Chapter 52
Facing Hu Xiu's puzzled gaze, Rong Jing did not say what was in his heart.
Instead, he pulled out a talisman from the drawer, stuffed it into a small sachet, and handed it to the other person, explaining, "Just carry this with you, and don't worry about the rest."
Hu Xiu looked at the small sachet.
She had seen similar items before when she went to Taoist temples with her parents to burn incense. She reached out to take it, pressing her fingertips on the brocade bag. A sense of peace magically emerged in her heart. She nodded to Rong Jing and said thank you seriously: "Thank you, how much is this?"
"five hundred."
Hu Xiu did not hesitate any longer.
Although her monthly living expenses were not much, and the sudden expenditure of five hundred might make her financially tight for the rest of her life, she felt that the five hundred was worth spending when she thought about her life returning to a stable state.
"Yes, carry it with you." Rong Jing reminded again and again, and then said, "If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, you can come to me at any time. My WeChat is over there, you can add me."
"Okay, thank you."
Hu Xiu added WeChat, carefully placed the sachet close to his body, and said "thank you" twice before turning and leaving.
Rong Jing supported his chin and watched the little ghost subconsciously talking to Hu Xiu and continuing to curse in her ear, but as soon as he got close to Hu Xiu, the other party suddenly let out a heart-wrenching scream, and then the cursing became louder and louder.
It seemed a little unconvinced and reached out to touch Hu Xiu again, but its fingers ignited with golden light. Within two seconds, its entire hand was burned clean by the amulet.
Rong Jing let out a soft "eh".
Full of disgust for stupid things.
After seeing Hu Xiu off, Rong Jing worked until around five o'clock, just before work, when a young man, bundled up tightly, arrived. The young man stood furtively at the door and glanced around the waiting room, only to see two men dressed in fashionable clothes. With his sharp eyes, he noticed at a glance that the watches on their wrists were worth at least five million.
He quickly looked away and pushed the door open.
The moment the door closed, Nie Liu, who was drinking through a straw, snorted coldly: "You sneaky dog."
Yan Yingyao also nodded, thinking of the number the other person was holding, and said, "He kept exchanging numbers with people this afternoon. I was curious at the time and asked a few customers whose numbers were exchanged."
Those guests all said that the young man explained that he had something urgent to do in the afternoon and might not be able to get back here in time. He didn't want to miss his number, nor did he want to come back another day, so he had to exchange numbers with someone for a later time.
This change resulted in the last one.
The young man didn't hear the two people behind him chattering. He came to sit in front of Rong Jing, and without removing the 'packaging' on his face, he spoke directly, a muffled voice coming out from behind the mask: "Hello, Master Rong, I've heard of your great name for a long time. It's like this, I want to ask you something."
Rong Jing looked at his tight disguise and felt curious, but didn't ask anything and just nodded.
The young man coughed lightly and said, "I have a friend—"
As soon as he finished speaking, he found that Rong Jing was looking at him with an extremely complicated expression.
young people:"……"
He struggled for a moment: "It's really my friend."
Rong Jing didn't expose him. He hummed twice and said politely, "Go on."
The young man felt that Rong Jing didn't believe him at all, but since he was already sitting there, it didn't seem to matter. Touching his nose through his mask, he said, "Well, my ex... no, my friend had an ex-boyfriend. That ex-boyfriend was absolutely disgusting. I was in a relationship with him for five years, but he kept pretending to be single and was secretly dating several women, scamming them out of their money."
"I just want to ask, do you have any way to make that scumbag unlucky?"
The eyes behind the sunglasses were full of hope, and he looked at Rong Jing almost passionately.
Rong Jing: “…”
The boy's expression became even more complicated. "Many people come to me to solve their problems, but you are the first one who makes me cause trouble for others."
Looking at the previous customers in Rongjing, they either came to tell fortunes or were haunted by ghosts and came for help.
But the person in front of him obviously wanted to take revenge on that scumbag ex-boyfriend.
