Chapter 48 Injustice vs. Crisis: Lu Huaijin carries Wen Yinhe on his back...
After one fan meeting, Wen Yinhe discovered that some of his fans had lied and said they had arrived home, but their posts in the super topic showed that they were still outside.
Wen Yinhe noticed that it was a minor who frequently participated in offline activities. Because of her young age, he paid special attention to her and thus discovered that the photos she posted late at night were actually taken at a high-end club.
Although the fans captioned the photo as being taken in a karaoke bar, the background clearly wasn't set up like a karaoke bar.
Wen Yinhe was worried and called the police that night, but the police had no reason to search someone’s private club based on a dubious photo.
After being vaguely brushed off, Wen Yinhe was still uneasy, so he simply drove out himself. Unexpectedly, he bumped into the girl and his senior brother walking together at the club.
At the time, he didn't know what relationship the girl had with his senior.
He was taken aback and went up to greet her. After a slight pause, his senior brother immediately told Wen Yinhe with a worried look that he had found this little fan alone in the club and was asking her for her home address.
Wen Yinhe felt something was amiss, but because of his trust in his senior brother, he didn't connect the girl with his senior brother, assuming that his senior brother, like him, was acting out of kindness.
He brought the girl out, emphasized the importance of her personal safety, then took her to the police station and had the police take her home.
He had always suspected that the girl might have been a victim, so he specifically asked the policewoman to question her.
But the girl was either terrified or simply scared; she couldn't utter a single word in the police station.
When it comes to matters involving personal privacy, if the victim herself is unwilling to speak out, no matter how anxious Wen Yinhe is, there's nothing he can do for her.
This incident also served as a wake-up call for Wen Yinhe.
Given the significant safety risks posed by minors, Wen Yinhe simply cancelled the right of all minors to attend subsequent offline events.
This demand caused his underage fans to wail for a long time.
Wen Yinhe thought he had done everything he could.
But in reality, with so many people in the world, he can't possibly manage everyone.
Those who want to go out and have fun will naturally find a way to do so; it's not like he issues a rule and everyone will obediently follow it.
Even the law is ignored by some, so what do his words mean?
Wen Yinhe was too naive back then.
Not long after, the company collapsed, and Wen Yinhe's mentor and senior brother were imprisoned one after another.
After his senior brother's affair with a minor was exposed, Wen Yinhe's first reaction was disbelief.
He couldn't believe that his senior brother, who had always treated him like a brother and was as mature and gentle as a sibling, would do something so immoral.
He couldn't imagine what his senior brother and that young fan were planning to do that night when he bumped into them at the club.
Before Wen Yinhe could accept the reality, a fan suddenly spoke up online.
She posted a blurred video, showing her super topic account where she had checked in for 10 consecutive years, displaying her complete set of Wen Yinhe-related merchandise, magazines, records and videos, and even several offline autographed photos with Wen Yinhe.
It turns out that she had absolutely no connection with Wen Yinhe's senior brother; she was simply a fan of Wen Yinhe.
In the video, she even revealed that the person she was in private contact with was actually Wen Yinhe, not Wen Yinhe's senior brother. Wen Yinhe's senior brother was just someone he pushed out to take the blame for him.
Following this, the upscale club produced a video of Wen Yinhe spending time with that young fan late at night, which directly confirmed the fact.
As for Wen Yinhe's senior brother being present in the video...
The young fan explained that she was supposed to arrive at the club early to wait for Wen Yinhe, but she unexpectedly ran into Wen Yinhe's senior brother.
Fearing that his senior brother would discover something amiss, Wen Yinhe canceled the meeting for the evening at the last minute and even took her to the police station in advance, trying to create a clean image for himself in advance.
Therefore, no one believed the police report that Wen Yinhe subsequently produced.
How can you defend yourself when a minor girl cries and points to an adult male in a superior position, accusing him of assaulting her?
There's simply no way to defend this.
Feeling insecure, Wen Yinhe curled up, burying his face in his arms, making his features unrecognizable.
His Adam's apple bobbed laboriously, and each time he uttered a word, it was accompanied by an uncontrollable gasp.
