Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 19: A Report Immediately

Zhou Shunzhe had spent several years with Du Hexuan, day and night, and he could tell what Du Hexuan was thinking just by looking at his expression.

Looking again at the cunning look on someone's face, as if they had just succeeded in their trickery like a little fox, his lips twitched violently a few times.

Our artist usually seems quite clever, so why does he act silly when he's with his sister?
Do you think someone can develop that kind of strength just by training? Do you even know what it means to be born with superhuman strength? It's innate!
However, after getting to know her for a few days, he realized that his artist's younger sister, who looked innocent, harmless, and easy to bully, was actually a wolf in sheep's clothing. She was the one who bullied others, and if anyone wanted to bully her, they would have to let her take a bite out of them.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shunzhe became even more melancholy.

What a promising talent! Why isn't she willing to become a star with her brother?
After the incident with Jiang Huaiying, Du Hexuan was on edge for several days. It wouldn't have mattered if it were just him, but he was mainly worried that the crazy woman would retaliate against Du Anrao because of what happened that night.

For several days, things were calm both inside and outside the film crew, to the point that Du Hexuan began to doubt himself.

Could it be that Xi Jingyue's protection that night really worked, making Jiang Huaiying hesitant to act against them for fear of harming them?

With this complex question in mind, the day finally came to the last day of Du Hexuan's cameo appearance.

Du Hexuan had just finished filming on that day when he received a call from an acquaintance.

The person who called him was a junior colleague from the same company. The two had attended the same school and had worked with Du Hexuan under Zhou Shunzhe, so they had some connection.

However, as Du Hexuan's fame grew, his schedule became increasingly packed.

Zhou Shunzhe felt that managing Du Hexuan was already exhausting enough, and he couldn't handle any more artists, so he transferred her to another agent.

Du Hexuan was surprised to receive her call, but he didn't think much of it: "Is something wrong? What? You said you were... Wait there, I'll send someone to pick you up."

The woman on the other end of the phone was in tears, begging Du Hexuan to come and pick her up in person and not to tell anyone else, as she didn't want too many people to know about it.

Logically speaking, it's completely understandable that a girl who suddenly encounters something like this wouldn't want too many people to know.

But Du Hexuan felt an indescribable sense of unease as he listened to the phone call. Unfortunately, the person on the other end of the line didn't give him a chance to think at all. They were still crying out in a sharp tone about the inhumane abuse they had suffered and said that they were too ashamed to face anyone and couldn't go on living. They were going to go to the top floor of the hotel to commit suicide.

Du Hexuan's right eyelid twitched even more violently, and an ominous premonition made his heart pound with anxiety.

Just as he was figuring out how to keep the other party calm and send someone over to check what was going on, his younger sister's complaints arrived first.

【She's here! She's here! She's brought her honey trap!】

A honey trap?!

Du Hexuan instinctively gripped his phone tighter, and his parents, who were eating not far away, immediately put down their chopsticks and looked at their second son for advice.

Du Anrao, lost in thought with the end of his chopsticks in his mouth, did not notice the strange behavior of the three people in the room.

After returning from the hotel that day, Du Anrao thoroughly examined the Mary Sue novel, finally finding some clues to confirm that the censored, innocent "white moonlight" was indeed her family's unfortunate second brother. She then pieced together the entire process of the "white moonlight's" "murder" from snippets of conversation between the male lead and others.

[Isn't this woman calling Second Brother the honey trap heroine that Jiang Huaiying paid a hefty sum to hire? Don't be fooled by her pitiful crying; if Second Brother really goes to pick her up as she says, she'll drug him the moment they meet, and then she'll accuse him of rape.]

Mr. and Mrs. Du were ashen-faced. Although Du Hexuan's phone call was not played out loud, the woman's voice on the other end was so shrill that they managed to hear the gist of it after listening intently for a while, and felt a little sympathy for the woman who had suffered such a huge misfortune.

Little did anyone expect that this was a vicious conspiracy targeting the second son, and that the slightest misstep could ruin his reputation!
The two were both angry and frightened, wishing they could immediately crawl into Du Hexuan's phone, drag the woman out, and give her a good beating.

[Not only that, Jiang Huaiying also cultivated relationships with many artists from the same company as her second brother, just waiting for him to fall into this trap. Then, one by one, they would jump out to testify against him, using their own reputations to smear him, proving that he had tried to sexually harass them and disregarded their wishes by introducing them to company executives in exchange for better resources.]

Thinking of this, Du Anrao couldn't help but shake his head.

If they were to let the other party succeed as in the original storyline, her second brother would never be able to shake off the label of "entertainment industry pimp"!
Du Hexuan's face turned ashen. He hated nothing more than backstabbing and taking shortcuts. He never expected to be labeled like this. It just goes to show that Jiang Huaiying knew how to make people disgusted.

[That's not even the worst part! The worst part is that they also prepared some illegal drugs for Second Brother. They planned to drug him and force-feed him the drugs, then claim this loss of control was due to him overdosing on drugs.]

Wha...what? !

The three members of the Du family were instantly stunned, as if struck by lightning. How dare she? How dare she! She wanted to kill their son!

Du Hexuan, as the person involved, was thinking a little deeper. He guessed that Jiang Huaiying might have prepared this thing not only to destroy him, but also for some other unsavory reasons, such as forcing him, this troublesome guy who had repeatedly rejected her, to grovel at her feet and beg her.

Given how deranged that madwoman is, it's entirely possible, but...

Du Hexuan narrowed his eyes, already having figured out how to resolve the matter.

Perhaps because Du Hexuan had been silent for too long, the woman on the other end of the phone cried and complained for a long time without receiving a response, and became increasingly suicidal.

Du Hexuan quickly put on his usual superb acting skills, nervously and worriedly reassuring her, "Don't cry, don't panic. You can't act impulsively at a time like this. Tell me where you are? I'll be right there."

Seeing that her loud outburst had worked, the woman immediately stopped and tearfully gave him an address.

Du Hexuan carefully noted it down, offered a few words of comfort, and then hung up the phone.

Fearing that his second brother had been affected, Du Anrao quickly asked, "What happened?"

"It's alright." Du Hexuan made a reassuring gesture to his younger sister, then picked up his phone and dialed another number. "Hello, is this XX0? I need to call the police. Someone is suicidal in room 1303 of the Qicai Hotel in Wutong Street, Northwest District of this city."

"Furthermore, I suspect that her extreme behavior was most likely due to the influence of some illegal drugs. Oh right, there might have been more than one person in that room."

(End of this chapter)