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    Chapter 46: Contradiction “I don’t need the optimal solution.”

    Chapter 46: Contradiction “I don’t need the optimal solution.”

    The boat left the island and arrived at the border of H City.

    Coincidentally, Zhao Anqing came to pick them up.

    The production team’s staff weren’t on the island, they were all working in H City, which made it easier to pick them up.

    “Teacher Shangguan! Teacher Xu! Congratulations on winning the second day!”

    Zhao Anqing led the two into a pre-arranged five-star hotel.

    “You can stay here tonight. There’s no filming, so you can enjoy your victory time. But you still can’t have your phones back. Order room service if you want anything to eat.”

    Fu Yang nodded coolly, indicating he understood.

    Xu Chengyue glanced at Fu Yang, whose mood was extremely low, and asked if he could have a box of yogurt sent up.

    “No problem, but you can’t bring it back to the island.” Zhao Anqing sent a message, and soon a staff member brought up a box of yogurt. Xu Chengyue chose the strawberry flavor and stuffed it into Fu Yang’s hand, looking at him expectantly.

    Unexpectedly, Fu Yang put what was in his hand aside, walked to the French window, looked out, and still didn’t say anything.

    The ocean was sparkling in the evening, and on the beach, the soft sand was dyed a warm orange-red by the sunset.

    He looked at the coconut trees in the distance, at the seagulls in the sky, but he wouldn’t look at Xu Chengyue.

    Zhao Anqing, observing the way the two were interacting, guessed that they had a conflict, so he said, “Teacher Xu, please go to the top floor first. There’s a post-interview that requires your presence.”

    At this point, Fu Yang keenly turned to the side, “I don’t need to go?”

    Zhao Anqing looked at his watch and said, “Teacher Shangguan should be next. You can rest for a while.”

    Xu Chengyue’s gaze shifted between the two of them for a while, but he still didn’t get a response from Fu Yang, so he slowly turned and left.

    Seeing Xu Chengyue leave, Zhao Anqing squatted down next to Fu Yang and asked, “Teacher Shangguan, can I ask you a personal question?”

    Fu Yang was now lying on a rocking chair in the hotel, with a magazine covering his face, and lazily said, “Speak.”

    “Do you like Teacher Xu?”

    Suddenly, the magazine on his face fell to the ground.

    Fu Yang reacted strongly, as if his secret had been exposed, “What nonsense are you talking about!”

    Zhao Anqing was startled, rubbing his fingers and saying, “You two are very close on the show, and your CP is very popular, so I’m just asking, haha.”

    Fu Yang picked up the magazine and threw it on the table next to him, saying without much enthusiasm, “Work, understand?”

    Zhao Anqing: “…”

    Looking at the eyes that were clearly still lingering even though the person was long gone, Zhao Anqing didn’t know what to say.

    “Then can I pursue you?” He took a deep breath, no matter what, he got the answer he wanted, so he secretly tried to pry a corner.

    Zhao Anqing really felt that Shangguan Yaoguang’s energetic feeling was very similar to Fu Yang.

    He never wronged himself. It was also okay to find a substitute if he couldn’t get his white moonlight.

    Go for it, Zhao Xiaokui!

    “?”

    Fu Yang’s mouth twitched, “Have you finally gone crazy at work?”

    Zhao Anqing: “…A little?”

    Fu Yang was speechless, so he said even more harshly, “If you have nowhere to put your hormones, you might as well go to a deserted island and be a savage for two days of peace.”

    Zhao Anqing: I feel great after being scolded.

    Fu Yang: Deep well disease.

    After chasing Zhao Anqing away, Fu Yang got up and stood by the French window in a daze.

    Could he also drive Xu Chengyue out of his brain?

    The answer was obvious.

    Xu Chengyue…was just a fairly good-looking, ordinary idol with a lot of scandals, but he didn’t know when he started to affect all his emotions.

    Did he…like Xu Chengyue?

    Fu Yang’s face was full of confusion.

