An hour later, Feng Qinglin rushed to Century at Jie Yang's call.
Xie Yang was eating fruit with Qiu Xing after dinner. When he saw Feng Qinglin coming in, he pointed at Bei Cheng who was sitting obediently on the side and said, "I'm giving you something that you can use against your stepmother. You can use it however you want. Just don't let him get beaten to death by loan sharks."
Bei Cheng immediately looked up: "That's not what you just said."
"The prerequisite for you to get out of the water is that you will not gamble on your own initiative in the future. Now I introduce you to a job that can make you atone for your sins and pay off your loan sharks. Are you still not satisfied? OK, He Zhu, notify Bei Cheng's creditors and ask them to pick him up—"
"No, no, no! I am very satisfied, very satisfied!" Bei Cheng looked at Feng Qinglin and smiled flatteringly, "Well... hello, future boss, I will work hard for you until my death!"
Feng Qinglin: "..."
He looked at Jie Yang and Qiu Xing and asked, "What's going on?"
Qiu Xing frowned: "Where are your manners? Don't you call your elders first when you meet them?"
Feng Qinglin: "...Uncle."
Qiu Xing's expression became a little better, then he held Jie Yang's hand and continued to look at Feng Qinglin.
Feng Qinglin understood, looked at Jie Yang, and opened his mouth.
Xie Yang raised an eyebrow.
"...Mr. Xie."
It was like a re-enactment of a scene during the Chinese New Year.
Qiu Xing's face turned dark and he became angry: "This is the second time. There won't be a third time. Think about it carefully."
Feng Qinglin looked at Jie Yang, struggling and struggling, trying hard again and again, and said: "Uncle...um, uncle..."
Everyone was looking at Feng Qinglin, even Bei Chengdu couldn't help but raise his head to take a peek.
Just when Feng Qinglin was about to suffocate, Xie Yang finally had enough of the fun and said, "Just call me uncle."
Feng Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief. Although the title of uncle is not much better than aunt, at least it doesn't feel as awkward and is not as difficult to say. He immediately said, "Uncle."
Xie Yang smiled: "Good nephew."
Feng Qinglin: "..."
Qiu Xing was reluctantly satisfied and scolded, "What a shame to dawdle like that."
Feng Qinglin accepted the scolding obediently.
Qiu Xing frowned again: "Why are you standing there like an idiot? Have you had lunch? I don't know what you are busy with every day. Your small company——"
"Ah Xing."
Qiu Xing shut up and looked at Jie Yang, his tone much better: "What's wrong?"
Feng Qinglin was choked by the name Jie Yang said, and looked at Jie Yang, his eyes as if he was looking at a warrior.
Xie Yang asked Wu Shui to reorder some dishes, and asked He Jun to take Bei Cheng to another hall. He then asked Feng Qinglin to sit down, and then looked at Qiu Xing and said, "Don't be a nasty elder. Children need encouragement."
Child Feng Qinglin: "..."
Not long after, the waiter brought the dishes again. Feng Qinglin had indeed not had lunch yet, so he didn't hesitate and started eating with his bowl and chopsticks.
Qiu Xing looked at the time and frowned.
"Are you heartbroken?"
Feng Qinglin paused while eating and looked at Qiu Xing. Qiu Xing's expression was gone, and he said coldly: "Why are you feeling sorry? Everyone is like this when they are competing for business. It's nothing to eat late. If you grind a little more now, you won't be so impatient when managing the company in the future."
Xie Yang suppressed his laughter: "Did I say you were sad about something?"
Qiu Xing froze for a moment, then he realized that he was trying to hide something. He couldn't save face, so he changed his sitting position and suddenly glared at Feng Qinglin: "What are you looking at? Eat quickly! No one is taking your food away, look at the way you eat." Then he grabbed Jie Yang's hand and squeezed it as if to punish him.
Xie Yang smiled, poured a glass of juice for Feng Qinglin, pushed it over, and said, "Eat it."
Feng Qinglin looked at Qiu Xing, then at the juice that Jie Yang pushed over to him. His brows, which were always slightly furrowed, slowly relaxed. He thanked him, retracted his gaze and continued eating, this time at a slower pace.
After dinner, the uncle and nephew chatted and exchanged information. Xie Yang learned that Feng Qinglin's business was already very extensive, with investments extending even overseas, and he had also attracted a group of investors from the Feng family.
Xie Yang was very pleased.
Without the influence of Mu Zhouyi's golden finger, Feng Qinglin finally began to slowly play his advantages as the reborn male protagonist. He amassed wealth quickly and fiercely, and he lay dormant perfectly without letting any member of the Feng family notice anything.
Qiu Xing praised Feng Qinglin for a rare moment: "Not bad, you have finally made some progress."
Feng Qinglin glanced at Qiu Xing's expression and said tentatively: "No, there is still a lot I need to learn from my uncle."
Qiu Xing paused, the corner of his mouth curled up, then quickly suppressed it, posing a steady and calm attitude, and advised: "It is actually very risky for you to do this, remember to manage the cash flow... If you have any difficulties, just tell me, even if it's just for your grandmother's sake, I won't really ignore you."
Feng Qinglin suddenly smiled and nodded: "Well, thank you uncle."
Qiu Xing was stunned by Feng Qinglin's laughter, then his expression became much more relaxed, and he said disdainfully: "Why are you being so polite?"
Afterwards, the three of them talked about the situation of the Feng family. Feng Qinglin said, "Feng Qingbai has never risen since he was dismissed from his position in the branch. Now the Feng family is fighting fiercely. Several Feng family grandchildren are trying hard to show their faces in front of Grandpa Feng, and their parents are also trying their best. Feng Dian also wants to fight, but he is not capable, and the sons other than me are too young, so he is trying his best to stir up trouble and get more for himself. Tao Yi wants Feng Dian to fight, and the two of them have been arguing frequently recently."
