...Is this normal?
Xie Xuanqing's tone and expression were too natural, and Master Rong couldn't help but doubt himself for a moment.
Is it true that he is thinking too much?
Just when Rong Jing was wondering if he distrusted Xie Xuanqing too much, Xie Xuanqing raised his eyes and glanced at Mu Yunzhou who was following behind Rong Jing.
Then he retracted his gaze, smiled at Rong Jing, and put the wooden thermal box in his hand on the table.
He also brought his bodyguard assistant with him, and each of them had a lot of things in their hands.
Sang Lianyun had seen Xie Xuanqing when he came over, and now he quickly stood up and greeted the big boss.
"You're welcome, Director Sang. I just came here to take a look."
Xie Xuanqing signaled to Yue Feng beside him, and the assistants and bodyguards took action, distributing the things in their hands to the crew members.
"It's just a small thing, please don't despise it."
How could Sang Lianyun dare to despise it?
Not to mention that the man in front of them was one of the big money sponsors of their crew, just look at the things that the bodyguards handed over, each bag was printed with the mark of a well-known private restaurant in Beijing.
Although Sang Lianyun has never eaten there, most people in the circle have heard of the reputation of this restaurant.
It would be fine if it was just expensive, but it also has certain requirements for receiving guests. Ordinary people may not even get a table unless they make a reservation a year or two in advance.
At this moment, Xie Xuanqing came over and prepared a local specialty meal for everyone.
Just for this reason, Sang Lianyun couldn't say anything disgusting.
The other staff members also knew that the crew had received investment from Xie's Entertainment. Some of them were even seconded directly from Xie's Entertainment. Now that they had met the big boss and received the things that the big boss had prepared, they were naturally very happy.
Anyway, today is only the first day of filming, so there is no need to rush.
Sang Lianyun thought about it and decided to extend the rest time for everyone, allowing them to have brunch first.
Upon hearing this, the staff cheered and then found another seat to sit down.
The sounds of plastic bags and thermal boxes being opened came one after another, and the rich aroma of food wafted in. Mu Yunzhou watched Xie Xuanqing naturally sit in the seat next to Rong Jing that Sang Lianyun had given up, and his eyebrows subconsciously frowned.
Rong Jing didn't notice Mu Yunzhou's expression.
He looked at the insulated lunch box on the table, then glanced at Xie Xuanqing who sat down naturally beside him, frowned slightly, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Xie Xuanqing dealt with the group's affairs on his phone, then raised his head again: "Mr. Rong?"
At first glance, his expression was no different from usual.
But if you look closely, you can see that there is a hint of gentle smile on that stern face, and the black eyes are staring at him quietly, as if countless emotions are passing through them.
Rong Jing's heartbeat suddenly became inexplicably anxious, but after a second, he reacted and suppressed the emotions in his heart: "Nothing."
Xie Xuanqing did not ask any further questions. He looked at him quietly with his deep eyes for a few seconds before slowly looking away.
Reaching out to open the package, Xie Xuan gently took out the wooden lunch box inside and placed it gently in front of Rong Jing.
"I just bought it when I passed by. Sir, just consider it as a favor to my 'friend' and try a few bites."
Rong Jing: “…”
He finally understood that although Xie Xuan kept saying the word "friend", he might not have really given up yet.
Pursing his lips, Rong Jing was about to say something when he saw Xie Xuan lightly point his fingertips in front of him: "Shh - Mr. Rong, don't talk."
"At least, eat first before you attack me."
There was a faint and steady scent of sandalwood on his sleeves. When his fingertips passed in front of Rong Jing, the light and steady scent lingered in front of Rong Jing's nose, familiar yet strange.
Rong Jing frowned slightly, but finally obeyed Xie Xuanqing's wishes, lowered his eyes, took the lunch box and chopsticks, opened it and tasted a few bites.
The rich soup has already soaked the crystal clear rice, and the sweet taste melts on the tip of the tongue.
