Chapter 56#
World 2: I Want to Be a Fish in Your Pond#
Ye Rongzheng stood outside the door for a long time before slowly walking into the room.
Qin Qing was sitting on the balcony, basking in the warm late autumn sun, feeling the cool breeze from the northwest, surrounded by blooming begonias and brilliant golden chrysanthemums. As long as he was there, everything in the world seemed to become very quiet and peaceful.
A feeling of unworthiness surged in Ye Rongzheng’s heart, making him stop after a few steps, daring not to move forward.
If he had known earlier that Qin Qing was such a wonderful person, he and Mu Feiyan would never have started that stupid revenge plan.
However, even meeting in such a terrible way, when he revealed his unbearable secret, Qin Qing was willing to reach out and pull him out of the quagmire.
A wave of moist heat surged up, making Ye Rongzheng’s eyes redder.
“Don’t be sad, come and sit.” Qin Qing looked up at the visitor and patted the chair beside him. The sunlight shone from behind him, giving his fine hair a thin layer of light.
The sunset glow was far away in the sky, but he was right in front of him.
Ye Rongzheng strode over, knelt heavily on the ground, buried his head on Qin Qing’s knees, hugged Qin Qing’s waist tightly, and hid his tear-wet eyes and guilty face.
“Severed ties with your family? Are you very sad?” Qin Qing gently stroked Ye Rongzheng’s head.
Ye Rongzheng shook his head and didn’t speak. If he opened his mouth now, his choked voice would betray his inner remorse and fragility. He really shouldn’t have started that revenge plan! If he had waited patiently for a while and asked for the reason properly, they would have had an incredibly beautiful beginning.
Really regret it so much…
Ye Rongzheng kept tightening his arms, hugging Qin Qing’s waist tightly, and the tears accumulated in his eyes for a long time quietly wet Qin Qing’s pants.
“Are you crying?” Qin Qing sensed the wet heat on his leg.
Ye Rongzheng shook his head again, stabilized his emotions, and then said in a muffled voice: “Qin Qing, I promise you, this is the last time I shed tears. For you, I want to become a real man.”
Qin Qing was a bit amused, pinched this person’s short and hard hair with his fingertips, and ordered: “If you are a man, sit properly, don’t kneel.”
Ye Rongzheng hurriedly sat on the chair beside him, his eyes still a bit red, but his face became steady and cold.
“I severed ties with my family and was deprived of inheritance rights.” He said very calmly.
Qin Qing nodded, “So you are crying for this?”
“No!” Ye Rongzheng denied quickly: “Leaving that home, I feel relaxed all over. I’m just venting the emotions accumulated before.”
This excuse convinced Qin Qing, making his worried expression fade a bit.
996, sitting on the balcony railing pawing at a chrysanthemum, said grumpily: “Qin Qing, you really stole the luck of Gong 1 and Gong 2! Gong 1 originally inherited billions of family property and finally became a business tycoon! Gong 2 became a big star, fanatically pursued by fans all over the world. Look at the current Gong 1 and Gong 2, one became a stray dog, and the other willingly degenerated to alcoholism. Their futures are all ruined in your hands! You are really a scourge. If Gong 1, Gong 2 and the protagonist shou were together, their lives would be very lucky!”
Qin Qing rested his chin on one hand, quietly looking at Ye Rongzheng at this moment.
“Do you still want to go back?” He asked.
“I don’t want to!” Ye Rongzheng shook his head immediately, his tone firm.
“Because of me, you lost everything, do you regret it?”
“I don’t regret it! I eliminated the worst part of my life and got the best thing.” Ye Rongzheng looked at Qin Qing extremely gently.
Yes, the best thing he mentioned was this person.
Qin Qing hooked his lips and smiled, his snow-white face shining in the brilliant sunset glow.
“If I tell you that there are worse and dirtier things hidden in your life, will you collapse?” He asked tentatively.
