Ch45 - Lu Xu, Where Were You?

This was the first time Lu Xu had looked at that mark from such a close distance.

It was very obvious this was a mark made by evil spirits. The other side’s goal was naturally Ji Xiunian.

But from looking at this mark, Lu Xu couldn’t guess what the other side was trying to do; however, as long as he paid attention to Ji Xiunian, he would find out sooner or later.

Lu Xu watched Ji Xiunian for a long time. Seeing his brows furrow, apparently restless in his dreams, he thought that it wasn’t very easy for him. Lu Xu was used to Ji Xiunian’s smiling image and was a little unaccustomed to his frown. Without even thinking, he reached out and tapped his forehead—

Anyways, who knew when this person would become his appointed client. It was acceptable to let him sleep well before he died.

The next morning, Ji Xiunian slowly opened his eyes.

The wind blew in from the window, carrying the unique summer fragrance of grass. Perhaps it was due to the heavy storm last night—even the air had become much lighter.

When Ji Xiunian got out of bed, the space next to him was already long since empty. If not for the fact that Ba Mei was still sleeping deeply by his feet, Ji Xiunian almost thought that the Lu Xu he had met last night had merely been a dream.

Ji Xiunian had not slept so deeply in a very long time. He couldn’t even remember when he had fallen asleep yesterday.

He had clearly told Lu Xu that sleeping pills didn’t work but the moment he turned around he had fallen deeply asleep.

Even Ji Xiunian felt a little embarrassed at that and couldn’t help taking his phone out to send Lu Xu a message—

[Ji Xiunian: I don’t know how I managed to fall asleep last night. I just woke up. Did you already return to your dorm?]

The other side replied very quickly—

[SS-Lu Xu: Mn, there’s a recording today so I got up early. I saw you were sleeping very well so I didn’t want to wake you up.]

Sleeping until a natural wake-up was an incredibly joyous event. Ji Xiunian’s mood was extremely good and he sent Lu Xu another message—

[Ji Xiunian: Okay, good luck!]

Lu Xu smiled a bit when he saw the message, then put his phone down and went to change.

Han Tianyu was frantically apologising at the side. “I’m sorry Xu ge, I was bleary from all the sleep yesterday. I didn’t even notice you weren’t there and locked the door after going to the bathroom. Aaaaaaa I really didn’t do it on purpose, why didn’t you call us?”

“I sent a message but no one replied, I think you all were asleep so I didn’t want to wake you up.” Lu Xu wasn’t very fussed about this. Being able to improve his relationship with Ji Xiunian a step last night was pretty good.

But Han Tianyu was very embarrassed, and wanted to ask Lu Xu where he had slept yesterday when he heard Xu Haoming suddenly say from the side, “Fuck, Lai Chengshan died!”

Seeing that all of his dormmates’ gazes had fallen onto him, Xu Haoming continued, “Apparently it’s a car accident, then the body was even struck by lightning, and burned until there was only a little bit of it left…”

Yesterday he had still been dragging Lu Xu through the mud. In the end, after a night’s sleep, that person had disappeared. Xu Haoming didn’t have to mention how shocking it was.

At that moment, Han Tianyu didn’t care about anything else. When he took out his phone and logged onto Weibo, he saw the words #LaiChengShanDead# in the number one spot, there was even a “hot” tag beside it.

When he clicked on the topic, the post at the very top was an announcement by the official Dongcheng City account. It seemed like it was real.

“He actually died for real,” Han Tianyu lamented as he scrolled Weibo. He could only feel that it was very incredible.

The netizens on Weibo were more or less thinking the same as him. Someone who had been alive and kicking not too long ago was suddenly gone the next day, of course they would feel very surprised.

[@Laoshan Cola Has Traditional Chinese Medicine: Fuck, I just slept one night, how come the person is dead? Nothing lasts forever.]

