Chapter 6#

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

The door lock clicked.

Qin Qing, who was silently enduring the severe pain after the anesthetic wore off, immediately opened his eyes and looked towards the entryway.

A middle-aged woman, dressed fashionably and well-maintained, walked in, took off her shoes with a face full of exhaustion, and put them into the shoe cabinet.

“Where did you go?” Qin Qing lifted the blanket and asked in a faint voice.

It was the scorching summer of July outside, with temperatures over thirty degrees, yet he was so weak that he had to use a blanket to maintain his body temperature.

The woman was startled, patted her chest as she looked into the living room, and asked in disbelief: “Weren’t your hand tendons cut? How come you’re discharged?”

It seemed she was fully aware of her son’s injury.

Qin Qing’s eyes darkened slightly, and he continued to ask: “Where did you go? I waited for you all night.”

As a mother, her son faced the danger of disability, yet she was absent.

Shen Mingshu hurriedly walked into the living room to explain: “I went to raise money for your surgery! I begged all your father’s relatives, but they weren’t willing to lend a single cent. Tell me, why is your life so bitter! You are your father’s only son, the incense burner of the old Qin family, how could they not care about your life or death at all! I even knelt down to them and kowtowed! But they really have hearts of stone! It was the same when your dad passed away back then. As soon as the compensation money came down, your grandparents ran to our house to make a scene…”

Shen Mingshu recounted the vicious greed of the Qin family and her own humiliation and burden over so many years with snot and tears.

This was not an explanation, just a diversion of conflict. It was as if dragging out many villains to lash out at could cover up her selfishness and indifference as a mother.

But in fact, her actions were even more evil than those so-called villains. After her husband died, she did not shoulder the responsibility of raising her children. Instead, she squeezed her son to the extreme, sucking his marrow.

The original host really fell for Shen Mingshu’s trick. As soon as Shen Mingshu started crying and complaining, the original host would forget all the injustice he endured and dedicate everything to please his mother. He used harder work to prove to his mother that he could support this family.

But supporting a family was never an obligation a twelve-year-old child should fulfill.

Shen Mingshu collapsed on the sofa crying.

Qin Qing reached out his weak left hand and gently touched Shen Mingshu’s hair sprayed with expensive essential oils. His movements were very gentle, but his eyes were cold.

996 jumped onto the coffee table with a piece of chicken breast in its mouth, munching while watching the show with schadenfreude.

“From now on, you’ll stay in this house and be a slave to Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er for the rest of your life. Hmph, this is the price for you disrupting the plot!”

Qin Qing’s eyes flickered slightly, and he did not reply.

The door was pushed open again, and a girl in her early twenties, wearing brand-name sportswear, ran in hurriedly, wearing a pair of expensive sports headphones on her head.

“Phew, running every morning is so comfortable. Mom, I bought you Liang Ji’s buns, come eat.” The girl walked into the living room carrying a bag of buns, and seeing her mother crying and scolding those relatives again, she didn’t find it strange at all.

“Is your hand okay? I thought you wouldn’t be discharged today, so I didn’t buy you breakfast.” The girl glanced at Qin Qing, then walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.

Regarding her brother’s injury, she just perfunctorily said a sentence, as if as long as the person didn’t die, it wasn’t a big deal.

“Where is my chicken breast? Who ate it?” The girl shouted in a shrill voice.

With a muffled bang, the girl slammed the refrigerator door shut, stuck her head out and questioned: “Brother, did you eat my chicken breast? I’m on a diet and only eat this every day. Why are you snatching it from me? Go out and buy me chicken breast quickly!”

Qin Qing looked at the original host’s sister, Qin Bao’er, with dark eyes.

Shen Mingshu put away her tears and explained: “Your brother’s hand was cut and he can’t even move. How could he eat your chicken breast? Your chicken breast was finished yesterday, right?”

“Impossible! There was one piece left last night, I clearly remember! If it wasn’t Qin Qing who ate it, who else could it be? I don’t care, Qin Qing, go buy it for me now! I’m hungry!” Qin Bao’er walked out of the kitchen and ordered: “When I finish showering, a plate of chicken breast salad must appear on the table! You guys figure it out.”

Compared to her brother’s injury, she cared more about a piece of chicken.

Shen Mingshu said out of habit: “Qin Qing, just go buy her a pack of chicken breast.”

Qin Qing lowered his eyes to look at his severely painful right hand.

Shen Mingshu also looked at this hand wrapped in plaster, a second of embarrassment appeared on her face, and then she immediately stood up and remedied: “I’ll go buy it, you rest well at home. Miss Zhou called me last night and said your hand won’t be flexible in the future—”

She paused in her steps, suddenly waking up: “Then can you still work in the future?”

Qin Qing shook his head, his expression desolate, but a faint mockery was hidden in his eyes.

Qin Bao’er also opened the door at this time, stuck her head out, and said anxiously: “If you can’t work anymore, who will pay for my tuition?”

