SM Chapter 36

Chapter 36: Simply Unwilling

Chapter 36: Simply Unwilling

Because he drank too much, Lin Han sent Ye Lai back to wash up and sleep. Before going to sleep, he was still thinking about picking up Sheng Mingqian to go home.

Lin Han told him that he would let Sheng Mingqian go home later.

Ye Lai didn’t know what time it was. He heard a rustling sound of water coming from the bathroom. He curled his lips in his sleep. He knew that Sheng Mingqian was back.

His eyelids felt like they weighed a thousand pounds, and Ye Lai couldn’t open his eyes. In a daze, he felt the mattress next to him sink a little. Following the scent of Sheng Mingqian, he turned over, burrowed into his arms with his eyes closed, wrapped his arms tightly around Sheng Mingqian’s waist, rubbed his feverish face against his chest for a long time, and mumbled a few words in his sleep.

He still didn’t have any good dreams that night, but the scent of Sheng Mingqian quickly dispersed the disturbances in those dreams. The person beside him was a good sleeping pill, and Ye Lai soon fell into a deep sleep again.

It’s just that when he woke up the next morning, the spot beside him was still empty. Ye Lai was already used to the coldness in his palm, he was just unwilling.

Ye Lai lay on his side on the bed. The curtains were not completely closed, and the sunlight from outside leaked in through the gaps.

If it weren’t for Sheng Mingqian’s clothes that he had changed out of last night still on the sofa chair next to the bed, Ye Lai would have thought that the hug last night was also a dream.

But the crystal button on the black suit jacket was very conspicuous. Ye Lai moved to the side of the bed, and he could touch it with his hand. It was cool and delicate, and it was real.

Only on the second day of being back, Ye Lai was already beginning to miss the days in Finland. At least there, Sheng Mingqian would get up with him most mornings.

After arriving yesterday, he didn’t go back to his apartment. The time remaining in his agreement with Sheng Mingqian was only a few months. He didn’t want to waste time. He should be living in the villa from now on until the agreement expired and their marital relationship ended.

He couldn’t bear it.

Ye Lai got out of bed, took out the sandalwood box that he had been pressing in the drawer yesterday, pinched the prayer beads on the jade lock, and carefully held it in his palm.

Ye Lai eagerly wanted to prove something through this, to overturn this fragile relationship that was bound by the agreement.

He didn’t see Sheng Mingqian when he went downstairs. Ye Lai walked to the refrigerator and drank a can of ice beer. Breakfast was still milk and cereal. Then, he entered the gym, breathing heavily and sweating. Looking at the square light that slanted in on the wooden floor, he could slightly relieve those gray moods.

Just after getting off the treadmill, Ye Lai hadn’t wiped the sweat from his face yet, when he received a news alert on his phone. It was a breaking news message from a well-known entertainment reporter. It was pushed to him because the content was about Sheng Mingqian.

#Sheng Mingqian’s Same-Sex New Lover Exposed, Sweet Night Meeting at Hotel#

Tsk, this title is eye-catching enough.

Ye Lai clicked on the news link. There were pictures and words. The photos were taken very well, with perfect angles. Even at night, the faces of Sheng Mingqian and the man next to him were clearly captured.

The first accompanying picture was of Sheng Mingqian and the person next to him driving into the underground parking lot of the hotel. Sheng Mingqian was driving, and the passenger window was lowered halfway. The side faces of the two people in the car were captured at the same time. The man in the passenger seat was smiling and looking at Sheng Mingqian in the driver’s seat.

The second picture was of the two entering the elevator one after the other. The lens was on Sheng Mingqian’s back, and the handsome man was facing the camera.

The third picture was of Sheng Mingqian driving away from the hotel alone at 1:30 in the morning.

The comments below included blessings, and naturally there were also cries of grief. The ones crying were the cp fans who had previously shipped Sheng Mingqian and their own artist, most of whom were Zhou Ran’s fans.

Many of Zhou Ran’s fans @Sheng Mingqian, wanting him to come out and explain the truth of the news.

