Chapter 128: Your Little Lover Is in My Hands

Chapter 128: Your Little Lover Is in My Hands

Jian Ye scrolled through the system store but found he couldn’t afford anything.

Thinking about how sending an anonymous message to Yi Siyu through the system was charged per word, Jian Ye felt a pang of frustration.

Being *"penniless"* really leaves you helpless...

"Jian Ye: Er Tong, is there surveillance in this room?"

"System 748: Spot on, Host! There are cameras in all four corners of the room~"

Jian Ye went quiet.

In other words, somewhere outside the room, he was being monitored in real time.

After a moment of thought, Jian Ye continued questioning.

"Jian Ye: The antidote you exchanged for me earlier—does it work against multiple drugs? Is there a time limit?"

"System 748: That’s right! The sedative you inhaled has already been counteracted by the antidote. The antidote lasts for 12 hours. If the Host ingests any other harmful substances during this period, they’ll all be rendered harmless by the system’s antidote."

So, even if those people tried to drug him within the next day, it would be impossible.

Since they hadn’t laid a hand on him and only tied him up here, it meant they didn’t want his life—at least for now.

Jian Ye guessed that he wasn’t their real target. They probably wanted to use him to pressure or threaten someone.

Was it Yi Siyu?

Yi Siyu was the male lead in the novel, and offending people by accident was highly likely.

Kidnapping the male lead’s spouse to blackmail him into revealing the Yi Group’s corporate secrets—the more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

If this was blackmail, the other party would definitely contact Yi Siyu and reveal some details about his kidnapping.

Jian Ye trusted completely in Yi Siyu’s abilities. His husband would surely come to rescue him. But before that, he needed to prepare as well.

He had to gain the upper hand and not let the kidnappers truly use him as leverage against his husband.

About ten minutes later, Jian Ye faked waking up.

The young man on the bed first tossed his head, then realized something was wrong and began thrashing wildly.

"Mmmph! Mmm!"

To commit to the act, he had to rack up some Green Tea Points now.

"Mmmph! Mmm!"

With his mouth sealed, Jian Ye could only let out muffled noises.

In an unknown room, a gaunt man with beady eyes held up his phone, pointing the camera at the monitor as he jeered at the young man on the screen.

"Qin Fei, get a load of this? Your little lover is in my hands."

"I never expected you to team up with the Yi Group to double-cross me. The rivalry between the Qin and Yi families was all a sham—just to lull me into a trap!"

"I admit you won this round and caused me heavy losses, but it doesn’t matter—I have plenty of time to drag this out with you..."

"Back then, I could take your father down. Do you really think I can’t handle a punk like you now?"

"Do you know where you come up short next to your old man?"

"You despise underhanded tactics, but your father was far more ruthless than you."

"Your father and I are birds of a feather. I also love playing dirty, and I don’t care about the target’s status. This boy is Third Young Master Yi’s wife, isn’t he?"

"Qin Fei, you’ve got some nerve, eyeing someone else’s wife, huh? Hahahaha..."

The gaunt man let out a sharp, grating laugh.

Qin Fei watched the boy struggling desperately on the bed through the screen, his fingers tightening around the phone.

Yet his expression remained completely deadpan, as calm as if he were listening to a story.

"Five minutes of your bullshit. Are you done yet?"

"What?" The man paused, his laughter cutting off abruptly.

This time, it was Qin Fei’s turn to smirk mockingly. "Who told you Jian Ye is my lover? The one who fed you that line must really be setting you up."

"Who you kidnap has nothing to do with me."

"But let me remind you—the Yi family treasures their young master’s wife. You’ve just arrived in Yunjing. Are you sure you want to make an enemy of the Yis?"

"Xu Laoliu, your intelligence really isn’t what it used to be. My father was an idiot, and now I see why you said you’re just like him."

"Your name suits you well—you’re really a piece of work."

"Qin Fei!" The gaunt man suddenly roared, his voice laced with fury. "I know you’re fronting. Your words won’t fool me. You know exactly what I meant earlier."

"If you don’t want Jian Ye to be torn up by my guys later, you’d better come alone—"

Beep—

The video call ended abruptly. Xu Laoliu stared at the returned home screen, his twisted expression frozen before shifting into momentary confusion, then erupting into furious curses.

"Goddammit!"

"Fine, fine! You wanna play hardball? We’ll see if you really don’t come!"

Xu Laoliu snapped at his men, "Where’s that two-bit actor?"

"H-he’s outside."

"Bring him in." Xu Laoliu was actually feeling uneasy. Qin Fei’s indifferent expression earlier made it seem like he genuinely didn’t care about Jian Ye’s safety.

That little actor had sworn on his life that Jian Ye was definitely Qin Fei’s lover.

Xu Laoliu had climbed to his position by gambling, and after all these years, he’d trusted the actor’s words—staking everything on Jian Ye being Qin Fei’s weak spot.

Kidnapping him was partly to control Qin Fei and partly to get payback from before.

Because of the smoke and mirrors the Qin and Yi families had pulled, he’d lost hundreds of millions in a major deal.

This incident had made Xu Laoliu had it out for the Yi family as well.

He didn't intend to actually kill Jian Ye, but he still wanted to stick it to the Yi family.

Anyone who offended Xu Laoliu wouldn’t get away with it.

Before long, the "nobody actor" Xu Laoliu mentioned walked in.

Su Junyang shrank back, trembling, his neck shrinking. Just as he was about to glance around, one of Xu Laoliu’s men grabbed him by the throat. "The hell you starin’ at? I’ll rip your eyes out!"

