The Supporting Male Protagonist Becomes Life's Winner [Quick Transmigration]

Chapter 9: True and False Young Master (9)

Walking down the street, Qu Hongkai still heard Cui Zhiqiang's voice echoing in his ears: "Director Qu is unconscious in the hospital, we have to prepare for the worst."

The worst...

He closed his eyes, feeling exhausted all over. At his age, he couldn't bear these terrible things anymore. He needed someone to share the burden with.

But who to turn to?

After much consideration, he realized that besides Zhou Yu, he had no one else to seek help from.

Since Mr. Qu fell into a coma and was hospitalized, he had been too busy to focus on building a relationship with his fiancée Zhou Yu. But only today did he realize that Zhou Yu hadn't even made a single comforting phone call, which made him uneasy. He needed to see Zhou Yu immediately and get a definite answer from her.

Zhou Yu lived in a large flat in the city center. Qu Hongkai had been there a few times before. In the past, whenever facing this "old woman," he always felt reluctant. But this time, needing help from someone, he had to prepare himself mentally to lower his attitude when facing Zhou Yu.

He forced a gentle smile on his lips, then knocked on the door.

To his surprise, the person who opened the door was a young man wrapped in a bath towel.

The man was exceptionally handsome, with sharp facial features as if they were carefully chiseled. He appeared to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, no less attractive than a popular movie star. Qu Hongkai's heart skipped a beat.

"Who are you?" he asked, warily eyeing the man.

The man shrugged, not answering his question.

But Qu Hongkai soon found out the answer because Zhou Yu, wearing a pink bathrobe and holding a glass of red wine, came out to meet him. When she saw him, Zhou Yu showed no signs of guilt, instead, she casually leaned on the man's shoulder, showing intimacy. She nonchalantly asked him, "What brings you here?"

Qu Hongkai was infuriated by her attitude. With a stern face, he roared, "How dare you ask me that! Zhou Yu, who is this man? Don't forget, you are already engaged to me. Bringing a strange man home, is this your upbringing?"

After shouting these words, Qu Hongkai's mind went blank. He felt that something was off.

After pondering for a while, he suddenly realized something. His words and attitude just now, how were they any different from the main wife who came to catch a mistress?

As the distinguished young master of the Qu family, a flourishing university student, when had he fallen to such a state?

Before Qu Hongkai could sort out his chaotic thoughts, Zhou Yu looked at him calmly, swirled the wine glass in her hand, and said lightly, "Don't you think you still have conditions to negotiate with me?"

Qu Hongkai froze. "What do you mean?"

Zhou Yu blinked, and a hint of innocence appeared on her stunning face. "Don't you know the current situation of the Qu family? Do I have to put it bluntly? Qu Hongkai, since the moment Director Qu was pronounced unlikely to wake up by the doctors, our engagement was automatically canceled. We are all in the same circle. Don't talk to me about feelings. There's nothing between us."

Zhou Yu's words were like a thunderbolt, striking Qu Hongkai's head.

If catching his fiancée and a third party together was the greatest humiliation he had ever suffered, then Zhou Yu's words now were like throwing the entire Qu family's face to the ground.

He realized that Zhou Yu's engagement to him was not pure, but the Qu family just wanted an ally.

But he never expected Zhou Yu to be so ruthless. Just as Mr. Qu had been admitted to the hospital, she wanted to sever ties with him.

In a daze, Qu Hongkai recalled the jokes that had circulated in their circle, saying that Mr. Zhou was fickle yet ruthless, and the women he chose were all helpful to his career. The Zhou family's children had learned a lot from this influence, and now, Zhou Yu perfectly inherited this characteristic from Mr. Zhou.

Qu Hongkai didn't know how he left Zhou Yu's house. When he returned to the hospital, he saw Qu Xiangrong making one call after another to seek help, but none of the friends who were usually close to Mr. Qu were willing to step forward at this critical moment.

The Qu family was now isolated.

After Zhou Yu and Qu Hongkai broke off their engagement, the Qu family fell into an even greater plight, and the Qu Group plummeted into decline.

On the other hand, the company represented by Yan Su rose rapidly in the industry. The decision-makers who used to hide behind the scenes emerged in the public eye, replacing the Qu family and becoming the new elites of the business world. Yan Su, a young figure, gained unparalleled attention for a while.

Qu Xiangrong was overwhelmed every day, but he couldn't resolve the mess of the group. He later tried to seek help from Wei Xuan several times, but was rejected.

He didn't give up and even tried to bribe Huan Huan Yue Yue, wanting to approach his daughter and soften Wei Xuan's heart. But Wei Xuan was already prepared, decisively sending her parents and the twins on a trip out of town.

Qu Xiangrong was desperate. He spent every day by Mr. Qu's bedside with Mrs. Qu, and there was still one thought in his mind. Therefore, many days later, when he learned from his secretary that Qu Hongkai had disappeared after selling his shares, he was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to react.

"Are you saying, he... took the money from selling the shares and ran away?" He looked at his confidant with difficulty, finding it hard to digest this terrible fact.

The secretary sighed inwardly. Qu Xiangrong had been very good to Qu Hongkai for many years. Even as an outsider, he couldn't accept the fact that Qu Hongkai had fled with the money. He wanted to scold him as a "ungrateful wretch," let alone Qu Xiangrong himself.

"He not only sold the shares but also sold all the real estate under his name." The secretary felt a bit sorry to deliver this blow.

Qu Xiangrong felt dizzy, staggering and almost falling down. The secretary quickly supported him, anxiously saying, "Mr. Qu, you must take care of yourself. Mr. and Mrs. Qu still need your care."

