My Idol System: An Idol, But Also A Savior-Chapter 213: Pleading in Vain

"Clack!"

The door closed behind him. The ordinary sound nonetheless made Lucas, who was already drowning in panic, flinch violently.

He widened his eyes and looked at Arthur sitting in front of him. Even without the bodyguards pressing him down, he had already dropped to his knees on his own, speaking in a rush without pause. "Arthur, you have to save me. Right now, you’re the only one who can save me!"

Only then did Arthur slowly lift his gaze. In those eyes was still that unmistakable gentleness, yet the words he spoke plunged Lucas into despair. "Save you? Why should I save you?"

Lucas stared at Arthur in a daze, hurriedly saying, "I can be your dog. I can do anything. Please, I can’t leave the entertainment industry."

Arthur paused for a moment, then suddenly laughed. "Be my dog? Do you think you’re worthy?"

There was almost no humiliation greater than this, yet Lucas had no other choice. What did a little humiliation matter? The future was far more important than that.

He didn’t feel that he was wrong. He only felt that he didn’t have enough power.

If he had enough power, strong enough to suppress all of this, then what if he did bad things? As long as they were never exposed, he would remain spotless forever. Fans would still worship him. After all, those fans only liked him for his image. As long as the image didn’t collapse, he would stand at the peak forever.

Arthur almost needed only a single glance to see straight through all of Lucas’s thoughts.

He suddenly let out a soft laugh. That laugh seemed to jolt Lucas awake. He shuddered, hurriedly lowered his head, and continued begging.

But at that moment, his pleas were directly cut off by Arthur. "Stop trying to act pitiful here. You no longer have any chances. Get out of the entertainment industry and live an ordinary life. That might not be such a bad thing, right? Or if you want, go beg Louis. Didn’t he save you before? Or is there something that makes you afraid, so afraid that you don’t even dare to beg him?"

Lucas trembled. He knew he could no longer get anything from Arthur, yet Arthur’s words seemed to open up another path for him. That’s right, Louis. There was still Louis.

Louis had once not wanted him to sink deeper into the abyss. With things turning out like this now, Lucas was certain Louis would do something.

All he needed was to make that information disappear from social media forever. Yes, that was all it took!

Thinking this, Lucas couldn’t help but look toward Arthur. "Then why did you bring me here, Arthur?"

Arthur looked at Lucas’s expression as he tried hard to appear calm and couldn’t help letting out a small laugh. That smile immediately made Lucas tremble with fear again.

"I just wanted to see you one last time." My pawn.

There was nothing else. Lucas was directly thrown out of the room. At that moment, he vaguely heard sounds from Arthur’s computer by his ear.

It was the earlier ShineOn program, the host still talking about Joshua’s allergy.

Lucas’s gaze darkened. He almost didn’t hesitate at all before running off to find Louis.

It was just early evening. He was sure he could wait for Louis to get off work.

Everything seemed to be favoring him. Just as he arrived at the Adonis family’s office building, he saw Louis’s car driving out.

He rushed over without caring about anything, blocking Louis’s car right in front of it.

The assistant saw a dark figure suddenly dart out and was so frightened that he slammed on the brakes at once. Fortunately, they had been driving very slowly along this stretch of road.

The person quickly pull off his mask, then run to the back seat, knocking incessantly on the window.

Louis saw that it was Lucas and signaled for the assistant to lower the window. Immediately, Lucas’s voice rang out. "Louis, you have to save me. Someone is definitely trying to frame me..."

Louis raised his hand directly, stopping Lucas from continuing. "Is there anything in those materials that wasn’t done by you?"

Lucas froze, then tried to defend himself. "But—"

"You reap what you sow, Lucas. Why do you think I should cover up what you’ve done?"

Lucas cried. "I just need one chance..."

"I already gave you a chance before. It’s just that your nature is hard to change." Louis said coldly, about to signal the assistant to drive away when Lucas spoke again. "Is it because of Joshua? Just because I played a prank on Joshua, you’re not going to help me?"

Louis suddenly laughed. It was truly rare, especially since this was a mocking smile. "You’re really ridiculous, Lucas. You almost never think that you’re in the wrong."

In an instant, Lucas felt a surge of shame. That shame quickly transformed into anger. His entire face flushed red as he glared at Louis with resentment.

Facing that look, Louis only found it laughable. "Get lost. And if you still want to live in peace, don’t even think about touching Joshua ever again."

As soon as he finished speaking, the car sped off.

Lucas was caught completely off guard and was knocked to the ground, sitting there in a sorry state.

He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes a deep red, like a demon crawling out of hell.

Joshua. Joshua. Joshua. Why? Why are you treating me like this?! Why is your path so bright, while I end up like this?!

You forced me. All of you forced me!

The matter involving Lucas was handled with extreme speed.

That very night, he was expelled from ATA and his contract was terminated.

Some fans still could not bring themselves to believe it, screaming in despair. Even more fans cried as they left the fandom, turning back to hurl insults instead.

Throughout this period, Lucas remained silent, as if he had completely accepted reality.

Even so, the fandom continued to be in chaos until the next day.

Joshua also did not expect that after sleeping through the night, everything would turn out like this.

He looked at Nine and could not help asking, "Was it you?"

Nine let out a cold snort. "I wish it were. But before I even had the chance to do anything, things had already turned out like this."

After saying that, he pondered for a moment. "It’s probably because Lucas offended someone higher up. I haven’t even been able to find out anything at all about that account."

Hearing this, Joshua could not help but pause.

Even Nine could not investigate it? For some reason, he felt a trace of unease.

At that moment, his forehead was suddenly rubbed lightly. Joshua lifted his eyes and immediately met Nine’s gaze.

"Don’t frown. It’s all over now. I’ve found him an eyesore for a long time anyway. It’s only right that he got kicked out just like that," Nine said.

Joshua grabbed Nine’s hand and pulled it down, then shook his head. "I’m not thinking about Lucas. I’m just curious about who did all of this."

"What, are you planning to repay them?" Nine curled his lip.

Joshua lightly flicked Nine on the face. "Can you talk properly?"

Nine didn’t bother responding. He caught Joshua’s hand instead, looking at the wounds that had already healed, leaving only faint red marks, though they were still quite noticeable. After all, the ointment from the Store had always worked well; under normal circumstances, injuries like these wouldn’t have healed this quickly.

Joshua seemed to notice Nine’s gaze and tried to pull his hand back, but Nine suddenly tightened his grip, making it impossible for Joshua to move even a little.

Joshua couldn’t help frowning slightly, the corners of his lips drooping as his watery eyes accused Nine.

Nine said coldly, "Stop acting pitiful. Next time, I forbid you from hurting yourself like that again. Understood?"

Joshua replied softly, "It’s not like I wanted to..."

Nine said directly, "If you want something, just say it. You want Louis, right? I’ll go kidnap him for you today."

Joshua: "...No need. Don’t scare them."

That morning, Joshua had also taken his phone and searched up the Adonis family.

Clearly, he had searched many times before without finding any clues, yet now countless pieces of information appeared before his eyes, as if some invisible wall had finally been shattered, making everything suddenly crystal clear.

He looked at the familiar faces in the news photos, the corners of his lips lifting into a cheerful smile, yet deep down he still couldn’t help feeling a trace of bitterness.

What Joshua didn’t know was that while he didn’t dare to look for his family, his family was already close to finding him.

Henry suddenly received a phone call from an old friend—Louis.