My Wife Became a Top Star After I Came Back from Quick Transmigration - Chapter 96

Qin Ke stayed in the capital city to work after graduation. He had done well on his exams and was accepted into a prestigious university in the city. After graduating, he started his own company. The company was doing well, and if the timeline was correct, he bought Lin Mo’s old house about a year after he started his company. Was it his first year’s profit? Was the friendship from high school enough for Qin Ke to do something like this?

Su Qixi realized that there were many things she didn’t know about Lin Mo. Meeting Qin Ke was a must. The capital’s airport was one of the largest international airports in the country, with a daily passenger flow of about 200,000. Based on her experience from the A Family Inn show, Su Qixi only told Bai Jin to book tickets to the capital after she was off the air. So, when the two of them arrived at noon the next day, they weren’t mobbed by fans. Su Qixi wore a mask and a loose down jacket, so she didn’t attract much attention. She and Bai Jin walked toward the exit and quickly spotted Qin Ke in the crowd. He was hard to miss.

Qin Ke was the same age as Su Qixi, and he was a CEO in his late 20s. But when he wasn’t at work, he liked to wear trendy clothes. Today, he was wearing a black hoodie and sweatpants. He had short hair and a black baseball cap. He was a pure, cool guy.

Su Qixi didn’t contact Qin Ke often, but Lin Mo and Qin Ke were in close contact. Lin Mo had once made fun of him, saying that the reason Qin Ke dressed like that was simply because he wanted to look younger. Su Qixi hadn’t seen Qin Ke since the last class reunion. When they came out, Qin Ke was the first one to raise his hand and shout to Su Qixi, “Over here, over here. Hahahaha…”

Su Qixi: “…”

Bai Jin: “…Why is he laughing?”

Bai Jin had obediently turned on the live stream as soon as she left the airport, so the viewers were lucky enough to see Qin Ke running over and laughing out loud.

Why is he laughing?

Hahahaha, he’s so funny.

Qin Ke ran up to Su Qixi, reached out to take her luggage, and said happily, “I finally get to see you.”

Wow, he’s a handsome guy!

Looking at his expression, it seems like he’s been waiting for a long time.

Su Qixi was stunned. “You’ve been waiting for a long time? I’m sorry, the plane was delayed, and I didn’t have time to let you know.”

Qin Ke quickly waved his hand. “No, no, no, I’m not talking about that. I could see the plane was delayed on the app. I mean, I’ve been waiting eight years for you to see these things.”

Huh? What things?

I was watching the live stream yesterday. It seems like Lin Mo left something with him, right?

Oh? I just joined today. Did they say what it was yesterday?

I don’t know. Even Su the movie star doesn’t know, so that’s why she’s here in person.

Don’t worry, Su the movie star insisted on live streaming yesterday, so she’ll take us along to see it too.

Suddenly, the live stream’s retention rate increased. Everyone was waiting to see where Su Qixi would take them and what they would see. Su Qixi just paused for a moment after hearing Qin Ke’s words. She quickly suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and walked next to Qin Ke.

Qin Ke was still talking. “After you came to find me that year, Lin Mo sent those things over to me. This includes some information I investigated myself. You know, I’m a big mouth. I’ve been keeping this in my heart and wanted to tell everyone, but I couldn’t. I was about to burst.”

They chatted as they walked to the parking lot. Su Qixi seemed to remember something and reminded him, “By the way, you know I’m live streaming, right?”

Qin Ke nodded. “Yeah, I know. I watched the live stream for a bit on the first day. But, you know, I manage a company, so I don’t have much time. I didn’t watch for long before I got busy.”

Wow! This handsome guy is also an executive.

Su Qixi just nodded. “It’s good that you know about the live stream. I’m still live streaming now.”

When Qin Ke heard that, he turned his head and looked at Su Qixi curiously. He saw that she wasn’t carrying any live streaming equipment and then looked at Bai Jin behind her. She was a cute little girl carrying a camera and a phone for the live stream to monitor the comments. The equipment was simple, so the camera wasn’t as stable as a professional one. But this gave the viewers a sense of authenticity. It was also because Su Qixi didn’t want to bring too many people around, so the live streaming equipment was so simple. Fortunately, there were still a lot of viewers. Especially after Lin Mo was exonerated yesterday, she topped the trending searches. Below, there were also related trending searches for Su Qixi, the Qilin couple, and Lin Mo’s parents. It could be said that Lin Mo’s popularity had exploded again in the past two days.

