CH 17

Kong Baohua had coveted Ye Wei for a long time. From the first moment when he accidentally saw Ye Wei, he wanted her.

He likes Ye Wei’s exquisite fine figure. He likes her charming and lovable smile. Even her proud and arrogant attitude makes him full of desire to conquer.

Through his means, it is very easy for him to get Ye Wei. However, he prefers to watch Ye Wei struggle and being forced until there’s nowhere to go before finally coming to beg him in a pitiful and sorrowful figure.

Therefore he took it step by step, taking it slowly but surely. At first, he just took away the resources on her hands, yet she still does not back. Then he kicks her out of the crew and leaves her with no drama or work! As Ye Wei is an ambitious woman, she’ll definitely be unwilling to back out from the entertainment circle. However, even if she quits the entertainment circle, he still has a way to force her to submit.

He waited for Ye Wei to become desperate, so desperate that she’ll have no choice but come to him.

Kong Baohua had thought he had a chance to enjoy his prize, but who would have thought a Cheng Yaojin killed his way into his plan and directly stole the fruits of his labor!

If it was anyone else, he would’ve definitely not let Ye Wei, but it just happened to be Sheng Zhiming of the Sheng family, the little overlord of the Sheng family and the future successor of the Sheng family! It’s an existence he can’t even compete with.

He was enraged, but also helpless. After that, he had tried to find many substitutes for Ye Wei, but no one could compare her.

The more he couldn’t get it, the more he desired it. Therefore when he found out Sheng Zhiming scorned Ye Wei, he was extremely happy. After confirming that Sheng Zhiming really had no more interest in Ye Wei, that’s when he finally made his move.

The current backboneless Ye Wei, did she not still end up in his hand, heh?

Yet what he didn’t expect was that when Ye Wei was caught onto the bed by him, she didn’t seem to be afraid, she didn’t beg him for mercy, nor showed the humble posture he had imagined for a long time.

This made Kong Baohua very angry: “Ye Wei, do you think you’re still the old Ye Wei who was backed by Sheng Zhiming and can walk sideways everywhere you go? Let me tell, from now on, you can only be a dog by my side. If I tell you to go east, you can’t go west. You must do whatever I ask you to do! Otherwise, humph!”

Ye Wei, as expected, showed a look of ‘fear’ concealed in a ‘panic’: “Mr. Kong, please let me go. There are many beauties around you. What kind of woman can you not get? Why must it be me? I don’t have anything left except this face. Young Master Sheng hates me and everyone avoids me, aren’t you afraid of being implicated by me too?”

Kong Baohua hesitated for a moment but he quickly reacted: “Don’t be glib, he doesn’t have time to pay attention to you. He is all heads over Wang Ruoyan now. Even if you were to die here today, he will not even give you another glance!”

Ye Wei retired to the bed, alert and scared and said: “Kong, what can I do to have you let me go? Do you want money? I will give you all my money, as long as you let me go.”

“Let you go? You better forget about it. From now on, you will be my person. As long as you are obedient and serve me well, the benefits will be more than you can think of.”

“No, I don’t want to”

“Ye Wei, you have to consider it carefully before answering.”

“I don’t need to reconsider, I refuse.”

“…” Kong Baohua choked then cursed, “Who doesn’t sell themselves when they follow another. Don’t you pretend to be a clean woman!”

“What did you say?” Ye Wei was also shocked, and asked, “Did you just say who doesn’t sell themselves when they follow another? Do you think you can be compared to Sheng Shao?”

She swept her gaze over him lightly, a glint of contempt flashed through her eyes. Who does this perverted old man think he is?

Kong Baohua’s proud expression immediately changed. His face turned green in an instant: “You bitch, don’t push yourself and regret it!”

He didn’t want to admit that he was old and useless. At this moment, being pointed out by Ye Wei made him even more angry. He stood up abruptly, shook his wrinkled and spotted face, and step by step walked towards Ye Wei : “Today I’ll show you how I will deal with you! See if you dare to continue being arrogant!”

