Chapter 51 The Cannon Fodder Assistant 16: Choosing Nobody...

Sunlight streamed in through the window above the wall, casting a warm glow, but it couldn't dispel the icy atmosphere that had descended upon this corner with Qin Zechuan's arrival.

Li Qingran leaned back against the wall, feeling that the tense scene before her was all too familiar.

At this point, he didn't want to check any more Weibo private messages; he just wanted to see how the story would unfold.

After all, in the previous world, after experiencing a scene like this, one would have gained complete freedom in life.

It has to be said that Li Qingran was somewhat looking forward to it.

Anyway, the plot is no longer affected or controlled by him. After Qin Zechuan appeared, Li Qingran even leisurely made a bet with 888, betting on which of the three men in front of them would speak first.

Li Qingran guessed it was Qin Zechuan.

After all, he's the boss, so he has the ability to strategize and control the overall pace of things.

Just as Li Qingran had guessed, it was indeed Qin Zechuan who spoke first.

A man dressed in a well-tailored black suit emerged from behind Qin Yanyun. His sleeves billowed slightly as he raised his arms, revealing a priceless Patek Philippe on his wrist. He adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked at Li Qingran, flanked by Chu Yu and Qin Yanyun. His smile was faint and distant, and even his voice turned icy.

"Now it seems that Mr. Qin really has no sense of contractual obligation at all."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yanyun's face paled slightly, but even so, he still stood firmly by Li Qingran's side, showing no intention of backing down.

Qin Zechuan didn't bother to pull him away from Li Qingran, as such physical contact was unbecoming of his status and wouldn't solve the problem.

Simply using brute force to pull people away from Li Qingran is completely ineffective. As long as these two men persist, no matter how many times he tries, they will always reappear around Li Qingran when he lets his guard down.

For example, right now.

Therefore, Qin Zechuan glanced at Qin Yanyun standing to Li Qingran's right, then turned to look at Chu Yu standing on the other side of the boy. He didn't immediately pull the boy to his side with an overwhelming sense of possessiveness. Instead, he spoke calmly, his voice soft but carrying a clear sense of superiority.

"So, you two want to get him trending again."

It can only be said that Qin Zechuan does know how to manipulate people's hearts.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yu and Qin Yanyun, who had been somewhat guilty but still hovering around Li Qingran under Qin Zechuan's gaze, immediately took a step to the side and began to move their heads from side to side to check for any hidden cameras.

fine.

No.

Qin Yanyun breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he and Li Qingran trended on social media not just because of that photo, as Zhang Cheng said, he couldn't bring the guy into the public eye without his consent.

Especially since she appeared in public as a suspected third party, it was even more detrimental to Li Qingran.

Given his exceptional physical appearance, the fact that the young man chose to become a junior assistant rather than a celebrity in the spotlight suggests that he doesn't enjoy the kind of life where he's constantly in the spotlight.

Qin Yanyun would definitely have to respect his lifestyle, so even though he and Qin Zechuan were now in competition, he had no choice but to agree with the other party's words.

Qin Yanyun moved further away from Li Qingran and looked around.

"Let's go there." Qin Yanyun pointed to a room marked as a storage room.

"The space inside is quite large. Although it's called a storage room, there's not much stuff inside, and no one usually goes in."

As he spoke, he looked up at Li Qingran, silently asking for the boy's opinion with his eyes.

Li Qingran naturally had no objections.

Rather than worrying about the cameras and deciding to go home and find their agents or assistants, it's better to take this opportunity to clarify everything.

This way, the plot might be disrupted more quickly, giving him the opportunity to regain full control over the storyline.

Thinking this, Li Qingran nodded to Qin Yanyun, then got up and walked towards the storage room first.

Once the central figures started moving, the three people behind them naturally had no objections and hurriedly followed suit.

"When I came over, I saw Mr. Chu's assistant asking someone for your location. He seemed quite anxious. Is Mr. Chu sure he wants to come over now, instead of rushing back to his lounge to deal with his assistant's situation?"

"That's no need for you to worry about, Mr. Qin. If my assistant really has something urgent to discuss with me, he will call me."

Chu Yu smiled at Qin Zechuan, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

Previously, Chu Yu, who was unaware of Li Qingran's fan status, was somewhat apprehensive when facing Qin Zechuan and Qin Yanyun. He worried that as an artist from Jing Yue's rival company who had only met Li Qingran a few times and was not even considered a friend, he would not be able to win the favor of the male boss and the big boss in this unspoken competition.

