Chapter 29
The Internet was very lively that day. First, Jiang Mingshuang's identity was exposed and she was suspected of murder. Then the police announced that Xue Tinghe was a charlatan who hired people to pretend to be ghosts and was detained by the police.
Next, the CEO and senior executives of Xinchao Entertainment were suddenly taken away by the police, and even Jiang Honghui was summoned to the police station for questioning.
The climaxes came one after another, and netizens were dazzled. Many of them started watching the show all night long last night, and were still too excited to sleep even after dark.
This is not the end. The reason why the CEO and senior executives of Xinchao Entertainment were taken away was soon reported by reporters.
It turned out that the CEO of Xinchao Entertainment and some senior executives were organizing a money party and inviting partners to attend. They also used threats and bribes to coerce and bribe their own artists to participate and acted as pimps for the artists.
Mu Ju refused to participate and secretly collected a lot of evidence. After being discovered, Mr. Liu hired a group of online trolls to slander Mu Ju for participating in the silver party. When the Internet was full of criticism, he pushed her out of the apartment building to create the illusion of suicide.
After this incident was exposed, Xinchao Entertainment became even more infamous and was widely criticized online.
Mu Ju's fans came out to mourn and cry, and netizens also mourned for her spontaneously.
Back then, Mu Ju was splashed with dirty water and cursed by the whole network when he left. He was in a very miserable state. Some black fans even broke into the funeral and wanted to set fire to the body.
Those fans who firmly believe in Mu Ju's innocence dare not show up, because if they do, they will be severely scolded by black fans and water armies.
Now combined with Gu Yunshuang's experience, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. Xinchao Entertainment's methods were really terrible. As long as they bribed the internet trolls, they could control online public opinion, turn a person from innocent to black, and even let an innocent person die in such a miserable state covered in dirty water.
Many people demanded a thorough investigation.
The police also quickly issued a notice, stating that they would treat this case as a typical case and conduct a strict investigation. They would not let any criminal go and would clear the name of the innocent.
Later, even the central bank came out to criticize those platforms by name, saying that they should not condone cyber violence, and revealed that the country will strengthen the management of cyber violence on the platforms.
In the quiet hospital late at night, Qi Yue walked into the empty stairwell. The light bulb in the stairwell flickered and then went out.
At the corner of the stairs, blood was flowing down, stopping two meters away from Qi Yue, then slowly rolling and condensing, turning into a beautiful woman, who was Mu Ju.
Mu Ju did his best to suppress his evil behavior and become a normal person. He bowed deeply to Qi Yue and said gratefully, "Mr. Qi, thank you so much for allowing me to redress my injustice and apprehend my enemies."
It turned out that after Mu Ju's death, his resentment did not dissipate, and his wronged soul had been wandering in the apartment building until it was summoned by Gu Yunshuang and Wang Qiang's Pen Fairy game.
But her ability was not enough to reveal herself, and Wang Qiang was carrying the exorcism talisman drawn by Xue Tinghe himself, so she could do nothing.
It was Qi Yue who showed up, destroyed Wang Qiang's exorcism talisman, and imparted a trace of ghost energy to her, enhancing her strength. She returned the favor by becoming attached to Wang Qiang, venting her anger on Gu Yunshuang. She also wanted Wang Qiang to help her report the case.
Although Wang Qiang was afraid of ghosts, he was even more afraid of death. He knew that if he reported the evidence Mu Ju had gathered to the police, he would completely offend Xinchao Entertainment's CEO, Liu, and his backer, Jiang Honghui. If either of them wasn't dead, he wouldn't have a good life. So, even though he was haunted by ghosts and had nightmares that kept him awake at night, he refused to report it.
Mu Ju couldn't really take his life, otherwise she would become a ghost that only knew how to kill people. She could only continue to fight with him and see who would give up first.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Liu and Jiang Honghui would use Gu's father to threaten Gu Yunshuang, which completely angered Qi Yue. Qi Yue then secretly gave Mu Ju another trace of ghost energy.
Mu Ju's strength increased again, and he immediately possessed Wang Qiang, controlling his body to get the evidence he had hidden, and then went to the police station to report the crime.
Now that Mr. Liu and the top executives at Xinchao Entertainment have been arrested, the evidence is irrefutable and the charges have been hammered down. Mu Ju no longer needs to pester Wang Qiang. Wang Qiang has been possessed by a fierce ghost, and he's going to suffer a lot these past few days.
Mu Ju went back to see his relatives again. His wish was fulfilled and he felt that he was about to disappear, so he came to thank Qi Yue before disappearing.
Qi Yue: "No need, you and I are just taking what we need."
Mu Ju shook his head. "I understand. With your abilities, you have plenty of ways to teach one or two people a lesson without even lifting a finger. You're just being kind and wanting to help me. I've already gotten what I wanted, and I sincerely hope you can get what you want too."
Qi Yue was silent. To be honest, it might be better for his wish not to come true.
Before returning, his wish was to protect Gu Yunshuang, to help Gu Yunshuang escape from the plot, to rise to prominence, and to live a peaceful and happy life.
