Chapter 44#

World 2: I Want to Be a Fish in Your Pond#

“This is your home now. You are a former rich second generation whose mother remarried, father jumped off a building, and family went bankrupt. You have always had a secret crush on the protagonist shou of this world, and you would even risk your life for him.”

996 jumped onto the sofa and shook the dust off its body with disgust.

Qin Qing looked around, his eyebrows slightly raised.

This was an apartment of more than eighty square meters. The decoration was quite exquisite, but the maintenance was terrible. Garbage was thrown everywhere, and dust was flying all over the sky. It was more like a dog kennel than a residence.

Possessing the original owner’s memory, Qin Qing could fully understand the current situation.

Falling from a noble son of a top wealthy family to a homeless dog with nothing overnight, who could easily and calmly accept such a gap? After his father died and his mother disappeared, the original owner suffered from depression and never stepped out of the house again, barely surviving for three years on the millions in his bank card.

Spending millions in three years—if he didn’t have the original owner’s memory, Qin Qing would definitely think that the original owner had a luxurious nature and lived a dissolute life, and even if he fell into the mud, his bad habits were hard to change and he was hopeless.

However, this was not the case.

Of these millions, the amount the original owner actually spent on himself was pitifully small.

Witnessing his father’s tragic death and his mother’s resolute departure, the original owner’s soul was greatly traumatized, and he closed himself off from then on.

He didn’t go to the key university he had just been admitted to. Hiding from everyone, he moved back to the dilapidated old house where his parents lived before they made their fortune, changed to a new mobile phone number, completely avoided relatives and friends, and lived in seclusion.

This old house was like a snail’s shell, small and simple, but it could protect him completely. He didn’t go out shopping, nor did he have friends to socialize with. His only expenses were basic consumption such as food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

He ate simply and dressed plainly. He hadn’t changed his mobile phone or computer for three years. All expenses added up to no more than twenty or thirty thousand a year.

Then where did the rest of the money go?

Qin Qing opened the original owner’s account book, stared at the same name densely written on it, and said knowingly: “Yun Siyu is the protagonist shou you mentioned, right?”

996 hid aside and peeked at the script, humming absent-mindedly.

Qin Qing shook his head and laughed, but his eyes were full of ridicule. This Yun Siyu was an orphan sponsored by the original owner’s father. The original owner often went to the orphanage to deliver gifts, so naturally, he became familiar with Yun Siyu.

After his family was ruined, the original owner abandoned his past, but he couldn’t abandon Yun Siyu alone.

He told Yun Siyu that a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the Qin family had gone bankrupt, the money left by his father was enough for him to live comfortably for a lifetime. He told Yun Siyu not to have any psychological burden and continue to accept his sponsorship.

In his eyes, Yun Siyu was a person as pure as a child. Yun Siyu only had art in his heart, without the filth of the secular world.

He wanted to protect this pure child with the little bit of things he had left.

So, the pure Yun Siyu really had no psychological burden. He was the same age as the original owner and was admitted to the same university. The difference was that the original owner dropped out of school due to life pressure, while he happily entered the art department.

The original owner bore all the high tuition and living expenses of the art department for Yun Siyu, and every now and then he had to send some social fees and material fees, ranging from three to five hundred to three to five thousand.

During the winter vacation of his freshman year, Yun Siyu wanted to go back to the orphanage for the New Year. The original owner sent him a lot of money to buy New Year goods. These New Year goods were enough for every child in the orphanage to buy several sets of down jackets.

During the summer vacation of his freshman year, Yun Siyu wanted to go abroad to see an art exhibition. The original owner sent him tens of thousands of travel expenses. When he arrived abroad, he sent a lot of shopping fees before and after.

During the winter vacation of his sophomore year, Yun Siyu said that many children in the orphanage were going to drop out of school and asked the original owner to think of a way. The original owner sponsored more than twenty orphans in one go.

During the summer vacation of his sophomore year, Yun Siyu wanted to visit one of the most famous oil painters in China. The original owner sent him a sum of money to buy gifts for the oil painter.

During the winter vacation of his junior year, Yun Siyu said that he picked up an abandoned baby with congenital heart disease at the gate of the orphanage and asked the original owner to save the child. The original owner bore the huge surgical expenses.

In the second semester of his junior year, Yun Siyu was going abroad as an exchange student for half a year. The original owner sent over the hundreds of thousands of study tour fees without missing a penny.

