Chapter 415 (Combined with 4152)
415:
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi didn't expect him to say that.
How can this be explained?
He and Qin Cheng have basically been like this since they were little.
Ye Qingxi had never thought there was anything wrong with this, but now that Lü Heng had suddenly pointed it out, he vaguely realized that he and Qin Cheng might indeed have been a little too intimate.
But he also felt that everyone has a different personality and a different way of getting along.
In this generation of the Mu family, apart from the newborn Mu Ge, there are only two children in the family: him and Qin Cheng.
If they don't get along, then who do they get along with?
As for whether it's a bit too good, Ye Qingxi thinks it's alright.
Although they sometimes hug and cuddle, and sometimes sleep together, and his brother takes good care of him by drying his hair, bringing him food, picking him up and dropping him off, and even cooking for him, it has all become a habit.
Just because others think they're a bit too close now, or that they're more like boyfriends than brothers, doesn't mean he should put up a guard line and keep his distance from his brother.
That must be so painful for him.
Moreover, Ye Qingxi herself was not very willing.
He finally had a brother who loved him so much and treated him so well.
He cherishes this opportunity, so why should he keep his distance from his brother?
If his brother stops loving him and falls in love with his cousin or other uncles' children instead, he will truly regret it.
In essence, Ye Qingxi still really liked Qin Cheng's affection for her.
He likes it when others like him—passionately, intensely, favorably, and exclusively.
Therefore, Ye Qingxi has no intention of making any changes.
"Now you know," Ye Qingxi said frankly.
Lü Heng nodded.
Although he still felt that Ye Qingxi and his brother were getting along a bit too intimately, that was Ye Qingxi's business, not his. So as long as Ye Qingxi didn't mind, he naturally had no right to say anything more.
"So you won't stare at him anymore after that, right?"
Lü Heng quickly replied, "Yes."
"Alright." Ye Qingxi looked at him. "Then let's leave it at that. From now on, just focus on filming."
Lu Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“I will definitely work hard,” he said. “I will absolutely not hold you back.”
"Okay." Ye Qingxi smiled.
Upon seeing this, Lü Heng bid him farewell and got out of the carriage.
He walked until he reached a tree not far away, then stood in its shade and let out a breath.
"That scared him to death," Lü Heng thought. He thought Director Ye was really going to fire him!
Fortunately, Director Ye was a kind person and gave him another chance.
only……
Lu Heng lowered his head and looked at the fallen leaves at his feet. He actually confessed his feelings.
As expected, Director Ye didn't like him.
Lü Heng was inevitably somewhat disappointed.
He quickly told himself to cheer up.
It's okay. I already guessed that Director Ye wouldn't like him anyway, so it's fine.
The most important thing right now is filming. He must play his role well so as not to let down Director Ye who chose him from so many people.
I will not let down my feelings for Director Ye.
"Mm." Lü Heng nodded emphatically and walked forward.
Ye Qingxi then picked up the recorder and looked at it.
He didn't rush to delete Lü Heng's recordings, intending to observe Lü Heng further.
Although he actually believed what Lü Heng had just said, Ye Qingxi decided to observe him secretly for a while longer, just to be on the safe side.
Thinking this, Ye Qingxi put down the recording pen and got out of the car.
When Chen Xiang saw him get out of the car, he didn't think much of it and actually assumed that when he asked Lü Heng to get in the car, he was just talking to Lü Heng about the play.
Ye Qingxi didn't say much and walked towards the filming area.
He took pictures for a long time.
Lu Heng behaved very well for the past half day, but seemed a little embarrassed when their eyes met unintentionally.
Ye Qingxi: ...Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
He actually likes him?
Ye Qingxi silently took a sip of water. Fortunately, Lü Heng and he were just ordinary director and actor.
Fortunately, Lü Heng was not his friend.
Around eight o'clock, Qin Cheng arrived.
He was accompanied by Ye Qingxi's dinner.
Ye Qingxi had received a message from him saying that he would bring dinner, so she didn't eat the crew's boxed lunch and waited for him.
Upon seeing him arrive, Ye Qingxi greeted Chen Xiang and then led Qin Cheng into the RV.
