Chapter 21#

World 1: The Tragic Supporting Male Lead Changes the Script Online#

Qin Qing was test-driving the car in the huge courtyard.

Ji Mingtang sat in the passenger seat, clutching the seat belt tightly with both hands, looking very scared, but with a pure smile like a child on his face.

“Grandpa, is the push-back feeling strong?” Qin Qing asked while turning the steering wheel.

“Strong! My grandson’s skills are so good, almost catching up with F1 racers!” Ji Mingtang blew rainbow farts indiscriminately, and promised excitedly: “Grandpa will buy you a car tomorrow too, better than this one!”

“Thank you, Grandpa!” Qin Qing did not refuse, the smile on his face bright and brilliant. He knew that accepting all the love given by his relatives with peace of mind would truly make them happy.

Considering the elderly’s high blood pressure and that he shouldn’t get too excited, Qin Qing dropped Ji Mingtang at the door after two laps and continued test-driving by himself.

Ji Lan, standing on the steps, hurriedly supported Ji Mingtang. Qin Guangyuan also walked out of the house, watching his grandson drive with a smile.

“What, have you figured it out? Can you distinguish who is close and who is distant?” Ji Mingtang said faintly.

Ji Lan’s eyes followed her son’s happy and carefree face without leaving for a moment.

“It’s so strange. I bought four or five cars for Zishi.” She murmured: “But I have never felt so happy and satisfied like today.”

Ji Mingtang glanced at his daughter and snorted coldly: “That’s because Qin Zishi got too much. Any good thing is ordinary in his eyes. No matter how good you are to him, he is not satisfied, so you can’t be satisfied either. His heart is a bottomless pit.”

Ji Lan thought silently, her expression suddenly enlightened.

Just then, a phone call came in. Ji Lan took out her phone and saw it was Qin Zishi.

She subconsciously looked at Ji Mingtang, and then at Qin Guangyuan. Both had already glimpsed the caller ID, but neither reacted. Whether to answer this call or not was Ji Lan’s freedom.

Ji Lan clenched the phone, her fingertips hesitatingly pointing to the answer button.

Qin Qing drove the convertible sports car past the door, raised his arm high, and shouted happily: “Mom!”

Ji Lan hurriedly looked up and answered with a smile, the finger pointing to the answer button suddenly turned a direction and pressed hang up.

The phone screen dimmed, but Qin Zishi’s face was darker than the screen. This call was not unheard, but cut off halfway.

What does this mean?

It means that even Ji Lan no longer values him. It means that he can never go back to a place like the Qin family. Qin Zishi put down the phone, his fingertips trembling uncontrollably.

Fear, panic, confusion… He has completely lost his direction now.

The phone vibrated, the screen lit up, and a WeChat message popped up: [What’s the situation? I saw Qin Qing test-driving a car in your yard. Where are you? Were you kicked out?]

This is Qin Zishi’s friend, living next door to the Qin family.

[Your parents disowned you?] Another rich second-generation friend sent a text message.

They are all people in the same circle. Everyone can see who disappears and who is in high spirits. This circle is very tight and very realistic at the same time. Once you fall behind, don’t even think about integrating again.

On Qin Qing’s birthday, Qin Zishi used his connections to completely suppress Qin Qing. But in just a few months, the situation has completely reversed.

The qualification of the heir, billions of assets, connections and resources in the circle, and even the work field, were all occupied by Qin Qing one by one. How to live in the future? Fate shouldn’t be like this!

Qin Zishi pressed the table firmly with his clenched fists, thinking jealously and unwillingly.

The news that Qin Qing is a rich second generation soon spread throughout the company, but it did not make his work any easier. Overtime work that should be done still has to be done, laws that should be memorized still have to be memorized, and business that should be run, even if the legs are broken, must be persisted.

Fortunately, Qin Qing is not afraid of hardship or fatigue, and studies seriously, so he has integrated into the collective in just half a month.

Of course, there are also a very small number of colleagues in the department who don’t like him and like to make some small moves behind his back.

“Qin Qing, finish organizing these financial statements today, and hand them to President Xu for review tomorrow.” Pang Yong’an put a pile of documents weighing five or six pounds on Qin Qing’s desk.

