The blond thug let out a sudden roar.
Never mind the onlookers-even the police stared at him, dumbfounded.
Even the officer pinning him down felt his eyelid twitch, his bewildered question coming out in a shaky, wavering voice. "You want to eat what?"
The blond thug: ...
Jiang Mingle squeezed out of the crowd and shot a disgusted look at the man pinned to the ground by the police.
Idiot!
He couldn't even handle something this simple.
Originally, all the blond thug had to do was really do a number on Jiang Mingxi tonight. Tomorrow morning, Jiang Mingle could come over under the pretext of wanting to talk to Jiang Mingxi and expose his illicit affair.
By then, Jiang Mingxi would surely be covered in marks, his legs so weak he couldn't even stand.
Let's see how that bitch would have the nerve to keep attracting fans then!
The entire internet would tear him apart!
Song Lan and Zhao Jiayuan would despise and spurn him, too.
After the way Song Lan had treated him today, Jiang Mingle had been so angry his throat hurt. He had been waiting for this to vent his anger!
Who would have thought this idiot would be so useless!
He had actually gotten caught!
"Xiaoxi, what happened? Are you all right? He didn't do anything to you, did he?" Looking frantic, Jiang Mingle walked toward Jiang Mingxi. "I just got here, and I heard someone say he was going to do that to you..."
Before Jiang Mingxi could speak, Zhao Jiayuan turned and snapped, "Are you sick in the head? Go to the hospital if there's something wrong with your ears! Didn't you hear them just say he's a thief who came to steal things?"
Jiang Mingle stood there looking aggrieved. "Jiayuan, you've misunderstood me. I didn't mean anything else. I just got so worried when I saw Xiaoxi was in trouble. I was afraid he'd hurt Xiaoxi. Xiaoxi is so good-looking~"
So what if he'd been caught?
All he had to do was pay for articles saying Jiang Mingxi had been raped, and he could ruin him just the same.
What fans could accept their favorite idol being raped?
Giving a smug inward snort, Jiang Mingle looked at Jiang Mingxi as though he were terribly worried. "He didn't touch you anywhere, did he?"
Jiang Mingxi didn't even acknowledge the dumbass.
He simply told the director and the police, "He went through my suitcase and stole my things."
Jiang Mingle looked puzzled. "Huh? But what valuables could we have brought here to film the show? Why would he take such a big risk and come steal from you when he knew you were a celebrity? How strange."
The director wanted to slap him.
What are you trying to do?!
Do you insist on starting rumors that something happened to a celebrity on set?
How would the show even air then?!
How would I ever put another crew together?!
Just as the director's fury flared up-
The blond thug pinned to the ground shouted at the top of his lungs, "I didn't steal anything! He's framing me! I just thought he was good-looking and came to make friends with him."
Jiang Mingle immediately turned and angrily rebuked him. "You don't look like a decent person! What friends could you possibly make? You clearly had bad intentions toward Xiaoxi."
The director stamped his foot in fury.
Enough!
I said enough!
The director sprang up to stop Jiang Mingle, but Song Lan spoke first, asking Jiang Mingxi, "What's missing?"
Jiang Mingxi still wore the "panic" of someone who had narrowly escaped disaster. "I don't know yet. He just tried to stab me with a knife. I was so scared I haven't had time to check."
The blond thug glared furiously at Jiang Mingxi.
You were scared?
You wanted to feed me shit!
After saying that, Jiang Mingxi turned and went inside, with two officers following him.
Jiang Mingle hurried in after them. "What's happened to the kang..."
He couldn't wait to pin the blame on Jiang Mingxi.
He also knew the blond thug had come to sleep with Jiang Mingxi, and would surely have made a mess of the kang.
The moment he entered, Jiang Mingle opened his mouth.
And then...
He watched as the kang turned out to be perfectly neat, with only the quilt thrown back to one side and no other sign of disorder.
The floor, on the other hand, was a complete mess.
As soon as Zhao Jiayuan entered, he saw the wide-open suitcase and Jiang Mingxi's clothes strewn across the floor. He shot Jiang Mingle an irritated glare. "What's happened to the kang?"
Jiang Mingle opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.
A faint sense of foreboding welled up in him.
The next instant-
His pale face filled with anger, Jiang Mingxi rose from beside the suitcase and told the police, "One of my watches is missing. It's worth six hundred and fifty thousand yuan."
Jiang Mingle blurted out, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could you possibly own such an expensive watch?!"
After saying that-
He realized his slip and hurried to recover. "I mean, why would you bring such an expensive watch to the show?"
This time, Jiang Mingxi was the one looking aggrieved. "I bought that watch for my eldest brother. I spent all my savings on it."
As he spoke, tears pooled in Jiang Mingxi's eyes.
Kekekekeke!
Didn't see that coming, did you?!
Your daddy here could cry, too~
Choking up, Jiang Mingxi continued, "I wanted to please my eldest brother so he'd treat me a little better, the way he treats you. But not only did he tell me to be your comparison foil, he even said I didn't deserve to be compared to you.*
"So I got angry and didn't give him the watch.
"And somehow, I ended up bringing it to the show."
Jiang Mingxi's words were half true and half false.
The truth was that the original owner really had spent all his savings buying this watch for Jiang Ke, hoping to please him.
The false part was-
Hehehe!
He had transmigrated into the book!
Of course he wasn't going to give it away!
His original plan had been to sell the watch once he finished filming this episode and went back, then use the money to buy a smaller home.
The original owner had always rented and didn't have a home of his own yet.
Who would have thought something like this would happen?
If he simply exposed the blond thug's attempted rape, he might not be able to get him convicted, and would end up mired in scandal himself instead.
After all, this sort of thing was hard to clear up.
Once the rumors spread, who knew what grotesque shape they would take?
So, after Dabao had finished speaking earlier, Jiang Mingxi had made an immediate decision to go big.
He had Dabao time it and call the police in advance, reporting that something had gone missing from the house.
That way, when the police arrived, he would have the blond thug cornered, and the officers Dabao had summoned could conveniently handle the case here.
Outside, the officer pinning the blond thug down quickly found a box on him. Inside was a watch.
The blond thug went numb with fear.
He had spent years in the underworld and knew perfectly well.
Attempted rape would only get him three years, and he could still argue his way out of this one. Maybe he would get away with nothing more than a verbal warning.
But theft-theft of valuables worth over five hundred thousand yuan-carried a heavy sentence.
Over ten years!
He had only taken the watch in passing.
He had simply thought that even Jiang Mingxi himself would belong to him.
Never mind a watch.
If he took it, who would dare say anything?
After being raped by him, would Jiang Mingxi even have the nerve to call the police?
From then on, he could fuck him whenever he wanted!
"It wasn't me! I didn't! I just thought he was good-looking and wanted to sleep with him! I didn't know this watch was worth so much!" The blond thug wailed with heartfelt, heart-wrenching anguish.
Jiang Mingxi immediately turned to the police. "Officer, don't believe him. He even said just now that I was going to feed him shit."
The blond thug: ???
Wait.
He felt as though he had been caught in a honey trap.
In desperation, the blond thug let out a hysterical roar. "Someone paid me! Someone gave me fifty thousand yuan to come here!"
Jiang Mingle's face instantly turned green.