Chapter 98#

Chapter 98: 5 Triangle Relationship 4

The designated driver drove the off-road vehicle and dropped Qin Qing off at the entrance of his apartment.

“You guys take the car, return it whenever.” Qin Qing waved with a smile, holding the soundly sleeping fat cat: “Goodbye. Sorry for disturbing you tonight. Without me as a third wheel, you guys can go on a date. Zhang Ming, I added you on WeChat, remember to accept it later. Ah, right—”

He widened his eyes slightly, showing a look of realization, and then took out a business card from his wallet.

“This is the hotel my second brother just opened. The environment is very good. Mention my name and it’s free.” He waved again and turned to walk into the lobby.

Zhang Ming held the business card, his expression somewhat subtle.

Duan Bai’s face was already sour.

The designated driver asked: “Two bosses, where to next?”

“You can go, we’ll drive ourselves.” Duan Bai said.

The designated driver got double the pay and left very simply. Zhang Ming sat in the passenger seat and silently accepted Qin Qing’s friend request.

Duan Bai got out of the car, stood outside looking up at the towering building, and only sat in the driver’s seat and held the steering wheel after seeing the warm yellow light turn on on Qin Qing’s balcony.

Zhang Ming stuck his head out of the car window, counted the floors, and secretly guessed Qin Qing’s address in his heart.

“Going to get a room?” After pulling his head back, he made a joke.

Duan Bai swallowed, certainly not because of nervousness and anticipation, but because of nausea.

“Damn it, you’re a perfectly fine person, why do you have a mouth?”

“Sorry, I hate my mouth too.” Zhang Ming raised his hand and slapped himself.

“I’ll take you back. Where are you staying tonight? Home or the auto repair shop?” Duan Bai frowned, his expression and tone appearing somewhat impatient.

Before, he liked hanging out with this group of brothers, especially Zhang Ming. Just talking about modifying cars, the two could talk from morning to night, and from night to the next morning, empty beer cans filling the whole room.

But now, he just wanted to get rid of Zhang Ming quickly. Annoying thing, saying disgusting things.

“What do you think two men can do in a hotel?” After the car was smoothly on the road, Zhang Ming couldn’t help asking again.

Duan Bai glared at him sideways.

“I really can’t imagine that scene.” Zhang Ming suppressed the feeling of nausea, his eyes suddenly went blank, and added: “If it were Qin Qing, I think it would be okay.”

The car suddenly sped forward for a few meters, causing Zhang Ming to fall back against the seat back in a sorry state.

Duan Bai hurriedly released the accelerator he had accidentally stepped on, ground his teeth fiercely, and warned in a cold tone: “Zhang Ming, if you fucking fantasize about Qin Qing again, I’ll kick you out!”

“Sorry sorry, my bad.” Zhang Ming raised his hands in surrender.

He really didn’t mean it, but he became more and more certain of one thing, that is, Duan Bai cared about Qin Qing very much.

This care could be brotherly affection, or it could be something else.

Zhang Ming apologized repeatedly, but secretly pondered in his heart. He and Duan Bai were completely from two different classes. If he didn’t take an unconventional approach, he couldn’t possibly force his way into Duan Bai’s world.

He also wanted Duan Bai to get him into the racing club, responsible for modifying and repairing racing cars. That way he would have the opportunity to tamper with Duan Bai’s car.

But, if he could kill Duan Bai in a non-illegal way, that would naturally be the best.

Zhang Ming had been observing and waiting.

Everyone around Duan Bai could be a tool for him to use. But he didn’t expect that his second revenge target would actually be the key to destroying Duan Bai.

What should he do?

Zhang Ming thought slowly while rubbing the bridge of his nose.

Duan Bai overtook several cars in a row before calming the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice, “Zhang Ming, tell me the fucking truth. Are you straight or not?”

“Am I straight or not, don’t you know? You got drunk and lay with me—”

“Stop!” Duan Bai was disgusted again.

