If Fu Yunyi asked Fu Chi, Fu Chi would definitely say: No.
When Fu Yunyi asked Old Master Fu, Old Master Fu only pondered for a moment before decisively giving a negative answer, "If it were that simple, there would have been plenty of people trying to seduce your uncle before. Did your uncle even consider it?"
Fu Yunyi: "Isn't it because my uncle is a man of integrity?"
Old Master Fu was speechless.
If you really put it that way, there's nothing wrong with it.
But Old Master Fu, the old father, still felt something was wrong.
Although he often couldn't understand what his youngest son was thinking, he had watched the child grow up and couldn't possibly be completely clueless.
Besides...
"If your uncle really likes men, once he's made up his mind, can I stop him?" Old Master Fu said, annoyed. "He abandoned the family business to go abroad and start a business with someone. Did I not stop him? What good would it have done?"
Fu Yunyi's premise for saying this was that the old man would not accept Fu Chi's liking for men and would interfere, which was why Fu Chi was not looking for a partner.
But the reality is that, regardless of whether Fu Chi likes men or women, young or old, as long as he likes someone, only he can decide whether or not to date. The old man at most has the right to know.
Fu Chi has been able to make money with his own brains since junior high school, and the old man can't control him at all.
When Fu Yunyi's parents were still alive, the old man thought that Fu Chi had his older brother protecting him, and that if he wanted to start a business or do anything, he would have his father and Fu Chi's older brother to protect him. He figured if he couldn't control him, he wouldn't interfere. Anyway, Fu Chi had high standards for himself and wouldn't do anything messy.
Later, Fu Yunyi's parents had an accident. At that time, the old man was grieving the loss of his eldest son, while also comforting his wife, taking care of his son and grandson, and supporting the family. He wished he could split himself into eight parts.
At that time, the old man also had to keep an eye on the company. The originally certain successor as chairman was gone, and the company group would be affected to some extent. If the old man hadn't been relatively young at the time, who knows how things would have turned out.
Then, after the old man had finally settled everything, more than a year had passed since his son and daughter-in-law passed away. After that time, the grief seemed to have been worn down by time, and he no longer felt unbearable heartache when he thought about it.
When he turned around, he found that his youngest son had unknowingly started taking on some things that shouldn't be his age's responsibility, and he handled everything very well without making a single mistake.
So the new heir doesn't seem to need to worry anymore. The second son, who was just waiting to reap the benefits after graduation, became the group's heir, while the eldest son's child suddenly went into the entertainment industry just before graduation.
There's a lot of gossip about the Fu family's affairs behind the scenes. Everyone thinks that Fu Yunyi and Fu Chi are bound to fight over the family fortune, but Fu Yunyi is a few years younger than Fu Chi, so he lost.
There are other explanations, but they all boil down to the usual tricks of power struggles within wealthy families; very few people actually know the inside story.
After all, who would believe that Fu Chi was truly just trying to help his father out of filial piety, rather than planning ahead?
Who would believe that Fu Yunyi entered the entertainment industry out of genuine interest in acting, rather than because he gave up after failing to gain power in a power struggle with his uncle?
Who would believe that Fu Chi and Fu Yunyi, this uncle and nephew, are not actually as antagonistic as they imagine?
They will only believe what they want to believe.
For example, if Fu Chi and Fu Yunyi were to fight and the conflict escalated, wouldn't they have a chance to take advantage of the situation and profit from it?
The Fu family, on the other hand, said, "You guess what you want, we'll live our lives."
However, if word gets out that Fu Chi and Xia Zhiyi are dating, who knows what strange rumors will spread.
When Old Master Fu thought about this, he felt both that those people were really boring and that he found it somewhat amusing.
Some might even say that Fu Chi is deliberately trying to make him jealous by finding him a boyfriend.
Don't ask, the answer is that similar things have happened before.
He had a lot on his mind, but in reality, the old man only pondered for a short while before saying, "In short, your uncle's love life is his own business, and it's enough that you know about it."
Fu Yunyi clicked his tongue, looking a little aggrieved. "The way you're saying it, it's as if I can interfere in my uncle's affairs."
Old Master Fu: "That's true."
There was a moment of silence on both ends of the phone.
There's no other reason than that neither of them could interfere in Fu Chi's affairs.
So, it doesn't matter who Fu Chi has found; they just need to know. At most, they'll see if they get along well with that person.
If you don't get along... then reduce the time you spend together. You can't force Fu Chi to break up with you, can you?
They had all prepared themselves for Fu Chi to live a lonely life, so the fact that someone has suddenly appeared—regardless of whether it's a boyfriend or girlfriend, as long as it's a person—is already good news.
"So you called back just to ask this?" Old Master Fu asked.
Fu Yunyi: "Uh, you know he's your boyfriend, so have you met him?"
Old Master Fu: "I've seen it, it's quite beautiful."
Upon hearing this, the first thing that came to Fu Yunyi's mind was Fu Chi's excessively handsome face.
Others might unconsciously overlook Fu Chi's appearance because of his personal aura, but Fu Yunyi, as his nephew, wouldn't be like that. He was quite aware of how handsome his uncle was.
Because he himself looks somewhat like Fu Chi, Fu Yunyi is quite aware of how handsome he is.
Fu Chi even better looking than him, so need I say more about his good looks?
In this situation, when Old Master Fu said Fu Chi's boyfriend was handsome, Fu Yunyi was a little dazed; "How handsome must he be?"
I can't even imagine it in my head.
I never imagined that the old man would say this without considering Fu Chi's appearance.
After all, she'd seen her son's face since he was a child, and she was completely numb to it.
At most, one might think, "Oh, my genes are pretty good."
That's all.
So this conversation between the two led to a misunderstanding— Fu Chi's boyfriend must be an absolute beauty!
Old Master Fu: "Hmm? He's quite good-looking." A rather pleasing child.
Xia Zhiyi's appearance was naturally pleasing to elders; she looked well-behaved and honest, with a gentle and easy-going personality. She was also capable and academically excellent. With the added filter of approval, the old man naturally found her pleasing no matter what.
However, after imagining a great beauty in his mind, Fu Yunyi didn't ask the old man who the other person was. After inquiring about the old man's recent daily life, he hung up the phone.
Xia Zhiyi: "Achoo!"