"I won’t look! I won’t! I ain’t seein’ nothin’! Ask me anything, and I’ll tell you everything I know!"

Su Junyang was so scared his knees buckled.

Ever since his disgraced sugar daddy, Huang Zongqiang, and Yu Tai Media collapsed together, he had also done a stint in jail.

Only by insisting he was a victim, coerced into the situation, did he manage to get released.

But after getting out, he was blacklisted from the industry. With such a scandal exposed, no agency dared take him in.

Losing his patron, he quickly fell into poverty.

By sheer coincidence, he ran into Xu Laoliu and overheard their conversation.

Upon learning that Xu Laoliu had been tricked by the Qin and Yi families, Su Junyang’s eyes lit up with scheming. Gritting his teeth, he spilled the beans.

He claimed he knew Qin Fei’s weakness—that day at Laina Club, he had seen Qin Fei.

Originally, Jian Ye was the one drugged and taken to Huang Zongqiang’s room, but when Su Junyang arrived, Jian Ye was nowhere to be found.

Later, when the police came to take everyone involved in for questioning, he spotted Qin Fei again before boarding the police van. The man was staring in a certain direction, his eyes overflowing with tenderness.

Su Junyang followed his gaze and saw Jian Ye, without a scratch.

There was no doubt—Qin Fei must have saved Jian Ye!

At the time, his jealousy and hatred festered. But after meeting Xu Laoliu, he seemed to have found a chance to get back at Jian Ye.

This opportunity could both get him what he wanted and help Xu Laoliu threaten Qin Fei—two birds with one stone.

Xu Laoliu wasn’t a fool; he wasn’t born yesterday. He didn’t take Su Junyang’s word at face value and sent people to investigate.

Later, his men confirmed Su Junyang’s claims, and Xu Laoliu planned to buy his silence.

But Su Junyang didn’t want the money. Instead, he groveled and begged Xu Laoliu to take him in, swearing he’d work for him.

Xu Laoliu had no shortage of goons and didn’t need Su Junyang. But considering the man might be a loose cannon, keeping him close wasn’t a bad idea, so he agreed.

Su Junyang was pragmatic—a buck’s a buck, no matter where it came from. He believed following Xu Laoliu had potential. If he stayed smooth-tongued and sharp, he might even earn more than he did as an actor.

When he learned Xu Laoliu’s business wasn’t exactly clean, he didn’t bat an eye. After all, he wasn’t a good person himself.

"Were you lying to me earlier?" Xu Laoliu pinned Su Junyang with a lethal stare.

"I swear I wasn’t lying, Brother Xu! Believe me, Qin Fei and Jian Ye are definitely involved. I’m good at reading people—if he doesn’t like Jian Ye, you can tear my head off and use it for soccer!"

Su Junyang spoke with absolute certainty. He even guessed what had just happened.

He continued, "Don’t let Qin Fei’s reaction fool you, Brother Xu. Right now, you’re not playing hardball enough on Jian Ye. If you don’t crank up the heat, he won't be forced to come to you."

On this point, Xu Laoliu agreed with Su Junyang and gave a slight nod.

Turning to his underlings, he commanded, "Go and get some shots. You don’t need me to remind you what to do, right? No way he’ll just sit back if the person he loves is about to be messed with by a bunch of guys!"

Su Junyang volunteered eagerly, "Let me go, Brother Xu."

"You? No." Xu Laoliu shot him down. "I know you had a grudge against Jian Ye. If you lose control and harm him, I won’t be able to send him back in one piece. When that happens, I’ll be the one left to clean up the mess. The Yi family is not to be messed with, and I don’t plan on picking a fight with them."

Su Junyang fell silent, reluctantly leaving the room, seething.

Such a perfect opportunity to personally exact revenge on Jian Ye, yet he couldn’t—it left him itching for payback.

……

After struggling in the room for what felt like an eternity, Jian Ye finally met his first "visitor."

When the blindfold was removed, the blinding light made him squint reflexively.

Bound for so long, the boy’s eyes were teary-eyed, the corners reddened.

Then, the tape over his mouth was ripped off, and Jian Ye could finally speak.

"Brother, where is this? Why did you tie me up?" Jian Ye looked up at the black-clad man before him with puppy-dog eyes, absentmindedly licking his dry lips.

The man was momentarily dazed by the look but quickly regained his tough-guy act.

"Zip it! Don’t ask questions you shouldn’t!"

The Blackclothed Eldest Brother tore open Jian Ye’s collar, deliberately wrinkling his clothes.

Part of the fabric flipped up, revealing the boy’s pale, tempting skin.

Then, the man pulled out his phone and started snapping pics like crazy of Jian Ye sprawled out on the bed.

Jian Ye: ???

What kind of move was this?

All talk no action? Just a bluff?

Jian Ye became even more convinced—these people truly had no intention of harming him. Or rather…

They seemed afraid to touch him.

Was it because they were still scared of the Yis?

On one hand, they feared the Yi family, yet on the other, they were pushing Yi Siyu’s buttons. That… seemed contradictory, didn’t it?

"This room has no heating, it’s so cold. Could you fix my clothes after you’re done, Brother? C’mon, I know you’re sweet~"

Blackclothed Eldest Brother: "..."

Author's Note

Jian Xiaogou: Cheap shot! It’s fake! Hubby, don’t believe it!

In reality—

Xu Laoliu sends Qin Fei photos × N

Villain: Seeing red.

Main Lead: Still searching for his wife.

(∩_∩): Two psychos’ rage? Good luck surviving that.