Chapter 133

unedited

Shen Yans hands were shaky.

At first, Qi Jing thought it was because he got angry and so, worried, he tried to think of something to say to calm him down, but it was only when he later saw how pale his face was that he realised that wasnt the case.

The reporters sixth sense was telling him that rather than

Five

himself, it was this someone else he mentioned that was the cause here.

At that time, Shen Yan stopped and took a long breath, leaning weakly against the wall on the side, like a man who had just fled a disaster finally catching a moment of respite.

Qi Jing moved his lips, but then changed his mind at the last moment and decided not to actively ask questions, only keeping him company by standing by his side in silence for as long as it took.

Sorry, Shen Yan was the first to speak, admitting in a small voice, Just now I lost control over myself for a bit.

Thats rare. Qi Jing smiled faintly, no repreach to be heard in his tone.

Shen Yan turned his head slightly, looking at him.

Still good, at least his face isnt as pale as before

Qi Jing noted it and thought to himself.

Did you know before that Five would show up? Shen Yans reaction at that time seemed to suggest so. As expected, Shen Yan nodded his head.

I more or less guessed it when I saw those two flight tickets, then finally confirmed it when I checked the names of the company employees. Shen Yan instinctively pressed his thumb against the joint of Qi Jings pinky, rubbing it gently. This was a little gesture of his for whenever he felt guilty. Every time he did it, his voice would also turn hoa.r.s.e, I kept it a secret from you all the way until now Im sorry. When everythings over and we get to rest in our room, I will explain it all to you, okay?

Qi Jings pinkie was itching, and so was his heart. He suddenly felt a need to finish what he didnt get to do on the plane, right then and there.

Either way, there was no one around

He lowered his eyes, about to move his face over, when suddenly, a crystal-clear voice came from below, Do uncles want to kiss?

Eh

Qi Jing and Shen Yan both went still, quickly pulling apart from each other. And upon looking downoh boy! There was no person left and right, but at some point, a little Lolita suddenly sprouted below out of nowhere.

Because it was really a very small specimen, and because he would only see someone about his height when looking around, he didnt discover her at all before.

Little Lolitas hair was jet-black, braided into a thin braid on the left side and moved to her back. She had a pure-white cotton gown with wine-red leggings below, and two white pom-poms swaying on the sides of her snow boots, looking plenty adorable. Her eyes blinked as she stared at two people before her, as if not quite understanding why they chose to move away from each other. She c.o.c.ked her head and asked, No kiss?

Qi Jing coughed. Little princess, He knelt on one kneewhen talking to a future lady, one needed to behave like a gentleman both in etiquette and words, Why are you running around alone, dont you know that its dangerous? Where are your parents?

Little Lolitas eyes lit up, apparently very pleased with this form of addressing and gesture.

But she still didnt stop pursuing the question, No kiss?

He had planned to before, but He would have to think how to explain to this little Lolita and her parents why two uncles would kiss. The difficulty of that would be too great, so

No kiss. He smiled helplessly, rubbing the little Lolitas head.

This fella actually showed no fear at all. She stared at him for a moment, then suddenly, she raised her finger to point at him, I know you, youre the Emperor Uncle~

Empe-

Emperor Uncle?

Qi Jing was baffledwas it because he called her little princess that she came up with Emperor Uncle as a nickname for him, or what?

Little Lolita continued, Emperor Uncle, Emperor Uncle who talked from the computer to daddy~

At that time, Shen Yan cut in, I think she might be talking about Emperor Chang you voice acted in Order to End the Heavens.

Qi Jing suddenly understood. If little Lolita was really talking about Emperor Chang, then that person who talked with Emperor Chang from the computer could only mean one person, the very one who voice acted in audition with him

Eh? He instinctively raised his voice higher, Little Princess, whats your surname?

My surnames Zhang.

Zhang

, the bow and long Zhang. Bow and long, longbow.

Ah, Qi Jing raised his brows, finally understanding who this little girl was, Turns out youre Teacher Longbows daughter

So Longbow was also there.

Its just, as a father he had to be quite an air-head, not realising that at some point, his daughter ran away from the event venue. If his wife got to know about this, she would definitely hit high blood-pressureif not from anger, then from worry.