Ye Rongzheng shook his head almost without thinking: “If you can always be by my side, I won’t collapse.”
This was of course the truth. Qin Qing was his backbone.
Qin Qing felt relieved, handed over the forensic examination report, then spread his palm and said softly: “If you feel uncomfortable, you can hold my hand anytime.”
Before opening the report, and completely unaware of what happened, Ye Rongzheng eagerly grabbed Qin Qing’s hand and firmly clasped it with his fingers.
“Feeling uncomfortable so soon?” Qin Qing pursed his thin lips that wanted to rise.
“Terribly uncomfortable!” Ye Rongzheng frowned and said seriously.
“Starting to feel uncomfortable now, won’t you cry after reading the report?” Qin Qing shook their hands held together.
“Will you hug me when I want to cry?” Ye Rongzheng raised his wet eyes, looking at Qin Qing pitifully like a lost puppy.
996 spat out a blade of grass: “Pah! Men are all dogs! Only thinking about that stuff!”
Qin Qing nodded seriously: “I will. Whenever you need, I can give you a hug anytime.”
If the feelings were deeper, this sentence might become—Whenever you need, I can give you a kiss anytime.
Thinking of this, Ye Rongzheng’s uneasy heart actually felt hot waves, and those ominous premonitions were replaced by passionate longing.
He lowered his head and opened the report without hesitation, reading it quickly line by line.
Qin Qing watched his face intently, waiting nervously for his reaction.
“I also suspected it once, but stopped myself from thinking further as soon as I started. At that time I told myself, there wouldn’t be such a mother in the world.” Ye Rongzheng raised his head and said extremely bitterly.
“This is a disease.” Qin Qing could only give such an explanation.
“I need a hug.” Ye Rongzheng blinked, tears appearing in his eyes.
Qin Qing immediately extended his arms to hug him, his snow-white cheek gently pressed against his painful face.
In his arms was a warm softness, in his nose was a rich sweet fragrance. No verbal comfort was needed, such possession was enough to heal the bloody mess in his heart. Ye Rongzheng turned his face slightly, and kissed Qin Qing’s fine hair imperceptibly with his cold thin lips.
“How long can you hug me?” He asked hoarsely.
“Until you completely get over it.” Qin Qing gently touched the back of this person’s head.
“I feel I can’t get over it.” Ye Rongzheng buried his face in Qin Qing’s fragrant and intoxicating neck hollow, saying in a muffled voice.
“Who said just now he wanted to be a real man?” Qin Qing checkmated him.
Ye Rongzheng: “…”
A few minutes later, he said reluctantly, “I’m fine.” But his hands still hugged Qin Qing’s waist tightly.
If someone else brought him this report, he might never get better in his life.
Qin Qing didn’t let go of Ye Rongzheng either, but tilted his head and carefully examined the other’s face.
“Are you angry?” He gently pinched Ye Rongzheng’s determined chin.
“Angry,” Ye Rongzheng said bitterly: “But anger is useless.”
“But the law is useful.” Qin Qing let go of Ye Rongzheng’s chin and stroked his pale face instead.
Being touched so gently, with ambiguous and lingering eyes, how could any amount of resentment or fierce anger break out? Ye Rongzheng pressed his cheek against Qin Qing’s cheek.
He thought he would collapse, but the fact was, not only did he not collapse, he also felt satisfied.
“I will send this report to my father and let him choose. If he calls the police, I will go back to take care of him for the rest of his life, and I will fulfill a son’s responsibility. If he conceals it, I will leave without burden.”
Ye Rongzheng reluctantly let go of Qin Qing, picked up his phone, took pictures of the report page by page, and sent them to Ye Father.
“This is your family affair, you can handle it however you want.” Qin Qing gently patted the back of Ye Rongzheng’s hand.
The report turned to the third page, with a photo of his brother lying in a pool of blood attached.
Ye Rongzheng closed his eyes and said in a muffled voice: “I feel a little uncomfortable.”
