Chapter 42 Chapter 42 You can’t judge a person by his appearance
The banquet that the Qi family is going to hold tonight is not large in scale. The movie that Qi Ming invested in and directed this time has been a huge success both in terms of word of mouth and box office, so he is naturally in a good mood, so he invited several families who he usually has dealings with to come and have some fun.
Gu Yuhui is still in the company and said he would come over after he was done with his work. Gu Qingxu couldn't come due to something, so he asked Gu Yang, who was in the same class with Qi Lecheng, to go first.
After He Mingan found out, he asked his driver to turn around and go to Gu's house to pick the person up, so the two of them could go together.
Qi Ming greeted them with a smile, but since they were all juniors, there was nothing much to talk about. After a few words, he asked his son to come down and take care of things.
After answering the call, Qi Lecheng held the phone and a smile flashed across his face: "Gu Yang is coming, I have to go down to pick him up."
He wanted to go down quickly, but there were still things that needed to be dealt with here.
Ye Chen has a lot of mouth, buzzing like a fly all day long.
He really hated this person.
Now he has seen these things.
Last time, Gu Yang didn’t seem to care much, and was still thinking about him...and their future.
After thinking about it, there was no particular rejection shown on his face.
Sure enough, only Gu Yang is different, different from everyone else.
Ye Chen finally stood up from the ground. He pounded his numb legs and looked at the person in front of him.
He has sorted out his thoughts.
So what if I saw these photos? Could Qi Lecheng possibly be able to silence him?
The one who should be afraid of is Qi Lecheng, because he has such a big handle in his hand.
"Qi Lecheng." Ye Chen had a mischievous smile on his face. He had hidden a few photos in his pocket as evidence. "You don't want Gu Yang to know about your secret photos, do you?"
He thought about what Qi Lecheng would do to Gu Yang in the future: "And Gu Yang already knows what you will do to him, so he will definitely be on guard against you in the future. It will be difficult for you to do anything. Why don't we join forces..."
Qi Lecheng's eyes fell on him with a confused expression.
"Don't worry, we are classmates after all, and I won't do anything to him."
-After waiting for a few minutes and seeing no one coming down, He Mingan suggested that they go up by themselves.
Qi Ming didn't know what his son was hesitating about, so he asked a servant to take them upstairs first.
"I haven't visited your house for several years. It was renovated once in the meantime. The style has changed a lot, but these paintings are still there."
He Mingan looked at the paintings hanging on the wall.
"These were personally selected by the previous wife. Whenever she went out to film, she would buy any paintings she liked and send them to our house for us to hang up." The servant said, "Director Qi is a very affectionate person. After the decoration was completed, he had the paintings put back as they were."
Gu Yang suddenly said: "It looks awkward, it doesn't match at all."
The paintings on the walls are all very fresh and gentle watercolor paintings, which are incompatible with the overall avant-garde decoration.
The servant bowed his head.
He Mingan saw his embarrassment and waved his hand to let the other party go down and let them do as they please.
"It doesn't matter if the styles are in harmony or not. This is just to remind me of someone I met when I saw the things." He Ming'an said with a smile, "Time is really a good thing. It was obviously me who made the mistake first, but after doing some performative behavior afterwards, I can be called affectionate."
Gu Yang had also heard about this matter.
There was a hostess in this house who, many years ago, directly tagged Qi Ming on Weibo and attached evidence that he had cheated on her many times since her pregnancy. ”
The hostess was an actress who had portrayed many classic roles and was also known as the nation's first love, so public opinion was in an uproar at the time.
Qi Ming did not come forward to recall the incident, but remained silent. This act of pretending to be dead aroused public anger. At that time, one of Qi Ming's movies was released and was boycotted, causing him to lose all his money.
It was not until this point that Qi Ming came out to publicly apologize, but the woman was not expecting the prodigal son to return. Her only goal was to win this public opinion war and then decisively divorce and leave.
"So even though she is clearly the victim, the lady is still being accused by a small number of people and is said to be ungrateful."
"What's so good about clinging to such an unfaithful relationship?" Gu Yang said, with a rare hint of emotion on his face.
The smile on He Mingan’s face disappeared and he looked at Gu Yang steadily.
"But speaking of it, Uncle Qi made a great comeback in just a few years, and now he's a big director that everyone admires." Ye Chen came over from the corner of the corridor and naturally joined the conversation, "And he still has a lot of female companions."
"I don't know if there is an illegitimate child hiding somewhere." His words were obviously suggestive, but He Mingan had a blank expression and did not respond to his words.
Qi Lecheng was just one step away from Ye Chen when he came out. He must have heard everything that was just said. He pursed his lips, but there was no change on his facial expression.
They didn't stand here for long. It would be bad to speak ill of someone else's family in their home. He Mingan didn't want to hear anything else Ye Chen said, so he interrupted him and let everyone go.
Qi Lecheng showed them where the guest rooms were. He Mingan took Gu Yang to rest first and did not go out until the dinner was about to start.
People have arrived one after another, and almost everyone has arrived.
