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    Chapter Fifty-Nine: President Male Supporting Character

    Xiao Wen’s last shot of the morning live broadcast also brought a lot of traffic to the show. A large number of netizens were waiting in the live stream room just to watch them go up to the third floor for another broadcast.

    The director was reluctant to let go of this wave of traffic, so he had everyone go up and stream after the personnel were all present.

    Song Yang didn’t go with them this time but sat in the courtyard with his legs crossed, looking at the tablet in his hand. It seemed he was having a video conference with someone.

    The third floor of this villa always gave Huo Sang a creepy feeling. He walked between Yan Ye and Qin Yan, asking, “Do you think those five people died on the third floor?”

    Huo Sang was referring to the death case on Half Moon Island twenty years ago.

    The guests who came here for exploration all knew about this. They looked at each other, and Yang Fan rubbed his arm, “Maybe.”

    The reports didn’t specify, so they could only guess.

    Xie Jifeng noticed his movement, “Cold?”

    How could it be cold in June! Yang Fan subconsciously let out an ‘ah’, lowered his head, saw his arm movement, understood what Xie Jifeng meant, shook his head, and said with a sense of trying to cover up, “Not cold, really not cold!”

    Xiao Wen, limping behind them, watched this scene with cold eyes, a trace of malice fleetingly visible in his eyes.

    If he hadn’t been afraid that the traffic he had painstakingly attracted in the morning would go to these people, he wouldn’t have endured the pain and continued the live broadcast with his injury.

    He Lin was greatly frightened in the morning, and her steps going up the stairs were several steps slower than the others.

    Yan Ye saw the scene of Xie Jifeng showing solicitude towards Yang Fan and felt that Xie Jifeng was not without a chance at all.

    At least, from his perspective, Yang Fan could feel Xie Jifeng’s difference towards him, just like Song Yang’s difference towards Yang Fan in the Book of Reincarnation.

    It was the second time everyone came to the third floor. The floor was empty and silent. The doors on the left and right sides of the hallway were tightly shut, as if they had never been opened, and the sounds Xiao Wen and the others heard in the morning seemed like auditory hallucinations.

    Several people continued walking inward. Huo Sang looked at the wall blackened by thick smoke, reached out to touch it, and analyzed for the camera, “Everyone, listen to me. Do you know why it’s black here?”

    The netizens were happy to watch Huo Sang perform and cooperated with him, sending barrage messages asking why?

    Huo Sang deliberately put on a profound look, “Because a fire occurred here!”

    [Mm-hmm, and then?]

    [And then?]

    Then… Huo Sang looked at the barrage, then looked at Qin Yan and Yan Ye, chuckled, and said, “Then of course, we should continue to find out the cause of the fire.”

    Finding clues about the fire was not easy. Too much time had passed. The news reports back then only mentioned the bizarre death incident on Half Moon Island and didn’t mention a fire, unless they asked the owner of the villa.

    Huo Sang didn’t dare, so he could only look at the two seemingly reliable men next to him with pleading eyes.

    The wall blackened by thick smoke wasn’t the entire wall. Besides being yellowed, the walls in the middle and at the end of the corridor had handprints resembling blood graffiti, but no other clues were given to them.

    Suddenly seeing the paint cans placed in the corner at the end of the wall, the camera operator who followed Yan Ye yesterday widened his eyes.

    It really was just graffiti!

    He thought Yan Ye was fooling the audience to prevent the live stream room from being reported, but he didn’t expect it to be just graffiti. He had overthought it.

    The camera operator’s face twitched as he thought of his scream last night. How embarrassing!

    “Wow, those in the corner at the very end are paint cans! This really is just graffiti! Last night, I saw those on the wall in Yan Ge’s live stream, and I thought it was real blood!” Huo Sang exclaimed in surprise.

    Qin Yan didn’t mock him this time; the expression on his face became a little serious.

    Looking closely in the daytime, one could see that there were a total of five handprints on the wall, printed by different people, varying in size.

    Yan Ye and Qin Yan were looking at the same spot. Both of them were now deeply interested in this villa but neither thought of asking the villa owner to help them solve the mystery.

    The fact that Song Yang was willing to lend this place to them for filming either meant he wasn’t afraid of the villa’s secrets being known, or he was too confident and thought no one could uncover the villa’s secrets.

    After discovering that the handprints were indeed just graffiti, the audience in the live stream room thought it was impossible. Some netizens asked the production team to invite professionals to identify the handprints on the wall. Was it really not human blood?

    [Although it’s not as scary to look at in the daytime as at night, it really looks like human blood! Director, are you really not considering asking a professional to come and take a look?]

    [I don’t believe this is really just graffiti.]

    Seeing that the online barrage messages were all contradicting Yan Ye’s words, Xiao Wen also recalled being scared by the handprints on the wall in the morning, his eyes flickered. “I think the fans have a point. These handprints look uncomfortable, why don’t we invite professionals to come and take a look?”

    Professionals? What kind of people would that be? And would they still be filming the show?

    The director wasn’t with the guests but was also watching the live stream on the first floor. Hearing Xiao Wen’s words, he roared into the walkie-talkie, “Xiao Wen, what do you mean? Do you not want to film the show anymore?”

    Before Xiao Wen could react to the director’s roar, he heard Yan Ye say, “Are we inviting professionals to come and laugh at us?”

    “Let’s forget it then,” Yan Ye said, shaking his head, pushed open one of the doors in the corridor, and asked the others, “Are we streaming separately or together?”

    Xie Jifeng looked at the room behind him and indicated they would separate. He and Yang Fan would be a team.

