Chapter 540 - : Arrested
Chapter 540: Arrested
Liang Chen’s Weibo post was shared by many celebrities. This was because the defiling went severely overboard as people even had the audacity to have the celebrity’s deceased parents brought up in the dispute.
Although the film crew continued their filming progress as if Yan Huan herself was unaffected by the ongoing affairs, it was only until Yan Huan dragged her exhausted frame back to her room did she allow her lips to tighten. Moments later, her expression became calm, but her eyes gradually darkened, portraying the dark emotions waging inside her. If she could get her hands on the culprit behind this, whoever it is, she would not have mercy on them.
As she opened the door, she was surprised to find Lu Yi sitting inside with his laptop open on his lap, his fingers speedily flying across the keyboard. However, Yan Huan did not know the exact time of his arrival.
Yan Huan kicked her shoes off as she walked over and laid herself flat on the bed. Then, she sat back up and placed her arms around Lu Yi’s waist.
“I hate it when they bring up my mother, even when she’s already dead.” Her voice cracked with emotion. She could bear any hostility directed toward her, yet she could not allow anyone to sully her mother’s name. She was not able to save her mother’s life, neither in this life nor the previous. However, she will not allow these people to sully her mother’s name even though she had passed on. Her mother had no fault, nor did she. Any other fault she had, she already repented with her blood, her life, and a whole lifetime. Surely that must have been enough to cover everything.
“I know.” Lu Yi squeezed her hand, “Qingyi has already found the culprit, whoever it is, they will bear the consequences of their actions.”
Yan Huan tightened her arms around Lu Yi’s waist, her mood was still sombre.
It’s great to have him to accompany me, Yan Huan thought to herself. Indeed, it was great to have him with her.
Lu Yi placed aside his work to specially accompany Yan Huan; that was about all the burden he could share with her. After a moment, Yan Huan had fallen fast asleep but her arms were still clinging to his back.
During this moment, his phone rang.
Lu Yi reached for his phone and placed it to his ear.
“Hello, have you found the culprit?”
“Yeah, I found them,” Lei Qingyi was gorging on one of those convenient hot pots, his face was beaded with sweat from the heat, “Guess who the mysterious culprit is?”
“Lu Qin, or perhaps Su Muran.”
Lu Yi placed his laptop on the table. Even if he did not know the culprit’s identity, it was easily deducible. The Lu family’s affair had been masked from the public, but Lu Qin was surely aware of it.
Ever since Yan Huan’s debut, she had hardly made any enemies. Out of the few times she did, people such as Wen Dongni could be ignored as they scarcely have the capability to provoke her.
The only exception was Su Muran.
“Bingo.” Lei Qing Yi stuffed himself with another mouthful of rice.
“But it was not either Lu Qin or Su Mu Ran, it wa the both of them were working together. How do you suppose they became related?”
“Why not?” Lu Yi asked rhetorically, “Birds of the same feather flock together.”
“Have you got your hands on the evidence?” Lu Yi asked Lei Qingyi. Of course, he himself had no doubt. For Lei Qingyi to be able to notify him was enough proof that he had collected sufficient evidence, or else, he would not be here casually running his mouth.
“Yeah, it’s all in my hands.” Lei Qingyi rested a leg on a chair next to him. The distance to the chair would normally require both legs of an average human to reach, but Qingyi could cover the distance with a single leg.
“When do you plan on returning?” Lei Qingyi asked Lu Yi, “You don’t possibly intend to let them go on a couple more days? That will surely cause significant damage on your reputation. First an affair with a popular actress and now playing by unspoken rules, not bad huh, Lu Yi, you’re finally learning to play by the rules of the industry.”
The corner of Lu Yi’s lips became stiff as he gently placed his hand on Yan Huan’s face. She has lost weight recently, despite insisting that she did not mind one bit about what was happening, as if anyone could possibly do so in such a situation. Even though he had instructed Luo Lin to keep the news away from her as best as she could, Yan Huan was simply too bright, bright enough for her to figure out everything; including those things she should not have known. Or else, there would not be any reason for her figure to deteriorate to such a state.
He would have much preferred her to be safe and sound, living to her heart’s desire. Yet this was all part of her job, and as her husband, he must understand and respect that.
Nonetheless, someone was striking against her, under his watch. Did they really believe his position as a prosecutor was merely for display?
Lu Yi tucked her in and left her to rest. Perhaps due to fatigue and anxiety toward recent affairs, the slight sense of safety coming from Lu Yi allowed Yan Huan to fall into a deep slumber.
Lu Yi turned and placed his laptop on his lap. Surely, he would seize the culprit behind the scenes, one by one, starting with Golden Elephant Entertainment. For them to publish such an inaccurate news report, they must be prepared to face the consequences, regardless of which company and the reasons they may have. Upon a click of the confirmation button, an email was on its way to Golden Elephant Entertainment.
Golden Elephant Entertainment, on the other hand, had been quite the topic of discussion recently thanks to the first-hand information they had released. They had been receiving attention from within the industry and their exposure rates had risen significantly. To think that a single piece of information was able to drag Golden Elephant Entertainment back from its imminent fate of falling apart. Unfortunately, their happiness did not last long.
For within the mailbox of Golden Elephant Entertainment’s CEO, lies a court summon signed by none other than Lu Yi himself.
Instantly, Golden Elephant Entertainment’s CEO’s forehead was beaded with cold sweat and his back was drenched in cold sweat too.
It’s over, completely over, the CEO thought as he recalled the feeling of terror he experienced from Lu Yi. His thoughts turned to the target of their recent insinuation and only two names came to mind, Yan Huan and Lu Yi. Even though they had not mentioned any names in the news report, it was clear that those two were their objective. It would appear that trouble had come along with fame and attention.
How could he forget, the consequences would not be something that they could bear.
Hastily, he ordered for the article to be removed. Yet, mere moments after doing so, police officers had arrived at the door to announce the severity of their crime in breaching personal privacy and infringement of the rights of government officers, as well as the bad public influence they had caused.
By law, falsification of facts and accusation through violence or other means were punishable with a maximum duration of three years of incarceration including criminal detention, control, or deprivation of political rights in severe cases.
Not to mention, what Lu Yi had in his hands was not limited to this one piece of evidence. This included their deliberate release of private information regarding other public figures. Upon accumulation of these crimes, the Golden Elephant Entertainment’s CEO was sure to be sentenced to imprisonment.