CH 18

At the Academy Awards ceremony, Bai Lixin’s mega 3D film “Dragon Quest” was well received and won six awards, including Best Director, Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Editing, Special Achievement, and Technology Achievement, becoming the only film in the history of cinema to win six honours.

As award after award was announced, the room erupted again and again, and the people in China watching the live broadcast raised their glasses in celebration, exclaiming that it was a great moment of joy.

It was the first comeback in the history of Chinese cinema, and it was a big one! At the same time, at the age of 26, Bai Lixin became the youngest director in the history of the Oscars.

Bai Lixin himself only went up to receive the Best Director award, the other five awards were given to the actors that participated to help them on stage. Once again, the atmosphere in the audience was heightened by Bai Lixin’s acceptance speech.

He stood on the podium with a comfortable and graceful demeanor, not at all shy or timid about receiving his first award. The crowd looked at this handsome young man on the stage, and countless young girls’ hearts pounded.

“What a handsome and talented young man. It would be great if he could be my boyfriend. ”

But Bai Lixin’s words broke the hearts of the girls who had just jumped at the chance.

Without much ado, Bai Lixin took the microphone and smiled, “I have two people to thank for this achievement today. The first is my once good friend,  Xu Haoran. I thank him for showing up at the beginning of my business to help me through the hard times together, and for resolutely choosing to leave to let me grow up quickly when I needed to be independent. ”

After saying this, Bai Lixin smiled coyly at the camera, “And next, I would like to thank my lover, Luo Qintian, the most. I thank him for being by my side when I was at my most desperate and helpless, and for his trust and encouragement from the beginning to the end, which helped me to regain my confidence and contributed to my achievements today. ”

“I can say that without my lover, Luo Qintian, I would not be the Lu Xuefei I am today. Thank you, Qintian, and, I love you. ”

When Bai Lixin finished saying this, the air exploded with a loud scream of cheers, and even the MC near him couldn’t help but whistle.

Luo Qintian was one of the most famous people in country M. Who didn’t know him? So when two such perfect men came together, the hearts of countless young girls were already broken into crumbs.

The host teased, “Mr. Lu’s sincere confession really fed us a mouthful of dog food. I wonder if you two are already close to the next stage of things.”

Bai Lixin suddenly smiled sheepishly as he said, “There is this intention, and we will tell everyone when the time comes.”

That expression was so good-natured and cute that it instantly made countless aunties squeal and cover their faces, wanting to go straight up and squeeze his face.

Gosh, Luo Qiantan must have saved the world in his last life. Otherwise, how could he have caught a well-behaved genius?

Ah ah ah! So cute. I want to hug him so badly.

The award ceremony was simulcast worldwide, so China also saw the footage.

They had long known that Lu Xuefei was gay, but never knew that he was already in love. When they saw that Lu Xue Fei was with Luo Qintian, the president of the Luo Group, many people took out tissues and wiped the corners of their eyes.

Such a good boy. Luo Qintian, you must cherish him.

Lu Xuefei is too kind. It is clear that Xu Haoran was heartless and abandoned him for Wang Sisi, but he still only thinks of Xu Haoran’s goodness, and actually thanked him on the award stage.

What is there to thank for Xu Haoran? He is simply a scumbag! When Lu Xuefei was falsely accused, if he could have stood up and said a word or two, Lu Xuefei would not have been left alone.

If Luo Qintian hadn’t used forceful measures to shut down the posts on the internet, Lu Xuefei wouldn’t know how depressed he would have become.

God, how could there be such a stupid and naive child in the world who doesn’t hold a grudge?

Instead of rejecting Lu Xuefei’s sexuality, they were relieved that he had finally found a good man.

In the darkness of a certain house, the lights in the hall were turned off and only the television set glowed faintly, from which came Bai Lixin’s acceptance speech and the cheers and blessings of the crowd. In front of the television, a man leaned back on the sofa, sipping mulled wine, empty wine bottles at his feet.

His face was disheveled and his eyes were burning as he stared at the television. When he heard Bai Lixin’s acceptance speech, he suddenly threw away the bottle in his hand and covered his unshaved face in pain, tears of regret and guilt silently flowing down his face, soaking his palms and cuffs.

“Xuefei, I’m sorry. I’ve let you down. It’s only now that I see that I liked you so much, but it’s all too late now. ”

He regretted it so much. He regretted that it was only when he lost the chance that he realized his feelings for Lu Xuefei. He regretted leaving Lu Xuefei when he was at his most desperate and not being there for him when he needed it the most.

He so regretted that he had fallen under Wang Sisi’s spell and become her puppet.

Suddenly, there was a bang on the bedroom door, and Xu Haoran’s face changed as he stumbled towards the sound with a gloomy face.

He opened the door, grabbed the arm of the disheveled woman and flung her onto the bed: “You crazy, bitch! You’ve ruined me, you’ve ruined my chance with Xuefei! ”

The woman screamed out, cowering in fear, crying and laughing as she babbled, “I’m a movie queen, I’m a movie queen, you all love me! Haha, I’m a movie queen! Lu Xuefei, I’m going to kill you! Kill you! ”

Xu Haoran glanced at the already crazy Wang Sisi in disgust before walking out of the room and locking it behind him.

