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Arc 3 – Slag that Entertainment Tycoon
Chapter 70

The manager’s apartment wasn’t very big; it was only about 100 square metres in size, but it was more than enough for one person. At 6:30 in the morning of the next day, Chi Zhao got up and couldn’t seem to relax in this completely unfamiliar environment.

Chi Zhao scratched his head, “Suddenly changing places, I still haven’t adapted.”

【Then you should hurry and get used to it. In a month or two, you will have to get used to life in jail. Speaking of jail, I have a high definition version of “Tears Behind Bars”. Would you like to give it a listen first to get a feeling of it?】

Chi Zhao was about to retort back but, before he could speak, he fell silent for a moment and changed his mind, “Okay, play it.”

There aren’t many sources of entertainment in jail. If he learnt a few songs, perhaps he could leave a his future inmates with a good impression.

………..

The two underground floors of this apartment building were both parking lots. Yesterday, his manager had said that he would go there to pick him up so Chi Zhao selected the button on the elevator for the first underground floor. When the elevator door opened, Chi Zhao raised his head and was met with a familiar, tall figure.

He didn’t know when Qi Yuyang had come. Qi Yuyang was wearing a thin t-shirt and a pair of slim-fit black jeans which made him look clean and refreshing and also very stylish. He usually always wore a suit and leather shoes so, although it was handsome, he always gave off a difficult to approach feeling. Today, having changed his style, he suddenly appeared more approachable.

Chi Zhao didn’t move. He stood silently in the elevator, quietly looking at Qi Yuyang who was standing before him.

Qi Yuyang revealed a natural smile, as if nothing had happened between the two of them yesterday, “Let’s go. I’ll take you there.”

Chi Zhao didn’t need to ask to know that his manager must have been bought over by him.

Chi Zhao glanced to the side. He didn’t take a step forward and instead took a step back and pressed the “1” button on the panel.

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Qi Yuyang pressed his lips tightly together. Seeing this, he didn’t speak and simply stepped forward onto the track of the elevator door and used his large hands to prevent the doors from closing.

Chi Zhao was someone who could be moved with gentle persuasion rather than force. That was something Qi Yuyang had learnt yesterday. Having learnt that, he stopped himself from losing his temper and said in a low voice, “I’m just dropping you off and then I will leave. Your car isn’t here, and no one can take you there. You also can’t take a taxi by yourself.”

In the end, Chi Zhao could only get into Qi Yuyang’s car.

When he arrived, Chi Zhao opened the door and got out. When he realised that Qi Yuyang wasn’t following him after he took a few steps, he couldn’t help but pause and turn slightly to the side to glance back using the corners of his eyes. Qi Yuyang was still sitting in the car, looking in his direction. His expression was calm, as if he wasn’t enduring pain and as if he wasn’t angry or anxious. It was just calm, so calm that it felt strange.

Chi Zhao quietly asked the system, “Why is he so well behaved?”

【Maybe…He wants to make concessions first in order to gain advantages later and play hard to get?】

Chi Zhao was shocked, “System, you’re not stupid.”

System: “……….”

What do you mean?! Are you saying that I was stupid before?!

Qi Yuyang really kept his promise and only dropped Chi Zhao off and left. For the entire day, he didn’t show up on the set. At night, he came to pick Chi Zhao up again but this time Chi Zhao himself had a car, so he didn’t get into Qi Yuyang’s car.

Everything was only difficult at the beginning. This principle applied to any world. Chi Zhao thought it would be difficult ruthlessly rejecting someone who was ill but in fact, after he got started, everything after that was rather easy.

Chi Zhao refused all of Qi Yuyang’s attempts to show goodwill and get closer to him. The interactions the two had basically only consisted of the two short time periods when he left and returned to his apartment each day. As for the time in the middle, Chi Zhao didn’t know where Qi Yuyang had gone.

On Chi Zhao’s first day of filming without Qi Yuyang around, there was no reaction amongst the crew. On the second and third day of not seeing Qi Yuyang around, rumours very quickly started to spread. Chi Zhao just ignored it and didn’t bother with clarifying, so these rumours spread all the more. In the afternoon, those rumours miraculously disappeared.

And Chi Zhao also noticed that those who taunted him behind his back had started to avoid him, as if he was a water demon.

Chi Zhao fell silent.

“So he’s still constantly paying attention to me, isn’t he?”

【Yeah.】

Chi Zhao kicked the leg of the table next to him and didn’t speak.

Living alone was both convenient and inconvenient. Although it was quiet, if you wanted to buy something, you could only buy it yourself.

Although his position was high enough, because he had Qi Yuyang around before, his manager didn’t assign him with an assistant. Qi Yuyang had taken care of everything and he had used Qi Yuyang’s employees as if they were his own assistants.

Now that the great lord had been dumped by him, the staff of the great lord most definitely can no longer be used. Chi Zhao clutched his growling stomach and started to worry about a problem that had plagued all of mankind.

——-What to do for dinner?

………

Chi Zhao wandered around the living room and then loitered around the door for a while before returning back to the sofa.

