☆, 79, If you like, break your wings
"Director Zhang, why are you here? Did we start rehearsal early?" Seeing the director and Yu Jiuyin emerge, the stagehands were a bit surprised. Then, they all tensed up, trying to speed up their movements.
Something had happened on stage before, so they were taking it very seriously, fearing another problem. If rehearsal was moved up, they would have to rush through a final check.
However, this time, before the director could say anything, Yu Jiuyin stood on the stage by herself.
"Isn't this the newly recruited transfer student?" Several busy stagehands were stunned when they saw Yu Jiuyin.
It wasn't because of anything else, but mainly because Yu Jiuyin was so handsome. Even just standing there, he could catch people's attention without even noticing. If this was truly a gimmick concocted by the director, their show might just become a hot topic again.
However, the director shook his head, telling them to get down quickly. Yi Tian and the others followed suit.
"Police? Holy crap! Are all the good-looking people this good these days?" Upon hearing that Yu Jiuyin was here to investigate, several stagehands were stunned. Their first reaction wasn't that a murder had occurred during a variety show, but rather that Yu Jiuyin, who looks so good, was actually a police officer. Isn't that a waste of talent?
But the following scene instantly overturned their first impression of Yu Jiuyin. This beauty was too strong.
On the stage, Yi Tian and others followed Yu Jiuyin onto the stage, but after taking a few steps, they found that Yu Jiuyin stopped moving. They looked in the direction Yu Jiuyin was looking, and then they all shuddered.
Who could have imagined that there was a person tied to the bottom of the suspended platform that formed the sky garden at the top of the stage. His sinister eyes seemed to harbor ill intentions, but in a flash, he disappeared.
"Brother Yu!" Yisheng was a little anxious. The case had finally made some progress so far. If he let this person get away, the clue would be lost again.
However, Yu Jiuyin remained calm. He flicked out seven copper coins, which landed on the ground, completing the formation. The person who had just flashed by reappeared beneath the Hanging Gardens.
"Generally, people who know witchcraft will do some confusing things." Yu Jiuyin signaled Yisheng to go up and capture the man.
"Is it okay to just go up like this?" Yisheng was worried that this person would do something weird.
"It doesn't matter." Yu Jiuyin shook his head. "Born as a human, yet using strange methods used by monsters, how can you say there's no price to pay? Don't forget, Jingfeng's illegitimate fan is still missing. Whether he ran away or was attacked by the backlash is still unclear. As for the boss's illegitimate fan, he only used half the amount of Menghu powder and his body was damaged. You said that this guy first set his eyes on Bi Shuo, and when he was about to succeed, he attacked Yu Zilin. How can his health be any better?"
As expected, Yisheng easily took the man down without much effort. Just as Yu Jiuyin had said, this man only looked sinister, but in reality, he had no fighting power at all. After his deceptive magic wore off, he was so fragile that he couldn't even kill an ant.
Even so, he was still incredibly crazy. After seeing Yu Jiuyin, he even spat at him and cursed, "Disgusting!"
"How can someone as dirty as you be qualified to touch my Linlin?"
"Speak like a human being!" Yisheng got angry and twisted the man's arm fiercely. "You'll be in trouble when you get back to the police station."
Yu Jiuyin didn't seem angry. Instead, she walked closer to the man and looked into his eyes carefully for a moment. "Curse?"
"You, what did you say?" The man suddenly panicked.
"No, it's not a curse, it's more like a black magic spell." Yu Jiuyin reached out and patted the man's hand, and a strange doll fell out. The gray-white cotton thread was extremely dirty, and the doll's grinning face was even more chilling.
"Did you deliberately curse Yu Zilin to turn him into a transparent man?" Yu Jiuyin stared at the doll for a while, and suddenly understood the purpose of this voodoo doll.
This curse is quite vicious, causing the cursed person to gradually disappear from public view. To put it bluntly, in the end, even if they stand face to face with someone, they will treat them as if they were air. However, the curse's duration is too short, so Yu Zilin is only a bit underwhelming, but not completely forgotten. Furthermore, the amulet Yu Jiuyin had given Yu Zilin earlier also provided some protection.
Even so, if left alone, even with Yu Jiuyin's amulet protecting him, Yu Zilin's popularity would be damaged by the curse. An idol star who can't gain fame won't have a bright future.