So they quickly took the little Lolita to the event venue, looking for her dad.

Following the navigation plaques set by the organisers, they found the entrance to the venue. They didnt even have to open the doors when a man rushed out from the inside, almost knocking them with the door.

Ah, Im sorry, Im sorryk2026; The man apologised quickly. As expected from a reporter, Qi Jings eyes were sharpk2014;he already scanned the nametag on his chest, and sure enough, this name started with the surname Zhang.

k3010;Guest, Zhang Chengk3011;

Good evening, Teacher Longbow. He greeted the man with a wide smile.

Eh? When he heard his voice, Zhang Cheng shot his head up, astonished. He didnt even have time to call the ID he always connected with this voice, when something small dashed over to hug half his leg, becoming a living image of one hugging a persons thighs, sticking to him like glue.

Daddy! Little Lolita exclaimed sweetly.

Xiaomiao! After his daughter walked away, Zhang Cheng rushed out to look for her, but now, when he saw her, he finally breathed with relief. He quickly bent down to pick her up, both distressed and doting in his nagging, Ive met someone I knew at the venue and only spoke a few words before I looked back and saw that you were gone. Really, you scared me silly here.

Those two Uncles brought me back. Little Lolita pointed at Qi Jing at Shen Yan with her finger.

Only now Zhang Cheng had a chance to talk with them.

He first looked toward Qi Jing. This voice Could it be, Dont ask for my return date? Qi Jings voice was unique-sounding, so sure enough, he got recognised right away. Speaking of which, that keen ear for the voices of that little Lolita had to be pa.s.sed down from her father. But Zhang Cheng seemed to be very surprised that he showed up, I didnt think that you would come.

Qi Jing put on a dispirited expression and turned his face away, Thats right, Im not supposed to come if Im not a champion

Zhang Cheng got dumbfounded, then promptly tried to explain himself, Dont misunderstand me, I didnt mean it that way! I really didnt!

Pft

So Teacher Longbow is actually a bit of a dork.

After laughing, Qi Jing spoke to him, his eyes smiling, I came here with

him

.

Saying this, he tugged at the cuff of the man beside him. At that point, Shen Yan slowly stepped forward and gave Zhang Cheng a well-mannered, courteous bow, Teacher Zhang, good evening.

When Zhang Cheng heard him, he gasped. Shen Yans voice wasnt as easily recognisable, but once he linked him together with

Dont ask for my return date

and thought about it, the answer wasnt all that difficult to find. The double-champion

There were plenty of people who became winners, but there was only one double-champion.

And clearly, Zhang Cheng guessed right.

You said that you came with him He muttered to himself, then his gaze shook when he suddenly realised something, guessing the reason by himself, So thats how it was I understand.

Mhm. I will have to ask Teacher to keep it a secret. Qi Jing smiled cheerfully.

Okay. Zhang Cheng nodded, stupefied.

Little Lolita blinked her eyes, glancing back and forth between them, signalling naively:

maybe daddy understands, but I still dont.

She just knew that this uncle was about to kiss that uncle, and only knew that that uncle was also willing, because he closed his eyes. But in the end, they didnt kiss.

Little Lolita was kind of disappointed.

The recording studio for this instalment of Order to End the Heavens belonged to the film company Zhang Cheng worked at, so aside of appearing as the representative of the official judges, he was also there as the employee of their company. After the introduction event concludes, he would take the contestants with the company cars to the recording studio, so that they could see and test the equipment. The next day would be the first official day of recording.

Both of the Teachers said that they dont fit the rowdy places, so they chose to wait for us at the recording studio. Zhang Cheng told them the reason for Yuan Zhengmings and Pu Yuzhis absence for the introduction event.

Excuse me Can I also come along? I can even take a taxi if thats okay. When he heard that those two were also currently in Beijing, Qi Jings eyes lit up as he asked.

Haha, you can come along with us, its not a problem. The Teachers will surely love to see you as well.

Maybe for them, Qi Jings arrival might be just as much of a pleasant surprise.

Zhang Cheng chatted away as he led the two of them to the venue. As it was still a while before the start of the event, the workers were still doing the final audio checks and a long line was already lining up for the check-in.

