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Chapter 151: I Am An Evil Pen (VIII)

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TL: Resonance

    最近闻尚的职员发现他们的总裁就像一朵盛开的马蹄莲，整个人春风满面，神清气爽，用眼神杀人的次数从两位数缩减到一位数，真是喜大普奔。

Recently, the staff of Wen Shang realised that their president seemed like an arum lily that bloomed. He was like a spring breeze and very refreshing. The number of times he killed people with his eyes decreased from two digit to one digit. It was really worth celebrating.

    闻景戎坐在办公桌前，一边把玩煞笔，一边想念他的可可。自从可可答应和他交往后，他就没有再坚持将他绑在身边。虽然有些不放心，但这是彼此信任的第一步，他不想搞砸了。好在可可没有让他失望，每天回家都能看到他。如果另外有事，也会提前通知。

Wen Jingrong was sitting before his office table, playing with his pen while thinking about his Keke. Ever since Keke agreed to date with him, he no longer insisted on bringing him along everywhere. Although he was a little worried, this was the first step towards mutual trust. He didn’t wish to screw it up. Fortunately, Keke didn’t disappoint him. He could see him everyday when he went home. Keke would also notify him if he had something on.

    唯一有些遗憾的是，可可始终不愿意将自己的身份告诉他，不过没关系，他有的是耐心。

However, the only regret was that Keke was never willing to tell him his identity. But that’s okay. He has patience.

    “闻总，庆威的柏先生来访。”秘书的声音从内线传来。

“President Wen, Mr Bai from Qingwei has come to visit.” The secretary’s voice sounded through the extension telephone.

    “请他进来吧。”闻景戎收敛心神，将手上的笔放在一旁。

“Let him in.” Wen Jingrong collected his thoughts and placed the pen on his hands one side.

    不多时，柏霖在秘书的引领下走进办公室。

A while later, Bai Lin came into the office under the secretary’s lead.

    闻景戎知道他今天造访，必然是为了上次庆威的合作预案。

Wen Jingrong knows that his visit today certainly has to do with the cooperation plan with Qingwei he mentioned before.

    寒暄几句后，柏霖果然提及合作意向，询问闻景戎为什么要回绝。

After a few sentence of courtesy greeting, Bai Lin indeed mentioned his intention to cooperate, and asked why Wen Jingrong rejected.

    闻景戎回答：“庆威是一家很有潜力的公司，在国内风评不错，不过也仅止于国内。我仔细调查过，你们的技术和工程水平还没有达到开发岛屿的标准。即使有我的资金支持，在短期内也很难赶上其他大公司，竞投的成功率不大。”

Wen Jingrong answered, “Qingwei is a company with great potential and has good reviews within the country. However, it’s only within the country. I have carefully checked. Your company’s technical and engineering level has yet to meet the standards for developing the island. Even if you had my financial support, it is difficult to catch up with other large companies within a short time. The success rate of your bidding is low.”

    柏霖连忙道：“闻总，只要有你支持，我相信我们能够争取到几个大工程。至于技术，可以在全国招揽人才，重新组建团队。虽然时间上有点赶，但也未必不能达到预期。”

Bai Lin hurriedly said, “President Wen, as long as we have your support, I believe we can fight for a few big projects. As for the technical aspect, we can recruit new talents nationwide and reform the team. Although it will be a little rushed, it’s still possible to meet the deadline.

    闻景戎十指交叉，平淡道：“成功率在80%以下的风险投资，我都不会考虑，更何况你们连60%都不到。”虽然以他的影响力，拿下一两个工程不是问题，但后期需要解决的问题太多，若延误工期或者工程质量太差，会严重影响企业声誉，一个庆威还没有资格让他拿声誉去冒险。

Wen Jingrong crossed his fingers and said dully, “I wouldn’t even consider risky investment with a success rate below 80%, not to mention when your success rate can’t even reach 60%.” Although it wasn’t difficult for him to win a few projects with his influence, there are too many problems that need to be settled at a later stage. If the schedule gets delayed or if the quality of the development is too poor, it will greatly affect his company’s reputation. A Qingwei didn’t have the qualification to make him take a risk using his reputation.