The young man's eyes twitched at the words, as if he felt it was impolite, but he still persisted in struggling: "Really? He really has a problem. He's no different from a scumbag. He cheated on a young girl and even broke a colleague's leg. He might even be responsible for the death of one colleague..."
Rong Jing frowned as he listened, and after a while he said, "I can't believe a few words from you and conclude that he really has a problem."
The young man was stunned: "That's right."
Rong Jing: “…” Your point makes sense.
The young man thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "If you confirm that what I said is true, can you help me?"
Rong Jing also spoke frankly: "As long as it's for the sake of justice, of course it's possible."
"Then can we sign a confidentiality agreement or something? I'm here to talk to you about this, and you're keeping it to yourself?" The young man's eyes were once again filled with hope. "Actually, before you, I've also approached a few so-called masters, but each one of them ended up scamming me out of tens of thousands of dollars. I couldn't pull that idiot off, and not only that, but that idiot's career has only gotten better and better."
Rong Jing's eyes twitched and he couldn't help but find it funny.
I never thought that one day I would be able to sign a confidentiality agreement when fortune-telling here.
Seeing Rong Jing remained silent for a moment, the young man became a little anxious and immediately said, "How about this? Let's sign a confidentiality agreement first. The confidential content is the news and content of my visit here today. After signing, I will tell you in detail about that scumbag. If you feel that I can't enforce justice, I won't make it difficult for you. Just pretend that I never came here, okay?"
Having said that, he had carefully investigated Rong Jing before coming here.
He searched Rong Jing's name on all major social media platforms. Many netizens posted photos of themselves waiting for their fortunes at Rong Jing's stall or studio, and gave him overwhelmingly positive reviews. Looking through the fifty related posts, almost all praised Rong Jing's accuracy.
Occasionally, there would be one or two complaints, but netizens would ask them back without saying a word, most likely because they did not listen to Rong Jing.
Therefore, he felt that he probably had not chosen the wrong person this time.
Since the young man said so, Rong Jing naturally did not refuse. However, when the other party directly pulled out the ready-made confidentiality agreement document from his bag, Rong Jing was still shocked.
The young man chuckled awkwardly and said, "Please understand. After all, I thought he was dead a long time ago."
Rong Jing praised him: "You are so honest."
The young man waved his hand: "Well, this is just the advantage I've had since I was a child."
Rong Jing: “…”
Rong Jing was not very familiar with contracts like confidentiality agreements, so he decided to leave professional matters to professionals. After obtaining the young man's consent, he took a photo of the agreement and sent it to Song Qing, who then sent it to Xie's legal department. Only after receiving a reply that there was no problem did he sign his name.
Then he said to the young man, "Now you can tell me in detail."
Seeing this, the young man immediately took off all the clothes on his face, including his hat, sunglasses, and mask, revealing a clean and delicate face.
He fumbled and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a tissue. Then, looking at Rong Jing again, he saw that her expression hadn't changed at all. The young man immediately guessed that Rong Jing probably didn't recognize him. He couldn't help but touch his face, and incredulously asked, "You... don't know me?"
Rong Jing gave him an innocent look in return.
Well, it seems that I really don’t know him.
The young man felt a little aggrieved for a moment. It seemed that his career as a star was still a little unclear.
But it's true, compared to that scumbag, he is indeed a nobody.
Thinking of this, the young man sighed again and introduced himself to the mirror: "My name is Song Zhiye, I'm an actor. You can search for it online. And the scumbag I just mentioned is actually my ex-boyfriend, Xiao Sheng."
Rong Jing had indeed never heard of the name Song Zhiye. After all, he didn't like watching TV dramas very much and didn't know much about domestic actors.
But Xiao Sheng had heard of it.
Because Xiao Sheng is so popular, a while ago when Yuan Siyu and Liu Liu came to his stall on Changhua Street to play with him, they mentioned that they had recently become fascinated with Xiao Sheng, and that Xiao Sheng seemed to have been nominated for the Best Actor award.