[@A Small Counsel: Light_A_Candle_JPG. What’s wrong with the past few years. Shaotang and Shi Hongye were just sent off, who would’ve thought that today it would be Master Lai.]

[@Chen Zishan: Wishing a safe journey, R.I.P]

…

Other than the netizens discussing and lighting candles, there were a few celebrities who were friends with Lai Chengshan that posted memorials.

Many people were curious as to how the accident had happened. It was at this moment that someone jumped out to expose the information, saying that the reason Lai Chengshan had gone out so late at night was because he had received an invitation from a show––

[@Lai Chengshan’s Little Assistant V: Master Lai hadn’t actually thought about going out yesterday, but an anonymous show director pulled some strings to ask for Master Lai’s help. Master Lai went over there in good faith, but who would have thought that once he went, he would never come back. It can be said that if he hadn’t gone there, then nothing would have happened in the first place. But this anonymous show’s related members still haven’t said anything. Do you guys have a heart?]

The ID “Lai Chengshan’s Little Assistant V” had tens of thousands of followers. It was mainly responsible for forwarding information and didn’t bother with trending posts. But because Lai Chengshan had passed away, there were a lot of people going to them to ask about what had happened. Once that Weibo post was sent, it immediately started trending.

Each of the netizens became Sherlock Holmes and began guessing at which heartless show this was.

[@I Like Forests and the Sea: The place of Master Lai’s accident was Panshan road. If I remember correctly, there’s only Dongcheng TV Station nearby. Yesterday he suddenly cued Lu Xu, probably because they had met. Combining various analyses to make a conclusion, this anonymous show is referring to ‘Birth of an Idol’, the director is Fan Zeng!]

[@Send Food to Everyone: Fuck, the top trending comment— 666. I also think that it’s ‘Birth of an Idol’, otherwise why else would Master Lai suddenly mention Lu Xu.]

[@Miku: My god, if it really happened because the show invited him, then that’s too terrible. @Official Birth of an Idol V Waiting online for an explanation, please give us the truth.]

[@Fu Yundao: @Lu Xu May I ask, did you meet Master Lai yesterday. Did anything bad happen between the two of you?]

[@I Love Eating Potato Chips: @Dongcheng Police Station V: Please release the details of the investigation, we want to know the truth]

…

As Fan Zeng had predicted the day before, after learning that Lai Chengshan had come to the dormitory before dying, netizens exploded as expected.

Some netizens even put out conspiracy theories that Master Lai’s death was related to the program staff and even Lu Xu.

[@Sherlock Holmes Is Not Bald: I think Master Lai definitely went to the ‘Birth of an Idol’ recording studio. Something unpleasant must have happened in between and Master Lai left. Let’s brainstorm together what happened afterwards— Master Lai first sent out the Weibo predicting Lu Xu’s short lifespan. Then he was in an accident on the highway. The person who hates Master Lai the most at this time, is probably Lu Xu right? I’m very curious what Lu Xu was doing at that time, and if the car accident had anything to do with him.]

It was clearly an illogical inference, but several people were brought into its rhythm, shouting that Master Lai had died from nefarious means.

The more bizarre a topic, the more interesting. Many people thought this was the truth and clamoured for the program staff and Lu Xu to prove their innocence.

“Fuck, are these people insane!” When Xu Haoming saw this discussion, he was so angry he wanted to split open their heads to see what was floating in their minds. “That whatever Master Lai was obviously in an accident by himself. What does this have to do with Xu ge? He was in the building and didn’t go out.”

“Wait.” The Song Zhe who hadn’t said much so far looked towards Lu Xu and asked after some hesitation, “Actually I really want to know what Lai Chengshan came here for. What conflict did he have with you to suddenly post such a Weibo status?”

Seeing Lu Xu look at him with a hint of amusement, Song Zhe paused for a moment but thickened his skin and continued, “Also Lu Xu, it’s not because I suspect you or anything, but you really weren’t in the dorm for a while yesterday. Can I ask where you went?”