Chapter 236: The Lives of the Supporting Characters

Qi Ye limps into the office.

His overalls were torn and tattered, his arms had bruises and fingernail marks, and his face had a few bloodstains, making him a sorry sight.

Qi Ye dragged his injured leg in silence. In the office, only Lu Youyi was there, Qi Ye walked to Lu Youyi's desk and threw the box in his hand onto his desk.

Lu Youyi was sleeping, woke up by this, looked up and saw Qi Ye's bruised and battered appearance, "Damn, what's wrong with you?"

Qi Ye has lost a lot of weight, the once arrogant and dazzling eyes have become cold and silent, he shook his head, turned around and slowly walked out.

He couldn't help but be slow, Qi Ye's right trouser had been soaked with blood and stuck to his leg, only the pants were darker in color and the blood couldn't be seen.

Lu Youyi stood up and walked around the desk, "Qi Ye, why are you injured. I'll send you to the hospital."

Qi Ye didn't seem to hear, but the more Lu Youyi chased him, the faster he walked. One leg was not as fast as two, and he stumbled twice, but even so, he left the office without slowing down.

Lu Youyi realized that he was rejecting him. He stood on the spot for a while at a loss for words, then turned back to pick up the box Qi Ye had put on his desk, and opened it, inside which was scattered a key and a warehouse address, exactly where the Qi family had hidden the Poisonous Tail Scorpion's blood and water.

This ......?

Lu Youyi hurriedly chased after him, but Qi Ye had already disappeared.

*

Qi Ye didn't go to the hospital.

He moved a little bit to the pantry. There was a small two-square-meter space in the innermost part of the pantry, which was the smoking area, and there was a window in the wall that came up to his chest.

Qi Ye leaned against the wall, looking out the window at the sparsely traveled road, silently pulling out a cigarette in his mouth.

There was an ashtray on the windowsill, but few people who worked here were addicted to smoking, so the ashtray was disposed of once every two days. Qi Ye can see that there are still cigarette butts in it from other people, and with his eyes downcast, he shakes the ashes out of it; without guessing, he knows that these are the cigarettes smoked by Jiang Luo and Wen Renlian.

In a small space, smoking is best done with the window open for ventilation. Qi Ye did not open it, because two small sparrows flew over the counter outside the window, chattering, and Qi Ye was afraid that they would smell the second-hand smoke.

After all, he himself knows that second-hand smoke doesn't smell good.

Someone came in at the door and Wen Renlian looked at him in surprise, "Qi Ye, you're back?"

Qi Ye tightened up and turned firmly to look at him, like a bereaved dog ready to run away at any moment. Wen Renlian smiled and closed the door, "Just myself. I was going to pour a cup of coffee, ran out of hot water, mind if I pass the time here?"

Qi Ye silently handed him a cigarette.

Smell connected and walked over to Qi Ye, "Thank you."

"The cigarettes aren't good," Qi Ye said, "so long as you don't mind."

Wen Renlian certainly didn't mind, he borrowed a fire and lit it, chatting idly, "Then why don't you buy better cigarettes? We have a lot of paychecks."

Qi Ye laughed, "The paycheck paid off part of the debt and donated half of it."

Wenrenian froze, "How much did you keep for yourself?"

Qi Ye didn't say another word.

Wenren even frowned and sighed inwardly.

The Bureau of Scientific Research has its own cafeteria and its own apartments. If you enjoy the benefits of the Research Bureau for food and housing, you can spend no money in a month. Looking at Qi Ye, I guess he keeps a few hundred dollars a month for himself.

It's common for them to make donations in their line of work. You have to ask for money to give fortune-telling, and giving a dime is money anyway. The money that came in had to be put aside for many good deeds, partly for the sake of merit and partly for the sake of karma. However, Qi Ye's behavior, which completely put himself in the lowest position, made it a little difficult for Wen Ren to even watch.

He advised in a low voice, "Qi Ye, days are for people, can't you be kinder to yourself? Look at your clothes, the injury on your leg, the first thing you do when you're injured is to go to the hospital, aren't you torturing yourself?"

Qi Ye knew that Wen Renlian had come specifically for his injuries, not for a separate cup of coffee at all.

He nodded casually, "Minor injury, I'll go to the hospital after this cigarette."

He spoke decisively, the look on his face not to be questioned. Wenren Lian knew that he didn't want to let himself get too involved and sighed softly, "How was the mission?"

Qi Ye hesitated for a moment, "Fine."

Wen Renlian, however, did not let go of this short delay of a few seconds, "Lu Youyi said that you gave him the Qi family's Poison Tail Scorpion blood water, how did you get it?"

Qi Ye, not wanting to explain, or to be appreciated like Schoen, simply said, "Well, give it to him."

Wen Renlian laughed bitterly, "Talking to you is much harder than talking to other people, don't you have anything you want to say? How did you injure this leg, where did you get the Poison Tail Scorpion blood water from, and those relatives you have left didn't stop you?"

Bad cigarettes don't hold up well, a few puffs see the bottom, Qi Ye darkens the cigarette, "No."

