Xie Xuanqing got out of the car and saw Rong Jing and Mu Yunzhou at a glance.
...so close.
In fact, although the distance between Rong Jing and Mu Yunzhou is not very wide, it cannot be said to be close either. It is just the social distance between ordinary people.
But there was no one else around, so Xie Xuanqing could see clearly what Mu Yunzhou's expression meant. It was really...
It's really an eyesore.
Frowning, Xie Xuanqing quickened his pace and interrupted with a smile.
Mu Yunzhou's words were interrupted and his expression was not good at the moment.
But when he looked at Rong Jing, who didn't seem to be very curious about what he wanted to say, his brows couldn't help but frown for a moment.
——Even if Rong Jing had a slight affection for him, he shouldn't have behaved like this.
Pursing his lips, Mu Yunzhou didn't say anything to Xie Xuanqing, but continued to look at Rong Jing: "Master Rong Tian, I like you."
Xie Xuanqing's eyes darkened, and he stopped lightly not far from the two of them. After his gaze swept over Mu Yunzhou, it fell on Rong Jing.
Beneath his calm eyes were emotions surging like raging waves. Xie Xuanqing stood there quietly, as if he had no idea how to avoid suspicion, waiting for Rong Jing's answer.
Rong Jing's eyes met his for a moment, then he looked away.
Mu Yunzhou still stood there, waiting for his answer.
In fact, when Rong Jing did not reply to him immediately, Mu Yunzhou was already prepared.
It was just that this was the first time in his twenty-plus years of life that he loved someone so much, so much so that even though the company complained about him taking on a job with an unknown director for almost no pay, he still didn't feel any regrets.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with the fortune that Rong Jing had calculated for him before. His life was indeed smooth and happy, but sometimes——
What is destined to be yours will eventually come to you, and what is not destined to be yours should not be forced.
Rong Jing was not a person of this era. Except for Xie Xuanqing, he unconsciously felt a slight alienation towards many people of this era.
Hearing Mu Yunzhou's question, he paused for a moment, but replied calmly: "Sorry."
Perhaps because of his previous experience of rejecting Xie Xuanqing, although Master Rong was a little surprised at this moment, he did not feel too conflicted.
He looked at Mu Yunzhou calmly and said, "Your true destiny is not with me."
Although Mu Yunzhou's facial features have changed a lot, his fate is still very smooth, and he will be blessed with great fortune in his old age.
Just because of the influence of Rong Jing, although his Palace of Marriage was clear and smooth enough, it also had some flaws. This flaw in turn affected his Palace of Children, forming a pattern of empty parent-child relationship.
Rong Jing already knew that this facial feature would appear because Mu Yunzhou's lover was likely to be a man. He tried to deduce that Mu Yunzhou's marriage was indeed not with him.
In fact, if you think about it from another perspective, if his relationship with Mu Yunzhou changes in the future, he would not be able to see what changes will happen to Mu Yunzhou's expression.
But when Rong Jing thought of this, his eyes suddenly paused.
...Can’t you see through the changes in facial features and fate?
Rong Jing thought a lot in an instant. Mu Yunzhou looked at his calm and indifferent expression for a long time before he said, "...Master Rong Tian, you don't have to apologize."
He expressed his love, and since the other party was not interested, he just rejected it. There was no need to apologize or anything.
However, Mu Yunzhou didn’t care much about what Rong Jing said, “Your marriage does not depend on me.”
Having met someone so amazing, Mu Yunzhou didn't think he could fall in love with anyone else, even if the other person's heart was not on him.
I expressed my feelings and got a response from the other party.
Even though Rong Jing actually rejected him, Mu Yunzhou still felt relieved.
He was quite carefree. Seeing Rong Jing still looking at him, he curled his lips and smiled, revealing his hearty smile that was no different from before: "Actually, I was worried that I would disturb Master Rong Tian... However, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the following filming."
After he said that, without waiting for Rong Jing's answer, he turned around and wanted to go back to the filming location.
