A Conspiracy Emerges, Joining a Talent Show?

"Jiang Fang, we're begging you on our knees! Please spare our Lanlan! She's still young, she has such a bright future ahead of her. Please be the bigger person and let Lanlan off the hook. From now on, we'll work like oxen and horses for you. Please!"

As they spoke, Ji Lan's parents seemed to feel that it was not enough. Still on their knees, they shuffled forward, trying to grab Jiang Fang.

A group of people followed behind Ji Lan's parents, holding up phones and even cameras as they continuously filmed the scene.

It was clearly premeditated.

Jiang Fang did not doubt that someone was even livestreaming it. With a few paid commenters stirring up the narrative, public opinion would turn.

After all, the public always sided with the weak, didn't they?

Unfortunately, Ji Lan's parents had miscalculated.

Just as they were smugly celebrating the success of their plan, the hand reaching for Jiang Fang's wrist was suddenly seized. Two ordinary-looking yet intimidating men stepped in front of Jiang Fang protectively, their faces cold.

"Ah, you bastards! Who are you? Let go of me!"

A pig-slaughtering scream rang out.

Her wrist hurt unbearably.

Ji Lan's parents secretly hated these two uninvited guests, but seeing their sturdy builds, they knew they could not beat them. They could only glare furiously at Jiang Fang.

"Was it you? Did you bring them here? Our family has no grudge against you. Lanlan is still just a child. What's wrong with splashing a little water on you?"

People like Ji Lan's mother were fine as long as others let themselves be morally blackmailed by her. The moment things did not go her way, she started hurling foul, vicious insults.

Jiang Fang was so angry he laughed.

"What's wrong with splashing a little water on me? I can consider letting her go. I can even give you a sum of money—" Jiang Fang paused, watching greed light up Ji Lan's parents' eyes before sneering and continuing, "But only if I get to splash her with that kind of water too. After all, I'm still just a child myself. I only graduated high school."

As soon as he said that, Ji Lan's parents fell silent.

See? More than anyone, they knew it was not simply water.

"There's another way to settle this. Since your child is still young, then the parents are to blame for failing to teach her. Pick one of yourselves and let me splash you instead."

The two people before him did not even dare breathe.

With bodyguards holding Ji Lan's parents down, Jiang Fang shifted his gaze to the group behind them.

"Perhaps you think an award-winning actor is joking with you? Or did someone give you the impression that I'm easy to bully?"

They had provoked him again and again. Did they really think he could do nothing to them?

The people holding cameras and phones exchanged looks, clearly losing some of their confidence.

Seeing that things were going badly, the leader spoke guiltily. "We didn't break any laws!"

"Yeah! We didn't break any laws!" someone echoed.

Others saw the situation turning bad and quietly prepared to slip away.

Just then, the sound of police sirens approached from afar and quickly stopped nearby.

At the sight of the police cars, the group finally panicked and scattered like birds.

Jiang Fang glanced at the bodyguards beside him, who were still holding the couple.

As expected of elites sent by the state—their reaction speed was no joke!

"Ji Yong, Ji Lan, you are suspected of disrupting public order and stealing state secrets. You are now being investigated in accordance with the law."

"What?!"

"I didn't do anything! Impossible! Even if you're police officers, you can't slander us! I'll sue you! I'll appeal!"

Ji Lan's parents looked utterly incredulous. They had only wanted to scam a little money, then get their daughter out. How had it become disturbing public order? How had it become stealing state secrets?

The culprits were taken away. The officer who had come to arrest them nodded at Jiang Fang before leaving briskly.

As for that group of reporters from earlier—

Every single one of them was taken away for investigation as well.

Nothing could go wrong with Jiang Fang or the technology in his hands!

#Parents' Love Is Boundless, Parents Kneel for Their Daughter#

#Take a Step Back and Find Boundless Seas and Skies, A Lesson Modern Youth Need#

#Jiang Fang: An Eye for an Eye#

Just as expected, when Jiang Fang returned to the cabin and opened his phone, it was filled with notifications about what had just happened.

So someone had indeed been livestreaming.

Those trending topics had clearly been prepared in advance. But Ji Lan's parents probably could not have thought that far ahead. Who was helping them from behind the scenes?

After thinking it over, Jiang Fang could only think of the two people he had offended on the variety show.

Long Aozhi and Lin Sen...

Which one of you two was it?

Jiang Fang scrolled through Weibo as he pondered.

[They're elders, after all. They already knelt before Jiang Fang. What more does he want? Does he want their lives too?]

[Spit! It's old fools like these who make society such a disgusting mess. If you ask me, they bear half the responsibility for their daughter turning out this way. To everyone asking what more he wants, how about I kill or disfigure your daughter, then kneel before you? Would that make everything fine? Or do you want my life too?]

[Don't treat netizens like idiots. In this situation, the Jiang Family's parents went straight to Jiang Fang and knelt down while bringing livestream reporters with them. Everyone knows what that means. Some online saints really need to stop being so excessive and generous with other people's losses.]

[Holy crap! Who are these two muscular guys? They look terrifying!]

[Whoa! Why did the police come too? Disturbing public order? Stealing secrets? Holy shit! Don't tell me they're spies?]

[Isn't this too much of a coincidence? The police arrived right after they found Jiang Fang. Could there be some connection?]

[Hey, what are you thinking? Our Kitty is just a pretty, ordinary kitty. Don't talk nonsense.]

Jiang Fang gave it a like.

That was right. He was just an ordinary, pretty kitty.

No, a handsome kitty.

Even as a cat, he wanted to be handsome, not pretty.

