Chapter 34#

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

This was a conference room with tightly closed doors and windows. Dozens of lights were neatly arranged overhead, all shining on Qin Qing and Xu Yizhi. The overly bright light made every subtle expression and movement of theirs inescapable.

Eight major shareholders sat opposite the two, their expressions cold and solemn, their eyes full of suspicion and scrutiny, like police officers escorting criminals.

Cang Ming was surrounded by the major shareholders in the middle, playing with a pure gold flat cigarette case in his hand. He lowered his head, his expression very calm, only a pair of bloodshot black eyes revealing some emotions.

After pushing open the door of the smoking room, he did not rage or scold, but only said in an extremely enduring tone, hoarsely: “The shareholders are here, let’s go to the meeting.”

So Qin Qing and Xu Yizhi sat here side by side.

“Ask whatever you want.” Xu Yizhi crossed his legs and smiled casually.

Seeing him so relaxed, Qin Qing also crossed his long legs, slowly leaned back in his chair, and played with a black gold lighter with his slightly pink fingertips.

Cang Ming raised his head, looked at the lighter, and his jaw tightened for a moment. That was something Xu Yizhi never let leave his side…

Several shareholders looked at each other, and one of them asked in a deep voice: “What is your relationship?”

Qin Qing seemed to find this question somewhat amusing, couldn’t help but hook his lips into a smile, then looked at Xu Yizhi and asked lazily: “What is our relationship?”

He rested his arm on the back of the chair, supporting his cheek which had not yet faded from the flush caused by the passionate kiss. He asked so casually, but his eyes stared unblinkingly at Xu Yizhi, indicating that he also cared very much about the answer to this question.

Cang Ming’s dark and gloomy eyes stared at him unblinkingly.

Xu Yizhi turned to look at Qin Qing and smiled gently, “Of course, we are lovers.”

So Qin Qing also smiled gently, ripples of pleasure appearing in his glistening peach blossom eyes. It was clearly an interrogation, but it seemed to have turned into a confession. That passionate kiss was not born of desire, but of thick emotion.

How beautiful can a blooming flower be? Beautiful enough to be dazzling, beautiful enough to make one feel that compromising with everything in the world for him is not impossible.

Thinking this way, Xu Yizhi leaned over and gently stroked Qin Qing’s slightly red cheek, the obsession and intoxication in his eyes undisguised, spreading wantonly.

Several major shareholders didn’t need to ask anymore to understand that Xu Yizhi, this old fox, was really in love, and loved very passionately and crazily.

Cang Ming stared at the two with dark eyes, the pure gold cigarette case in his hand emitting a fragile whimper.

Another major shareholder asked in a deep voice: “When did you get together?”

They had to figure out whether Xu Yizhi stopped the Solomon project to help Qin Qing deal with Qin Zishi. It was unbelievable that such an absurd and stupid thing would happen to Xu Yizhi, whose wisdom was close to demonic.

“When did we get together?” Qin Qing repeated this sentence playfully, his eyes tinged with a touch of red lightly glancing at Xu Yizhi.

Xu Yizhi chuckled again, extremely happy: “Just now, when we were kissing.”

After speaking, he licked his thin lips as if unsatisfied, as if savoring the aftertaste. If not interrupted by Cang Ming, that kiss would not have stopped…

“You just confirmed the relationship?” A shareholder did not believe Xu Yizhi’s words.

“Although I have liked him silently in my heart for a long time, it is indeed a relationship that has just been confirmed.” Qin Qing opened his mouth slowly with hooked lips.

Just this sentence made Xu Yizhi, who was already in a happy mood, let out an extremely comfortable low laugh. Yes, they have liked each other silently for a long time…

The two looked at each other and smiled silently, their equally dark eyes reflecting only each other’s figures.

Several major shareholders were so angry that they cursed directly, scolding them for not distinguishing between public and private, scolding them for acting absurdly, and scolding them for damaging the company’s interests for selfish desires.

The two did not defend themselves, but listened silently, with the same crossed legs, the same lazy and relaxed posture, and the same gentle and comfortable smile. As long as they were with each other, no difficulties or obstacles mattered.

Amidst the chaotic questioning and scolding, Cang Ming, who had remained silent all along, suddenly put down the pure gold cigarette case in his hand.