But when he turned around, he noticed Xie Xuanqing not far away. He raised his eyes and looked at him. Mu Yunzhou smiled faintly, but turned around and left without saying hello.
...Although I was rejected, I still felt very uncomfortable facing my love rival.
Xie Xuanqing didn't mind either.
Even after Rong Jing apologized, he stepped back and stopped listening to their conversation.
After Mu Yunzhou returned to the hospital, Xie Xuanqing withdrew his gaze, then continued to walk towards Rong Jing and called softly, "Mr. Rong."
"...Why are you here?" The feeling of being admired - let's call him that, being watched by another admirer confessing his feelings to him, was really hard for Master Rong to imagine.
He frowned and looked at Xie Xuanqing, and the words of reprimand he wanted to say turned into a question that was not sharp.
His mind was confused for a moment, and Rong Guoshi rarely showed a bit of coldness. His exquisite eyebrows and eyes were like the clear moon with frost, and there was a hint of extremely moving charm in his awe.
Xie Xuanqing looked at his face quietly, wanting to reach out and help him smooth out the wrinkles between his brows.
However, Master Rong Tian was feeling a little anxious at the moment, so Patriarch Xie thought about it seriously and wisely decided not to take any action.
His fingertips curled slightly, and Xie Xuanqing suppressed the impulse.
"I just wanted to come and see Mr. Rong..."
Xie Xuan said this lightly, and recalled the scene where he happened to run into Mu Yunzhou expressing his feelings to Rong Jing.
Although he knew that Mu Yunzhou had different feelings towards Rong Jing, when he really faced this scene, Xie Xuanqing almost lost all his rationality.
Called the evil god of the business world by all the noble families and rivals he had worked with, Xie Xuanqing considered himself to be cold-blooded and ruthless enough, yet calm and self-controlled enough.
But just a while ago, he did have a moment when he wanted to build a gorgeous cage regardless of the consequences and lock his husband in it so that no one could see him.
——It would be nice if Mr. belonged to him alone.
——It would be nice if Mr. could stay with him forever.
The dark possessive desire continued to grow and spread. Xie Xuan pursed his lips lightly and suppressed this emotion that came from nowhere and seemed to be engraved in his soul.
He clearly concealed his emotions very well, but as a cultivator, he had sharp perceptions. When Rong Jing's expression moved slightly, he sensed a hint of danger suddenly passing by.
But when he looked up, Xie Xuanqing had already smiled at him.
Reserved, with a little bit of grievance and happiness.
"I didn't expect to hear someone expressing his feelings to you right after I got here." He took two steps closer. Because of his height, Xie Xuanqing lowered his head slightly. "Fortunately, you didn't agree to him, otherwise..."
Otherwise, he didn't know what he would do.
Rong Jing vaguely felt that there was some other meaning in his hidden words, but the low voice sounded in his ears, and the faint sandalwood scent invaded his senses, so that he didn't have time to think about it.
Unable to help but take a step back, Rong Jing raised his eyes with a slightly cold gaze.
However, Patriarch Xie was never afraid of his cold attitude, but seeing this, he still retracted his aura, stood up straight and said, "I asked Yue Feng to buy the food that you like to eat. The weather is a bit cold, and it will get cold if you don't eat it now."
He slowly lowered his eyes and looked at Rong Jing, with the same smile in his eyes: "Mr. Rong?"
Rong Jing: “…”
He knew Master Rong's temperament very well. Whenever Rong Jing felt that he had reached the limit of his patience, he would reveal such an expression, making it difficult to say anything more.
Rong Jing frowned and stared at Xie Xuanqing for a while, then said coldly: "...Go in."
Xie Xuanqing's smile deepened.
Yue Feng, as Xie Xuanqing's secretary and assistant, was naturally very discerning. When Xie Xuanqing saw Mu Yunzhou and Rong Jing standing alone, his face changed slightly, so he promptly stopped the bodyguards who wanted to follow.
Seeing that Rong Jing and Xie Xuanqing seemed to have finished their conversation, he waved his hand, picked up his things and followed.
——It’s all because of the year-end bonus.
