Chapter 266 lays the groundwork for the long storyline and the reunion with old friends.
Tu Chaoxi's stage accident became a trending topic within minutes.
Backstage, Jiang Ye advised again, "Teacher Tu, your leg is injured, you need to go to the hospital."
The stage was two meters high, and he almost fell off; his ankle was swollen beyond recognition.
However, Tu Chaoxi refused to go to the hospital.
Wen Yu looked over tentatively and asked, "Teacher Tu, what's wrong?"
In front of the mirror, Tu Chaoxi sat silently, her head bowed, her expression unreadable.
Her sequined dress was torn and disheveled, and she was wearing Jiang Ye's coat. Her hands, clasped together above her knees, trembled slightly.
Nobody knows why he suddenly jumped off the stage.
No one could hear clearly what he said the moment he jumped off the stage.
"...Jiang Ye, I heard you."
Tu Chaoxi suddenly looked up, her gaze revealing an unyielding resolve: "You all go out first."
The two were taken aback.
"……OK."
Wen Yu realized what was happening, looked at his red eyes, and nodded hesitantly.
"Okay, we'll be right outside. Just call us anytime if you need anything."
As soon as the door closed, Tu Chaoxi took out her phone.
Unsurprisingly, Nan Ke and Lin Yue had already called him countless times.
He dialed back with trembling hands.
Nan Ke received the news while rehearsing and hadn't had time to change out of her costume.
Four years have passed, and his curly hair has grown a little longer, tied back on his head, revealing a pale and gentle face on the screen.
Before I could even ask, Lin Yue answered the call at the same time.
The slender, tall young man, with one hand draped over his suit jacket, closed the car door with a dark expression.
Both of them were clearly heading to the airport.
A slightly muffled sound came through the screen, its tone slightly distorted.
"Brother, what happened?"
Tu Chaoxi could no longer hold back. Her Adam's apple bobbed, and she spoke with difficulty, almost in a whisper:
"Nan Ke, the third brother."
"...I saw Tu Xiaomao."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was complete silence both on and off the screen.
On the opposite side, the two of them stopped in their tracks.
Nan Ke's originally gentle gaze instantly sharpened.
Lin Yue's dark, sharp gaze slowly rose, returning to its previous blankness.
Despite the pain all over her body, Tu Chaoxi repeated, "I saw Tu Xiaomao."
"I saw her."
"I'm sure..."
"It must be her, it can only be her!"
With each emphasis, Tu Chaoxi subconsciously rejected any questions that had not yet been raised against him.
"I could never mistake her for someone else!"
Those eyes, that gaze, could only belong to Tu Yao.
It can only be his sister!
Through the screen, Nan Ke asked softly:
"...Was it offstage?"
"yes."
"It's not some automatically corrected substitute, it's not a fake Tu Yao, it's just Tu Xiao Mao."
With red eyes, Tu Chaoxi emphasized, word by word, "It's Tu Xiaomao!"
In the first year after Tu Yao disappeared, they wondered if a fake Tu Yao would automatically reappear.
If it happens, they think, this time they will never admit their mistake again.
They will no longer give "her" any chance to harm them.
She will no longer offer tolerance, care, or affection to a false Tu Yao.
But from the beginning to the end of the year, Tu Xiaomao did not return, nor did "she" appear.
The following year, "she" still did not appear.
In the third year, Tu Xiaomao still did not return.
They had to admit that everyone in this world has a life trajectory to strive for and follow, but Tu Xiaomao, their sister, just disappeared like that.
She appeared with great fanfare, and disappeared without a trace.
At that moment, they absurdly began to expect the appearance of a fake Tu Yao.
...Because I really dare not guess what it means that even the automatic correction substitute has not appeared.
This is the fourth year, when everyone is almost in despair.
Tu Yao is back.
"...But why didn't she come looking for us?"
Tu Chaoxi suddenly thought of something and murmured:
Why does she run away as soon as she sees me?
He hadn't forgotten the look in Tu Yao's eyes when she looked at him—a look of doubt, unfamiliarity, and bewilderment.
I had absolutely no familiarity with him whatsoever.
Realizing this, Tu Chaoxi felt a chill run down her spine and broke out in a cold sweat.
Late at night, two planes landed at the southern airport one after the other.
Lin Yue and Nan Ke walked hurriedly, their dark, indifferent gazes hidden in their moist eyes, and met amidst the urgent footsteps.
They immediately boarded the waiting car.
...
On the other side, Tu Yao ran out of the venue, only to hear even more intense shouts erupting from behind.
She was so startled that she jumped.
She couldn't help but turn around, only to see a dense, dark crowd.
He muttered to himself, "...Tu Chaoxi is really hot."
She added defiantly, "Tu Yaoyao is also very popular!"
Tu Yao rushed to the welfare home in a great hurry.
At the main gate, the ground was a mess, and even the security booth was affected, with paint everywhere.
Six muscular men blocked the entrance. The orphanage was brightly lit, and all the children were awakened by the sudden disturbance.
The old man stood alone at the front door, angrily shouting, "Don't come any closer!"
"I'm too old to be frightened, much less beaten!"
These people aren't afraid of calling the police, but they're probably afraid of causing someone to die.
After causing trouble and completing the formalities, the group glanced at the time, didn't linger, and left with a remark:
“Grandpa, this place will be razed to the ground in another month. You should pack up and move out quickly, and stop causing trouble.”
Move out as soon as possible so we can get the money through the proper procedures.
After saying that, he slowly walked away.
The old man was furious. "Who's causing trouble here?!"
Just as he finished speaking, Tu Yao ran over.
He immediately pulled her over and said seriously, "Yaoyao, I feel that this time is quite different from the previous two times."
Tu Yao was still catching her breath when she asked, "...What?"
"They seem really anxious this time, extremely anxious!"
The old man frowned, "I don't know what's the rush."
Tu Yao's expression gradually darkened as she listened.
Yes, it's urgent...
She had just pretended to be a paparazzi to scare Zhao Xing when these people arrived.
Could she deduce that they really needed the money, and that it might even be related to the movie Zhao Xing starred in?
"Tu Yao, what's going on? They're here again?!"
Just then, Chu Yun and Qin Lang ran over from the other side of the road.
Tu Yao looked up blankly.
"Why are you looking at me like that? We also came from an orphanage. If something happened, would we not come?"
Chu Yun explained irritably, "Anyway, that concert wasn't anything special. There was a stage accident as soon as you left."
"There was an accident?"
Tu Yao asked in confusion, "How could an accident have happened?"
"Who knows? So what's going on here? Didn't they just come here? Why are they back again?"
Tu Yao touched her heart, which was suddenly beating a little fast, and came back to her senses.
He immediately asked, "Sister Yunyun, do you know under what circumstances people urgently need a large sum of quick money?"
Chu Yun was taken aback.
He immediately said, "Generally speaking, it's either related to birth, aging, illness, and death, or it's due to developing a bad habit."
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