Chapter 27 – “Ling-jie, Xie Ling is over!”

Editor: Xinghe

Proofreader: UM3

Translator: Churen/YuQiChen

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Xie Qing was not surprised at all when Gu Jinghao’s wife eventually chose to side with him. She was indeed disappointed with Gu Xuan’s behaviour, but her maternal love for her son prevailed.

After all, he was a piece of flesh that fell off from her after ten months of pregnancy. It was impossible for her to give up on him that easily.

She had originally said that once Gu Xuan’s matter was solved, it would be up to him whether he wanted to follow her or Gu Jinghao once they divorced. But later on, Xie Qing found her and talked to her, making her see some sense in his words.

Xie Qing had said that Gu Xuan indeed had made some mistakes, but it didn’t mean that people who made mistakes couldn’t change their ways after knowing they were wrong. One could say that Gu Xuan developed this kind of temperament after he was raised by the old lady and Gu Jinghao for more than ten years. Once he came out of prison and still behaved in such a manner, would he get better or worse?

She thought about it carefully.

Then she chose the former.

Xie Qing had also said that if she exposed what they did, he would be able to find a lawyer for her. There was a fundamental difference between them and her. The judge will be on her side regardless of emotions or reasoning.

So, she took the recording pen Xie Qing gave her and discreetly placed it on the small table next to the old lady’s hospital bed. This recording pen seemed no different than an ordinary pen, so most people wouldn’t notice that there was anything special about it. The most coincidental thing was that there was also a notebook on the small table that was used to record the old lady’s condition. So it was natural for there to be a pen next to the book, making no one notice anything unusual about the scene.

Faced with Xie Ling’s request, she chose to remain silent. The only people who communicated with Xie Ling were the old lady and Gu Jinghao.

When faced with the camera, unlike the old lady and Gu Jinghao who slandered Xie Qing, she only said a few words. “I’m really sorry for making everyone see such a joke. We don’t really intend to do so.”

At first glance, one might think that this sentence wasn’t anything special. But when the truth finally came out and when one thinks back to it, they would find that these words were full of meaning—

Letting you see a joke, who was this ‘joke’ referring to?

It didn’t refer to Xie Qing, but to the old lady and Gu Jinghao.

Gu Jinghao’s daughter-in-law, under Xie Qing’s instructions, had perfectly disguised herself. She sent Xie Qing the evidence that could reverse the negative impact on him and nail Xie Ling to the pillar of shame.

Xie Qing leaned against the door panel, playing with the recording pen with his long and pale fingers. After a while, he bent his eyes at the woman in front of him. “I’ll definitely fulfill my promise to you. If you have any difficulties, you can come find me at any time.”

The other party nodded and left quickly.

But thinking to herself, if it wasn’t something that she couldn’t solve herself, she better not reach out to him.

After a while, she too understood. Even if Xie Qing had been a fool for the past ten years, he hadn’t responded to any of the old lady’s scolding of him, but in the past month, the other party had become completely strange and even a bit scary.

He seemed to be physically weak, but in fact, had a deep mind.

That young man named Xie Ling had indeed played the public opinion really well. But in the end, didn’t he still fall into the hands of Xie Qing?

It was really scary.

…

Xie Qing discovered that Qi Huaiyu seemed to have installed some kind of sensor on him. As soon as Gu Jinghao’s wife left, he pushed open the door of his house with his back foot. His face suddenly appeared in Xie Qing’s field of vision. His narrow peach blossom eyes bent up, revealing a smile that was only for Xie Qing to see.

Qi Huaiyu held Berry and raised his hand. “Good morning, gege. Can I be a guest at your house?”

Xie Qing glanced at him, “Shouldn’t you have brought gifts as a guest?”

Qi Huaiyu pointed at himself shamelessly, “Yes, I brought Berry.”

Xie Qing’s eyes twitched.

But he still didn’t refuse in the end.

He turned around and walked towards the living room while Qi Huaiyu followed behind him. The latter tilted his head and looked at the young man in front of him. Xie Qing probably wasn’t planning on going out today so he was still wearing a pair of simple pyjamas. The smoky gray material looked thin and the neckline wasn’t too small. Whenever he bent over, his collarbone and his pale skin could be seen.

His back looked thin, making Qi Huaiyu’s hands itch. Making him think of wanting to just step forward and hug Xie Qing in his arms.

Xie Qing sat on the sofa, completely unaware that in just a few seconds, a certain someone’s mind had been completely contaminated with filth. He plugged the recording device into his computer and invited Qi Huaiyu over to watch it with him.

