Hold On, You’re Something Else

Chapter 24 (1): Is it too late now?

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Rong Jing held his phone, staring straight ahead with a tense expression, his slothful countenance finally disappearing.

Big brother, pick up please.

Beads of sweat collected on his forehead as his body tensed up.
Time went by but there was still no answer.
The female voice on the phone continued to say: The number you have dialed does not answer.
Please try again later.

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According to the novel, he and Xie Ling are both cannon fodders.
They are destined to die early on in the story.

When he couldn’t remember some parts of the novel and some of his memories from his previous world, he could feel that some sort of invisible resistance was stopping him saving Xie Ling.
What he was doing now was actually going against the law of this fictional world. 

Rong Jing called for a second time but before he could hear the female operator’s voice, he hung up the call and dialed Zhou Xiang’s number instead.

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Rp vblal ydu svbla oyu vs nsdvynv bkx?”

“Well… Boss Xie doesn’t like using electronic devices.
He usually only brings a mobile phone.” Xie Ling was very old-fashioned.
He lacked interest in gadgets that the younger generations were using nowadays. 

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“Then could you atleast find a way to lead people to where he is now? If you manage to get in contact with him, tell him to stay away from Xie Jisheng immediately.”

“Okay, I will.”

Though Zhou Xiang didn’t know what was happening, he knew that the young master was never one to play pranks and joke around.

“Do we have a helicopter?”

“Y-yes, we do, but it’s currently at the branch office’s tarmac.
It would probably take time to have it dispatched…”

“Then do what you think is the fastest way to reach him.” Rong Jing seemed very adamant at the moment, completely different from his usual self.
He paused, then called the man’s name, his voice somber, “Zhou Xiang.”

“Yes?”

“As soon as possible.
Please.”

“You can rest assured, young master.
I will—” Zhou Xiang somehow felt the heaviness of Rong Jing’s words, but before he could finish, the other end had already hung up.

Rong Jing hung up the phone.
He rubbed his temples as he was still suffering from a splitting headache.
The more he tried to think, the more his head hurt.
However, he couldn’t stop doing it.
The original owner’s life had already gone away, but Xie Ling still had the chance to live.

He also called the police, informed them that on a certain winding road in the county, a group of people were drag racing, violating the laws, and asked them to punish the person behind.
He couldn’t tell them that someone was trying to kill his eldest brother.
They wouldn’t take his words seriously or simply ignore him.
However, drag racing was different.
It was an illegal activity.
Xie Jisheng was one of the people behind these kinds of activities.
Letting him get caught and interrogated by the police would be one way to stop whatever he was planning.

It doesn’t matter even if it could be proven that he has nothing to do with it.
He would only have to stay in prison for a few days.
It wouldn’t cause that much problems.
However, whether it was Zhou Xiang’s side or the police’s, water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire that was already there1.

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The winding road, which was quite far from the city, was under a certain county.
Because of the strict local regulation of these private cars, these people can only do so much.

Rong Jing continued to call Xie Ling but still couldn’t get through.

Xie Ling had just found Xie Jisheng, who was on his way to the winding road for the drag race.
Because of Xie Ling’s arrival, the atmosphere at the current scene seemed a bit weird.

Xie Jisheng pushed the Omega who was leaning against him.
He smiled menacingly as he looked at Xie Ling, who had the usual stern face.
Although they were related by blood, they have different mothers.
He and Xie Ling didn’t look very similar.
He was more like the Ji’s, who had very charming features.

The Ji family had always supported Xie Jisheng.
His name even had ‘Ji’ on it.
It was very obvious how much they cared about him.

Xie Jisheng waved his hand to let the others continue first without him, as he wanted to greet his older brother.
The rest who knew of Xie Ling’s identity cautiously greeted him and left.
The initial lively atmosphere suddenly turned grave.

A lot of the people around were wary, afraid that the two Alphas would suddenly engage in a fight, and stayed in place to watch.

“Are you here to ask me why I didn’t attend the party?” Xie Jisheng was sure that Xie Ling would come to him because he was a sanctimonious older brother and always wanted everyone to get along well.

He was already that old but he was still naive.

“If you know what I mean then come back home with me.”

“I already told Zhou Xiang on the phone that if Rong Jing’s there, then I wouldn’t be.
Older brother simply has to make a choice.
Rong Jing or me.”

“Xiao Jing has never wronged you in any way.
He has always been very responsible.
Why do you always have to make things difficult for him?”

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“Oh, so you’re choosing him, I see,” Xie Jisheng still felt uncertain at first but when he heard the words that Xie Ling said, he seemed to finally have the reason to go with his initial decision.
“He has never wronged me? Are you serious? From the first day his mother brought him to the Xie’s mansion, he had already gained a portion of the Xie family’s assets! Such generosity! You don’t even care that you’re having less because of him!”

Xie Ling stared at his second brother, his head hurting.
He felt his chest tighten.
He said, “If you mind his share, then I’ll give you some of mine.”

Xie Jisheng replied, “Why don’t you just give me everything the Xie family has? Maybe then I would consider doing what you want.”

“You are not suitable,” Xie Ling resolutely refused.
No matter how much he wanted to spoil this little brother, he would not joke about the painstaking effort of the past generations to reach where their family was now.

The Xie family was not his.
It was forged by the efforts of generations of Xie family members.

Xie Jisheng investment projects had always suffered losses.
The Xie family would never be handed to him unless Xie Ling dies.

Xie Jisheng smiled. The hypocrisy.

He implied that he didn’t care about the assets that Xie Ling wanted to share with him but the truth was that he wanted it.
However, hearing those, he no longer wanted it.

Xie Ling said, “I can’t give you the Xie’s business, and I will give Rong Jing the assets that belong to him.”

Xie Jisheng answered, “You’re really such a good brother, but why do I have to share my things with a bastard! It’s ridiculous!”

Xie Ling frowned, “He deserves it.
He’s our little brother.”

“Little brother,” Xie Jisheng laughed maniacally at Xie Ling as if to mock him, “Has he ever recognized you as his older brother? He has always avoided you like the plague.
Forget it, me or him, you don’t need to take care of either!” 

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This remark hit Xie Ling’s sore spot.
However, he thought that his younger brother had already begun to change these past few days.
He didn’t want to argue about this with Xie Jisheng so he asked, “Do you still blame him for what happened that time?”

There was a reason why Rong Jing ran away from home.