Chapter 18: Retirement Day 18 If the oath works, we...
Qiao Tianyi had no time to pay attention to the teasing in the police's words. His mind was full of the four words "How is it possible?"
He was 100% sure that it was Sang Qiqi who patted his shoulder, and when he turned around, she punched him in the head, almost breaking his skull!
He would remember Sang Qiqi's face clearly even when he was in his coffin!
not to mention--
He roughly ripped open his collar and pointed at his empty neck, his eyes red with anxiety: "My jade pendant is gone too!"
Not only the jade pendant, but also the little doll with Fu Liu's birth date on it that he had specially obtained from Taoist Master Tongxuan was missing!
He gritted his teeth and said with absolute certainty: "It was Sang Qiqi who did it!"
Police: “…”
He finally understood that Actor Qiao and Sang Qiqi indeed had an irreconcilable hatred, otherwise Qiao Tianyi would not have insisted on discrediting Sang Qiqi after seeing the surveillance video.
The young police officer gave a few words of advice: "Mr. Qiao, calm down. You saw the surveillance footage, and there's really no Sang Qiqi!"
He thought about it and suggested another possibility: "Did you hit your head with that collision?"
Seeing the words "hit your head," Qiao Tianyi's face suddenly darkened. The police officer coughed lightly and explained, "I'm not scolding you. When I say hit your head, I mean that you've suffered some damage to your head, which may have affected your memory and caused memory confusion or something. I remember this situation also exists in medicine, right?"
"Impossible! My memory is absolutely correct. I saw Sang Qiqi. I can swear!"
Police: “…”
Swearing is useless.
He just heard from a colleague two days ago that a man was having affairs with six women at once.
When the man confirmed his relationship with his legal wife and proposed, the ceremony was grand. He stood under the lights, holding a rose worth thousands of dollars, and lovingly made a vow to her: "I love you, and I will only love you in this life. If I break this vow, I will have no children and no grandchildren, and I will die a miserable death!"
What's the result?
As a result, this scumbag not only had six girlfriends at the same time, but also had children with each of those women.
Now the scumbag has four sons and two daughters.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but said to Qiao Tianyi: "Mr. Qiao, if swearing an oath is useful, we police officers would be out of work."
Qiao Tianyi: “…”
Seeing that he remained silent, the police officer, though not arguing, had a look of 'I refuse to believe it, no matter what' written on his face. He was determined to shift the blame for the fall and the bruised forehead onto Sang Qiqi. He decided to take a step back and see what was going on. "How about this? You go to the hospital for a brain CT scan or MRI to make sure there's nothing wrong with your head. I'll give you a copy of this video, and you can have a professional verify its authenticity. We'll also investigate Sang Qiqi's travel history. Tongzhou City is quite far from Beijing North. If Sang Qiqi really did appear at the airport, then we'll definitely be able to find her travel history, right?"
Qiao Tianyi felt something was wrong.
He traveled from Tongzhou to Chengjiang, Yang Province, and then back to Tongzhou without telling anyone. Even his agent, Wang Hao, didn't know. How had Sang Qiqi managed to time his departure so precisely and then punch him in the face in the dark? Furthermore, he had asked security and doctors, and both said the pendant wasn't on his chest when they saw him.
Where did the pendant and the doll go? Sang Qiqi must have taken them!
etc.
Could it be that Sang Qiqi came here just for the pendant and the doll?
When Qiao Tianyi realized this, he was shocked and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.
If this is true, it proves that Sang Qiqi is definitely not ordinary, and may be the same type of person as Taoist Tongxuan.
Although he had never seen Taoist Master Tongxuan actually take action, the fact that he had imprisoned Fu Rui's ghost and gifted it to him was enough to tell him that they must have some special abilities. Sang Qiqi was the same type of person as him, so wouldn't it be easy for her to deceive the cameras and tamper with the surveillance footage?
A layer of goose bumps slowly appeared on Qiao Tianyi's back, and his hands on his knees gradually tightened.
A few seconds later, he stood up under the astonished gaze of the police, said "I know, this has nothing to do with Sang Qiqi", and hurried away.
The police officer was left with a confused sigh and muttered to himself: "Are you sane again?"
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Fu Rui's hometown is in a remote town close to the mountains and is not rich.
Along the way, Fu Rui talked a lot with Sang Qiqi.
He and his younger brother, Fu Liu, had a difficult childhood. When he was seven, his father, a migrant worker, fell from scaffolding at a construction site and died. To avoid responsibility, the construction manager fabricated a story about his father's alcoholism, resulting in his family receiving no compensation. After his father's death, his mother worked increasingly hard to support the family, and died of illness two years later.
"After that, my brother, my grandmother and I were the only ones left in our family."
Fu Rui's grandmother was a very strong woman. She raised two children with a hunched back.
I fell down during this period, but I stood up again with strength.
"The local government also helped us a lot. When I grew up a little, I stopped going to school and went out to work. I started washing dishes in restaurants and working as a bar boy. Later, I became a member of a bar band, and a member of the band taught me to play drums."
After learning to play the drums, that member quit the band and got married, while he started performing on stage and earned a lot of performance fees and tips.
"After that, I was even luckier. I met my mentor, Li Cheng, who you probably know. He's a very talented director."
Sang Qiqi nodded: "I've heard that. Didn't Qiao Tianyi want to cooperate with Li Cheng before?"
Fu Rui smiled and said, "Yes."
At that time, Li Cheng was actually attracted by his face. After the performance that day, Li Cheng found him at the back door and said, "Hello, I'm a director, Li Cheng. I think your appearance is very suitable for the male lead in my script. Are you interested in filming?"