Zhang Ming turned his head and looked straight at Duan Bai, pressing: “What about you? Are you straight? You seem to care about Qin Qing very much. He is gay, could it be that you also—”

Duan Bai roared angrily as if his tiger whiskers had been stroked: “Qin Qing is my brother, we grew up wearing the same pair of split-crotch pants. Are you fucking speaking human language? He is closer to me than a biological brother!”

Duan Bai was very angry, his breathing was heavy, and his already wild face looked extremely fierce. Zhang Ming had no doubt that if he probed two more sentences, his casserole-sized fist would immediately swing over.

Anger spread in the car, almost burning up the surrounding air.

In this suffocating atmosphere, Zhang Ming’s phone suddenly rang.

Duan Bai kept stepping on the accelerator, speeding on the road with superb skills. If it were any faster, the car would be speeding. This kind of driving was very dangerous in the city.

Zhang Ming held the safety handle, glanced at the suddenly lit phone screen, and said: “Qin Qing sent me a voice message. Do you want to listen?”

The speed of the car slowed down very quickly. Duan Bai turned his angry face, his tone very unfriendly: “Why didn’t he send it to me?”

“We just met today, it’s normal for him to say hello to me on WeChat. Do you want to listen?” Zhang Ming asked again.

Actually, he didn’t want Duan Bai to listen to this voice message, but Duan Bai’s temper was a bit out of control, and doing so could soothe the other party.

“Play it for me.”

The speed of the car slowed down a lot more, which could reduce the wind noise.

Qin Qing’s soft murmur came out faintly: “Zhang Ming, you and Duan Bai are the same type, who is the top and who is the bottom? Hehe~”

The lazy low laugh carried a thick teasing, lightly sprayed from the nasal cavity. Even if Qin Qing was not in the car, it seemed as if one could smell his ambiguous warm fragrance.

Zhang Ming’s eardrums itched, his heart trembled, he involuntarily licked his dry lips, and then glanced at Duan Bai.

Duan Bai was stunned listening, and after a while asked hoarsely: “What is 0, what is 1?”

Zhang Ming: “The one being the woman is 0, the one being the man is 1.”

Duan Bai: “…”

Duan Bai’s chest heaved violently for a while, and when he spoke again, his voice carried embarrassment: “Zhang Ming, I regret it! I shouldn’t have come out with you.”

“I’ll tell Qin Qing you are 1.” Zhang Ming said tactfully.

Duan Bai: “…”

Zhang Ming glanced at him and added: “I’ll praise you a few more times, say you are very powerful?”

Duan Bai: “You fucking shut up! Say another word and I’ll beat you!”

Zhang Ming laughed secretly in his heart, and was about to perfunctorily reply to Qin Qing with a few sentences, but the other party sent another voice message, which was very long.

Zhang Ming clicked on it immediately.

“Sorry, I seem to have occupied your boyfriend tonight. But I didn’t mean to, just used to it. Duan Bai and I grew up together, our relationship is closer than biological brothers, don’t misunderstand. If we could fall in love with each other, we would have been together eight hundred years ago, no need to wait until now, don’t you think?”

Zhang Ming lowered his eyes and silently savored these words.

Staying with someone like Qin Qing every day, it is indeed difficult not to be moved. But Duan Bai didn’t.

Is there really no affection between them? But it is certain that Duan Bai cares about Qin Qing very much.

A tripod is stable, but a triangle relationship is the easiest to fall apart. Can I make Qin Qing fall in love with me? Then play with him and abandon him?

How furious will Duan Bai be when he finds out? Can I use Qin Qing to stab him hard in the heart?

Zhang Ming lifted his eyelids to look at Duan Bai, various dark thoughts churning in his heart.

Duan Bai’s furious face had returned to complete calm at this time, but obscure light flashed in his eyes. Qin Qing’s words were consistent with his previous explanation. Their relationship was brothers from different parents.

Qin Qing took care of Duan Bai’s face and also took care of Zhang Ming’s feelings. There was nothing wrong with this approach.

But Duan Bai still felt very uncomfortable. What was even more uncomfortable was that he didn’t know why he was like this.

