Chapter 4 Damn 208!

"Remember, Article 1 of the Special Investigation Bureau's rules." Jiang Mu raised his index finger, his special effects makeup wrinkles and foundation falling off. "Under no circumstances may you use your supernatural powers on ordinary people."

Li Xiaogou sat cross-legged on a folding chair, holding his lunch box and mumbling, "What about the second one?"

"Second rule." Jiang Mu subconsciously straightened his back, then remembered that he should hunch over at this moment, and quickly tucked his neck into his gray collar. "When using supernatural powers, you can't let ordinary people see you."

The stainless steel spoon made a clear sound on the edge of the lunch box. Li Xiaogou suddenly leaned in closer, and the artificial snow flakes stuck to his dark eyelashes. "What if I saw it?"

Jiang Mu took a half step back: "I saw it—" His tactical belt hit the prop rack, and the crystal chandelier hanging on it jingled. "Anyway, we can't let them see it."

"oh."

Their shadows merged into one under the fill light. When the stagehand passed by with the costumes, he thought it was just a young man who had brought money into the production and was acting with someone related to him. After all, Jiang Mu's face was still covered in wrinkled silicone, like a dried old ginseng.

The assistant director behind the monitor put out his third cigarette and looked ten years older.

Ever since Huang Binhai suffered a heart attack in detention, the crew of this fantasy drama has been under a spell. Before the investor's withdrawal emails had even been sent, an astronomical sum of money was wired to an offshore account, with the sole condition that Jiang Mu replace a minor character.

"Ready for Game 37!" The clapperboard snapped shut.

Li Xiaogou's fingertips were shaking from trying to hold back his laughter.

Jiang Mu wore a gray wig, and special effects makeup created cracks on his cheekbones - this wasn't the Isatis root essence that had been cultivated for thousands of years, it was clearly the Terracotta Warriors that had just been unearthed.

The most terrible thing is those eyes.

Even with age spots and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, when he looked up, his pupils were still as clear as the snow on the peak of Kunlun Mountain. This wasn't some old demon who had seen through the mundane world, but a college student who had stolen his grandfather's coat.

His role today is to recognize his father played by Jiang Mu, and to perform a secret technique to use his own blood to save his father.

"Did you take the initiative to play this role?" Li Xiaogou couldn't contain his curiosity.

"Role?" Jiang Mu was stunned for a moment before reacting, "It was arranged by the bureau."

"The new investor for this drama is Team Yun. He said this kind of innocuous role wouldn't offend other actors and would be the best for undercover work."

Li Xiaogou keenly grasped the key point: "Invested by Yunlou? Can public funds be used like this?"

This style is exactly the same as those leaders who were just sitting in office and doing nothing he had seen in his previous life.

"Of course not!"

Jiang Mu was immediately furious when his idol was questioned: "Captain Yun is from the Yun family. All this money was paid out of his own pocket. In fact, many of the difficult cases in the bureau were personally funded by Captain Yun."

"If you don't work hard to solve the case, you will go back and inherit billions of dollars in assets?" Li Xiaogou joked. He had seen many such characters in the entertainment industry in his previous life.

"Captain Yun inherited the family business a long time ago."

Li Xiaogou was shocked: "So he wants to manage the family business and the Special Investigation Bureau at the same time? What's his goal?"

"Team Yun's realm is not something that we mortals can understand." When Yun Lou was mentioned, Jiang Mu's eyes were filled with admiration.

Li Xiaogou wisely didn't continue the topic and instead thought of another question: "Speaking of which... although it's just a small role assigned to you, can you act?"

Jiang Mu smiled confidently: "Of course. How can you carry out an undercover mission without some acting skills? The Special Investigation Bureau's training curriculum includes acting classes."

Li Xiaogou moved closer to Jiang Mu and asked sincerely, "Can you teach me?"

Jiang Mu: “…”

Li Xiaogou helplessly spread his hands and said, "You can search my name online. Lu Chenzhou's fans all call me beautiful wood."

*

“Action!”

The male protagonist played by Lu Chenzhou turned twice in the air and rescued the elderly Isatis root spirit played by Jiang Mu.

The two looked at each other in the air.

As soon as he landed, Lu Chenzhou pushed Jiang Mu away in disgust.

Ignoring the crew members' calls, he dived into the RV.

Although this scene is quite bizarre, is it necessary to be so disgusted with it?

Lu Chenzhou has made quite a few bad movies, so shouldn't he be more experienced by now?

Jiang Mu squatted in the corner and drew circles.

"Hey, there's a problem."

Looking back, I found it was Li Xiaogou.

Li Xiaogou narrowed his eyes and stared at the direction of the RV: "Lu Chenzhou is walking too fast, there is something strange."

Jiang Mu lowered his eyes: "It's hard not to be angry at my face in a scene like this."

"Have you forgotten your identity?"

Jiang Mu blinked: "My identity...your long-lost father?"

Li Xiaogou clenched his fist and took a deep breath: "You are now a resource-rich person who was stuffed into the crew by a big investor! Even if someone like Lu Chenzhou is immersed in the entertainment industry and is dissatisfied with you, he won't show it so obviously."

"That makes sense."

"What do you think? Could it be that he had a drug addiction and got in the car to take drugs?" Li Xiaogou made a bold guess.

"Just check it out and you'll know." Jiang Mu became serious for a second.

"Wait." Li Xiaogou stopped Jiang Mu, "Take a picture before you leave."

Jiang Mu was full of doubts, but still listened to Li Xiaogou.