Although Fu Rui has no contact with the entertainment industry, he also knows common sense.
The actor's pay is very high, and acting in a movie is probably equivalent to his performance for a whole year.
He was tempted by the offer, but answered truthfully: "I'm sorry, although I'm very interested in your proposal, I have never studied acting."
Li Cheng appreciated his sincerity and told him that he would find a teacher to guide him for a while to see his talent before deciding whether to sign a contract with him.
"Then Li Cheng was stunned by your talent and immediately decided that you would be his leading male role. From then on, you two reached the pinnacle of life together and became close friends in the circle?" Sang Qiqi listened with great interest. If she wasn't in a hurry to get on the road, she would have wanted to drag Fu Rui to find a place to sit, order a cup of milk tea and eat some melon seeds.
Listening to Sang Qiqi's exaggerated description, Fu Rui pursed his lips and smiled, but shook his head.
The word 'talent' is elusive.
The teacher that Li Cheng found for him was a professor from the Academy of Acting. When he first started learning acting with the professor, the professor's face was full of expressions like "Forget it, there are top talents in every field", "Where did Li Cheng find such a stupid boy", and "Will this brat make me fail miserably in the education field".
Fu Rui himself did not want to miss this opportunity, so he studied day and night. He would record what the professor said during the lectures, listen to and study it repeatedly, and study the performances of excellent actors carefully. Finally, he summed up a set of performance system of his own.
During that period, he was severely sleep deprived.
The first thing Li Cheng said when he saw him was: "Don't let the contract be signed before the person dies."
Fortunately, the contract was signed.
He became the leading actor in a Licheng movie, and thus began his journey into the entertainment industry.
"I've been so busy these past few years that I haven't had time to go back to my hometown to visit my family." Speaking of his family, Fu Rui's tone and expression became extremely depressed. He took a deep breath and whispered, "I also thought about bringing them to Jingbei, but grandma is old, and grandpa and my parents are all in my hometown, so she doesn't want to leave. A Liu also refused because he wanted to stay and take care of grandma."
"It's such a shame. I originally wanted to go to the airport after finishing the New Year's Eve shoot, but God didn't give me the chance to go home."
This is the thing that Fu Rui is most concerned about.
He didn't understand. He had never done anything bad in his short life. He grew up in difficulty before becoming famous, and he lived a serious life after becoming famous. He also donated most of his income to people in need.
But why did God treat him like this, letting him leave this world at the best age, and bringing irreparable pain to Grandma and A Liu.
"I can't answer your question." The topic gradually became serious. Sang Qiqi curled her lips. "God hasn't been very kind to me. When I was alive, the most I did was beat up a few kids who bullied me in the orphanage. But I died in my twenties and can only be a beast of burden in the underworld."
After saying that, Sang Qiqi remembered something and said, "I haven't checked your information in the Book of Life and Death yet. Are you sure you died accidentally?"
Fu Rui was stunned for a moment. "That should be it. A child suddenly rushed out on the road. My driver reacted quickly and turned the steering wheel, but I didn't expect the car in the next lane to slow down in time and hit it."
Sang Qiqi nodded and said nothing more.
While talking, the two finally arrived at the town.
The town wasn't big, with old-looking houses stacked side by side in a staggered pattern. I walked along the widest street past the market, then circled twice before a small wooden door caught my eye.
With a creak, the latch of the small wooden door fell off, and the door slowly opened, and everything in the yard appeared in front of Sang Qiqi and Fu Rui.
Two years later, nothing has changed here.
The old locust tree in the yard was in full bloom, and the wind blew large flakes of petals onto the lounge chairs beneath the tree. Next door were several carefully divided vegetable plots, each planted with different crops, and in front of them was a well that looked very old.
"Your house is quite beautiful." Sang Qiqi praised the small Western-style building in front of her.
Fu Rui explained with a smile: "The first thing I did after I made money was to renovate the house. This house took a long time for me, my brother, and my grandmother to discuss together. We also found a lot of pictures online and finally voted on the design of the house."
"Hasn't there ever been a situation where three people chose three different room types?"
Fu Rui recalled: "So after voting for a whole week, Ah Liu still wanted to change his mind, but I suppressed him."
In just a few words, they are all memories of the past.
Crossing the yard and pushing the door open, the house, which looks beautiful and stylish on the outside, seems a bit empty inside. However, there is a photo of Fu Rui winning the Golden Crane Award for Best Actor hanging on the wall, a photo frame of a family of three is placed on the coffee table, and a Q-version Fu Rui doll is placed on the sofa.
Fu Rui stared at this scene for a long time.
Sang Qiqi walked around the living room and kitchen, then turned to Fu Rui and said, "It seems no one is home."
Fu Rui asked Sang Qiqi to sit down and rest first, and went upstairs. He pushed open the doors of Grandma's and A Liu's rooms respectively, but the beds inside were neatly made and there was no sign that anyone had stayed there.
What's going on?
Fu Rui had a bad feeling in his heart and hurried downstairs. Just as he was about to ask Sang Qiqi for help, he suddenly heard a loud female voice coming from outside the door: "Auntie Wan! Auntie Wan! Are you home?"
Fu Rui's grandmother's surname is Wan.
Before he could look outside, he heard a reply from next door: "Today is A Rui's death anniversary. Aunt Wan and A Liu went to visit the grave. They probably won't be back until late."
Fu Rui's body froze as he took a step forward.
He tilted his head with difficulty to look at the calendar hanging in the distance. Among the numbers 1-31, there was a special day circled in red.
Lowering his eyes, he murmured softly, "So today is the anniversary of my death."
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