    柏霖有些焦急，没有闻尚的资金和影响力，他们想拿下这个项目基本不可能。闻景戎在酒会时明明有意合作，为什么不过几天就转变态度了？

Bai Lin was becoming anxious. There was no way they could take on the project without Wen Shang’s funding and influence. Wen Jingrong clearly had the intention to cooperate when they were at the party. Why did he change his mind after just a few days?

    “闻总既然有自己的考量，那庆威也只能表示遗憾了。”柏霖话锋一转，微笑道，“闻总，晚上我能请你吃个饭吗？葛总也会去。”

“Qingwei can only express its regrets since president Wen has your own considerations.” Bai Lin changed the topic and said with a smile, “President Wen, may I invite you out for a meal tonight? President Ge would be there too.”

    事实上，他根本没约葛俊轩，只是想借他的名义请动闻景戎。

In fact, he didn’t call for Ge Junxuan at all. He only wanted to borrow his name to move Wen Jingrong.

    闻景戎正要回绝，手机突然响起，屏幕上显示的名字是——我亲爱的可可。

Wen Jingrong was about to decline when his phone suddenly rang. The name on the screen was—My dear Keke.

    闻景戎原本冷峻的表情立刻柔化，接通道：“可可，什么事？”

Wen Jingrong’s cold expression immediately became gentler. He answered the phone and said, “Keke, what’s up?”

    “我准备做午餐了，需要我给你准备一份便当吗？”电话那头的尚可问道。

“I’m about to make lunch, do you need me to prepare a meal for you?” Shang Ke asked over the phone.

    “当然，求之不得。”闻景戎眼中的温柔都快溢出来了，看得柏霖惊愕不已。

“Of course, I’ll gladly take it.” The gentleness in Wen Jingrong’s eyes were overflowing, Bai Lin was so stunned seeing it.

    结束通话后，闻景戎又恢复平时的冷峻，对柏霖说：“抱歉，我晚上还有事，下次再约吧。”

After the call ended, Wen Jingrong reverted back to his usual cold self and said to Bai Lin, “Sorry, I have something on tonight.. Maybe next time.”

    柏霖握紧拳头，眼中闪过一丝阴郁，强笑道：“既然如此，那我就不打扰了。”

Bai Lin clenched his fist and a trace of gloominess flashed past his eyes. He said with a forced smile, “Since that’s the case, I won’t disturb you any longer.”

    离开闻尚，柏霖对那个叫“尚可”的人实在厌恶至极，每次都在关键时刻破坏他的好事！

After leaving Wen Shang, Bai Lin’s hate towards the person called “Shang Ke” was at its maximum. He’s always interrupting at the most crucial moment!

    尚可看到柏霖身上的煞气就知道他心里有多不爽，托他的福，自己竟然从他身上补充到一点煞气。如果离开闻景戎，他就无法吸收煞气，但如果是闻景戎附近的人，只要煞气足够浓郁，他就能吸收到。

Shang Ke knew how unhappy Bai Lin was just by seeing the negative energy on his body. Thanks to him, he actually managed to replenish some negative energy. He can’t absorb negative energy if he leaves Wen Jingrong. However, he can absorb negative energy from the people around Wen Jingrong if the negative energy is rich enough.

    不过可惜，大部分人在正常状态下都没有煞气，即使有，也会被闻景戎的福光给净化，所以尚可只能长期处在饥饿中，最近也只在晚上闻景戎回家时维持人形。刚才见柏霖意图不轨，便用法力给闻景戎打了个电话。

Unfortunately, most people wouldn’t have negative energy under normal circumstances. Even if there was, it would be purified by Wen Jingrong’s blessing. Therefore, Shang Ke could only starve for long periods of time. Recently, he would maintain his human form only at night when Wen Jingrong came home. Just now, he saw that Bai Lin had bad intentions, so he used his powers to give Wen Jingrong a call.

    既然答应要给闻景戎送便当，尚可就不得不带着他的本体，偷溜回家。

Since he agreed to bring Wen Jingrong a meal, he had no choice but to sneak home with his real body.

