Chapter 418 "The person you like is Ye Qingxi..."
April 18:
Even after Li Wen returned, Qin Cheng couldn't calm down.
Li Wen's words kept echoing in his mind: "Your brother is single, and I'm single too. If it were me..."
What is it?!
How dare he?!
Does he deserve it?!
Qin Cheng picked up his phone and emphasized again: 【Stay away from my brother!】
Li Wen: ...
Li Wen silently gazed at the sky.
Brother, you're still thinking about it?
Is it that you can't forget about today?
Li Wen: [Don't worry, I know. A friend's brother shouldn't be married.]
Qin Cheng: ...
Looking at the word "wife," Qin Cheng felt only irritation.
Ye Qingxi was beautiful since she was a child. When she was in high school, a boy had a crush on her. After entering university, not long after the start of the semester, she was confessed to by a senior from the same club.
Ye Qingxi was quite surprised at the time and quickly refused.
When Qin Cheng heard this, he thought the other party was incredibly audacious, not even looking at himself, yet daring to covet his brother!
Now, however, he feels that his younger brother seems to be a little too popular with boys.
Qin Cheng didn't really like this situation.
In his mind, Ye Qingxi was going to marry a girl.
They will have one or two children and then live happily together.
It cannot be a boy.
Qin Cheng thought, it definitely wasn't a boy.
He should marry a wife, not become someone's wife.
otherwise……
Otherwise, Qin Cheng feared he wouldn't be able to suppress the beast within him.
He must like girls, Qin Cheng thought; he would only ever like girls.
Qin Cheng worked hard to adjust his mood before he could focus on his work again.
Ye Qingxi had no idea that Zhong Yan had gone to see Qin Cheng and Li Wen behind his back.
Just one day later, he was surprised to find that Qin Cheng seemed to have lost his perfume scent.
Ye Qingxi was afraid he had smelled it wrong, so he asked Chen Xiang to smell it for him.
Chen Xiang casually passed by again, chatted with Qin Cheng casually, and then quietly and carefully smelled the aroma.
Finally, after finishing his series of actions, he walked to Ye Qingxi's side and said to him, "It really does seem to have lost its flavor."
Ye Qingxi was happy.
He thought that Zhong Yan's mother was right after all. A week later, Li Wen lost interest in the perfume.
He happily called Zhong Yan after returning home that evening and said, "You're right, my brother doesn't smell of perfume anymore."
“Right?” Zhong Yan laughed. “I knew it. My mom uses it all the time, so of course she knows a lot about it.”
Ye Qingxi nodded.
In the following days, Ye Qingxi noticed that Qin Cheng no longer seemed to have the scent of perfume on him.
He seemed to smell the same as his clothes again.
Once, while he was getting something, he walked across Qin Cheng's body, his nose very close to Qin Cheng's.
Ye Qingxi carefully and deliberately took a sniff.
"What's wrong?" Qin Cheng asked him.
Ye Qingxi shook his head, but thought to himself: It's a very faint orange scent, the first scent he smelled.
"It's nothing, I'm just getting something."
After Ye Qingxi finished speaking, she quickly picked up the power bank from beside him.
Qin Cheng watched as he plugged his phone into the power bank and didn't think much of it.
"By the way, Ruicheng's contract was signed today," he said gently.
Ye Qingxi: "Huh?"
Ye Qingxi blinked, somewhat puzzled as to why he suddenly brought this up.
Qin Cheng smiled and said to him, "It's the contract you heard about during dinner that day."
Ye Qingxi nodded. Of course he knew; he hadn't forgotten.
Qin Cheng then explained the contract to him in detail, explaining why they were cooperating and why, how Ruicheng's people felt there was a problem with the contract that day, and what kind of contract the two parties ultimately signed.
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi felt there was no need to tell him about this.
He's not in charge of this project.
"Why are you telling me all this?" he asked.
Qin Cheng spoke naturally, saying, "Originally, according to Grandpa's idea, you should be at the company right now, but you wanted to make a movie, so you weren't with me. But you were there when we were talking about this the other day, so I thought I'd tell you too, so you won't worry about it."
"Oh." Ye Qingxi understood.
