Chapter 33#

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

Xu Yizhi returned to his residence carrying a bag of flat peaches.

Turning on the light, the room was a wash of pure white.

Pure white walls, pure white sofa, pure white floor, pure white furniture… only the floor lamp, computer speakers, and other decorations occasionally dotted the space with some black and gold.

The extremely simple decoration did not look shabby at all; instead, it revealed luxury everywhere. However, it lacked vitality, resembling an empty house.

Xu Yizhi walked into the kitchen and carefully washed every flat peach.

When he placed this plate of fruit on the pure white coffee table, he shook his head and smiled with sudden amusement. Everything around was white; only these few fruits were full and tender red, fresh and delicious, as if using a spark of vitality to activate everything around them.

Xu Yizhi slowly leaned back on the sofa, took a flat peach, and took a light bite. The thin skin broke at the touch, overflowing with thick juice—sweet, soft, and delicious, just as imagined.

Xu Yizhi closed his eyes and silently savored the flavor in his mouth, but what echoed in his mind was a lingering voice: “I guess it’s the taste of wanting to kiss, but not being able to.”

“Heh…” He couldn’t stop a low chuckle, opened his romantic and affectionate eyes, sighed lightly, and finally set aside the flat peach he had only taken one bite of.

The phone vibrated, and a text message jumped out on the screen.

Cang Ming: [What were you eating just now?]

Xu Yizhi hooked his lips and picked up the phone to reply: [Guess.]

There was no movement from Cang Ming for a long time; perhaps he wanted to ask further but was too lazy to pay attention to this boring person.

Xu Yizhi slowly typed two words: [Sweet?]

[Is this sweetness?]

[Yes, the sweetness of flat peaches. Is it delicious?]

Cang Ming was silent again. He didn’t care if it was delicious or not; he was just surprised by the distinct taste that suddenly surged in his mouth.

[There is a sweeter taste, I want to taste it.]

When typing this sentence, Xu Yizhi’s deep eyes couldn’t help but darken. That extremely deep desire, that uncontrollable craving, that eagerness to harvest every time he approached, surged in his heart like waves.

Something was about to overturn…

[What are you thinking? Your heart is very restless.] Cang Ming sent a text message very quickly.

[Your mood has been very restless recently too. Can you tell me what you are thinking?] Xu Yizhi asked with a low laugh.

Cang Ming naturally couldn’t tell him, so this conversation ended hastily.

On the other end, Qin Qing stood in front of the mirror, backhandedly stroking the small bud on his shoulder blade. It was very delicate and fresh green, with a little pink tip in the middle—a flower bud waiting to bloom but not yet blossomed.

The originally pale cheeks now had a layer of light blush, not because alcohol stimulated the blood, but because the injection of vitality repaired the heavy damage to the soul body.

Qin Qing stroked this bud obsessively, with surprise and amazement in his eyes.

“You seem to have never seen this thing?” 996 keenly sensed his emotions.

“Yes, it’s my first time seeing it too.” Qin Qing nodded, sighed with satisfaction, and then completely took off the shirt hanging on his arm, followed by his pants and socks, and walked naked under the showerhead.

The adult body possessed the flexibility of bamboo and the smoothness and pink whiteness of fine jade. The places that should be slender were extremely slender, and the places that should be plump were extremely plump. At this moment, Qin Qing seemed like a flower that had survived the cold winter and was reborn in the spring.

996 became more alarmed the more it looked.

“Has your soul body been repaired?” It asked tremblingly.

If Qin Qing’s soul body was inexplicably repaired, what way did it have to control this person?

“No, just drank some wine, skin is red.” Qin Qing, with his eyes closed, supported himself against the cold wall with both hands and answered slowly. The water flowed over his thick and long eyelashes, dripping down.

The steaming water emitted a faint mist, making this space humid and sticky. However, what was even more sticky was Qin Qing’s voice, which revealed relief and laziness.

996 looked left and right, up and down, and felt that Qin Qing’s current state was explosively good no matter how it looked. He was like a flower waiting to bloom, every petal stretching out with all its might.

That kind of extreme clarity and richness was simply shocking.

996 didn’t ask any more questions. It knew that even if it asked ten thousand times, Qin Qing wouldn’t give an answer. This person’s shrewdness was terribly deep. If Qin Zishi had half of his wits, he wouldn’t have done such a stupid thing.