How messy would the financial statements of a bankrupt company be? Not to mention organizing them in a few hours, even if Qin Qing was given another five or six days, he might not be able to finish.

Qin Qing raised his head, looked at Pang Yong’an who had a bit of insidiousness and pride in his eyes, and then stood up holding the pile of forms and walked around the office.

Every time he passed a colleague’s desk, he put down two statements. After a circle, all statements had been distributed.

No one felt abrupt, and no one spoke up to protest. These statements were originally tasks shared by everyone, otherwise President Xu wouldn’t have said that they should be handed in tomorrow.

Pang Yong’an’s difficulties were like child’s play to Qin Qing.

Pang Yong’an has the most experience and insight into how to bully newcomers. Assign them a heavy task, criticize them severely if they can’t finish it, and then deduct their bonuses heavily. Within half a month, the other party can be tamed obediently.

Pang Yong’an used this PUA method to subdue many new employees.

But Qin Qing’s actions really angered him. The feeling of frustration was secondary. The most embarrassing thing was that everyone in the office was looking at him with mockery in their eyes.

From now on, he will no longer be respected or feared.

Pang Yong’an’s face turned green with anger, he slapped the desk hard and roared: “Qin Qing, you f*cking—”

The person who broke in from outside interrupted him: “Is the debt problem of POC responsible by your department?”

Pang Yong’an and Qin Qing turned their heads to look at the office door.

A haggard-looking, sloppily dressed middle-aged man stood there, with obvious nervousness and uneasiness on his face.

“Yes, our company is preparing to acquire POC, and their debts will be resolved by us. May I ask which creditor you are?” Qin Qing immediately took out the debt registration form.

Pang Yong’an had anger but couldn’t vent it. Thinking that this acquisition case should have been led by him to take the credit, he snatched the debt form from Qin Qing’s hand and led the middle-aged man to his desk to talk.

Pang Yong’an sat down and crossed his legs.

The middle-aged man stood tremblingly aside, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Pang Yong’an. The cigarettes were cheap and tasted extremely bad. Pang Yong’an shook his head and refused, the word “disdain” clearly written on his face.

The middle-aged man lowered his head, his spine bent very low, as if he had lost all dignity.

Qin Qing looked at the situation over there, and then started his own work.

A moment later, unknown what Pang Yong’an said, the middle-aged man knelt down heavily, hugging the other’s leg and crying for help. Pang Yong’an was so scared that he kicked the man repeatedly, but was hugged tighter by the man.

The originally quiet office suddenly became agitated.

996 ran into the door with a bag of potato chips in its mouth and quickly scurried under Qin Qing’s desk.

“What’s wrong meow?” It tore open the packaging bag with its chubby paws.

“POC defaulted on employees’ wages, and employees came to us to ask for wages.” Qin Qing tapped his toes on the ground, slid the chair away a bit, and then bent down to look under the table: “Recently, I often hear colleagues say that snacks in the pantry are consumed very quickly. Did you eat them all?”

“Provided for free, don’t eat for nothing!” 996 grabbed a few potato chips and stuffed them into its mouth, making ooh-ooh sounds with its round nose.

“I will make up for what you ate. With your way of eating, the microwave and coffee machine in the pantry will be gnawed by you. Did you gain weight again? Your neck is gone.” Qin Qing frowned.

“None of your business!” 996 bared its teeth and retorted.

“If obesity wouldn’t affect your health, I wouldn’t care about you either.” Qin Qing shook his head and turned to look at Pang Yong’an and the middle-aged man entangled together.

The man’s eyes were covered with red blood streaks, as if he hadn’t closed his eyes for several nights. His dark skin had an abnormal reddish-purple color, and many thick blue veins and blood vessels burst out on his forehead and neck.

This is a face caused by extreme emotional agitation. This man could go crazy anytime, anywhere.

Qin Qing frowned even tighter, put down the work in his hand, and walked over slowly.

“I told you, we haven’t started repaying employees’ wages yet. Come back on the 6th of next month! Your daughter is sick, not dead, what are you anxious about! When she dies, we will give you the funeral expenses together! Get out, get out, don’t disturb my work! Damn psycho!”

Pang Yong’an hit the man’s head hard with his knee.