Qin Qing hurriedly hugged him, took the phone and said: “Let me take the pictures for you.”
Ye Rongzheng pretended to be weak and buried his face in Qin Qing’s neck hollow, his strong arms hugging Qin Qing’s waist possessively.
The shutter clicked, and Ye Rongzheng deeply sniffed Qin Qing’s scent, quietly embracing Qin Qing’s softness, a sense of peace and satisfaction surging in his heart.
This report should have completely overturned his world, destroyed his last trace of illusion about human nature, and made him fall into hell forever.
However, none of the above happened.
Ye Rongzheng didn’t turn dark, didn’t become disillusioned, nor was he destroyed by extreme anger and madness.
Even he himself couldn’t believe that he could respond so calmly and composedly.
“The report is sent.” Qin Qing put down the phone.
“Guess what your father will choose?” He asked curiously.
“No need to guess, he will definitely choose to conceal.” Ye Rongzheng sneered, then softened his face: “But I understand his choice.”
“Why?” Qin Qing didn’t understand.
“He can only choose the person he loves most, and so do I. If it were you, I would also choose to protect you.” Ye Rongzheng looked straight into Qin Qing’s eyes and said extremely solemnly.
This was a confession. Under any circumstances, Qin Qing must be his only choice.
In the last world, Qin Qing heard many similar words and always felt the warmth of being loved. But his heart was still touched, and then he promised: “I am not your mother, I won’t do that kind of thing.”
“So I am luckier than my father.” Ye Rongzheng held Qin Qing’s hand and smiled sincerely.
The moment the report was sent out, even knowing his father’s choice long ago, he felt completely relieved.
“By the way, when I left, my mother said she wanted to adopt Yun Siyu as her godson and leave all her property to Yun Siyu. If she is really sick, will Yun Siyu be her next target?” Ye Rongzheng suddenly thought of this.
996, lying on the railing basking in the sun, suddenly bounced up, then screamed and fell off the balcony.
Fortunately, the family downstairs had built a canopy, catching its chubby body, allowing it to climb back quickly along the drainpipe.
“Qin Qing, quickly send a message to Yun Siyu, tell him not to stay at the Ye family!”
996 shouted anxiously, and then suddenly realized that Qin Qing would definitely punish the protagonist shou to death in order to snatch the luck of Gong 1 and Gong 2. He wouldn’t save the protagonist shou!
“Pah, I won’t beg you, I’ll go myself!” 996 pounced on the coffee table, trying to take the report away.
Qin Qing pressed down the report and said calmly: “I’ll send a text message to Yun Siyu, telling him the truth.”
These words were spoken directly, so both 996 and Ye Rongzheng heard them.
Ye Rongzheng said sourly: “You still like him?”
“No, I just don’t want to have a guilty conscience.” Qin Qing shook his head, his smile seeming to shine with holy light.
996 was moved beyond words, and was about to jump on Qin Qing’s shoulder to rub against his head, but heard Qin Qing say slowly in his heart: “If Yun Siyu knows clearly that there is a fire pit ahead, and has received my warning, but still jumps down without hesitation because of the uncontrollable greed in his heart. Then when the tragedy finally happens to him, his inner regret will probably double, right? I really want to know how painful he will be.”
The last sentence was drawn out very long, with a bit of interesting expectation, making 996 immediately detect the malice in it.
But Qin Qing had no intention of hiding this malice.
He smiled gently and let out a seemingly helpless sigh in his heart: “I really hope he doesn’t make that choice.”
However, his certain tone betrayed his true thoughts. He had long expected that Yun Siyu would definitely make the stupidest and most irreversible choice.
“Qin Qing, you are too bad! I’m going to save Yun Siyu right now!” 996 scratched the table to vent its anger, then jumped onto the balcony railing.
“You know very well yourself, I am not bad, the bad one is the destined person. I bet that for the greed in his heart, he will never accept your help.” Qin Qing looked at 996’s back and softly spoke the fact that everyone knew well.
