Chapter 386 Three Hundred and Sixty-Two Combined
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Qin Cheng laughed.
He truly didn't expect Ye Qingxi to want to sleep with him, and even more unexpectedly, he didn't expect that the reason she wanted to sleep with him was simply because she wanted to, nothing more than because she wanted to.
He looked at the person in front of him who seemed to have grown up, yet still retained obvious childlike qualities, and said, "Then I'll choose the first one."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Ye Qingxi tilted her head. "Let's go."
After saying that, he hugged his pillow and walked out.
Qin Cheng followed him into his room.
For Qin Cheng and Ye Qingxi, sleeping together at noon was already a common occurrence.
Even when Ye Qingxi was in her first year of high school and Qin Cheng was in his third year, they slept in the same bed.
Now that they're sleeping together again, Ye Qingxi can't help but think back to that time.
"Back then, I thought to myself, once I get to college, I'm going to have a lot of fun and never do practice problems again."
Qin Cheng chuckled, "I thought you really loved studying."
“How could that be?” Ye Qingxi said. “I’m not like you or Pei Liang.”
Only these two are true academic superstars who genuinely love doing practice problems.
Oh no, there's also his uncle, who's a real academic genius and loves doing practice problems.
"You've always had excellent grades and have always shown a love for learning," Qin Cheng said.
"There's nothing I can do. The elementary school curriculum is really that simple. I was number one every year in elementary school, so it wouldn't be very polite not to be number one in the future."
Upon hearing this, Qin Cheng turned his head and glanced at his younger brother.
Ye Qingxi's face was relaxed and happy. "Things are different now. Now I'm in university, I'm free!"
Hearing this, Qin Cheng hesitated before asking, "What do you want to do after you graduate from university? Do you want to join the company?"
He had never asked Ye Qingxi this question.
I was too young to have thought about it.
As they grew up, because their identities were too sensitive—he was his grandfather's biological grandson, while Ye Qingxi was not—Qin Cheng was afraid that if he asked the question, it would make Ye Qingxi overthink.
But now, they were lying in the same bed, the blankets were warm, and the atmosphere was nice, so he couldn't help but want to know what his brother was really thinking.
Ye Qingxi hadn't decided yet, "We'll see."
He said, "I joined a photography club before, so I took a lot of photos and recorded some videos. Then I remembered that when I was a child, I was actually very curious about the job of a director for a while."
Ye Qingxi turned to Qin Cheng and said, "I've been an actress and a singer, but I've never been a director. So I'm thinking of giving it a try, but I haven't decided yet."
“If I go to work for a company after graduation, it will probably be difficult to become a director later. On the contrary, if I become a director first and then go to work for a company, like my father and Uncle Feng, it will be much easier to do.”
"But that's all for after I graduate from my senior year. I'm only a freshman now, so there's no rush. I can think about it slowly."
"Right now, all I want to do is play games, read novels, and surf the internet every day, and then not fail my final exams. That's all I want," Ye Qingxi said lightly. "As for the future, we'll talk about that later."
Upon hearing this, Qin Cheng nodded slightly.
Ye Qingxi spoke naturally, and his expression was also natural. He did not deliberately avoid the fact that he was going to the group. Instead, he stated frankly that if he went to the company first, he could not do anything else, but if he did something else first, he could return to the company later. He did not subconsciously resist the company that belonged to the Mu family just because he was not of the Mu family bloodline. Qin Cheng was very happy and hoped that he could continue to be so non-resistant.
He would certainly be willing to take over his father's position, but if Ye Qingxi is more outstanding and more suitable for his father's position, he would also be willing to assist him and support him.
For Qin Cheng, the role of the older brother is one that allows him to both advance and retreat, enabling him to both walk in front to pave the way for his younger brother and walk behind to protect him.
All he hoped for was that they could always maintain the same close relationship they had when they were children, just as they have now, unaffected by anything, and not become estranged because of anything.
Ye Qingxi didn't have class during the first period in the afternoon, so after the alarm clock rang, Qin Cheng turned it off, quietly got out of bed, and left Ye Qingxi's bedroom.
When he arrived at school, Zhang Chun and his roommates had already saved him a seat. When they saw him arrive, they teased him, "You're living with your brother now, why don't you call him out so we can all meet him?"
"That's right, we haven't even met your brother yet."
