CH 22

Chapter 22: Reaching the Same Destination

Fatty Wang has been running around for a day, and he can basically confirm the fact that Qin Lang has been blocked. When he went to the hospital to see Qin Lang, he couldn’t help but get angry when he saw him chatting with the little nurse in a warm and soft voice.

“Qin Lang! Are you kidding me? Are you still in the mood to chat with women at this time?” Fatty Wang shouted hoarsely.

The little nurse was startled and hurriedly ran out with her head down.

Qin Lang felt wronged, “I don’t have a cell phone, so I’m bored.”

Fatty Wang took a deep breath and looked at Qin Lang’s face without saying anything.

Qin Lang has a pair of very beautiful eyes, deep and tender. Anyone who sees these eyes can’t help but suspect that he is deeply in love with himself. This pair of affectionate eyes alone are enough to make weak minded people fall.

At this time, he also stared at Fatty Wang’s face, with his reflection in his eyes, as if he were the only one in the whole world, “Your face is so bad, I don’t think you came to tell me any good news, right?” He said softly, and even smiled, with an innocent and disappointed expression tangled on that handsome face.

Fatty Wang inhaled and then slowly released it, “You are indeed banned, and all your contracts have been suspended. I went to ask Director Yang about your finalized drama. He doesn’t know about your ban, so he didn’t remove your role.”

Qin Lang smiled as if he didn’t care, and there was a little bit of pride on his face that he’d guessed the truth. “I knew it.”

Normally, Fatty Wang would’ve been angry if he’d seen him like this but now heartache has the upper hand.

If Qin Lang was banned, he, who loved this acting career more than anyone else, would be the saddest. Thinking of this, Fatty Wang looked at Qin Lang’s face again. He suppressed his emotions, and said calmly, “I’m so anxious that I have bubbles in my mouth but you don’t care at all. What do you want? Don’t you want to be a star?”

Qin Lang said: “Of course I do. Being a star makes money, and there’s no more lucrative job than being a star.” He sighed and said in a low voice: “My gold master is so powerful that if he says to block me then it will be done. Not a bit of mercy.”

“He was so kind to me in bed but I didn’t expect him to be so cruel when he got out of bed.” He lowered his affectionate eyes and repeated in a murmur, “It’s so cruel.”

Fatty Wang immediately felt a burning jealousy in his heart. He lost control and said, “Who is it? Tell me!”

In Fatty Wang’s eyes, although Qin Lang wasn’t young, his heart was still so pure. Fatty Wang took him on when Qin Lang was 17 or 18 years old. He had never seen him get angry with anyone, and he never seemed to hold a grudge against anyone.

Qin Lang seemed to know how to get along with people by nature. So when he was down, he always had people who helped him in his time of need. Originally, the entertainment circle was a big dyeing vat. It was inevitable that people would be affected after a long time. But Qin Lang had never changed, from the beginning to the end.

This kind of Qin Lang was made like this by the “gold master” he spoke of. He’d also been blocked. The hatred in Fatty Wang’s heart for iron not being steel couldn’t be mentioned for the time being. More importantly, he hated this so-called gold master who destroyed everything about Qin Lang with ease and ingenuity.

The resentment in Fatty Wang’s eyes was fleeting. He stared at Qin Lang closely and said, “You can tell me, and I’ll definitely find a way to mediate for you.”

Qin Lang still refused to say.

Like a trapped beast, Fatty Wang turned around a few times, knelt to the ground, and grabbed Qin Lang’s hand, “Just tell me. Do you think I’ll harm your gold master??? You’ve been blocked. I have to know who blocked you, right?”

“—Tell me quickly!” he almost begged.

Qin Lang glanced at him. After a long time, he said a person’s name warmly, “Lu Zheng.”

For a moment, Fatty Wang didn’t remember who this person was. He hurriedly took out his cell phone and pulled up Baidu and only then figured out his identity. “The new president of the Lu Group?”

The Lu Group is a famous noble family in the city and even the province. News of the death of the previous president, Lu Xuan, was almost impossible to find, but he could pull a few words from the corner. After Lu Xuan’s death, Lu Zheng, his younger brother, changed the entire management of the Lu family as soon as he took office. Fatty Wang knew he’d even sent some people to prison.

He was a ruthless master, not at all easy to mess with.

He put down the phone and smiled bitterly: “When did you have such a gold master? You concealed it from me.”