Qu Xiangrong covered his face with both hands, squatting in the hospital corridor. Passersby and relatives of patients who came and went cast curious glances at him. No one knew that this man, who looked worn out, was once the renowned "spoiled demon" of Maple River City just a year ago.

Qu Hongkai's actions quickly caused a stir in their circle. Besides condemning him as heartless, everyone began to treat their own biological children better.

Upon learning of this, Cheng Xiu sighed with some regret. Qu Xiangrong had always been compared to him by his father, motivating him to work hard and excel. But now, the former business elite had fallen into ruin.

Cheng's father, who rarely showed

 a good expression toward him, even broke the ice this time and had a heart-to-heart talk with him.

As a result, the next day, when Cheng Xiu, Yan Su, and Wei Xuan were having a meeting, Cheng Xiu couldn't help but shiver.

After discussing business matters, Cheng Xiu gossiped about the Tan family: "Do you remember Tan Rongrong? When Qu Hongkai pursued her back then, her identity was exposed at school. Her boyfriend, upon learning that she was the daughter of the Tan family, started to court her enthusiastically. Tan Rongrong found it boring and broke up with him. Now, that guy pesters her every day. The Tan family plans to hold a banquet to find a suitable boyfriend for Tan Rongrong."

Wei Xuan, hearing this high-class gossip, became interested. "Why don't you participate?"

Cheng Xiu was astonished, pointing at himself. "Me? Forget it, I still want to enjoy a few days of freedom before being tied down by someone."

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the usually nonchalant Yan Su suddenly lifted her eyelids and glanced at him. "Let me calculate. Cheng Xiu, you and Tan Rongrong probably have a romantic history."

In the plot, when Tan Rongrong was about to marry Qu Hongkai, Qu Hongkai went to Tan's house to play and found a love letter Cheng Xiu had written to her during high school. This caused some conflict between them.

At that time, the Qu family was about to marry into the Tan family and was shining brightly in Maple River City, even the Cheng family had to avoid its edge.

Cheng Xiu even had to go abroad for several years because of this incident.

Sure enough, as soon as Yan Su's words fell, the usually carefree Cheng Xiu blushed and became angry, "Mr. Cui, you've turned bad. How could you make fun of me with such a thing!"

While the Tan family was holding a grand banquet, Qu Xiangrong was pushed to the brink of desperation. He wanted to take a drastic step.

"Go and find out who this Cui Yang is," Qu Xiangrong said in the corner of the hospital. His cigarette had already gone out. The once proud young master of the Qu family, now looked like a bereaved dog.

After Cui Yang appeared in public, he realized that the other party was not a young man maintained by Wei Xuan, but the true mastermind behind the downfall of the Qu family.

Cui Yang...

This name sounded somewhat familiar. Where had he heard it before?

The secretary spent two days investigating and brought the information to Qu Xiangrong.

Seeing that Cui Yang's father was Cui Zhiqiang and his mother was Yao Cui, Qu Xiangrong's complexion became particularly ugly.

It turned out that Cui Yang was the child the Qu family had mistaken all those years ago, his real younger brother.

After learning this, Qu Xiangrong stayed in the room for a long time, then showed the information to Mrs. Qu.

Upon learning that the Qu Group had been brought down by her own son and ex-daughter-in-law, Mrs. Qu found it difficult to bear this blow for a while.

"How could he do this? He's indeed an ungrateful child who took away his adopted parents' savings after entering university. I should have strangled him when he was born!" Mrs. Qu cried bitterly.

She still didn't know about Qu Hongkai selling his shares and running away. Qu Xiangrong was afraid that she would be too shocked, so he didn't dare to tell her.

"Let's go, let's find him and demand an explanation." Learning that their own son had brought down the Qu family, Mrs. Qu inexplicably gained courage, becoming assertive. She took Qu Xiangrong to negotiate with Yan Su.

They arrived at Yan Su's company. Mrs. Qu, like a fighting goose, was intercepted by the receptionist with a somewhat arrogant attitude: "Let Yang come out to see me!"

Yan Su was having a meeting with Wei Xuan and other company executives. Upon hearing that Mrs. Qu and Qu Xiangrong had come, he guessed that the Qu family had learned about his identity. In fact, he had not deliberately concealed his background, and the Qu family could easily find out with a little investigation.

He immediately adjourned the meeting and had someone bring Mrs. Qu and Qu Xiangrong to the conference room.

"What does Mrs. Qu want to see you for? Is it because Qu Xiangrong couldn't handle the group's affairs and specially asked his mother to come and plead?" Wei Xuan found her speculation somewhat amusing.

Yan Su smiled and said, "That's a possibility."

During the conversation, Mrs. Qu and Qu Xiangrong were brought to the conference room.

When Mrs. Qu saw Yan Su in person, she was stunned.

According to the description given by Yao Cui and her husband, Cui Yang was an ungrateful and despicable villain who only cared about wealth and status, even if his grades were good, his character was extremely bad. In Mrs. Qu's imagination, such a person should have a crass and ugly appearance.

But when she actually saw Cui Yang, she overturned her previous imagination. The other party was obviously about the same age as Qu Hongkai, but while Qu Hongkai was like a delicate flower nurtured in a greenhouse, Cui Yang exuded an imposing aura, sitting in the chief seat of the conference room, looking much more mature than his actual age.

Seeing this biological son of hers, Mrs. Qu's mood became somewhat complicated for a moment.

However, it only lasted for a moment. As long as she thought that this person had ruined the Qu Group out of revenge, causing her husband to fall into a coma and the Qu family to fall apart, the tiny bit of conflicted emotion in her heart was instantly overwhelmed by hatred.

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