Gu Yang saw Gu Yuhui holding a glass of wine and chatting with Qi Ming in the middle of the venue. When he noticed Gu Yuhui coming, he raised his glass slightly to signal him.
The meals and desserts on the table looked delicious, but Gu Yang hardly ate any. He had always had a low appetite, and the amount of food he consumed every day was barely enough to keep him alive. This was thanks to the Gu family's nanny who always cooked on time.
There were sounds of chatting and laughter all around, and Gu Yang started to feel annoyed after standing there for a while.
He himself didn't even notice that he had attended so many banquets this month.
Anyway, it wouldn't make any difference if he was missing here. Gu Yang pulled He Mingan's clothes and told him that he was going back to the guest room to rest.
He Mingan, who was chatting with others, stopped talking. He turned his head and asked in a low voice: "Then I will go back with you?"
Gu Yang refused directly. It was not like he couldn’t find the way.
He Mingan glanced at Qi Lecheng, who was deeply involved in interpersonal communication and couldn't get away from it, and didn't say anything else.
Gu Yang was just about to open the door to go out, but someone outside had already opened the door, and he was almost bumped into by someone he was not prepared for.
The boy who walked in slowly from outside the door looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was wearing a gun-gray casual suit, with a slender figure and a precocious temperament that could easily distinguish him from his peers.
He put his hands in his pockets and used his height advantage to look at Gu Yang: "Long time no see, Gu Yang."
Gu Yang said perfunctorily, "Long time no see," and was about to walk out when he was blocked by the other party.
He tried to go the other way, but was blocked as well.
Gu Yang paused, then finally raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him. He asked coldly, "Is there anything wrong?"
"I didn't expect that the big star Cheng would come today." Ye Chen, who was not far away, saw the situation here and waved his finger to greet him. "There are so many classmates in this room, how come you only see Gu Yang? This is not fair."
Cheng Zishi glanced at him with a half-smile: "I can't help it. I'm allergic to dogs that I can't keep well and like to bark."
Ye Chen's originally smiling expression froze in an instant.
After saying this, Cheng Zishi looked at Gu Yang again, sizing him up inconspicuously.
He has been filming outside these days, but because he has the habit of watching group chats, he didn't miss any exciting scenes.
But how can a play watched through a screen be as exciting as seeing it in person?
Cheng Zishi ran into Gu Yang as soon as he arrived, so he naturally wouldn't let him go out like that.
Although they didn't spend much time together, he knew that the other person was a self-willed person who particularly liked to skip group activities. Once let out, he probably wouldn't know where to hide and wouldn't come back.
Qi Ming, who was over there, saw the person he had called over and came over with a smile: "You really made us wait so long, Zishi, why are you so late?"
"I'm so sorry, the plane is delayed." Cheng Zishi quickly got back to the business.
"You are so young, but you arrived later than all of us. Shouldn't you drink a glass as a punishment?" Qi Ming pointed at him and joked.
"But since you're still studying, you can just have a glass of red instead of white wine."
Cheng Zishi actually hated this kind of drinking urging session. Every time someone urged him to drink at the table, he would have the urge to throw the wine on the other person's face.
Drink, drink, drink your uncle’s drink!
But Director Qi had helped him, and he didn't want to offend him. Without Director Qi, he would probably still be a wild model with an unstable job.
While asking the waiter to get the wine, Qi Ming introduced Cheng Zishi to Gu Yuhui: "He is the second male lead in my recent movie. He is only 18 years old, but he is very talented in acting. His future must be limitless. Mr. Gu, please take care of him."
Gu Yuhui didn't respond, but just smiled and said, "Mr. Qi and this young actor have a really good relationship. You really act like a concerned old father."
Qi Ming was a little drunk now, he waved his hands and said "no".
Because of his ex-wife's accusations against him, his career hit rock bottom. No investor was willing to continue betting on him, and the only ones who could come to him were some low-cost web dramas. How could he tolerate such a thing when he was used to filming big productions and had a smooth career?
With nowhere else to turn, he sought help from a Taoist priest and eventually found a young model who was said to be able to boost his career.
As it turned out, after he hired this person, his luck really turned around.
Therefore, he would bring Cheng Zishi with him in every movie he made afterwards, for the sake of good luck and to reassure himself.
So much so that later some people spread ridiculous rumors about an illegitimate child.
When the wine was full, Qi Ming handed the glass to Cheng Zi, patted his shoulder and said, "Go, go and pay respect to your Uncle Gu, and let him take care of your business—"
Cheng Zishi raised his glass to toast Gu Yuhui, then started drinking.
Just then, a voice passed through his ears.
[Qi Ming still behaves like a human being now, but he doesn't know what stimulated him later and he is no longer satisfied with his female companions. He turned his attention to Cheng Zishi and tried many times to make him submit and obey him. 】
[By the way, he is still the one below.] 】
[It’s true that you can’t judge a person by his appearance.] 】
After hearing this, Cheng Zishi sprayed the wine in his mouth all over Qi Ming's face.
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