Chapter 286: Where are the Three Views of Shen Qingqing

Chapter 286

The management stood there looking at each other, momentarily at a loss for how to respond.

Shen Qingqing pointed at Qin Wei, who was standing to the side watching the commotion, and angrily said to them:

"Can't come up with a plan, huh? If the crew hadn't discovered the problem, the one floating on the lake right now would be my Weiwei!! It's because you don't have any safety protocols! She would be dead! I finally made a friend I really like! And now she's gone! I, Shen Qingqing, swear I won't let you get away with this!!"

She got more and more angry as she spoke, eventually working herself into a rage and standing up from her chair to hit someone!

"Hey, hey, Shen Qingqing, I'm still alive! Don't get violent... assault is against the law..."

Seeing things were getting out of hand, Qin Wei quickly stepped forward to hold her back. Perhaps it was the aftershock, but Shen Qingqing grabbed her and started crying.

"What would I do if you died...sob..."

"That won't happen, it won't. I noticed something was wrong early on. I kept asking the props team to double check everything before starting work. Don't cry, don't cry..."

Qin Wei patted her on the back.

Shen Qingqing continued crying: "If Brother Kai found out you died on my turf, neither of us would ever have a chance..."

Qin Wei let her go, looking disgusted.

Shen Qingqing wiped away a few tears with her fingertips. She glanced at the scenic area manager then ignored him, hooking her arm around Qin Wei's. As they walked away, she said:

"Let's go."

"Where to?"

Shen Qingqing smiled, as if she hadn't been the one crying just now:

"The police station. We'll watch the interrogation, and I can get some insight for your detective drama..."

Qin Wei: "If you really invest in it, then I'll write the script!"

Shen Qingqing scoffed:

"You writing the script? No one would dare shoot it then. We can talk about that later. First let's go see what grudge they have against you."

...

Police station, the room next to the interrogation room.

Through the one-way glass, they could see the police taking statements. The two suspects were being questioned separately. They were both loose-lipped, confessing after just a few rounds of questioning.

One of them said: "Brother Feng put us up to it... He said someone screwed him over, cost him his job. He wanted us to teach them a lesson..."

When they questioned the other suspect, his statement was similar:

"I hadn't seen Brother Feng for a while. Then one day he suddenly contacted the two of us and took us out for a meal. He said he wanted us to get back at someone for him—damage the crew's props. He gave us money for it."

At the time, Brother Feng had given them 2,000 yuan each, and promised another 5,000 yuan per person after they did what he asked.

That was 7,000 yuan total. It was too big a temptation for those two.

"We did hesitate at first. But Brother Feng told us exactly what to do... And most of the crew were temporary hires, good and bad mixed together. It wouldn't be hard to make trouble unnoticed..."

...

The night market is still quite lively even late into the night. Qin Wei and Shen Qingqing were dressed low-key, with Gucci baseball caps from Shen Qingqing's car, so no one noticed them.

They went to a barbecue stall. Qin Wei really did order barbecue, which Shen Qingqing also ate.

As she ate, Shen Qingqing asked:

"Don't you think we look really cool like this?"

Qin Wei had only eaten two skewers and was already worrying about her face swelling in the morning:

"I just think we look really rebellious."

As soon as Shen Qingqing heard that she got excited:

"Right? We should totally come back here again, okay?"

"If you're paying."

Shen Qingqing readily agreed, and also paid the 31 yuan bill for their dinner.

Qin Wei breathed a sigh of relief—her limited living expenses were safe.

...

Su Yang sat at a beer stall, watching Daniel drink beer. With the hot weather lately, the two of them would occasionally go out for a bit during breaks from shooting. Daniel said drinking draft beer from buckets at a beer stall gave a completely different feeling from drinking canned beer indoors in an air-conditioned room.

With work ending at 2pm every day, there was literally nothing else to do for entertainment nearby. This night market street was the only place, and Su Yang was terribly bored too, so that's why they came.

"C'mon Su Yang, you should drink some too!"

Daniel slid his glass over, only for Su Yang to slide it back.

"I don't have the habit of drinking alcohol. It affects my ability to think clearly."

Daniel hiccuped. As he raised his glass, his eyes were already a bit unfocused from the alcohol:

"People shouldn't always stay so clear-headed all the time, it gets tiring... Oh hey Weiwei! You guys are here too!"

Su Yang had assumed Daniel was just rambling nonsense while drunk. But looking up, he was surprised to actually see Qin Wei and Shen Qingqing there.

"What are you two doing at the night market?"

This was unexpected.

Qin Wei also hadn't expected Daniel would recognize them so easily in this state. So she admitted with a nod:

"It's gotten late, we were on our way back. Are you guys heading back too?"

By now it was past midnight and there were very few people still left at the market.

"Back..."

Su Yang started to get up, but from the corner of his eye he caught sight of two men approaching wielding wooden sticks. He sat back down and lowered his head to say:

"Qin Wei, don't look that way. I think those two men might be after me. You guys hurry up and leave, then call the police!"