    Perhaps it was because he saw Zhao Anqing again, and the words he said in the car at that time also re-entered his mind. What was it called liking?

    ——”When you like someone, the way it manifests are all about the same. You’ll pay more attention when you see him, you’ll blush and your heart will race when you’re close to him. Even if he just glances at me indifferently, I can be happy all day. I want his gaze to always be on me, I want to do what I can for him, I’m happy when I see him happy, and I smile when I see him smile.”

    No, it should be said…

    Had he already fallen in love with Xu Chengyue?

    As soon as Xu Chengyue opened the door, he smelled a strong smell of smoke.

    The luxurious presidential suite of the five-star hotel exuded elegance in every detail.

    The room was filled with a faint sandalwood tea fragrance, but it was intertwined with the smell of smoke, which made people frown slightly.

    Not far away, a man was wearing a casual and comfortable shirt, the hem slightly open, and a lifelike white crane was embroidered on the collar, as if it would spread its wings and fly away at any time, but he was also wearing a pair of thin-rimmed glasses with a restrained temperament, revealing a bit of bookishness. His fingers were slender, and he was holding a teapot, slowly pouring hot water into the teacup, and the tea fragrance rose in wisps.

    Hearing the sound of the door opening, he raised his eyes slightly, his gaze falling on Xu Chengyue through the lenses, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

    “Ah Yue, long time no see.”

    Xu Chengyue raised his eyes to look at the refined middle-aged man. He wasn’t surprised to see him here.

    “Director Zhao.”

    “What clear eyes.”

    Xu Chengyue stood where he was and didn’t move, so Zhao Qian condescended to walk to his side, looking at his eyes at the same level, a trace of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

    “The last time I saw you, you were just as beautiful.”

    Zhao Qian raised his hand and lifted the hair in front of his left forehead, “Look, the mark you left on me, how can I not miss you.”

    A hideous scar was embedded on his square forehead. Xu Chengyue knew that he had done it with one glance.

    The rusty steel pipe head was corroded, and part of it became a sharp weapon, which was pierced into the forehead of the villain.

    Xu Chengyue didn’t regret his impulse at the time, and he was never afraid of Zhao Qian’s revenge.

    “I think of you every day and night when I look at the scars in the mirror.”

    “If you want revenge, you don’t need to make it so complicated.” Xu Chengyue looked around and knocked the teacup on the table to pieces, handing it to Zhao Qian, the meaning was self-evident.

    “Your new hair color is very beautiful, but I think black suits you.” Zhao Qian took the fragment and gently compared it to Xu Chengyue’s cheek, “What do you mean? Add such an ugly scar to this face? It seems quite worthwhile.”

    Xu Chengyue frowned, held back and didn’t move, letting the dangerous, icy cold touch like a snake slide across his face.

    Zhao Qian loosened his hand, and the fragment slipped to the ground, instantly shattering. The hand in the air stroked the silver-white hair, but this time it was immediately dodged by Xu Chengyue turning his head.

    “Don’t worry, I can’t bear to, we can’t just write it off like this.”

    Zhao Qian took out his phone, clicked on it, and played a voice recording of a call.

    “Xu Chengyue? I do have such a son. His wings are hard now, a glamorous star. When I was sick, I asked him for money, and he didn’t give me a single penny. I can pursue his child support, right? Is it a crime not to support your parents? It is, right? Okay, I’m going to sue him, damn it, he’s a money-losing product just like his mother…”

    Xu Chengyue was very familiar with the voice in the recording, Xu Qingshan, his biological father.

    After his parents divorced, he was assigned to his father, but this disappointing man became addicted to gambling after his second marriage, lost all his family property, and abused him and Aunt Yuan, even causing a miscarriage. Later, Aunt Yuan drugged him and severely broke one of his hands, chopped up his reproductive organs, and ran away, never to return.

    Later, he heard that she had gone abroad and was doing well.

    “You want to use this to threaten me?”

    “Isn’t that enough?”

