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Chapter 79 – Another Marking

After saying this, Qiu Jin let go of Wen Mojia and stood in front fo the mirror to straighten out his clothes.

Tongguang?

Why would he mention Tongguang all of a sudden? Who was Tongguang?

After a long silence, Wen Mojia finally reacted.

Ji Tongguang was the male protagonist in the drama “The Rise and Fall of the World.” The lines just now came from a scene in the book where Ji He and the male protagonist were pitted against each other.

After realizing this, Wen Mojia froze in place. In his mind, he replayed Qiu Jin’s performance again.

When most people played the bad guy, they would either be sneering incessantly with a malicious face, or fuming with rage between gritted teeth while menacing someone. That was also how Wen Mojia had acted out the role during the audition, and he was even afraid that he wasn’t being ferocious enough.

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But Qiu Jin did it the other way around. That’s right, Ji He was sent to another country as a hostage prince since he was a child, and the brutal court life taught him to restrain his sharpness and temper. His evilness was not as exposed as ordinary people. Instead, he would just use his usual flat expression to say what he thought was right.

Interpreting horror with tender expressions, it was even more hair-raising than shouting and screaming.

Wen Mojia leaned against the wall in frustration. He had no choice but to accept reality. In terms of acting skills, perhaps, he was indeed inferior to Qiu Jin.

At this moment, there was a sudden “click” sound from within the bathroom. The door to one of the bathroom stalls opened. A long leg wrapped in suit pants stepped out.

The man’s suit was very upright. His appearance was genial. His deep black eyes zoomed in on his face.

Qiu Jin’s body froze instantly.

Why was Jiang Ming here?

Qiu Jin took a step back subconsciously, and he didn’t know if it was a misconception, but when he met the other man’s gaze, Qiu Jin felt his glands swell up.

As if he did not expect such a big reaction, the man showed a benevolent smile, and narrowed his peach blossom eyes: “Did I scare you?”

“N, no, I’m just a little surprised.” Qiu Jin braced himself and greeted the other man, “Greetings, Jiang-laoshi.”

[T/N: 老师 laoshi means “teacher,” but it doesn’t necessarily mean the person being addressed is a teacher. It’s often used as an honorific in different professions as a sign of respect.]

“Just call me Jiang Ming.” Jiang Ming had a good temper and gave him a gentle smile, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop.”

Qiu Jin was very embarrassed: “We didn’t choose a good place…”

“But it allowed me to see a good show.”

Qiu Jin: “…”

“I mean it literally,” Jiang Ming explained, “If I’m not mistaken, you said the lines in the TV series just now, right? It was wonderful. If I were the director, I would choose you, too.”

Apart from thanking him for the compliment, Qiu Jin didn’t know what to say.

They had already walked out into the garden while exchanging words. In June, Beijing has entered midsummer. There was a breeze blowing under the promenade, but it was not very comfortable to stay for too long.

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Qiu Jin was about to leave when he heard Jiang Ming ask him, “Do you want to go participate in some activities?”

Jiang Feihong’s birthday is an all-day event. In addition to the banquet at noon, there are also some themed activities in the afternoon, such as movie viewing, various themed tea parties, and some indoor entertainment programs.

After all, it wasn’t easy to gather so many people together, so everyone regarded this event as a social platform.

Qiu Jin shook his head: “There are too many people, I don’t want to go.”

Moreover, he didn’t know if it was because the weather was too hot, but he felt that something was wrong with him. His glands were swollen. After thinking about it carefully, the last temporary mark was a week ago.

He should have Ji Shenxiao bite another mark on him tonight.

Qiu Jin was lost in thought and didn’t pay attention to what was in front of him for a while. When he came back to his senses, he realized that Jiang Ming’s face had already appeared in front of him.

Qiu Jin’s body froze, and he couldn’t help but take a step back: “What did you say?”

“I said, do you want to sit over there?” Jiang Ming showed a slightly lively smile, “After all, we have to act as husband and wife, so we need to cultivate our relationship in advance.”

Qiu Jin: “…”

If Qiu Jin had known that Jiang Ming was Xu Ziyu, he would never have auditioned for the show. If only Yi Congqing hadn’t told the media about it, then he could have found an excuse to quit.

But now, almost the entire entertainment industry knew…

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Chapter 78 – Another Marking (26.1)

By the end of the luncheon, all the actors at the scene have heard the news that Qiu Jin got the part of Ji He.

Those unfamiliar with him just spared him a glance. But there were some people who took the initiative to come up and greet him. What’s more, people who didn’t even look at him before were suddenly greeting him now.

Qiu Jin was already very familiar with this kind of change in behavior in people. He was too lazy to deal with these people and was about to go to the bathroom to hide for a bit.

When Qiu Jin came out of the bathroom, he saw Wen Mojia standing at the door with a dark face, staring at him with a bad expression.

Qiu Jin tried to go around the other man after washing his hands, but someone grabbed his arm.

Qiu Jin glanced at him, “Is something wrong?”

Seeing how leisurely he was, Wen Mojia’s expression sank a little bit, and he gritted his teeth to say: “Don’t think that I don’t know what you are relying on to climb the ladder.”

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“You know?” Qiu Jin suddenly burst out with laughter, “Then why don’t you tell me what I am relying on?”

“You…” Wen Mojia just wanted to threaten Qiu Jin, but he didn’t expect the other person to be so shameless, so his anger came out, “Shameless, I saw everything at the company that day!”

“What did you see?” Qiu Jin suppressed the smile on his face, stepped closer, and asked again, “Say it, what did you see?”

Wen Mojia raised his head, and fell into Qiu Jin’s pitch-black eyes. Qiu Jin’s imposing aura was astonishing. It was at this time that Wen Mojia realized that he was actually a bit shorter than Qiu Jin.

