Chapter 31 Chapter 31 New Movie Ends
"After Xie Yuhan's introduction, I successfully moved into the Buddhist temple. It's divided into two parts. The single-family villas above the temple are for the wealthy, and Xie Wenguang lives there. However, I live in the staircase houses behind the temple. It's different from what I imagined. I thought they were all practicing like me, but I didn't expect them to be..."
Xie Luo raised the corner of his mouth and snorted contemptuously.
Captain Li asked in confusion, "Something?"
"Desperado."
The scene cuts back to Xie Luo's memories. He leaves the solemn Buddhist temple and arrives at the accommodation area. After passing the first building where the monks live, the dilapidated houses behind seem to be as lively as university dormitories. There are people joking and smoking in the corridor. It is dinner time now, and the aroma of fried meat wafts into the air.
Xie Luo looked at the young monk who brought him here and asked doubtfully, "Can people who practice cultivation eat meat?"
The young monk smiled faintly and said nothing. He handed the key to Xie Luo and said, "There are no vacancies in the room for cultivation. Living with these hangers-on is also a test of whether you have cut off your detachment from worldly affairs."
He paused and said, "Building 4, 3rd Floor, 203."
After saying that, the little monk left. Xie Luo could only grope his way to the residence. After opening the door with the key, a strong and pungent smell of cigarettes mixed with the smell of sweat hit his nose. Xie Luo frowned and glanced around. The whole house was in a mess and no one was in the house. There were only empty beer bottles on the ground, cigarette butts piled up in the ashtray, moss crawling on the corners of the wall, and the roof was yellowed by smoke.
Xie Luo threw his travel bag into an unmade bedroom and left the house to get some fresh air.
There are twenty-two rooms on the first floor. The corridor is full of clothes. Several middle-aged men who came out to get some fresh air were shirtless and had tattoos on their bodies. They looked at Xie Luo with eyes full of contempt. Xie Luo, who was fair, tender and clean, looked extremely out of place standing here, like a lamb among a pack of dogs.
At this moment, the door of the next room was opened. The man was the most decent-looking man here, wearing a shirt and casual pants, black glasses frames, and looked ordinary and honest.
The man glanced at Xie Luo and raised his eyebrows: "New here? You...are you hiding here to avoid Taohua?"
"Why, are you trying to avoid romance?" Xie Luo asked instead of answering directly.
The man handed Xie Luo a cigarette and chuckled, "It seems you don't understand anything. Those who hide here are gamblers who can't pay their debts."
Xie Luo glanced at the man and saw that his nails were black and his index and middle fingers were yellowed by smoke, but he still took the cigarette and naturally took out a lighter to light it for the man.
"That's great," the man praised, and then he walked out without any intention of continuing the small talk.
The shirtless men at the back jokingly said, "What did Boss Dou sell to get the money to gamble?"
"Fuck you," Dou Xingwen cursed with a smile, and went down the stairs whistling.
One of the shirtless men glanced at Xie Luo and said, "You'd better not mess with Boss Dou. This guy gambled so much that he sold his mother, wife, and son to..."
He pointed to the villa area halfway up the mountain with a meaningful look.
Xie Luo's eyes were calm, his slender arms resting on the guardrail of the aisle, looking down at Boss Dou walking quickly out.
He didn't expect that, although he originally thought he was just an acquaintance with Boss Dou, two days later, Boss Dou actually approached Xie Luo to borrow money.
Xie Luo originally wanted to find out some information, so he borrowed money, treated people to dinner, and chatted with Boss Dou. After borrowing money a few times, Boss Dou had already treated Xie Luo as his brother for life and death, and told him everything.
Only then did Xie Luo learn that this Buddhist temple had actually opened a casino secretly. Those who were called diners were actually people who owed a lot of debts and had nowhere else to hide.
The Buddhist temple protects them from being caught by loan sharks, but at the same time it lures them to continue gambling. It is even more difficult to escape if they are surrounded by gamblers. They talk about gambling and gamble when they have nothing to do. When they have no money, someone will provide a good solution, such as praying to Buddha.
