26: Chapter 26 Theft

Suddenly, an urgent cry rang out.

Qin Mo, who was about to lie down, suddenly tensed and sat bolt upright.

"Is there a fire?"

Qin Mo was stunned.

He quickly threw on a jacket, opened his door, and rushed out.

At the same time, Su Qing and Murong Jiaxing also stepped out of their rooms. The three of them glanced at each other in confusion before quickly heading downstairs.

...

"Cough, cough..."

Why is cooking so hard?

Inside the first-floor kitchen, Murong Lanlan was coughing while busying herself. Billows of thick smoke were spreading, making it impossible to see anyone inside the kitchen.

"What are you doing?"

A panicked voice called out, and Murong Lanlan instinctively turned around.

At the kitchen door, she saw her parents, Qin Mo, and a group of nannies all staring at her with expressions of horror and shock.

Murong Lanlan looked completely puzzled.

"Cooking! What's wrong?"

Cooking?

Everyone looked at Murong Lanlan, who appeared ethereal yet had a face covered in black soot, and fell silent...

"Those who know would think you're cooking; those who don't would think you have a grudge against this kitchen and were planning to torch it..."

Qin Mo said somewhat helplessly.

"Why didn't you turn on the Range hood?"

Murong Lanlan was momentarily stunned.

"Ah? Was I supposed to turn on the Range hood? I didn't know!"

Hearing this, everyone covered their faces, unable to watch...

Then, Murong Jiaxing told the nannies to go back and rest.

Once the smoke cleared, Qin Mo walked into the kitchen and looked around.

It was a total mess, as if it had gone through World War II...

Qin Mo pointed at the Crucian carp swimming in the pot and asked, "What is this? The ten greatest tortures of the fish world?"

"No, I was planning to make fish soup."

Murong Lanlan said innocently.

Qin Mo covered his face and shook his head.

"From now on... you! You are not allowed to step foot in the kitchen ever again!"

"Oh!"

Murong Lanlan lowered her head aggrievedly.

"It's all your fault. Who told you to start that cooking game..."

Qin Mo's eyes widened.

"So that's why you came to cook in the middle of the night?"

"Exactly!"

Qin Mo was speechless. It seemed he had overlooked the netizens who didn't know how to cook, such as... Murong Lanlan.

Then he said helplessly, "Go back to sleep first. I'll teach you how to cook tomorrow."

"Really?"

Murong Lanlan said joyfully.

She saw Qin Mo nod.

She then skipped away.

Su Qing and Murong Jiaxing looked at each other, shook their heads helplessly, and went back to sleep.

...

Meanwhile, inside a media company.

A middle-aged woman, her face full of pleasant surprise, entered an office carrying two documents.

"Kun Kun, I discovered two songs that haven't had their copyrights registered yet. I have a hunch these two songs will definitely be hits!"

Ji Kunkun looked at the middle-aged woman in confusion.

"Sister Li, what songs? Could they possibly compare to the ones I recently released?"

"See for yourself. One is called 'Papa Mama' and the other is called 'angels wings'."

As she spoke, the woman showed the man the video from Qin Mo's livestream.

"This... this..."

After watching the video, Ji Kunkun was blown away.

His expression darkened and shifted. Compared to these two songs, his newly released song was simply a piece of crap!

He could already imagine the scene where his new song would be completely crushed on the charts by these two.

"Sister Li, what do you think we should do?"

Ji Kunkun asked in a cold tone.

The woman hesitated for a moment. "Kun Kun, they haven't registered the copyrights yet. I think we could buy the copyrights and release them as your new songs."

"Buy them?"

Ji Kunkun lowered his head and pondered for a while.

"No, the copyright for one song would cost at least hundreds of thousands or even millions, let alone two."

The woman asked, puzzled, "Then what should we do?"

Ji Kunkun said expressionlessly, "Didn't you say he hasn't registered the copyrights? Then we'll register them for him."

"Kun Kun, you mean..."

The woman's face changed instantly. You had to know that doing such a thing was a crime!

"Sister Li, that Streamer you mentioned, how many followers does he have?"

"About a hundred thousand."

Hearing that, Ji Kunkun sneered.

"Sister Li, do you think the words of a blogger with a hundred thousand followers are more credible, or the words of a star like me with millions of followers?"

"Put that way... you're right!"

The woman then showed a crazed expression and turned to carry out the plan.

Ji Kunkun stared at Qin Mo in the video, a flicker of disdain crossing his face.

...

Before long, 'Papa Mama' and 'angels wings' instantly swept across various charts and were hailed by everyone as classic masterpieces.

Except the original creator and singer had both been changed to Ji Kunkun...

Meanwhile, many of Qin Mo's fans also realized something was wrong and left frantic comments in the song and video comment sections.

"Since when did the original creator of this song become Ji Kunkun? It was clearly written live by Qin Mo in his livestream."

"That's hilarious. A blogger with less than a hundred thousand followers trying to leech off our Kun Kun's popularity."

"Anyone dares to claim they're the original creator these days. Where's the evidence?"

"Could it be that Qin Mo sold the copyrights?"

"How is that possible? Qin Mo lives in such a huge manor and drives luxury cars. Would he care about a small copyright fee?"

"If you ask me, this Ji Kunkun is a thief! Qin Mo probably hadn't had time to register the copyrights before this Ji Kunkun snatched them!"

"What trash! Shameless! This is it? Is this what a blogger with millions of followers should do? Stealing someone else's hard work and claiming it as your own, what absolute trash!"

"Where did this pack of mad dogs come from? Our Kun Kun stealing someone else's stuff? Is he even worthy?"

"A thief blogger paired with blind, brainless fans—a perfect match."

"So shameless! I'm the person who asked Qin Mo to write 'angels wings' for me. I can't believe the song I gave my girlfriend was stolen by this trash. How despicable!"

"The person upstairs is hilarious. You think we'll believe whatever you say? Then I'll say I gave Kun Kun advice when he was writing this song."

...

At this moment, the fans of both sides were arguing heatedly. Qin Mo, being one of the parties involved, was unaware as he was still deep in his dreams...

In an office in a high-rise building.

Ji Kunkun sat in his office, watching the fans of both sides fighting like dogs, a cold smirk on his face.

"Kun Kun, won't there be any trouble doing this? I heard this person named Qin Mo is quite eerie."

The woman beside him spoke with a worried expression.

Ji Kunkun frowned. "What do you mean?"

The woman paused before speaking.

"I heard this Qin Mo first made his name through Fortune-telling."

"Everyone who has gone against him has met a bad end."

"A professor, a big internet celebrity, a grave robber, and a fish farm owner."

Hearing this, Ji Kunkun looked disdainful.

"It's just luck. Sister Li, you're a materialist, yet you believe in this Fortune-telling? They're all just scammers out for money!"

The woman lowered her head and thought for a moment. She didn't say anything, just sighed and walked out of the office. She didn't know if doing this was right.

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