MLROCSHR Chapter 56
by Volare“I came to find you,” Ling Yu said.
Sensing the dejection in Ling Yu’s tone, Li Yang put away his smile, his eyes becoming worried. “What’s wrong?”
Ling Yu’s fingertips gripping the umbrella handle were white with effort. He opened and closed his lips several times before finally summoning the courage to speak, “Do you want to keep me?”
“What?” Li Yang was stunned.
The outrageousness of this sentence was no less than an asteroid hitting the Earth.
“I said, do you want to keep me?” Ling Yu repeated. “Aren’t you quite interested in me? I need money. You give me money, and I’ll do whatever you want.”
“You…” Li Yang hadn’t recovered from the shock, looking at the person in front of him with disbelief.
Ling Yu lowered his head in a panic, not daring to look directly into Li Yang’s eyes.
He knew that this kind of behavior was despicable, but he really had no other choice.
His mother had just finished surgery today, and the results were far from ideal. As soon as she was out of the operating room, she was transferred to the ICU.
The subsequent treatment costs were a bottomless pit, and the fastest way to get money that he could think of was this.
President Li must think that he was just pretending to be high-minded before, and that in essence he was no different from those vain people who wanted to latch onto a sugar daddy.
His heart twinged.
All he could hear was the sound of the pouring rain, and he waited in vain for Li Yang’s “Okay.”
“I’m sorry, President Li, I was being presumptuous.”
Ling Yu turned around, wanting to escape in a flustered and embarrassed manner.
As expected, he still couldn’t convince himself to do such a thing.
“Wait.” Li Yang reached out and grabbed the hood of his hoodie.
Ling Yu staggered backward, almost falling on his back, but was supported by Li Yang’s large hand behind him.
“Thank you, President Li.”
Ling Yu stood still, returning to his previous polite and distant attitude.
Li Yang was both angry and helpless, “Aren’t you here to ask to be kept? Is this your attitude?”
Ling Yu lowered his head and remained silent, stubborn.
Boom!
A muffled thunder rumbled in the sky. Li Yang sighed and took Ling Yu’s wrist.
“Let’s go, come upstairs with me first.”
In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, Ling Yu sat on the sofa, looking slightly restrained.
Li Yang poured him a cup of hot tea and sat down opposite him.
“Speak, I’m listening.”
Ling Yu pursed his lips. Although he was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it, he steeled himself for his mother’s life and said, “My mom is in the ICU, I need money.”
“So you came up with this idea?”
Li Yang’s first reaction was heartache, and then he was furious. Ling Yu had taken the initiative to find him, but only saw him as a sugar daddy.
“Yeah.” Ling Yu nodded honestly.
In his opinion, the plan to latch onto a sugar daddy had already been completely declared a failure, so it didn’t matter if he went all in.
“Who exactly did you learn these crooked ways from?” Li Yang rubbed Ling Yu’s head hard, almost laughing out of anger.
Learned it online.
Ling Yu didn’t dare to say.
Li Yang left for a moment, and when he came back, he placed a Bank Card on the coffee table in front of Ling Yu.
Ling Yu looked up at Li Yang, hesitant to accept.
If he accepted this card, then they really… could never go back.
Looking at Ling Yu’s pitiful eyes, Li Yang explained gently, “Don’t overthink it. I’m helping you because I like you, not for any other reason.”
Hearing this, Ling Yu suddenly stood up from the sofa, like a startled rabbit.
President Li said he liked him? Was it the kind of liking he was thinking of?
How could that be possible!
“Don’t doubt it, it’s the kind of liking you’re thinking of.” Li Yang looked directly into Ling Yu’s eyes, his expression extremely sincere.
“I’m just telling you my feelings, you don’t have to feel burdened, and you don’t have to give me an answer right away, but I only have one request… don’t hide from me.”
Li Yang spoke softly, not as President Li to Assistant Ling, but as Li Yang to Ling Yu.
Ling Yu’s eyes were filled with tears, blurring his vision and making it difficult to see the person in front of him clearly.
His heart, which had been broken and terrified for days, suddenly seemed to have a harbor to dock in, inexplicably solid.
“President Li, thank you.” Ling Yu’s voice was hoarse, still polite, “I will pay you back this money as soon as possible.”
Li Yang didn’t like Ling Yu calling him that all the time, but now wasn’t the time to argue about it.
He took two steps forward, gave Ling Yu a hug, and gently patted his back, his words gentle, “Don’t think too much, just sleep well here tonight and go back tomorrow.”
“Also, you can come to me if you need money in the future. Don’t have any more dangerous thoughts like being kept, understand?” This was the point that Li Yang especially wanted to emphasize.
The reason for his hasty confession was also because he was afraid that the little guy would have a mental breakdown and turn around and throw himself into the arms of other sugar daddies.
Then he would really cry to death.
The next morning.
The rain that had been falling all night finally stopped. A cool breeze swept through, and the air was filled with the fresh smell of rain.
While eating breakfast, Qi Luzhi said to Lian Xun, “I’m not going to the Company first this morning. I’m taking you somewhere.”
“Where to?” Lian Xun asked.
“You’ll know when we get there.” Qi Luzhi kept him in suspense.
Lian Xun didn’t ask any more questions, and confidently got into Qi Luzhi’s car.
An hour later, the car stopped in front of a solemn and stately temple. Lian Xun looked around, and the huge temple was bustling with people, with waves of people offering incense.
“You still believe in this?” Lian Xun asked curiously.
Qi Luzhi smiled, “Not really, but every time I come here, it always brings peace to my heart.”
Seeking help from oneself is better than seeking help from the Buddha. This was the truth he had always followed.
Lian Xun was the same.
The sound of bells came from a distance, and it seemed to have the magical power to cleanse the soul, making people’s hearts involuntarily calm.
The two got out of the car and followed the many worshippers up the steps.
Putting everything else aside, this ancient temple was hidden among the mountains, surrounded by evergreen pines and cypresses. The environment was really good. Being in it, Lian Xun only felt refreshed.
He tilted his head and asked Qi Luzhi with a smile, “Why did you suddenly think of bringing me here? We’re not offering incense or worshiping Buddha.”
“You’re immersed in work all day long. I wanted you to come out and relax.”
He had kept what Li Yang said last night in his heart.
“Okay.” Lian Xun raised his hand to his eyes, gazing at the top of the mountain, and suggested, “Now that we’re here, let’s climb this mountain.”
“Okay, don’t ask me to carry you if you get tired later.”
Qi Luzhi’s eyes were filled with tenderness, and a smile played on his lips.
Seeing that Lian Xun was in a good mood, his method of guidance seemed to be effective.
*
The internal beta test of the game was more successful than expected.
In just three days, the internet was flooded with player reviews and praise from various big names.
Xun Qi Technologies, this unknown little company, also entered the public eye because of this.
The media and all kinds of monsters and demons who used to sneer at Lian Xun all smelled the traffic of this game and kissed up to him fiercely.
Lian Xun was too lazy to pay attention to them, and comfortably hid in Qi Luzhi’s Office, letting him deal with these annoying flies.
Before getting off work, Lian Xun sent a message in the project group:
【Don’t leave tonight, President Qi is treating, celebration banquet!】