After the main banquet, Mr. Tao went to the suite on the lower floor of the banquet hall to rest. Tao Yang took Qiu Xing and Jie Yang down the stairs, came to the door of the suite, opened the door with the door card, and invited the two to come in.
"Grandpa is in the study on the right, Mr. Qiu, please come in."
Qiu Xing didn't move. He turned his head to look at Jie Yang, his brows slightly furrowed.
Xie Yang patted Qiu Xing's shoulder and said, "Go ahead. I'm fine."
Qiu Xing glanced at Tao Yang again, feeling a little annoyed, but he didn't say anything. He leaned over and kissed Jie Yang's forehead, saying, "I'll be out soon."
Xie Yang nodded.
Tao Yang stood aside politely with his eyes downcast throughout the conversation. He raised his eyes again after the two of them finished their conversation, walked sideways with Qiu Xing to the door of the study, and helped Qiu Xing open the door.
After Qiu Xing entered the study, the nurse who had been taking care of Mr. Tao in the study came out tactfully. Tao Yang sent him away, then turned to look at Jie Yang and asked, "Can we just chat here?"
Xie Yang didn't want to be too far away from Qiu Xing, so he nodded.
The two sat down on the sofa. Tao Yang reached out to make scented tea with the tea set on the coffee table and asked, "What does Vice President Xie want to say?"
"It depends on what Senior Tao wants to do."
Tao Yang smiled, very gentle and kind: "Vice President Xie, I don't understand what you mean. I vaguely feel that Vice President Xie is a little hostile to me, but I don't know where this hostility comes from. Did I do something wrong and offend Vice President Xie?"
Xie Yang returned the words to Tao Yang: "I vaguely feel that Senior Tao has some ill will towards me, but I don't know where this ill will comes from. Maybe I am too involved in the enemy's family and it bothers Senior Tao?"
The small kettle on the coffee table made a click sound - the water boiled.
Tao Yang and Jie Yang looked at each other, then retracted their gazes after a few seconds. He reached out and picked up the kettle, slowly poured tea into the delicate glass teapot filled with tea leaves, and replied, "Vice President Jie, you seem to have some misunderstandings about me. I just returned to China not long ago, and I don't know much about the situation in China. I may have overlooked some things when I spoke. If I accidentally offended you, I apologize here. But I promise that I didn't mean it. You and I are not much different in age, have similar backgrounds, and are in the same entertainment industry. If possible, I hope to have a good relationship with you."
The aroma of scented tea wafted out.
Just as described in the original book, Tao Yang is indeed very "polite and humble".
Xie Yang smiled and said, "Senior, you really do a lot of unintentional things. Actually, this is the case. I have a question I have always wanted to ask you."
"What does Vice President Xie want to ask?"
"I attended the graduation ceremony of C University as a family member. I wonder who your family member from the same class as mine is? Did he attend today's birthday party? If he did, would you be able to introduce him to me?"
Tao Yang wiped the water stains on the table with a tissue, picked up the teapot and poured out a cup of scented tea, and brought it to Jie Yang. He replied with regret: "My distant cousin didn't come to the birthday party today. Next time I have the chance, I will definitely introduce him to you."
"Really?" Xie Yang changed his sitting position and leaned closer to Tao Yang. "Three years ago, Qiu Xing was stationed abroad for a period of time because of a project. In the same year, you went abroad to study fashion design, and your mentor happened to be one of the fashion designers hired by Qiu's family. A year and a half ago, Qiu Xing returned to China and began a life of flying back and forth between China and abroad. In the same year, you planned to create your own clothing brand, and began to fly back and forth between China and abroad to investigate the market."
Tao Yang's expression slowly changed and he looked towards Jie Yang.
Xie Yang looked directly into Tao Yang's eyes and smiled: "Are these coincidences?"
"...Of course." Tao Yang also poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip. "If Vice President Jie hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that my mentor was President Qiu's designer."
"Soon it won't be." Xie Yang leaned back, "A year ago, Qiu Xing and I got married."
Tao Yang's hand holding the teacup shook and some tea spilled out.
Xie Yang raised his eyebrows: "Senior Tao, I will misunderstand your reaction."
Tao Yang calmed down, put down his teacup, took out a tissue and wiped the water stains on his hands, and replied: "Sorry, I'm really shocked. Have you and Mr. Qiu... got the marriage certificate?"
"Of course I have received it, otherwise it would not be so easy to make Qiu Xing's will. Senior, you can guess what I will do with Rong Ding if Qiu Xing's treatment fails in the end."