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng looked at Zhang Chun, who looked completely innocent. "This has nothing to do with me. It's not like I haven't met your brother before."
The dorm leader immediately said, "Look, we're all from the same dorm. Old Zhang has met us, but we haven't. That's not right."
"That's right, that's right."
Qin Cheng: ...
To be honest, Qin Cheng had a pretty good time in college, and his relationship with his roommates was also quite good.
Those who can get into University A are obviously very smart, and those who enter their dorms are even more like Zhang Chun, with extremely outstanding talent in a certain subject.
Qin Cheng always looked at people with brains and intelligence with more respect, especially since he was the youngest in the dormitory and didn't like to talk. When he first entered the university, his roommates thought he was shy because he was young and had left home, and they almost wanted to be his older brother.
It wasn't until later that they gradually realized that the youngest brother in the dormitory looked at them with more speechlessness than shyness, and his way of doing things was more aloof than introverted. They finally realized that this was not a little lamb at all, but a big white lion - who didn't need their care at all!
Qin Cheng wasn't an ungrateful person. Although he couldn't reciprocate with much emotion when others treated him sincerely, he genuinely considered them friends. Therefore, in a sense, his university years were the time when he had the most friends and the best interpersonal relationships with everyone.
His roommates were looking at him one by one, and Qin Cheng thought about it and decided it wasn't a bad idea.
He knew all of Ye Qingxi's friends, and even Pei Liang and the others were his friends, so naturally Ye Qingxi could also get to know his friends.
Who knows, they might be able to help Ye Qingxi in some way in the future.
Of course, all of this is predicated on Ye Qingxi's willingness.
"Let me ask my brother," Qin Cheng said.
The roommates nodded repeatedly, "Ask quickly, ask quickly."
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng didn't ask immediately. He called Ye Qingxi around 3 a.m. to wake him up.
Ye Qingxi had indeed turned off the alarm she had set earlier and was in the eighth minute of her "just five more minutes of sleep" period.
This is a habit he's had since childhood. Every time he's woken up by the alarm clock, he comforts himself by saying "just five more minutes" because he can't get up, and then he oversleeps.
It was only because of Mu Shaowu and Mu Feng at home, and Qin Cheng and Pei Liang at school, that he was able to be woken up in time after sleeping and not be late.
"It's a good thing you called me." Ye Qingxi's voice was still groggy from just waking up. "Otherwise, I definitely would have overslept."
Qin Cheng knew that, "Then hurry up and change your clothes. There are washed fruits and sandwiches in the refrigerator. You can eat some if you want. There is refrigerated yogurt and room temperature yogurt. The room temperature yogurt is on the coffee table. If you don't want any of those, there is hot herbal tea in the thermos."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
"Where did you get this fruit and flower tea?"
"My mom made some tea bags and gave me some. Try them and see if you like them."
"Okay," Ye Qingxi said, "but you've prepared way too much before you leave."
Qin Cheng smiled and said, "It's alright. I was going to make you milk tea, but I didn't have time. Maybe next time."
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi felt that her family had only developed less than one-tenth of his potential.
"By the way," Qin Cheng said, "my roommates want to see you. Do you want to see them?"
“Okay.” Ye Qingxi had no objections.
As he changed his clothes, he said, "It's perfect, I haven't met them yet."
"Then when do you have time?"
"I'm available anytime," Ye Qingxi said. "There's no time like the present, let's have dinner together tonight."
"Okay," Qin Cheng replied. "Then I'll hang up. You should go to class quickly too."
"Okay, see you tonight."
See you tonight.
Qin Cheng hung up the phone and returned to the classroom, saying to his roommate, "Let's have dinner together tonight."
"With your brother?" my roommate asked cleverly.
"Um."
Zhang Chun kindly reminded them, "You'd better be mentally prepared."
"What? His brother has three eyes?" my roommate asked.
"Exactly, we're not exactly naive either."
Zhang Chun:......
Zhang Chun nodded. Very good, anyway, he had already reminded them.
They themselves didn't take his words seriously.
Ye Qingxi took a thermos and a sandwich and went out.
He rushed to the school, went into the classroom, ate a sandwich during the break, and tasted the fruit and herbal tea in his thermos.
It tastes pretty good, sweet and sour, very delicious.
"What is this?" Su Lang asked curiously as he leaned closer.
"Would you like some fruit and flower tea?"
