Chapter 111 opens with "impressive momentum".

Chapter 111 opens with "impressive momentum".

This story begins a few days ago.

Ye Hantao learned from Xiao He that Ren Lang had bribed a staff member of the program team.

Xiaohe overheard her colleague mentioning the name Ye Hantao.

That day, she was enjoying the POL dessert that Tao Tao had given her in the stairwell when she bumped into her.

Xiaohe thought she would hear her colleague praising Taotao, but instead she heard her colleague telling someone on the phone that she would keep an eye on Ye Hantao.

"...?" Xiaohe secretly observed her colleague for two days and discovered that the person who bribed her colleague was Ren Lang.

Considering Ren Lang's repeated bad luck on the show, and the fact that some celebrities in the industry use bad luck to raise ghosts...

Xiaohe was terrified and quickly informed Taotao, "I suspect Ren Lang is holding a grudge against you and wants to use some underhanded methods to take advantage of your luck! You should find a master to perform a ritual right away."

Ye Hantao thought for a few seconds and then told her family.

After returning from school, Ye Hantao first received the investigation results from her uncle on her phone, and then received a message from Cheng Zhao.

Cheng Zhao glanced sideways at the two middle-aged men kneeling on the ground, wailing and lamenting, and raised an eyebrow.

"The training will last half an hour, and the performance will start later."

Ye Hantao couldn't help but plead again, "I'm a kidnapped hostage, I—"

Cheng Zhao: "You can't go."

Ye Hantao: "..."

At 11:30 p.m., "My Classmates Are Here" aired again.

Viewers who were still awake clicked into the live stream with bewildered expressions.

[What's going on?! I suddenly received a notification that I'm going live!]

[Received a notification to start a live stream +1, is the live streaming platform experiencing a bug?]

[This must be a bug, right? The live stream footage looks wrong.]

The camera was positioned roughly in the corner of the right side of the room, providing a clear view of the interior.

Upon closer inspection, the viewers were absolutely certain that the person in the live stream was not any of the guests they were familiar with.

First came two unfamiliar middle-aged men, with dark yellow skin and red, swollen eyes.

When they looked into the camera, there was an obvious sense of timidity.

【？？？！！！】

[I keep seeing "Classmates Are Here" livestream, but who are these two people? Are they actors from which company?]

[I searched using the screenshot, but couldn't find this person.]

What's going on here? Is this a TV drama filming set?

[An alternative escape room scenario?]

[Holy crap?! The production team has released a statement saying there are no bugs! Viewers are asked to watch patiently (shocked.jpg)]

Just as the audience was wondering what was going on, there was a knock on the door.

The boy, whose voice was still changing, said, "I brought him here. Open the door."

The middle-aged man inside glanced in a certain direction, then pushed open the door with trembling hands.

The door is open, and light and darkness collide.

The stark white light illuminated the person entering through the door.

Tall and slender with a model-like figure and deep, melancholic features, it was Ren Lang.

Audience: [?! ...

The boy who brought Ren Lang here was recognized by some viewers as Yin Jianghe, an ordinary student who had appeared on the show during the day.

Because Ye Hantao's group had more screen time, all four students became familiar to the audience.

Ren Lang did not enter the room. His gaze as he looked at the people inside seemed to be directed at some kind of pollution source, as if he wished he could get away from them.

"Where are they?" he asked.

The middle-aged man who opened the door was so nervous that his body stiffened.

After he was captured, he cried and begged the other party to let him go, even though his eyes were swollen from crying, but the leader did not relent.

The man looked at him with the coldness of someone looking at a corpse.

Fortunately, he was brought out of the forest alive, rather than being buried on the spot.

Thinking of what he had been ordered to do, the middle-aged man braced himself and said, "You must give us another 1 million, or I will tell Ye Hantao everything you asked us to do!"

Disgust surfaced in Ren Lang's eyes.

"Threaten me? You dare to?! Do you think Ye Hantao would believe you vermin from some backwater mountain village?!"

