Chapter 39#

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

Ji Lan cried so hard that she was out of breath. Qin Qing knocked on the door several times during this period, but she dared not answer. She knew that the child was worried about her, so he couldn’t stay still and came to check every ten or twenty minutes.

He even said solemnly through the door: “Mom, if you are really worried, I will go to President Cang and Yizhi to borrow money now. I will work for Blue Universe for free for the rest of my life. With their help, the money will arrive tomorrow at the latest. You sleep peacefully, don’t cry anymore.”

Ji Lan, immersed in pain and regret, suddenly woke up.

She stumbled to the door and tried to say in a calm voice: “Mom is fine. Don’t sell your things, and don’t borrow money from President Cang and President Xu. Let Qin Zishi pay his own debt. He is the one who broke the law, not you. Don’t worry about this matter, otherwise your father, your grandfather, and your maternal grandfather will be angry!”

Qin Qing stood outside the door for a while and hesitated: “Okay, then you go to sleep early.”

He didn’t say yes or no. Ji Lan knew that even if she ordered him not to pay off the debt for Qin Zishi, as long as Shen Mingshu pretended to be pitiful, he would soon soften his heart. Even if he took on a burden he couldn’t bear at all, as long as he could make both mothers happy, he would be happy too.

He was such a good child!

“My child, my child…” Ji Lan covered her mouth and murmured tremblingly. All kinds of regret and pain in her heart were for her own child.

Hearing Qin Qing’s footsteps slowly fading away, Ji Lan slid down the door panel and sat on the ground.

Amidst the pain, the phone rang suddenly, each ring more urgent than the last. Without looking, Ji Lan knew that it was the exclusive ringtone she set for her adopted son to prevent missing calls, while her own child had no such treatment at all.

In the past, she would always pick it up immediately and chat happily for a while, but at this moment, she didn’t move at all, just listening numbly.

The ringtone rang for a long time, finally stopped, and started ringing incessantly again after a few seconds. One call, two calls, three calls… If Ji Lan didn’t answer, the other side wouldn’t give up.

The numb Ji Lan suddenly felt a burst of annoyance, and after annoyance, a trace of resentment rose uncontrollably.

Why is it always ringing? Is it a death knell?

Yes, it is a death knell! A death knell for her son! Sacrificing everything of Qin Qing, their mother and son would be saved!

Resentment was frighteningly thick at this moment. Ji Lan got up immediately, walked aggressively to the bedside, and answered the phone. Her voice was very tired, very hoarse, and carried a trace of choking: “Hello, Zishi.”

“Mom, have you raised the money?” Qin Zishi asked urgently.

“Mom sold all the jewelry.” Ji Lan sat down slowly on the edge of the bed and said in a sad and reluctant tone: “Do you know? Among these jewels is the diamond engagement ring your father gave me, and the token of love between your grandmother and grandfather. That is an emerald necklace. Your grandfather specially went to India to find the best jeweler and spent several years…”

Ji Lan stroked the necklace worn on her neck, redeemed by her own son, while recounting those precious pasts.

As she spoke, tears began to fall again.

But Qin Zishi had no patience to listen to this nonsense and asked urgently: “How much did you sell it for? Send it to me now!”

The sad and hot tears turned cold in a second.

When coming out, Qin Qing’s only apology was because he broke his mother’s heart. But now, Qin Zishi broke Ji Lan’s heart completely, yet still took it for granted. He slandered her own son, did he apologize once? He swindled money from her, did he say sorry once? He broke the law, did he sincerely repent?

Ji Lan shook her head, her tone getting colder: “I have no money. Pay your debt yourself!”

She hung up the phone, muted it, and then came to Qin Qing’s door.

“Son, you gave Mom a gift, Mom also gives you a gift.” She forced a smile.

Qin Qing was surprised, but still obediently followed his mother to the garage. Seeing the regained silver sports car, he was stunned.

“Mom, this is…”

“Mom bought back the sports car you sold.” Ji Lan handed over the car key.

Qin Qing stood blankly, not taking the gift.

Ji Lan’s mood slowly became apprehensive.

Suddenly, a low and gentle laugh sounded in the underground garage, like jade falling into the water, soothing and pleasant. Qin Qing covered his face with his hands, revealing slightly curved lips, but crystal tears flickered in the eyes covered by his fingers.

