Chapter 8#

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

The Qin family was in chaos.

Zhou Linlin chased out and saw Qin Qing by the artificial lake in the residential area. He stood in the orange-red sunset, the lake water reflecting a patch of orange light, brilliant as if burning.

This extremely beautiful scenery set off Qin Qing’s loneliness even more.

Zhou Linlin walked over with light steps, imagining how Qin Qing was weeping silently. However, Qin Qing, with his back to her, had a lazy and comfortable smile on his face.

996 was lying by the lake, using its chubby paws to hook the fish in the lake, saliva dripping from the corner of its mouth.

Hearing footsteps, Qin Qing turned back to look. The face that was originally smiling lazily changed into deep sorrow in an instant, and the thin red at the corner of his eyes seemed soaked with sadness.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Linlin’s eyes also turned red.

“Are you feeling better?” She asked cautiously.

“Why did you help me?” Qin Qing’s voice was hoarse.

“Because you and I are very alike, I can empathize with your pain.” Zhou Linlin said with a bitter smile.

“Because you got wet in the rain, you want to hold an umbrella for others?” Qin Qing curled his lips and smiled. This girl really won his heart.

Zhou Linlin’s cheeks blushed slightly, and she nodded slightly.

“Thank you.” Qin Qing sighed and whispered.

Zhou Linlin waved her hand hurriedly: “No need to thank me! Actually, I should thank you! Because you are so handsome, someone recorded a video and posted it online on the day your hand was cut. Zhou Yurou’s shouting was also recorded.”

Qin Qing understood after a little thought: “Even if I beat you to death today, my eldest uncle can settle it! Is it this sentence?”

“Yes, it’s this sentence. Netizens were very angry and immediately started to dox Zhou Yurou’s eldest uncle. My dad realized the situation was serious, immediately asked PR to remove the video, and asked my second uncle to take Zhou Yurou back. I heard that as soon as she got home, the police arrested her.”

Zhou Linlin covered her mouth and snickered: “I’ve been back for more than a year, thinking of ways to drive her away every day, but I was plotted against by her every time. You settled this matter for me as soon as you came, and let my parents see Zhou Yurou’s true face clearly, so I want to thank you.”

Qin Qing couldn’t help smiling, waving his hand: “No need to thank me.”

“You smiled.” Zhou Linlin said happily: “You look best when you smile.”

Qin Qing’s smile became even gentler, shook his head, and sighed: “Let’s go back. Some things have to be faced eventually.”

Just then, 996 suddenly hooked a big fish weighing two catties out of the lake.

It hurriedly pressed the lively fish with its paws, shouting excitedly: “Qin Qing, did you see Qin Qing? I caught such a big fish! Meow meow meow, really big! Am I amazing?”

Just now complaining all the way with a gloomy face, now so happy, what a stupid fat cat…

Qin Qing shook his head and chuckled again, praising with his mind: “You are amazing! I guess you must be one of the most powerful divine envoys?”

This flattery simply hit 996’s heart. It hooked Qin Qing’s ankle affectionately with its tail, then opened its mouth, swallowed the big fish weighing two catties in one bite, and spat out a complete fish skeleton two seconds later.

Qin Qing: “…Really amazing!”

Qin Qing returned home to pack his luggage.

He walked silently to the balcony and stuffed a few pairs of jeans and T-shirts from the cardboard box into his backpack.

Ji Mingtang walked a few steps on the balcony with a cane, holding back his anger and said: “You sleep here?”

Qin Qing nodded silently.

Zhou Linlin added fuel to the fire: “He has been sleeping here since junior high school.”

Ji Lan touched her son’s head lovingly, then turned back and looked fiercely at Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er. Shen Mingshu hurriedly pulled her daughter to hide behind Qin Zishi, making Qin Zishi extremely embarrassed.

Because of such a mother, his situation in the Qin family would become very subtle.

“Alright, let’s go.” Qin Qing zipped up his backpack.

“Just packed?” Ji Lan asked in disbelief.

Qin Qing smiled bitterly: “All my things are here.”

Ji Lan looked at this backpack that wasn’t full, and then looked at the various high-end clothes of Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er scattered around the living room, the veins on the back of her hand bulging due to clenching her fist hard. Her son lived this kind of life in Shen Mingshu’s house?

