Chapter 38.1

Xie Ling and Rong Jing both felt out of place in this world at the moment, as if they were some kind of aliens. Wouldn’t this life be better if they didn’t have to talk about s*x?

After staying quiet for a while, Xie Ling remembered that he had a meeting to attend. Before leaving, he said to his younger brother, “You went ahead and really planned to sign the contract for that small company. Are you really interested in it?”

Xie Ling just didn’t think the company was worthy of his brother’s attention. There were already too many apps like the one they introduced. The market in that area was already oversaturated. Hoping for a breakthrough was already too difficult. He’d much rather focus gradually on their own developments than others’ ideas.

However, there was nothing that he could do if his younger brother was interested. If spending that much money could make him happy, there wasn’t any reason why he shouldn’t do it. But at the moment, they couldn’t be happy.

The signing with Fun TV dragged on for almost a week. Just as Rong Jing expected, things wouldn’t go smoothly just because he knew of the plot.

The other companies that he picked had faced some unexpected minor problems but he could still solve most of them. The problem was with Fun TV. It was because of the Wu Family.

In the days of talking about investing on Fun TV, Rong Jing wasn’t sure how it happened, but Pai Sen Tech suddenly showed intentions of investing as well. He didn’t know how and when they did learn about it, but after knowing Rong Jing’s intention to invest, they prepared a new agreement with Qiu Xiang in the name of the company.

From their perspective, they still had the chance because there wasn’t any formal signing of the contract that had happened yet.

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Qiu Xiang hesitated. The temptation ahead was too great.

But he held on. He was born a technician. He didn’t like to socialize but he also didn’t want to break his word. In his desperate times, Rong Jing showed up and became his Bo Le¹a judge of good talent. Before they could even sign the contract, he was already given an extra sum of money that served as his first salary. This money had solved an urgent problem that he had at the moment.

This extra subsidy was not included in the contract. This was taken from Rong Jing’s own wallet. Even if the contract is broken, this will not affect Fun if it decides to work with other companies.

This was the point that made Qiu Xiang stay and keep his promise. He believed in the character of this investor.

From the company’s perspective, he was also more willing to cooperate with an investor like Rong Jing who was straightforward but would not interfere with their operations. This was unlikely with Pai Sen Tech, a big company with a lot of rules and regulations.

When he had the talk with them, some rectifications had been proposed to their software, and if they followed their requirements, the entire core of FUN would have to be replaced.

After looking for investors for more than half a month, he had already seen all kinds of things in the world and learned one truth: people are unpredictable. An investor who would wholeheartedly let them do things freely was more reliable than a large company that only invested in them casually.

Today is the day Rong Jing will officially sign the contract. As soon as his alarm rang, Rong Jing immediately opened his eyes, made his and Gu Xi’s breakfast and delivered it straight to his room’s door.

The person inside the room groaned when he knocked on the door, then spoke softly, his voice seemingly coming from under the covers, “Is that my breakfast? Just leave it at the door.”

It seemed like he didn’t want to wake up yet. He rolled over and went back to sleep.

The soft voice could make anyone wish to send all the treasures in the world to him. However, Rong Jing was no ordinary Alpha. Still, veins in his temples slowly emerged. 

He says he’s older but he isn’t acting like one.

Rong Jing found out that Gu Xi was actually a bit of a rascal under that cool and reserved appearance. He felt a bit annoyed about that but also found it funny. With the current attitude and actions that he was showing, he could see that Gu Xi really trusted him.

He took a deep breath and said, “I’m going to the office today. I’ll be back as soon as I can, maybe before lunch. How are you doing?”

The person under the blanket was still heavy-eyed, covering their head and rolling around. With a bang, he fell on the carpet on all fours. His posture was so indecent that Gu Xi, who usually was so calm, snapped awake and immediately adjusted his over indulgent position.

Confused, he looked around his surroundings. It was a familiar room, the voice outside too. His eyes that looked so anxious suddenly softened.

As he listened to the man nagging outside the room, he fixed his hair, cleared his throat, then spoke gently with a little bit of reservation, “I’m good. Sorry for troubling you. I can just have takeout for breakfast.”