Qin Lang also smiled bitterly, “It’s a secret, Fatty. You have to keep it for me.”

Fatty Wang didn’t speak. He glanced at Qin Lang. Perhaps the frustration in his heart was heavier. At this time, his jealousy eased somewhat. “How did you offend him?”

Qin Lang looked at the ceiling, his expression full of confusion, “I want to know too.”

After a while, Qin Lang’s lips pulled up in a smile, “He told me not to look for him again, Fatty. What should I do?”

Fatty Wang stood up from the ground and sat down on the chair. After a while, he said, “You take care of yourself first. Don’t be in a hurry to be discharged from the hospital.”

Qin Lang didn’t ignore what he said and obediently agreed.

Fatty Wang looked at him with a trembling face and asked, “Do you like him?”

Qin Lang looked at him and smiled slightly. Those affectionate eyes seemed to be looking at another person through him. The tenderness and sweetness grew stronger and stronger. He said softly, “A little bit, he’s very good. He’s very generous. He gave me 1.2 million.”

Fatty Wang: “…”

He wanted to ask him if he knew that with such a little amount of money you couldn’t even support a third or fourth tier star. But he couldn’t say that.

Qin Lang has never been in love, not even once. Since he entered the industry at the age of 17, he has been running around.  He started as a walk-on and gradually climbed to his current position. When he was tied up with those female artists to stir up scandals, he wouldn’t be too close to them so they wouldn’t misunderstand, nor too distant to make them nurse any grudges. He often said that he might not like anyone. But the way he is now, how can he only like him a little bit? Only when he liked someone would he feel like being given more than one million yuan by the other was a huge sum of money.

He has never been in love. So, he was afraid he wouldn’t understand how much he liked that guy named Lu Zheng.

Fatty Wang’s heart felt like it had been bitten by a snake. As though the venom had penetrated into his internal organs, and now caused him to suffer excruciatingly.

He wants to smoke.

“If you won’t tell me, then how are you going to handle this?” Fatty Wang asked Qin Lang.

Qin Lang was silent for a while. Then he said, “I’ll go to him again. I think there is a possibility of saving our relationship. After all, I am quite handsome, right?”

Fatty Wang didn’t say anything.

Qin Lang also slowly lost his voice.

“—By the way, Fatty, I think there’s something very strange.”

“What is it?” Wang Fatty asked.

Qin Lang, lowered his head and thought about it, and said, “If say, a person, obviously did nothing wrong, but another person always thinks that he did something bad, beats him up and then abandons him.  Why would he do that?”

Fatty Wang said, “You’ve acted in so many court dramas, you might as well think about it for yourself.”

Qin Lang looked at him and grinned, “I can’t think of it.” After speaking, he showed a somewhat complicated expression, “I don’t seem to dare to think about it.”

Fatty Wang said indifferently: “That’s probably, because that person is a scumbag.”

Qin Lang laughed. “How can everything be blamed on being a scumbag?”

Fatty Wang didn’t speak.

After a while, Qin Lang said softly, “To be honest, Fatty, if my parents hadn’t given me such a face, I wouldn’t be able to stand here and be a star, and have so many people like me.” He smiled gently.

He laughed softly, “Whether someone likes my outward appearance, my works, or likes other things, I feel very grateful.”

“If I can’t be an actor or act in the future, it’s okay to go home and farm, or find a new gold master. There are always ways to survive.”

Fatty Wang felt a sense of suffocation. He interrupted his almost innocent words and whispered, “Don’t say such things again. It will be all right. I will mediate for you.”

Qin Lang gave a soft “um”.

The atmosphere became solemn again. After a long time, Fatty Wang took the initiative to ask, “How are you doing?”

Qin Lang pursed his lips and smiled, “The operation was very successful. The doctor said that it would not affect the ability to have an erection.”

Fatty Wang breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, “It will always be all right, whether it’s physical or otherwise.”

Qin Lang lowered his eyes and smiled lowly, “Hmm, everything will be fine.”

Soon it was time for Chang Qing and Lu Zheng to visit the grave.

Mother Zhang prepared a sumptuous offering as well as a few bottles of good wine. She put them in a basket, and followed Chang Qing to the cemetery, accompanied by the new housekeeper.

Lu Shi and Lu Hua didn’t come this time. Even if they wanted to come, Lu Zheng probably wouldn’t want them to come.