Ji Lan looked up at her son, tears also welling up in her eyes.

Qin Qing put down the hands covering his face, revealing slightly red eyes, and then gently and warmly hugged his mother, sighing: “Mom, is this the Gift of the Magi?”

Ji Lan was stunned for a long time before remembering that “The Gift of the Magi” was a very famous short story. For the person they loved in their hearts, the two protagonists of the novel both gave up their most precious things.

“Is this what it feels like to have a family? Mom?” Qin Qing sighed with satisfaction.

It turned out that until this moment, he truly felt a love without any impurities in this home.

Ji Lan wanted to cry again, for her neglect, for her son’s grievances.

“Sorry Qin Qing, Mom is really sorry. Let’s not care about Qin Zishi and Shen Mingshu’s affairs anymore, okay? They are not our family, we are the real family. You don’t owe them anything, and neither do I. What should be given, what shouldn’t be given, we have given enough. Let’s live well in the future and never care about them again. Mom hopes you are happy, you must be happy!”

Ji Lan hugged Qin Qing tightly, repenting, persuading, and blessing at the same time.

Qin Qing patted Ji Lan’s slightly trembling back again and again, with endless gentleness and patience.

“Okay, I listen to Mom, I won’t care anymore.” He made a promise, and then said slowly: “Mom, you are no longer young, I also hope you can enjoy your life to the fullest. Having raised your children, you have fulfilled your responsibilities, now it should be our turn to fulfill the responsibilities of children. If you are well, I can be well too.”

Ji Lan was moved to tears, guilt and self-blame surging like a tide in her heart. Why did she have such a stupid idea? She actually wanted to use what should belong to her son to compensate someone who didn’t need compensation at all?

Qin Zishi’s call happened to come in, making Ji Lan, whose mind was completely clear, feel extremely disgusted. She took out her phone, fiercely pressed the reject button, and then decisively blacklisted this number.

“Look, Mom says she won’t care, she really won’t care. If you don’t listen to Mom, Mom will be angry.” Ji Lan warned with a gloomy face.

Besides nodding, what else could Qin Qing do? After all, he was a most filial child.

After returning from the garage, Qin Qing sat on the rocking chair on the balcony, watching the starry sky silently and comfortably. A creeper wound around his feet, scratching his snow-white soles with thin vines.

He suddenly let out a low laugh, startling a faintly glowing firefly.

996 climbed up the balcony along the drainpipe and asked anxiously: “Is the money raised?”

“Sorry, I’ve tried my best.” Qin Qing placed his phone on the coffee table, and text messages popped up one after another, informing him of the “bad news” that every bank card was frozen.

Ji Lan certainly wouldn’t believe his words. To prevent him from being coaxed by Shen Mingshu, she told Qin Huaichuan, Qin Guangyuan, and Ji Mingtang about this matter. How could these three people allow the family property to be seized by a criminal? They immediately took the most effective measures.

996 picked up the phone and looked through the text messages one by one, the whole cat almost exploding.

“Meow! What to do now, meow! Why is it like this?” It asked in disbelief.

“I don’t know either.” Qin Qing shook his head and sighed helplessly.

996 stared at him for a while, wanted to question but felt it couldn’t ask anything, so it climbed up the drainpipe to the third-floor balcony, wanting to see if Ji Lan had raised money there.

Unexpectedly, as soon as it jumped off the railing, it heard Ji Lan roaring at the phone: “Shen Mingshu, all of Qin Qing’s property has been frozen by me, don’t think about cheating a penny from him! Yes, Qin Zishi was raised by me, but so what? I spent more than 100 million on him! I sent him to the best school, donated a library to get him into Harvard, bought him cars, houses, and luxury goods. I haven’t settled this account with you yet! Go to jail? Then let him go! He broke the law not because my son forced him, but because of his own greed! I didn’t teach Qin Zishi well? That’s because his roots are rotten, he takes after you! My son grew up with you, how come he is so good? Go to hell! Every Qingming Festival, I will visit your grave!”

Ji Lan hung up the phone in exasperation, and then blacklisted Shen Mingshu’s phone number.

Immediately afterwards, another strange number called in, probably Qin Baoer’s phone. This family is all vampires, sucking Qin Qing endlessly, endlessly!

They wouldn’t stop until they sucked her son dry and drove him to a desperate situation!