Ye Wei’s feet were already on the ground and was about to run to the balcony, but since she was still weak and dizzy, even if she was prepared, she still staggered on the ground. Damn, this medicine was even more powerful than she had thought. Fortunately, the floor was covered in carpets. She limply fell to the ground and didn’t suffer any injuries. This will not affect her ability to jump off the building.

When Kong Baohua saw that Ye Wei was embarrassed, he stood there proudly and laughed: “Run, go ahead and run. I want to see where you can run to!”

Ye Wei almost cried. This little friend talks too much! Why don’t you keep walking forward? Why did you stop to talk again?

Ye Wei glanced at the balcony that’s not far away, and she shrank back while shouting: “Don’t come here! Help, help—!” Unfortunately, because of the medication, she didn’t have much energy. The voice she shouted in was naturally not loud and because her voice is delicate and soft, it sounds more like she is begging for mercy.

Her calls seemed to make him interested. He pulled off his shirt directly, revealing his wrinkly skinny chest, his eyes narrowed and with a smile, he said, “I’m coming, why don’t you keep running? Quickly run.”

Ye Wei: “…” So much nonsense, why don’t you just hurry up! !

……? For some reasons, Kong Baohua felt that in Ye Wei’s anxious and panicked eyes he saw a hint of condemnation. There was also no fear and panic deep in her eyes, but simply seems like blaming him for being too slow? ? ?

Did the few days of suppression make Ye Wei abnormal? !

He blinked his eyes and found that the condemnation was no longer there, as if everything was just an illusion.

Yes, it must be an illusion. How could Ye Wei not be afraid?

The doubt in Kong Baohua’s heart quickly dispersed. He watched Ye Wei on the floor, slowly retreating back bit by bit, before struggling to get up from the ground in a panic. When he forced her to retreat to the door, she quickly hid on the balcony. Her black hair flying along the cold wind and graceful body still trembling. With her pale face, but she looks a hundred times more beautiful than before.

At this moment, Ye Wei seems like a lonely boat, tossed about by the wind and rain. She looks desperate yet beautiful: “Don’t come over, if you come over and I will jump down!”

Kong Baohua smiled and said, “Then jump, I’ll watch you jump.”

How could he believe that Ye Wei, who is a coward, dared to jump off the building? She cherishes her life so much, that for her life, she dares to offend Sheng Zhiming. How could she be willing to give up her life and jump off the building?

Kong Baohua was confident, and became more and more proud. He knew Ye Wei would soon compromise!

He approached step by step, threatening: “Go ahead and jump. I want to see how you will jump. If you really jump, I will respect you by three points!”

The balcony is spacious with a small wooden table and two chairs. There is also a vase place in the middle of the table. Ye Wei steps on the chair, half of her body leaned on the fence. Her entire body sways and hangs in the air. “Don’t come over, I will really jump if you come over! I will really jump!”

Kong Baohua didn’t care, grabbed Ye Wei and tried to pull her to his side. He seemed to be eager to insult her, and said triumphantly: “Then jump, if you have the ability, then jump for me.”

Seeing him grabbing Ye Wei’s wrist, she slammed back and yelled at him to let her go. While pulling, they suddenly heard a loud “bang”!

This abrupt sound directly surprised both Kong Baohua and Ye Wei. The two were both stunned for a moment, and at the same time they looked at the door—— Which fool, who can’t differentiate good or bad, dared to disturb their good moment? !

Upon seeing the closed door of the room was kicked open, a powerful man with a cold face suddenly appeared in their sight. His chest heaving up and down as he gasped, as if he had ran all the way here. Those dark eyes of his swept across the room and with one glance saw Ye Wei and Kong Baohua standing on the balcony!

“Ye Wei!”

Ye Wei is still wearing that long dress at this moment, expect her hair is unruly. She swayed in the cold wind with her pale face as she looked at him with bright eyes. Her beautiful face in obvious daze.

She seemed a little stupid, like she didn’t expect him to show up now. She blinked her eyes and looked at him, like a fool.

