Chapter 620: Blacken! Blacken!

Shanghai, Xicheng.

After returning home, Luo Mo, having suffered from a bit of insomnia these past few days, was resting his head on the plump and resilient thighs of the Heavenly Queen Xu Chujing, enjoying the way her slender fingers massaged his head.

Tsk, no wonder they say that a big sister really knows how to pamper someone.

Xu Chujing looked at Luo Mo, who was resting with his eyes closed, and said softly, "Do you know about the situation with *Doomsday Apostle*?"

"Of course I know." Luo Mo kept his eyes closed and said, "It's quite infuriating, actually."

Truth be told, if Huaxia had succeeded in hitting the second-largest movie box office market in the world this year, then Luo Mo, the director of *I Am Not Medicine God*, would have been the number one contributor.

Because this film had the highest box office in the country; a single film contributed the most!

Come to think of it, failing to hit the target is no big deal; we can just try harder next year.

It's just that after being stirred up by *Doomsday Apostle* like this, the entire Huaxia film industry is furious.

It's just a pity that many people can only be impotently enraged.

In the field of science fiction, the film industry of Blue Star Huaxia can indeed be said to have no achievements whatsoever.

"In reality, the point of this matter isn't about science fiction," Luo Mo said with his eyes closed.

"They just picked our weak point and took the opportunity to ramp up the mockery," he said.

The fundamental problem with *Doomsday Apostle* is that its blatant plot contains a lot of content that is openly slapping all Huaxia people in the face, smearing and insulting them—one could even call it discrimination.

They know full well that they can no longer make money in Huaxia, so naturally, they are being foul-mouthed and pretentious, claiming to feel sorry for Huaxia's sci-fi fans, and saying the team doesn't care about the Huaxia box office, etc.

Xu Chujing nodded slightly, recalled something, and said, "Didn't you say before that you had some ideas in the field of science fiction?"

"I need to think about it more," Luo Mo said.

He opened his eyes, stopped resting on Xu Chujing's thighs, sat up, and said, "Actually, even if I were to shoot a science fiction film, I only need to keep my eyes on the domestic market; don't count on proving yourself through overseas box office."

Xu Chujing agreed with this and said, "Take *Star Domain* as an example; this film ranks first in box office in many overseas countries. But if it had been filmed by us in Huaxia, it still wouldn't have been that high overseas."

Seeing Xu Chujing say this, Luo Mo knew in his heart that she understood what he meant.

In his view, it is true that Hollywood on Earth has many extremely classic science fiction films.

However, if he localizes these Hollywood sci-fi films from Earth, can they compete against Blue Star's Hollywood in Blue Star's overseas markets?

Impossible!

This has nothing to do with the quality of the work.

This involves 【Cultural Output】 and many other issues.

Just as Xu Chujing said, because *Star Domain* is a work of Blue Star Hollywood, its global box office can be this high.

But if *Star Domain* were localized, directed by a Huaxia director, acted by Huaxia actors, and everyone in the movie was speaking Huaxia, just look at how much the overseas box office would be!

There are too many factors involved here.

You can go online right now and search for the "Global Movie Box Office Ranking," and then see which countries these films come from, or rather, not which ones, but—which few countries.

But in fact, besides the films from these few countries, are there really no classics from other countries? Is the quality really not as good as theirs? Is it all just trash?

Naturally, no!

One needs to be clear about one thing: 【Film】 might truly be art, but 【Film Release】 is not.

Overseas box office has never been the standard for judging the quality of Huaxia films.

Interestingly, precisely because fields like science fiction are what Hollywood is good at, many people have an idea: if overseas audiences don't buy it, it means the film is trash, and there will be a bunch of people on the internet bashing it.

If this film happens to have a high domestic box office, then it can even be elevated to the level of the national aesthetic.

Similar sentence format: "The people of this country can only watch XXX!"

Sigh, the road is long and the burden is heavy.

Therefore, in Luo Mo's view, even if he is very unhappy with the people on the *Doomsday Apostle* team, it is indeed very difficult to defeat them in overseas box office.

This is not realistic.

Since it is common knowledge: reality is far more magical than fiction.

Then, one can draw a conclusion: even novels wouldn't dare to write it like this.

"However, we can change our approach," Luo Mo already had a rough idea in his heart.