Rong Jing disagreed, “I’m eating breakfast too, so it’s no problem making another.”

Gu Xi felt a little different when he woke up today. He couldn’t smell anything, not even his own pheromones, from the air. His body also felt light. Has his heat ended?

He looked at his hands and his body in disbelief. From his puberty up to adulthood, his heat has never been this smooth.

Rong Jing listened in behind the door and thought, did he fall asleep again?

Gu Xi was unexpectedly quiet and never disturbed him during his heat. Even with the dozen painful medications that he had taken, he remained silent. If it wasn’t for the notes that he left every day at the door, Rong Jing would think that there was no one inside the room next to his.

However, there was that one time. Rong Jing woke up in the middle of the night when he vaguely heard the sound of someone in pain next door. It was so faint that he almost missed it.

He didn’t knock on the door, though. He knew that Gu Xi had his pride. He knew he wouldn’t want him to discover his weak moments, so he kept still. He admired him but also couldn’t help but feel a little pity. The strongest people are always the ones who live the hardest lives.

After making sure that Gu Xi was back to sleeping like a log, he wrote his WeChat account on the note and asked Gu Xi to contact him if there was an emergency.

Now that he thought about it, they knew each other but they didn’t know each other’s contact information. As an Alpha, he should be the one to take the initiative.

When he went out, he felt like he was being watched. But when he looked around, he didn’t see anyone suspicious.

On the second floor, Gu Xi stood silently behind the curtain. When he noticed Rong Jing looking up, he quickly left the window. He let out a breath of relief and slowly sat down when he saw that Rong Jing didn’t find him.

He recalled the days during his heat and remembered so many unspeakable things. Gu Xi couldn’t help but roll on the ground. After rolling a few times, he stopped without a word, stretched his arms and legs, and looked up at the ceiling.

“Waa, I’m so embarrassed.”

What will he think of me now? A crazy and shameless Omega?

He made a move but was pushed away. To be precise, he was pushed away repeatedly.

“Aaa—” Gu Xi? That person who was rejected again and again? Who’s that? It’s definitely not me.

He glanced at the room next to his. Fortunately, the person using that had already left.

Gu Xi rarely had any free time. These days certainly felt like the best days of his life since he was born. He knocked his chest, telling himself to stop being greedy.

You’ve already had enough. Hurry now and restrain yourself.

In order to stop himself from recalling his awkward moments, Gu Xi began to deal with the work that had piled during his break. He apologized again, that’s right, again. He apologized again to all the people he was working with.

When he decided to fight against his company, he had already explained his physical condition in advance to all the people and company who would be affected by this. He told them that he would return the liquidated damages as promised. He also recommended some other celebrities that could replace him during his absence.

Gu Xi is widely known in the entertainment industry and there are a lot of people who are willing to return the favor in his time of difficulty. He is a top celebrity. He’s sincere and does a good job of dealing with his issues so most companies choose to settle.

If it wasn’t for this, the fact that he misses all of his schedule would have already spread. For now, there were only rumors. Although the company tried to hurt his reputation again, his fans worked their magic once more with their supporting comments, plus he also spent a lot of money in advance to buy a lot of internet water army, so the impact has been reduced to a minimum.

Gu Xi intended to sell his current house. He didn’t want to go back there anymore. He thought of Fang Jue Lian, whom he regarded as a good friend, and no longer wanted to stay there. He was willing to sell it since the money would also help to pay for the contracts that have been breached.

His scandal with Xun Jiarui was also starting to die down and has long been replaced by other news. Gu Xi never gave a comment for some of the shipping fans, and most of their fans didn’t like shipping them together.

Gu Xi’s fans think that the other person was just using their idol. Have you ever seen our idol take care of him? Just look at our idol’s status then look at him. He used to be a nobody so he’s obviously using our idol’s fame. Stop trying to fan the flames, it’s useless.

On the other hand, Xun Jiarui’s fans think of how Gu Xi is always involved in scandals. Who hasn’t heard of the many rumors surrounding him? Our idol is no stranger to such a social butterfly in the entertainment industry so don’t flatter yourself.

