QWAPMP Chapter 51

Just after leaving the world of the Book of Reincarnation, a thread of gold silk also floated out from the Book of Reincarnation. This time, before it could merge into Yan Ye’s body, it was caught by a slender finger. Along with the gold threads that had previously merged into his body, they were all extracted together.

Yan Ye lowered his eyes, looking at the threads of emotion in his palm. His gentle gaze also turned cold as the threads of emotion were drawn away. His finger flicked lightly, the Book of Reincarnation turned pages again, a flash of golden light appeared, and he disappeared from the bookstore once more.

“As long as he eats this thing, I won’t fear him not listening to me,” a gloomy male voice said hoarsely.

Another female voice said disgustedly, “Is this thing really, really useful?”

“You’ll know if it’s useful by trying. It’s just a worm, even if it’s useless, it won’t kill anyone.”

Half an hour passed. Seeing no reaction from the person on the ground, Xiao Wen’s face paled. The woman beside him said fearfully, “Is there something wrong with that worm? Why hasn’t he woken up?”

“Impossible…” Although Xiao Wen said this, he wasn’t sure in his heart. He approached the person lying on the sofa and reached out a finger to check his breath.

Suddenly, Xiao Wen stumbled back a few steps, his face ashen, his lips trembling. Seeing this, the woman sensed something and walked over to do the same thing he did.

“Ah…” A scream pierced through the entire room.

Xiao Wen seemed to react, frantically covering her mouth, and whispered, “Shut up. Do you want people to find out we killed someone?”

The woman’s pupils suddenly contracted. She shook her head. Just as Xiao Wen put his hand down, he heard her say in a trembling voice, “Not me, not me. It’s you. You killed him. It has nothing to do with me.”

Xiao Wen saw her trying to distance herself and gave a cold smile. “There are only the two of us here. If we’re discovered, don’t think you can clear your name either.”

The woman was scared by him. “What should we do! I don’t want to be ruined…”

“If you don’t want to be discovered, then obey me obediently now!”

The conversation ended there. Yan Ye just opened his eyes, and his eyes uncontrollably wanted to close again. A thick salty and fishy smell rushed into his nostrils, and a sense of suffocation assailed him. The sea surface in the dark night was not calm, the waves were surging, one after another crashing onto the beach.

Yan Ye finally managed to swim to the beach. Before he could even catch his breath, he discovered the abnormality of his body. He was stunned for a few seconds, a dangerous curve forming on his lips. The owner of this body encountered someone they loved but couldn’t have. The other party placed a love gu on him, but unexpectedly, the original owner’s body was already weak and couldn’t withstand such an evil thing. He accidentally died and was then dumped into the sea.

Before Yan Ye could even look at the Book of Reincarnation, a faint light approached from a distance, and a figure also walked out from behind a coconut tree.

“Who’s there?” A clear, cold voice carried a questioning tone. The flashlight in their hand shone towards the figure sitting on the beach. The sudden bright light made it impossible to open one’s eyes. Yan Ye squinted slightly, turned his head, and no longer looked at the light source. Wet hair stuck tightly to his forehead, seawater dripped from the ends of his hair, his appearance was extremely disheveled. It was precisely because of his appearance that the person opposite him couldn’t recognize him immediately.

Yan Ye only wanted to take a shower and change into clean clothes now. He wasn’t in a hurry to look at the information about this world. He stood up from the beach, his tone neither arrogant nor humble. “Excuse me, is there a hotel nearby?”

It was dark all around, with only a few stars hanging in the sky, which didn’t allow Yan Ye to see the surroundings clearly.

With a soft chuckle.

Yan Ye heard a casual chuckle. “There’s no hotel, but there is a villa.”

Half an hour later, in the only villa on Half-Moon Island, Yan Ye stood in the bathroom with his eyes closed. The steam coated the entire glass door with a layer of mist, and the sound of water gushed. The young man outside sat with his legs crossed, clearly in a good mood. Provided there wasn’t this mess all over the floor in front of him. Vases and jade objects worth millions were shattered on the ground, and famous paintings by renowned artists were also torn up and thrown on the floor.

As soon as Yan Ye entered the villa, he saw all this. At the time, he merely raised an eyebrow, his expression unchanged, only asking for the location of the bathroom before going to shower. No one knew what had happened here before he arrived.

The sound of water in the bathroom. Just as Yan Ye picked up a towel to dry his hair, the Book of Reincarnation appeared before him, presenting the information about this world to his eyes. It turned out that the young man outside was the villainous male supporting character of this world, Song Yang, the CEO of the company the male lead was signed with. At a young age, he inherited an entertainment company of considerable size, with quite a number of excellent and famous artists within it. Logically, a newcomer like the male lead, who hadn’t gained much popularity yet, wouldn’t be able to sign with the male supporting character’s company. But precisely because the male supporting character Song Yang took a liking to him, in order to get closer, Song Yang paid the male lead Yang Fan’s liquidated damages to poach him into his own company. He also took exceptional care of him, and company resources were prioritized for him. After going back and forth, with the intentional hints from his agent, Yang Fan also knew that the company CEO had a good impression of him, took care of him, and always sent flowers and visited him on set, so it was inevitable for him to be moved. Only when Yang Fan had completely fallen into Song Yang’s gentle trap did Song Yang tell him that his kindness towards him was merely to get involved in a private relationship.

Upon learning all this, Yang Fan only felt deeply humiliated. The next day, he announced his withdrawal from the industry, paid a sum for liquidated damages, and disappeared without a trace.