But it was Qiu Jin who did the wrong thing, so what did Wen Mojia have to be afraid of? Thinking of this, Wen Mojia suddenly felt confident. He raised his chin and said, “I saw you get in Ji Shenxiao’s car!”

Once he said this kind of provoking sentence, Wen Mojia no longer restrained himself. His eyes swept over Qiu Jin obscenely, and he said directly: “Just what does Ji Shenxiao see in you? Or does he think it’s more fun to top an alpha?”

Qiu Jin’s breathing paused for a second. In the next moment, he grabbed Wen Mojia’s arm and slammed him against the wall.

“What are you doing!” Wen Mojia panicked immediately after being caught off guard by this attack. But he couldn’t move at all, because Qiu Jin was currently holding him by the head, and the left side of his face was tightly pressed against the cold tiles of the wall.

“This is just a small warning,” Qiu Jin suppressed both of Wen Mojia’s hands with his right hand, while his left hand pressed down on Wen Mojia’s head. He spoke each word clearly, “Food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can’t be said indiscriminately*.”

[*T/N: “Food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can’t be said indiscriminately” is a Chinese saying. Eating indiscriminately is at most harmful to one’s own body, but talking indiscriminately may hurt others, cause disputes, and cause scourge. It has the same meaning as calamity comes from the mouth, so be careful what you say.]

Wen Mojia got angry, and he said irresponsibly, “How am I talking nonsense? If Ji Shenxiao wasn’t protecting you, would you be able to win that role?”

Wen Mojia has been feeling so aggrieved lately. Although his acting skills were not superb, he was by no means a vase man. He had good looks, popularity, and investment, but he was still suppressed by Qiu Jin, who was inferior to him in every way. If this wasn’t a case of the casting couch then what was it?

Particularly those in the banquet hall just now, they were looking at him as if they wanted to directly write the word ‘loser’ on this face.

Qiu Jin paused for a while, and then said, “That’s how you see me?”

Wen Mojia sneered: “How else? Do you really think your acting is superb?”

Qiu Jin was silent for a while. Suddenly, he started to smile. It was completely inappropriate for the occasion. It was clearly the gentle type of smile, but it made Wen Mojia tremble despite not being cold.

Wen Mojia was stunned. He opened his mouth, not even realizing how much his voice was trembling: “What, what are you smiling about?”

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“I’m smiling at your naivety,” while smiling faintly, Qiu Jin said the most shocking words in the gentlest tone, “You’re talking to me like this. Do you really think that I don’t dare to kill you?”

Wen Mojia’s eyes widened suddenly.

At that moment, he seemed to feel that there was a pair of hands grabbing his heart, and the fear invaded his skin from every pore, making him feel like he has falled into an ice cave.

Wen Mojia fell into a frantic battle inside his mind.

It’s impossible. They were all people with status and prestige. How could Qiu Jin kill him off so easily?

But Qiu Jin was originally a lunatic, what if he was speaking for real? Even if Qiu Jin ended up in prison at the end, Wen Mojia would not be able to return from the dead! Moreover, Qiu Jin was intimately related to Ji Shenxiao, and with that person’s means, it was not impossible to get rid of someone…

The more Wen Mojia thought about it, the more frightened he became. Just when he was about to beg for mercy, he suddenly heard Qiu Jin say, “Am I right, Tongguang?”

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Chapter 77 – Getting on the Hot Search Again

Anyone who has read the original book for “The Rise and Fall of the World” knew that the character Ji He was both righteous and evil, and within his ruthlessness was a touch of pureness. He was the white moonlight and cinnabar mole* of countless people. Many artists and cosplayers have produced a lot of content of Ji He. For their gege [Wen Mojia] to be able to play such a role, that was much more impressive than Qiu Jin this flower vase man, who only looked good on the outside but was empty on the inside!

[*T/N: 白月光和朱砂痣 white moonlight and cinnabar mole are both Chinese Internet buzzwords. The white moonlight is someone you long for but cannot have. The cinnabar mole is someone that you once had but can never have again. In both cases it refers to someone or something that you cannot obtain but also cannot forget.]

Wen Mojia’s fans kept posting in the group forum: don’t aim personal attacks at Qiu Jin anymore, stop getting all twisted up in the outfit collision matter, just sing praises about gege’s career, don’t devalue yourself and get all torn up over someone in the eighteenth string.

As a result, Wen Mojia’s fans pulled up his previous beauty photos and videos to flood the Internet forum. They were boasting about Wen Mojia so much, it was as if he had become a film emperor.

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The marketing account was full of controlled comments. Just when the scene was all joyous and harmonious, a Weibo reply suddenly shot to the top with the most likes.

“I’m from the entertainment industry. That day, I also saw Qiu Jin auditioning for the part. In addition, Ji He is not Wen Mojia.”

Separately, these sentences didn’t mean much, but now that they were placed together side by side, didn’t that imply that Qiu Jin has taken Wen Mojia’s role?

What acting skills did Qiu Jin have, huh? Netizens still have screenshots of his black history, all kinds of winking, shaking his head, and overacting, it was greasy to the extreme.

How could Qiu Jin play Ji He??! Did the director go crazy?!

Wen Mojia fans immediately began to criticize!

Qiu Jin’s fans were also extremely shocked. Along with passerby netizens entering the scene, the Internet became a scene of bloody rain and stormy winds.

Qiu Jin was totally unaware of the comparison happening online. The only incident he encountered was that when he came back from taking some fresh air in the flower garden, some reporters stopped him at the door.

Although the media was invited to this banquet, they were only allowed to move in a specific area. They were not allowed to enter the front side of the building where all the celebrities were gathered. Only official photographers were allowed. They couldn’t find a way in no matter how they asked, but they did not expect to catch a party guest outside.

