The Scum Gong Refuses the Crematorium [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 20.1

True.

Afterward, Mingyue Lu completely agreed with what Yan Sheng had said—that soon it would not be the first time anymore.

Aside from the initial awkwardness.

Everything about Yan Sheng was attractive.

He was as beautiful as the strongest love potion in the world. With just one taste, Mingyue Lu was so intoxicated he didn’t know where he was.

In the first half, Yan Sheng was the active one. But after Mingyue Lu learned the key points in the second half, he was the one tirelessly asking Yan Sheng for more.

Both were young men full of energy. After starting their happy life together, every night of romance would last until the middle of the night.

They used up half a box or half a bottle of supplies every time.

The bedside table in Mingyue Lu’s house, which used to hold junk, was now full of supplies. Yan Sheng had to restock often, or they wouldn’t have enough.

Every time they finished, Mingyue Lu would look at the trash and praise Yan Sheng: “Brother Sheng, you are so powerful.”

Whenever this happened, Yan Sheng would act as if he didn’t hear. He would calmly put on his clothes and say, “As long as you are satisfied.”

At first, Mingyue Lu thought Yan Sheng was truly calm.

Until one time, while praising him, he noticed that the ears hidden under Yan Sheng’s long hair were a bright, unnatural red. He praised him even more, especially liking to lean on Yan Sheng’s shoulder and poke his earring: “Satisfied, I am very satisfied. Keep up the good work next time, Brother Sheng.”

Watching his ears and earrings turn red together, Mingyue Lu found him so cute that he kept kissing him over and over.

His boyfriend was truly charming.

He liked him more and more.

Yan Sheng tried to act calm at first. Later, seeing that Mingyue Lu never got tired of teasing him, he became helpless and just let him do what he wanted.

Without Liguang Song’s constant trouble, Yan Sheng and Mingyue Lu’s lives returned to normal.

Mingyue Lu still went to work every day.

His project had a long cycle; it would take at least a year or two before it was officially finished.

On Yan Sheng’s side, Hang Guo organized a team again. They were ready to start over and film a new movie.

This time, they had experience, people, and money. Hang Guo was not stingy. He hired a famous screenwriter and planned to film a special effects blockbuster titled “The Great Desolation,” something unique to Chinese culture.

He noticed that stories like “Investiture of the Gods,” “Nezha,” and “Journey to the West” had been filmed too many times. Even worse, everyone tried to follow Western styles, making the plots feel very Western.

Hang Guo did not like this.

He felt that since it was a Chinese story, it should use Chinese storytelling styles.

As long as the story and effects were good and easy to understand, even if it was purely Chinese, the world would accept it.

Current directors tried too hard to please the Western world.

Yan Sheng agreed with Hang Guo’s view. Also, the theme of “The Great Desolation” was very mythical and mysterious. Most importantly, no one had filmed it yet.

He was curious to see how Hang Guo would film it.

Every day, after dropping Mingyue Lu off at work, he would hold 666 and wait at Hang Guo’s rented studio.

It must be said.

James taught Hang Guo a lot.

Yan Sheng watched Hang Guo go from knowing nothing to being able to build his own studio. Hang Guo designed all the costumes, makeup, props, and scenes himself.

Of course, Yan Sheng gave many suggestions.

When he was doing “villain missions” before, he had visited many mythical and fantasy worlds. He knew those environments and scenes very well.

When Hang Guo was setting up the scenes, he would give suggestions from time to time. Hang Guo was not a dictator; he was happy to listen to others.

Realizing Yan Sheng’s advice was useful, he discussed it with Yan Sheng privately. They built a perfect structure for the mythical world.

Mingyue Lu would also visit when he was free.

Now that he was truly with Yan Sheng, they didn’t hide it anymore and acted naturally together.

One day, he walked into the studio and saw Hang Guo pulling his hair in frustration.

Yan Sheng sat nearby, petting the cat without saying a word.

Having understood Yan Sheng’s personality, Mingyue Lu walked over and asked with a smile, “What’s wrong?”

Hang Guo was still scratching his head.

Yan Sheng looked at him silently.

Mingyue Lu had no choice but to ask 666: “Lady Boss, you tell me.”