The heavy box hit the table with a muffled sound. So the entire conference room became quiet.

Cang Ming looked straight at Qin Qing and asked hoarsely: “Why?”

“What?” Qin Qing was stunned. This question had no beginning or end; he didn’t understand.

However, Xu Yizhi understood. Cang Ming was asking—why did you choose him and not me?

How pitiful! Clearly jealous enough to want to kill, seeing Qin Qing’s beautiful face full of spring passion, he dared not vent even a trace of anger. Clearly desiring so much, yet having to put on a cold face and pretend not to care. Clearly surging with emotions for this person every day, tossing and turning, yet daring not show a single bit of concern.

Looking at Cang Ming’s enduring face and suppressed eyes, Xu Yizhi turned his head away and smiled with amusement.

Qin Qing asked ignorantly: “Why what?”

Cang Ming looked at Xu Yizhi who was laughing heartily, and then at Qin Qing’s face nourished with spring intent, and finally shook his head silently.

He opened the pure gold cigarette case, took out a cigarette, and held it in his mouth. Frowning brows, pursed lips, cold and stern face—anyone with discerning eyes could see that he was in an extremely bad mood now.

The shareholder sitting next to him glanced at him in surprise.

Such an expensive cigarette case contained not cigars worth tens of thousands a piece, but ordinary cigarettes worth a few dozen yuan a pack. Such thin cigarettes, like those smoked by women, didn’t match Cang Ming at all.

Just a few days away from the company, not only did Xu Yizhi go crazy, but even Cang Ming became abnormal. Were they bewitched? The shareholder shook his head while thinking secretly.

Cang Ming held the slender cigarette, his teeth slightly closed, biting open a popping bead hidden in the cigarette butt. The sweet and cold orange scent seeped into his mouth along the cellulose acetate, taking away a trace of irritability, but making the dull pain in his chest denser.

This unique fragrance was also quietly tasted by him through Xu Yizhi’s mouth.

That was the first time he had a novel feeling about this world.

Why? Cang Ming still wanted to ask this question, but could no longer say it. He absorbed the fragrance in the cigarette butt, finally took it off, and threw it into the trash can beside him.

“You two are suspended.” He said in a deep voice.

“Is it appropriate to just suspend them for making the company lose such a big project? We mean to fire Qin Qing.” A major shareholder protested angrily.

“Stopping the project was a joint decision by President Xu and me, and has nothing to do with Qin Qing.” Cang Ming stood up, his tone full of impatience and boredom: “You don’t need to say anymore, that’s it, meeting adjourned.”

He took a deep look at Qin Qing and strode out of the conference room. A group of shareholders chased after him, persuading him constantly, gradually moving away.

Qin Qing sat on the chair and stretched, asking wearily: “What do we do next?”

“Accompany me on vacation? A new hot spring hotel opened in the East District, shall we go soak in the hot spring?” Xu Yizhi held the hand of his newly minted boyfriend.

“Soak in hot springs in summer?” Qin Qing asked playfully.

“Tomorrow is my birthday, what gift are you going to give me?” Xu Yizhi gently rubbed the tenderest and smoothest part of Qin Qing’s wrist with his fingertips, a hint of desire hidden in his tone.

Everyone is an adult; what will happen when going to a hot spring hotel is clear to each other. The best birthday gift is nothing more than the resonance of souls and the union of bodies…

Qin Qing’s cheeks, showing two patches of thin red, couldn’t help but become hotter, but he still curved his lips and said hoarsely: “Okay, I will prepare a gift for you carefully.”

Xu Yizhi suddenly tightened his grip on his wrist and laughed low and joyfully.

Cang Ming, who strode into the elevator, suddenly stopped, then supported himself against the metal wall with his arm, panting heavily.

Several shareholders also followed into the elevator, surrounding him, constantly talking about how much profit cooperation with Solomon Group would bring to the company.

“Shut up! I’m not in the mood to discuss this with you now!” Cang Ming roared in a low voice, his usually calm and self-possessed face now showing an uncontrollably painful expression.

No, this might not be pain, but a feeling completely opposite to pain.

The shareholders, who had never seen Cang Ming lose control like this, became silent as cicadas in winter.