After Wang Sisi fainted that day, she woke up mad, mumbling nonsense under her breath.

Earlier, her studio’s accounts were in trouble, so Xu Haoran had no choice but to find a way to sell the company to fill the hole. But it still wasn’t enough, and he had to use his years of savings to fill up the gap.

However, in a few days’ time, the person had gone mad, the company was gone, and so was the money.

Xu Haoran looked inside through the door panel. This woman went crazy but still wants to harm Xue Fei. Bitch!

“I must keep an eye on this woman and not let her hurt Xue Fei one bit!”

He failed to protect Xue Fei at first, and now he must protect his Xue Fei! A look of obsession appeared in Xu Haoran’s eyes as he looked at the handsome young man in all his glory on the television set.

And like that, Xu Haoran and Wang Sisi were entangled for life until their deaths.

Bai Lixin and Luo Qintian registered their marriage in country M the following year, after which they settled with the original owner’s mother, and the family was warm and loving towards each other.

Bai Lixin rarely appeared in the public eye. But he was still creating, and would release a film every five years. About twenty years later, he released a holographic projection film that was once again a breakthrough in the world’s film and technology scene.

Luo Qintian and Bai Lixin remained in love and grew old together, passing away at almost the same time.

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After Bai Lixin’s consciousness broke away from the modern civilized world, a series of system prompts sounded: [Congratulations, Lord Host, the mission completion rating is SSS level, gaining 1,000 realm points, which can be freely distributed].

[Congratulations, Lord Host, your soul attribute has increased by 75%, bringing you closer to B level.]

[Congratulations, Lord Host, a new exchange item has been added to the point exchange window.]

[Congratulations, Lord Host, for obtaining the God-level hidden quest item—Lord God Soul Fragment X1. This fragment is not viewable and has been automatically placed into the Lord God’s soul Box.]

[Congratulations, Lord Host, for opening the God-level hidden quest – “The Lord God Returns.” This mission is mandatory and has been automatically accepted by the system. Starting from the next world, Lord Host will begin to the main quest of searching for the Lord God’s soul fragment. Please continue your efforts.]

Bai Lixin’s mind was muddled, his thoughts were still lingering on the moment when he said goodbye to Luo Qintain, and not a single system prompt made it into his brain.

He had never known that loving someone so deeply would hurt so much when he left.

When his parents died, he only felt despair and grief, but after parting from Luo Qiantian, he now doesn’t even have the desire to move. He only felt like his heart was empty, like a big piece had been dug out.

They had obviously lived together in harmony for a lifetime, but now that they were separated, his heart still ached beyond words.

Bai Lixin wrapped his arms around his knees and balled himself up, his heart throbbing with pain.

It was so cruel that Luo Qintian would die in peace after that life, while he had to struggle through one world after another.

Bai Lixin covered his chest and swore never to find a lover again. He absolutely wouldn’t!

S419M’s voice sounded at the right time, [Lord host, do you want to rest first or do you want to go straight to the next world?]

Bai Lixin covered his chest and said coldly, [Go straight to the next world]

He didn’t want to stay by himself for a moment longer. The moment he stopped working, he would miss and think of Luo Qiantan.

[As ordered, Lord Host! Now opening dimensional teleportation!]

[Ding! We have reached the mission world. The system will now perform soul fusion for the host.

[Ding! The soul fusion rate has reached one hundred percent. Doing a scan of the fused body attributes.]

[Ding, scan finished. The original mental power attribute of the physical body was level E. The physical attribute was level E. The current soul attribute is the host’s attribute B.]

[Warning: The body’s physique attribute is too low and unable to carry too high a soul attribute for a long time. The body is in danger of bursting. Please use your dimensional points to raise the physique attribute as soon as possible.]

[WARNING:  A physical defect has been detected in this body. The leg is injured and cannot walk normally].

Bai Lixin slowly sobered up from the pain of the soul fusion, and then he heard the deliberately suppressed sounds of arguing in his ears.

One of them said, with a slight sob, “We are to blame for Xiao Qing’s being injured like this now, Zhao Yunhai. If we hadn’t done what we did, Xiaoqing wouldn’t have been so irritated. ”

“How can you be blamed for that? You and I are in love, and it was always you that I loved, Su Ruo. I was only with him to find your shadow. I didn’t love him at all! ” Another clear voice had interrupted, followed by a rustling of clothes and a gasp from the one who had been crying a moment ago.

The ward then resounded with the ambiguous sound of lips and tongues exchanging water.

[S419M,] unable to get any more useful information from the conversation between the two men, Bai Lixin called out in his mind, [I need the memories of this body and the ploy of this world, as well as the mission issued by the system].

There was a ding in his head, and a wave of memories filled with sadness and anger came over him.

This was an E-class modern world, and the protagonist was none other than Su Ruo, the beloved son of this world, who was crying next to him just now.