Compared to the Dream Fox fans, this curse is even more sinister.
Yu Jiuyin took out a piece of talisman paper and directly ignited the voodoo doll, burning it to ashes in an instant.
"No!" the man exploded. "No! He's mine! He's mine! I won't allow anyone else to covet him!"
"Yu Zilin is his own son. Who gave you the nerve to treat him like this?" Yi kicked him angrily, "Have you lost your conscience?"
Yisheng was truly furious. It was Yisheng who had gone to the special case team to retrieve Yu Zilin's information when Rongqing had asked him to. After seeing the child's experiences over the years, and seeing how he struggled, even Yisheng, a grown man, felt sympathetic.
They both rose to fame at a young age, but Yu Zilin was delayed by his agent at the peak of his career. They were both clearly gifted young prodigies, but while others were praised all the way, Yu Zilin had to suffer because of a simple "ugly look."
Later, because of the attacks from those toxic fans, the company even kicked him out of the group and put him on ice for more than four years.
Four years, how long is it for a child? Yet he had endured so much hardship and forbearance for so many years, all for this not-so-big stage before him. But this man, based on a simple word of love, wanted to abruptly break his wings. What right did he have?
What qualifications does he have?
Almost everyone present was stunned. Yu Zilin, who had heard that someone had been caught and had come to watch the excitement, also witnessed the same scene.
"Linlin, Linlin, you're here!" The man's eyes turned even crazier when he saw Yu Zilin. He desperately reached out to Yu Zilin, his greedy eyes fixed on him, almost wanting to devour him.
Chen Ze and Cheng Le blocked Yu Zilin behind them at the same time, but this action stimulated the man to become even crazier.
"Get out! Get out! Don't block him, he is mine. If it weren't for you, he would be mine in two days." The man's roar was terribly hoarse, and his turbid eyes stared straight at Yu Zilin.
"Linlin, you know what? No one likes you as much as I do. I know what you like to eat. I have all the chopsticks you've ever used. I have the water bottle you emptied in the dance studio. Also, I live closest to your bed and can hear your breathing every night."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"What nonsense! It's almost connected!" The man's eyes were filled with a hint of dreaminess. "Linlin, you don't know! In order to be closer to you, I have been living in Bi Shuo's closet for over a month. During this month, I made the wall a little thinner every day, just to be closer to you."
"Go check it out!" Rongqing gave Yisheng a look, and Yisheng hurried to the other end of the dormitory.
As expected, just as the man had said, no new people had moved into their house since Bi Shuo left. The man had installed a lock on Bi Shuo's cabinet from the inside, but a large hole had been dug in the back panel, and the wall itself had been dug down quite a bit. Yi Sheng tried and found that another centimeter or so would lead to Yu Zilin's room. That spot was right at the head of Yu Zilin's bed.
This is too scary, sleeping soundly, but someone on the other side of the wall is trying to break through the wall and spy on you through the hole. Just imagining such a scene is enough to make many people's faces change.
However, the man remained complacent and even said more in a boastful tone.
"Not only that! The sudden loss of voice and injury to your leg before you went on stage last time were also my designs. You're so tired! I thought you could just rest if you were injured. Why participate in the talent show? I don't care whether you can appear on TV or not."
"Also, those women on the internet are so disgusting these days. They'll call you husband and say they want to marry you! But how can that be? You're mine, and I'm the only one in the world who loves you this much. So, to keep these bitches away from you, I've traded my life for a voodoo doll to curse you. But don't worry, there's no threat to your life. At most, you'll just lose popularity."
"But this is the best. This way you'll be my star alone. Hahahaha, hahahahaha!"
"Crazy! This guy is crazy!" Everyone felt a chill run down their spines. Yu Zilin couldn't believe what he was hearing. Someone who was supposedly his fan actually cursed him for a lifetime of unpopularity? And repeatedly framed him, nearly forcing him to withdraw from the performance?
"Why? Do you particularly hate me?" Yu Zilin couldn't help but ask the man.
"No, of course not! Linlin, I love you!" Hearing Yu Zilin talking to him, the man's face showed an obsessed expression. But Yu Zilin's heart was completely cold.
Love him?
Do you love him like this?
Is this what it feels like to be loved?
