411 Garlic Lobster and Spicy Crab, Thank You
After Shi Xi arrived at the set, she only shot one scene before it started to rain.
Seeing that the rain didn’t stop, the director had no choice but to call it a day and inform everyone to start work early the next day.
They would make up for the parts that they hadn’t finished shooting today.
Shi Xi stretched and prepared to go back to rest.
“Shi Xi, let me treat you to a meal.” Lou Ruicong looked at his schedule and came over to look for Shi Xi.
Shi Xi asked curiously, “Hm? Why did you suddenly treat me to a meal?”
“Recently, there are quite a few paparazzi filming me. I want to have a meal with you to give them some results.” Lou Ruicong said, “And also to stir up some gossip. It will be beneficial to the broadcast of this drama.”
This was the first time Shi Xi had been treated to a meal for such a strange reason.
When she heard that, she actually felt like going.
“Is there any other reason?” Shi Xi asked.
Lou Ruicong said honestly, “I want to get to know more artistes and friends.”
Shi Xi felt that this reason was not good. “There are other artistes in the production team.”
Lou Ruicong said in disdain, “They’re all too muddle-headed.”
Shi Xi: “…”
No wonder Lou Ruicong could not make any friends.
Lou Ruicong said again, “Brother Han said that he wanted me to build a good relationship with you. You’re the big miss of the company. You’re beautiful and famous. I’ll have meat to eat if I follow you.”
Han Chuan was an excellent manager.
It was a pity that he brought along such a fool.
“Let’s go. Let’s have dinner together.” Seeing that Lou Ruicong was praising her, Shi Xi accepted the invitation to dinner.
Lou Ruicong followed behind Shi Xi and said, “Although your acting skills are average and your work attitude is a little perfunctory, your character is not bad.”
Shi Xi defended herself, “My acting skills… Forget it. Let’s go have dinner.”
Her acting skills were considered outstanding among the artists of her time.
Although she could not be compared to veteran actors, she had never lost to any of her peers.
Shi Xi couldn’t be bothered to argue with Lou Ruicong, so she brought him straight to dinner.
When she saw Lou Ruicong and Shi Xi get into the car together, Zhu Lin was a little surprised.
“Where are we going to eat?” Shi Xi asked casually.
Lou Ruicong: “Anything is fine. You decide.”
Wasn’t he the one treating her to dinner?
Shi XI: “Then let’s eat Western food.”
Lou Ruicong: “But I want to eat Chinese food.”
Shi Xi said, “Hot pot?”
Lou Ruicong said, “I don’t like the smell on my body. I just bought this shirt.”
Shi Xi said, “…Let’s go to Qingshui Restaurant. It’s Chinese food there. There’s no smoke.”
Lou Ruicong said, “But it’s too expensive there. I can’t afford it.”
“I’ll pay.” Shi Xi still had the card to Qingshui Restaurant.
“Eh, this seat can be put down.” Lou Ruicong put down the back of his chair and lay down in satisfaction. “I’ll sleep for a while. Call me when we get there.”
Seeing how rude Lou Ruicong was, Shi Xi wanted to ask Han Chuan where he got such a weirdo.
She couldn’t get angry. If she got angry, there wouldn’t be anyone to replace her.
Seeing that Shi Xi was going to bring Lou Ruicong to eat, Zhu Lin hurriedly sent a message to Han Chuan.
Han Chuan: [It’s okay, just don’t cause any trouble.]
Zhu Lin prayed that the two of them wouldn’t cause any trouble.
It would be best if they went back to their respective homes after eating and went to their respective mothers.
When they arrived at Qingshui Restaurant, Shi Xi flipped through the menu and ordered two dishes for Lou Ruicong to order.
Lou Ruicong said, “Garlic lobster and spicy crab, thank you.”
Shi Xi said, “I’m allergic to seafood.”
Lou Ruicong was stunned for a moment before asking, “Can you smell it?”
