Yu Shao clung tightly to the cabinet, breathing heavily, as if he would fall down at any moment without the support of the cabinet. In the darkness, he could only hear his own heart beating.
Soon, the call was connected, and a professional yet gentle voice came from the other end: "Hello, this is the Imperial Capital District C Police Station. What can I do for you?"
Only after hearing this voice did Yu Shao's nerves, which were almost tense, finally relax a little. He took a deep breath and said, "Hey, police officer, I need to call the police. There are people taking drugs here, and someone is stealing and eating a nationally protected animal."
"Okay," the voice on the other end said calmly, trying to comfort Yu Shao. "Okay, we've received your message. Your voice is trembling. Are you safe? Are you under any threat?"
Yu Shao clutched the phone tightly, his mind filled with the bird's feathers and the fallen head he had just seen, as well as Lao Liu's words, "We have the evidence against him, so we can do whatever we want to him." His entire body was shivering, and he spoke into the phone, "It's still safe for now, but please come quickly. I'm scared..."
The voice on the other end was calm and powerful, as if it had the power to calm people. "Don't be afraid. Stay calm and try not to let anyone notice anything unusual. Tell us the address, and we'll be there soon."
"Okay, okay, I'll calm down, I'll calm down," Yu Shao gasped for breath, calming himself down, and at the same time quietly reported the address.
Outside, Yang Wei and Lao Liu finished smoking marijuana, shook off their clothes, and walked into the private room. After pushing the door open, the remaining few people were still dissing Yu Shao in a sarcastic tone:
[He just got lucky and took first place. He really thinks he's that strong, right? He's so clueless. Everyone usually gives in to him, but he really thinks he's in a big way, meddling in everything.]
Look at how cowardly he was just now. Before he even came in, he was already suspecting we were inside, and even worried we'd find someone outside to trick him. You know what, even though he's stupid, he's actually quite wary. If it weren't for Brother Yang coming up with this plan today, he wouldn't have been fooled under normal circumstances.
He keeps saying we're all brothers and that he's doing this for our own good, but how much resources has he given us? How much do we earn, and how much does he earn? How dare he say he's doing this for us?
I've been irritated with him for a long time. This kind of person deserves a lesson. If I don't teach him a lesson, he'll be so proud of himself. I'll teach him a lesson today and see if he can stand up again!
Several people were cursing fiercely. Yang Wei took a look outside the door and his face suddenly changed. He kicked the door of the box open and frowned at the people present: "Where is Yu Shao? He hasn't come back yet?"
As soon as the noisy noise inside stopped, several people looked at each other and realized that something was wrong.
One person looked at Yang Wei's expression and his voice suddenly became weaker: "...Um, didn't Yu Shao go to the bathroom?"
Yang Wei glared at him and yelled, "You've been in the toilet for so long, and you fell in?"
After the roar, no one present dared to say a word.
He kicked the stool next to him in annoyance. "What the hell are you all standing there for? Go find him! I'm saying this again, we only have this one chance. If he gets away today, you'll never be able to stay in this industry again!"
The sound was so loud that it frightened the people nearby.
There is always a leader in a circle, and their small circle is no exception. Because Yang Wei has a wide network of contacts and a good relationship with Yu Shao, he can always get some resources. The others almost depend on him for their lives, so naturally they have to look at his face.
People are sometimes very strange. It is obvious that Yu Shao gave them much more resources than Yang Wei, but they have no gratitude towards Shao at all. Instead, they follow Yang Wei's orders blindly.
After he yelled at them, the other people could no longer sit still. They all stood up hurriedly and ran to the door. One person went to the bathroom, while the others looked around the rooms in the villa one by one.
Yu Shao was staying in the storage room. He heard the noise upstairs and his heart beat faster and faster. He originally planned to hide in the storage room as long as he could, but he didn't expect Yang Wei to be so sensitive. After a few minutes, he found that he didn't go back.
"It's not here!" He opened the door a crack and heard a sound coming from the second floor.
My heart suddenly jumped nervously, and my heartbeat was so fast that it seemed like it was going to jump out of my chest.
Yu Shao's palms were covered with fine beads of sweat. Reason told him that he could not hide like this any longer, otherwise they would find him in a few minutes.