But people are greedy, let alone a ghost born out of obsession. Now his wish is no longer just to protect Gu Yunshuang, but to cling to him like this, even if it means dragging him to hell with him, he will never let go.
This is not a good thing for a living person.
Mu Ju didn't notice his silence and continued, "There's something I think it's necessary to tell you, sir. When Gu Yunshuang first debuted and became popular, I accidentally overheard a conversation between Mr. Liu and Jiang Honghui outside Mr. Liu's office.
"Jiang Honghui said that Gu Yunshuang looked too much like them. If she had been in the public eye all the time, sooner or later someone would think she had some connection to them. Mr. Liu suggested that they could discredit Gu Yunshuang and make everyone think that she had had plastic surgery on purpose to look like this.
"Later, because other people came over, I couldn't eavesdrop any further, so I don't know what they discussed afterwards. However, Jiang Honghui seemed to have always cared about Gu Yunshuang, and Mr. Liu's attitude towards Gu Yunshuang was actually quite special. You also know how dirty Xinchao Entertainment is behind the scenes. It's common for them to pimp artists or ask them to accompany them for drinking.
"If there are those who are stubborn and unwilling, they have plenty of ways to torture them into agreeing. But Gu Yunshuang had been at New Trend Entertainment for three years, and someone had set their sights on Gu Yunshuang at the beginning. After being rejected by Gu Yunshuang, that person was fired for some reason before he could do anything.
"Later, no one set their sights on him. This situation is not right. Mr. Liu, or Jiang Honghui behind him, has been keeping an eye on Gu Yunshuang. I'm afraid his motives are not pure. Sir, please be more careful."
Qi Yue's eyes instantly turned cold. What kind of relationship could there be between Gu Yunshuang and Jiang Honghui that would make Jiang Honghui so wary and concerned?
He felt inexplicably irritable and had a bad feeling.
He was about to ask for more details when he heard footsteps outside. Qi Yue's face changed, Mu Ju disappeared in an instant, and the lights in the stairwell returned to normal.
The door of the stairwell was pushed open, and Gu Yunshuang stuck his head in to look. Seeing that there was no one else here except Qi Yue, he walked in again and looked upstairs and downstairs.
That vigilant look made her look like a wife who was trying to catch her cheating husband.
Qi Yue felt inexplicably guilty and coughed lightly, "Why are you not sleeping so late at night? What are you looking for?"
Gu Yunshuang turned her head and looked at him dimly. "I also want to ask you, why are you here so late at night instead of sleeping? I thought I heard someone talking just now. Who were you talking to? The person disappeared as soon as I came in. Who is so mysterious? Can you let me see him?"
Qi Yue: "There's no one here? Did you hear me wrong? There's really no one else here except you and me. I just couldn't sleep and wanted to come here to smoke a cigarette."
Gu Yunshuang glanced at his empty hands: "Where's the cigarette?"
Qi Yue said fluently, "I just realized I didn't bring any cigarettes when I got here, and I didn't want to run out to buy some so late at night. I was just daydreaming!"
Gu Yunshuang didn't quite believe it and even glanced at the distance between him and Qi Yue.
Look, Qi Yue was so guilty that he didn't notice that the distance between them was only half a meter.
“…”
His look reminded Qi Yue, who silently took a step away, keeping a distance of more than one meter between them. He asked half-jokingly, "What's wrong with you? If you don't know, you'd think you were here to catch someone having an affair."
Gu Yunshuang: "I woke up suddenly and didn't see you, so I came out to look for you. I was afraid you'd avoid me again and come meet someone in the middle of the night, and then run off with them again."
In fact, he was having a nightmare. He dreamed that the young Qi Yue and the adult Qi Yue came to say goodbye to him. No matter how he cried and begged them to stay, Qi Yue's back was still so determined as he turned and left.
He was startled awake, and his first reaction was to go see Qi Yue and make sure he hadn't left. But Qi Yue was nowhere to be found in the ward. He was immediately frightened out of his wits.
His mind was filled with the scenes of Qi Yue coming to say goodbye to him twice in his dream. The intense sadness and despair were still so clear. At that moment, he even suspected that Qi Yue had never come back. The Qi Yue he had been with in the past two days was all in his dream.
Gu Yunshuang was so scared that he immediately ran out to find Qi Yue, and then he heard voices coming from the closed door on the stairs. Without thinking, he pushed the door open and went in to look for someone.
Qi Yue felt both distressed and guilty. Oh no, he had traumatized Gu Yunshuang! It was all his fault.
Qi Yue had to repeatedly assure Gu Yunshuang that he would never leave again before persuading her to go back to the ward to sleep.
Gu Yunshuang lay back on the bed, staring at Qi Yue with his eyes open for a while, as if to confirm that this person was really there and would not suddenly disappear again, then he fell asleep in a daze.
When he woke up the next day, Gu Yunshuang's fever had completely subsided and the doctor said he could be discharged from the hospital that day.
Sun Zhanyuan immediately and diligently ran around to handle the procedures for them.