The sound was not loud and was extremely restrained, yet it still sounded exceptionally clear and piercing in the quiet of the night, causing one's heart to clench with pain.
Lu Huaijin didn't know how others felt, but he himself was heartbroken.
He carefully reached out his arm and gently wrapped it around the man's chest, softly stroking Wen Yinhe's trembling back.
But the truth has not yet been fully revealed, and it cannot stop here.
No matter how much Lu Huaijin pitys him, he must take the initiative to be the one who cruelly tears open Wen Yinhe's wounds.
If Wen Yinhe wants to regain his footing in the entertainment industry, he must thoroughly cleanse himself of all the filth of the past.
These unfounded accusations should never have been leveled against Wen Yinhe in the first place.
With Lu Huaijin now in charge of protecting him, he would never give anyone the slightest chance to harm Wen Yinhe.
"Why would she help that scumbag harm you?" Lu Huaijin's voice was low, warm, and gentle, without any coercion. Instead, it carried a calm and gentle power that gently brushed past Wen Yinhe's ear and reached Wen Yinhe's heart with tenderness and peace.
This is a question that has puzzled everyone for many years, and it is the biggest reason why Wen Yinhe was attacked.
Yes, why is that?
If you haven't wronged her, why would she suddenly turn around and accuse you? After all, she likes you so much.
Upon hearing this question, Wen Yinhe's back tensed up suddenly in Lu Huaijin's palm, but then slowly relaxed under Lu Huaijin's soothing voice and hand.
"Because my senior brother told her that she was already tainted, that no one would want her anymore, no one would like her. But I'm different. I'm kind, I definitely won't despise her, I'll only pity her. As long as she can pin everything on me, I won't be able to escape. I have to be responsible for her for the rest of my life..."
【Fuck you! Enough! I can't listen to this anymore! Just because you're kind, you can be smeared like that? Just because you're kind, you can be used and discarded at will? Just because you're kind, you can be bullied by you bunch of animals without restraint?? What kind of shitty logic is this?!】
[I'm so angry I want to curse! Has that underage girl's brain been eaten by that scumbag?! Don't tell me she's a victim too. Does being a victim make you a perpetrator?! Can't we just discuss each issue objectively?! I'm asking you, didn't she harm someone?! Isn't the actor innocent?! Is protecting yourself by dragging another innocent person down with you?! Don't tell me how much you're suffering; at this moment, you've become one of the executioners!!!]
Yes, she was brainwashed by that scumbag, but did he hold a knife to her throat and force her to smear the movie star? Ultimately, wasn't it all for her own benefit? Purely selfish! Stupid and wicked! You call that liking someone? Don't you dare insult the word "liking"! Pah!!!
When Wen Yinhe realized he had fallen into a trap, he immediately gave up communicating with his senior brother and instead contacted his mentor.
His mentor was his senior's biological father. Feeling sorry for him, a young boy all alone in the entertainment industry, without parents, he took him in. Although he never formally recognized him as a godson or godfather, he treated him like his own son.
But in the end, he still can't compare to a biological son.
Before Wen Yinhe could even explain the situation, his mentor was already staring at him with a heavy gaze filled with disappointment and disbelief, as if he were seeing him for the first time. His face showed no trace of his usual kind and friendly smile, only complete unfamiliarity and disgust.
"Wen Yinhe, I truly never imagined you would do something so despicable! I was so wrong about you, you've disappointed me so much! All my years of teaching have been for nothing! Don't ever say I ever taught you anything!"
The teacher who had once lovingly led him out and praised him repeatedly to everyone around him—"He is my pride"—was now pointing an angry finger at his nose.
The cold, disgusted tone was as if he were treating a piece of trash, or as if he were rebuking a monster.
"You are my lifelong disgrace!"
Like a thunderclap exploding overhead, Wen Yinhe's whole body trembled, blood rushed to his head, and his ears rang incessantly.
Overwhelmed by a tremendous injustice, Wen Yinhe desperately opened his mouth to try to defend himself. He was heartbroken that his mentor of many years would rather believe these outrageous rumors than give him a shred of trust.
He was eager to salvage his image in his mentor's eyes.