He took out his phone and silently began to search for Blue Star's 【Global Movie Box Office Ranking】.

………

………

December arrived just like that, and after a short rest, Luo Mo became busy again.

He had already decided which new film to shoot and was preparing to finish the initial preparatory work before the New Year.

Besides that, following the principle of spreading the love, he felt he hadn't favored the music scene in a long time.

The music scene is Luo Mo's base of operations; it is the place where he currently has the greatest advantage and the strongest influence.

"It's also time to prepare my new album," Luo Mo thought to himself.

Throughout this entire year, on various social platforms, there were always people asking: "Luo Mo, where is your new album?"

Luo Mo just played dead.

He had been too busy lately and was afraid that if he made a promise and couldn't fulfill it, then Brother Luo Mo would turn into Luo Mo the Pigeon.

We won't learn from that Naicha Lun style!

Besides that, Luo Mo also received an invitation sent by Run Jie.

Because she directed the 【Youth Day】 gala well previously, our Ning Dao has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility again: to direct the New Year's Eve Gala.

This New Year's Eve is December 31st, not the Spring Festival Gala.

The level of the Spring Festival Gala is too high; Ning Dan doesn't even dare to dream about it for now.

Of course, if time were turned back a few years, Ning Dan wouldn't even dare to think about the New Year's Eve Gala.

The difficulty of directing the New Year's Eve Gala is, I'm afraid, even greater than being on top of Luo Mo.

In fact, it was not just Luo Mo who received an invitation to the New Year's Eve Gala; Xu Chujing received one as well.

Ning Dan even waved her hand generously, giving the two of them great autonomy to decide for themselves whether to put on a duet stage or two solo stages.

Luo Mo indicated that he needed to consider it and would give Ning Dao an answer in a few days.

"Alright." Ning Dan pursed her red lips on the other end of the phone and agreed immediately.

Luo Mo was actually thinking about which path he should take for his next new stage and new album.

Look at what he had been doing lately!

He was either using music to play with explosions in *The Bad Kids*—wait, no, *The Bad Kids* was the other one—he was using music to play with explosions in *Reset*, or simply playing "sinister music" in *The Bad Kids*.

A perfectly fine song like "Lone Warrior" had now become a nursery rhyme; it seemed like every elementary school student in the country could sing it, and perhaps even those in kindergarten could too.

A perfectly fine song like "Young China" had even become a college entrance exam question; for many young people who didn't perform well on their essays, this song was afraid to become a nightmare, a lifelong pain, completely impossible to listen to!

"It's time to change paths." Luo Mo made up his mind to turn over a new leaf.

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……..

The new weekend finally arrived, and *The Bad Kids* was about to update.

You wouldn't know, but for those waiting for updates, this was such a torment.

Huh, no, perhaps you do know.

The sharp-eyed Drama Critic Xiao Cai, wearing a super-thick bear-style onesie, lay half-reclined on her bed with a tablet in her hands and clicked on the ninth episode.

The end of the previous episode had cut off at such a good spot, making her feel incredibly uncomfortable.

"Zhu Chaoyang is carrying 300,000, Zhang Dongsheng is tailing him the whole way, holding a rock and wanting to snatch the money back, but then Wang Li appears halfway through and kidnaps Zhu Chaoyang along with the money!"

"I feel sorry for this big pervert Zhang Dongsheng for one second," this JK-loving rich girl thought to herself.

In reality, there were quite a few people joining the chaotic situation; the retired veteran cop Lao Chen also appeared in the chaos, and in order to protect Yan Liang, he was even stabbed by Wang Li, his life or death unknown.

What made Xiao Cai feel the most distressed was that Lao Chen was one of the few purely good people in this show.

Even though Yan Liang clearly had many flaws and looked like he would never change despite repeated teaching, Lao Chen had been pulling him toward a better path; for this, he even applied to become Yan Liang's guardian, and it was successfully approved.

After Lao Chen was stabbed by Wang Li, Yan Liang looked at the bleeding, pale-lipped Lao Chen and cried, saying: "I told you to stop worrying about me, but you had to be a hero."

"I am your guardian now, so tell me whether I should worry about you or not," Lao Chen said weakly.