Yan Sheng, who was a little unhappy a moment ago, couldn’t help but laugh when he heard Mingyue Lu call 666 “Lady Boss” again. “You’ve already moved up to being my partner, and you still call the cat Lady Boss?”

“You are the one following me,” Mingyue Lu laughed. “I’m not the one following you, so I haven’t really ‘moved up’ yet.”

“True.” Yan Sheng thought about it. He had not officially taken Mingyue Lu home to meet Huaisu Jiang yet, so he really hadn’t successfully secured his status.

Looking at Mingyue Lu helping him pet the cat, he decided to let him keep calling the cat “Lady Boss” for now.

Mingyue Lu spent some time petting the cat with Yan Sheng before asking, “What are you guys worried about?”

The beginning of filming was always like this. You would always run into all kinds of problems. But as long as you got through them, it was like climbing over one mountain after another. When you finally reached the destination, the sense of achievement was beyond words.

Yan Sheng looked at Hang Guo and said, “We are worried about the special effects.”

The special effects on the market right now were mostly poor quality. It was very hard to find a team that could produce high-quality work.

The top-tier teams were all from overseas, and their style had a very strong Western feel.

They were making this movie to show the unique colors of Chinese mythology. If they let a Western-style team do the effects, wouldn’t that go against their original goal?

Yan Sheng wouldn’t worry if this was a problem that could be solved with money. However, this was something they couldn’t fix even by spending a lot of money, which made it very difficult.

The sets were already built. They couldn’t just stop filming now.

After hearing this, Mingyue Lu asked, “Is special effects the only problem left, or are there other things?”

Hang Guo smiled bitterly. “Just the effects.”

To make this show look good, he had even hired several designers to create unique “Great Desolation” costumes to make sure the audience would be impressed.

But for the special effects, they couldn’t have the actors wearing beautiful clothes while fighting with laser swords.

Mingyue Lu thought for a moment. He took the laptop from in front of Hang Guo, opened the editor, and asked them, “Tell me about the style of special effects you want.”

Hang Guo’s eyes lit up instantly. “Does Brother Lu have connections?”

Mingyue Lu shook his head: “I will try to see if I can make it.”

Yan Sheng looked at the laptop full of code and asked, “You know how to do this too?”

“Let me try,” Mingyue Lu said, not wanting to overpromise. “Maybe it will work. If it doesn’t, it is okay; we won’t lose anything anyway.”

“Okay,” Yan Sheng replied. He shared his ideas with him. “The colors should be light and realistic. Fighting usually relies on the element of surprise. If the colors of the effects are too thick and the opponent sees them coming, there is no point in fighting anymore.”

“But they can’t be too light,” Hang Guo added. “If they are too light, the audience won’t feel the effects and might think we just filmed it lazily.”

Yan Sheng continued: “…Right. It is best if they are a bit more beautiful and grand, to show that our effects are different.”

The two of them kept talking back and forth without stopping. They did not pay attention to Mingyue Lu’s typing speed.

Mingyue Lu did not stop them either. He kept hitting the keys with his fingers. His clean, handsome hands moved so fast on the keyboard that they almost looked like blur.

Finally, Yan Sheng and Hang Guo finished talking. They watched Mingyue Lu as he continued to type away. a

Mingyue Lu asked them: “Is that all?”

“That’s all.” Yan Sheng and Hang Guo nodded. They be very satisfied if this kind of effect could be shown at all. They did not dare to dream of any

“Are you done?” Seeing Mingyue Lu stop his fingers and look at them, Yan Sheng pushed over a drink he had ordered for him and asked. would

thing more advanced.

“Okay.” Mingyue Lu stopped asking and kept working on the screen. When he looked up again, it was dark outside. The crew members had already their finished work and gone home.

Luckily, Yan Sheng and Hang Guo were still with him.

“Yes.” Mingyue Lu took a sip. It was his favorite jasmine tea. He smiled at Yan Sheng. “Do you want to see?”

“Sure.” Yan Sheng leaned in closer.

Mingyue Lu moved the laptop a bit so Yan Sheng could see better, then he clicked the play button.

To show them the results, Mingyue Lu had found a random fantasy drama online. He took a fight scene and applied the special effects he had written to it.

As soon as the special effects appeared on the screen.

