As Sun Jinren finished speaking, the system prompt sounded: [The story begins. 】
Song Xuanhe turned his head suddenly, with such a large amplitude that Sun Jinren, who was forcing a flattering smile, was stunned for a moment, so that they did not notice the emotion that Xiao Yuanmu had just revealed.
"This..." Sun Jinren's eyes narrowed into slits and rolled around. His gaze moved from Xiao Yuanmu, who had his eyes downcast and no emotion could be seen, to Song Xuanhe's face, who had his lips tightly pursed and a cold expression. The words he wanted to say were suddenly stuck in his throat. His intuition told him that this was not a good time to speak.
However, the gazes following him like a shadow forced him to proceed according to the plan. He rubbed his hands nervously, cursing in his heart what was going on. Then, he regretted offending Xiao Yuanmu countless times and regretted it again. Then, he said with his stomach tucked in: "It's like this, Second Young Master, I came to discuss something with you."
Song Xuanhe had a stern face, and his cold gaze was like a knife, cutting into Sun Jinren's face again and again.
"What's up?"
Hearing that the Second Young Master Song was overbearing and arrogant, and that he didn't care about Xiao Yuanmu at all as the rumors said, Sun Jinren felt that asking him for someone was no different from provoking him.
Even if Song Qiyi said that Song Xuanhe could not possibly inherit the Song family, he was now one of the heirs of the Song family who was clearly listed on the table. Before the company changed hands, he had to smile apologetically when he saw him. Now he has no confidence at all, and dare not offend him, not to mention the addition of Xiao Yuanmu, whose background he has no idea of.
Sun Jinren complained bitterly. Although he was very tempted when Song Qiyi asked him to take part in this matter, he was still wary of the Song family and Xiao Yuanmu. However, in addition to Song Qiyi's reward that was difficult for him to refuse, there was also someone he was even more afraid to offend who secretly told him to do as Song Qiyi said.
If he chose to accept it, he could get his company back with the help of Song Qiyi and follow the orders of the mysterious man. Moreover, if the company had not changed hands, Sun Jinren believed that he would cooperate with Song Qiyi to take down Xiao Yuanmu according to the previous plan. After all, Xiao Yuanmu was indeed a top-notch person, so no matter how much he was afraid of Xiao Yuanmu, he had to do it.
Sun Jinren, who had both the desire and courage to do it before, now has lost all of his desire and courage, but he is still conscientiously following the path he was supposed to take.
Sun Jinren glanced at Xiao Yuanmu inconspicuously, took a step towards Song Xuanhe, and said in a low voice: "I want to talk to you alone."
Song Xuanhe's eyes were sharp and his tone was cold and arrogant: "What is it that requires me to talk to you alone, Boss Sun? I don't think we are familiar enough to talk alone."
Hearing this, Xiao Yuanmu looked up in surprise. In his memory, Song Xuanhe did not say this sentence at this time.
The system also reminded Song Xuanhe: [Now is the key plot that will promote the development of Xiao Yuanmu's life. You'd better follow the lines to complete the plot. 】
As if he didn't hear what the system said, Song Xuanhe's expression remained unchanged. He just looked at Sun Jinren coldly, waiting to see how he would answer.
Sun Jinren's shrunken stomach shrank even tighter. Even though he was dissatisfied with Song Xuanhe's impolite tone towards him, he didn't dare to say anything more. He just continued to smile and said, "It's just that what I said to you is not suitable for others to hear. If you don't want to talk alone, we can also talk like this."
Hearing that Sun Jinren indeed said something different from the plot because of his interruption, Song Xuanhe's eyes flickered and asked, "What if I don't want to talk to you?"
Sun Jinren licked his dry mouth awkwardly, and swallowed his saliva awkwardly. After a long while, he said, "Second Young Master, I am really talking to you with sincerity, and I will never let you suffer any loss."
Song Xuanhe returned to the original plot lines, and Sun Jinren's next words also returned to the original plot without any abruptness to answer his line.
