Chapter 65 Chapter 65 What a bloody story
The next day, after Qiao Wu sent Lu Xuan to the crew, he stayed there for a while, chatted with many people, and handed out many business cards.
"What are they doing?" Jiang Qi was puzzled. "Poaching my people?"
Lu Xuan sat next to Jiang Qi, so that if Jiang Qi was dissatisfied with anything, he could take the initiative and hold him down.
"She runs an entertainment company and has no experience in this area."
Jiang Qi was delighted: "Is it for you?"
“…”
Lu Xuan gets angry when he talks about this.
"What do you think she's thinking?" He pretended to be ready for a long conversation. "She didn't even tell me she was planning to start an entertainment company. I still have two years left on my contract at another company. I offered to pay the penalty and she wouldn't go. That company is full of little-known, low-profile artists. What's her plan?"
"How would I know?" Jiang Qi was already used to Lu Xuan's unusual mental state whenever he met Qiao Wu. He said casually, "It's her business to start a company. Why does it have to do with you?"
"I'm a future superstar." Lu Xuan pointed at his face. "Why would she start a company if she didn't sign me?"
Jiang Qi glanced at him and said, "Future superstar, you can't even be the third male lead in my crew."
Lu Xuan crossed his legs and said, "I won't come even if you pay me to do so in the future."
“The worst thing a person can do is take themselves too seriously.”
Don’t you even know your own weight?
Jiang Qi took a puff of his cigarette and suddenly lowered his voice to ask, "Last time you asked me about acting for someone, was that person her?"
In fact, the clues were too obvious. Jiang Qi had only known Lu Xuan for a short month but he had already figured out his character.
The young man was used to a life of wealth and had a bad temper. He could not endure hardship and would not tolerate others disobeying him.
Many times he suspected that Lu Xuan would fight with anyone, especially in the first few days after entering the training camp.
But unexpectedly, the agent came once a week, bringing some food every time, and whispering "Miss Qiao said" in Lu Xuan's ear. Lu Xuan's pent-up temper would be smoothed out in just a week, and everyone would spend the week in peace.
Qiao Wu was like a carrot dangling in front of him, and no other name around him had this effect.
Sure enough, although Lu Xuan did not admit it, he did not deny it either.
Jiang Qi chuckled: "You don't like her, do you?"
Lu Xuan, who was still staring at Qiao Wu angrily, didn't react for a moment and subconsciously retorted: "Who doesn't like her?"
"No." Jiang Qi leaned in front of Lu Xuan as if he had discovered a new world, and said curiously, "Young Master, do you know what I mean by liking? Men like women's liking. Your love quotient is not at the same level as your IQ, right?"
What about someone not liking it? Only kids would say such things in a boastful tone.
"What man and woman..."
Lu Xuan's words were stuck in her throat when she finished speaking, and suddenly the words Qiao Wu said to her in the car last night popped up in her mind.
You are male and I am female.
The affectionate peach blossom eyes turned slightly, and finally looked away: "What did you say?"
"Okay." Jiang Qi finally understood. "From now on, you can sit at the same table with the kids."
What 23 years old? He knows many 23-year-old actors who have already had several relationships at this age.
This person is still in the clingy stage of kindergarten.
But Lu Xuan had no intention of letting him go. He grabbed the man's clothes and pulled them down, asking anxiously and rashly, "Why do you think I like her?"
"I was just saying that, just joking." Jiang Qi held his hand away, afraid that the cigarette ash would burn his handsome face. "Why are you asking me about this? I'm not a psychologist. You know I'm divorced."
Even though the cigarette was already far away, Lu Xuan still pushed the person away as if he was burned.
Yes, Jiang Qi is divorced.
He rubbed his hands: "Bad luck."
“…”
Jiang Qi kicked his chair and said, "You bastard, what nonsense are you talking about? I'm dedicating myself to art!"
At this time, Qiao Wu, who had already communicated with all the staff, came back and saw Lu Xuan with half of his butt sitting outside the chair. He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Performance art?"
Lu Xuan quickly straightened his chair, maintaining his elegant demeanor from the beginning: "Are you done?"
"Well, I'm ready to go back." Qiao Wu looked at Jiang Qi on the other side and smiled gently, "Teacher Jiang, I'll trouble you to give Lu Xuan more guidance from now on."
