"Okay." Lu Wanzheng said goodbye to Xu Jingxing, wondering what it was. But since it was something Su Xiuyi had found, it must be something that ordinary people wouldn't know about.
She thought of those actors who had offended Wang Xiyou and were subsequently ruined, and guessed that it was very likely related to this.
Lu Wanzheng returned to the film crew. The crew had prepared boxed lunches, which she ate a few bites of casually. She then greeted Xiang Yan and told her that she was back.
Seeing that Lu Wanzheng seemed to be in relatively good spirits, Xiang Yan nodded and said, "You need to do your best in the afternoon's filming. Today's tasks are still quite heavy."
Although the entire crew was filming frantically, trying to stretch one day into two, Xiang Yan had very high standards, striving for precision and detail. So, despite the tight schedule, everyone was in great form during filming and paid meticulous attention to every detail.
With Xiang Yan's prior warning, Lu Wanzheng took a deep breath and threw herself into the work. Today's filming didn't end until 10 p.m., and she ate boxed lunches with the other main actors on set.
Her scenes were over, but others weren't. Lu Wanzheng paid for Xiao Hua to prepare some coffee for the staff, while she said goodbye to everyone on set and returned to her hotel.
It was already this late, and Xiao Qifeng was already in his room. She didn't have time to have dinner with him today, so she gave him a heads-up beforehand.
Lu Wanzheng opened the door and went in. She saw that Xiao Qifeng was still wearing his coat. Usually, when he entered the room, he would put down what he was carrying first and then take off his coat. Today, he was still wearing it, as if he had just returned.
"Did you just get back too?" Lu Wanzheng asked.
Xiao Qifeng: "Yes, I just came from the old house. My mother's friend brought her a lot of skincare products from abroad, so she asked me to go over and get some for you. I also had a meal there." Xiao Qifeng pointed to the bag on the coffee table.
The logo on the bag is that of a major international brand; their skincare products are indeed quite good.
"Oh, then I'll send your aunt a message to thank her later."
Xiao Qifeng nodded. "Did you and your uncle find anything out over there today?"
"I found out quite a lot." Lu Wanzheng told Xiao Qifeng everything Wang Kun had said, including that her biological father might be from a reclusive ancient martial arts family in the south. She didn't hide anything from him.
Speaking of ancient martial arts families, Lu Wanzheng recalled how quickly she learned to ride a horse when she was filming. She could basically perform the moves taught by the martial arts teacher after watching them only once. It can be said that she had a very good talent. Now that she thinks about it, there is a reason for this. Half of her blood is ancient martial arts. No wonder she felt before that these things were like they were engraved in her bones. This is the charm of genes.
After listening, Xiao Qifeng was stunned for a long time. "So the clue we have now is the hidden family in the south. Okay, I will send someone to the south to investigate tomorrow. However, the south is so big, it will be somewhat difficult to investigate. It will probably take a lot of time."
The country is vast, with many provinces in the south, and the reclusive families rarely appear in public, making the search extremely difficult.
Lu Wanzheng naturally understood this point. She nodded. Now that she had a clue, she was happy, but she wasn't in a hurry. "I think we can have someone check where Mom lived in the south first. This will allow us to eliminate places she hasn't been and focus on finding places she has lived. This way, we should save a lot of effort."
Lu Wanzheng remembered what Xu Jingxing had told her before. Now that she had some free time, she could go and see what it was. She walked to the desk, sat down, and saw Xiao Qifeng's work laptop on it. Xiao Qifeng had told her the computer password before, so Lu Wanzheng quickly entered the password and then clicked on the computer.
Xiao Qifeng didn't know what he was doing, but he didn't interfere. However, he had a different point regarding Lu Wanzheng's remarks: "If Aunt's whereabouts can be kept secret, then your idea might leave us completely clueless."
Lu Wanzheng had just opened her email when she heard Xiao Qifeng say that. She suddenly looked up. The room was very bright, with plenty of light. As soon as she looked up, she met Xiao Qifeng's dark eyes. The room was very quiet at the moment.