    结果闻景戎中午准备签署文件时，发现自己的魔数笔又神秘失踪了。不久前他才使用过，所以它肯定是在办公室消失的。但是一上午除了公司的几位主管和柏霖之外，再没有其他人进过他的办公室。这些人中，谁会动他的笔？

So when Wen Jingrong was preparing to sign a document in the afternoon, he realised that his magic pen had disappeared mysteriously again. He had used it not long ago, so it must have disappeared in the office. However, no one else entered his office other than a few supervisors and Bai Lin who came in the morning. Amongst these people, who would have touched his pen?

    正在闻景戎沉思间，尚可带着便当来到公司。

Just when Wen Jingrong was pondering, Shang Ke reached the company with his prepared meal.

    闻景戎随口提起这件事，尚可笑着安慰：“没事，他是你的东西，不会丢下你跑掉的。”

Wen Jingrong casually mentioned about the pen, to which Shang Ke smiled and comforted, “No worries. He[1] is your thing, he won’t abandon you and run away.”

    闻景戎突然凑到他身边，低声问：“那你呢，会丢下我跑掉吗？”

Wen Jingrong suddenly went close to him and said in a low voice, “What about you? Will you abandon me and run away?”

    “看情况。”尚可向后仰了仰，避免被他的福光直射。

“Depends.” Shang Ke moved backwards to avoid being directly stabbed by his blessing.

    闻景戎见状，眼神微暗，以为他还没有完全接受自己，不免有些失落。

Seeing this, Wen Jingrong’s eyes darken slightly. He thought that Shang Ke still hadn’t accepted him completely and couldn’t help but feel a little dejected.

    “下午留下陪我吧，我提前下班，带你出去走走。”

“Stay with me in the afternoon. I will get off work earlier and bring you out.”

    “好。”

“Okay.”

    尚可下午便留在闻景戎的休息室，打开电脑整理失业人员的资料，大约有一千五百多人，如果最后培训淘汰的人数在五百人以内，他的任务目标就算达到了，剩下的就是怎么赴死。

Shang Ke spent his afternoon in Wen Jingrong’s lounge. He switched on the computer and sort out the data of the unemployed people. There were about 1500 people. If the people who were eliminated from failing the training were within 500, he would be able to meet his mission requirement. What’s left was how he was going to die.

    所谓困难世界，无外乎几种形式，一是生存环境艰难，随时都有可能在还没有完成任务之前就死亡；二是身份黑暗，作孽太多，需要洗白；三是任务内容与赴死毫无关系。比如第二个世界，系统所发布的任务直接给出通关攻略，就是捐献心脏。而他现在经历的世界，任务是解决一千人的失业问题，与赴死一毛钱关系都没有，他必须自己寻找赴死的契机，还得死得“英勇”。看似简单的任务，其实并不容易完成。

The so-called difficult worlds are of a few types. Firstly, the living environment was tough and he might die before finishing his mission. Secondly, his identity was a terrible person with many wrongdoings that needed to be washed white. Thirdly, the mission had nothing to do with dying.  Take the second world for example. The mission given by the system directly told him the way to do it, which is to donate his heart. But for the world he is experiencing now, the mission was to solve the employment issue for 1000 people and had nothing to do with dying at all. He needed to find the opportunity to die and also had to die “heroically”. The mission looked simple but it actually wasn’t easy to complete.

    如果尚可够狠心，选择“死”在闻景戎手上，用自己的生命为那一千人谋取一个脱离困境的机会，也算是牺牲小我的“英勇”。闻景戎作为这个世界的主角，气运极强，在他手下工作，只要恪尽职守，足以保障衣食无忧。

If Shang Ke was cruel enough, he can be considered a “hero” who sacrificed himself if he chose to “die” in Wen Jingrong’s hands to use his life to help the 1000 people gain a chance to overcome their difficult situation. As the protagonist of this world, Wen Jingrong has very good luck. As long as they remain diligent in their job, they won’t have to worry about their livelihood.

    但尚可不想这么做，他宁愿自杀，也不愿闻景戎背负“杀害”他的愧疚。

However, Shang Ke doesn’t want to do this. He would rather suicide than let Wen Jingrong carry the guilt of “killing” him.