Yan Sheng’s eyes lit up instantly. It felt a bit like the fight scenes he had experienced in the immortal worlds before. However, perhaps because the acting was not good enough, it lacked the feeling of a life-or-death struggle.

But Hang Guo did not think that way.

After seeing the effects Mingyue Lu had created, he screamed out loud: “Ahhh! Brother Lu, you made these effects?”

Mingyue Lu and Yan Sheng were looking at the video with their heads close together. When they heard the scream, they both jumped in surprise.

Mingyue Lu turned to look at him: “You’re awake?”

Earlier, Hang Guo had been waiting for the results. He got so bored that he couldn’t help falling asleep.

But when Mingyue Lu played the video for Yan Sheng, the sound woke him up. He happened to see the scene that made him scream.

“Brother Lu, you are amazing!” Since Mingyue Lu had just started and didn’t have much time, he only made a short clip. Hang Guo watched the scene ten times before replying, “If our whole movie has this quality of special effects, it will definitely be a fresh experience for everyone!”

Mingyue Lu asked Yan Sheng: “What do you think?”

Yan Sheng also nodded with satisfaction: “It’s very good.”

“Then I will use this style to make a special effects template for you?” Mingyue Lu suggested after thinking for a moment., this was something anyone could do. He could make a template so that other professionals could handle the wo

He usually had to work and had no time to do all the effects for them. Luckily, as long as someone understood the logic rk.

Hang Guo was shocked: “You can even turn it into a template!”

Because he needed to use special effects, Hang Guo had recently been forced to learn a lot about them.

He knew about template effects, but those were usually not flexible. The effects they produced often looked cheap. High-quality effects usually required an artist to polish them bit by bit. He was truly shocked that Mingyue Lu could make this into a template.

Mingyue Lu saw Hang Guo’s shocked expression and thought for a moment: “It should not be that hard?”

“Ahhh! Brother Lu, you really are my brother!” Looking at Mingyue Lu’s expression, Hang Guo understood immediately. This was a piece of cake for him. He was so excited that he wanted to run over and give Mingyue Lu a kiss.

But he looked at Yan Sheng sitting beside Mingyue Lu. Even if he were ten times braver, he wouldn’t dare to do it.

Mingyue Lu ignored the excited Hang Guo and turned to look at Yan Sheng: “Brother Sheng, aren’t you going to give me a reward?”

He had solved a huge problem for them, so asking for a reward wasn’t too much, right?

Yan Sheng smiled, leaned in, and gave him a light kiss on the cheek: “Is this okay?”

Watching from the side, Hang Guo was stunned. Wait, they are a real couple and they only kiss on the cheek? That’s not enough.

But Mingyue Lu was deeply moved. Yan Sheng was not a very proactive person; usually, he would drop hints to make Mingyue Lu take the lead. This cheek kiss was the first time he had been so bold on his own.

This reward was indeed big enough.

But Mingyue Lu felt he could ask for a bit more: “It’s not enough, Brother Sheng.”

Yan Sheng paused, then slowly moved his lips to Mingyue Lu’s and kissed him.

Mingyue Lu took the chance, locking lips with Yan Sheng and kissing him passionately.

Hang Guo, who just a moment ago thought they were very innocent, felt his face get hot. He quickly turned his head away. Fine, they are just being romantic.

“How about now?” Since someone else was there, they couldn’t kiss for too long. They stopped after a while. Yan Sheng wiped his lips with a handkerchief and asked again.

Mingyue Lu smiled: “Still not enough?”

Yan Sheng stopped talking.

Luckily, Mingyue Lu didn’t tease him too much: “I’ll ask for more after I finish the template, okay?”

Yan Sheng finally laughed: “Okay.”

Because he still had to work his regular job and had promised to help Yan Sheng and the others with the special effects template, Mingyue Lu’s time was stretched to the limit.

Sometimes, even after spending the night with Yan Sheng, he would get out of bed to work on the code.

He handled the high-pressure work well, but his injured lower back often felt uncomfortable.

Even while wearing a back support, he still felt a bit of discomfort.

Luckily, Yan Sheng was always by his side during those times. He would sit with him on the rug, with Mingyue Lu’s back resting against the sofa, and gently massage his waist.