Qi Huaiyu looked at the pair of dazzling pale hands and raised his eyebrows. He immediately threw Berry away and let Berry wander around, heading right over to Xie Qing’s side. The young man’s skin felt warm, his body temperature could be felt from his exposed arms even if they were pressed against Xie Qing’s pajamas. The sofa was so big that even three adults could sit without trouble, but the two were stuck close together.

Xie Qing couldn’t help but give him another look and then push his head away. “Stay away from me, it’s very hot.”

Qi Huaiyu pulled his hand down from his head and moved closer to him. “No, I’m feeling very cold.”

Xie Qing, “…”

As if to prevent Xie Qing from mentioning anything else, Qi Huaiyu quickly changed the subject. “Hurry up and look at the recording. I want to see how proud that idiot¹to be fair. It is st*pid c*nt, my favorite word. BUT I GET TOO LAZY TO CENSOR IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN SO WE ARE GOING WITH IDIOT NOW Xie Ling is.”

Xie Qing, “…”

Even if Qi Huaiyu didn’t mention it, he wanted to see as well.

An image quickly popped up on the computer screen. The video and sound recorded by the high-end recorder were extremely clear. In the video, Xie Ling had been wearing black clothes, a cap, a black mask, and even sunglasses which completely covered his face. At that time, the old lady had been lying on the hospital bed while Gu Jinghao and his wife were sitting next to her. Xie Ling was just standing, looking down at the three people.

He then said, “I know that you’ve encountered some difficulties at the moment. I can help you, but only if you’re willing to do something for me.”

For this strange man who had appeared in front of them, Gu Jinghao and his mother at least had a clear enough mind to understand that the situation in front of them was a bit strange. “Who are you? What do you intend on doing?”

Ignoring the question, Xie Ling just said, “According to my investigations, your son Gu Xuan’s situation doesn’t seem to be good. I heard that he smashed his classmate’s head and the classmate is still lying in the hospital with his life and death still uncertain, right?”

Xie Ling looked at the old lady and Gu Jinghao who had tensed up at that moment. The corners of his lips under the mask immediately curved up, thinking to himself that God really did favour him and gave him such a great gift at this time.

He then continued, “I heard that you’ve already gone to Xie Qing for help but he didn’t want to help you. It doesn’t matter, if you do as I say, I can help you fish out Gu Xuan. I can guarantee that he will not suffer any harm and he’ll be able to get through this difficulty without any incident.”

Gu Jinghao and the old lady’s eyes lit up almost immediately. It was only Gu Jinghao’s wife who was standing at the side who looked a little nervous. Before Gu Jinghao could agree, she grabbed him by the arm. When Gu Jinghao looked over at her with an impatient expression, she stood up and asked, “Who are you? How do we know that you’re telling the truth? What if the moment we finish helping you, you turn your back on us?”

When Gu Jinghao and the old lady heard these words, they felt that she made sense.

How was this person able to know so much about them yet they don’t even know this person’s name?

What’s more, this person was so wrapped up that they didn’t even want to show their eyes. So there must be something wrong with them.

Thinking of this, Gu Jinghao and the old lady’s eyes suddenly turned alert.

Xie Ling noticed their changes and his own expression changed. He immediately cursed in his heart. He gritted his teeth and looked at the family through his sunglasses with an almost sinister look on his face. But obviously, there seemed to be no maneuver out of the situation. Gu Jinghao and his mother insisted that he tell them the truth, otherwise, they would kick him out.

Xie Ling took two deep breaths and was a little tempted to do so when he saw that there was only the Gu family in the ward.

He then left them a threat. “I can tell you who I am, on the premise that you must not reveal it to anyone else. I can get Gu Xuan out, and I can also get rid of you.”

Gu Jinghao and the old lady were still unconvinced by this. It wasn’t until Xie Ling took off his mask and sunglasses, revealing a face that was similar to Xie Qing that the two had a reaction. At that moment, the old lady covered her chest in anger. She pointed at Xie Ling with trembling fingers and was about to curse, but then she noticed Xie Ling’s impatient expression.

“I’m not Xie Qing, I’m Xie Ling, the young master of the Xie family.”

The old lady’s curses became stuck in her throat. She felt terribly uncomfortable and the dazed look on her face looked very funny.

At this time, Gu Jinghao’s wife tugged on Gu Jinghao’s arm once more and asked in a low voice, “Is he Xie Qing’s brother?”

Xie Ling’s identity was finally revealed. Gu Jinghao and his mother felt relieved. They had originally planned on finding Xie Qing to help solve Gu Xuan’s matter, but Xie Qing was unwilling. Were they actually looking for Xie Qing though? Of course not. They were just interested in the Xie family behind him! So when they learned that the man in front of them turned out to be Xie Qing’s brother and the young master of the Xie family, the eyes of the old lady and Gu Jinghao lit up.

“Young Master Xie, right? Come, come, come, take a seat.”