It's ridiculous!
Yu Zilin closed his eyes and felt so sour in his heart that he wanted to vomit.
He had long been accustomed to not being seen, so since the start of the draft, every time he advanced to the next round at the last place, he just considered himself lucky and did not dare to relax at all.
But now someone told him that his inattention and lack of attention wasn't because he was bad, but because of a deliberate frame-up! Someone who claimed to be his fan would actually curse him at the cost of their own life, just to prevent him from gaining popularity in this life. For Yu Zilin, this answer was more cruel than anything else.
Because this doesn't mean that he's not good enough, but that he's just not likable by nature. Even if someone says they like him, they're just trying to hurt him under the guise of love.
He is not made of wood, he feels pain too!
Scenes from the past replayed in his mind, and Yu Zilin suddenly remembered the experience of being kicked out of the group.
The overwhelming abuse drowned him like a tide, and he had no room to resist.
"The most redundant person in the Wonder Boys!"
"The other five are all very likable, but this one is dark and skinny and looks like a refugee."
"How disgusting! Why does he always smile? He's okay even when he's not smiling, but when he does, his teeth are just disgusting!"
"Get out! Get out of here, Boy Miracle!"
"Why should a talentless loser stand alongside the chosen ones?"
These insults mixed with the man's constant confession of love instantly overturned Yu Zilin's previous cognition.
He was completely devastated. He even began to doubt whether he should have pursued the path of idol, because no one would like him. No matter how hard he tried, no matter how hard he tried, he would never be as dazzling as others.
He never deserved to be liked.
"Zilin! Zilin!" Noticing that something was wrong with Yu Zilin, Shen Ze was frightened and quickly hugged him in his arms to comfort him.
But Yu Zilin seemed to be stupid and couldn't make any response at all.
Seeing this, Yu Jiuyin reached out and slapped Yu Zilin's forehead hard. "Yu Zilin! Who said that he would become a big star and buy a villa and ask me to do the feng shui for him? Have you forgotten it in the past five years?"
"Brother Yu?" The pain in his forehead brought Yu Zilin back to his senses, and Yu Jiuyin's promise warmed his dead heart a little. He looked up at Yu Jiuyin, his eyes reddened just as they had been when they first met five years ago, but he still didn't cry, not even the thought of shedding a tear.
Yu Jiuyin sighed, pushed him gently, and pressed his head into Chen Ze's arms, then pushed Cheng Le, who was extremely anxious, to his side.
"It's all over, Xiaoyu, you can cry now." Yu Jiuyin's voice was very soft, but for Zilin, it was like a switch.
The grievances that had been suppressed for many years burst out, and Yu Zilin burst into tears, gasping for breath.
Only when he is favored can he feel fearless. It was not until now that he finally became the one who was loved.
Chen Ze and Cheng Le were so distressed that they quickly hugged the child in their arms, hoping to give him some comfort.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yao also led his men to the Love Bar. Following Yu Jiuyin's instructions, they carefully checked the area near the stairwell several times before finally finding a sewer entrance that had been locked from the inside.
At first, Zhang Yao and the others were worried that this guy might be hiding inside and doing something bad, but after they pried open the manhole cover, the person inside didn't react at all. Then they went in and saw that there was more air coming in than going out. When they lifted him out, they didn't dare to use too much force, for fear that if they didn't do it right, he would die.
But after they went in to check it out themselves, that cautious feeling disappeared without a trace.
Death? No! Even if this bastard died a hundred times, he wouldn't be able to pay off his sins.
He had taken his first life at the age of fifteen. The reason was simple: that little girl was his first love. Then came the second, the third, the fourth... As he grew older, he continued to hunt those who matched his preferences. As for why he remained undetected, it was naturally because of the Dream Fox. He fed the bodies of those people to the Dream Fox as nutrients.
Afterwards, he was no longer satisfied with hunting ordinary people. The brilliance of stars fascinated him, and he began to have more desires, eager to turn these stars who were the focus of everyone's attention into his own exclusive prey. So, he became a fan of Menghu and started a new round of hunting.
Later, his greed was no longer satisfied with his own happiness; he wanted the world to revel in him! So he opened a love bar, contacted his illegitimate fans online, obtained their personal information, and then sent them Dream Fox fans. If his overuse of sorcery hadn't backfired, he'd probably have many more people implicated.
