CH 18

As the top eight contestants with the most individual votes in the group battle, Shen Bu and the other seven trainees were invited to a magazine shoot for their personal covers.

The shoot ended in the morning, but they were taken to the Jin Hui Club for lunch in the afternoon.

The photographers on the sidelines had rested and the microphones were taken off. The trainees relaxed.

But before long, several figures walked in.

There were wealthy middle-aged women with heavy makeup, elegant ladies with lingering charm, and even a young, beautiful woman in a red dress.

One of the middle-aged directors, who was sitting with a big belly, introduced the investors at the table.

The trainees present were all good at managing their expressions, even though they had guessed what was going on, their faces did not show it, but they all looked at Lin Jin’er intentionally or unintentionally.

If someone was going to be taken advantage of, Lin Jin’er was obviously the best choice.

Beside Shen Bu sat Chen Jiexiu, who had met Lin Jin’er before. He leaned over and whispered, “Shen Bu, it’s Miss Lin.”

There was no response for a while, and Chen Jiexiu glanced at Shen Bu’s expression, but unexpectedly saw his gloomy eyes.

He stopped talking, even if he asked, Shen Bu would be foolish enough to remain silent.

If Lin Jin’er would just agree to him, he might have become famous already and would not have to come here and be treated like a commodity.

Seeing the rich woman with the out-of-shape figure across from him made Chen Jiexiu sick.

After dinner, the trainees played games and sang songs as usual. In the end, several of them got drunk and passed out.

Shen Bu sat in the corner, undisturbed, because Lin Jin’er had already spoken up beforehand.

Lin Jin’er sat next to Shen Bu with a drink in hand and smiled charmingly, “Shen Bu, have a drink with me.”

Shen Bu actually took the glass, his black pupils somewhat captivating, which made Lin Jin’er happy.

As expected, the next second, she heard the sound of the system prompt: [Shen Bu’s Favorability +10, current Favorability value is -40.]

Wan Tong was a bit angry. She was recording a quite popular variety show today, but during the rehearsal, she discovered that Wang Luoluo was also a guest.

And Wei Qianxun was also present.

However, she also blamed herself for being too busy and not inquiring about the other guests beforehand.

Now, the program group wanted her to perform the opening song with Wang Luoluo. How could she not be disgusted?

As expected, without a team, it was easy to be bullied by others.

Just as the official recording started, Wan Tong suddenly heard the news that Shen Bu’s favorability towards Lin Jin’er had increased by 10 points!

She felt so agitated that she wanted to drop the microphone and leave.

He had actually been successfully pursued? What did Lin Jin’er do exactly?

After finishing the program recording, Wan Tong left without removing her makeup.

Xiao Cen was not there, and Xiao Yu couldn’t drive. Wan Tong could only ask her to wait at the door while she went to get the car. However, she didn’t know where Xiao Cen had parked the car, so she wandered around the underground parking lot for a while.

She wore a mask and felt even more suffocated in the air.

Suddenly, she saw another figure ahead of her, but she didn’t pay much attention and continued to look down at the numbers.

When she realized something was wrong, it was too late as she caught a glimpse of a cold glint in the corner of her eye.

Out of caution, she stopped and looked back at the man on the other side, which startled her.

The man on the other side wore a blue mask, but his narrow eyes reminded her of bad memories. Li Xu?!

Upon closer inspection, isn’t he holding a Swiss army knife in his hand?

He’s dangerous!

Almost in the next second, she turned and ran in the direction she came from!

The footsteps behind her also became heavy and urgent, and the echoes sounded even more terrifying in the gloomy parking lot.

“You can’t escape, Su Wantong!” The sinister and hoarse voice sounded as if it was right behind her ears, making Wan Tong’s hair stand on end!

Is this guy probably crazy?

“Is there anyone out there! Help!” Wan Tong couldn’t care less and shouted out loud.

At the moment she grabbed the door of the emergency exit, she felt a chill approaching and instinctively dodged to the side.

With a sharp sound, a cut was made on her small arm by a sharp knife. It hurt so much that she gritted her teeth and covered the wound while hiding to the side.

“Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?” Wan Tong stared at the man tightly, trying hard not to let her voice tremble too much.

The man blocked the door and was also panting. He looked at the bloodstained blade in his hand, chuckled a few times with a particularly crazy look in his eyes, and said, “The Su family should have just minded their own business, but they had to involve my brother. Tell me, should you die? You are the first, and then there’s Su Ruojing, he’s next!”

Wan Tong understood now. This man was Li Xu’s younger brother and he came to seek revenge on her.

However, she didn’t show any expression, even when she saw someone lightly pushing open the safety door behind him…

It was Wei Qianxun!

He seemed to have known about the situation here, so he moved especially lightly and held a fire extinguisher in his hand.

