Chapter 43
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Chapter 43: Investigation
“Sir, I watched the movie you made.”
In the villa in Honghe City, He Sixue looked up at Li Xiaojun admirably.
“Oh.” Li Xiaojun merely nodded and quickly shifted the topic, “Where is your Mother?”
There were too many women in that movie, and he felt awkward discussing it with a youthful girl.
“My Mother went shopping for groceries,” He Sixue replied, then continued speaking to Li Xiaojun, “Sir, is the story in the movie true? I saw the portraits you drew in your study!”
“How could it be true? I’m only in my twenties, and the stories in the movie are all made up by me,” Li Xiaojun explained.
“Oh, I thought so! But you acted so well in this movie…”
Hearing He Sixue’s words made Li Xiaojun feel a bit embarrassed; the main character in the movie was created using AI face-swapping with special effects, not his actual acting.
“Xue, you should go back to what you were doing; I have things to take care of,” Li Xiaojun instructed He Sixue.
This little girl understood his thoughts quite clearly, so it was better to send her off to work.
Fortunately, even though He Sixue was curious, Li Xiaojun’s words were helpful; she never bargained or deliberately delayed when he asked her to do something, which met the standard of a good maid.
It was also because He Sixue was obedient that Li Xiaojun could tolerate her continued work; otherwise, he would have dismissed her long ago.
As Li Xiaojun sent He Sixue away to work, an unnoticed divine sense locked onto him.
In the next moment, a young and beautiful woman appeared before Li Xiaojun.
The woman swaggered in, while Li Xiaojun seemed completely unaware of her presence.
Holding a delicate filming tool, the woman began to shoot continuously.
She filmed not only Li Xiaojun’s appearance but also every corner of the villa where he lived.
Once finished, the woman disappeared in an instant.
Thirty minutes later, on the other side of Taihuang Star, a teleportation array lit up, and a woman walked out of it.
After leaving the teleportation array, the woman quickly headed to the Empress’s palace.
“Your Excellency, I have gathered all the information about Li Xiaojun,” the woman said as she handed a phone to Liu Hongxia.
“Tell me about it,” Liu Hongxia instructed without taking the phone.
“Understood,” the woman nodded and continued, “Your Excellency, you asked me to find out who made this movie and who wrote the screenplay; I discovered that the director of this movie is a person named Goza…”
“Just tell me about the screenwriter,” Liu Hongxia interrupted.
“Okay!” The woman nodded and continued, “The screenplay for this movie was written by someone named Li Xiaojun.”
“Li Xiaojun?” Hearing the name, Liu Hongxia furrowed her brow.
“Are you sure the screenwriter is named Li Xiaojun?”
“Yes,” the woman confirmed with a nod.
“Go on,” Liu Hongxia waved her hand.
“Your Excellency, this Li Xiaojun not only wrote the screenplay but also invested more than three hundred million to film the movie.”
“However, according to the information I found, the male and female leads in the movie were not originally Li Xiaojun’s appearances; he hired other actors, and in the end, he used AI face-swapping technology to replace the male lead’s face with his own…”
“Tell me about the details of this Li Xiaojun,” Liu Hongxia instructed the woman.
“Understood!” The woman nodded and replied, “According to the information I found, Li Xiaojun suddenly appeared in Honghe City three years ago. There was no record of him before; it was as if he just emerged from nowhere.
Three years ago, he appeared in Honghe City, below Biyun County in the Fanjingshan Immortal Realm.
Then, he bribed an official with money to obtain his identity proof. After that, he created some songs and published them online, earning him nearly a billion in wealth.
He then invested over three hundred million of that money to make this movie…”
“Wait, you’re saying this Li Xiaojun suddenly appeared in Honghe City in Biyun County?” Liu Hongxia asked the woman.
“Yes,” the woman nodded.
Hearing the woman confirm it, Liu Hongxia felt a bit confused.
What a coincidence!
Li Xiaojun from a hundred thousand years ago also came from Honghe City, and now this Li Xiaojun has appeared there again.
Moreover, this Li Xiaojun knows the secret events from a hundred thousand years ago.
“Do you have a photo of Li Xiaojun himself?” Liu Hongxia asked the woman.
“Your Excellency, this is a video I filmed at Li Xiaojun’s home; you can have a look.”
The woman quickly handed the video to Liu Hongxia.
Liu Hongxia took the video and began to watch it.
She noticed that the man named Li Xiaojun in the video indeed looked exactly like the male lead in the movie.
In the video, the woman filmed not only Li Xiaojun but also his maid, He Sixue.
However, that detail did not attract Liu Hongxia’s attention.
It was only when Liu Hongxia saw the paintings hanging in Li Xiaojun’s study that her eyes suddenly focused intently.
Particularly, a few of the paintings depicted the scenery she recognized—the peak of Bixiao Peak from the Biyun Xianzong.
“Are you certain this man’s real name is Li Xiaojun?”
After watching the video, Liu Hongxia turned her gaze to her subordinate and asked.
“Yes, this is the information on his identification card; as for whether he has concealed anything, I couldn’t find out,” the woman nodded.
Upon hearing Caifeng’s words, a hint of killing intent flickered in Liu Hongxia’s eyes, but she quickly concealed it.
This Li Xiaojun, in her opinion, could not possibly be the same as the one from a hundred thousand years ago who was her father.
Thus, this Li Xiaojun must be an imposter.
The audacity of this person to impersonate Li Xiaojun, essentially pretending to be her father, made her feel an urge to kill him on the spot.
“Are you certain this movie was made by this person alone? No one else is involved?” Liu Hongxia asked the woman.
“No, I asked the director of the movie, and he told me that it was entirely Li Xiaojun’s investment and production,” the woman quickly confirmed.
After hearing the woman’s words, Liu Hongxia rewound the video to the segment where the paintings in the study were shown.
She looked at the paintings hanging in the study and lightly instructed the woman, “Go again and bring me some of this Li Xiaojun’s blood.”
“Understood!” Hearing Liu Hongxia’s order, the woman quickly agreed.
Soon, the woman left again.
Half an hour later, the woman reappeared in Li Xiaojun’s villa.
At that moment, Li Xiaojun was sitting in his study, reading a book.
In the next moment, he suddenly felt darkness envelop him, and he lost consciousness, as if he had fainted.
After Li Xiaojun fell unconscious, a woman’s figure appeared in the study.
With a wave of her hand, Li Xiaojun began to float into the air.
In an instant, a stream of blood shot out from the veins in Li Xiaojun’s hand, forming a blood ball the size of a basketball in the air.
However, once the blood ball formed, the woman noticed that Li Xiaojun’s face had turned extremely pale, devoid of any color.
After thinking for a moment, she sent back more than half of the basketball-sized blood ball into Li Xiaojun’s body.
Once that was done, she waved her hand again, and the wound on Li Xiaojun’s arm began to heal at a visible speed.
One minute later, the woman’s figure vanished from the study, taking the now smaller blood ball with her.
After she left, Li Xiaojun quickly regained consciousness.
But when he awoke, he felt utterly weak; as he tried to get up from the chair, he collapsed onto the floor.
“Sir, what’s wrong?”
