Chapter 20 Domestic Entertainment Hannibal
Bai Quan fainted and the movie press conference was in chaos.
Li Xiaogou went around to the back of the billboard and called Yunlou.
He lowered his voice to make himself sound calmer: "Baiquan was poisoned by prion virus and is now suffering from an epileptic seizure and has been sent to the hospital."
"It's eating human brains."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then the sound of a chair being moved was heard.
"You used your powers?"
Is that the point?!
"Believe it or not, I didn't do it on purpose this time."
A faint chuckle came from the microphone.
Li Xiaogou took a deep breath. "I'm calling you because this is a movie you invested in. I don't think the shareholders will be happy about the news that the male lead is an ogre. You should think about crisis public relations as soon as possible."
"Okay, I see. Thank you for your concern."
Who cares about you? I only care about my dream career in the entertainment industry!
"Have you called the police?" Yunlou said in a low voice.
"Not yet. They don't know that Baiquan is suffering from prion poisoning."
"Thank you for calling me first." Yunlou continued, "Please go to the hospital to find out the situation."
Li Xiaogou understood what Yunlou meant.
——This is a private matter between the two of them.
"Can Mo Shang and Tao Qi know?"
"Sure." Yunlou answered readily.
On the way to the hospital, he told Mo Shang and Tao Qi about the situation, and they took time to digest it.
The nearest hospital to the film and television city is the Yunqing City Affiliated People's Hospital. Tao Qi parked the car at the back door. Li Xiaogou and Mo Shang avoided the reporters' cameras and successfully went upstairs.
Unexpectedly, Baiquan was not here.
Tao Qi ran over later and panted: "Are the conditions here bad?"
Mo Shang pushed his glasses and said, "People's Hospital is a Grade 3A hospital."
Tao Qi: "Something must be wrong when it's out of the ordinary. Give me five minutes, I'll ask someone to find out where Baiquan went."
Mo Shang looked at Li Xiaogou. "The nearest Second Hospital is a forty-minute drive away. They're going to go far away instead of near... The agent wants to kill Bai Quan? To silence him?"
"Did you see who made Baiquan eat... that thing?"
Just talking about it, Mo Shang felt like vomiting.
Li Xiaogou was about to answer when Tao Qi returned. He shook his phone and said proudly, "Done."
"Baiquan went to the Third Hospital."
The Third Hospital is an hour's drive from the People's Hospital, and during rush hour, the traffic will be stuck for another hour.
Tao Qi drove at full speed and arrived in fifty minutes.
After parking the car, Li Xiaogou grabbed Tao Qi and said, "I'll find a way to get Bai Quan's agent out of the way later. As soon as he leaves the ward, you disguise yourself as a doctor, a reporter, anyone, and arrest him."
Tao Qi: ...?
"How do you manage to say something so dark in such a calm tone?"
Mo Shang frowned: "We're not sure it was the agent who harmed Bai Quan. This is too extreme."
"It wasn't the agent who did it." Li Xiaogou said directly, "But he must know something. I need to pry his mouth open."
Tao Qi clutched his chest. "How do I pry it open? Let me be clear, using a wrench is not an option. That's lynching, a serious crime. My daughter won't be able to pass the civil service exam."
Li Xiaogou curled his lips and said, "Just play the bad guy and scare him. Leave the rest to me."
He got out of the car first and went straight to Baiquan's ward.
Tao Qi was stunned in the driver's seat for a moment, and asked Mo Shang innocently: "Did Xiao Gou just laugh?"
*
Li Xiaogou was lucky. When he pushed the door open, agent Bai Quan was in the ward.
Apparently, he didn't expect Li Xiaogou to come, and he knocked over the basin in panic.
Li Xiaogou stepped forward and helped him pick up the basin.
"Thank you." The agent's eyes were red and swollen, and his voice was choked. "I wanted to help Baiquan wipe his face. He, he..."
"Did the director ask you to come and visit?" He looked at Li Xiaogou's hands.
...so empty.
