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

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Especially the smug look in Jing Yicheng’s eyes as he left…

Ruan Chenxuan slammed his fist on the steering wheel, the flames of anger surging and burning his rationality to ashes. All he could think of was Jing Yicheng’s proud and provocative demeanor.

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Is winning once really that great? Does winning once make you think you can rest easy? Does winning once make you believe you’re invincible and all-powerful?

Haha, very good! Jing Yicheng successfully ignited his desire to win and made him want to snatch people away – if he wins, even if it’s not for love or brotherhood, it’s still better than leaving Jing Yicheng to become Xu Chenghao’s confederate!

Once he takes care of the illegitimate child at home, he’ll get involved in their affairs!

Yes, he’s gone mad, Jing Yicheng has driven him mad! Now let’s see who is completely crazy!

Ruan Chenxuan stepped on the accelerator and drove home at high speed.

On the other side.

If Ruan Chenxuan was angry and unwilling, then Jing Yicheng was extremely pleased – even though he sat in the passenger seat with no expression, just like before, his vacant eyes revealed that he was savoring Ruan Chenxuan’s expression as he drove his car away.

One word: satisfying!!!

He was happier than making a lot of money, and more excited than completing any research! This was the taste of victory, truly irresistible. Jing Yicheng had only tasted it once, but he wished he could hold onto it forever, never letting the person he envied succeed, making him wear a dark and miserable expression for a lifetime!

Ha, compete with him? When he guards a treasure, he watches every bit of it. Do you think you could take advantage of him behind his back? Ridiculous!

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If, in the past, Jing Yicheng was worried that Ruan Chenxuan would make a comeback and try to snatch people away from him, now he felt at ease. He clearly felt the gap between Ruan Chenxuan and himself, and it was huge.

It has long been said that a slight difference could lead to a thousand-mile gap. From the moment Jing Yicheng first discovered the goodness of Xu Chenghao and became friends with him to collaborate, he had already left Ruan Chenxuan far behind. If there was still a chance of being caught up by him despite such a huge difference, then he, Jing Yicheng, would have lived in vain all these years!

Ruan Chenxuan could just stare blankly; with him around, there was no way he could succeed in anything!

Jing Yicheng had already completely immersed himself in his own world until the moving car suddenly stopped. Xu Chenghao unlocked the car and said, “Get out.” Only then did Jing Yicheng snap back to reality, turning his head to look out the car window.

Familiar greenery, familiar buildings—it turned out they had come straight home.

Jing Yicheng was quite surprised: “Isn’t the company busy? You just brought me back like this?”

“Whether the company is busy or not, with you like this, can I still boss you around?” Xu Chenghao said, “Go back and rest… By the way, does your assistant know that you ran out of the hospital?”

Jing Yicheng: “…”

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Xu Chenghao: “…”

Jing Yicheng: “…”

Xu Chenghao let out a long sigh, feeling somewhat speechless like dealing with a naughty child. “Now call your assistant and have him come to pick you up to the apartment.”

Jing Yicheng could only take out his phone, Step 1—Power it on!

Xu Chenghao started rubbing his temples.

Step 2: Make a call.

As soon as the call connected, even Xu Chenghao could hear the wailing and crying from the assistant on the other end of the line. The assistant was crying miserably, “Boss, where are you going? Do you know I’ve been searching all over the city for you, about to call for reinforcements? Are you kidnapped? If you are, blink your eyes twice… no, just nod, and I’ll come to rescue you!!”

Jing Yicheng’s voice was cold as ice, “Cursing me?”

The wailing instantly stopped, and the assistant resumed a normal tone: “How could I? What I meant was, Boss, where are you right now? How are your wounds? Do you need me to bring a medical kit?”

“Yes!” Xu Chenghao hurriedly replied, “We’re still in the residential area and haven’t gotten out of the car yet. Come over and pick him up.”

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The assistant quickly recognized Xu Chenghao’s voice and excitedly said, “Thank you so much, President Xu! We’ll be there right away. Please take good care of our boss and don’t let him—smack!”

The call was abruptly cut off. Jing Yicheng impatiently said, “He’s so talkative.”

Xu Chenghao defended the assistant: “He’s just concerned about you. Having you as a boss is like needing nine lives.”

Jing Yicheng calmly said, “The reason I’m so passive is still because my abilities aren’t enough.”

“Nonsense, if he had the same abilities as you, would he still work for you?” Xu Chenghao said, taking out a bottle of mineral water from the car storage compartment and handing it to him. “Here, have some while it’s still cool.”

Jing Yicheng took it but didn’t open it: “If you’re thirsty, we can go upstairs and have hot water.”

“For you to drink. I’ll have to go back to the company later; I’m too lazy to go up,” Xu Chenghao said, looking at the mineral water in his hand curiously. “You don’t like cold water?”

Jing Yicheng: “I’m not thirsty.”

Xu Chenghao leaned in and pulled down the sun visor on the passenger side: “Take a look at your lips before you say that.”

There was a small rectangular mirror on the sun visor, and Jing Yicheng looked at his lips and realized they were already parched and pale.

Jing Yicheng subconsciously licked his lips: “I didn’t notice… Did you give me water after seeing my lips like this?”

Xu Chenghao asked back, “Otherwise? Did you think I poisoned it?”

Jing Yicheng suddenly smiled slyly: “Who knows?”

Although he said that, Jing Yicheng’s actions were not slow at all. He unscrewed the cap and drank half a bottle of mineral water directly. After seeing his lips return to normal, he raised his hand and put the sun visor back in place.

Sometimes, being cared for in detail by others is truly a heartwarming thing. It’s no wonder Ruan Chenxuan said that the details reveal a person’s heart… It was the first time Jing Yicheng agreed with his viewpoint.