Rong Jing tends to feel sleepy if he eats too much in the morning. Today, he just had to turn on the phone, so he just drank a cup of soy milk and ate a small piece of bread.
He didn't feel very hungry when filming with Mu Yunzhou, but at this moment, in front of him was a meal that was extremely delicious and even warm because it was delivered not long ago. Rong Jing took two bites and felt hungry.
It was just that the eating habits he had developed over the years allowed him to maintain a slow eating pace even when he was hungry, and his movements while eating appeared dignified, elegant and pleasing to the eye.
Xie Xuanqing looked at him quietly.
The iconic long silver hair turned into short jet-black hair. When Xie Xuanqing first came in, he was actually a little surprised to see Rong Jing like this.
It’s just that Rong Jing himself is extremely handsome, but after he turned his hair black, the mysterious and distant aura on him faded a little, and his exquisite facial features were even more highlighted.
Xie Xuan moved his fingertips slightly, and finally reached out his hand with confidence to help Rong Jing comb the messy hair on top of his head.
Rong Jing subconsciously raised his eyes, his gaze sharp: "?"
"Mr. Rong's hair is messy." The head of the Xie family who was caught was not panicked at all. He calmly withdrew his hand and smiled, "It's normal for friends to help each other, right?"
Rong Jing: “…”
Xie Xuanqing naturally guessed what Rong Jing was thinking.
With a slight smile, Xie Xuanqing admitted in his heart that his behavior was intentional.
Although this approach is not very good-looking, but...
All businessmen are willing to use deception. As the head of China's largest group, he has little conscience.
Besides, looking at Mr. Rong's expression, he wanted to refute but didn't know how to start...
It's so cute that you can't help but want to tease it a few more times.
Xie Xuanqing never knew that there was such a bad side to his character, but when he thought about it carefully, it didn't seem surprising.
Now he was actually somewhat glad that he had expressed his feelings at the right time.
Even though he was rejected by Rong Jing at that time, after speaking out like this, he could no longer hide his thoughts——
Even though he still needs to pretend to be a "friend", Mr. Rong is naturally intelligent. Even if he didn't know it before, he must have seen it now.
Xie Xuanqing carefully observed Rong Jing's expression. Seeing that although there was some indescribable helplessness on his face, there was no disgust on his face, he felt slightly relieved.
——After all, he was still afraid that Rong Jing really hated him.
Fortunately, Rong Jing didn't do that. Instead, he indulged him inexplicably when he casually mentioned the word "friend".
...How could he bear to give up completely?
The possessive desires in his heart grew stronger and stronger, and Xie Xuanqing had to lower his eyes to suppress them.
Rong Jing frowned and looked at him for a while, then looked away. He slowly finished the food in the thermos box and was exactly 70% full.
Xie Xuan glanced at it and raised his hand to pour him a cup of hot water.
After a period of mixed emotions, Rong Jing calmed down again.
Reaching out to take the cup of hot water and taking a sip, when Rong Jing raised his head again, his expression had returned to its previous indifferent and cold look.
The amber eyes like the clear lake in the snow-capped mountains were quietly looking at Xie Xuanqing.
Xie Xuanqing's heart moved, and he sat a little straighter unconsciously.
"Have you investigated what happened in the east of the city?" Rong Jing suddenly asked.
Although he used a question, his tone was light and at first glance, it sounded like an affirmative sentence.
Xie Xuanqing didn't expect that he would bring this up. He took a second to react before nodding: "Yeah."
A few days ago, something did happen again in the east of the city.
It was also because of that incident that Xie Xuanqing directly replaced the people in the east of the city who had traded with Xie Xuanzhong, and a major purge also took place within the Xie Group.
However, the reason for this internal turmoil is not known.
But after replacing several senior executives, the atmosphere in the Xie Group, which had been somewhat decadent, suddenly cleared up a lot. When the leaders of other groups saw this, they could only say that he was indeed ruthless and far-sighted.