The air suddenly became silent.
I met someone so shameless as to visit the patient empty-handed.
The man's expression froze for a second before quickly returning to normal, though his tone was a little colder. "Baiquan's condition isn't good. It'll be hard for him to recover anytime soon. I'm afraid this will delay the crew's progress. I'll talk to the director. I'm sorry."
Li Xiaogou looked at the man on the hospital bed. His face was blue and his lips were almost bloodless. Fortunately, the epilepsy had stopped and he was now asleep.
Retracting his gaze, Li Xiaogou smiled and said, "Don't worry about the crew. The most important thing is to take care of your health first."
"By the way, the attending doctor asked you to come when you came."
"Then here..."
"I don't have any plans today, so go ahead."
The boy has a face that is so pretty that it's hard to get close to him, but when he smiles, he unexpectedly gives people the illusion of being reliable.
The man's eyes softened: "Okay, thank you for your help."
Although he is a bit stingy, he is not a bad person.
Watching the man leave, not knowing that the man had given him a label in his mind that was completely contrary to the facts, Li Xiaogou locked the door, walked to the bedside, and woke Bai Quan up without hesitation.
"Who are you?" Bai Quan's unfocused eyes slowly focused on the handsome man. "Where is this?"
"You don't recognize me?"
Baiquan shook his head: "Should I know you?"
He hissed, resting his wrist on his forehead. "Sorry, I have a terrible headache and can't remember a lot of things."
His wrist was held, and the handsome man pressed him back down with an irresistible force.
"This is a hospital."
"You've been poisoned. Temporary amnesia is a normal symptom. I'm your attending physician, and I have a few questions for you. This concerns the subsequent treatment plan. You must answer me honestly."
"But... you don't look like a doctor. You're not wearing a white coat." Baiquan pointed at him. "Besides, you don't look like one."
Li Xiaogou echoed: "A lot of people suggested that I go into the entertainment industry."
Baiquan swallowed and said, "I mean, you don't look like you're good at studying."
Li Xiaogou: ...
It seems that even though I have lost my memory, I still remember some things very clearly.
For example, I hate people who are more pretentious than me.
very good.
Li Xiaogou leaned over and patted Bai Quan's shoulder with a smile, which made his back feel cold.
"If I'm not a doctor, how could your agent let me in?"
Something seemed off, but the man's expression... looked like he'd be killed if he said "no."
Baiquan licked his lips and said, "What do you need to know? If it's my recipe, my agent would know it better than me."
"The incubation period for the poison you were infected with was ten years. I want to ask, who were you living with and where were you living ten years ago?"
Bai Quan opened his mouth, and when the words were about to come out of his mouth, he suddenly found that his mind went blank.
Who did he live with ten years ago?
*
Coming out of Bai Quan's ward, Li Xiaogou's face was gloomy.
He guessed correctly that the melons eaten by the melon-eating system were obtained by analyzing the other party's memory.
Baiquan's past memories are fragmented, and the melon-eating system can only read part of them.
Li Xiaogou closed his eyes, and the image of Bai Quan eating human brains passed before his eyes again.
At that time, Bai Quan was still a teenager with a childish face. He gathered with a group of people to eat hot pot. It was probably New Year's Day. The crisp sound of firecrackers could be heard outside the window. Someone gave him a piece of pig brain-like thing with chopsticks. He took it with a smile, and after eating it, he gave the other person an awkward smile.
After the melon-eating system was upgraded, a brief picture could be seen, but Li Xiaogou would rather not see it.
——The scene of Baiquan sitting happily with a group of people without facial features is really horrifying.
*
Tao Qi sent him a location.
I followed the path and as soon as I opened the door, I saw my agent tied up.
Li Xiaogou was stunned.
He never thought that the two of them didn't lock the door.
Do you have the professional qualities to be a kidnapper?
The agent was also stunned, but Li Xiaogou reacted faster than him, immediately frowning and glaring at the two of them: "Luckily I went to find the attending doctor and found out that he was missing. Who are you and why did you kidnap him?"