Li Xiaogou explained, "This is called laying the groundwork. I'll post the stills later. When this is exposed, the public will dig deeper and discover that Lu Chenzhou was actually taking drugs at that time."

There was a hint of admiration in Jiang Mu's eyes when he looked at Li Xiaogou.

The two people's plan did not go smoothly.

Even if Lu Chenzhou is not in the RV himself, he will ask someone to watch over it.

It was not until they sent Lu Chenzhou, who had left work early, back home and drove the RV back to the camp that they found the opportunity to investigate.

Li Xiaogou didn't rush up, but suggested: "Let's split up. You go to Lu Chenzhou's villa and keep an eye on him, and I'll go to the RV to look for clues."

"Act separately?" Jiang Mu looked straight into Li Xiaogou's eyes.

"Well. I'm a newcomer, so the dangerous task of keeping an eye on Lu Chenzhou will definitely be given to you, and the RV can be left to me." Li Xiaogou was very frank.

He used all his strength to exert his supernatural powers, but still could not hear Li Xiaogou's inner voice. Instead, he was shocked by the screams in Li Xiaogou's mind and his face turned pale.

"Are you okay?"

Jiang Mu shook his head: "Then we should split up."

*

As soon as the two separated, the smile on Li Xiaogou's face immediately disappeared.

They said it was to ensure his safety, but in fact Yunlou just wanted Jiang Mu to keep an eye on him.

Can’t use supernatural powers on ordinary people?

Those who don’t use it are fools.

Lu Chenzhou is gone, but his agent is still there.

How could someone like Lu Chenzhou, who couldn't even tie his own shoelaces on the set, become a drug den in the entertainment industry on his own?

He doesn't believe it.

This agent was definitely involved.

Just as he was thinking about it, the agent finished handing over the driver and walked towards him.

Estimating the time in his mind, he rushed out from behind the car on time.

As expected, the two of them collided head-on.

"Don't you have eyes?" The agent brushed off the non-existent dust on his sleeves.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."

Li Xiaogou looked into the other person's eyes and apologized sincerely.

His agent was too lazy to show any good face to a small actor like him. He just snorted coldly and left.

After the people had gone far away, Li Xiaogou looked into the void in front of him.

[Private life/criminal history. 】

Li Xiaogou chose criminal history.

The air twisted for a moment, then gradually returned to normal.

The words automatically entered Li Xiaogou's mind, but everything he saw made his pupils shrink suddenly.

He must meet up with Jiang Mu immediately!

*

Jiang Mu curled up behind the cabinet, covering his mouth and nose tightly, not daring to make any sound.

When he arrived at the villa, he found the door ajar. He hesitated for a few seconds, but still slipped into the house.

In the self-built villa in the countryside, Lu Chenzhou was smoking in the room at the end of the second floor, slumped in a chair, with no reaction to the outside world.

Jiang Mu saw everything through the crack in the door and immediately took photos with his phone as evidence. After confirming that Lu Chenzhou was unconscious, he carefully pushed open the door.

The room was in a mess, which was in stark contrast to Lu Chenzhou's bright and handsome image in public.

Since Lu Chenzhou was a drug dealer planted in the entertainment industry, he must have a large amount of drugs. To convict him of drug trafficking, solid evidence was necessary.

Jiang Mu searched every hidden corner of the room and finally found the drugs in the compartment between the wine boxes in the cabinet.

However, the moment he closed the cabinet door, he saw a scene through the glass door that made his pupils shrink suddenly.

——A man was standing behind him, swinging a brown wooden stick in his hand towards him with all his strength.

*

On a country road, the streetlights flickered. A handsome man in ancient costume was running with a serious expression.

The crew was on break and couldn't find a car, so running over was the fastest way.

"What a crappy system! It doesn't even provide a speed bonus."

It was dark at night, and Li Xiaogou was not paying attention when he bumped into a little boy who was playing with firecrackers on the edge of a field.

The little boy fell on his butt and his chapped face wrinkled into a ball, but after seeing Li Xiaogou's outfit, his grievance instantly turned into fear.

"Mom, there's a ghost!" the little brother cried loudly.

"Shh..." Li Xiaogou raised his finger, "Did you fall anywhere?"

The child was frightened by this strange adult and answered blankly: "My butt hurts."

Li Xiaogou perfunctorily patted the kid's chubby butt and said in a tone that even he disliked: "It hurts, Feifei."

The little boy hiccuped out of fright.

Li Xiaogou made sure that everyone was fine, and without wasting another second, he turned around and continued running forward.

He didn't notice that the child's mother had already caught up with him. She looked at her tearful child, then at Li Xiaogou's retreating figure. Thinking of the crew filming in town recently, she angrily took out her phone and took a photo of the "hit-and-run" 208 from behind.

This damn 208 must pay the price!

Unleashing his potential to run 1200 meters, Li Xiaogou took 20 minutes to finally reach Lu Chenzhou's villa.

On the way, he had contacted Yunlou using the communicator equipped by the Special Investigation Bureau.

The reply came almost instantly, with six concise words: Don't act rashly.

Li Xiaogou found a commanding height to ambush and kept a close eye on every move in the villa.

Sure enough, Jiang Mu ran into that group of people.

*

In the yard, Jiang Mu and Lu Chenzhou were both tied up. Lu Chenzhou was being beaten, and Jiang Mu wasn't much better off. His face was bruised, and his hands and feet were tied, but he still tried to throw himself towards Lu Chenzhou, trying to stop him from being beaten.

"You can't even save yourself and you still want to save others, you fool who overestimates your own abilities!"

Li Xiaogou cursed with a gloomy face.

"This group of people have really killed people."