Chapter 70
That incident was so rare that He Tong remembered this face. Now, could it be that because he stole "The Painter" from Ye Yuze, he had revealed the reason for the other party's exposure to Butterfly?
He Tong was so shocked that his mind went blank. He only came to his senses when he heard Yu Zheng shout "Cut" next to him.
He forced himself to calm down, went forward to welcome Ye Yuze back, and waited with him for the next scene.
Seeing him absentmindedly scrolling through his phone, Ye Yuze asked, "Before my second cousin left, he asked us to share the crew's promotional blog for the filming launch. Did you share it?"
"Hmm? Oh..." He Tong replied slowly, "Not yet. I'll turn around right away."
Ye Yuze watched him click on Weibo to find the post he wanted to repost, and he even clicked the wrong one twice. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "What happened?"
He Tong raised his head and saw his confused self in Ye Yuze's beautiful peach blossom eyes.
Ye Yuze pulled the phone out of his hand and gently held his hand: "You seemed a little strange after lunch. What are you thinking about?"
He Tong sighed, lowered his head, and rested it on Ye Yuze's shoulder. He said sullenly, "I'm thinking about something complicated... I'll tell you when I figure it out, okay?"
Ye Yuze didn't force it. When he heard the call from the other end, he patted He Tong's arm and comforted him, "Don't dwell on it. You still have me."
He Tong burst out laughing when he heard this, and couldn't help but quickly steal a kiss on his face: "I know. Just focus on filming."
After Ye Yuze went on stage, He Tong took back his phone and searched for reports from two years ago.
This time he carefully read all the information he found and discovered that the police did find a suspect two years ago, but there had been no follow-up news. Even if there were occasional media reports, they were all saying that "the case is still under investigation."
He Tong had a headache.
He certainly couldn't sit idly by, and fate had already brought the murderer before him twice. Perhaps it was fate giving him a chance to repair his butterfly wings.
But how to deal with it is a big problem. After all, apart from knowing that the man is the murderer, he doesn't know any other details, let alone evidence.
Without any evidence, he couldn't just call 110 and say that Zhou Siqi was the murderer.
He Tong was so worried that he had strange dreams that night.
He Tong stood alone in the vast white fog. He vaguely knew that he was dreaming, so he followed his feeling and walked forward.
The white mist gradually became thinner and finally dissipated completely. He Tong saw the place that he couldn't forget no matter how hard he tried - Ye Yuze's ward.
Fortunately, the bed was empty.
He Tong breathed a sigh of relief, pressing his palpitating chest as he looked around the room. He noticed the laptop on the table by the wall was on. He slowly walked over, bent over, and saw a report about the case prominently displayed on the screen.
It turns out there were not one but two murderers. Zhou Siqi, though the mastermind, was behind the scenes, often offering verbal advice, while the actual execution was carried out by another individual. The two men met online and had never met in person. Both wore hoods during the attack. Zhou Siqi was extremely careful, leaving virtually no trace of him at the crime scene. The only difference was that he was bitten by the victim, from which police recovered his DNA.
After reading the report, He Tong suddenly felt dizzy.
The next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes, sat up, and his chest rose and fell rapidly - he remembered that the report was the one he had seen when he was searching for information in his previous life!
Ye Yuze, who was standing next to him, was awakened by the noise of He Tong getting up. He opened his eyes and looked over: "What's wrong?"
After not hearing a response for a while, he turned on the bedside lamp and saw He Tong sitting stiffly on the bed with his eyes wide open.
"He Tong?" Ye Yuze also sat up and patted He Tong on the shoulder.
He Tong finally came to his senses, blinked, turned around, and then hugged the person in front of him.
"What's wrong?" Ye Yuze stroked his back gently.
"I had a nightmare..." He Tong murmured.
Ye Yuze tilted her head and kissed him gently on the cheek: "It will be fine once you wake up. It was just a dream."
"Um……"
He Tong held the person and calmed down for a long time before pulling him down and reaching out to turn off the light.
"I'm fine. Go to sleep. We still have to shoot tomorrow."
Ye Yuze didn't say anything else, but just gently stroked He Tong's back until he gradually fell asleep.
He Tong, however, found it difficult to fall asleep. He stared at Ye Yuze's sleeping face with his eyes open in the darkness.
The dream gave him a very bad feeling, as if suggesting that if he couldn't solve this problem, Ye Yuze would have to return to that terrible ward.
This horrifying thought tormented He Tong all the time, making him unable to eat or sleep the next day.
Even though he hid it well in front of outsiders, how could he hide this abnormality from the person next to him?
So, on the third night, when He Tong came out of the shower dejectedly, he saw Ye Yuze sitting upright on the bed, and patted the other half of the empty space, motioning him to come over.
He Tong scratched his head, walked over obediently, and then sat down obediently.
"Is there something you want to say?"
"I should ask you that."
Ye Yuze stared at He Tong closely, his gaze seemed to penetrate his skin and bones straight into his heart.
He Tong was a little dazed. It seemed like he hadn't seen this kind of look from his brother Ye for a year or two.
"Tell me about that complicated problem you've been thinking about." Ye Yuze didn't soften his tone despite He Tong's cowardly expression. "How complicated is it that it's given you nightmares and sleepless nights for two consecutive nights?"