    “You can stir up public opinion, but the law will stand by my side.”

    The young man’s back was straight, and his clear voice fell, exuding an aura of righteousness from the inside out, which made people dare not look directly at him.

    Xu Chengyue kept the proof of the domestic violence scars at that time, and could sue Xu Qingshan for domestic violence first, but he didn’t want to involve Aunt Yuan again, so he didn’t want to have any contact with Xu Qingshan unless he had to.

    He raised his eyes to confront Zhao Qian, his eyes as bright as cold stars, and the whole person was written in capital letters – “The Light of Righteousness.”

    Zhao Qian was a little dazzling by this light, squinting his eyes slightly. He didn’t expect him to be prepared, so he said more satisfied, “Ah Yue, you are much smarter than Ah Xiao.”

    “But… I heard that Spark is about to hold a concert. A year ago, you dragged them down once, are you going to drag them down again a year later?”

    Xu Chengyue was already entangled in scandals. If he were to sue his biological father at this time, regardless of whether he won or not, it would only make his image even worse.

    Xu Chengyue looked up at him and said quickly, “I can leave the group.”

    This was somewhat unexpected to Zhao Qian, because it was completely outside of his plan.

    Anyone who knows a little bit knows how much Xu Chengyue values Spark. If it were in the past, he would give up his life rather than give up Spark.

    Now he could easily say the words “leave the group”. What had changed?

    Zhao Qian took a deep look at him again and suddenly smiled, understanding.

    The fledgling little rabbit is certainly no match for the cunning old fox.

    Zhao Qian quickly grasped Xu Chengyue’s new weakness –

    “That phone recording, does it sound familiar? I heard that Ah Xiao did something very bad to you, and the child Shangguan stopped him.”

    Xu Chengyue’s face was calm, but his heart tightened, and his heartbeat couldn’t stop accelerating rapidly.

    If Zhao Qian knew that Fu Yang had recorded it…

    He would definitely not let him go.

    “Why would I be familiar with it.” Xu Chengyue said lightly.

    “I watched the live broadcast. He is indeed a smart child. No wonder you care about him so much. Even I care about him a little.” Zhao Qian looked at him carefully.

    Xu Chengyue raised his eyes: “If you have anything, come at me.”

    Oh, he’s exposed. Zhao Qian curled his lips. The handsome young man in front of him was still young and couldn’t be provoked. He still needed to be taught.

    “Ah Yue, I really like your character, just like me when I was young, stupid and naive.”

    Xu Chengyue looked at him. For such a man in the vortex of power, he felt a little powerless for the first time. He could disregard himself, but he couldn’t disregard Fu Yang. Fu Yang was innocent and shouldn’t be involved in these disgusting things.

    But having a weakness would only make it more difficult to move forward. Now he has no capital to fight against Zhao Qian at all.

    He opened his mouth and said, “Didn’t you want to use this show to promote Ye Xiao? I can cooperate with you…”

    “What is Ye Xiao.” Zhao Qian put his hands on the table, rarely showing some arrogance and conceit, “Just an disobedient dog.”

    “A disobedient dog should be chopped up and become tree fertilizer.” His eyes flickered, as if everything was under control.

    Xu Chengyue was a little surprised. Zhao Qian and Ye Xiao had been in cahoots for almost a year, but he said he would give up as soon as he said it.

    Is this the path he chose?

    Xu Chengyue had already decided not to worry about Ye Xiao anymore, but at this moment, a similar feeling of sadness still surrounded his heart.

    Because he and Ye Xiao were the same, the ants at the bottom of the entertainment circle. Zhao Qian could give him supreme glory, and he could also crush him with a flick of his fingers.

    “Ah Yue, you are not qualified to negotiate terms with me. I will wait for the day you come to beg me.”

    Xu Chengyue returned to the hotel suite, feeling a little cold all over.

    He regretted it a little. Why did he follow Ye Xiao back then?

    If that night had not happened…

    Then Fu Yang would not have attracted Zhao Qian’s attention.