"Regarding matters concerning the group, if you were here, I wouldn't want to avoid talking to you," Qin Cheng said. "Xiao Xi, you're also a member of the group. If you're not interested in the company projects you haven't heard about or know about, that's fine. But I still hope you can understand what you know and have heard about, so that when you start working at the group in the future, you won't be completely clueless."
Ye Qingxi: ...
At this moment, Ye Qingxi felt that Qin Cheng was indeed a very good older brother.
Very frank.
She also loves him very much.
He is the most rightful heir to the Mu Group, and Mu Feng's blood runs in his veins.
Although his surname is Qin, he belongs to the Mu family.
But he was actually an outsider.
Even so, Qin Cheng wanted him to know everything about the group that he had come into contact with.
This will allow him to better face the group and perform better in the future.
He could have chosen not to tell him about Ruicheng, but because he had overheard it during dinner that day, he gently and meticulously explained the cooperation between the two parties to him.
In that instant, Ye Qingxi's subtle unhappiness from before, which stemmed from Qin Cheng and Li Wen talking about things he didn't know, as if they were closer because of it, vanished completely.
Instead, it offers a warm and soft comfort.
He found out too.
Now, all three of them knew.
He shared the story with Zhong Yan after returning home, remarking, "My brother is really good to me."
“That’s true,” Zhong Yan said.
He told Qin Cheng two things, and Qin Cheng accepted them both with a good attitude.
And afterwards, he didn't reveal that he had gone to see her. Instead, he cleverly resolved the two things that Ye Qingxi cared about in another way.
He managed to appease Ye Qingxi without letting her discover what his friend had been doing behind his back.
—Although Zhong Yan didn't think he had done anything wrong, nor did he think Ye Qingxi would do anything to him if she found out.
However, given Ye Qingxi's personality, if he knew that Ye Qingxi would go to Qin Cheng because of his casual words, he probably wouldn't be able to talk to him about Qin Cheng so easily and without pressure in the future.
Or, you should make him promise that he will never go to Qin Cheng or stand up for him.
That would actually be bad for Ye Qingxi herself.
Qin Cheng probably thought so too, which is why he concealed his presence as if nothing had happened.
From this perspective, he was indeed very good to Ye Qingxi.
He clearly understands what it truly means to do what's best for his brother.
Ye Qingxi filmed for two more days before receiving another video call from Mu Shaowu.
The reason he said "again" is because he had received a video call from Mu Shaowu before.
At that time, Mu Shaowu had only been abroad for three days when she missed him so much that she made a video call to him.
After that, they mostly communicated via WeChat.
Unexpectedly, his dad had time to video call him again today.
"How have you been lately?" Mu Shaowu asked him.
"It's fine." Ye Qingxi showed him her filming location. "It's still a busy day at work."
"As expected of our Director Ye! He's really amazing!" Mu Shaowu praised.
Ye Qingxi smiled and asked him, "Dad, when are you coming back?"
“It will take a while,” Mu Shaowu said. “Your daddy hasn’t finished dealing with things yet, and it’s rare for him to come back. Your grandpa and grandma Feng want him to stay a little longer.”
Ye Qingxi nodded, "Then we should stay a little longer."
He said, "Then you two should spend more time with my grandpa and grandma Feng, and you can also enjoy some time alone together. Anyway, I'm with my grandpa, so you don't need to worry."
Looking at his spirited demeanor and handsome face, Mu Shaowu thought to himself: There's really nothing to worry about.
After all, when Ye Qingxi was a child, he was busy filming, so Ye Qingxi stayed with her grandfather.
Now, it's just like when I was a child.
In particular, he has grown up.
"I heard from your uncle that your brother is staying at your grandfather's house right now?"
“Yes.” Ye Qingxi nodded. “My brother is here to keep Grandpa company and learn about Grandpa’s ways of doing things.”
Mu Shaowu nodded, "Then why didn't you go and learn it?"
Ye Qingxi honestly said, "I think my grandpa originally wanted to teach me too, but seeing how tired I was from leaving early and coming home late, he couldn't bear it and let me off the hook."
Upon hearing this, Mu Shaowu couldn't help but sigh, "Your grandfather is only kind to you; as for me, I think he's quite heartless!"
