I’m Keeping the Overbearing CEO After He Went Bankrupt [Rebirth] 50

Chapter 50: Qingbao’s Counterattack

Chu Qing looked at Luo Yucheng and Yang Ziluo helplessly.

The two were like kindred spirits, commiserating with each other, sincerely lamenting the injustice of fate and the cruelty of reality.

Wang Zhenglan and Lu Luan had strange expressions, and Wen Xuan was a little embarrassed.

Chu Qing shook his head and comforted them, “Alright… don’t be sad.”

Luo Yucheng turned his head and asked, his voice choked, “Has Teacher Chu changed his decision?”

“No.”

“…”

“Teacher Chu, you’re…”

Chu Qing said seriously, “You can’t be so opportunistic when making music. Everyone is equal.”

“Teacher Chu!” Luo Yucheng said with a sincere tone. “Can’t we show a little kindness?”

Chu Qing’s tone was calm as he explained, “Teacher Luo, if a teacher suddenly has a flash of inspiration and suddenly takes a liking to a certain contestant, and then a good score and a good position are given to him directly, then we wouldn’t need to practice hard, compete, or have a ranking system. Wouldn’t it be better to just have the students curry favor with the teachers?”

Luo Yucheng was stunned, at a loss for words.

“No…” After a long pause, he finally found his ground. “It’s not because I like him. It’s… I was moved by his spirit and perseverance. He’s competing with an illness, and he’s still so outstanding.”

Chu Qing said with a straight face, “You mean, a healthy person should give way to a relatively less healthy person, even if the healthy person is more suitable?”

Luo Yucheng thought for a moment in his heart and nodded. “This is a manifestation of kind deference. I think this is very good… I, I just hope there can be more love and peace in this world…”

“Teacher Luo,” Chu Qing’s tone became a little sterner. “You’re humiliating the unhealthy people by doing this. Why should they be given way to? Is it because they can’t work hard, can’t do things? You’re depriving others of their status, power, and the justice they deserve in society. If word of this gets out, what will Wen Xuan’s fans or passersby think of Ziluo?”

“I…” Luo Yucheng was a little dazed.

“Ziluo has hands and feet and a good voice. He doesn’t need to sell his misery to get any opportunities. It’s his ability that got him to compete for the center position, not because he’s sick. Teacher Luo, you want to help him, but you’ll end up attracting hate for him instead.”

After he finished, Yang Ziluo’s face turned a little red, and he lowered his head. “Y-Yes!”

Luo Yucheng was stunned and a little flustered. He could only put on a look of sudden realization, ashamed but not knowing what to do, trying hard to create an image of a kind and ignorant person.

After the rehearsal ended, it was even deeper into the night. Luo Yucheng also said he was tired and went back to his tent to rest.

Chu Qing taught for a little longer, and when he saw that it was about done, he left.

The next day, after the recording ended and was broadcast, it did indeed cause a lot of disputes.

XXX: Luo Yucheng is so disgusting. What is he babbling about when he knows nothing? Where does he get the face to compare himself to Teacher Chu and overstep his bounds? His pretentious appearance is really nauseating

XXX: Yeah, a look of calling for love in the center of the world. What does he know? The center of the vocal group should go to the one who sings best. Teacher Chu is right. If that’s the case, why not just change this show to a talent show for disabled teenagers, so that everyone has a problem! It’s completely putting the cart before the horse, isn’t it? It’s directly messing up the rules and principles of the competition

XXX: I support little brother Wen Xuan. Yang Ziluo is very pitiful, but my little brother Wen Xuan practices hard every day. When everyone else is asleep, he’s the only one pestering Teacher Chu to teach him. He’s put in more effort than others. How is he not worthy?!

XXX: Teacher Luo is just too kind! He doesn’t know much about many things. His personality is too soft, and he’s too focused on music and his new album. Since it was out of good intentions, there’s no need to attack him like this, right?!

XXX: This society is really so speechless now. It’s over-correcting, isn’t it? If you’re a little kind, you’re called a holy mother b*tch. Their world must be so dark. Cheng Cheng just resonated with Yang Ziluo’s situation and was temporarily carried away by his emotions, wanting to help him. Sigh, it’s all because his personality is too soft

…

One wave had not yet settled when another rose. Luo Yucheng had originally wanted to step on Chu Qing but had failed, failing to steal a chicken and losing the rice. But his fans were still trying hard to maintain his kind persona. On the other end, Yu Weixi and he had started a dispute.

