Qin Xiao grabbed Bai Na and rushed out of the convention center almost without looking back. He only breathed a slight sigh of relief after getting into his car in the parking lot. Bai Na was completely bewildered by his sudden action. Sitting in the passenger seat, her face was still a little pale. Clearly, the scene of that lewd man pulling out a knife had frightened her quite a bit.
"President Qin...do you know that woman from earlier?" Bai Na asked cautiously. She noticed that Qin Xiao's expression was a little off; it wasn't anger, but more like...the fear of seeing a ghost.
Qin Xiao did not answer immediately. He leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, but the face of the woman with the wine-red curly hair involuntarily appeared in his mind, along with the strong sense of rejection and fear that came from his body.
"Yi Yi, come out." Qin Xiao silently prayed in his heart.
"Host, I'm here!" Yun Yiyi's voice rang out immediately, tinged with a hint of pride. "You were so cool when you rescued the damsel in distress! The system has detected that you have earned the 'Showing Justice' achievement, rewarding you with charm points..."
"Stop." Qin Xiao interrupted her, somewhat annoyed. "Do you know who that woman was?"
Yun Yiyi seemed to pause for a moment, then a stream of data began flashing rapidly across the system interface. After a brief pause, she spoke in a slightly strange tone: "Host, that woman's name is Shu Rou. According to the system database, she is... the sole heir to the Shu Media Group, currently effectively controlling nearly 70% of China's entertainment media resources, including television stations, newspapers, online media platforms, and so on. People in the industry call her the 'Media Queen'."
Qin Xiao's heart sank. Shu's Media? Of course he knew it; it was a behemoth in the domestic media industry.
"Moreover..." Yun Yiyi paused, seemingly finding it difficult to speak, "The system detected that her 'interest' and 'obsession' with the host... have both reached a very dangerous peak. Simply put, she seems to be... extremely, extremely, extremely interested in you."
Qin Xiao's temples throbbed. It wasn't just interest; it was a doomed relationship!
A long-buried memory, almost forgotten by him, surged forth like a flood bursting its banks. It wasn't his memory, the memory of a transmigrator, but rather that of the original owner, Qin Xiao.
It turns out that the original owner of this body wasn't born that arrogant, domineering, and disdainful spoiled brat. He was once a kind-hearted, even somewhat introverted, young man. What changed everything for him was this Shu Rou.
Shu Rou was a few years older than the original owner of this body and was the daughter of the Shu family, a long-time friend of the Qin family. From a young age, Shu Rou showed an unusual "affection" for the original owner. That affection was not the care of an older sister for her younger brother, but rather a kind of... almost pathological possessiveness and desire for control.
She would dress the original owner up to her liking, force her to eat what she considered nutritious food, and interfere with the friends she made. If the original owner resisted even slightly, she would use various methods to make her "obediently listen."
The most terrifying incident occurred when the original owner of this body spoke a few extra words to a female classmate. Shu Rou then used her connections to cause the classmate's father to lose his job, forcing the entire family to move away from Jiangcheng. Afterwards, Shu Rou smiled and said to the original owner, "Xiao Xiao, you see, only I treat you the best. They will all leave you, but I will never."
That pervasive control, that sweet yet vicious "love," gradually distorted the original owner's mind. He began to become eccentric and unruly, using rebellion to arm himself, trying to escape Shu Rou's control.
It wasn't until Shu Rou went abroad to study that several years passed before the original owner could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but by then she had become the "eldest son of the Qin family," a name known to everyone in Jiangcheng.
Qin Xiao opened his eyes, his expression complex. He finally understood why his body had reacted so violently just now. It was the lingering fear and disgust deep within the original owner's soul.
"That crazy woman..." Qin Xiao muttered under his breath. He didn't want to have anything to do with this kind of yandere, especially since he had more important things to do right now.
"Mr. Qin, what's wrong?" Bai Na asked, looking at Qin Xiao's ever-changing expression with some concern.
Qin Xiao took a deep breath, barely suppressing the pounding in his heart, and forced a reassuring smile at Bai Na: "It's nothing, I just ran into someone I didn't want to see. Let's go back first."
He started the car and quickly drove away from the convention center. All the way, Qin Xiao pondered his next move. Shu Rou's appearance was definitely a huge variable. Given her style and the resources she controlled, if he were to get entangled with her, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"We must strengthen security as soon as possible." Qin Xiao immediately thought of Long Aobing and Mo Meigui. Although those two women had mysterious origins, their strength was beyond doubt.
He took out his phone and sent messages to the two women, telling them to meet at the Gu family villa immediately and to be on high alert.
After finishing all this, Qin Xiao finally felt a little relieved. He glanced at Bai Na beside him, who was still muttering to herself, "Cosplaying the Holy Body is so amazing," and shook his head helplessly. This girl, she's got quite the nerve.
As soon as Qin Xiao dropped Bai Na off at her hotel, his phone started vibrating incessantly, with push notifications from various news apps popping up one after another.
He randomly clicked on one, and the title was—"A Real Hero Appears at the Comic Con! Mysterious 'Mage' Guy Bravely Fights Off Knife-Wielding Thug and Saves a Sexy Cosplayer!"
The accompanying photo shows him wearing his "Battle Mage" outfit, kicking a lewd man away – a candid shot taken at a tricky angle, making him look heroic and extraordinary. Below are several photos of him shirtless, showing off his muscular physique, clearly taken by someone with ulterior motives when he was catching bugs in Bai Na's room.
Qin Xiao frowned; the speed at which this news spread was far too fast.
He continued scrolling down and found that almost all mainstream media platforms were pushing this news at the same time, and its popularity was rising at an astonishing rate, with the comment section exploding.
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