Lin Mo didn’t collapse, so the Qilin couple was back in action. In order to get rid of the negative comments about Lin Mo quickly, they even pinned video clips of Su Qixi’s live stream in the comments section and added text. They used facts to show how good of a person Lin Mo was and that she was only wronged. It had a good effect.

Even so, Xiong Jingjing was still worried that someone would strike again. But strangely, no new negative information about Lin Mo had come out. The people behind it seemed to have become quiet and stopped moving.

The matter had become so big that the number of fans in the live stream was even higher than at any other time in the past two days. The Qilin fans directly accounted for half of the viewers. Therefore, this live stream was watched by millions of people.

However, Qin Ke just smiled. “Still live streaming? That’s fine! Anyway, since I’m going to take you to see it, it’s probably fine for others to see it too.”

The two of them arrived at the parking lot while talking and laughing. Qin Ke had called ahead, so they just had to wait at the parking spot. In a little while, a black van stopped in front of them. Qin Ke opened the door and said, “Please, princesses.”

Su Qixi laughed. “You haven’t changed, class monitor.”

Qin Ke bowed. “Thank you.”

Ahhhhh, he’s so gentlemanly!

Su Qixi and Bai Jin sat in the back, and Qin Ke sat in the front passenger seat. After the three of them were settled, Qin Ke told the driver to go to the apartment in the capital. After the car drove off, it quickly got on the ring road.

At this point, Qin Ke asked Su Qixi, “You went to Lin Mo’s hometown. You must have seen her old house, right?”

Su Qixi nodded. “I did. I heard from Grandma Lin that you helped Lin Mo buy it back?”

Qin Ke looked back at her and laughed again. “Yes. After I graduated from high school, my mom suddenly got sick. I sold everything I had and borrowed money everywhere, but I was still short 100,000 yuan. So, I went to Lin Mo.”

Su Qixi frowned. “How did you know she had money?”

Qin Ke: “You’ll know when you get to the apartment. Going back to the 100,000 yuan, when she heard that I was raising money for my mom’s surgery, she just gave it to me. She gave it to me, not lent it to me. She just gave it to me like that.” At this point, Qin Ke was still shocked. Lin Mo, who had just graduated from high school, held the money and gave it to him without hesitation. This made Qin Ke cry for an hour.

Su Qixi didn’t say anything. Qin Ke seemed to have remembered the situation at the time and sighed. “Sigh, thinking about it now, that kind of desperation makes you want to die. Holding the stack of bills she gave me, I suddenly understood why you love her so much. The feeling of being pulled out of a desperate situation, I would give my life for her.” At this point, Qin Ke looked back at Su Qixi and asked, “Right?”

Su Qixi paused, her face turned red, and she gave a subtle nod.

Qin Ke smiled happily and said, “Everyone who has been with her knows how good she is.”

Su Qixi nodded in agreement and then remembered Qin Ke’s mother. She asked softly, “What about your mom’s illness?”

“She didn’t make it. She passed away on the operating table…” Qin Ke’s voice was calm as he answered.

Su Qixi paused and said softly, “I’m sorry.”

Qin Ke smiled. “It’s okay. It’s been eight years. I’ve already come to terms with it.”

But even though he said that, the car was silent. After a while, Qin Ke seemed to have recovered and turned to ask Su Qixi, “How did you think of looking for me?”

Su Qixi: “You helped Lin Mo buy back the house, so I…”

“Oh, oh.” Qin Ke nodded. “I see. You came for this? When I took her 100,000 yuan, I asked her what she needed me to do. She said if I ever had extra money, to help her buy back that house. She said she would pay me back when she returned.”

Su Qixi covered her mouth and laughed. “She disappeared for five or six years, and you still believed her?”

Qin Ke also laughed. “That’s probably her wish. Although I only took 100,000 yuan from her, a drop of kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring! Plus, I made money. It was just 500,000 yuan. If I wasn’t sure if she still wanted that house, I would have torn it down and rebuilt it. Don’t laugh at me. Didn’t you wait eight years for her in the entertainment industry?”

Su Qixi choked up, turning her head away. “I didn’t wait for her.”