There were two desks at the receptionone for the contestants and another for the fans, who had to show their pa.s.s to get admitted inside. Qi Jing let Shen Yan go to the contestants line, taking out the ticket he bought beforehand and lining up for the other one. This way, they split for the admission, avoiding the possibility of someone making any a.s.sociations between them.

There was a significantly greater amount of female comrades chattering on Qi Jings side, visibly excited. Most of them came to see the voice actors, while the male comrades like him were either the games fans, or the fans of the source novel. He gladly accepted being mistaken as one and calmly lined up among those numerous girls, hence he heard the following exchange.

I dont know if Kittys Papa came here, Im looking forward to seeing him!

He already came, hes right in the middle of filling the doc.u.ments over there.

Im kind of nervous What if he turns out to look ugly? I appreciate Kittys Papa voice acting a lot, but Im actually a face-con through and through

Mn Personally, I think that Kittys Papa is very handsome, but this lady, Im pretty sure youll like Noodles or Fives type of by-the-book hottie more?

Its such a pity that Dont ask for my return date didnt get in. There were even some of his supporters among people here, how awesome.

Thats what Im saying

Aiyaya, this esteemed one is standing right behind you though.

Just at this moment, the doors of the entrance got pushed open, and Tan Zixian walked in.

Qi Jing didnt see that with his own eyesrather, he heard the girls behind him suddenly grow completely silent, then exclaiming with a gasp, their voices rippling slightly, and inferred from this that they probably saw someone pleasing to an eye coming in. And when he looked backsure enough, it was him. But he didnt see Qiu Tianyanghe probably hid away somewhere after his encounter with Shen Yan.

Qi Jing thought that if Qiu Tianyang was also to come in at the same time the scene would certainly become quite splendid

Who is that guy who just came in? Hes so hot!

He must be the game companys worker, hes wearing a full suit Eh, wait! He went to the register for the contestants! Hes actually a contestant!

Even without Qiu Tianyang not showing up, the girls morale was surging high.

I bet ten bucks on him being Qin Tuo!

Im betting twenty on him being Fang Yisheng!

Im taking your thirty bucks, this guy is in fact the wife-material little page boy Lu Wei

. All that time, Qi Jing kept a deep smile of someone counting the newly-earned money on his face.

According to the arrangements, the contestants were supposed to be led by the company workers onto the stage, while the fans would take a seat below, the flow of people separated away from each other.

After filling out the paperwork, Shen Yan was continuously swarmed by the workerssome of them came to express their admiration, some to exchange polite nothings, and some just wanted to take a look at the double-champion, so he wouldnt be able to leave for a while. Once he remembered that after the start of the event he would have to go up the stage and would have no time to look for Qi Jing, he could only turn his head to steal a glance at him from afar.

After he was done with taking care of things on his side, Qi Jing played with Zhang Chengs little Lolita in the corner while looking at the crowd of the people to search for the trace of that man from time to time, smiling quietly as he saw him being circled by so many people.

When he saw Shen Yan looking at him, he chuckled softly and waved a hand at him, giving him an impeccable display of dont worry about me.

Uncle wont go there? Little Lolita saw him getting distracted during playing, gazing toward the other uncleand it wasnt just gazing, Qi Jing wouldnt be content with just stealing a glance before having another one, so she grew curious. Whenever she was missing her daddy and mommy, she wouldnt have to be so stealthy about it and would just bolt over to them.

Qi Jing smiled faintly and shook his head.

Hes talking with other people, uncle would only disturb him if he went there.

Dont you want to talk with him, uncle? Little Lolitas hunger for knowledge was like a bottomless wellno matter how much you gave it, it would never get filled.

I do, Qi Jing poked little Lolitas nose, smiling as he watched her rub her nose with a puzzled expression, But you know, uncle will have a lot more opportunities to talk with him in the future It doesnt have to be now. And uncle hopes for him to speak more with other people, to talk more.

Why? In little Lolitas tiny worldview, the word patience didnt quite exist yet, just as there was no concept of wanting to let the other people grow.

Wait for when you meet your own little prince, then you will understand Qi Jing chuckled.

Little prince~ Sure enough, the little Lolitas eyes lit up and she pointed toward Tan Zixian in the distance, Xiaomiao wants one like him!

