"Oh…" He didn"t know why the woman brought up Liu De"s name as if the highest awards were already that guy"s if only the most recent incident did not happen. But he knew he disliked the tone of the woman. "I see. So you"re saying Mo Fang will destroy me too if the pictures and doc.u.ments that are making her fearful spread.""You don"t need to be intelligent to get what I mean. But it helps make a smooth conversation."
How thankful he was that he pressed the record b.u.t.ton and did not swear any profanities yet.
Suppressing his laughter, he asked, "Is that Mo Fang"s instructions to you, Miss Mo Zan?"
"Does it matter if it is or not?"
"Not really. But I hope she knows how disappointed I was in her. Goodbye. And may you hold on to your seat for long, President Mo."
It was him who ended the call. However, he didn"t leave the place and casually sat on one of the chairs scattered by the side.
Qin Tai arrived not long after, and since his location was just on the opposite side of the parking s.p.a.ce, the man immediately saw him and his miserable state.
Probably finding him both funny-looking and disgusting, the man sneered. "You look dumb."
Jiang Li said, "Yup, I haven"t showered yet so of course, I could only look dumb. But you know, looking dumb is still better than being outright dumb like you."
He threw the other his phone which the young master Qin almost did not catch. His step just now was dangerous, only one more misstep and he, along with the phone, would dive into the cold water.
Furrowing his brows, he unlocked it and the first thing that greeted him was a voice recording. "Jiang Li, I still think you"re worse than me if this is the only reason you made me drive towards this place when I should be at my office. Have you forgotten there are thousands of apps that could help you sent this electronically?"
"Just go listen to it."
He shook his head and started playing the recording. On the chair, Jiang Li had already closed his eyes and seemed to be taking a nap. Yet he was actually also listening intently. When the audio recording that was playing ended, he opened one of his eyes and tauntingly said to the silent man, "Now, won"t you agree you"re dumber than me?"
Qin Tai seemed to be calming his raging emotions so he remained silent for a few more minutes. Then he began shaking his head and said in a sad voice. "I used to admire her because she seems to independent and strong, and intelligent of course. The admiration turned into love after a couple of years. Yet that same feeling of affection blinded me to her shortcomings and flaws."
"At least you can see now." Jiang Li lightly commented.
"Yeah," nodded the other young man. "I never knew she could stoop his low. Putting Liu De aside, based on what we just listened to, your ex-wife has more dirt than what you already dug. The two most recent scandals were due to her too. So why instead of kicking somebody as problematic as her from her company, she"s protecting her?"
Jiang Li had an inkling that Mo Zan had no choice because Mo Fang had grasped some sort of sensitive issue or secret that could not be aired to the public. But since he had no basis and evidence, he kept his guess to himself.
He just said, "Women"s minds, especially of those who think they are G.o.ddesses, are not something us, mortal men can fathom. We"ll just die of heart attack if we push our poor brain into deciphering a mystery that is out of our league."
Qin Tai shook his head, too mentally exhausted to get angry at his cryptic message again.
The younger man asked what he was planning and the singer only smiled.
…
That evening, the answer to Qin Tai"s question showed.
Jiang Li simply did what he was usually doing before returning to the capital. When he was still traveling from city to city, exploring where he could inspiration for his songs or simply where he could see good sceneries, it had been his pastime to create memes, grids of pics, expression packs using Liu De and Mo Fang"s picture.
The materials he used back then were very basics and humane… At least, those were only bad angles or awkward and ugly poses of the two which he either paired with funny quotes or jokes.
Now, he simply upped the game and released everything he had gathered ever since he transmigrated here. Yup, everything.
The recipients of the files were the big media companies in the country.
It was already him being lenient when he did not spread the news by himself. He was also being considerate when he mosaiced the parts that should not be seen.
"Mo Fang… I pity you. But you have done so much against me and the Original."
"Well… there wouldn"t be anything to be used against you if you have lived cleanly in the first place."
That night when the ruthless news reporters and article writers penned down and broadcasted about the adultery case of the popular actress Mo Fang, Jiang Li was in a local temple nearest to his house and prayed for Zheng Xiang"s real soul.
When he was there, he realized, he had always been borrowing bodies, but he had never yet said his thanks to the kind souls who let him do so. Feeling solemn and in deep thoughts, he lit more incense and prayed for the souls of the original He Chen, Lu Ling, and Jing Mo"s soul.
As for Luke Wade… laughable, that was him, he had not borrowed any ident.i.ty when he descended in the G.o.ddess" world.
"Maybe I should also pray for the soul of that Jiang Li who let me temporarily reside in his body to complete my first mission," he thought.
He was referring to Jiang Li from Zhu Li"s world. Once he asked what would happen to the body once he prematurely left a world, the system said the soul of the original owner would take over it. Since he left right after being given the opportunity to do so, the soul of that guy must have taken over after him. However, for a long time already pa.s.sed, perhaps, a thousand years even, he knew that guy should be already dead.
At that thought, he really did pray for that Jiang Li.
It did not take long for him to burst into laughter as he realized that ever since he arrived there, he unknowingly been praying to the G.o.ddess of Light from the previous world.