Chapter 18#
World 1: The Tragic Supporting Male Lead Changes the Script Online#
Qin Huaichuan and Qin Guangyuan were both decisive people. After saying that Qin Zishi should move out, they asked the servants to pack his things that very night.
“I heard you bought a villa for Shen Mingshu, and the renovation alone cost millions? Just right, you mother and son can be reunited.” Ji Mingtang, who had finally coaxed his grandson to be happier, walked down slowly from upstairs and said in a gloomy tone.
“Grandpa—”
Qin Zishi stood alone in the living room. The crystal chandelier shone down from above his head, making his face look as pale as paper.
“Don’t call me Grandpa, I have nothing to do with you. When you were young, for a toy, you pushed Yurou into the lake and almost drowned her. Everyone believed you didn’t do it on purpose, but I know, you really wanted Yurou to die.”
Ji Mingtang looked straight at Qin Zishi and said in a deep voice, “I can see your heart, it’s full of jealousy and selfishness.”
Qin Zishi hurriedly lowered his head, avoiding the old man’s insightful gaze.
Ji Lan cried and shouted, “Dad! Don’t wrong Zishi! He has been a good boy since he was a child, you are prejudiced against him! You like Qin Qing just because he looks like Mom! You are also selfish!”
“Shut up! Can’t you distinguish between close and distant relatives? Can’t you distinguish who is good and who is bad?” Ji Mingtang roared angrily.
Such a quarrel not only failed to alleviate the situation but made Qin Huaichuan and Qin Guangyuan more determined to make Qin Zishi move out. Keeping him at home, who knows how much trouble will arise.
“In-law, don’t get angry, watch your blood pressure.” Qin Guangyuan advised.
Qin Huaichuan rubbed his temples and said, “Zishi, move out now. With you here, this house is chaotic.”
“Dad—”
Qin Zishi shouted almost chokingly, his eyes instantly turning red.
“Huaichuan!” Ji Lan looked at her husband in disbelief, wondering what she thought of, and suddenly ran to the second floor.
On the second floor, Qin Qing was sitting on the balcony blowing the spring evening breeze. Clusters of pink and white roses surrounded him, spraying strong fragrance at him.
996 hugged Qin Qing’s leg with two chubby paws and begged, “Qin Qing, ancestor, please be kind and let Qin Zishi stay! If he is kicked out of the Qin family, the subsequent plot cannot proceed!”
“What subsequent plot?” Qin Qing propped his forehead and smiled gently.
“Uh, that that, let me see…”
996 raised its paw pretentiously, pretending to look at the intellectual brain, but actually, its back was covered with cold sweat.
Qin Qing hooked the corners of his lips and waited with a faint smile.
Just then, the door was pushed open forcefully, and Ji Lan ran in like a whirlwind, saying hurriedly, “Qin Qing, your father wants to kick Zishi out. Go down quickly and beg your father. Say a few good words for Zishi!”
“Mom, I won’t help him.” Qin Qing sat on the rattan chair without moving, the evening breeze blowing his hair, making his pale face look a bit lonely.
“Why? Why are you so narrow-minded! Zishi didn’t hinder you—”
Qin Qing interrupted Ji Lan: “Mom, I only ask you one sentence, answer me first.”
“What sentence?”
“If Qin Zishi leaves, his mother will love him. If I stay, will my mother love me? Look into my eyes and answer me truthfully.” Qin Qing stood up, his dark eyes looking straight into Ji Lan’s eyes.
Facing such clear and thorough eyes, with no expectation and seemingly disheartened, even if Ji Lan wanted to lie, she couldn’t open her mouth. She shook her head, and before speaking, tears had already flowed down.
All the pleas, complaints, and even blame turned into a painful and helpless “I’m sorry” at this moment.
The twenty-five years of affection were too deep and heavy, she couldn’t let go.
Qin Qing sat back on the rattan chair and sighed faintly: “Both are twenty-five years, what I got was hatred to the bone, but he got so much of your love. Maybe I shouldn’t have existed from the beginning. What were you thinking when you were pregnant with me?”
What was she thinking? Of course, she wanted to use all her love to let this unborn child grow up happily.
The beautiful mood and strong maternal love during pregnancy were awakened in an instant.
Ji Lan half-knelt down, held her son’s wrist tightly, and choked, “Mom is really sorry. Mom also wants to love you, but Mom needs time.”
Qin Qing withdrew his hand and looked into the depths of the wisteria flowers. The cold moonlight shone on his pale face, fragile like porcelain.
Ji Lan covered her mouth and cried, cried for a long time before stumbling down to the first floor.
996 hurried to follow.
It pinned all its hopes on Ji Lan. The script recorded that this mother could even give up her biological son for Qin Zishi. Qin Zishi had a car accident and needed a corneal transplant, and Ji Lan forced the original owner to donate an eye by threatening suicide.
Such a mother would become the strongest fighter for her beloved son!