Shi Xi paused. “Sure.”
But her friends knew that she was allergic to seafood and would not usually order seafood.
Especially since there were only two of them.
Lou Ruicong smiled considerately and said, “Don’t worry, I can finish it. My appetite is huge.”
Shi Xi: Who cares if your appetite is huge!!
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412 Are You Shi Xi’s Boyfriend?
When the food was served, Shi Xi stared at the lobster and the tempting crab legs in front of her, her eyes wide open.
She really wanted to eat it!
Shi Xi had no choice but to order another roasted pork trotter to make her eat something more greasy so that she wouldn’t think about eating lobster and crab.
*
Xie Yunzhou and his partner came to Qingshui Restaurant to eat.
When the receptionist saw Xie Yunzhou, she whispered, “Mr. Xie, Miss Shi is having a meal with a man in Private Room 8.”
Xie Yunzhou asked, “With who?”
The receptionist shook her head. “I don’t know him. It’s not Mr. Shi. He’s a very handsome man.”
Lou Ruicong was very handsome, but he was very muddled.
Xie Yunzhou had his assistant bring his partner to the private room to order dishes first. He knocked on the door of Private Room 8.
“Come in.”
When Xie Yunzhou entered the room, he saw the lobster on the table.
And spicy crab.
And roasted pig trotters.
Shi Xi took a disposable glove and was eating roasted pig trotters. When she saw Xie Yunzhou enter, she was a little surprised. “Have you eaten? Sit down and join us?”
Xie Yunzhou’s gaze swept over Lou Ruicong and instantly became alert.
He knew that Shi Xi liked good-looking people.
And this man was very handsome.
“I came to have dinner with a friend. I found out you’re here, so I came to say hello.” Xie Yunzhou sat beside Shi Xi and asked, “You’re allergic to seafood. Why did you order lobster and crab?”
“He’s not allergic.” Shi Xi introduced, “He’s the male lead who acts with me, Lou Ruicong. He’s also at Kuaixue Entertainment. Lou Ruicong, this is my friend, Xie Yunzhou.”
Lou Ruicong was eating crab legs. When he saw Xie Yunzhou, he said bluntly, “Are you Shi Xi’s boyfriend? Don’t be jealous. Shi Xi and I are just friends.”
When he finished his sentence, Shi Xi said helplessly, “He’s not my boyfriend.”
Lou Ruicong saw Xie Yunzhou’s gaze and looked at Shi Xi. “Don’t worry. I won’t say anything.”
“We’re really just friends. He and my brother have a working relationship.” Shi Xi looked at Xie Yunzhou. “Say something!”
Xie Yunzhou said plainly, “We’re friends now.”
The future was not certain.
When Shi Xi heard that, her heart was in turmoil.
They were friends now.
They might be enemies in the future?
D*mn it, Xie Yunzhou was still in the dark, thinking of killing her one day, right?
The little deer in Shi Xi’s heart almost died.
Lou Ruicong said to Xie Yunzhou, “Don’t worry, Mr. Xie. I’m not interested in Shi Xi. I like gentle girls.”
Shi Xi: ?
Wasn’t she gentle?
Xie Yunzhou looked at the lobster and crab on the table and probably knew that this person had no intention of pursuing Shi Xi.
“Call me after dinner. I’ll send you back,” Xie Yunzhou said to Shi Xi.
Shi Xi refused, “No need. Xiao Tian will send me home.”
She had a chauffeur!
“I have something to do, so I’ll send you home.” Xie Yunzhou raised his hand and ruffled the girl’s hair. “Remember not to eat seafood.”
After Xie Yunzhou left, Shi Xi looked at the roasted pork trotters in her hand and felt that they did not smell good.
Did something happen in between?
Why did she feel that Xie Yunzhou’s attitude toward her was different?
“If you want to eat with your boyfriend, I don’t mind eating alone,” Lou Ruicong said bluntly. “As long as you don’t forget to pay the bill.”