Qin Qing flipped through the account book slowly. His eyes, which originally had a shallow smile, were now deep and dark.

Innocent, kind and cute, needing protection—this was the original owner’s impression of Yun Siyu. But after reading the entire account book, Qin Qing only saw a selfish person who demanded insatiably, was generous with other people’s money, and was greedy without a bottom line.

To prevent himself from being preconceived, Qin Qing took out the original owner’s mobile phone and flipped through it, his slightly raised eyebrows slowly frowning together.

The chat history between the original owner and Yun Siyu was very simple.

The original owner asked first: Siyu, do you still have money?

Yun Siyu replied softly immediately: No more. The paint is used up so fast, especially white. I have my eye on a kind of paint, I really like it, but I can’t bear to buy it, crying face.

The original owner transferred money immediately, one transaction, two transactions, three transactions…

Buying paint, buying canvas, buying brushes…

It is said that people addicted to pornography, gambling, and drugs are bottomless pits, but Yun Siyu, who studied oil painting, was even harder to fill than those bottomless pits in Qin Qing’s eyes.

An orphan chose to study in the extremely expensive art department. What was he thinking? An orphan spent other people’s money to go abroad to see exhibitions, study tours, and buy various expensive artworks. What was he thinking?

No matter what he thought in his heart, Qin Qing could be certain that the only thing he hadn’t thought about was the original owner’s situation.

Qin Qing shook his head, sighed secretly, and then continued to look through other people’s chat records.

His slightly frowned eyebrows tightened slowly, and his somewhat relaxed expression turned solemn.

More than an hour later, Qin Qing looked up at 996 and asked, “Did the original owner also give up his life voluntarily?”

996 turned off the intellectual brain and nodded guiltily: “Yes.”

Qin Qing opened the mobile banking app, looked at the original owner’s savings, and his temples throbbed.

“The original owner left to hide from debt, right?”

996 continued to nod: “Yes.”

Qin Qing put down the phone, looked up at the ceiling, and sighed deeply.

This was really a terrible mess.

Not to mention that millions of savings were spent by Yun Siyu, in order to make Yun Siyu live more comfortably during his study tour abroad, the original owner actually borrowed 150,000 from two friends on the Internet, totaling 300,000.

The original owner only had three hundred yuan left in his bank card, and even food and clothing became a problem. How could he have the ability to repay this 300,000?

These two friends were both people he met in the game. One was called “Laozi Guan Tian Guan Di” (I Manage Heaven and Earth), and the other was called “Duke Dercy”.

The original owner’s only hobby was playing games, and he was online all day, so it was inevitable to meet a few friends. “Laozi Guan Tian Guan Di” was his love interest in the game.

Of course, the original owner did not pretend to be a lolita to deceive the other party’s feelings. The other party always knew that he was a man.

This love relationship was formed out of necessity to do the Qixi Festival task. Later, the two of them gradually developed a tacit understanding by playing dungeons together, so they did not dissolve the relationship.

Duke Dercy claimed to be of mixed Chinese and English descent. When they first met, he played games very poorly and spoke Chinese stutteringly, so he was very unpopular in the game.

The original owner had nothing, but the only thing he didn’t lack was time and patience. Others didn’t play with Duke Dercy, but he could teach the Duke to speak Chinese while teaching him to play dungeons.

Over time, the two naturally became friends.

Neither “Laozi Guan Tian Guan Di” nor “Duke Dercy” were low-key people. They liked to spend a lot of money playing games. The best skins, the coolest equipment, and the most powerful pets—they wanted them all. The speed at which the game company released new products couldn’t keep up with the speed at which they spent money.

Such luxury would naturally attract many followers. They were always surrounded by all kinds of fawning and flattering players, while the original owner was always neither humble nor arrogant, neither far nor close.

This attitude made the two big shots feel comfortable, and their relationship with the original owner naturally became closer.

Occasionally, the two big shots would tell the original owner the secrets hidden deep in their hearts, because they knew that the original owner was a very closed person and would never leak their secrets.

“Laozi Guan Tian Guan Di” had a crazy mother whose desire for control was terrifyingly strong, often causing “Laozi Guan Tian Guan Di” to break down.

“Duke Dercy” was gay and was not accepted by his family. He wanted to be a star but was strongly opposed by his family, spending almost every day in struggle.