“Damn it, all go to hell!” The usually elegant and dignified Ji Lan actually smashed the phone heavily on the ground, and even cursed a dirty word.

996, who just ran into the room, was hit squarely, covered its head, and let out a miserable howl.

“Meow ow!”

This unexpected howl resounded through the night sky, alerting Qin Qing downstairs. He looked up, listened for a moment, and finally smiled lightly.

996 rolled on the ground holding its head with a small dent, and only climbed downstairs gasping after the pain subsided.

Passing by Qin Qing’s balcony, it stretched its neck to look inside. There was a flat and long phone mark on its forehead, just crossing the character “Tu” (Earth), making up a character “Wang” (King).

Seeing the little fat cat with the character “Wang” written on its forehead, Qin Qing couldn’t help laughing, covering his face and laughing low.

996 realized what happened and said viciously: “Qin Qing, you are playing tricks again! You harmed the protagonist shou to this extent, the Heavenly Dao won’t let you go!”

Responding to it was Qin Qing’s more pleasant low laughter.

996 went down to the courtyard in embarrassment, climbed over the wall, and ran into the night. More than an hour later, it arrived at Qin Zishi’s home.

Shen Mingshu was smashing things, clanging and banging, glass shards and metal blocks splashing everywhere. 996 quickly climbed onto the antique shelf and looked down carefully. It was scared of being smashed.

Qin Zishi sat dejectedly on the side, raking his hair with both hands again and again.

Qin Baoer hid in the kitchen looking around, her face full of anxiety, one hand carefully covering her stomach.

Unable to get through to Ji Lan’s phone, and daring not call Qin Guangyuan, Qin Huaichuan, or Ji Mingtang, Qin Zishi took out his phone and said hoarsely: “I’ll find a buyer tomorrow to sell all the house, car, and jewelry.”

So he asked Ji Lan and Qin Qing to sell all their property, but his own things remained untouched.

996 stared wide-eyed in surprise, feeling a bit strange in its heart, but slowly breathed a sigh of relief. It’s good that this matter can be solved.

“Can’t sell the house!” Shen Mingshu screamed.

“Can’t sell my car and jewelry!” Qin Baoer also rushed out of the kitchen.

“If I don’t sell these things, where can I raise money? I will go to jail!” Qin Zishi insisted on looking for the agent’s number.

“You can’t sell our things! Why should you?” Qin Baoer rushed up to snatch the phone.

“Because these things were bought with my money! Without me, you would still be living in the slums!” Qin Zishi pushed Qin Baoer away.

Qin Baoer fell to the ground, clutching her stomach in pain, but distressed about her property, she quickly got up to snatch the phone. The brother and sister started pulling and fighting.

Shen Mingshu originally wanted to mediate, but suddenly screamed, “Baoer, you are bleeding! You, your butt—”

Qin Baoer touched backhand, and her whole person was stunned.

Blood covered her palm, and her stomach was throbbing with pain, as if something heavy was slipping away.

“Mom, I had a miscarriage, send me to the hospital quickly! This child must be kept, I still want to marry into a wealthy family! Mom save me!” Qin Baoer shouted helplessly.

Shen Mingshu had loved Qin Baoer like a pearl for more than twenty years, valuing this child even more deeply than Qin Zishi. She rushed up to push Qin Zishi away, half-carried her daughter, and rushed out the door in a hurry.

Qin Zishi was stunned for a long time before following.

996 clearly saw that his face showed no worry or self-blame, but instead took out his phone slowly to send a text message, and then smiled strangely.

996 blinked, and that strange feeling became heavier.

Qin Baoer eventually failed to keep the child, suffered irreversible damage to her body, and lost her fertility.

Lying on the hospital bed, she cried while calling the child’s father, the rich second generation with tens of billions of family property she talked about. The rich second generation didn’t answer the phone, so she sent text messages repeatedly, waiting in deepening despair.

Seeing her hopeless appearance, thinking of her ruined life, Shen Mingshu felt like a knife twisting in her heart.

Qin Zishi bought some daily necessities, arranged them neatly in the cabinet of the ward, his face full of worry. 996 stood at his feet, looked up, but saw a trace of vicious smile and flickering cold light hidden in his eyes.

Involuntarily, 996’s fur exploded.

After putting away the things, Qin Zishi told Shen Mingshu that he was going out to buy some tonics for his sister.