“He’s not my boyfriend,” Shi Xi affirmed once again and whispered, “He’s the man who wants my life.”
Lou Ruicong: “I can tell that he likes you.”
Shi Xi feebly gnawed on the roasted pig trotters. “How is that possible?”
Lou Ruicong looked at Shi Xi. “It’s indeed unlikely. Other than your good looks, you don’t have any other traits that people like.”
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413 Darkness
Shi Xi was displeased. “How could I be so bad?”
Lou Ruicong: “Tell me about your own good points.”
Shi Xi: “I’m good-looking…”
“What else?”
Shi Xi paused.
What other good points did she have?
She could sing and dance, an all-rounder. This was the basic quality of an artiste.
A good personality — her personality was really not that good.
Working hard?
Recently, Shi Xi only wanted to get off work and lie flat as a salted fish.
Kind and gentle?
It didn’t seem to have anything to do with her.
Shi Xi was flustered. “Eat your food!”
Lou Ruicong reminded her, “Be more gentle.”
After eating, Lou Ruicong left first.
Shi Xi waited for a while before sending Xie Yunzhou a message to send her home.
Sitting in the car, Shi Xi was still thinking about whether she had done anything bad recently.
Other than reporting her anti-fans, she hadn’t done anything out of the ordinary!
“Why did you go to find my brother?” Shi Xi asked.
“It’s just a small matter.” Xie Yunzhou didn’t elaborate.
Sitting with Xie Yunzhou, Shi Xi felt like she was sitting on pins and needles. She took out her phone and started playing.
Her phone vibrated. It was a call from Tao Yuxuan.
Shi Xi picked up the call. Before she could speak, she heard Tao Yuxuan shouting, “Help! Sob, sob–”
“Where are you? Tao Tao?” Shi Xi could not hear the voice behind her.
The call was hung up by the other end.
Xie Yunzhou asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Tao Tao seems to be in trouble.” Shi Xi called back, but no one picked up.
“Do you know where she is?”
“I don’t know. She didn’t say.” Shi Xi suddenly remembered that when Tao Yuxuan left in the afternoon, she had said that she wanted to play at Charm. “Charm!”
Xie Yunzhou instructed the driver to go to Charm. At the same time, he contacted the manager of Charm and asked him if Tao Yuxuan was playing there.
“Miss Tao has been playing here all afternoon. I’ll go and see if she’s still there.” The manager didn’t dare to be negligent.
Meanwhile, Shi Xi called the Tao family and asked if Tao Yuxuan had returned home.
Thinking of the mutual friend who was close to Tao Yuxuan, Shi Xi called Leng Qiankun again to ask.
Leng Qiankun was at Charm. After hearing that, he immediately helped to find Tao Yuxuan.
..
Tao Yuxuan drank some wine, but she was still sober, so she did not ask her friend to send her home.
She called for a designated driver and slowly went to the underground garage.
But just as she reached her car, a man behind her covered her mouth and dragged her to the blind spot in the garage.
Tao Yuxuan struggled in fear, but her legs were controlled by another man.
That man was still touching her leg, and his perverted eyes made people uncomfortable.
Who was going to deal with her?
Tao Yuxuan reached for her phone and dialed the nearest number. “Help–”
Her phone was pulled out and the man hung up the call. His smile was obscene.
Tao Yuxuan only felt darkness before her eyes.
..
After Cheng Yue parked her car, she met a designated driver.
The designated driver saw Cheng Yue and asked, “Miss, did you call for a designated driver?”
Cheng Yue replied, “I just arrived. I didn’t get a designated driver.”
The designated driver held his phone and asked, “May I know where this parking spot is? I’ve been looking for it for a long time, but I still haven’t found it.”
Cheng Yue pointed in a direction. “It’s over there.”
The designated driver looked conflicted. “I came from that direction. There seem to be a lot of rats over there. I don’t dare to go over.”