Ye Qingxi said sweetly, "I can't bear to~ I can't bear to see you working overtime, Dad~"
Mu Shaowu burst out laughing, thinking how well-behaved he was.
The father and son chatted for a while, and then Mu Shaowu hung up the phone without disturbing Ye Qingxi's work any further.
Right after hanging up the phone, Ye Qingxi saw two WeChat messages from Li Wen.
Li Wen: [My brother's movie is coming here for a promotional tour, and he gave me two tickets. Do you want to go see it?]
Li Wen: [Image]
Ye Qingxi was surprised; what a coincidence!
When Ye Qingxi met with Li Wen before, he mentioned that he had seen Li Hong's movies and said that Li Hong's acting skills were good. This was not just politeness, but the truth.
Li Hong has chosen excellent film scripts in the past two years and has performed exceptionally well, which Ye Qingxi greatly appreciates. So when he went online a while ago, he saw that the promotional tour for Li Hong's new film was about to begin, and he was thinking that if the tour came to their area, he could go and check it out.
Unexpectedly, before he even bought the tickets, Li Wen, Li Hong's younger brother, had already prepared them.
that is……
He wasn't familiar with Li Wen, so why did Li Wen invite him instead of Qin Cheng?
Because he is an actor and director, while Qin Cheng isn't?
Just as he was thinking about it, Li Wen sent him a new WeChat message.
Li Wen: [Okay, I'll confess. I told my brother I knew you the other day, but he didn't believe me. So he gave me two tickets to a roadshow, saying that if I really knew you, I'd bring you along.]
Li Wen: [Little brother, please help me, little brother!]
The accompanying picture is of a small dog kneeling in prayer.
Ye Qingxi smiled, "So that's how it is."
To be honest, Ye Qingxi felt it wasn't entirely impossible.
That wasn't part of this roadshow; he had planned to go anyway.
If I refuse now, wouldn't it be very awkward if we met at the movie theater?
He could refuse to go to avoid embarrassment, but Ye Qingxi didn't want to break her existing plans.
Moreover, he thought they could simply arrange to meet at the movie theater.
That way, they can go straight to the movie as soon as they meet, without having to talk during the movie. After the movie, he can interact with the main cast and crew, and then Li Wen will definitely go to find Li Hong, so he can go home.
There shouldn't be much time or space for awkward small talk, so there won't be any awkwardness due to the two people not being familiar with each other.
Ye Qingxi: [Aren't you going to invite my brother?]
Li Wenxin thought to himself, "If I invite your brother, will I still be able to talk to you?"
Li Wen sighed.
He gave Ye Qingxi tickets to her roadshow this time.
Firstly, because Ye Qingxi is an actor and director, he likes to act in and make movies, so Li Wen thought he should also like to watch movies.
In addition, his brother is also working with a big director this time, so Li Wen felt that it wouldn't hurt for Ye Qingxi, a new director, to take a look.
Secondly, it was out of concern for his close friend.
Ever since that day when he vaguely felt that Qin Cheng might like Ye Qingxi, the more he thought about it, the more sense it made.
So he wanted to talk to Ye Qingxi again to see if Ye Qingxi's feelings for Qin Cheng were purely brotherly, or if there was also some socialist brotherly affection involved.
That's why when he received a call from his cousin saying that he was coming to do a roadshow, he subconsciously thought of Ye Qingxi.
Li Wen then asked for an extra ticket.
His cousin groaned for a long time about it, saying, "Who's going to get an extra one?"
Li Wen: ...
"None of your business."
"They won't let me manage it anymore, tsk tsk tsk."
Li Wen: ...
Li Wenzhen was afraid he would misunderstand, so she said, "Ye Qingxi".
Li Hong: ? ? ?
"who?"
“Ye Qingxi,” Li Wen said, “but we’re not in the kind of relationship you’re thinking of. He’s my friend’s younger brother, so we met up and had a meal together.”
Li Hong, "Is Ye Qingxi willing to come with you?"
“He should be willing,” Li Wen said. “He said he’d seen your movie and praised your acting.”
Li Hong: ? ? ? Is that so?!