Boss Dou talked about how his first prayer to Buddha was very effective. He was very lucky and made hundreds of thousands of dollars that night. He also scolded his wife and mother, saying that they treated him as a man when he won money, but treated him as a dog when he lost money. They kicked Boss Dou out of the house in the middle of winter, leaving him hungry and cold, and almost killing him.
"Ahem," Boss Dou said, his face flushed red from coughing. "My illness was caused by those heartless people. They saw me making money a while ago."
After saying this, he took a deep puff of his cigarette.
Xie Luo knew clearly that it was the old smoker's problem and he blamed others for it. All gamblers were like that.
"Tsk, your mother is really not kind, so you just..." Xie Luo followed his words, blinked his eyes and didn't elaborate.
"Damn it, that bitch is cheating on me!" Boss Dou took a swig of beer. "That bitch secretly got on the rich list and even accused me of selling them out, making me a cuckold. She's enjoying herself and even took my son with her!"
Xie Luo pretended to be surprised: "That's impossible, how could your wife hook up with those rich men?"
Boss Dou's ordinary face twisted into a frown: "You know, it can actually save your life!"
Xie Luo's eyebrows jumped and he stared at Boss Dou closely.
Boss Dou lowered his voice and said, "After I lost those hundreds of thousands, I heard from a friend that the reason I lost the money was that my wife came to this Buddhist temple and asked the abbot to change her life. She exchanged my rich and powerful life for mine. Naturally, I refused and paid someone to see the abbot. The abbot said that if I wanted it back, I had to pay something."
"I gave up a kidney and the rest of my cheating wife's life in exchange for my good life. But I didn't expect that my own mother would betray me and even take my son to steal my good life again... Anyway, the first time I changed my kidney, I made hundreds of thousands of dollars, but later I was harmed and lost it all. But you can only change your kidney once a year, which is why I'm so miserable now! I just have to wait until next year..."
"Who would believe such nonsense?"
Captain Li's voice brought the scene back from Xie Luo's memories. He sneered, "This gambler must have harmed his mother, wife, and children, and then deceived himself!"
Xie Luo said slowly, "That's right, I didn't believe it either, but I mainly wanted to know how to get into the villa area and catch Xie Wenguang. Boss Dou is the only one who has been closest to the villa area, so I continued to inquire with Boss Dou about it..."
The scene entered a flashback, and Xie Luo asked, "So you just heard about it? Then did your wife actually get involved with a rich man, and you actually didn't know? Could that person be deceiving you?"
"Impossible!" Boss Dou said firmly, "I saw her eating at a Western restaurant with a rich man. The man looked pale, as if he had kidney deficiency. Besides being rich, he's completely useless!"
Xie Luo still didn't believe it, and deliberately used a contemptuous tone: "A rich man likes your wife? Besides, how did your wife have the connections to hook up with a rich man?"
Boss Dou sneered, "You don't understand at all. Rich people sometimes have very perverted tastes. That bitch is even more shameless herself. She said she came to the temple to ask me for her household registration booklet. She was dressed like that. Who knows if she was actively seducing me?"
Listening to these insulting words, Xie Luo despised this kind of bully even more in his heart, but on the surface he smiled: "You are also unlucky, but in exchange for my life... Brother, can you help me? If I change my life to become rich and powerful, I will definitely not forget you, my brother, when I make money."
After he finished speaking, Xie Luo lit another cigarette for Boss Dou.
Boss Dou's greedy face was looming in the smoke, and he finally nodded to Xie Luo: "I'll find a way to take you to see the host."
After successfully meeting the host, Xie Luo's nightmare began. He pretended to gamble with Boss Dou for a few days. When he met the host, Boss Dou testified that Xie Luo lost so much that he couldn't even afford to eat.