【Director Sheng, please come out and explain, tell us it’s fake】

【I’m crying so much】

【Don’t panic, sisters upstairs, they didn’t have any intimate behavior in the photos, maybe they’re just friends】

【Wow, what should we do with Ran Ran? Was Ran Ran abandoned?】

【This must be a scandal】

Of course, it’s a scandal, Ye Lai said in his heart. He didn’t look closely at the text, only looked at the pictures, and roughly scanned the comments below, which were either cheering or wailing. He already had his own judgment in his heart.

It was just another groundless gossip news story. Sheng Mingqian went home last night and slept with him in his arms.

As for the man in the photo, he was probably just a friend of Sheng Mingqian.

However, Ye Lai didn’t know if Sheng Mingqian would clarify the rumors this time.

Although that’s what he thought in his heart, Ye Lai still hoped that Sheng Mingqian could clarify it like last time, but he waited for three days. Sheng Mingqian’s Weibo didn’t post any more messages. It seemed that he wouldn’t be clarifying.

He thought in his heart again that Sheng Mingqian was probably too lazy to pay attention to it, or maybe he hadn’t even seen the gossip news.

Later, someone dug up the identity of that man. What Ye Lai didn’t expect was that the person who was rumored to be having an affair with Sheng Mingqian was actually the Screenwriter Qin Zimo.

After knowing this answer, Ye Lai was even more relieved. Qin Zimo and Sheng Mingqian had collaborated on a movie many years ago, which won several major awards.

But Qin Zimo had never appeared in the public eye, so very few people knew his true face. Ye Lai used to think that he must be an elderly person, but he didn’t expect him to be so young.

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Lin Han’s office. He handed the gossip news on his phone to Sheng Mingqian to read.

“What’s going on with this? You and Qin Zimo didn’t really rekindle your old relationship, did you? What was the situation that day?”

Thinking of this possibility, Lin Han’s mind automatically popped up Ye Lai’s face.

He sent Ye Lai back that day, and Ye Lai kept talking about Sheng Mingqian on the way, muttering that he wanted to pick up Sheng Mingqian to go home together.

Alas, Lin Han sighed in his heart. Ye Lai and Sheng Mingqian’s situation was too complicated, but he always felt that Ye Lai’s feelings for Sheng Mingqian were not what he had initially thought, using any means to achieve his goals.

In the vast sea of ​​people, under the influence of emotions and desires, there are too many people who are troubled by love. As an outsider, he cannot really understand and judge the people in the play.

Sheng Mingqian just glanced at the screen casually and said nonchalantly, “No need to pay attention.”

“Then what’s going on between you and Qin Zimo?”

“He wrote a new script and wanted me to take a look.”

Lin Han crossed his legs, rubbing his thumb and forefinger against his chin non-stop, half-believing: “Really? That’s it?”

“The script he showed me was pretty good.”

“What script is it?”

“Suspense, very profound.”

“You two did collaborate very well on script creation before.” Lin Han said very pertinently.

As for Sheng Mingqian and Qin Zimo’s love life, he didn’t comment.

Sheng Mingqian and Qin Zimo are both extremely talented people. Sheng Mingqian used to make movies and co-create scripts with Qin Zimo.

But the two broke up after being together for two years. Lin Han didn’t ask the reason for their breakup, but he could guess the general idea. The two’s views and ideas were not suitable.

Qin Zimo grew up abroad, and he is very open in all aspects. Sheng Mingqian just has a flirtatious appearance, but in fact, he has his own unique adherence in his heart, stubborn and unyielding, and no one can handle or change him.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Han also believed what Sheng Mingqian said about going to the hotel just to read the script. He and Ye Lai are not divorced yet, so it is impossible for him to do those things, but he doesn’t know whether he and Ye Lai will divorce later.

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Zhang Yihao again got Ye Lai an audition opportunity for a supporting role in a movie. Ye Lai had just received the audition notice from the crew when Lin Han called him the next day to notify him to attend the audition for “The World on the Bough.”

The two audition times happened to fall on the same afternoon. Ye Lai naturally didn’t even think about it, giving up the former and choosing to audition for “The World on the Bough”.

Zhang Yihao was also happy for him: “Tell me, you guys, is there even a need to go through the audition process? In my opinion, it’s superfluous. Director Sheng must have already decided on this role for you.”