Now, she started to care. Clearly having graduated from university, she insisted on staying at home and not working, claiming to be preparing for postgraduate entrance exams.

“You can only rely on yourself to work part-time.” Qin Qing sighed and whispered: “Bao’er, I’m sorry.” His thick eyelashes lowered, hiding the coldness in his deep eyes.

Qin Bao’er quit and shouted: “You ask the Zhou family for compensation! You got injured to save the eldest miss of the Zhou family, they must compensate you one million! By the way, and the person who cut you, must also compensate one million!”

As she spoke, Qin Bao’er’s eyes lit up. She ran out of the bedroom and said excitedly: “I’ll call the mediation program and ask reporters to report this matter. You did a good deed, they will definitely help you promote it!”

“Right, right, right! Contact the reporter quickly!” Shen Mingshu also got excited.

996 ran into the kitchen to continue rummaging for food. Qin Qing looked at the mother and daughter with an indifferent expression.

“After the reporter reports, my face will appear on the TV screen, right? By then, people all over the country will be able to see it?” Qin Qing asked slowly.

Qin Bao’er glanced at him, and then was stunned.

Even with deep fatigue, his pale face could not hide his elegance and handsomeness. Pain made Qin Qing weak, but it also made his broken temperament more intense. Sitting there, he made people feel heartache for no reason.

This is… this is my brother?

This is Qin Qing?

Qin Bao’er was confused for a moment, and her tone suddenly became more excited: “Of course! Brother, you are so handsome. After the program is broadcast, maybe you will become popular! Talent scouts will definitely come to find you! Inflexible hands won’t hinder filming. You might have a better future!”

Qin Bao’er sped up the action of looking for the reporter’s phone number, her cheeks flushed due to the imagination in her heart.

Her brother was a thousand times more handsome than those top male stars! It would be intolerable if her brother didn’t become famous! In the future, she could stay at home and enjoy life without doing anything!

However, Shen Mingshu’s excited expression froze on her face. She hurriedly held her daughter’s hand and resolutely stopped her: “No, we can’t find a reporter! The Zhou family is rich and powerful. If we make a big fuss about this, it will anger the Zhou family. Their eldest miss fought with a drunkard at a night market stall. How ugly would it be if this matter got out? No, no reporters! We’ll just find the Zhou family privately. Don’t mess around!”

“What! Brother saved their family member, how could they be angry? This matter must be blown up to get more money!” Qin Bao’er threw off her mother’s hand and insisted on finding a reporter.

“You go into the room, I’ll talk to you in the room. Don’t disturb your brother’s rest.” Shen Mingshu glanced at Qin Qing, half-dragged and half-pulled her daughter into the room, and locked the door.

Qin Qing leaned back on the sofa, shaking his head and chuckling lightly.

With just a little probing, he already knew that Shen Mingshu was aware of the matter of holding the wrong son, but Qin Bao’er knew nothing.

When was it discovered? Junior high school entrance physical examination? Rh-negative blood is very rare. The moment she got the physical examination report, Shen Mingshu understood, right?

So for so many years, she could use the original host like a beast of burden without any scruples, and even destroying the original host’s studies and future brought no guilt. This wasn’t her son, so why would she feel heartache?

But after raising him for so many years, was there not a bit of affection?

“She knows who her biological son is, right?” Qin Qing looked at 996 running out of the kitchen with a pack of biscuits in its mouth.

“She knows, meow.” 996 bit open the packaging bag and stuck its round head in.

“Who is it?” Qin Qing asked.

“I won’t tell you! I’ll let you stay in this house enough!” 996 said muffled in the bag.

Qin Qing chuckled twice, not anxious.

996 pawed off the packaging bag, chewing biscuits while mumbling: “For this half year, you just serve Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er like a beast of burden first. This is your punishment! If you are obedient enough, I will find a way to let you return to your own home then.”

“Beast of burden, obedient enough…” Qin Qing slowly repeated these words, hiding emotions that others couldn’t guess in his slightly smiling eyes.

“Okay, I understand.” He nodded seemingly obediently, but actually picked up his phone and searched for all information related to Zhou Yurou on the Internet.

Since Zhou Yurou was his noble person who helped him leave this home, there must be people related to the original host’s background in her network.

The Zhou family was a wealthy clan, and there was a lot of information on the Internet.

Zhou Yurou was the daughter of the second branch of the Zhou family, and Zhou Linlin was the daughter of the first branch of the Zhou family. Because Old Master Zhou didn’t like living in the city and wanted children and grandchildren to accompany him, the first branch of the Zhou family sent Zhou Linlin to Old Master Zhou to raise.

After Zhou Linlin was taken to the countryside, Zhou Yurou, the daughter of the second branch, was taken over by the first branch of the Zhou family and raised under their knees, saying it was to make up for the emptiness of losing their daughter.

The first branch of the Zhou family inherited the vast majority of the property. The second branch of the Zhou family was incapable and lived on millions of dividends every year. Millions were a huge sum for ordinary people, but for people of their level, it didn’t even count as the bottom stream.