The host asked for Xie Luo's horoscope, and of course Xie Luo gave a fake one. Even though it was fake, he picked a particularly blessed horoscope that definitely indicated the best luck this year. As expected, the host was a half-baked one, and he stammered as he explained why Xie Luo was unlucky.
Xie Luo pretended to listen attentively and asked what to do. The host said in a profound way, "Either you use your own body to exchange for something, or you use the fortune of the people around you to exchange for something."
Of course, a gambler would not choose to hurt himself. Xie Luo chose the people around him. However, when the abbot asked Xie Luo to call the person he wanted to exchange his life for to the Buddhist temple, Xie Luo could only delay it for the time being.
Two days later, Xie Luo found an opportunity to secretly return to see his mother and sister, ready to discuss what to do. Upon arriving home, he found the rented house in a mess, even stained with blood. Most importantly, Xie Luo's sister had cleverly left a message: a piece of cloth used by people in the Buddhist temple, hidden under the sofa.
Officer Li interrupted Xie Luo's recollection: "You're using a fake identity. How would the people at the Buddhist temple know where your real parents are? There's a loophole."
Xie Luo looked at Officer Li: "So I know my identity has been leaked."
Officer Li frowned and asked, "And then?"
Originally, Xie Hongguang was captured to get his money back so that his mother could continue with her treatment. Now that his mother was in danger, Xie Luo certainly did not hide.
That night, he rushed into the host's room alone with a knife, took the host hostage and asked him to hand over his mother and sister.
The host didn't expect Xie Luo to do this and hurriedly agreed.
Then the monks under the abbot discovered that the abbot was held hostage by Xie Luo, and surrounded Xie Luo. The two sides were deadlocked for a long time until the abbot, afraid of death, took the lead in compromising and asked Xie Luo to give the photo to his subordinates. He arranged for someone to find it and bring it to Xie Luo.
Xie Luo couldn't find the phone, as if he tried, the host might escape and he himself would be imprisoned. So Xie Luo asked them to take him to his mother and sister.
But at this moment, the noise attracted everyone in the temple and alarmed the wealthy people living above the temple. At this time, Xie Luo met An Ruonan, who was often on the hot search list.
Xie Luo sneered and said to Captain Li, "I didn't expect my face would actually help me. An Ruonan took a fancy to me and kept muttering about how she was still in need of a male protagonist with a Buddhist personality and wanted me to become a high priest. She even helped me find my mother and sister. Fortunately, they weren't hurt. The only problem is that my mother went crazy because she hadn't seen me for so long. My sister saved her, but she's not very conscious."
"And I tried so hard to find Xie Hongguang, but An Ruonan just ordered someone to find Xie Hongguang. Under the pressure of their family's power, Xie Hongguang was scared and returned all the money. He also arranged for someone to treat my mother."
Captain Li showed some photos and said, "You sound like they are good people, but we can see from the evidence that before they were crushed to death in the cave, they were wearing the same clothes as those people in the Buddhist temple."
Xie Luo pondered and said, "That's right. I originally thought they were good people, but later I found out that they also wanted to exchange their lives. It seems that the life they wanted to exchange was the life of An Ruonan's sister."
Captain Li looked skeptical. "Gamblers believe in this kind of desire to exchange their lives for wealth. These wealthy people are not fools. Now you are the only survivor. I find it hard to trust your confession."
Xie Luo said, "Then go check how many illegitimate children Father An has and how many are still alive. Then you'll know."
Captain Li winked and asked his men to investigate.
Xie Luo crossed his arms and said, "Since you don't trust me either, I have nothing more to say. Just arrest me."
Captain Li frowned: "You continue first."
Xie Luo hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Although I saw my mother receiving treatment and the abbot was released, I was under house arrest in the villa for several days. During this time, I kept trying to find a way to escape. However, on the sixth day of being locked up in the villa, I lost consciousness after drinking water. When I woke up again, I was given muscle relaxants and locked in a basement. When I could see outside again, I was already in a cave..."
Xie Luo looked like he couldn't continue speaking, his chest heaving, his eyes red, and his fists clenched tightly.