Occasionally, Yan Sheng would fall asleep while massaging him.

Mingyue Lu would use the light from the computer screen to look at Yan Sheng’s sleeping face. Seeing his beautiful face even in sleep, his tiredness would vanish instantly. He would feel full of energy and work hard again.

For his beauty.

He would give it his all!

By the time Mingyue Lu was almost finished with the code, the New Year was just around the corner.

Yan Sheng gave Mingyue Lu a New Year’s gift early. It was a matching couple’s suit, exactly like the one he owned.

Without thinking twice, Mingyue Lu wore it for Yan Sheng on New Year’s Day. Then, Yan Sheng pulled him along to the Sheng family home.

It was called the Sheng home, but it was actually more like the Jiang home.

Since Yan Sheng’s father had passed away, the Sheng relatives rarely visited. The only ones still in contact were Yan Sheng’s maternal grandparents.

Sitting in the car, Mingyue Lu was terrified when he learned he was going to meet Yan Sheng’s entire extended family.

“I haven’t prepared anything. It wouldn’t be right to go empty-handed,” he said. He was only wearing his new clothes and had nothing but his phone in his pocket.

He couldn’t exactly walk in and say: “Hello Grandpa, Grandma, and Auntie. Here, let me scan a QR code to give you a 6,666 or 8,888 yuan gift. I wish everyone good luck.”

That would be way too awkward.

Yan Sheng saw Mingyue Lu nervously rubbing his hands on his pants and laughed. “The trunk is already full of gifts.”

Mingyue Lu was so busy he barely had time for their private life, let alone time to go gift shopping.

In the end, it was the thought that counted, and it didn’t really matter who actually bought the gifts.

Hearing this, Mingyue Lu looked toward the back seat and saw several gift boxes piled up. His heart finally settled down, and he thanked Yan Sheng: “Thanks, Brother Sheng.”

Yan Sheng tilted his chin up but didn’t say anything.

Mingyue Lu understood perfectly. When they stopped at a red light, he leaned over and kissed Yan Sheng’s cheek, then whispered in his ear: “I’ll give you more tonight.”

Seeing Yan Sheng’s neck turn slightly red, he sat back in his seat.

Since Huaisu Jiang had already accepted Yan Sheng and Mingyue Lu, Yan Sheng’s grandparents didn’t say much. Even though they didn’t quite understand, they saw that their daughter didn’t mind at all.

When Mingyue Lu arrived, he politely gave out the gifts.

After dinner, they returned to the Jiang house.

In the Sheng house, only Huaisu Jiang and the two young men were left.

The three of them looked at each other, feeling a bit awkward.

Huaisu Jiang turned on the living room TV. “Should we watch some TV?”

“Sure,” Yan Sheng had no objection.

“Okay,” Mingyue Lu didn’t refuse either.

Huaisu Jiang turned on the TV, and a 100-inch high-definition screen immediately showed two handsome men kissing.

“Ahem.” Huaisu Jiang coughed and quickly changed the channel. She had forgotten she was watching a BL drama last night. Fearing they would be embarrassed, she explained, “I pressed the wrong button.”

As it turned out, Yan Sheng and Mingyue Lu didn’t react at all.

Huaisu Jiang suddenly stopped feeling awkward. If her son wasn’t embarrassed, why should she, the mother, be embarrassed?

She found a random comedy to play.

Huaisu Jiang started chatting with Yan Sheng: “Between you two, who is the top and who is the bottom?”

She still remembered this question.

Mainly, since Yan Sheng had brought this person home, she wasn’t sure if she was supposed to be the mother-in-law to a son’s wife or a son’s husband.

“I am as much of a top as one can be,” Yan Sheng replied.

“That’s good, that’s good.” Hearing this, Huaisu Jiang was instantly relieved. She pulled out a red envelope as thick as a brick from her coat. She tucked her hair behind her ear, acting very casual, and walked over to Mingyue Lu. “Mingyue, this is your first time visiting. This is just a small gift from me. Please take it.”

“Thank you, Auntie.” Mingyue Lu was polite. Usually, a red envelope meant they accepted him, so he accepted it without being difficult.

“You’re welcome.” Huaisu Jiang waved her hand and coughed twice. She felt like she needed to apologize for some things. “About the past, I didn’t do the right thing. Please don’t hold it against me.”

