CH 36

What happened between Song Yunran and Monica, Qin Ke did not know.

But what he could be sure of was that Xiao Song really did like Monica a lot.

In the blink of an eye, three minutes had passed and Song Yunran had no intention of letting go.

He had misplaced all his love for Monia on Qin Ke, not only hugging him, but also rubbing him with affection.

For a few seconds, Qin Ke hated himself for not being a real dog. Otherwise, he would have bitten Song Yunran in anger and helped him achieve another trip to the hospital.

The air around him seemed to be getting thinner and thinner.

It was as if he had entered a snowy mountain with no oxygen, or as if he had jumped into a hot stove, and his sanity was draining away at an unspeakable rate, compelling him to get a little closer to Song Yunran.

Before his sanity could break, Qin Ke suddenly rolled onto his back and grabbed Song Yunran’s wrist as he broke away.

He gasped in disbelief, and before he could figure out what to do with the clinging octopus, a loud, unpredictable lightning bolt rang out in his ears.

It was a loud bang, and it startled Qin Ke.

It also woke up Song Yunran, who had been indulging in playing with his dog.

In the dim light, the two of them looked at each other.

Song Yunran: “What?”

Qin Ke: “……”

In a flash of lightning, another thunder rang out!

Song Yunran snapped back to his senses and bellowed angrily, “What are you doing!”

His strong desire to live exploded at this moment, and without waiting for Qin Ke’s explanation, he broke free from his opponent’s grasp and immediately tried to escape from the crime scene.

In his haste, the quilt got caught in his legs.

His centre of gravity was unstable and he rolled off the bed with the blanket, but at that moment, the light in the room suddenly turned on.

“How dare you turn on the light?

Song Yunran fell on his back, his legs on the edge of the bed as he kicked around in the air, “Are you a pervert?!”

Do you want to see the victim’s horrified expression?

Qin Ke, who had just turned on the light in the dark: “……”

He didn’t really know what to say for a moment.

He sighed and got out of bed to help Xiao Song, who was on all fours, up: “Can you calm down?”

Song Yunran pushed him away: “Son of a b*tch, I knew you were up to no good!”

Qin Ke frowned: “…Song Yunran.”

His low voice carried an unprecedented level of darkness, “If I was really unkind, would you still be standing here cursing me out?”

What’s the matter, are you still trying to say you were thoughtful enough to leave me some scope to play?

Song Yunran was furious and was just about to open his mouth to scold, when he realized in a trance, that it seemed like this was the first time Qin Ke had called him by his name.

“……”

He kept his guard up in case Qin Ke suddenly lashed out and stared at the other man, “Fine, then I’ll give you a chance to defend yourself.”

A few minutes later, Song Yunran lowered his head in shame at the sound of Qin Ke’s glib narration.

How unpredictable the world was.

He had done so much mental building before going to bed, even going so far as to warn Qin Ke, only to have it turn out that the troublemaker was actually himself.

And how could I have mistaken Qin Ke for Monica?

Song Yunran had mixed feelings, thinking of the Samoyed with an angelic smile at his parents’ house, and looking at his good son with a cold expression in front of him, a subtle confusion suddenly appeared.

Could it be that in my heart, Qin Ke turned out to be a dog?

Or is it my deepest secret that I actually wanted to be a father to a dog?

Song Yunran was confused, no matter which of these two perceptions he brought up, it was enough to make him refresh his outlook.

In the end, he could only rub his nose in embarrassment: “Sorry, I’d better change my room.”

Or maybe change the hotel. It’s only manly to be brave in a thunderstorm, he reassured himself.

However, he didn’t know that while he was having his battle of the heavens, Qin Ke’s eyes were locked on him.

Song Yunran had slept roughly, his short, fluffy black hair had turned into a bird’s nest. He was wearing a loose white T and black baggy shorts, revealing his straight calves below the knee, with a refreshing teenage look that didn’t match his age.

Qin Ke’s eyes were slightly heavy, and he thought to himself that Xiao Song had not been wrong to scold him just now.

Perhaps he did not have good intentions.

