novelraw Chapter 288 - 189: To Think I’d Have Such a Nightmare
Chapter 288 - 189: To Think I’d Have Such a Nightmare
"Cheng, are you coming to my place tonight?" Xiaoju suddenly asked.
"I got a scare today, so I just want to rest early," Chen Jincheng said with a small smile.
"????" Xiaoju couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him.
’He threw the guy, made him cough up blood, and now *he’s* the one who was scared?’
Chen Jincheng looked at her seriously again. "Don’t worry, we’re going back to Coastal City tomorrow. I know we only had an agreement for a few days, and you don’t want to get involved with a scumbag like me. I won’t force you."
"..." Hearing this, Xiaoju was utterly exasperated.
’He’s really not going to force me?!’
’I was just playing hard to get before.’
Seeing the serious look on Chen Jincheng’s face, she turned to stare out the window, completely speechless.
’What is *wrong* with this guy?!’
But Chen Jincheng saw the change in her expression, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
Meanwhile, the internet was in an uproar. Suddenly, everyone’s feeds were flooded with videos related to Chen Jincheng.
"Chen Jincheng Assassinated at University Gala"
"Chen Jincheng Assassinated Over Suspected Love Triangle"
"Who Did Chen Jincheng Offend? A Hit Was Put Out on Him"
...
One after another, the videos spread as if part of a hype campaign.
The titles immediately drew in anyone who knew of Chen Jincheng. They were so misleading that people instantly wondered if he had actually been killed.
His fans, in particular, had one immediate thought: ’Could it be a crime of passion?’
’Wouldn’t be surprising for a scumbag like Cheng!’
As a die-hard fan, Guo Feng immediately clicked on one of the videos, wanting to see Cheng’s condition.
’I wonder if he’s dead or not.’
The video started playing, and he saw Cheng on stage holding a microphone as a man dressed as a janitor rushed him with a dagger.
Guo Feng was startled. ’Who is this guy?’
’Going for the kill right away? Is this really a grudge over a stolen woman?’
Just as the man reached Cheng, Guo Feng witnessed a dumbfounding scene.
In a flash, Cheng grabbed the man’s arm and sent him flying several meters with a shoulder throw.
The man slammed onto the ground, coughed up blood, and passed out.
’Fuck, what clickbait! This is an assassination? This was a goddamn freebie!’ Guo Feng couldn’t help but rant.
But what really shocked him was Cheng’s strength. It was terrifying.
Then, he heard Cheng say into the microphone, "I don’t know who this guy is, but he seems to have forgotten that I’m also the number one fitness influencer on the internet."
’Wait, so he was serious about his disciplined fitness routine?’
It wasn’t just him. All the fans who had been lured in were dumbfounded when they saw the truth, and then one by one, they started cursing.
"Fuck, you call that Cheng getting assassinated?"
"The attacker was basically serving himself up on a platter!"
"You scared the crap out of me! I thought Cheng was a goner, but it turns out the attacker was the one who got taken out!"
"..."
After discovering the truth, everyone else felt the same urge to rant. Not only was the assassin a total amateur who just handed over a free kill, but he had also just given Chen Jincheng a massive boost in popularity.
’Seriously, no one believed him when he went on and on about being disciplined and the number one fitness influencer on the internet.’
’A scumbag like you talking about self-discipline? And you have the nerve to call yourself the number one fitness influencer?’
Well, now everyone believed him.
And with all this publicity, Chen Jincheng was probably laughing secretly and might even be thanking the guy in his head.
Soon, before 10 PM, the Coastal City television station also broadcast the news, allowing even more people to see what had happened.
Shortly after, the police issued a statement with the preliminary details of the case, identifying the attacker as Hu Zhicong, the boss of Cyh Company.
This also jogged many people’s memories of the incident. Back then, the two had clashed over Wang Qiqi. Chen Jincheng had exposed him, causing him to abscond with the company’s funds.
No one expected that after a warrant was issued for his arrest, he would actually try to assassinate Chen Jincheng—and, crucially, be so terrible at it.
People remembered that some of Cyh’s artists had been poached by Second-Life Star. And now, Hu Zhicong was fanning the flames of Chen Jincheng’s popularity. He was a true saint, just looking out for him.
It was safe to say that everyone online who saw the video couldn’t believe Chen Jincheng possessed such skills.
But it had happened.
Moreover, this was exactly the kind of news story people loved to follow, and the number of astonished viewers grew by the minute.
Their entire perception of a "scumbag" was completely overturned.
...
In a hospital room at Ganjiang City First Hospital, a disheveled patient had been admitted some time ago.
This patient was clearly a special case—one of his hands was handcuffed to the hospital bed.
Only criminals received such treatment.
Hu Zhicong groggily woke up, his face a mask of confusion. He’d had a really fucked-up dream where he seized the perfect chance to take out that scumbag Chen Jincheng, only to be effortlessly thrown and knocked unconscious with a single shoulder toss.
’What the hell? How could I have a nightmare like that!’