996 paused for a moment, then climbed away along the drainpipe.
Yun Siyu sat uneasily in the Ye family living room. Ye Father took a group of nurses to send the collapsed Ye Mother to the bedroom on the third floor.
After Ye Rongzheng left, Ye Mother went crazy and smashed everything in the living room. The TV, coffee table, antique vases, and even the crystal chandelier overhead turned into a mess on the floor.
Yun Siyu hugged the sofa cushion tightly, not feeling that this mess was terrible, but instead had a dreamy feeling of floating on air.
Just now, Ye Mother forcibly demanded Ye Father to adopt him as a godson, and took out a voice recorder to record a will on the spot, saying she would give everything of the Ye family to him, a person with no blood relationship.
Billions of family property, wealth and power, things he once dared not even think about were now within reach.
Two blushes appeared on his fair cheeks, as if drunk. Although trying hard to suppress it, Yun Siyu still pursed his lips and laughed secretly.
Suddenly, a loud noise of smashing things came from the third floor, and the gentle and refined Ye Father was actually roaring: “Is this true? Tell me! Ye Pei! Speak!”
“This is not true, this is not true, take the phone away! Take it away quickly!”
Ye Mother’s unique sharp voice came from upstairs, carrying deep fear.
Yun Siyu rubbed his ears and looked up.
The two were still arguing, and words like “killed our son, pervert, vicious, you don’t deserve to be a mother” could be vaguely heard.
Did something happen? Yun Siyu began to get nervous, not for the safety of Ye Father and Ye Mother, but fearing that everything he just got would come to nothing because of this quarrel.
The old butler hurried down from upstairs, his face full of disbelief and panic. Seeing Yun Siyu, he was stunned, then immediately took him to the study with the best sound insulation, forced a smile and said let the young master stay here for a while, he would bring pastries up when they were ready.
As soon as the study door closed, those quarrels miraculously disappeared.
In an absolutely quiet and very strange environment, ordinary people would feel uneasy, but Yun Siyu happily recalled the old butler’s address.
He called him young master.
So, is his identity completely different now? Will he possess everything Ye Rongzheng once possessed? Is he equal to Mu Feiyan?
Yun Siyu covered his mouth, chuckled, and then nestled his petite body into the large leather chair, happily shaking his thin legs.
The phone rang at this moment, it was a text message from Qin Qing.
The smile immediately faded from Yun Siyu’s face, replaced by annoyance, and a trace of invisible hatred surfaced in his seemingly very clear eyes.
White snow stained with mud spots probably looks like this.
Yun Siyu curled his lips, clicked on the message, and after reading it, a lot of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He immediately searched for Munchausen syndrome online, combined with the previous quarrel between Ye Father and Ye Mother, and all the truth was laid out.
It was Ye Mother who killed her youngest son with her own hands and framed Ye Rongzheng. This is an extremely morbid psychology that takes pleasure in abusing children.
[Now you have become her child, her next target is you. While there is still a chance, run away quickly.] This was the original message sent by Qin Qing.
But looking at this sentence, Yun Siyu didn’t move at all, his body seemed glued to the chair, unable to tear away.
In fear and uneasiness, his gaze swept over the various expensive furnishings in the study, the safe beside him that contained unknown amounts of jewelry and cash, and everything representing wealth and status.
Not knowing how long he was dazed, Yun Siyu bit his lip and whispered: “Lying to me!”
996 drilled into the study at this moment, jumped onto the desk, and shouted anxiously: “Qin Qing is not lying to you! Run quickly, Yun Siyu!”
However, Yun Siyu couldn’t hear anything.
Fortunately, 996 was prepared. It took out a tube of thick syrup from the storage compartment of the intellectual brain, dipped some with its fat paw, preparing to write on the desktop.
This syrup was blood red, often used in horror movies to disguise as blood, smelling very fishy and deceptive.
