15: Chapter 15 You Are My Moonlight: The Substitute Male Supporting Character 14

Gu Qingyan is returning to the country?

The news came from the bullet comments, so it couldn't be fake.

After thinking for a moment, Meng Zhu understood that because of his actions, Gu Qingyang's business had expanded too much.

This in turn affected the Gu Family succession battle, which is why Gu Qingyan couldn't sit still and had to end his further studies and return to the country early?

If that's the case, the influence of the main plot isn't as unshakeable as imagined, even at key nodes.

When Meng Zhu first sought out Gu Qingyang, it was because this second young master was indeed the most suitable partner.

As for letting him squeeze out Gu Qingyan and trip the other party up, that was just a convenient side effect.

However, looking at it now, what if he spared no effort and could even help Gu Qingyang squeeze Gu Qingyan out of his future position as heir?

This was also the first time Meng Zhu clearly realized that the power of the main plot wasn't actually that strong.

It's a pity that the skipped two years were ultimately fake; otherwise, with two years of planning, the male lead would probably have been completely out of the game.

For the plot characters, these two years were like they had truly experienced them; as intelligent life forms, their calculation acceleration was perfectly normal.

But for Meng Zhu, it was actually just yesterday and today.

There were no two years, only false memories.

The reason it's called false is because many things are vivid in his mind, as if personally experienced, but the two years of learning remain perpetually unclear.

If he thought about it carefully, there were only various fragmented pieces of knowledge, scattered and disjointed.

It seems this type of memory is the same as the character memory bestowed at the beginning of the movie—it is all false and not detailed enough.

The good news is that he can learn knowledge in the movie world.

The bad news is that learning during the time skip is useless.

Perhaps one day, this technology will mature, and maybe in reality, memories could be directly implanted to achieve the effect of mass-producing geniuses, turning everyone into doctors in seconds.

"Buzz—buzz—"

The vibration of his phone interrupted Meng Zhu's thoughts.

He paused for a moment, immediately recalling the original work, and knew who was calling.

Without hesitation, he answered naturally.

Two years passed, and his friendship with Zhou Mo and the others had grown deeper, so he quickly adjusted himself based on his memories.

"Big Boss Meng, you free? Let's get together at Yuequan Bar."

Zhou Mo's voice came through, with the faint sounds of music and wine being poured in the background.

"Alright, send someone to pick me up."

In his memories, Su Qingxue had said today that she was meeting with her best friend and would be home very late.

Not long after.

Yuequan Bar.

This was clearly not an ordinary bar; the third floor and above were all private rooms, and by the time the noisy music from downstairs reached here, not a sound remained.

Walking along, Meng Zhu's peripheral vision swept past, and he inadvertently saw a private room.

Through the glass on the door, one could see the figures inside.

It was Su Qingxue.

For some reason, it seemed the door wasn't closed tightly, and her best friend's voice was clearly audible.

"Qingxue, how do you plan to handle that stand-in husband of yours? The real one is coming back, you know."

Withdrawing his gaze, Meng Zhu did not stop his steps at all.

The bullet comments paused for a moment.

[Did he hear that clearly or not?]

[It's not a question of whether he heard it clearly; shouldn't he be eavesdropping?]

[And it still hasn't collapsed? The key plot point is gone, hey!]

[Good news: the power of the plot is still working; bad news: the male supporting character chose to skip the plot.]

[Confirmed collapse: the male supporting character didn't hear about the stand-in; how is this supposed to be acted out?]

[Is he a carbon-based life form? How can he resist not eavesdropping?]

[I am The Analyst, I have been resurrected.]

[When did you die?]

[Get lost. According to my analysis, his subconscious might think eavesdropping is an immoral act, so he ignored it.]

[Cannot refute that.]

[This is getting more and more interesting.]

The bullet comments flashed before his eyes, but Meng Zhu remained expressionless. Eavesdropping was clearly a low-class behavior; he wouldn't listen to a single bit of it.