So he clenched his fists, confirmed the location of the hidden garbage bag again, took a deep breath, and ran out in a few steps.
He stood on the first floor, and even though his tongue was almost stiff from nervousness, he pretended to be clueless and shouted upstairs: "Hey, what's going on? Why are all the guys out?"
Several people looked at Yu Shao on the first floor and silently stopped looking for him. There was an eerie silence in the air.
Seeing this, Old Liu quickly exchanged a glance with Yang Wei, then a smile quickly spread across his face. He rushed down from the second floor and put his arm around Yu Shao's shoulder. "Oh my god, where have you been, Shao? The food is here, and you haven't come back yet. Look how worried Brother Yang is. He really thought you fainted in the bathroom!"
After saying that, he winked at Yang Wei, indicating that he should guard Yu Shao and that he couldn't run away even if he wanted to.
Yang Wei finally relaxed his expression and forced a fake smile: "Brother Shao, is your stomach feeling better?"
Yu Shao shuddered inwardly, but luckily he pinched his hand hard. The pain made him force a smile and scratch his head: "Well, I went to the wrong place. Luckily there is a toilet on the first floor."
After saying that, he pointed in the direction of the toilet.
Yang Wei glanced over there and saw that there was indeed a restroom sign, so he reluctantly believed what he said.
After making up his mind, Yang Wei put on a concerned look: "Brother Shao is just too busy. If it were you, he would need to catch up."
After saying that, he walked over to Yu Shao and said with a smile, "The chicken soup in this private restaurant is very good. Everyone who has tasted it says it's good. I'll give you two more bowls later to replenish your body."
Yu Shao took a look at his expression, his hair almost stood up, and sweat broke out from the palms of his hands layer by layer.
He felt that he could not hold on any longer and was about to be exposed.
Fortunately, Yang Wei didn't pay much attention to him and said to the person next to him: "Call the waiter to serve the food."
So he continued to accompany Yu Shao into the box.
After sitting down in the box, Yu Shao quickly took a piece of paper and quietly wiped the sweat from his palms. For the first time, he felt uncomfortable eating with this group of people.
Normally, he considered these people his good brothers. Although they each had their own share of musicians' bad habits, they were essentially good people. But today, when they were together, he felt like each of them was wearing a smiling mask, but underneath, they all had evil faces that were ready to eat him first.
He sat among them, feeling that every minute and every second was torture, and just hoped that the police would come soon.
"Brother Shao, why are you always looking at your watch? Have a drink!" Old Liu picked up the wine glass and smiled at him with squinted eyes.
Yu Shao's heart trembled and he almost knocked over the cup.
He took a deep breath and was about to take the glass when he heard Lao Liu scolding the people next to him: "What's wrong with you? Brother Shao's wine spilled, and you didn't even fill it up?"
Several people nearby nodded in agreement, and then rushed to pour wine for Yu Shao.
It looked lively and bustling, but Yu Shao felt terrified as if he saw a ghost pouncing on him.
As he was speaking, someone suddenly knocked on the door, and then the door opened. Two young and beautiful waiters came in, one pushing a cart and the other responsible for serving the dishes.
The two of them had graceful figures and slender fingers, and they placed the dishes on the table one by one in an orderly manner.
"Enjoy your meal." After serving the dishes, they smiled sweetly, bowed, and pushed the cart away.
Old Liu looked at the two girls' graceful backs and couldn't help drooling: "These two girls are pretty good."
Yang Wei immediately glared at him, signaling him not to think about those nonsense, and then laughed at Yu Shao: "Come, Brother Shao, this chicken soup in the middle is the signature dish of this restaurant, try it!"
Yu Shao was frightened by his voice and his whole body trembled slightly. He stared at the bowl of white "chicken soup" in front of him, and thought of the feathers and bird heads he saw in the trash can, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.
As soon as Yang Wei finished speaking, everyone's attention was focused on Shao.
Yu Shao felt the gazes of the people around him and subconsciously refused: "No, I don't want it!" After saying that, he looked away from the bowl of hot white food, as if he was afraid to even look at it.