The original owner didn’t know how to comfort people, but just listened carefully and then tried hard to play dungeons. But this attitude was enough.

Both big shots classified the original owner as one of their own, and the original owner also regarded them as true friends, so he naturally reached out to them when he encountered difficulties.

After the borrowed 300,000 was spent by Yun Siyu, the original owner, who had no job and no savings, realized that he had reached a dead end.

How long could three hundred yuan last? Could he still live like a human being?

The original owner racked his brains but couldn’t think of a solution, so unable to face his two friends or Yun Siyu, he just disappeared.

Qin Qing looked at the original owner’s WeChat account and QQ account and sighed helplessly.

Strictly speaking, the original owner was a bit suspected of fraud. When interacting with the two big shots, he used Yun Siyu’s photo as his avatar, and claimed to be an artist, proficient in oil painting, and had also learned musical instruments such as guitar, drums, piano, and violin.

He transplanted Yun Siyu’s life experience onto himself, which probably stemmed from his longing for a better life. His father’s death trapped him firmly, preventing him from getting out of the abyss of depression, and Yun Siyu was his only sunshine.

Did he love Yun Siyu?

Maybe he did, or maybe it was a sacrifice of someone unable to save himself but trying to struggle.

Qin Qing closed his eyes and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: “If I hadn’t come, what would be the original owner’s fate?”

996 kept its mouth shut and shook its head.

Qin Qing opened his eyes, his tone a bit urgent: “Who is the Son of Destiny in this world?”

996 hid the intellectual brain behind its butt and adopted a stubborn resistance attitude.

Qin Qing walked over and pulled out 996’s chubby paw to check. The intellectual brain that was originally lit with signal lights had gone black, and there was no response no matter how he touched it.

Qin Qing looked at 996 with dark eyes, and 996 stiffened its thick neck and looked back toughly.

“I have destroyed the energy crystal of the intellectual brain. In this world, it is in a state of complete downtime. Don’t even think about reading the script, let alone knowing who the protagonist gong is. Just be your tragic supporting male character obediently!”

996, who was completely confused in the last world, was equally confused in this world. It insisted that the mission of itself and Qin Qing was to be good supporting roles and play matchmakers.

Qin Qing let go of 996’s chubby paw and asked: “Without the intellectual brain issuing tasks, how can I follow the plot points of the tragic supporting male character?”

“Hehehe, you don’t have to worry about this problem.” 996 shook its head, triumphant.

It had already read the script! In this world, Qin Qing was still a tragic supporting male character, but the object of his secret crush this time was no longer the protagonist gong, but the protagonist shou.

In order to help the protagonist shou complete his studies, he borrowed a lot of money from the two protagonist gongs. Realizing that he was unable to repay the money, he blocked the two protagonist gongs.

Of the two protagonist gongs, one was abroad and just transferred back to China this year, entering the Art Department of D University to study music. One was studying in the Finance Department of the old campus. The old campus was renovated this year, so the Finance Department moved to the new campus, while the protagonist shou and Gong 3 had always been studying in the new campus.

Coincidentally, the four people who had never met met in the new campus, and Gong 1, Gong 2, and Gong 3 were arranged in the same dormitory.

That’s right, this is a world with one shou and multiple gongs. The protagonist shou is invincible in charm and loved by everyone, making the three gongs run around in circles.

Qin Qing’s operation of borrowing money and blocking people made Gong 1 and Gong 2 realize that they had encountered a scammer. They inevitably mentioned a few words in the dormitory, and then found that the person who cheated them actually used the same nickname. Could it be that this scammer was the same person? Cheating away 300,000 in total, really fucking impressive!

The two took out Yun Siyu’s photo for comparison, and it really was the same person!

Gong 1 had a fiery personality and couldn’t tolerate sand in his eyes. He immediately found a computer expert in the same school to catch this scammer.

Gong 3 looked at the photo and immediately became angry, saying bluntly that Yun Siyu was definitely not a scammer.

The computer expert checked the ID and quickly found evidence that Yun Siyu was not a scammer, and also dug out Qin Qing’s home address. Gong 3 took Gong 1 and Gong 2 to the oil painting room to peek at Yun Siyu painting oil paintings.

The boy sitting in front of the canvas carefully applying colors had snow-white skin, clear eyes, and an innocent smile, looking as cute as an angel.