Cheng Yue: “…I’ll accompany you.”
“You’re such a good person!” The designated driver’s eyes were filled with gratitude.
“It’s fine.”
Cheng Yue’s original intention was to solve the citizens’ problems.
Anyway, she had investigated Leng Qiankun so many times, but she did not find any useful information.
*
Cheng Yue is a member of the small police squad that follows Ning Yu around.
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414 Knocking Someone Away
So, Cheng Yue followed the designated driver to the place where he said there were a lot of rats.
When the designated driver saw the familiar license plate, he thanked Cheng Yue. “Thank you so much!”
Cheng Yue waved her hand. “It’s okay.”
Seeing that the passenger had not arrived yet, the designated driver called to urge her.
Just as Cheng Yue was about to leave, she heard a rustling sound.
She realized that something was not right, so she walked over to take a closer look.
In the blind spot, Cheng Yue saw two men holding a girl with evil intentions.
“What are you doing?!” Cheng Yue shouted sternly.
The two men saw another beautiful girl, but they were not afraid. They threatened her, “Mind your own business, or else I’ll take care of you too!”
As the most outstanding graduate of the National Police Academy and a member of Team Zero, how could Cheng Yue turn a blind eye to this?
She kicked them!
The two men were no match for the National Police Academy’s champion of free combat.
When the designated driver heard the noise, he rushed over to take a look.
When he saw this situation, he immediately called the police.
When the two men saw that there were more and more people, their hearts wavered and they prepared to run away.
Cheng Yue subdued one man and watched the other man run away.
Cheng Yue said to the designated driver, “Hurry up and chase after him!”
The designated driver had never seen such a scene before. He stood rooted to the ground, not daring to move. The man who had run away had already rushed out of the underground garage and ran out.
Cheng Yue grabbed the handcuffs that she had brought with her and cuffed him. She looked at the bullied girl and asked, “Are you okay?”
Tao Yuxuan hugged her clothes tightly and sobbed softly.
At this moment, Leng Qiankun finally led his men to the underground garage.
When Cheng Yue saw Leng Qiankun, she finally remembered that this girl was a good friend of Leng Qiankun’s: Tao Yuxuan.
*
Shi Xi and Xie Yunzhou were still on their way to charm.
When they saw the red light, Shi Xi only wanted to quickly remove the broken light.
The assistant knew it was urgent, but he didn’t dare to run the red light.
After the red light passed, he slowly increased his speed.
However, just as he was about to reach charm, a person suddenly rushed out and rushed to the middle of the road regardless of the traffic lights.
The assistant didn’t even have time to brake and crashed straight into the person, sending him flying.
This scene happened too suddenly, and none of them had expected it.
After the assistant realized that he had hit someone, his hands began to tremble. “Did I kill someone?”
Xie Yunzhou calmly analyzed, “He was the one who didn’t see the red light and ran up. He’s fully responsible.”
Shi Xi sighed. “You guys handle this here first. I’ll go and have a look at Charm.”
A person’s life was at stake, whether it was this pitiful person who had been hit or Tao Yuxuan.
The assistant looked at Xie Yunzhou.
However, Xie Yunzhou also followed Shi Xi out of the car.
The assistant called out to Xie Yunzhou, “President Xie, how should we handle this?”
Xie Yunzhou paused for a moment. “Send him to the hospital first, then get the traffic police to handle this matter.”
The assistant looked at Xie Yunzhou’s back and felt bitter in his heart.
He was originally a migrant worker, but after following Xie Yunzhou around, he had endured too many things that didn’t belong to his age.
Was this society?
The assistant called the ambulance and asked them to come quickly.
During this time, the assistant went to the person who was hit and tested his breath.
He was still breathing. He was not dead.
As long as he was not dead, everything was fine.
The assistant wanted to inform the person’s family, but the person’s cell phone was hit in the middle of the road and crushed by other cars.
