Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore

She immediately started raking up old grievances: “Speaking of that, you brat, I haven’t even called you out yet! Who’s more flashy than you? Jumping from the second floor without a second thought—why don’t you just scare me to death?!”

Xiao He: “Uh, it wasn’t really that high, Sister Liu. You know how I am...”

But just then, Xiao Chen ran in and stood hesitantly at the door, peeking inside: “Um, Brother Xiao, Sister Liu, do you want to check out the Hot Search?”

The room fell into an instant silence.

Almost without even looking, just hearing Xiao Chen’s words and connecting them to what had happened earlier, Xiao He and Liu Rulan could already guess what was trending.

Xiao He: *Damn it! The Hot Search is here, right on schedule! But how the hell are there still paparazzi lurking around here?! This is way too absurd! Is this the legendary skill of Hong Kong paparazzi?!*

Liu Rulan: *Take a deep breath. Don’t get mad, don’t get mad. Isn’t being an agent just a form of debt repayment?*

The woman closed her eyes, silently pulled out her phone, and navigated to Weibo with practiced ease. She opened her eyes to see—

[Sudden Zombie Outbreak on Set, Xiao He Jumps from Building to Escape?]

“Pfft—HAHAHAHA! Jumping from a building to escape! A zombie outbreak! Hahaha, whose genius idea was that headline?! Hahaha—”

The next moment, the lounge erupted with earth-shattering laughter.

It was the first time Liu Rulan had laughed so heartily. One hand held the phone up toward Xiao He while the other clutched her stomach as she doubled over, unable to stop her giggles.

Even Xiao Chen, who had already seen the headline, couldn’t help turning his head away, suppressing his laughter as he tried to preserve the last shred of dignity for Brother Xiao.

As for Xiao He himself...

Xiao He was completely dumbfounded!

He stared at the phone in front of him, the corners of his mouth twitching, an unprecedented “earthquake” shaking his eyes: “What the hell is this?! Which media outlet came up with that headline?! This isn’t just taking things out of context anymore! This is straight-up slander, isn’t it?!”

Originally, Xiao He had thought that someone filming him jumping from the second floor would at most stir up some harmless gossip. But now this? Where the hell did the zombie outbreak come from?

All he did was climb out a window to chase a dog to save time! Were they insane?! How did they connect that to zombies?!

And where did that paparazzo on the scene even get the idea that he was being chased by zombies and had to jump from a building to escape?!

Report! He was going to report this! Report this false information, report this shady media outlet!

Xiao He couldn’t help grinding his teeth, feeling for the first time the urge to blacklist every single account under that media company’s name. As he clicked to read further down the headline, sure enough, he found it was a Hong Kong media company.

It had to be those paparazzi who’d been lurking around their perimeter recently. This group always hung around near film sets, including many local unauthorized photographers. It was a very common occurrence.

But—

Xiao He scrolled further down and saw the first accompanying image.

It was exactly the shot of Xiao He jumping from the building, suspended midair in the frame.

The image was exceptionally vivid and dramatic: the woman shouting with her hand raised directly above, the young man plummeting downward in the center, the man sitting on the ground below, the blood-dripping “monster” sticking out its tongue as it ran forward nearby, and a group of black-clad bodyguards in the foreground framing the shot...

As expected of Hong Kong’s infamous “paparazzi” groups, they had perfectly captured such a cinematic and story-rich picture. They laid out the cause, process, and result of the incident with crystal clarity, complete with dramatic flair. Xiao He almost wanted to give them a thumbs-up.

He never imagined that coming to Hong Kong would let him experience the “specialty” of Hong Kong entertainment’s Hot Search firsthand.

Of course, it would have been nice if the protagonist of the story wasn’t him.