The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 132 - 129: Chu Yan’s Past: He Almost Got Completely Ruined

Chapter 132: Chapter 129: Chu Yan’s Past: He Almost Got Completely Ruined

Qin Zhao and the others finished their meal and walked out of the restaurant.

Just as they did, they encountered police cars coming over, encircling the nearby area.

"Why are the police here?"

"What happened?"

Qin Yu and Su Xiaotong stared at the police cars in confusion.

But Qin Zhao noticed a familiar figure walking down a distant alley.

Why was Chu Yan here?

Initially thinking she had seen wrong, she took a closer look and confirmed it was indeed Chu Yan.

The direction Chu Yan was heading seemed secluded, and he was dressed casually in a black hoodie with a cap on, his expression serious, shrouded in secrecy.

Linking this to the arrival of the police cars, Qin Zhao couldn’t help but overthink.

Could it be that this guy had done something bad?

The police cars stopped right in front of them, and the officers who came out were unknown to them.

"Please go back inside for now."

An officer approached and showed his badge.

From the anti-drug squad, someone had reported a drug use and trafficking incident here, and all restaurant patrons needed to be investigated.

Qin Zhao and her group returned to their original private room, as the police conducted a thorough search.

After the check of their area turned up no issues, they were allowed to leave.

As Qin Zhao got into Su Xiaotong’s car, she saw several young people being escorted out by the police, who were holding several large bags of a substance resembling flour.

"Oh my God, that’s a lot."

Su Xiaotong couldn’t help but exclaim, "These people have money to burn and a death wish. What’s so good about that stuff? Just for a moment’s pleasure, but it harms others and oneself."

"What is that stuff?"

Qin Zhao didn’t know much about it, just that it was illegal.

Su Xiaotong gave her a surprised look but still explained the dangers to her.

"Those drug traffickers are so cruel, they’ll stop at nothing to achieve their goals. If a policeman falls into their hands, they’ll torture them to death.

Some of them even go after the policemen’s families, so when these officers die, their identity information cannot be disclosed.

I’ve seen a news story before, where a police officer was cracking down on drug traffickers. When they couldn’t handle him, they kidnapped his seven-year-old niece, tortured her in inhumane ways, and eventually killed the child.

After the girl died, the police officer’s sister committed suicide by jumping off a building."

Su Xiaotong finished speaking, feeling somewhat somber.

She always felt awful when she thought about such cases.

"So these actions are absolutely intolerable! Actually, many artists in our circle start messing with this stuff after making money. If I find any artists around me doing this, I will be the first to report them!"

Qin Zhao nodded, "They definitely should be reported."

Su Xiaotong drove Qin Zhao home. As soon as she entered, she saw Chu Yan was there.

"What would you like for dinner?"

He had already changed his clothes and was ready to cook, wearing an apron.

"I’ve already eaten."

Seeing him, Qin Zhao thought back to the incident at Lizhu Garden.

Why did Chu Yan sneak away like that?

If he was up to something bad...

She would have to report him.

Qin Zhao sat on the couch with a torn expression, turning on the TV, and the news was reporting on the event at Lizhu Garden.

A mass drug use and trafficking case had been caught, with a key figure named Mu Xuan, who was the young grandson of a certain powerful man, causing a major uproar.

Mu Xuan’s grandfather, Mr. Mu, was not only highly reputable and influential but also the mentor of Lu Tingming. It was precisely because he thought highly of Lu Tingming that the latter’s election support was very strong.

This scandal raised many doubts about Elder Mu.

If he could raise such a disgraceful descendant involved in illegal activities, could the Mu Family still be clean?

In droves, netizens called on the internet for the authorities to thoroughly investigate the Mu Family.

"Do you want to eat something more?"

The aroma from the kitchen wafted over, but Qin Zhao had somewhat lost her appetite.

Chu Yan came into the living room looking for her. Unable to hold back, she asked, "What were you doing in Lizhu Garden just now?"

He was stunned for a moment, not expecting Qin Zhao to know he had been there.

"My friend asked me to have dinner there."

"If you’ve already eaten, why are you cooking at home?"

"..."

On the TV, the news about Mu Xuan was still playing.

Qin Zhao said with a strange look on her face, "Chu Yan, you haven’t done something bad, have you?"

Chu Yan fell silent for a moment and did not speak.

"This is indeed related to me, but the things aren’t mine, and I never touched them."

He had only stolen someone else’s possession and framed it on Mu Xuan.

His long, dark eyelashes drooped slightly, casting a shadow under his eyes, and his voice dropped a few notches, "Zhaozhao, I must resort to any means necessary for some things, I’m very sorry."

The news mentioned the relationship between the Mu Family and Lu Tingming.

Qin Zhao was so clever; how could she not guess his intentions?

"Do you not want Lu Tingming to succeed in the election?"

He readily admitted, "Yes."

Chu Yan immediately responded, not even considering the impact it might have if he told her all this and she leaked it out.

It was very likely that his years of suffering would have gone to waste.

But just because of the day he was bullied and Qin Zhao called upon the Devil to beat up Lu Tingming, Chu Yan was willing to trust her unconditionally.

Qin Zhao would not reveal it, because there was no need to; after all, these things had nothing to do with her.

She looked at Chu Yan with complexity and said, "I don’t want you to do anything out of line. If you do, I will be the first to take you down."

Chu Yan couldn’t help but chuckle, promising her, "Okay."

"Go eat your meal before it gets cold."

Qin Zhao said offhandedly, but instead of going, Chu Yan sat down beside her.

"I will not touch such things, because I know, they can completely destroy a person."

He was referring to drugs.

"How can they destroy you?"

Qin Zhao knew these things were harmful but didn’t know exactly how.

"They get you addicted, excited, unable to let go. Over time, you even become indifferent to emotions and forget you’re human. You do many things beyond your control for that feeling."

Qin Zhao looked at him in surprise, "How do you know so much?"

Why did he know so much?

The cool Phoenix Eyes suddenly darkened.

Because, he had tried them.

The year when the college entrance exams ended, his mother had just passed away, and he had just arrived at the Lu Family.

A few days later, he was kicked out.

Fortunately, he was the province’s top student of the college entrance exam, and the admissions teachers from Imperial University knew about his situation and provided him with a good place to stay and a meal card so he could eat at the school.

The accident happened on the day he met Xu Cheng, who was Lu Zhiheng’s uncle and Xu Zhiwei’s younger uncle.

The Xu Family could not tolerate his excellence, nor could they allow Lu Tingming to know about these things.

So Chu Yan was kidnapped. When the school teachers discovered his absence, they reported it, but it took them almost half a month to find him. No one knew what he had gone through in that half-month.

He only remembered that on that day, he was lying in the dirtiest and most chaotic part of Imperial City, covered in blood, skin and bones, with knife scars all over his arms and legs, even exposing his bones.

After the doctors examined him, they found that he had been injected with drugs. Just as they were about to send him somewhere special to detox, they found that Chu Yan hadn’t become addicted.

This meant that before these people found him, he had already kicked the habit through sheer willpower, but how he did it, nobody knew.

Chu Yan gathered his thoughts and smiled at Qin Zhao, "Because I’m a doctor, that’s why."

Even though he spoke in a very calm tone, Qin Zhao felt his smile wasn’t quite genuine, and there was an inexplicable hint of melancholy.

Qin Zhao said, "Anyway, it’s good that you don’t touch it."

"If you don’t want me to touch it, I won’t touch it."

That promise was like she was his boundary, his restraint.

If she didn’t want him to do something, he could stop immediately.

Even if he stood on the edge of hell, on the brink of becoming the Devil, her presence could still pull him back.