The big boss came to visit again. This time, the experienced people skillfully took the things, thanked him, and found a seat to sit down.
Sang Lianyun and Cheng Yuan naturally sat together as well.
"A Yuan? What are you looking at?" Sang Lianyun reached out to help Cheng Yuan open the food bag, and then broke out the chopsticks and spoon for him. He looked up and saw Cheng Yuan looking thoughtfully at a place not far behind him, so he couldn't help but turn his head to take a look.
Isn't that Emperor Mu? What is Cheng Yuan looking at him for?
Sang Lianyun muttered to himself, but his heart was a little tense. It couldn't be that he suddenly felt that Mu Yunchang had become particularly handsome...
His emotions were all expressed on his face. When Cheng Yuan looked away, he saw that he was staring at him with his eyebrows drooping.
Subconsciously reaching out to rub Sang Lianyun's hair, Cheng Yuan said, "Nothing, it's just that Emperor Mu seemed to have said something to Teacher Rong just now, and I'm a little curious."
"Probably discussing roles..." Sang Lianyun breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it, and replied.
He was not as thoughtful as Cheng Yuan, and could not tell what Mu Yunzhou felt for Rong Jing, so he answered according to his thoughts during the filming.
Cheng Yuan smiled and said, "Maybe."
His eyes moved and he saw Rong Jing and Xie Xuanqing sitting not far away.
The head of the Xie family, who was as wealthy as a country, sat on a cheap plastic stool that cost only five yuan. The table in front of him was brought by Sang Lianyun from home. The wood paint on it was mottled and did not match the high-end suit with its exquisite tailoring and design.
But he himself seemed not to care at all. He reached out and carefully untied the tight strap of the packaging bag. His expression was not gentle, but it was filled with an indescribable feeling of cherishment.
He opened the lid and pulled out the chopsticks. When he did these things, his movements were extremely natural, even more natural than Sang Lianyun's.
As if he had noticed his gaze, Xie Xuanqing looked stern and glanced over casually.
Cheng Yuan quickly retracted his gaze and lowered his head to eat.
On the other side, Rong Jing didn't notice the exchange of glances between them. He lowered his eyes and watched Xie Xuanqing naturally hand the still warm food to him, his brows moved slightly.
"Would you like some water first?" The moment Xie Xuanqing retracted his gaze, he noticed the color of Rong Jing's lips.
It's a little dry, and although it can't be called flaky, it does look a little dry after being outside in this kind of weather and the wind.
Half a cup of mineral water was added to the boiling hot water. The warm and slightly hot temperature shone through the thin porcelain cup wall. Rong Jing reached out and touched it, and a burst of warmth came from his slightly cool fingertips.
My mouth is indeed a little thirsty.
Rong Jing glanced at Xie Xuanqing, then picked up the cup and slowly took a few sips.
Mu Yunzhou watched them from a distance.
All the previous emotions calmed down at this moment. Mu Yunzhou looked at the food in his hand and couldn't help but smile.
He did say that he wanted to try again, but he was still too timid. For all this time, he seemed to have never done anything for Rong Jing except indulging in his own emotions.
...Even if he gave up other announcements and participated in the filming of "Poppy", it seemed more like he was sacrificing himself and feeling moved.
Apart from Rong Jing, wasn't the reason he took on this drama also because he was attracted by the script?
Mu Yunzhou was a little bit obsessed with this. After a while, he let out a long breath, lowered his head, picked up the food, and tasted it.
Now that he had gotten an answer, Rong Jing's mind was definitely not on him, so there was no point in thinking about it anymore.
Xie Xuanqing had already eaten before he came over. He watched Rong Jing slowly eat the food he brought. After a while, he suddenly said, "The dry goods that the master gave me last time seem to have been taken away from the kitchen. Next time, I'll ask the kitchen to make some soup for the master."
His tone was natural, Rong Jing subconsciously said "hmm", and then came back to his senses: "..."
Xie Xuan raised his eyes slightly, with a faint smile in his deep eyes: "...Is this also a thank you for Captain Zhou's advice?"