"Why?" Yang Wei smiled and said, "Brother Shao, chicken soup is good for the stomach. I specially asked someone to put ginseng and wolfberry in it. It is guaranteed to be very nourishing. After drinking it, you can fight three enemies at once!" After saying that, he smiled obscenely.
Knowing that Yang Wei was talking nonsense, the people around him started to make a noise: "Oh my, is this thing so powerful? Brother Shao, quickly finish the soup!"
Yu Shao pursed his lips tightly and felt his breathing become rapid.
His eyes avoided the bowl of soup and he forced a smile: "I've been having a sore throat lately and can't drink chicken soup. I'll go get some porridge." After saying that, he took the bowl and wanted to go out.
"No!" Old Liu immediately reached out to block his way: "What's so good about porridge? Let's have a bowl of chicken soup!"
Yu Shao had a bitter face and was very helpless: "Lao Liu, please spare me today, I really don't want to drink."
Old Liu's eyes widened, seeming very surprised: "Brother Shao, you've been so weak lately, how can you not drink a few bowls?"
At this time, Yang Wei also stood up and looked at him with a smile: "Brother Shao, this is a pheasant that Lao Liu specially brought from his hometown. It is very precious. You are not drinking too much and not giving Lao Liu face!"
After hearing this, Lao Liu immediately agreed and continued to pressure Yu Shao: "It's Brother Shao. We are brothers, so just give him face and drink the soup!"
"This..." Yu Shao was extremely confused at the moment. This group of people not only pestered him not to leave, but also used both soft and hard methods to force him to drink the soup. He couldn't stay there for a moment, but he didn't even have the strength to fight back.
Suddenly, a feeling of despair arose in his heart. He had just seen it clearly downstairs. That bird with a long beak, long white feathers and a scarlet tail, what else could it be but a crested ibis?
He silently scanned everyone present, his heart chilled like December ice. What was a crested ibis? It was a nearly extinct, first-class nationally protected species. To get a handle on him, these people had actually gotten a crested ibis, boiled it into soup, and tricked him into drinking it like chicken soup!
He was almost certain these people had a trick up their sleeve. Maybe they were secretly recording him right now. Once he drank the soup, they would rush out and tell him, "You've eaten a nationally protected animal. You've seriously violated the law. If you dare not obey us, we'll expose this matter immediately and put you in jail for life!"
He is so evil!
Yu Shao was stunned and felt cold, while a nameless anger surged in his heart. He asked himself why he had always treated these people well. Even if they were not famous at all, he was willing to bring them to the concert. Why did they treat him like this?
If he hadn't studied biology in college and knew that this bird was a red-crowned crane, he would have probably drunk a bowl of soup by now.
The legendary sentence about eating a bird in prison lasts for ten years.
In the midst of the heated exchange, he even felt a little ridiculous. These people were so cruel that they could think of such a vicious trick to harm him. After knowing each other for so long, he had never seen through their true colors.
Thinking of this, Yu Shao shook his head firmly: "I won't drink."
He looked at Yang Wei and smiled: "If anyone wants to drink, let Brother Yang drink first."
Yang Wei's face darkened and his brows furrowed. "Yu Shao, what do you mean?"
Yu Shao gritted his teeth and said, "It's meaningless. This chicken has no head. It looks unlucky."
Yang Wei lost his patience at this moment and looked at Yu Shao gloomily: "You won't drink if there's no brain?"
Yu Shao clenched his fists tightly and insisted: "Brother Yang drinks, so I drink too."
"Bang!" Yang Wei threw the bowl to the ground with a harsh sound.
His face was stern, and his eyes were filled with anger: "Yu Shao, you are drinking a penalty drink if you don't accept my toast!"
After saying that, he waved his right hand and said in a voice as cold and hard as ice: "Brothers, Brother Shao refuses to drink his soup today, you guys feed him for me!"
After saying that, two people nearby immediately rushed to Yu Shao, shouted, "Brother Shao, we're sorry!" and pressed his arms onto the table.
Yu Shao was tall and strong, and it was not easy for ordinary people to catch him. The people on both sides held him down. He was stunned for a moment, then he swung hard and threw the person next to him to the ground in an instant.
