Chapter 66 She Didn't Commit Suicide
"There's something I kept from you in my past life, and I'm sorry."
"Su Yunruo agreed to marry me not because she liked me, but because I asked her for help."
"She agreed to help because she knew what happened the day your mother died."
"She didn't commit suicide..."
Lin Yuanzhou raised his hand and poured the water from the cup into his mouth.
Are you alright?
A voice sounded behind him, and Lin Yuanzhou hurriedly turned around to see Lin Xingsen standing by the door with a tutoring book in his hand, his eyes full of disdain.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yuanzhou didn't understand why the child said that.
“You’ve been drinking water from that empty cup three times now.”
Lin Yuanzhou suddenly put down the cup in his hand, and a loud clatter rang out.
He looked at the empty cup, gave a helpless bitter smile, then quickly composed himself and turned back to ask, "Why are you back so soon today?"
"I've learned everything the teacher taught me."
"Oh, then next time in the exam..."
Lin Xingsen held his chin high, "I've gotten first place in the monthly exams for two consecutive months."
Lin Yuanzhou was amused by the child's proud demeanor, and a thought inexplicably popped into his mind: what would Su Yunruo's reaction be if she saw Lin Xingsen like this?
Su Yunruo...
Han Shicheng's last words echoed in my mind.
—She did not commit suicide.
He thought so too; how could Su Yunruo commit suicide?
But she only approached Han Yao because of her mother's situation.
Upon learning of this, Lin Yuanzhou felt more distressed than happy.
He did not want to see Su Yunruo put in danger because of his family affairs.
[Next, Su Yunruo will be taken to the police station. All the evidence will point to Su Yunruo, and everyone will think that Su Yunruo arranged for Ruan Rourou to be drugged.]
When the police announced Chen Wanxiang's death, Lin Yuanzhou received a message from Han Shicheng.
His first reaction was, "How is that possible?"
Soon, news of Su Yunruo being taken away by the police spread online, and Lin Yuanzhou finally remembered that this was how it was in his previous life: one day he suddenly saw the news that Su Yunruo had been taken away by the police.
He was too far away from Su Yunruo at the time and had no idea why Su Yunruo was taken away.
Everything seems to be slowly overlapping with my past life.
Why are you spacing out again?
Lin Yuanzhou seemed to wake from a dream, rubbing his temples. "The project has been quite stressful lately."
"Isn't it because of Su Yunruo?"
"..."
"Aren't you going to check on her? She's been at the police station for almost two days. My classmates all say that being taken in for interrogation won't be easy."
"Pfft." Lin Yuanzhou chuckled to himself.
"why are you laughing?"
"You're worried about her too, aren't you?"
“I didn’t,” Lin Xingsen retorted directly, then turned his back to the dining table and sat down, clutching his book. “I’m not familiar with her.”
"Although based on my understanding of her, she shouldn't be affected by this kind of thing, I'll still make a call."
Lin Yuanzhou saw Lin Xingsen turn his head slightly, but he quickly straightened his neck and looked at the table again, pretending not to care.
Suddenly, she remembered that Ms. Zhang's son had been discharged from the hospital and the mother and son had left S City. If it weren't for all the messy things that had happened during this time, Su Yunruo should have treated the child to a meal. She had already told the child about the matching before.
"I'll take you out to eat after I'm done with this busy period."
Lin Xingsen pulled out a pen and said nonchalantly, "No need."
"Would you do me the honor of joining me then?"
"If you... if you really want me to go..."
Lin Yuanzhou reached out and patted Lin Xingsen's head. "Study hard. I'm going to call her."
After receiving a soft response from the child, Lin Yuanzhou took out his phone and went to the balcony to call Su Yunruo.
There are actually many questions to ask, such as whether he was okay during the interrogation, how he is feeling now, and whether he knows what happened the day his mother had the car accident.
Lin Yuanzhou hoped that Su Yunruo was unaware that, from any perspective, this was his own family matter, and Su Yunruo should not be involved, much less face any danger because of it.
"What's up?"
...
"What's up?"
Su Yunruo raised her hand to signal Jiang Chunrou to stop reporting for the time being, and answered the phone call from Lin Yuanzhou.
"Nothing serious, I just wanted to ask how you are doing."
