Chapter 266 Don’t Touch the Tiger’s Butt

As the saying goes: Better to die for a fellow Daoist than for a poor Daoist like myself.

Don't blame him for being ruthless. If that idiot hadn't just exposed himself, would he have been blocked by his junior sister? Ha...

Everyone knows that the third disciple under Venerable Futu is the kindest with a radiant smile, but also the most vindictive.

If someone offends him, he might not do anything to you to your face at the time, but you never know when you might start to have bad luck!

Not to mention, he was just telling the truth today.

Before Jun Wuduan could finish gloating, the chandelier hanging above his head suddenly swayed a few times and crashed down.

With a loud crash, the beautiful chandelier shattered on the floor.

Several waiters outside the corridor rushed over immediately upon hearing the commotion.

"Sir, are you alright?"

Jun touched the small, one-centimeter-long scar on his cheek, caused by a shard of glass, and looked distressed.

How could he forget that their eldest brother, though outwardly upright and virtuous, was actually more petty than anyone else, especially when it came to his junior sister and his male pride?

This little incident is simply meant to warn Jun Wuduan not to think that he can get away with everything by blaming Qi Yingxuan.

Qi Yingxuan is the principal offender, and the other two are accomplices; none of them can escape.

Jun Wuduan pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off his fingers and murmured, "You really can't touch a tiger's backside. Once in a while is fine, but too often and you'll probably be disfigured."

The approaching waiter, not having heard him clearly, looked puzzled: "Sir, what did you say?"

"It's nothing, just clean this up."

After saying this, Jun Wuduan threw the blood-stained handkerchief into the pile of broken glass and walked outside.

He still had to deliver a message to the fifth brother. He was sure that the fifth brother's expression upon hearing the message left to him by his eldest brother would be... quite interesting.

It must be said that the Liu family is quite efficient.

Ye Wanxi had just given Liu Yunrui a clear direction, and the two siblings went back and thoroughly investigated Li Yonghu.

Although Mr. Liu is now a businessman, he used to work in intelligence before he became wealthy, and he has a wide network of contacts in the field.

They didn't investigate Li Yonghu before because they felt that this brother-in-law was family and there was no need to investigate.

Now, the lives of her younger sister and two children are at stake, and Ye Wanxi has also subtly revealed to them that Li Yonghu is burdened with a "debt of life."

Even if they didn't want to investigate, they had no choice.

What they found out was shocking.

Li Yonghu's cousin is the vice president of Strawberry Pictures, a well-known film investment company in the industry that specializes in collecting valuable film themes for investment and production.

Li Yonghu is the top screenwriter in this film company, and many of his scripts have been bought out and produced by the company.

For example, Strawberry Pictures was one of the main investors in "The Search," a film that was recently abandoned by Chen Debang.

In the past, the Liu family only thought that Li Yonghu was talented and that his cousin happened to have some power in this field. The two brothers supported each other and benefited from each other, which led to the success of Strawberry Pictures today.

But when they investigated further, they found that all the talk about talent and support was a joke.

Although Li Yonghu was a screenwriter, he was completely unknown before his cousin became the vice president. His scripts were rejected by more than a dozen companies and were criticized as worthless.

All his glory and achievements came after his cousin climbed to the position of vice president.

Did he suddenly have a breakthrough, or were those companies blind and mistook a pearl for a fish eye?

Neither!

The truth is that Li Yonghu's cousin, taking advantage of his position, secretly intercepted many impressive script submissions.

By resorting to threats and even deception, the original authors of these scripts were persuaded to relinquish their copyrights and transfer them to Li Yonghu, who then put the scripts under his name.

Simply put, it means forcing them to become Li Yonghu's henchmen, taking everything from them, and contributing to Li Yonghu's current glamorous achievements.

When Liu Zhengqing learned the truth, he was so angry that his face turned pale.

He enjoyed watching movies and originally greatly admired his uncle, Li Yonghu, thinking it was an extraordinary achievement that he could write all sorts of captivating scripts and turn them into television series.

But now he realizes that what he admires is nothing more than the hypocritical facade of Li Yonghu. His uncle, whom he thought was so great, is actually rotten inside, emitting the stench of trampling on the achievements of others.

Following this lead, the Liu family quickly discovered the film script "Searching" that Ye Wanxi had previously halted.

This script helped Li Yonghu win the gold medal in this year's science fiction script competition. Strawberry Pictures couldn't wait to announce that the script would be adapted into a film on the day he won the award, and soon after, they invited Chen Debang to be the director of the film.

Unfortunately, less than a month after filming began, several of the lead actors ran into trouble, and the script became a ghost story that many actors in the industry dread.

The Liu family hadn't taken the matter seriously before, but ever since Aunt Liu and the children had the accident, they've become concerned about it.

The series of mishaps that have befallen members of this production crew is strikingly similar to their own family situation.

After several investigations, they finally discovered that the script was indeed... not written by Li Yonghu.

Its real author is named He Shang, who is also a screenwriter.

He was hospitalized a year ago due to serious injuries sustained in a car accident, and after more than a week of intensive care, he ultimately succumbed to his injuries.

After He Shang's death, his wife single-handedly raised their son, who was still in elementary school.

Even more coincidentally, He Shang's son happens to be in the same grade and class as Liu Yunrui's youngest daughter!

"This is it, this is it! This is exactly what Miss Ye was talking about!"

Liu Yunrui gripped the documents tightly in her hand, feeling both excited and angry, and almost burst into tears on the spot.

“Two months ago, He Shang’s son was in the same class as our baby! But not long after that, the child was expelled from school. The reason was… theft.”

Mr. Liu's face was also very grim. Yes, it was theft.

The school's reason was that the He family was poor, and at the time, a child in the class secretly brought a fountain pen worth several thousand yuan from his father to school to play with.

He Shang's son, seeing the money, stole the child's pen, intending to sell it for profit.

The incident escalated, and the father of the stolen child rushed to the school intending to call the police. However, after He Shang's wife pleaded with him, he ultimately chose to settle the matter privately, leaving no criminal record for He Shang's son.

However, the school had to give an explanation for this matter, and as a result, He Shang's son was expelled!

Coincidentally, not long after that, the film crew of "The Search" started filming, and the actors in the crew began to have accidents one after another, as did his family members.

Liu Yunrui's hands trembled as she held the documents: "Brother, something's fishy about this! Something's definitely fishy."

(End of this chapter)