Chapter 285: There is Poison in the Water

"President Xia, I..." A woman walked out of the dressing room. Her voice was hoarse, and she gestured incessantly with her hands, wanting to speak but unable to do so.

She was the popular star Lu Ruxue. Last time, when she was endorsing new medicine for Tianyun New Medicine, she had been blocked by thugs, and later saved by Chen Yu.

"Miss Lu, no need to panic, let me take a look." Chen Yu smiled slightly and walked forward.

"It's you?" A flash of surprise crossed Lu Ruxue's eyes. Last time, because she had left in such a hurry, she hadn't thanked Chen Yu in person. She hadn't expected to run into Chen Yu the moment she arrived in Fengling this time.

"Throat dry and painful? Lost your voice?" Chen Yu took a look.

Lu Ruxue nodded. She had difficulty speaking, and her throat was extremely painful; she feared today's concert would not be able to go on.

But breaking her promise to her fans would truly have an impact on her future.

"It's fine, I'll give you a cup of water, drink it and you'll be fine." Chen Yu turned to pour a cup of water, then with a secretive movement dissolved a Talisman into it, and carried it to Lu Ruxue's side.

Lu Ruxue was somewhat surprised. Although she hadn't seen a Yisheng yet, she didn't believe that her throat would immediately get better after drinking this cup of water.

"Chen Yu is my brother, just do as he says. If he says it's fine, then it's fine." Xia Tian smiled slightly.

Lu Ruxue hesitated for a moment, then took the water from Chen Yu and drank it in one breath.

For some unknown reason, the moment Chen Yu's cup of water hit her stomach, her throat immediately felt incomparably cool. A few seconds later, the burning pain in her throat vanished. She opened her mouth in pleasant surprise: "My throat doesn't hurt anymore?"

"It's done, Chen Yu, you really have a way, haha." Xia Tian laughed heartily.

"My throat is fine, it's really better, I can speak?" Lu Ruxue was both shocked and delighted: "President Chen, thank you so much. Last time at the hotel, I was blocked by little thugs and it was you who saved me; this time you've helped me again."

"A small matter." Chen Yu smiled slightly: "You are still our Tianyun New Medicine spokesperson; it is only right that I help you."

"By the way, Chen Yu, I am usually very careful, after all, I started out as a singer. Why would my throat suddenly become painful and lose its voice this time?" Lu Ruxue asked.

"Nothing major, just internal heat. Hurry inside and prepare, the concert is about to start." Chen Yu said with a slight smile.

"Okay, thank you." Lu Ruxue thanked him repeatedly and rushed inside to prepare.

"Yan Hong, besides you, has anyone else had contact with the things Miss Lu eats?" Chen Yu turned his head to ask.

"No, she is very self-disciplined and eats very little. Also, her concerts last a long time, and she is afraid of needing the restroom, so she almost never eats anything and rarely even drinks water." Mu Yanhong was slightly stunned: "What's wrong, Brother Chen?"

"Yeah, Chen Yu, what happened?" Xia Tian also asked from the side.

"She has been poisoned. Previously, there was a very popular singer in the circle who was poisoned like this when she first debuted, and later her voice was ruined and she could never sing again. The poison she has is the same as the one that singer had." Chen Yu replied.

"There's such a thing?" Xia Tian was taken aback, his expression suddenly sinking: "Who would have it in for her?"

"It might not be that they have it in for her." Chen Yu shook his head and said: Perhaps it was your competitors. The tickets for the concert you organized sold for hundreds of millions; wouldn't your competitors be jealous?

"I understand." Xia Tian's expression was grave: "I will call people over immediately to upgrade the security measures. Regardless, let's finish the concert first before going to the high school."

"Good, you must be careful. Send a few more people to be by Miss Lu's side; this kind of thing is really hard to say." Chen Yu said: "I'll go walk around the venue to see if there are any suspicious people."

The concert had already begun. Although Lu Ruxue's popularity was not as high as it had been in the past two years, she was a talented star, so her drawing power was extremely strong. Both her movie tickets and concert tickets sold extremely fast.

This time, the concert tickets had been scalped by ticket touts to twenty thousand each, yet supply still couldn't meet demand.

Now, Lu Ruxue was on stage singing a song called "Silence." This was her latest song, and the audience was very stirred up.

Suddenly, a man wearing a trench coat pushed his way to the front of the stage. He reached into his bosom and took out a black glass bottle filled with liquid.

With a flick of his hand, he opened the bottle and made a gesture as if to splash it onto the stage.

Chen Yu was startled. He moved forward rapidly and chopped the back of the man's head with his palm. The man fell to the ground with a thud.

Several security guards on both sides rushed forward, and two of them carried the man away.

The entire process was extremely fast, completed in less than half a minute, without alerting anyone.

Chen Yu took another turn around, and not finding any suspicious characters, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

The atmosphere at the scene remained very enthusiastic, and since the bodyguards from the professional security company sent by Xia Tian were screening the scene, there was no need to worry here.

In a small room behind the stage, the man in the black trench coat was tied to a chair, and Xia Tian was personally interrogating him.

"Did you get anything out of him?" Chen Yu asked.

"No, this kid has a stiff mouth. He just made my hand go numb from hitting him, and he won't say a single word." Xia Tian cursed: "This bastard is quite stubborn."

"What's in here?" Chen Yu pointed to the bottle on the side.

"Strong acid. Chen Yu, it's fortunate you discovered it early, otherwise if this bottle of strong acid had splashed onto Miss Lu's face, she would definitely have been disfigured."

"If more than half a bottle of strong acid splashed onto someone, it wouldn't just be a matter of disfigurement; it could easily cost someone their Life." Chen Yu's expression changed: "Let me handle it."

"Fine, you handle it. I'll go smoke a cigarette to calm down; I'm afraid I won't be able to stop myself from stabbing this guy with a knife." Xia Tian stood up resentfully.

"Who sent you?" Chen Yu walked up to the man in the trench coat.

This guy had been beaten quite badly just now; his face was bruised and swollen, and it was almost unrecognizable.

His head hung low; clearly, he couldn't hold up under that beating.

The man raised his head, a sinister, ferocious grin on his face: "Want to know? Call me Grandpa and I'll tell you."

Chen Yu was furious and nearly slapped him, but looking at the state of this fellow, if he hit him again, he would really be killed.

He grabbed the half-bottle of strong acid from the side and shook it in his hand: "This is the real deal, do you want to try it?"

The man in the trench coat just looked at Chen Yu with a cold sneer; he remained stubborn and didn't speak.

Chen Yu unscrewed the cap and poured it onto his thigh.

Sss... A wisp of green smoke rose from his thigh, and the man let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"Are you going to talk?" Chen Yu glanced at him.

"You..."

As soon as the man opened his mouth, Chen Yu poured a few more drops onto him.

"Ah..." The man screamed again.

"Still not talking? Fine, you've got guts." Chen Yu said as he poured more.

"I'll talk, Big Brother, don't pour anymore, I'll talk." The man didn't even have the strength to scream anymore; he lay on the ground trembling.