Everyone immediately laughed and said Fu Ran was lucky.
But they all instructed Fu Ran to check out the background of that scout.
If he really was a scout, then fine, but if he was a scammer, they needed to deal with him and prevent him from causing trouble for others.
Fu Ran agreed with a smile.
But it was already a step too late.
When he returned to his residence, he discovered that Liu Jing had left a note and run away; when he called her, her phone was off.
Since Liu Jing had written that she went back to Hai City with her cousin Liu Yuan, Fu Ran didn’t rush to find her but, after finishing up his business, made a call to Liu Jing’s family home.
It wasn’t long, less than twenty hours—the time he assumed Liu Jing and Liu Yuan were on the road.
He figured Liu Jing must have reached home by then, so he timed his call to immediately share the good news with her.
However, Mrs. Liu told him that Liu Jing hadn’t arrived home yet.
Mrs. Liu asked him, puzzled, "Why has she come back already? Did you two have a fight?"
Fu Ran told her the truth.
Liu Jing was worried her parents wouldn’t agree to her becoming an actress and had asked him to help keep it a secret, but since they were getting into the entertainment business themselves, Fu Ran thought it wouldn’t hurt to tell them.
As expected, Mrs. Liu got angry when she heard that Liu Jing wanted to become an actress, but when she heard Fu Ran planned to start an entertainment company with Shen Ci and Long Yue, she immediately changed her tone, "Since it’s your own company, then there’s no problem. Let her do what she loves."
Fu Ran, worried about Mrs. Liu’s anger, had quickly mentioned the talent scout’s interest in Liu Jing, and then disclosed his plans to start an entertainment company.
So, the news about Liu Jing leaving with Liu Yuan to return to Hai City was pushed to the back.
After hearing his explanation, Mrs. Liu panicked immediately, "Oh no, that reckless girl. Fu Ran, Liu Yuan has been at our house these past few days, he’s even outside now. Ah, Fu Ran, hurry and tell me what you know about that scout."
The Liu Family was a family of scholars, both Mr. and Mrs. Liu were cultured and perceptive people, and they instantly saw the problem.
Fu Ran panicked as well.
He and Liu Jing were childhood sweethearts. Although Liu Jing could be stubborn, she was lively, beautiful, talented, and had many strengths.
He genuinely liked her.
Because he was moving to Imperial, the initially hesitant Liu parents had recently relented, not wanting to break them up or let them cohabit without marriage, and had agreed they should marry soon.
If not for that damned scout, they would have been preparing for their wedding by now.
Thinking that the other party might be a scammer and that Liu Jing could be in danger, Fu Ran almost exploded on the spot.
He immediately called friends in both Imperial and Hai City for help.
Shen Ci and Meng Chuyue, "..."
What was all this about?
Sigh, they just hoped this person wasn’t a scammer because it had been over a day, and the prospects for Liu Jing were grim.
They weren’t wrong. Half a day later, Liu Jing arrived at Medicinal Food Hall with a troubled expression.
She really was in trouble.
Her innocence was gone; she couldn’t face Fu Ran.
She would have not even faced Meng Chuyue and others either, but the scammer had photographed her in a compromising position and threatened her to obey him in the future.
If this affair wasn’t resolved, although she could just end it all, what about the reputation of the Liu Family and Fu Ran?
Upon seeing her condition, Meng Chuyue knew she was in bad shape.
But at this point, they could only remedy the situation.
She promised to help her retrieve the photographs and punish the villain.
The scammer’s name was Xiao Yong.
He hadn’t expected Liu Jing to seek help against him, so he had been carefree at his own place.
Shen Ci didn’t expend much effort to find him and captured him, tying him up in one of his courtyard houses.
His mouth was gagged as well.
As for those compromising photos and negatives of victims including Liu Jing, Erhu had brought them all over.
Shen Ci first beat him up and then performed a hypnosis on him.
After Xiao Yong opened his eyes, his mind was blank, turned into