Chapter 96: The Web of Fame and Fortune



Ten years ago, Shao Meng coveted Xie Wei's fortune, while Tao Tao was planning how to get on with the popular singers. Although Shao Meng's singing was not the best, he had two popular songs, which could barely be considered a second- or third-tier singer.

For Tao Tao, who had just entered the industry, this was already a person she needed to look up to.

She was 21 years old that year, and started out as a group performer. After three or four years, she became a special actor, specializing in dancers.

Tao Tao was unwilling to be a group performer. She longed to become a real star, get high film pay, and get high-priced endorsements. Therefore, after being injured and hospitalized, she has been trying to find a way to get in touch with Shao Meng. Her

young body and charming appearance are her greatest assets.

She bribed the nurses, figured out Shao Meng's movements, and wanted to create a beautiful encounter in the hospital garden.

Who would have thought that the heavens would never go as planned? She thought the best outcome was to use her power to get promoted, but she overheard the conversation between Shao Meng and the disfigured man. It turned out

that Shao Meng was almost dying.

It turned out that Shao Meng was coveting Xie Wei's luck.

Between wooing a rich man and being rich, even a fool would know this choice. Tao Tao almost immediately made a decision to abandon Shao Meng and take a share of the pie.

The disfigured man said, "To borrow luck, you have to know the man's birth date."

Shao Meng was smart and immediately said, "The crew has had several incidents. You can persuade the director to perform a ritual."

The entertainment industry is superstitious. After several incidents, the crew is restless. Even if the director himself does not believe in these things, he will not mind holding a ceremony to calm people's hearts. But modern people don’t attach much importance to birth dates. If you find a reasonable excuse to ask Xie Wei for it, he will probably give it to you.

The disfigured man said, "If he can be here, we can get twice the result with half the effort."

Shao Meng was delighted: "I'll prepare it now. What do you need?"

"No, I'll arrange it." The disfigured man said calmly, "But I want to remind you that there is a price to pay for changing your fate by borrowing luck. Are you ready?"

Shao Meng asked, "What price?"

"You'll know when the time comes." The disfigured man refused to reveal, "It's not too late to regret now."

Shao Meng hesitated, but his heart had already been occupied by Xie Wei's luck. Greed took over his mind, so he couldn't think calmly, so he said, "Let's do this."

Tao Tao remembered their conversation clearly, and found Shao Meng alone, and said like a lion: "Count me in, or I'll tell Xie Wei about this."

Shao Meng was shocked and angry, and he was not willing to let her take advantage of him. But he agreed verbally, but secretly found someone to get rid of Tao Tao.

But the disfigured man saved her: "It's better for both of us. Xie Wei is too lucky. If you can't bear this fate, it will backfire on the spot, and you will be injured if you don't die."

Shao Meng was still unwilling.

Tao Tao said again: "I have some connections with Life Production, I can help you."

Shao Meng looked at her, then at the disfigured man, and didn't want to cause trouble, so he agreed reluctantly.

They used the accident as an excuse to persuade the director to perform a ritual. The disfigured man pretended to be a master and took the birth dates of Xie Wei and other actors on the grounds of determining whether their birthdays conflicted.

After the work was done, the disfigured man gave them a talisman and asked them to tattoo the pattern on it on their bodies.

"The ceremony is considered successful only after the tattoo is completed," he said.

Shao Meng felt uncomfortable, as if he had stamped himself: "Why do you have to get a tattoo?"

"This is a mark, a mark of you stealing someone else's things." The other party smiled strangely, "Regret? It's too late, you have ten years, ten years later... hehe."

They got on the pirate ship and had to do as they were told.

After the killing, the two of them got tattoos on their bodies, and because of their sneaky movements, they were mistakenly thought to be in an underground relationship by others. Shao Meng was wary of Tao Tao, and Tao Tao was afraid that Shao Meng would kill her, so the two simply acquiesced and monitored each other.

Not long after, "The Mystery of the Great Song Dynasty" was broadcast, and the two became famous.

Xie Wei's luck has since been stolen by these two despicable villains.

This is the story told by Zhang Xi.

Jian Jing asked her, "Do you know all this just because you are a nurse?"

Zhang Xi smiled sarcastically, "Of course not."

Fame and fortune are attractive, and the glitz and glamour of the entertainment industry are no exception for anyone who has seen it. After Shao Meng was admitted to the hospital, fans waited at the door of the hospital day after day, and flowers and gifts were sent into the ward like water.

Zhang Xi used to think that she was already popular, but how could a little nurse in the hospital be compared with a star?

She also had ambitions.

Just as the disfigured man saw Shao Meng's intention, he also said to Zhang Xi, "If you want to be a star, I can show you a way."

Zhang Xi was used to men's flattery, but she knew by instinct that the man in front of her was not like her admirer, and everything he did was just to make her happy.

"Why are you helping me?" she asked cautiously.

The disfigured man said, "I want you."

Zhang Xi was startled, and suddenly remembered that she had examined his body before and witnessed his physiological reactions several times. As a nurse, she was used to these things, and she didn't expect him to have such an attempt.

She was reluctant.

But the other party said, "I have never lacked women, but it is hard to find one now. When I get better, you won't have any good luck."

It was strange. He was obviously a man with a disfigured appearance, but he was very self-righteous during the conversation, and he was proud to play with others.

Zhang Xi might be confused by it, or she might be born with a gambling nature, and finally agreed.

