Chapter 177 When Hot Violence is in Progress (End)
"Shen Zhi, someone's looking for you," a staff member from the program team knocked on the door.
Shen Zhi's ears turned red and he pushed open the thin quilt in panic. He responded to the person who came and then left in a hurry.
When they reached the door of the reception room, the heat on Shen Zhi's face slowly dissipated. He let out a breath and pushed the door open.
When Shen Zhifu entered, he was startled to see the newcomer. "Dad?"
Wu Erjiu nodded and motioned Shen Zhi to come in.
Shen Zhi closed the door, sat down opposite Wu Erjiu, and said hello, "Why are you here?"
Wu Erjiu is no more than forty years old, with deep eyes and a sharp gleam in his brows. If you ignore his aura and wrinkle-free young face, others would simply think he is Brother Shen Zhi.
Ye Qing also came with Wu Erjiu. Ye Qing was tall, with deep features. When he smiled, his arrogance faded, making him look easygoing and amiable.
"The fifth public final is about to start. Your father and I came to see you," Ye Qing spoke first, trying to relax the atmosphere between them.
However, it was of no use, and Shen Zhi felt very panicked.
He didn't even know why Wu Erjiu came this time. Maybe he had an answer in his heart, but he didn't dare to face it.
"Dad, I'm sorry," Shen Zhi decided to apologize first, "I shouldn't have asked my father to help me kick Feixing Entertainment out of the Star Chaser Show."
Wu Erjiu didn't respond. He raised his eyelids and said calmly, "Anything else?"
"And..." Shen Zhi hesitated and said stubbornly, "No more."
Ye Qing looked at Wu Erjiu's face and deliberately said, "The CEO of Feixing Entertainment is not a good person either. You don't know that he used sweet words to marry a young and talented dancer and used her name to establish an art organization."
"Later, as the art organization grew bigger, Bo Guanli began to enter the entertainment industry, using Yin-Yang contracts to deceive young boys and girls. Bo Qin's mother, Zhu Zaohe, found out about this and asked Bo Guanli to stop while she was pregnant."
"Bo Guanli was making more and more money at the time, and he ignored Zhu Zaohe's advice and divorced her. Zhu Zaohe gave birth to Bo Qin and took care of him alone. When Bo Qin was seven or eight years old, Bo Guanli's company ran into trouble."
"The young artists of Feixing Entertainment organized a rebellion. Zhu Zaohe was stabbed during the crisis and died on the spot due to excessive blood loss. Bo Guanli took advantage of this accident to frantically market his image as a loving wife, which not only saved the company from crisis but also reversed its reputation."
Ye Qing sighed, "This thin quilt is pitiful. I lost my mother at such a young age, and my father is a bastard. I have been helpless since I was a child."
After Shen Zhi heard what Ye Qing said, his heart was wrenched. Apart from being laughed at for not having a mother when he was a child, and his father took people to find the parents of those children and asked them to apologize to him one by one, he had never suffered any injustice other than that.
He couldn't imagine how helpless and terrified the thin quilt must have been at that time.
Ye Qing hinted, "Bo Qin has no one to protect him, but Xiao Zhi has someone to protect him, and he has two old fathers. We can't just watch him being bullied by Bo Guanli."
"Bo Guanli is overthinking it and wants Xiaozhi to be grateful to him just by doing all the hard work. Who is he trying to embarrass?" Ye Qing's words were all derogatory to Bo Guanli.
Wu Erjiu reached out and knocked on the table. The crisp sound drew Shen Zhi and Ye Qing's attention back.
Wu Erjiu looked at the angry old father and the son with tears in his eyes with cold eyes, and he even laughed out of anger.
"I don't care about your little moves against Feixing Entertainment," Wu Erjiu stated, and said to Shen Zhi bluntly, "I came here to ask you, are you going to debut with a thin quilt tied to your back?"
In the past, Shen Zhi would definitely tell Wu Erjiu the answer without hesitation, but now he hesitated.
"Dad," Shen Zhi tried to convince Wu Erjiu, "There's nothing wrong with debuting together. Even if they are CP fans, they are still my fans and they like me too."
Wu Erjiu interrupted Shen Zhi and asked him, "What's wrong with that?"