Seeing this, Xiao Cai truly hoped that this child Yan Liang could be reformed, could slowly become better, and walk on the right path.

On the other side, for the sake of his 300,000, Zhang Dongsheng took Pupu and drove closely behind Wang Li.

After arriving at the location, he locked Pupu in the car and then snuck into the aquatic products factory.

This ruthless man Wang Li didn't care that Zhu Chaoyang was still young.

He directly tied up the short-sleeved Zhu Chaoyang in the cold storage, turned on the water in the hose, and frantically poured water on him, then interrogated him about the cause of Zhu Jingjing's death.

When Zhu Chaoyang admitted that he had followed Zhu Jingjing to the storage room, he called Zhu Yongping and made him say it over the phone.

But Zhu Chaoyang instantly changed his story and began to shout for help.

Just at this moment, the power in the aquatic products factory suddenly went out, the emergency lights turned on, flickering with an eerie red glow, illuminating everything around in a deep red.

Wang Li went to check the situation while smoking a cigarette.

Zhang Dongsheng, who had implemented the power cut, took the opportunity to sneak in; after taking one look at Zhu Chaoyang, he didn't bother with him, picked up Wang Li's car keys from the stool, and walked out.

His bag containing the 300,000 was still in Wang Li's car.

It was obvious that Wang Li had no idea what was in the bag.

Seeing Zhang Dongsheng walk away without looking back, Zhu Chaoyang immediately shouted: "Teacher Zhang! Teacher Zhang! Save me!"

The child was shivering from the cold in the cold storage, his lips already white.

Then, a scene that made Xiao Cai feel both amused and frustrated appeared.

Zhang Dongsheng didn't save him, but he turned back to shut off the water in the hose, sparing Zhu Chaoyang from the assault of the ice water in the cold storage.

Once the water was off, he started running out again, anxious to get the money.

"If you say he's bad, well, he turned off the water."

"If you say he's full of Kindness, well, he only turned off the water."

— "Student, the teacher has something to do, so I'm leaving now."

— "Not disturbing you is my Gentle way."

Damn it, the 300,000 I gave you, teacher, was borrowed from a loan shark! You bunch of bad brats!

Unexpectedly, whether Wang Li was attracted by Zhu Chaoyang's shouting or sensed something was wrong, he didn't know.

He and Zhang Dongsheng crossed paths.

"You have an accomplice?" Wang Li sneered.

"Actually, it's a misunderstanding; I'm actually his teacher," Zhang Dongsheng said timidly.

Xiao Cai couldn't help but be amused again; she actually felt that in these two episodes, this pervert Zhang Dongsheng was quite cute and funny.

Wang Li didn't care about that; he hit anyone he saw and gave Zhang Dongsheng a violent beating.

Zhang Dongsheng was a math teacher; although he was a perverted serial killer by nature, how could he be a match for the thug Wang Li when it came to fighting?

"You had a part in Jingjing's business too, right?" He started suspecting Zhang Dongsheng as well.

After being beaten up, Wang Li told Zhang Dongsheng to kneel.

Zhang Dongsheng indicated that his money was with Zhu Chaoyang, right there in the car; I don't want it anymore, just let me go, I can pretend I didn't see anything.

Wang Li was amused, grabbed Zhang Dongsheng, and slapped his face with his other hand: "Didn't see? Didn't see?"

Every time he said it, he slapped Zhang Dongsheng, showing the utmost humiliation.

Xiao Cai mourned for him in her heart.

"Do you have any idea who you're provoking?" Xiao Cai couldn't help but say.

"Why are you provoking him!"

In the process of being slapped, Zhang Dongsheng's rimless Glasses even fell off.

In an instant, two thoughts flashed through Xiao Cai's mind.

"The Glasses fell off, something bad is going to happen!"

In film and television works, many objects have their own symbolism, such as the Oranges in the movie "Dying to Survive".

And in "The Bad Kids", the Glasses are one of Zhang Dongsheng's disguises, used to reflect his gentility.

The second thought in Xiao Cai's mind was: "Stop it, Wang Li, don't slap anymore. If the Glasses fall off, he's definitely going to mess with you. If you keep slapping and happen to knock off the wig on his head, once he's bald, who knows how he'll mess with you!"