“Come on, Ms. Ji Lan! The plot depends on you to maintain!” 996 shouted, swinging its thick tail.
Qin Zishi also looked at Ji Lan who stumbled downstairs, his eyes full of hope.
However, Ji Lan covered her mouth and said in a trembling voice, “Zishi, move out.”
“What?” Qin Zishi opened his eyes wide and asked in disbelief.
“Meow meow meow?” 996 slumped on the ground.
“You move out. Qin Qing he… he needs me. During this time, I want to accompany him well. I am his mother after all, do you understand?” Ji Lan cried guiltily.
What else could Qin Zishi say? Say he didn’t understand? Once the mask of obedience and sensibility is put on, it cannot be taken off in front of people. But why can Qin Qing?
He can be obedient and sensible, or willful and reckless, and can easily control other people’s emotions. Mom only went up for a few minutes, and when she came down, she completely changed her appearance. He is really amazing!
Defeated! He was actually defeated by Qin Qing, who had just returned not long ago, in this home where he had stayed for twenty-five years! How is this possible!
Qin Zishi hated madly, silently suppressed the anger in his heart, and then choked and answered, “Okay, I’ll leave immediately.”
996: “…Where is the oxygen tank? Give me an oxygen tank quickly!”
When 996 returned to the second floor, Qin Qing was ordering oxygen tanks through the electronic mall.
“How many do you want?” He smiled gently.
996 glared at him fiercely.
“Let’s order two for now. How many bags of dried fish? Do you want catnip? This canned foie gras seems delicious…” Qin Qing whispered while browsing the phone.
996’s fierce expression slowly turned into yearning, and finally completely softened into ingratiation: “Meow, five bags of dried fish. One hundred bags of catnip! Stock twenty boxes of canned foie gras!”
Qin Qing hooked his thin lips and selected the items one by one, and finally took out a cigarette and threw it to 996.
996 sucked on it with its small mouth, and soon lit the cigarette butt.
“If Qin Zishi stays in this house, the plot I will follow next is to be constantly framed by him, right?” Qin Qing already had a certain understanding of the fate of the supporting role.
What other use can a stepping stone have besides being constantly trampled and oppressed, becoming a foil for jade?
996 coughed a few times to cover up, not daring to answer.
Qin Qing glanced at it and smiled knowingly.
“You can keep him. Aren’t you going against the plot? You can only follow the opposite plot if you keep him!” 996 tried to make a last save.
“Did I forget to say? I only follow interesting plots. And interesting plots require interesting opponents.” Qin Qing pondered: “Maybe this world restarts every time because Cang Ming doesn’t want to act with a boring opponent like Qin Zishi, don’t you think?”
996 was dumbfounded.
“Is, is that so? But Cang Ming shouldn’t know the plot! He is a character in the play, unlike you who are an outsider. He won’t have such consciousness.”
“Is that so.” Qin Qing hooked his lips and smiled, ending this terrifying conversation.
Whether Cang Ming knows the plot or not, what does it have to do with him? If the world restarts, his soul will scatter; if the world reaches the end and the loop is broken, he will live in another place. Anyway, nothing matters anymore…
The next day, Qin Qing arrived at Xu Yizhi’s office at nine o’clock sharp. He was wearing a black suit and a plaid tie, the fitted cut outlining his lean and powerful waist and overly long and straight legs.
Smooth hair fell naturally, half-covering his gentle and affectionate peach blossom eyes. He walked all the way and was watched by colleagues in the legal department all the way.
No one thought he was here to work, but thought the celebrity spokesperson hired by the company had entered the wrong floor.
Xu Yizhi, sitting behind the wide desk, was also wearing a black suit. Unlike Qin Qing’s elegant and low-key style, his attire tended to be more luxurious and retro. His lips curved without smiling made people feel relaxed, but his deep eyes hid a dangerous aura akin to a beast.
He looked Qin Qing up and down, his smiling voice lazy and magnetic: “Brought me a gift?”
Qin Qing looked down at the gift bag in his hand and shook his head honestly: “No, this is a gift for Dr. Thomson.”
“Afraid he’ll give you a hard time?” Xu Yizhi teased.
“I am your person, I think I don’t need to be afraid of this.” Qin Qing shook his head again.
My person…
Xu Yizhi stroked his thin lips and silently chewed on these three subtle words, the smile in his eyes gradually deepening.
“This is my ID card, take it and use it. Thanks to you, Thomson has been working from last night until now.” Xu Yizhi handed over a golden magnetic card and joked with a thick smile.
Qin Qing bowed to take the magnetic card, appropriately showed some guilt, and then went to the technical department.
The technical department has a high level of confidentiality. Without Xu Yizhi’s card, Qin Qing couldn’t even enter the first door. However, when he reached the core area, Qin Zishi had already arrived.
Dark circles under the eyes, sunken cheeks, pale lips. Not seen for just one night, Qin Zishi had become much more haggard.