Thinking of the troublesome destined person, 996’s head throbbed with pain.

“Hurry up and wash. I have something to tell you after you wash.” It urged and ran outside, jumped onto the soft bed, and lay on its back. Damn it, it’s still comfortable living in Qin Qing’s place.

Half an hour later, Qin Qing, with water vapor all over his body, walked out unhurriedly with a bath towel around his waist.

“What is it?” He wiped his hair casually with a towel.

“Look at Qin Zishi’s Weibo quickly.” 996 turned over and sat up, ordering anxiously.

Qin Qing picked up the phone and looked at it, then laughed low.

“What the hell are you laughing at! Hurry up and contact Cang Ming to delete the Weibo and block public opinion! The person whose reputation is damaged is you, meow! Aren’t you anxious?” 996 howled angrily.

“I’m just a supporting male character whose reputation is damaged; you don’t need to be so anxious. So Xu Yizhi’s judgment is accurate, right? That project of Solomon is a huge pit. Qin Zishi insists on jumping into the huge pit, and in the end, he will inevitably be the one buried. My reputation damage is only temporary; he probably won’t be able to turn over in his lifetime, right?” Qin Qing analyzed slowly.

996 opened its mouth, speechless for a moment. Damn it, Qin Qing has eight hundred minds, right?

“Your family will definitely be angry when they see this blog post. You should let Cang Ming control the public opinion. As long as he is willing to take action, all remarks on the Internet will be erased. Do you still want to stay in this house?” 996 threatened.

“There should be this plot in the script too, right? The original owner was kicked out of the house because his sexual orientation was exposed?” Qin Qing threw away the phone and said indifferently: “If I am also kicked out, I can just get 10 plot points.”

“Where will you live if you are kicked out? Won’t you be reluctant? This family is very rich!” 996 tried its best to control the fur that wanted to explode.

“Since they are willing to drive me away, what do I have to be nostalgic about? A flower can only survive if it grows in suitable soil.” Qin Qing sighed wistfully.

996 was stunned. Damn it, spiritual plants are too fucking adaptable! Where there is soil, they can live!

Qin Qing glanced at it and probed: “Your intellectual brain can spy on information on the Internet, so you should also be able to delete these public opinions, right?”

996 shook its head foolishly: “I can’t. I can’t interfere with everything about the Son of Destiny and the Destined Person; otherwise, the Heavenly Dao will destroy me.”

It opened its eyes wide and lowered its voice: “Qin Qing, you too! If you continue like this, the Heavenly Dao will definitely take action! You have disrupted the fate of the two protagonists, which is absolutely not allowed!”

Qin Qing’s eyes darkened, and then he chuckled again: “If the Heavenly Dao can control everything, why is this world trapped in a death loop? Does the Heavenly Dao have no ability to unlock the death loop and let everything return to the right path?”

996 was stumped.

Qin Qing threw away the towel and whispered slowly: “The Heavenly Dao also has things it can’t do in this world. And what it can’t do is my vitality.”

“Vitality? Didn’t you want to die?” 996 was getting more and more confused.

Qin Qing smiled mysteriously, then untied the towel around his waist, crawled into the quilt naked, and fell into a deep sleep.

In order to bloom, a flower will always try its best to root firmly into the soil full of vitality. 996 should have thought of this earlier.

How can one bear to give up such a beloved mortal world…

The next day, Qin Qing walked down from upstairs slowly wearing a sapphire blue suit.

Qin Huaichuan looked at him coldly, then threw the phone on the table, his tone severe: “Look at the trouble you caused!”

Qin Qing was not surprised at all, walked to the table, and picked up the phone to look.

Qin Zishi posted a blog post last night, recounting his legendary experience of dealing with the senior management of Solomon Group and local European officials, and finally winning the hugely profitable energy project. He also recounted the various disagreements of his adopted brother who, out of jealousy, seduced Xu Yizhi to squeeze him out of the company and stopped the project.

Once the blog post was posted, it stirred up a thousand waves.

Soon, insiders uploaded photos and videos of Xu Yizhi and Qin Qing kissing to support Qin Zishi’s words.