Gong 1 and Gong 2 inevitably developed a good impression of Yun Siyu. After returning to the dormitory, they felt more and more that Qin Qing, the scammer, was too disgusting to go around cheating money with Yun Siyu’s photo.

The two discussed and decided to take revenge on Qin Qing.

But in fact, the two didn’t care about the money. What made them unable to let go was that Qin Qing pretended to be a good person and tricked them out of the secrets hidden deep in their hearts that they would absolutely not tell a second person. This was the reason why they could not tolerate Qin Qing’s continued existence.

Gong 3 grew up with Yun Siyu and was Yun Siyu’s most loyal bootlicker, so he naturally joined this game.

The three of them came up with ideas one after another in the dormitory and slowly perfected a revenge plan.

If following the script, Qin Qing’s fate should have been like this:

First, Gong 1 pretended to quarrel with his mother and ran away from home, taking 200,000 cash with him. He sent a text message to Qin Qing using someone else’s mobile phone, and also took a photo of the 200,000 and sent it over. He expected that Qin Qing was a greedy ghost and would definitely show up when he saw so much money.

Then Qin Qing really appeared, but not for the money, but because he was worried that Gong 1 would encounter danger wandering outside with so much money.

Qin Qing took in Gong 1, and Gong 1’s revenge action also unfolded.

He first cheated food and drink, spending Qin Qing’s money to his heart’s content, and then lured Qin Qing to borrow money to speculate in stocks, saying that he had inside information and the selected stock would definitely rise sharply.

Seeing his prominent family background, Qin Qing didn’t suspect anything. He mortgaged the property to the bank and borrowed one million, and also borrowed some usury, all used to buy that stock.

It was true that there was inside information, but the sharp rise was fake. In fact, the inside information Gong 1 got was that the stock would inevitably fall below the market within a month. The money Qin Qing borrowed by mortgaging his life was enough to turn into a bomb and destroy him completely.

While Gong 1’s revenge plan was underway, Gong 2 also pretended to run away from home and mixed into Qin Qing’s side. He took Qin Qing to the mall to buy luxury goods, and when paying the bill, he falsely claimed that his wallet and mobile phone were stolen and asked Qin Qing to pay for him. Qin Qing had no choice but to mortgage a famous watch left by his father. At this point, Qin Qing lost his only memento.

Gong 2 was spotted by a talent scout, participated in a talent show, and soon became famous. After becoming famous, Gong 2 deliberately took Qin Qing out shopping and made some intimate moves, which were photographed by paparazzi. Gong 2’s fans were very crazy and started cyberbullying Qin Qing, and also dug out the scandal of his father’s bankruptcy, debt, and suicide by jumping off a building.

With cyberbullying and huge debts, Qin Qing’s depression worsened. Under the joint efforts of Gong 1 and Gong 2, his life was destroyed again and again.

To make matters worse, Gong 3 pretended to have broken his leg and needed a large sum of surgical fees, asking Yun Siyu to think of a way. Gong 3 was from the physical education department, a professional basketball player, and was spotted by the American basketball league before graduation, with hopes of becoming an NBA superstar.

At this time, his leg absolutely could not have any problems!

Yun Siyu ran to Qin Qing’s house overnight, kneeling and crying for help.

How could Qin Qing resist the tears of his beloved? He actually gritted his teeth and agreed.

The 200,000 surgical fee, no more, no less, was exactly the cash Gong 1 brought out. The cash was in the wardrobe of Qin Qing’s house, and he could get it by opening the door.

Thinking of Yun Siyu’s sad and desperate face, and thinking that his life was already so hopeless, Qin Qing finally reached out and took the money.

Gong 1 found the money missing after returning and called the police immediately. Of course, he knew the whereabouts of the money, Gong 2 also knew, and Gong 3 knew even better.

This was a serial trap, one link interlocking with another, just to make Qin Qing, the scammer, pay the price. Facts also proved how low Qin Qing’s character was. Give him a temptation to commit a crime, and he would take the bait.

Qin Qing was quickly caught by the police, and this matter made the social news.

Gong 2’s fans recognized Qin Qing, and the cyberbullying that had just subsided started again.

Qin Qing was locked in prison and could not access mobile phones, so he did not suffer secondary damage from cyber violence, but the property left by his father was left unguarded. Several fans with extreme personalities ran to this old house, sprinkled some gasoline, and set the house on fire.