Li Hong was skeptical. "Really?"
"Of course, why would I lie to you?"
Li Hong: "Then good luck! I'm really looking forward to his arrival!"
Li Wen: I'll try my best.
Therefore, Li Wen replied to him: "Is your brother interested in roadshows? He's such a workaholic."
Ye Qingxi didn't know either, but she could give it a try.
He said, "I'll ask him tonight."
Li Wen: ? ? ?
What's the difference between that and taking his dog's life directly?
Li Wen quickly said, "I'll go talk to him."
Ye Qingxi nodded: [Okay.]
He thought for a moment, then added: "Don't tell him I'm going; just ask him if he's interested and wants to go."
Otherwise, even if his brother isn't interested and doesn't want to go, he'll probably still say he'll go.
In a sense, Ye Qingxi still hoped that Qin Cheng would do something out of liking, simply out of liking.
Not for him.
Li Wen: ? ? ?
Li Wen thought to himself, "What else is there to ask? He definitely won't go."
Li Wen sent a WeChat message to Qin Chengdao: "My brother's movie is coming out soon, and he's coming to our area for a promotional tour. Do you want to go see it?"
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng replied: 【What do you think?】
Li Wen: [I was just asking you!]
Qin Cheng: [I'm not going.]
How about that? Li Wen already knew.
He took a screenshot and sent it to Ye Qingxi: "He's not going."
"Alright then," Ye Qingxi said, "I won't bring my brother."
Ye Qingxi: [Then let's meet at the movie theater entrance.]
Li Wen: [Okay.]
Three days later, Ye Qingxi told Qin Cheng in advance, "Brother, you don't need to pick me up tomorrow night."
"Why?" Qin Cheng asked, puzzled.
"I'm going to see a movie."
"What movie?" Qin Cheng asked curiously. "Are you watching it alone?"
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi felt inexplicably guilty.
Although Li Wen had already asked Qin Cheng.
But this feeling was like Qin Cheng secretly going to the movies with Huo Zinan behind his back.
Even though he told Huo Zinan that he wasn't going, he still couldn't help but be full of questions when he heard the news.
This is also why Ye Qingxi specifically told Qin Cheng this today.
He always felt that his brother should have known about this before the movie's promotional tour, rather than it being discovered by his brother after he and Li Wen had participated in the tour.
“He…Li Wen”.
Qin Cheng: !!!
Seeing the rare surprise on his face, Ye Qingxi quickly explained, "It's mainly because the lead actor in this movie is Li Hong. His movies in the past two years have been quite good, so I originally planned to go to his promotional tour."
"That's why when Li Wen asked me if I wanted to go see his brother's roadshow, I agreed."
"Moreover, he told his brother that he knew me, but his brother didn't believe him. He said that if he really knew me, he would let me go to the roadshow too, and he even gave him two movie tickets for the roadshow. So he asked me to help him out, and I just helped him out."
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng certainly wouldn't be angry with Ye Qingxi.
Ye Qingxi didn't do anything wrong. He's always been a helpful person and is willing to lend a hand to anyone he knows. He was able to take Huo Zinan away from his family of origin and raise him from the age of fourteen to college, so what's a little roadshow to him?
Moreover, Li Wen was his friend.
Ye Qingxi probably won't refuse him because of this.
He just thought Li Wen was outrageous!
He already told me to stay away from Ye Qingxi, didn't he hear me?!
Qin Cheng felt a whirlwind of emotions, but his face remained calm.
"I see," he said. "Then I'll go too."
Ye Qingxi: ...
"But you clearly don't want to go."
He said sincerely, "If you don't want to go, you don't have to go."
"That was before. I didn't know you were going with him. You two aren't familiar with each other. Wouldn't it be awkward? I might as well go with you; it can help smooth things over."
Ye Qingxi said smugly, "I've thought about this before. We'll meet at the movie theater, watch the movie when we get there, and then interact with the cast and crew afterward. After that, he'll go find his brother, and I'll go home. That way, there won't be any awkwardness."
Qin Cheng was amused by his attitude of not wanting to have an awkward conversation with the other party, and his mood finally improved.
"Then I definitely have to go, otherwise who will take you home?"
