Transmigrated as a Cannon Fodder Omega, Their Knees Bent Chapter 66

Chapter 66: True and False

Seeing the person disappear before his eyes, Lou Ting subconsciously took two steps forward. The sound of shattering glass lingered in his ears, and for a moment, he didn’t notice the commotion from other directions.

Lou Ting stood in front of the shattered floor-to-ceiling window and looked down, but before he could even see the person below, his eyes were covered by someone’s hand from behind.

“Don’t be afraid.” The man’s voice pressed close to his ear.

Lou Ting raised a hand to grab his hand, wanting to pull it down.

What was there to be afraid of?

Wasn’t it just jumping off a building?

It was just… he still had many things he hadn’t figured out. With Zuo Anran suddenly gone, coaxing information out of Fu Chongshan would be much more difficult than getting it from Zuo Anran.

Lou Ting tugged once but didn’t manage to budge it. The man was exceptionally insistent on covering his eyes. Feeling quite helpless, Lou Ting said, “I’m not afraid, let me take a look.”

This was the Interstellar Era; jumping off a building wouldn’t necessarily result in death.

Even during the Ancient Earth period, as long as one carried enough equipment, jumping from such a high floor wouldn’t guarantee death.

Lou Ting didn’t believe Zuo Anran would go to his death so peacefully. His appearance today seemed more like an attempt to use this incident to create a trending topic.

His goal was still to affect him.

He Yunzhou glanced down and said, “He’s dead.”

Then, he resolutely refused to let Lou Ting see for himself. Seeing that Lou Ting still wanted to struggle, he simply hoisted the person over his shoulder and carried him downstairs.

“He Yunzhou!” Lou Ting reached out and pressed on his shoulder, struggling to straighten his upper body. “Put me down.”

“Be good,” He Yunzhou said. “You’re not allowed to look.”

Such a disgusting scene, a frail Omega would definitely have nightmares after seeing it.

He absolutely could not let Lou Ting see it.

Thinking this, He Yunzhou immediately quickened his pace and walked into the elevator.

Liang Caijin was already waiting inside. Seeing them enter, he directly pressed the button for the first floor.

Lou Ting, watching their seamless cooperation: “…”

I just wanted to take one look.

Just one look!!!

Lou Ting looked at Liang Caijin. “You actually snitched?”

Lou Ting never expected that after calling him over, Liang Caijin would actually contact He Yunzhou too.

“No, I looked for Mr. He first, but Mr. He was busy and didn’t reply, which is why I went to find you.” When Liang Caijin was sent away to the next room just now, the more he thought about it, the more dangerous he felt the situation was.

Leaving Lou Ting alone with an uncertain variable felt terrifying no matter how he thought about it.

But Liang Caijin was also afraid that his presence would interrupt their normal conversation.

After all, there were some things he wasn’t allowed to be privy to. After mulling it over, he simply left a message for He Yunzhou detailing the entire sequence of events.

And, as a result!

The busy Mr. He appeared right here ten minutes later.

But it was also perfect timing, right at the exact moment Zuo Anran jumped off the building.

Lou Ting said, “That’s still snitching.”

“…” Liang Caijin cast a helpless glance at He Yunzhou. He misunderstood, what should I do?

He Yunzhou silently turned his head away. It has nothing to do with me.

Liang Caijin: “???”

Afraid of his wife? Is he afraid of his wife?!

After getting out of the elevator, Liang Caijin turned back to the room to clean up the mess.

In order to prevent Lou Ting from seeing those eye-soiling things, He Yunzhou directly led Lou Ting out through the back door.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Lou Ting turned his head to look at the area surrounded by the crowd. From this angle, he could only see people. He muttered softly, “It’s not like I’d be afraid of this kind of thing.”

He knew He Yunzhou was doing it for his own good, but seeing with his own eyes whether Zuo Anran had truly died or was faking his death seemed a bit more important.

“The assistant will handle it well.” It wasn’t just the assistant; He Yunzhou had also contacted officials. With them on the scene, even a faked death couldn’t escape their eyes.

He Yunzhou said, “Don’t overthink it. What you need to do now is go back and treat your wounds.”

“Wounds?” Lou Ting paused. He Yunzhou pulled down the visor mirror and gestured for him to look for himself.

Only then did Lou Ting realize there were fine, dense blood streaks on his body. It was likely that when the glass shattered, the flying shards had scratched his face.

It didn’t hurt much, to the point that Lou Ting hadn’t even realized he was injured.