Ye Lai didn’t pick up on his words, lowered his eyes and chuckled a few times, not saying that he had already asked Sheng Mingqian for this role several times, but Sheng Mingqian didn’t give it to him. Now he can only go to the audition to fight for the opportunity himself.

Perhaps if he performs well in the audition, he will have a chance.

Perhaps.

Three days before the audition, Ye Lai accompanied the director of the orphanage to the hospital for a physical examination. The results came out in the afternoon. In addition to the old age diseases of high blood pressure and some joint pain, her lung CT results showed space-occupying lesions in both lungs.

The doctor said that there are several possibilities for space-occupying lesions, benign inflammation, tuberculosis, and lung cancer. The specific cause cannot be determined for the time being and further bronchoscopy or puncture biopsy is required.

Ye Lai completed the hospitalization procedures for the director that day and arranged a sampling examination in the afternoon. According to the location of the space-occupying lesion, a puncture biopsy was performed.

The results would be available in two days.

Ye Lai hired a female nursing assistant for the director. Xiao Yu called Ye Lai every day, asking him if the director was sick, and also said that the children in the orphanage were clamoring to come to the hospital to see the director.

Ye Lai went back to the orphanage in the afternoon and coaxed them for a long time before the children stopped clamoring to go to the hospital.

On the morning when the results came out, Ye Lai was called to the office by the attending doctor. The first sentence he said to him was “The family members should be mentally prepared.”

Ye Lai’s heart skipped a beat after hearing this, knowing that the result was not good.

“Doctor, please tell me directly, what is the result?”

The doctor took out the test report and showed it to Ye Lai: “The puncture biopsy detected cancer cells at the location of the lung lesion. It is lung cancer, terminal stage.”

The doctor had tried his best to speak to Ye Lai in the most peaceful tone. Perhaps he was used to it, but it was still difficult to hide the mechanical nature after repeated repetitions. Finally, he gave Ye Lai a few symbolic words of comfort, instructing him on some ways to communicate with the patient.

Ye Lai held the test report, standing there blankly for a long time. Just now he had gone to the ward to see the director, and she was still talking and laughing with the nursing assistant, discussing the hospital’s breakfast.

“Doctor, can it still be treated?” Ye Lai came back to his senses, the test report was crumpled by him, “We’ll treat it, money is not a problem, we’ll treat it no matter how much it costs.”

The doctor adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose: “It’s not a matter of money. There are quite a few measures that can be taken at present, such as chemotherapy and targeted drug therapy. We will try our best to prolong the patient’s survival time and improve the patient’s quality of life during the course of the disease. We still need to have a meeting to discuss the specific treatment plan.”

Ye Lai went out to buy some fruit, calmed down his emotions, and didn’t tell the director the truth when he went back. He only said that the test results had not come out yet, and the doctor called him to say what kind of examinations would be done later.

“Xiao Lai, you have a movie audition this afternoon, right?” The director took Ye Lai’s hand and introduced to the nursing assistant triumphantly, “My child is an actor, have you seen his movie?”

The nursing assistant had already recognized Ye Lai, and said with a smile that she had seen it, and praised Ye Lai for being talented.

Ye Lai listened blankly, peeling an apple while facing away from them, because he couldn’t concentrate, the sharp blade slashed a deep cut on his thumb. The wound was very deep, and blood beads gushed out all at once. The knife in his hand could not be held because of the pain, and it fell to the ground with a bang.

The director heard the sound, turned her head and saw Ye Lai covering his bleeding finger, exclaimed, and ran out to call the nurse.

The nurse disinfected and bandaged Ye Lai. Several layers of white gauze were wrapped around Ye Lai’s left thumb, and the edges were still oozing bright red blood.

The director kept nagging him next to him, saying that he was careless and that she didn’t need to peel the skin when eating apples.

Ye Lai hugged the director, he was afraid that his emotions would get out of control, and only said: “Director Mama, I’ll go prepare the audition materials first, I’ll come to see you again after I finish in the afternoon.”

The director told him a few more words to be careful with his fingers, and then urged him to go out: “Xiao Lai, good luck, tell me when you get the role.”