He Tong's eyes widened slightly. Just now, when he heard Ye Yuze emphasize the word "nightmare", an idea suddenly popped up in his mind... Perhaps he could really talk about his past life?
"Well..." He Tong continued to pretend to be well-behaved, "I'm afraid that if I tell you, you won't believe me... and you might even think I'm a fool..."
"You speak first."
"Actually, I've been having the same dream for a while now."
Ye Yuze raised an eyebrow: "Same dream?"
"Well, for many days, I've been dreaming that Director Yu found someone else to film 'The Painter', and then when the movie was about to be released, the lead actor was arrested by the police because he was a murderer."
Ye Yuze's expression became a little subtle: "The person you dreamed of was Zhou Siqi?"
He Tong nodded quickly. "I didn't know who it was until I heard Director Yu say that. Then I looked up Zhou Siqi's photo and saw that it was indeed him!"
"Then what?"
"Then, I dreamed about the sequel these past two nights..."
He Tong recounted the dream he had that night.
Ye Yuze remained noncommittal, only saying, "Judging from what happened next, he should have been arrested. So what are you worried about?"
He Tong moved closer to him, reached out and took his hand and squeezed it gently.
"But now you are the lead actor in 'The Painter'..."
Ye Yuze understood: "You think Zhou Siqi escaped being caught?"
"Yes..." He Tong carefully observed Ye Yuze's expression, but unfortunately he couldn't tell whether he believed it or not. "Also, I searched the news from two years ago, and there was indeed such a case. Someone was indeed arrested at that time, but it has been under investigation since then..."
Ye Yuze nodded: "Of course I'm willing to believe you. But how are you going to report him?"
"This is what's been bothering me these past few days." He Tong pulled Ye Yuze's hand to his lips and gently kissed his fingers. "Besides, if he really gets away, I'm afraid something bad will happen to you."
Hearing this, Ye Yuze's expression gradually softened: "I'll talk to my cousin..."
"Let's not rush to look for Big Brother yet." He Tong shook his head. "This kind of unfounded matter is easy to make people overthink things. Not to mention the Fang family, it's best if we all stay out of this."
Ye Yuze narrowed his eyes slightly: "It seems that you already have an idea."
He Tong looked at him cautiously: "I want to go to Country M to find Pang Jiu..."
Someone like Pang Jiu, who doesn't follow the beaten path, might have some good ideas. Most importantly, by asking Pang Jiu to come forward, he wouldn't need to explain to Pang Jiu how he knew Zhou Siqi was the murderer. Furthermore, Pang Jiu had no connections to the country, so the consequences would be much less.
In the past two days, He Tong has actually been worrying about how to get away to Country M. Now that he has told the truth to Ye Yuze, he feels a lot more relieved.
Ye Yuze wasn't unhappy. He just thought about it carefully before saying, "Alright. Then go tomorrow and come back soon."
He Tong breathed a sigh of relief, moved closer and hugged the person, and said happily: "Okay!"
Ye Yuze hugged him back and suddenly asked in his ear: "Have you dreamed of other people?"
He Tong froze: "Huh?"
Ye Yuze gently pushed him away and looked sideways: "For example... Ye Zexu?"
He Tong's heart skipped a beat and his expression became ferocious involuntarily.
Ye Yuze was surprised: "Did you really dream about it?"
He Tong knew he couldn't hide it any longer, so he tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart and said through gritted teeth: "I dreamed that he smashed himself into pieces!"
Ye Yuze raised the corners of his lips slightly. He held He Tong's face and put his forehead against his, then asked softly, "What about me? Did you also dream that something bad happened to me?"
He Tong sighed softly: "Let's not talk about that nightmare, okay?"
Ye Yuze's smile deepened slightly, "Okay, then let's not talk about it."
He leaned forward slightly and kissed He Tong on the lips.
He Tong hugged his brother Ye's waist tightly with infinite emotion, responding to his brother Ye's passionate kiss.
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The next day, He Tong went to Country M alone without taking anyone with him in a low-key manner, and returned to the crew within two days.
His part hadn't started yet, so no one was particularly curious about his departure and return. Instead, the fact that he had always been with Ye Yuze on set was what attracted more attention—I've seen good relationships, but I've never seen two who were so inseparable, like conjoined twins.
More than a month of peaceful filming days passed by quickly.
On this day, He Tong was massaging Ye Yuze's shoulders and whispering in his ear during the intermission when he heard the staff members around him who were also taking a break exclaiming one after another.
He Tong turned sideways and asked Lingling and Xiao Zheng in the back, "What's going on? What big news has been revealed?"
Lingling looked incredulous: "This is really big news! Zhou Siqi was taken away from the set by the police!"
He Tong and Ye Yuze looked at each other.
The police issued a police report that evening, stating that Zhou Mouqi was criminally detained on suspicion of a homicide and the case was still under investigation.
Two days later, given the high level of attention the suspect received online, the police issued another more detailed report.
This notice basically proved Zhou Siqi's guilt. His fans finally gave up struggling and stopped following him, and the Internet once again started to criticize him.
After confirming Zhou Siqi's arrest, He Tong felt relieved. His scenes were finally about to begin filming.
Now, he encountered the first major problem in his two-life acting career - the person he was filming with was too uncooperative.
The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel "Shuxun" for the nutrient solution~~
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