“It’s good that you waited for her!” Qin Ke didn’t take her awkward words seriously. He smiled, and his eyes were like crescent moons. “Before she came back, I also thought she wouldn’t. I also thought you might have started a new life, but it’s really great that you still remember her. I was always afraid that I was the only one who remembered her. Fortunately, you’ve always remembered her.”

Qin Ke’s expression was one of relief as he spoke. But Su Qixi blinked, and her eyes felt sour. She was also afraid! She went to look for Lin Mo every single year. But the number of people who knew Lin Mo was slowly decreasing. If she was the only one left in the world who remembered Lin Mo… what would she do?

At that time, Su Qixi only remembered these things. She thought Lin Mo was so heartless to just leave like that. She was so pathetic to still be worried that she would be forgotten. But now that she looked back… If she was forced to leave! If their secret crush was a mutual one! Then what was Lin Mo feeling when she left? Could she leave her behind? Would she be willing to leave her? Was she worried about her? Would she want to use her last bit of strength to protect her? Was she… also very helpless?

“By the way, this bank card is for you.” Qin Ke reached out from the passenger seat. His arm was wrapped in the black hoodie, with a cuff at the wrist. A man’s hand was not as slender as a woman’s, but perhaps because he had been in an office for so long, it was still fair. At this moment, a card was clipped between his fingers. On the blue bank card, the last four digits of the account number were clearly visible: 887654. An account number so familiar that Su Qixi’s pupils shrank.

Her breathing hitched. She had accepted that Lin Mo might have left the earth as she said. She accepted that she might have never given up on her. But this guess was so vulnerable in the face of solid evidence. When the first piece of evidence was placed in front of her, Su Qixi’s heart was shattered by this thin card.

Su Qixi’s voice trembled. “Is that… my sponsor?”

Qin Ke showed his big white teeth. “I guessed you wouldn’t be surprised. I watched the first episode of A Family Inn. You suspected that she was your sponsor on the first day, right? But it seemed like you two had a fight that night. Was it because of this? You didn’t believe her, did you?”

Su Qixi closed her eyes to calm the trembling in her heart. She reached out and took the card. The card looked a bit old. It had an unfamiliar name on it. An unfamiliar name.

Qin Ke’s explanation came from her ear. “This card belongs to Wen Jiarong’s mother.”

Su Qixi then remembered that she had checked, and the sponsor’s surname was Wen. Lin Mo had clearly prepared so that she wouldn’t be able to find out. Su Qixi let out a breath and asked with a bitter smile, “Why did she use her mother’s name?”

After she asked, Qin Ke suddenly became silent. He didn’t answer, and Su Qixi didn’t push him. The driver was like a transparent person. Only Bai Jin was curiously looking back and forth but knew it wasn’t her time to speak. The only sound in the car was the soft, melancholic music from the radio.

The ring road wasn’t congested at noon, but after they turned from the Third Ring Road to the Second Ring Road, the cars started to increase. The sun in the sky didn’t have much warmth. Unlike the warm weather in the south, white snowflakes were falling. The snowflakes quickly fell on the road and were run over by cars, disappearing without a trace. They fell on the distant tree, slowly putting on a white coat, adding a different kind of beauty to the winter roadside.

Hmm? Why did they stop talking?

Yeah! I’m so curious! Why did she use someone else’s name?

Do you even need to ask? It’s definitely to prevent the other person from finding them!

But Su Su was sponsored by Lin Mo in college?

Hello! Su Su debuted in college! How could Lin Mo sponsor her?

Are you a real fan? Su Su was broke in college. That’s why she debuted.

So, was it really Lin Mo who sponsored her?

Oh my god! What kind of godly love is this? I’m going to cry.

Just when Su Qixi thought Qin Ke wouldn’t answer, he suddenly spoke.

“I don’t know what she was going to do…” Qin Ke paused, collected himself, and continued, “But she told me that she might not be able to come back alive. So, she said you could never know who sponsored you.”

Qin Ke looked back at her. Half of his expression was hidden in the shadows, making it hard to see what he was feeling at the moment. He said, “She gave me a life-saving sum of money. My mom wasn’t saved, but I owe her. She told me to keep it a secret, so I didn’t tell anyone.”

Su Qixi clenched the card tightly. The pain of the card cutting into her palm didn’t affect her at all. The only thing in her mind was that one sentence.

—I might not be able to come back alive.