Chapter 26#
World 1: The Tragic Supporting Male Lead Changes the Script Online#
Cang Ming’s question stunned Qin Zishi. For a few seconds, his mind was in chaos, unable to think at all.
“President Cang, what do you mean?” He asked back blankly.
“Your guarantee is worthless to me.” Cang Ming spoke slowly, word by word.
He maintained his usual cold style, no affirmation, no praise, no encouragement. In front of Qin Zishi, he was still the emotionless Cang Ming.
Qin Zishi felt terrible and was about to argue when Cang Ming looked at Xu Yizhi and ordered: “You go there personally. If there is a problem, terminate the negotiation.”
Xu Yizhi nodded, and finally smiled and asked Qin Qing: “Want to go to Europe to have a look?”
Before Qin Qing could nod, Cang Ming added: “The political situation there is turbulent and riots are rampant. Take a few more bodyguards with you.”
Xu Yizhi raised his eyebrows, understanding the meaning in Cang Ming’s words, so he shook his head regretfully and sighed: “You stay in the company properly. It’s too dangerous there, I’ll go by myself.”
Qin Qing nodded with a smile and silently accepted the arrangement of the two immediate bosses.
The matter was settled just like that, and no one considered Qin Zishi’s feelings.
Qin Zishi endured and endured, but finally exploded: “President Cang, I negotiated the contract, why don’t you send me? Do you know how many times I flew back and forth to Europe to facilitate this cooperation? The environment there is very bad. I once caught malaria and almost died there, losing more than ten pounds in just a few days. For this project, I bet my life. President Cang, why don’t you give me a chance to prove myself, but treat Qin Qing so favorably? Is it because Qin Qing looks better than me? You believe whatever he says. You shouldn’t be such a person who doesn’t distinguish between public and private!”
Qin Zishi took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: “I think you are also very clear about Qin Qing’s purpose in coming to Lanyu. Why do you still indulge him? Are you…”
He didn’t dare to continue the rest of the words because he found that the atmosphere in the office suddenly became very terrifying.
Qin Qing hooked the corners of his lips with a half-smile.
Wasn’t his purpose of working in Lanyu exactly to be a stepping stone for this person? It’s just that before sacrificing himself, he suddenly woke up.
Cang Ming slowly leaned back on the chair, staring at Qin Zishi unblinkingly with a pair of eagle eyes. The bottom of his dark eyes was covered with frost, and the coldness was oppressive.
“I don’t distinguish between public and private?” He said in a deep tone: “I ask you, how was Qin Qing’s performance on the interview day?”
Qin Zishi, full of indignation, stiffened.
“Based on his performance, is there any problem with me hiring him?” Cang Ming continued to ask.
Qin Zishi was silent for a long time before shaking his head extremely embarrassedly. On the interview day, Qin Qing indeed defeated his opponent.
“After entering Lanyu, was his performance excellent?” Cang Ming raised his cold and hard jaw.
Qin Zishi paid attention to Qin Qing’s performance all the time, not for care and care, but to catch his handle. But after so many days, Qin Qing’s excellence was obvious to all.
He shook his head again, his face turning a few shades paler.
“Is it possible that this contract contains the trap he mentioned?” Cang Ming looked down, his gaze cold.
Qin Zishi nodded extremely slowly and stiffly. That remark could indeed lead to the consequences Qin Qing mentioned.
“Then please tell me specifically, where exactly do I not distinguish between public and private?” Cang Ming’s gloomy tone already carried a bit of impatience.
Qin Zishi opened his mouth but couldn’t utter a word.
Qin Qing’s work performance was completely impeccable, and those small mistakes he made, such as spilling coffee, dropping documents, deliberately throwing himself into someone’s arms, etc., as long as Cang Ming was magnanimous and tolerant enough, were actually not worth mentioning. Even, Cang Ming enjoyed it a bit.
Public is public, private is private, Cang Ming has always distinguished very clearly.
But the problem lies here! The former Cang Ming only had public, no private. But now, Qin Qing has become his “private”! He has selfish motives for Qin Qing!
Selfishly paying attention to the other party, selfishly treating the other party leniently, selfishly defending the other party…
Qin Zishi couldn’t understand, let alone accept such a change. Things shouldn’t be like this!
Before he could sort out his chaotic thoughts, Cang Ming spoke coldly: “After the inspection, if President Xu thinks there is no problem with the project, I will let you serve as the director of the International Investment Department, and you will be in charge of this project. In addition, all overseas investments will be controlled and decided by you. You will be the third in command of Lanyu. If President Xu thinks there is a problem with the project and it needs to be terminated, then please leave Lanyu immediately. You said you would guarantee with your career, I agreed. Is this clear enough between public and private?”
Qin Zishi looked up suddenly, looking at Cang Ming in disbelief. His heart beat wildly, with the fear of impending danger and the ecstasy of opportunity coming.
Becoming the third in command of Lanyu at only twenty-five, what a glorious achievement is this? What a glorious life is this? Even if he loses all the property of the Qin family, this deal is a huge profit!
At that time, Qin Huaichuan and Qin Guangyuan will definitely come to recognize him shamelessly. Ji Lan will also show off to her friends everywhere how excellent a child she raised.
