Chapter 3
This familiar name was clearly written on the business card.
“…Tutu.”
Lian Yu stared at the person on the bed in silence for a while, and finally called out the system.
"I'm done."
[Um? ]
Tutu seemed to have just woken up and didn't quite understand what Lian Yu meant.
"This person is the protagonist."
The air froze, and the man and the system sat there in silence.
After a long pause, Tutu finally spoke tentatively: "Do you need me to check the protagonist's resentment level? Maybe it's not as serious as you think, Xiaoyu."
Lian Yu agreed. After all, Qin Yi was so proactive last night, and he didn't look like he hated him at all.
But after Tutu reported that extremely high number, Lian Yu fell silent again.
"99... out of 750, right?"
[…No.]
“…”
Then, Lian Yu ran away.
In the office, Lian Yu sat at the table in a daze.
Three days have passed, and Qin Yi has never come to see him during this time, as if what happened that night had never happened.
Although it was indeed Qin Yi who took the initiative to invite him that night, one could guess from the hatred value that it was just a choice Qin Yi had to make in order to stabilize the funding.
After careful calculation, today is the day when the funding contract is signed in the plot. Lian Yu once again sighed that it was fortunate that he had anticipated it and given the meeting task to Lian Yang.
At this time, there was a commotion outside the office.
Just as he was about to get up to check the situation, the wound on Lian Yu's shoulder was suddenly pulled.
He gasped and sat back down.
It was all his fault because he was in a hurry to run away that day and was discharged from the hospital before he had stayed there long enough. Now, he is getting his comeuppance.
Before Lian Yu could finish his sigh, the door was suddenly kicked open.
Bang!
The funding contract slammed down on the table, creating a commotion.
Lian Yu lowered his eyes, moving his gaze from Lian Yang's angry face to the elegant signature in regular script on the corner of the contract.
"You forced him, didn't you?"
Lian Yang slammed his hands on the table, his knuckles turning white. "I was wondering how you could possibly be so kind as to support the Omega Orphanage. Turns out you have ulterior motives. I should have known this a long time ago!"
Lian Yu admitted silently.
"You!" Lian Yang reached out to grab Lian Yu's collar.
Lian Yu raised his eyes. His gaze was so calm that Lian Yang stopped moving in shock.
"What happened that night was indeed unexpected. But don't worry, I won't get close to Qin Yi again. You can go and comfort him."
"I?"
Lian Yang's facial features froze:
"Of course I won't just stand by and watch Brother Qin Yi lose his mind all day, but why do you say that so strangely?"
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, interrupting their conversation.
After getting the consent, the door opened.
"Mr. Lian."
The secretary was followed by two people, one big and one small.
"Brother Qin!"
Lian Yang exclaimed, obviously not expecting Qin Yi to appear here at this time.
Qin Yi held Xiao Shan's hand and stood in front of Lian Yu. Seeing Lian Yu looking at him, he gently pushed Xiao Shan's back.
Xiao Shan took a step forward obediently and called out crisply:
"Hello, Uncle Lian."
Lian Yu's eyebrows jumped.
He has traveled through the world and seen all kinds of scripts.
In this situation, he suddenly had a vision of the bottom who had been dribbling the ball for many years appearing in front of the president with a genius prodigy. The next chapter would be about tearing the scumbag apart with bare hands.
Lian Yu always felt a little guilty.
He touched his nose, quickly composed himself, and returned to his usual cold and distant self.
"Hello," Lian Yu nodded without any emotion.
Xiao Shan looked at Qin Yi helplessly.
"Hey! What's with your attitude?" Lian Yang was eager to defend himself again. "The girl is saying hello to you!"
"It doesn't matter."
Qin Yi shook his head and smiled softly at Lian Yu.
"Xiaoshan and I came to bother you today because we wanted to thank you, sir. The person who attacked Xiaoshan has been caught. Under normal circumstances, this matter would probably have been left unresolved."
Hearing this, Lian Yang's eyes widened.
Hey, isn’t it just to lower the resentment value?
Lian Yu looked away and said coldly, "It's nothing, just a word."
Lian Yang's eyes, which had been wide open, suddenly narrowed and the corners of his lips twitched.
"Yeah, I know."
Qin Yi looked at Lian Yu with a smile on his face.
"Know what?"
Lian Yu frowned and began to think seriously.