That's true. Since that family was able to find the mother ten years later and then pay Wang Kun to take action, they must have connections and money. In that case, erasing someone's trace would be an easy thing for them.
However, if we look for places our mother has been, we have to worry about whether her traces have been erased. But if we consider places our mother hasn't been, we have to determine whether the family members would try to hide their tracks.
This is a vicious cycle with no solution.
Having figured this out, Lu Wanzheng hung her head and said, "We really can't use the process of elimination. It seems we really have to search one place at a time."
Xiao Qifeng poured a glass of water, walked to Lu Wanzheng's side, put down the glass, and comforted her, saying, "Actually, you don't need to worry. Although we can't start from this angle, we can look through other lines of defense. There aren't many hidden families, but we should be able to find one if we inquire more. According to Wang Kun, something must have happened to this family twenty-four years ago. Maybe it was a turmoil, or maybe it was a struggle for succession. Whatever it was, what happened back then will definitely leave clues. As long as we investigate more in this area, we might be able to find it soon."
Looking back now, Xiao Qifeng's suggestion was indeed the best approach at present. She nodded in agreement with his idea and continued tinkering with the computer. She opened her browser and email, and sure enough, she received something from Xu Jingxing.
It is an audio clip.
The capacity is not small.
Xiao Qifeng lowered his head, wanting to see what Lu Wanzheng was doing on his computer. He saw that she had received an email from Xu Jingxing. Then he saw an audio recording. "What is this?" Why would Xu Jingxing send Wanzheng an audio recording? It couldn't be that they went to see Wang Kun today and he recorded it as evidence. The person is already in the recording, so these things seem useless now.
Lu Wanzheng released the mouse, picked up the water glass that Xiao Qifeng had just brought over from the table, and drank from it. "Old Xu said it's something that can completely destroy Wang Xiyou, but I'm not really sure what it says."
"Hmm?" Xiao Qifeng frowned. Destroying a person can be easy or difficult, depending on the circumstances. Just like when Wang Xiyou tried to destroy Wan Zheng, she failed because those things were fake. By the same token, can Wang Xiyou really be destroyed with just an audio recording? Can we guarantee that these things are real?
Lu Wanzheng: "These things were all collected by one of Wang Xiyou's former assistants. She gave them to me to thank me for keeping her job and to repay my life-saving grace."
If it weren't for what happened before, these things would likely have been used to blackmail Wang Xiyou. However, Wang Xiyou can't cause any major trouble now, and she's also out of his control. Giving them to us is a good way to repay a favor, so it's killing two birds with one stone.
"So it seems the information here is quite credible."
"It should be. Let's listen to what's in it." This audio clip had just been downloaded to the computer. Lu Wanzheng turned the volume up to a comfortable level and double-clicked to open the audio.
Soon, Lu Wanzheng's very familiar voice came from the computer, along with three other voices that she didn't recognize.
Lu Wanzheng was certain that the very familiar voice inside was Wang Xiyou's voice, and among the other three voices, one voice rarely appeared. It should be Su Xiuyi who recorded this voice. After all, if this thing was used, it would naturally be best not to leave her own voice behind.
As for the other two, Lu Wanzheng guessed that they were Wang Xiyou's agent and another assistant with whom he had a close relationship.
Because the two were unaware of the recording, they spoke without any restraint and discussed many things with Wang Xiyou, although Wang Xiyou mostly gave them instructions.
Lu Wanzheng heard a very familiar name from Wang Xiyou – Bai Yuan.
Bai Yuan is the actress who previously landed the lead role in "The Great Path of Glory". She and Wang Xiyou are both artists under Wang's Entertainment, but they follow similar career paths, which is probably one of the reasons why Wang Xiyou made a move on her.
"So Bai Yuan got into trouble and was imprisoned because of Wang Xiyou. I didn't expect Wang Xiyou to be involved in these shady deals. Just for that, Wang Xiyou should be doomed." What's more, Bai Yuan wasn't the only victim in this audio recording; she herself was one of them.
The audio also mentions the unpleasant things that happened to her at that time.