The man wailed and fell backward. After getting up, one hand tightly grabbed Pang Yong’an’s trouser leg, and the other hand quietly touched into his pocket.

He raised his head, his eyes bursting with crazy and fierce light. No one can curse his daughter to die!

At this moment, Qin Qing suddenly spoke: “Thirty thousand yuan, right? We will give it to you today, you write a receipt.”

The middle-aged man was stunned.

Pang Yong’an roared: “Qin Qing, it’s not your turn to make decisions here! The company has regulations on when to repay what debts! I won’t approve this money!”

The middle-aged man, who had just shown a bit of ecstasy, looked at Pang Yong’an in despair again.

Qin Qing took out his phone and said calmly: “No need for your approval, this money will be transferred from my account.” He extended the phone to the man and said gently: “On the 6th of next month, you come to collect your salary, and then return the money to me.”

The middle-aged man looked at Qin Qing in disbelief.

Pang Yong’an laughed angrily: “Qin Qing, you are pretending to be a good person, right? Whether his salary is thirty thousand yuan or not, we are still reviewing it here. If it is less than this, will you pay for it yourself? You violated the rules, I will report to President Xu! Let me tell you, our legal department pays the most attention to rules. Public is public, private is private. You don’t distinguish between public and private here, our department can’t tolerate you. Wait to be fired.”

Pang Yong’an slammed the debt registration form in his hand on the table, making a loud bang, and then walked towards the minister’s office.

“Qin Qing, forget it, don’t meddle in this matter. Others break their heads trying to squeeze into Lanyu, why do you bother.” A female colleague advised kindly.

“It’s not that we won’t pay, it’s just still being calculated. Don’t make trouble, go quickly, or I’ll call security!” Another female colleague picked up the phone and threatened.

The middle-aged man trembled his cracked lips, looking at Qin Qing with despair and a trace of hope.

Qin Qing ignored what others said and extended his phone straight over: “Give me the payment code, I’ll scan you.”

The man’s eyes lit up and he immediately took out his phone.

With a ding-dong sound, thirty thousand yuan arrived. The man wrote an IOU, thanked him a thousand times, and left the office with tears of gratitude.

Qin Qing picked up the IOU and looked at it, with a look of “as expected” in his eyes.

“You gave him the money?” A very magnetic voice came from behind.

Qin Qing turned around quickly, bowed his head: “Yes, President Xu.”

“You violated the rules.” Xu Yizhi said lightly.

Pang Yong’an standing aside showed a gloating smile. Wasn’t this new employee very arrogant? Why isn’t he arrogant now? Won’t have to see this disgusting face tomorrow! So damn cool!

“If I didn’t give him the money, a murder might happen here. If the news spreads, it will have a very bad impact on the company’s reputation.” Qin Qing said truthfully.

“Murder? What are you talking about? Is your brain broken?” Pang Yong’an was the first to sneer.

996 poked its head out from under the table and looked over curiously.

Everyone thought it was absurd, so they shook their heads one by one, either showing pity or suppressing ridicule.

Only Xu Yizhi looked at Qin Qing quietly without saying a word.

Qin Qing looked up and asked extremely seriously: “President Xu, do you believe me?”

This sentence evoked Xu Yizhi’s memory.

“I hate being misunderstood, suspected, denied, and ignored the most.”

“I desire to be trusted, chosen, and cherished the most.”

So, Qin Qing has always been constantly suspected and misunderstood like now, and even after these suspicions and misunderstandings, abandonment and betrayal followed closely.

Xu Yizhi’s eyes darkened, and then he said in a gentle tone: “I believe you.” Finally, he took out his phone and dialed a number: “Is this the security department? Copy all the surveillance videos of the middle-aged man who broke in just now and send them up.”

Qin Qing looked at him blankly.

Since he said he believed, why watch the surveillance?

Xu Yizhi pressed Qin Qing’s shoulder, forcing him to sit back in his seat, and said gently: “While believing in you, I also want everyone to believe in you.”

Qin Qing, who had just come back to his senses, was stunned again.

No one had ever said such words to him. No one had ever done such a thing for him. Not only believing himself, but also making everyone believe…

Qin Qing blinked, and some shimmering light appeared in the bottom of his eyes, which were sour tears.