    所以，他是不是应该给自己树立一个敌人？比如柏霖？

So, should he make himself an enemy? Bai Lin for example?

    然而，尚可还没有展开树敌行动，某人就已经按捺不住，主动给他送英勇值了。

However, Shang Ke hasn’t even taken action when someone already couldn’t control himself and took the initiative to give him heroic value.

    柏霖一直在暗中派人留意闻景戎的动向，以便寻找接近的机会，无意中发现闻景戎最近正在筹建一家手工作坊。这种手工作坊实在不值得他如此费心，后来得知是为尚可而建，柏霖才恍然大悟，同时也不由得更加不忿。

Bai Lin has been secretly sending people to look out for Wen Jingrong’s movement so that he could find an opportunity to approach him. Then, he unintentionally found out that Wen Jingrong was recently preparing to build a manual workshop. This kind of manual workshop really didn’t deserve so much effort from him. Bai Lin only came to an understanding when he realised afterwards that it was built for Shang Ke’s sake. At the same time, he felt even more unwilling to resign to it.

    几十亿的工程他不屑一顾，这种左右不过几千万的小儿科却让他亲力亲为，作为一个唯利是图的商人，他是不是被爱情冲昏头脑了？

He didn’t even bother looking at projects worth billions, yet he was personally handling this kind of insignificant project that can barely bring him ten million. As a businessman that only looked at profits, was he blinded by love?

    柏霖多次邀请闻景戎，都被他拒绝了。在确定合作无望后，柏霖决定为自己出一口恶气。

Bai Lin has invited Wen Jingrong many times but were all rejected. After determining that they had no hope for cooperation, Bai Lin decided to help himself vent.

    他给黑道上的朋友打了个电话：“雄哥吗？我是柏霖，嗯……想请你帮个忙……放心，钱不是问题……”

He gave his friend from the underworld a call: “Is this brother Xiong? I’m Bai Lin. Mm… I wish to ask you for a favour… Don’t worry, money isn’t an issue…”

    半个月后，那家装修完工的手工作坊突然发生大火，闻景戎当时正在公司加班，听到消息后，立刻开车赶过去。尚可则先他一步抵达了火灾现场，因为他意识到赴死的契机出现了。

Half a month later, a fire broke out at the workshop that was just built. Wen Jingrong was working overtime at his company at that time. He immediately drove over after hearing the news. Shang Ke had arrived at the scene before him because he found the opportunity to die.

    手工作坊的厂房中，有四五十人提前入住，负责清洁和照看仪器，火灾发生时，他们正在自己房间休息，警铃被人动了手脚，直到大火将厂房包围，他们才发现危险，但已经为时已晚。

There were already 40-50 people who lived in the worker’s dormitory in advance at the workshop. They were in charge of cleaning and taking care of the instruments. They were resting in their rooms when the fire broke out. Someone had fiddled with the alarm bell and they only realised the danger they were in when the fire surrounded the dormitory. However, it was too late when they realised.

    尚可赶到时，厂房外聚集了不少看热闹的人。他用法力探查了一下，还有十几人被困在里面。尚可二话不说，在众人惊骇的目光中，毅然冲进大火中。

When Shang Ke arrived, there were quite a number of people crowding outside of the dormitory looking at the scene. He probed using his powers and realised that there were still 10+ people trapped inside. Shang Ke did not hesitate and rushed resolutely into the fire under the horrified gaze of everyone.

    兄弟们，坚持住，送死的英雄来了！

Hold on brothers, the death courting hero is here!

    尚可现在是聚灵之体，不惧火焰，但保护其他人不受火焰灼烧需要消耗不少法力。为了完成任务，他也是拼了！

Shang Ke had a spiritual body and wasn’t afraid of the fire. However, he needed to use a lot of his power to protect the others from the fire. He’s going all out for the sake of completing his mission!

    几分钟后，尚可背着一个湿淋淋的男人从大火中冲出来。快速放下男人，不待众人反应，又转身冲进火中。

A few minutes later, Shang Ke rushed out of the huge fire while carrying a wet man. He quickly put down the man and rushed back into the fire again before the others could react. 