Looking at the traffic, the assistant gave up the impulse to pick up the cell phone.
He was afraid of death.
The ambulance quickly came to pick up the man.
The assistant, as the main person in charge, followed him to the hospital.
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415 Watch For Red Lights When Crossing the Road
Charm.
In the private room, Xu Ziqing was standing by the window. When she saw the police cars and ambulances appear, she felt uneasy.
She had seen Tao Yuxuan drinking in Charm at night, so she had asked someone to teach Tao Yuxuan a lesson.
It would be best if she lost her reputation and had no more strength to go against her.
However, the development of the matter was completely out of her control.
Why had the police car and the ambulance come?
When she recalled that someone had come to check on her, Xu Ziqing became even more nervous.
She wanted to call the person she had contacted to ask about the current situation, but she was afraid that she would be dragged into it.
After thinking for a while, Xu Ziqing walked into the bathroom and took out the cell phone card she had used to contact that person. She broke it and flushed it into the sewer.
As long as she did not admit it, the other party would not be able to do anything to her.
After everything was done, Xu Ziqing accompanied her friends as usual, singing and drinking.
She hoped that nothing would come knocking on her door.
*
At the hospital.
Although Tao Yuxuan was not violated, she was mentally stimulated.
Shi Xi and Leng Qiankun thanked Cheng Yue.
If Cheng Yue had not saved her in time, Tao Yuxuan might really have been assaulted.
Cheng Yue said, “There were two people involved in the crime. One was caught, and the other escaped. I’ve already sent someone to check the surveillance cameras in the garage. We’ll catch him as soon as possible.”
“Who on earth would want to harm Tao Tao over and over again?” Shi Xi could not understand.
Last time, Tao Yuxuan had almost been hit by a car. This time, she had been held hostage in the underground garage.
“Over and over again?” Cheng Yue asked from the side, “Has this happened before?”
Shi Xi said, “Last time, she was almost hit by a car.”
Thinking of this, Shi Xi recalled the situation last time.
The person who hit Tao Yuxuan last time had already been caught, but the driver was one of Xu Ziqing’s ex-boyfriends.
Could it be that this time, it was also Xu Ziqing’s doing?
Because Tao Yuxuan had affected her path, so Xu Ziqing had made such a decision?
Shi Xi said, “I suspect that this matter has something to do with Xu Ziqing. You can start with her.”
Although Tao Yuxuan had a bad personality, she still had quite a number of friends in the circle. Not many people dared to provoke her.
Recently, the only person who had a grudge against her was Xu Ziqing.
Cheng Yue nodded, and her phone rang at the right time. She picked it up and listened to a few sentences, then reported the latest progress to everyone. “The one who was caught is just a lackey. He said that everything was done by another person, including the fact that they did this, and that the criminal who escaped was also in contact with them.”
Now, it was time to find the criminal who escaped.
..
In the hospital, the assistant was paying for the hospitalization of the person who was hit by the car when he saw Xie Yunzhou in the corridor.
The assistant seemed to see his family as he went forward and said, “The patient is still being treated, but his cell phone was broken. I can’t contact his family. I can only wait for him to wake up before informing them.”
Xie Yunzhou asked, “What did the traffic police say?”
The assistant said, “The traffic police saw the video and confirmed that it was the passersby who takes full responsibility.”
Under such circumstances, the assistant and Xie Yunzhou didn’t need to care anymore.
But after all, it was their car that hit the person, so the assistant felt uneasy.
Anyway, it was Xie Yunzhou’s money that helped pay for the medical expenses.
“I got it. You can handle it yourself.” Xie Yunzhou nodded casually and let the assistant continue to handle it. He then reminded, “Remember to send the car to be repaired.”
People like this who ran a red light to seek death were hurting their cars.
It was not worth it for the assistant to rush over for the person who was hit.
You have to look at the red light when crossing the road!