He was bending over to look at Thomson’s computer at this moment, saying embarrassedly: “Qin Qing is my brother. He said some bad things yesterday. I apologize to you on his behalf. He commented on you extensively without knowing you at all…”
This is not an apology at all, but fanning the flames.
Constantly mentioning Qin Qing’s humiliation of him in front of Thomson can constantly deepen the contradiction and gap between the two. And Thomson is the technical director of Lanyu, his power is second only to Cang Ming and Xu Yizhi. If he targets Qin Qing, no one will protect Qin Qing.
A genius scientist and a small employee, Cang Ming and Xu Yizhi can still distinguish the weight of the two.
Qin Zishi seemed not to have done much bad, but every thought was hidden with filth.
Qin Qing smiled helplessly, then walked over and placed the gift bag next to the computer.
Thomson was startled, turned back to see Qin Qing, and his face immediately turned black.
“This is my apology gift, I hope you can forgive me regardless of past suspicions.” Qin Qing said gently.
“Take it away! Don’t hinder my work!” Thomson said viciously.
A smile flashed quickly in Qin Zishi’s eyes, and then he nodded to Qin Qing and exchanged a few pleasantries.
Qin Qing also replied with a few words of concern with a smile, then opened the gift bag and took out a steaming beef burger placed in a thermal box.
“I saw your Weibo. You were anxious to take a vacation because you wanted to go back to the US to eat your mother’s burger, right? The burger picture you posted was very tempting. This morning, I tried to make one, you taste it.” Qin Qing pulled a chair and sat down.
“Go away, I won’t eat your stuff.” Thomson was full of resistance.
Qin Zishi lowered his head and smiled secretly. Qin Qing’s means of winning people over were really low-level. A handmade burger? What the hell?
“You dare not eat? Afraid I poisoned it? Just had an interview with me, and you are afraid of me?” Qin Qing raised his eyebrows and asked slightly surprised.
The goading method is the best trick for the arrogant Thomson. He first panted heavily, as if he had been greatly insulted, and then picked up the burger and took a fierce bite.
His beautiful deep blue eyes stared at Qin Qing, as if he was not biting a burger, but this person’s throat. But the next second, his fierce expression froze, and then turned into surprise and disbelief.
“This… this is the taste of my mother!” He exclaimed happily in a low voice.
Qin Zishi was stunned, and the mockery in his eyes couldn’t help but freeze.
Qin Qing propped his forehead, tilted his head, and silently looked at Thomson. When Thomson shouted happily, he also showed a satisfied smile.
“How did you do it? This burger is exactly the same as my mother makes!” Thomson grabbed Qin Qing’s slender and pale wrist.
Qin Qing let him hold him, his tone gentle: “I found your mother’s account through the people you follow on Weibo, then looked through her blog posts and found the recipe for your favorite beef burger. How is it? Is your homesickness relieved now?”
Thomson gobbled up the burger and nodded vigorously: “Relieved! From last night until now, I haven’t eaten anything! It’s really happy to eat this burger!”
Who wouldn’t feel better when suddenly eating the most missed hometown dish when extremely hungry?
“Then do you forgive me?” Qin Qing asked with a smile.
“Forgiven.” Thomson looked at him deeply and snorted coldly: “Actually, I know you did it on purpose yesterday. You just wanted me to fix this BUG quickly.”
Qin Qing shook his head: “No, I didn’t want you to fix the BUG, I wanted to help you gain a firm foothold as soon as possible. Do you know there is an old saying in China called ‘a new official applies strict measures’?”
Thomson was stunned, then shook his head slowly: “I don’t know, but I seem to understand.”
“A newly appointed official must first establish his authority and show his strength so that he can convince his subordinates. You are showing your strength now. Look, all technicians are convinced by you. In just one night, you have completely integrated into them, and you have also proved with facts that you are the undisputed king in this field. From now on, your work will be very smooth.”
Qin Qing stood up and whispered with a smile: “I forgot to say a sentence yesterday.”
Thomson, whose head was dizzy from being praised, looked up at Qin Qing, his rebellious handsome face actually looked unusually well-behaved.
“I admire you very much, Dr. Thomson, you are really great!” Qin Qing patted Thomson’s shoulder gently and smiled slowly and gently.
This smile was more dazzling than the blinding white light in the laboratory.
Qin Qing left for tens of seconds, Thomson was still in a daze, two blushes unconsciously appeared on his cheeks.
“Oh my God, my heart beat so fast just now! Am I sick?” Thomson muttered to himself, and finally looked at Qin Zishi and asked expectantly: “Are you Qin Qing’s brother? Do you have his phone number? I just came to China and have no friends. I want to be friends with him. He is simply like an angel!”
Qin Zishi, who originally wanted to sow discord, now had a green face.
996 caught up with Qin Qing and asked loudly: “Qin Qing, tell me honestly, do you know how to cast voodoo?”