Qin Cheng opened the lunchbox and took out the dishes that Aunt Zhang had cooked for him one by one.
Ye Qingxi took two bottles of ice water out of the mini-fridge for the two of them, and then said, "I asked Lü Heng."
Qin Cheng: ?
"You asked him?"
Ye Qingxi nodded, "I wanted to know why he was asking, so I asked him when he wasn't looking."
What did he say?
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi thought to herself, "Isn't this where things get awkward?"
He said he looked at you because he thought you were my boyfriend.
Qin Cheng: !
Qin Cheng's hand holding the soup tightened involuntarily.
He paused for a moment, then, as if nothing had happened, placed the soup in front of Ye Qingxi.
"Why would he think that?" he asked in a very soft voice.
Ye Qingxi raised her hand and shook the bracelet on her wrist. "Because of this."
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng didn't know whether he felt relieved or a little disappointed.
He simply looked at the bracelet on Ye Qingxi's hand without saying a word.
When Ye Qingxi saw him looking at his bracelet, she also looked down at the bracelet on his wrist.
For all these years, Qin Cheng has always worn the bracelet that Qin Cheng received as a gift in the first year of high school on his right hand.
How many years has it been?
Ye Qingxi did the math and realized it had been eight years.
Eight years is a very long time.
When Ye Qingxi first gave the gift to Qin Cheng, she neither expected nor hoped that Qin Cheng would wear it for so long.
He always wore the jade Guanyin given to him by Mu Zheng, the jade leaf bracelet given to him by Old Master Feng, and the silver bracelet given to him by Qin Cheng.
But he never asked for or hoped for anything from Qin Cheng.
Ye Qingxi knew, of course, that she was a sentimental person, perhaps even overly so, sometimes to an excessive degree.
Therefore, he never uses himself as the standard to demand things of others.
If Qin Cheng had already stopped wearing it and put it away, Ye Qingxi would think it was perfectly normal.
Qin Cheng wore it for eight years, which moved Ye Qingxi.
His brother may not have been a loyal friend to others, but he was surprisingly loyal to him.
"Of course, there are also some of your actions," Ye Qingxi said.
Qin Cheng quickly looked away, feeling a little nervous.
move?
What's wrong with his actions?
Was there anything that revealed his thoughts?
“What?” he asked.
"You're the only one who can put your arm around my shoulder and open the car door for me when I get in the car."
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng thought to himself, "What's this?"
What's wrong with that?
As the older brother, can't I even do this?
He picked up the ice water from the table and turned it on for Ye Qingxi. He wondered if Ye Qingxi was saying all this because his actions made her think they were a couple, which made him feel troubled.
"Then I won't do that again." Qin Cheng handed the ice water to Ye Qingxi.
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Ye Qingxi immediately realized that he had misunderstood.
"That's not what I meant," Ye Qingxi explained anxiously. "I told you this to chat with you because it concerns you, and you were the one who found out about it first, so I told you."
"It's not that I want you to stop doing this in the future."
Ye Qingxi said helplessly, "Whether it's Lü Heng or anyone else, they're not anyone to me. I don't care what they think or how they see me, so you don't need to care either."
"It's their problem if they misunderstand. You're my brother or my boyfriend, don't you think we both know that?"
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng picked up his chopsticks and placed a piece of pork rib on his plate. "Let's eat."
Ye Qingxi nodded and said, "Although I think what he said is quite credible, I still plan to continue to observe him."
"Okay," Qin Cheng said.
He didn't think much of it. Although Ye Qingxi didn't follow the traffic route in the entertainment industry, she had more fans than some actors who claimed to be traffic stars because she was Mu Shaowu's son and had been watched by everyone since she was a child.
In this situation, it's quite normal for some people in the crew to be curious and want to take a closer look when someone who resembles her boyfriend appears.
He never expected that Lü Heng would have a crush on Ye Qingxi.
Ye Qingxi didn't tell him.
That would be pointless to say anything.
He doesn't like Lü Heng and doesn't intend to develop a relationship with him. Under these circumstances, speaking up would be like a Versailles affair.
Ye Qingxi felt it was unnecessary.