Ye Wei did not expect such a critical stage, Sheng Zhiming would suddenly come. He is tall, brave, burly, powerful, strong….In short, he looked incredibly powerful! Compared to Kong Baohua, this terrible old man, he’s not even as powerful compared to Sheng Zhiming’s finger!

Oh crap, oh crap, crap…

What to do now? !

Kong Baohua looked even more silly. When his dilated pupils saw Sheng Zhiming, the lustful expression froze on his face while his eyes were full of disbelief. He even thought he was seeing an illusion.

How could Sheng Zhiming be here? Didn’t he abandon Ye Wei? Why did he come here? Could it be that he didn’t actually doesn’t scorn Ye Wei at all? Then does that mean he kicked an iron plate!

Oh crap, oh crap, crap…

What to do now? !

Ye Wei and Kong Baohua’s brain circuits at this moment strangely synchronized with each other.

As Sheng Zhiming expected, after seeing Ye Wei became stupid for a second, she then stared at him with real anxiety and worry in her eyes.

Meanwhile Kong Baohua’s worried eyes were plainly disgusting to him.

What Kong Baohua can only think of at this moment is Sheng Zhiming’s upcoming revenge against him. Sheng Zhiming wel known for his frenzied cruelty. If he was targeted even the entire Kong family still can’t evenly fight back. They’re simply not his opponent! The entire Kong family is screwed!

While Kong Baohua is truly lustful toward opposite sex, his family property is even more important to him. Otherwise he would not disappear right after Sheng Zhiming showed interest in Ye Wei and would only show up to threaten and intimidate Ye Wei after Sheng Zhiming abandoned Ye Wei.

Within a short amount of time, he had already thought of countless possibilities in his mind. However, thinking of the upcoming encounters he might face, his hands and feet suddenly softened. Even the hand holding Ye Wei loosened subconsciously. At this time, how could he dare to mess with Ye Wei? He doesn’t even dare to touch her anymore. Kong Baohua showed a cautiously flattering smile: “Young Master Sheng, you see, I am helping you to teach you this disobedient slut…”

But before he was able to finish speaking, he saw Sheng Zhiming’s face instantly changed! Running towards him in horror, he loudly shouted: “Ye Wei! Be careful!”

At almost the same time, Kong Baohua heard a woman’s shriek by his ear: “Ah——”

Kong Baohua looked back, and only had time to see a white figure falling before his eyes—— It seems like the Ye Wei who he was pulling at, the moment he let go, the force that pulled her forward also instantly disappeared. Therefore, causing her to fall directly down the ten-story building!

Kong Baohua was shocked and fell to the ground.

Sheng Zhiming threw himself on the balcony, half of his body hung in the air. His extended arm only had time to catch a mass of air. He froze there as he watched Ye Wei’s thin body falling in the dark as she closed her eyes.The original anxious face became peaceful and quiet as she fell, followed by a muffled sound.

His face became pale, dull, stiff, completely motionless.

Ye Wei.

Ye Wei!

……

From Sheng Zhiming’s sudden appearance to Ye Wei’s fall, it only took within a short time span.

Though the news of Ye Wei’s fall and death swept through the entire network faster.

……

Netizens couldn’t believe it at first, as they thought it was another hype. How could Ye Wei die? They definitely just want to hype her up!

Netizens vowed they would not believe it: 【God, the annoying Ye Wei is at it again. 】

This is until the police released official news and directly confirmed Ye Wei’s death.

Ye Wei is dead, really dead! This is not fake news to trick people because she really died!!

The netizens were shocked, as they had never thought that Ye Wei would actually die!

According to official sources, the suspect Kong Baohua has been taken into custody. It is said that Kong Baohua had long coveted Ye Wei’s beauty, but because of Sheng Zhiming, he never made a move. Later, when Ye Wei was scorned by Sheng Zhiming. He thought he finally had a chance, so he made his move on Ye Wei. The drug was given to force her to submit, but Ye Wei woke up midway and didn’t want to allow him to succeed. Therefore it resulted in tragedy that followed. Additionally, this is not his first case, as his past victims were ultimately forced to choose silence.

