Mu Xuxing was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone.
The comic "Cells at Work!" was not long, so he finished it quickly. Out of curiosity, and because he couldn't stop reading "Cells at Work!", and because the resources in the system mall could not be used, but they could be viewed online, Mu Suxing couldn't help but open another comic called "My Hero Academia" while lying in bed that night.
Then he accidentally... stayed up all night_(:3j∠)_
As a result, I couldn't finish watching it even after staying up all night.
With great reluctance, Mu Suxing reluctantly crawled out of the quilt, picked up the mobile phone beside him, and answered the call in a daze: "Hello? Who is this, so early in the morning?" The voice was a little unclear, but it revealed a hint of murderous intent, as if he was going to give me an explanation, or he would be in trouble.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a second, and soon, a calm and steady male voice sounded: "You stayed up late again." The voice was gentle and the tone was firm.
Mu Suxing's body stiffened, his hand lost strength, and the phone hit his face. He hissed in pain.
Before his brain, which was confused and sluggish from staying up all night, could react, his body had already taken action instinctively - Mu Suxing picked up the phone that had hit his face and sat up all of a sudden, maintaining a proper sitting posture, even though the man on the other end of the phone couldn't see him at all.
After doing all this, Mu Suxing finally brought the phone closer: "... Brother Sheng." The voice became soft and obedient, and one could tell it came from a well-behaved and obedient child.
It just lacks the taste of milk.
However, the man on the other end of the phone obviously didn't buy it, and got to the point very accurately: "What time did you go to bed last night?"
The voice next to his ear still had the seriousness that Mu Xuxing was familiar with, and seemed to contain a hint of displeasure and blame, but the concern in those words could not be faked.
Hearing such long-lost concern again, Mu Suxing felt as if something in a corner of his heart had melted like ice and snow, and then a faint sense of sadness welled up uncontrollably, but he said honestly: "... I was wrong." His voice unconsciously became hoarse.
For Mu Suxing in his previous life, actively distancing himself from Qin Sheng was the only thing he had ever done and the thing he regretted the most.
At school, everyone talked about Mu Suxing by saying that he had an outstanding family background, as if he could rely on his family's assets to open ten or eight animation companies as long as he wanted.
Only Mu Xuxing knew how embarrassing his situation was.
Although Mu's father started out by making online games, and later founded a game production company called Tengkong Entertainment, it was actually Qin Sheng who transformed Tengkong Entertainment from a small game outsourcing company in Xingning City into today's top game company in the world.
When Mu Suxing first met Qin Sheng, he was less than six years old. Qin Sheng was only in his early fifteen years old at that time. His parents died early, and he had been living alone on government relief housing. After he inadvertently solved a major problem at work for his father, his father took pity on his talent and sponsored him to study.
Although Qin Sheng is young, he is mature beyond measure. He is always considerate and considerate in dealing with people and is grateful for favors. After graduation, he rejected offers from several well-known companies. During the five years he worked at Tengkong Entertainment, he made this originally small workshop achieve a qualitative leap.
After nearly ten years of living together, Mu's father and mother had already regarded Qin Sheng as half their own son.
Later, because they really liked Qin Sheng, and Qin Sheng himself didn't seem to have any objection, Mu's father and mother verbally arranged a marriage for the two of them.
Until the shepherd father and mother died unexpectedly.
The year his parents passed away, Mu Xuxing was just over seventeen years old. At that time, Mu Xuxing was proud and sensitive. The accidental death of his parents and the strange looks from his classmates at school made him curl up instinctively. He would try his best to do everything well, just because he clearly understood that only himself could be his own support.
Outsiders say that he is lucky. At first glance, animation and games seem to be two different industries, but in fact they have a lot in common. In their opinion, even if Mu Suxing does not work hard, with such a fiancé, he can easily enter a large company like Tengkong Entertainment after graduation, and he does not have to run around like ordinary people to find a suitable job.
No one knew the embarrassment in Mu Xuxing's heart.
