Stuck in a Chinese novel

"What nonsense is this? When did we ever claim such a thing?" Lin Ruan angrily said as she and Wei Jun, who had come to visit and help her, sat in her office and watched the live television broadcast.

"We don't need to claim such a thing. It's simply a publicity stunt. They're trying to show that they aren't afraid of the Ruan family." Wei Jun explained. For once, he really had nothing to do with this.

As he said, it was a publicity stunt. If things went as he expected, then Run Long would call such claims outlandish and publicly turn the Ruan family into villains. It was a good move, something Wei Jun was actually impressed by.

'However…' Wei Jun thought with a smile. However, he was dissing the same family where a primary heroine was. Run Long was doing a good job for Wei Jun and he didn't even know it.

And as expected, on the TV, Run Long said after a brief pause, "This blend of mine, a revolutionary product, authorized by none other than my master, the miracle healer, can help hundreds and thousands of people. If the Ruan family simply looked at it from a business point of view, then they would be destroying many lives.

I urge the people who are listening at the moment that they should not believe such outlandish claims that form out of these greedy people who are only interested in making money."

It was a nice speech and a tough claim. Dismissing the claims of the Ruan family so easily was something not many could do and certainly not in this way, calling them greedy and all.

Run Long's words were a direct insult to the Ruan family and for sure, it would cause a lot of problems for him. However, Run Long was sure that once his product came out, the people would be on his side. Then the fact that the Ruan family was after him wouldn't matter.

"This bastard!" Lin Ruan crushed the glass of wine in her hands in anger. It was a straight-up taut to the Ruan family and a big insult. The fact that he was pushing the public against the Ruans would also deliver a big hit to their business.

However, the person next to Lin Ruan smiled and praised Run Long in his heart. Wei Jun was sure that Run Long's hate for the Ruan family came from their recent encounter. Also, the Ruan family was a behemoth Run Long needed to suppress if he wanted to dominate the business of the Yuan Yin city.

But, none of that mattered to Wei Jun. He smiled as his eyes went to the panel in his vision that only he could see.

[The connection between Lin Ruan and Run Long has been significantly weakened]

[You are now level 28]

'Tch, so close.' Wei Jun thought inwardly. He was level 22 but now he was level 28. But the restriction on his stats still didn't lift up after that level-up. He needed two more levels to increase his power.

But, he wasn't in a rush. He knew that his goal was very close and all he had to do was hold it in for now. And then, he would reap all the benefits by himself.

On the TV, after such a statement, Run Long sunk back in his seat, feeling immensely proud of himself. Those next to him were also all smiles because it was their own plan.

Ever since the advancement of Sun Ruan, their position had been greatly threatened. But now, with Run Long, and his master backing him up, they could finally talk back to the Ruan family.

Of course, they were happy. And soon, it was time for the demonstration. A girl with a burn mark was called to the stage. She seemed to be in her mid twenties and the burn mark on her cheek was quite severe. There were also medical reports that showed that her burn mark was authentic.

Many doctors present at the scene, provided by the powerful families, also admitted that the woman was indeed gravely burned.

As Run Long stood up with pride, he sauntered to the girl and said, "This girl had been unfortunate enough to be burned at the age of twenty-two by her husband. Although the husband was arrested; she was scarred for life. But no more!"

After his exclamation, he directly applied the cream from the container on the woman's face and said, "The cream takes about ten minutes to take effect. After ten minutes, we will wipe it off."

Cameras began to flicker and flashes filled the room. The reporters began to ask the girl how she felt which she described as a cool feeling on her face.

A few more questions were asked and soon enough, ten minutes passed away. "And now, we will witness a miracle never seen before."

Run Long took a cloth and wiped the cream that had turned a little black and wiped it off. What appeared underneath was clean flawless skin.

Cameras flashed nonstop, not stopping even for a second as they hurriedly captured the moment on camera, in pictures and videos. The live broadcast was all over the Yuan Yin City, creating a storm so big that the whole city threatened to be swept by it.

"Tch…" Wei Jun tutted, not too happy with what was happening. Unfortunately, Run Long hadn't used the cream from the container that had been confiscated. He had used another cream that wasn't sabotaged by Wei Jun.

Wei Jun wanted to create a public scene but it seems it was still good. Where one girl had to be hurt, now there would be thousands who would be hurt. It was a little disappointing, but Plan B would still do what he wanted.

Just that the headache it would create would be a lot bigger than he initially hoped.

Still, 'The bigger the headache, the bigger wave from the people.' Where one person was supposed to get hurt on a live broadcast, now hundreds and thousands of people would get hurt. The backlash would be equally, if not higher, to Run Long.

'Now, how to turn this into an opportunity…' Wei Jun thought next.

Before a cultivator, before a villain of the world, before an invader or anything else, Wei Jun was a businessman. He saw an opportunity. He was going to utilize this opportunity.

'But that troublesome old man…' However, Wei Jun had a problem on his head. Sun Ruan. Wei Jun had barely turned Sun Ruan's head away from him for now, but if he were to involve himself in this incident, attention was bound to be followed.

Sun Ruan would no doubt take full use of this opportunity and use the fame given to Wei Jun to enhance his own position. But that wasn't all, he would also turn his attention back to Wei Jun, something he didn't need right now.

[Some things are best left to the future]

The system gave a piece of advice in a long time. Wei Jun sighed but he didn't say anything in reply. The system was right. Some things he would just have to leave to chance. However, an opportunity like this wouldn't come again. Why worry about something that would happen in the future?

He would deal with it like he had dealt with every problem. By himself.

"Publicly support it." Wei Jun said to Lin Ruan who was fuming in anger because of the statements uttered by Run Long on TV.

"What?" She couldn't understand what Wei Jun meant.

"They say we claim their cream to be a fraud and would bring problems to the public later on. Let's agree." Wei Jun said in simpler terms.

"You haven't gone insane, have you? Do you even know the extent of backlash that would cause us?" Lin Ruan asked.

"I know." Wei Jun simply replied.

"No, you don't. We won't just be bad guys; we will simply be villains if his cream turns out to be a success to the public." Lin Ruan explained the severity of the situation and the consequences that followed if they were to indeed do what Wei Jun saying.

However, she couldn't see the opportunity hidden beneath. Because she didn't know what was underneath. Unlike Wei Jun, who knew of it, and was confident about it, she didn't know of that one hidden piece, and that caused her to see Wei Jun as irrational.

But it wasn't like Wei Jun could explain that hidden piece to her. He couldn't reveal what he had done. He couldn't tell her the truth anyway, later on, Lin Ruan would devise her own scenario, and Wei Jun was happy enough to go with that.

So, for now, all he could say was, "Heroes fall. That's when villains rise. We just need to wait for the hero to fall."

"And how can you be so sure that he will fall?" Lin Ruan asked.

Wei Jun smiled but didn't answer that. "Just do it. Trust me." He simply said and stood up while buttoning his jacket, "I will be out of touch for the next two days. Block the circulation of the cream as much as you can. There would be riots but you can control them with the help of the police. Be the evilest witch in these two days and then, we would rise as heroes.

You just have to be patient, my sister."

Lin Ruan looked at the retreating back of Wei Jun with a conflicted heart. In the end, she just sighed and picked up the phone, "Block it." She simply said to the person on the other side. She had decided to trust her brother.