The Book of Reincarnation showed that Song Yang’s purpose for doing this was merely to get revenge on his arch-rival, Xie Jifeng, who was also in the entertainment industry. Xie Jifeng had been in the entertainment industry for many years, achieving fame at a young age and winning many awards. When such a person suddenly fell in love with someone, and the male supporting character who envied him found out, it ultimately ended with unrequited love. That is to say, if Song Yang hadn’t intentionally done this, the male lead Xie Jifeng wouldn’t have ended up with unrequited love. He might have pursued Yang Fan and expressed his feelings.

Yan Ye put away the Book of Reincarnation and pushed open the bathroom door to go out. Seeing the young man’s relaxed and composed appearance, Yan Ye thought of his identity, pulled his lips into a slight smile, and said, “Thank you, CEO Song.”

Song Yang unfolded his arms crossed over his chest, resting them on either side of the sofa, and asked with a playful smile, “May I ask how you ended up on Half-Moon Island?” After speaking, he picked up his phone and swiped a few times, then slightly raised his head. “If I remember correctly, your show’s director called my assistant. The members participating in the show are supposed to arrive here by boat tomorrow!”

As Song Yang spoke, his gaze unconsciously held a hint of hostility. “So how did you get here now?” When he saw Yan Ye on the beach, he hadn’t seen the shadow of a single boat. And this person suddenly appeared on the beach, soaked all over, as if he had been through something. Song Yang’s scrutinizing gaze was very direct. Yan Ye raised his eyes to meet it, searching through the original owner’s memory for some useful information.

The show he mentioned should be the wilderness exploration show the original owner was currently participating in. Although Half-Moon Island wasn’t exactly a deserted island, a mass death incident occurred there twenty years ago. After that, one terrifying rumor after another spread about this private island. When Song Yang learned that Yang Fan was participating in a wilderness exploration show, he suggested Half-Moon Island to the show’s director and lent it to them for filming and exploration free of charge.

Half-Moon Island was quite famous, having appeared in newspapers twice over twenty years ago. Once when it was bought by the Head of the Song Family, Song Mingfeng, and given to his wife as a wedding anniversary gift, which caused a sensation in Rong City, making countless women envious. The other time was when a specific death case occurred on Half-Moon Island. Overnight, five people on Half-Moon Island died with horrific appearances, and the police investigation yielded no results. This incident caused a huge stir online, with netizens making all sorts of guesses. Some even claimed to be masters, performing calculations and saying there were unclean things on Half-Moon Island. For spreading superstition, this netizen was quickly banned. However, because this netizen had many fans and had calculated many incidents of celebrities ‘collapsing’ online, and they often turned out as he calculated, he had accumulated quite a following, and thus some people believed what he said.

The original owner, whose identity Yan Ye now occupied, was an actor. He had just finished his previous job and was planning to rest for a while when his agent booked him a reality show about exploration, saying it would be easy, with no character setting or script required, just like a vacation and playing around. Since the show was booked, the original owner had no objections, packed his bags, and went. Unexpectedly, on the night of the gathering, he was tricked and lost his life.

There were two people who tricked the original owner: the man was called Xiao Wen, and the woman was called He Lin. Both worked for the same company as the original owner, but they were the original owner’s seniors and shared the same agent, so conflicts over resources were inevitable. After the original owner debuted, his popularity kept rising, surpassing Xiao Wen, which caused imbalance in his heart. Yet, while watching him shine, he couldn’t help but develop feelings of admiration. After He Lin found out, she told Xiao Wen that someone online was selling a type of worm called a ‘love gu’. If a person ate it, the other party would fall head over heels in love with the person who planted the gu. Xiao Wen believed He Lin’s words and bought the gu worm. On the night the original owner arrived at the hotel where the show crew was staying, he found an excuse to reminisce, tricked him out, got him drunk, and then forcibly fed him the gu worm, ultimately leading to the original owner’s death.

Although the original owner was now dead, Yan Ye still needed to use his body and couldn’t tell Song Yang the truth. He could only say, “I came out for a drink tonight and went to the port to get some air. I accidentally fell into the sea. I originally thought I was dead for sure, but unexpectedly, by some twist of fate…” His voice paused for a moment, carrying a sense of relief at having survived a disaster. “…I arrived here earlier than expected.”

Yan Ye’s answer wasn’t very convincing. Song Yang’s brows furrowed in displeasure, seemingly quite unhappy that someone was lying to him.

“CEO Song, could I possibly stay for a night in advance?” Yan Ye asked. A few drops of water still dripped from the ends of his hair, flowing into the ill-fitting bathrobe. The man had a handsome face with well-defined features. His pair of dark eyes were as deep as a cold pool. However, a not unpleasant smile hung on his lips.

Song Yang was amused by his humble tone and didn’t care that this person was lying to him. He raised his chin haughtily and nodded slightly.

Yan Ye said thank you. After clarifying which room he could rest in, he followed Song Yang up the spiral staircase. Halfway up, Song Yang paused, his steps slowing down. Yan Ye noticed something. He just raised his eyes and glanced, then discovered that the wall at the turn of the stairs was pale as if something was missing.

Leading him to the room door, Song Yang said, “This is the room you’ll be staying in tonight.”

“Thank you very much.” Yan Ye thanked him politely, opened the room door and went in. The moment he closed it, he heard the sound of a door opening next door. It was Song Yang; he was staying in the room next door.