Seeing that Yuan Siyu and Rong Jing were both interested, Liu Liu said a few more words, emphasizing that Xiao Sheng had won two Best Actor awards and was a young and talented actor.
And praise the other party as the best in the world.
Rong Jing showed little interest in him. Seeing his expression, Liu Liu expressed her understanding and said, "That's definitely not as good as your Boss Xie's. Xiao Sheng is rare in the world, and your Boss Xie is unprecedented and unrivaled."
Rong Jing was amused and even sent a message to Xie Changshi telling him about Liu Liu's praise for him. In the end, Xie Changshi teased her: asking her if she was interested in working in our company's public relations department. I have never seen anyone praise the boss like that in my life.
Hmm.
In fact, Rong Jing felt that Liu Liu was right to praise him.
Anyway, he had never seen anyone more handsome than Xie Changshi.
But this may have something to do with personal vision, so he kept it to himself.
Seeing Rong Jing's thoughtful expression upon hearing the name 'Xiao Sheng,' Song Zhiye knew he must be familiar with Xiao Sheng. His heart ached immediately, and then, wiping away a tear, he spoke again, pulling Rong Jing's thoughts back from completely drifting off to Xie Changshi.
"When Xiao Cheng was talking to me, he was already involved with the top management of his company. I only recently found out that this bastard stole several endorsements from me. During this period, I mentioned it to him many times about going public, but he refused. Later, I found out that he was having an affair with someone else and even fucking his fans."
"As for the colleague I just mentioned, Master, you can search the name Pan Pan on Weibo."
Upon hearing this, Rong Jing took out his mobile phone and searched for "Pan Pan". The entry #Pan Pan commits suicide# immediately appeared in the search box.
At Song Zhiye's nod, Rong Jing clicked on the entry and saw the related news report.
This happened a year ago, and Rong Jing was still lying in his coffin, unconscious. No wonder he didn't know. Given the buzz surrounding a celebrity's suicide, even if Rong Jing didn't usually pay attention to celebrity news, he would have heard about it from others.
Rong Jing looked at the content of the article.
It said that after Pan Pan finished filming a certain drama, his depression relapsed. He was so trapped in the role that he couldn't think straight and cut his wrists.
At Pan Pan's funeral, Xiao Sheng, who had worked with Pan Pan before, also showed up.
Xiao Sheng even accepted interviews from the media.
However, based on what the reporter said, as well as the photos and video, he didn't volunteer for the interview. Instead, he was forced to stay where he was, and the reporter insisted he say something to commemorate Panpan. Xiao Sheng, known for his short temper, sneered upon hearing this: "Everyone's gone, and you're still trying to pry some gossip out of someone who's heartbroken to gain traffic, right?"
"Have you seen this?" Song Zhiye hadn't noticed before, running up to Rong Jing's side, pointing at the content with a sneer. "After this video was exposed, netizens were praising him for his genuine nature, saying how kind he was and how he would definitely not use a dead person to gain publicity. It was in stark contrast to the other person being interviewed at the time."
Song Zhiye casually swiped the screen and saw another person's interview.
Rong Jing clicked on the video.
She was a woman who looked to be around 30 years old, with tired features and red eyes. Facing the camera, she controlled her emotions and spoke word by word, "Panpan is a very good girl. She and I discussed the role of 'Zhang Ya'. I don't think she would commit suicide because she was trapped in the role."
Her statement sparked a lot of discussion, and more reporters contacted her and interviewed her.
During that period, the most common news was about Panpan's suicide and the video of this lady being interviewed.
It is precisely because of this that many netizens think that she is just trying to gain popularity.
This perception reached its peak after the woman went on a live broadcast to clarify the situation. Even though she turned off the gift-giving function and simply expressed her thoughts, she was still bombarded with attacks.
Song Zhiye said, "Her name is Kan Yingqiu, she's a dancer, and she's very close to Panpan. It's said they grew up together. I later contacted her, and she accidentally told me that while Xiao Sheng and I were having a secret relationship, he was also in a relationship with Panpan. Then, based on some of Panpan's actions, we deduced that Panpan must have discovered she was being cheated on."