The officer knew the dire situation in the cave, so he didn't rush Xie and gave him time to calm down.
"I just didn't expect... that when I came out, I would see the skins of my mother and sister..."
But Xie Luo himself was powerless. Even if he hated someone to the point of being mad at him, he could only endure it. However, he could still teach someone a lesson. He used his identity to have people teach a lesson to several people who were present when his mother was receiving treatment.
Xie Luo originally thought that his revenge was hopeless and he was going to die in the cave. Suddenly, the people in the Buddhist temple attacked and took An Ruonan hostage. Xie Luo didn't know why An Ruonan was lying unconscious in a crystal coffin. It was simply too convenient for the people who attacked to control An Ruonan who had no resistance.
The people in the Buddhist temple demanded that the protagonist of this life-exchanging ceremony be changed. They were unwilling to let the An family make the decision, so they joined forces with several other families to deal with the An family.
Captain Li was puzzled: "Which ones?"
Xie Luo said: "I don't know him, if you give me a photo, I might be able to recognize him."
Captain Li gestured to continue.
Shelo said, "While they were arguing, I realized my chance had come!"
Xie Luo took advantage of the chaos to jump off the stage, found a knife and cut himself to stimulate himself to recover his strength.
The two sides were still arguing, but it was obvious that the An family had won over more people, so they still had the upper hand. Just when Xie Luo was wondering why the people from the Buddhist temple with such a small number of people dared to challenge the An family, the abbot actually took out a bomb remote control and said that if he didn't change people this time, he would blow up the An family's people.
The people from the An family were particularly shocked and pointed at the people in the Buddhist temple and said, "Are you crazy?"
Captain Li: "These successful people value their lives the most. They won't risk their lives for this. They won't really press the remote control!"
Xie Luo: "That's right, so I want to die with them."
Captain Li sneered, slapped the table and said, "I knew it, it was you who pressed it."
Xie Luo shook his head. "When I saw the remote, I thought it was time for revenge. The scene was chaotic, and I quickly found myself near the abbot. Just as I rushed out to grab it, the An family attacked, saying they couldn't let it fall into my hands. The two groups, already on edge, suddenly engaged in a fight. I was almost at the abbot when someone stabbed me from behind. I couldn't dodge quickly, and both my left and right arms were scratched."
Captain Li glanced at the places where Xie Luo had bandaged his wounds, and he was indeed right.
Xie Luo, lost in memories, continued, "Because of this, the abbot quickly retreated away from me, but the An family's sons-in-law approached him. Seven or eight of them started fighting, and I was pushed to the ground. At this time, Xie Hongguang rushed over and wanted to kill me, but then I heard someone shouting, 'Protect me! Don't let me die. At least not until the ceremony is over.'"
Then they went to stop Xie Hongguang. I ducked to avoid them and accidentally got close to the ice coffin. No one was paying attention to An Ruonan at the moment, which gave Xie Luo an opportunity. Xie Luo held An Ruonan with a knife, intending to hold her hostage so he could get the remote control.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a loud bang and the earth shook. They touched the remote control while scrambling!
Captain Li's eyes widened. He didn't expect that this would cause the remote control to explode.
Xie Luo continued, "Rubber began to crash, torches fell to the ground, and some people accidentally caught the flames with their clothes, catching fire. Screams, screams, and curses were everywhere, followed by several loud bangs. Everyone wanted to run out of the cave, and I looked at them, knowing that my revenge had been avenged. I let go of my strength and prepared to die in this cave. But An Ruonan next to me suddenly screamed, saying that I couldn't die and needed her help. Then she got up and walked back into the cave, in the opposite direction of the crowd running out."
The sound woke up several people in the An family. They followed An Ruonan and ran into the cave against the crowd. They also took An Zhi, who was also awakened, with them, and walked in together as a group.
Xie Luo realized that they still had a backup plan, but he had lost too much blood and was weak all over. It seemed that they were opening a combination lock.
