The Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character Is the Zombie King - Chapter 6

Ye Wei’an glanced at Zhou Huaichen, not knowing why he was laughing again.
From the moment they met today, Zhou Huaichen had been smiling nonstop.
But somehow, this man looked even more enticing when he smiled like a purple crystal core releasing a rich, intoxicating grape scent that drew him in completely.
Ye Wei’an looked at Zhou Huaichen once more and said, “Don’t laugh. I’m working.”
—【That smile looks so good. It’s making it impossible for me to focus.】
Zhou Huaichen: “…”
He cleared his throat softly, pressing a fist against the corner of his lips to hide his smile. “Alright, go ahead and work.”
Satisfied, Ye Wei’an nodded and turned to Yan Qing. “Sign it.”
Yan Qing: “…”
Ye Wei’an said coldly, “If you don’t sign, pay it back.”
Yan Qing bit her lip and looked toward Zhou Yongnan for help.
Zhou Yongnan had no idea what to do and could only turn to Zhou Huaichen for rescue. “Uncle, isn’t President Ye’s agreement a bit… inhumane?”
Zhou Huaichen cut him off coolly. “I think it’s perfectly fine.”
Yan Qing’s eyes turned red as he said with a trace of jealousy, “President Zhou, why are you always taking his side?”
Reminded by him, Zhou Yongnan also realized something was wrong. He frowned and said, “Uncle, Ye Wei’an is an outsider. I’m your nephew.”
Zhou Huaichen lifted his gaze and glanced at him. “If you had listened to me, you wouldn’t have come here today.”
Zhou Yongnan’s face darkened a little.
His uncle, like his grandfather, didn’t have a good impression of Yan Qing and had never approved of him getting involved with him.
He came today to stand up for Yan Qing. His uncle was definitely unhappy about it.
“I…” Zhou Yongnan struggled for a long time, but in the end, not a single word came out.
Because he knew his uncle wouldn’t help him.
Seeing that Zhou Huaichen refused to lend a hand, Yan Qing cast a resentful glance at him before turning to Ye Wei’an. With a cold expression, he said, “You’ll regret this… Even if you kneel before me and beg one day, I’ll never forgive you…”
Ye Wei’an replied, “Oh.”
He tapped the agreement with his pen. “Sign it.”
Yan Qing: “…”
His eyes reddened. Gritting his teeth, he glared at Ye Wei’an for a long moment, then covered his face and ran out.
Ye Wei’an told his assistant to stop him. “You can’t leave until you’ve signed.”
Yan Qing: “…”
He viciously scrawled his name, threw down the pen, and ran off.
Zhou Yongnan glared at Ye Wei’an. “Just you wait!”
After delivering his threat, he cast a resentful glance at Zhou Huaichen before finally leaving.
Ye Wei’an, satisfied, handed the agreement to his two assistants, instructing them to carefully draft a plan for his artists to stir up a scandal with Yan Qing, to be implemented starting tomorrow.
Before the assistants left, Ye Wei’an added, “Get someone to draw a set of zombie cartoons. The key is they should be stylish and chill.”
The assistant: “…”
Zhou Huaichen, however, let out a soft laugh.
Once the assistants had gone, leaving just the two of them in the room, Ye Weian looked at Zhou Huaichen. “The business is taken care of.”
—【You can laugh now.】
—【Grape-flavored laughter, sweet.】
The ever-dutiful Zhou Huaichen: “…”
Zhou Huaichen’s lips curved into a deeper smile as he said casually, “I heard you withdrew your investment from Yan Qing’s new drama.”
Ye Wei’an admired his face. “Mm.”
Zhou Huaichen met his gaze, his eyes serious. “You spent a lot before to help him rise to fame. Why the sudden change of heart now?”
Ye Wei’an shook his head. “I haven’t changed my mind.”
Zhou Huaichen: “Mm.”
Ye Wei’an felt there was no need to hide things from this secretly powerful boss, so he spoke honestly. “Everything I’m doing is still for the purpose of being with Yan Qing.”
The faint smile at the corner of Zhou Huaichen’s lips paused. “Be with him?”
Ye Wei’an felt as if the grape scent on him suddenly carried a trace of bitterness.
Ye Wei’an: “…”
He couldn’t understand why the sweetness had suddenly disappeared.
Zhou Huaichen looked at him. “You like Yan Qing?”
Like him so much that you’d stop at nothing, even resort to force and control.
Ye Wei’an shook his head. “I don’t like him.”
—【What’s there to like about Yan Qing?】
Zhou Huaichen’s fingertip lightly tapped the teacup. “Then why insist on being with him?”
Naturally, Ye Wei’an couldn’t tell him about the system, so he could only say, “I have my reasons.”
Zhou Huaichen fell silent.
Ye Wei’an felt that the grape scent on him grew even more bitter. He looked at him in puzzlement. “Are you unhappy?”
Zhou Huaichen gazed at him quietly without saying a word.
Ye Wei’an tilted his head. “When the Zombie King’s cute emoji set is done, I’ll send it to you right away.”
—【So don’t be unhappy.】
Hearing his inner voice, Zhou Huaichen’s eyes flickered slightly.
After a moment, he lowered his gaze and said softly, “Alright. When it’s done, send it to me.”
The system, having listened to their entire conversation, suddenly felt a little sympathetic toward the great Boss Zhou.
Ye Wei’an was a straight man. One who had spent ten years as the Zombie King in the apocalypse. What kind of feelings could he possibly have?
The meal was pleasant from start to finish, except that toward the end, the grape scent on Zhou Huaichen carried a faint bitterness, which left Ye Wei’an a little dissatisfied.
What he didn’t know was that after Zhou Huaichen said goodbye and headed home, when he sat in the car with his eyes closed to rest, that trace of bitterness in his heart deepened.
…
Watching Zhou Huaichen’s car drive away, Ye Wei’an prepared to return to the company to meet some of his artists.
Then the system suddenly spoke: 【Host, be careful of Zhou Yongnan and Yan Qing. They’ll probably make a move against you in the next few days.】
Ye Wei’an wasn’t worried.
According to the original plot, those two would do nothing more than frame him for assault.
He asked the system, “You’re a high-tech product, so you should understand hacking, right?”
System: 【I do understand…】
Ye Wei’an said, “If Yan Qing tries to frame me during a livestream, cut off the internet connection and strangle his scheme in the cradle.”
System: 【……】
This host really is a scheming boy!
But admittedly, that was indeed the most direct and effective solution.
Ye Wei’an truly wasn’t worried about Yan Qing and Zhou Yongnan causing trouble. What he was thinking about was something else entirely.
“I feel like Zhou Huaichen seems a bit unhappy. Did something happen to him?” he asked, rubbing his chin.
System: 【……】
System: 【Host, you’re paying too much attention to Zhou Huaichen. This isn’t a good sign.】
System: 【Could it be… you’ve fallen for him?】
Ye Wei’an: “Of course, I like him.”
System: 【!!!】
Ye Wei’an continued calmly, “He’s just like my favorite crystal core. I can’t help but like him a lot.”
System: 【……】
Once again, it felt sorry for Zhou Huaichen.
Ye Wei’an thought for a moment and said, “Maybe there’s some problem with the Zhou family’s business. I’ll give him one of the infrastructure projects in Africa later.”
Anyway, the Ye family couldn’t handle it all alone. They could just cooperate with the Zhou family.
“A win–win,” Ye Wei’an said contentedly.
System: 【……】
Host, you have no heart!
For the third time, it pitied Zhou Huaichen.