He wanted to tell his teacher that he had not let him down, that he had not done anything immoral or against his conscience, and that he was not a disgrace to his teacher!
Unexpectedly, a disheveled and haggard middle-aged couple suddenly appeared out of nowhere and began to fight and verbally abuse Wen Yinhe without saying a word.
"You beast, you're the one who harmed my daughter, aren't you? I'll beat you to death! You hypocrite! She's so young, how could you do that to her! You have no conscience! You're not human!"
"You've ruined our daughter like this, how is she ever going to get married? I don't care! You have to take responsibility for her!"
"I didn't do it! I didn't!" Wen Yinhe dodged the couple's beatings in a disheveled manner, while subconsciously casting a pleading look at his mentor, only to see his mentor staring at him coldly and contemptuously, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.
That gaze pierced Wen Yinhe's body like a knife.
Wen Yinhe froze as if frozen, the chill spreading upwards from the soles of his feet, piercing his bone marrow, making him feel cold all over.
He instinctively opened his mouth, trying to continue his explanation, but his throat seemed to be blocked, and he lost his voice.
He was filled with grievances, but had no one to confide in and could find no outlet.
He fled his mentor's house in a panic, like a dog that had been driven out of its home.
No sooner had he left his mentor's home than a marketing account released videos of him being beaten by the victim's family and kicked out by his mentor.
[Wen Yinhe's sexual assault of a minor has been confirmed! The victim's parents are devastated and desperately want him to pay for it! His former teacher kicked him out of the house, declaring that he would have nothing to do with him anymore!]
Wen Yinhe had already silenced his phone. His uncle and aunt had hundreds of missed calls and thousands of messages. He didn't even need to look to know how viciously they were cursing him.
The agent pounded on the door frantically, pointed at the closed door and cursed at him, before storming off.
Wen Yinhe dared not go online. Just glancing at his phone made him tremble with fear, his heart clenched with pain, his heartbeat became abnormally fast, his limbs stiffened and turned cold, and he felt as if he were about to die.
It seemed not to be an ordinary block of iron, but an abyss teeming with monsters.
Countless monsters were opening their blood-red maws, each one taking a bite, clamoring to tear him to pieces.
He locked himself in his house alone, as if even a ray of sunshine outside could kill him, and dared not step out of the house.
In just a few days, Wen Yinhe had become so worn out that he was no longer recognizable as a human.
He seems to have suddenly fallen ill.
He may have been sick for a long time, but he just hadn't realized it.
At that moment, he was completely abandoned by the world.
Nobody wants him anymore.
So, one night a week later, Wen Yinhe casually threw on a light trench coat and went to the riverbank alone...
[Waaaaaah, please don't hurt Yinhe! How could Yinhe be so miserable! How could she be so pitiful! I can't take it anymore, I'm going to cry myself to death! I can't imagine how desperate it must feel to be abandoned and betrayed by the whole world! QAQ!]
[Everyone is a beast!!! Dog shit's senior brother! Dog shit's mentor! Dog shit's fans! Dog shit's fans' parents! Dog shit's marketing accounts! Dog shit's internet trolls! Everyone only cares about themselves! Only Yinhe is the real victim! You will all be punished! You all deserve to die!!!]
【Don't die, Hidden Crane! Don't hurt yourself! You did absolutely nothing wrong! Why should you bear all this blame?! What the hell does this have to do with you?! It's a completely undeserved disaster! I'm starting to wonder if the heavens are jealous of our talent! Why do we, Hidden Crane, have to suffer so much?! I'm going crazy!!!】
Do you regret saving her?
Lu Huaijin whispered again, his voice as soft as a dream, while pressing himself even closer to Wen Yinhe, so that Wen Yinhe could clearly feel his embrace.
"I don't regret it, I just feel guilty. I didn't know about her and my senior, I really didn't know. I keep thinking, if I had found out sooner... if I had called the police sooner, would she have been free sooner? I even feel like I shouldn't have entered the entertainment industry. If she didn't like me, she wouldn't have..."
Wen Yinhe choked up, and tears finally welled up uncontrollably, slipping through his fingers and falling to the ground one by one.