He looked at Rong Jing and said, "As for what I just said, that Panpan's death might be related to Xiao Sheng, it's actually speculation, with no substantial evidence. As for the source of the speculation, it's because Kan Yingqiu and I found a draft in Panpan's Weibo draft box that she had saved. It was intended to expose Xiao Sheng's two-timing."
"The draft basically explained the course of her relationship with Xiao Sheng, and even posted some so-called evidence."
At this point, Rong Jing couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you call the police?"
"I reported it, but there was no result." Song Zhiye also felt helpless. "The police investigation concluded that Pan Pan committed suicide. Moreover, they couldn't even find any connection between Pan Pan and Xiao Sheng before his suicide, let alone coercion."
"After that, Kan Yingqiu and I began to doubt ourselves, wondering if we were too critical of Xiao Sheng and made a mistake."
"Before we could figure it out, the matter was accidentally exposed by paparazzi."
The funniest thing is that I thought that even if I couldn't find out that Pan Pan's death was related to Xiao Sheng, at least I could prove that Xiao Sheng and Pan Pan were in love. But then I found out that the person who had been in a relationship with Pan Pan was a staff member of Xiao Sheng's former team.
"What do you mean, the person Panpan is in a relationship with is a staff member from Xiao Sheng's former team?"
"What this means is that the person Panpan has been contacting all this time isn't Xiao Sheng."
Rong Jing: "Are you saying that someone is dating Panpan under Xiao Sheng's name?"
Song Zhiye nodded.
Rong Jing hesitated for a few seconds and couldn't help asking, "Isn't that a bit too ridiculous?"
Song Zhiye was immediately excited when he heard this, as if he had found a kindred spirit. "You think this is bullshit too, right? If you say it's purely an online romance, then that's possible. But according to Kan Yingqiu, Panpan has told her several times that she wants to date her boyfriend, and the contact was all real."
"Where are the photos from the date? Didn't you just say there was evidence of a relationship?"
"There are no photos. Xiao Sheng is disgusting, but he's also really cautious. He and I don't take photos that look like a couple. As for the evidence of our relationship, it's just the chat history. But the owner of this chat account isn't Xiao Sheng, so everyone thinks Pan Pan was scammed."
"Later, that former employee of Xiao Sheng's team came forward, saying that because he held a grudge against Xiao Sheng, he used Xiao Sheng's name to date Pan Pan. He also hooked up with several of Xiao Sheng's fans and scammed them out of a lot of money."
This matter was confirmed by the fans who were deceived.
From then on, Xiao Sheng's "stigma" was completely washed away.
If this is true, then Xiao Sheng is quite cunning.
Seeing that Panpan's affair was exposed, he actually took this opportunity to clear himself of all his past romantic affairs.
Rong Jing was shocked in his heart.
Song Zhiye knew that the whole thing would be a real drama if he told it out loud, but that was precisely why he wanted to seek help from Rong Jing. "I don't know what others think, but I personally saw Xiao Sheng contact those fans. So the story about a former team member holding a grudge and pretending he was in a relationship is definitely fake. I'm just curious what Xiao Sheng had in mind to get that employee to take the blame for him."
Rong Jing could roughly guess it.
There are only two possibilities.
First, Xiao Sheng gave the other party enough benefits.
Second, there is some explanation.
Judging from the fantastic plot Song Zhiye described and the fact that the police couldn't find any clues, it was most likely related to their line of work.
Just give an example.
If he asked Cheng Puyu to possess Xiao Sheng's body, and then relied on Cheng Puyu's control over Xiao Sheng's body to make Cheng Puyu carry out the suicide order, to outsiders, it would look like Xiao Sheng had taken a knife and cut his neck.
In this situation, the police are of no use at all.
Because they couldn't find any clues.