He had dinner with Qin Cheng, and then went back to work.
Mu Feng had originally thought that with Qin Cheng's visit, he could teach both children at the same time and let Ye Qingxi also get involved in some company matters.
But who would have thought that Ye Qingxi would leave early and return late? Every morning when she got up, she wished she could close her eyes and go back to sleep for a while. Every night when she came back, she wished she could seize every second to go online.
Sometimes I fall asleep before I've even finished browsing the internet.
Mu Feng had always been particularly soft-hearted towards him. Seeing him like this, he couldn't bear to let him work overtime in his study any longer, so he gave up his initial idea and focused on teaching Qin Cheng.
Anyway, Ye Qingxi's movie will be finished in less than two months. It's not too late for him to teach him after he's done with his work.
Ye Qingxi was completely unaware of what she had unknowingly avoided, and remained focused on her film, busy with the filming of her movie.
July has passed in the blink of an eye.
On an evening in early August, Qin Cheng came to pick him up to go home as usual.
On this day, after Ye Qingxi got into the car, she unexpectedly smelled perfume.
Strange, Ye Qingxi thought. Qin Cheng didn't like wearing perfume, so why would there be a perfume smell in the car?
However, he didn't think much of it until the next day when Qin Cheng brought him food, and they walked side by side toward the RV.
Ye Qingxi twitched her nose, feeling as if she smelled that unfamiliar perfume again. Although the scent was pleasant, it shouldn't be on Qin Cheng.
The taste was faint and unsettling; Ye Qingxi wasn't sure if it was real or just her imagination.
So when he smelled it again on the third day, he specifically told Chen Xiang to go and smell it for him as well.
Chen Xiang casually passed by, casually stopped Qin Cheng from chatting, subtly sniffed the air, and finally left naturally and casually.
He walked over to Ye Qingxi and said in a low voice, "It does seem to smell like perfume."
"It smells like flowers," Chen Xiang mused.
Ye Qingxi nodded, "Yes, yes, it's the scent of flowers."
He deliberately didn't tell Chen Xiang what the smell was like, just wanting Chen Xiang to smell it. If they smelled the same, then it wasn't that he smelled it wrong.
Now it seems I was right!
Chen Xiang asked in confusion, "When did your brother start using perfume?"
Ye Qingxi shook her head. "He doesn't use perfume."
He still remembered last month when Qin Cheng, afraid he would be bumped into, pulled him into his arms. At that time, he smelled a very light and faint orange scent, which was the residue of laundry detergent at home.
But now, it has become a faint, almost imperceptible floral fragrance.
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiang stroked his chin and said, "If it wasn't him who used it, then it must be someone close to him who used it, and that person has a good relationship with him, so the fragrance clung to him."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
No way, his brother actually has someone like that around him?
How could he not know?!
"Perfume again, and a good relationship with your brother again," Chen Xiang slapped his thigh, "Ye Qingxi, you're not going to have a sister-in-law soon, are you?!"
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ? !!!
"What nonsense are you spouting?!"
"How could I be talking nonsense!" Chen Xiang analyzed with him, "What kind of person likes to wear perfume? Especially floral scents, of course it's a woman. And a woman who's on good terms with your brother, that's so rare, she might just be your future sister-in-law!"
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi defended her brother, saying, "Maybe it's a men's fragrance? You can't tell the difference between men's and women's fragrances. Even if it's a women's fragrance, men can use it too."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiang's eyes brightened even more. "So it could also be a male sister-in-law?"
Ye Qingxi: !!!
Ye Qingxi shook her head silently. This wouldn't do; her grandfather couldn't accept it.
"Well... we might just be friends," Ye Qingxi continued to resist. "But if you wear perfume every day and I'm with you every day, I might get pickled up by you too."
"That's certainly possible," Chen Xiang nodded. "But does your brother have such close friends? Can they spend every day together?"
“He’s done it before,” Ye Qingxi said. “You’ve seen it before, like Senior Zhang Chun.”
Just because there are few doesn't mean he has none!
I have indeed met Chen Xiang before, and we've even spoken before!
He sighed, somewhat regretfully, "What a pity, I thought it was my sister-in-law."