    大火疯狂燃烧，滚滚热浪扑面而来，让围观众人也感到阵阵灼疼，尚可却像是一位火焰使者，毫不畏惧地在大火中穿梭，保持着三分钟一个的速度，解救受困者。浴火的身影，在红色的世界留下一道炫目的光华。

The fire was burning crazily and heat waves surged out, causing the people outside to also feel the burning pain. However, Shang Ke was like a fireman. He was moving through the fire without fear, maintaining the speed of one person every three minute as he saved the people trapped inside. His blazing figure left a dazzling brilliance in the red world.

    众人纷纷拿出手机，将这幅让人惊艳的画面拍摄下来，作为永恒的留影。

The people took out their phones one after another and photographed this stunning scene as an eternal reminisce.

    在尚可第三次冲进火中时，闻景戎和消防几乎在同一时间赶到。刚下车，闻景戎便听到众人正在兴奋地谈论着某人的英雄事迹。原本他并没在意，直到他看见一个熟悉的身影出现在燃烧的大火中……

When Shang Ke rushed into the fire for the third time, Wen Jingrong and the firefighters arrived almost at the same time. When Wen Jingrong got out of his car, he heard the crowd discussing excitedly about someone’s heroic deed. He originally didn’t take it to heart until he saw a familiar figure appearing from the huge fire… 

    “可可！”闻景戎几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛，火焰中那个人是他的可可？

“Keke!” Wen Jingrong almost couldn’t believe his eyes. The person in the fire was his Keke?

    闻景戎大脑一片空白，随即想也不想就准备冲进去，结果被身边的消防人员给拦住。

Wen Jingrong’s mind blank out. Without thinking, he immediately prepared to rush into the fire but was stopped by the firefighter by his side. 

    但闻景戎的身手何等敏捷，几名消防人员根本拦不住他，眨眼间就被他挣脱，然后惊惶地看着他冲进大火。

However, Wen Jingrong was very skillful and agile. The few firefighters couldn’t stop him at all and he broke free from them in a blink of an eye. Then, the firefighters panicky watched him rush into the fire.

    一名消防人员反应很快，拿起水管就往闻景戎身上喷去。

A firefight reacted quickly as he picked up the hose and sprayed towards Wen Jingrong.

    “你冲进来干什么？”尚可瞪着眼前这个不要命的男人。

“Why did you rush in?” Shang Ke stared at the death seeking man before him.

    闻景戎更是怒不可遏：你跑来玩命还有理了！说好的回家等他吃饭呢？准备给他吃火烧人肉串吗？

Wen Jingrong was even more furious: So it’s okay for you to play with your life but not me?! Didn’t you agree that you will go home and wait for me to go back and eat together? Are you preparing to let me eat human meat skewers?

    “这句话应该由我来问！”闻景戎几近粗鲁地扯过他肩膀上的男人，气急败坏地喊道，“走，出去再说！”

“I should be the one asking you!” Wen Jingrong pulled the man on Shang Ke’s shoulder over somewhat roughly and shouted in exasperation, “Go, we will speak outside!”

    尚可感觉到他身上涌现的煞气，看着他被烧红的皮肤，不敢耽误时间，跟在他身边快步朝外面冲去。

Shang Ke could feel the negative energy emerging from his body. He didn’t dare to waste any more time when he saw that Wen Jingrong was turning red from the heat. He followed Wen Jingrong and rushed quickly towards the exit.

    眼看即将冲出大火的包围，头上一块吊顶突然脱落，直直朝闻景戎砸去。

They were about to rush out of the encirclement of fire when a piece of the suspended ceiling fell straight towards Wen Jingrong.

    “小心!”尚可用力推开闻景戎，自己却被吊顶砸了个正着。

“Watch out!” Shang Ke pushed Wen Jingrong aside but he was smashed by the suspended ceiling himself.

    “可可！”闻景戎的视线一片血红，心脏几乎停顿。他扔开手上正处于半昏迷状态的男人，扑到尚可身边。

“Keke!” Wen Jingrong’s eyes turned red and his heart almost stopped. He pushed away the half conscious man in his arms and rushed straight towards Shang Ke’s side.