Some of the blood had already coagulated. At first glance, it looked quite scary.

“Do you think he’s really dead, or faking it?”

“Faking it,” Lou Ting answered decisively. The current situation clearly gave him the upper hand. Zuo Anran wasn’t an idiot; just jumping down like that, and taking the initiative to do it himself, wouldn’t affect Lou Ting at all. Did he run in front of him to jump off a building just to scare him?

This obviously went against common sense.

Moreover, Lou Ting felt that with Zuo Anran’s personality, he wasn’t the type who dared to end his own life by jumping off a building.

“Then that settles it.” He Yunzhou’s thoughts were clearly the same as Lou Ting’s.

He Yunzhou pulled Lou Ting’s hand over, patting the back of it gently, and said in a comforting tone, “First go back and treat your wounds, then get a good sleep. I’ll handle everything else.”

At the same time, He Yunzhou was wondering if he should arrange for a few bodyguards to stay by Lou Ting’s side.

Usually, when he wasn’t around, Lou Ting could solve any problems he encountered on his own and never asked others for help. He went even though he knew Zuo Anran was problematic. Although rising to the challenge was commendable for its courage, He Yunzhou still couldn’t stop worrying.

But, he just had the feeling that Lou Ting wouldn’t like having people hovering around him.

After thinking it over, He Yunzhou dismissed the idea.

Back at the dorm, Lou Ting used a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to gently wipe away the dried blood on his face bit by bit.

He Yunzhou walked over, took the cotton swab from his hand, lifted his chin, and lightly dabbed it onto the wounds.

Cleaning a bleeding wound with alcohol would be very painful, a stinging kind of pain.

Although the wounds were small, there were simply too many of them.

He Yunzhou dabbed with the swab while gently blowing on the area.

Lou Ting only felt the cotton swab tap him, followed by a light, cool breeze, with no sensation of pain at all.

After working for quite a while, he finally cleaned up all the obvious wounds on Lou Ting’s face.

He Yunzhou said, “Turn around, let me check your ears.”

Somehow there were wounds behind his ears as well, and He Yunzhou focused intently on cleaning them.

Beside him, Lou Ting’s phone buzzed continuously.

Ji Xing:

[#Shocking! A certain popular traffic star actually laid such a vicious hand on his former manager!#]

[#Lou Ting is unworthy of being human! How could he do such a thing?!#]

[#Falling from a high altitude, Lou Ting’s former manager’s fate remains uncertain#]

…

Ji Xing sent a rapid-fire string of messages totaling over three hundred words.

Lou Ting frowned after only reading the first few.

Did this kind of news spread this fast on the internet? They had only just returned to the dorms a little while ago, and the press releases were already drafted.

Ji Xing:

[I’ve intercepted all these scheduled topics.]

Lou Ting: “???”

Sch-scheduled?

Wait a minute!

Lou Ting suddenly froze. This wasn’t a case of news spreading fast; someone deliberately wanted to use these trending topics against him!

The incident had just occurred, and they were already planning to blow it up online.

Giving him absolutely no time to react.

But perhaps the only thing the other party didn’t anticipate was that… despite their speed and thorough preparation, Ji Xing was even more decisive, completely cutting off the spread and not letting a single piece of news slip out.

That gang must be vomiting blood from anger right about now.

No wonder Zuo Anran sought him out; so he was already prepared.

Lou Ting:

[Thanks.]

Ji Xing:

[You’re welcome.]

After finishing cleaning the wounds on his ears, He Yunzhou began applying ointment. It was an all-in-one anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and repairing cream that wouldn’t leave scars.

He Yunzhou lived rather roughly. Coupled with the time he had spent on the battlefield in the past, he had countless scars on his body. Although scar removal surgery could erase all the blemishes, He Yunzhou couldn’t be bothered to lie on an operating table for hours over such a trivial matter.

But Lou Ting was different. He Yunzhou was incredibly careful when applying the medicine, terrified of accidentally hurting him.

Lou Ting was meant to be pampered and kept beautiful.

Looking at the fine marks on Lou Ting’s face, He Yunzhou couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger toward Zuo Anran.

If you’re going to jump off a building, just jump; couldn’t you have broken the glass beforehand?

He just had to break it exactly when Lou Ting walked over.

Tsk.

Don’t let me catch you, otherwise…

Feeling displeased, He Yunzhou looked up and saw Lou Ting typing on his phone, chatting with someone. “Who are you chatting with?”