"You did this yourself?"
“My aunt made it and gave some to my brother,” Ye Qingxi said. “He had already prepared it when I woke up.”
Su Lang: ...
"You're really lucky to be living with your brother."
Ye Qingxi agreed, "To be honest, it's more comfortable than the dormitory."
In the dormitory, he still had to do everything himself. Living with Qin Cheng, he only needed to be a lazy, gluttonous person who could eat and drink.
Su Lang: ...
It's true what they say, comparisons are the thief of joy. Why doesn't he have such a great cousin?
How enviable!
"So, are you having dinner with your brother tonight?"
Ye Qingxi nodded and added, "His roommate also wants to see me."
"Want to see you?" Su Lang pondered. "Does he want to see your brother's younger brother, or the celebrity Ye Qingxi?"
"Of course I want to see my brother's younger brother."
"Did they know that his younger brother was Ye Qingxi?"
Ye Qingxi: ...That's not necessarily true.
Looking at the expression on his face, Su Lang knew that he probably didn't know.
"Then they'd better be mentally prepared."
Ye Qingxi: ...I hope so.
However, it was obvious that Qin Cheng's roommates had no idea that he and Ye Qingxi were connected.
They stared blankly at Ye Qingxi, who appeared at the door with Qin Cheng, for a long time.
Ye Qingxi followed Qin Cheng into the private room, sat down at the table, and then smiled politely, greeting everyone, "Hello."
"……Hello."
It took Qin Cheng's roommates a while to finally react and ask, "Ye Qingxi?"
"Mm." Ye Qingxi nodded.
"Good heavens! Your brother is Ye Qingxi! How come you've never told us your brother is Ye Qingxi before?!"
Qin Cheng: ...Why did you say that?
He's not their brother, is he?
What is there to say?
"Ye Qingxi, are you still acting? Um, I'm a big fan of yours. I've seen all your movies. Your acting skills are simply unmatched among actors your age!" Qin Cheng's roommate exclaimed excitedly.
Ye Qingxi smiled and said seriously, "I think I'll still act, but it depends on the script and the role."
"That's good, that's good. If you hadn't acted in 'The Mask' later, I would have thought you didn't want to act in movies anymore."
As her roommate spoke, she tried to sit next to Ye Qingxi.
Qin Cheng: ...
"Sit back down."
“Isn’t this empty?” my roommate said matter-of-factly. “It’s a good opportunity for Xiaoxi and me to have a good chat.”
Qin Cheng: ? ? ? Xiao Xi? Want to chat? Are you alright?
Qin Cheng took the backpack that he and Ye Qingxi had put together and put it over there, saying, "Now it won't be empty."
Roommate: ...
My roommate was speechless.
That's so damn childish!
Besides, he wasn't talking to him; he was just chatting with Ye Qingxi.
My roommate reluctantly sat back down.
Zhang Chun smiled, feeling that his roommates didn't really understand some of the people in their dorm.
"Xiao Xi, let me introduce you." Zhang Chun said with a smile, "This is our dormitory head Yuan Ming, and this is Fang Kun."
Ye Qingxi nodded, "Hello."
"Hello, hello, I knew you were at B University a long time ago, but I never expected you to be Qin Cheng's younger brother." Yuan Ming glanced at Qin Cheng after saying that, "Some people are just too inconsiderate."
Qin Cheng: ...
"So you're living with Xiaoxi now?" Fang Kun asked in surprise.
Qin Cheng: "You can call him Ye Qingxi."
Fang Kun: ? ? ?
Why do you care what we call it?
You're meddling way too much, aren't you, as the older brother?
"You've been living with your brother since you started college, it must have been tough for you," Fang Kun said with emotion.
Ye Qingxi disagreed, saying, "Living with my brother is quite nice."
“We’ve lived with your brother before. He’s always either in the library or in the classroom. We can’t even play games together.”
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
"Doesn't he play games with you guys?"
"Does he have a number?" Fang Kun asked, his mind racing.
“Yes,” Ye Qingxi said, looking at him. “We registered together.”
Fang Kun: ? ? ?
Yuan Ming: !!!
Fang Kun and Yuan Ming both looked at their roommates.
"Then... TGD?" Fang Kun and Ye Qingxi confirmed.
Ye Qingxi nodded, "He also plays DS, God Wars, Dream Chaser, and Nine Bends."
