116: Xu Dong's crime

Xu Dong's crime

"Do you intend to develop Starlight Entertainment from scratch?"0

"Will you retain the previous artists and managers or will you terminate their contracts with Starlight?"

"What about CEO Xu Dong?"

The questions came one after another from the reporters.

Ji Lingchen, Fang Wen, Jiang Xun and Gong Tianhao had the same questions that were asked by the reporters. What about them? What about their Brother Xu? What about Brother Zeng?

At this time, a clear and crisp voice interrupted the reporters, "As for who I am or what is my identity, that is not for you guys to know. But the matters of Starlight Entertainment will definitely be addressed. We will organise a press conference in Starlight Entertainment after two days. All the reporters are invited. Also all your questions will be answered there. Thank you!"

With that Qin Yan and Wu Qi strode outside the auction hall in between all the reporters.

Ji Lingchen and others stood there dumbfounded. They wanted to know about Qin Yan's plans. But they could do nothing other than waiting for the day of the press conference.

Wu Qi bade goodbye to Qin Yan and she returned to Peaceful Retreat.

After freshening up, she looked at the email about Starlight Entertainment again and deduced the situation with Xu Dong.

FLASHBACK!

Top 10 trending topics were almost completely dominated by the same person, with countless netizens commenting on each post.

Starlight Entertainment's top celebrity, Xu Lei was caught in a car accident. After undergoing emergency treatment, she had regained consciousness.

According to insiders, the aftermath of Xu Lei's car accident would affect her future in both acting and modelling.

Then as per usual with such cases, a whistleblower appeared with the 'truth', "Xu Lei's car accident was not an accident. It was her own elder brother, Xu Dong, who hit her! Seeing is believing!"

This piece of yellow journalism was well-written, and as proclaimed, it did come with a picture. All of a sudden, a barrage of curses came, and everyone bombarded Xu Dong with accusations.

"How could a human being be so vicious?! What did Xu Lei do to deserve this?"

"You people still don't get it! This Xu Dong is Pride Incarnate. He never considers the consequences of his actions!"

"I heard that Xu Dong did not like Xu Lei being in entertainment industry. He just acted like he didn't have any problem with her being an actress."

"Yes, I also heard the same. In addition, Xu Dong told Xu Lei that she should quit the industry and when Xu Lei didn't agree, he hit her by a car."

"Oh my god, how can a brother do something like this!"

"This is too ruthless! Doesn't he have even a bit of humanity?"

In an instant, Xu Dong became the target of public criticism.

Xu Dong and his sister Xu Lei had gotten into an argument over the matter of a film. As Xu Dong failed to win the argument, he strode out arguing with his sister.

Xu Lei ran out to chase after him. Not paying attention to much else, she was hit by a speeding car.

After Xu Lei woke up, it was like she had been possessed. For some inscrutable reason, she claimed that it was Xu Dong who ran her over.

Xu Dong tried telling his family the truth, but no one was willing to believe him. After all, the victim claimed that she had seen him driving the car which hit her. Indignant of the treatment, Xu Dong stopped arguing. Everyone assumed that his silence was an admission of his guilt. He had done something wrong, yet he refused to repent.

"Have you forgotten the love you have for him? When you guys grew up together, he cherished and pampered you. You hugged him every day, and every time you cried, only he could coax you to stop. Do you remember how happy he was when you called him Big Brother for the first time?"A painful voice sounded out.

Mother Xu held onto her dear daughter's hand tightly. Her face was colored with pain as she pleaded desperately. After this accident happened, she had cried her tears dry. She never thought her son would do something like this!

"I remember! How could I forget?! It is because he is the only boy in the family, that you didn't say anything to him! It is because you have given him too much leeway that he turns out like this. I could have tolerated him any other time, but he has gone too far this time! All you care about is him, what about me? I am the actual victim in this accident! As you know I pay special importance to my appearance, this accident has shattered my leg bone. The doctor says that I have to live with uneven leg length. How do you expect me to live like this? Do you know how traumatizing this is for me? Do you even care about me or Xu Dong is the only one in your mind?" Xu Lei cried in front of her mother desperately.

"How could you accuse me of that? Of course I care about you, I have carried you for 10 months as well! I know that Xu Dong has crossed the line this time but as a mother, I can't sit idly and allow my son to be sent to the police station," Mother Xu retorted.

Father Xu looked at his devastated wife and he wanted to reach out to comfort her. But at this moment, he felt entirely powerless. His words might even make the situation worse. In the end, his arm lingered in the air before he put it down again.

In his room, Xu Dong got out of bed, thinking about how to prove himself innocent. As he turned to walk down the stairs, he met his mother's eyes.

His parents had just come home from the hospital.

Standing there, Xu Dong seemed to see many emotions in his mother's eyes, but the most conspicuous of them was helplessness.

Father Xu walked over to hug his wife, he was at a loss on how to comfort her.

"This is all my fault. I doted on Dong'er too much… That's why he has become like this."

"The fault is not yours alone, I have to take responsibility too. Dong'er is not a bad person, he's still our son, isn't he?"

The couple had to admit that between their two children, they cherished their elder son the most, because he was a boy and he was capable.

But that didn't mean that they didn't love their only daughter.

Now that this happened… Both of the parents wished that they were the one who was run over instead of their daughter.

Xu Dong saw blame, heartache, and self-recrimination in his parents' eyes. Xu Dong was very familiar with this. As a person in entertainment industry, he could decipher all the emotions of a person.

Now, as he looked into his parents' eyes, he felt a pang of heartache. There were a lot of inexplicable emotions involved. They knew they could not side with their son in this matter with a clear conscience anymore. But their arguments and actions were enough to prove that they really loved this child.

Mother Xu looked at the man standing at the corner of the stairs. He had dark circles under his eyes and he looked rather absent-minded. Mother Xu quickly wiped away her tears and ran up the stairs, afraid that something would happen to her son!

At that moment, Xu Dong's handsome face was expressionless and his eyes were hollow. Mother Xu felt saddened looking at her son.

However, she knew she had to be stern this time. Her voice took on a hint of scolding, "Dong'er, you have to take responsibility for what happened this time. You need to come to the hospital with us. You must personally apologize to your sister! If you continue to act like this, your parents will not forgive you!"

It was the first time that Mother Xu was so strict with her son.

But what they did not expect was…

Xu Dong actually nodded!

Xu Dong knew that no matter how he explained, they would not believe him, so it was better not to waste his breath.

Father and Mother Xu were surprised because till some time before, Xu Dong was still insisting that he did not cause the accident of his sister Xu Lei. But since Xu Lei insisted that she had seen Xu Dong in the car, everyone believed her.

Xu Lei stayed at a private hospital, about 40 minutes away from home.

Parents Xu looked at Xu Lei lying on the bed from outside the ward. Her face was pale and his lips was bloodless. Parents Xu's hearts wrenched with pain.

The children of the Xu family both had similar facial features. Their facial features were exquisite and three-dimensional, and all of them had small, narrow faces. Thus they both stepped forward in the entertainment industry.

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