Everything Qin Qing took from him will return to his hands! The International Investment Department of Lanyu controls tens of billions of liquid funds. Such a huge wealth will inevitably attract huge power…
Being flattered, praised, chased, awed, and pleased will become the norm. Flowers and applause, glory and praise, will surely come rolling in…
Such imagination made his body temperature soar and his blood boil! Qin Zishi’s head heated up, and he said hurriedly: “President Cang, I accept your arrangement.”
996 hiding under the sofa: “…”
Meow meow meow? Is there something wrong with its ears? It was fine just now, why did he suddenly issue a military order? It’s fine if Qin Qing, the supporting male character, leads the protagonist shou into the ditch, but why are you, the protagonist gong, joining in the fun?
You guys are not letting the plot live! Can this world still be good? Will everyone be destroyed together in the end?
996 felt sad from the bottom of its heart, tears streaming down its old face, but dared not even cry out loud.
Qin Qing gently stroked his slightly raised lips with his slender and round fingertips. He had already guessed that this deal would not succeed.
That afternoon, Xu Yizhi flew to Europe.
Qin Qing returned to the office and continued to deal with the work at hand. Suddenly, his ankle felt itchy. He looked down and saw a cat cake moving by his feet, making rustling sounds.
“Qin Qing save me!” 996 begged.
“How to save?” Qin Qing’s thin lips curved slightly, and he couldn’t help laughing.
“I don’t know either, think of a way. I won’t make trouble anymore.” 996 blinked its big innocent eyes and gave a promise that was completely impossible to fulfill.
Qin Qing smiled silently for a while before finding the warehouse manager and asking for a pump.
A few minutes later, 996 returned to its round and chubby appearance.
It spat out the tube of the pump, wiped its tears and said: “Qin Qing, it’s really over this time meow!”
Qin Qing flipped through a thick book of “Commercial Law” and asked casually: “How is it over?”
“The plot is over! If Qin Zishi leaves Lanyu, all subsequent plots will be butterflied away! The world will inevitably restart, and we will be dead or injured, with a miserable end! Are you satisfied? You bastard!”
996 pulled its thick tail and wiped its sad and desperate tears.
Qin Qing was silent for a long time before speaking slowly: “So, that project is indeed a scam.”
996: “…Is this the point? The point is that once Qin Zishi leaves the company, the plot will collapse. Once the plot collapses, you will die! What are you after?”
996 kept scratching its head, its face full of doubt and anger.
“Because the person you have a crush on doesn’t love you, so you rush to seek death? Are you cheap?” 996 jumped onto the desk and roared in Qin Qing’s ear.
Qin Qing flipped through the document slowly, his tone calm: “Without love, I will indeed die.”
996: “…”
Stunned for a while, 996 murmured in disbelief: “But you don’t look like an idiot love brain at all.”
Qin Qing smiled, his voice very gentle, but also quite helpless: “No, not the meaning of love brain, but the literal meaning.”
996 was confused: “Literal meaning? Isn’t that still love brain?”
Qin Qing didn’t want to explain, so he fell silent.
996 advised earnestly: “Qin Qing, what exactly do you want? Don’t you think you are living without any goal now? Going against the plot, you will die! Do you really want to die? For a person who doesn’t love you, you just give up your life like this? I really look down on you!”
Qin Qing closed the document, hooked his thin lips and smiled slightly, a trace of strange teasing in his gentle voice: “Me, everything I do now is of course to live. You don’t think I really want to die, do you?”
“Damn it! I can’t understand what you are saying anymore. You want to live, but you don’t follow the plot. What exactly do you want? Die early and reincarnate early! I don’t care about you anymore!”
996 scratched Qin Qing fiercely with its chubby paw, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
996 disappeared for half a month, and Xu Yizhi also inspected in Europe for half a month. No news came back, and no one knew whether that project could succeed or not.
Qin Zishi was anxious and couldn’t sleep every night, while Qin Qing performed better and better, receiving departmental commendations several times.
On this day, Qin Huaichuan took Qin Qing to attend a business banquet. The banquet was of high standard, inviting prominent figures in Haishi.
After socializing for a round, Qin Qing found a quiet balcony to rest. The balcony was full of potted plants, with large clusters of hydrangeas, small marguerites, and patches of monsteras and white roses.
Blue, pink, white, green…
Strong, light, deep, shallow…
Flowers of various colors vied to breathe fragrance at Qin Qing, making him relax all over.
After taking only a small sip of champagne, steady footsteps came from behind. Qin Qing looked back and couldn’t help standing straight, “President Cang, you are here too.”
If Cang Ming wasn’t invited to a banquet of this standard, it wouldn’t be considered very high-class.
Thinking of this, Qin Qing couldn’t help smiling.
Cang Ming held a shallow crystal glass in his hand, half-filled with amber liquid. The slightly bitter and sweet vanilla scent floated over, it should be whiskey with high alcohol content.
Qin Qing sniffed the aroma of wine in the air lightly, looking more and more relaxed.
Cang Ming walked slowly to his side and looked at the night sky outside like him. This was the first time the two were alone.
996, who had been missing for half a month, appeared out of nowhere and said: “Qin Qing, quickly hook up with Cang Ming, this is another plot point.”
Qin Qing was slightly stunned, and then smiled slowly in his heart: “You really should be called 996. I’m starting to admire your dedication!”