At this time, an uninvited guest came to the ward.
The visitor introduced himself as Director Lin from the Special Management Bureau.
Gu Yun's hair almost stood on end, and he stared at him warily with his eyes wide open.
Influenced by him, Qi Yue, who originally had a good impression of Director Lin, gradually became colder in the eyes and his breath became colder.
Fan Xiuping, who was following behind Director Lin, felt as if he was being stared at by a terrifying beast. He got goosebumps, his blood almost froze, and he became fully alert.
Director Lin acted as if he hadn't noticed the sudden tension in the atmosphere. He half-jokingly said, "What? You don't remember me? We've met before! I still remember how beautiful and well-behaved Shuangshuang looked back then, but she lied lamely to protect Qi Yue. Old Qi was actually fooled by you. And then Qi Yue, like a mud monkey, ran out with a mouse bigger than a kitten and confessed without a fight. He got a good beating from Old Qi."
Qi Yue and Gu Yunshuang felt a little embarrassed when the ugly incident in the past was suddenly brought up. At the same time, they couldn't help but show a trace of nostalgia on their faces because they thought of the good memories and Old Man Qi.
But Gu Yunshuang still remained wary of the old man in front of him, who looked ordinary but had very sharp eyes. "I remember that you don't look much different, and your authority is even more powerful than before."
Director Lin laughed and shook his head. "It's changed a lot. He's old, and now he's just an empty shell. On the surface, it looks like something serious, but in reality, it's just a paper tiger, easily broken."
Qi Yue's heart skipped a beat. He realized that Director Lin was ostensibly talking about himself, but in reality, he was referring to the current Special Management Bureau. Was he specifically here to recruit him?
But no, he had already promised to stay by Shuangshuang's side and be his assistant, and he wasn't going anywhere. Moreover, although he had some good feelings towards the Special Management Bureau because of the plot in the book, the Bureau did not give up on finding evidence and cleared Shuangshuang's name, he had not forgotten that the authorities still owed him a large pension!
At that time, the Tianshi Association had agreed with him that after his death, in addition to the large pension provided by the Tianshi Association, the government would also provide a large pension. What happened? The Tianshi Association at least tried to provide a small amount, but the government didn't even show any sign of giving.
Thinking of this, Qi Yue couldn't help but feel resentful.
They didn't even give him a pension, and they still want to call him back to work like a slave after his death? What the hell are they thinking!
Only a fool would go!
Gu Yunshuang also saw Director Lin's intention to recruit him, and he became more alert. It was not that he had any opinion on Director Lin, but he had an equal opinion on the person who secretly took Old Man Qi away for some special mission. He was afraid that Qi Yue would listen to this person's nonsense and follow him foolishly again.
If I leave, I'm afraid we won't be apart for seven or eight years, but I might come back as a cold corpse like Mr. Qi.
He got straight to the point: "Director Lin, you're here to see Qi Yue, right? Actually, I know all about how you often ask Grandpa Qi to do special missions for you. Those missions must be very dangerous. Dedication to one's country and people is what we should do, but Grandpa Qi has already sacrificed his life for our country, and Qi Yue was away for seven years, only returning two days ago. They've contributed enough, and there are so many people who can be used. You can't just keep targeting the Qi family and exploiting them, right?"
You can say that he is selfish and has no spirit of devotion to his country and family, but who can really be so cruel as to watch the person most important to them die?
He had done such a thing once, and for the next seven years he suffered from the gnawing regret day and night.
If Qi Yue never came back, or if he came back as a cold corpse, he would be very sad and miserable, but at the same time he would also feel proud of Qi Yue.
However, a miracle happened and Qi Yue returned safely, finally to his side. He really could no longer bear the pain of not knowing whether Qi Yue was alive or dead after leaving again.
What he didn't expect was that as soon as he said this, Qi Yue blurted out in shock: "Shuangshuang, do you know that I didn't study abroad?"
So how much did Gu Yunshuang know? Did he know that he and Old Man Qi were both celestial masters? That Old Man Qi had been frequently called in by the authorities to catch ghosts and handle special cases? He had died seven years ago, and now he was just a wandering ghost?
Qi Yue's mind was in a mess, like a rainstorm.
What was even more unexpected was that Director Lin's reaction was even more intense than his. He stood up from his chair like a furious lion that had been suddenly awakened. "What? Didn't Qi Yue study abroad for the past seven years? Qi Yue, who did you go with seven years ago? Was it those bastards from the association?"
Fan Xiuping was also very shocked and stared at Qi Yue angrily, wanting to get an answer.
Gu Yunshuang: ???
What does that mean? So, during those seven years, Qi Yue wasn't away studying abroad, nor was he on some dangerous special mission for the country, like going undercover?
Gu Yunshuang slowly turned his head and stared at Qi Yue.
Qi Yue: ...
Qi Yue turned around and stared at Director Lin: Aren’t you the ones who know best whether I have studied abroad or where I have been in the past seven years?
Inside the ward, all three parties fell into silence.
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