Except for himself, everyone in the room choked.
Seeing that the adults stopped talking, Xiao Shan looked around and suddenly started running.
"Uncle Lian."
A thin envelope was handed to Lian Yu. Although it was an envelope, it was just a piece of white paper folded into three parts. There were a few little people drawn on the cover. The little people were smiling and standing in a circle, as if they were attending a party.
"We're having a celebration this weekend. Can you come and join us, uncle?"
It turned out to be an invitation.
Lian Yu's gaze fell on the childish little figures in the painting. He saw them huddled together affectionately, holding hands, and listened to them singing silently and dancing on the paper.
Lian Yu stretched out his hand.
But the hand turned in the air and landed on the top of Xiaoshan's hair.
"Thank you for your invitation, but uncle is very busy that day, sorry."
Xiao Shan lowered his hand holding the letter and nodded dejectedly.
"Why not?"
Lian Yang hadn't finished his question when Lian Yu interrupted him: "From now on, all matters related to funding will be entirely your responsibility. No decisions will need to go through me."
After saying that, Lian Yu picked up a document and looked at it, clearly intending to drive the customer away.
"Get out."
The air was silent, and then two footsteps sounded, moving away, and finally disappearing behind the closed door.
There was another person in the room.
Knowing that Lian Yang wouldn't leave so willingly, Lian Yu frowned, raised his head, and said helplessly, "I told you—"
The continuous rain stopped.
Qin Yi looked at him, tears welling up in his eyes.
The young man's face was pale, and his once beautiful lips had lost their color.
"Sir, am I not satisfying you?"
?
Lian Yu's thoughts went blank for a moment.
But after all, he was a man who had seen the world. After a brief moment of confusion, Lian Yu started thinking quickly.
A few seconds later, he pulled a check from his inside suit pocket.
Now it was Qin's turn to be stunned.
When Qin Yi spoke again, his voice was trembling, and his obsidian eyes stared at Lian Yu:
"You think this is what I want?"
Lian Yu took back the check hesitantly, and then added a "0" to the last digit.
"So?"
Lian Yu looked at Qin Yi tentatively.
Qin Yi's breathing suddenly became rapid.
"What's this?"
Qin Yi grabbed the check, clenched his fist tightly, and a vein bulged on his forehead.
"Hush money? Selling yourself for money?"
Lian Yu didn't know how to answer, so he remained silent.
Qin Yi frowned as if he was about to cry.
"I..." Lian Yu was thinking about whether to say something comforting, but she saw Qin Yi take a deep breath and hold back her tears.
Qin Yi suddenly raised his hand and pressed the check against Lian Yu's chest.
Beneath the fingertips is Lian Yu's beating heart.
"If you want to know the reason for this check, I want you to come and tell me in person this weekend."
Lian Yu was stunned.
When the check slowly floated down from his chest and landed next to his shiny black leather shoes, Lian Yu finally came to his senses. Qin Yi had already disappeared behind the door.
Sunday morning.
The car was driving steadily towards the designated destination.
Lian Yu stared at the check in a daze.
[What is Xiaoyu thinking about?]
Inside my head, Tutu asked, shaking his electronic ears.
Lian Yu blinked, and his vision slowly focused.
"I thought that as long as I didn't take the initiative to appear in front of the protagonist, the subsequent plot would not happen. But obviously Qin Yi still misunderstood me. He thought I was that kind of person, so he was willing to sacrifice himself to me for the orphanage."
Thinking of Qin Yi's anger and tears at that time, Lian Yu paused for a moment before continuing: "If this continues, can I really stop Qin Yi from turning evil? Can the mission really succeed?"
Sensing Lian Yu's worry, Tutu comforted her:
[Don't worry too much, Xiaoyu! As long as you don't trigger the blackening point, the chances of the mission succeeding are still very high!]
The darkening point is the key plot point that causes the protagonist's resentment to finally explode. In this world, it corresponds to the plot point where the protagonist is forcibly pushed onto the operating table.
"Thank you."
Lian Yu closed his eyes and suppressed all his emotions.
Tutu looked at him for a moment, then tilted his head:
[Why does Xiaoyu want to retire so much?]
“It would be strange if you didn’t want to retire!”
Lian Yu sat up suddenly, and it was not until he saw the driver's terrified gaze reflected in the rearview mirror that he realized he had been too excited.