"I didn't suffer much, don't worry." He paused, then added, "By the way, thank you for running around looking for evidence during this time."
"It's nothing."
Su Yunruo raised her eyes slightly and saw Jiang Chunrou hesitate, "Is there anything else? I'm in a meeting right now."
No, that's all.
"Let's talk again when we have time."
Su Yun hung up the phone decisively.
Jiang Chunrou finally asked the question she wanted to ask: "Miss Su, is this Lin Yuanzhou?"
"Okay." Su Yunruo turned off her phone and placed it on the table. "Go on."
"Why didn't you tell him you were going to help him deal with his mother's situation?"
Su Yunru tilted her head and heard a cracking sound from her bones.
The long hours of work left her body stiff and uncomfortable. She moved her neck and felt a mix of soreness and relief before answering, "It wasn't to help him."
Jiang Chunrou looked bewildered.
"I did this not because of Lin Yuanzhou."
"Isn't it because of him?"
“I’m doing this just for the person in the ambulance.” Su Yunruo explained further, afraid that she wouldn’t understand. “If one day the person in the ambulance were you, Yu Youqian, or Liang Shi, I would do the same.”
Jiang Chunrou's confused gaze seemed to slowly regain focus.
Su Yunruo continued, "I didn't tell Lin Yuanzhou because his way of doing things is different from mine, which would actually affect efficiency."
What was his approach?
“That’s probably the way the police like best,” Su Yunruo stood up. “Have the public relations department get ready to release the news as soon as there’s any indication that filming for ‘Female General’ has been halted.”
Jiang Chunrou pressed further: "Ms. Su, can such a big project as 'Female General' really be stopped so easily?"
"Give it a try."
"But there are still many innocent people..."
Jiang Chunrou couldn't say what she was going to say next because Su Yunruo had already opened the door and left.
Sometimes Jiang Chunrou wondered if she was being protected too much, to the point that Miss Su was framed and taken to the police station, while she wondered if Miss Su's response was too much.
Two major projects involving thousands of people—can they really be destroyed without any psychological burden?
The office was quiet for a long time, and Jiang Chunrou almost forgot that Su Yunruo had asked her to do something.
Until someone casually opened the door.
Jiang Chunrou turned around and saw Yu Youqian holding a milk tea, staring at her blankly with his big, clear eyes, as if he had never suffered any hardship.
When Jiang Chunrou first came to Youqian Entertainment, she thought that Miss Su and Yu Youqian were the same kind of people because their eyes looked alike.
She was thinking, "The company is good, but is there really a future working with these two idiots?"
Later, Jiang Chunrou understood that some people are genuinely stupid, while others have known stupid people for so long that they know them inside and out and can convincingly portray them with ease.
"Did Su Yunruo just come over?"
"Mm." Jiang Chunrou nodded.
"Tsk, luckily I was waiting for the elevator and didn't bump into her. If I had, I would have gotten yelled at."
Jiang Chunrou smiled as Yu Youqian brought in milk tea. He skillfully disassembled the two straws, inserted them into the cups, sipped one himself, and handed the other to Jiang Chunrou.
Jiang Chunrou hesitated before taking the drink, then couldn't help but ask, "Has Miss Su ever done this before?"
Yu Youqian stared blankly, "What?"
"She had the public relations department expose all of Zhou Kantian's affairs, causing the film 'Female General' and the movie that was being filmed to be completely halted."
"What kind of nonsense is this?"
"?" Jiang Chunrou thought that Yu Youqian might not know the consequences. If these two films were really canceled, many people would lose their jobs, and the capital might be lost directly, leading to the company's bankruptcy.
Yu Youqian took a big gulp, and before he knew it, a pearl got stuck in his throat, causing him to cough violently several times.
Jiang Chunrou wondered if she should help pat him on the back, but Yu Youqian straightened up and said, "Zhou Kantian should have been sent to jail for all those things. The fact that he can still make money is purely because he's clinging to a powerful figure. The main reason why 'Female General' and that movie were affected wasn't because Su Yunruo exposed Zhou Kantian, but because they used Zhou Kantian!"
Jiang Chunrou's eyes widened.
Yes, that's the logic.
"And Su Yunruo is much better than she was in high school, you have no idea..."