"Don't worry, I'm mentally prepared. I won't throw him into the sea halfway." Jiang Qi laughed a few times and joked, "You won't blame me if I can't help but throw him away, right?"
"No, let him swim back."
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you talking about?" Lu Xuan stood up from his chair. "No, I'm just a minor character. I don't have much to say, right?"
Qiao Wu: "You must do it well if you say so."
“It’s not like I won’t do it.”
"If you need anything, talk to Meng Xingxing and the assistant." Qiao Wu tapped his phone. "Just like before, don't call me during filming unless it's absolutely necessary or urgent, so I don't miss important work calls, okay?"
"I can't even fight when I'm not working?" Lu Xuan was dissatisfied with why the rules of the training camp had to be brought out.
Qiao Wu said with a hint of meaning: "Do you still want to surpass Lu Jinzhi?"
“…If you don’t want to fight, then don’t fight.”
The desire to win suddenly ignited.
Lu Xuan held the phone tightly, feeling unwilling.
He looked at Qiao Wu's face, and something in his mind suddenly moved. He asked, "If I figure it out like you said, then these rules don't apply anymore?"
Qiao Wu just hopes that he can be independent and self-reliant.
Those rules are not actually too strict, but they are too obedient that they feel they cannot be violated.
She nodded. "Of course."
"Okay, I promise." Lu Xuan put the phone back in his pocket, "I'll take you out."
"No need." Qiao Wu stopped him. "You guys continue with your work. My car is right outside. No need to take these extra steps."
Withdrawal, withdrawal.
Lu Xuan repeated it in his mind several times before he resisted the urge to send her out. He watched her disappear in silence.
Until a hand waved in front of his eyes: "Come back to your senses."
Lu Xuan looked away impatiently: "Tsk."
"I was wrong." Seeing his expression, Jiang Qi said with a bit of disgust, "There is still an essential difference between you two. It's impossible for you to be together."
Something is wrong.
like?
What's impossible?!
Lu Xuan turned to him and stared.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Jiang Qi stuffed the script into his arms, his words as cold as the wind around him. "She entrusted you like she was entrusting an orphan to someone else, and you're like that child who was sent to kindergarten and watched their family leave reluctantly. You two are simply not on the same level."
Lu Xuan rolled up the script and threatened: "Watch your words, I'm older than her!"
"That's even more ridiculous. You're older than her, yet she still has to care about you in every way. How can you two get along? I feel so tired for her."
"Who said no!" Lu Xuan said, but then he felt that there was something wrong with this statement, "No... She and I are not what you think. I am her brother... brother."
He deliberately twisted the last word.
"Okay, brother." Jiang Qi said sarcastically and turned away.
But Lu Xuan quickly caught up with him: "You haven't told me why you think I like her. What happened between you and your ex-wife?"
"Why do you care about my ex-wife?"
Jiang Qi punched him: "I told you I don't know. Isn't there a love scene in your script? Figure it out yourself."
Lu Xuan was so upset by this sentence that his head was smoking, but he still didn't give up.
I found a corner and studied the script diligently, more seriously than when I was in school, competing for first place.
He was waiting, waiting until he could sort out all his thoughts and understand the relationship between them as Qiao Wu said, so that he could legitimately say that he didn't need to quit.
After leaving the crew, Qiao Wu went directly to the place where he had made an appointment with Lai Yunjiao.
It is a restaurant located in the wealthy area of Mid-Levels. The number of seats allocated is limited every day, so there are very few people.
Qiao Wu had just entered the room and had not yet found Lai Yunjiao's seat when someone patted his shoulder.
She turned around and saw that it was Zhong Hejing whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
The other person laughed and said, "It's you, I thought I was seeing things. Why are you here?"
"I have some work." Qiao Wu asked, "How about you?"
"Zhong Ru has been feeling a bit upset lately, so I decided to stay in the sanatorium here for a while. Zhong Min from the mainland can probably take over the daily work." Zhong Hejing glanced around her. "Are you alone?"
"I made an appointment with a friend..."
Before Qiao Wu could finish his words, he heard someone calling his name from upstairs.
She looked up and saw Lai Yunjiao walking towards her from not far away.
Lai Yunjiao saw Qiao Wu when she came in, and was about to ask the waiter to bring her over, but she didn't expect that there was another person behind her, so she decided to come over in person.