Sure enough, as soon as the Glasses hit the ground, Zhang Dongsheng was kicked to the side, took advantage of the chaos to pick up a knife in the aquatic products factory, and stabbed Wang Li.

After the stabbing, in many film and television works, the action would end there.

Then, the person definitely wouldn't be dead, and there would have to be another round of intense fighting.

Our Teacher Zhang is so rational; after stabbing once, he even added two more stabs.

——"On the Importance of Finishing the Kill".

At this moment, Wang Li's phone rang; it was his sister Wang Yao calling.

Zhu Yongping was driving with Wang Yao, speeding toward the aquatic products factory.

"He hung up," Wang Yao said to Zhu Yongping; no matter how she called, the other side just wouldn't pick up.

Xiao Cai glanced at the bullet comments, and sure enough, some silly netizens left messages: "He really hung up."

Zhu Yongping, who was driving, was already a bit hysterical, stating that if anything happened to Morning Sun, he would kill Wang Li.

The Actor's acting was too good; scenes with this kind of emotional outburst were purely a display of acting skills.

Consequently, the silly netizens were amazed by the explosive acting on screen while simultaneously leaving comforting bullet comments with a sense of immersion: "Don't worry, don't worry, he's already dead."

"Drive well, drive safely."

"Wang Li: Brother-in-law, don't worry, I'll die right now."

"Straight to 'Little White Boat'!"

Amidst the comforting voices of the silly netizens, the scene returned to the aquatic products factory.

The red light of the emergency lamp was still flickering, indescribably eerie.

Having killed another person, Zhang Dongsheng quickly calmed his emotions after a brief moment of panic.

He actually still had the leisure to slowly put his Glasses back on.

Like us professional perverts, we attach extreme importance to our appearance and demeanor.

After all, one must set an example as a teacher!

He first dragged Wang Li's corpse, then glanced at Wang Li's phone.

Seeing that Wang Li wasn't answering the phone, Wang Yao sent a text message: "We are arriving at the factory soon, don't do anything stupid!"

Against the backdrop of eerie music, another movie Poster-level shot appeared.

The red light of the emergency lamp flickered intermittently.

The camera was aimed at the Back Shadow of Zhu Chaoyang, who was tied to a chair.

And in the open space ahead, Zhang Dongsheng was silently dragging Wang Li's corpse in the red light.

By the time Zhu Yongping and Wang Yao arrived, he had already disposed of the corpse and gone to the car to retrieve his 300,000.

After returning to his car, Pupu said immediately: "Is your face okay?"

Zhang Dongsheng looked in the mirror and indicated he was fine.

Zhu Yongping drove Zhu Chaoyang to the hospital, while Wang Yao thought her brother had just run away and even sent him a text message asking where he was.

Then, she even went to the hospital to find Zhu Yongping, asking if Zhu Chaoyang had woken up, and if he had, whether he could be told not to report Wang Li.

"As long as Morning Sun agrees, I can apologize to him, anything is fine," Wang Yao said.

In the bullet comments, half of the silly netizens were angry, finding Wang Yao unpleasant.

The other half said:

"Your brother is already frozen solid."

"Sister, we've become frozen popsicles in the factory!"

"Villain? No, it's an ice lolly."

"Everything started from your daughter stepping on his white shoes."

In Xiao Cai's view, honestly, with this thing called bullet comments, many of the thriller scenes in this web drama have become much less terrifying.

Xiao Cai now wants to know, once Zhu Chaoyang wakes up, how will everything be resolved?

Will he expose Zhang Dongsheng?

However, after Zhu Chaoyang woke up, Zhu Yongping was actually begging him not to report Wang Li, otherwise he would go to jail.

In private, we can apologize however you want; Dad will make him kneel and kowtow, your Aunt Wang Yao only has this one brother.

Zhu Chaoyang's gaze clearly changed.

The bullet comments were still surging: "What's the big deal, Teacher Zhang will handle it for you!"

After his gaze returned to normal, Zhu Chaoyang only said: "Didn't you tell me to be an honest child since I was little?"

It started to sting again.

Just at this moment, Zhang Dongsheng actually knocked on the door to visit.

Upon learning that the other party was the teacher from the math competition class, Zhu Yongping hurriedly invited him in.