This is even more outrageous. Rong Jing has instructed Zhou Songyun, so what does he have to do with Xie Xuanqing?
Of course there is no relationship.
Xie Xuanqing did not deny it. He just wanted to find enough reasons to pry open Rong Jing's heart little by little.
However, when it comes to Zhou Songyun, Rong Jing frowned and remembered the hexagram he had calculated before.
He would probably have to make a trip to Southern Province, and there might be some unknown things in the holiday villa owned by Xie Xuanzhong.
His fingertips tapped lightly on the table, Rong Jing took the cup and took another sip of water, recalling the feeling when he was fighting against the gloomy aura just now.
That should be just a wisp of soul released by the other party. The soul aura in it is not strong, but compared with the ordinary evil spirits, it is much stronger.
Ordinary evil spirits will not divide their souls at will, because to them, each of the three souls and seven spirits carries their power and wisdom.
Once any soul or spirit is separated, the resulting loss of power and mental impairment will be far more obvious than the benefits gained from separating the soul or spirit.
So... the owner of that gloomy energy must be a character more powerful than a fierce ghost.
Rong Jing sorted out his suspicions bit by bit. Zhou Tian Gua and Dian Ling Pen were two spiritual tools that he was born with. In this era, few celestial masters could see through them, let alone intervene in the hexagrams he was calculating.
——To put it another way, the only thing that could interfere with his calculations before was the Way of Heaven.
But not counting the fight just now, long before the metaphysical exchange activity, that gloomy aura had already infiltrated into the Zhoutian Gua that he unfolded in a very familiar way.
Rong Jing had fought against the Heavenly Dao before, and was even punished by it for destroying the old dynasty. He knew its aura very well.
That gloomy aura definitely did not belong to the Heavenly Dao, but the strange thing was that it did carry a trace of the Heavenly Dao's gift, as if it had absorbed the wishes of those favored by the Heavenly Dao, and thus it also carried a trace of some of its power.
While Rong Jing was lost in thought, Xie Xuan remained silent and did not disturb him.
He was not a person who was familiar with metaphysics, not to mention that he did not believe in metaphysics before, and now he only had a vague understanding of this aspect.
However, from the vague words of Zhou Songyun and Wei Yixing, Xie Xuanqing could still guess a lot of things.
The Lan and Huang families, whose evil deeds were previously exposed by the gentleman, probably still have some dirty deeds that have not been revealed, and his good cousin Xie Xuanzhong... is probably also involved.
He raised his hand and rubbed his brows. Although he had no good feelings towards Xie Xuanzhong or even his parents, they were still members of the Xie family to the outside world. If some bad news really broke out, his reputation would not be important, but how would the Xie family and even their employees survive?
It's really... a disaster.
His eyes turned cold, and Xie Xuanqing recalled what he had asked Yue Feng to do before.
If it was handled quickly, it would be enough for him to get rid of Xie Xuanzhong and others.
After thinking for a while, Xie Xuanqing came back to his senses and noticed that Rong Jing had taken out his mobile phone and was sending a message to Zhou Songyun.
He didn't look at it any further. He noticed that the water in Rong Jing's cup had cooled down a little, so he picked it up again and filled it with some hot water.
Rong Jing had just sent the last WeChat message. Seeing this, he raised his eyes and looked at him.
"Warm your hands." Xie Xuan said with a slight smile.
"Yeah." Rong Jing responded calmly this time, and then suddenly said, "Xie Xuanqing."
His tone was always so cold and distant. Xie Xuanqing didn't think there was anything wrong at first and subconsciously said "Hmm?" before noticing that Rong Jing called his full name this time.
Rong Jing rarely calls him like this.
After reacting, Xie Xuanqing actually felt a little uncomfortable, and unconsciously straightened his sitting posture. Xie Xuanqing looked at Rong Jing seriously: "Sir, what can I do for you?"
“…”
In fact, he just subconsciously wanted to call out to the other party. Rong Jing's eyelashes moved slightly, and then he pursed his lips and said, "Be careful these days, it's best not to meet your cousin."