    尚可被压在重物之下，其实并没有多少痛感，反而是闻景戎的靠近，让他痛苦不已。

Shang Ke didn’t actually feel much pain being pressed under a heavy object. On the contrary, he felt more pain when Wen Jingrong neared him.

    他抬起头，发现闻景戎的头发冒出了火星，继续烧下去可能就要秃瓢了，他可不喜欢光头的男人。

Shang Ke looked up and realised that there were some sparks on Wen Jingrong’s hair. Wen Jingrong might go bald if it continues burning. He doesn’t like bald men.

    尚可握住闻景戎的手，将自己为数不多的法力全部加持在他身上，保护他不受火焰的伤害。

Shang Ke held Wen Jingrong’s hand and used the little amount of power he had to bless Wen Jingrong and protect him from the fire.

    闻景戎感觉身上一片清凉，周围的火焰仿佛被无形的屏障隔绝，再也无法近身。

Wen Jingrong felt a coolness over his body. The surrounding fire seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier and was no longer able to come closer.

    他诧异地看向尚可，这才发现他好像完全不受大火的影响，皮肤白里透红，没有丝毫被烧伤的痕迹，浮动的发丝闪烁着点点荧光，映照着火焰的双眸，流动着妖冶的神采。

He looked at Shang Ke in surprise and discovered that he didn’t seem to be affected by the huge fire at all. His skin looked pale and had no trace of being burned. Faint light seemed to be flickering on his waving hair. His eyes which are reflecting the image of the fire were enchanting.

    “闻景戎，不要发呆了，快点离开吧。”尚可低声说道。

“Wen Jingrong, stop being in a daze. Quickly leave.” Shang Ke said softly.

    “要走一起走。”闻景戎起身抬脚，用力将压在尚可身上的东西踢开，然后伸手将他抱起，正准备一鼓作气带他冲出去，突然感觉手上一空，原本被他抱在怀里的尚可，如同烟尘一般，在他眼前一点点消散。

“We will leave together.” Wen Jingrong stood up and kicked away the object pressing down on Shang Ke. Then, he stretched his hand to carry him. He was about to use a burst of energy to rush out while carrying Shang Ke when he suddenly felt his hand was empty. Shang Ke who was originally held in his arms slowly dissipated before his eyes like smoke.

    随即只听哐当一声，一件物品掉在地上。

Immediately afterwards, a clatter could be heard as an object fell onto the ground.

    闻景戎低头一看，竟然是那支经常被他戴在衣袖上的魔数笔！活生生的恋人突然变成一支笔，饶是以闻景戎的心理素质，一时也有些懵逼了。

Wen Jingrong lowered his head to look and saw that it was actually the magic pen that he often wears on his sleeves! His living lover suddenly turned into a pen. Even though Wen Jingrong had good psychological qualities, he was still stunned.

    他下意识朝自己的衣袖摸去，果然摸了个空。

He unconsciously touched his sleeves and indeed found it empty.

    闻景戎颤抖地将地上的魔数笔捡起来，眼中满是震惊，大脑一片混乱。随即让他心慌的是，这支魔数笔的笔身，逐渐变得污迹斑斑，不复从前的光彩，好像寿命将尽一般。

Wen Jingrong picked up the magic pen on the ground with trembling hands. His eyes were full of shock and his mind was in a mess. What made him panicked more was the pen body of the magic pen gradually becoming full of stains. It didn’t look as glossy as before but as if it was near the end of its life span.

    【闻景戎，快离开。】耳边再次传来尚可呢喃般的催促声。

【Wen Jingrong, quickly leave.】Shang Ke’s whisper-like urging sounded once again by his ear.

    闻景戎回过神，小心翼翼地将魔数笔放入贴身的口袋，然后背起地上的男人，快速冲出了大火……

Wen Jingrong came back to his senses. He carefully placed the magic pen in his pocket, then carried the man on the ground and rushed out of the fire… 

[1] He – It, he and she sounds the same in chinese. Shang Ke used the word ‘he’ but Wen Jingrong will probably take it as a ‘it’.

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