Zhang Dongsheng's reason was to find Zhu Chaoyang to participate in a math competition, smiling as he said: "You are my favorite student, do you want to challenge yourself?"

Xiao Cai opened his mouth and said: "This line is perfect!"

Zhu Chaoyang immediately understood and sent his father away, saying he was hungry.

His son's body was weak, so Zhu Yongping naturally went to buy him food immediately.

After his father left, Zhu Chaoyang immediately stated that he hadn't told anyone about what happened last night.

Zhang Dongsheng really looked like a kind mentor; he even wanted to reach out and pat his head, saying, "I know. If you had said anything, I wouldn't be able to come here now."

Zhu Chaoyang asked him why he came here.

Zhang Dongsheng told him that he needed the key to the cold storage; the body was still in the cold storage.

"They discovered me, so they will naturally discover you, and they will also discover your two little friends."

"Pupu told me a lot about your past to save you. I can especially understand you. Actually, we are both the same; we both want to return to a normal life as soon as possible," Zhang Dongsheng said, taking off his Glasses to wipe them.

As mentioned before, the Glasses were intentional; when he took off the Glasses that symbolized refinement, he was revealing his true self.

He opened his mouth and said, "Neither of us wants to lose anything ever again."

"Don't worry, I have already given them the money. They have probably already boarded a ship and left here. As for you, continue being your good son and good student. This summer vacation can finally end."

Before leaving, Zhang Dongsheng actually gave Zhu Chaoyang an application form for a math competition.

Xiao Cai thought to herself, "Perhaps, if there weren't so many messy things, the smart top student Zhu Chaoyang would really be his favorite student."

At this moment, a big Typhoon arrived.

The ships could no longer sail.

Pupu and Yan Liang had no way to leave here with the money.

What surprised Xiao Cai was: "Zhang Dongsheng actually gave the money!?"

This made her feel it was unbelievable.

Pupu and Yan Liang could only find a hotel to stay in first, but in such Typhoon weather, the police were even more concerned about hidden dangers and came to the hotel to check.

Pupu was sick because of the wind and rain at this moment, and Yan Liang wanted to take her away, but for a moment, he didn't know where to go.

At this moment, Zhang Dongsheng returned home.

Just as he was about to open the door, he heard a childish girl's voice from behind him:

"Uncle Zhang."

Episode Nine: 【Typhoon】, came to an abrupt end here.

"What a cliffhanger!" Xiao Cai said indignantly.

In the ending credits of episode nine, a past conversation between Zhang Dongsheng and Xu Jing also appeared.

"Xu Jing, let's have a child."

"Sure, do you want a boy or a girl?"

"A girl, preferably with big eyes and straight hair, like a doll."

Xiao Cai took a deep breath: "Isn't this just Pupu!"

It's agonizing, it's too agonizing to cut it off here!

Itching with impatience, she came up with a strategy.

That was to watch "Corner" from beginning to end again, pay attention to details she hadn't noticed before, and watch it all night until she couldn't stay awake anymore.

"That way, when I wake up, tomorrow's episode will be updated!"

"I really am a genius girl, hee hee!" She kicked her long white legs on the bed, satisfied with her own wisdom.

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………

The next day, Xiao Cai, who had mastered the art of flipping day and night, watched the day's update on time.

To her surprise, the title of this episode was actually: 【Uncle Zhang】.

And as everyone knows, the opening sequence of this web Drama is always full of deep meaning.

This episode was actually... in the form of an Animation!

Just like telling a story to a child, in the Animation, it was telling the story of a fox inviting three little chicks to be guests at its home.

The three little chicks were arguing inside the house about whether to go or not.

Amidst the childlike background music, the character designs of the three little chicks and the words they spoke perfectly matched the three children in the Drama.

In the end, in the Animation, all three little chicks went to the fox's house as guests.

As a result, in the final frame, the fox was tinkering with something, while on the ground were three skeletons.

"Ah? Is this a metaphor for Zhang Dongsheng wanting to kill all three children?" Xiao Cai was shocked.

But she vaguely felt that there was something wrong with this opening Animation.

However, she was busy watching the subsequent Drama, so she didn't delve into it, thinking she would rewind and watch it again after finishing.

At the beginning of this episode, it first showed Zhu Chaoyang's mother, Zhou Chunhong, feeling that something was wrong and bringing Officer Ye to question Zhu Chaoyang.