Wan Tong’s heart relaxed slightly as she spoke up to attract the man’s attention, allowing Wei Qianxun to approach.

“Who is your brother? Is it related to the previous case?” she asked.

But no one expected Wang Luoluo’s scream to suddenly ring out. The masked man quickly turned around and, upon seeing Wei Qianxun approaching, fiercely swung his knife and shouted, “Another one who’s come to die!”

Wei Qianxun could only defend himself with the fire extinguisher, and the sound of the knife striking it made a particularly chilling noise.

“Call the police!” Wan Tong shouted at Wang Luoluo and her stunned male assistant, then gripped the golden chain of her bag and approached the two men who were locked in a stalemate.

Wei Qianxun’s suit was stained with blood, and she didn’t know where he was injured. For a moment, Wan Tong didn’t know where she found the courage. Taking advantage of the masked man’s momentary distraction, she slipped behind him and looped the chain around his neck, then pulled it taut!

The man gasped and swung his knife backwards, nearly grazing Wan Tong several times.

Fortunately, Wei Qianxun hit him in the stomach with the fire extinguisher and wrested the knife away from him.

Wan Tong kicked him hard in the knee, forcing him to kneel on the ground. Afraid he might resist, she tightened the chain even harder.

“Let me take over, Wantong.” Wei Qianxun appeared by her side at some point and took the gold chain from her bag.

Trembling, Wan Tong stepped back and watched as Wei Qianxun pressed the man firmly to the ground, the man struggling and gasping like a fish out of water. She felt a surge of fear in her heart.

The man continued to stutter and gasp, “Su Wantong! I’ll kill you! You hurt my brother!”

Wei Qianxun delivered another fierce knee strike to the man’s back, silencing him.

At this point, the male assistant came over, trembling with fear. “Wei-ge, you’re injured. Let’s go to the hospital!”

Wei Qianxun furrowed his brow and asked, “Have you called the police?”

The male assistant looked hesitant and glanced over at Wang Luoluo who was standing nearby.

Only then did Wang Luoluo walk over in her high heels, holding onto her own arms and saying in a delicate voice, “Wei-ge, we can’t call the police. We’re all public figures, it won’t look good for our image…”

As she spoke, she even glanced towards Su Wantong’s direction. This Su Wantong was really scary, actually getting involved with such a person…

After hearing this, Wei Qianxun gritted his teeth and coldly uttered a few words, “Idiot! Call the police!”

After being yelled at by Wei Qianxun, Wang Luoluo seemed to feel wronged and walked to the side with red eyes. “Can A’Cheng send me back first? I don’t want to be taken to the police station…”

She felt that being involved in a murder case would not be good for her reputation.

At this moment, Su Wantong quickly glanced at Wang Luoluo and spoke up, “I’ve already called the police and the ambulance.”

As they finished speaking, dawn was breaking.

Upon hearing this, Wang Luoluo became anxious and even took out a mask and a hat.

In the end, Wei Qianxun turned to the male assistant and said in a deep voice, “Take her away.”

“But you’re still injured, Wei-ge…”

“Go.”

“Okay.”

With male assistant in tow, Wang Luoluo quickly left, and Su Wantong approached Wei Qianxun and counted the three red marks on his arms and thighs, unable to help but frown.

She still owed him a debt of gratitude.

Li Xu’s younger brother was taken away by the police. At the hospital, Wan Tong’s arm was simply bandaged.

With no news coming from Xiao Cen for a long time, she had Xiao Yu make a phone call.

The person on the other end of the phone spoke hesitantly, but with Wan Tong’s serious tone, he finally confessed.

The dinner party was reported, but it seems that Lin Jin’er had connections and got wind of the news ahead of time, allowing several female investors to withdraw.

Representatives from various companies also came to claim their trainees, and now the group is still being kept in the clubhouse.

It was too late to catch a ride, so Wan Tong had to endure the knife wound on her arm and drive there herself.

When Wan Tong arrived at the door, Xiao Cen came out with Shen Bu.

Shen Bu was helped into the back seat, his head tilted back as he gasped for breath, his eyes tightly closed.

Wan Tong moved to the back seat and let Xiao Cen drive. By the light of the car, she noticed that his cheeks were unusually red, probably due to drugs.

“Weren’t they supposed to be under investigation?” She looked at Xiao Cen.

Xiao Cen’s face looked a little bad. “A’Bu was drugged. People from his company were afraid that something would really be found out, so they asked me to take him away.”

“Are the other trainees okay?”

“The others are just a little drunk. Those rich…uh, investors have already left.”

In fact, he concealed some things. He had listened to Shen Bu’s words and had been secretly recording video evidence all along. He was also the one who reported the incident, but he didn’t expect that Lin Jin’er had known about it ahead of time and had fled with the rich women.