Cang Ming supported himself against the elevator wall with both hands, lowered his head in silence for a moment, and only spoke hoarsely after the surging emotions and burning breath subsided: “Starting tomorrow, I’m also on vacation.”

Xu Yizhi and Qin Qing returned to the office to get the car keys.

“Where are my things?” Qin Qing looked at the empty desk.

“Oh, I moved them to the utility room for you; go get them yourself. The lighting at your workstation is better, I requisitioned it.” Pang Yongan moved his things over one by one, occupying Qin Qing’s workstation.

Qin Qing squinted and scrutinized the other party.

Pang Yongan looked back with a smile, his face full of disdain and provocation. He thought Qin Qing had been fired.

Qin Qing tapped the table with his fingertips, suddenly smiled brightly, then took out a USB flash drive from the inner pocket of his suit and said slowly: “Do you know what is stored in here?”

“Stored 128G of porn movies?” Pang Yongan mocked maliciously.

The people around let out a burst of snickering.

Qin Qing shook his head and said slowly: “No, stored here is the evidence that you embezzled 1.8 million using your position when acquiring POC.”

Pang Yongan froze in place, his face turning pale rapidly.

Those snickers, prying eyes, and mockery all turned into disbelief and deep fear at this moment. A deathly silence spread in the office.

When Pang Yongan came back to his senses and wanted to snatch the USB flash drive, Qin Qing had already left.

Half an hour later, Pang Yongan was taken to the top floor by two security guards, his fate unknown.

“Dragging someone down with you before leaving, are you covered in thorns?” Xu Yizhi teased while driving.

“Yes, I’m covered in thorns all over, are you afraid?” Qin Qing leaned back lazily in the chair, looking out the window.

“It’s going to rain soon.” He traced the dark clouds in the sky with his slender fingertips through the car window.

“I like flowers with thorns.” Xu Yizhi laughed low.

Qin Qing glanced at him thoughtfully, not knowing whether this sentence was just a description or a statement of fact. He took out his phone, searched for basic information about Xu Yizhi and Cang Ming on the Internet, and then raised his eyebrows meaningfully.

These two people were actually born in the same year, same month, and same day—another weird coincidence. But no amount of coincidences would hinder him from taking root and surviving.

Qin Qing put away his phone and looked out the window again.

In just this short while, the dark clouds in the sky wrapped in purple lightning poured down heavy rain amidst rumbling thunder. Rapid raindrops crackled on the car window, and the fastest wipers were too late to clear the view ahead.

Xu Yizhi slowly parked the car under a viaduct. Bean-sized raindrops were blocked by the bridge body, and rainwater poured down from both sides of the bridge like a waterfall, making a loud crashing sound on the ground.

“Why aren’t we going?” Qin Qing asked strangely.

“There is a culvert ahead. With such heavy rain, I’m afraid of danger due to accumulated water in the hole.” Xu Yizhi unfastened his seat belt and slowly leaned closer.

Burning breath sprayed on Qin Qing’s face, and thin lips full of cold fragrance pressed close, so Qin Qing closed his eyes tinged with a touch of thin red…

Raindrops splashed on the ground, scattering wet mist, and the two people sitting in the car kissed lingeringly in this humid mist. Everything around became so sticky, hot, and intoxicating…

Minutes later, Xu Yizhi ended the kiss and laughed hoarsely: “Actually, I just wanted to stay with you a little longer.”

Qin Qing put his arms around his neck and murmured equally hoarsely: “I know.”

The two looked at each other and smiled, their thin lips pressed together again, and their tongues entangled softly.

Cars whizzed by on the roadside, pedestrians ran awkwardly with umbrellas, and soaked birds quickly drilled into the bushes. But all this became blurred and distant in the wet and hot kiss…

After a few minutes, Qin Qing, whose lips were somewhat swollen, opened the car door and stepped out.

“I can’t stay with you anymore.” He complained.

“Why?” Xu Yizhi chased out of the car door, his tie pulled crooked by his boyfriend, buttons of his shirt undone at some point, and hair pulled messy.

This appearance was both decadent and dissolute, with a hint of laziness after desire was satisfied.