The fire burned fiercely, destroying the snail shell Qin Qing relied on for survival, and at the same time destroying the portrait and ashes of Qin Qing’s father.

Overnight, Qin Qing lost everything. Before waiting for the court’s verdict, he strangled himself with his pants in the cell. And Yun Siyu gave the 200,000 to Gong 3, and Gong 3 returned the money to Gong 1.

The three gongs all felt that Yun Siyu was kind, pure, and innocent. Who wouldn’t love such a person?

Since then, the three of them pursued Yun Siyu relentlessly, from university to graduation, and from graduation to work, entangled, separated and reunited for decades.

When they got old, these four people were still together, without status, but far more intimate than lovers and family members.

The end of the script was marked as HE, but 996 felt its internal organs twisting while reading it.

Meow, it knew that the tragic supporting male character was mainly responsible for being abused, but this script was too abusive, right? If Qin Qing saw it, he would definitely rebel again!

996 thought about it over and over again, and then destroyed the energy crystal in the intellectual brain. Anyway, Qin Qing had always been passively following the plot in this script. Without telling him the plot points, those few gongs would also try their best to come to him and launch a revenge plan.

Let this cat see what time it is now. 996 muttered to itself while peeking at Qin Qing’s mobile phone.

Seeing the date, it couldn’t help showing a pitiful expression.

Isn’t it a coincidence? At this moment, Gong 1, Gong 2, and Gong 3 are making a revenge plan in the dormitory! Tomorrow Gong 1 will appear, and then use the most innocent posture to completely shatter Qin Qing’s life.

Poor thing! You were so cool in the last world, I want to see how you avoid those three evil spirits in this world.

996 lowered its head and smiled gloatingly.

Qin Qing knew without looking at 996’s expression that his fate in this world must be miserable.

“Do good deeds, don’t ask about the future.” He smiled faintly, and then leaned over the desk and began to write and draw.

996 tiptoed over and looked around stealthily.

It saw a few elegant and handsome characters written on the header of the white paper—Debt Repayment Plan.

This demon flower actually wants to help the original owner repay the debt? Isn’t he best at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages?

“I used the original owner’s identity, so this karma naturally has to be repaid,” Qin Qing said without raising his head.

At the same time, three tall and handsome men were sitting in a dormitory, also writing and drawing on a piece of white paper.

“I’ve grown up so big, and I haven’t been played by anyone yet.” The irritable tone couldn’t cover up the man’s deep and thick sexy voice.

He was wearing a black T-shirt, spreading his two strong and slender legs, sitting on a wooden chair with a grand posture. The T-shirt was clearly loose, but it was stretched tight by his robust muscles, and the distinct abdominal muscles showed undulating textures on the thin fabric.

Broad shoulders and narrow waist, strong and substantial, this was a body enough to make all women scream crazily.

A very handsome, very wild, and very aggressive face was frowning with thick eyebrows, smoking impatiently. The thin smoke puffed out, softening the man’s overly sharp facial lines, but could not soften the gloom and hostility in his black eyes.

“I must make this Qin Qing pay the price!” The man crossed his legs and sneered.

“Who will make the move first?” The man sitting on the balcony gently strumming a guitar asked slowly.

He was wearing a white shirt and a pair of light blue jeans. Several buttons at the top of the shirt were unbuttoned, revealing exquisite collarbones and a patch of snow-white chest. His brown hair had some romantic curls, and under his thick eyelashes covered a pair of dark green deep eyes. A pair of pale pink lips, as long as they were slightly raised to outline a faint smile without temperature, could make many men and women lose their souls.

His arrogance and nobility made people dare not approach easily.

“Anyway, I’m the last to appear,” a tall man with a buzz cut said indifferently.

He was wearing a jersey, his robust arms completely exposed, covered with beads of crystal sweat. The bronze skin exuded mouth-watering sexiness after being moistened.

The professional basketball player looked very handsome and charming, but his height of more than 190 centimeters did not make him stand out from the crowd. His two roommates were not shorter than him, and their figures combined strength and beauty, more stylish than international supermodels.

Three men gathered together, making this not-so-narrow dormitory become cramped.

“I’ll fish Qin Qing out tomorrow, you guys wait and watch the show.” The man crossing his legs and smoking hooked his thin lips in a wicked smile, and with a flick of his fingertip, he accurately shot the unextinguished cigarette butt into the trash can.