Thinking of his previous promise, Qiao Wu introduced the two to each other.
Lai Yunjiao took the initiative to say: "If you don't have other companions, let's go together?"
Originally, Zhong Hejing didn't have many friends here, and she was coming out to eat alone today, so she gladly accepted the invitation.
The two people had a very compatible aura, and perhaps they had the same goal, so after just a few words they became familiar with each other and exchanged each other's contact information.
Upon learning that Qiao Wu and Lai Yunjiao were going to the auction together, Zhong Hejing immediately expressed that she also wanted to go and have some fun.
So the original two-person trip became a three-person trip. Lai Yunjiao was too lazy to drive another car, so she got directly into Qiao Wu's car.
Before starting the car, Qiao Wu observed Zhong Hejing's condition and said, "You look much better recently."
"I'll feel better if I don't see any annoying people or things." Zhong Hejing was in a good mood. "That's why Zhong Ru kept bothering me. Seeing that I was getting better, she wanted to drive Zhong Min away, so I just said I was here to recuperate."
Qiao Wu smiled.
At this time, Zhong Ru had no right to make the decision.
"In fact, it's all thanks to you. You're my savior." Zhong Hejing patted her hands. "If you like anything later, I'll pay for it."
A sum of money for a life.
No loss whatsoever.
Originally, Lai Yunjiao thought that the reason why Qiao Wu had so many connections was probably because he had the support of the Lu family, but now she found that it seemed that they were all earned by the other party, because Zhong Hejing never mentioned anything related to the Lu family from beginning to end.
She was about to speak when she suddenly received a call from her bodyguard.
Lai Yunjiao has been able to climb to where she is today on her own, so she will not let her guard down at any time. Therefore, even if she is just out for a private date, there will be bodyguards following her all the time, and the other party will not come to her unless there is a special situation.
She lowered her eyes and said, "Speak."
"Miss San, there are several people following you. After you got in the car, they also had two cars following behind."
"I've taken care of it. Pick me up." Lai Yunjiao quickly hung up the phone and said to Qiao Wu, "I'm sorry, something suddenly happened and I can't go with you today. I need to get off now."
Qiao Wu heard her answering the phone and thought she had something important to say. Knowing that she had bodyguards with her, he stopped the car on the side of the road.
The moment Lai Yunjiao got out of the car, several bodyguards came forward, surrounded her, and protected her as she got into the car behind them.
"What's wrong?" Zhong Hejing was startled.
Qiao Wu glanced at the rearview mirror and was a little worried, but she didn't know anything about the situation. If something really happened, so many bodyguards would not be of any use.
"Ask later." She started the car again.
After Lai Yunjiao got into the bodyguard's car, she put on the bulletproof vest he handed her and asked, "What's going on?"
The Lai family has been deeply rooted in the Hong Kong area for many years, and they also made some dirty noises in the early years, so the Lai family has always been very vigilant and has a strong sense of security.
She didn't tell anyone except Qiao Wu that she was coming here to eat, and the only other person who knew was the bodyguard who came with her.
It can’t be Qiao Wu. Lai Yunjiao has her own judgment.
The other party would not be so stupid as to come here alone and bring friends with him, not to mention that this is the port area.
"I'm not sure. They weren't there before you left." The bodyguard paused. "They left, apparently following your friend."
Lai Yunjiao suddenly stopped moving and looked up in shock: "What did you say?"
"Turn, it's the direction of your friend."
"Catch up." Lai Yunjiao said immediately.
She had promised to ensure that Qiao Wu would not encounter any accidents during his stay in Hong Kong, not to mention that the two would be partners in the future.
Thinking of this, she immediately called Qiao Wu.
Qiao Wu was driving and frowned slightly when he saw the caller.
The other party just got out of the car and it is impossible that he didn't know that she was driving. It must be something urgent that he called at this time.
She slid open the hands-free.
"There are two cars following you." Lai Yunjiao said without further ado, "Now listen to me, change the route, and turn around at the next intersection."
Qiao Wu's car was driving slowly, so it was very close to the two cars behind. If she stopped rashly at this time, it would be even more dangerous, because the car on her side did not catch up, so she could only let them continue driving.