Some of the media directly asked Qiu Jin: “Some netizens said that you will play Ji He in “The Rise and Fall of the World”, is this true?”

Qiu Jin was stunned for a moment, not knowing where the news came from, but he just smiled: “I did indeed go to the audition, but whether I passed the audition or not, you guys should ask the director.”

When he said this, he just so happened to be standing in front of a clump of roses. His eyebrows, eyes, and hair were suffused with the summertime sunshine. This person was too dazzling. It was to the point that it was almost hard to look straight at him. Even the roses behind him became a foil in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance.

The reporters were all fascinated. So this was the svelte person at the top back in the day.

Another reporter asked a few questions. Qiu Jin smiled and answered them. His responses were watertight.

The always-sharp and cunning media suddenly discovered that they couldn’t dig out any serious information from this young man.

On the other side, Yi Congqing entered the banquet hall from the VIP passage.

The reporters rushed past, but because the security was blocking them from approaching, they could only raise their voices and asked: “There is news that Qiu Jin will play Ji He in “The Rise and Fall of the World”, may I ask if this is true?”

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Yi Congqing saw an old friend today, so he was in high spirits. When he heard this question from the reporter, he opened his mouth and replied back at once: “If not Qiu Jin then who else? There is no actor more suitable than him.”

<< Qiu Jin confirmed to play the role of Ji He in “The Rise and Fall of the World”! >>

<< Yi Congqing: There is no actor more suitable for the role of Ji He than Qiu Jin! >>

The news spread to the Internet almost instantly, and the entire network was in an uproar.

Fans of the book were the first to disagree!

How could Qiu Jin, that greasy man…!

However, when they saw the recent photos of Qiu Jin, they thought… it doesn’t seem that bad, eh? It feels better than Wen Mojia.

And Qiu Jin was so refreshing, not like a greasy man at all.

“What’s up with him? Did he change after being rejected by Xiang Xi?”

“Who said he was rejected? I have a photo of the two of them together. Just take a look at the emotion in Xiang Xi’s eyes when he’s looking at Qiu Jin.”

Netizens: ??? What the f*ck??

“What kind of gaze is that, Xiang Xi? How can you be smiling so happily?”

“Who the goddamn f*ck got rejected, huh? They’re not together, are they?”

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Chapter 76 – Getting on the Hot Search Again

Zhuo Qian closed her eyes, her heart full of unease.

She also felt that her family was superior and that her husband was powerful. She would usually go to the mall to buy bags and luxury goods, and she could afford to swipe her card for things that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

It was not until her son entered the entertainment industry that she realized that there were too many rich people in this world.

Although she gritted her teeth and invested ten million, in a big production crew, it was not worth one-tenth of their expenses. And this time, the director of the cast and crew was extraordinarily strong. Word has it that someone invested thirty million to designate the leading role, but Yi Congqing only gave them a cold face and made them do an audition. If the acting was not good enough then it was simply no good. Even if you invested a hundred million it was no good.

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But now her son was being so persistent…

Zhuo Qian stood up. Before the luncheon started, she wanted to go to the director and try again. Unexpectedly, she did not find Yi Congqing and instead bumped into Qiu Jin at the door.

Qiu Jin was also stunned for a moment. He had left the room to avoid Ji Shenxiao. He didn’t expect to run into another uninvited guest.

Both sides were a little embarrassed, but the other party was an elder after all, so Qiu Jin nodded politely.

Zhuo Qian was used to putting on appearances. Slapping on an amiable façade she went right up to chitchat. In the gentlest tone, the sharpest and meanest words were spoken.

While the two were crossing verbal swords, they did not think that one of Zhuo Qian’s friends would be passing by. She saw Qiu Jin and she smiled: “Mojia is really getting more and more handsome as he grows!”

Someone even tacked on: “That’s right, he seems even younger than before, and his temperament is also better.”

In that split second, the two arguing people’s faces twisted in disgust.

Qiu Jin: “??”

Laozi is this handsome. How can I look like that greasy man, Wen Mojia? Qiu Jin thought, affronted.

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Zhuo Qian, well, she was still stupefied. But then she took in Qiu Jin’s outfit and style today, and she finally realized…

Qiu Jin and Wen Mojia’s styles actually collided!

They were wearing the same outfit as each other in public!

This was definitely one of the top ten most embarrassing scenes in the entertainment industry. Wen Mojia and Qiu Jin had the same suit and trousers, only the shirt and tie were slightly different.

Wen Mojia wore a white shirt with a standard collar and a burgundy tie to look young. However, Qiu Jin deliberately wore a wing-collar shirt with a black silk bow tie, which seemed to be a lot more proper and upright, and even showed a faint hint of extravagance.

Moreover, Qiu Jin and Wen Mo Jia were relatives, so they did look a bit similar at first glance, but Qiu Jin was more refined.

Back then, Wen Mojia waited for Qiu Jin’s popularity to sink. Then he relied on the popularity of being the sexiest alpha in the entertainment industry, and stepped on Qiu Jin many times during his climb to the top. Now that Qiu Jin’s state of affairs was turning back around, netizens immediately began to compare him with Wen Mojia.

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If they didn’t compare they would not have realized, but they were startled to find that Qiu Jin was one degree higher than Wen Mojia in terms of appearance and temperament. This was especially obvious when they were dressed the same.

This perfectly confirmed the saying: wearing the same outfit as someone else in public is not necessarily a terrible thing, it’s whoever is ugly that would be embarrassed.

A large piece of the Internet was directly torn up, and Wen Mojia’s fans keep posting controlled comments. However, as more passersby participated in the conversation, the topic “#wenmojiaqiujinoutfitscollide” directly topped the hot search. Self-media Xiao Miao Chi Gua posted a voting poll on her Weibo: Exactly who is the more handsome of the two? Wen Mojia fans kept swiping votes, but due to the huge group of passersby who voted, the final conclusion was that Wen Mojia was completely defeated!