When Chu Qing heard the news after finishing his teaching and rushed to the river, what he saw was a chaotic scene.

“Luo Yucheng, I’m going to kill you!!”
“Crawl for me!”

By the river, Yu Weixi was flailing his arms and legs at him, while he was crying so hard he was out of breath, a pitiful sight.

And the others were trying hard to pull the two apart. Feng Yan also grabbed him.

“Teacher Yu, calm down…! Calm down!”
“Teacher Yu, let’s talk this out!!”

Chu Qing went to Lu Luan’s side and asked curiously, “What’s going on…?”

“Ah…” Lu Luan frowned. “When Teacher Yu came to the river, he found that his blanket had fallen into the river. A student told him that Teacher Luo had passed by here before. Teacher Yu questioned him, but Teacher Luo said he didn’t, and also…”

He paused, as if weighing whether it was right to say this.

Another student standing on the side, the center of the dance group and also Yu Weixi’s proud student and fan, Chen Taochuan, said loudly, “Teacher Luo did it on purpose! He clearly knew that Teacher Yu didn’t like him. It’s one thing for him not to admit it, but he even deliberately provoked him! Saying that Teacher Yu and Teacher Feng had some unclean relationship or something…”

Lu Luan also nodded.

He was always gentle in his dealings with people. For him to say so, it was clear that this was indeed the case.

He helplessly went over and also grabbed him. “Xixi…! Don’t fight!”

Even if Luo Yucheng had provoked him first, it would still be his fault if word got out. After all, he had hit someone during the recording of a show. This was not a small matter.

He had a solid professional quality, and Luo Yucheng couldn’t get a bite out of him, so he had gone after this hot-tempered and simple-minded person.

“Xixi!”

Both of his hands were held by Feng Yan and the staff. His face was fierce, and his two legs kept kicking.

“Let go of me! Let go of me!! I’m going to deal with that bastard today!”

“Alright, Xixi,” Feng Yan said sternly. “Don’t be naughty!”

…

After finally pinning him down, Chu Qing looked at him, who had been pushed back to Feng Yan’s tent, and frowned slightly.

“It’s so lively,” Huo Li said, walking to his side and shaking his head. “Let’s go back too.”

He pulled him back to his tent. When Chu Qing saw the inside of the tent…

“Wow…” he blinked, a little in disbelief.

He didn’t know where Huo Li had gotten it… a pile of food. The table was covered with potato chips, cakes, candy, and a cup of milk tea.

“Mr. Huo…?”

“A reward,” he said with a grin. “I secretly bought it from outside.”

Chu Qing: “…”

He turned his head and couldn’t help but smile.

This person.

“Thank you, Mr. Huo.”

He sat down at the table, looking at the dazzling array of things, a little unsure of what to choose.

“Don’t be like a little child. It’s all yours,” he said, pinching his nose.

“Mmm, mmm, okay…”

He first picked up the caramel milk tea and started to drink it.

“Don’t eat so much. We still have to have dinner later.”

“Okay,” he said, and then opened a bag of potato chips and ate it with him, and then stopped.

He took the cake. “I’m going to find Xixi.”

“Isn’t Xixi in Best Actor Feng’s tent?”

He blinked. “He must have come back by now. Xixi can’t stay there for long.”

After he returned to his own tent, he saw Yu Weixi sitting there with an angry face, and Lu Jiayan was trying to persuade him.

“Xixi,” he said, pulling on his sleeve. “Eat some cake.”

“I’m not eating!” he grumbled.

Lu Jiayan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Teacher Feng was helping you. Hitting someone on the show really has a bad influence.”

“I don’t care if it has a bad influence or not. I just like it like this. As long as I’m happy,” he said, his face fierce. “Compared to some reputation, I’d rather have that idiot Luo Yucheng’s face bruised!”

Chu Qing: “…”

He said, “But Teacher Feng has been watching the recording with Old Zhang all afternoon.”

He had heard from Huo Li that Feng Yan had gone to the head of the photography team to find the recording of the river, to find the truth. It was free time now, and there happened to be no camera following them when the incident happened, but Feng Yan felt that there must have been a student or someone else who had passed by and been captured.

He was stunned.

He shook his shoulder with a grin. “If he were on Luo Yucheng’s side, why would he go and find evidence like this? Teacher Feng is on your side, and he seems to like you very much.”

“I, I don’t care!” he said, baring his teeth. “Give me the cake!”