Internal strife in international large companies, and the melodramatic drama of wealthy families fighting for property, made this blog post gain widespread attention and discussion. Just one night later, it had already climbed the hot search list and was seen by more people.

[It’s hard to believe that Xu Yizhi is confused, why does even Cang Ming support this absurd decision? I feel that Blue Universe is going to close down soon!] A netizen gave his own prediction.

[With this level of beauty, is it normal to be dizzy?] A netizen took a screenshot of Qin Qing’s charming side face in a drunken state.

Such blurry pixels, yet captured such amazing beauty.

[It’s me, I’ve fallen too. Don’t want the company, don’t want reason, don’t want life, give it to him, give it to him, give it all to him!] A netizen drooled.

Beauty, business war, civet cat for prince, fighting for family property, unscrupulous means, revenge… all kinds of hot elements made this blog post set off a frenzy of discussion.

Affected by it, Blue Universe’s stock price fell in response. The president of Solomon Group, far away in Europe, actually responded to this blog post, repeatedly praising Qin Zishi’s professionalism and capability, and saying that Blue Universe losing a talent like Qin Zishi was the biggest loss.

Blue Universe’s rival company Youtu Technology immediately extended an olive branch to Qin Zishi on the Internet, intending to recruit him, and contacted Solomon Group, preparing to intercept this project.

Overnight, the entire business world was turned upside down by Qin Zishi.

By the time Qin Qing picked up his chopsticks to eat his first bite of breakfast, Qin Zishi had already posted another blog post, announcing that he had officially joined Youtu Technology and restarted the Solomon project.

The whole network was full of praise for him, such as: [Gold will shine wherever it goes], [There is plenty of fish in the sea], [Today you ignore me, tomorrow I will be out of your league], etc…

Qin Zishi’s talent and ability were touted as miraculous.

Seeing this, Qin Qing couldn’t hold back and chuckled low.

996, who slid down the second-floor escalator, had already learned of Qin Zishi’s movements from the intellectual brain, and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. It knew that the higher Qin Zishi was praised here, the harder he would fall in the future!

“What the hell are you laughing at! Save the protagonist shou quickly!” It shouted anxiously.

“What are you laughing at? Do you know that your career is over and your reputation is completely ruined?” Qin Huaichuan was also questioning severely.

Qin Guangyuan patted the table and said in a deep voice: “What are you anxious about? Listen to the child slowly.”

Qin Qing returned the phone to Qin Huaichuan and said slowly: “Qin Zishi posted this blog post firstly to destroy me; secondly to fight back against Blue Universe; thirdly to submit a certificate of allegiance and jump to Youtu; fourthly to restart the Solomon project and profit from it.”

He shook his head and sighed: “I believe in my own judgment, and even more in President Xu’s judgment. There is a problem with this project. In the end, Qin Zishi will get nothing and will only drive himself to a desperate situation. When I was in Blue Universe, I never framed him. All the disagreements were his imagination.”

He looked at his watch and put down his chopsticks: “You don’t need to worry about my affairs. It’s better to persuade Qin Zishi to turn back early to avoid going down a dead end. It’s time, I’m going to work.”

Seeing his grandson so relaxed, Qin Guangyuan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When Ji Lan woke up, he would definitely ask her to persuade Qin Zishi.

Qin Huaichuan asked relentlessly: “What exactly is the relationship between you and Xu Yizhi? Are these photos and videos true?”

Qin Qing, who walked to the door, stopped, looked back, his smile a bit subtle: “What exactly is the relationship between him and me? I’ll tell you when I come back.”

“You brat, what are you keeping in suspense? Why don’t you hurry up and post on Weibo to clarify?” When Qin Huaichuan chased out the door, Qin Qing’s sports car had already gone far.

“Have you noticed? Your colleagues are looking at you with strange eyes. Some are disdainful, some are jealous, and some feel disgusted. This is the consequence of you not deleting public opinion last night.” 996 squatted beside Qin Qing’s computer, muttering indignantly.

Qin Qing, sitting at his workstation processing documents, seemed completely unable to feel the sideways glances of the people around him, nor the pressure brought by public opinion.

The door of the minister’s office opened, and a clear cedar scent slowly approached.

Qin Qing raised his head and looked towards the corridor.