After hearing the sound, Qiao Wu did not hesitate to turn the steering wheel and the front of the car around when passing the next intersection, then stepped on the accelerator and drove forward.
At the same time, two cars were seen turning around very quickly.
"Do you have any idea?" Lai Yunjiao asked.
Qiao Wu instantly understood what she meant. He gripped the steering wheel tightly and said simply, "No."
No matter which memory I have, I can't find anyone who would follow me here.
Wait a minute!
There was another person in her car.
Sure enough, the next second, Zhong Hejing, who had also heard the call, said calmly, "Get out of the car."
Qiao Wu's heart skipped a beat.
In the original plot, Zhong Hejing died early due to drug problems, but now her health is getting better and better, and she has become very vigilant and replaced everyone around her. There will always be someone who can't sit still.
"Qiao Wu." Zhong Hejing spoke again, but her tone was much stronger. "Give me the car."
Qiao Wu's conscience and reason were in fierce struggle.
If the other party really came for Zhong Hejing, they must have made sufficient preparations. She just came to participate in the auction with bare hands. She is not Superman.
but…
Her breathing became disordered for a moment, but she sped up in vain: "Sit tight."
Lai Yunjiao on the phone also heard something wrong, but Zhong Hejing was a friend she had just met and a woman she had always admired, so she would not stand idly by.
"Turn right at the next intersection," Lai Yunjiao instructed. "I'll arrange for someone to pick you up. The police will be here soon."
"Their target is me." Zhong Hejing turned her head, her expression showing unprecedented anxiety and anger. "Give me the car, and I will fight my way out."
She is afraid of death, but she doesn't want to die.
But she would not drag Qiao Wu to take this risk with her.
This is the safest decision at the moment, if she gets the car she can earn her life.
"You also said that I saved your life." Qiao Wu said, "The current situation is that I have a better chance of survival than you."
Zhong Hejing had been ill for so many years, and had relied on a driver for all her travels, so she was probably no longer very skilled at driving. "I often go to the Zero Ring Road with Lu Yingchi," Qiao Wu said, "Trust me."
"Are you crazy?!"
It was impossible to grab the steering wheel at this time. If Qiao Wu didn't stop, Zhong Hejing would have no way to stop him, and jumping out of the car was even more impossible.
"We have people behind us." Qiao Wu comforted her, "It's okay."
She continued to step on the accelerator, increasing the speed again.
The people in the car behind had long realized that they had been discovered and absolutely could not let the car drive into the city, so they also increased their speed and tried to force the car in front to stop.
Three cars were speeding along the mountain road.
Even if Qiao Wu ran through the mountain roads of the Zero Ring Line many times, no one would cut her off like this. Her palms were sweating: "Look around. If there is an emergency, you know how to avoid danger, right?"
She had to focus all her attention on the unfamiliar road conditions, occasionally overtake the car in front, and listen to Lai Yunjiao's instructions.
I no longer have the energy to tell Zhong Hejing anything.
Zhong Hejing felt that her throat was completely blocked and she couldn't say anything at all. She could only respond to her with a heavy nasal voice.
"Two minutes." Lai Yunjiao said, "Hold on for two minutes."
After she finished speaking, she didn't hear any response, so Lai Yunjiao frowned: "Qiao Wu?"
"Yeah." Qiao Wu responded softly, "I'm listening."
She now had no concept of time at all. Her brain had automatically thrown out all unnecessary information. She even felt a little tinnitus and her mind was blank.
It was not until she faintly heard the sound of sirens that she regained consciousness.
"There's a roadblock ahead." Lai Yunjiao said, "Don't stop, slow down."
Qiao Wu finally released the accelerator.
But obviously the two cars around also heard the sirens getting closer and closer, and one of the cars rushed directly towards Qiao Wu.
There is a car behind you and you can't brake.
"Hold on tight." Qiao Wu said, and immediately turned the steering wheel towards the slope of the mountain, avoiding the full-speed collision of the car.
Her car slid up the slope and hit a lot of random things. After slowing down, she stepped on the brakes.
The other two cars were unable to avoid the collision in time, and one of them braked suddenly and collided with the front of the other car which had overturned on the side of the road.
