Chapter 23 Love Rival (Part 2)
"Sister Ling? Zhao Ling?"
"Yeah, look over there, that's the one wearing the white winter dress."
Cheng Fei followed the direction Li Baiyu pointed and found that his gaze indeed coincided with Lin Qiyuan's.
Sitting there was a girl wearing a white dress, with long flowing hair, and a bit of fairy-like air. She really didn't look like a workplace witch.
However, sitting almost at the same seat as hers was Zhou Yang, an old acquaintance of his and Lin Qiyuan's, the young nanny who was staying at Lin Qiyuan's house.
Zhou Yang was sitting with a strange man wearing a blue sweatshirt. The two looked very intimate. The stranger hooked his arm around Zhou Yang's shoulder and patted his back lightly. He also used his other hand to hold his hand. They looked closer than real brothers.
The workplace scoundrel was no less savvy. The handsome man sitting opposite her seemed to have told a joke that had the girl in white laughing. The man took this opportunity to grab the girl's hand, and the two of them looked at each other with a look of affection.
So, which couple is Lin Qiyuan looking at?
Feeling his phone vibrate, Cheng Fei picked it up and opened it. It was Li Baiyu sending him a WeChat message: What should I do? I saw my boss break up. Will he be silenced?
“…”
[Cheng Fei: What is going on with Zhao Ling?]
Li Baiyu: Needless to say, the boss must have a crush on her. She's beautiful and capable, who wouldn't like her? I mean, the boss signed her personally, without any help from anyone else!
Cheng Fei: Is this true or false?
Li Baiyu: It's true. When the boss first fell in love with Sister Ling, he announced in the CEO's office that he would personally sign her. We all had the wrong idea at the time. There's been no movement in the past two years, and we all thought we were overthinking it. Surprisingly, it turns out we weren't thinking enough. Boss Lin is still the reserved type, secretly in love with her without taking any action.
Li Baiyu typed very quickly, and his fingers tapping on the phone made a slight "clicking" sound. Lin Qiyuan was annoyed by what he heard, and glanced at him sharply, scaring him so much that he almost threw the phone away.
It's terrible to lose love with Dogecoin.
Cheng Fei observed the two couples in the coffee shop across the street while thinking about Lin Qiyuan's abnormality.
The little boy Zhou Yang must have come here by chance. Lin Qiyuan must have been looking at Zhao Ling and her husband, which is why his expression was wrong.
The two have known each other for more than 30 years, and Lin Qiyuan is still certain of his sexual orientation. All the boys who confessed to him in the past were convinced by him. Although he was not very polite to the girls who confessed their love, those were all normal reactions of straight men. Compared with the "ruthless autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves" treatment to boys, his treatment was actually heaven.
Moreover, Lin Qiyuan had long been in charge of the company's personnel recruitment, and he actually signed Zhao Ling personally. He must have had a special impression of Zhao Ling. In other words, he definitely had some ulterior motive.
But why no action was taken? This is totally unlike the style of the old Dogecoin, and it is also the only question at present.
However, this small loophole did not affect the solving of the case at all, and Cheng Fei felt that he had got the truth.
Unexpectedly, Lin Qiyuan likes a girl who looks fairy-like but is fierce at heart.
Unfortunately, the beautiful flower already has an owner, so it depends on whether I am allowed to loosen the soil.
He was very hesitant about whether to tell Lin's mother about this. Once he told Lin's mother, she would definitely help loosen the soil herself.
A bit immoral, ugh, what a headache.
"Let's go!"
"Ah? Where are you going?" Cheng Fei was still pulling his hair in worry, and asked subconsciously when he heard Lin Qiyuan's voice.
"Go home!" Lin Qiyuan's voice was a little hoarse and his face was a little gloomy.
Cheng Fei took a look and saw that, as expected, both couples in the coffee shop opposite had left.
After a breakup, it's understandable that you have a bad temper.
He stopped adding fuel to the fire and sent a text message to Zhou Yang: Your brother Lin has broken up, be careful.
*
Zhou Yang and Yun Ge had a very pleasant conversation. They finalized the details of the cooperation and signed the contract two days later.
Although the weather had turned from sunny to cloudy, Zhou Yang was in a good mood. He started looking up studio locations and housing options on the bus.
Just one stop later, Zhou Yang received a text message from Dr. Cheng.
Broken heart?
No wonder I had a gloomy face the whole time yesterday. It turns out that in addition to facing troubles at home, I also had a broken heart.
During the days Zhou Yang lived in Lin's house, he never saw him call or video chat with his girlfriend, so he tended to think that the person he had a crush on was married or had a boyfriend.
After all, at this age, most people who are still unmarried either think they are gay or have someone in their heart. They are too socially anxious to fight for their loved ones, so they are still single, which is lamentable.
Considering that the other party came from dozens of miles away to share chocolate with him, Zhou Yang would not sit idly by. It was only natural for him to be a caring older brother.