The dating scandal of the two that should have spread like wildfire was put out because of their own fans and their anger.

After Gu Xi went online, he first contacted a fansite master with his Weibo account. Before breaking his ties with the company, they used to share his whereabouts and schedule to fansite masters to let them do some assistance work. In other words, free promotion.

When those fans found that Gu Xi personally contacted them, they ran to their fan groups and cried for several hours. After the fan members heard the acknowledgement and appreciation from their deity, Gu Xi, dozens of fan groups almost went insane.

As Gu Xi was notoriously known as an aloof person, who rarely smiles and interacts with his fans, getting an occasional response from him was the same as seeing a shooting star across the sky.

However, the fans also expressed their understanding and didn’t want to force their hardworking idol to smile forcibly. They knew there was a reason why he was doing this.

When Gu Xi debuted, there was once a crazy fan who brought sulfuric acid to the fan meeting event, forcing Gu Xi to come with him. He said that Gu Xi liked him simply because he smiled at him. The degree of madness of some people is simply incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Most of the fans actually dislike this kind of behavior. As fans, they do not want to be the one that hurts their own idol.

At that time, the acid really almost splashed on Gu Xi’s face. From then on, Gu Xi rarely smiled in public. Even if he did, it was only for appearances’ sake. It was too late for the fans to be distressed. They no longer wish to get a response from Gu Xi. They only wanted him to be safe.

But oh my goodness, our angel is thanking us.²They were actually calling him 哥哥, or like 오빠 (Oppa) I guess? But, like, I don’t know how I should translate that to english so I changed it to idol or angel instead. Do leave a comment if there’s a better word that I should use.

Screenshots were taken and saved as proof that their idol thanked them for defending him in the comments and appreciated their hard work.

Gu Xi, you’re an angel that has fallen from the heavens, our very own, constantly shining angel. It has been hard for you, going down here to earth to bless us with your face waaaaaa. We are so happy to even have the chance to help you, we’re so happy to be your fans!!

Gu Xi also saw that the matter with Xu Shengteng and Yang Qi’s involvement was exposed. The media did publish this scandal, but after Xu Shengteng found the discriminating Weibo post of Gu Xi, they hired water armies to suppress the news of them being arrested and letting Gu Xi’s MIA issue unanswered.

The fans never realized that it was Shengteng that was working against them behind the scenes. For the past years, Gu Xi’s company had always seemed like they were happily working with him. No one would associate anything bad with them.

Xu Shengteng was a good person in front of the public. He was also good at marketing. The company also appeared to be working normally and in good faith. Works given to Gu Xi weren’t bad, except for the blank three years in his career, there was almost nothing bad to say to them. They had never revealed any information that could be used against them.

Even in this time, if the results show that their pheromones weren’t necessarily prepotent, the case might not get much evidence that would work against them.

But do you think you’re the only ones who can get their own water armies?

Gu Xi tapped his phone to check his gallery and looked for the video that he took that day. In that video, after seconds of darkness was the image of the ceiling.

It was dark at first because Xu Shengteng was on top of him, and the phone was under his blanket. The ceiling was shown after it was kicked away. That day, he not only took the taser, but in the heat of the moment, he also pressed open the phone that was hidden.

When he got up from bed, he clicked the camera function. He knew he could sell this to the media with just a little bit of editing, but he wasn’t planning to do that this time.

It was just too disgusting.

Although nothing really was filmed, their conversations and the sound of the police coming was enough. As Gu Xi’s absence started trending, he decided to use the video and posted it on his Weibo account.

Regardless of the ensuing bloodbath, he once again turned off airplane mode. He started looking for Rong Jing’s account, and when he found it, he logged out of his main account and used a dummy to follow Rong Jing.

He also looked for Rong Jing’s global fansite blog only to find… none at all?

Ring Jing did become popular once a few years ago but the fan sites had been silent since then. It was normal that there weren’t any recent ones.

Gu Xi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He couldn’t tell why, but he felt a bit sad.

How could there be none at all? They should have at least one, they must have! How can he not have fans when he’s so good?

Gu Xi was now feeling very unhappy.

If there’s none, then I’m going to make one.