The marketing company also saw this hot search, but they didn’t receive the latest notice, and they were still dutifully releasing the press release on time, saying that Wen Mojia was invited to attend Mr. Jiang Feihong’s birthday party, and this suit was upright and elegant.

He also bribed a marketing account to post on Weibo, saying that they saw Wen Mojia and Director Yi Congqing talking intimately, suggesting that there might be a chance that the two of them were cooperating on a project together.

Many people speculated that Wen Mojia would be playing the part of Ji He in “The Rise and Fall of the World.” The Wen Mojia fans that just suffered a shriveling defeat puffed up again, having recovered a bit of face* with this kind of speculation.

[*T/N: The Chinese concept of “face” consists of honor, reputation, self-respect, and pride]

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Chapter 75 – Getting on the Hot Search Again

Qiu Yuqin was dumbfounded: “?”

Which part of my younger brother is good? Why don’t you tell me?!

The people standing around in a circle and watching were also wearing stupefied faces.

When did Qiu Jin become a good person?

When Yi Xiao returned to his seat, the entrepreneur next to him asked him with a smile: “Who was that, ah? They could make even you go over there to say hello in person?”

Yi Xiao responded: “It’s the celebrity who endorsed our instant noodles. His work is quite steady. He’s a very good young man.”

Of course, the main point was that his wife liked Qiu Jin.

That entrepreneur glanced over at Qiu Jin, “Yo, President Yi, ah, you don’t normally go online do you? That youngster caused a bloody storm back then.”

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“Who didn’t do a few stupid things when he was young and impulsive?” Yi Xiao chuckled. “When I was pursuing my lover, I stood in the heavy rain for two hours, and right now, aren’t we lovey-dovey? What’s more, just now I saw Xiang Xi talking to Qiu Jin, and he didn’t seem to hate Qiu Jin at all.”

The man was quite surprised: “So something like that happened?”

“Why would I lie to you?” Yi Xiao lifted his head and gestured with his chin, “Look, even Ji Shenxiao is going over there.”

Even if his Golden Lord Daddy was attending the banquet, Qiu Jin never expected him [JSX] to approach him [QJ].

It was not clearly written, but the seats in the banquet hall were arranged according to the importance of the guests. The president of Xinyi Food Corportation was in the front row, Xiang Xi was in the middle, and Qiu Jin was in the very back. Just two more tables away was the dining area for the media people.

Qiu Jin didn’t know what was going on in Ji Shenxiao’s head, but after the man took a seat at the first table, he headed directly for Qiu Jin.

Qiu Jin: “???”

What are you doing? Go back quickly! If the media gets a photograph of us together, who knows what kind of rumors will be written! Qiu Jin thought frantically.

Qiu Jin kept trying to give Ji Shenxiao meaningful looks, but Ji Shenxiao just disregarded them. Before the amazed crowd, Ji Shenxiao walked over leisurely on his long model legs.

Seeing that Ji Shenxiao was about to arrive before him, Qiu Jin stood up abruptly, planning to slip out to the greenhouse. To his surprise, it was Qiu Yuqin who stopped him: “What are you running for? It seems to me like President Ji is coming over here to look for you, right?”

“How is that possible?” Qiu Jin pretended to be surprised. Before slipping away, he dropped one last sentence, “We’re not familiar with each other at all.”

Ji Shenxiao: “…”

Very good. You’re done for.

Qiu Jin didn’t take it to heart. Anyway, it wasn’t the first time he had offended Ji Shenxiao. Although the man looked fierce, he was actually very softhearted. Every time it was loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain*.

[*T/N: “loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain” – Chinese idiom meaning “a lot of talk, but no action” or “his bark is worse than his bite”]

Not too far away, Wen Mojia observed the scene in front of him with a stiff smile, but the hands he kept under the table were tightly clenched into fists.

Zhuo Qian opened his fingers one by one and comforted him softly: “Don’t think too much, he’s just copying your looks. How can he ever hope to compare to you?”

Wen Mojia’s breathing became short, and he remembered how Qiu Jin looked neither humble nor arrogant after the audition. To his knowledge, Qiu Jin was someone with a bad temper, was gullible, did things without thinking it through, and made a fuss if he didn’t like something. He was a person who was easy to see through.

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However, the Qiu Jin that day seemed to be a different person. Wen Mojia tried to provoke him, but Qiu Jin’s eyes were full of indifference and he looked at Wen Mojia as if he were making trouble unreasonably.

And it was the same thing now. Even though there were so many bad things floating around about Qiu Jin, there were still so many people who said hello to him. What would happen if Qiu Jin became popular?

At that moment, Wen Mojia suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.

Wen Mojia turned his head and asked Zhuo Qian, “Mom, it’s been decided that I will get the role of Ji He, right? But why haven’t I received a notice from the director?”

It has been several days since the audition. This matter most likely fell through by now.

Zhuo Qian opened her mouth, but she didn’t know what to say, so she could only say, “Director Yi is also attending the banquet. I’ll ask the director later.”

Wen Mojia nodded: “That’s right, after all, we invested ten million.”

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Chapter 74 – Getting on the Hot Search Again (25.1)

Qiu Yuqin was full of disbelief. He looked back and forth between Qiu Jin and Xiang Xi. Eventually, his eyes settled on Qiu Jin’s face: “Xiang Xi, he, you two…”

Didn’t Xiang Xi hate Qiu Jin to death before? Why was he taking the initiative to talk to Qiu Jin now?

Qiu Jin was still stunned and also did not understand what was going on: “I also don’t know what happened.”

Qiu Yuqin lowered his voice: “Did something happen while you two were recording the variety show?”