But what she didn't expect was that Zhu Chaoyang really concealed the truth and didn't mention Wang Li.

Zhu Yongping thought he was really helping by not reporting Wang Li, not knowing that his son was hiding a bigger secret in his heart.

And after Officer Ye and Zhu Yongping left, Zhou Chunhong had an emotional breakdown.

"What is wrong with you now? Why won't you tell Mom the truth? Do you treat Mom like an outsider?"

Zhu Chaoyang said he was tired and wanted to sleep for a while, but she pulled her son up: "You are not allowed to sleep!"

Zhou Chunhong was tearful and said: "They bully you so much, yet you still help them."

"I worked so hard to raise you, and your father only took you swimming a few times, and you're already turning your back on me. Did he care about you when Zhu Jingjing wasn't dead? Do you think he really loves you?"

Zhu Chaoyang raised his head at this moment, his eyes gloomy.

Zhou Chunhong was still in an emotional breakdown: "If he really cared about you, he wouldn't have divorced me, and he wouldn't have abandoned us mother and son!"

Xiao Cai watched these scenes; although she felt suffocated, she also felt that this was a part of the truth, and it was acted very realistically.

In Zhou Chunhong's heart, her child was everything, but this also made her desire for control too strong, and many words and emotions would bring psychological burdens to the child.

Looking at the back of the weeping Zhou Chunhong, Zhu Chaoyang said with gloomy eyes, "Mom, the day of the divorce, it was you who forced Dad to sign the papers; it was you who insisted on divorcing him."

"You think I don't remember."

"I remember, I remember everything," Zhu Chaoyang said.

Zhou Chunhong turned around to look at him, her hand covering her mouth dropping with difficulty; she sobbed and gasped as if she couldn't catch her breath, her acting explosive.

"You're talking nonsense, it was your father who had another woman outside first, you're talking nonsense, you." Zhou Chunhong's features were all twisted together.

"That's because you only care about yourselves," Zhu Chaoyang said, staring dead at her.

Xiao Cai watched this scene, feeling only that her heart was incomparably complicated.

"It's clearly only been one summer vacation, yet this child is already completely different from the beginning, sigh."

"He's turned dark!"

On the other side, Zhu Yongping returned home and told Wang Yao that Zhu Chaoyang hadn't told the police about her brother.

He told Wang Yao to hurry and contact Wang Li, telling him to come over and explain things clearly, otherwise it wouldn't be over!

Wang Yao immediately sent a text message.

Little did she know her brother had long since died and was freezing in a cold storage unit.

The barrage of comments swept in once again.

"Any later, and your brother will be at the wholesale market."

"From now on, please call me Seafood."

"Already dead, don't miss me."

"Don't send a text, you need to burn paper money, do you understand!"

As for Wang Li's phone, it had been with Zhang Dongsheng the whole time; after seeing the text message sent by Wang Yao, in order to stall for time, he began sending a text back, indicating that he needed to lay low and hide for a while, and would not be in contact for now.

After sending the text, he walked into the living room.

Yan Liang and Pupu were actually staying at his house.

The sick Pupu was already asleep on the sofa covered by a quilt; Zhang Dongsheng pulled the curtains shut while asking Yan Liang, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Can't sleep," said Yan Liang, who was still awake.

"Is she feeling better?"

"Much better."

"The rain is about to stop, shipping should resume very soon. Zhu Chaoyang is fine, don't worry, I've been to see him."

"Thank you," Yan Liang said.

"Get some sleep early," Zhang Dongsheng said before leaving.

Xiao Cai raised her little hand and patted her own slightly fleshy little face, saying, "Xiao Cai, wake up! They are just a community of shared destiny, if one suffers, all suffer; how can you actually think this scene is Gentle!?"

At this time, the comatose retired police officer Lao Chen woke up; he had been stabbed by Wang Li, and because he had been protecting Yan Liang, Officer Ye, who was in charge of this case, began searching for Yan Liang and Wang Li through his words.

And on the other side, a scene that exceeded Xiao Cai's expectations appeared.

The loan sharks actually went to Zhang Dongsheng's house to collect debts, can you believe it!?

Boss, don't think you're amazing just because you have tattoos and wear a big gold chain.

