Chapter 392 Uneasiness
Shen Zhichu took the phone that Xu Nian handed over and installed the positioning device on the cat's collar.
"Niannian is very obedient and won't run around."
"I know, but just in case, there are too many people who dislike me. I'm afraid that if they can't do anything to me, they will hurt Nian Nian. Having a locator is at least safer." Shen Zhichu was concentrating on confirming the locator and didn't notice that Xu Nian's eyes shook slightly.
Xu Nian pursed his lips several times and wanted to say something but suppressed it.
"Okay." Shen Zhichu returned the phone to Xu Nian. Seeing that her expression hadn't improved, he raised his hand and ruffled her hair. "If you have anything to say, tell me. Don't keep it in your heart."
"I..." Xu Nian opened his mouth, paused for a moment, then looked down at Nian Nian in his arms, "I'm fine, really."
"I'm glad you're okay." Shen Zhichu could feel that Xu Nian was a little strange, but she didn't know what was wrong. Maybe it was because something went wrong at home these two days. Xu Nian didn't say anything, and she didn't want to ask again and again. After all, it was someone else's private matter.
Shen Zhichu received a call from Wang Xiangrong, asking her to go back and change clothes and put on makeup. Shen Zhichu's scenes will be the whole day today, and it might be difficult to finish work.
Xia Yanyue was also present at the scene. The injuries on her face from the last filming had not healed yet, so she could only cover them up with thick powder, which made her face look even stiffer.
Xia Yanyue was holding the script and rehearsing lines with other actors. She was also holding a colored ballpoint pen in her hand and seemed to be studying the script very seriously.
She caught a glimpse of Xu Nian who came in with Shen Zhichu, and her eyes dimmed.
…….
At noon, Xu Nian went out to eat and asked Shen Zhichu as usual if he needed her to bring anything back.
"No, you go ahead, I'll just eat the box lunch."
A lot of supplies have been delivered in the past few days, so we don’t have to worry about food and drink, which has saved the crew a lot of money.
Apart from filming, the only hobby of the crew is gossip. Everyone knows that the person who cannot be offended the most in the crew right now is Shen Zhichu, after all, he has a close relationship with the two major investors.
Even Zheng Xiao, who often acted with Shen Zhichu, couldn't help but secretly try to get some information from Shen Zhichu, but was quickly warned by the director and kept quiet.
Xia Yanyue put down the script and stood up, looking towards Xu Nian and said arrogantly, "Xu Nian, go bring me a cup of American coffee."
Shen Zhichu frowned: "If you want to drink coffee, go buy it yourself. Don't you have hands?"
"She's an assistant. What's wrong with me asking her to bring back a cup of coffee?"
Shen Zhichu smiled: "She is my assistant and it is not someone else's turn to ask her to do anything, understand?"
"Isn't it just money? I'll give it to her." Xia Yanyue opened her bag, took out a few bills and threw them on the ground as if giving alms.
Shen Zhichu looked at her actions, crossed her arms over her chest, and was too lazy to pay attention to such an IQ-deficient person. She turned her head and said to Xu Nian who was lowering her head: "Go and do your own thing. If you encounter such a shameless person in the future, just avoid him."
“Chen Zhichu, who are you calling shameless?”
"Xia Yanyue, if I remember correctly, the company's characterization of you is that you're pure, kind, and ignorant of the ways of the world. Don't be so foolish as to pretend that you believe it yourself. Who am I talking about? There are only a few of us here. Who else could it be but you? Right?"
Xia Yanyue was about to lose her temper when Chen Zhichu raised his hand to interrupt her.
"Don't get angry. If you get angry, not only will your image be ruined, but your face will be ruined too. You'll have to go to a plastic surgery hospital to fix it."
This sentence successfully made Xia Yanyue lose her mind. She touched her face with one hand and Shen Zhichu with the other: "Shen Zhichu, why are you so arrogant here?"
"What are you talking about? I'm never arrogant to others."
Before Xia Yanyue could react, Shen Zhichu said slowly, "Xia Yanyue, you remind me of someone. Three years ago, Li Jingshen's fiancée, Xia Mingyue, appeared on the big screen in a limited-edition film for everyone. I don't know why, but I feel like you look a lot like her. Even your names sound similar."
Xia Yanyue's face froze, and she pursed her lips, feeling very aggrieved. She glanced at Xu Nian.
As soon as Xu Nian raised her eyes, they met his gaze. She was startled, her face slightly uncomfortable and her eyes flustered.
"Sister Zhichu, I'm fine. I just brought back a cup of coffee. I used to do this kind of thing all the time."
Xu Nian has always been soft-hearted, and it was because of this that he allowed others to bully him.
"Now you are my assistant, you don't need to work for others."
"It's okay, I'm really fine." As she said that, she lowered her head and picked up the money that Xia Yanyue threw on the ground one by one.
"Sister Zhichu, I'm leaving first." After saying that, Xu Nian ran away in a hurry.
"Xu Nian..." Shen Zhichu called her, but Xu Nian didn't look back. She carried Nian Nian on her back and ran away with the money, and her back disappeared.
Shen Zhichu felt something was wrong. She had felt that there was something wrong with Xu Nian since early this morning.