Xu Yizhi took out a pack of cigarettes from the inner pocket of his suit, playing with it casually while walking. His gentle and affectionate eyes were looking at Qin Qing unblinkingly, the corners of his mouth raised with a hint of playfulness, completely unaffected by that blog post.

Qin Qing leaned back in his chair and asked in a low voice, “Smoke?”

“Are you coming?” Xu Yizhi issued an invitation regardless of the strange gazes of the people around him.

A moment later, the two pushed open the door of the smoking room. Seeing them walk in shoulder to shoulder, the employees who were whispering and discussing something suddenly fell silent, and then left one after another.

Undoubtedly, that peach-colored news must have spread throughout the company.

“Worried?” Xu Yizhi held a cigarette in his mouth but did not light it, his narrow eyes fixed on Qin Qing.

Qin Qing stood next to a person-high green potted plant, leaning his body against the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the clear sky outside. The elegantly tailored suit outlined his flexible and slender body curves. Having slept enough, his face was ruddier than the morning sun outside the window.

The already handsome and charming face became a few points more intense with just one night of sufficient sleep nourishment. The clear light shone on his face, making his pale skin slowly flush, and a little fine sweat oozed out, like a ripe peach.

Xu Yizhi took the cigarette from between his teeth and licked his thin lips with inexplicable thirst.

“With you here, what am I worried about.” Qin Qing glanced at Xu Yizhi lazily, reached out and gestured the height difference between the two, smiling clearly and slowly: “Even if the sky falls, there is a tall person to hold it up.”

Xu Yizhi laughed with a hoarse voice and nodded seriously: “Okay, I’ll hold it up for you.” He held the cigarette in his mouth again, squinting his eyes that were half lazy and half happy.

“Last night,” Qin Qing also put a cigarette in his mouth and asked slowly: “Did you want to kiss me?”

Xu Yizhi was stunned. Usually quick-thinking, a chaotic ringing actually rose in his brain.

Qin Qing stood up a bit straighter, slowly walked to Xu Yizhi’s side, and spread out his fair and clear palm, “Lend me a lighter.”

Xu Yizhi quickly regained his composure, his voice unusually hoarse: “Forgot to bring it again?”

Qin Qing took out a pure gold lighter from the inner pocket of his suit, pressed it lightly twice, looked down at the flickering flame, and whispered with a smile: “Brought it, just want to borrow yours, can’t I?”

Xu Yizhi’s Adam’s apple rolled slightly, and finally he also took out a black gold lighter from the inner pocket of his suit, pressed the switch, and lit the cigarette in his mouth.

The bright red cigarette butt slowly emitted pale blue smoke, and the tobacco leaves picked from distant Cuba released a unique strong aroma of cedar wood.

Xu Yizhi took a deep breath, slowly exhaled this clear strong aroma, squinted and laughed low: “But I also forgot to bring it.”

That black gold lighter with a leopard head inlaid with blood diamonds in its eyes was clearly being played with at his fingertips.

Qin Qing smiled faintly and slowly, then leaned over and pasted the cigarette in his mouth against the cigarette in Xu Yizhi’s mouth.

How close is the distance between two cigarettes? Close enough that the slight fluttering of one person’s thick eyelashes can tickle the other person’s heart. Close enough that the hot breath just exhaled by one person is inhaled into the other person’s thirsty chest. Close enough that the tobacco scent emitted by a pair of thin lips can be tasted slowly by another pair of thin lips.

There was a storm sweeping in his mind, heat waves rolling, and even more intense emotional tides with nowhere to vent.

Xu Yizhi had never been forced to this situation. He opened his black eyes slightly tinged with bloodshot, looking unblinkingly at the young man who was closely next to him slowly sucking the cigarette.

He knew that this person did it on purpose.

Qin Qing held the cigarette and stepped back a little, asking again: “Last night, did you want to kiss me?”

He did it on purpose. Deliberately teasing, deliberately seducing, deliberately revealing the most delicate petals, trembling the stamens and spraying strong fragrance at the person close at hand.

Xu Yizhi laughed deeply, then reached out, pressed the back of Qin Qing’s head, pulled him closer suddenly, and kissed him fiercely. This was his answer.

The scent of cedar and rose became intoxicatingly strong in an instant.