This little Lolitas taste was definitely brilliant, she chose the best looking man present there. Qi Jing could only admire her eye for faces.

The introduction event was about to begin.

Qi Jing was about to say his goodbyes to the little Lolita and go look for a seat to wait for the event, but he noticed some peculiar behaviour in the workers around. Something must have happened, since the people with company employee IDs were rus.h.i.+ng in and out of the entrance, as if looking for someone. And the worker responsible for leading the contestants onto the stage also didnt begin for the longest time, stalling for almost ten minutes below it with a worried look on his face.

Weird.

Qi Jing thought to himself. On the occasion of sending little Lolita to her dads side, he quickly asked Zhang Cheng, Teacher Longbow, what happened? Is something wrong with the equipment?

Ah, no, Zhang Cheng sighed, a bit helpless, Its like thisright now, we still dont have our most important contestant, and at this point, were already ten minutes late for the scheduled beginning of the eventyet hes nowhere to be seen. If he doesnt arrive, we wont be able to conduct our contestant introduction segment, with the main roles actor missing and all.

Qi Jing was dumbfounded.

The main character Qin Tuowasnt that

Two

?

The champion for Qin Tuo hasnt shown up yet? It was past the time already, yet an important contestant like him didnt turn up? But he didnt seem like someone who would forget about punctuality

He didnt answer the call.

Maybe because the workers really didnt know what to do, Qiu Tianyang also had to show up.

Who knows if he was taking a refuge in the backstage equipment room or what before, but Qi Jing saw him secretly sneaking out of a small room marked as Order to End the Heavens employees only, still not daring to approach the contestants. When Zhang Cheng and Qi Jing came over, he was hiding in the corner, dialling a call after call with a frown.

But

Two

didnt even answer it.

Fortunately, the fans wouldnt mind as much if this sort of introduction event got a bit delayed, they just sat below the stage and chatted away. But if the delay got any longer, someone would surely begin to complain.

Begin the event first, if it really wont do then well just skip over Qin Tuo first and begin with the other contestants. If even Qiu Tianyang himself couldnt contact

Two

, then the organisers were even more helpless.

The workers could only begin to prepare for the start of the event.

In the end,

Two

why did he go missing?

Qi Jings reporter nature made itself knownif he didnt understand the cause, then even if he went to sit down, he would still remain restless.

Dont know, Qiu Tianyang tried calling him, messaging, WeChatting, emailing, but it all remained unanswered, making him so tense that he started pacing in place, anxious, Return Date, you first go find a place to sit, its enough for me as the companys representative to handle it.

Qi Jing still wanted to say something, but at that time, Qiu Tianyang cleared his throat, speaking to him in the smallest of voices, And most importantly, if you stand here with me, I will get glared at.

True.

Hearing him say so, Qi Jing raised his head to take a look at the contestant who had already gone on the scene, and as expectedShen Yan was there, staring unmovingly at Qiu Tianyang with a frown, his gaze especially chilly.

Aside from him, Tan Zixian also threw a sideways glance their way.

The pressure on Qiu Tianyang was probably reaching its limit

Qi Jing wanted to laugh, but knew that it would be unbecoming of him in this situation, so he could only follow Qiu Tianyangs words and go look for a seat for himself first.

Maybe influenced by following the camera crew to quite a few news conferences before, Qi Jing habitually went to the last, deserted rowhe planned to record the whole course of the event with his own eyes, like a camera would. Either way, most of the people sitting at the front were little fans doing their best to see the contestants faces, he would gain nothing from fighting over the closest seats with them.

For the beginning, the game company would surely send a high-ranking employer to deliver the opening speech.

Initially, Qi Jing presumed it would surely be Qiu Tianyang, so he didnt expect to see a middle-aged and sly-looking man. But he seemed terribly proficient at juggling the official-sounding words, most likely well-versed to put on all kinds of pretences.

This is the direct organiser of this voice acting compet.i.tion, our departments event manager. As he was listening, Qiu Tianyang also snuck to the last row at some point. He initially wanted to sit in the seat right beside Qi Jing, but after a moment of consideration, he embarra.s.sedly s.h.i.+fted a bit further, leaving one empty seat between themit was, of course, all to avoid getting glared at.