“They’re probably asleep already.” Qin Ke said, “Just sleep like that and don’t go out and disturb anyone.”

Song Yunran raised his eyes and asked a sincere question, “What if I hug you like a dog again?”

Qin Ke smiled, “Just hug me, I’m your gege”

Song Yunran choked for a moment, his retort was eventually pressed back by his sense of reason.

He lay back under the covers and asked uneasily before turning off the lights, “You won’t be so angry that you’ll hit me in the middle of the night, will you?”

“Who knows.” Qin Ke hooked his lips and smiled a little.

Song Yunran turned around and tried to get out of bed, but Qin Ke dragged him back, “I’m just kidding, go to sleep.”

The lights went out and the view returned to darkness once again.

Song Yunran followed his lessons and pressed his arms against his legs, as if he had created his original flat military posture.

He looked up at the ceiling with his eyes open, remembering when He Ziyou came over to play with him as a child, then stayed overnight in his room when it was too late. When he woke up the next day, he complained tearfully about Song Yunran, saying that he had punched and kicked him in his sleep.

Song Yunran sighed speechlessly, not knowing whether he was making progress or regressing.

He felt a little stiff after staying in one position for too long.

After a moment’s hesitation, he still decided to hold on.

Just then, Qin Ke’s voice suddenly rang out, “I said, you can hug if you want.”

“It’s not good,” Song Yunran whispered, “You’re not really a dog after all.”

Qin Ke: “……”

He simply reached out his hand, caught Song Yunran’s wrist in the darkness and put it on his waist, “Go to sleep.”

The room was quiet.

Song Yunran blinked, in fact he didn’t have the heart to be honest just now, the two years when he was a child and his parents were busy with work and couldn’t go home, whenever there was a thunderstorm in the night, he would carry Monica to bed with him.

He rolled over, feeling the warmth of the body beneath the lines of his palm, and slowly closed his eyes.

The lightning and thunder outside continued, but on this night, Song Yunran slept particularly soundly.

The next morning, when Song Yunran woke up, the sky had already cleared up.

He looked around the room and saw no trace of Qin Ke, so he guessed he was probably away shooting.

Song Yunran had a good night’s sleep, and after washing up, he thought for a while that since he was here, he might as well go to the production of “Jianghu Lu” and visit the crew.

As soon as he opened the door, he was startled by a sturdy figure standing outside. He almost thought someone had come to his door looking for revenge.

Only when he fixed his eyes on the figure did he realise that it was one of the bodyguards he had hired.

It seemed that he had lifted his surveillance on Zhong Xiaofeng last night and had gone back to stand guard at Qin Ke’s side.

Bodyguard B greeted him and said, ” Xiao Song, do you want to go downstairs for breakfast now?”

“It’s already eleven o’clock, let’s not eat.”

Song Yunran wasn’t too hungry and planned to make small talk, “Why are you staying here without going to the film set to protect Qin Ke?”

Bodyguard B: “Mr. Qin asked me to stay.”

Song Yunran nodded, pleased with the thoughtfulness of Qin Ke’s care for him, but at the same time slightly dissatisfied, “How can this be, I won’t be in danger at the hotel, but it’s not certain if he’s on set, you should hurry over.”

Bodyguard B had been with Qin Ke for half a month, and apart from the unexpected situation of Zhong Xiaofeng, the work he had been doing for the past ten days had been so quiet that it could be called boring.

Sometimes he and bodyguard A would mutter in private, saying that Xinghe had hired ten bodyguards in one go, could it be that Qin Ke had delusions of being a victim? But based on the results of their time together, this was not the case.

Now it seemed that it was perhaps Xiao Song who was the one who had the delusions of being a victim.

It was the first time he had ever met an employer who was paranoid on behalf of someone else, so it was a new professional experience.

“Okay, I’ll go over there now.” Bodyguard B put away his sigh of relief and said as if he were a gentleman.

Song Yunran watched Bodyguard B leave, then thoughtfully knocked on Zhong Xiaofeng’s door again.