Therefore, in order to curry favor with the first branch, the second branch of the Zhou family naturally was willing to send Zhou Yurou out.

Many years later, Zhou Linlin, the genuine eldest miss, returned. Her substitute, Zhou Yurou, had long replaced her position and became the darling of the first branch of the Zhou family.

The conflict between the two stemmed from this.

Zhou Yurou’s mother was surnamed Ji, named Zhu. The Ji family was a wealthy family in Hai City. Ji Zhu also had a sister named Ji Lan, who married into the Qin family, also a top wealthy family in Hai City.

Qin…

Qin Qing’s eyes flickered slightly, and he continued to investigate along this clue. Then he saw an old black and white photo. In the photo was a beauty wearing a cheongsam, with slender eyebrows, charming eyes, a noble and mysterious temperament, and a smiling face blooming like a flower…

The beauty in the photo looked seventy percent like Qin Qing. She was once hailed as the tears of the era, the pearl of Hai City, but Qin Qing’s appearance was even more magnificent than hers.

This person was the mother of Ji Lan and Ji Zhu, and also Zhou Yurou’s grandmother.

Ji Zhu gave birth to a daughter and a son. The son was only eight years old this year. Ji Lan only gave birth to one son, named Qin Zishi, twenty-five years old, born on the same year, month, and day as Qin Qing.

Qin Qing found Qin Zishi’s photo and looked at it, and the corners of his lips immediately curled up. This handsome face looked eighty percent like Shen Mingshu.

“What are you looking at, meow?” 996 stretched its neck and asked, whiskers on both sides covered with biscuit crumbs.

“Nothing.” Qin Qing immediately closed the webpage and shook his head lightly.

At this time, Shen Mingshu came out of the bedroom, followed by a reluctant Qin Bao’er. Unknown what the mother and daughter said, anyway, the plan to appear on TV was dispelled.

Qin Qing said lightly: “Don’t go to the Zhou family to ask for money. Saving people was my own will, it has nothing to do with Zhou Linlin. She has already paid for my surgery fee and fulfilled her responsibility. The Zhou family has wide connections and knows everyone. If you make a big fuss, the whole Hai City will know, and it will be very troublesome in the future. The court will decide how much the person who cut me should compensate, so don’t make a fuss. It’s already like this, just accept fate.”

Saying accept fate, a trace of mocking dark light appeared in Qin Qing’s eyes.

Hearing that making a big fuss would let the whole Hai City know, Shen Mingshu was indeed afraid. She repeatedly promised not to make trouble again, and slapped her daughter who had a face full of unwillingness, telling her to be honest.

Qin Qing shook his head with a secret smile, and finally picked up the remote control to turn on the TV and watched casually. Coincidentally, Qin Zishi’s face appeared on the screen, and he was being interviewed by the host.

Shen Mingshu immediately ran over and looked at Qin Zishi intently.

The greedy look faded from her eyes, leaving only longing and pride. She unconsciously reddened her eyes, pointed at the TV and said: “Look at how excellent other people’s children are! He entered Lanyu Technology as an executive at only twenty-five. Look at you again.”

She glanced at Qin Qing and shook her head with extra disgust. Lanyu Technology was one of the top three high-tech enterprises in the world, leading future development.

Qin Qing supported his pale cheek with his left hand, his voice low: “If I were born in a family like his, I might not be less excellent than him. Don’t you think so?”

Shen Mingshu retorted without thinking: “You excellent? Would you be selling liquor at a night market stall if you were excellent?”

Qin Qing said lightly: “If I’m not excellent, how could I support this family at the age of twelve? If I’m not excellent, how could I get into a 985 university while working part-time? If I’m not excellent, where did the pampered life of you and Qin Bao’er come from? If I also had Qin Zishi’s family conditions, I believe I wouldn’t be worse than him. Don’t you think so?”

Shen Mingshu froze, a trace of guilt flashed in her eyes, and then she hurriedly stood up and said: “I’ll go buy chicken breast, you rest well. Bao’er, go back to your room to review! The exam is at the end of the year!”

Why did she feel that her son was accusing her? It shouldn’t be!

Qin Bao’er pouted and went back to her room.

Qin Qing tilted his head and quietly watched Shen Mingshu, fine dark lights constantly flashing across his eyes. When the door was heavily closed by Shen Mingshu, he took out his phone and called the original host’s uncle.

“Hello, uncle, did my mom come to borrow money from you last night? No? Auntie saw her playing mahjong on West Street? Yes, she only came back this morning. Yes, should have played mahjong all night. Okay, I know, I won’t give her all my money. Goodbye uncle.”

Qin Qing hung up the phone.

He stared at the slowly dimming phone screen, and only after a long time did he let out a mocking chuckle.

The so-called raising money for surgery everywhere turned out to be playing mahjong all night. Her own child is a child, other people’s children being disabled or dead doesn’t matter.

Human hearts…