Only Shen Bu was drugged. People from his company didn’t allow him to show up and told the police that he had gone back in advance.

Various agencies and program groups clearly accepted these unwritten rules and deliberately protected the rich women.

After passing by a pharmacy, Wan Tong asked Xiao Cen to buy a syringe and drew a tube of Shen Bu’s blood, asking him to take it to the hospital for testing.

She took Shen Bu directly home.

After parking the car in the garage, Wan Tong helped Shen Bu back to the room with difficulty.

Fortunately, Shen Bu still had some consciousness, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to handle him.

In the bright bathroom, Wan Tong turned on the bathtub faucet and kept an eye on Shen Bu’s condition.

He leaned against the wall, with his head lowered, and his black curly hair covering his handsome eyebrows and eyes.

His scarlet lips slightly parted, and his chest visibly rose and fell, seemingly trying to alleviate the discomfort in his body.

“A’Bu, are you feeling uncomfortable?” Wan Tong turned the switch to cold water and then stood up in front of him.

As soon as she touched his wrist, she felt the scorching temperature.

She instinctively looked down again, and sure enough… it was that kind of drug.

In the next moment, she moved her gaze away uneasily.

Shen Bu’s consciousness was somewhat hazy, and he couldn’t help but tremble slightly when he felt the cold touch of her small hand. His gaze gradually focused, despite the obstruction of his bangs.

In his field of vision, he saw those slender, white-as-jade hands, stained with some red stains. She followed the trail of blood up her small arm and he saw the red gauze stained with fresh blood.

In that instant, his surging desire seemed to be choked off by something. His pupils trembled slightly, and he reached out to take her hand, “Who hurt you?”

His hoarse voice carried a hint of difficult-to-conceal anger, and a few strands of hair revealed a glimpse of deep and coldness in his eyes.

Wan Tong looked stunned for a moment, and stuttered, “It’s okay, just a small accident.”

Shen Bu pursed his lips, holding her hand tightly. Suddenly, he bent down and pressed his lips lightly onto the gauze, giving it a gentle kiss.

His expression was one of unprecedented devotion.

Wan Tong almost thought she had seen it wrong, and quickly pulled her hand back.

Shen Bu was pulled by her strength and stumbled towards her, but he also held her tightly in his arms.

The cool and soft body was like an evil hand that tore open the surging emotions he had barely suppressed.

Feeling his heat, Wan Tong didn’t have time to think deeply and brought him towards the bathtub. “A’Bu, let’s soak in some cold water first.”

But Shen Bu held her tightly, not moving a step.

He reached out and pressed her tightly against him from behind.

In that moment of friction, Wan Tong felt something, her heart pounding faster and faster, and she didn’t dare to move.

“Wantong, I feel uncomfortable,” the low and hoarse voice flowed into her ears.

Wan Tong felt her blood boil, trembling as she grabbed onto his shirt corner. “A’Bu, let’s soak in some water, it will make you feel better.”

If she had known earlier, even if they were caught by the media, she should have taken him to the hospital.

Feeling her trembling, Shen Bu fiercely bit his tongue, tasting the bloody flavor that helped him regain some clarity.

He took a step back and let go of Wan Tong.

Wan Tong took the opportunity to push him and half supported him into the bathtub.

Shen Bu sat in the bathtub, his black eyes following Wan Tong closely.

Wan Tong’s hands were trembling inexplicably, and her throat was a little tight. Without saying much, she stood up, took off the showerhead, adjusted the cold water, and poured it over Shen Bu’s body.

Shen Bu was tall and had long legs, but now he obediently curled up in the small bathtub at her command. His clothes and hair were wetted by her with the showerhead, and strands of his bangs were dripping with water. Crystal-clear drops of water slid along his reddened cheeks, nose, and lips, some of which were swallowed into his mouth, while others continued to flow down, passing over his sexy Adam’s apple, and eventually disappearing into the collar of his shirt.

That thin shirt couldn’t hide anything, and now his good figure was all in her eyes.

She half-knelt at the edge of the bathtub, feeling like she didn’t know where to put her gaze. This was the first time she had ever faced a man’s lustful gaze head-on.

Moreover, she had always treated Shen Bu as if he were a younger brother. Now that she suddenly saw him like this, she felt both embarrassed and excited.

She adjusted the direction of the showerhead and asked softly, “A’Bu, is it better now?”

Shen Bu had been holding his body tense, forcing himself to lower his gaze and ignore her existence. But as soon as she asked so softly, he felt that all the mental barriers he had just built had collapsed.

His dark eyes, as black as ink, slowly turned towards her, burning with such intensity that it seemed like they could set her on fire.