Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 467: The Despicable Agent

We walked into the house and saw that Yi Xiwas awake. He looked dispirited. He asked for some water.

I gave him a bottle of mineral water. After taking a few sips, he looked around. Suddenly, he hugged Yin Xinyueand sobbed.“Sister Yin, what should I do now? My acting career is completely ruined!”

Earlier,Ididn’t have a chance to read the news on the Internet carefully, soI used my phone to check again.

This morning,ananonymous person sent a lot of information and photos to many press agencies. They were all about Yi Xi having private moments with some men.

Whether he liked men or women, one thing was clear—his personal life was complicated.

Those photos weren’t taken on the same day. Someone must have collected them over a long timetodirtyhis name.

Ithought ofone personand immediately asked,“Was there anything wrong with your agent today?”

“Song? This morning he told me that hehadsome stuff to do. He left and…” Then, Yi Xi’s face changed drastically. “Damn, that bastard! Heplotted against me! I have to kill him!”

He was still weak. He struggled to get up, but he fell right back on his butt.

Sincehis soulhadstabilized not too long ago, I was worried about him. “Calm down. Yesterday, I asked your agent to keep this mask. How did you end up wearing it?”

“I don’t know. I was taking a nap in my van. When I woke up, he was gone. The mask wasplacedin a bag on the driver’sseat. Then, my company called meand toldme that there were so many negative news articles about me on theInternet. I checkedthe news onmy phone and feltas ifmy head had exploded…”

He gritted his teeth.“Then, I heard many people in the film crew discussing the news and laughing at me. I hated them so much. I put on the mask, andI don’tremember anything after that.”

This was a deliberate act.

I told Yi Xi, “You should rest. I’m going to help youfindyour agent. You guys can talk faceto face. Is it okay?”

Yi Xi agreed. I went with Li Mazi and Yin Xinyue to the entrance of the town. Because of the incident in the afternoon, the film crew members were there to avoid the danger. They flocked together like scared birds.

“Director, where’s Yi Xi’s agent?” I asked the director.

“I don’t know.”

“Didn’t I ask you to comfort him?Therearehugenews threads about him. Why did you guys talk ill behind his back?” I wasupset.

The director wore an innocent face. “Iwasshooting the drama the entire afternoon. There are a fewhundred peoplehere. How could I control their mouths?”

I went to check Yi Xi’s van. Thevan was not locked.There was an envelope on the driver’sseat with Yi Xi’s nameon it. Yin Xinyue stopped me. “It’s not good to do that. What if hebecomeseven angrierif he finds outthatyouopened the letter?”

“But what if this letter contains something too overwhelming? I should read it first,” I said.

I opened the envelope. It was a resignation letter that listedall the timesYi Xi had causedproblemswith his love affairs. Every time it happened,the agent had to clean up his mess. It even included their complicated relationship.

The agentlovedYi Xibut started to hate him later. Thatwaswhy he had come up with this revenge plan to destroy him. If Yi Xi killed someone today, the police wouldn’t care if he had been possessed byanotherworldly item ornot. He would have been jailed or confined in an asylum. He wouldn’t have been able to be a starorleada normal life.After all, Yi Xi always had a privileged life. Thisblowwould be more painful than death to him.

It was fortunate that we had solved the case on time. Otherwise, we couldn’t imagine the consequences.

“Yi Xi’s personal lifeis a mess.” Yin Xinyue furrowed her brows. “However, this agent crossed the line.”

I also didn’t feel comfortablethattheman had run away.

Afterward, we didn’t tell Yi Xi anything. “Your agent admitted that hedidthese things. Moreover, he’s resigned.”

Yi Xiclenchedhisteeth. “I’vealways treated him well. Ican’tbelieve that he stabbedmelike that!”He clutched his head. “It’s a big scandal this time! What should I do now?”

Yin Xinyue comforted him. “I don’tthink it’sthat big of a deal.You’ve been hiding the truth for too long. That’s why everyone is so shocked right now. Many movie stars havecome out of the closet. They’veevengainedmore fans. Youshouldconsiderittoo.”

Yi Xi sighed. “It’s really hard to earn a bowl of rice in this industry.”

“You should be more carefulaboutyour personal life. Celebritiesliveunderamagnifying glass. Normal people don’t need to mind theirimage thatmuch, and they can live their lives casually. However, celebritiesare different. To have the glorious halo around you, you must sacrifice something. Don’t you think so?”

Yi Xi had tears in his eyes. He reachedout ahandand pattedmy shoulder. “Mr. Zhang, thank you for helping me. Can you stay and comfort me?”

“Er, this…” I turned to look at Yin Xinyue.

She tried to hold in her laughter. “I have some stuff to do. See you.”

After this event, we stayed in the filming location for a few days. Yi Xirecoveredshortly after. Without the aidofthe mask, he couldn’t immerse himself in his character. However, thismanwas tough enough. Hememorizedall of his lines and eventually understood the character. Gradually, he got in the rightstate.

Having confidence was a good thing. However, too much confidence wouldmake a personnarcissistic and ignorant. They couldn’t accept any critiques or comments. They’dgraduallyisolatethemselves from the rest of the world. When they noticed that their friends had distanced themselves from them,it would be too late toregretit.

I believed Yi Xi hadlearneda good lessonfrom this scandal. He wouldn’tact like thatagain!

Before we left the filming location, the staff member from the prop team found meand toldme that I didn’t keep my word. I had promised that I would give him an otherworldly itemthat would makehim rich after he helped me. However, I hadn’t done anything.

I then remembered my promise. “I didn’t bring it with me. I’ll send it to you when Igethome. Could you give me your contact information and address?”

After we returned to Wuhan, I saw on theInternet that someone had kept digging into Yi Xi’s case, discovering that it was the doing ofhis agent.

His scandal heated up a second time. People mocked that one shouldn’t find an agent named Song.Ironically, agent Song became more famous as people kept cursing him. They madehis name well-known. Many people were willing to hire him. He opened a blog to expose Yi Xi and spread rumors about him. Some talk-show hosts even invited him to their programs.

The more shameless people were, the more popular they could become!

Half a year ago, I had collected a Yin and Yang money bag. It was a tricky deal. This money bag had two parts. One helped earn money, while the other drained your money. With the good money bag, money and opportunities would come unceasingly. However, when one had both of the bags, there would be no effect at all.

The trickier part was that ifthe first ownerdidn’t throwthe money bagaway, thesecond ownercouldn’t throw his bag, either.

Thus, I sent the prop team member the good money bag and asked Yin Xinyue to send the evil money bag to agent Song through his new company’s address. I put a note inside that bagthatwrote, “If you don’t do anything bad, you won’t be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door.”

I hoped that he would remember it for a long time and that he would never stab people’s backs again.Regardless ofthereasons hehad, it was disgusting!

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