Chu Yu, who had spent the entire night reviewing the messages Li Qingran had sent him, showed no trace of guilt when he saw Qin Yanyun and Qin Zechuan again; only a strong sense of superiority remained on his face.

So what if you two are Qingran's bosses?

She was simply maintaining her relationship with Li Qingran through money.

But he's different.

Li Qingran has personally admitted that she likes him!

And more than once!

Chu Yu automatically ignored the rather explicit remarks in the boy's private messages, her mind filled with the "like" and "love" that frequently appeared in the messages.

While obsessive fans are indeed despicable, then again, the boy didn't do anything excessive to him.

Even the white liquid in the photo was faked using ice cream.

So cute!

Even if you want to be a pervert, you can't figure it out.

However, if they actually get together later, it might be worth a try.

Thinking of that scene, Chu Yu couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips, and an excited look appeared on his face.

"What are you laughing at?" Qin Yanyun, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but frown and ask, her face full of disdain and hostility towards Chu Yu's silly appearance.

"What I think is none of your business." Chu Yu rolled his eyes at Qin Yanyun, then turned to Li Qingran with a smile and said:

"Qingran, shall we continue our discussion from earlier?"

Although sending private messages is indeed a little embarrassing.

But he didn't mind letting those two poor souls next to him hear just how infatuated Li Qingran was with him.

Whether Qin Zechuan and Qin Yanyun would be angry and furious after hearing those words was beyond Chu Yu's consideration.

Besides, so what if he's angry? It would be better if he were so angry he'd die, so that he wouldn't bother him and Li Qingran anymore.

Li Qingran, however, did not think so.

But given how things have developed, it seems he has no choice but to accept it.

Four people crammed into one room was certainly not meant to allow two people to continue their conversation alone.

So, after Chu Yu finished asking Li Qingran, before Li Qingran could answer whether it was good or bad, Qin Yanyun, who was leaning against the door, sneered.

His appearance is naturally sharp, especially when he looks at people with a serious expression, he becomes even more aggressive.

At this moment, facing Chu Yu's petty scheme to isolate him and Qin Zechuan by pulling Li Qingran along, Qin Zechuan simply glanced at him sideways, his voice low and cold, like an ice bead hitting a stone slab.

"Mr. Chu, do you even remember which company you work for? We Jingyue employees are having a meeting, what are you doing here? And now you want to speak privately with my assistant? Do you think I'm dead?"

"If you were really dead, I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble."

Faced with Qin Yanyun's open and veiled sarcasm, Chu Yu did not back down at all.

"This was originally a conversation between Qingran and me, but you insisted on interrupting us. If it weren't for you, we might have finished talking much earlier, and I wouldn't have had to come and join in Jingyue's fun~"

As Chu Yu spoke, he raised both hands and bent his index and middle fingers at Qin Yanyun, then rolled his eyes, pretending to be muttering something in a low voice while making sure everyone could hear him.

"You think I wanted to come along?"

If it weren't for Li Qingran, he wouldn't even want to look at Jing Yue!

"You!" Qin Yanyun's face instantly darkened, and the pressure around him seemed to drop, even the temperature in the storage room appeared to decrease significantly.

"You still think you're right?! What's there to talk about with Xiao Li? Can't you get your facts straight? He's my assistant! As an artist from a rival company, can't you have some self-awareness and get lost!"

"What are you yelling about?!" Faced with Qin Yanyun's outburst, Chu Yu stood firm, his round, harmless almond-shaped eyes slightly narrowed, a sharp glint flashing in his gaze.

"You say I'm an artist from a rival company, and I accept that. But please get this straight: Qingran is your assistant, but he's just your helper. What right do you have to tell him who he talks to or who he dates?"

"How could he possibly date you!"

"Why can't he date me?!"

"Because he won't date you!"

How do you know he won't date me?!

“Because—” Qin Yanyun clenched her fingers.

"Because there's no why, he just won't be with you!"

"cut."

Chu Yu snorted coldly, showing great disdain for Qin Yanyun's harsh words, "This is not your decision."

He's just Li Qingran's boss, not the boy's parent or a close relative. What right does he have to decide who the boy is with?

What happened to the rivals this time?

Being an assistant is just a job; you get a fixed salary, not a permanent contract!