This incident was actually a bit strange. After the square was nearly set on fire, the Ministry of Security sent more people to patrol day and night.
However, on the day of the accident, the safety department had clearly confirmed the safety of the equipment and checked whether the safety measures of the operators were in place. But after the work started, the cement mixer that was rumbling in operation drove under the building at some point, and the safety rope of the operator who was doing the final inspection of the building suddenly had a huge crack.
If Xie Xuanqing had not been there at the time and noticed something unusual and had the cement mixer driven away, and had the security department bring the anti-fall air cushion and the ladder, the rope around the operator's waist would have broken, revealing the gaping mouth of the cement mixer below him.
Then...
Someone died before the new plaza even opened. In the future, the entry of businesses and the flow of customers will be affected to a certain extent.
Xie Xuanqing could tolerate Xie Xuanzhong's little tricks in private, and at most he would give him a lesson.
But since he has already gone to the point of using human lives to achieve his goal, Xie Xuanqing will never hold back.
After all, he didn't have much blood relationship with his cousin.
However, Xie Xuanzhong was very secretive in this matter. Especially the safety rope on the worker. After he successfully came down from the ladder, the rope on his body broke with a "snapping" sound.
But everyone can see how much importance Xie attaches to the project in the east of the city. The equipment distributed to the workers are all newly purchased. Logically, they should not be damaged so quickly.
This is indeed the case.
When rechecking the broken safety rope, the security department discovered that the cracks on it did not seem to be caused by natural wear and tear. Instead, it looked like someone had deliberately cut it. Only the ropes in the center were still hanging. If a heavier worker came, or if Xie Xuanqing did not get the ladder to arrive in time, then...
The plaza building has a total of six floors, and those used as shops are taller than those of ordinary residential buildings. This worker happened to be checking the exterior wall of the top floor. If he really fell, he would at least be seriously injured.
But the workers had clearly checked before going up, and the rope was indeed intact at the beginning.
Xie Xuanqing was able to find out that Xie Xuanzhong had connections with some people on the board of directors, and he also knew that he was trying to interfere in the project in the east of the city.
But he couldn't understand how the other party could have caused an accident with the safety rope in front of so many people?
With a slight movement in his heart, Xie Xuan raised his eyes and looked at Rong Jing.
It's not that he hadn't guessed that there were some supernatural elements involved in this matter, but he checked Xie Xuan several times. Although the other party was reckless, he was also extremely cautious and shrewd at times.
Xie Xuanqing searched again and again, but still could not find any trace of Xie Xuanzhong's connection with anyone in the metaphysical world.
Even though he has now cut off all sources of funding for Xie Xuanzhong, Xie Xuanqing cannot relax until he can find a way to take action against him.
Rong Jing also raised his eyes and looked at him. His fingertips lightly touched the table, and he directly said the method used by Xie Xuanzhong: "Slave ghosts."
Since Xie Xuanqing said he had checked, he had checked it carefully. If he still couldn't find the other party's method, then there was only one explanation -
The attacker was not a human, but a "ghost"
.
Master Rong had converted countless evil spirits in his early years. After taking over the script of "Poppy", he was worried that his understanding of evil spirits would deteriorate, so he even went to find a few evil spirits to feel the emotions conveyed by their souls.
——Then all the evil energy on them was eliminated and they were stuffed into the path of reincarnation.
But precisely because he had just come into contact with evil spirits not long ago and knew their abilities, Rong Jing only needed to do a quick divination to guess what means Xie Xuanzhong had used to evade inspection and destroy the safety rope to move the mixer.
The term "guiling ghosts" was not unfamiliar to Xie Xuanqing. At the metaphysical trade fair he and Rong Jing had attended before, the Heavenly Master named Lan Qinghong seemed to be from a family of Heavenly Masters who assisted ghosts.
Hearing Rong Jing's words, Xie Xuanqing's eyes condensed slightly, but he subconsciously thought about whether this matter was related to the Lan family.
The Xie Group's headquarters is located in Beijing, but its business companies are distributed to northern Xinjiang and southern provinces.