Wu Erjiu said coldly: "You are tied to Bo Qin. Will your fans still be just your fans? Will they still only like you?"
"Everything you get in the future must be shared half with Boqin, do you know that?" Wu Erjiu said in a stern voice. He wanted Shen Zhi to understand the importance of this matter.
This was not a game of house for Shen Zhi at all. He would let whoever he liked share the honor with him. Shen Zhi had no idea what all this meant.
Shen Zhi lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Ye Qing saw the opportunity and said, "Just split it in half, it's no big deal."
Wu Erjiu glared at Ye Qing and slammed the table, saying, "No!"
"I won't let anyone deprive Shen Zhi of his glory, no one can!"
After Wu Erjiu finished speaking, he stood up and left.
Just as I opened the door, I heard a barely perceptible voice from behind me, as soft as a gust of wind, "Dad, what if that person is me?"
Wu Erjiu paused, blocking the sound behind the door.
"Mr. Wu," the person outside the door called out politely.
Wu Erjiu glanced at the face under the thin quilt, looked at him deeply, and left without looking back.
Ye Qing chased after him and caught a glimpse of the thin quilt. He looked embarrassed and said, "Xiao Zhi is inside. I have something to do and I'm leaving first. See you next time."
Boqin, who hadn't opened his mouth yet, realized belatedly that Ye Qing should know him and nodded subconsciously.
Bo Qin turned around and entered the room, and saw Shen Zhi in a daze.
"Xiao Zhi," Bo Qin called softly. Shen Zhi's long eyelashes trembled, and then he came back to his senses and looked at the person who came.
Shen Zhi looked at Bo Qin's cold face, which showed his worry for him. He felt a little sad and said, "Bo Qin, tell me about your mother."
Bo Qin sat down next to Shen Zhi and shook his head: "There's nothing much to say."
"She was an excellent dancer. After marrying Bo Guanli, she was tricked by him and soon had me. Bo Guanli's promise to her that she could continue dancing after marriage was no longer valid."
"When Bo Guanli founded Feixing, it happened to be during my mother's pregnancy. He not only cheated frequently but also used this to pressure the young star. My mother couldn't stand it and divorced him."
"After my mother left him and gave birth to me, she started dancing again and took good care of me. She taught others to dance to earn money to support me and taught me to dance at the same time."
Shen Zhi unconsciously held the cold hand of the thin quilt, "And then?"
Bo Qinhui held Shen Zhi's hand, feeling the slight warmth in his palm, and continued, "Bo Guanli forced a small celebrity to death, and the family of the small celebrity made a fuss on the Internet. Other small artists in the company also used this as an excuse to rebel against Bo Guanli."
"I don't know who found out that my mother was Bo Guanli's ex-wife, and they kept threatening her to force Bo Guanli. My mother was afraid that those people would hurt me, so she prepared to take me and hide, but she was surrounded by those people and died unexpectedly."
Shen Zhi hugged the thin quilt uncomfortably and said comfortingly, "It's all in the past."
The thin quilt was held by Shen Zhi and slowly warmed up. He closed his eyes and said, "It's all over. I'm fine now."
He grew up, and everything was lost in time.
"After she passed away, Bo Guanli raised me. When I grew up, I used the dances my mother taught me to participate in dance competitions everywhere and earned prize money to support myself."
"I have returned all the money Bo Guanli spent on me. I have nothing to do with him anymore."
How could it be alright? It just buried everything. The wet rain kept pouring down on my heart, forcing me to recall the bad past again and again.
"I said I would support you," Shen Zhi hugged the thin quilt distressedly and said in a muffled voice, "I won't break my promise."
A warm current surged into my heart under the thin quilt, burning the mist in my memories, and I was slowly covered by the warmth given by Shen Zhi.
"I can support myself," Bo Qin wanted to laugh. Maybe Shen Zhi thought of him as some kind of pitiful person.
But he is no longer a child, and will no longer be shrouded in fear.
"The spot in the Star Show was given to me by the producer after I participated in a dance competition. The Songyue Hotel and the nanny car were also exchanged for my dancing," Bo Qin confessed, "I said I relied on myself, and it was never a lie to deceive you."