Qiu Jin said: “Maybe he realized that I am a good person?”

Qiu Yuqin: “…”

Although Qiu Jin didn’t know the reason why, it was still good news that the other person was not looking at him with hostile eyes.

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Qiu Jin’s mood also lightened by a few degrees.

“By the way, you asked me to look into Xu Ziyu before. I found out something interesting.”

“What!”

“It has something to do with old Mr. Jiang,” Qiu Yuqin lowered his voice, “It turns out that Jiang Ming was called Xu Ziyu before he was brought back.”

“What?!” Qiu Jin gasped and widened his eyes in disbelief.

“I didn’t expect it either. It is said that Jiang Ming had a bad past. Jiang Feihong seems to want to hide this and has not disclosed it to the public.”

Qiu Jin’s face instantly turned pale.

It’s over. It’s over. Jiang Ming is Xu Ziyu. And he was so stupid as to want to act opposite the other man. Did he hate his life for being too long or something?

“What’s wrong with you? Why are you so surprised?” Qiu Yuqin patted him on the shoulder. Was his younger brother all right?

“Ah? It’s okay, it’s okay,” Qiu Jin came back to his senses and frenetically covered up his panic. “I was just a bit shocked. That’s all.”

“That can’t be. Have you encountered some problem perhaps?” Qiu Yuqin became worried. “Is it related to Jiang Ming? Did he bully you?”

“Not really… that’s it,” Qiu Jin organized his words, and chose a compromising way to vocalize it, “I had a dream that a person named Xu Ziyu did some bad things to me.”

“It’s fine if it’s just a dream,” Qiu Yuqin breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately frowned, “But why did you dream about him for no rhyme or reason? Were the two of you acquainted before?”

Qiu Jin shook his head: “No, we don’t know each other. I’m probably over thinking it. Don’t worry. I’ll be careful.”

Qiu Yuqin nodded: “Although I haven’t heard any bad news about Jiang Ming, it’s good to pay more attention and be prepared.”

Indeed. After Qiu Jin transmigrated over, he didn’t hear any bad news about Jiang Ming. Could it be that Jiang Ming suddenly changed his personality like Qiu Jin?

Moreover, why has Jiang Ming’s career path completely changed in this world? He went from an underworld boss to a movie star? Wasn’t it too big of a jump?

Qiu Jin’s head was a mess. He shook his head. It’s useless no matter how much he churned his gears over this matter. Counter soldiers with arms, and counter water with an earth weir*.

[*T/N: “counter soldiers with arms, and counter water with an earth weir” – Chinese idiom meaning different situations call for different action, so one must adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation]

At this moment, there was a cacophony of noises coming from the front door. It turned out that the protagonist of the event had arrived this time. Jiang Ming, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, walked in with Jiang Feihong. There were lots of people surrounding them.

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Qiu Jin retracted his gaze and saw a middle-aged man with a potbelly approaching. At first, Qiu Jin thought that the other party was looking for someone else and didn’t pay much attention to him, but the man got closer and closer, and finally stopped directly in front of Qiu Jin with a smile on his face.

The other party also took the initiative to reach out his hand and said: “I finally get to see you in person.”

Qiu Jin replied: “Greetings to you*?”

[*T/N: QJ used polite speech.]

The man then said: “You’re even better looking in person than in video! My wife is your fan. Can we take a picture together?”

Qiu Jin was still in a bewildered daze after taking the picture. While he was still dumbfounded, Qiu Yuqin had already identified the other person. Wasn’t this Yi Xiao, the CEO of the Xinyi Food Corporation?

With assets exceeding ten billion, he was the kind of big shot who could be at the top of the entrepreneurs club. This kind of person actually took the initiative to say hello to Qiu Jin?

Qiu Yuqin said: “Do you know my younger brother?”

Yi Xiao only reacted when he saw Qiu Yuqin: “Yo, President Qiu Jr. So it turns out that Qiu Jin is your younger brother. Your family member is so good. Why didn’t you tell me earlier, ah!”

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Chapter 73 – Xiang Xi Regrets It?

Everyone was shocked. They turned their heads, hoping to catch up to Qiu Jin, but he had already walked into the guest area. They could only see a tall and straight back in the crowd, like a thriving green pine.

The self-media entertainment blogger was really quick. Very soon she posted to her Weibo. Her account, Xiao Miao Chi Gua*, had five million fans.

[*T/N: 小喵吃瓜 xiao miao chi gua – 小 xiao means “little,” 喵 miao is the onomatopoeic sound of a cat’s mewing “meow,” and 吃瓜 chi gua is a slang term meaning “to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and/or engage in gossip about it”]

She got into this birthday party by relying on a rich second-generation* friend. The information she put out was even faster than some professional entertainment media. Many netizens camped out on her Weibo page waiting for her to upload pictures.

[*T/N: 富二代 fu er dai – children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms in the 1980s.]

This time she posted a nine-photo grid: “Guess who this handsome little fellow is?”

None of the pictures have been edited, and some of them were really blurry, but that still couldn’t stop his beauty from showing through.

On a place like Weibo, as long as you’re good-looking, you can become popular regardless of how much traffic you have. Things like the most beautiful university professor and most handsome traffic police have popped up before. This time, Qiu Jin’s picture quickly topped the hot search. Within ten minutes, it had already appeared in the thirty-second place of the hot search, and it was still climbing rapidly.

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Different from official celebrity shoots, these pictures of Qiu Jin were quite casual. But because of that, they had a trace of unpretentious freshness and naturalness. They immediately caught the attention of countless people.

“I don’t know who he is, but I’m in love!!”

“It feels a bit like QJ…”

“The previous commenter must be joking. If QJ can become like this, then wouldn’t XX agree [to go out with him]?”