If all else fails, Li Qingran can just switch jobs to him. Anyway, given Qin Yanyun's domineering and uncompromising personality, Li Qingran's assistant job probably won't be easy. She might as well quit and come work for him.

Not only is the work environment great, but they also offer raises, the amount of which is up to the male employees to decide.

This is what Chu Yu thought, and this is what he said.

Faced with high wages and a good working environment, before Li Qingran could even express his opinion, Qin Zechuan, who was standing opposite him, made his move first.

“If you’re just arguing about whose working environment is better, I suggest you discuss it privately between the two of you, or when you’re filming the variety show later, just let the audience vote in front of the camera. There’s no need to waste Aran’s rest time here.”

As he spoke, Qin Zechuan looked up at Li Qingran and asked him with concern:

"Are you alright? Are you tired? It's too noisy here, do you want to rest in my car for a bit?"

His words instantly ignited the anger of Chu Yu and Qin Yanyun.

Qin Yanyun, with a stern face, stepped forward and blocked Qin Zechuan's hand that was reaching for Li Qingran.

"This is none of Mr. Qin's concern. Filming is underway outside, so it's normal for it to be a little noisy. But the lounge is very quiet. If you're worried that Xiao Li is tired, I'll take him back to the lounge now."

That's fine, he doesn't want to get entangled with these two menacing wolves any longer.

When it comes to matters of the heart, it's best for the two of you to discuss them privately.

For example, yesterday...

Qin Yanyun's Adam's apple bobbed, and he immediately reached out his hand to Li Qingran, his eyes filled with the same cautious excitement and anticipation as the night before.

"Let's go, Xiao Li."

Qin Yanyun looked at Li Qingran and said, "Let's go back."

Li Qingran blinked, looked at Qin Yanyun's hand, and neither spoke nor made a move.

But it's also possible that he was stopped by Chu Yu just as he was about to make a move.

"Qin Yanyun, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You just want to take Qingran back first and then strike first! Do you think I'll give you that chance?!"

"So you mean you want to ignore Xiao Li's health and continue this entanglement here?"

At this moment, Qin Yanyun was the one who wasn't in a hurry. He looked up at Chu Yu with a gentle smile on his face, but what he said was...

"Well, you really are being a bit selfish. Sure enough, it's the company's own people who care about its employees; you can't really rely on your own family."

"Qin Yanyun!"

"Are you shouting so loudly because you're afraid people outside won't notice someone's here?"

"you……"

Chu Yu took a deep breath, too lazy to argue with Qin Yanyun anymore.

He also knew that he couldn't continue to entangle Li Qingran after Qin Zechuan and Qin Yanyun had both brought up their relationships with her.

But if he didn't say some things now, he was afraid he wouldn't have the chance to say them later.

It sounded as if a clock was counting down in his ears. Chu Yu bit his lip hard, then looked up, no longer arguing with Qin Yanyun or exchanging veiled insults with Qin Zechuan, but looking directly at Li Qingran and saying:

"Qingran, I stopped you just now to tell you that I know how you feel, and I want to reciprocate your feelings. I like you too, I like you a lot! So if you're willing—"

"Wait a moment!"

Before Chu Yu could finish speaking, Qin Yanyun interrupted him.

"What do you mean, you like Xiao Li too?"

"Xiao Li doesn't like you at all!"

Qin Yanyun really felt that Chu Yu was like someone with delusions. After only meeting Li Qingran a few times, he started fantasizing that boys would fall in love with him uncontrollably, just like the boys he had met in school.

How could that be!

The guy clearly likes him!

Last night, the other party even rewarded him... How could he possibly have fallen for Chu Yu in just a few hours!

Qin Yanyun didn't believe it.

However……

"Isn't it normal that you don't know Qingran likes me? After all, you don't know that he became your assistant because of me," Chu Yu said smugly.

Qin Yanyun was even more confused. "What do you mean, you only became my assistant because of him?"

Qin Yanyun was very puzzled, "Aren't you my hater? You came undercover to dig up dirt on me..."

"No, there's not much difference between haters and rival fans, right?" Chu Yu didn't think there was anything to worry about.

The solo fans of each side are naturally the haters of the other side.

Furthermore, "Since you already know that Qingran is your hater, why do you still insist on staying here?"

Li Qingran definitely wouldn't like him, after all, he's already a hater.

However, Qin Yanyun had a different explanation for this.