"Tsk." Xia Yanyue sneered and interrupted Shen Zhichu's contemplation. She said sarcastically: "Some people are born to be mean."
Shen Zhichu glanced at her coldly and was called by the staff to get lunch boxes.
This afternoon was all about her acting, leaving her no time to think about so much.
……….
Xu Nian clenched the money in her hand, her eyes red. The cell phone in her bag vibrated suddenly. Her heart tightened. She took out her cell phone tremblingly and opened the text message. Her eyes, which had just been red, were now filled with tears.
Xu Nian put Nian Nian down from his back and held her in his arms.
Holding the space bag, she lowered her head and looked at Nian Nian inside. She blew her nose: "I'm sorry Nian Nian, I want to save my mother... I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Xu Nian choked, tears continuously falling from her red eyes onto the bag.
She needed a large sum of money to save her mother, so she had no choice but to do this unscrupulous thing.
Xia Yanyue said that as long as she handed Nian Nian over to someone, not only would her mother be let go, but she would also be given a large sum of money to treat her mother's illness.
She was raised by her mother with great difficulty. Her biggest wish in this life is to let her mother enjoy a good life, take her on trips, and take pictures in her favorite pink sea.
But now her mother has suffered from uremia without having enjoyed a single day of good life. She needs a kidney transplant, and the medical expenses are high every day. With her monthly salary of several thousand yuan, she can't save her mother at all.
She also wanted to tell Shen Zhichu, but she knew that Shen Zhichu didn't have that much money to lend her, not to mention... her mother was still in Xia Yanyue's hands, and she was afraid that if she acted rashly, her mother would be in danger.
Xu Nian wiped the tears from her face and had made a decision.
It’s just a cat… It’s just a cat, she repeated these words to herself over and over again, as if this could dispel her guilty conscience.
If something happened to Nian Nian, she would buy a new cat for Shen Zhichu.
Besides, Nian Nian might not be in trouble. It has a collar locator on its neck. When Chen Zhichu finds something wrong, he might be able to find Nian Nian quickly by following the locator.
Xu Nian comforted herself and looked at the location sent in the new text message. She clicked on it and followed the navigation.
Then, when they reached the river, Xu Nian sent a text message back: "Where are you?"
The other party replied quickly.
"I've seen you. Stand still."
Xu Nian waited anxiously. There were not many people around, and she didn't know who the few people were, until a woman wearing a mask walked towards her.
"Just this cat?" The woman was wearing a mask and sunglasses, so her face couldn't be seen clearly. Her tone was disdainful and full of malicious sarcasm.
Xu Nian felt her voice was familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before, but she didn't have the mind to think about it now.
"Yes, this is the cat she always keeps with her."
"So ugly?"
Xu Nian didn't respond to her and asked, "If I hand the cat over to you, will you let my mother go?"
The woman was a little impatient: "Xia Yanyue has already explained it to you clearly, why are you still asking? Hurry up and give me this ugly cat."
Xu Nian struggled: "You won't do anything to it, right?"
The woman scoffed, "You've already sent it here, are you still worried about what might happen to it? Don't worry about things that shouldn't be your concern. The important thing is to give you money and cure your mother's illness."
Xu Nian thought of her mother and took off the cat bag with trembling hands and handed it over.
Niannian seemed to sense the danger and began to struggle in the cat bag, meowing hoarsely. It kept ramming the bag that trapped it and looked desperately at Xu Nian.
However, Xu Nian turned his gaze away. The woman took out a card from her bag and said, "Here, remember not to tell anyone about what happened today."
Xu Nian took the card and nodded awkwardly.
The woman curled the corners of her lips coldly, took the cat bag, turned around, and looked down at the ugly cat struggling inside, her face grim and ugly.
Chen Zhichu, I want to see how long you can be proud. You ruined my life, so I will also ruin what you love most.
The woman drove to the garbage dump carrying a cat bag. She took off the mask on her face. It was Zheng Xiuxiu, who had been banned not long ago. The expression on her face was terrifying and sinister.
Zheng Xiuxiu took out the things she had prepared here early in the morning: a utility knife, pliers, rope, gloves, a putty blower... and a bottle of gasoline.
She put on gloves and slowly opened the cat bag. Niannian saw the opportunity and wanted to rush out, but Zheng Xiuxiu grabbed her neck.
No matter how strong a cat is, it cannot match the strength of a person. It was strangled and it was in great pain. Niannian struggled and wanted to bite her, but the person who caught it was wearing gloves and its teeth could not penetrate.
And its front paws were disabled three years ago, and it has no claws to protect itself.
At first...
At first...
"Woo--" Fear appeared in Nian Nian's blue eyes. Zheng Xiuxiu stared at its eyes with a weird and sick smile on the corner of her mouth.
"If you want to blame someone, blame Chen Zhichu. You're the cat raised by Chen Zhichu. The more she cares about you, the harder I'll torture you. It's not illegal to abuse a cat anyway." Zheng Xiuxiu said as she picked up the rope on the ground, tied it to Nian Nian's front and back feet, and hung it by its neck.
"It might be a little painful later, you have to bear it." Zheng Xiuxiu pinched Nian Nian's mouth, picked up the pliers and slowly approached its two sharp teeth.
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