"Bullshit," Smells Lian said directly, "You don't want to go to the hospital because they're the ones who got you this injury, right?"

Qi Ye had nothing to say.

Wen Renlian took a deep breath and held back his hateful anger, "Qi Ye, what do you care about them? They weren't taken to jail, but do you think they can get better?"

Qi Ye's face showed a stubborn look, he was like a battered, skinny, bony alpha wolf, advancing on his own against the cold wind and snow, even though he knew that the pack was just a drag, but he preferred to eat just a little bit of food, and dragged the people forward.

Not for the people in the pack, but to restrain the pack from harming others.

Qi Ye seems to have changed, becoming more mature and silent. But it seems that he hasn't changed, in a way, he still retains the naivety that seems "stupid" and "sick" to outsiders.

Wen Renlian had absolutely no way of dealing with such naivety, and God knows that the person he was most afraid of dealing with was someone like Kuang Zheng Qi Ye.

Wen Renlian changed the topic, "I see that you're just missing someone, after you have another companion you'll know to be good to yourself. Even if you don't treat yourself well, your other partner will monitor you. Qi Ye, have a relationship, don't live like a seventy year old man every day. Tell me, what kind of person do you like? I'll introduce you to one."

Qi Ye rejected it outright, "No, it's not for me."

Wen Renlian gasped and laughed, "We haven't talked yet, how do you know if it's suitable?"

Qi Ye was silent for a moment, looking up at the two sparrows outside the window, which were leaning against each other, brushing each other's feathers.

Wenren even looked along and smiled, "Look, even the birds are two together."

"...... So what kind of person should I look for?" Qi Ye's tone has no ups and downs, calmly asking, "People outside the circle don't know about the things inside the circle, they and I have no common language, and have to keep a part of our life secret from each other forever. The people inside the circle dislike the fact that I don't have a spiritual body, I can't see ghosts or get metaphysical things, and I live pretty much like an ordinary person. If they are in danger, I can't even protect them."

Qi Ye said that Wen Renlian was dumbfounded, he smiled himself instead, "I'm quite comfortable alone, so let's leave it at that."

Smells like Liam: "You're still young ......"

Before the words were finished, Qi Ye suddenly stood up straight and looked out the window on the road. Even opened the window, the two sparrows were startled to spread their wings and fly away.

The cold wind outside the window whooshed down the crack and blew inside, all of a sudden making people shiver.

It's been a very windy fall this year.

Wen Renlian looked down the window and saw the familiar used car belonging to Jiang Luo.

He looked at Qi Ye thoughtfully, after such a long time, could it be that Qi Ye still can't forget Jiang Luo?

Downstairs, the car stopped at the curb, after a while, Jiang Luo stepped down from the car, he lowered his head to straighten the folds on his clothes, just when he was about to leave, another pale hand stretched out, the hand wearing expensive jeweled cufflinks that looked like a pampered man gently twisted a black hair strand that had fallen down from the back of Jiang Luo's head.

Qi Ye slammed the window shut and turned back to Wenren Lian, "I'll go first."

Wenren: "Now?"

"Well," Qi Ye limped around him and opened the door, "I'm going to the first floor to find the logistics team ...... Don't tell anyone I'm here."

Qi Ye did his best to get out of the pantry as fast as he could and headed down the stairs on the other side.

With his injured leg, he should have taken the more convenient elevator, but Qi Ye didn't want to meet another person.

Wen Renlian chased him out and helped him down the stairs, Qi Ye wanted to refuse, but could not resist Wen Renlian s insistence.

As the two stepped down the steps one by one, Wen Renlian suddenly asked, "Why do you want to give us the Poison Tail Scorpion Blood Water? You know, right, if you sell this thing, you can easily pay off your family's outstanding debt."

Qi Ye, "You guys need it. Consider it my atonement."

"You've done nothing wrong, so what's the point of making amends?"

Qi Ye shook his head in silence.

Wenren sighed, "Qi Ye, you're a good man."

Good people?

The sound of these two people fills Qi Ye with guilt and shame, and he is horrified that he can carry these two words, which insult not him but the word "good man".

With difficulty, a dry, hoarse voice, he explained, "No, I'm not a good person."

The voice sounded as if it had been squeezed through a doorway, helpless, thin, and filled with a strong sense of guilt.

Wenren even said, "What?"

Qi Ye shook his head, and after stepping down the last flight of stairs, he tore away from Wenren Lian's hand and headed out alone.

He's not a nice guy.

So he wants to spend the rest of his life trying to obtain one forgiveness.

This might be difficult.

But if nothing is done, Qi Ye will only burn in the fires of remorse and guilt.

Though it may seem difficult to others, Qi Ye is willing to do it.

It's like he got all bruised up trying to get the Poison Tail Scorpion's blood water just because he wanted Teng Bi to get better as soon as possible, just because, he wanted to thank Teng Bi for saving Jiang Luo.

But that's something neither Jiang Luo nor Chi You need to know.

He just wants to be sneaky and underhanded, like the unseen rat that he is, and do all he can.