If everything goes well, they can move out in half a month, and he can also think about saying goodbye to Lin Qiyuan.
So in the next half month, he wants to help Lin Qiyuan get out of the shadow of a broken heart.
When he returned home, the lights upstairs were on, and Zhou Yang naturally assumed that Lin Qiyuan had not left the house.
He took a hot shower and when he came out, his phone was on.
It’s Qi Dongdong.
A caring WeChat message: Yangyang, have you checked the weather forecast? It’s been a rare thunderstorm in late autumn in S City in the past few days. It’s expected to thunder at night. What are you going to do?
Zhou Yang’s nightmare is the fear of thunder.
Although it's quite unmanly, this is a shortcoming that he has been unable to overcome since he was a child.
When he was very young, his parents were busy with work and often left him alone at home.
On a day with thunder and lightning, the nanny had to go home for something. He spent a terrible night in the empty house, covering his ears.
Whenever he hears thunder, he trembles uncontrollably and becomes terrified, unless someone is in the same room with him. Whether this is a conditioned reflex or a mental illness, Zhou has seen many doctors, including a psychiatrist, but nothing has helped.
When he was home, during thunderstorms, he would either sleep with the driver or with Qi Dongdong. Country Y almost never thundered, and on the rare occasions when there was lightning and thunder, Zhou Yang would spend the entire night at a 24-hour convenience store.
Zhou Yang calculated the distance from Bayview Court to the nearest 24-hour restaurant or convenience store in his mind and silently gave up the idea.
Or, how about sleeping on the floor at Brother Lin's place?
The other party shouldn’t think that I’m being a hooligan, right?
Definitely not. At best, I will look down on him. We are both men and his sexual orientation is perfectly normal.
The weather forecast in the big city is always accurate. By dinner time, there was already faint thunder in the sky.
Moreover, this thunder is showing a tendency to become bigger and bigger.
Today was a little special. Lin Qiyuan did not follow the smell of food and walked down by himself, but waited for me to call someone.
The other person's eyes seemed to be covered with mist, staring at him darkly, making him feel guilty and reflect whether he had done something wrong.
However, with Dr. Cheng's advice, Zhou Yang knew the real reason why Lin Qiyuan was unhappy and would not take the blame on himself.
There was an unusual silence at the dinner table. Although the two of them were silent most of the time before, Zhou Yang always felt that this silence was different from the past, but he couldn't tell exactly what was different.
Maybe, more depressing.
It is true that men who have suffered a breakup are scary, and men who suffer from social anxiety due to a breakup are even scarier.
"Brother, I made your most delicious... fried lamb with coriander." Zhou Yang broke the silence at the dinner table with a stiff upper lip.
Cheng Fei never forgets to trick Lin Qiyuan. When sending a text message to Zhou Yang, he emphasized Lin Qiyuan's favorite food three times, making Zhou Yang feel that if he didn't make this dish, he would be unsympathetic to the heartbroken person.
Mutton and coriander are the two foods that Lin Qiyuan hates the most, there is no third one, but now he has both.
Lin Qiyuan looked at the lamb and coriander dish with disgust, then put his chopsticks into the scrambled eggs with tomatoes next to it.
Seeing how sad she was, she couldn't even swallow her favorite dishes. Zhou Yang felt a little distressed and thought that the girl must be blind.
He just couldn't believe it. Wasn't Lin Qiyuan more handsome than his rival? Wasn't his family richer than his rival's? Wasn't he more considerate than his rival for traveling dozens of miles to bring chocolates to his friends?
It's just a minor flaw of social phobia, but it is said that this problem can be overcome with gradual guidance. Lin Qiyuan's condition is obviously getting better and better, and he is completely different from his friend back then.
"Brother, I accidentally spilled water on the bed and it's all wet. Can I...sleep on the floor in your room?"
Lin Qiyuan glanced at him, as if evaluating whether what he said was true or false.
After a while, he finally responded, "There are quilts and mattresses in the guest room, so you don't have to sleep on the floor."
"Then we still have to wash and dry it. That's too troublesome." Zhou Yang had long expected Lin Qiyuan to answer like this. This answer lingered in his mind for a long time and almost came out of his mouth.
Lin Qi originally wanted to say that the quilt and mattress had just been washed by the aunt before she left, so they could be used directly, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his mind and said, "Whatever you want."
"Ah?" That's it?
Zhou Yang had imagined countless reasons for Lin Qiyuan to refuse, and he had thought of the most perfect way to refute each one. He never expected that he could achieve his goal with just one sentence.
After dinner, the thunder became louder and louder. Zhou Yang trotted to put the dishes into the dishwasher, then ran out quickly, not wanting to stay in the empty kitchen for even a second.
At about seven o'clock, Zhou Yang received a text message from Tomato Video, urging him to start broadcasting.
In the past two days, Zhou Yang has not started live streaming due to harassment from fans with the ID "I Love Erlang Shenjing". Newly signed anchors have to live stream for a certain period of time every day before they can withdraw the money at the end of the month. Fortunately, the platform is still quite humane, and the customer service will urge him and remind him how much time is left.