Shen Zhi slowly withdrew from the embrace of the thin quilt, wiped his eyes with some embarrassment, and said sourly: "You are so awesome that you even gave a place to Yuan Jiang."
Thin Quilt: ...
"Are you...jealous?" Bo Qin confirmed cautiously.
Shen Zhi would naturally not admit it, "Who is jealous? You have a good relationship with Yuan Jiang, why should I be jealous?"
Bo Qin felt a little sweet in her heart, leaned over and pecked Shen Zhi's mouth, saying affirmatively: "You are just jealous, you little jealous guy."
Shen Zhi's ears turned red, he covered his mouth and stared at the thin quilt in embarrassment.
Bo Qin was in a good mood and pinched Shen Zhi's waist. He put Shen Zhi on his legs, stroked Shen Zhi's back, and smiled.
"When my mother founded her studio, she used a sum of money to support poor children to learn art. Yuan Jiang was one of them. Influenced by my mother, I took care of him for a while," Bo Qin explained to Shen Zhi, "I have no other thoughts about him."
Although Shen Zhi believed most of it, he still said awkwardly: "Who cares if you have other thoughts or not."
Bo Qin tilted her head and touched Shen Zhi's burning ear tip, saying in a hoarse voice: "You really don't have to worry about it. My thoughts are all on you."
Shen Zhi felt a strange itching in his ears, which made him not dare to look at Bo Qin at all. He directly covered Bo Qin's mouth, telling him not to do those embarrassing actions or say those embarrassing words anymore. "Shut up and don't say anything."
A smile appeared in Bo Qin's eyes, and she kissed Shen Zhi's palm that was covering her mouth affectionately, until she saw Shen Zhi's slender white neck stained with powder.
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The fifth public performance is the final competition for the debut position of the star show, and the entire process will be broadcast live.
As soon as the live broadcast started, tens of thousands of people instantly poured into the room.
"Ningning, your career fans have arrived!"
"Wen Zhao, Wen Zhao, we will never burn you! Wen Zhao, we will always support you!"
"All fans, please move aside. Who will go on stage first? Is there a program schedule? Please tell us."
…
Shen Zhizheng was wearing a clean white and sacred robe, waiting patiently for the makeup artist to comb his wig.
The satin-smooth black hair was draped over Shen Zhi's back. From a distance, Shen Zhi's tall and straight figure looked like a slender bamboo, with a natural beauty and a strong character.
Shen Zhi plays a fallen messenger of God, who is suspended on the stage by wires, as if he is sitting on the clouds, and slowly sings to guide the return of human souls.
The other four people were dressed in black robes and had neat short hair. They played the role of tempting and corrupting demons, hanging in the air on wires and doing difficult dance moves, pretending to attack the messenger of God played by Shen Zhi.
Finally, he was moved by Shen Zhi and regained his lost faith, revealing his original pure white holy robe. Therefore, the other four people had to wear two sets of clothes to facilitate changing on the stage.
"Take a sip of water to moisten your throat," Bo Qin walked over and handed Shen Zhi a thermos cup filled with warm water, "It's our turn in two more games."
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhi took a sip to moisten his lips and throat, and complained quietly, "If it weren't for Wen Zhao's smelly hands, how could we be the last to go out?"
Wen Zhao, who was not far away, heard this and argued, "This is the final prize, okay? I'll get the biggest prize for you. We will definitely be the first this time."
"By the way," Wen Zhao confirmed to the staff, "No other group is using wires, so you guys have to check the wires before we go on stage."
It was common knowledge that Wen Zhao was afraid of heights. Just as Shen Zhi was about to tease him, he saw a flash of nervousness on Yuan Jiang's face in the corner.
Shen Zhi frowned. He was not afraid that Yuan Jiang would do anything strange because the reason why his dance was so stiff was because his father was afraid that something might happen to him so he had him practice martial arts for more than ten years. He could not transform between hard and soft at once.
No matter what happens, he can handle it with ease.
What he was afraid of was that Yuan Jiang was not only targeting him, but more likely wanted to ruin this stage, which was something Shen Zhi did not want to see.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself," Bo Qin stood behind Shen Zhi and placed his warm palm on Shen Zhi's shoulder.