Zhou Linlin muttered in a low voice: “If it weren’t for Qin Qing being very good at studying and getting tens of thousands of scholarships every year, Shen Mingshu wouldn’t even let him attend junior high and high school.”

Qin Guangyuan couldn’t listen anymore, and said in an extremely gloomy tone: “Don’t want these things anymore, grandpa will buy you new ones when we go back. Let’s go.”

Qin Qing gripped the backpack straps tightly.

Ji Lan gently touched her son’s arm, then slowly took the backpack from his hand and threw it on the wire bed.

“Son, let’s go home.” She choked and whispered.

Qin Qing nodded, but didn’t walk towards the entryway. Instead, he walked to Ji Mingtang, supported the old man’s arm: “I’ll walk with you.” He always knew who needed care most in the crowd.

Ji Mingtang’s sadness could no longer be suppressed. Looking at this face that looked sixty to seventy percent like his wife, he burst into tears for a moment.

“If only we found you earlier. Child, how much have you suffered these years!”

Could they have found him earlier? Originally, yes. As early as when Qin Qing was twelve, Shen Mingshu knew the truth. But for Qin Zishi’s future, she concealed it for more than ten years! In these more than ten years, she also constantly squeezed and abused her grandson!

Sadness was burned out by anger in an instant. Ji Mingtang looked at Shen Mingshu with gloomy eyes, and also showed a disgusted expression towards Qin Zishi.

“Let’s go, there’s no need to come back to this house anymore!” Ji Mingtang held his grandson’s hand tightly and said in a deep voice.

Shen Mingshu hid behind Qin Zishi even more. Qin Zishi smiled stiffly and awkwardly, feeling that what was hiding behind him was not a mother and sister, but two hot potatoes.

Qin Guangyuan and Ji Lan hurriedly followed, clustering around Qin Qing, constantly saying comforting words.

Qin Huaichuan also didn’t have a good face, glanced at Qin Zishi, and said in a muffled voice: “Let’s go!”

Seeing that his father was still willing to call him home, Qin Zishi breathed a sigh of relief secretly. When leaving, Shen Mingshu held his sleeve and refused to let go, calling son son non-stop, and Qin Bao’er also said to let her brother stay at home for a few days to cultivate feelings.

Qin Zishi almost laughed out of anger. Cultivate feelings with them? What would be the reaction if the Qin family knew? Probably if he stayed here, don’t think about going back again.

The current Qin family didn’t want to have anything to do with Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er at all!

Qin Zishi left after all. Shen Mingshu also knew that if she forced her son to stay, her son would have no share in the Qin family’s property. She could endure for more than ten years, naturally she could continue to endure.

In the extended luxury car, Qin Qing was accompanied by Ji Mingtang and Qin Guangyuan on his left and right, sitting opposite Qin Zishi. Qin Huaichuan sat next to Qin Zishi.

996 squatted on the floor, pawing at the door of the car refrigerator with its chubby paws.

If Zhou Linlin hadn’t found the two old people first and let them lead the recognition, maybe Qin Huaichuan wouldn’t have come to find Qin Qing at all. After all, Qin Zishi was the heir he had carefully cultivated for more than twenty years, and now he also had brilliant achievements. It was really a pity to give up.

But the old people’s thoughts were definitely different from his. Blood relationship was the most important in their eyes. Whether Qin Zishi could still sit firmly in the position of heir was really a bit uncertain.

Qin Zishi smiled kindly at Qin Qing, as if there was no grudge at all.

Qin Qing also hooked the corners of his lips, smiled gently, his handsome face bloomed instantly, and moving glimmer flickered in his peach blossom eyes.

The dim carriage suddenly brightened up because there was a light source.

Ji Mingtang looked at this familiar smile, tears rolling down involuntarily. This was his biological grandson! This was the person with his wife’s bloodline!

Ji Mingtang held Qin Qing’s hand tightly and choked: “After going back, I’ll take you to sweep your grandmother’s grave. She will be very happy to see you.”

Qin Qing also held the old man’s hand tightly, smiling and nodding. He didn’t say any pretty words, nor did he call grandpa affectionately. He just gently patted the back of the old man’s wrinkled hand one after another.

