Tears fell from Luo Cheng’an’s eyes in large drops, and his entire person had already gone numb.
Xi Yu looked at him, his thin lips pressed into a tight line. That married couple had already reached the end of their natural lifespans. They really were supposed to die at that time, so there was nothing he could do to interfere.
Taking advantage of the moment Luo Cheng’an was distracted, Luo Shujing finally kicked him away. He looked at Luo Cheng’an with disgust.
“Once you die, and your destiny is exchanged for mine, you’ll be able to reunite with your parents. Oh, right, if you like Luo Yuan and Shen Qing, they’ll go with you too. You won’t have to wait long.”
【Oh my God!!! The evil of human nature is being displayed to perfection by Luo Shujing and his family!】
【Luo Cheng’an is so pitiful, Yu Bao is so pitiful, Luo Cheng’an’s dead parents are so pitiful, Luo family’s parents are so pitiful. I don’t even know who I should feel sorry for anymore.】
【Stop feeling sorry for them and call the police, damn it! Where’s the production crew?! Someone’s about to die!】
【Who would’ve thought the gentlest-looking person would be the most venomous! Fuck, ahhhhhhh!】
【I’m going to have nightmares. This is too terrifying!!!】
【How can someone be this terrifying?! I used to really like Luo Shujing. How could he be this vicious?!】
【This is already beyond what my brain can handle. I’ve got goosebumps all over.】
【Luo Cheng’an’s biological parents… I’m really crying now. They’re too pitiful…】
“It’s over… That idiot Luo Shujing! It’s all over!”
Luo Shan trembled. From the very first day he watched the livestream, he had known something would happen, but he had no way to notify Luo Shujing.
But he had never imagined that Luo Shujing would reveal everything so completely.
The doorbell rang, and the nanny opened the door.
The police took out their identification.
“Luo Shan and Zhang Yue, you’re suspected of two murder cases. Come with us.”
The production crew was frantic, but after the director answered a phone call from above, he sighed.
“With this insane amount of traffic, even the higher-ups won’t allow us to turn off the cameras.”
The assistant director stared at the scene in the livestream.
“Director, hurry and save them!”
“Am I supposed to fly over there? Right now, all we can do is hope that Movie Emperor Lu and the others can make it in time. What the hell is going on…”
The director stared fixedly at the screen.
Xi Yu saw the golden light around Luo Cheng’an growing increasingly intense, while Luo Shujing’s fortune had already run out.
But Luo Shujing knew nothing about any of this. He grabbed Luo Cheng’an by the collar and dragged him toward the deep pit.
“You really are brothers who love and respect each other. For such a pair of good brothers, I’ve even thought of how you’ll die. Xi Yu accidentally falls into the pit, and you rush over to pull him out, only to fall in with him. See how good I am to you? Even after you’re dead, I’ll give you a good reputation.”
Luo Cheng’an’s clothes were caught around his neck, making it difficult for him to breathe. He stared intently at Xi Yu, who was leaning against the tree trunk.
I’m going to die, Luo Cheng’an thought.
Die here in the Lost Forest.
It’s all his fault. If he hadn’t asked Xi Yu to accompany him, Xi Yu wouldn’t have come. Then only he would have died.
“I’m sorry…” Luo Cheng’an couldn’t speak. His face was red from being strangled, and tears streamed down his face as he mouthed an apology to Xi Yu.
“Sorry… Brother…”
Luo Shujing pressed Luo Cheng’an against the edge of the deep pit and mocked him.
“Any last words? My dear little brother.”
Luo Cheng’an no longer had his usual carefree attitude. He looked coldly at Luo Shujing and spoke the most vicious words he had ever said to him in his entire life.
“Luo Shujing, I hope you die a horrible death.”
Luo Shujing burst into laughter.
“My dear little brother, you’re the one who’s going to die a horrible death.”
As he spoke, Luo Shujing suddenly shoved Luo Cheng’an into the deep pit.
“Cheng’an!!!” Shen Qing screamed, nearly fainting.
Luo Yuan’s heart seemed to stop, yet he still forced himself to stay composed and comfort Shen Qing.
“Don’t worry. Xiaoyu is there. Before he left, he said that no matter what happened, we shouldn’t be afraid. Don’t you remember?”
Shen Qing leaned against Luo Yuan’s chest. That pit was so deep, and he had watched with his own eyes as the son he had raised for twenty years was pushed into it.
There was almost no chance of survival in a place like that.
But Luo Yuan’s words comforted him. Shen Qing bit his lip, tasting the metallic sweetness of blood before he could barely steady himself.
Right. There was still Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu was so capable. If he said everything would be fine, then it would definitely be fine.
Zhang Meng held a cigarette between his lips and stared expressionlessly at the scene on the screen.
As a police officer, what he hated most in his entire life were people like this who treated human lives as worthless.
Countless people stared at the screen, watching Luo Cheng’an being pushed into the deep pit.
It was now an open-and-shut murder case.
【Where’s the production crew?! Is Luo Cheng’an dead?! I thought there would be a twist!】
【Fuck, Luo Shujing is a demon. He really pushed him down.】
【Why hasn’t anyone come yet?! Luo Shujing is going to kill Xi Yu too, my God!】
【There aren’t that many twists in real life. It’s not a TV drama. I woke my parents up. I’m too scared to sleep alone now. This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone get murdered.】
【Can someone please save Xi Yu!!!】
Luo Shujing leisurely walked toward Xi Yu, wiping clean the blood on his hands from the beating he had given Luo Cheng’an.
Xi Yu looked at him coldly.
Luo Shujing crouched down and lifted Xi Yu’s chin.