Ye Qingxi: ...
"You really want to see my brother date?"
Chen Xiang shook his head, "No, that's not it."
"Isn't it human nature to gossip?" Chen Xiang said with a smile. "Especially someone like your brother, who isn't close to anyone except you. Sometimes I'm quite curious about what kind of person he would like."
Ye Qingxi: ...
No wonder you studied journalism; if you weren't my agent, you'd probably become a reporter! Entertainment reporter!
Although he managed to deny everything, deep down he wasn't entirely sure whether she was a female sister-in-law, a male sister-in-law, or just a friend.
On her way home with Qin Cheng, Ye Qingxi was filled with questions about this issue.
He couldn't help but tentatively say to Qin Cheng, "Wow, I just heard Chen Xiang say that Huo Zinan received a lot of confessions last semester, and a lot of people like him!"
Qin Cheng nodded, showing no concern for Huo Zinan's matter.
Ye Qingxi added, "But Huo Zinan didn't agree. He said he didn't like them either."
"Mm," Qin Cheng replied.
Ye Qingxi then revealed her true intentions, "What about you? After I leave, there will definitely be many more people confessing their feelings to you, right?"
Qin Cheng smiled.
Ye Qingxi knew immediately, "Is there anything you like?"
As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on Qin Cheng.
"No," Qin Cheng said.
"No?"
Then she's not my sister-in-law?
"Not even now?" he asked.
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng was stumped by his question.
When Ye Qingxi asked him if he liked any of the people who confessed their feelings to him.
He could answer without any distraction: No.
But when Ye Qingxi asked him, "Haven't you had any yet?"
The scope has been expanded, no longer limited to those who confessed their feelings to him during his graduate studies.
Naturally, Ye Qingxi's image also appeared in Qin Cheng's mind.
"As of now, you are the one I care about most."
He changed his approach when answering Ye Qingxi's question.
Ye Qingxi was caught off guard by his direct approach and was momentarily stunned.
Immediately following this is the feeling of embarrassment.
Why are you suddenly bringing this up?
Ye Qingxi smiled unconsciously.
He turned his head away, too embarrassed to let his smile be seen by Qin Cheng.
However, the one he cares about most is someone he doesn't like, right?
That means the person wearing the perfume is probably just a friend.
My friend, a friend who loves perfume, how come he didn't know?
"Brother, I have a question for you," Ye Qingxi said.
"What?" Qin Cheng asked, puzzled.
"Have you started using perfume recently?" Ye Qingxi deliberately sniffed. "I feel like I can smell perfume these past few days."
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng was of no use.
Someone has already used it.
"You don't like it?" he asked.
Ye Qingxi shook his head and said, "I was just asking casually. If you like perfume now, I'll have more options when I give you gifts in the future."
“It wasn’t me,” Qin Cheng said. “It was a friend of mine.”
What a true friend!
"Which friend?" Ye Qingxi asked him, "Brother Zhang Chun?"
“No,” Qin Cheng explained, “Li Wen is someone I met when I was studying for my master’s degree abroad.”
Ye Qingxi: !!
Why didn't you tell me?
Qin Cheng said in a nonchalant tone, "He's not someone important."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
"He's your friend, isn't he some important person?!"
“It’s not like it’s for you,” Qin Cheng said. “You don’t even know me.”
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi felt that she suddenly understood Zhong Yan from back then.
How could I not tell him about something so important!
If he hadn't caught him, would he have never told him?
Isn't that infuriating?!
"I want to see him," Ye Qingxi said.
Qin Cheng: ?
Qin Cheng was somewhat surprised.
He met Li Wen when he was a second-year graduate student. At that time, he went diving and helped Li Wen, who was struggling in the water because of a leg cramp.
After that, Li Wen started pestering him, saying he wanted to repay his life-saving grace.
Qin Cheng initially didn't want to pay attention to him, but it wasn't until Li Wen demonstrated his professional talent that Qin Cheng began to take him seriously out of appreciation for intelligent people.
But he didn't feel there was anything he needed to tell Ye Qingxi.
Firstly, Li Wen didn't hold much weight in his life; it didn't matter whether he had Li Wen or not.