Originally, this kind of day in October would heat up very quickly in the early morning, but today it was a wonderful day. It was neither too hot nor stuffy. It was warm and cool, quite soothing. What’s more, the wind was strong, the blowing brought comfort to people’s hearts.

Lu Zheng ordered a large bunch of calla lilies at the flower shop. However, he didn’t let the housekeeper take it over. He carried them in his arms and walked to the cemetery.

At this time, Chang Qing and Lu Zheng weren’t in the mood to talk.

Mother Zhang said softly, “This cemetery is in a good location and has good feng shui. This time we had to hurry and weren’t ready. Next time, build him a big villa and burn it there, so that Mr. Lu can live more comfortably.”

Old people are more open to such things than young people. Or perhaps she had superstitious expectations about it, and she began to care about whether Lu Xuan was doing well over there.

“White flowers are not good, but yellow flowers and chrysanthemums are good. It’s said that there is no color over there. So if you have such bright decorations then it’ll make people happier.’’

Such a statement diluted the emotions in Lu Zheng’s heart. He narrowed his eyes and whispered, “Next time, we’ll bring yellow chrysanthemums, and then burn clothes.”

As they spoke, they came to Lu Xuan’s tomb. The picture of Lu Xuan on the tombstone was a picture of him when he was 18 years old, with curved eyebrows and a gentle smile.

When Lu Zheng was choosing the photo, he deliberately chose this one. Mother Zhang didn’t remember when it was taken. At that time, she wouldn’t call him Mr. Lu so unfamiliar and respectful but Ah-Xuan. Mother Zhang felt that she hadn’t seen such a gentle smiling face for a long time. This time, she looked a little nostalgic , but also a little sad.

Lu Zheng put the flowers on the tombstone, then pulled out the weeds that grew out of the stone crevices around the tomb, and took out a rag to wipe the dust on the tombstone.

Lu Zheng had a lot to say to Lu Xuan, but when he was in front of him, he felt as if he didn’t need to say anything.

Chang Qing lowered his eyes and laid out the offerings smoothly. They were all things which Lu Xuan loved to eat. Then he inserted some incense and white smoke swirled between them. He glanced up at Lu Xuan’s photos. His vivid face seemed to be something of yesterday.

Lu Xuan will always stay when he was youngest, but the lives of those who were left behind were still going on. Maybe day after day, they will gradually forget him, but at least every time they come to see him and sweep his grave, his appearance will come back to life in everyone’s heart.

He won’t change any more. If he stays at the best time, everyone’s memory of him will be more and more beautiful, just like a dream.

Chang Qing and Lu Zheng were both tensed at the moment. They didn’t cry. They just paid their respects to Lu Xuan calmly, and then went back together.

On the way, Lu Zheng talked about letting Chang Qing go to school again, “You’re still young. You might as well go back to school and experience school life again.”

Mother Zhang also maintained a favorable attitude towards this. “Xiao Chang, you are only in your early twenties. Other people your age are studying.”

Chang Qing always heard Mother Zhang’s call for “Xiao Chang” (小常) as “Xiao Chang” (小肠)1. He’d forgotten to mention it before but this time he wanted to ask Mother Zhang to call him something else: “Mother Zhang, in the future… call me Qing Qing.”

Mother Zhang made a sound of agreement, “Ah, it’s fine. Qing Qing sounds better than Xiao Chang.”

Chang Qing pursed his lips and smiled lightly. Then he turned to look at Lu Zheng, “Are you really addicted to sending people to school?”

Lu Zheng glanced at him, “I’m doing it for your own good.”

Chang Qing said, “You’re really kind and idle.”

Lu Zheng: “…”

Chang Qing said, “You don’t have to worry about me. I’m at work now, and I’m quite comfortable. Tianxing’s benefits are good, and I got my salary a few days ago.”

Lu Zheng asked: “How much?”    

Chang Qing said, “Six thousand.”

Lu Zheng didn’t laugh at him, but nodded quite seriously, “Yes, my salary is only 20,000. You’re about to catch up with me.”

Chang Qing thought to himself- I’m not as busy as you. He plays games every day without stopping, and his ranks are already super ace.

He thought again about Qiao Zhenran, whom Lu Zheng invited. He was afraid that he was also idling away and didn’t have any ability.

After thinking about it, he didn’t say anything, but just smiled lightly at Lu Zheng.