The two sides were in a stalemate, with Li Shu standing between them, his left and right hands grabbed simultaneously. Their gazes clashed through him, sparking a burst of sparks in the air.
“He is mine!” Mo Yanzhi said word by word.
“You, how can you be so unreasonable? Let go!” The youth was intimidated by the man’s momentum, and struggled to remain calm, not yielding an inch.
“Let go?” Mo Yanzhi’s face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip from his face. They had only exchanged greetings when outside Qin Ran’s office, and when he came out, he saw the person pulling and tugging with someone else. This was the person he had identified as his lifelong partner, yet he was chatting and laughing with someone else under his nose. How could he bear it?
Mo Yanzhi’s momentum was already strong, and now with a stern face and dark eyes, he looked at the youth as if he were looking at a dead object—cold, merciless, and oppressive.
He was like a giant beast guarding a treasure, glaring at the thief who wanted to steal it.
Mo Yanzhi took a step forward, smiling angrily, “Huh, who do you think you are? You dare to stop me?”
“It doesn’t matter who I am. Who are you? Why do you have the right to snatch someone away as soon as you appear?” The young man was so intimidated by the man’s aura that he couldn’t help but want to retreat, but he endured, his face pale as he retorted.
This person’s momentum was too strong, and he instinctively felt that the other party was not easy to provoke, but… he glanced at Li Shu standing between them. He didn’t want the young man to fall into the man’s hands.
“Who am I?” Mo Yanzhi took two more steps forward. His steps were not large, but there was not much distance between him and Li Shu to begin with. After two steps, he was almost standing beside Li Shu.
He wrapped his other arm around the young man’s waist, deliberately getting close to the youth’s face, showing a provocative smile to the other side, “Who do you think I am?”
The youth’s face turned even paler, but Shen Yu, who was not far away, showed a pained expression. He really didn’t want to admit that his good friend, the head of the Mo family, who always had the final say, had made such a move as to snatch someone from a child.
At this time, Shen Yu still didn’t know how many more critical hits he would suffer in the days to come.
Li Shu, who was in the center of the dispute, was truly speechless. He couldn’t understand why the cold, domineering protagonist gong turned into a completely different person in front of him. Looking at these two, it was like watching two kids arguing over candy.
“Both of you let go. My hand is fine, it just looks serious, no need for ointment.” Helpless, Li Shu had to speak up.
The youth: “No!”
Mo Yanzhi: “No!”
The two spoke at almost the same time, and after speaking, they stared at each other. Mo Yanzhi took the lead, “The back of your hand is swollen, how can you not apply ointment?”
Facing Li Shu, Mo Yanzhi’s tone made a 180-degree turn and became as gentle as could be. He looked at the red mark on Li Shu’s hand with distress and got angry with the youth opposite him.
“Don’t you see that his hand is injured? Let go!”
The youth reluctantly let go of his hand but refused to leave, staring at Li Shu persistently.
Being stared at by both of them, Li Shu felt a headache coming on. He had just found the youth cute and wanted to tease him a bit, but he didn’t expect Mo Yanzhi to see it, let alone that Mo Yanzhi, a big CEO, would have his character collapse to this extent.
It seemed that both of them realized that the decision was in Li Shu’s hands. They stared at Li Shu together and no longer cared about each other.
At this moment, Shen Yu walked out from the other side, holding a phone in his hand, “What are you all looking at me for? I asked my secretary to buy medicine. Let’s all go to my office.”
Seeing another person coming out from the corner, Mo Yanzhi and the youth looked over at the same time, both with obvious hostility in their eyes. Shen Yu felt a lot of pressure from being stared at and hurriedly raised his phone to prove his innocence.
“Umm… kid, it’s fine cause you didn’t know, but Yanzhi, you know, I came with you…” Seeing the increasingly unfriendly look in his friend’s eyes, Shen Yu swallowed the rest of his words silently, “Alright, alright, the secretary has prepared the medicine. Let’s go to my office.”
The youth wanted to say something else, but Mo Yanzhi said decisively, “Let’s go get the ointment first.”
Looking at the increasingly red mark on the young man’s hand, the youth pursed his lips and stopped opposing.
The youth squeezed himself to Li Shu’s left side, staying close, like a clingy little puppy, while Mo Yanzhi walked with a cold face on the right. Those who didn’t know would think a big business deal had just fallen apart.
Shen Yu led the way speechlessly. Fortunately, they were taking the private elevator, and no one could watch. Otherwise, the image of President Mo outside would be completely ruined.
