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Arc 3 – Slag that Entertainment Tycoon
Chapter 83

Qi Yuyang entered the room. Seeing him, Chi Zhao placed down the documents and slowly stood up.

Passing through the bedroom door, Qi Yuyang’s eyes fell onto the document. His feet froze and he didn’t dare take another step forward. Both his feet were firmly nailed to the ground and his entire body was frozen like a sculpture.

He was waiting for his final judgement.

Chi Zhao was silent for a while. He then walked over. Now that it was certain that the plot had completely collapsed and that it had derailed so badly, eight horses wouldn’t be able to pull it back onto its tracks, Chi Zhao no longer needed to continue with his act.

As a result, Chi Zhao’s entire personality became different from the usual. At this moment, he not only no longer looked indifferent, it even appeared a lot livelier than usual.

“When did you know about this?”

Qi Yuyang opened his mouth to answer but before he could say anything, Chi Zhao answered it himself, “Was it when you were drunk?”

About three seconds later, Qi Yuyang lowered his eyes and nodded.

Chi Zhao’s expression remained unchanged. He then asked, “Your illness has been cured?”

Qi Yuyang’s drunken episode was two months ago so it meant that he had known about Xia Lan’s death since two months ago as well as the fact that it was Xue Xingfan who had kidnapped him. The treatment that should originally take another week or two to complete was probably already over.

He had hidden it very well……

As expected, Qi Yuyang hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Chi Zhao’s expression was very cold. It made Qi Yuyang feel even more uneasy.

“Do you have anything else you want to say to me?”

Qi Yuyang had a lot he wanted to say but when he was faced with Chi Zhao’s ruthless and indifferent eyes, he found that he couldn’t say anything. Words couldn’t express him well enough right now. Every word and every syllable were completely useless.

It wasn’t their fault that they’re useless; it was his fault.

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After waiting for more than ten seconds and not hearing Qi Yuyang’s reply, Chi Zhao pursed his lips and approached him. He walked very quickly, and, in a flash, he passed Qi Yuyang. This was soon followed by the sound of the door opening and closing as well as the cold metallic sound of the security door slamming shut. Qi Yuyang suddenly felt like he was once again shut inside a dark and cramped room where there were no other people around, no sound, no colour, no air; only endless suffocation and pain.

The only difference this time was that there was no one who would let him out again.

For a few seconds after Chi Zhao left, Qi Yuyang stood there blankly. A few seconds later, he seemed to have suddenly returned to his senses. He turned and wanted to chase after him but before he could take a step, he stopped in place.

Slowly, his expression became distorted and his eyes squeezed shut. He grabbed his head and bent down and seemed to be suffering from immense pain.

His hair was almost pulled out of his scalp, but that physical pain couldn’t relieve the pain from the depths of his mind. The headache this time was much more severe than the previous headaches. It felt as if Qi Yuyang would drop dead any moment.

There was no problem with Cheng Ran’s medical abilities. The hypnosis in Qi Yuyang’s mind had indeed been removed but the imprints left by Chi Zhao that were carved deeply into his soul still remained and it couldn’t be treated by any psychiatrist. They were shackles that would accompany him throughout his life.

Severe pain tore at his nerves. Qi Yuyang collapsed onto his knees. After a while, he opened his eyes with difficulty and looked at the deserted room. Suddenly, he laughed.

The laughter was very light at first and then it grew stronger and stronger until he was practically laughing hysterically. That laugher was harsher and more moving than crying and extremely heartbreaking to hear.

He had originally thought that the day he found out about the cause of Xia Lan’s death would be most despairing day of his life, but he didn’t expect that behind that despair, there would be a darker and lonelier future.

……….

After Chi Zhao went out, he didn’t go too far. He covered his entire face and arrived at a children’s playground nearby. This children’s playground was an open area, but it was raining heavily so there were no children around. Chi Zhao crawled into the largest plastic tunnel and the world finally became quiet with only the sound of raindrops hitting the tunnel.

As a celebrity, the most inconvenient thing was that if he wanted to leave his place and find a place to think about his future, he had nowhere to go. He could only use the tunnel in a children’s playground.

Holding his face, Chi Zhao asked, “What should I do next?”

Hearing this question, the system became spirited.