Shen Zhi nodded absentmindedly, "I don't know if Dad has forgiven me and will watch my performance."
Bo Qin fell silent and rubbed the back of Shen Zhi's neck silently.
"It's the next round for the kids, come on, sweet waters!"
"My dear, Mommy is here, waiting for you!"
"I want to see my baby with long hair and a white robe. The last time I saw her with a pearl backless dress and the Little Mermaid, I was stunned by her beauty."
…
"Stop watching, why don't you go to the scene?" Ye Qing leaned on Wu Erjiu's chair, crossed his arms and asked leisurely.
Wu Erjiu shook his head, "This is just his starting point, there's no need to take it too seriously."
Ye Qing raised his eyebrows and pointed at the bullet screen in surprise, saying, "This is so infuriating. How can you say that about Xiao Zhi? It really makes me, an old father, feel sad."
"Where is it?" Upon hearing this, Wu Erjiu began to look around on the bullet screen.
Ye Qing smiled and said that there was nothing wrong with taking it too seriously, as no one cared more about it than him.
Ye Qing said slowly: "Maybe I saw it wrong."
Wu Erjiu, who knew he had been fooled, was speechless.
"Xiao Zhi will sing the song we prepared for him and receive everyone's admiration," Ye Qing said with a far-sighted gaze and a firm voice.
Wu Erjiu hummed softly.
"Xiao Zhi is on stage," Ye Qing retracted his gaze and reminded the screen.
Shen Zhi was holding a burning lantern and sitting barefoot on a swing. The spotlight shone over him, and his holy and wide white robe swayed gently with the wire. An ethereal voice echoed from above.
“I look forward to it, I look forward to it, I love what I love, every life is…” Shen Zhi’s last voice soared and spread throughout the audience.
"All in..." the others chanted.
"All are bowing down in faith!" Shen Zhi suddenly burst out with a high-pitched voice, which directly struck the soul and caused the listeners' brains to resonate.
"Ahhhhhh, who understands? My brain is numb!"
"That sounds great. Now I feel like the gods have their guns pointed at the back of my head."
"Who adapted "Eternal Faith"? It's so awesome. They actually added electronic reverb to this divine and ethereal song. It makes my brain dry."
"Eternal Faith" is so famous and widely sung that even children can hum a few lines of it.
Therefore, if Shen Zhi and his team could not perform this song in a unique way, it would not leave any impression in the audience's hearts.
Shen Zhi deliberately wore a robe of the same tone as in "Eternal Faith" to give the audience the illusion that it was indeed the case. When Shen Zhi spoke in an electronic voice, it was bound to shock the audience.
Now it seems that he made the right move.
Shen Zhi's wire slowly descended, and he walked down from the clouds, just like stepping barefoot into the world.
"I believe, I believe, I remember, I remember, that is the purest ideal..."
Shen Zhi closed his eyes and held the lamp high. The faint flame was like the brightest star in the darkness.
Wen Zhao: "That is a fabricated lie. I am the only one who exists in my world."
Jian Zhuining: "It is a sharp arrow coated with poison. No one loves my love."
Yuan Jiang: "Those are the eyes of a ghost that can pierce my heart. My sincerity is completely gone."
They surrounded Shen Zhi in black robes, telling him over and over again how the gods had abandoned them.
Finally, Bo Qin stood up, grabbed Shen Zhi's arm, strangled his neck, and trapped the two in his arms. With a cold expression, he sang: "Without the protection of gods, how can faith continue to exist!"
Everyone rushed forward and overturned Shen Zhi's lantern, singing in unison: "How can faith continue to exist!"
The whole place darkened as these words were spoken. A faint ray of light shone in the distance. It turned out that Shen Zhi had already escaped and returned to his cloud.
"Break free from the shackles of the body and cleanse the heights of the soul. He is watching over you and protecting you."
Shen Zhi's wire rope went up, and the wire ropes of the others also lifted them up.
The black-robed man walked towards Shen Zhi like a devil, and Yuan Jiang was closest to Shen Zhi.
Yuan Jiang moved towards Shen Zhi and kicked over the swing. It was originally a pretense. Now Yuan Jiang kicked with all his strength and sang: "Who is He?"