On the surface, nothing happened. Meng Zhu pushed open the door to Zhou Mo's private room and saw Zhou Mo and Gu Qingyang at a glance; there was no one else.

The three of them were clearly very familiar with each other, talking about everything, chatting freely, and drinking together.

After fooling around for a long time, emboldened by some alcohol, Gu Qingyang finally began to stammer and started on today's main topic.

"Old Meng, brother, I'm sorry. There's something I have to confess to you today."

Meng Zhu raised an eyebrow, the wine glass in his hand swirling again and again.

"Go ahead."

His tone betrayed no emotion, but in reality, Meng Zhu was still frantically acquiring information from the bullet comments.

Two years had passed, and the bullet comments were constantly switching perspectives.

Some viewers went to check on Gu Qingyan to see what time his flight was.

Some viewers went to check on Meng Zhu's company, wanting to know what its scale was now.

Others went to check on Su Qingxue; after all, it was her best friend's first appearance, and they were also very interested in the conversation over there.

These were all new pieces of information after real-time calculation, which were already different from the original work and were also very important to Meng Zhu.

Gu Qingyang certainly didn't know this. He cleared his throat and began to take the upcoming issue seriously.

Perhaps because he had drunk too much, he patted Meng Zhu on the shoulder with one hand.

"Brother, I couldn't compete before, but since I've had you, I truly have some confidence now."

"I want to compete for it now, and I hope you can help me."

This didn't come out of the blue; Meng Zhu and Zhou Mo clearly had expected it long ago.

But Gu Qingyang wasn't finished after saying that; he immediately took out a document bag and handed it to Meng Zhu.

This was clearly something unexpected, so he opened it and took a look.

Meng Zhu and Su Qingxue being in a contract marriage was something the two of them were among the few who knew.

This document was nothing else but the matter regarding the stand-in.

The bullet comments started chattering again.

Meng Zhu was also a bit surprised.

Could this be the Heavenly Dao's real-time calculation, a method to correct the plot?

After going around in circles, he still found out about the stand-in matter today.

"Brother, I didn't intentionally investigate your wife; I only found out about this while investigating Gu Qingyan. My big brother probably knew Su Qingxue had a crush on him, but he never cared about it before."

He carefully looked at Meng Zhu's expression and saw that he had no reaction.

Gu Qingyang breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"I knew you were in a contract marriage. I found out about this before, but I didn't tell you because I wasn't sure of your attitude."

"Why are you giving it to me now?"

Meng Zhu asked this purely out of curiosity.

Who would have thought that Gu Qingyang's eyes would be sincere and his tone very serious.

"Old Meng, I want you to help me deal with Gu Qingyan, but I don't want you to think I'm using the relationship between the three of you."

"I admit that when I found out Su Qingxue had a crush on Gu Qingyan, I was a bit secretly happy, thinking that because of this, you definitely wouldn't refuse to help me."

"But I can't let this thorn prick your heart. I've thought it through; I truly treat you as a brother, so I have to confess this to you."

"I truly admire you!"

Gu Qingyang's cheeks were flushed red; it was unclear whether he was drunk or not, but the drunken words he spoke were truly comforting.

"Sometimes I feel that compared to the current big families, you're just lacking time; sooner or later, you'll be able to play them to death."

"So I thought, I can lose the position of heir, but I can't lose you as a brother. If I fail..."

"The... the worst that happens is I'll go work for you, hehe, I'm sure you wouldn't treat me badly."

Watching Gu Qingyang in front of him still mumbling, his eyes becoming increasingly blurry, Meng Zhu chuckled and shook his head.

Zhou Mo, who was on the side, had originally thought he would need to save the situation at the critical moment, but since nothing happened, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Alright, I know about this matter; it's not a big deal. You should take him back!"

Meng Zhu waved his hand at Zhou Mo, and after saying that, he stood up himself.

Before leaving, he instructed Zhou Mo again.

"Get some rest early. We'll be busy from now on. After biding our time for over two years, it's time to get to work."

Hearing this, Zhou Mo's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly.

"Alright, Boss!"