“Who hurt you? Was it him?” Mo Yanzhi’s voice was filled with a chill. He didn’t want to lose his temper in front of Li Shu, but he couldn’t control his emotions.
He would rather be injured himself than let the young man be harmed. Now seeing the injury on the young man’s hand, he wanted nothing more than to tear the person who hurt the young man to pieces.
“It wasn’t him. Since when does President Mo have a hobby of accusing innocent people? Besides, what does it have to do with President Mo who hurt me?”
The moment Mo Yanzhi appeared, the smile on Li Shu’s face disappeared. He looked at Mo Yanzhi with a calm and indifferent gaze, but it made the other party panic and hastily try to explain.
“I didn’t mean it like that, I just…”
Anxious, he didn’t continue with his words.
Like a big dog abandoned by its owner, he hung his head in grievance, whimpering in grievance.
Seeing his pitiful appearance, the strange annoyance in Li Shu’s heart disappeared a bit, replaced by a strong sense of helplessness. “The injury on my hand really has nothing to do with him. He just wanted to take me to get some medicine, but I refused.”
“Mm.”
With just one word, Li Shu knew that the other party had been comforted. He also felt relieved. Who knew he would feel soft-hearted because of this person’s pitiful appearance?
Shen Yu stood at the farthest place away from them with his back turned, so as not to be affected by the flames of war. He could tell that his friend’s attitude toward Li Shu was completely different from usual.
Love is like drinking water, you know whether it’s cold or hot; there are some things he shouldn’t interfere with.
The secretary not only bought the medicine but also brought back a doctor in a very short time. Seeing the urgency of the secretary, the doctor thought the patient had suffered multiple injuries. But when he saw the patient, he looked perfectly fine. What multiple injuries?
Seeing the young man being carefully protected by the two men, the doctor almost rolled his eyes. After examining the injury on the hand, it turned out that it just looked serious.
“The patient has a special constitution and is prone to leaving marks on the skin. The red mark on the hand just looks serious. It will naturally fade away in a few days. There’s no need…”
Under the disapproving gazes of the two men across from him, the doctor decisively changed his words. “But ointment should still be applied. This gentleman has already bought it. Apply it to the wound twice a day, and it will heal quickly.”
He was referring to the secretary, of course.
Li Shu thanked the doctor quietly and said to the two men who were looking at him with concern, “As I said, the injury on my hand just looks serious. Do you believe me now?”
Mo Yanzhi remained expressionless, but his eyebrows were slightly furrowed. It was unknown what he thought of, and his ears slowly turned red.
The youth’s reaction was more direct. The blush returned to his cheeks, and he pinched his clothes, deeply bowing to Li Shu. “I’m sorry, I…”
Li Shu quickly stopped him, “What are you apologizing for? I know you were just caring about me. I’m happy to have someone who cares about me.”
Feeling like he was in a battlefield, the doctor left a few medical instructions and hurried away.
Li Shu applied the ointment to himself, while the two men sat nervously on the other side. They originally wanted to apply it for Li Shu but were rejected.
Joke aside, he wasn’t really injured. If he let them apply the ointment for him, the office would probably turn into another battlefield without gun smoke. It’s better to forget it.
Besides, his injury wasn’t serious at all. He Rong did use a lot of force when he slapped him, but it was just a hard slap, so the injury was not as serious as it looked.
“What are you thinking? He has already left. I asked you to catch up with him earlier, but you refused.” After dealing with the reports that had just been submitted, Shen Yu looked at his friend who was sitting on the sofa absent-mindedly and walked over to bump his shoulder.
It had been more than half an hour since Li Shu left but his friend had been in the same state the whole time.
Mo Yanzhi came to his senses, and his eyes instantly cleared up. He looked ahead and asked, “Li Shu’s injury really isn’t serious, right?”
“The doctor said it’s nothing. It just looks scary. If you’re worried, you can take him to a major hospital for a check-up.” Shen Yu was also shocked by the injury at first. Considering the weight his friend placed on Li Shu, it was understandable that he would be so anxious when he saw the injury.
Mo Yanzhi shook his head, and was lost in his own thoughts again. Why had he been afraid to face Li Shu these past few days? It wasn’t because he had half-coerced Li Shu into it that night, but because when he took him to clean up, he saw the marks on the young man’s body.
At first glance, it was shocking. There was not a single intact spot on his skin. He was covered in bruises, and looked extremely miserable. He had been drugged that night and had used too much force. He didn’t know the young man’s constitution and thought he had injured him, so he didn’t dare come to see him.