Once again realizing the irresistibility of the main plot of this world, especially the key plot, Song Xuanhe's eyes dimmed slightly. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Xiao Yuanmu, only to find that his eyes were always on him.
Their eyes met, Song Xuanhe could not see any message in his calm eyes.
Song Xuanhe suddenly realized that Xiao Yuanmu who was reborn early was not the same as Xiao Yuanmu before his rebirth. Even if Xiao Yuanmu before his rebirth disguised himself with a cold expression, he would occasionally reveal his fragility and loneliness. But the Xiao Yuanmu after his rebirth could not find out anything that he didn't want him to know or any emotions that he didn't want him to see.
He had noticed something strange about Xiao Yuanmu before, not only because he had an extraordinary intuition since he was a child, but also because Xiao Yuanmu did not deliberately disguise himself as himself before his rebirth. Even so, he did not dare to really confirm that something was wrong with Xiao Yuanmu until a few days ago.
So, what kind of emotions are hidden beneath such a pair of calm eyes.
Song Xuanhe bent his fingertips on the sofa and lightly scratched the not-so-delicate textile fabric sofa with his nails. The friction sound between his fingers and the sofa was so light that it was almost negligible, but it echoed clearly in Song Xuanhe's ears.
Xiao Yuanmu paused and looked down at Song Xuan's fair and slender fingers. His nails were trimmed very neatly, with beautiful ovals covering the fingertips, slightly pink, healthy but not feminine. These were a pair of very handsome boys' hands.
At this moment, his nails were gently digging into the sofa cushion. Xiao Yuanmu knew that this was a small movement he would make when he was uneasy, anxious or guilty.
For example, in the memory before his rebirth, he overturned the food on the table without any warning, and that rainy night when he was ordered to buy porridge in a domineering manner.
Xiao Yuanmu moved his head upwards and looked into Song Xuanhe's clear eyes. His emotions were very obvious, and his impatience and irritability were reflected on his face. But even so, Xiao Yuanmu knew very well that Song Xuanhe's pair of eyes, which seemed so clear that one could see through them at a glance, could hide all the emotions he really wanted to hide.
He was very curious about what was going on in Song Xuanhe's mind that made these extremely deceptive eyes so contradictory and mysterious.
Seeing that Song Xuanhe didn't answer for a long time, Sun Jinren turned to look at Xiao Yuanmu. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He licked his dry mouth again and called carefully: "Second Young Master?"
Song Xuanhe's eyes moved slightly and he moved his gaze to Sun Jinren, but he didn't say anything, waiting for him to continue.
Because in the plot, after Sun Jinren finished his previous sentence, he quickly continued with the next sentence, and Song Xuanhe didn't need to speak.
When Song Xuanhe turned his head, Xiao Yuanmu finally shifted his gaze away from Song Xuanhe and looked at Sun Jinren.
Sun Jinren suddenly faced the gazes of two people, one was cold and impatient, and the other was calm and unpredictable, which made him swallow back the words he was about to say. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he didn't say anything after thinking for a long time.
However, he didn't speak, and Song Xuanhe had no intention of speaking either.
The three of them just stared at each other in a stalemate, causing the atmosphere in this corner to gradually become stagnant.
"I... want to discuss something with you." Sun Jinren finally said.
Song Xuanhe glared at him coldly: "You have said this three times."
Sun Jinren swallowed his saliva, looked at Xiao Yuanmu carefully, and said, "I heard that you are in charge of the marketing department. I wonder if you are interested in cooperating with Lola Company."
“I can help you. As long as you get this big order from Laura, you will have more cards to inherit the Song family in the future.”
Song Xuanhe sneered. Although it was a line, it was very sincere: "I am not interested in inheriting the family business. If you want to tell me this, then you can leave now."
"Of course not only that." Sun Jinren took out his phone, then looked at Xiao Yuanmu again before saying, "I want to show you something else. I believe you will be very interested, but this thing can only be shown to you alone."
"Then I won't watch it."
Song Xuanhe's face was cold and he showed no interest at all.