“Xi Yu, you actually hate Luo Cheng’an too, don’t you? You hate him for taking all these years of wealth and glory that should have been yours. You hate him for receiving Luo Yuan and Shen Qing’s affection. Even after you came back, they couldn’t bear to drive Luo Cheng’an away.”
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“You never pleaded for Luo Cheng’an. You hate him too, don’t you? He was hugging my leg and desperately begging me not to hurt you, but you didn’t say a single word to plead for him.”
Luo Shujing kept provoking Xi Yu, wanting to see some change in his expression, wanting to see Xi Yu suffer, wanting to see Xi Yu become as evil as he was.
His mentality had already become twisted. He hated the way Xi Yu acted as though nothing in the world mattered to him.
But Xi Yu merely stared at Luo Shujing.
“I only think he’s stupid. He protected someone as vicious as you as though you were the most precious thing in the world.”
The smile on Luo Shujing’s face froze. He clearly hadn’t expected that even now, Xi Yu was still defending Luo Cheng’an.
Luo Shujing had lived in jealousy and darkness since childhood. It was precisely because he knew Luo Cheng’an was kind-hearted that he hated him even more.
Luo Cheng’an had been born with everything. Even though this wealth and status had been given to him by Luo Shujing, Luo Shujing was still jealous.
It was all because of Luo Cheng’an’s destiny that he had been given so much.
Of course Luo Cheng’an didn’t have to live like him!
Everything he wanted, he had to fight for and seize. But everything Luo Cheng’an wanted had already been handed to him!
All of it should have belonged to him in the first place!
Luo Shujing gritted his teeth.
“So what if I’m vicious? Aren’t you all going to die by my hands anyway?”
“Xi Yu, you originally didn’t have to die. But you really shouldn’t have come back. You shouldn’t have seduced Lu Zhixing and made him fall for you, making him stop looking at me from the moment you appeared!”
Xi Yu frowned.
He seduced Lu Zhixing?
When?
Him?
He had never expected that Luo Shujing liked Lu Zhixing.
But none of that mattered anymore.
Luo Shujing released his grip and picked up a stone. His expression became so dark that it was almost distorted as he roared,
“Xi Yu, it’s your turn now. Go die! Go die!!!”
【No, no, no! Somebody save him!!!!】
【If that rock hits him, it’ll be an instant mosaic.】
【Can someone save Xi Yu?! Fuck the production crew! Why the hell did they let someone like this into the show?!】
【Isn’t Xi Yu really powerful? What’s going on?! Hurry up and save yourself!】
【It’s bad enough that Luo Shujing leeches off my Brother Lu’s popularity. How dare he use my Brother Lu as an excuse to murder someone!!!!】
【Fuck, why is Brother Lu taking so long?!】
【Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, I’m so scared…】
As the barrage of comments flew across the screen, Luo Shujing raised the stone and viciously swung it down at Xi Yu.
Xi Yu didn’t even blink. His fingertip moved slightly, and he tilted his head just a little. A strand of soft light shot toward Luo Shujing, causing the stone in his hand to strike the tree trunk instead.
At the same time, Lu Zhixing appeared and kicked Luo Shujing directly in the abdomen.
Luo Shujing let out a howl of pain and fell to the ground. When he saw who had arrived, his entire body suddenly froze.
Yu Qian and Shen Linchuan hurried after him.
Lu Zhixing helped Xi Yu to his feet.
“I’m late.”
Xi Yu glanced at him and mouthed,
“Just in time.”
Before leaving, he had left a trace of his aura on Lu Zhixing, which could guide Lu Zhixing to find him.
Yu Qian had witnessed Luo Shujing trying to kill Xi Yu with her own eyes, but she hadn’t seen Luo Cheng’an anywhere. She hurriedly asked,
“Where’s An’an? Where’s An’an?”
Xi Yu pointed toward the deep pit.
Shen Linchuan reacted quickly and caught Yu Qian as she nearly collapsed.
“What exactly happened?”
By this point, the drone had flown above them as everyone arrived.
Xi Yu continued pretending to be under the effects of the drug, weakly leaning against Lu Zhixing as he looked at Luo Shujing on the ground.
“He tried to kill Luo Cheng’an and me.”
Luo Shujing was in so much pain that he dry-heaved, but the enormous fear washing over him left his mind in complete chaos.
How could this be?
How could Lu Zhixing and the others have come here?
“No, that’s not it… Xi Yu framed me!”
Luo Shujing quickly recovered and pointed at Xi Yu.
“Xi Yu hates Cheng’an for taking his identity. Just now, he pushed him into the deep pit and then tried to kill me. I was only defending myself.”
Luo Shujing looked at the drone. He didn’t know how much had been recorded, but they had definitely seen him trying to kill Xi Yu.
The bloodlust from moments ago was nowhere to be found on Luo Shujing’s face. He knelt on the ground in a miserable state and looked at Xi Yu.
“Xi Yu, I know you hate me, but why did you have to kill Cheng’an? He genuinely treated you as his older brother. You drugged me and made my stomach hurt just so you could kill us. How could you be so vicious?”
“Now you’re even framing me. Do you really have to force me to my death?”
Every word Luo Shujing spoke was filled with anguish.
Yu Qian was still unable to recover from the news that Luo Cheng’an had died.
Hearing Luo Shujing say this, she instinctively argued back.
“Impossible. Xi Yu couldn’t have killed Cheng’an.”
Over the past few days, she had been together with Luo Cheng’an, and every other sentence out of his mouth had been about how wonderful Xi Yu was.
She didn’t believe Xi Yu would kill Luo Cheng’an.
Luo Shujing gritted his teeth and pointed at Xi Yu.
“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it either. But that’s the truth!”
“Everyone has seen what Xi Yu is capable of these past few days. I’m in poor health. How could I possibly kill him? And how could I possibly have killed Cheng’an right under his nose?!”