He could no longer see clearly the changes in Xie Xuanqing's fate, but he was very sensitive and could feel that there was something in Xie Xuanqing, and he was also attracted to that gloomy aura.
There was no reason for this speculation, but Rong Jing could vaguely feel that Xie Xuanqing's cousin seemed to play some role in it.
After thinking about it, he raised his hand and mobilized the spiritual power in his body to set up a forbidden talisman array on Xie Xuanqing's body.
The light golden runes merged into the evil spirit like chains along with the owner's thoughts. Rong Jing originally thought that the evil spirits would conflict with the runes no matter what, and he had also estimated in advance the amount of spiritual energy that might be consumed.
However, as complicated runes surrounded Xie Xuanqing's whole body, the evil spirits slowly subsided after churning for a while.
——This shows that, at that moment just now, Xie Xuanqing believed in his heart that Rong Jing would not hurt him, and he completely let go of his body and mind and let him do whatever he wanted.
When Master Rong discovered this, his mood became complicated and subtle for a moment.
Xie Xuanqing only felt a light breath passing in front of him as Rong Jing moved. He was not a person of metaphysics, and he could not see the evil spirit on his body and the spiritual energy mobilized by Rong Jing.
Seeing Rong Jing looking at him quietly at this moment, he was a little puzzled, smiled and asked: "What's wrong, sir?"
Rong Jing lowered his eyes, his long and thick eyelashes covering his amber eyes, and also covering the complicated thoughts in them.
"nothing."
Xie Xuanqing did not continue to ask.
He simply stretched out his hand, and gently, very slowly, leaving enough time for Rong Jing to pinch his fingertips in rejection.
"It's almost time. I should go back." The feeling of their fingertips touching each other was a little strange. Rong Jing moved subconsciously. Xie Xuan easily withdrew his hand. The smile on his face was more genuine than before. "Mr. Rong...see you next time."
"Yeah." Rong Jing's expression was indifferent, but he responded, "...see you next time."
Xie Xuan stood up with a slight smile, looked at him again, and then left with Yue Feng and the others.
Rong Jing sat in his seat for a while, lowering his eyes to look at his fingertips.
It was not until Sang Lianyun asked them to prepare for the next scene that he came to his senses and followed the crew to the dressing room.
After Zhou Songyun received the news from Rong Jing, he became even more cautious.
When he came here, he only brought a few Heavenly Masters who were proficient in formations. After Rong Jing's message was sent, he immediately contacted Wei Yixing and applied to mobilize more Heavenly Masters.
In just a few short days, what was discovered in Southern Province was enough to shock people.
In recent years, the development of South Province has been very stable, and its economy has made rapid progress.
Previously, the country had issued a special document praising the development of Southern Province, but now it was discovered that several officials who had been in charge of Southern Province and whose achievements were outstanding in the end, might have had some unspeakable transactions with the Lan and Huang families.
The other party's actions were extremely sophisticated and covert. If one of the formation masters had not had some talent in divination and deduced that there seemed to be something wrong with the fate of a grassroots official in Southern Province, this matter might not have been discovered.
But they got a clue and the special department followed it, and found evidence that the other party was secretly in contact with the Lan and Huang families.
Of course, these pieces of evidence are nothing. After all, apart from the corpse-raising land issue, the Lan family is also seen as a very prestigious family of Taoist priests by outsiders.
But too many coincidences...are no longer coincidences.
Zhou Songyun solemnly thanked Rong Jing on WeChat, then got up to change his clothes, went out with the talisman, and continued to investigate what happened next.
Rong Jing read Zhou Songyun's reply and exited the chat page.
A new WeChat message popped up. Rong Jing lowered his eyes and waited two seconds before clicking on it.
Xie Xuanqing: Back to the company.
Xie Xuanqing: [Cat holding flowers.jpg]
Rong Jing: “…”
It seems that there is no need to talk to him specifically about this matter.
Frowning, Rong Jing finally replied.
Rong Jing: Yeah.
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