Xie Ling just glanced at him with disgust and said in a blunt tone, “No need. Now that you know who I am, can we discuss about it?”

Gu Jinghao nodded repeatedly, “Of course, of course!”

Xie Ling had no intention of wasting any more time. He had always looked down upon people like Gu Jinghao and it felt uncomfortable for him to even breathe in the same space as them. So he directly stated his request, “I’ll send over some media outlets. At that time, you’ll tell them what Xie Qing did to you. Ignoring you and driving you out. Not treating you as family. Do you understand what I mean?”

Understand!

How could they not understand?

Wasn’t this just his white-eyed wolf behavior coming from the old lady’s mouth? The old lady had scolded Xie Qing so many times that what Xie Ling wanted them to do was easy for her. The old lady had been worried about how to deal with Xie Qing. That little bastard needed to be taught a lesson, otherwise, he would really undermine her authority! Thinking of this she immediately agreed, “I know, I understand what Young Master Xie is asking me to do. I promise that I’ll be able to do a good job.”

Gu Jinghao also nodded repeatedly. “Yes, yes, yes! I just hope that Young Master Xie will be able to help us quickly resolve my son’s matter—”

“You don’t need to worry about this matter.” Xie Ling said expressionlessly, “As long as you’re able to do as I said and satisfy me, I’ll immediately spend money to settle Gu Xuan’s matter. Our talk ends here. Just pretend you haven’t seen me today. The paparazzi will be here later, so adjust yourselves. The more pitiful you are, the more miserable Xie Qing will be.”

After dropping these words, Xie Ling put on his sunglasses and mask and left.

As soon as he left, the joy on the faces of Gu Jinghao and the old lady’s face couldn’t fade away. The two were so excited that they were about to jump with joy on the spot. The pair of mother and son hugged each other and talked for a while. Then Gu Jinghao nodded at his wife. “You know what you should say later, right?”

The woman only nodded her head, her pale face was full of disappointment as she said, “I know.”

Just as she thought, this pair of mother and son were really hopeless.

Gu Xuan did such a big thing and yet he wasn’t the slightest bit apologetic. Only wanting to use money to settle the matter. She had secretly visited the classmate that he had hurt and the classmate hadn’t yet come out of the ICU. A woman, who was two years younger than her, had cried until her eyes were red and fainted from crying several times. As the mother of the other child, how desperate must that person be feeling at the moment?

Gu Xuan should not be let out easily, he should be taught a lesson.

Only this way would Gu Xuan understand that what he did was wrong.

Otherwise he would think that no matter what he did, someone would clean up the mess for him.

Human life will always be worth more than money.

The video finally stopped at the scene where Gu Jinghao’s wife took the recording pen away while the old lady was sleeping. Xie Qing directly cut out the part where Xie Ling appeared. Looking at the video on the screen, a smile appeared on his lips.

Seeing that he made no further actions, Qi Huaiyu asked him curiously, “Aren’t you going to look for a marketing account?”

“Don’t worry, let Xie Ling have a final taste of this beautiful world.” Xie Qing said casually. He had always remembered a sentence while he was in the other worlds. The higher one stands, the harder they fall.

Now that Xie Ling had begun to clear his own name, it would be better for him to watch him perform once more.

Anyways, after this video is released, all the whitewashing that Xie Ling did will be proof that he is just a clown.

He was really looking forward to that kind of scene.

…

The facts were just as what Xie Qing expected. Xie Ling’s whitewashing methods were very tough. He directly turned his own younger brother Xie Qing into a white-eyed wolf, a rotten person with a lousy character who wanted to be an internet celebrity, a rotten person that netizens shouldn’t believe in.

Just like how the netizens were scolding Xie Ling before, now the protagonist of their scoldings turned around and the person being scolded had become Xie Qing.

As Xie Ling’s fans gathered together, topics such as #FeelingSorryForXieLing# ranked first on the hot search list.

Xie Ling’s fans even made a short video recording what they wanted to say to Xie Ling. The fans were sincere in their words and some of them even had red eyes and cried while talking about the grievances their gege had to suffer recently.

Ling Hongying had gone to look at the public opinion as usual. When she saw the video, she felt a bit complicated.

If this was the past her, she would have been happy to see this kind of scene that was beneficial to Xie Ling. But now that she saw this, if she were to be asked what she was feeling at the moment, the only thing she could do was sigh deeply. She had no doubt that the video of the Gu family scolding Xie Qing as a white-eyed wolf was made by Xie Ling. When she found out that Xie Ling hoped more than anyone else that Xie Qing wouldn’t survive the entertainment circle, she knew that the relationship between the two brothers was far from being as simple as what everyone could see.