Ye Qingxi: "You're not my driver."
Qin Cheng looked at him, "Don't you want me to go?"
"I just don't want you to do things that you don't like or find meaningful."
“But I find it very meaningful now,” Qin Cheng said. “Xiao Xi, I like it now, is that not allowed?”
Ye Qingxi: ...
What else could Ye Qingxi say?
He could only agree, "Alright then."
"Then I'll tell him to ask him to get another ticket for the roadshow."
“I’ll talk to him,” Qin Cheng said. “I’m quite familiar with him.”
"Okay." Ye Qingxi didn't think much of it.
Qin Cheng watched him leave his bedroom, locked the bedroom door, and then took his phone and went to the bedroom balcony.
He made a phone call to Li Wen.
Given this date and time, Li Wen felt that it was highly likely that Ye Qingxi knew he was going to attend his brother's movie promotion event with him the next day.
Li Wen took three deep breaths, then drank some water.
My hands were trembling as I prepared to answer the call, only to find that it had automatically disconnected because I hadn't answered for a long time.
Li Wen: ...
After thinking for a moment, Li Wen took the initiative to make a video call to Qin Cheng.
Qin Cheng answered the call very quickly; the video had barely rang once before he picked up.
"Didn't I tell you to stay away from him?!" Qin Cheng roared. "Li Wen, what did you promise me?!"
Looking at his angry face, Li Wen thought to himself: Brother, you know I went to a public movie roadshow with your 21-year-old cousin who is already an adult.
Anyone who didn't know better would think I was having a private date with your girlfriend behind your back!
“Don’t be like this,” Li Wen said. “I’ve already said that you can’t marry your friend’s brother. I only treat him as a friend and a younger brother now.”
"Is his brother dead? Who are you to call him his brother?!"
Li Wen: ...
"Can we just be friends?"
He doesn't need it!
Li Wen: ...
"Qin Cheng, I swear to you, if I ever have any improper thoughts about him, may I die in the water next time I go diving."
Upon hearing this, Qin Cheng was speechless.
His anger finally subsided, and he seemed to have finally calmed down.
"Stay away from him." Qin Cheng's tone softened slightly, no longer so angry and cold.
Li Wen asked him, "Why? I was just joking that day. You know, I promised you that I wouldn't have anything to do with him."
"Can feelings be controlled by anyone? You're joking now, but later you'll tell me you didn't mean it, but you can't control yourself, what are you going to do then?!"
"So?" Li Wen asked him, "Is there anything about me that I'm not good at?!"
"You're a man!"
"What's wrong with men? Didn't Ye Qingxi's father marry a man?!"
"His dad can do it, but he can't!"
Li Wen was taken aback. He looked at Qin Cheng and asked, "Why?"
Why can't Ye Qingxi marry a man?
He thought the reason Qin Cheng didn't dare to speak was because of their relationship, but it turns out, it was because of gender?
"There's no reason," Qin Cheng said coldly. "He doesn't like men."
"Then what are you afraid of? He doesn't like men, so why would he become gay for me?"
Qin Cheng: !!!
Qin Cheng only needed to consider this possibility!
He couldn't accept the thought that Ye Qingxi might actually become gay for someone in the future.
"Li Wen, I'll say it again, stay away from him."
"Qin Cheng, don't you think you're behaving strangely right now?" Li Wen looked at him. "You're his older brother, I'm your friend, and he's your younger brother. So what's wrong with me being nice to him and giving him tickets to a movie screening?"
“Other people’s older brother would be happy that his friends are good to his younger brother, but what about you? You’re angry and furious, as if I gave you a ticket to make him run away from you, not a ticket to a roadshow.”
"Do you know what a cousin is? A cousin is a younger cousin. Even if one day, a younger cousin really wants to run away from his older cousin, like me, the older cousin will just be too lazy to care and let him run away."
“Instead of you, you want to follow Ye Qingxi wherever she goes.”
"Qin Cheng, your feelings for Ye Qingxi are not just those of a normal cousin, are they?" He stared into Qin Cheng's eyes and asked, word by word, "You like her, don't you? The person you like is Ye Qingxi, isn't that right?"
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