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They slept soundly through the night, right up until Ying Ming’s phone jolted the two of them awake with its hysterical ringer. Shi Yi, irritated, fumbled around for Ying Ming’s jacket, while the owner of the phone showed no sign of waking up. “Speak.” His tone was downright hostile. Shi Yi didn’t care who was on the other end. There was a pause. “Shi Yi?” The voice sounded vaguely familiar. It wasn’t Kou Jing. Shi Yi took a moment to place it, then frowned. “Wang Yiqi?” For…- 283.2 K • Completed
- Shi Yi froze for a moment after finding out what had made Ying Ming so furious. He picked up the phone nearby and called Chen Cheng. The line had barely started ringing when it was answered. Shi Yi didn’t waste any time. “Uncle, where are you?” “In a meeting.” The reply was immediate. If you listened closely, you could even hear faint voices speaking in the background, which didn’t match the information Ying Ming had just received. The contradiction confused Shi Yi. He instinctively…
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- Shi Yi’s business deal had gone remarkably well. The smug grin on his face was practically begging for a punch, and Ying Ming didn’t even have to ask to know he had nailed it. “A powerful outsider doesn’t challenge the local kingpin. With our official partnerships impacted, the company’s collaborators in the north have dropped off, but we’ve still got traction in the south. I’ve never been eager to expand too far too fast. We hadn’t even solidified the local market yet, and I didn’t…
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- It was the first time Ying Ming had ever used the word love in reference to himself and Shi Yi. But he found that saying it out loud was not as difficult as he had imagined. Chen Cheng’s brow twitched at the word, as if he couldn’t quite tolerate hearing a man declare love for his nephew to his face. Yet, looking at Ying Ming’s expression, he found himself at a loss for words. It wasn’t until his cigarette had nearly burned down that he gave a light cough, leaned over, and stubbed it out in…
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- Mao Yu’s situation, of course, didn’t end so easily. At first, he kept calling Ying Ming nonstop. When Ying Ming stopped answering, he switched to other numbers and kept trying. No matter how he phrased it, the point was always the same: he wanted Ying Ming to help him one more time. The people around him were out of options. They were all underworld types, and if he couldn’t come up with the money to pay them back, they might very well beat him to death. But none of that stirred even the…
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- What Chen Cheng was doing behind the scenes wasn’t meant to take Shi Yi down. It was meant to make things hard. He had already made himself clear the last time they spoke, and there was no way he would let Shi Yi drag things out indefinitely. The fact that nothing had happened for a while only meant it was a matter of time before he made a move, and Shi Yi had been mentally prepared for that from the start. Because he was prepared, he had already mapped out a plan for the company. Losing those…
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- The difference in mindset between acting and directing was something that couldn’t be fully understood without living through it. When Ying Ming saw Dong Xiao again, he immediately sensed the change. The man in front of him felt completely different, inside and out. He used to care a lot about appearances, but now he showed up in an ordinary jacket over a pale shirt. His hairstyle hadn’t changed much, still kept short and clean, and he wore a leather cap and brown-tinted sunglasses. When he entered…
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- When Ying Ming first mentioned working with Dong Xiao and the others, his tone had already made it clear he was saying yes. So it didn’t surprise Shi Yi that, in the weeks that followed, Ying Ming was constantly busy. He was out early and back late. It gave him space to think through a lot of things about the future. Having Ying Ming disappear into work for a while didn’t feel like a bad thing at all. As for their relationship, Shi Yi had never intended to hide it from the world. And…
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- Because he hadn’t spent much time with his family growing up, Shi Yi rarely talked to his parents about his private life. The only one he really communicated with was his uncle, Chen Cheng. Back during the Weisai incident, the first person he went to was also his uncle, not his father. Technically, they were a generation apart, and not even of the same surname, but emotionally, they were more like brothers. Shi Yi wouldn’t bring things to his parents unless he was absolutely certain. Whenever he…
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- There was a pause on the other end of the line. Shi Yi stayed quiet for a moment, then let out a quiet “oh.” The silence that followed was tense. The truth was, neither of them could use “coming home with you for New Year” as a reason to skip their own family’s reunion dinner. As long as they remained “just friends,” there were certain lines that could not be crossed. Frustration simmered under Shi Yi’s skin. He ran a hand through his hair. “When are you heading back?” He…
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