"Don't you agree, pretty Kitten?"

Kitten, who was entertaining himself with a ball of yarn, looked up and tilted his head at him in confusion.

Big Kitty was obviously a pretty kitty!

Jiang Fang was instantly melted by Kitten's head tilt. He scooped up the little kitten and planted two fierce kisses on him.

The little kitten snuggled sweetly into Jiang Fang's arms and curled into a ball.

Just as Jiang Fang wanted to keep reading amusing gossip and comments, he scrolled down. In an instant, his finger froze in midair.

Looking at those familiar words, Jiang Fang frowned.

[@Long Aozhi V: My new song, Boundless Seas and Skies, is out! This island trip gave me many insights. Unfortunately, it ended midway through, so I spent three days in seclusion perfecting the work. I hope all my seniors and fans will show it some support. //Link: ...]

Oh?

Boundless Seas and Skies?

Thinking of Long Aozhi's system, Jiang Fang tapped the music link.

A familiar opening melody began, followed by a whistle—

"Today, in the cold night, I watched the snow drift by..."

Very good. It was indeed Huang Jiaju's Boundless Seas and Skies.

Enduring Long Aozhi's arrogant rendition of such a great song, Jiang Fang listened all the way through.

Good lord, he had not even changed a single word?

And he claimed the island trip had inspired it?

Inspired what?

Had he realized "I have lived my life untamed and unrestrained, loving freedom" through his incomparably stupid thoughts and actions?

It was an insult to Huang Jiaju.

He clicked into the lyricist, composer, and arranger credits.

Oh wow! Even more impressive—every single one was Long Aozhi!

Was he not afraid of running into ghosts after walking too many dark roads?

--

The Lin Family ancestral home.

Crash!

"Get on your knees!"

Vase fragments were scattered all over the study floor. Lin Sen knelt on the ground, his hair dripping wet, water still trickling down from it. He kept his head lowered, his eyes dark.

"Look at yourself! What have you been doing? Did I give you ten million to throw it down the drain? You said you would definitely make money! Now look at this!"

Lin Sen knelt on the floor, feeling indignant.

If he had arrived a few days earlier, he would not have invested the money in Wilderness Survival, a show destined to lose money, like the original owner, that idiot pig.

And he had invested so much too!

He had thought Jiang Fang had avoided dying because his arrival had caused a butterfly effect, but who could have expected everything that happened afterward?

"Dad! This time was an accident, believe me!"

"Although we lost money, the Lin Family's popularity has gone up!" After all, the livestream advertisements had recovered quite a bit of their losses, and Lin Corporation's products had regained attention.

Father Lin thought about it. That did make some sense, but it was not an excuse for Lin Sen losing over ten million!

"Get out and reflect on yourself." He waved a hand, unwilling to look at his troublesome son any longer.

Lin Sen withdrew with a gloomy expression.

A bar.

The crowd danced wildly like demons, and the heavily rhythmic music gave everyone endless stimulation.

Lin Sen sat in the innermost booth with a group of disreputable friends.

"Brother Lin, if you ask me, it's all because of that Bai Ziyu and Jiang Fang. If it weren't for them, maybe Uncle Lin would've praised you this time."

"Exactly! They knew they were filming a show, yet they still caused trouble on the livestream. That Jiang-whatever brat has no idea what's good for him. Couldn't he wait until the show ended to settle whatever problems he had? He had to make a scene on the livestream. Wasn't that basically stabbing Brother Lin in the back?!"

"And that guy surnamed Bai—we can't get to him now that he's locked up, but Jiang Fang... heh heh!"

"Exactly! Brother Lin, give Jiang Fang a lesson. Let's see if he dares cause trouble again next time."

The others chimed in one after another.

Lin Sen swirled the wine in his glass, deep in thought.

That was right. If they made him unhappy, then he would make the culprits unhappy too.

He could not get to Bai Ziyu in prison, but Jiang Fang was another matter!

If he remembered correctly, Fruit TV had a new show coming out soon. It would later become a nationwide variety sensation, wildly popular.

He could get Jiang Fang onto it then.

Don't misunderstand—he had no good intentions. The preview before Jiang Fang joined Wilderness Survival had revealed that he was untalented and uncoordinated. Joining Fruit Channel's show would only make him more of a joke, and he could serve as Lin Sen's foil. Wouldn't that be perfect?

The more Lin Sen thought about it, the more excited he became.

Unlike Wilderness Survival, this show had started out small, but later, everyone from the production team to the investors made a fortune. Not only could he show off and gain a wave of fans, but his investment could restore the face he had lost on Wilderness Survival, and he could also screw over Jiang Fang.

It was killing three birds with one stone!

Lin Sen could practically see Jiang Fang being trampled beneath his feet.

As the saying went, money could make ghosts turn millstones. Once he invested in the production team, getting two slots would be easy.

He acted immediately. If nothing else, Lin Sen was fast when it came to transferring money.

However, this money had been saved by the original owner over the past few years, and spending it hurt terribly. After all, he had just suffered an investment failure, so his father would not give him any more money.

But it did not matter! He would make a fortune!

--

That day.

Jiang Fang had just moved into his new home. Before he could properly rest, his phone rang.

An unknown number?

Jiang Fang considered it for a moment before answering.

"Is this Jiang Fang?"

Someone was looking for him?

"It is. What is this about?"

The other party rambled on and on. Jiang Fang's expression gradually turned indifferent. After extracting the useful information from that pile of nonsense, he raised an eyebrow.

"Trainee? A talent show?"

They were looking for him?