As soon as the news came out, netizens were shocked and angry. Some people said:【Ye Wei is really dead? I can’t believe it, is this fake? Is this fake? ! Although I don’t like her, I didn’t expect her to die! 】

【Who is this Kong Baohua? This is too hateful. This is a society under the rule of law. Does he not take national laws seriously at all? Please sentence him to death. It’s best to sentence him to death first, so that he can also get a taste of wanting to die than to live! 】

【Kong Baohua is a phoenix man. He is in his sixties this year. He was made up by his wife. Everyone in the circle knows that he is an old pervert. Before when his wife was still alive, he was unscrupulous. After his wife died, he was still unscrupulous. There are several of them, and the two sons below don’t care about him, playing even more daring than him. Ultimately this family is not a good thing. 】

Someone suddenly mentioned Sheng Zhiming: 【Where is Sheng Zhiming? Ye Wei is dead, does Sheng Zhiming know? Did he not comment about it? 】

【Sheng Zhiming doesn’t like Ye Wei, what can he say? It’s pity at most. 】

【I still can’t believe that Ye Wei really died. She’s such a coward that really cherishes her own little life. She must have been terrified when she fell…】

That’s right, Ye Wei, who was such a coward, must have been frightened when she fell.

This comment silenced countless people.

【In fact Ye Wei didn’t do anything wrong. At most she just chose to protect herself when facing life threats. She didn’t love Sheng Zhiming that much in the first place and naturally wouldn’t work so hard to save him. Was there anything wrong with her logic? It is considered love if she helped, but it became her duty when she did not help. Now since she is being bullied, yet is unwillingly to just be bullied by others, so she resisted desperately. Although she is not a person without a principled bottom line, I feel like she lived a honest life. To those people that love to moral kidnap, ask yourself, are you willing to give up your life for your boyfriend or girlfriend? Maybe not. I deeply regret that I didn’t come out to speak for Ye Wei when she was hacked by the whole network. I thought of her as an unrelated person and just stayed at the sideline and watched the excitement. Although I didn’t hacked her, but I still regret it. 】

【I am not willing, really!  Although I love my boyfriend, if you want me to sacrifice myself for him, I may not do it. What’s wrong with loving yourself more than others? I still have my parents that I need to support and take care of, and I still have my own life to live. Why should I sacrifice myself for others? 】

【Actually, in the first place, Ye Wei was kidnapped due to Sheng Zhiming’s implication. It was also because of Sheng Zhiming that her life was in danger. She finally managed to escape from the life threatening situation, but was not blessed for her safe return on the bases she cut ties with Sheng Zhiming while under threat. Additionally, just because she did not block the knife for Sheng Zhiming, she ended up being scolded by the whole network, making her lose her job, her everything, and now even her life! 】

【That’s right, you could support Wang Ruoyan, but there is a need to step down on Ye Wei. Who said that they must shield Sheng Zhiming? 】

【In fact, whether you are willing or unwilling to sacrifice your life for your partner, it is normal. If you’re willing, I will praise you for being brave. If you’re unwilling, I will not scold you, or say you have a character problem and doubt your love for them. No matter what kind of relationship, no one has to the obligation to sacrifice for you. 】

That’s true, no matter what your identities are to each other, even if you are close to your parents, you can’t force them to sacrifice for you.

This comment was liked and reposted by countless netizens, and some even started the topic #Ye Wei Without Love#. In fact, there were also some of these kinds of voices before. However, there were too many people who wanted to watch Ye Wei’s good show, too many people who cursed her, and too many people who deliberately bought the water army black her. How grand she was before is how miserable she was then.

Just as the netizens were still angry, another news broke out. It is said that Kong Baohua still has accomplices, and Ye Wei was also deliberately betrayed!

At the same time, the video of dizzy Ye Wei being escorted away after drinking a drink in a hot pot restaurant burst out. In that video, although the face of Su Chen and another woman were not very clear, their appearance can still be identified.

What Su Chen sells is a pure and innocent persona, and also a sweet and cute route. Who would have thought that such a vicious mind was hidden under her pure appearance?