Run away, Boss, don't you know he might kill your whole gang!

What's even more outrageous is that Yan Liang and Pupu, who blackmailed Zhang Dongsheng for 300,000, were sitting right there listening...

The loan sharks started grabbing Zhang Dongsheng's car keys, then gave him a Warning, knowing he worked at the Shaoniangong, and after having him sign an additional agreement, they left.

Seeing that Zhang Dongsheng was bleeding, Pupu immediately said, "Uncle Zhang, you're bleeding!"

She concernedly found a bandage and carefully applied it to Zhang Dongsheng.

Zhang Dongsheng looked at her and even smiled, saying, "Thank you."

Xiao Cai just wanted to keep patting her little face: "What kind of weird combination is this? What kind of sudden change in style are you guys pulling here! Luo Mo, you really are a talent!"

On Zhu Chaoyang's side, after being hospitalized for a while, he was successfully discharged, and he had also stolen the key from his father's bag.

Zhang Dongsheng's side was even more outrageous; he even took the two children to a new location, heading to his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house, and bought a whole pile of food.

He told them to stay here for now, but they could only move about in the living room and not enter other rooms. "This food is for you; when you finish it, I'll bring you more."

There was a Cat kept here, the same one that had appeared earlier; Zhang Dongsheng said he would come to feed it occasionally.

He instructed the children to lock the door securely and said he would call in advance when he came over. He would keep an eye on the boat tickets and tell them when shipping resumed.

Before leaving, Pupu called out to him, "Uncle Zhang, thank you."

"Don't worry, I will take good care of the little Cat," she said obediently.

Zhang Dongsheng turned back, looked at her with a Gentle gaze, and then nodded stiffly.

——"What a good bad guy."

The scene began to switch; Officer Ye found the children's abandoned boat base and saw the portrait of Zhang Dongsheng that Pupu had previously drawn on the boat with chalk.

Pupu's voice began to emerge: "Brother Yan Liang, I don't think he's that bad. Even though he killed people, he also saved Brother Chaoyang and my brother. Are criminals always just criminals?"

In this audio, Pupu and Yan Liang did not appear on screen; instead, against a warm background track, the image of Zhang Dongsheng sitting in the car appeared.

He was raising his hand to look at the bandage Pupu had applied to him.

There was even a cartoon pattern on the bandage.

He opened his five fingers from time to time, looking at the front for a moment and then the back of his hand, and even brought his index finger with the cartoon bandage and his thumb together, making a little chick gesture.

"Perhaps there is also a soft side in his heart, and Pupu just happened to strike that softness in his heart," Xiao Cai thought to herself.

"Sigh, human nature is always complex."

An even more outrageous plot appeared.

Yan Liang and Pupu went to find Zhu Chaoyang again and informed him that they were staying at Uncle Zhang's house.

Zhu Chaoyang looked forward, saw Zhang Dongsheng leaning against the car, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you all to get something to eat."

—"Blackmailed into Developing Feelings"?

But soon, Xiao Cai discovered how it could be that simple.

Zhu Chaoyang imperceptibly stuffed the cold storage key to Zhang Dongsheng.

This was the goal!

After Zhang Dongsheng got the key, he really took the three children to a burger shop.

While ordering, Pupu was picking out a toy from the kids' meal; this poor child who grew up in an orphanage looked at the toys and had no idea how to choose.

Zhang Dongsheng stepped forward and said, "You pick one at random first; if you like it, I'll bring you here to eat again next time."

"Help! He's so Gentle!" Xiao Cai felt she was truly going crazy.

Seeing that Pupu still couldn't make a choice, the burger shop employee suggested, "Why don't you pick one for your daughter?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dongsheng glanced at Pupu, offered no explanation, and actually had a smile appear on his face; he smiled very happily and even helped her pick a toy with a look of doting affection.

Daughter?

After putting down the burgers and fries, Zhang Dongsheng took a cup of cola and indicated, "You guys chat, I'll go wait for you in the car."

The three children, however, called him back and asked him to eat together.

Zhang Dongsheng smiled again, shaking his head as he laughed, looking as if he really couldn't do anything about them and was completely unable to refuse, then sat back down.

Pupu had just received a 【Wishing Bear】 toy, so she asked everyone about their wishes.