As the number of viewers in the live stream increased, so did their doubts.

Are they filming a sitcom?

[I think so? Ye Hantao and Ren Lang are starring? What roles do the others play? I'm kind of looking forward to it.]

Why are they filming a sitcom at this time? Or is it a prank?

The middle-aged man did not back down. "We all know, Ye Hantao is extremely rich! Don't even think about seeing her unless you give her 1 million!"

"Aren't you afraid I'll call the police and report you for kidnapping?"

"That was because you encouraged it!"

Yin Jianghe added, "You're the mastermind!"

Ren Lang was furious. This was the nature of the poor—forever greedy! Never satisfied!

Of course he could turn around and leave.

As the creative director of a high-end luxury group, his words carry far more weight than those of the poor.

However, he couldn't wait.

Not long after leaving the school, Ye Hantao's gratitude towards him inexplicably decreased again!

On the way here with Yin Jianghe, the village dogs didn't chase Yin Jianghe, but chased and bit him.

Once he misses this opportunity, Ren Lang doesn't think he can create another chance to gain Ye Hantao's gratitude.

Ren Lang tossed out a card and said coldly, "There's 500,000 in this card. I'll give you the remaining 500,000 when I see the person."

The two middle-aged men looked at each other, and in each of their eyes they saw fear.

They never imagined that one day they wouldn't be tempted by 500,000 yuan, especially considering that both of their savings were negative!

However, they were indeed terrified, fearing that if they said the wrong thing, they would be dead in the wilderness the next morning.

“Come with us.”

In the live stream, Ren Lang followed two men out of the courtyard.

The scene then cuts to another courtyard, where a person wearing a black hood is strapped to a stool.

Judging from her long hair and figure, she looks like a woman, so it's probably Ye Hantao.

【Huh?! Or is it a kidnapping scenario?】

[So what's the plot here? Ren Lang bribed villagers to kidnap Ye Hantao?]

[No, no, this should be Ren Lang paying money to ransom Ye Hantao!]

[That's even more wrong! Shouldn't it be Cheng Zhao who redeemed the people?!]

Ye Hantao glanced at Cheng Zhao beside her when she saw this comment.

They didn't do anything particularly special, but the audience still paired them up.

"Where are the bodyguards?"

"Eight people were left in the village, and the rest are in the hotel."

Cheng Zhao turned his head as he answered, his voice slightly cold, "Unfortunately, there's no evidence to send him directly in."

Otherwise, Ren Lang would be giving a statement at the police station right now.

"It's not a pity." Ye Hantao pointed to the screen. "Let the audience see his true colors."

This is also readily available evidence.

Ren Lang instigated others to kidnap, and even if he had the intention of staging a heroic rescue, it still constitutes attempted crime.

Ye Hantao said softly, "He'll get at least five years in prison."

One of the people he instigated was a minor, and he will be punished more severely when sentencing.

Soon, viewers who were guessing the situation in the live chat saw a new announcement.

[No script, live surveillance footage.]

【？？？】

【！！！】

The moment it topped the trending searches, the live chat exploded with comments.

Yin Jianghe, who bore a heavy responsibility, walked behind the three of them. "Why did you kidnap Teacher Ye? Teacher Ye is a good person. Do you want to hurt her?"

Ren Lang said impatiently, "Shut up!"

Yin Jianghe shut his mouth, his eyes fixed on Ren Lang.

Teacher Ye said that after the live broadcast started, someone might call Ren Lang to tip him off, so he should keep a close eye on him and try to steal Ren Lang's phone.

We're almost at their designated spot, and no one's called yet?

Buzz.

Ren Lang heard the sound and glanced down.

His phone was in his pocket; the sound he just heard was from it being turned off.

Did he forget to charge his phone while he was inside?

The courtyard gate was right in front of us.

Ren Lang reappeared in the live stream.

They were too far away for the audience to hear what Ren Lang, Yin Jianghe, and the two middle-aged men were saying, but they could see that they stopped walking.

Instead, Ren Lang strode into the courtyard.