In the business world, with all the comings and goings, the Xie Group has to offend some people in order to continue to grow and develop.
Now let's see... Did the company in Southern Province offend someone, which led to the Lan family getting back in touch with Xie Xuan?
"You can contact Zhou Songyun and tell him about this." Rong Jing did not deny his guess, but just raised his eyes and said lightly.
The hexagram he cast this time was not very clear, but the slight resistance it conveyed was enough for Rong Jing to judge the cause and effect of the whole matter.
...Maybe if he has time, he should go to Southern Province.
After being reborn, Rong Jing actually doesn't like to interfere in the affairs here.
It was just the cycle of cause and effect. After he helped Xie Xuanqing with the Xibei River Bridge, he had already stepped into the cycle of cause and effect.
Although the laws of nature seemed to have been hindering him, that might not be the case.
His eyes turned slightly cold, and Rong Jing suddenly became curious as to why he came to this era after his life span was completely gone.
After mastering the original body's memories, Rong Jing searched the Internet for the history of the Dazhao Dynasty after his death.
Xie Chong was indeed a person who was extremely suitable to be an emperor.
When the Zhao Dynasty was first established, most people were still in dire straits because of the mess left by the previous dynasty.
However, after Xie Chong came to power, he implemented benevolent policies, issued laws, and with the help of many metaphysical books left by Rong Jing, he changed the feng shui and promoted agriculture and animal husbandry. In just five years, the once devastated country became full of vitality, and countless people who had experienced war were finally able to live in peace.
However, for some unknown reason, Xie Chong did not choose a harem, so after his death, the throne was passed to his nephew.
Fortunately, the nephew grew up under his lap and received the same education as the crown prince. After Xie Chong's death, the nephew followed the laws and regulations he had left behind and managed the Zhao Dynasty in an orderly manner.
Even in this day and age, people still think of Xie Chong as the benevolent king of all ages.
But I don’t know if it’s because the historical records are incomplete, or for some other reason, but after Rong Jing carefully read the history of the early Zhao Dynasty, he felt an indescribable sense of disharmony.
"Emperor Zhao made a sculpture of it out of green wood, and regarded it as a promise. When he was buried, they were buried in the same coffin."
Even though I tried my best to check the original text of the history books, many of the sentences were vague, as if there was something that had to be recorded, but for some reason, it could not be recorded clearly.
Xie Chong was later called Emperor Zhao, and was made of green wood, with his fate changed, and buried in the same coffin...
Did Xie Chong make a deal with someone? He had neither concubines nor queens, so who was he buried with?
Nothing was explained in the history books. After Rong Jing read it once, he kept this doubt in his heart.
At this moment, he looked at Xie Xuanqing, his heart moved, and he thought about this doubt again.
If Xie Xuanqing is really the reincarnation of Xie Chong, then the phrase "taking life as an opportunity"...
Does that mean Xie Chong used his fate, or even his fate in this life, as an exchange?
And there seems to be no other choice for the person who can take away the Tenth Emperor's mandate without any hindrance.
…the way of heaven.
Apart from Rong Jing himself, the only person who could take away the Tenth Emperor's destiny so easily was the Heavenly Dao.
But even Rong Jing couldn't figure out what Xie Chong got in exchange for these ten generations of imperial decree.
The Zhoutian hexagram, which could calculate everything in the world, could only produce an empty hexagram under the support of Rong Jing's spiritual power.
Xie Xuanqing only felt that there seemed to be something more in Rong Jing's eyes when he looked at him.
Familiar nostalgia, unfamiliar doubts, and a hint of... displeasure?
It was rare for his face to have such an obvious and vivid expression. Xie Xuan blinked slightly, but couldn't help asking, "What is Mr. Rong thinking about?"
——Are you missing someone through him?
Rong Jing came back to his senses in an instant.
However, he was now more certain about Xie Xuanqing's identity, and his attitude towards him had changed a little.