Seeing the person next to him fall to the ground, he was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and tried desperately to run out.
"Catch him!" Yang Wei ordered with gritted teeth.
After he finished speaking, the few people who were still stunned nearby suddenly came to their senses and rushed towards Yu Shao together.
Yu Shao had no time to look at them and ran out for his life. When he was almost at the gate, he was suddenly tripped to the ground by Lao Liu's secretly stretched out leg.
With a "bang", Yu Hao fell to the ground suddenly, feeling that all the bones in his body were about to fall apart.
As soon as he fell, two people came over and pinned him to the ground, stepping hard on his legs with one leg, making him unable to move.
"Let me go!" Yu Shao finally couldn't stand it anymore and yelled, "You guys are a bunch of psychopaths!"
On the other side, Yang Wei finally felt relieved after seeing him being pinned to the ground.
He looked at Yu Shao, slowly took out a soup bowl, and then used a spoon to stir the white soup. As he poured it out, he said slowly: "Brother Shao, I just want you to finish the soup. Why are you reacting so strongly?"
He then put on a playful smile and stirred the soup for a while: "You don't want to eat the head, do you want the wings? I'll dig one out for you. Or do you want the legs? I'll give you one too."
"Yue", Yu Shao looked at the bowl of white soup and remembered that there was no chicken in it but red-crowned crane. He couldn't help but started to vomit.
"Hey, Brother Shao, why are you vomiting?" Yang Wei sneered and slowly brought the bowl over: "It's just right that you vomited, and you can drink the soup after vomiting!"
"Cough cough cough cough cough", Yu Shao couldn't help but cough violently, and his stomach felt nauseous.
Yang Wei still smiled: "Help Brother Shao up and don't let him fall. I'll feed him some soup!"
Yu Shao was held by people on both sides and couldn't move. Seeing Yang Wei getting closer and closer with a bowl in his hand, he couldn't help but feel despair.
Only then did he realize thoroughly that his so-called brothers were a bunch of rotten people through and through. They were vicious and did not care about meat or vegetables. Fortunately, he still remembered that they had done him a favor, so he turned a blind eye and tried to lead them onto the right path.
He now finally understood that some people's evil was ingrained in their bones, and their greed was so great that it could never be filled.
He pursed his lips tightly, making a final struggle, thinking that he finally recognized them, but it was too late.
Just as Yang Wei was about to feed the bowl of soup to Yu Shao, suddenly, the door of the private room made a loud noise, and then a group of police rushed in, each holding a gun in his hand, with the muzzle pointed at the people in the room.
This time, the team leader was Pei You. He rushed to the front, pointed his gun at Yang Wei, and shouted, "Don't move!"
With a "bang", Yang Wei's smile froze on his face, and with a flip of his hand, the bowl of soup fell to the ground.
Yu Shao crawled on the ground. At that moment, he was so excited that he almost cried. He was saved, he was finally saved!
Pei You quickly surveyed the scene and flashed his ID. "I'm Pei You, a police officer from the Imperial Capital District C Police Station. Someone just reported that some people here are hunting first-class protected animals and taking drugs in groups."
Yu Shao shook off the stunned man who was pressing on him. He jumped up from the ground, his heart beating rapidly: "It's me! Officer! I called the police!"
For the first time in his life, the moment he saw the police uniform, he felt an unprecedented sense of security.
Pei You looked at him and nodded: "Okay, please come back to the police station with us to take a statement later!"
"YES, SIR!" Yu Shao immediately shouted excitedly.
In contrast, Yang Wei and Lao Liu, who had been complacent before, opened their eyes wide and opened their mouths, unable to believe why things changed so quickly!
"You actually found out? When did you find out?" Yang Wei looked at Yu Shao, his voice filled with uncontrollable fear.
Yu Shao looked at him coldly: "Not only did I discover it, I also kept the evidence!"
After saying that, he turned to Pei You and said, "Comrade police officer, they just made the soup and haven't had time to deal with the garbage yet. I collected the bird's head and feathers and put them in the cabinet in the storage room downstairs."
"Fuck your mother, you actually..." Yang Wei started cursing wildly upon hearing the voice, and finally calmed down after being glared at by Pei You.