He thought that he shouldn’t have been too heavy-handed that night and hurt the young man.
Li Shu and the youth parted ways at the elevator. The youth stood in place for a while and asked softly, “My name is Su Qing. I don’t know how to address you, senior. I, I don’t mean anything else, I just want to know your name…”
As he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller, and the last few words were almost inaudible.
“You said your name is Su Qing?” Su Qing, wasn’t he the protagonist shou in this small world?
“Yes, yes.” Su Qing’s face turned red again, blaming himself even more in his heart for asking such an impolite question.
Li Shu smiled and stretched out his hand. “Let’s get to know each other again. Hello, I’m Li Shu.”
Looking at the hand stretched out, Su Qing was stunned for a moment, then he quickly reached out his own hand to shake it. “Hello, senior. I’m Su Qing.”
Unexpectedly, he randomly teased a little rabbit, and this little rabbit turned out to be the protagonist shou in this small world. Li Shu lay on the bed, a smile slowly spreading across his face.
[Host, what should we do now?] The mission in this world was even more difficult than the last one. 1314 was very worried. The protagonist gong and the protagonist shou were about to become love rivals because of the host. How could the mission be completed?
[We’ve just arrived in this world. Why the rush? In the last world, you said our mission was going to fail, but it turned out to be a success.] Li Shu held a tablet in his hand, reading the email sent by Qin Ran.
Although he had been in the entertainment industry for two years, the original owner didn’t have many works, his situation was similar to those newcomers with no foundation. Qin Ran knew how to cultivate an artist. He didn’t assign too much work to Li Shu, only arranging tasks that could attract fans and improve his own abilities.
There were several scripts attached, and Qin Ran asked him to choose one himself. Li Shu glanced through them, and there happened to be “Gu Qingci” He Rong mentioned. However, this invitation was for the role of the second male lead. Li Shu put it aside and chose another role instead.
“The Sword Seeker,” a web drama, also for the second male lead, a villain boss who is both good and evil. Initially a member of the protagonist’s team, but suddenly turns dark in the middle and later stages. After the protagonist group killed most of the bosses, he became the final boss.
Li Shu was quite interested in this character setting, so he put a checkmark at the end of the script and replied to Qin Ran’s email.
In addition to this, Qin Ran also arranged for him to participate in a variety show that was currently very popular. One of the regular guests unexpectedly couldn’t attend, leaving a vacant spot.
“The Sword Seeker” was still in preparation, so there was no rush for now. But the variety show was about to start filming in a few days. Shortly after Li Shu replied to the email, Qin Ran called him.
“I guessed you would choose ‘The Sword Seeker’. As for the variety show, come over tomorrow, and I’ll explain it to you in detail. I noticed you haven’t chosen any endorsements yet. Don’t you like any?”
In the documents sent by Qin Ran, there were indeed several endorsements. Since they caught Qin Ran’s eye, these endorsements must be good. Moreover, Li Shu wasn’t very famous at the moment, so no matter how capable Qin Ran was, he couldn’t get him endorsements from well-known brands.
“Whatever Brother Qin chooses must be good. I just want to improve myself first. There’s no rush for endorsements.”
The person on the other end of the phone sighed in relief. He knew Li Shu wasn’t someone with short-sightedness, and his tone was no longer as serious as before. “It’s best that you think like that. When you become more famous, endorsements will naturally come.”
“Yes. Brother Qin, I’ll follow your arrangements.”
After Qin Ran hung up the phone, a weight lifted off his mind. Li Shu’s situation was different from others. Mo Yanzhi was his backer. If he insisted on doing something, he couldn’t control him.
Fortunately, he was not someone who couldn’t tell right from wrong.
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Office of the President of the Mo Group.
The door was slammed open, and a middle-aged man in a suit rushed into the office, followed closely by someone who looked like an assistant.
“President Mo, I’m sorry, I couldn’t stop Mr. Mo.”
“Stop? I’m your uncle, President Mo, how come I can’t come to Mo Group now? This is my Mo family’s business!” Mo Yuanhang sat down on the sofa next to him and mocked, “What, now that you’re President Mo, you don’t recognize me as your uncle?”
At the words, Mo Yanzhi’s hand paused while processing documents, and he looked up at Mo Yuanhang faintly.
Mo Yuanhang’s heart skipped a beat, and his arrogance disappeared instantly. He adjusted his sitting posture, pretending to be calm, and spoke, “Since you are very satisfied with that little star, why do you keep holding onto that matter?”
The air pressure in the room suddenly dropped.