At first, the viewers in the live chat didn't notice that he was crying. They only gradually noticed that there seemed to be a dark patch on the ground. After a moment's thought, they realized that it was wet with tears.
The entire live stream room fell silent for a moment.
Lu Huaijin silently tightened his arms, pulling Wen Yinhe deeper into his embrace. His chin rested gently on the top of Wen Yinhe's head, and his broad hands slowly and firmly stroked Wen Yinhe's trembling back again and again. Each stroke carried the power to soothe the soul, trying to transform the heavy heartache in his heart into silent comfort.
For overly kind people, what can break them is not hardship, but guilt and self-blame.
Kind people only blame themselves, wishing they could take all the misfortunes of the world upon themselves.
But they are human, not gods. How could they possibly take care of everyone? How could they possibly bear the fate of every single person?
“You have done very well. You have done nothing to wrong her. It is she who has wronged you. She has let you down. You should take control of your own destiny. Her destiny is not your obligation and you should not have to bear it.”
"You are just a mortal, and you have no ability to bear the weight of a person's life, so please forgive your inability. You have done everything you could, and you should have a clear conscience."
Lu Huaijin gently cupped Wen Yinhe's face and saw his eyes filled with broken confusion and pain, like a lost child who couldn't find his way home.
He felt a sudden pang in his heart and couldn't help but lean in and kiss Wen Yinhe's cool, moist eyelids. Then he pulled away slightly, gazing at him with tender eyes, his fingertips gently caressing the remaining dampness on his cheek, as if wiping away the dust that had settled there for so long.
"Listen carefully, Wen Yinhe, remember what I'm about to say, and keep it firmly in your heart: My beloved Wen Yinhe has always been innocent and clean, and has never made any mistakes. The whole world has wronged him, but he has never wronged anyone."
Lu Huaijin's voice was low and hoarse, each word clearly reaching Wen Yinhe's ears in the quiet of the night, as if branded onto Wen Yinhe's soul.
"Wen Yinhe, you are not wrong."
[I can't take it anymore! I'm sobbing uncontrollably! Who understands the redemption that "You're not wrong" brought to the Best Actor?! He suffered so much injustice for so many years! He endured so many attacks and insults for nothing, all for just this simple phrase—"You're not wrong!!!"]
[Don't blame yourself, Best Actor! You're just one person, how could you possibly take care of tens of millions of fans? This is an impossible request! Are you crazy?! You've already done an excellent job! I've never seen a more responsible celebrity in my life!]
Please don't blame yourself for other people's mistakes! And please try not to feel excessive guilt and self-blame! Don't fall into a cycle of self-harm! What truly breaks a person is often themselves!
【Aa ...
You did nothing wrong!
You did nothing wrong!
You did nothing wrong!
The entire live stream room was instantly filled with the dense text of "You are not wrong," perhaps spoken to Wen Yinhe, or perhaps spoken to himself.
The staff member couldn't help but open the phone and carefully hand it to Wen Yinhe, saying with red eyes, "Teacher Wen, look..."
Wen Yinhe looked down at the screen full of comments, and tears welled up in his eyes once again.
This time, however, it wasn't pain, but relief.
“See? Everyone says you’re right,” Lu Huaijin cupped Wen Yinhe’s face in his hands, smiling as he kissed his wet eyelashes and gently sucked away the tear tracks on Wen Yinhe’s face with a tender kiss. “I told you you should listen to me. What I say is always right. I said you’re right, and you’re right.”
“Yes, Mr. Lu is always right.” Wen Yinhe covered Lu Huaijin’s hands, which were cupping his face, with his palms. His moist eyes were fixed on Lu Huaijin’s handsome face with such focus and intensity.
It's like gazing upon one's own world, or perhaps seeing a god who can save one's soul.
He silently added in his mind—
You are my only faith.
It's unclear whether Lu Huaijin understood, but he suddenly softened his expression and leaned in to kiss Wen Yinhe on the forehead with pleasure.
It seemed to be responding to something silently.
Two handsome men gazed at each other with deep affection. Though they said nothing, it was as if they had already exchanged a thousand words.
[This...this is the legendary spiritual communion?! I've witnessed a live version of it...I'm stunned!]
