Chapter 196
While Qin Su and the others were discussing Chu Shuangyan and Lin Jing, Chu Shuangyan and Lin Jing were also discussing her.
The room was dimly lit with the windows and doors tightly closed. Lin Jing lowered her head and lit a few sticks of calming incense she had made herself.
Chu Er, residing in Chu Shuangyan's body, often felt pain, and this fragrance could provide some relief.
Incense ash fell on the back of her hand, which she brushed away and then wiped with a wet wipe: "I overheard my assistant chatting and said that your agent found you a new health manager a few days ago, named Qin Su. She's breathtakingly beautiful. But something doesn't sound right to me. Is she some kind of enchantress?"
“She’s not a health manager, that’s just a front. She’s not a practitioner of enchantment arts either, she’s just a Taoist.” Chu Shuangyan lay on the tatami, smelling the faint fragrance, and said expressionlessly, “I just couldn’t figure out her background, I don’t know which sect or school she’s from. She should have noticed that something was wrong with me.”
"What?" Lin Jing exclaimed in surprise, then asked nervously, "Won't something go wrong?"
She was somewhat annoyed and blamed herself, saying, "Your agent suspected that your luck had been altered before and wanted to find someone with expertise in this area to check. After you refused, she didn't do anything, and I thought she had given up. Who knew she would secretly find someone?"
Lin Jing had previously suggested getting rid of Manager Dong and replacing her with a new manager who wasn't familiar with the real Chu Shuangyan. However, Chu Er, being a genius, held ordinary people in contempt. He felt that Manager Dong couldn't cause any trouble and that her work ability was quite good, so keeping her around wouldn't be a big problem.
Lin Jing pressed further, "The people your agent hired all noticed, did your agent know too? Has she done anything against you recently?"
"What can she do? She's just an ordinary person. Even if she knows, what can she do?" Chu Er said arrogantly. "Three days from now, I will be able to completely take over this body, and then no one will be able to do anything to me."
It infuriates him to think that someone as powerful as him has to share a body with someone else.
Normally, with his abilities, even in his most desperate state, he shouldn't be unable to deal with the soul of a mere mortal. But by chance, when he faked his death, he didn't have time to find a suitable body to possess beforehand. After he died, he quickly searched around the nearby hospitals and, just as Chu Shuangyan was born, he chose him.
Chu Er lost consciousness as soon as he entered Chu Shuangyan's body and curled up to nurture his soul. When he woke up more than ten years later and tried to drive away Chu Shuangyan's original soul from taking over his body, he discovered that Chu Shuangyan actually possessed the power of faith—at that time, Chu Shuangyan was already a well-known child star.
Chu Er was still in a semi-crippled state and couldn't do anything to Chu Shuangyan. After his anger subsided, he felt that this was also an opportunity. In the past, Chu Shuangyan himself controlled this body, so the power of faith belonged to Chu Shuangyan. As long as he recovered and used this body afterward, the power of faith would be his.
So he hid away for several years until two years ago when he finally found an opportunity to push Chu Shuangyan's soul aside and even managed to contact his former disciple, Lin Jing.
Even so, he still couldn't completely destroy Chu Shuangyan's soul.
"This year's July 15th is a stroke of luck for me," Chu Er laughed. "On the Ghost Festival, when the Emperor's dew flows, I'm sure I'll succeed this time."
Lin Jing chimed in, "Master is the most powerful one. You've suffered so much all these years."
She then asked, "So, should I take care of Qin Su?"
Chu Er hesitated for a moment, feeling quite troubled.
It wasn't that he was attracted to beauty and couldn't bear to kill Qin Su, but he was a little unsure about Qin Su's abilities. Although he said he wasn't afraid, he was far less powerful than he used to be and didn't want anything to happen before the fifteenth of July.
"Forget it, you don't need to get involved." Chu Er finally said, "On the night of the fifteenth of July, I'll find a way to lure her out. I'll use that opportunity to sacrifice her along with the others. You keep a close eye on those children these next two days, make sure none of them are missing."
Lin Jing replied, "Okay, Master, don't worry."
...
And so, both sides went about their own business and peacefully spent two days together.
Manager Dong secretly manipulated public opinion, which indeed caused a stir among fans, and Chu Shuangyan's number of followers on social media platforms actually decreased by a significant number.
On July 14th at noon, Chu Er discovered this and flew into a rage.
He stared at Manager Dong and said menacingly, "I don't care what you're thinking. Just do your job properly. We've lost so many fans, you have to find a way to make up for it."
Tomorrow is the 15th of July, how could he tolerate an accident happening at this time?
Manager Dong's heart skipped a beat, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, "Ah Chu, that's all from your rivals trying to smear you. You know how competitive it is among young actors of the same generation, and you've always had an advantage."
Having stayed in Chu Shuangyan's body for so long, Chu Er naturally knew what rivals were and that such things as spreading negative information about each other to grab resources and endorsements were common in the industry. However, he also suspected that Manager Dong was not as dedicated to her work as before and had not properly maintained the team and managed the fans, so he was skeptical of her statement.
“I don’t care about any of that,” he said coldly. “Go and debunk the rumors right now, find out who it is, and give me their names.”
Once he's done with this, he'll definitely get his revenge.
Dong's agent readily agreed.
Chu Er was not completely at ease.
His heart was beating faster than ever before, and he had a vague, ominous feeling—a kind of intuition about one's own situation that is common among spiritual practitioners and had saved him many times in the past.
He disregarded the fans' concerns and told Dong's agent, "The daytime filming schedule for tomorrow will be postponed. I have something to take care of."
To be on the safe side, he decided to go and check it out now.
Manager Dong was taken aback and immediately tried to dissuade him, saying, "There are less than 24 hours left. If you change the itinerary at the last minute, we will have to make compensation. What's the matter that you're in such a hurry?"
Chu Er didn't explain at all, ignored her completely, changed his clothes, and left in a hurry.
Manager Dong stood there, his expression shifting.
Even knowing that the person in question wasn't the real Chu Shuangyan, it was still difficult to avoid feeling angry.
After thinking for a moment, she sent a message to Qin Su telling her what had just happened. Fearing that the other party might not have seen it in time, she also called Qin Lide.
Qin Lide was discussing the afternoon's operation with everyone. The police had figured out several places that Lin Jing's husband, Bai Facai, frequented, and guessed that the children were hiding in one of them. They planned to go and test the waters.
He thought Dong's agent was calling to report on the situation, so he answered the phone and said amicably, "Xiao Dong, we've already seen what happened online. We were just praising you for your decisiveness, for letting Chu Shuangyan lose so many fans."
"Uh, hahaha." Manager Dong laughed awkwardly, and said embarrassedly, "Actually, no, because the previous fans were inflated. Celebrities all assume that they will buy fans. This time, we just cleaned up some zombie fans, and we can buy them back later."
Qin Lide: "..."
He said, "How can Manager Dong be so ruthless?"
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