"Take all these people away!" Pei You stretched out his right hand. "One person will go downstairs to collect the evidence, and two people will seal off the area and wait for the experts to come and identify it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the policemen behind him began to work, each doing their own job. After a while, all the people present were taken into the police car.
"Thank you, police comrades!" Yu Shao excitedly pulled Pei You's hand: "If it weren't for you, I would be completely finished today!"
"I don't know what to say, ahhhhhhh, I'm so moved, I want to cry..."
Pei You smiled at him: "Comrade, calm down..."
Yu Shao still held on tightly: "I was so scared! I was almost scared crazy by them just now!"
Pei You: "Comrade, please let go, don't hold my arm..."
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Pei You: "Comrade, please restrain yourself!"
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At the Yunyan Restaurant in the imperial capital, the deputy director and the director sat in the center of the table, chatting happily with several guests.
The deputy station director raised a glass of wine and toasted to the program's creators: "Thank you all for your hard work over the past few weeks. Our program has finally been recorded. This afternoon, the director and I reviewed the editing process, and it's fantastic. I think we have a good chance of winning the station's Best Program award this year! Thank you all!"
"Thank you, Director, thank you, Director!" All the main creators raised their glasses together, and everyone ate and laughed together. The atmosphere was warm and lively.
The director was also very happy at this time: "Thank you all for your support. This shoot was not easy. There were all kinds of problems that happened before. Fortunately, everyone worked together and overcame the difficulties together to achieve today's results."
After saying that, he turned to look at Wen Qianqian: "Here, I want to express my special thanks to Miss Wen. Everyone knows that Miss Wen is very busy at work. She took time out of her busy schedule to record the program and often has to go back to work overtime on weekends. It's very hard."
"As everyone knows, a lot of things happened during the show. At one point, even I had doubts. I wondered if the show could continue. One guest after another had accidents. Everyone called our show 'Flip Car Online'. When I heard the name, I felt angry and amused, but mostly helpless, because we really were constantly having accidents. I didn't even have the confidence to refute the netizens."
"The most disheartening time for me was when the police took Zeng Hui away. That day he kept attacking me and our show, saying it was unlucky and should be pulled off the air, and that it should stop harming others. I was so anxious, angry, and discouraged that I almost wavered."
"At that time, it was Officer Wen who came forward and took Zeng Hui away. She also told me not to blame the show for people's mistakes. This touched me deeply. When everyone was saying that our show was inherently unlucky and that it was causing one guest after another bad luck, Miss Wen was not afraid of being implicated. She also told me that the show was a good show and that people's mistakes were not the show's fault."
"To be honest, I was almost moved to tears." The director looked at Wen Qianqian and said, "So, Officer Wen, I'm here to toast you. On behalf of me and the production team, we express our gratitude to you!"
After saying that, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Wen Qianqian smiled at him and said, "Director, you're too polite. I'm just being honest. You put your heart into this show, and hard work will naturally pay off."
After a few people chatted for a while, she noticed that Zeng Fanyi, who was sitting next to her, was a little depressed, staring at the cup in a daze as if she had something on her mind.
She thought about it and guessed that she was probably still worried about Yu Shao.
With a "ding" sound, a WeChat message appeared on Wen Qianqian's phone. She opened it and saw it was Pei You.
She glanced at the WeChat content, patted Zeng Fanyi on the shoulder, and smiled at her: "Don't think about it, Yu Shao is fine."
"Really?" Zeng Fanyi widened her eyes.
Judging from Wen Qianqian's previous suggestion, if she didn't listen to her advice, she would probably be doomed in an instant. She was obedient and saved, but Yu Shao insisted on attending the dinner.
So, she was always worried.
I'm afraid that after Yu Shao leaves, the next time I see him will be in prison.
She had been thinking about these things tonight and didn't even listen to what the director said.
Just when I was feeling anxious, I heard Wen Qianqian say that Yu Shao was fine. It was like a huge stone in my heart was lifted, and I felt a lot more relieved.
She let out a long sigh and looked at Wen Qianqian: "Really? How is he now?"