The person assigned to the front immediately stepped forward. Lai Yunjiao and the police arrived almost at the same time, frantically banging on the car window: "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
Zhong Hejing always remembered what Qiao Wu said, that she should avoid special situations, so she steadied herself the moment he rushed up, but she heard a sound of something bumping.
She unbuckled her seat belt and looked at Qiao Wu with trembling hands. He was holding the steering wheel tightly with his head resting on it.
"Qiao Wu!"
Zhong Hejing turned her body over and found that her eyes were closed and there was some blood on her forehead. She lost her voice instantly.
Flustering to unlock the car door, Zhong Hejing stepped over Qiao Wu to open the driver's door and unbuckle her seatbelt: "Ambulance, quick!"
The doctor had been waiting at the roadblock and had arrived by now. Everyone was rushing to lift Qiao Wu onto the stretcher.
Qiao Wu's hand finally moved.
"I'm fine." She said softly, raising her closed eyes. "Don't touch me yet. Let me rest for a while."
I hit my head, but it didn't have much of an impact.
She just couldn't recover.
Nothing can come to mind in my blank mind.
After hearing the noisy sounds around her, she gradually regained some sense of reality and muttered to herself, "What a melodramatic story."
"What blood?"
Hearing Zhong Hejing's crying voice, Qiao Wu turned around and said with a smile: "Why are you crying? It's not like you're dead."
Seeing the other person's pale face full of uncontrollable tears, she murmured: "I won't die easily, I haven't lived enough."
Zhong Hejing wiped her face carelessly: "You are bleeding, go to the hospital with the doctor first."
Qiao Wu, who finally came to his senses, hummed.
Although she repeatedly stressed that she was fine, she was still carried onto a stretcher by the doctor. She turned her head when she saw the two cars collided with each other.
Lai Yunjiao, who was standing next to him, said, "I'll have someone take care of the people inside for you first."
With Lai Yunjiao around, Qiao Wu underwent a full set of examinations all over his body overnight. Apart from a slight concussion from the collision, he had no other injuries, but he was still asked to stay in the hospital for one night.
Qiao Wu was lying on the bed, and suddenly she was very glad that she had told Lu Xuan not to call her in advance.
"Can you give me something to help me sleep and calm down?" she asked the doctor. "I want to rest for a while."
Knowing that she was frightened, the doctor nodded: "Don't worry."
"I'll stay here with you, go to sleep," Zhong Hejing said. "I'll tell your family later."
"No, it's nothing serious. Don't make them worry. I'll be fine when I wake up tomorrow."
Speaking of this, Qiao Wu still remembered to take out his cell phone to send a message to Lu Jinzhi.
Report safety.
After sending the message, she didn't want to care about anything anymore. She didn't care whether Zhong Hejing wanted to stay here or how to deal with those people and things. She closed her eyes quietly.
She didn't know when she fell asleep, and when she opened her eyes again, it was still dark.
The medicine the doctor gave me has no effect?
But I feel much better now.
Qiao Wu was a little thirsty and wanted to drink some water first.
But just as she sat up and groped for the light, she saw a person sitting on the sofa in the ward.
I couldn't see his face clearly, but there was some light coming in from the window, and I could see the man's tall and slender figure.
Not Zhong Hejing.
Qiao Wu's thinking was a little slow. Just as she was about to touch the bell on the bedside, the man suddenly moved.
He walked a few steps to the bed and turned on the light in the ward.
Qiao Wu was so dazzled by the dazzling light that he couldn't help but close his eyes. When he opened them again, his vision gradually became clear, and he finally saw who was standing next to the bed.
"Lu Jinzhi?!"
The man's dark eyes were lowered, and his usual gentle smile was gone from his face, so faint that it was unsettling.
It was only at this time that Qiao Wu realized that Lu Jinzhi, who at the age of 27 could silence all those who questioned him, had a lot of cold repression hidden under his disguised shell and usually gentle appearance.
He stretched out his hand, his warm fingertips reaching out.
Qiao Wu subconsciously wanted to hide.
But Lu Jinzhi leaned over slightly, and with his other hand, he gripped her chin and lifted it up with irresistible force.
His fingertips slid under the place where the gauze touched her forehead, and his fingertips rested on the gauze.
Qiao Wu felt like he wanted to press it.
But Lu Jinzhi just stopped there and didn't move, his cold eyes moved from the wound to her eyes.
"Safety?"
He said every word.
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