He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and handed him the only, most delicious cake, and then gave a bag of potato chips to Lu Jiayan to eat together.

That night, it was very lively on Weibo.

A video of Yu Weixi hitting someone had been spread, and Luo Yucheng had also sold his misery and said not to blame him.

Although he hadn’t hurt him, it was still considered hitting someone.

XXX: Support for Teacher Luo!!! Yu Weixi can just bully people on the show because of his power, right?! He’s going to heaven!

XXX: ffs, isn’t that too much? Slandering people, directly throwing dirty water on our Teacher Luo and then hitting him?? Even in ancient times, people weren’t wronged like this, right?!

XXX: Are Yu Weixi and Chu Qing ganging up to bully our Luo Luo on the show? This is so unfair! What is the production team doing!

XXX: Please apologize for the hitting incident, Teacher Yu!

XXX: And that Chu Qing, he personally attacked our Luo Luo during the center rehearsal. The two of you, please stop bullying!

…

Now everyone was crying out for him, and he took advantage of this high buzz to release a demo of his album single.

It wasn’t the official version, but the basic tune could be heard.

And so, with the super topic of being wronged, this song became quite popular for a time, and everyone was reposting it to support him and seek justice for him.

After he listened to the single, he raised an eyebrow slightly.

“What’s wrong?” Huo Li was looking at his tablet on the side. When he saw him looking thoughtful, he asked.

He said with a smile, “It’s the music score from my notebook.”

He paused, put down his work, and frowned. “He plagiarized your music score and released it first?”

“Actually… it’s not my music score,” he said with a grin, propping up his chin. “The notebook is new, and I haven’t recorded any inspiration yet. But I was a little stuck at that time, so I called Teacher Wolf for advice.”

“Wolf Cheka?” he said. “The teacher from the Helena Music Academy?”

“Yes, the teacher when I was studying abroad. I contacted him through the email left on the school’s website,” he said. Although he had been quiet and eccentric because of his mental illness back then, he was honest, dedicated and passionate about music, and his grades were good, so all the teachers liked him. It was not difficult to find anyone now.

“After I contacted him, he shared and analyzed a creation of his with me. I took notes while listening to him and chatted with him.”

He understood and crossed his arms. “So, what Luo Yucheng plagiarized was an old work of Wolf Cheka’s?”

“Yes. You can find the music score online, but he doesn’t know these things. The teacher’s song is also relatively obscure and old.”

“Oh my, little Qingbao,” he said, raising an eyebrow and pinching his ear. “You’ve learned to be bad. No wonder you were unwilling to let me help you get justice before, and you didn’t care at all. It turns out you set a trap for him to jump into.”

“I…” he was a little embarrassed and lowered his head, humming. “It was Luo Yucheng who provoked me first… whether it’s music, painting, or writing, these works of art cannot be plagiarized. Otherwise, they will lose their soul and meaning. Plagiarism is a desecration, disrespect, and a crime worthy of death! A musician with a bad heart, who wants to take shortcuts, must be taught a lesson.”

“Qingbao is right,” he said, nodding with a grin. “Now… we just have to wait for him to have a train wreck.”

As expected, the resourceful netizens had dug it up in less than a night.

First, a few people said, how is this demo so similar to an old piano piece by a master? Someone found it, and then it attracted the attention of professionals and music fans, who began to accuse him of plagiarism.

His fans naturally did not admit it and started to fight.

Faced with the overwhelming whitewashing, denial, and attacks from his fans, those who had accused him went silent.

Before his fans could be happy, a comparison video, a long picture, and a short essay all came out in a short time, with solid evidence and clear logic, as solid as a mountain.

A final blow. Now the fans couldn’t even argue.

Feng Yan’s side was also clever. After the plagiarism was exposed, an account released a surveillance video—Luo Yucheng had indeed knocked over Yu Weixi’s blanket.

And so, the original “Yu Weixi and Chu Qing gang up to bully Luo Yucheng” trending topic and super topic were immediately replaced by “Luo Yucheng’s character.”

XXX: wodema, is this the annual large-scale persona collapse scene? What happened to the kind and ignorant, innocent and pure? D-zone—

XXX: Hahahahahaha oh my god, this tea. Luo Yucheng actually plagiarized?! And his fans actually have the face to compare him to Teacher Chu? Isn’t this just asking for humiliation? Not to mention his musical accomplishment, even his character is not up to par

XXX: Luo Yucheng’s fans were still praising him a few seconds ago. What a masterpiece, his musical accomplishment is unparalleled… hehe, I wonder what their mood is now?