Shen Zhi's pupils shrank slightly. He grabbed the ropes on both sides and turned his body in the air. Then he used his waist and abdomen to land steadily again and sat upright on the clouds again.
However, Yuan Jiang used too much force and lost control of his balance, and fell straight down.
Shen Zhi gritted his teeth and grabbed Yuan Jiang and pulled him to his side. As the audience cheered, he sang calmly: "He is the faith in your heart, the god who protects you from ever falling."
The appropriate lyrics gave the fans in the audience a great shock.
"What? I was triggered. I felt like I got three shots of adrenaline in my brain."
"Shen Zhi's move just now was so cool!!!"
"Just now I saw Yuan Jiang kicking him. Was it an accident on the stage or was it a deliberate plan?"
…
Yuan Jiang panicked and grabbed the rope on Shen Zhi's swing tightly to steady himself, his mind going blank.
Shen Zhi curled his lips and smiled, rewriting Yuan Jiang's part into his own, and performed it alone, "Faith has come, I am bathed in the light, guiding me to move forward..."
Shen Zhi jumped lightly from the swing and flew to the front of the stage, leaving Yuan Jiang alone clinging to the swing. The spotlight followed Shen Zhi, returning the sky to darkness.
Yuan Jiang was so frightened by what had just happened that he didn't dare to go down. He couldn't even remember the lyrics and was successfully forgotten there.
It was just a short song and ended quickly.
"Our faith, eternal faith!!!" The gods who took off their black robes gathered around Shen Zhi and raised the lanterns together.
"It's so beautiful! I declare this is the best stage performance I have ever seen!"
"Ahhhh, I like them all so much that I don't even know which one to vote for."
"There aren't five people in each team. There are only four of us. Who is missing? Does anyone know?"
"Who cares? All my favorites are here."
…
Shen Zhi left the stage amid cheers, and waited for the result with Bo Qin, Wen Zhao and Jian Zhuining.
As for Yuan Jiang, he was sent for questioning remotely by General Wu who had already noticed something was wrong.
"Are you nervous?" Boqin asked, tilting his head.
Shen Zhi shook his head, his eyes as bright as before, "I'm looking forward to it."
Bo Qin retracted his gaze and listened to the host starting to call out names, with the same anticipation.
"There are eleven candidates for the debut this time, and the eleventh one is Ren Geng..."
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"The eighth place is Qiao Zichen..."
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"Fifth place: Jian Zhuining...
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"The third place is Thin Quilt..."
"The second place is Wen Zhao..."
As the host called out the names, people came up to the stage and stood behind the host.
The host calmly suppressed the anxious fans and continued: "Our number one has been born. He will be the true center of our debut. He is..."
"Shen Zhi! Shen Zhi! Shen Zhi!"
The fans in the audience shouted Shen Zhi, and Shen Zhi couldn't help but clench his fists, his heart in his throat.
The host smiled and scanned the audience, announcing, "He is Shen Zhi!"
Shen Zhi's heart was pounding as he listened to the thunderous applause from the audience and stepped onto the stage that belonged to him.
"Shen Zhi! Shen Zhi! Shen Zhi!"
The fans' cheers never stopped, and Shen Zhi walked to the center of the stage. That was the seat reserved for him by other trainees, and it was also his honor.
Shen Zhi stood under the spotlight, receiving the unique love from his fans.
"From now on, the eleven boys have officially debuted and started their new journey. Let us congratulate them together," the host said and stepped aside.
The eleven shining young men on the stage accepted the honor of their victory.
"Listen," Bo Qin said to Shen Zhi, tilting his head slightly, "This is our victory."
Shen Zhi smiled, his eyes shining with light. He stretched out his hand to the thin quilt and said, "Come with me."
Bo Qin was stunned for a moment as he looked into Shen Zhi's bold and sincere eyes.
"If you have no dreams and no direction, just follow me," Shen Zhi gently made the most solemn promise to the thin quilt.
The sour and numb itchy feeling attacked his throat under the thin quilt, choking him and making him almost speechless.
She took Shen Zhi's hand, raised her lips, and said, "Okay."
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"Thunder tribulation shapes the body, merit enters the heart, faith manifests", 529 mechanical voice rang out from the void and looked towards the source, "Master, you have become a god."
