Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Now that Zu Qi was still filming in the crew, he could not take care of the orchard at the same time. Moreover, the products he wanted to sell were all related to space. If he left it to others to help look after it, it would easily expose the existence of space.
Therefore, Zu Qi wanted Tang Yukuan to help. Of course, more specifically, it was not help, but a partnership.
If Tang Yukuan agreed, not only could he continue to live on the farm, but he could also get 30% of the sales profit after the website started operating, and he did not need to give anything material, only use his brain and physical strength.
For Tang Yukuan at this moment, this condition was undoubtedly like a pie falling from the sky.
God knows how confused Tang Yukuan was about the future. As long as his father was still lying in the hospital, there would remain a bottomless pit that could not be filled. Although he had a sum of money on hand now, he knew very well that the money would not be able to support him for long.
By the time the money would be spent, he would have nothing more to sell.
Tang Yukuan almost responded directly, but he still held back, pursed his lips and hesitated for a long time, then slowly asked: “Why me?”
“Isn’t the answer obvious?” Zu Qi shrugged, with a smile on his face. His gentle smile made people want to get close as he said, “I have no one else but you.”
Tang Yukuan suddenly smiled, raised his eyebrows and said, “Aren’t you afraid that I will betray you?”
“How are you going to betray me?” Zu Qi tilted his head slightly, with confusion in his beautiful peach eyes, as if he really didn’t understand what Tang Yukuan meant.
Tang Yukuan couldn’t bear to see Zu Qi’s innocent eyes. He paused and continued: “For example, tell the secret of how you can enter another world.”
Zu Qi smiled and said firmly: “You absolutely will not.”
Hearing this, Tang Yukuan was startled and laughed: “Why are you so sure?”
“Maybe you will be even more cautious than me.” Zu Qi looked at the slightly surprised Tang Yukuan. His clear eyes seemed to be able to see through Tang Yukuan’s soul at this moment. He said in a sparse and ordinary tone, “If I were you, I would not joke with my father’s life when I am so short of money.”
“… …” Tang Yukuan suddenly fell silent.
Zu Qi’s expression remained unchanged, his eyes were half-closed, and there was always a hint of a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, but he seemed a little cold.
Tang Yukuan looked at Zu Qi expressionlessly for a long time, then burst into laughter: “You are really smart and know how to target my weak spots.”
Zu Qi sighed: “Actually, I didn’t mean to threaten you, I just wanted to be truthful. Just saying these things, if it were anyone else, even if they could still freely enter and exit that place, I would not necessarily choose to cooperate with them.”
Finally, Zu Qi added, “But there is one more important reason, you are Heng Jingchen’s friend, I believe in him, so I also believe in you.”
In the novel, Heng Jingchen was an honest and upright person who valued love and justice, and most of his friends had the same character.
In some sense, Zu Qi’s behavior was undoubtedly cheating.
However, Tang Yukuan didn’t know that Zu Qi had God’s perspective. After listening to the other party’s solemn words, his expression was blank for a long time. After he realized what he was saying, his eyes suddenly turned red.
“Thank you, Zu Qi.” Tang Yukuan said.
“You’re welcome.” Zu Qi said.
Now that they had decided to convert the breeding farm into a fruit forest, they had to hire workers to dismantle all the original sheds, and many details needed to be re-planned.
Zu Qi didn’t understand this aspect, so he simply left it all to Tang Yukuan. He directly gave Tang Yukuan a bank card with a balance of two million as initial expense for the fruit forest.
Of course, every amount Tang Yukuan spent must be written clearly in the accounting book to facilitate future accounting.
….
Here Zu Qi was doing both filming and starting a business. He was so busy but he even worked on the new website during his breaks.
But Xue Jue on the other side received a piece of bad news.
Director Wang personally called Xue Jue and said that Zu Qi had found a stable place to eat. In the future, Xue Jue no longer had to pretend to be a fan to deliver food to the crew, which would save a lot of money.
After hearing these words, Xue Jue was silent for a long time, and suddenly said unhappily: “Do you think I would feel sorry for such a small amount of money?”
“I know that you are the chairman of a large group, and this is nothing in your eyes and it doesn’t even count as meat, but whether you care about the money is one thing, and whether Zu Qi is willing to eat the food you bought is another matter.” Director Wang lay leisurely on the rocking chair, both shaking and talking.
In the past, even if Director Wang had the courage, he would not have dared to speak to Xue Jue in such a sinister tone, but now he was really angry. On impulse, his words and deeds were all based on a surge of emotion and the heat climbing to his forehead.
These days, the scandal between Zu Qi and Xue Jue had spread wildly among the crew, and naturally it had also reached the ears of Director Wang.
Although Director Wang was particularly strict with Zu Qi during filming, if any scene was not right, he had to reshoot it until he was satisfied with it and he often scolded Zu Qi bloody on the set, but everyone who knew Director Wang knew that what this showed was “deep love and deep responsibility”.
If Director Wang didn’t like Zu Qi, he would have told him to pack up his things and get out. Now he imparted all his skills and knowledge to Zu Qi without hesitation, as if he regarded Zu Qi as a treasure.
Director Wang was a director who cherished good actors and always tried to take good care of Zu Qi outside the shooting. Now that his favorite actor was being bullied, Director Wang, who had always had a bad temper, could not swallow his anger.
Xue Jue naturally heard the implication of Director Wang’s words. He thus closed the folder in his hand with a snap. A layer of frost appeared in his eyes then he smiled coldly and said: “Director Wang, if you have something to say, just say it directly. There is no need to beat around the bush to teach someone a lesson.”
