QT: The Host is Listless

1.10

"Iced Coffee, Black. Double Espresso shot."

"What if you can't sleep?" Lan Xing asked, concerned. Then, immediately after that, her face contorted into annoyance. "No, why am I even asking that, you'd probably be able to sleep through the end of the world. I'll order that, do you want some desserts?"

Shen Yi shut his eyes and pretended he can't hear her, resting his head on the cool surface beneath and just tuning out the low background music. A couple of minutes later, someone slammed their hands on the table followed by a string of curses.

"Fuck, is your brother crazy, Ah Xiao?" Eason questioned.

Shen Yi raised his head to observe the situation, blinking languidly when he saw the look of disgust painted on both Eason and Ye Xiao's faces. He glanced at Eason's phone that was thrown onto the table, a quick skim showed that it was an article about Ye Jun giving away 5% of the company's share as a symbol of the corporative relationship between him and Wen Lianhua.

"Does he think with his dick or his brain?" Eason snarled. "Fuck, he probably has no brain and two dicks, right? With his personality resembling one and that tiny one below, he's brainless."

"Stop mentioning his dick, you filthy-mouthed prick," Ye Xiao snapped, seemingly typing away furiously into his phone. "This brainless piece of trash, he really doesn't use his head to think at all, does he want the company our grandfather worked blood and tears to build to file for bankruptcy?"

"Can I have a look?" Shen Yi asked, extending his hand towards the phone with a pointed questioning look directed at Eason.

"Sure," the phone owner easily agreed.

< President Ye Jun: The Downfall of Y&N Corporations? >

Shen Yi set the phone down on the table and slid it back towards Eason after glancing at the title and memorising the website address. Using his own phone, he first checked his own circle of connection and saw that there were a couple of questions asking if he wanted to take the company shares for himself instead.

Ye Xiao immediately put his phone down, "Ming'er, what do you like to do in your free time?"

Eason raised a brow, looking severely unimpressed as he stared at his friend.

"Sleeping," Shen Yi responded without hesitation.

Lan Xing came back into the room at this time, with a tray full of drinks and desserts, she balanced it with a surprising amount of steadiness. Her head tilted as she looked at them sitting in silence, walking around to take a seat beside Shen Yi, "Why is everyone so quiet, I thought you came here to talk about the SLE Theory?"

"We're breaking the ice," Shen Yi told her, reaching out for his coffee.

"...Breaking the eyes, what did he ask, about what you like to do in your free time or something?" Lan Xing looked especially unimpressed, glaring daggers specifically at Ye Xiao who was averting his eyes.

Eason snorted before disguising it as a cough, hurriedly reaching out to sip his drink as Ye Xiao shot him a dark glare.

"Typical, that bastard asked the same thing too," Lan Xing mumbled.

Shen Yi didn't let her dwell on things, simply sliding his phone over to show her the article. "Read the article, maybe it'll cheer you up."

"What kind of article..." Lan Xing trailed off softly as she actually read the article title. She began reading through it in earnest with her mouth slightly hanging open in disbelieving shock while her eyes darted from left to right and back.

"Ha!" Lan Xing let out a sharp, mocking sound. Then, she cleared her throat under the questioning stares of both Ye Xiao and Eason before handing Shen Yi his phone back.

"See, didn't it cheer you up?" Shen Yi asked, shutting his phone off. "At this pace, either Y&N will have a change in the presidency or it'll go bankrupt."

Eason choked. "Wait, Lan Ming, what are you trying to say?"

"Hm, oh right, you're close relatives with Ye Jun?" Shen Yi pointed at Ye Xiao. "I'm here to say that since he's the bastard who broke my sister's heart and humiliate her, I'll be repaying this debt back to him tenfold. So, would you like to team up with me in acquiring Y&N Corporation?"

Ye Xiao's eyes were blown wide with fascination and infatuation, completely speechless.

"Brother, please don't sit and stare with your mouth hanging open," Eason whispered. Although, in such an enclosed room filled with nothing but silence, his voice carried to the ears of everyone easily.

Lan Xing raised a brow, looking even more unimpressed with Ye Xiao than anyone would've thought to be possible.

Ye Xiao coughed. "Yes! Uhm, I mean, it's a good idea. Bankruptcy is a good thing!"

Shen Yi was truly amused by this guy.

Ye Xiao: bankruptcy? that's great!

Eason: hopeless, this guy is hopeless, completely useless to love.