Zhong Xiaofeng was packing his luggage, and even though he was busy with his hands, he apologised: “Xiao Song, I’m sorry for causing you so much trouble this time, don’t worry, I’ll make up for it when I get back!”

Song Yunran did not want to be polite and said honestly, “It’s good that you know. To tell you the truth, yesterday the plane was suspended and Assistant Tang and I bought standing tickets to come here, I have never been so aggrieved in my life.”

Zhong Xiaofeng’s movements in his hands gave a beat.

As a member of Tianya Standing Tickets, he certainly understood what Song Yunran meant by “aggrieved”.

Knowing this, Zhong Xiaofeng felt even more guilty: “Then, do you think there’s anything I can do apart from writing a good script?”

Song Yunran had only mentioned it casually, not really wanting to make Zhong Xiaofeng pay for it.

But when he thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized that besides being the scriptwriter he liked in his previous life, Zhong Xiaofeng also had another important identity.

Since Zhong Xiaofeng used to be Qin Ke’s classmate, he was also naturally Cheng Jiaming’s classmate.

“Are you on good terms with Cheng Jiaming?” Song Yunran asked.

In the original story, Zhong Xiaofeng was an unconventional creator, and at this point he did not fail to live up to the author’s setting, saying innocently, “Not bad, except that he is closer to Qin Ke. You don’t know, Xiao Song, that Cheng Jiaming wanted to introduce Qin Ke to Wancheng Film and Television.”

Song Yunran said calmly, “Oh, not only do I know, I also saw the whole process of his agent’s poaching with my own eyes.”

“……” Zhong Xiaofeng was speechless for a moment and asked, “Then you are inquiring about Cheng Jiaming because you want to…?”

Song Yunran: “Does he have any weaknesses?”

It was only a few minutes ago that he came up with the new idea.

According to the principles of the Law of Original Work, Cheng Jiaming would definitely be discontent with the son of the heaven, Qin Ke. It was because of his own mediocrity after entering the cast of Jianghu Lu.

This is a fact that can hardly be changed. As long as Qin Ke’s strength is there, Cheng Jiaming will inevitably take a crooked path.

All along, Song Yunran had been thinking of relying on his bodyguard for defense.

But yesterday’s experience with Fang Zhou made him realize that, as the world’s only reborn toolman, he could change the futures of other characters, leaving aside Qin Ke, who had signed into Xinghe with water in his head.

If that was the case, then why not turn from passive to pro-active?

Zhong Xiaofeng asked in wonder, “Cheng Jiaming is afraid of itching and also of mice, is that considered a weakness?”

“?”

What a mess.

Song Yunran thought for a moment and explained more elaborately, “It’s not this kind, it’s the kind where, for example, if I threaten him with one thing, he will quit Jianghu Lu overnight and never dare to come half a step closer.”

Zhong Xiaofeng pondered for a moment, followed by a sharp slap on his thigh, “Could he also be suitable for playing a country drama?!”

You’re the one who’s been guiding the lost sheep!

Song Yunran was speechless: ” That’s what you think.”

“But that’s something I really do not know.”

Zhong Xiaofeng sighed, his brows full of regret for not being able to help his classmates, “Besides, I saw his circle of friends, he should have already joined the group today, so it’s too late to quit, right?”

Song Yunran froze on the spot.

Yes, he had forgotten to inquire about Cheng Jiaming’s date of entry into the group!

Now that Qin Ke was the first male, it must have been twice as stimulating for Cheng Jiaming, if he had gone berserk as soon as he came in, wouldn’t Qin Ke be in danger!

“I don’t want to talk to you anymore!” Song Yunran hurriedly ran outside, “I’m going to stop Cheng Jiaming!”

Zhong Xiaofeng confusedly stayed where he was and fell into deep thought.

He had never seen Little Song look so excited, not even when facing Qin Ke. He had never run wildly with his legs.

Could it be that ……?!

Zhong Xiaofeng was in a complicated mood, and he had repeatedly weighed the two classmates’ status in his heart.

In the end, he still sent a message to Qin Ke who was filming a scene.

[Warning, big crisis! You may be falling out of favour in the Prince’s heart!

T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.