She served him for half a month, and before she was discharged from the hospital, a visitor came to visit. The disfigured man introduced her to him, and that was Boss Wan, whom she followed until now.

Zhang Xi quit her job and started learning acting, but she was uneasy, always afraid that her efforts would be in vain.

The man who was disgraced probably thought of her "doing her best" these days, so before leaving, he told her the secret of Shao Meng and Tao Tao.

"I will not treat a woman who has been with me badly." The man who was disgraced said, "You have something on them, maybe it will be useful someday."

This is how Zhang Xi knew the secret.

She kept her mouth shut, holding her trump card tightly, hoping to play it at the critical moment. Unfortunately, in the past ten years, the gap between her and Tao Tao and Shao Meng was too great, and she rarely had the opportunity to use it, and it was delayed until today.

Zhang Xi was afraid that she would not be able to use her anymore, so she asked Tao Tao to meet and asked her to withdraw from the competition, otherwise she would make a big deal.

"I don't have to harm her, this is enough." Zhang Xi defended herself, "She is guilty of being a thief, it has nothing to do with me."

Jian Jing believed her words.

"At that time, was Tao Tao abnormal?"

Zhang Xi recalled: "She seemed very scared."

"Oh?"

"In fact, although I threatened her, I was not sure whether it would succeed." Zhang Xi smiled bitterly, "What if I know, there is no evidence. The financial backer behind Tao Tao is not small, and I can't offend him. If she does something secretly, I will also suffer. But strangely, as soon as I said it, she agreed without hesitation, as if she was very scared, and asked me how I knew."

Jian Jing raised her eyebrows slightly.

After Shao Meng's death, Tao Tao was restless. Could it be that she thought Xie Wei knew about it and was seeking revenge, so she was so eager to leave? No, she didn't think so. Xie Wei mentioned his fate many times, and it was clear that he knew about it.

So after many twists and turns, it all came back to Xie Wei.

He had a motive and the conditions to commit the crime.

The question is, how did he kill Shao Meng?

"Teacher Jian." Zhang Xi said, "I have told you everything I know. You said..."

Jian Jing smiled, stood up and wrapped herself in a bath towel: "I will do what I promised you, but whether I can succeed depends on you."

Zhang Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face: "That's good." He paused, half serious and half joking, "Come to think of it, it's a good thing it wasn't me."

"What do you mean?" She was puzzled.

Zhang Xi said, "If I really was, I would have confessed just now."

Jian Jing was surprised: "Am I so intimidating?"

"No." Zhang Xi smiled and shook his head, and said meaningfully, "If I were a man, even if I wasn't, you said I was, so I would be."

"How is that possible." Jian Jing laughed, thinking that she was flattering again, and didn't take it to heart at all.

But Zhang Xi knew that she was telling the truth, but the girl in front of her didn't understand her charm.

At three o'clock in the morning, Jian Jing was lying on the bed browsing medical websites.

Under what circumstances can meningitis be infected?

The doctors' answers were varied. Epidemic meningitis is caused by a cold, infectious meningitis such as Japanese encephalitis may be caused by mosquito bites, and more are due to viral infections.

Jian Jing remembered that Shao Meng felt a little uncomfortable in the morning and looked like he had a cold.

Could it be that she was really unlucky, that she caught a cold which then caused meningitis, and was frightened to death by hallucinations? This was too metaphysical. It

couldn't be that simple.

If it was that simple, why hadn't the system announced the completion of the mission until now after she checked? Although it was a bit of cheating to think so, the system had a high credibility in Jian Jing's mind.

However, she really had no clue.

She had checked Shao Meng's crime scene, and she had examined the corpse, and even when she found out, the person was still wet. However, with such favorable conditions, she still couldn't deduce a reasonable answer.

Jian Jing had to admit that she was not as powerful as she thought.

Alas, thinking carefully, her confidence had been growing day by day since she subdued the robber in Lakeside Park. Mrs. Qin's bizarre death had not frightened her, but had instead aroused her fighting spirit, and she claimed that she was not afraid.

Does she really have the qualifications to be so arrogant?

The level of the expert card is judged by Sherlock Holmes.

But Sherlock Holmes has been defeated.

As for Conan... let's not talk about him.

Jian Jing turned over, and the vague impetuousness gradually receded. She learned confidence from the Golden Case, and she should also learn humility from this case.

"System, draw a normal card."

[System: Drawing a card from a special copy requires double the courage value.]

Jian Jing: "...Draw it."

[Drawing cards]

[Drawing completed]

[Item card·One answer (0/1)]

[Content description: Preset a question and select the object in advance. When he/she answers your question in his/her heart, you can hear his/her answer. ]

[Usage restrictions: questions must be preset in advance, the target must be selected in advance, and cannot be changed. If the selected person does not answer in his mind, it will be invalid]

[Scene restrictions: only for special copies and special tasks]

Jian Jing was shocked. She had never seen such a complicated instruction manual.

"Why are special copies and special tasks so... different?" She was unsure.

[System: Special copies and special tasks are abnormal conditions, allowing the host to use cards to make up for it]

Jian Jing understood. The situation was special and cheating was allowed.

But she was very curious: "How exactly is the abnormal state illegal?"

[System: A person falling from a hundred-story building and remaining safe and sound theoretically exists, but it is a special state.]

Jian Jing heard this and felt something was wrong: "Then, catching a bullet with bare hands and kicking a football at a satellite?"

[System: It can be considered a special situation.]

Jian Jing: I understand.


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