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In the interrogation room, Yu Jiuyin looked at the content that Zhang Yao and his team had previously investigated and was silent for a long time.
"What do you think?" he asked the dreaming fox fan.
"Collecting! It's like collecting dolls one after another, how perfect?" The man said, and suddenly laughed crazily.
madman.
Yu Jiuyin sighed, stood up, turned around and walked out, not wanting to ask any more questions. Rongqing followed behind him.
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Since the special case team dealt with the aftermath quickly, Yu Zilin and his team's evening performance went on as usual.
During the performance, perhaps because all the grievances he'd been carrying finally came out, Yu Zilin was more dazzling than ever before. Freed from his constraints, his unique charm finally emanated.
"Oh my god! Is this Yu Zilin? He's so handsome!"
"No, no, my heart is pounding. Why didn't I realize he was so handsome before?"
"They're not competitive, they have an interesting soul. I used to be just a casual fan, but now I'm really going to be a die-hard fan!"
The final vote was the most surprising. Previously, his online popularity was at the bottom of the list, but this time he entered the top ten for the first time because of the highest number of votes from the audience.
"This is my first time making the top ten. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. I will keep working hard." On stage, Yu Zilin bowed deeply to the audience. He didn't cry, and his expression didn't show any emotion. But his clenched hands and trembling voice clearly conveyed the excitement and complex feelings within him.
He debuted six years ago, and this was the first time he felt so clearly the joy of being recognized, and the first time he received so much cheering and admiration. This feeling, even if only a little, was enough to make him intoxicated and fascinated, and he would strive for it all his life.
Taking a deep breath, Yu Zilin walked towards his own position. He stood on a high place, looked down at everyone, and slowly smiled.
In an instant, the whole audience was blown away by the close-up on the big screen.
No one would have thought that this seemingly popular boy could have such a stunning side. But thinking about it more carefully, it was only natural that he was so stunning.
He had worked so hard for so long for this piece of candy, so the energy he unleashed after everything was rewarded should not be underestimated.
What is often the most shocking is the purity after being stripped of all worldly desires. It does not require too many words; just a slight movement of the lips can make people's hearts ache.
"Yu Zilin!" "Yu Zilin!" "Yu Zilin!" "Yu Zilin!" Everyone in the venue was shouting his name, and all the trainees who had worked hard with Yu Zilin for so long were also shouting his name.
Below the stage, Yu Jiuyin couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips as she looked at Yu Zilin, "Rongrong, look, how lovable is this kid?"
However, Rong Qing kept staring at Yu Jiuyin's face, and after a long while, he replied, "She is very likable."
Yu Jiuyin turned around and met Rongqing's serious eyes. He was stunned at first, then nodded in agreement, "Yeah, he's really very likable!"
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With that, the case was essentially closed, but there was still a lot of work to do. The mastermind behind the incident revealed that he had sold the Dream Fox powder to several people, and that many of his previous crimes were still unsolved. Furthermore, the 128 case required the perpetrator to be brought to light, so even if they caught the annoying guy, the case team's workload would be overwhelming.
So, after Rongqing came home late for three consecutive days, Yu Jiuyin packed up her things and went to the special case team with Rongqing on the fourth morning. The reason was simple: they had too many people to interrogate and investigate, and relying on these people alone would be exhausting. Rongqing had no choice but to ask Yu Jiuyin to come over and help.
The point is, the origins of the dream fox remain unclear, and the reason why the mastermind remains anonymous remains a mystery. But the man is very tight-lipped, and Rongqing doesn't dare to resort to excessive tactics. After all, it's clear he won't live long.
But even Rongqing himself did not expect that Yu Jiuyin would uncover a big fish during this trial. The mastermind behind the Dream Fox actually came from the Siren Orphanage!
No, it should be said that he is a defector who escaped from the Siren Orphanage!
The author has something to say: Yu Jiuyin: Rongrong, do you think the little fish is pretty?
Rongqing: I just think you are pretty!
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Updated! Forty little red envelopes dropped in the comment section. No, I'm too sleepy today. I slept until after midnight this morning and now I'm sleepy again after finishing writing. I just want to lie down and continue sleeping. Good night everyone.
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