Shen Mingshu waved her hand wearily, letting him go. This family had never experienced so many tragedies, making her age a lot overnight.

With money and finding her own son back, how could she live worse than when Qin Qing was there?

Outside the ward, Qin Zishi walked slowly to the stairwell and made a call: “Things are too coincidental, but coincide with our plan. No need for you to cheat, Qin Baoer had a miscarriage herself, and lost her fertility.”

“I already know, she is crying on WeChat.” The person on the other end of the phone laughed gloatingly.

So Qin Zishi also laughed: “Yes, even God is helping me.”

His own sister had a miscarriage, her life ruined today, and it was caused by him single-handedly, yet he could laugh? He even said God was helping him?

996, eavesdropping in the corner, stared wide-eyed with its green eyes.

“Proceed according to plan for the next step?” The person on the other end asked.

“Yes, send a text message to Qin Baoer now.” Qin Zishi walked out of the stairwell, stopped a deliveryman pushing a dining cart through the corridor, and bought a ten-yuan chicken soup casually.

Running out specially to buy tonics for Qin Baoer? He didn’t have this leisure.

996 silently watched every move of the protagonist shou, full of doubts in its heart. Why is such a person the Destined Person? Why would God help such a person? It couldn’t understand.

Qin Zishi held a box of greasy chicken soup, smoking in the smoking area, which was very close to Qin Baoer’s ward, so he could hear any movement.

In the ward, Qin Baoer’s phone rang. She was ecstatic, quickly clicked to check, and then her face became paler and paler.

[Yes, I was just playing with you. I was going to get rid of this child anyway, now it’s better that you miscarried. If you want to blame someone, blame Qin Qing. If he hadn’t offended me, I wouldn’t have taken revenge on you. Go die in front of him, thank you!]

996 jumped onto the bedside table, looking at this text message in disbelief.

Qin Baoer cried loudly as expected, clenching her hands into fists and beating her stomach one by one.

Shen Mingshu hugged her and comforted her anxiously, crying miserably herself.

Qin Zishi threw away the cigarette butt and rushed into the ward. After asking about the situation, he looked at the text message, then looked at the photo of Qin Baoer and her rich second-generation boyfriend, and smiled bitterly: “I know this person. His name is Pang Yongan. Because Qin Qing reported him for embezzling public funds, he was fired by Blue Universe. He hates Qin Qing but can’t afford to offend Qin Qing, so he came to cheat you. He is going to jail soon, and he is married and has children. Baoer, you were harmed miserably by Qin Qing!”

Qin Zishi was the culprit and mastermind behind all tragedies, but now, he directed the fire to Qin Qing.

996 tilted its head, opened its mouth wide, and looked at this Destined Person in shock.

Qin Baoer cried even more sadly, cursing Qin Qing loudly. Shen Mingshu sat aside gnashing her teeth, her hands shaking nervously.

Qin Zishi covered his face, sighing tiredly and desperately: “Dad died in a car accident because of Qin Qing. Baoer can never be a mother because of Qin Qing. I am also going to jail because of Qin Qing. What happened to our family? Did we owe Qin Qing in our previous life?”

“We don’t owe him, he owes us!” Shen Mingshu slowly clenched her trembling hands into fists tightly.

“He killed my husband, and now comes to harm my two children. I will absolutely not let him go! I want him dead!” After saying this, Shen Mingshu stood up and left.

996 quickly followed out, its mind in a mess. It finally realized what Qin Zishi was doing. He wanted to use Shen Mingshu to get rid of Qin Qing. He was killing people!

Shen Mingshu drove to the Blue Universe headquarters. It was already the morning of the next day, and people kept walking into that skyscraper piercing through the clouds and fog.

Shen Mingshu gripped the steering wheel tightly, waiting silently, her bloodshot eyes full of murderous intent reflected in the rearview mirror.

996 sat in the passenger seat, its chubby paws constantly scratching the leather seat cushion, repeatedly tangled and hesitant.

Shen Mingshu came to kill Qin Qing, what should it do? If Qin Qing died, it could wait in this world. There would always be taskers coming in, and it would just change a partner then.

Qin Qing was not obedient at all, and always liked to play tricks on it, not following the plot properly, making the world a mess. His death is a good thing!

Thinking this way, 996 saw Qin Qing getting out of Xu Yizhi’s car. Xu Yizhi continued to drive forward to the parking lot not far away.