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Xu Chenghao knew the other was joking, so he stopped bothering him after he drank the water and leaned back in his chair, waiting for the assistant to hurry over.

Somehow, either because of enjoying the sun too much or being truly exhausted, Xu Chenghao, who was originally waiting with his eyes closed, unexpectedly fell asleep.

Upon seeing this, Jing Yicheng quietly took out his phone and started typing a message to his assistant: “Take your time coming here, don’t appear in front of me within the next two hours.”

As soon as the message was displayed as sent, a very familiar car stopped nearby—the brakes and the notification sound of the message sounded simultaneously.

Assistant: “…”

Jing Yicheng: “…”

This was extremely awkward.

What was even more embarrassing was that the two cars stopped side by side, greatly affecting the passage on the road in the residential area. The cars behind were not pleased and directly honked three times to startle Xu Chenghao awake.

Jing Yicheng: “…”

Did he use up all his luck with Ruan Chenxuan?

Xu Chenghao rubbed his face and reluctantly regained his composure. Following the honking sound, he looked outside and was immediately surprised: “Hey? Isn’t that your car? Your assistant is here, so you should get off quickly and not block the way.”

Jing Yicheng: “… Then, I’ll be leaving.”

Xu Chenghao: “Yeah, goodbye.”

Jing Yicheng: “…”
In the end, he got off the car and watched Xu Chenghao drive away gracefully.

Assistant: Can’t say a word. jpg

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After wandering outside for so long, Xu Chenghao finally returned to the company and started getting busy. Li Nian had already tidied up the upstairs office and calculated the precise loss figures down to the cent.

Xu Chenghao instructed him to send half of the compensation amount to Jing Yicheng and the remaining half to Ruan Chenxuan, requiring them to make up for their losses. He sat at his desk, concentrating on signing documents and trying to minimize the number of folders piled at the corner of his desk.

Later, Li Nian came back and said, “Mr. Xu, after I sent them half of the compensation, both of them sent full compensation, saying they paid it all and didn’t want to accept anything from each other.”

“They seem to understand me quite well,” Xu Chenghao said without looking up. “Accept the amount they each have to pay, and refund the rest.”

Li Nian: “Okay.”

“Also, if they refuse to accept it, just tell them that I don’t want anything from either of them,” Xu Chenghao added.

Li Nian: “Got it, I’ll let them know.”

Xu Chenghao: “Go ahead.”

After Li Nian left the office and tried to process the refunds, he was indeed met with resistance. Since he was prepared, he quoted Xu Chenghao’s words to resolve the situation directly. Li Nian couldn’t help but marvel, “Mr. Xu is just extraordinary, almost prophetic!”

After a busy day, Xu Chenghao drove back home feeling exhausted. Unfortunately, he ran into the male lead when he was leaving the garage.

Xu Chenghao couldn’t be bothered to speak much. He just nodded in acknowledgment and went straight into the elevator, leaning against the wall to rest.
Ruan Chenxuan followed into the elevator as well. “I might be moving back to live here soon,” he said.

Xu Chenghao glanced at him from the corner of his eye: “What about Han Haofeng? Aren’t you afraid he’ll cause trouble by living in the Ruan family residence?”

Ruan Chenxuan: “Perhaps I would have been worried before, but now it would be difficult for anyone to shake me.”

Xu Chenghao: “True, and I haven’t congratulated Mr. Ruan on the tremendous success of the project. Congratulations!”

Ruan Chenxuan smiled: “Mr. Xu should share in the joy as well.”

The two of them exchanged insincere compliments before finally reaching Ruan Chenxuan’s floor. He nodded and walked out of the elevator.

Xu Chenghao also breathed a sigh of relief and closed the elevator door.

As the door was about to close completely, a hand suddenly squeezed in and pushed the door open. Ruan Chenxuan stood at the door and said, “Sorry, Mr. Xu, I forgot to take my keys. My assistant is on the way to bring them. It might take a few minutes. Can I come upstairs and wait for a while?”

Xu Chenghao was somewhat skeptical: “Is that so?”

Ruan Chenxuan raised his hands in a gesture of innocence and blocked the almost-closed elevator door. “This is definitely an accident. Of course, if it makes Mr. Xu uncomfortable, I don’t want to force it. I can wait here for a while.”

Xu Chenghao glanced at his hand, forced a dry smile, and thought, ‘If you don’t want to force it, then let me close the elevator door! I can’t believe your words!’

He restrained the urge to roll his eyes and helplessly said, “Mr. Ruan, feel free to come in if you want. After all, my home lacks An Rouyu’s presence, and our relationship won’t change.”

Ruan Chenxuan smiled and walked into the elevator. “Mr. Xu, rest assured. This time, I genuinely left something at the Ruan family home, and it has nothing to do with past events.”

Xu Chenghao: “I hope so.”

Ruan Chenxuan nodded: “Of course.”

They arrived at Xu Chenghao’s floor, and Ruan Chenxuan finally entered Xu Chenghao’s home without any pretense for the second time. Before he could even put on a smile, he saw two legs flash past the window. When he took a closer look, he saw Jing Yicheng in casual clothes hanging outside the window, revealing a sinister smile. Clenching his teeth, Jing Yicheng said, “What a coincidence, Ruan, Chen, Xuan!”

 

The author has something to say: A few minutes ago.

Jing Yicheng, watching the surveillance footage, frantically pressed the elevator button.

Ruan Chenxuan: I’m blocking, I’m blocking, I’m blocking!

 

T/N: There must be something wrong with me, I’m starting to think Jing Yicheng is so cute ahahaha~ Hands up if you agree with me