Shen Zhi walked out from the depths wearing a plain robe, and all his memories came back.
He is the only physical cultivator in the first world, but he is not the son of destiny favored by heaven.
Therefore, in order to embark on the path of becoming a god, Shen Zhi took advantage of the world's destined son, Jun Yetian, to marry him and deceive the Heavenly Dao.
Unfortunately, when Jun Yetian became a god, he severed the husband-wife contract with him, causing him to suffer backlash, his soul was shattered and he fell into reincarnation.
Shen Zhi's black hair was held up by a sandalwood hairpin. When he squatted down, his long hair fell to the ground. He looked at 529 on the ground calmly, "What's going on?"
529 told the truth, "If you want to become a god, you must have the heavenly thunder to shape your body. In addition, you must have merits, and the power of faith from others is also indispensable."
Shen Zhi saved omegas in the interstellar space, saved the lives of people in the ancient world, and developed a medicine to cure the zombie virus in the end times. These are all his merits.
In the world of cultivating immortals, Shen Zhi obtained the body-shaping thunder that could make him a god. In the last world, he became an idol loved by many people and obtained the power of faith he needed.
Shen Zhi stretched out his jade-like finger and tapped 529 lightly, "You know, that's not what I'm asking."
529 twisted her round body and stammered, "He won't let me say it."
Shen Zhi raised his eyebrows. The "he" 529 mentioned was the person who arranged all this for him.
Shen Zhi knew that he would not go through all this for no reason, there must be someone helping him.
"It's Mu Chiye, it's Feng Shu, it's Li Lansheng... it's Qi Chengjing, it's Bo Qin," Shen Zhi paused, "or maybe it's all of them."
"He" not only helped me get heavenly thunder, merit, and faith, but also helped me overcome the difficult emotional tribulation.
He knew love, understood love, learned love, and gave back love.
529's mouth was tightly shut in distress.
Shen Zhi understood: "It seems that they are all."
"529, can you tell me where he is now?" Shen Zhi politely asked Tuanzi on the ground.
It’s not that 529 doesn’t want to say it, it’s just that he doesn’t know either.
"He ran away", 529 decided to tell Shen Zhi the truth.
Shen Zhi repeated: "Escape?"
Those were all fragments of "him". As the fragments of the last world returned, the "him" that 529 had placed in the pure white space disappeared.
Shen Zhi stood up slowly.
529 asked anxiously: "What are you going to do?"
Shen Zhi curled his eyes and said, "I'll go find him."
He will find "him".
529 flapped its wings vigorously and flew to the side of Shen Zhi, saying, "Space is boundless and it's hard to find it. You might as well wait a little longer."
Shen Zhi shook his head and touched the slightly hot peach blossom hairpin at the back of his neck, "I can feel his presence."
Shen Zhi was walking in the air, and the peach blossom curls on the back of his neck became even hotter.
Peach Blossom Wrap is a magical artifact in Shen Zhichu's world, which can be used to cancel the life of a loved one.
Shen Zhi didn't know many people in the first world. Apart from his long-dead master, Jun Yetian, who stabbed him in the back, there was only one person left.
Shen Zhicai realized that he had underestimated the position of himself in his heart when he was willing to sacrifice his own life to save him and help him become a god.
It is not worthwhile for Shen Zhi to sacrifice another person's life in exchange for his own. But now Shen Zhi feels the warmth of peach blossoms and is glad that "he" is still alive.
Give him a chance to make up for it.
Shen Zhi's mind moved, he suddenly stopped and looked into the distance.
529 tripped and fell to the ground, confused, "Are you not going to look for it anymore?"
Shen Zhi stared at the tall and handsome man walking towards him and said softly, "He found me."
Kong Xuan walked up to Shen Zhi and said, "Lan Zhuo."
Shen Zhi nodded, "It's me."
Shen Zhi is him, and Lan Zhuo is also him.
Kong Xuan extended his hand to Shen Zhi, his dark and cold eyes tracing Shen Zhi's face, and followed him, "Lord Lan Zhuo, take me away."
Shen Zhi held Kong Xuan's cold finger bones, smiling, "Okay, I'll take you home."