There is no escape today.
Seeing Lin Qiyuan sending emails on the sofa, Zhou Yang sat down with his mobile phone.
I opened the video APP, logged in to my account, and started the live broadcast room. After just one minute, more than a dozen fans came in one after another.
[Why didn’t Crazy Dad live broadcast these two days?]
[Love God CP fans report, "I love Erlang Shenjing why hasn't it been launched yet]
[I heard that Erlang Shenjing is a domineering CEO, so it’s inevitable that he will work overtime and hold meetings.]
If he really is the president, Zhou Yang would hope that his meeting would last longer, or even better, that he would never come again.
It's too psychologically stressful.
[The overbearing CEO's little anchor, this CP is really good]
I think your statements are a bit absolute. It's still unclear who the domineering CEO is. The host's family must be very wealthy. Look at the sofa in the background. Based on my grandfather's grandfather's profession, I bet it's definitely genuine leather. These people buy sets of this kind, and a complete set costs almost a million.
[A sofa costs millions, poverty limits my imagination]
[I want to ask the above: what is your grandfather's grandfather's occupation?]
Oh, my grandfather’s grandfather made furniture.
【……】
Seeing that everyone was asking about his real family situation, Zhou Yang quickly explained, "This is not my home. I live at a friend's house."
If Zhou Yang was careful enough, he would have noticed that the book Lin Qiyuan had opened after dinner was still on page 65, without moving.
Lin Qiyuan glanced at Zhou Yang and saw that he had opened the Tomato Video. He immediately straightened his back slightly so that he could see the other person's actions more clearly. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the comments clearly.
It would be great if scientists could invent glasses that could redirect vision.
Lin Qiyuan tilted his head, but found he still couldn't see. Resignedly, he put down his book, picked up his phone, and muted the volume before opening Zhou Yang's live broadcast room.
"You don't read anymore?"
Lin Qiyuan was just about to check out what the comments were saying when he was startled by Zhou Yang's sudden voice and almost dropped his phone.
"Well, I won't watch it anymore."
[Who is the anchor talking to? Your rich friend? ]
[What kind of rich friend? How can there be such a classy rich friend? They should be called wealthy people.]
The anchor is actually living in a wealthy friend's house, entering the house, how can they be just ordinary friends? Why can't I have two more friends like this?
[You want two more? I only want one.]
[The host's friend's voice is so cool and sexy, it matches the host's voice very well]
[Um, I might be sorry for the fans of the Cupid CP. I want to support a new CP, a cold landlord and a quiet tenant. Emma, I can’t bear the thought of asking.]
[I really can't stand your ugly way of putting sugar in shit all the time, but it smells so good]
How about the host and his friend show their faces together so we can see if they are a good match?
"Ahem, the topic of our live broadcast today is designing game characters..."
Seeing that the fans were talking more and more outrageous and kept teasing him and Lin Qiyuan, Zhou Yang tilted his phone slightly, afraid that the other party would see it, and forcibly changed the subject.
However, Lin Qiyuan was concentrating on his mobile phone with a mysterious smile in his eyes, and he probably didn't notice this at all.
The fans' attention was finally diverted, and Zhou Yang just breathed a sigh of relief when the live broadcast room prompted "I love Erlang Shenjing online."
"I love Erlang Shenjing" is equivalent to the VVIP of the live broadcast room. Once it appears in the live broadcast room, it will automatically remind the anchor.
Lin Qiyuan: “…”
Haven't the streamer harassers been dealt with? What the hell are these idiots doing?
"I love Erlang Shenjing" used the clear screen function as soon as it went online, and then started commenting. It seemed that he wanted to confess to Zhou Yang for a full five minutes.
Zhou Yang looked at the screen full of "I love you" and really wanted to crawl into the ground and never come out.
“I want some water!”
Perhaps because he was used to taking care of Lin Qiyuan, Zhou Yang subconsciously replied, "Okay!"
Then he got up and ran to the tea room.
After Zhou Yang brought him some water, Lin Qiyuan didn't give him any time to rest: "I want to eat a banana."
"OK!"
This time Zhou Yang agreed more readily. In the past, the fruits that Lin Qiyuan wanted to eat all needed to be peeled, which was not as easy as bananas!
Lin Qiyuan looked at the screen in the live broadcast room and found it was blank. There was no more nonsense like confession.
Manager Wang from the Longcheng Film and Television Technical Department is a game fanatic who loves to collect various mini-games. It was a friend who recommended Zhou Yang's live broadcast room to him.
Then he seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.
Click on the "I'm so happy without a boss" group chat.
【Wang Ermazi: Picture/Picture】
Wang Ermazi: Does this look like the sofa in Mr. Lin's house?
【Wang Ermazi: Share audio】
Wang Ermazi: Listen to these two sentences. Do they sound like General Lin’s voice?
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