring words, “Zhouzhou, are you hungry? There’s food kept warm in the kitchen, how about eating first?”
Qi Xingzhou didn’t speak, but obediently walked to the dining table and sat down.
The cooks had already left for the day, so Ji Shuang personally went to the kitchen to bring out the meal that had been kept warm.
Ever since Qi Xingzhou returned, Qi Chen had been closely observing his younger brother.
His gaze fell on the Small Night Lamp that Qi Xingzhou had carefully placed on the dining table and he asked, “Mom, who bought that night lamp in Xingzhou’s hand?”
“Your dad bought it, I guess.” Ji Shuang answered. The night lamp had been carefully guarded by Qi Xingzhou these past few days, never leaving his side.
Qi Jinghsan, with a shocked look on his face, glanced at the Small Night Lamp on the dining table and quickly denied, “It wasn’t me…”
“Not you?” Ji Shuang raised her voice, now it was her turn to be surprised, “That Small Night Lamp was brought back by Xingzhou after you took him out that day. I thought you knew about Xingzhou’s claustrophobia and bought him the lamp especially after the elevator incident at the hotel to comfort him!”
Qi Xingzhou’s innate psychological illness meant he would never initiate communication with others nor would he bother with them.
It could be said that Qi Xingzhou didn’t have a single friend from childhood to adulthood, not even someone to chat with.
Apart from the three Qi family members, who else, unrelated, would give him anything?
This was also the reason Ji Shuang mistakenly thought that the Small Night Lamp was bought by Qi Jingshan.
Ji Shuang’s words made Qi Jingshan feel guilty once again, but fortunately, Ji Shuang didn’t intend to continue holding him accountable for this matter.
The three Qi family members, whose combined wealth amounted to hundreds of billions, were all curiously staring at the unremarkable Small Night Lamp on the dining table at that moment.
Qi Xingzhou, who had a mania for cleanliness, never bought anything from outside. The clothes he wore were custom-made by private brands, and only after being thoroughly cleaned and disinfected were they delivered to Qi Xingzhou.
A Small Night Lamp like this had never appeared in Qi Xingzhou’s room.
Moreover, it was such a beautiful Small Night Lamp.
Smacking her forehead, Ji Shuang suddenly felt annoyed. Judging by how exquisite the Small Night Lamp was, it clearly seemed to be something only girls would like, petite and intricate. How could she have thought that Qi Jingshan, an old, straight male who only knew about business and was clueless in other areas, bought it!
Qi Chen stepped forward, closely examining the Small Night Lamp, and politely inquired of his younger brother, “Xingzhou, your Small Night Lamp is so pretty, where did you get it from? I’d like to buy one too.”
Qi Xingzhou, who had been eating seriously, quickly raised his head from his plate when he heard Qi Chen’s words.
After glancing at his older brother, Qi Xingzhou quickly snatched up the Small Night Lamp with one hand and hid it inside his clothes.
Seeing this, Qi Chen’s eyebrows slightly raised.
Behind him, Ji Shuang and Qi Jingshan also noticed Qi Xingzhou’s quick movement.
All three of them not only did not think Qi Xingzhou was being stingy but instead showed a happy expression.
Ji Shuang looked somewhat excited and tapped Qi Jingshan beside her, “Am I seeing things, or did Zhouzhou just show that he didn’t want Qi Chen to look at his Small Night Lamp? He even seemed a bit wary?”
It was known that Qi Xingzhou had never shown any particular likes or dislikes towards anything or anyone since childhood, and he was even more generous with his family. Even though he had a mania for cleanliness, Qi Chen, Ji Shuang, and Qi Jingshan could touch his things at any time, and Qi Xingzhou would never get angry.
From birth, he had been like someone lacking all emotions, crying only once as a baby when he was made to cry by the nurse, like a beautiful, ethereal porcelain doll.
This was the first time Ji Shuang had seen Qi Xingzhou express reluctance to share, which was why she couldn’t help being excited.
After calming down, Ji shuang confidently declared, “Investigate! Call the hotel right now and have them retrieve the surveillance footage from that day to see when Xingzhou started having that Small Night Lamp in his hand!”
Once she found the person who gave Zhouzhou the Small Night Lamp, she would definitely thank them properly!