XXX: Is Luo Yucheng sick?! Bullying our Xixi? Deliberately throwing the blanket into the water and then provoking him, inducing him to fight to complete the stepping on… creating a little pitiful image. So scheming… disgusting

XXX: Do you think our Xixi’s top-tier celebrity status is for nothing?! Luo Yucheng is even bullying him! Is he someone you can step on?!

Yu Weixi’s fans’ fighting power was already high. Now they had torn Luo Yucheng to shreds and spread the word, making his plagiarism known to everyone and completely ruining his public image.

Now, public opinion was all focused on his persona collapse, and everyone was telling him to get out of the production team.

He was lying in his bed, scrolling through Weibo. When he saw this topic, he turned his head and asked curiously, “Will Luo Yucheng really quit the production team?”

Huo Li, who was washing up on the side, said without a shred of doubt, “He will.”

“Will he be willing…?”

“He has to be willing even if he’s not,” he said, raising an eyebrow. “One, he has offended you and also Yu Weixi. The production team doesn’t dare not to comply. Two… his persona has collapsed. In serious cases, he will be shelved by the company, and his career will be half-ruined. The slogan of All-Around Idol is all-around teenager. They don’t dare to use an assistant with bad character.”

“That has nothing to do with me. Mainly, Xixi has a lot of fans and they’re very aggressive,” he said with a smile.

“It does,” he said, lowering his gaze. “Starry Sky won’t let him have an easy time.”

“I’m just a little singer signed with Starry Sky. There are so many artists under them, and no one knows that he took my notebook. Starry Sky won’t.”

He just smiled and said nothing.

This life was different from the last.

In the last life, he had been threatened and forced to his death by the video Luo Yucheng had secretly filmed, so he had made him die a painful death.

This life… it would be fine if he stopped here, but if…

He lowered his gaze, concealing the hostility in his eyes.

“Teacher Chu…!”

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.

Luo Yucheng was panting, his face not looking good.

He glanced at him.

How does he know I’m in Huo Li’s tent…?

“Teacher Chu! The internet says I plagiarized. It… was you who did it on purpose, right?!”

He was lying comfortably in his bed and tilted his head. “What on purpose?”

So sneaky.

“You set me up!” he said, his voice trembling. “You knew I took your notebook and deliberately didn’t say anything…”

He said nothing.

“Teacher Chu… can you help me? Can you help me clarify things?” he said, taking a deep breath and lowering his voice, pleading. “I really didn’t mean to. I will definitely not dare to next time. Teacher Chu, please save me this once.”

“So you mean, Teacher Luo stole my thing?” he said, his eyes widening with a smile. “Then let’s just clarify it properly on Weibo. The one who plagiarized was me, not you. You just accidentally took the blame because you stole my notebook.”

“You…!”

He suppressed his emotions and said gently, “I was really wrong… I, I just wanted to use it for reference… I didn’t mean to…!”

He said with a smile, “Alright then. I’ll clarify that you didn’t do it on purpose, you just wanted to take my notebook for reference.”

“…” Luo Yucheng’s face darkened, and he said in a low voice, “Teacher Chu, can we talk alone?”

“No need,” Huo Li said, standing behind him with a blank expression. “Just say it here.”

He paused and didn’t stop him.

He glanced at him, wanting to say something but hesitating.

But now that the situation was urgent, he could only say it directly.

“Teacher Chu… I know that your relationship with Huo Liao is not shallow,” he said, looking at him. “Mr. Huo Liao likes you very much.”

His expression immediately darkened, and the eyes hidden under his baseball cap were filled with a murderous aura.

Good, very good.

“So?” he said, not caring, and not knowing whether to laugh or cry. “He likes me… it’s not my fault, right?”

He hadn’t expected him to be so calm and indifferent. He was stunned.

This was not consistent with the information he had received.

“It seems I don’t need to clarify,” he said, pointing to the tent flap. “Please.”

He opened his mouth, and finally ran away with red-rimmed eyes.

He stretched and thought that he wouldn’t have to see him again in the future.

He shook his head. His career was over after this.

Just because of his bad heart.

He turned his head with a smile. “Good night, Mr. Huo.”

“Mmm.”

He was stunned and asked, “Is Mr. Huo not happy?”

“No.”

He didn’t want to scare him and turned to leave the tent.

He stared blankly at his back.

Ah…?

“Mr. Huo… wait for me.”

He chased after him.