Chapter 47: Lin Huaizhi Must Die a Horrible Death
Lin Huaizhi turned immediately upon hearing the voice, but he could only stop the knife from stabbing into his face.
The sudden explosive power of a male was very strong. He didn’t have much strength to begin with. In the blink of an eye, the knife approached, slashing from his forehead directly to his brow bone. Blood instantly blurred his vision.
“Boss!!”
The scene turned into chaos. Fortunately, the police were there and quickly controlled the situation.
Lin Huaizhi covered his eye. Blood seeped through his fingers, making him look like a ghost.
“Lin Huaizhi! You must die a horrible death!”
“Do you think you can make Gege bow his head just because you have resources? Keep dreaming! You will never succeed!”
“Gege is someone you can never have!!”
The restrained boy was still shouting, his entire face looking incredibly twisted. The look he gave Lin Huaizhi was full of murderous intent. Even as he was taken into the police car, he was still banging frantically on the window.
“Boss!”
“Why is there so much blood!”
Zhou Ning took out a handkerchief and pressed it against Lin Huaizhi’s wound, his eyes full of worry and indignation.
“That little beast attacked with a knife; he should be sentenced to death!”
“And Chu Xiaoran, he’s sick! His fans are sick too! Seriously sick!”
“Director Zhou’s plays are hard to get people into in the first place. You treated Director Zhou to meals, sent him this and that, and even agreed to invest in his next animated film before Director Zhou finally relented and let Chu Xiaoran join the cast. Now that he doesn’t want Chu Xiaoran, that’s your loss too. What did Chu Xiaoran ever contribute? What right does he have to be screaming and shouting here?”
“It’s one thing for him to come question me and curse you to my face, but inciting fans to come and commit crimes? He really thinks highly of himself!”
Zhou Ning muttered incessantly, his mouth not stopping for a second. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he added, “By the way, Chu Xiaoran said he couldn’t get through to your phone, so he called me. Boss, did you block him?”
Lin Huaizhi shook his head. “No…”
Lin Huaizhi instantly shut up.
He hadn’t blocked Chu Xiaoran, but he hadn’t answered Chu Xiaoran’s calls either.
Why didn’t he answer?
Because he had been tormented by Huo Chen to the breaking point. For the past few days, he had been constantly drowsy, barely leaving his bed.
The images of fooling around with Huo Chen lingered, refusing to disperse. Every detail began to replay frame by frame in his mind. Lin Huaizhi even remembered the temperature of the other’s body.
He remembered Huo Chen choking his neck, forcing him to say—
Lin Huaizhi, say you love me.
“Boss, why is your face so red?”
Lin Huaizhi suppressed all the romantic thoughts deep in his heart. “Nothing, just a bit of internal heat.”
Hearing this, Zhou Ning cursed again. Then, looking at the blood-soaked handkerchief, he negotiated with the police, saying he would take Lin Huaizhi to treat the wound before going to the station to give a statement.
Actually, the wound wasn’t long.
But it was very deep.
It wasn’t until the absorbent cotton piled up a full tray that Lin Huaizhi finally stopped bleeding. The wound was near the brow bone. Thinking it was ugly, he didn’t let the doctor wrap gauze around his head to secure the dressing. In the end, they only used gauze to cover it.
…Actually, it was just as ugly.
Not only was it ugly, but it blocked most of the vision in his right eye. Yet, it didn’t block it completely. Just looking at it was annoying, so Lin Huaizhi simply had the doctor bandage the entire eye.
Back at the police station.
Chu Xiaoran had also been summoned.
In reality, the matter wasn’t that complicated. It started when Chu Xiaoran received a call from Zhou Jingzhi saying that the male lead for Dreams Knowing Dawn had been given to someone else. He expressed regret and said they could cooperate again next time if there was a chance.
Of course, Zhou Jingzhi had pride.
He had been a director for twenty or thirty years, with hit dramas one after another in his hands. He rarely had a flop. But he was also very bold, using new actors and not bowing for five pecks of rice.
Chu Xiaoran was the first “resource actor” (nepotism hire) in his play. Finally managing to get rid of him, saying “we can cooperate next time” was likely just lip service, or perhaps a chance to throw subtle shade at Chu Xiaoran.
After all, Zhou Jingzhi didn’t require anything else; the only hard standard for selecting actors was acting skills.
Chu Xiaoran happened to lack exactly that.
And if Chu Xiaoran continued with this momentum, as long as capital didn’t intervene, he would never be in a Zhou Jingzhi play in his life.
Naturally, Chu Xiaoran was angry upon hearing this.
He was the male lead of Dreams Knowing Dawn; this was decided long ago. A day before filming started, you, Zhou Jingzhi, tell me it’s a no-go? What do you mean?
Chu Xiaoran wanted to ask for clarification, but Zhou Jingzhi wouldn’t answer his calls at all. So, Chu Xiaoran could only call Lin Huaizhi.
Lin Huaizhi didn’t answer his calls either.
Chu Xiaoran called countless times. Without exception, none were answered. Later, the phone was simply turned off.
Deeply hurt, he apologized repeatedly to his fans in the fan group, saying he had failed their expectations.
Consequently, the next day, a small number of radical fans gathered at the entrance of Huameng to make trouble.
Among them, an extremely radical individual brought a knife directly. Seeing Lin Huaizhi was like a tiger seeing meat; he pounced immediately.
Chu Xiaoran’s face was full of guilt.
“I’m sorry. I really didn’t know that two sentences from me could cause such a huge reaction from them, even leading to a knife attack. It’s all my fault. I apologize on his behalf.”
Chu Xiaoran put on a humble posture.
The boy was sixteen years old, a minor. Hearing Chu Xiaoran apologize, he became agitated again: “Why apologize! Gege, you weren’t wrong to begin with! It’s Lin Huaizhi’s fault!”
Lin Huaizhi: “…”
Speaking of which, it was quite magical.
Chu Xiaoran didn’t come from a boy band, and his looks were only above average. He debuted as the third male lead in Lost City, and afterward, he relied on Lin Huaizhi to rise rapidly. His fans also skyrocketed visibly.
But his fans all shared a common illness.
They felt that Chu Xiaoran was the best in the world. As long as Chu Xiaoran had a conflict with someone, it was the other person’s fault. They would launch cyber-violence at the drop of a hat, operating on the principle that anyone who made my Gege uncomfortable or bullied my Gege deserved to die.
In the past, Lin Huaizhi felt these fans were too extreme.
Especially since a large part of Chu Xiaoran’s fan base consisted of students and minors. He had told Chu Xiaoran more than once to guide them properly. Looking at it now, he had guided them into a pile of crap.
Zhou Ning’s reaction was even bigger than the boy’s.
“How is it Lin Huaizhi’s fault! Your Gege didn’t have the skill to get the role, and looking back, it’s Lin Huaizhi’s fault? What, so Lin Huaizhi must serve up all the best scripts on a platter for him to choose from?!”
“That is what Lin Huaizhi should do! My Gege is the pillar of Huameng! He should have the best resources!”
The officer in charge of the interrogation and taking notes quickly intervened to mediate.
Moments later, Lin Huaizhi’s voice slowly emerged: “I recall that once someone turns sixteen, they can be held criminally responsible, right?”
Translation Notes:
- Gege: Older brother. Fans often use this term affectionately for their male idols. I kept “Gege” in the fan dialogue to maintain the specific “fan circle” culture feel, as “Brother” sounds too familial and “Oppa” is Korean.
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