“I’m not part of the fan community. I was simply attracted here by his good looks. Can’t you guys just use their names? It’s annoying.”

Fans of Qiu Jin thought that this was Qiu Jin, but they also didn’t dare to say so for certain, so they secretly poked at the president of Qiu Jin’s fan club.

“Liu Wei-ge, is the one in these pictures Jin-ge?”

Liu Wei didn’t go with Qiu Jin to the birthday banquet this time. He slept until the sun was up and was currently cooking the instant noodles that Qiu Jin had given him before. He immediately replied, “Yeah, it’s him. He went to Mr. Fu’s birthday party today.”

[T/N: Yes, the raws did say “Mr. Fu” and not “Mr. Jiang”… maybe a typo?]

Qiu Jin’s fans immediately took a screenshot of Liu Wei’s answer and posted it on the fan discussion board. The members were all boiling over!

“Ahhhhhhhhh, this is our gege!!”

“Wu wu wu, what kind of heavenly immortal is this? He’s so handsome I could cry!”

“Gege’s unedited pictures are super good! I love you!”

Netizens were stunned when they saw it. This person was Qiu Jin???

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Qiu Jin’s great change has shocked many celebrities. Although the “Four Seasons Food” variety show he participated in has already been broadcasted, Qiu Jin still had silver hair at the time, and some people thought it was a variety show effect, so they didn’t take it too seriously. Until now when they finally saw it with their own eyes…

The first reaction was: Damn, when did Qiu Jin become like this?

The second reaction was: Such a superb handsome man; does Xiang Xi regrets it?

Xiang Xi arrived just a little later, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a bunch of eyes falling on him, and he couldn’t help frowning.

What were these people doing? He wasn’t the main character [at this birthday banquet].

That was until he saw Qiu Jin at the center of the crowd, with black eyes and black hair, and a clear smile, it was just like the first time he saw him.

Xiang Xi was in a trance for a moment. It wasn’t until his agent reminded him did he react and immediately withdrew his gaze.

“Don’t stare at him, be careful of being photographed.”

“I don’t need you to tell me that,” Xiang Xi said with a stern face. “How am I staring nonstop at him? I was only taking a detailed glance at him!”

After speaking, Xiang Xi raised his head and found that Qiu Jin had looked away and was talking in a low voice with the people around him.

And Xiang Xi was planning on saying hello too, but Qiu Jin had already stopped looking at him. What fart!

Xiang Xi turned his face away angrily. For some reason, he felt that his anger was out of place. What was even more irritating was that he kept thinking about Qiu Jin’s voice and smile in his mind.

He was already vexed to the max, but it just so happened that there were people dumbly gossiping beside him.

“Xiang Xi and Qiu Jin really don’t get along, huh? Qiu Jin smiled so nicely at him just now, but Xiang Xi just had a poker face.”

“It’s not like this is the first day that you know that they’re mortal enemies, okay? If Xiang Xi responds to Qiu Jin, then the sky will definitely pour with red rain.”

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“Hey, if I were Xiang Xi I would agree [to be with Qiu Jin]. Such a handsome man. Just look at Qiu Jin’s male dog waist. Tsk, tsk. That is absolutely a little wolf dog.”

Hearing this, Xiang Xi couldn’t bear it any longer and stood up. He walked towards Qiu Jin under everyone’s astonished eyes, smiled slightly, and said affectionately, “Why didn’t you let me know that you’re coming?”

Qiu Jin: “?”

When did our relationship become this good?

Xiang Xi didn’t care. He greeted Qiu Jin and then returned to his seat. He glared at the people who were talking nonsense, and sat down with dignity and grace.

The only thing that was missing was that he didn’t write across his face in big letters: Do you see the sky pouring red rain?!

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Chapter 72 – Xiang Xi Regrets It?

“Yeah, that’s what I thought too,” Qiu Jin replied to Qiu Yuqin.

“Talking about you, do you have enough money to spend?” With a flick of the hand, Qiu Yuqin sent one million yuan over to Qiu Jin, and he urged, “I’ll give you this much first. If it’s not enough, tell me.”

Qiu Jin: “…Thank you, Brother.”

When rich people expressed their concern it was so simple and unpretentious.

They had to hurry to the birthday banquet, so Qiu Yuqin only roughly took a quick look. But when they were about to leave, they suddenly heard a click from the door next door.

Qiu Yuqin stood at the door and asked: “What does your neighbor do? Let me say hello to him. After all, you’re going to live here for a long time.”

Qiu Jin paused for a second before saying: “I’m not too familiar with them. Aren’t we in a hurry? Let’s go first.”

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Qiu Yuqin remained unmoved: “We’re already at the door? What’s wrong with a little greeting? It’s also very important to have a good relationship with the neighbors.”

“No, no,” Qiu Jin shook his head again and again, “My neighbor is the kind of person with a particularly bad temper. You will be angry with him if you look at him.”

Qiu Jin originally planned to persuade his brother to leave like this, but when Qiu Yuqin heard this, he raised his eyebrows and stared. “That’s even worse, how can he bully you? Let me talk to him!”

“You can’t win against him [in an argument]. Don’t ruin your good mood.” Standing at the door, Qiu Jin was so anxious to leave. Seeing that Qiu Yuqin was still hesitating, Qiu Jin simply pushed Ji Shenxiao’s door close from the outside. At the same time he immediately shoved Qiu Yuqin into the elevator.

The elevator door closed with a “ding”, and Qiu Jin finally let out a long breath. It scared him to death. If Qiu Yuqin knew that Ji Shenxiao lived next door, and that even his house belonged to Ji Shenxiao, he didn’t know what would happen.

In the corridor, Ji Shenxiao, who was framed as having a bad temper and being ferociously quarrelsome: “?”

