Chapter 74 - Seven Years Ago
At that moment, hearing the word "parent" suddenly made Davi remember a certain painful memory.
Seven years ago, the tribulation of the once peaceful and loving family of four began.
Mizuri Akemi and Mizuri Shun, Davi and Haru"s parents, were in fact both A-list superstars. The two were among the most powerful couple in the entertainment industry that their popularity remained on top even after they got married and had children.
At that time, they still filmed various famous movies and TV shows despite their age and they remained among the highest paid celebrities. However, things started to fall when Mizuri Shun suddenly became involved in some mysterious contract fraud scandal. Gossip magazines and online platforms started spreading rumors that the famous superstar was involved in the said huge scandal.
Davi was only twelve years old that time and she watched the entire sequence of events happen before her eyes.
Until chaos finally unfolded.
Time pa.s.sed and police and countless investigators along with many prosecutors and attorneys began to come and go as though their once peaceful home turned into a public government office.
Reporters never left the front of their house. Everything turned into a complete mess and Davi could only watch her parents being slowly dragged down to h.e.l.l.
Her father was denying the said allegation, saying it was all a lie. However, the power of entertainment industry was strong enough to tear him into pieces.
Evidence of various fraudulent contracts signed under his name suddenly surfaced online. Eventually, the court found him guilty. The government fined him millions for his said crimes but it didn"t end there.
Mizuri Shun couldn"t accept the result, thus, he started investigating secretly. He and his wife actually switched agencies since they were planned to retire. HL entertainment, their former agency was the biggest agency at that time. However, it was shrouded with darkness. The couple was asked by their own manager to take part in a certain illegal project, causing them to finally plan to leave the agency. However, the CEO was against them leaving and he even threatened the couple when they didn"t renew their contract. Because of that, Mizuri Shun believed that HL entertainment was behind those fake evidence.
However, partway through his investigation, Mizuri Shun disappeared. HL entertainment was rumored to have manipulated the media and reported all sorts of lies involving the superstar"s disappearance, even dragging his innocent wife along with it.
The media was like wildfire, impossible to extinguish, even by the government. The issue lasted for months and the torture never ceased because Mizuri Shun was never found.
A year went by and the police found Mizuri Shun"s body who appeared to have been killed around the time of his disappearance.
The anguish from the yearlong suffering caused Akemi"s health to drastically decline and the news of her dearest husband"s death broke the last string of hope in her heart that eventually lead her to commit suicide.
That same year, Davi and her little brother left their house and they lived in their grandmother"s place. Haru was just five year old that time and Davi was just thirteen.
The only thing they were glad about was that, their parents never revealed Davi and Haru to the public, thus only a few people knew that they were the children of two former legendary superstars.
Three years later, their beloved grandmother also died due to her old age, leaving the two completely on their own.
That same year, her father"s case suddenly resurfaced and the investigation found out that Mizuri Shun was innocent and that the CEO of HL entertainment was found guilty for multiple crimes including fraud and murder.
At that time, as Davi watched the news, she did nothing but smile bitterly as hatred and pain flashed across her eyes. Davi witnessed everything that had happened and she realized just how easy it was for the entertainment industry to manipulate people and eventually destroy lives. Rage burned in her heart and her desire to take revenge was almost impossible to stop. However, when she looked at her little brother, the rage in her heart slowly dissipated as she asked herself; That man will be jailed for the rest of his life, now whom should I take my revenge out on?
From then on, young Davi could only blame the entertainment industry. She thought that it was the industry that raised her parents up to glory and eventually dragged them down to h.e.l.l.