Fang Kun: ? ? ?
Yuan Ming: ...
Yuan Ming looked at his roommate and asked, "You call them all?"
Qin Cheng: "Is that not allowed?"
"But when we asked you, you said you wouldn't hit him."
Qin Cheng said confidently, "I won't fight you."
Yuan Ming: ? ? ?
Yuan Ming was speechless. What, you only fight with your brother?!
Ye Qingxi realized this too, and he was also a little surprised. After all, Qin Cheng's operation was quite good, and he naturally assumed that he must be playing with other people when they weren't playing together.
Unexpectedly...
Ye Qingxi immediately changed the subject, saying, "Are you hungry? Why don't we order some food first?"
When Yuan Ming heard him say that, he thought he was hungry, so he quickly agreed, "Okay."
Everyone took turns ordering their favorite dishes, and the dishes were served shortly afterward.
Qin Cheng wiped the tableware for Ye Qingxi, then picked up his chopsticks and served him some food.
Seeing that everyone had started eating, Ye Qingxi also lowered her head and began to eat.
While eating, he chatted with Qin Cheng's roommate. Qin Cheng's roommate was outgoing and talkative and liked to take care of people younger than himself. Seeing that Ye Qingxi seemed to really like the shrimp balls, he helped him move to a spot closer to him.
"Thank you," Ye Qingxi said.
"No, no, what else do you like?"
"I like them all," Ye Qingxi said. "Brother Yuan Ming, you don't need to worry about me, just eat them yourself."
“Okay.” Yuan Ming sat back down.
Just as he sat down, Yuan Ming suddenly noticed that the silver bracelet on Ye Qingxi's left hand was somewhat similar to the one on Qin Cheng's right hand.
Back in his freshman year, Fang Kun noticed that Qin Cheng always wore this bracelet and curiously asked if it was a gift from his girlfriend, but Qin Cheng said no.
Now it seems that's not true—who would give a girlfriend a bracelet that looks similar to her brother's?
but……
Why would brothers wear almost identical bracelets?
Especially Qin Cheng's bracelet; he had hardly ever seen him take it off during his three years of university.
Something just feels off.
But then again, it doesn't seem like it's impossible.
Yuan Ming felt something was off, but then again, it didn't seem so bad, so he pretended not to see it and continued eating.
After finishing their meal, Qin Cheng prepared to leave with Ye Qingxi.
Ye Qingxi wasn't in a hurry and chatted enthusiastically with Fang Kun.
They were talking about movies.
Fang Kun enjoys watching movies, both domestic and international. During dinner, he mentioned a movie he had watched a few days ago that was from twenty years ago, which Ye Qingxi had also seen.
The two then began to discuss the director's filming techniques, the actors' performances, and the film's plot.
Ultimately, the two reached the same conclusion: the current film market is indeed regressing compared to twenty years ago, especially foreign films, which were far ahead of domestic films in the past, but now they are nothing special.
“I don’t think any of today’s film directors are any good,” Fang Kun said. “The older ones are too old-fashioned, and their films are out of touch with the times and are completely meaningless. The younger ones just know how to add vulgar content, as if that will make people laugh, but in the end, they just make people feel disgusted and speechless.”
"Sigh, if you ask me, Feng Que retired too early. His movies are very good, with his personal style, cinematic artistry, and the content is also worth pondering."
Although Ye Qingxi doesn't condemn all directors currently active in the film industry like he does, he does feel that there are too few excellent directors nowadays, which is why he hasn't taken on many roles since.
Besides the objective condition that he needed to go to school, the director and script were also quite ordinary.
If he were just an ordinary actor, that would be fine. But he has won all the awards he could from his past life to this one, achieved high box office numbers, and is now quite wealthy. So naturally, he wouldn't demean himself by wasting time on mediocre directors and scripts.
"It's a good thing you worked with Director Feng. Now that he's retired, it's not a pity. Otherwise, I would feel sorry for you because you're so good-looking and have such great acting skills. But you were young back then, and now that you're older, you have more room to develop your talents. Thinking about it this way, it's still a bit of a pity," Fang Kun said.
Ye Qingxi felt it was alright. It wasn't that if he really wanted to make a movie and hoped Feng Que would direct it, given how much Feng Que doted on him, he would definitely put down the documents in his hand and pick up the camera immediately.
but……
Ye Qingxi thought that he could also film it himself.