"Why can't I stay here? Does Xiao Li being a hater of mine conflict with him liking me? Haven't you heard the saying, 'Without love, there is no hate'? He definitely loves me, otherwise why would he only criticize me and not you, and even come all the way here to be my assistant!"

"Qin Yanyun, are you poisonous?!"

Chu Yu was almost amused by Qin Yanyun's far-fetched explanation.

"If you really like someone, you can't bear to criticize them, you know? If you insist on explaining it from this angle, do you know that Qingran sent me a lot of private messages on Weibo, saying 'I like you' a lot? Do you want me to show you them one by one?"

"Why should I look at it? Who knows if it's something you made up for your own amusement?"

"Hey, Qin Yanyun, don't—"

"Have you two finished arguing?"

Seeing that Qin Yanyun and Chu Yu were about to start arguing again, Qin Zechuan frowned and interrupted them.

Then, he looked up at Li Qingran, his voice soft but his tone meaningful.

"Are you sure you want to keep getting entangled with these two? I brought more than one assistant with me this time."

Li Qingran blinked, first glancing almost imperceptibly at the message notifications at the bottom of the task panel. Seeing that there was no response, she whispered to Qin Zechuan:

"But I haven't finished my work yet."

"I told you, I brought more than one assistant. The rest is up to them."

Qin Zechuan walked directly up to Li Qingran, seemingly asking a question, but in reality he had already reached out and grabbed Li Qingran's wrist, preparing to take him out.

However, before he could escape the noisy and tedious storage room with Li Qingran, Li Qingran's other free hand was grabbed by his side, and then a pair of arms wrapped around her waist.

Outside, there was a great deal of noise, with the voices of staff members occasionally ringing out. But inside the storage room, which was separated from the many eyes and cameras outside by only one door, Li Qingran was trapped in the middle by three people.

Qin Zechuan gripped his left hand, appearing calm, but his tightly furrowed brows betrayed his anxiety.

"Come with me now, and I'll give you a better working environment than those two. You know, if a job is bad, it's mostly because the boss is incompetent, so how about we change bosses?"

Beside him, Qin Yanyun, holding Li Qingran's right hand, sneered upon hearing this.

"Who said my working environment is bad? Xiao Li, you want to stay here, right? You rewarded me last night, how about you reward me again?"

At this moment, the two talents, both from Jingyue Company, each held one of Li Qingran's hands, their words refusing to yield an inch.

At that very moment, Chu Yu, who was clinging tightly to Li Qingran's back and embracing him, also retorted, not to be outdone:

"Can you two please respect Qingran's wishes and stop fighting over him? Wouldn't it be better to let him go back to his favorite celebrity? Qingran, what I said earlier was true. I've kept that jacket and the black shirt. If you're willing, I'll..."

"I'll take you away right away."

Three voices entered Li Qingran's ears from different directions.

Although the wording was different, they were all conveying the same message and the same question to Li Qingran.

"Who do you choose?" Qin Zechuan asked softly.

Upon hearing this, Li Qingran blinked twice.

He first turned his head to look at Qin Zechuan, then turned back to glance at Qin Yanyun.

He couldn't see Chu Yu behind him, so after a pause, Li Qingran used the two people beside her to land on the closed door.

To be precise, it landed on the task panel that was still completely inactive at this point.

What happened?

Is the plot already falling apart badly enough at this point?

Li Qingran pursed her lips, lightly biting her tongue, just as she was wondering whether she should say a few more words to intensify the tension between the three of them—

Ding-dong!

A crisp notification sound rang in his ears.

Li Qingran's eyes suddenly lit up.

The next second, the three people who were anxiously waiting suddenly felt their hands go empty.

Li Qingran broke free from Qin Zechuan and Qin Yanyun's grasp, then pulled Chu Yu's hands away from his waist. He turned around, his eyebrows slightly curved, and his thin lips parted slightly as he said:

"I won't choose anyone."

The three people who were originally very confident in Li Qingran's answer were stunned.

Li Qingran's voice continued in my ears.

"I'm quitting as assistant, and I won't be changing positions. As for the fans..."

Li Qingran smiled at Chu Yu, "Sorry, I don't like anyone right now."

so……

"I won't choose anyone."

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Author's Note: Pear: Everyone's free now, who needs to revolve around these main characters! Time to travel! Time to let loose!!! [Heart eyes][Heart eyes][Heart eyes]