    Yang Fan frowned, just about to find an excuse to refuse to be with Xie Jifeng, when he heard Xie Jifeng say, “Director Qiu has a script and needs to select actors. I want to talk to you!”

    Director Qiu. Yang Fan’s words of refusal stopped. His face showed surprise and hesitation, his eyebrows furrowing and then relaxing.

    He thought about it. Forget it, work is important, let’s not think about other things!

    Yang Fan nodded and went into the room behind Xie Jifeng with him.

    [Director Qiu? Is it the Director Qiu I know?]

    [The one with family wealth, not lacking in investors?]

    [Yang Fan, what are you still hesitating for? The chance to soar has arrived! It’s a rare opportunity to collaborate with Xie Jifeng!]

    Yang Fan’s fans all felt their idol was a bit naive and were worried that Xie Jifeng would go back on his word, while their idol was still hesitating.

    Xie Jifeng’s fans were calling out that the collaboration hadn’t been officially announced yet, it was just a talk for now, and asked everyone not to stir up drama.

    In the Rongcheng Dingxin Villa Community, Xie Luoyun sat up from the sofa and asked the man feeding her grapes, “Husband, when are you filming a new drama?”

    Qiu Yu was confused, “What drama? How come I don’t know?”

    Xie Luoyun showed him the live stream on the tablet. Qiu Yu watched for two minutes and laughed angrily. His brother-in-law wanted to pursue someone and was using him as an excuse!

    “Your brother has taken a fancy to someone and wants to spend time alone with them, so he’s using me as an excuse,” Qiu Yu didn’t give the tablet back but watched with her.

    Yang Fan… he did have some impression, but he didn’t know if his character and acting skills were up to par. If they were alright, he could help his brother-in-law out.

    Xie Luoyun also understood that her brother was pursuing someone, so she searched for Yang Fan’s information and sent it to her parents, adding a sentence, “Your future daughter-in-law.”

    The person her brother had set his sights on, no matter what, he had to catch them!

    Here, Huo Sang unhesitatingly chose to follow Yan Ye. Qin Yan didn’t say anything, but his actions were the same as his.

    Xiao Wen smiled dryly at the camera, “Then He Lin and I will go check out other rooms!”

    The live stream was instantly divided into three. In comparison, Yan Ye’s live stream room had the most viewers. Netizens who liked watching mysteries and puzzles were all staying in this live stream room.

    Netizens were all looking forward to Qin Yan and Yan Ye discovering something. As for Huo Sang, this lively character, they had no expectations for him.

    Xie Jifeng’s live stream room, which had the second most viewers, was relatively deserted compared to Xiao Wen’s, with fewer barrage messages than usual.

    Xiao Wen, seeing so much traffic split away, was distracted. He glanced briefly, had the camera operator take a few random shots, and then wanted to go find Yan Ye and the others.

    The door Yan Ye pushed open was a bedroom, or more accurately, a little boy’s bedroom.

    As soon as the room was opened, a damp, moldy smell permeated the air. The few people covered their mouths and noses and immediately saw the display cabinet in the room filled with LEGO and robot models.

    “Whose room is this? So many models!” Huo Sang strode forward, exclaiming as he looked at the models.

    Since the Song family’s incident on Half Moon Island twenty years ago, the Song family’s actions became much more low-key and gradually more mysterious.

    Fifteen years ago, agents were hired to manage the Song family’s industries. Song Yang truly took over the industries only five years ago. He used only five years to gain the complete trust of the employees, showing his resolute methods.

    However, such a person is also very vengeful and petty.

    Once at a charity gala, Xie Jifeng’s casual remark, “Is he the son of Song Mingfeng now? He’s not quite the same as when he was a child, but he’s also quite pitiful.”

    This made Song Yang hold a grudge against him for five years.

    Seeing Huo Sang’s attention drawn to the models, Yan Ye surveyed the room, his gaze falling on a study desk.

    Yan Ye walked over, and Qin Yan’s actions were identical to his. Both were momentarily stunned. Yan Ye picked up the exercise book first. Song Yang’s name appeared on the first page of the book.

    Qin Yan’s gaze moved away from Song Yang’s name, his voice neither light nor heavy, “This is Song Zong’s room from when he was little.”

    Yan Ye opened the exercise book, his finger stained with a layer of dust, “Looks like it should be.”

    Song Yang’s handwriting could be said to be very beautiful, neat and clean. The Song Yang of that time was a very obedient and sensible child, which is why he could write such beautiful characters.

    Qin Yan didn’t rush to grab the exercise book from Yan Ye but went to join Huo Sang in studying the models.

    Huo Sang liked models. He had even asked him for some when he was a child, but there were none in the house. Seeing so many models at once now, it was impossible not to be excited.

    The exercise book was for summer vacation homework. Yan Zong flipped through a few pages and was about to put it back when he found a page with a corner folded, as if deliberately folded.

    He turned to the folded page and found traces of having been erased with an eraser.

    Song Yang’s handwriting was so beautiful. Yan Ye looked through several pages and didn’t find any typos, nor any text that had been erased with an eraser. But this page did, and the corner was deliberately folded. This made Yan Ye wonder if some words had been written on it, and they were not meant to be seen, which is why they were erased.

    [Why is Yan Ye staring at the exercise book in a daze? Did he find something?]

    [Isn’t this just an ordinary exercise book? Is there a problem?]

    [Impossible, right? The camera operator is so professional, he even filmed whose name was on the homework. Could he have missed anything else?]

    [My intuition tells me, there’s definitely something wrong here.]

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