“If I stay any longer, my tongue will melt.” Qin Qing walked under the edge of the bridge hung with a rain curtain and laughed softly.

Xu Yizhi was stunned, then laughed aloud too. He hugged Qin Qing from behind, his cheek intimately pressing against the other’s cheek, his voice hoarse: “But I just want to kiss you.”

Adult love can never avoid the desire for each other. Two burning bodies hugged tightly, watching the rain curtain together.

Suddenly, Qin Qing broke free from Xu Yizhi’s embrace, took out a black umbrella from the car, and walked slowly to the edge of the bridge where the rain curtain fell.

“What’s wrong?” Xu Yizhi went over to check.

Directly under the rain waterfall at the edge of the bridge, a bud of an unknown wild flower, whose long stem was bent by the rain before it could bloom, stood quietly. And at this moment, this small bud was being carefully protected by Qin Qing’s black umbrella.

“Since we met, let it wait safely for the flowers to bloom.” Qin Qing tried hard to hold up the black umbrella, but the pouring rain waterfall still pressed his arm until it trembled.

Several passers-by walked past, saw his strange behavior, and couldn’t help snickering.

Qin Qing raised his eyes to look at Xu Yizhi and asked: “Is it very childish to do this?”

Xu Yizhi was stunned for a long time before laughing low abruptly: “No, not childish at all.” He turned and walked to the car, and took a black umbrella from the driver’s seat.

“You hold the umbrella for it, I’ll hold it for you.”

Two black umbrellas overlapped one above the other, blocking the crashing rain waterfall, but splashing raindrops and diffuse mist still wet Qin Qing and Xu Yizhi’s clothes.

When the rainstorm gradually stopped, both of them were soaked through, but the small wild flower bent by the rain waterfall slowly straightened its long stem and swayed happily in the increasingly fine drizzle.

Qin Qing bent down, reached out, couldn’t bear to touch this already hurt little bud, so he stroked its head back and forth through the air, his loving attitude like an elder stroking a child.

“Be good, you can bloom tomorrow.” He lowered his voice and coaxed gently.

Xu Yizhi was stunned hearing this, then also touched Qin Qing’s wet head, slowly leaning close while whispering with a smile: “Be good, you are so cute.”

Having lived for countless years, he had never seen a creature cuter than Qin Qing.

A burning kiss fell with the cold rain. Qin Qing opened his lips slightly and responded enthusiastically. He didn’t close his eyes, but looked unblinkingly at the intoxicated Xu Yizhi, strands of heat overflowing in his black pupils.

The two kissed lingeringly in the hazy rain and mist for a long time. Someone passed by taking pictures, someone whistled, and drivers honked to remind them to pay attention to the impact.

But all this was no longer important…

Cang Ming locked the door and stayed alone in the office. All curtains were drawn, tightly blocking the outside light, only a small desk lamp emitting ambiguous warm yellow light.

Cang Ming lay on the sofa, his chest heaving violently up and down, his breathing heavier and more rapid with each breath.

A heat wave hit him, making him lost. Just as his mind broke free from dizziness, he was submerged by another heat wave. He covered his mouth, his thick eyebrows frowning fiercely.

His body was immersed in pleasure, but his heart was tightly gripped by pain.

After lying for a while, he turned over and sat up irritably, took out his phone, gritted his teeth, and called Xu Yizhi.

Not surprisingly, no one answered the phone. The feeling of kissing was so wonderful, how could he bear to detach for a moment?

Cang Ming edited a text message with difficulty using trembling fingers: [Your suspension has been revoked, come back to work!]

Enduring for a few seconds, he heavily typed another line: [Bring Qin Qing back too, we need him to cooperate in the investigation of Pang Yongan’s embezzlement of public funds.]

It was still like a stone sinking into the sea on that end. Thinking about it, Xu Yizhi couldn’t possibly waste time on work. He found the meaning and fun of living in the world. This boring place became a nest he deeply coveted. He wanted to settle down here.

Cang Ming waited for a while longer, then wrote a text message to Qin Qing as well.

[You come back…]

Just typing these three words, he forgot how to compose the follow-up words. Without any reason or excuse, he just simply wanted Qin Qing to come back, back to within his perception range, back to a place where he could see him at a glance.

However, after those two people had established a relationship, such a text message had become inappropriate.