Wen Qianqian showed her the WeChat message: "A colleague just told me that Yu Shao noticed something was wrong at the dinner party and called the police on his own, so he managed to escape a disaster."
Zeng Fanyi took a deep breath and put her hand on her chest: "I was scared to death. I was restless all night. I always felt like something happened to him. Fortunately, he is fine."
After saying that, she smiled earnestly at Wen Qianqian: "Thank you, Officer Wen."
"Thank you! You saved me, Yu Shao, and the entire show," she said, looking at the happy scene around her. "If it weren't for you, I don't know if this show could continue. I would have been deceived by Zeng Hui and perhaps even ended up in jail. Yu Shao and his so-called friends would have made it impossible for him to recover. We all want to thank you."
"Not only that, you also sent those demons Zhang Chihao, Pu Shun, and Yan Xinyue to prison. If it weren't for you, who knows how many more people they would have harmed."
"So, thank you so much."
Wen Qianqian waved her hand: "You're welcome. These are my glorious tasks as a police officer. My duty is to punish evil and promote good. I will persevere."
At nine o'clock in the evening, with a "ding dong" sound, someone knocked on the door of Lu Xingyan's large flat.
Lu Xingyan put down the cream cake in his hand, wiped his hands with paper and went to open the door.
Standing at the door was Assistant Yuan, whose face was expressionless, but with a hint of anger in his calmness.
Lu Xingyan simply ignored his expression, opened the door, and without paying any attention to him, he went into the huge open kitchen in the flat.
Assistant Yuan became even angrier when he saw that he was ignoring him. He rushed over in a hurry, but the man was actually leisurely sitting in the kitchen, not knowing what he was doing.
Assistant Yuan exploded instantly, saying coldly, "It's 9 p.m. now. Mr. Lu, did you call me here just to show off your big kitchen? You have to know that it's already 9 p.m., even dogs are asleep at this time!"
Lu Xingyan gave him a strange look and asked, "Why do you compare yourself to a dog?"
Assistant Yuan: ? ? ! ! !
Anger had completely distorted his expression. Just as he was about to say something else, he heard Lu Xingyan say calmly, "Three times."
Assistant Yuan was puzzled: "What did you say?"
Lu Xingyan said calmly: "Triple overtime pay."
Assistant Yuan: Hehehe.
Then he immediately shut up.
He entered the house, took off his shoes, and then walked around Lu Xingyan's house. It was a 200-square-meter apartment with a 3-meter-high floor. The whole house had huge floor-to-ceiling windows. The furniture inside was all high-end custom-made from Country Y, and even the carpets were imported and handmade. Every detail of the whole house revealed exquisiteness, as if the smell of money was everywhere.
Assistant Yuan looked around and couldn't help but comment, "Mr. Lu, you've made a huge sacrifice just to live next door to Miss Wen."
He shook his head. "This is the smallest house I've ever seen you live in. It's not even as big as your office. I'm sorry!"
Lu Xingyan: ...
But he soon became too lazy to listen to Assistant Yuan's nonsense. He just took out a small cream cake from the refrigerator and asked Assistant Yuan: "How is this?"
Assistant Yuan quickly glanced at the cake and said in surprise, "You gave up your scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"
After saying that, he continued to himself: "That's right, you probably haven't even washed a bowl in your life, so it's normal to fry eggs without oil..."
"Yuan Ying!" Lu Xingyan felt like his teeth were itching.
Assistant Yuan was suddenly called by his full name and immediately became intimidated. He then seriously commented on the cake: "It's okay, it looks good. Although it's a bit ugly, it's still kind of cute."
Lu Xingyan: ...
He rolled his eyes at Assistant Yuan and stared at the cake in a daze: "What do you think about me giving it to Miss Wen?"
After saying that, he seemed a little distressed: "Although I tried to live across from her, she is too busy. Even if I live across from her, I rarely see her. What should I do?"
Assistant Yuan looked at him and asked, "Do you want to go over and pay your respects?"
Lu Xingyan: “Ah?”
Assistant Yuan: "Have you ever thought that the reason you can't see her might be because you have a bad character and have done too many bad things?"
After saying that, he smiled slightly: "For example, after 9 o'clock in the evening, he asked his assistant to work overtime."
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