Qiu Xing sneered: "Dog bites dog."
Xie Yang's attention was on Feng Qinglin's way of addressing the Feng family members, which was no longer full of affection, and he asked, "Do you want to fight?"
"I don't want to." Feng Qinglin's expression was cold and a little cruel. "It would be better if they were all destroyed. Only then can I move my mother's grave out of the Feng family's ancestral graveyard. She shouldn't stay there."
Qiu Xing looked at Feng Qinglin.
Feng Qinglin also looked at Qiu Xing, and suddenly his expression became serious. He said, "Uncle, I'm sorry. I was ignorant before. I have found out everything that happened in the past. I misunderstood you before. I am really sorry."
Qiu Xing slowly relaxed his tightly clenched hands when Feng Qinglin mentioned the relocation of the graves, and after a long while he said, "From now on...be more obedient."
Feng Qinglin nodded heavily.
Xie Yang held Qiu Xing's hand which was on his knee. Qiu Xing immediately grabbed his hand back and slowly interlocked his fingers with his, using great force.
Before leaving Century, Feng Qinglin took the opportunity when Qiu Xing was on the phone to find Jie Yang alone and asked, "How is your uncle's health? If you have concerns, you don't have to go into too much detail. I just want to... can I reveal a little bit?"
"You don't have to be so careful. Your uncle is receiving treatment and the results are very good. There is hope that he will recover." Xie Yang added, "Visit your grandmother more often when you have time. She doesn't have much time left."
Feng Qinglin's expression darkened and he nodded.
…
At midnight on August 1st, Jie Yang’s new album “Second Life” was released simultaneously on the entire network. At the same time, Qiu Xing’s personal Weibo and the official Weibo accounts of Rongding’s various company brands all released information about a new round of lucky draws, indicating that anyone who bought Jie Yang’s album would have the opportunity to win generous prizes.
Weibo seemed to be stuck because of the start of this new round of lucky draws and the release of "Second Life". Countless fans and professional music critics wait for midnight, and then buy the album as soon as it arrives.
Xie Yang was awakened by a rustling sound. He opened his eyes in a daze and saw that Qiu Xing, who always liked to sleep facing him, was now facing away from him, with a white light shining in front of him.
He slowly woke up, looked at Qiu Xing's back for a few seconds, then suddenly stood up, pounced on Qiu Xing, and held down Qiu Xing's hand.
Qiu Xing was unable to react in time and was caught red-handed. He turned his head to face Jie Yang.
“…”
“…”
Xie Yang narrowed his eyes: "Staying up late?"
"..." Qiu Xing tried to hide his phone, "I just woke up and checked the time on my phone."
"Really?" Xie Yang pressed Qiu Xing's hand harder. "I thought you were too excited to sleep because my new album was about to be released, so you got up in the middle of the night to secretly read the fans' feedback."
Qiu Xing froze, then sneered: "Why would I do such a thing? It's not like I haven't heard your new album. The quality and fans' feedback are so bad, how could it be bad?"
"So you want to see how everyone praises me?"
"...Go to sleep." Qiu Xing suddenly turned sideways and pushed Jie Yang back onto the bed, covered him with a blanket, and shielded his eyes. "Go to sleep quickly. Don't you have work tomorrow?"
Xie Yang laughed.
Qiu Xing was so angry that he covered Li Yang's eyes with one hand and used the other hand to support his body. He simply leaned over and kissed Li Yang.
Xie Yang stopped laughing, raised his hand and grabbed a handful of Qiu Xing's hair. After Qiu Xing stepped back, he pulled Qiu Xing's hand down, showed him the hair that he had pulled out from between his fingers, and asked, "Do you think you're growing bald too slowly?"
"..." Qiu Xing's expression changed, and he leaned closer to Jie Yang.
After all this commotion, neither of them was sleepy anymore. Xie Yang stopped teasing Qiu Xing, sat up and turned on the light, took out the tablet from the bedside table, and leaned against Qiu Xing to look at the album sales status.
"It seems pretty good?"
Qiu Xing snorted, "Of course it's good."
Jie Yang found it funny, so he picked a more lyrical song from the new album and clicked to play it, then he and Qiu Xing looked through the album sales and fan reviews on major music platforms.
Songs take time to listen to, and public feedback doesn’t come that quickly. After looking through the album sales, the two of them had some free time.
Qiu Xing suddenly pointed to one of the album's main songs, "Ashes," and asked, "How did you come up with the idea of writing a song like this?"
Second life, two lives, Xie Yang's new album was produced according to this theme. There are ten songs in total, four of which are about the previous life, four are about this life, and the remaining two are a combination of the two to sublimate the theme. "Ashes" is the main track representing the previous life, and its tone is very dark.
Xie Yang looked at the tablet screen.
"Ashes" began to play, and the depressing and sad prelude sounded, instantly clearing out the originally warm and relaxing atmosphere in the room.
Xie Yang smiled and pointed at Ashes: “Before I met you.”
Then I cut off this song and chose the main track "Prosperity" that represents this life and started playing it. I watched Qiu Xing: "After I met you."
The bright, gorgeous and rhythmic violin prelude sounded, quickly restoring the dispersed warm atmosphere and then raising it high.
Qiu Xing and Jie Yang looked at each other, and Qiu Xing suddenly reached out to turn off the tablet and pushed Jie Yang onto the bed.
…
At 8 a.m. on August 1st, when most people were starting a new day, the official Weibo account of the "All Walks of Life" program took advantage of the popularity of Jie Yang's new album and released a preview video for the new episode.
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