[Ugh, so annoying! I keep feeling like they're secretly exchanging sweet nothings with each other that we can't understand!]
[Mouths are for speaking! Please stop communicating with us online! Speak a language we can understand!!!]
It was getting late. Lu Huaijin stood up, his tall figure bathed in moonlight, making him look like a celestial being. He smiled and extended a hand to Wen Yinhe: "Come on, can you stand up? If not, I'll carry you home."
Wen Yinhe paused for a moment, then quickly grasped Lu Huaijin's hand, using it to help him stand up. His posture as he stood up was rather urgent: "No need, I can walk by myself."
Lu Huaijin narrowed his eyes slightly: "Hmm? You underestimate me?"
"No, I'm afraid I'll crush you..." Before Wen Yinhe could finish his sentence, his body suddenly felt light as Lu Huaijin lifted him up by the hips.
Wen Yinhe was startled; he wasn't light. He hurriedly grabbed Lu Huaijin's shoulders, and for the first time, he couldn't control his expression: "Huaijin, don't do anything rash! No, no—"
However, the proud and strong-willed CEO Lu didn't care what he said.
Although he wasn't as strong as Wen Yinhe, he wasn't so weak that he couldn't even lift his own husband. Would he still be considered a man?
Lu Huaijin picked up Wen Yinhe and ran, his hurried figure looking like he had stolen something from someone else.
However, he did steal something; he stole a great treasure that the whole world coveted.
The production crew was stunned. It took them a full three seconds to react before they hurriedly grabbed their cameras and chased after the two.
[Hahahaha, help! I can't stop laughing! What kind of first-person perspective chase scene is this?! Such a big movie star, being carried away by President Lu like such a pretty young woman! You two are a bit too lively! If anyone ever tells me that President Lu is an aloof, elegant movie star, I'll show them this scene! (doge)]
[It feels like President Lu is about to say: "My beautiful lady, I see a dark aura around your eyes. If you don't have an affair, your life might be in danger. Come home with me and be my husband! I'll offer myself as the antidote!"]
[Holy crap? It's food! I'm going to eat, eat, eat, eat—I'm thinking of Lu, the leader of a rebel army, and He, the most handsome man in the capital! This kind of forced marriage is so delicious, it's killing me!]
[Help! CEO Lu is stealing movie stars again! Warning! CEO Lu is stealing movie stars again! Anyone with a movie star in their household, beware of CEO Lu! He's a professional movie star thief for a hundred years!]
Is it true that every CEO of a company steals an award-winning actor to warm their bed?
[Sigh, don't even mention it. You can't raise an actor all by himself. If you do, he'll get depressed and gloomy all the time. He doesn't even want to leave the house. He'll get sick if this continues. I suggest you either release him to President Lu or go out into the wild and catch another President Lu to raise together... (Be careful with the latter, because President Lu might buy your house, and then you'll be ruthlessly kicked out for interfering with their private time, becoming a wild person who can't do anything but ship them)]
[A newbie is confused and asks: Do you have to be an actor to be a fan of the Wen Lu CP? (Looking very sincere)]
You may not be able to act, but you can cook. A good cook can whip up a meal with just a few words (with a touch of melancholy).
Just as the two were playfully bickering and the viewers were making light of the situation, a staff member suddenly exclaimed from behind them—
"Watch out from above! Get out of the way!"
Wen Yinhe subconsciously looked up and saw a huge thing rapidly falling from above. The dark shadow completely enveloped him and Lu Huaijin, and in the blink of an eye it was right in front of them.
The viewers in the live chat erupted in screams.
At that moment, Wen Yinhe's mind went completely blank.
He instinctively pulled Lu Huaijin into a tight embrace, pressing his hands firmly against the top of Lu Huaijin's head, using his tall body to completely envelop Lu Huaijin, trying to shield him from the danger falling from the sky.
Unexpectedly, Lu Huaijin reacted in the same way at the same moment.
Their arms started fighting, each trying to pull the other under them, until they ended up tightly entangled in a very strange position.
No one can completely overshadow the other, and no one can be pushed out of the realm of life and death by the other.
"Bang!"
The enormous object slammed down on their heads.
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