Mo Shang and Tao Qi looked at each other, and both gestured to the other to answer.
…
"I get it, you must be unscrupulous media!"
Mo Shang continued, "Ah, yes, we are both conscientious media professionals."
"Baiquan is actually suffering from prion poisoning. How can a decent person get this disease?!"
The tied man's expression suddenly changed. He glanced at Li Xiaogou in panic, then quickly retracted his gaze, not daring to look him in the eye.
Li Xiaogou seemed to have just heard the news: "Prion? That's not human flesh..."
Tao Qi smiled evilly: "Haha, it seems that you are not a hopeless illiterate."
"As members of the media, we have a responsibility to expose such unscrupulous celebrities!"
Mo Shang agreed: "Yes!"
"We've already thought of a headline for the news: Domestic Entertainment Hannibal!"
The agent's mouth was covered and he shook his head desperately, his eyes red.
"Since you claim to be conscientious media professionals, you should give him a chance to explain. I believe in Baiquan's character."
Mo Shang asked back: "Do you know Baiquan very well?"
…
Li Xiaogou glared: How do you want me to answer this?
Mo Shang saluted: sorry.
He quickly made up for it: "I interviewed you, and you said your idol is Baiquan. No wonder there is a fan filter."
Everyone present, including Agent Baiquan, was left with only ten toes spread out.
Li Xiaogou silently said to himself, "As long as I'm not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed." He gritted his teeth and continued to act: "You can listen to what he says first, and then decide whether to let him go."
"That makes sense." The two pretended for a while and then let go of each other's hands.
The man's eyes were filled with tears, and he glared at the two of them aggrievedly: "I didn't intend to hide it in the first place, but they kept covering my mouth!"
…
Li Xiaogou tried to appease him with a stiff smile, "What's going on? This virus has an incubation period of 10 years. Did Baiquan eat... human flesh 10 years ago?"
"Eh." The agent sighed, sat down dejectedly, and put his hands deeply in his hair. "This isn't the first time Baiquan has had an attack."
"He's always been a clean man, and he's in good health. He suddenly became ill a month ago, and I was terrified. The vice president here is an old classmate of mine, and considering his status, I brought him to the Third Hospital."
"It turned out to be prion poisoning! Baiquan and I were stunned. He was just a child 10 years ago!"
"A real child, not a giant baby."
"Well, we understand." Tao Qi patted the man on the shoulder.
Li Xiaogou guided him, "Did Baiquan have any strange experiences 10 years ago? Were his parents strict? Kids might act up when they get together."
"Bai Quan's memory is getting worse and worse, and he often gets things mixed up." The man shook his head and replied, then suddenly paused and looked at Li Xiaogou, "Aren't you his fan? How could you not know he's an orphan?"
…
Li Xiaogou was looked down upon by the two people behind the man.
The man muttered to himself, "I've sent out so many press releases about orphans, but the coverage is so low. I guess I need to send out more."
…
Li Xiaogou: "Then Baiquan grew up in an adoptive family?"
"He was a stubborn person and insisted on staying in the orphanage instead of finding an adoptive family."
Orphanage...
No wonder there are so many people in that picture.
"Which orphanage is it?"
The young man's eagerness surprised the man.
The entertainment industry is full of hypocrisy and flattery.
The man in front of me actually cares about Baiquan!
He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and answered with a choked sob, "Lingquan Orphanage. Baiquan even deliberately added the word 'Quan' to his stage name."
Without wasting a moment, they immediately got into Tao Qi's car.
As soon as the car door closed, Mo Shang used his special powers to hack into the city welfare home's network system.
"What's wrong? Did the man lie?" Tao Qi said anxiously when he saw that Mo Shang's face looked wrong.
Mo Shang's Adam's apple rolled, and his voice was hoarse: "Vic and Min both stayed in that orphanage."
His eyes drifted towards the man sitting in the shadows. "And Li Xiaogou, you also came from Lingquan Orphanage."
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