It is true that Tengkong Entertainment belongs to the Mu family, but it was Qin Sheng who developed it into such a huge company. The two of them did have an engagement, but it was a verbal agreement between Mu's father and mother before they died. Strictly speaking, it is not counted.
Mu Suxing knew very well that with Qin Sheng's personality, if he really asked for hundreds of millions to start an animation company, the latter would probably grant his request without blinking an eye - but how could Mu Suxing really ask for that
In Mu Suxing's opinion, without Qin Sheng, there would be no Tengkong Entertainment today. As for the engagement back then, the reason why Qin Sheng did not refuse was probably out of a desire to repay his father and mother Mu. Besides, it has been nearly five years since the engagement was made. Who knows if Qin Sheng has someone he likes
With such a delicate and complex mentality, coupled with the building donation incident when he just entered college as a freshman, Mu Suxing in his previous life finally chose to actively distance himself from Qin Sheng. The only connection between the two was the shares of Tengkong Entertainment that Mu Suxing inherited from his parents.
The change in his voice was not obvious, but Qin Sheng obviously did not miss it. Perhaps out of consideration for Mu Suxing's self-esteem, Qin Sheng did not ask, but did not dwell too much on the previous topic. He said, "I have to go on a business trip next week. If you have time on the weekend, can we have dinner together?"
Mu Suxing didn't expect to be able to hide it from the other party, and at this moment he really didn't know what attitude he should take to face the other party, so he just whispered: "Okay."
The agreed restaurant is near Xingning University of the Arts.
Due to his work in his previous life, Mu Suxing developed the habit of arriving early. He thought he had arrived early, but when the waiter led him to the reserved table, Qin Sheng was already sitting there.
The man was wearing a well-tailored grey suit, flipping through a newspaper at the moment, his right hand resting on the edge of the grey newspaper had distinct joints, his temperament was gentle, but probably more like calm. Noticing Mu Suxing's gaze, when he looked up again, there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Mu Suxing made up his mind, pretended to be calm and sat down, calling him very obediently: "Brother Sheng."
Qin Sheng nodded slightly and handed over the menu: "Take a look at what you want to eat."
Mu Suxing didn't bother to be polite with him. He was about to take the menu when he accidentally touched the other's wrist. He was about to move away unnaturally, but Qin Sheng held his hand in his backhand. The tingling feeling like an electric shock immediately spread from the palms of their hands to his brain. Mu Suxing was stunned for a moment, but the latter stared at him in this posture and frowned: "Your eyes are red, and you don't take my words to heart?"
Mu Xuxing coughed lightly and unnaturally, feeling a little guilty for no reason.
In their previous life, the relationship between the two was that of fiancé, but Qin Sheng was actually more like a half-guardian to him. Especially after his parents had an accident, almost all of his daily matters, big and small, were handled by Qin Sheng.
Most people who work in the animation industry like to stay up late, and Mu Suxing is no exception.
In his previous life, before he took the initiative to distance himself from the other party, he was often scolded for staying up all night. Occasionally, when Mu Xuxing stayed at his place, he had to go to bed and get up early and have three meals a day in a regular manner. Sometimes, when Mu Xuxing stayed at home for too long, or curled up in the quilt and didn't want to move, Qin Sheng would pull him out of the quilt for morning exercises together.
Even after Mu Suxing took the initiative to distance himself from him, Qin Sheng superficially obeyed his wishes and seemed to no longer care about him. But in fact, it was not until later that Mu Suxing realized that his career, which was much more successful than others, was also due to Qin Sheng's help behind the scenes.
Now that he has experienced it again, Mu Suxing feels that he was so childish and ridiculous back then.
He only thought about the awkward relationship between them after their parents passed away, and he didn't want to put himself in a weak position where he needed to ask the other party for help. However, he didn't consider that regardless of whether their original engagement was valid, Qin Sheng's care and concern for him like an elder brother and father was real.
Just because the engagement back then is no longer valid, does that mean you don't want your brother anymore