Secondly, Li Wen's home is in F City, so even if Ye Qingxi returns to China after graduation, she will not run into him.
Thirdly, and most importantly, he and Ye Qingxi were in a long-distance relationship at that time, and they only had so much time to communicate each day. He wanted to use all of that time to listen to what was happening to Ye Qingxi, so he couldn't bear to give such precious time to Li Wen.
However, since Ye Qingxi wanted to see him, Qin Cheng naturally wouldn't stop her.
He was always willing to fulfill any request Ye Qingxi made, as long as Ye Qingxi wanted it and as long as he could do it.
"Okay," Qin Cheng replied.
When Ye Qingxi saw that he had agreed, her anger subsided.
He asked curiously, "Brother, how did you become friends with him?"
Qin Cheng then told him how they met.
Ye Qingxi then asked, "So, why did he come to see you this time...?"
"work."
"Huh?" Ye Qingxi exclaimed in surprise, "Going to work?"
"Mm." Qin Cheng nodded.
On the eve of graduation, Li Wen told him that after he graduated, he would go to their company and work for them.
However, given his eccentric and somewhat frivolous nature, Qin Cheng assumed he was joking and didn't take it seriously.
It wasn't until late July, when Li Wen called him and said that he had arrived, submitted his resume, and would be interviewed the day after tomorrow, that Qin Cheng realized he wasn't joking and was serious.
Li Wen felt wronged by this, "Of course I'm serious, I'm extremely serious, can't you even see my burning, earnest heart?"
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng thought that someone like him would be a ghost if he could see anything.
He had a serious talk with Li Wen. After the talk, instead of having Li Wen go for the interview and take away other people's job opportunities, he directly transferred Li Wen to his department.
Although Qin Cheng had been at the group headquarters for many years, during his senior year of high school and his senior year of college, he mostly worked as Mu Zheng's assistant, learning about the company, studying Mu Zheng's work style, and handling various matters.
Now that he has returned after graduating with a master's degree, he can be considered to have officially stepped onto the grand stage of the Mu Group.
Having obtained a formal title and become a department manager, one needs to demonstrate their abilities.
Therefore, Qin Cheng needs talented people, especially those who can become his own people.
Li Wen clearly met his requirements.
Therefore, Qin Cheng directly recruited him into his department.
Ye Qingxi understood. "Then, wasn't he wearing this perfume back then?"
Otherwise, how come he only smelled it now?
“No,” Qin Cheng said. “His perfume smelled normal back then.”
As a social butterfly, Li Wen has always loved perfume, but at first, the perfumes he wore were all very light and elegant.
I don't know what's wrong with me these past few days, but I switched to this one, and the flavor is especially rich.
Qin Cheng didn't like it, but he respected the other person's freedom to wear perfume.
but……
"Don't you like it?" he asked Ye Qingxi again, seeking confirmation.
"If you don't like it, then I'll have him choose another one."
Ye Qingxi shook her head.
It's not that he doesn't like it, he just feels... feels what? Ye Qingxi wondered.
He couldn't explain it clearly at the moment.
However, since Qin Cheng was his brother's friend, Ye Qingxi didn't want him to have any unpleasantness with his friend.
Especially since the other party is currently working under his brother, it's clear that his brother wants to cultivate a team that will belong to him in the future.
Ye Qingxi didn't want to affect their relationship because of herself. If the other person left because of it, it would be a loss for her.
"No," Ye Qingxi said. "I just hadn't smelled it before, that's why I asked."
To convince Qin Cheng, he added, "Actually, it smells quite nice, better than many I've smelled before."
Seeing that he took a sniff while speaking, Qin Cheng did not question the truthfulness of his words.
He even thought that if Ye Qingxi liked it, he could give her a bottle.
"Then go to the company tomorrow and ask this Brother Li Wen when it would be convenient for me to meet with him."
"When is a convenient time for you?" Qin Cheng asked him.
Ye Qingxi took out her phone and looked at her filming schedule.
"Three days from now," he said. "I don't have any night shoots in three days, so we can go out for dinner together."
"Okay," Qin Cheng replied.
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