He had no reason to be angry with Qin Qing.

But he felt more and more unhappy. It was like soaking in hot water of more than forty degrees for a long time, the body didn’t issue a warning, but the skin would be scalded unknowingly.

“I really shouldn’t have gotten involved with you. Playing anything is better than playing coming out.” Duan Bai gripped the steering wheel tightly and expressed the regret in his heart for the second time.

“After three months, I’ll help you explain properly to Qin Qing. Really thank you.” Zhang Ming pretended to be guilty.

Already helped, what’s the point of saying this now. Duan Bai shook his head, laughed at himself, and then turned onto the highway and sped away.

“How do I reply to Qin Qing?” Zhang Ming shook his phone.

“Just say I’m just playing with you, tell him not to mind.” Duan Bai frowned unhappily.

“Is it okay to say that? Will he think you are a scumbag?” Zhang Ming probed again.

Duan Bai: “…Fuck! I must have been brain-dead to pretend to be your boyfriend. Where is that Zhang Haiqiang? Ask him out, I’ll beat him to death tonight!”

Two balls of fierce anger sprayed from Duan Bai’s eyes. He cared very much about his image in Qin Qing’s mind.

Zhang Ming laughed secretly, but kept apologizing and comforting him.

He seemed to know what to do. He wanted to seduce Qin Qing, make Qin Qing fall in love with him, then alienate the relationship between Qin Qing and Duan Bai, make them break up, and then embark on the road of destruction respectively.

At the same time, Qin Qing was calling a private detective, asking the other party to help investigate all of Zhang Ming’s life experiences and interpersonal relationships, and then send someone to monitor him twenty-four hours a day.

Zhang Ming was looking for a breakthrough, and so was Qin Qing.

The next morning, Qin Qing received a WeChat message from Duan Bai, inviting him to watch today’s selection match.

“What should I wear?” Qin Qing stood hesitantly in the cloakroom.

“Wear this.” 996 hooked up a piece of women’s underwear with its claws.

“Okay.” Qin Qing took the women’s underwear and stuffed it into the drawer, then found a mermaid doll from the drawer, took off the small underwear on the doll, and put it on 996’s chubby chest.

“I’ll fulfill your wish.” He hooked his lips teasingly, then pushed the fluffed-up 996 to the mirror, disgusted: “You are too fat, lose some weight.”

996: “…Qin Qing, do you know how cute you were in your past life?”

“Past life is past life, this life is this life, we are not the same person, you have to be clear.” Qin Qing put on a thin black sweater, and then put on tight light blue jeans and white canvas shoes.

The black sweater was oversized, and the deep V design exposed a patch of skin on the chest, the sunken collarbone was extremely aesthetic. The pure black fabric wrapped the snow-white skin, and the huge color difference brought a strong visual impact.

Qin Qing casually fiddled with his slightly curly fluffy hair, very satisfied with his looks and taste.

996 took a lot of effort to take off the small underwear on its body.

Qin Qing stood aside watching with relish, and when 996 was done, he took out a small black suit and a thin short tie, teasing: “This is the clothes you are going to wear today. How is it, handsome or not? I ordered it for you last night, and the courier delivered it this morning before you woke up. Do you like it?”

Qin Qing opened the drawer and took out a pair of small round sunglasses: “This is also your equipment. Little Six, today you are the most handsome cub in the racing track.”

996, who was about to die of anger: “…Qin Qing, how do you manage to make people furious one second and make people like you the next? You meow really should be called Saint of Love.”

Qin Qing sat in the audience holding a fat cat wearing a suit and tie, with a pair of sunglasses on its nose.

Zhang Ming sat beside him, watching the cars speeding on the track absent-mindedly.

Today was the club selection match. The three people with the most points would be sent to France to participate in the Alpha International Competition three months later. This event had the highest specifications and the most gold content. So far, no Chinese person had received such an honor.

But everyone felt that Duan Bai would be the first Chinese person to win the championship trophy. Before long, his name would be known to the whole world.