Nowadays, the big shots no longer liked the closed and cookie-cutter layout of urban hotels. Jiang Feihong’s birthday banquet was held in a suburban manor hotel. The huge glass sunroom was crowded with people, but thanks to the air conditioner, it didn’t feel stuffy. The guests could view the courtyard through the transparent external wall. It was quite an artistic place.

When Qiu Jin arrived, there were already many people at the scene.

If one were to say that Huayi Media, which has produced new talents in large numbers, was a nouveau riche in the entertainment industry, then Feihong Media, which has cultivated many film emperors and film empresses, was the foundation of the entertainment industry, possessing a long history and ample resources.

CEO Jiang Feihong’s birthday has always been a grand event in the entertainment circle. Who was invited to attend, who came last year but didn’t come this year, who sent blessings while overseas, these were topics that people paid attention to.

There were even some smaller celebrities who were over the moon because someone had brought them along. They would bribe and piggyback in on somebody else’s popularity. It was a real vanity fair.

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When Qiu Jin signed in, there was already a lot of media hanging around off to the side. But seeing the fresh and cool Qiu Jin who was smiling warmly, they could not recognize who he was for a while.

After all, everyone’s impression of Qiu Jin was a person who appeared at public events with silver hair and revealing clothes with three buttons undone. He would come in a way that would attract eyeballs.

The media gathered together and whispered: “Is that person really Qiu Jin? You must have gotten the wrong person, surely.”

“I bet you made a mistake. If Qiu Jin can look like that, then I’ll eat shit while upside down!”

“Ha ha ha, you better do what you say. I took pictures!”

A self-media entertainment blogger enjoyed watching a show and didn’t mind making a big deal of the matter. She immediately brought out the picture she just took of Qiu Jin. She zoomed in on the picture and then stilled for a moment.

The person in the photo moved gracefully. His eyes were limpid and crystal clear. There wasn’t a trace of his previous greasy character.

“What’s up with you? Did you get a picture or not?”

“I got the picture…” She raised her head in disbelief, “This face really is Qiu Jin, ah!”

“What the f*ck??! It’s really him?”

“When did he start looking like this?”

“Just now who said they were going to eat shit while upside down?”

The person in question: “…”

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Chapter 71 – Xiang Xi Regrets It? (24.1)

No matter what Mrs. Gu Shuyi said next, Ji Shenxiao ruthlessly rejected her proposal to come to his house and freeload food.

Cooking for him, Ji Shenxiao, was just barely enough to be counted as an equal-value exchange, but if Qiu Jin started cooking for other people too, then what would that count as?

Moreover…

Ji Shenxiao’s eyes fell on the young man wearing an apron. The latter was cleaning up the tableware and chopsticks on the table. His movements were clean and elegant. For some reason, he didn’t want others to see Qiu Jin like this at all.

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On the other hand, Qiu Jin also didn’t want others to know that he had excessive contact with Ji Shenxiao.

This Saturday was the sixtieth birthday of the godfather of the entertainment industry, Jiang Feihong. All the influential people in the entertainment circle would be attending, and it was also a rare social opportunity for Qiu Jin.

Qiu Yuqin called Qiu Jin ahead of time and repeatedly told Qiu Jin that he was going to come pick him up and then they would go to the event together.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Jin refused him.

Qiu Yuqin tried to persuade him with a good tone of voice: “When you were chasing after Xiang Xi, I didn’t say much, but now that you want to make a comeback, you can’t be so willful.”

Qiu Jin laughed: “I haven’t said anything yet, but you’re already angry?”

Qiu Yuqin said: “Then what do you want to say?”

“It’s fine, I’m going by myself.” Qiu Jin slowed down his tone of voice, “Brother, it’s been tough on you too, right? Don’t worry about me.”

When did his younger brother become so sensible? Qiu Yuqin restrained the belly full of preaching that he was about to unleash, and just like that, all his words were dispel by a gentle breeze and light drizzle. He opened his mouth, but found that he couldn’t say anything, so he could only say awkwardly: “Make sure you remember, of you don’t come, I…”

Qiu Jin hurriedly interrupted him: “I know, la, go rest early.”

Qiu Yuqin’s face started to get hot. He coldly said, “En. Hanging up now.”

No wonder the original host had poor relations with his family. Was the Qiu family cursed or something? Even when they were expressing their concern it was all sharp knives and sword glares. Their words of concern would be hidden behind hurtful words.

Qiu Yuqin was obviously paving the way for Qiu Jin’s future, but he used such a forceful method. Even that old man Qiu Zhiming. That other day he was trying to care for Qiu Jin, but he chose to do it by criticizing and enumerating Qiu Jin’s shortcomings.

Ah, forget about it. These have all become habit for them. It was impossible to change in a short time. Anf Qiu Jin was not going to make demands on them. Qiu Jin went to the gym to exercise for an hour, and then fell asleep after watching a movie.

The next morning, the phone rang early in the morning.

Qiu Jin squinted his eyes and picked up the call. His voice was hoarse: “Hello?”

Qiu Yuqin’s loud voice sounded immediately: “Why are you still sleeping? It’s already eight o’clock!”

“It’s only eight o’clock, what’s wrong?”

“We all arrived early for President Jiang’s birthday. This time, the location is at the Garden Hotel in the city. It takes more than an hour to drive there.”

Qiu Jin said that he knew, and then fumbled to get out of bed.

Qiu Yuqin said: “You get ready first. I’ll come pick you up in half an hour.”

Qiu Jin paused for a moment, and then realized: “Brother, I…”

“Don’t talk nonsense, just wait for me!”

Qiu Jin said: “…Brother, I don’t live in the previous place anymore.”

Qiu Yuqin: “?”

“You moved?”

“Why didn’t you tell me when you moved?”

“Where do you live now? Did you run out of money? Why didn’t you tell me!”