【From the looks of it, we should probably stop it from getting worse. Let’s do this. You find a place to die and I will shield you from the pain. After you die, I will help you find a particularly simple world that is absolutely guaranteed to be successful!】

Chi Zhao: “…….” Honestly, he no longer believed anything the system says.

“You said I could succeed even while lying down and look what happened?”

【…..How could I have known that there was a hidden plot like this? I promise I will find you a role that won’t be able to be washed clean, sound good?】

No matter how the system promised, Chi Zhao just acted like he didn’t hear him. He covered his face and let out a muffled sigh.

“He actually let me go.”

Chi Zhao’s tone sounded a little strange. The system was puzzled.

【Did you want him to let you go or did you not want him to let you go?】

“I hoped that he would let me go and I also hoped that he wouldn’t let me go.”

What Chi Zhao hoped for was for Qi Yuyang to be like a normal person and, although it was a difficult choice to make, for him to respect his wishes and let him go. But he also hoped that Qi Yuyang’s feelings for him would not change and, like before, he would continue to find him again and again to take him home, never letting him go.

The former was what his sense of reason hoped for while the latter were just his selfish desires.

【You humans are so complicated. Why do you have to be like this? Let me ask you again. Do you or do you not want to stay?】

Chi Zhao looked away and answered very quickly, “Stay.”

【Then that’s that. Since you want to stay, then go back. The plot has completely collapsed anyway and whether or not you leave has no effect on it. As for you, ah, there will be some effect and that is the degree of damage your body gets but that is your body and that person is also the person you like. You should be the one making the choice. I’ll accept whatever decision you make.】

The tunnel in the children’s playground was large enough for two children to stand side by side but Chi Zhao was an adult and therr wasn’t enough room for him to sit. He hugged his knees and rested his chin on his knees, feeling aggrieved.

“We’ll see. If he comes to look for me, then I will go back. If he doesn’t…..I’ll go and die.”

Whether it was the original owner or Chi Zhao, the two of them had never taken the initiative in the relationship. The original owner knew very clearly at the end that Qi Yuyang didn’t like him and was only nice to him because he helped relieve him of his headaches. Now that Chi Zhao was faced with this same question, he didn’t know what kind of answer he would get.

All afternoon, Chi Zhao stayed in the tunnel and didn’t go out. It was now the rainy autumn season and the autumn rain was rather cool. When Chi Zhao left, he didn’t bring along a jacket and was only wearing a long-sleeved shirt. As the rain grew heavier, Chi Zhao was both hungry and cold. Chi Zhao rubbed his arms in attempt to warm himself up a little when suddenly, a white light flashed in front of him. Chi Zhao subconsciously raised his head to look but his head hit the roof of the tunnel instead.

【…….Look at this rubbish place you’re hiding out in. It would’ve been better getting a hotel room. You at least have food and shelter while you wait.】

Chi Zhao didn’t speak and just shrunk further inside the tunnel. It wasn’t convenient for him to go to a hotel and the hotel was also too far. This playground was just in front of his place. If Qi Yuyang were to come find him, it would be more convenient for him to find him here.

Chi Zhao told the system that he would give him a day. Although he didn’t specifically set a time, it was now almost six in the evening and the sky was completely dark.

Seeing that Chi Zhao had no intentions to move, the system sighed,

【Why don’t you……just go back by yourself?】

“No.” Chi Zhao was firm.

For the others, love was love, but for Chi Zhao, this relationship involved him putting his life at stake. If he wasn’t certain that they other party really liked him, then he wouldn’t be able to abandon everything and stay.

Because this was a relationship that couldn’t even be judged using reality or illusions, all he could rely on was the other party’s feelings.

The system had no choice but to stay in his mind and wait together with its host.

At 8 o’clock in the evening, the thunder and lightning and even the rain had stopped. Gradually, he could hear the sound of people but because it was already quite late, there were not many people outside. The patter of raindrops slowly faded, and Chi Zhao finally gave up. He silently moved to climb out of the tunnel.

Lightly jumping out, Chi Zhao looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, he relaxed his vigilance. As he slowly walked out, he asked the system inside, “Which way is faster, jumping off a building? But I think that will cause a sensation. Would it be better to throw myself into the river? But you seem to only have the ability to block the pain, not the feeling of suffocation…..”