After listening to this, especially the part about Wang Xiyou scheming against the girl he liked, Xiao Qifeng became very angry. He wanted to call the police and have Wang Xiyou arrested, but Lu Wanzheng grabbed his hand as he reached for his phone and shook her head at him.
“I know you’re angry, but the audio we have can’t be used as any evidence. It wasn’t obtained through legitimate means, and it would be deemed useless if we went through the proper channels.”
If a person could be convicted based on just any audio recording, then this society governed by the rule of law would descend into chaos.
"So what does your uncle want with this audio recording?"
Lu Wanzheng: "He didn't ask me to do anything. He just let me know that this matter exists, and he will arrange everything afterward."
Xiao Qifeng had no idea what Xu Jingxing was up to. "What is he going to do?" Since Xu Jingxing had already made arrangements, he would naturally have to support and help him from behind the scenes. Every matter concerning Lu Wanzheng could not be taken lightly.
He looked down again and saw that Lu Wanzheng had turned off the audio and shut down the computer. She closed the computer only after the screen went completely black.
"Old Xu said that Wang Xiyou doesn't need us to teach him a lesson; we can leave it to others. All we have to do is wait for Wang Xiyou to come looking for trouble."
Xiao Qifeng nodded. Indeed, their counterattack would be more effective only if Wang Xiyou made a move. A person will only take the initiative to attack when pushed to the limit. Therefore, Xu Jingxing's goal was to make Wang Xiyou anxious. As for Wang Xiyou's current state, he needed to find someone to investigate and then push things along from behind.
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Nearly two months later, before New Year's Day, Lu Wanzheng finally finished filming all of "I Saw Another You". Xiao Qifeng and Lu Wanzheng packed all their luggage in the hotel early in the morning.
Xiao Qifeng loaded his luggage into the car, while Lu Wanzheng went to the film crew to say goodbye to Xiang Yan and Zhong Yunyue. The filming of the entire crew was coming to an end, with only some finishing touches left.
Zhong Yunyue: "Filming has ended, and we won't see each other again for a while. I look forward to our future collaborations."
During the filming process, which was neither too long nor too short, their collaboration on "Love House" also ended last week, so Lu Wanzheng and Zhong Yunyue basically had no contact afterward.
Xiang Yan also came over to say goodbye to Lu Wanzheng. Hearing the second half of Zhong Yunyue's sentence, he continued, "That's right, Wanzheng. If we have any suitable new dramas for you, I will definitely contact you. I look forward to our second collaboration."
Xiang Yan was very satisfied with Lu Wanzheng's performance in this collaboration. She was indeed very good at acting and her martial arts skills were also outstanding. This allowed him to broaden the character settings in his scripts and play a female knight-errant who roams the martial arts world. Just thinking about it makes people's blood boil.
Lu Wanzheng agreed to all of them.
Having not been home for a long time, Lu Wanzheng missed her little nest very much. The two of them didn't even bring potatoes back from the old house before heading straight home.
Although no one had lived in the house for a long time, Xiao Qifeng would regularly call people from the old house to help clean it, so that Lu Wanzheng could see a very tidy home when she returned.
Xiao Qifeng pushed his suitcase into the bedroom. He placed the suitcase in the corner of the walk-in closet, opened it, and took out all the clothes inside. He took out all the dirty clothes he had worn and put them on the floor, while he hung all the clothes he hadn't worn back in the closet.
After quickly tidying up the clothes, Xiao Qifeng carried the dirty clothes out of the bedroom. Passing through the living room, he saw Lu Wanzheng lying on the sofa with her eyes closed, looking very comfortable.
He figured that she must have been exhausted from filming all this time, with her nerves constantly on edge. Now that she was home, the tension had finally snapped, and she completely relaxed, so she fell asleep right away on the sofa.
Xiao Qifeng, carrying the clothes in his hands, went into the bathroom in the living room, threw all the clothes into the washing machine, turned it on, and then went to the bedroom to get a small blanket and covered Lu Wanzheng with it.
With the new year approaching, Kyoto has already had a snowfall, and the weather is very cold.
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