The comment barrage was in utter chaos.
Ji Chengyuan had already gotten up from the ground.
He snatched the phone from Xu He’s hand, glaring viciously at Ruan Xingyao on the screen.
That look was completely different from the gentle, refined, jade-like image he usually portrayed.
Even through the camera, people could feel the murderous intent in his eyes.
Ji Chengyuan spoke in a sinister tone: “Streamer, stop spouting nonsense! Otherwise, I will definitely take legal action to defend myself!”
Hearing this, Ruan Xingyao let out a mocking laugh and said: “Is this how people in your entertainment circle threaten others? Do you really think saying that will let you escape legal punishment?”
Ji Chengyuan’s gaze grew even darker.
Just as he was about to issue another warning, the sound of police sirens grew closer and closer.
In an instant, his face turned deathly pale, and he looked toward the entrance in panic.
That flash of fear was impossible to hide.
And at that very moment, Ruan Xingyao deliberately provoked him further: “What’s wrong? Weren’t you going to take legal action? I’ve already called the police for you — no need to thank me!”
The more she spoke, the more infuriating her tone became, completely shattering Ji Chengyuan’s composure.
He spat viciously and roared at her: “You’re looking for death!”
But across the internet, Ruan Xingyao had nothing to fear.
She stoked the fire even more: “Ohoho — can’t take it already? Wait till the officers put the handcuffs on you — won’t you just faint from rage?”
Ji Chengyuan’s face turned ashen with fury.
He raised his hand, about to smash the phone onto the floor.
Xu He reacted quickly, rushing over to snatch it back from him. “Boss, that’s my phone, my phone!”
He was just a lowly worker, and the phone was expensive.
He couldn’t afford to replace it.
Xu He’s action only further enraged Ji Chengyuan.
Grabbing Xu He by the collar, he yanked him close.
“Xu He! You dare defy me too!” Ji Chengyuan raised his hand, ready to strike Xu He across the face.
Just then, the police kicked the door open and yanked Ji Chengyuan off, pinning him down.
Xu He adjusted his collar, then raised a hand to smooth his hair, messed up by Ji Chengyuan.
He said: “Boss, we’re still livestreaming. If you act like this, your image is ruined!”
Although his words sounded like he was looking out for Ji Chengyuan, anyone could hear the subtle irony in them.
To make matters worse, Xu He straightened the phone camera, pointing it squarely at Ji Chengyuan’s face.
Pinned down by two police officers, Ji Chengyuan was forced to his knees.
A man who had spent years in the entertainment industry pretending, living in luxury, maintaining his figure only by dieting and hardly exercising — how could he possibly match the strength of the police?
He was being pressed down so hard that his shoulders ached, yet Ji Chengyuan still couldn’t break free from the police’s grip.
This made him completely abandon any concern for his image.
He roared at Xu He: “Xu He! Shut off your damn livestream! Turn it the hell off!”
But Xu He only gave Ji Chengyuan a smile — the same old sycophantic smile as always.
Yet the words he said nearly drove Ji Chengyuan insane.
He said: “Sorry, boss, but this wave of hype is way too big. I have to catch this flood of traffic for you. This way, your dream of becoming the world’s most famous male star can finally come true!”
That sent Ji Chengyuan over the edge, nearly driven mad with rage.
He cursed at Xu He hysterically, spitting out words so vile that no one could have imagined them coming from his mouth.
Ruan Xingyao dug at her ear and said to the police: “Officer, could you please gag him already? If he keeps cursing like this, my livestream is going to get shut down.”
She still had to reveal the truth to her fan’s viewers!
At her words, the police hadn’t even acted yet when Xu He cheerfully pulled a pair of socks out of his pocket, walked over, and stuffed them straight into Ji Chengyuan’s mouth.
Xu He said: “Boss, don’t mind it. These are the socks you insisted I hand-wash for you. I hadn’t had time to wash them since I was busy helping you find the cat. Now you can wash them yourself.”
As soon as he finished speaking, even Xu He gagged a little in disgust.
Ji Chengyuan’s eyes turned bloodshot with fury.
He strained his neck forward, looking as if he wanted to ram his head into Xu He and kill him.
But Xu He had already retreated to a safe distance, no longer paying attention no matter how much Ji Chengyuan struggled.
Meanwhile, the police had widened the opening along the wooden boards they’d torn up.
Xu He stopped filming Ji Chengyuan and instead aimed the camera at the police.
As more boards were pried away, the scene revealed in the livestream shocked everyone.
It turned out the fountain had only been a disguise.
The real hiding place was under the flowerbed beside the fountain.
There, they uncovered a room of more than ten square meters.
The police lifted the roof from above, exposing the inside.
Inside the room was a rice bowl, a water bowl, and a spittoon.
Other than that, nothing.
In the corner, a skeletal woman was chained by her hands and feet with iron shackles.
Her hair was a matted mess, tangled together.
Her clothes were torn and ragged, and the skin showing beneath was covered in scars.
She was curled tightly into a ball in the corner.
No one knew if it was because she was terrified and shrank in on herself — or because she no longer had any breath left.
That sight pierced everyone’s eyes like a blade.
The police didn’t act recklessly and refrained from touching the woman immediately.
Instead, Yu Zhu’er leapt straight in with a bound, landing beside the woman, pawing at her with its claws.
[Damn! What is this? A prison cell?]
[If I’m not mistaken, all four walls are built with super soundproofing. That means even if someone inside screamed their lungs out, no one outside would hear a thing!]
[No wonder Yu Zhuer’s screams were so shrill — there was no response from inside at all.]
[Don’t tell me this woman is Wen Man! I don’t believe it! How could she have ended up like this?!]
[Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! So Wen Man’s disappearance was because she was locked up here? Is she still alive?]
[Looks like she isn’t dead yet, otherwise the police wouldn’t be reacting this way right now!]
[I’m seriously going to cry! I don’t even know if it’s better that she’s alive or if she’s dead — this is just too cruel!]
[All of this was done by Ji Chengyuan? Beast! Monster! This is his wife! How could he do something so deranged?!]
[I just want to know why! Why would he do this?!]
The barrage had already convicted Ji Chengyuan, and of course, his fans weren’t having it.
They came charging in again.
[What the hell is wrong with you bitches! Why are you saying our Yuan-ge did this! I’ll say it was Wen Man who staged the whole thing just to frame him!]
[Everyone knows our Yuan-ge is kindhearted and timid, he wouldn’t even kill a mosquito! And you’re saying he could do something like this — do you people even have a heart?!]
[I say it’s that bitch Wen Man who must have done something and got herself retaliated against! Someone deliberately locked her here just to disgust our Yuan-ge! And to think he poured so much into searching for her!]
— The end of the Chapter–
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