Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle
Chapter 429 - 428: Trapped by Design

Chapter 429: Chapter 428: Trapped by Design

The next day, Luo Ning and Luo Ranran went to the filming site.

Having taken a week off, they had fallen behind on many scenes, and the next few days were spent catching up.

Members from the Ancient Fengshui Family also arrived in the Imperial Capital during these days.

Lei Qiu and Sikong Wei, along with their family members and members from other families, convened together.

That day, after finishing filming, Luo Ning noticed that Ji Xinghang looked unwell.

She couldn’t help but approach and ask, "What’s wrong with you today?"

During the shooting, Ji Xinghang had also been out of sorts, resulting in several NGs.

Hearing Luo Ning’s question, Ji Xinghang came back to his senses.

After thinking for a bit, he decided to tell the truth, "I was set up."

Other than his parents, the person he trusted most was Luo Ning.

Luo Ning frowned and asked, "What exactly happened?"

Ji Xinghang replied, "Last night, I went to a bar with Xia Mian for drinks. I only had two drinks, but then I started feeling uncomfortable."

"Then I had my assistant take me home. After getting into the car, I fell asleep."

"Little did I know that when I woke up this morning, I was in a hotel, with an undressed woman lying next to me."

His face darkened as he continued, "Then the woman claimed I had touched her last night, and there were bloodstains on the bed."

"I don’t remember doing such a thing at all, and I thought maybe someone had bribed my assistant, so I called to ask."

"But the assistant insisted that he had taken me home last night."

"So I had someone check the surveillance near my house and found that indeed, the assistant had dropped me off at home and left without doing anything else."

"The surveillance showed that over an hour later, I left my house on my own and drove to the hotel."

His lips pursed, he paused before saying, "Then, from the surveillance footage, I saw myself at the hotel entrance grabbing that woman and taking her to the room."

"There are no cameras in the room, so I couldn’t see what exactly I did last night."

"But my subconscious doesn’t remember any of these events; I only recall leaving the bar and falling asleep in the car."

"So, I suspect that the person in the surveillance footage might be impersonating me?"

After hearing what Ji Xinghang had said, Luo Ning also felt something was amiss.

She said, "Extend your hand, and let me take a look."

Ji Xinghang extended his hand.

Luo Ning checked Ji Xinghang’s pulse and noticed traces of drugs in his system.

"The drinks you had were probably spiked with an aphrodisiac."

Then she looked at Ji Xinghang’s palm, stood up, and pulled open his shirt collar to check his neck.

When she saw a faint blue mark on the back of Ji Xinghang’s neck, her eyes turned cold, "You’ve also been cursed."

"Do you still have that video? Show it to me."

Ji Xinghang replied, "Yes, I had someone send it to my email, I’ll forward it to you."

After receiving the video, Luo Ning carefully watched it. She noticed when Ji Xinghang left his home early in the morning, his eyes lacked any sparkle, even appearing somewhat vacant.

His walk was not as brisk as usual but rather slow and dull, similar to a puppet being manipulated.

She turned off the video and said, "The person in the surveillance is indeed you, but clearly, you were being controlled."

Ji Xinghang frowned, "I was being controlled? How did they make me go out and drive to the hotel on my own?"

He remembered nothing, so how could he have driven?

"It’s actually a kind of suggestion you were given, and you would complete the act instinctively."

"Like walking out the door and driving."

Ji Xinghang looked even more disturbed, "So I wasn’t really controlled and then, did that to the woman, was I?"

"I don’t think I would do such a thing, but I’m really afraid they controlled me to do it."

Just recalling it, the idea of having relations with a woman disgusted him terribly.

Although he knew a relationship with Luo Ning was impossible, he didn’t want to be involved with other women, especially under these circumstances.

Luo Ning carefully studied Ji Xinghang’s facial features and checked his pulse again.

"You didn’t have that kind of relation with her."

When she took his pulse, she found he did not show the signs of having released energy.

"However, your facial features are starting to show signs of rotten luck in relationships, so be careful in the future," she advised.

"This surveillance footage you managed to obtain can also be accessed by the person plotting against you, and it will likely be used as a means to ruin your reputation."

Ji Xinghang had not yet announced his departure from the entertainment circle. Were such a video to leak, along with that woman making sensationalized claims, his reputation would undoubtedly suffer immensely.

Luo Ning asked, "Did that woman demand that you take responsibility this morning?"

Ji Xinghang shook his head, "No, she just cried continuously, looking at me with resentment, as if I had forced her last night."

"Anyway, she seemed unwilling, and it appeared to be my fault."

Had he not been schemed against by Bo Xiangxiang in the past, he might have believed that woman’s accusing gaze and suspected he might have done something.

Now, however, he was determined not to believe; his heed was all for Luo Ning, and he now felt no attraction towards romance.

There had been women who had intentionally tried to seduce him in the past, but he only felt disgust, and couldn’t even get aroused—how could he have done anything sexual?

Of course, there was nothing physically wrong with him, he just had a psychological repulsion, feeling no attraction towards other women.

So, this morning when he saw what had happened in the hotel, his first thought was that he had been set up.

He felt no connection; how could he possibly have been intimate with that woman?

Concerned that he might have been manipulated into doing such an act, he was relieved to hear Luo Ning’s opinion.

Thankfully, nothing of that sort had happened, otherwise he’d feel sick right now.

"If that’s the case, then this woman will probably show up again."

Luo Ning continued, "If I’m not mistaken, it might seem like a chance meeting."

She asked, "Who have you offended recently?"

Ji Xinghang thought for a moment and replied, "Recently, I’ve only been suppressing Yuan Hanyi with Xia Mian, I don’t think I have offended anyone else."

Luo Ning further inquired, "Did Xia Mian encounter the same thing yesterday?"

Ji Xinghang replied, "I haven’t asked him."

Experiencing such an incident was embarrassing enough; how could he discuss it with Xia Mian?

"I’ll ask him." Now, he felt it was better to check with Xia Mian, in case he too had been set up.

Then he made a call to Xia Mian.

After a while, Xia Mian answered the phone, his voice tired, "What’s up?"

Ji Xinghang, no longer caring about losing face, recounted last night’s events and asked if Xia Mian had experienced the same.

Xia Mian sounded surprised, "I was fine last night; after drinking, I went home to sleep, and woke up at home."

Then, changing the subject, he said, "But I just left the company and accidentally hit a woman with my car; she got injured, and I’m at the hospital waiting for her to come out of surgery."

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