It was nine in the evening. Chi Zhao hadn’t been having dinner at home the past few days and had always been going out to eat after waking up. After finishing early today, he had gone home to sleep and when he woke up again, it was already this time.

If he was to go out to eat, he would have to drive a long distance. After all, restaurants with good privacy are not anywhere close. If he ate at home and ordered takeout, who would open the door?

【Idiot. Can’t you just let the delivery staff leave it outside the door?】

Ah, that is true. But…..

“What did you call me just now?!”

The system that can change its attitude very flexibly immediately changed its words.

【Dear host, why don’t you let the delivery staff leave it outside the door?】

Chi Zhao sharpened his eyes and wanted to continue discussing with the system a little more when suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Chi Zhao turned his head and approached the door. He checked intercom screen.

Outside the door was a food delivery boy. He squinted his eyes and read the message on the order: “Leave the takeaway outside the door. Knock on the door and read out this passage.…Um, Mr. Xue, I’ve finished reading it. The takeaway will be left here. Please remember to quickly take it in!”

After he was done, the boy ran off in a hurry, looking very anxious. Chi Zhao and the system looked at each other with confusion. After a while, Chi Zhao cautiously opened the door and looked down at the takeaway box sitting quietly on the ground outside. Chi Zhao squatted down, picked up the takeout and looked around blankly.

In the tightly packed box were two dishes, a soup and a serving of steaming rice. Looking at the name, it was a place Chi Zhao had eaten at a couple of times before. That restaurant was more than ten kilometres away so if you tried to place an order from your phone, you won’t be able to find the store.

That is, unless you are a frequent visitor to this restaurant, and you call the owner’s number directly to place an order.

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Looking at the exquisite dishes, Chi Zhao sighed, “Can you scan again? Is Qi Yuyang really not nearby?”

The system obediently scanned again but it again returned with nothing.

【Nothing. There really is nothing. If he’s living next door, I would have already found out!】

Not next door but he knew that he was hungry and wants to eat something. Could he have installed surveillance in his place?

Chi Zhao only suspected this for a moment and the system immediately dismissed it.

【Impossible. I can find that out with my scanning and there’s nothing here!】

Then something wasn’t right.

Chi Zhao didn’t touch the food and instead slowly looked around the room. His expression seemed like he was deeply in thought and the system didn’t dare disturb. After a few seconds, Chi Zhao’s movements suddenly stopped, and he slowly turned to look out the dark window.

These apartment buildings were all high-end apartment buildings and the distance between the buildings was very large. Chi Zhao walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked across with a frown. At night, you couldn’t see the situation on the opposite end with your naked eyes and can only see small individual windows.

His eyes slowly wandered across these small windows and, for a moment, Qi Yuyang felt that their eyes met.

Ordering takeout for Xue Qing was a very bold act but Qi Yuyang did it anyway because he wanted Xue Qing to know that he was there and had never left.

It was also because he wanted to see how Xue Qing would react to this.

Through the binoculars, Xue Qing expressionlessly stood by the window. He stood there for a long time, about five minutes. After five minutes, he nonchalantly turned around and sat down in the living room to start a quiet meal.

As Qi Yuyang expected, Xue Qing’s reaction was no reaction.

Lowering his binoculars, Qi Yuyang pressed his chest. He couldn’t describe what he was feeling right now nor could he figure out Xue Qing’s attitude towards him.

Sometimes, he felt that Xue Qing hated him but at other times, he felt that Xue Qing had a high tolerance for him. That day, he was determined and ruthless about leaving but today, when he found out that he was living in the building opposite him like a pervert and even secretly watching his every move, he wasn’t angry and he even didn’t mind eating the dinner he had ordered for him.

There was only a warm yellow floor lamp turned on in the room, so the lighting was very limited. In this dim setting, Qi Yuyang let out a deep sigh. The sound from his throat was low and suppressed.

“Xue Qing, what are you thinking……”

What Chi Zhao was thinking about was…….whether he had exposed himself over the past few days.

He was accustomed to letting himself go when no one was around and sometimes when he chats with the system, he may add expressions or body language. If unsuspecting people saw it, the scene must’ve appeared very scary.

……

Chi Zhao frantically tried to recall and finally felt at ease when he realised that he had basically left the place as soon as he opened his eyes and would only return late at night and basically stay in the bedroom the whole time. While he stayed in the bedroom, he had made sure to keep the curtains closed every time.

It was a good habit to draw the curtains. He must continue to keep this up in the future.

System: “………..”

【That’s it? The protagonist has been spying on you with binoculars like a pervert and that’s your only reaction?】

“What else can I do?” Chi Zhao placed down the chopsticks. After some thought, he really came up with something, “Oh, seems like his condition has worsened.”

【You’re not afraid that this seemingly dormant perverseness of his would suddenly take a turn for the worse?】

Chi Zhao answered very calmly, “Not afraid. He hasn’t reached that stage yet. Also, hasn’t he started with his treatment?”

【What if he doesn’t improve?! What if he just decides to continue being hung up over you?! Why aren’t you worried at all? I’m so anxious, my motherboard is starting to heat up!】

Chi Zhao took a sip of the soup and replied lightly, “This is called, a calm heart keeps you cool.”

System: “……….”

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