After Becoming a Spare Tire, I Was Targeted by the Villain and the Male Lead at the Same Time

Chapter 53

Because every time Jing Yicheng’s assistant requested leave from Xu Chenghao on Jing Yicheng’s behalf, he always claimed his boss was busy with something important; when Xu Chenghao dialed the number, he was slightly worried that the other person might not have his phone with him or might be too busy to answer the call. Additionally, it was rumored that highly classified areas would block signal sources.

As the speculations continued in his mind, Xu Chenghao’s phone, which was placed close to his ear, made a soft sound of “da,” followed by the clear voice of Jing Yicheng from the other end, getting straight to the point, “President Xu? Is something wrong?”

-He answered so quickly!

Xu Chenghao was slightly surprised and paused three seconds before replying: “Nothing is wrong. I just called…” to tell you that Little Yellow Duck misses you. When are you planning to come back and visit it?

Just as he was about to vent his frustration, Xu Chenghao forcefully changed the topic, “I just called to see how busy you, ‘the busy person,’ really are. I didn’t expect you to be able to answer the phone.”

Jing Yicheng instantly understood: “I’ve been busy lately.”

“You can say that again…” Xu Chenghao couldn’t help but complain: “Not only did you not request leave in advance, but you also promised to take only one day off, yet you’ve been absent for four days. Are you planning to quit?”

Jing Yicheng: “How could that be? I did have an unexpected matter this time. Once I’m done with my busy schedule, I will definitely come back and apologize.”

Taking the opportunity, Xu Chenghao asked further, “When will you be back then?”

On the other end of the phone, Jing Yicheng looked up, glanced at himself in the mirror, and felt that the bruises on his face didn’t seem as severe as before. With confidence, he replied, “Tomorrow, I’ll be able to come back tomorrow.”

Xu Chenghao: “What if you don’t come as you said?”

Jing Yicheng: “I keep my word. If I fail you, I will take responsibility for all the remaining work on the project. How about that?”

Xu Chenghao slammed the table: “Good! It’s settled!”

Listening to the cheers on the phone, a faint smile formed on Jing Yicheng’s lips, but it quickly froze as the pain from his injured wound resurfaced. He took a deep breath – damn, it hurts!

Jing Yicheng and Ruan Chenxuan have probably been disliking each other for a long time. In their world, the idea of not hitting each other’s face was as useless as dog shit; they would rather aim for the face. The end result was that Jing Yicheng turned Ruan Chenxuan into a pig’s head, but he himself didn’t fare much better.

But it was okay. He’s recovered now. When he meets Xu Chenghao at the company tomorrow, he’ll be the handsome and extraordinary Boss Jing! Much better than Ruan Chenxuan, who had to go out with a pig’s head and be laughed at all the way, heh.

With this thought, Jing Yicheng’s mood improved. He even turned the photo of Ruan Chenxuan sent by his subordinate into an emoji pack – [PigHead.jpg] and shared it with Xu Chenghao, who just hung up the phone.

Xu Chenghao replies with a series of “Hahaha.”

Jing Yicheng’s creative desire was stimulated, and he quickly created a few more: [I’m Beautiful and Colorful.jpg], [Are You Scared of Loving Me.jpg], [CEO Xu Only Sells Chili, Not Cuteness.jpg].

What the hell!!

Suddenly, Jing Yicheng realized what he’s done and immediately recalled the last emoji pack, but he was not fast enough to prevent Xu Chenghao from seeing it.

Xu Chenghao: “……”

Xu Chenghao: “Withdrawing won’t help. I saw it. Come on, explain it to me clearly :).”

Jing Yicheng remained silent for a while and typed silently: “It was a slip of the hand.”

Xu Chenghao: “A slip of the hand? So you’re saying there are other stickers on your phone? Are they all my stickers? Just like Ruan Chenxuan?”

Jing Yicheng tried to explain: “They’re not the same. Yours are nice-looking.”

Xu Chenghao: “…………”

Who the hell asked you to compliment their appearance? He was asking about the stickers!!

After sending several warning stickers, Xu Chenghao questioned: “Speak up! How many of my stickers do you still have? I want to see a screenshot of your sticker collection!”

Jing Yicheng looked at his extensive sticker collection and felt he might die if he took a screenshot.

So, after a few seconds of silence, he suddenly replied inappropriately: “I just received a notification about a new job. I might not be able to go to Xu Group tomorrow.”

Xu Chenghao: “…………”

Xu Chenghao responded with a smiling expression: “It’s okay, you don’t have to come. I’ll personally visit you at your home tonight :).”

Xu Chenghao: “【 photo of a small yellow duck pot x1】【Close-up of a pouting mouth x1】 The small yellow duck misses you. See you tonight!”

Jing Yicheng: “…………”

He was wrong.

He shouldn’t have mocked Ruan Chenxuan.

What does “joy turns to sorrow” mean? This is it.

Jing Yicheng rarely had the feeling of being caught red-handed. He felt both guilty and amused, leaning back on the sofa and reading the chat logs again. Even the wound on his lip couldn’t stop the smile that formed on his face.

When the assistant came in with medicine, he thought he was seeing things – you see, ever since the boss came back from the fight last time, he had been like a volatile volcano, erupting at the slightest provocation and freezing over when calm, and this was the first time he had smiled recently.

The assistant placed the medicine box on the table and opened it while cautiously asking, “Is it a message from President Xu?”

“Mhmm,” Jing Yicheng replied indifferently, still focused on his phone.

The assistant had an “I knew it” expression as he opened the lid of the ointment and pushed it toward him. “Boss, it’s time to apply the medicine.”