When it was Zhang Dongsheng's turn, he silently took a sip of cola and said, "I hope that everything can start over."

Xiao Cai couldn't help but sigh again, then warned herself: "Don't empathize with a pervert, hey!"

At this moment, taking advantage of a break to go to the restroom, Zhu Chaoyang suddenly asked Yan Liang about the camera copy card, asking if he still intended to use the camera's copy card to report Zhang Dongsheng after the fact.

Yan Liang indicated that he still needed to think about it.

But when they came out, they happened to see Zhang Dongsheng washing his hands.

"He didn't hear that, did he?" Xiao Cai's heart tightened.

"Zhu Chaoyang is really something! Can't he be more cautious about saying things like that?"

"Even if you had spoken more softly, that would have been better!" Xiao Cai panicked.

Zhang Dongsheng feigned letting Yan Liang go with him to deposit money, putting 300,000 into the card, but ended up driving to a remote area and questioning him on why he lied to him.

"My life has been completely ruined by you guys."

"I gave everything, I gave you money, let you live in my house." He slammed the steering wheel in Anger and roared, "Haven't I done everything I could for you?"

Seeing Yan Liang not speaking, he yelled, "Why did you still lie to me!!!"

"You have disappointed me too much, too much." He stared at Yan Liang and said, "Take it out."

"I don't know what you want me to take out," said the thick-headed Yan Liang.

Xiao Cai could see that Zhang Dongsheng's old habit had flared up again: he was accustomed to leaving people a chance before killing them.

The barrage comments were going crazy at this moment, all saying: "Give it to him! Give it to him!"

Yan Liang actually still wouldn't admit it.

Although Zhang Dongsheng was incomparably furious this time, he very rarely didn't want to kill; he only wanted that camera copy card that held the evidence of his crimes.

He appealed to his emotions and reasoned with him.

After getting the card, he actually told Yan Liang to take the money and get lost, and never appear in front of him again.

On the other side, Pupu, who was home alone, went to feed the Cat, then very sensibly cleaned up the trash at home; but by accident, the cat ran outside, and she, having asthma and allergies, chased after it all the way.

Xiao Cai's heart tightened once more, and she couldn't help but leave a comment in the barrage: "Don't chase it!"

Yeah, immersive drama watching.

Zhang Dongsheng rushed home, stuffed the camera card into the camera, and then checked it.

However, the camera screen displayed—this was an empty card!

There was no evidence inside!

Zhang Dongsheng immediately fell into a fit of rage, feeling that he had been deceived again.

In an instant, a chill surged through Xiao Cai's entire body.

"The card was copied by Zhu Chaoyang at Yan Liang's request."

"Zhu Chaoyang actually gave him an empty card on purpose!!!"

The brain of the Drama Critic Xiao Cai began to spin wildly, starting to analyze.

"Why would he do that?"

"Why give an empty card?"

"It must be to distance himself from this matter, so he can live a normal life in the future."

"But, after giving an empty card, why still repeatedly ask Yan Liang if he would report Zhang Dongsheng after the fact?"

"And why ask in such a dangerous place, of all places?"

"Did he do it on purpose so he would hear?"

"No, no, that shouldn't be..." Xiao Cai's heart was in turmoil.

After she finished watching the entire tenth episode, she dragged it back to the opening credits and watched the Animation of the three chicks and the fox again.

At the end of this animation, there were three skeletons on the ground, and the fox was tinkering with something inside the house.

Xiao Cai pressed pause instantly.

"No! The skull in the middle doesn't look like a chick at all; it's completely different from the other two chick skulls on the side!"

She started rubbing her arms because goosebumps had already broken out.

"The bone in the middle is clearly the fox's!"

Did the fox die?

But at the end of this Animation, wasn't there a fox in the room?

"Could it be... that one little chick killed the other two, and also killed the fox, becoming—the new fox!"

Wait!

Xiao Cai suddenly remembered something else.

"Zhu Chaoyang, Zhang Dongsheng."

"Morning Sun is the sun, as for East Rising... the sun rises from the east."

Xiao Cai's eyes widened, his heart Dancing faster:

"The rising sun in the east!!!"

(PS: Two-in-one, just a little under ten thousand words, requesting monthly tickets.)

(End of this chapter)