The netizens were shocked and angry. After taking a deep dive, they realized that she also had a sponsor. Even the information of her sponsor Liu Changyan was dug up.

Interestingly speaking, Liu Changyan is also a man with a family and children. Su Chen is not only the murderer who indirectly killed Ye Wei, but also a junior who destroys other people’s families. The pure and innocent persona completely disintegrated this time.

【Oh shit! This Su Chen is too disgusting! We are all a woman, yet how can she do such a wicked thing!】

【I admit that I am guilty. I had originally thought Ye Wei was too much, but now compared to Su Chen, Ye Wei was simply a little angel.】

【Why is there such a disgusting woman as Su Chen in this world?】

【Remember the photo of Ye Wei covered all over in cake, was it also Su Chen who did that? It’s scary now that I think about it. I had thought Su Chen was innocent and cute before, and I was worried that she would be bullied by Ye Wei. I didn’t expect Su Chen to be the one that hides malicious intention.】

【Su Chen, go die!】

Netizens seem to have found a vent for themselves to pay for their ignorance. They rushed to Su Chen’s Weibo to have her explain, apologize, accept punishment, and pay the price for her crime. They squeezed into her Weibo all at once, that it almost paralyzed it.

Su Chen was almost frightened by such a drastic change. She didn’t expect Ye Wei to die. Isn’t it just sleeping with the old pervert without losing a piece of meat. Why did Ye Wei die? She was obviously so afraid of death, in such a tall building, she actually dared to jump!

What made her even more frightened was when she heard that Sheng Zhiming was also there at the time. Who knows where he got the news, but when he went to find her, he saw Kong Baohua forcing Ye Wei during a dispute. He then saw Ye Wei being pushed down from ten stories by Kong Baohua!

Thinking of everything she would encounter in the future, thinking of all the comments on the Internet, Su Chen couldn’t help but hold her head and scream: “Didn’t you say that Sheng Zhiming abandoned Ye Wei? Didn’t you say that there is no problem? Why did Ye Wei die? Why was Kong Baohua arrested! What about me? What should I do? I don’t want to die!”

Liu Changyan’s brain started to hurt more and more when he received the call. He was packing his things with a grim look: “How the hell am I supposed to know? How could I know that Sheng Zhiming suddenly took the wrong medicine and went to find Ye Wei!”

This is not the first time that he has done this kind of thing, and he has never made a mistake before. However, how would he have known that Sheng Zhiming would go to Ye Wei!

“Then what should we do now? Can I still act?”

“You still want to act? Offending Sheng Zhiming, do you think you will have good fruit to eat? It’s already pretty good if you’re able to come out alive.” If only Sheng Zhiming doesn’t know and thought that Ye Wei simply fell down and died. Unfortunately, he just had to be a witness to Ye Wei’s death. This is not good. He just wants to pack up his things and quickly go abroad to avoid the calamity. No matter how wide Sheng Zhiming’s connections are, he won’t be able to easily find him abroad.

However, in the next second, the police knocked on the door.

Looking at the solemn uniformed police officer, two words simultaneously flashed through Liu Changyan and Su Chen’s mind: We’re fucked.

……

Only half a month later after Ye Wei’s death, both the Kong family and Liu family were gone. All the shameful deeds they had done secretly were thoroughly dug out and laid naked in the sun. They will not only face the closure of the enterprise but will also face serious jail time.

Sheng Zhiming wanted Kong Baohua to die.

In the past half month that Zhao Peng had followed Sheng Zhiming, he knows every detail of his method, watching him step by step push the Kong and Liu family into desperation.

While this man is fickle and flamboyant, but his iron-blooded claws were also chilling.

He still remembers that half a month ago, Young Master Sheng, who had always been calm, suddenly ran downstairs like a maniac. He stopped in front of Ye Wei’s corpse, his face still cold and silent, but fingers holding a cigarette were trembling.

He wanted to get close, yet couldn’t get close.

He brought Kong Baohua over, pressed down on the floor to kneeled and kowtowed before Ye Wei’s body.