Mingyue Lu held the red envelope, surprised that Huaisu Jiang would apologize to him. He froze for a moment before snapping out of it. “It’s fine. The past is in the past.”

“Hehe.” Huaisu Jiang gave a dry laugh. She had heard from Yan Sheng that Mingyue Lu had a very hard time abroad and even injured his back. If it wasn’t for her back then, he wouldn’t have suffered so much.

“Really.” Mingyue Lu knew that Huaisu Jiang was only apologizing because Yan Sheng had talked to her. He didn’t care about it anymore, and he didn’t want to make things difficult for Yan Sheng.

“Sister Jiang, please sit.” Mingyue Lu pointed to the seat next to him. People can’t go through life without making mistakes. Besides, it was his own choice back then; it wasn’t right to blame others entirely.

Huaisu Jiang sat down. Mingyue Lu peeled an orange for her and asked, “Sister Jiang, have you ever thought about becoming a full-time investor?”

“Hmm?” Huaisu Jiang didn’t expect Mingyue Lu to talk about this.

At this moment, Yan Sheng also leaned over and fed Mingyue Lu a piece of orange. While Mingyue Lu was eating, Yan Sheng nodded to Huaisu Jiang and said, “I think you should consider it too.”

“Why?” Huaisu Jiang ate a piece of orange herself, very confused. It was the New Year—did these two have another project they wanted her to fund?

Huaisu Jiang suddenly felt like her wallet was in danger.

Yan Sheng and Mingyue Lu shared a look and smiled.

Yan Sheng asked Huaisu Jiang, “Sister Jiang, why did you give Mingyue Lu money back then?”

Huaisu Jiang said without thinking, “Because he was worth it.”

He was good-looking, well-educated, and had many professors protecting him. His future was limitless. Giving him money to make him leave was the best choice.

Yan Sheng asked again, “Then why didn’t you give Liguang Song any money?”

Huaisu Jiang curled her lip. “He wasn’t worth it.”

His own family was difficult, but he didn’t try to escape them. Instead, he got himself kicked out of the house. When he met Yan Sheng, he didn’t seize the opportunity; instead, he chased unrealistic dreams of becoming a star.

Yan Sheng spent so much money on him, yet he never saw a penny back after he became famous. All he did all day was take over the maid’s chores, making it look like their family couldn’t afford a housekeeper.

Why would she give someone like that money to leave? Did she have so much money that it was burning a hole in her pocket?

Yan Sheng asked once more, “Then why did you agree to invest in Mingyue Lu later?”

Huaisu Jiang said directly, “Because it makes money!”

Why would she invest if there was no profit? She had a problem with Mingyue Lu, but she didn’t have a problem with money.

“See,” Yan Sheng spread his hands. “You know who is worth it and who isn’t. You know what makes money and what doesn’t. You have the money, so why not learn to be an angel investor?”

Huaisu Jiang refused. “I have money, but I won’t waste it. So many people lose all their wealth through bad investments!”

“Alright.” Seeing that Huaisu Jiang was not interested, Yan Sheng and Mingyue Lu stopped trying to convince her.

At first, Huaisu Jiang thought Yan Sheng and Mingyue Lu were just teasing her. Later, she realized they were subtly telling her that everything had come full circle.

Years ago, she gave Mingyue Lu five million. Five years later, Mingyue Lu used that five million to secure an investment from her.

They were telling her not to worry about the past anymore.

Huaisu Jiang suddenly didn’t know what to say.

After the New Year, Mingyue Lu’s project finished smoothly and officially launched. Once the Shengshi Group applied his technology to all their tech products.

The world was shocked.

This technology could be used not only for the internet but also for satellites, agriculture, science, medicine, and other projects that benefited the public.

It allowed the entire world’s technology to take a giant leap forward.

People from other countries wanted to study it and make money from it. They went crazy trying to apply for patents from their country.

At the same time, countless people wanted to interview Mingyue Lu and waited outside the Shengshi gates every day.

A single photo of Mingyue Lu could be sold for a sky-high price.

However, Mingyue Lu did not show up for interviews. He felt that focusing on his research was enough, and everything else was unnecessary.