    Or, on the first day of the show, he shouldn’t have been soft-hearted and should have firmly refused to team up with Fu Yang.

    He was too careless.

    Knowing that Zhao Qian had been looking for his weakness, he still held a glimmer of hope, and as a result, he put Fu Yang in a dangerous situation.

    Next…should he stay away?

    But now that his little brother was angry, if he suddenly stayed away for no reason as before, it would be too unfair to him.

    Xu Chengyue tried to calm down and pushed open the door of the room, handing the pastries in his hand to Fu Yang.

    “Little brother, try this mung bean cake.” Xu Chengyue approached his right side and gently poked his arm.

    Fu Yang turned to the left, saying nothing.

    Xu Chengyue ran to the left again, “Chestnut pastry.”

    Fu Yang turned to the right.

    “How about this one, egg yolk pastry, it’s lava-filled.”

    Fu Yang still didn’t talk to him, didn’t touch him. After several cycles, Xu Chengyue was completely helpless, lowered his eyes and looked a little at a loss.

    “Are you angry?”

    “How should I coax you.” Xu Chengyue gently hugged him, rubbing his face against his neck like a small animal, “I’m sorry.”

    Finally, a low voice came from above, “What did you do wrong?”

    Xu Chengyue was a little dazed: “I don’t know.”

    “Apologize to me if you don’t know.” Fu Yang also felt that he was sick, but when he heard this apology, he became even more angry.

    Idiot Xu Chengyue, stupid and cute Xu Chengyue, the most annoying person in the world is Xu Chengyue!

    “Why sacrifice yourself, why don’t you listen to me?”

    Fu Yang held his neck, inserted his big hand into his silver hair, and asked in a very controlling posture.

    Feeling the eyelashes on his neck trembling non-stop, Fu Yang slightly released his hand.

    “Because that is the optimal solution, and the fastest way to end the game.” Xu Chengyue said blankly.

    “I don’t need the optimal solution.” Fu Yang pulled the person out of his neck, held his shoulders and looked at each other,

    “Nothing is more important than you.”

    If the senior brothers and sisters in the B University laboratory heard Fu Yang say such a thing, they would definitely suspect that he had been possessed.

    After all, their little junior brother is the most efficient and optimal solution-oriented top cancer patient.

    At this time, he was actually saying to others –

    “If we lose the game, we lose it.”

    Fu Yang wiped away the slightly wet traces from the corner of Xu Chengyue’s eyes, “You are not allowed to get into trouble in front of me again.”

    Fu Yang compromised. He seemed to really be in love with this idiot.

    This self-destructive, hot-blooded idiot who thought he was a savior was hugged tightly by him, almost to be kneaded into his bones and blood.

    “Don’t give up on yourself.”

    “Don’t sacrifice yourself.”

    “Don’t put yourself in a low position, don’t apologize casually, and don’t coax me.”

    “You can turn around and leave, you can get angry and loudly question me about what I’m doing, ask if I’m sick, and if I’m sick, go and get treatment, don’t embarrass yourself in front of me again, understand?”

    Xu Chengyue was confused by the sermon, he had been confused since he returned to the room, and then accompanied by a dull pain, the corners of his eyes slowly became wet.

    Those damp, sticky, and moldy corners were dispelled by a ray of sunlight, making them warm.

    It was a scorching warm sun that he had never felt before.

    “What did they ask you during the backstage interview, why are you only coming back now?”

    “Nothing, just an interview.”

    Fu Yang pinched his chin and rubbed it: “Really?”

    Xu Chengyue nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

    He didn’t know how to solve the matter, so he shouldn’t tell his little brother and bother him.

    Yes, although he was very touched, Xu Chengyue was such a stubborn donkey.

    Even though Fu Yang said a lot, Xu Chengyue still said that he would bear all the mistakes.

    At this time, he didn’t understand what self-destructive tendency meant.

    He just felt that the end of the world was coming, and someone needed to be sacrificed to save it, then he would stand up without hesitation.

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