Tao Yang lowered his head and threw away the tissue. His tone was slightly stiffer than before, and he replied: "I can't guess that. But isn't it a bad idea for Vice President Xie to say that? I think President Qiu is in good health. Moreover, as far as I know, President Qiu actually cares about his nephew very much, and Rongding may not really fall into your hands."
The tail finally showed up.
"You are right, Senior. Rongding will never be in my hands. As long as Qiu Xing is alive, Rongding belongs to him. If Qiu Xing dies, whether it is donated or mixed up, I will ensure that Rongding will never belong to another person. As for Feng Qinglin, it seems that Senior really doesn't know much about domestic affairs. Don't you know that Qiu Xing and Feng Qinglin have completely fallen out?"
Tao Yang raised his eyes to look at Jie Yang.
Xie Yang and Tao Yang looked at each other and continued, "Senior, I am cautious if you put it nicely, but suspicious if you put it bluntly. For anyone who enters my life circle, I will repeatedly scrutinize his words and deeds, guess his purpose and motives, and then attribute all the unusual things that have happened around me since he appeared to him, and then rule them out one by one. For example, my schedule was suddenly leaked a few days ago, and there was suddenly a stalker chasing my car. I sent people to investigate thoroughly."
This was an obvious test and warning, telling Tao Yang: I find that you are not really friendly. I am investigating and alerting you. I'm not easy to fool, so you'd better not have any bad ideas towards me.
Any smart person who knows what's good for him would know to put away his claws after receiving such a blow.
Tao Yang's psychological quality is really good. He can still keep calm at this moment and ask, "Vice President Xie is doubting me?"
The hook was too straight, so Xie Yang chose not to put it on.
"Of course not. Did Senior Tao do anything that would arouse suspicion?"
"Of course not."
"Then why should I doubt my senior? Just like what he said, you and I are not much different in age, have similar backgrounds, and are in the same entertainment industry. If possible, I hope to have a good relationship with him."
Tao Yang looked at Jie Yang.
Xie Yang smiled friendly.
“…”
Tao Yang retracted his gaze, refilled his tea, took a sip, and asked, "Does Director Qiu know that Vice Director Jie is so...sensitive and thoughtful?"
Still not giving up.
Xie Yang raised his eyebrows: "What he likes is my sensitivity and thoughtfulness. Not only that, he also likes my ruthlessness, pettiness, and revenge."
Tao Yang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed, "Vice President Xie really knows how to joke."
"No kidding, birds of a feather flock together. A petty and vengeful guy like Qiu Xing is only worthy of being with me and torturing each other."
Tao Yang stopped laughing, and his voice became stiff again: "The Qiu that Vice President Xie mentioned seems to be a little different from the one I know."
"It's normal. Qiu Xing has a strange burden of being an elder. Every time he faces his juniors, his attitude becomes gentler and his tolerance becomes higher, even though he is not much older than them. He is very bad to his peers. He provokes them whenever he wants and gets angry whenever he wants. He is particularly disrespectful to them."
Tao Yang once posted a blog to define the relationship between Qiu Xing and Jie Yang as elder and junior, but now the situation has changed and Jie Yang has thrown this relationship back to Tao Yang himself. Tao Yang even softened his tone and curled his lips: "It sounds like Vice President Xie seems to have a lot of resentment towards President Qiu? Is President Qiu not good to you?"
Xie Yang shook his head: "Qiu Xing is only bad to his peers, but he is really impeccable with his partner. From the moment we got together, he has always put my feelings first and has been very tolerant of me."
Tao Yang suddenly put down his teacup, stood up and said, "Sorry, excuse me for a moment. I need to go to the bathroom."
"please."
Xie Yang watched Tao Yang leave, then leaned back on the sofa, thought about Tao Yang's reactions just now, and took out his cell phone to send a WeChat message to Qiu Xing.
Xie Yang: How did you provoke Tao Yang?
He just had a vague feeling before, but now he was sure that Tao Yang had some feelings for Qiu Xing.
But why is this not mentioned at all in the original book? In the original book, Tao Yang even became good friends with the heroine that Qiu Xing liked.
…
Ten minutes later, Tao Yang came back. He resumed his gentle and polite demeanor, and pulled Jie Yang aside to chat about family matters, as if he had never had such a probing conversation with Jie Yang before.
The Tao family is still useful to Qiu Xing, so Xie Yang restrained himself a little upon seeing this and chatted with Tao Yang.
About a quarter of an hour later, Qiu Xing walked out of the study. The two stopped talking, and after another round of greetings, Qiu Xing and Jie Yang said goodbye, and Tao Yang sent them to the elevator.