Seeing that Xue Jue really didn’t understand what he was saying, Director Wang sighed and said, “Anyway, you don’t have to worry about Zu Qi’s food anymore. It’s more convenient for him to eat with Qiao Yang.”
“What’s wrong with that? Say?” Xue Jue’s voice became colder and colder.
Director Wang was angry and added: “You don’t know. Recently, Zu Qi and Qiao Yang often film and eat together. They are very close. Although Qiao Yang seems cold and indifferent and doesn’t like to be in contact with others, but he seems to like being friends with Zu Qi. The two of them are as close as brothers on and off screen. It’s better for Zu Qi to eat with him than to eat alone, right?”
Xue Jue almost squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, “Which Qiao Yang are you talking about?”
“Of course it’s the 700 Million Best Actor Qiao Yang.” Director Wang said with a smile, “The Best Actor Qiao is so famous, but Xue Jue doesn’t know him… …But Mr. Xue has a lot to do, so it’s normal not to know him.”
Xue Jue sneered: “I know him now.”
After hanging up the phone, Xue Jue realized that he had broken the pen in his hand in frustration. Throwing the two pieces of pen on the coffee table, he raised his eyes and met Xiao Zhao’s frightened eyes.
Xiao Zhao originally came to report the recent project progress to Xue Jue. But halfway through, Mr. Xue answered the phone.
Unexpectedly, the person opposite didn’t know what he said. But Xue Jue’s face became increasingly ugly, until now it was covered with a thick layer of depression, swirling around Mr. Xue like a dark cloud.
Xiao Zhao rarely saw Mr. Xue’s emotions so exposed. After thinking about it for a moment, he guessed that Mr. Xue’s reaction might have something to do with Zu Qi.
It seemed that in this world, the only person who could make Mr. Xue, who had always been calm and indifferent to emotions and anger, jump with anger, was the immortal Zu Qi.
“Xiao Zhao.” Xue Jue suddenly spoke.
Xiao Zhao, who was suddenly called out, was like a student who was called on by the teacher while running away from class. He almost stood up, quickly swallowed, nodded and said, “Mr. Xue.”
Xiao Zhao saw Xue Jue picking up the documents on the coffee table and browsing them again, he thought he would ask questions related to the project, but instead he heard him say: “Who is Qiao Yang?”
“…Ahem…” Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhao was caught on the spot. He choked on his own saliva and immediately slapped his chest and coughed until his face turned red. He quickly drank a glass of water and answered honestly, “As far as I know, Qiao Yang is just an actor. He has won many trophies for Best Actor and the number of fans is huge, he should be considered a popular first-line traffic star.”
Xue Jue looked down at the document with an expressionless face and said, “Where’s his Weibo? Let me take a look.”
Xiao Zhao didn’t know why Xue Jue suddenly became interested in Qiao Yang. But he suppressed the doubts in his heart and quickly picked up his phone and looked up Qiao Yang’s Weibo.
With just a glance, Xiao Zhao saw that at the beginning of Qiao Yang’s latest update, he had liked Zu Qi’s Weibo, followed by a long string of tadpole-like text, and a photo of hot pot at the bottom.
Zu Qi and Qiao Yang in the photo… could be said to be smiling quite happily, and their posture was quite intimate…
At this time, Xiao Zhao finally understood why Mr. Xue was so abnormal.
After Xue Jue took Xiao Zhao’s phone, he did not scroll down. Instead, he glanced at Qiao Yang’s Weibo name and the latest Weibo post, and then returned the phone to Xiao Zhao.
Next, Xue Jue’s behavior quickly returned to normal, as if nothing had happened just now, and he discussed the recent work with Xiao Zhao with the same expression as before.
This seemingly peaceful state lasted until Xue Jue came home from work. Before he could reach the living room, he heard Xue Wanwan’s babbling sound. Weng Yuxiang came to greet him as usual, holding Xue Wanwan in his arms.
“Look, little Wanwan, daddy is back!” Weng Yuxiang teased the little guy with a smile on her face.
Xue Wanwan couldn’t understand what Weng Yuxiang was saying, but he seemed to be able to feel the adult’s emotions and kept making strange and weird tones in his mouth, which matched Weng Yuxiang’s laughter.
In the past, Xue Jue would have hugged Xue Wanwan happily so that Weng Yuxiang could have a rest.
But today, Xue Jue kept a cold face from beginning to end. He just touched Xue Wanwan’s head perfunctorily, said that he was a little tired, and planned to go upstairs directly.
“Woo!” Xue Wanwan’s big round eyes were staring at Xue Jue’s back for a moment, as he stretched out his little hands as if to grab Xue Jue’s clothes.
Unfortunately, after Xue Jue noticed the little guy’s movements, he just smiled and pulled his hand, and then left without looking back.
“Xiao Jue?” Weng Yuxiang shouted, “Are you okay?”
Xue Jue didn’t seem to hear Weng Yuxiang’s voice, and his figure disappeared around the corner soon.
Xue Jue returned to the study without stopping, locked the door, sat on the sofa, then opened the computer seriously, entered Weibo from Baidu, logged into the trumpet skillfully, and entered the profile ID of Qiao Yang from his memory.
In less than half a minute, he switched to Qiao Yang’s Weibo interface.
Xue Jue entered Zu Qi’s name in the search box, and more than ten pieces of relevant information were immediately displayed on the page, all Weibo posts posted in the past two months, and nine intimate photos of the two of them were placed under each Weibo post.
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