With a "click", the door opened.
Xie Luo heard the temple's abbot laugh and said, "Hahaha, I tricked you all. How could I risk my life? The amount of explosives wouldn't destroy the mountain. I just tricked you into opening this lock!"
At this time, those who had originally settled down there rebelled!
Captain Li asked again, "Which people?"
Xie Luo said: "They are the ones who often appear on the Internet and are very caring and close to An Ruonan, just a few sons-in-law."
Captain Li seemed to be lost in thought and continued poetically.
Xie Luo continued, "One of them took An Ruonan hostage, and the rest of them went deeper into the cave. The fire was still raging outside, and someone started putting it out. I couldn't move because the muscle relaxant hadn't worn off yet and I'd lost too much blood. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a bang, and the mountain shook again. I figured my enemies weren't dead yet, so I couldn't die yet. I tried to flip the ice coffin over so I could hide inside and avoid being crushed to death. But after moving the ice coffin, I discovered a huge cave underneath. I hid inside, and then you rescued me."
Captain Li looked uncertain after hearing this. He hesitated for a moment, then frowned. At this moment, a nurse came over and said, "Xie Luo, we're going to take an X-ray."
Xie Luo looked at Captain Li, who raised his chin and asked someone to follow him.
As Xie Luo left, Captain Li and his men looked at each other.
Captain Li's men asked, "Captain, do you believe this?"
Captain Li said, "There are no loopholes. Those people who had been in the spotlight for so many years did die together in the cave... His injuries also need to be taken into account. Other details need to be deduced based on the evidence."
The subordinate added, "But it seems that Xie Luo is the only one who benefited from this matter. His enemy was killed, and his father's money was found."
Captain Li added, "His mother and sister are gone."
Captain Li quickly decided, "Let's continue to send people to monitor Xie Luo. Focus on investigating whether the amount of explosives is indeed as he said, and whether it will not cause the cave to collapse directly. Also, we need to investigate whether the people he mentioned exist."
At this moment, Captain Li found a newspaper on the table next to Xie Luo's bed. The front page read "Yongzhou Yishi Steel Group this year..." It looked so familiar, so he quickly flipped through it.
"Cold air will invade tomorrow and it will turn to light rain..."
"Sinus arrhythmia symptoms..."
Every name that Xie Luo mentioned could be found in the newspaper. Captain Li suddenly realized what was going on and was about to give instructions to his men when someone pushed the door open and said, "Captain! This is bad! Xie Luo is missing! That nurse is fake!"
Downstairs, Xie Luo had already changed his appearance, wearing a set of middle-aged clothes, and his original appearance was completely unrecognizable. The nurse who came to take Xie Luo to take an X-ray was removing her makeup as she walked, and the face she revealed was exactly the appearance of his sister in Xie Luo's memory.
The two got into a car, and the driver was the "mother" in Xie Luo's memory, and his "sister" sat in the passenger seat.
The three of them looked at each other, Xie Luo's "sister" patted the suitcase in her hand, and the three of them laughed and stepped on the accelerator.
The screen goes black: [The film ends.]
"Oh my god! The whole movie is fake? But I've searched a lot of news and it's true that there was a ritual on that island. I was even planning to do a live broadcast about it?"
[Oh my god, I watched the whole thing as if it were real, and I'm still baffled. If Xie Luo said so many people died, how could they not be discovered?!]
So An Zhi is cursing An Ruonan and her entire family to death? The movie already names and exposes them, and the last part is all made up, they're just kidding us!
[This can't be made up. There really is a person named Xie Luo. He used to be from our university. He's handsome, has good grades, and comes from a good family. I did hear recently that his father ran off with the money, didn't I?]
Just as everyone was actively discussing these things, a piece of news became a hot topic.
Police Announcement: A gang led by An was discovered on an island in City A. They are suspected of illegally holding cult rituals, operating a casino, and trafficking human beings. They have been arrested. Details will be released after further investigation.
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