“Which car is Duan Bai’s? My eyes are blurred.” Qin Qing leaned into Zhang Ming’s ear and whispered.

So he had been watching for a long time, but actually watching loneliness.

Zhang Ming couldn’t help laughing, pointing to the track and said: “The car that has been running at the front is Duan Bai’s.”

“Ah~” Qin Qing opened his mouth, suddenly enlightened.

Zhang Ming looked at his exquisite side face, then looked at the fat cat wearing sunglasses looking very cool, and wanted to laugh again. When deliberately approaching Duan Bai, he carried strong disgust, but when approaching Qin Qing, his body and mind were happy.

“Liu Chi from Wanda Fund jumped off a building and committed suicide last night, did you know?” Zhang Ming pretended to chat about current affairs inadvertently.

“I know.” Qin Qing watched the track intently.

“It is said that he was set up. His son is only two years old, really miserable.” Zhang Ming tried his best to restrain himself to avoid showing hatred. He remembered the tragic death of his father and mother, and his hands in his pockets clenched tightly into fists.

996 patted Qin Qing’s wrist: “He is hinting at you.”

Qin Qing still looked at the track and said slowly: “There is no difference between financial war and real war. Victory and defeat are common, and often life and death are at stake. Entering the war circle, you must be prepared to lose everything. In fact, life has always been like this.”

He pointed to the speeding racing cars: “Look, they are the same. Everyone is chasing victory, and the loser may die.”

Zhang Ming could not refute these words.

Qin Qing pointed to himself again: “I took ten million out to start a business, the price was signing an agreement to give up inheritance. If I lose, I will also be bankrupt.”

Zhang Ming was shocked, never expecting Qin Qing’s situation to be so dangerous. The Qin family was a financial giant. Although Qin Qing was not the eldest grandson, the property he could get was an astronomical figure for ordinary people.

But for his dream, he gave up everything. This was a very naive, very pure, very idealistic young man.

Zhang Ming looked at Qin Qing, his gaze changed somewhat.

Qin Qing still looked at the track, with laziness in his expression, and said extremely casually, “If I lose, I might go sell my looks.”

Zhang Ming: “…” Having just changed his view of Qin Qing, he now didn’t know what expression was appropriate.

“Don’t—”

“I will go into the entertainment industry.”

The two spoke at the same time.

Zhang Ming: “…”

Qin Qing finally looked at the person sitting next to him and smiled teasingly: “What did you think I meant by selling looks? Being a gigolo? Hahaha…”

Zhang Ming wiped his face and also laughed low.

Warm cheers suddenly erupted in the audience. In the field, a fiery red racing car crossed the finish line first with a huge advantage. But it didn’t slow down, but continued to rush forward, the wheels rubbing against the ground making a sharp long cry, the rear of the car swinging, drifting through the corner, and finally stopped barely scraping the buffer zone.

The cars arriving behind were slower by several seconds. What amazing speed!

“Record broken, record broken!” Someone roared excitedly.

Clusters of golden fireworks exploded on the LED screen of the racing track, which was the announcement of breaking the world record.

Everyone around was boiling.

Qin Qing applauded while leaning into Zhang Ming’s ear and said loudly: “Starting today, the whole world will know that Duan Bai is the fastest man.”

After speaking, he blinked slyly.

Zhang Ming was stunned for a while before understanding that this remark carried some teasing meaning.

The fastest man…

“Hahaha!” Zhang Ming almost laughed tears.

He didn’t remember when was the last time he laughed like this. Being with Qin Qing was really happy.

“Let’s go, congratulate our champion.”

Qin Qing stood up and walked towards the track below. Zhang Ming hurriedly helped him push away the crowded and noisy crowd, lest someone accidentally knocked him down.

Before coming, Zhang Ming repeatedly reminded himself to deliberately please Qin Qing, but during the interaction, he had forgotten this deliberateness. He unknowingly and naturally took care of Qin Qing.

The two didn’t find Duan Bai on the track, and came to the manager’s office under the guidance of the staff.

The office door was closed tightly, and angry roars came from inside.

“My points are first on the overall list, why do you disqualify me from the competition?”

