Chapter Eighty-One

  "I, I didn't get drunk." Xu Qianqian said while hiccuping, "This time I called you, it's with a sincere heart to apologize to you, please forgive me... You just need to tell the media that your accident happened within less than one minute, my elevator definitely couldn't reach the top floor in such a short time, and I can clear my name... Please, just say this to them, okay? As long as you agree, Jiang Luochen will also agree... He always listens to you, if you don't agree, it's completely over for me. You know how hard I'm being scolded now, they're saying I'm a murderer, saying I'm crazy, but I'm not, I just lost control for a moment... I really didn't mean to kill you, I really know I was wrong. These past few days I've thought about it a lot, the threatening words I said to you before were not intentional, I regretted them as soon as I said them, I knew I wasn't doing the right thing. Sorry, Jianran, Jianran? Are you still there?"

  He carefully lifted his head, glanced at Jiang Chuan who had put on his earphones again and was watching the movie seriously, and then shifted his buttocks towards him as if seeking comfort - however, the latter didn't even turn his head and instead shifted his own buttocks to the other side.

  Jian Ran: "......"

  Jiang Chuan turned his head around and mouthed to ask him what he was doing. The young man with black hair shook his head, so the former turned his head back again without any emotion...

  At this time, Xu Qianqian was still on the other side, asking like a repeater "Jinran are you there", Jinran had no choice but to reluctantly answer: "Yes, Xu Qianqian, can't you not say these unnecessary things, after all, it wasn't me who forced you at first——"

  Jianran hadn't even finished speaking when Xu Qianqian abruptly interrupted him, her tone suddenly sounding urgent and rapid. She raised her voice and said: "Jianran! I knew you were still here! Considering we used to be pretty close, please help me this time. It wasn't easy for me to get where I am today. I'm begging you, I really know I was wrong, everything was my fault. You can hit me or scold me, but please don't let me go to jail. I'm begging you, please...

  Xu Qianqian was almost in tears by the end of her speech.

  He let out a long sigh and said: "Xu Qianqian, I'll tell you something. It wasn't me who leaked your video online."

  "It's impossible, it's impossible," Xu Qianqian muttered on the other side. "Besides you, who else is there? I know I was wrong, and you don't have to be afraid either. I won't threaten you anymore. Just let this matter go, and tomorrow you can hold a press conference saying that this has nothing to do with me, that I'm being framed. I guarantee it, and from now on, I will thoroughly disappear from any place where you might appear."

  "It wasn't me who leaked it, think for yourself who would benefit most from this being exposed now!!!!!!!!!!"

  He finally slammed the phone down with a "slam" after yelling to his heart's content, only to be met with an abrupt and eerie silence on the other end of the line.

  "Wasn't it you who did it?"

  Are you kidding me?! You guys are crazy!!! I'm sick and you're releasing this news at this time? Are you trying to take down the Xu family and kill yourself in the process?! That video is basically screaming 'Xu Wenjie's masterpiece of the year'! Are you blind or brain-dead?!

  Jiang Chuan: "Calm down."

  Jian Ran: "Can't calm down, I've been threatened by Xu Qianqian again."

  "Threatened by a crying woman?"

  “……………”

  Sighing at the sky with a solemn expression, it's simply a headache.

  ……

  This phone call seemed to have opened the door to a new world for Xu Qianqian. For the next few days, there were drunken women's crying calls every day at exactly the same time. She would block her number and she would continue to call in with a different number - it was a continuous spiritual harassment for several days.

  Apart from this, everything is as usual. The only episode was that the crew of "Mysterious Seed" sued Xu Qianqian's company for concealing the artist's situation and demanded to cancel the cooperation contract.

  Overnight, Xu Qianqian seemed to have aged ten years.

  Jian Ran was still filming as usual during the day, and the crew had already found a new actor to replace Xu Wenjie. At this time, Xu Wenjie had been under police investigation for a long time. Jian Ran heard that... just heard that one day, when everyone including Jian Ran went out to film, Xu Qianqian suddenly rushed out of her room like crazy and ran towards Xu Wenjie's room, banging on the door and crying loudly. Unfortunately, Xu Wenjie was mentally tough and refused to open the door for her.

  Xu Qianqian returned with a sullen face.

  That night, Xu Wenjie was formally taken away by the police on suspicion of intentional homicide and awaited trial.

  The next day, when everyone thought things had temporarily subsided, the police, who had been ignoring Xu Qianqian's side all along, suddenly knocked on her hotel room door. At that time, Jin Yan had just finished filming today's scenes and went to the neighboring crew to find Jiang Chuan, who had also finished his part for the day. After being entangled by Xi De for a while, Jin Yan was rescued by Jiang Chuan, who suddenly appeared. He decisively threw away the script he had been explaining to Xi De and teamed up with Jiang Chuan to return to the hotel to take a bath and rest. As they walked down the corridor, they saw police officers surrounding a tall woman walking out.

  It had been many days since they last met, and Xu Qianqian seemed like a different person. Her usual proud demeanor was gone, her hair lost its luster and was dry and disheveled, her face pale as if she had just recovered from a serious illness. She hung her head low, sandwiched between the police officers, but when Jianye and the others approached, she suddenly lifted her head with a start, as if she had sensed something.

  Those dim eyes suddenly lit up like a flash of lightning when they saw the young man with black hair!

  "Please, please..." Xiu Qianqian waved her hands and pushed away the police officer in front of her. Before he could react, she rushed to the young man with black hair and stared at him with wide eyes. A strong smell of smoke and alcohol hit her nostrils as she said, "You're here to save me, right? Tell them I'm innocent, don't let them take me away for investigation... If I walk out of this hotel with the police, I'll be done for... Please, help me..."

  The police rushed forward and pulled Xu Qianqian away.

  At that time, the scene was chaotic. Jiang Chuan timely stretched out his hand and pulled the black-haired young man who was originally standing beside him to his back. At the same time, the police arrived and didn't care about being gentle, pressing Xu Qianqian down. All he could hear was the buzzing in his ears, apart from Xu Qianqian's murmurs, there were also the police's apologetic inquiries asking if he was okay...

  From head to toe, he remained calm and quietly observed from the side, without saying a word.

  Xu Qianqian watched herself being dragged further and further away from the young man with black hair, her eyes quickly becoming dull and finally filling with despair. When she was pressed to walk out of a distance of five meters, Jin Ran suddenly had a movement in his heart, subconsciously turning his head back.

  He shot her a pair of icy glances.

  Xu Qianqian was no longer muttering to herself, nor did she apologize to Jian Ran. She turned around and looked at the young man with black hair, walking away while coldly smiling. At the same time, in a completely different tone from before, she slowly said in a sinister voice...

  "I don't care what methods you have or whether you can kill me like the person who killed Hei Jiangchuan before, but this time I've entered the police station, surrounded by police officers. The same thing won't happen again - as long as I still have a breath of life, Yuan Jinran, if I go to hell, you must follow me there too."