996 smelled the syrup, and couldn’t help licking its paw clean.
“Meow, it’s delicious!” It muttered while applying another layer of syrup on its paw, then crookedly wrote a line of words—[Get out of my house quickly, or I’ll kill you!]
Yun Siyu widened his eyes, looking at this scene in extreme horror.
On the clean desktop, a line of blood words appeared for no reason! The Ye family is haunted! Is it the Xiao Yu who fell to death?
Yun Siyu jumped up from the leather chair, preparing to run out of the study, but Ye Father pushed the door open and came in.
“You can go. Auntie Ye is not clear-headed and often does some inexplicable things. Don’t take it to heart. Forget whatever happened today.”
Ye Father waved his hand wearily, so the butler came out from behind carrying a box of pastries, smiling and saying he would send Yun Siyu home.
What Yun Siyu worried about most happened. Those readily available wealth, power and status all turned into nothing. Although he knew Ye Father’s starting point was good, only by keeping him away from the lunatic Ye Mother could his safety be ensured.
But Yun Siyu didn’t want to go.
He didn’t want to go at all!
Before his brain could turn, his body had already made a decision. He quickly wiped off the blood words on the table, then clenched his fists pretending nothing happened.
The blood left by the ghost burned his palm, making him tremble with fear, and so cold that his bones hurt. But what is this fear and discomfort compared to billions of family property?
The current Yun Siyu was not thinking with his brain, but with his deeply suppressed greed, which was much more than ordinary people.
To satisfy this greed, he could fear no ghosts, no life or death. He believed that as long as he was careful everywhere, he could avoid Ye Mother’s poisoning.
“Uncle, I heard Auntie Ye screaming just now, she seemed very painful. I look like Xiao Yu, and my name also has a Yu character. If I stay by Auntie Ye’s side, her condition will definitely improve slowly. Uncle, you have tried many treatments, right? Why don’t we try this as a last resort?”
Yun Siyu, with hands full of blood plasma, calmly spoke words of persuasion.
Knowing clearly that there was a tragically died ghost and a heinous murderer in this house, he still asked to stay. Why?
996 stood up like a human, carefully examining the protagonist shou’s face. This was its second close contact with the destined person, but the impression was worse each time.
Yun Siyu’s greed was even worse than Qin Zishi’s viciousness.
“…I bet that for the greed in his heart, he will never accept your help.” Qin Qing’s words suddenly echoed in its ears, making 996 drop a few golden beans sadly.
It tried so hard to save the protagonist shou, to save him from that foreseeable tragic fate, but he didn’t appreciate it at all!
“Uncle, there are many nurses following Auntie Ye at home all the time, you don’t have to worry about her hurting me. The most important thing now is to cure her and let her live a normal life. I am an orphan, without parents since childhood. Seeing you and Auntie Ye, I feel so close, as if I have known you for a long time. I think this is fate.”
Yun Siyu was still trying hard to persuade Ye Father, the reasons sounding high-sounding and warm and moving.
Ye Father began to waver, but 996 gradually got a little angry.
It jumped onto the antique shelf aside and pushed a vase down from a high place.
A loud bang startled everyone. Yun Siyu’s face was as white as paper, but he still smiled and said: “Maybe the nanny put the vase crooked when cleaning.”
He knew there were ghosts, but he was unwilling to admit it.
Even if entangled by Xiao Yu’s ghost and calculated by Ye Mother all the time, for this huge property, he was willing to take the risk.
Is this person still savable? Qin Qing’s text message stated the terrible truth, Ye Father also issued an eviction order, and even 996 was playing tricks here, but none could dispel the greed in Yun Siyu’s heart.
Good words can’t persuade a damned ghost. 996 thought of this sentence inappropriately.
It glared at the protagonist shou one last time and drilled out through the crack of the door.
If the destined person of every world has this kind of character, it really doesn’t know whether it is helping the son of destiny seek a perfect marriage or harming them for life.