“Ji Xing.” Lou Ting explained the matter of the trending topics to He Yunzhou.

He Yunzhou’s face instantly darkened. Such an insidious trick!

“It’s fine, you have me.” He Yunzhou currently wanted to personally go out and drag back that reckless Zuo Anran, but thinking that it would be too dangerous for Lou Ting to be left alone—if one scheme failed, they would surely try another—he weighed his options and decided to stay by Lou Ting’s side.

Lou Ting said, “Don’t be too tense.”

The series of reactions that Zuo Anran’s faked death was supposed to trigger had been directly smothered in the cradle.

Clutching his phone, Lou Ting didn’t know if this was a good or bad thing.

Not releasing the news wouldn’t have any impact on him, but by the same token, the people behind the scenes wouldn’t expose themselves either. They would simply continue hiding in the shadows, manipulating everything.

If it was released… they might emerge to control the narrative and kick him while he was down, striving to eliminate him as soon as possible.

“He Yunzhou.”

“Mn?”

Lou Ting said, “Why don’t we beat them at their own game and let the matter ferment on the internet? Only when things blow out of proportion will we know what their next step is.”

With the enemy in the dark and them in the light, this situation was quite troublesome.

Hearing this, He Yunzhou slowly furrowed his brows. “But if we do that…”

“It’s fine, I don’t care about that right now.” Lou Ting just wanted to resolve this matter as quickly as possible; he didn’t care about anything else.

He Yunzhou pondered for a moment, then said, “I’ll listen to you. You can do whatever you want, but there’s just one thing: you are not allowed to get hurt again.”

“Okay.” Lou Ting’s eyes curved into smiling crescents as he leaned in and placed a light kiss on his lips.

He Yunzhou was just about to lean closer to deepen the kiss, but Lou Ting preemptively pulled away and went back to fiddling with his phone.

Feeling helpless, He Yunzhou wrapped his arms around him from behind and lowered his head to watch what he was doing.

#Lou Ting Is Ungrateful# This topic surged to the number one spot at noon without any warning.

From the appearance of the topic to reaching the top spot, it only took a few short seconds.

Among them, the hottest Weibo post undoubtedly belonged to an entertainment industry blogger with seven million followers.

Entertainment Industry Old Wang V:

[I’ve promoted Lou Ting’s videos before. Who would’ve thought that despite looking so good, he’s actually a femme fatale with a heart of a viper? As Lou Ting’s former manager, Zuo Anran managed him from his debut, but was suddenly kicked out of the company a while ago. At the same time, Lou Ting’s manager was switched out. And just today, not long ago! Someone captured Zuo Anran jumping from a high-rise residential building, turning into a puddle of mush upon landing! What’s infuriating is that Lou Ting was standing right behind the floor-to-ceiling window at the time. There are photos as proof. At a time like this, I really have to float a conspiracy theory. Did Zuo Anran just lose his footing, or did Lou Ting silence him first to prevent him from saying something he shouldn’t! Think about it, think about it carefully!]

Lou Ting scrolled to this narrative-pushing Weibo post. Following the blogger’s claims, he checked his post history and actually found videos of himself from before, even extending back to his debut.

If it was only recent posts, Lou Ting might just think this was an ordinary marketing account. But with the older posts included… this was likely a marketing account cultivated by that organization.

It made sense. To hype someone up in the entertainment industry, these kinds of personal marketing accounts were indispensable.

Since it involved Lou Ting, the comment section naturally wasn’t lacking in replies.

[Wait for the official statement. However, there’s a suspicious point: how was the photo taken so clearly? It’s clearer than the lens from Lou Ting’s personal livestream. Was it staged? Or did you predict Zuo Anran would jump down?]

[Don’t you know how miserably Lou Ting suffered under Zuo Anran before? You’re half an insider yourself. Lou Ting couldn’t even reveal his real face for a long time. You call that treating him well?]

[Hehe, do you really think netizens are idiots? At that height, my son would dare drag my niece to jump for fun. Don’t spout BS unless you have a high-definition photo of the corpse.]

[Think about my ass! Were you not fined enough last time when you got sued for spreading rumors about the Best Actress getting married and having kids?]

…

None of the comments underneath were scolding Lou Ting.

They were all analyzing the situation very rationally. Looking at it, Lou Ting felt this wouldn’t do.

With this kind of narrative, how could the person behind the scenes possibly show themselves?

After careful consideration, Lou Ting bought some internet water army bots.

They didn’t need to do anything else, just go online and scold him.