After the luck-changing ritual was over, the attitude of Chen Zheng's family towards me did a complete 180-degree turn.

Chen Zheng no longer took the initiative to contact me and completely disappeared from the world.

Chen Yun became increasingly active online.

However, unexpectedly, this behavior didn’t help her gain popularity; instead, it led to frequent exposes about her online.

#ChenYun is married#

#ChenYun rolls her eyes on set#

#ChenYun acts like a diva#

#ChenYun bullies ordinary people#

It can be said that Chen Yun’s background was thoroughly dug up all of a sudden.

Several endorsements under her name terminated their contracts with her, and even the production teams she was in talks with abandoned further contact.

At the same time, when these topics were trending.

A mutual friend of Chen Zheng and me suddenly contacted me.

"Do you know? Chen Zheng suddenly went gambling and even got beaten up."

I replied with a "no idea."

This completely aroused the other person's desire to share.

"Back when we worked together, Chen Zheng always talked about doing business and making a fortune. I thought he was joking.

“But these past few days, he's been borrowing money from everyone. I'm broke and had no money to lend him. Then I heard from others that he borrowed from everyone he knew to buy some kind of stock.

“Guess what? It was a scam. The person took his principal by promising high interest.

“Chen Zheng lost everything. I even heard he borrowed at a high-interest rate to buy this stock. At 15%, that’s just on the edge; the court would side with the lender if he sued. Poor me, though, the money had nothing to do with me, but the debt collection calls are coming to me.

“Even then, he didn’t learn his lesson and went gambling, and it was tragic."

When I got home, I turned on the bugging device.

I immediately heard the sound of crashing bottles.

“What’s going on! Why am I so unlucky! Is it you! You bitch, you stole my luck.”

This was followed by a chaotic commotion.

Chen Yun, crying, begged, “I don’t know… The big production I had lined up is gone too.

“Boohoo, the last crew was so heartless. Just because I got injured, they kicked me out without any consideration.”

“Smack!” A slapping sound echoed.

“Shut up! You bitch, if it weren’t for you wanting to be in the entertainment industry, I wouldn’t have such bad luck.”

“Oh my! What are you doing!” Chen Zheng’s mother screamed, “Impossible, impossible, something must have gone wrong.”

“It must be Song Ping’an who did something. Yes, it must be her.

“Let’s go find her!”

I waited and waited, but they didn’t come to make trouble at my place.

Instead, I saw a traffic news report.

At the intersection near my home, a Maybach crashed into a flowerbed.

It resulted in two minor injuries and one serious injury.

The report stated that the accident was caused by drunk driving, and the driver was Chen Zheng.

The official report was brief, but since Chen Yun was a celebrity.

Now, she was the kind of celebrity who was infamously controversial, so this traffic accident garnered a lot of attention.

From online compilations, I learned the follow-up of the incident.

Chen Zheng’s mother was saved but was paralyzed from the waist down, unable to care for herself. She had to lie in bed with a catheter for the rest of her life.

Chen Yun, who was in the back seat, was initially unharmed.

Netizens said that as she was leaving, she suddenly went mad for some reason, picked up a piece of broken glass from the ground, and slashed her face, revealing bones from the deep wounds.

The hospital said it couldn’t be repaired, and Chen Yun’s dreams of being a star were shattered completely.

Some even commented: “I have a yin-yang eye; I saw someone covering Chen Zheng’s eyes, making him flustered and causing the accident.”

Chen Zheng suffered only a minor wrist injury, the lightest among all, but unfortunately, his huge debt was still unpaid, and now he had to pay for a boss’s Maybach.

To repay his debt, Chen Zheng sold his house and started a crowdfunding campaign online, but due to Chen Yun’s tarnished reputation, no one was willing to lend him money.

At present, in addition to his own pile of debts, he has to take care of his entire family’s daily needs; it can be said that his life is completely ruined.

I thought.

If, after losing his luck, Chen Zheng had behaved himself and curbed his greed.

Would this retribution come later, or might it not come at all? Their arrogance hastened the arrival of this end.

But… after tasting the sweetness of shortcuts at the beginning.

Who would be willing to endure hardships?

I told my parents about Chen Zheng’s family situation.

My dad slapped the table, “I have friends in debt collection companies; I’ll ask them to give special attention to this family.”

My mom hugged me, as if trying to make up for all the missed hugs over the years.

The old Taoist solemnly said, "Taking things that don’t belong to you requires paying back double.”

I asked, “What about the master who taught the evil arts?”

The old Taoist snorted coldly, "This person had already suffered backlash six months ago, living a miserable life.

Instead of coveting luck that doesn’t belong to you, it’s better to walk steadily on your own path, one step at a time.