He hurriedly lowered his head and covered the wet corners of his eyes with his slender fingers.

Xu Yizhi patted his back gently. Although silent, it was gentle enough.

Qin Qing’s disordered heart slowly gained stability.

More than ten minutes later, the security department sent up a USB flash drive. Xu Yizhi stood behind Qin Qing, bent down, plugged the USB flash drive into Qin Qing’s computer, and let everyone watch.

He looked at Pang Yong’an, his voice cold and deep: “Watch carefully.”

On the screen, the middle-aged man asked the company receptionist and was able to enter the legal department by virtue of his identity as a creditor. He begged standing, begged kneeling, begged crying, was kicked, insulted, and scolded. Qin Qing stood up, gave him thirty thousand yuan, and he wiped his tears and left.

There was nothing abnormal in the surveillance video.

Pang Yong’an, staring at the computer screen, showed a disdainful look. However, the next second, his mean face became distorted and stiff.

He saw the middle-aged man walk to the basement floor, take out a dagger from his pocket, and throw it into the trash can.

Xu Yizhi pressed the pause button at this moment.

“Is the dagger found?” He asked the security guard waiting aside.

The security guard nodded: “Found.”

“Did you see clearly?” He asked Pang Yong’an again, his tone very cold and solemn.

Pang Yong’an was cold all over and dared not answer.

Xu Yizhi rewound the video.

In the picture, the man was kicked to the ground by Pang Yong’an, one hand reached into his pocket, and a crazy and ruthless look appeared on his face.

The picture paused again.

Xu Yizhi pointed to the man’s hand in his pocket and asked: “If Qin Qing hadn’t stood up at this time, what do you say your end would be?”

Pang Yong’an’s legs were weak, his body swayed, and his lips trembled so much that he couldn’t even say a complete sentence. If there was no Qin Qing at that time, he would definitely be lying in a pool of blood now! Qin Qing said a murder would happen, it turned out to be true!

“Now do you still think Qin Qing’s way of handling is wrong?” Xu Yizhi patted Qin Qing’s shoulder sitting on the chair, turned his head and asked Pang Yong’an coldly.

Pang Yong’an’s upper and lower teeth chattered, and he was scared to the extreme. How dare he say Qin Qing was wrong, Qin Qing saved his life! Teetering, someone supported him and took him to a chair aside to sit down.

Xu Yizhi picked up the IOU written by the man, pointed to a red mark in the lower right corner, and said: “Did you see this bloody fingerprint? He hated you very much at that time, so much that he couldn’t feel the pain when his hand was cut by the blade. Thirty thousand yuan is nothing to you, but it can save his daughter’s life. You delayed his daughter’s treatment, he could tear you to pieces. Don’t underestimate a father’s determination!”

Pang Yong’an subconsciously covered his stomach, as if he had really been stabbed. He simply couldn’t imagine that he was on the line between life and death at that time.

Xu Yizhi was too lazy to look at Pang Yong’an’s useless appearance again, bent down, and whispered in Qin Qing’s ear: “Your observation, adaptability, problem-solving and interpersonal skills are very strong. You are good material for a lawyer. Don’t be affected by this incident, work hard in the future. I will approve the reimbursement of these thirty thousand yuan for you.”

Qin Qing nodded, was silent for a few seconds, and then said sincerely: “President Xu, thank you.”

He raised his head and looked at this man extremely intently with wet eyes full of tears.

This time it was Xu Yizhi’s turn to be stunned.

It turns out that there really are such watery eyes in the world, seemingly calm and clear, but enough to drown people.

Something slightly hot, fulfilling and overflowing, surged up from the depths of Xu Yizhi’s empty heart.

He laughed in a low voice, pressed his palm on Qin Qing’s shoulder, applied a little force, and said extremely gently: “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes, I’m here for everything.”

Don’t be afraid of making mistakes, I’m here for everything? Walking on the long road, like walking on the abyss, has anyone ever said such words to Qin Qing?

Qin Qing pursed his pale lips, his heart sour and soft, and warm.

He looked up at Xu Yizhi unblinkingly, a trace of undeniable rejoicing in his slightly hoarse voice: “President Xu, fortunately I chose you.”