Seeing Is Not Believing

Late at night, Lu Yu drove past a villa area and, captivated by its luxurious decor, couldn't resist stopping to take a look. Ten minutes later, he hurried away, thinking he had merely glanced. At 3 a.m., four strangers kicked down his door. 'Tell us, what exactly did you hear?!' Lu Yu insisted he was just passing by and knew nothing. But they wouldn't listen, slapping him across the face: 'You stood outside the fence for ten minutes and claim to know nothing?!' Forced to comply, he revealed the whole truth. Days later, online accusations flooded in—Criminal Police Captain Lu Yu used his position to curry favor with business circles, ingratiate himself with the powerful, and accept bribes. Chat logs and witness testimonies leaked one after another. The comment sections exploded with a torrent of abuse. Lu Yu was nailed to the pillar of shame, labeled only as 'deserving it.' Stranger still, those closest to him began to notice something off—he spoke politely as if he were a different person, he relished foods he once hated, and for his favorite song, he said, 'I don't like listening to music.' Even he himself wasn't sure who he was. The only one who trusted him was Jiang Tingwan. And the one who truly knew the truth was waiting in the shadows, wearing a clown mask. — Description from novelcodex.org