This was also the first time he saw Sheng Zhiming beating someone. The old pervert, whose face that can pretty much still considered healthy, was beaten into a pulp, completely unable to tell what his original appearance was like. He could only kneel on the ground sob and cry, frantically begging for mercy. 

No one came out to stop them.

As it was this scum who killed her.

“When she begged you for mercy, did you let her go?”

“When she called for help, did you let her go?”

“Did you let her go?”

“Did you let her go!”

As someone as cowardly as her, as someone that fears death the most, just how scared was she when she fell?

……

When the police arrived, Kong Baohua was already half dead. He was paralyzed, lying motionless on the ground. Even he, himself, doubted whether he was alive or dead. However, no one pitied him, while those that knew the inside story treats him even more ruthlessly.

All poor men must have something hateful. This is true.

After that, not only Kong Baohua, but also the entire Kong family paid the price for Kong Baohua’s viciousness. Not only him, but all the people who participated in the frame of Ye Wei did not run away.

Liu Changyan, Liu Family, Su Chen…

Sheng Zhiming directly deals with the Kong and Liu family with the momentum similar to thunder, causing great shock in the entertainment circle. While in Sheng Zhiming’s eyes, Kong and Liu family were just a bunch of clowns, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they are beings that cannot provoke at will since they are very rich and powerful. Otherwise, Su Chen would not have gone and followed Liu Changyan.

People who are high and mighty, that will need to be pleased, in other’s eyes, are no more than mere clowns in Sheng Zhiming’s hands. Squeezing them to death is as easy as pinching an ant.

This made everyone see how ruthless the usually flamboyant Sheng Shao could be with his method. As expected of the future successor of the Sheng family.

What is even more surprising is that Sheng Zhiming was so angry for the first time because of Ye Wei and a way to avenge Ye Wei!

This makes many people in the circle flustered. As someone who bought the water army to blacken Ye Wei, suppressed Ye Wei, and robbed Ye Wei’s resources, how were they supposed to know that Sheng Zhiming would do all this just for Ye Wei?

What if he is suddenly upset one day, and decides to retaliate against them to comfort Ye Wei’s spirit in the sky?

Therefore, everyone that had previously oppressed Ye Wei, tucked their tail in and behaved, just fearing Young Master Sheng would get revenge at any second.

Du Liang was also a little worried. He is Wang Ruoyan’s agent, and Wang Ruoyan is Sheng Shao’s lifesaver. He wouldn’t also come and get revenge on him, right? Besides, he bought the water army to blacken Ye Wei because she was the one who was unkind to them in the first place. So don’t blame him for being unjust.

He was fighting back for his artist. He took the details of the kidnapping that he heard from Wang Ruoyan and publicized them, adding more fuel to original news. This will not only blackens Ye Wei but also establisheda positive image for Wang Ruoyan. Turns out, the effect was unexpectedly good. Wang Ruoyan is just around the corner to become a famous person.

However, never did he expect Ye Wei would suddenly die.

“Ruoyan, have you seen Young Master Sheng recently?”

Wang Ruoyan shook her head. Since Ye Wei’s death, she had only seen Sheng Zhiming once and that was at Ye Wei’s funeral. Sheng Zhiming was extremely cold at that time and was also absent-minded when she talked to him, unable to tell what he was thinking of.

“Did Sheng Shao contact you?”

“No, but what happened?”

“Nothing. You should contact Sheng Shao more often. He is not in a good mood recently because of Ye Wei’s affairs so you should comfort him a little.”

Du Liang was scared. It’s going to be alright. He has Wang Ruoyan as a shield, so there’s no way Sheng Shao will come and kill him, right?

Hence, the entertainment industry has been especially quiet for a while.

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t/n: This chapter took wayy longer than intended. It was soo much longer than other chapters that I keep losing motivation while translating. What really hit hard was translating all their internet slangs and trying to keep some phrases that appeared in earlier chapter consistent. I really have to thank our dear Starry for helping me edit this chapter and keeping me motivated. Starry really tried pushing me and reminding me to finish this chapter. But next up one final chapter before it concludes this arc yayy~