Jing Yicheng scrolled through the list a few times, and when he saw no activity in Xu Chenghao’s message column, he turned off his phone and solemnly applied the ointment to his face while looking at himself in the mirror.

… It really hurts.

The assistant opened one ointment after another, handing them over one by one and carefully putting them away after Jing Yicheng used them. He asked, “Will you still take a day off from Xu Group tomorrow?”

With several layers of ointment smeared on his face, Jing Yicheng replied with an expressionless face: “No, I’ll start working again tomorrow.”

The assistant glanced at his face and said, “Your wound hasn’t fully healed yet.”

Jing Yicheng took out his phone, looked at the close-up shot of the pouting little yellow duck, and sighed softly, “Maybe I’ll get hurt even more tomorrow.”
As soon as the words fell, Jing Yicheng received a retaliatory set of emojis from Xu Chenghao: [You’ll eventually seduce yourself to death.jpg] [Rise to the Western Heaven in a blaze of glory.jpg] [Not spicy at all, really not spicy.jpg]

These photos were all taken by Xu Chenghao from his own private circle of friends, which was visible only to him. It was the Nth day of Jing Yicheng’s “spicy death” when these photos were taken, and now with the captions, it really seemed to be the case.

Jing Yicheng’s poker face instantly cracked, and he laughed while gasping for air. Even his assistant, with a grimace on their face, felt his pain.

—The boss’s sense of humor really revolves around Xu Chenghao.

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Xu Group.

Just as Xu Chenghao was about to continue making emojis, Li Nian, who happened to pass by, slapped the table and, like scolding a mischievous child, earnestly said, “President Xu, if you keep slacking off, we’ll really have to work overtime! It’s already so late, and you’re still playing with your phone? Can we focus on our work first?”

Xu Chenghao retorted: “This is work. I’m contacting Jing Yicheng to ask when he’ll be back.”

Li Nian looked at him with some disbelief but still gave him face and asked, “So when will he be back?”

“Tomorrow,” Xu Chenghao said. “We agreed that if he dares to stand me up tomorrow, he’ll be responsible for the follow-up work on the project.”

“Very good,” Li Nian perfunctorily praised, then added, “But tomorrow is tomorrow. You just started today, so get to work quickly!”

“Okay…” Xu Chenghao felt guilty and could only put down his phone and start working. Opening a folder, he suddenly remembered something and said, “Nian Ge, do you have some time?”

Li Nian: “What’s up?”

Xu Chenghao: “Buy me a little yellow duck pillow.”

Li Nian: “???”

What is Xu Chenghao always thinking about every day??

Despite mocking him, Li Nian still sent someone to buy a shiny yellow duck pillow, which resembled the flowerpot. The only difference was that one had a pouting mouth while the other did not.

Xu Chenghao held the pillow for a while and was very satisfied. After work, he planned to take the little yellow duck pillow home and beat up Jing Yicheng – after all, his flowerpot with the pouty beak had small chili peppers growing in it, which made it inconvenient to use for hitting people. Therefore, he could only rely on the help of his “brotherhood”!

With the little yellow duck flowerpot in his left hand and the little yellow duck pillow in his right, Xu Chenghao confidently walked towards the building, intending to go home. Unexpectedly, he accidentally bumped into the male lead, Ruan Chenxuan.

Unlike his usual self, Ruan Chenxuan didn’t work overtime and was dressed in exquisite and luxurious attire, clearly returning from a banquet.

Xu Chenghao quickly realized that the cooperation between the Ruan and Jiang families must have succeeded… They acted pretty fast.

Ruan Chenxuan also noticed Xu Chenghao. Seeing him in a black suit, looking handsome, while carrying two conspicuous yellow objects, Ruan Chenxuan’s mouth twitched involuntarily – what a strange combination.

After exchanging nods and greetings, they entered the elevator together. Before they could say much, four or five young people rushed in on the second floor, instantly separating the two of them.

Listening to their conversation, it seemed they were going upstairs to meet some friends and had mistakenly come to the wrong floor, feeling embarrassed and all.

Xu Chenghao didn’t pay much attention, holding onto his two little yellow ducks, waiting to reach his floor. However, Ruan Chenxuan couldn’t help but glance at those young people a few more times, feeling that their posture and way of walking were a bit unusual.

However, before there was time to overthink, the elevator stopped at Ruan Chenxuan’s floor. He was the first to get off, and as he pushed the door to go home, he suddenly remembered something. He turned around and glanced at the changing floor numbers of the elevator.

The elevator stopped once upstairs, probably when Xu Chenghao got off, and then the number of floors continued to increase, stopping at the 12th floor.

Ruan Chenxuan immediately furrowed his brow and secretly wondered: Could it be that he was really overthinking?

At the same time, the phone, casually placed on the sofa by its owner, made a ding sound, reminding him of a new message.

Jing Yicheng, who was leaning on the sofa with his eyes closed, immediately opened his eyes and took the phone to unlock and check.

— “Mission accomplished.”

Jing Yicheng deleted the message expressionlessly. He looked up at the computer on the coffee table. At this moment, the computer screen displayed the surveillance footage of the elevator in the residential area, but the elevator was currently empty and completely different from the lively scene just now.

Jing Yicheng raised his hand and closed the computer, then continued to lean back on the sofa, closing his eyes to rest, preparing to rejuvenate his spirits and wait patiently for the rabbit—no, wait for the little yellow duck.

Sure enough, at 8 o’clock in the evening, the doorbell rang.

Jing Yicheng immediately got up to open the door. Before he could even smile and say a word of welcome, he heard a shout, “Ah, da!!!”