Sun Jinren opened his phone, and his previously nervous expression suddenly became more confident. A strange smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Believe me, this thing will definitely satisfy you. If you don't take a look, you will definitely regret it later."
Looking at Sun Jinren's expression of anxiety and determination, Song Xuanhe recalled a passage from the book:
Sun Jinren smiled confidently, his fat face squeezed his features, making the smile look somewhat obscene. He took a step forward and whispered, "Believe me, this thing will definitely satisfy you. If you don't take a look, you will definitely regret it later."
Song Xuanhe was somewhat interested: "What is it?"
Sun Jinren leaned close to his ear and whispered something, then Song Xuanhe's expression changed slightly, and finally a smile appeared on his face.
Although he was smiling, his voice was full of threats: "If I'm not interested, you'll be the one who regrets it."
"Of course."
Song Xuanhe followed Sun Jinren to a corner not far away. Sun Jinren handed the phone to Song Xuanhe. Seeing Song Xuanhe's expression change drastically, Sun Jinren put away the phone and said with a smile: "Second Master, as long as you make a deal with me, this thing in the phone... will be yours. How about it?"
"What do you want?" Song Xuanhe's eyes were full of determination.
"Xiao Yuanmu." Sun Jinren looked towards the direction where Xiao Yuanmu was standing with lustful eyes, not hiding his greed at all: "Xiao Yuanmu is just an orphan without a father or a mother. I heard that he is not very sensible and can't please the Second Young Master at all. How about you let me train him for a while, and I promise to turn him into a good and obedient child in the future."
The book does not say what exactly Sun Jinren showed Song Xuanhe, and the answer is not revealed until later in the plot.
So Song Xuanhe was very curious about what was in Sun Jinren's mobile phone that caused the original Song Xuanhe to change his attitude immediately, and finally even agreed to give Xiao Yuanmu to him.
After all, according to the character of Song Xuanhe in the book, even if he didn't like Xiao Yuanmu, once he knew that someone coveted his things, he would be furious and retaliate, because in the original owner's understanding, even if he threw away something he didn't want, it wouldn't be picked up by others, let alone if that person asked him directly for it.
What has not been revealed in the book, and which made the original Song Xuanhe agree immediately, must be something that the original Song Xuanhe wanted very much but was difficult to obtain. This thing could instantly make him forget his irritability at being coveted by others, and he even couldn't wait to give Xiao Yuanmu to Sun Jinren. All this was completely unreasonable, and it made Song Xuanhe very curious.
Song Xuanhe's eyes fell on Sun Jinren's phone and asked, "What is it?"
Sun Jinren took a step forward, wanting to take a step closer to Song Xuanhe. However, just as he raised his leg, he felt an icy cold gaze falling on him. He paused, saw the owner of the gaze, and immediately retracted his raised foot.
"Second Young Master, this kind of thing can only be shown to you, and I can guarantee that you will definitely be interested." Sun Jinren glanced at Xiao Yuanmu carefully, and said to Song Xuanhe: "I will not and dare not lie to you, you will know when you see it."
Seeing that Sun Jinren didn't come close to him to talk like in the book, Song Xuan's disgusted expression relaxed but at the same time he felt a little strange. Although he didn't want a greasy man like Sun Jinren to come close to his face to talk, even if the book didn't write what Sun Jinren said, it probably wouldn't be what he said now.
Because this sentence did not reveal anything about that thing, so it was impossible to arouse the original Song Xuanhe's interest.
However, Song Xuanhe was really curious about what that thing was, so he said according to the script: "If I'm not interested, you will be the one who regrets it."
Sun Jinren breathed a sigh of relief, and a strange smile appeared on his face again: "Of course."
Song Xuanhe stood up and prepared to follow Sun Jinren to the corner, but the leg he had just raised fell down again and he turned to look at Xiao Yuanmu who was holding his hand.
Xiao Yuanmu didn't know when he changed his sitting position. He put down his crossed legs, and let his long legs hang casually. He bent his knees and pulled up his trouser legs, and the muscle lines under his trousers could be vaguely seen. Just like him, he was quietly dormant, seemingly harmless but actually ready to burst out with his stored strength at any time.