After the elevator came up, Xie Yang deliberately lagged behind Qiu Xing and looked sideways at Tao Yang: "Senior Tao, there is something I forgot to tell you."
Tao Yang: "What's the matter?"
"In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, every time after chatting with my senior, I will share the content of our conversation with Qiu Xing. This time should be no exception. I hope that my senior will not mind."
In other words, I will analyze all your little thoughts to Qiu Xing.
Tao Yang's expression changed drastically.
Xie Yang smiled and said, "Also, I am a person who holds grudges." After saying that, he stepped into the elevator, stood side by side with Qiu Xing, and pressed the door closing button.
…
After returning to the car, Qiu Xing immediately explained: "I didn't provoke Tao Yang."
Xie Yang squinted at Qiu Xing: "Why are you so nervous? Did I say anything?"
Qiu Xing raised his hand and rubbed Jie Yang's head: "Don't make that expression."
"Domineering." Xie Yang stopped trying to scare his enemy. He turned his head to look at him and asked, "What did Mr. Tao say to you?"
"He asked me if I wanted to help Qinglin get promoted, and said that if I did, he could help me, but he asked me to help the Tao family after the success and let Tao Yi and her child go."
"How did you answer?"
Qiu Xing raised his hand and rubbed Jie Yang's face, and replied: "I told him that I would no longer interfere in the Feng family's affairs, and suggested that if he wanted to get rid of the current situation of being tied to the Feng family, he could go to Feng Qinglin to discuss cooperation. I can only guarantee that he will not harm Feng Qinglin, and I will not touch the Tao family."
"What's Mr. Tao's reaction?"
"He's a smart man." Qiu Xing put down his hand, sat up straight, took Jie Yang's hand and put it on his leg, kneading it gently, "It's about time the Feng family started to get into chaos."
…
The day after the birthday banquet, Qin Cheng reported the investigation results to Li Yang.
"I have checked the identity of the scalper, and there is nothing suspicious about him. He was hired by a stalker fan, and he was not the one selling your information. The Weibo post that leaked your itinerary was deleted shortly after you reported it to the police, and his Weibo account was also cancelled, so I couldn't find the source. I checked the encounter photos he posted on Weibo, but I didn't find anything special. All in all, I got nothing."
Xie Yang asked: "Where are the fans who were screened?"
"I have discovered something about this. The fans who started the trend are still in the group. They are very active and their accounts are fine. The only suspicious thing is that they all joined the group between October and November last year. Xie Yang, can I ask what exactly you want to check?"
October to November was the time when Qiu Xing started to customize clothes for him in large quantities.
Xie Yang calmed down, thought for a moment, and decided to tell Qin Cheng about his suspicions.
Qin Cheng's tone immediately became cautious, and he said, "I understand. From now on, I will encrypt all your schedules, and I will also carefully screen the major fan groups."
"Thanks for your hard work."
"It's okay. It's always better to be cautious. By the way, the magazine whose cover you're photographing will be on sale tomorrow. Remember to promote it on Weibo. Or I can help you promote it?"
Xie Yang replied: "It's okay, I can do it myself."
At eight o'clock in the evening, V's official Weibo released a Weibo post to warm up the release of that month's magazine. The Weibo post tagged Li Xiaoyang and posted nine pictures in a row.
In the nine pictures, Xie Yang changed his outfit three times in total: a gray and dark purple retro suit, a bright red devil-style tuxedo, and a black and white contrasting abstinence-style silk shirt with black trousers. Three looks, three different styles. The purple suit is elegant and restrained, the red tuxedo is evil and charming, and the black and white contrast silk shirt is abstinent and cold.
By the time Xie Yang remembered to go on Weibo to promote the magazine at 8:30, the pre-release Weibo post from V had already become popular among excited fans.
What surprised Xie Yang was that among the three outfits, the most popular one among fans was the last one with contrasting colors. The photo of him wearing the shirt and lying on a dark velvet bed sheet received the most likes. The fundamental reason for this phenomenon was...
Xie Yang looked at the first hot comment.
Set sail: Oh shit! Sisters, please look at the eighth picture! In the photo of Yangyang lying down, there is a mole on Yangyang’s waist! It’s still red! So horny! I can do it again!
Bang.
The door was suddenly pushed open with great force. Qiu Xing, who said he was going to the study to handle official business after dinner, stood at the door with a dark face and a mobile phone in his hand. Seeing that Yang turned around, he said angrily, "What are you taking pictures of... I haven't even seen your mole with my own eyes!"
Xie Yang: “…”
It's over, the vinegar jar has been overturned.
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