“Because you are not a qualified racer!”

“What did you say? My ears seem to have a problem, please say it again! A person who just broke the world record, you say he is unqualified?”

“I admit you are fast. But Duan Bai, do you know? The best racers in the world are not best at stepping on the accelerator, but stepping on the brakes. You know when it is most appropriate to step on the accelerator, but you never know how to brake! Today you have won! But your car couldn’t stop! If I continue to let you compete, you will die on the track one day!”

There was a trace of fear in the manager’s voice.

Duan Bai’s pursuit of speed was crazy and paranoid. He could give everything to win, including his life.

“Go back, stop making trouble. Before you learn to brake, I can’t let you participate in any competition.” The manager sighed with regret.

There was no rage in Duan Bai’s voice, only cold threat left: “Whether I die or not is my business, you don’t need to care. If you don’t put my name on the list, I will let the Duan family cancel the sponsorship of the club. You just wait for relegation!”

The manager also lost his reason and shouted angrily: “Duan Bai, you are fucking crazy!”

Qin Qing closed his eyes and recalled the terrifying scene of Duan Bai’s car crossing the finish line but still unable to stop. The tires were worn out, emitting black smoke, and the rear of the car scraped the buffer zone and burst into many fragments.

If it hit the fuel tank, the fire would soar to the sky…

Qin Qing opened his eyes, his face became very pale. He twisted the doorknob, wanting to go in, but it was locked from the inside.

“Kick the door open for me.” He said to Zhang Ming standing aside.

Zhang Ming was stunned for a second, and then kicked open the wooden door.

The two arguing people looked back.

Duan Bai’s expression was very fierce, with murderous intent in his eyes. He was ready to tear apart the person who broke in without permission. However, the next second, his ferocious expression froze, the anger in his dark eyes flickered, and then slowly extinguished.

“Qin Qing, how did you find your way here.” Even his tone returned to complete gentleness.

The manager, who also wanted to get angry, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This master was full of nobility, should be Duan Bai’s good friend.

“Remove his name. If the Duan family cancels the sponsorship of the club, I will let the Qin family be your sponsor.” Qin Qing raised his chin at the manager.

Duan Bai looked at Qin Qing in disbelief.

Zhang Ming lowered his head, suddenly feeling very unhappy in his heart. He knew why Qin Qing did this. Qin Qing really cared about Duan Bai.

The manager was somewhat suspicious, and somewhat pleasantly surprised.

Duan Bai wanted to be angry very much, but still suppressed his anger, trying to question in a calm tone, “Qin Qing, you are my brother. If you don’t help me, fine, what trouble are you causing? Do you know how important the competition in three months is to me?”

“I don’t know how important the competition is to you, but I know how important you are to me. If it were me who crashed and died on the track, think about how you would feel?” Qin Qing looked straight at Duan Bai and said slowly: “How you feel is how I feel.”

Duan Bai suddenly became mute. Qin Qing asked him to put himself in his shoes, but he couldn’t imagine.

If Qin Qing died…

The sudden severe pain in his heart made Duan Bai’s face pale and his eyes lose focus. He had to grit his teeth to suppress the muffled groan that was about to escape.

He hurriedly held Qin Qing’s hand, as if confirming this person’s safety.

“Manager, kick him off the list, and give him a month’s long vacation. He needs adjustment.” Qin Qing ordered on his own.

The manager agreed repeatedly and said earnestly: “Only people who truly care about you will make this decision for you. Duan Bai, you have no reason to lose your temper at him. I’m giving you a vacation, rest well.”

Of course Duan Bai knew Qin Qing was caring about him. How could he be angry with Qin Qing?

“Let’s go, I’ll take you on vacation.” Qin Qing poked Duan Bai’s tense arm with his slender fingertips.

Duan Bai looked at him helplessly, and then followed him obediently.

Zhang Ming followed the two walking slowly, dark light flickering in his eyes. The relationship between these two people was really intimate, and they cared about each other very much. If he alienated them, something very thrilling would definitely happen.