Cang Ming looked down at these three words, and after a long struggle, finally deleted them slowly.

The rain stopped completely.

Xu Yizhi stepped back a little distance, cupped Qin Qing’s face, and gazed at the other’s intoxicated expression with a smile.

Qin Qing blinked his hazy wet eyes, only then slowly waking up.

“The rain stopped.” He laughed hoarsely.

“Time to go back.” Xu Yizhi put his arm around his shoulder and led him to the car.

After getting into the car, the two immediately took off their wet suit jackets, rolled up their sticky shirt sleeves, wiped their faces with tissues, saw each other’s embarrassed appearance, and hugged together again, laughing low and kissing.

“Really time to go back.” Xu Yizhi inserted his fingers into Qin Qing’s wet hair, stroking and rubbing back and forth gently.

Although he said urging words, he was the one who couldn’t bear to end the kiss.

“Then you drive.” Qin Qing put his arms around Xu Yizhi’s neck and laughed lightly.

“How can I drive with you hanging on me?” Xu Yizhi hugged his boyfriend’s thin and flexible waist tightly.

“Is it me hanging on you, or you holding me and not letting go?” Qin Qing raised his eyebrows and asked back.

The two looked at each other for a long time, another burst of low laughter, and then completely separated and sat back in their original seats.

“Falling in love really lowers a person’s IQ.” Xu Yizhi shook his head and sighed while starting the car.

“It’s good to become a fool too.” Qin Qing gently stroked his swollen lips with his slender fingertips, his words full of satisfied sighs.

Xu Yizhi glanced at him quickly, then looked at the culvert ahead, his voice hoarse: “I want to kiss you again.”

The two looked at each other, and happy and joyful laughter echoed in the carriage.

“Do you still think this world is boring?” Qin Qing untied his tie and threw it casually in the car.

“I want to stay in this world forever.” Xu Yizhi looked at him deeply, then looked ahead again, and said seriously: “Because you are here.”

Qin Qing covered his eyes which were showing a trace of wet tears, and smiled silently. No one had ever said such words to him. When the world turned upside down, he was always the one left behind.

He reached out his hand, wanting to grab something, so Xu Yizhi also reached out his hand and interlaced fingers with him.

The car drove into the huge courtyard of the Qin family. On the emerald green pond, a small lotus leaf floated, holding up two fluffy little white flowers.

Xu Yizhi looked at that one-leaf lotus with a smile in his eyes.

Qin Qing said while unfastening his seat belt: “When I went out this morning, my father asked me what my relationship with you was. I told him at the time that I would tell him when I came home at night.”

Understanding the deep meaning of this sentence, the smile in Xu Yizhi’s eyes was so thick that it almost melted.

“So in the smoking room, you deliberately asked me if I wanted to kiss you?” He stroked his thin lips with satisfaction and asked: “Wanted me to be your boyfriend that much?”

Qin Qing admitted frankly: “Yes, wanted you to be my boyfriend.”

“Are you so sure that I like you?” Xu Yizhi rested his arm on the back of the passenger seat and half-embraced Qin Qing.

Qin Qing unconsciously touched the fresh bud that quietly emerged on his shoulder blade, and smiled slowly and gently: “Yes, very sure.”

Xu Yizhi looked at him deeply and asked seriously: “Then do you like me?”

Qin Qing said playfully: “I like you as much as you like me.”

Xu Yizhi was silent for a moment, suddenly smiled, surging heat rolling in his dark and deep eyes, and finally pulled the person into his arms abruptly and kissed him fiercely.

“Then you must like me very, very, very much.” Stepping back a little, Xu Yizhi pressed his hot lips against Qin Qing’s equally hot lips, whispering repressively.

Another deep kiss fell, igniting the air in the car.

Ji Lan, who walked out of the house to check the situation, let out a high-pitched scream. Qin Zishi, who walked out with Ji Lan, stood on the steps and smiled obscurely and darkly.

He didn’t expect Qin Qing to be so bold as to bring Xu Yizhi home. He didn’t expect that a person like Xu Yizhi, who calculated to the bone, would also be captured by Qin Qing.

But no matter what, the current situation was most favorable to him. The things he lost must be taken back one by one.