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Qiu Yuqin’s questioning was like a barrage of nonstop gunfire. The corners of Qiu Jin’s mouth twitched upward into a smile. He spoke slowly, “I have enough money. I changed to a bigger house. It’s because you were busy, mah, so I didn’t have time to tell you. I only just moved here.”

Since Qiu Jin moved to a new place, Qiu Yuqin was even more insistent on coming by to take a look at the place. No matter how Qiu Jin tried to refuse, Qiu Yuqin just told his chauffeur to drive over without speaking further on the matter.

Half an hour later, Qiu Yuqin looked over Qiu Jin’s new place and nodded his head in satisfaction: “It’s quite good. It’s safer than your previous place.”

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Chapter 70 – The Golden Lord Daddy’s Favor

Yang Chi laughed heartily. Even if those were just words of politeness, Yang Chi still couldn’t help feeling somewhat happy when a talent that he was managing got praised.

The brand director wasn’t lying though. There were no spoken words or narration in this advertisement, but Qiu Jin was so handsome that this advertisement had another meaning – a beautiful man staying at home to cook for you.

Modern people had a lot of stresses. Whether it was going to work or attending school, both were mentally and physically taxing. Who wouldn’t want to come home to a piping hot dinner?

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This gimmick alone was enough to entice female audiences to buy the product. Of course, male audiences were also possible. After all, beauty could be appreciated regardless of gender.

Even the CEO of Xinyi Group was very satisfied with the advertisement. He even said that he would continue to pay attention to Qiu Jin and alert him when there was an endorsement in the future.

Xinyi did not only sell instant noodles. Their mineral water and potato chips filled the shelves of nearly every supermarket. In order to become their brand spokesperson, Qiu Jin would have to be much more popular than he currently was.

Of course, the CEO of the Xinyi Group was only speaking lip service. Qiu Jin’s popularity was not high enough to nab this endorsement. Qiu Jin also understood this point, but it was still good that the other person appreciated his work.

Before they left, the brand director gave them a big gift box filled with all kinds of Xinyi brand foodstuff. Although they didn’t know whether Qiu Jin would eat the food or not, the etiquette must always be in place.

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After Qiu Jin got into the nanny car, he gave the gift box to the assistant, and only kept two of the instant noodles for himself, intending to make it his dinner, but as soon as he went upstairs, he bumped into Ji Shenxiao.

Qiu Jin was the first to say hello: “Sorry, ah. Work ran late today, and I didn’t have time to cook. I was planning to make instant noodles. Shall I order takeout for you?”

Ji Shenxiao didn’t answer. His eyes fell on the instant noodles.

Why does he keep staring at the instant noodles? Ji Shenxiao shouldn’t be the type to eat instant noodles, right? Qiu Jin thought.

Qiu Jin struggled for a moment, then tried to ask: “Would you like some?”

Only then did Ji Shenxiao retracted his gaze and nodded neither too fast nor too slow.

This man was dressed in a suit and leather shoes with aristocratic mannerisms. It made the situation seem as if Qiu Jin was the one begging Ji Shenxiao to eat the instant noodles.

Qiu Jin: “…”

When is he going to change this lousy habit of his? If he wants something, can’t he just say it straightforwardly? Qiu Jin grumbled in his mind.

This instant noodle was a noodle cake with a ramen-like texture. Qiu Jin added prawns, ham meat, cabbage, poached eggs, and cheese slices in addition to the seasoning packet inside the instant noodles itself…

Qiu Jin never dieted. All the calories he consumed were left to be burned off during workouts. But he wasn’t too satisfied with his muscle tone. He only had a six-pack. Moreover, after he differentiated into an omega, he felt like he seemed to be weaker than before.

Qiu Jin had originally intended to eat both of the instant noodles, but out of nowhere popped out a wild Ji Shenxiao. So he could only add a few more ingredients. Consequently, he turned the instant noodles that were originally worth ten yuan to a dish that was worth fifty yuan. In short, it was super luxurious instant noodles.

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After Qiu Jin finished cooking the instant noodles, he even plated it up very nicely, and took a picture for his Weibo: “Cooking instant noodles.”

This could also be counted as doing some advertising for the brand he just worked with.

Of course, he only took a picture of his own bowl of noodles. He was very prudent about not revealing any unnecessary personal information online.

Unexpectedly, halfway through the meal, Ji Shenxiao suddenly received a call.

Gu Shuyi’s surprised voice came from the phone: “Son, are you with Qiu Jin?”

Ji Shenxiao glanced at Qiu Jin, got up and walked to the window: “How do you know?”

“I saw the photo he posted on Weibo, and the pattern of the marble on the table looks like yours,” Gu Shuyi said enviously, “But isn’t that bowl of instant noodles too sumptuous? I also want to eat it.”

Ji Shenxiao had thought that he was going to receive a scolding from his mother. He explained: “Overtime ended very late, I didn’t have time to cook.”

“Qiu Jin cooked for you?”

“En.”

“Why didn’t you tell me that he cooks for you?” Gu Shuyi’s tone of voice carried a hint of dissatisfaction. “If I hadn’t asked Li-jie*, you would still be keeping me in the dark.”

[*T/N: 姐 jie – older sister, not necessarily blood related]

Li-jie was the housekeeping auntie for Ji Shenxiao’s apartment building. She was the one bringing groceries to his place for the past few days.

For some reason, Ji Shenxiao didn’t want Gu Shuyi to interfere in this matter, and subconsciously said, “Mom, it’s just cooking, there’s nothing else between us.”

“Who cares what your relationship is!” Gu Shuyi got angry. “Do you still have a conscience? You have someone with such good cooking skills making food for you, but you don’t invite me, instead you’re hogging it to yourself!”

Ji Shenxiao: “?”

So this was her main point?

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