The True Young Master's Metaphysical Road to Fame in Showbiz Ch. 126

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He spoke with cool conviction, "But none of this is your fault. Expecting a victim to perfectly recognize every form of malice is just blaming them for not being flawless."

"Sheng Yihang is garbage."

"He will pay for what he did."

Luo Huaiyu's throat moved slightly. Even though he'd already become a walking corpse, his eyes started to sting.

He lowered his head and took a deep breath.

Chi Qingzhou was right—he would make Sheng Yihang pay. He would get revenge for his family.

Seeing him like that made Luo Ting's heart ache too. He patted Luo Huaiyu's shoulder hard, silently offering comfort.

The room fell into a heavy silence.

Meanwhile, the system was so rattled by Chi Qingzhou's almost cruel tone that its code glitched out. It zipped around inside his shadow in a panic before barely managing to stabilize itself.

[Host, didn't you say there were no scumbags around you?! Then just now—]

[System.]

Chi Qingzhou cut it off in his mind, voice calm as ever.

[Check the backend. Has any task related to Sheng Yihang been triggered?]

[Oh, uh?]

The system blinked in confusion and checked the mission panel. Only one task was listed—"Slap Xue Jinshi in the face."

[Nope, nothing new triggered.]

Chi Qingzhou: [Really nothing?]

The system choked on his distrustful tone and quickly defended itself, [Really! I swear I'm not lying, Host! It actually makes sense. Sheng Yihang hasn't harmed you directly, so not triggering anything is totally normal.]

Chi Qingzhou paused for a beat, then asked, [Is the "Slap Xue Jinshi" task done yet?]

The system checked, [It's 60% complete. Just a little more to go.]

Chi Qingzhou: [Got it. Once I finish that task, I'm using the reward selection. And I'm picking Sheng Yihang as the target.]

The system didn't dare cross Chi Qingzhou in this state. It quickly fiddled with the backend, only to find that Sheng Yihang wasn't even listed as an option.

Terrified, it carefully broke the bad news to Chi Qingzhou.

Chi Qingzhou fell silent.

The system didn't even dare breathe, afraid his anger might spill over and land on it too.

Chi Qingzhou didn't respond. After nearly thirty seconds of silence, he suddenly turned to look at Xing Shuangzhan.

He tugged at Xing Shuangzhan's sleeve and spoke quietly, "Brother Su, help me."

Xing Shuangzhan, who had been silent until now, stirred slightly. His gaze turned complicated as he looked at him.

"Chi Qingzhou, do you even know what you're asking?"

Luo Ting and Luo Huaiyu were startled by the voices and turned their heads, puzzled.

Chi Qingzhou didn't look at his two friends. He just answered firmly, "I know what I'm doing."

Xing Shuangzhan let out a breath that sounded half like a laugh.

"Chi Qingzhou, have I not told you before? You can't lose control. Losing control could seriously damage your soul."

"Not even for me. And now you want me to do it for someone else?"

"Do you even remember the curse you're carrying? The one that can't be removed?"

Chi Qingzhou didn't answer.

He just looked up at Xing Shuangzhan with this quietly pleading expression, his fingers tugging softly at Xing Shuangzhan's sleeve.

Luo Huaiyu listened, shocked and confused. "What curse? And what are you trying to do?"

Luo Ting already knew about the curse, so he just pressed his lips together and gently pulled Luo Huaiyu, who was about to stand up, back down.

"Don't ask," he said in a low voice. "When Zhou Zhou's ready, he'll tell you himself."

As for what Chi Qingzhou was trying to do...

He didn't know the details, but he could guess the general idea.

Luo Ting lowered his voice even more. "He's looking for a way to get revenge for you."

Luo Huaiyu was stunned.

He stared hard at Chi Qingzhou, who was still locked in that silent standoff with Xing Shuangzhan, trying to keep his emotions under control. But something heavy suddenly filled his chest, crashing around like a storm—and it even made his long-dead heart tremble violently in its stillness.

"Chi Qingzhou, you don't have to do this." He pushed Luo Ting's hand aside and stood up. "I don't need your help for revenge. I can do it myself!"

Xing Shuangzhan raised an eyebrow, his eyes never leaving Chi Qingzhou. "You hear that? Your friend doesn't want you interfering."

Chi Qingzhou's lips tightened slightly, and those two little dimples reappeared on his cheeks.

"Brother Su, I know what I'm doing. The leftover primal essence from last time is still protecting my meridians. If you just pull in a bit of death energy, it won't hurt me at all."

Honestly, he just wanted to try.

It was like what Qu Feng had done before—emotions from ghosts and walking corpses were harmful to him, and death energy flowing through his meridians could hurt him too.

But as with any poison, dosage mattered.

Sheng Yihang's pitiful bit of death energy? That wasn't gonna hurt him. In fact, it probably couldn't even burn through a fraction of the ghostly primal essence he had stored up. If even one part in a few thousand got used, that'd be a stretch.

He just wanted to use that death energy to create the illusion that Sheng Yihang had directly attacked him—just to test if it would trigger a system mission.

And this wasn't something he'd trust anyone else to do. Only Xing Shuangzhan had his full trust.

Xing Shuangzhan understood exactly what he was thinking, but he still wouldn't agree.

"Do you realize that if I mess up, even a little, it could hurt you? You're willing to take that risk, but I'm not."

Chi Qingzhou didn't hesitate for a second. "But you won't mess up. You'd never let me get hurt. You'll always protect me."

Xing Shuangzhan let out another half-laugh, half-sigh—completely exasperated.

"Wow, Chi Qingzhou. You're using my protection... to help someone else."

"Have you even thought about how that makes me feel?"

Chi Qingzhou rested his head on Xing Shuangzhan's shoulder, closed his eyes for a second, and said softly, "It's not the same."

Xing Shuangzhan pinched the back of his neck, lifting his head. "What's different?"

Chi Qingzhou opened his eyes, and the other half of his soul in the shadow also turned its gaze toward Xing Shuangzhan, those blood-red eyes locked right on him.

They both curved their lips into a smile—one that actually looked... happy.

"I can help a lot of friends," Chi Qingzhou said, "but the only one who's ever protected me... has always been you."

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