This was a very long, very deep, very urgent kiss. Xu Yizhi held the cigarette in one hand and pressed the back of Qin Qing’s head firmly with the other. Qin Qing held the cigarette in one hand and tightly pulled Xu Yizhi’s tie with the other.

Neither of the two gave in to the other; one attacked, and the other would only attack more fiercely.

Cang Ming, who was holding a meeting on the top floor far away, suddenly bent down, covered his mouth, and showed an expression of extreme endurance. The blue veins on his forehead jumped cluster by cluster, as if there was blazing magma flowing inside, ready to explode at any time due to the overly hot temperature.

The assistant stood up quickly and asked anxiously: “President Cang, what’s wrong with you? Where are you uncomfortable?”

Cang Ming raised his other hand and waved it with difficulty.

He panted heavily a few times, then gritted his teeth and stood up, supporting the table firmly with both hands, his voice deep, saying slowly word by word: “Meeting adjourned. The rest of the matters, tomorrow, discuss again.”

A lot of hot sweat slowly trickled down from his forehead, heavy panting, heaving chest, slightly red eyes, as if he had run several marathons in one breath.

When leaving the conference table, he picked up a document to block his lower abdomen.

After returning to the office, Cang Ming immediately called Xu Yizhi. It rang for a long time over there, but no one answered. He changed to sending messages, which was also like a stone sinking into the sea.

“What exactly are you doing?” Cang Ming leaned back in his chair, whispering with endurance.

After a while, a message was sent.

The surging tide was still impacting Cang Ming’s psychological defense, making him almost collapse. When he picked up the phone to look at the text message, his fingertips were trembling.

A video appeared on the screen: Qin Qing and Xu Yizhi hugged together kissing passionately, deeply, and oblivious to everything else.

Cang Ming’s dark pupils suddenly contracted for a moment. That agitated feeling that almost made him lose his composure on the spot actually came from this. He was stunned; the surging emotional tide had unknowingly receded, turning into dark clouds.

He touched his hot thin lips, and then touched his dull, painful, sour and bitter but throbbing heart, the phone creaking in his grip.

Another text message jumped out of the dialog box, from a major shareholder of the company.

[Did you see the video I sent you? Last night, you said that suspending the Solomon project was a joint decision by you and Xu Yizhi, and we chose to believe your judgment. But look at what Xu Yizhi is doing? For a man, he disregarded the company’s interests! Blue Universe’s stock price has been falling. I have contacted all the major shareholders, and they are all on their way. We want to hold a hearing and let Xu Yizhi and that whatever Qin Qing give us an explanation! The Solomon project must be taken back!]

While reading the text message absent-mindedly, Cang Ming took the elevator to the 19th floor and pushed open the door of the smoking room fiercely.

The door was full of people, all here to peek.

Seeing President Cang with a dark face and cold aura, as if on the verge of rage, everyone fled in panic.

Pang Yongan laughed gloatingly while fleeing. That damn Qin Qing was finally going to leave, maybe even President Xu would get lost. Then wouldn’t the new minister of the legal department be…

The door hit the wall with a loud bang. Qin Qing and Xu Yizhi, who were in a deep kiss, separated with unsatisfied desire.

Seeing that the person coming was Cang Ming, Xu Yizhi smiled indifferently, then held Qin Qing’s red and moist lips and licked them lightly. If possible, he didn’t want to work today, only wanted to kiss.

The cigarettes clamped in their fingertips had long burned down to just cigarette butts, and soot fell on each other’s backs, soiling the expensive suits.

But who would care about such trivial matters?

Qin Qing held the cigarette butt, chuckling with satisfaction, while sucking the remaining bit of tobacco to light it, slowly exhaling pale blue fragrant mist. At this moment, his face was glowing, his lip bead was full, full of spring, like a fresh flower that had absorbed enough essence of the sun and moon and sunshine and rain, blooming delicately and brightly.

The strong aroma dominated the air, covering all the smell of tobacco. He blew a lovely smoke ring at Cang Ming, whose eyes were dark and suppressing anger, and smiled with squinted eyes.

Xu Yizhi put his arm around his waist, kissed his ear, and whispered hoarsely: “If the sky falls, I’ll help you hold it up.”

Qin Qing leaned over, kissed this person’s still wet lips, and smiled gently: “How can I bear to let you hold it up alone? I’ll be with you.”