"...Nothing." In the end, Rong Jing lowered his eyes and replied.
He covered it up very well, but knowing who the head of the Xie family was, he could naturally see through his hidden thoughts.
With a deep look in his eyes, Xie Xuan chuckled: "Mr. Rong was staring at me just now, and I thought there was something on my face."
His voice was deep and magnetic, very similar to Xie Chong's.
But one was his former best friend, and the other was a young man who had once expressed his feelings to him and who was most likely the reincarnation of his best friend's soul.
This was the first time that Master Rong faced this kind of relationship, and he had a headache for a moment: "..."
Sighing softly, Rong Jing gently moved his cheek away: "...You think too much."
Xie Xuan's eyelashes twitched slightly, and he said no more.
He didn't come here to see how the crew was preparing this time. After staying for about half an hour, Xie Xuan stood up and said goodbye.
Sang Lianyun hurriedly wanted to get up and see him off, but Cheng Yuan, who was drinking warm water beside him, reached out and pulled him up.
Sang Lianyun was tripped by his lover and before he could move over, he saw the head of the Xie family suddenly lean over with his cheek very close to Rong Jing.
"See you next time, Mr. Rong."
He whispered, saying goodbye to Rong Jing as usual.
Rong Jing: “…”
If every time we meet again it's such a "surprise", then it's better not to meet again.
Perhaps it was because Xie Xuanqing's approach was too natural, and after his initial resistance, Master Rong could only frown helplessly and let him continue.
At this moment, he glanced at Xie Xuanqing coldly, but did not say anything.
But in a moment, Xie Xuan stood up again easily.
His deep gaze seemed to fall on Mu Yunzhou inadvertently for a moment. He smiled lightly and left with Yue Feng.
Sang Lianyun didn't have time to ask Cheng Yuan why he pulled him. He stood up and personally escorted Xie Xuanqing out of the hospital. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"A Yuan, why did you just..." Sang Lianyun asked in confusion, and then was glared at by Cheng Yuan.
"Didn't you see that Patriarch Xie was talking to Teacher Rong at the time?"
Cheng Yuan pointed out.
Sang Lianyun: “?”
He knows, but isn't it just a matter of going and saying hello?
Cheng Yuan: “…”
Forget it, this is just a blockhead.
Shaking his head, Cheng Yuan stood up and walked away for a while.
On the other side, Mu Yunzhou sat quietly in his seat.
He did not fail to notice the look Xie Xuanqing gave him when he left.
On the contrary, when everyone was eating seriously, his eyes were always lingering on Rong Jing and Xie Xuanqing.
Rong Jing he...
Although he seemed to be impatient with Xie Xuanqing, judging from the distance between them, he and Rong Jing were closer than ever before outside the play.
So the changes in Rong Jing were also caused by him?
Mu Yunzhou didn't want to think so, but Xie Xuanqing's smile and Rong Jing's reaction when he leaned over seemed to explain something.
My heart aches a little.
Mu Yunzhou took on this script, originally wanting to give himself a chance to pursue freely, but he didn't expect that he would face a failed ending before he even expressed his feelings to Rong Jing.
But... he still wanted to give it a try.
Mu Yunzhou lowered his head, pursed his lips, and secretly made up his mind.
After the crew finished their meal, Sang Lianyun asked everyone to digest the food for ten minutes before clapping his hands and asking the staff to prepare for the next shoot.
With the comfort of delicious food, everyone's work motivation naturally increased, and after a while, the set for the next scene was ready.
Rong Jing also came out of his previous emotions.
After sitting in his seat for a few minutes, he got up and went to the dressing room to prepare for the next scene.
The order of filming was not arranged according to the plot in the script. In the previous scene, Rong Jing had just finished acting out the middle part of the script with Mu Yunzhou, and the next scene was the first meeting between Qiao Wangzhi and Zhong Yingxian in the psychiatric department of the hospital.
After putting on her makeup, Rong Jing walked towards the hospital's psychiatric clinic.
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