Lian Yu cleared his throat and leaned back in the leather chair: "Because after retirement, you can die."
Tutu's head tilted even more.
[Die, why? Does Xiaoyu want to die?]
Lian Yu was silent for a moment, his eyes lowered:
"You... don't feel lonely?"
There are so many worlds in the universe, but you belong to none of them. You travel through the destinies of others, but no one participates in your destiny.
Isn’t it very lonely?
After retirement, when he is no longer an immortal employee of the Time Management Bureau, and when his stagnant life can flow again, he only needs to find a place to slowly wait for death and finally get rid of loneliness.
"Forget it," Lian Yu chuckled to himself, "The electronic bunny doesn't need to understand this."
Tutu's bright red mechanical eyes flickered.
Unaware of Tutu's abnormality, Lian Yu sighed to himself, staring at the hot potato-like check in his hand and muttering, "How should I answer him?"
[Let me analyze this.]
Tu Tu moves your ears:
If you want to prevent the protagonist from turning evil, Xiaoyu, you can't be such a scumbag anymore. So, the key to not being a scumbag is...
A flash of inspiration struck Lian Yu, and he slapped his thigh:
“It’s sincerity!”
"Mr. Lian."
The driver spoke up at this time and reminded:
"We're here."
The car slowly stopped and Lian Yu turned his head to look out the window.
In front of me is a warm courtyard with flowers planted under the fence. Clusters of round flower buds huddled together, supporting the childish graffiti on the wide wooden fence.
Sunshine Home.
Lian Yu silently read the words on the door.
While he was looking at everything in front of the door, the driver had already cleverly walked around to the back seat and opened the door for him.
The arrow is on the string and has to be shot, so, good!
Lian Yu encouraged himself in his heart.
Sincerity is the only surefire way!
“A car is coming!”
The excited shouts of the children passed through the air a few meters away and fell into Lian Yu's ears. Soon, one, two, three - a group of furry little heads popped out from behind the gate, looking around curiously and vigilantly.
"It's Uncle Lian!"
Xiao Shan's eyes lit up and her little face turned red.
"Uncle Lian?"
"Uncle Lian!"
The other children didn't know whether they really knew Lian Yu or were just joining in the fun, but they all started shouting too, like a nest of chirping sparrows.
Lian Yu was stunned by the enthusiastic welcome ceremony for a moment, and the momentum he had finally mustered weakened.
"Wait..." He struggled to say something, but was drowned out by the children's shouting.
"Uncle Lian, are you here to play with us?"
"Uncle Lian, you're so tall, can you catch the sun?"
"Uncle Lian..."
Lian Yu took a step back in horror, but suddenly caught a glimpse of bright white behind the door.
Qin Yi was seen leaning against the door, the spring breeze filling his snow-white shirt, and the bright sunlight spreading around him, gently as if existing in memories.
There was an emotion in those beautiful eyes that Lian Yu couldn't understand.
Lian Yu hesitated and wanted to call for help, but always felt a little spineless.
The sound of "Uncle Lian" continued to echo in his ears. A little kid was even climbing onto Lian Yu, poking at his hair that he had specially styled early in the morning and asking:
"Is Uncle Lian born this hard? Why isn't mine?"
Lian Yu finally couldn't stand it anymore: "Qin, Teacher Qin!"
"Okay."
Qin Yi approached gently, but his movements were unmistakable. He took the curious child away from Lian Yu and scratched the child's face.
"Uncle Lian is mine now."
Lian Yu pursed her lips.
"Qin Yi." he shouted.
The young man who was called happened to send the last child back to the room. Qin Yi stood up and looked at him.
Lian Yu knew that the other party was waiting for that answer.
"You asked me the reason why I gave you the check the other day."
The rain stopped for a while, and I kept repeating in my heart: Sincerity, sincerity, sincerity.
He looked at Qin Yi: "Because I forced you, I want to compensate you. I don't mean to insult you with money, so..."
"force?"
Qin gritted his teeth and laughed angrily.
"Then why do you think I spent that night with you?"
At this time, the distance between the two was very close.
The feeling of oppression suddenly became stronger, and Lian Yu inexplicably felt the urge to escape.
[Light rain!]
Tutu cheered him up:
[What is the core of not being a scumbag?!]
It’s sincere!
Having made up his mind, Lian Yu took a deep breath and spoke.
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