The original owner of the body his soul had fused with was called “Su Qing”, the twin brother of the son of the world, Su Ruo. Despite the fact that they were eight points alike in appearance, they had opposite endings.

Their parents divorced when they were young, and their father travelled overseas, leaving his ex-wife to raise the two children alone. She later died of a terminal illness, and the two brothers have lived together ever since.

The younger brother, Su Qing, loved dancing, while the older brother, Su Ruo, was very interested in painting.

This was the story of how a poor boy, Su Ruo, struggled to become an international master painter through his efforts. Interspersed with his struggle are two dreamy love stories.

The man who kisses Su Ruo at Bai Lixin’s hospital bed is the lover in one of the two stories—the young master of the Zhao family, Zhao Yunhai.

Su Ruo’s other boyfriend is the chairman of the board of trustees of his university, a prestigious private art academy in X City, Qu Yasong.

Although it is a story of struggle, Su Ruo’s life has not encountered any setbacks and can be described as smooth and stable. The slightest difficulty was solved by these two suitors. Half of the credit for the glory of his career lies in the efforts of these two men.

As for Su Ruo’s twin brother, Su Qing, he was not as lucky as his brother.

After their mother died three years ago, the two brothers were left to fend for themselves.

Su Ruo worked part-time to earn money, while Su Qing entertained as a dancer at a bar.

One day, Su Ruo came to the bar where Su Qing danced and happened to meet the young master, Zhao Yunhai.

Zhao Yunhai could not help but fall in love with Su Ruo, but by that time, the latter had already fallen in love with Qu Yasong.

Zhao Yunhai was so heartbroken that he took the younger brother, Su Qing, as a substitute for his brother, Su Ruo, and pursued him.

Zhao Yunhai was a regular visitor to the bar, and Su Qing had long been an admirer of his. After Zhao Yunhai confessed his love for him, he was overjoyed and thought that God had favored him since the man he loved felt the same way too.

But what he didn’t expect was that Zhao Yunhai only wanted to get close to Su Ruo through Su Qing. Behind the scenes, unbeknownst to both Su Qing and Qu Yasong, Zhao Yunhai silently wooed Su Ruo, and the two started a relationship.

The two would often meet each other regularly, until they happened to get caught by Su Qing, who came home unexpectedly while they were rolling between the sheets.

Betrayed by two of his closest people, Su Qing became furious and went up to beat them up.

Zhao Yunhai could not allow others to bully Su Ruo, so he protected the latter and fought Su Qing, inadvertently pushing him out of the first floor window.

As a result, Su Qing’s leg was injured. His left foot was left three centimeters shorter than his right, making him crippled and restricted in mobility.

Since then, Su Qing had a change of personality and tried every possible way to get back at Su Ruo and Zhao Yunhai, only to be easily counterattacked by the two.

Su Qing’s behavior not only failed to achieve the desired effect, but his repeated retaliations only brought Zhao Yunhai and Su Ruo closer.

In the end, Zhao Yunhai forcibly sent Su Qing abroad to recuperate in order to alleviate Su Ruo’s guilt; out of sight, out of mind.

But how could Su Qing live well in a foreign country where he knew no one? He was crippled, his dancing career had no future, and he loathed Su Ruo and Zhao to the core.

One day, after seeing the beautiful Su Ruo on TV, and Zhao Yunhai, who appeared beside him as a guardian, Su Qing looked back at the mediocrity he called himself, and his heart was hit even more.

The gap between them was widening, making him feel angry and unbalanced.

If his legs were fine, he could have made a career for himself instead of being imprisoned in this luxurious cage like a canary every day!

That night, he drank himself into a delirium. In a daze, he stumbled back to his house, and when he passed the balcony, he accidentally stepped on a fallen bottle and fell headlong from the third floor, dying young.

Before he died, he was filled with resentment and hatred, wishing that in his next life he would achieve greatness and trample all those who had hurt him under his feet.

After accepting the plot of this world, Bai Lixin let out a long sigh in his heart.

Su Qing’s misfortune in life was caused by Zhao Yunhai and his twin brother. Su Ruo only saw him as a docking port, while Zhao Yunhai was his eternal guiding light.

These two men betrayed him without hesitation, leaving his crumbling boat to drift alone on the sea. They broke his wings and plucked the pulp that would have led to his salvation, but these two betrayers did not feel the least bit of guilt, continuing to live together sweetly and happily to the end.

The dull pain in Bai Lixin’s heart felt as if a steel needle had been ruthlessly thrust into it, then pulled out, and repeatedly punched in without stopping. He could feel the helplessness, grief, and resentment that Su Qing felt before he died.

Bai Lixin sneered in his heart. The thing hated the most is betrayal. If it weren’t for the betrayer, his country wouldn’t have been destroyed and his father and mother wouldn’t have died.

Moreover, now he was unhappy because of the separation from Luo Qintian, and he was worried that he had no place to vent.

These two were now in his crosshairs, so don’t blame him for going on a killing spree.