The system silently expressed: Stop asking. You’re not dying anyway.

Chi Zhao had this problem. The more confused he was, the more he liked to chatter on. This system already knew that Chi Zhao’s chatter was just because he was a little sad that Qi Yuyang didn’t come and didn’t want to show it.

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As he thought about these things, Chi Zhao had his head lowered. Once he turned the corner, he looked up and inadvertently saw a tall figure ahead.

Qi Yuyang stood there under a sycamore tree, holding a black windbreaker in his hand. Seeing Chi Zhao wander out, there were some slight changes in his expression. Chi Zhao couldn’t describe what kind of change it was. In any case, when Chi Zhao reacted, Qi Yuyang had already walked up to him.

He unfolded the windbreaker and raised Chi Zhao’s arm, slipping it into the sleeves. When he was done helping him put it on, he lowered his eyes, and both gently and carefully buttoned the row of buttons in front.

As he did all this, his actions were very natural. It was so natural; one wouldn’t have been able to tell that he had almost wanted to end his life at just a few hours ago.

“……When did you come?”

Hearing Xue Qing’s question, Qi Yuyang replied in a low voice, “I don’t remember anymore.”

Anyway, he arrived when it was still raining. He had followed the tracker and found his way over to the children’s playground. Xue Qing’s phone also had a thermal sensor function. If the phone was lost, the location would be displayed but since the thermal sensor’s light was green it meant that it was still with Xue Qing and that he was there in this playground.

Qi Yuyang didn’t know why Xue Qing came here. After some thought, he guessed that Xue Qing was probably very stimulated by his mother’s news, so he came to a place reminiscent of his childhood.

…..It had to be said that after all those years of receiving psychological guidance, Qi Yuyang had also learned to put Freud’s theory into practice.

He didn’t dare disturb him so he stood far away on the main road by the entrance to the children’s playground. Although this playground was an open area, there were fences all around and you would have to pass through here to leave.

He stood there and waited until Xue Qing came out.

Once the buttons were all buttoned, Qi Yuyang raised his head, his gaze lingering on Chi Zhao’s face. After looking at it for a while, he stretched out his hand again to tidy up Chi Zhao’s slightly messy collar.

His movements…….were extremely gentle.

A teardrop rolled down the corner of his eyes to his chin and another welled up in his eyes. Tears obscured Chi Zhao’s vision, making him unable to see but he could feel someone slowly wiping the tears away for him.

Chi Zhao gently blinked a few times and soon, the tears that blurred his vision were blinked away. He raised his eyes slightly. Qi Yuyang was looking at him. He didn’t speak. His face moved slightly, as if he wanted to form a smile, but that action seemed to be too difficult and it took him a lot of effort to finally hook his lips up in an awkward and ugly manner.

“Don’t cry. You don’t look good when you cry.”

That was a lie. In fact, he also looked good when he cried and it was actually even better than usual but, no matter how good he looked, Qi Yuyang didn’t want to see him shed tears like this. His heart hurt seeing him like this. He just wanted to see his smiling face.

No one would want the person they like to see their ugly side and Chi Zhao was the same. He quickly raised his hand to wipe away the excess tears, sniffed his nose and then acted like he wasn’t the one who was crying just now.

Qi Yuyang who saw this wanted to laugh but he also felt heartbroken inside. He opened his mouth and after a long period of silence, he uttered the line he had thought about all this time, “Go home with me……..okay?”

Chi Zhao was originally holding back the urge to cry but the moment he heard those words, he couldn’t hold it in anymore. He had waited a whole day; from disappointment to despair and then to rekindled hope. Finally, he heard the words he had wanted to hear.

Chi Zhao didn’t answer. He chose to directly hug Qi Yuyang and bury his head in his shoulder, letting the tears flow down and seep into his clothes.

Qi Yuyang was taken aback for a moment. From the moment he left his place, his heart was tense as he wasn’t certain whether it would end up shattered or broken but now, it was able to relax. Qi Yuyang stood there stunned for a long time before letting out a long breath.

He lowered his head, lightly kissed Chi Zhao’s hair and then, looking like he had just received salvation, he slowly closed his bloodshot eyes.

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