Rong Jing had reason to believe that if what Song Zhiye said was true, then there must be someone helping Xiao Sheng behind the scenes, and they had erased all clues that could involve Xiao Sheng's reputation.
"Just now everyone was saying that there was no evidence that Xiao Sheng was having multiple affairs, but what about the evidence that he was in a relationship with you?"
"There's evidence," Song Zhiye answered truthfully, but then felt a little awkward. "But after the Panpan incident, Xiao Sheng revealed his romantic relationship in an interview. By then, I'd already broken up with him, and he didn't reveal who he was dating. He just said he was so focused on his career at the time that he neglected his boyfriend... That made his fans feel really bad for him, saying it wasn't his fault."
Rong Jing: “…”
Song Zhiye touched his nose and said, "If I publicly announced that I was his ex-boyfriend at that time... it would be really disgusting, disgusting to myself."
Rong Jing: “…”
After thinking about it, he felt that there was really no need for Song Zhiye to rush to claim it.
After all, Song Zhiye's original intention was just to get Huang Xiaosheng, but Xiaosheng had already dealt with those who had affairs with him. If Song Zhiye admitted it again, it would only fulfill Xiaosheng's reputation of being loyal and pure in love.
Thinking about it this way, it’s even more disgusting.
"What about breaking your colleague's leg?" Rong Jing asked.
"Xiao Sheng was vying for a role with someone. The director and investors favored that person, but Xiao Sheng wasn't satisfied and had someone hit him. This happened when Xiao Sheng and I were drinking. Xiao Sheng and his agent thought I was drunk, so they whispered about it, and I happened to overhear it. I later reported it to the police, but they summoned the driver who hit the person. The driver simply said he was a little sleepy at the time, which is why he hit the person."
Song Zhiye couldn't help but feel a little helpless as he spoke: "Every time I report a case, it's related to Xiao Sheng, and the facts the police investigated have nothing to do with what I said. Now those two policemen are looking at me strangely."
"That's why I tried other methods, but who knew that all the people I found before were scammers. Master Rong, I really need you to help me with this. Those people online say you're amazing and have real skills. Please help me."
Rong Jing thought for a moment and said, "There are some things I can only confirm after meeting Xiao Sheng in person."
If Xiao Sheng really had a life on his hands, he would naturally be able to tell when they met.
Otherwise, everything was Song Zhiye's unilateral statement, and he would not have agreed to the other party so casually.
"I understand. I searched online and it's said that when you met Chang Tianrui, you behaved very strangely and kept looking to the right of Chang Tianrui. They all said that you could see the people who died unjustly behind Chang Tianrui!"
Rong Jing: “…”
Was he being that obvious?
He also touched his nose guiltily.
Then he quickly changed the subject: "You and he are in the same circle, so you should be able to get in touch with him? Take me with you then."
Song Zhiye nodded immediately upon hearing this: "That's easy. Xiao Sheng has a new movie coming out and is currently on roadshow. It looks like he'll be coming to Yancheng next Wednesday. I'll have someone take you there then."
"OK."
After getting Rong Jing's affirmative answer, Song Zhiye added him on WeChat, wrapped his face tightly again, and said goodbye.
When he walked out, Yan Yingyao and Nie Liu at the front desk raised their eyebrows.
Song Zhiye: “…”
He always felt as if he had been seen through, but he still kept his head down and quickened his pace.
After seeing off Song Zhiye, Rong Jing and the two assistants went home smoothly. The two assistants got into their respective cars, a Koenigsegg and a Pagani, while Rong Jing got into Xie Changshi's Cullinan.
After returning to Yunjiang Bay and having dinner with Xie Changshi, Rong Jing lay on the sofa and looked at her phone.
Suddenly, a news notification popped up on the page.
He looked closely and saw that it said: Wang Zhiguo, the principal of Yancheng No. 3 High School, committed suicide and left a suicide note revealing that he had been sexually assaulting female students for a long time.
Rong Jing opened the notification and saw Wang Zhiguo's photo.
He looks exactly like the little ghost following Hu Xiu.
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