Chapter 57



Chapter 57: News

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

However, Jiang Se wanted to leave after the policemen departed.

Nie Dan’s hand was raised in the air and he wanted to run after her, but Pei Yi held him back. “Call someone to pick us up!”

“Brother Yi, wait…wait up…”

The more he struggled, the harder Pei Yi restrained him. He glanced at Jiang Se’s back and was reminded about the day he had a fight with Feng Nan. His eyes darkened and he looked away.

Jiang Se got a call from Dai Jia shortly after she left Ruiji Hotel.

“Are you alright?” Dai Jia asked directly.

Dai Jia might not be the only one who could guess why Yao Xiang had been in the same elevator as Jiang Se. Perhaps most of the crew members who knew about Yao Xiang’s character could take a stab at the truth.

Alas for Yao Xiang, not only did he not get his way, but he was beaten up as well.

When Dai Jia saw the sorry state he was in when he was carried onto the ambulance, she could not hold back her laughter, even now.

“I’m fine.” The water stain on her dress had not dried up yet. She instinctively held her knitted cardigan with one hand when she heard Dai Jia speaking into the phone.

“You should be careful of Yao Xiang when he’s discharged. He might get you into trouble.”

Jiang Se chuckled. “Don’t worry.” She had been there when Pei Yi hit him, so she knew how hard Pei Yi could hit another person.

He had been filled with rage when he hit Yao Xiang, and he did not hold back. When Yao Xiang was carried onto the ambulance, he was not in a good state. Although he would not die from this incident, she reckoned that he would be hospitalized for quite some time.

Moreover, since he had offended Pei Yi, he might not even be able to establish his career in the imperial capital anymore.

Jiang Se had expected this outcome when she came up with this escape plan. Yao Xiang had his eyes on her. A petty man like him was a troublesome person to deal with. She knew that it would be best for her to think of some way to take care of him once and for all.

When she thought about Pei Yi, she stopped in her tracks despite herself, but she did not turn around.

What kind of relationship would they be in now? She was no longer Feng Nan. They had been so close together before. Sadly, he did not even recognize her although they were in such close quarters.

Therefore, when Nie Dan took care of the incident, she turned around and left. After all, she would just be a stranger even if she stayed behind. She would have nothing to say to him.

There was something different about her tone and this did not escape Dai Jia’s ears. However, she merely thought that this was a result of the shock she was in after tonight’s incident. She offered her some consoling words and decided not to bother her any further. Then, she ended the call.

It was nearly 10 o’clock at night when Jiang Se returned to her rented house. The first thing she did was take a shower. When she was toweling her hair dry, she hesitated slightly before switching on the computer.

She had been staying on campus lately, and there were no computers available there, so she was completely oblivious about the happenings of the outside world. She wanted to search for anything about Feng Nan and the Jianghua Group.

To Jiang Se’s surprise, when she opened the webpage, she was greeted with news of the fight in Ruiji Hotel tonight from various major media outlets.

She clicked on one of the links at random. The headlines read: “A mysterious man lashes out for love. Famous producer loses his teeth in an elevator scuffle.” There were several photos accompanying the article, including photos of Yao Xiang being carried onto the ambulance.

Jiang Se scrolled further down and saw another blurred photo. The media had circled a person in red and labeled him as the “mysterious man”. The man’s flashy blonde hair was discernible through the blurred photo, but Pei Yi’s face could not be seen. Jiang Se sighed with relief at this.

These reporters truly had remarkable abilities. When she left Ruiji Hotel, they were clearly kept at bay outside the hotel. However, the news had made it online by the time she got back home.

It read: “At seven o’clock tonight, a fight broke out in Ruiji Hotel. The alleged victim was a famous film producer. Sources say that ‘Pretense to Reality’, the film directed by Gu Jiaer, has finished filming. The production team held a party in celebration of this at Ruiji Hotel…”

Up to this point, the news article did not stray much from the truth. However, the writer began entertaining his own fanciful imaginations after this.

“The producer was hospitalized after suffering a heavy beating from the assailant. His fate is yet to be determined. The assailant is a mystery man who is believed to have acted wildly out of love.”

When Jiang Se read this, her lips twitched. She scrolled down further.

“When the fight broke out, the girl at the scene is believed to be a member of the ‘Pretense to Reality’ cast. She’s believed to be the mystery man’s lover. Tianyi Entertainment will continue to follow this matter and keep our readers updated on any latest information.”

Jiang Se did not know what to make of what she had just read.

She opened several other webpages. The articles they published were similar to the one posted by Tianyi Entertainment. Most of them guessed that the man had “acted wildly out of love” and seriously injured the producer Yao Xiang in a fit of anger.

This matter was getting out of hand. The netizens were having heated discussions about this on various portals. This news was pinned to the top of the entertainment news headlines. Its popularity skyrocketed. Many guessed Pei Yi’s identity. There were also those who wondered about the identity of the lady for whom he had acted so wildly for.

Many of the actresses of the cast had issued public statements to vaguely deny that they were directly involved in this incident.

On Weibo, the keywords “Pretense to Reality”, “Ruiji Hotel”, and “producer beaten up” were the hottest right now.

The netizens were speculating about the truth of the matter. Some of them ed jokingly: [I don’t want to care about the condition of the producer who’s been beaten up. I’m more interested in the identity of the actress who made the guy fight for her. I wonder how she looks like.]

This single statement sparked a flurry of conversation. The curiosity of many other netizens was piqued, and they offered their guesses.

On Weibo, a user called “Thousand Catties Roof” wrote his analysis in a .

[I guess that the actress must’ve been beautiful for the two men to fight over her. Currently, among the list of actresses involved in “Pretense to Reality”, the female lead, Zhao Ruoyun, and the supporting actress, Xue Danying, have issued statements denying that they were involved in this. I’ve gone through the remaining names on the list and searched for each and every one of them. There were only three actresses who fulfill such a criterion. One of them is a new actress who has just debuted this year, Zhou Yihuan. Another actress is a rising star, Huang Xiaoyou, who belongs to the same talent management company as Zhao Ruoyun, Huaxing. The final candidate is the new actress Guo Ruiqi, promoted by Jiayi Workshop.]

[Among these three, Zhou Yihuan is the most beautiful. Her company is packaging her as a refreshing female star. Forgive me for being blunt, but I don’t think that she’s at a level to be a source of calamity. I’m sure that the actress involved in this incident is another person. If she’s from the “Pretense to Reality” cast, she must be playing one of the minor roles in the film, one whose actress hadn’t been decided on in the early stages. I’m convinced that she joined the cast halfway through the production.]

[I’m looking forward to Director Gu’s latest film, “Pretense to Reality”, now. When it premieres, I want to see for myself if the production team has been hiding a beauty from us.]

Other users on Weibo either praised Thousand Catty Roof’s lengthy analysis or said that his was a load of nonsense. There was another lengthy discourse between the supporters and the naysayers, but most of the other netizens agreed that they would also like to find out if the production team had been hiding a beauty from them when the film premiered.

To Gu Jiaer, this was the silver lining in this entire affair.

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