He strode quickly toward the bound man in the courtyard, his face expressionless, but his voice filled with tension and worry.

"Tao Tao?" Ren Lang stepped forward to remove the black hood from Ye Han Tao's head, only to find it was tied very tightly.

The bound person did indeed struggle, as if terrified.

"Tao Tao, it's me, Ren Lang." Ren Lang struggled to untie the tight knot of his mask while trying to flatter himself. "I knew something was wrong when Yin Jianghe called you out, so I decided to come out and find you!"

His plan was to follow her all the way here, witness Ye Hantao being kidnapped, and then immediately come out to rescue her as a hero.

Unexpectedly, Director Wan suddenly came to his door looking for him.

This caused him some time to be wasted, and those poor people swindled him out of money again!

Ye Hantao, who was inside the room, heard these words clearly through the surveillance camera and frowned slightly.

Ye Hantao originally suggested that she sit there as a hostage, but Cheng Zhao silently objected.

She then mentioned it to her family, but for the first time, they didn't support her.

Not long ago, he made one last attempt, but Cheng Zhao snatched it away and rejected it.

So she and Cheng Zhao watched the live stream together, watching Ren Lang pretend to be something he'd never done.

"Pah!" Ye Hantao said emphatically.

Cheng Zhao, who had been staring coldly at the screen, looked over in surprise upon hearing the spit.

"what?"

I've never seen this side of you before.

Ye Hantao was still disgusted by Ren Lang's words when she heard this, "You think I'm fierce?"

Cheng Zhao just stared at her, his gaze so focused it was almost unblinking.

Ye Hantao felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Just as he was about to turn his face away, Cheng Zhao said very seriously, "Full of imposing presence."

Ye Hantao: "".

How can you find an opportunity to praise someone?

Before asking, she guessed what Cheng Zhao might say, like he wasn't fierce or she didn't think so.

The key issue is that Cheng Zhao is unreasonable.

He actually praised it as having a powerful presence, which made people... feel quite happy.

Viewers were stunned to see Ren Lang lying through the live stream.

[What does this mean? If this is live surveillance footage, doesn't it mean Ren Lang staged the whole thing?]

[Ren Lang hires someone to kidnap Ye Hantao, then comes out to play the hero and rescue the damsel in distress?]

No, no, let me calm down.

So we're just watching a self-directed, self-acted hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress drama? Does that mean Ren Lang committed a crime?

[Attempted crime? 】

【Huh?! Ahhhhhh?!!!!】

What is Ren Lang trying to achieve?

Ren Lang continued, "It was just too dark at night, so I didn't see who tied you up. I tried to scare them by calling the police, but they ran out of the village and said they didn't know the way and that's why they wasted so much time."

After a long speech, Ren Lang revealed his true purpose: "It seems that the people who kidnapped you are not villagers from the village."

If Ye Hantao insists on calling the police tomorrow, he will use the same excuse and will not have to worry about the police finding him and exposing him again.

After saying most of what had happened, the knot was untied.

Ren Lang lifted the cover, his heart pounding with excitement, as if he could already hear the electronic voice reminding him of the rising gratitude level—

Under the cover of night, a completely unfamiliar woman appeared in front of him.

Ren Lang was greatly surprised.

Before he could even ask a question, the female bodyguard who had been waiting there performed an over-the-shoulder throw, pinning him down with her knees.

Ren Lang tried to struggle, but the door in front of him creaked open.

Yu Guangli, Ye Hantao, Cheng Zhao, Director Wan, and a group of program crew members walked out one after another.

The electronic sounds were constantly jarring in Ren Lang's ears.

[Related Target Gratitude Value: -15%]

[Related Target Gratitude: -30%]

[Due to the severe negative emotions the associated target evokes in the host, the host's luck for the next year is reduced by 50.]

Ye Hantao wanted to go closer but Cheng Zhao held her back worriedly, so she could only tell him from the doorway: "With such a wicked heart, you'll be struck by lightning every day!"

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