"What?"
Yu Youqian obediently drank his milk tea, shaking his head vigorously.
Jiang Chunrou thought that since she had already failed to see clearly how Miss Su handled Zhou Kantian's matter, she might not be able to see clearly in other matters either, so she decided not to ask any further questions.
Yu Youqian misunderstood her silence and clicked his tongue, saying, "Okay, okay, don't look so aggrieved. Let me tell you, when Su Yunruo went to Su Zhongyuan to deal with the school bullying incident in high school, she made the male student who led the trouble kneel around the school, kowtowing and barking like a dog... for a whole afternoon, if I remember correctly."
"What?" Jiang Chunrou's eyes widened.
This is such a bizarre thing; even TV dramas with the theme of school violence have never featured anything like it.
Yu Youqian pouted, "It's just making an example of someone. Su Yunruo got some things that weren't good for that person, and she suggested that he either go to jail or kowtow around the school. Later, that person and his parents all immigrated and never came back. Even Liu Ziquan heard the news; he disappeared completely."
"..."
"Hey! This matter was indeed not handled well. Her father was angry, and it's said that this was the reason why she wasn't allowed to take over the family company later."
"..."
Yu Youqian shrank back, "You absolutely mustn't tell anyone about this, or Su Yunruo will really kill me."
"Um...is school bullying a serious problem?"
"Of course, that bastard forcibly molested several poor students. One of them even got pregnant, and she was only sixteen at the time." Yu Youqian rubbed his temples. "Actually, I think Su Yunruo did nothing wrong. There are just too many shameless idiots. I've known Su Yunruo since we were kids, so I know her well. She idolizes her relatives, especially those on her family tree, so she has a strong sense of justice. As for her methods... what's that saying? Su Yunruo used to tell me every day when we were kids: if you want to be a good person, you have to be worse than the bad people."
Jiang Chunrou let out a heavy sigh.
She decided to stop thinking about it and just do whatever Su Yunruo told her to do.
*
Police received a tip that Zhou Kantian had sexually assaulted multiple women using coercion and drugging, and then filmed the acts and distributed the videos in WeChat groups for monetary transactions. The evidence was conclusive.
Almost overnight, two major projects that LY was filming were simultaneously suspended.
Netizens were shocked.
[Holy crap, this man is disgusting. I thought it was mutual when he slept with a fan, but it turns out it was coercion.]
[Oh my god! What kind of trash did I idolize? This is really my cybercrime record now.]
I can't even imagine how much suffering those girls he hurt endured.
[LY probably knows all about these things. LY even helped him get a role in a big director's movie. Maybe he used special methods to squeeze Hu Yang out. LY might also be involved. I hope the police investigate thoroughly.]
A secondary account posted: "[Doesn't anyone have any curious videos? It claims to have filmed a lot of women, probably all female celebrities, right? Their figures must be amazing.]"
This comment instantly ignited even more anger among netizens.
[Get lost! What kind of bastards are online now? They secretly stirred things up after Ruan Rourou was hurt, trying to rub salt into the wounds of the victims, and now they want to inflict further harm on the female victims.]
[You loser, have you never seen a woman in your life?]
Because the evidence was so overwhelming, the arrest warrant was issued very quickly. In the short time that netizens were cursing the vile account online for not speaking up for the victim but instead trying to find the victim's video, Zhou Kantian was directly taken to the police station.
News is subject to delays. It can be said that Zhou Kantian was actually arrested long before the incident. From the time he was reported to his arrest, the interval was less than a morning, leaving him almost no time to escape.
The fact that the male leads of two big-budget productions had accidents is a major incident, especially since filming had already begun. The entire production was brought to a standstill, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars a day.
Moreover, the entire internet is currently suspecting that the executives of both production teams and LY staff were involved in the Zhou Kantian incident, which has severely damaged their reputation. Even with LY's full PR efforts and marketing accounts that had previously spread rumors about Su Yunruo and had no credibility attempting to steer public opinion, it has been to no avail.
While the outside world was in chaos, the police station was strangely quiet.
Perhaps because the evidence was too overwhelming, and Pei Xue even personally brought evidence of coercion to the police station entrance, Zhou Kantian, who had initially resisted arrest, finally realized that the situation was beyond saving, and became especially quiet in the interrogation room.