Song Xuanhe moved his eyes away from Xiao Yuanmu's legs and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Yuanmu looked at him steadily, his eyes were bottomless, and his cold voice seemed to suppress something: "Just now I asked you, if I said you, would you leave immediately, you haven't told me the answer yet."
Song Xuanhe's pupils trembled slightly, and the hand held by Xiao Yuanmu seemed to have poor blood circulation and became a little stiff. He just stood there, his facial expression changing slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but finally pursed his lips and lowered his eyes.
“Does the answer matter?”
Song Xuanhe's voice was a little low, but Xiao Yuanmu heard it very clearly.
Neither of them said anything.
Sun Jinren, who had already walked a few steps away, also found that Song Xuanhe was still there. He stopped and turned to look over here. He was about to speak, but after seeing the atmosphere between the two, he closed his mouth again.
A few seconds later, Xiao Yuanmu's mouth curled up slightly, a hint of sneer flashed across his eyes, and he let go of Song Xuanhe's wrist.
Song Xuanhe moved his stiff arms and stretched his fingers to ease the stiffness. He took a step back, looked at Xiao Yuanmu's half-closed eyes, and answered his question: "If you say you want to leave, I will leave right away."
Xiao Yuanmu suddenly raised his eyes and met Song Xuanhe's clear eyes. Song Xuanhe asked him, "Do you want to leave now?"
Sun Jinren was stunned, and quickly walked a few steps over here, interrupting, "Second Young Master, I still have something to tell you, let's finish it first before you leave!"
Song Xuanhe ignored Sun Jinren and just looked at Xiao Yuanmu.
Xiao Yuanmu bent his lower lip slightly, and said in an inaudible tone, "Since you have something to say, finish what you said first."
Song Xuanhe looked away and turned to walk towards Sun Jinren.
The system, which had been watching the development of the situation, breathed a sigh of relief and said: [Brother, this is a crucial plot. If something goes wrong, you will be killed! Don’t play this game again. If Xiao Yuanmu can’t be reborn this time, there will be next time. However, if you go astray in the key plot, you won’t have a second life to go through it again! 】
Song Xuanhe paused and suddenly asked: [The key plot, does it mean that I gave Xiao Yuanmu to Sun Jinren, or that he was reborn after a car accident on the way to being taken away by Sun Jinren? 】
[Yes!] 】The system was afraid that Song Xuanhe would say some lines that were not in the plot and cause the plot to deviate, so the system answered much faster: [This is a cause and effect relationship. If you hadn't given Xiao Yuanmu to Sun Jinren, there would be no rebirth of Xiao Yuanmu. Not a single step can be missed. Without the cause, there will be no effect. So, brother, don't think too much and don't joke with your own life! 】
Song Xuanhe raised the corner of his mouth, his eyes fixed on Sun Jinren in front of him, and asked lightly: [You should also know that Xiao Yuanmu has been reborn. Does he need to be reborn again? 】
The system was silent for a few seconds, avoiding the language trap he set, and said: [Whether he is reborn or not, you cannot avoid the key plot. You should know that what is going to happen is the key to the whole book. The deviations in the previous ones will not have much impact, because all the previous plots are for this moment. Only after going through this moment can you proceed to the subsequent plots, and only in this way can you return to your own world. 】
Without hearing Song Xuanhe's immediate answer, the system reminded again: [Xiao Yuanmu is the protagonist, he can be reborn, but you don't have this opportunity, don't mess around. 】
Sun Jinren stopped and Song Xuanhe also stopped one step away from him.
The system was right, he had no way out.
Even before, he had felt that even if he went back and lived for half a year, it would be neither a gain nor a loss. However, when he was really faced with a choice concerning his life, he still selfishly hesitated and chose himself.
Song Xuanhe looked at Sun Jinren, waiting for him to speak.