The studio staff came over to her, holding their mobile phones in excitement. “Ling-jie, judging from the current situation. We seemed to have misunderstood Ling-ge. So our plan…”

Before the staff could even finish their words, he was interrupted by Ling Hongying. “Continue to make contact with them. I always feel that this matter isn’t so simple.”

The staff member was stunned, “What do you mean?”

Ling Hongying pursed her lips and finally told the truth. “I just have a gut feeling that Xie Ling will overturn. The kind that will be unable to be washed away. Anyways, Liu Ruijun is also a good seedling. So let’s discuss it with him if we can.”

The staff member felt a little surprised and even a bit hesitant. He definitely didn’t have as much contact with Xie Ling as Ling Hongying did. But now that Ling Hongying said such things, this proves that what they see on the internet at the moment was just the tip of the iceberg.

He nodded and immediately said, “I understand. We are a team. I know Ling-jie wants what’s best for all of us.”

Ling Hongying didn’t say much and just patted him on the shoulder to express comfort.

But what no one expected was, at this moment, a marketing account suddenly broke the news that they saw Xie Ling’s team contacting Liu Ruijun! It was suspected that they wanted to cooperate with Liu Ruijun.

Now this post left Xie Ling’s fans confused.

What does this mean?

Why has Xie Ling’s team involved themselves with Liu Ruijun? And if they recall correctly, it seems that Liu Ruijun would be terminating his contract with his original company. Thinking of such a thing… an idea immediately popped up in everyone’s head.

Could it be that Xie Ling’s team was planning on giving him up and taking over Liu Ruijun?

Xie Ling’s fans immediately exploded.

[F*ck @XieLingStudio what the hell do you guys mean?!]

[Are you guys insane? Are you planning on letting go of my ge? You guys should understand that my ge is innocent! Innocent! Can you idiots understand human language?]

[Why do I think that you’re all undercover agents sent by Xie Qing? You’ve betrayed Xie Ling when he needed you the most. Aren’t you guys laughable?]

[I remember that Xie Ling signed a contract with you guys right? Are you allowed to secretly have contact with other celebrities?]

[?? Never would I have expected that the final problem would arise from you guys. Have you guys ever thought about how Xie Ling would feel? Trash ahhh!!!]

……

Xie Ling himself was stunned when he got the news. His fans had contacted him privately. As soon as he hung up the phone, he immediately drove to the studio. When he arrived, he pushed aside the staff that were standing in front of him. He kicked open the office door which then hit the wall, the force making it seem as if the whole building shook.

The staff members who were pushed aside staggered back and looked at each other in confusion but remained silent.

After all, this was their fault.

This was the problem that they caused.

The two of them said nothing more. But at this moment, Xie Ling had already rushed all the way to Ling Hongying. As soon as he saw the smile on her face, he slammed his fist on the table. The force was so powerful that the whole table shook and a pen on the desk fell onto the back of Ling Hongying’s hand.

Xie Ling asked her, “What do you mean? You’ve contacted Liu Ruijun?”

Xie Ling found the situation to be laughable. “We have been cooperating for a long time. At the very least, shouldn’t you tell me in advance if you wanted to cooperate with other artists?”

Ling Hongying was silent for a while before she suddenly said, “Then what about you? Did you tell me anything? I asked you about your relationship with Xie Qing before, but you didn’t say anything. We just did the same. There is no one innocent here. Now that you know everything and we’ve made things clear. I think that it’s good for our cooperation to end here.”

End it here?

Xie Ling almost laughed out loud. He wiped the corners of his eyes which were stained with tears from laughing. “So you think that I, Xie Ling, wouldn’t be able to survive in the circle? Did you pay attention to the current public opinion? Have you seen who is at fault at the moment?”

He looked at Ling Hongying coldly. “There’s no problem with us terminating our contract. The road is wide and each of us will go on our own paths. Do you understand what I mean? Otherwise, you’ll understand what kind of character I have.”

Xie Ling stared into Ling Hongying’s eyes and smiled, “I even dared to kill my own younger brother. Let alone you. Don’t you think so, Ling-jie?”

Ling Hongying’s expression changed drastically.

She gritted her teeth and looked back at him. “You do know what you’re talking about, right?”

Xie Ling didn’t answer her. He quickly turned around and left. The door to her office opened and closed once more with a bang. Ling Hongying seemed to have lost all her strength as she slumped down on her chair. However, at this moment, the door to her office was knocked once more.

A staff hurried over to her and yelled, “Ling-jie, Xie Ling is over!”

The page shown on the mobile phone that the staff was holding showed a post, [Xie Ling instructs the Gu family to slander Xie Qing.]

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  to be fair. It is st*pid c*nt, my favorite word. BUT I GET TOO LAZY TO CENSOR IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN SO WE ARE GOING WITH IDIOT NOW