Qi Jing had to press his lips together to avoid laughing, With the department director here, how can someone lower-ranking than you try to claim this merit?

Qiu Tianyang gave him a look. What do you think, with our voices being this recognizable, what would happen if we went up and spoke?

It would get extreme.

Im glad that you understand.

Qi Jing saw him grip his phone tightly in his hand, but he wasnt calling continuously anymore. When he saw that things didnt seem to take a turn for the better, Qi Jings voice fell, You still didnt manage to contact Two?

Mhm, Qiu Tianyang looked up, a bit tired, leaning against the seat back as he ma.s.saged his forehead, I gave up. Now that I think of it, he didnt want to do it in the first place. Tt was me who roped him into signing upthis boy previously got done dirty by a certain studio, so he holds a strong prejudice against professional voice acting now. It took me a lot of time to finally convince him to take part in the compet.i.tion, I thought that Teacher Yuan could give him the push he neededbut well, he might have thought about it and regretted agreeing to it.

Qi Jing listened quietly to that point, but then, he shook his head slightly, Though I havent known him for as long as you, what I do know is that Two isnt the type of person to do something like this. Hes the type that, if he agreed to do it, he would commit to the very end.

Qiu Tianyang was speechless. After a long while, he finally smiled faintly. Youre right. We can still wait for a bit longer

At that time, that event managers speech also concluded. After he went off the stage, Yang Chunqu, Order to End the Heavens compet.i.tions host now doubling as the host for this introduction event went up the stage with a smile.

The impression she gave was about the same as her voiceshe was a very tall north-east beauty, her face round and a slightly plump figurebut with her impressive height, her shapes looked proportional, a very standard of beauty.

Next is the segment everyone was waiting for the mostthe introduction from the champions of the third instalment of Order to End the Heavens voice acting compet.i.tion. The very moment she announced this, the fans below the stage bursted in exclamations, the atmosphere turning even livelier in a moment. But Yang Chunqu had an announcement to make to everyone beforehand, and since it was a bad news, she gave a troubled smile, Today we were supposed to go through the introductions in the order starting from main characters, through the side characters to finally NPCs, but because of a various mishaps, the champion for the Qin Tuo role is absent, so

The moment she said that, a commotion bursted from the originally jubilant crowd below, like a drop falling into a pot of boiling oil. Qi Jing even saw Shen Yan standing in the backs of the line of people making an astonished expression, then furrowing his brow.

So thats how it is

What is it! I only came all the way here to see Qin Tuo!

If the winner is absent, then doesnt that mean that he cant sign the contract? Doesnt that mean that the voice actor will have to be changed? No, please! I beg you, dont change this voice actor

When announcing this bad news, Yang Chunqu already foresaw peoples reaction, continuing to speak with an unwavering calm, Ladies and gentlemen, please rest at ease. Before our workers the details about his absence, no decision will be made, you can be sure of that.

Her words had a certain calming effect, so sure enough, the fans slowly settled down.

Then, lets begin our introductions with the champion for our first female main character, Su Miaoyu

She was getting ready to proceed according to the plan, when suddenly, a loud

bang

sound was heard from the main entrance, scaring her into a jolt as she stopped her words.

Everyones gazes swooshed uniformly to the door at that moment, and the entrance also opened in response, letting a man walk inside.

Ahhh! Someone cried from where the fans sat, then more and more started screeching.

It was because of the bloodthe newcomers body was splattered with no small amount of it. His left arm had clearly been stabbed, the bloodstain there especially bad, with the sleeve of his coat slashed open into a large hole, now held tightly by that persons hand.

Faced with the venue-full of horror-like cries, that person remained fairly cool, only asking indifferently, Am I late?

A/N:

Little Lolita is so sweet~ (I think that maybe 2Yan and Kittys Papa would be suitable to adopt a daughter, rubs chin)

But aside of that, Longbow and his wife actually asked Teacher Yuan to come up with

her name

. Teacher Yuan chose this name out of his boundless love for his seedlings (oi) Im actually also there with our Lolita, wanting to see the uncles kissing~ (oi oi oi)

And Five had it coming, he deserves getting glared at ()

As for Two This sure is one h.e.l.l of a shocking entrance _(:3)_