996 didn’t know what it was thinking, but actually jumped out of Shen Mingshu’s car without hesitation and ran towards Qin Qing.

“Qin Qing run! Shen Mingshu wants to kill you!” It shouted with all its strength.

No one could hear its words, except Qin Qing who turned his head suddenly. However, Xu Yizhi’s car, which was driving slowly forward, actually stopped. Ignoring that the car was in the middle of the road blocking traffic, Xu Yizhi stepped out of the car quickly and ran towards Qin Qing. His usually smiling and romantic eyebrows released terrifying hostility at this moment.

Qin Qing, with his back to him, did not see his abnormality.

Directly in front of Qin Qing, a car rushed over at an extremely fast speed, but collided with another car on the way, slowing down greatly.

This accidental collision created enough time for Qin Qing. As long as he stepped back a few steps, went up the steps of the headquarters building, and hid behind the huge lion sculpture, he could easily escape this disaster.

However, time froze at this moment.

The running 996 stayed in the air with four paws.

Xu Yizhi behind maintained a running posture, standing stiffly. The walking crowd around, the passing vehicles, and even the birds flying in the air were all imprisoned in this silent space.

Qin Qing couldn’t move either, but his eyes could still see, and his brain could still think.

Time was stopped by an unknown force, but Shen Mingshu’s car was not affected at all. She slammed into the car blocking her way, grabbed the steering wheel hard, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and rushed towards Qin Qing with red eyes.

Getting closer and closer, Qin Qing could even see the deep-seated hatred in her eyes.

Qin Qing wanted to retreat, wanted to dodge, but his body seemed to be wrapped in ice.

In a flash, he understood, it was the Heavenly Dao!

The Heavenly Dao borrowed Shen Mingshu’s hand to eliminate him, this anomaly. He had nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide.

At the moment of life and death, Qin Qing calmed down instead, a heavy sigh sounding in his mind. The only thing he wanted to do now was to turn around and take a good, deep, and nostalgic look at Xu Yizhi.

Just this one look could make up for all regrets.

But he stood with his back to Xu Yizhi, his body frozen by time and space.

How to take one last look at him? If God could grant him the only trace of mercy?

Just then, a miracle really happened. In his eager search, Qin Qing actually saw Xu Yizhi, who was standing behind him and running towards him but was frozen, through the reflection of a car’s windshield.

That person’s deep eyes looked at him intently, eager to reach his side.

So, Qin Qing smiled with satisfaction.

Shen Mingshu’s car had also driven close.

Only death could make Qin Qing give up Xu Yizhi, but he didn’t expect death to come so fast.

But what surprised him even more was that Xu Yizhi’s figure reflected in the windshield seemed to suddenly crush the barrier of time and space, regaining freedom amidst tearing crisp sounds. He spat out a large mouthful of blood and flashed to Qin Qing’s side at an incredible speed.

He extended his arm, fiercely crushed the time and space imprisoning Qin Qing, letting that ear-piercing shattering sound resound through the sky.

More blood gushed out of his mouth, but he felt no pain. His hands crushing time and space were already bloody and fleshy, bones broken.

He pulled Qin Qing gently and whispered gently: “Darling, don’t be afraid, if the sky falls, I’ll hold it up for you.” Before finishing his words, more blood sprayed out, sprinkling on Qin Qing’s face drop by drop.

The stunned Qin Qing was pushed aside, and fragments of time and space pierced into his body, causing him to spit out a lot of blood too. His internal organs were burning, crushing, and tearing.

Just being affected, Qin Qing was in such pain, so he could imagine how painful Xu Yizhi was at this moment.

About to fall, Qin Qing saw Shen Mingshu’s car slam into Xu Yizhi. That person’s tall body slid far away, sprinkling a patch of blood on the ground.

Qin Qing cried out in pain, so embarrassed, painful, and uncontrollable.

He stretched out his trembling arms towards the direction where Xu Yizhi fell, and then fell into a broad, strong, and warm chest. A pair of strong arms hugged him tightly, also trembling slightly, shaking finely, as if enduring uncontrollable fear.

A hot palm pressed against Qin Qing’s heart, passing a fervent and surging power into it.

The body and soul cut by time and space fragments were repaired instantly, and Qin Qing fainted before he could even take a look at the person holding him.