What Feng Que can do, he can probably do too. Rather than relying on others, it's more fulfilling to rely on yourself.
Thinking about this, Ye Qingxi felt even more inclined to film movies first after graduation and then go to work for the company.
He chatted with Fang Kun for a while longer, until Qin Cheng silently glared at Fang Kun with a sharp look, at which point he put down his drink and ended the conversation about the movie.
Fang Kun enjoyed chatting with him and wanted to add him on WeChat.
Qin Cheng: ...
“Okay.” Ye Qingxi took out her phone and scanned Fang Kun’s QR code.
I also added Yuan Ming on WeChat.
He didn't add Zhang Chun; he had already added him back in junior high.
Looking at Qin Cheng's expression sitting opposite him, Zhang Chun desperately tried not to laugh.
Sigh, he sometimes feels sorry for his brother. As a brother-obsessed guy, he wished his brother would only be close to him, but unfortunately, his brother is gentle, cute, and good-looking, and is popular wherever he goes.
How could I not be frustrated?
No wonder he wouldn't let Ye Qingxi call anyone else "brother"—this was probably his last act of defiance.
After finishing their meal, Ye Qingxi and Qin Cheng returned to their rented apartment together.
He changed into his pajamas, picked up his phone, and remembered what Fang Kun and Yuan Ming had said about Qin Cheng not playing games with them. He asked in confusion, "Why don't you play games with your roommates?"
"There's no need," Qin Cheng said.
"You don't like it?" Ye Qingxi asked him.
Qin Cheng: ...
Ye Qingxi was surprised that he didn't deny it and asked, "Then why didn't you tell me before?"
He said with some annoyance, "If you had told me, I wouldn't have asked you to hit me."
Qin Cheng: "That's why I didn't tell you."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi was both amused and exasperated.
So he didn't say anything because he knew that if he did, he would go find someone else.
"But you don't like it, do you?" Ye Qingxi said.
Doing things you don't like is so annoying.
"I can't fight you," Qin Cheng said.
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
"Can this change just because people play games?"
"Of course." Qin Cheng looked at him. "It's very interesting to fight with you."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
"...Because I'm so bad at the game, I always make a fool of myself, so it's quite funny?"
Qin Cheng chuckled, "Because I enjoy being with you, playing games or doing anything else is very interesting."
Ye Qingxi understood.
He was a little embarrassed, but also a little happy.
"So, should I ask you to play with me again in the future? Or, if there are any games I don't particularly like, then I'll ask you to play with those."
"No need," Qin Cheng said. "Either is fine."
"You asked me to call you, that's good."
After saying that, he was afraid that Ye Qingxi would be too considerate of him and would always ask others to play games in the future, so he added, "I'll be disappointed if you don't ask me to play."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Ye Qingxi had been thinking that she should ask Qin Cheng to play games less often in the future. Of course, she couldn't stop playing altogether, because Qin Cheng would definitely notice. She just wanted to play less so that Qin Cheng would just think that she had a new hobby. But she didn't expect him to say that.
“Okay,” Ye Qingxi agreed.
"Don't think I'm being aggrieved," Qin Cheng said. "In fact, I'm enjoying it."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
"real?"
"Really," Qin Cheng affirmed.
Ye Qingxi was relieved.
He took his phone back to his room and started reading a novel.
Around 11 o'clock, Ye Qingxi took a shower and went to find Qin Cheng. "Are you going to sleep?"
Qin Cheng wanted to say "not yet," but then suddenly remembered what Ye Qingxi had said at noon—"Come sleep in my room tonight too."
They only ever slept together at noon, rarely at night, almost always when he returned to the Mu family home.
Qin Cheng was somewhat unsure whether Ye Qingxi's words still held true now that it was evening.
So he closed his laptop and said to Ye Qingxi, "Okay."
"Then go take a shower and come to my room," Ye Qingxi said eagerly.
Qin Cheng: !!!
He turned to look at Ye Qingxi, whose eyes were clear and bright, brimming with the youthful energy and vibrant spirit unique to teenagers.
"Hurry up, we've never slept together at night before when we were in school," Ye Qingxi said.
Qin Cheng smiled when he saw the expectant look on his face.
He stood up and gently pressed him into the chair.
"Okay," Qin Cheng agreed. "But before that, let me dry your hair for you."
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