However, such comfort was enough.

Ji Mingtang glanced at Qin Zishi with gloomy eyes, secretly determined to modify the will as soon as he went back. Everything in the Ji family belonged to Qin Qing, no one could take it away.

Qin Zishi smiled gently, his expression unchanged, but his heart was overturned and chaotic. How could he not feel the change in Ji Mingtang’s attitude? The Ji family only had two daughters and no sons. The property should have belonged to him, the eldest grandson.

But now, the situation was completely different. And the Qin family…

Qin Zishi looked at Qin Huaichuan with a gloomy face, and the smile on his lips faded a bit.

996 pawed a bottle of cola out of the refrigerator, drank it gulp gulp, then lay at Qin Qing’s feet with its round belly up, saying with schadenfreude: “Meow, tell you a piece of bad news. You messed up the plot of recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan. In the future, you won’t get points for plot points related to Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er.”

Qin Qing looked out the window, no reaction.

996 glared at him and continued: “You are a supporting male lead, your scenes are few to begin with. Now that Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er’s plot is cut, you will get fewer points. If we can break the loop and proceed to the next task, you have to pay a crossing fee of 200 points when crossing. Without the crossing fee, you will be sent back. You know the consequence of being sent back, right?”

Qin Qing finally lowered his head and looked at the chubby cat.

Of course he knew the consequence of being sent back. With both body and soul broken, he had only a dead end.

“You will never see the person in your heart again.” 996 wagged its tail proudly, “This is the price of disobedience!”

“Are there many plot points for Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er?” Qin Qing asked.

996 raised its chubby paw and looked at the smart brain, “At least ten scenes, adding up to one hundred points, really not a small amount. How about it, does it hurt?”

Qin Qing hooked his lips and asked: “What is the next plot point related to them?”

996 looked at the smart brain, “It’s you helping them buy a big villa.”

Being treated like that, yet still willing to be Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er’s ATM after returning to his biological parents’ home, the original host was really stupid. The more he indulged these two insatiable people, the more he pushed his biological parents away, and would incur the dissatisfaction of the entire family.

If he really followed these plots, Qin Qing could imagine what kind of situation he would be in the future. And the original host gave up his life precisely because he was trapped in such a predicament and couldn’t escape, right?

Qin Qing sighed in his heart: “Human greed cannot be filled. After buying a luxury house, is the next plot buying a luxury car? Is the next plot finding a good job for Qin Bao’er? Is the next plot introducing a rich second-generation boyfriend to Qin Bao’er? Is the next plot giving them hundreds of thousands or even millions of pocket money every month? The gully of desire will only get deeper and deeper. They are bottomless pits that cannot be satisfied.”

996 looked at the script, then at Qin Qing, its widened green eyes revealing its surprise.

Damn it, Qin Qing really guessed right! All the plots of Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er can be summarized in one sentence - asking Qin Qing for this and that.

Qin Qing glanced at the chubby cat, hooked his lips and smiled, “Is the next plot point buying a luxury house?”

“Yes, do you want to follow this plot point?” 996 asked hopefully.

Qin Qing turned his head back, looking at the home that once belonged to him getting farther and farther away, endless gloom hidden in his eyes.

Ji Mingtang immediately held his grandson’s wrist tightly, afraid he would be sad.

After a full minute or so, when that familiar residential building disappeared from view, Qin Qing turned his head back and gently wiped the slightly red corner of his eyes with his fingertips.

“Reluctant?” Ji Mingtang asked with heartache.

Qin Qing nodded silently, tears overflowing in his pitch-black eyes, saying full of longing: “I originally wanted to save enough money in the year I turned twenty-five to buy a new house for my mom. But now…”

The hoarse voice was stuck in his throat, difficult to continue.

Ji Mingtang and Qin Guangyuan patted Qin Qing’s shoulder on the left and right, sighing: “Good child, Shen Mingshu treated you like that, yet you still think of being filial to her.”

Qin Zishi moved his butt extremely awkwardly. Why did he suddenly feel like sitting on pins and needles?