Or you could say: heartbroken.
It's like a prisoner who has been sentenced to death by the court, unable to proclaim his innocence, quietly and desperately waiting to die.
Just when everyone thought things would continue this way, one day, Zhou Kantian asked to see someone.
To everyone's surprise, Zhou Kantian refused to see his lawyer or relatives at this time, and instead insisted on seeing Su Yunruo.
What a coincidence! Su Yunruo had just gone out not long ago, and the police happened to have her contact information.
...
Christmas is just around the corner, and the streets are filled with Christmas spirit. A cold front blows in, and the snow arrives as expected.
After Su Yunruo got out of the car, there were a few white spots on her hair. She tried to pat them off, but they didn't come off. Instead, her hands were covered in water.
The police arranged for her to meet with Zhou Kantian.
It was the same interrogation room she had been in, with only the glaring light from the lamp on the table. The chair was hard, and Zhou Kantian's hands were handcuffed to it.
When Zhou Kantian saw her, he smiled very gently, as if he were seeing a good friend he hadn't seen for many years. If his hands weren't unable to move freely, he would have almost raised his hands to greet her warmly.
"You've finally arrived."
Su Yunruo sat down opposite him. "To make a long story short, I'm very busy."
I really envy you.
"Envious of me?"
"I already know who your father is."
"If you're talking about this aspect, I think no one would not envy me."
Zhou Kantian chuckled softly, then remained silent.
The atmosphere fell silent, which was somewhat out of character for the two of them and their long-standing way of getting along.
Su Yunruo raised her wrist to check her watch and confirmed that five minutes had passed.
Zhou Kantian: "When did you start preparing for these things?"
"What's up?"
"With such ample evidence, it must have taken you quite a bit of time. It's clear you really want me dead."
Su Yunruo found it strange. Shouldn't she be the one saying those words? Zhou Kantian clearly seemed to want her dead more.
"Do you think I'm utterly wicked and use despicable methods?"
Su Yunruo: "..."
Zhou Kantian suddenly burst into laughter, bent down, and pressed his forehead against the bound hand. "Hahahaha, Su Yunruo! What are you pretending to be, a righteous person? These days, which successful person doesn't have dirty hands? Who didn't get rich by relying on their wife? Even your family wasn't clean in the past. What gives you the right to look down on me?"
"..."
"Why aren't you saying anything? I guessed right. Are you feeling guilty?"
Su Yunruo rubbed her temples. "Do you think I feel good seeing you like this?"
Isn't that so?
"Actually, I didn't feel anything." Su Yunruo raised her wrist to check her watch again. "Dealing with you was just a side thing."
Zhou Kantian suddenly sat up straight and asked incredulously, "By the way?"
“You’re not some big shot, so you’ve probably wasted... a few hours of my time?” Su Yunruo stood up. “I have other things to do. I wish you great success in prison.”
"etc."
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
"How am I any less capable than Fan Xingchen and Ke Jinyang?"
"What?" Su Yunruo didn't understand why these two people were suddenly involved. Shouldn't she and Zhou Kantian only talk about Miao Xiaoyun and Pei Xue?
“They already knew about your family background, that’s why they’re so eager to curry favor with you.” Zhou Kantian clenched his fists. “I’m also in the crew, why am I the only one excluded by you… Is it because I’m not the male lead? You replaced me with Ke Jinyang. If it weren’t for you, I would be the one who became a sensation this summer.”
Zhou Kantian's words were difficult for Su Yunruo to understand. She couldn't find any logic in them at all. It was as if everything was happening in his own dream, and he was using the chaotic fragments of his dream to accuse her.
After a few seconds of silence, Su Yunruo tried her best to reconsider his words.
What do you mean by sucking up to the male lead? Is Zhou Kantian criticizing her for not treating him the same way she treated Ke Jinyang and the others?
Zhou Kantian's logic is very strange.
What makes him worthy of attention?
"If I had your background..."
I didn't listen to what Su Yunruo said after that.
Zhou Kantian sat inside, resenting his lack of a good family background and that she wasn't his support, but he never felt that there was anything wrong with him.
Such a person is not worth wasting time on.
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