Meeting Song Xuanhe's gaze, Sun Jinren felt a chill down his spine. Hesitantly, he took out his phone, handed it to Song Xuanhe, and whispered, "Second Young Master, as long as you make a deal with me, this thing in the phone... will be yours. How about it?"
The same words spoken in different tones feel completely different.
Song Xuanhe's eyes fell on Sun Jinren's mobile phone screen and his brows frowned.
The thing that made the original Song Xuanhe so eager to send Xiao Yuanmu away was not the contract or rare treasure as he thought, but a photo.
It should be said that it is a photo of a boy. The boy in the photo has a gentle and handsome appearance, fair skin, and a gentle and restrained smile. He looks like a very well-behaved and obedient child, and he looks vaguely familiar.
However, although this boy can be considered good-looking, he is pale in comparison to Xiao Yuanmu. It can be said that judging from his appearance alone, he is not even one-tenth as good as Xiao Yuanmu.
Song Xuanhe totally couldn't understand why the original Song Xuanhe would exchange him for Xiao Yuanmu, moreover, he didn't find anything related to this boy in the original owner's memory.
The original owner didn't know this boy at all, so why would he send Xiao Yuanmu away for this boy?
Song Xuanhe thought about it for a long time but still couldn't understand. If the original owner knew him, then there would be evidence, but the problem was that the original owner didn't know him at all.
Sun Jinren felt a little uneasy when he saw Song Xuanhe staring at the photo without saying anything, and there was no interested expression on his face as he had guessed. Song Qiyi had said before with certainty that Song Xuanhe would definitely agree to him after seeing the photo, but Song Xuanhe's current expression did not show that he would definitely agree to him.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Song Xuanhe finally raised his head and asked, "What do you want?"
Hearing this, Sun Jinren breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little hesitant. Song Xuanhe's performance was completely different from what Song Qiyi said, which made him very unsure. But since it had come to this point, he still followed the original plan and said, "I want Xiao Yuanmu."
Once again, Sun Jinren was surprised that when Song Xuanhe heard him say that, he didn't show any anger or emotion at all. There was no expression on his face, and there was no emotion in his eyes, which looked so sweet.
Song Xuanhe just looked at him, and Sun Jinren didn't dare to speak for a moment.
After a while, Sun Jinren wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, “Second Young Master, as long as you give Xiao Yuanmu to me, Laura’s cooperation will be yours, and the boy will be sent to you immediately.”
"...Xiao Yuanmu doesn't look like an obedient person, and even though you've been so nice to him, he doesn't seem to like you at all. He's simply cold-hearted. There's no point in keeping him. Why don't you give him to me? I'll help you train him up, and then give him back to you when the time comes, how about that?"
Unlike the lines in the plot, Song Xuanhe thought so, but still continued the conversation according to what he should say: "You only need some time? Return it to me when the time comes?"
"Right, right, right." Seeing that this matter seemed to be feasible, Sun Jinren immediately said: "Then the person in the photo will be yours, and Xiao Yuanmu will still be yours. You will definitely not lose out."
Song Xuanhe raised his eyes, suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, turned his head to look at Xiao Yuanmu who was sitting over there, and said the last line to Sun Jinren: "I can give him to you, but I will tell him. If he agrees on his own initiative, I will let him go with you. How about it?"
Sun Jinren's eyes rolled. Although he couldn't see through Xiao Yuanmu's background, he had a little understanding of his character. Such a person who exuded a superior aura from the bones, when hearing his lover ask such a question, he would most likely agree directly out of dignity or anger.
Moreover, as long as Song Xuanhe agreed, his mission would be accomplished.
"Of course, of course." Sun Jinren smiled flatteringly, "I do need to ask Mr. Xiao for his opinion."
Song Xuanhe glanced at Sun Jinren and turned away, then walked directly to Xiao Yuanmu, lowered his eyes and looked at him and said, "Boss Sun asked me for you, and I have agreed."
After saying this, Song Xuanhe felt something hanging in his heart suddenly fall away. He didn't feel relieved but felt as if he was hit hard by something falling suddenly. He had an indescribable mixture of emotions.
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