Just then, Qin Qing raised his head to look at him and said bitterly: “My mom hates me, I don’t know if I can appear in front of her in the future. Please take care of her and Bao’er more in the future. If you can help them, please try to help, okay? Their house is very old, the kitchen often leaks, and the sound insulation is not good. Bao’er often complains that she can’t study well. I have saved more than two hundred thousand here, which can pay the down payment. I’ll transfer it to you, you use your name…”

Smart people won’t wait for Qin Qing to finish speaking.

Qin Zishi waved his hand hurriedly: “No need! I’ll pay for the house!”

Qin Huaichuan, who had been silent, suddenly glanced at him gloomily.

Qin Zishi immediately added: “I’ll use the money I earned myself to buy them a house. I’ve been working at Lanyu Technology these years, and I’ve saved my salary.”

Only then did Qin Huaichuan withdraw his gloomy gaze. Qin Qing saying he wanted to buy a house for Shen Mingshu was Qin Qing being filial, polite, and valuing affection and righteousness. Raising such a child is reassuring.

Qin Zishi buying a house for Shen Mingshu was using the Qin family’s money to subsidize the Qin family’s enemy, the meaning was completely different.

Qin Guangyuan nodded and didn’t express objection.

Ji Mingtang sneered: “My grandson worked like a beast of burden for Shen Mingshu for more than ten years, didn’t taste a bit of sweetness, ate all bitterness! Now just recognized, her biological son pays to buy her a house again. She made a good deal!”

Qin Zishi didn’t dare to answer, but Qin Qing patted the back of the old man’s hand and whispered: “I called her mom for twenty-five years.”

No explanation, just the word “mom” was enough to express the original host’s feeling of no complaint even if betrayed, sold out, and sacrificed.

Ji Mingtang was angry but also full of gratitude, patted his grandson’s back with red eyes, sighing constantly: “Good child, really a good child.”

Qin Qing put his arm around the old man’s thin shoulders and tightened his arm.

At this point, everyone acquiesced to the matter of buying a house for Shen Mingshu, except that Qin Qing moved his mouth, but Qin Zishi paid.

“Discuss buying a house with mom. Let her choose herself. She always wanted to decorate a home with her own hands, unfortunately I can’t help her realize this dream.” Qin Qing recounted this regret with a bitter tone.

According to Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er’s greedy character, an apartment certainly couldn’t satisfy them. Qin Zishi would inevitably have to spend millions or even tens of millions to buy them a villa. After buying the villa, it needs decoration. The villa is remote, need to buy a car? After buying a car, the monthly gasoline fee, living expenses, clothing expenses, etc. in the future…

More trouble is yet to come!

Qin Zishi, who also knew a bit about the character of his mother and sister, besides suppressing anger and irritability and nodding stiffly, what else could he do?

996 was dumbfounded.

Qin Qing looked down at it, chuckled and whispered: “Did I get the plot points for buying a house for Shen Mingshu?”

996 looked at the red checkmark in the task list and said holding its breath: “Got it.”

“If there are plot points related to them in the future, tell me, I’ll order Qin Zishi to do it.” Qin Qing looked out the window, his tone lazy.

At this moment, he didn’t look like a tragic supporting male lead, but more like a villain BOSS.

996: “…Damn it, you are amazing!”

Shen Mingshu and Qin Bao’er, who originally clung to Qin Qing sucking blood constantly and made Qin Qing wretched and painful, have now become Qin Zishi’s burden! The script isn’t written like this!

Qin Qing blinked his eyes flashing with shrewd light and asked: “Is Qin Zishi one of the destined couple?”

996 had withered, nodding weakly: “Yes, he is the shou (bottom).”

“What is he?” Qin Qing frowned.

“He is the shou! Gong (top) and shou, gong and shou, don’t you understand?” 996 rolled its eyes grumpily.

Qin Qing checked the original host’s memory, then nodded in realization, “Gong and shou, two men? Interesting.” Tapping the leather surface of the seat with his slender fingertips, he asked again: “Then, is Qin Zishi the one who gets a terminal illness and dies, causing the world to constantly reboot?”

996 nodded again, tone weak: “Yes, he is the one who dies every time.”

Qin Qing pondered for a moment, his eyes flowing with light, and then smiled with interest.