Chapter 25

Chapter 25: Caught a Live Gossip Scene!

Du He Xuan did not find it strange that Director Gao knew reporters. In the end, they were all people mixing in the same circle. After being in it long enough, it was normal to build up all sorts of random connections.

What he cared about more was why that person was willing to leak such a big piece of news to Director Gao in advance.

Facing Du He Xuan’s probing look, Director Gao’s scalp tingled, and he finally decided to be honest.

“He was just curious about how you and Jiang Huai Ying became enemies…”

“…So you sold me out?”

“This is called an exchange of benefits!” Director Gao raised his voice on purpose to cover his guilty conscience and said: “Thanks to that, we got the latest news, didn’t we?”

With his arms crossed, Du He Xuan was not buying it at all. He only gave a cold laugh and said: “Heh.” Who was “we” with you!

At the key moment, it was still Du An Rao who spoke up to rescue Director Gao. She said: “Alright, alright. The most important thing right now is to figure out what is going on. Just because Jiang Huai Ying was arrested doesn’t mean she will really be in trouble.”

“No, no, no…” As soon as Du An Rao finished, Director Gao quickly waved his hand and said: “She might really be in big trouble this time.”

“Why do you say that?”

“Because my friend told me that in the photo he took, Jiang Huai Ying’s hands were covered by her clothes.” As Director Gao spoke, he gestured with his own hands.

“Huh?” Du An Rao tilted her head in confusion, but Du He Xuan caught the key point right away.

“She was wearing handcuffs!”

“Handcuffs?”

“Yeah. When the police arrest someone, some people want to keep a tiny bit of dignity, so they choose to use their clothes to cover the handcuffs. Put simply, it just looks a bit better, so they do not look so much like a criminal.”

Du An Rao understood in a second and said: “So right now, she is already a criminal.”

“Yes, yes, yes. That is why I said she is really in big trouble this time.”

If it was just a regular questioning, she would only be taken away. They would not put handcuffs on her.

Once the cuffs were on, it basically meant she really had committed a crime, and the evidence was solid.

“It has only been two days since the first time they questioned her. Are the departments on this side really moving this fast?”

Director Gao and Zhou Shun Zhe looked at each other, then shared their guess: “We suspect that she must have offended someone.”

They were sure Jiang Huai Ying would be investigated for what she had done, but the fact that she got caught so quickly was beyond all of their expectations.

If they said no one had pushed things from behind, they honestly did not believe it.

“Who do you think it is?”

“Uh…” Zhou Shun Zhe and Director Gao let their eyes slide over Du He Xuan and Du An Rao, wanting to speak but stopping.

Du An Rao raised her eyebrows and tried asking: “Are you guessing… President Xi?”

Now, as soon as he heard that title, Du He Xuan felt a bit of PTSD. He frowned and said: “How could it be him?”

“Why could it not be him? That night he stood up for us.” Director Gao said this to Du He Xuan, but his eyes were on Du An Rao.

At first, he had also thought that Xi Jing Yue’s target was Du He Xuan. But later, he slowly realized that Xi Jing Yue seemed to care more about this younger sister of Du He Xuan.

Especially after Du An Rao made a move, the way Xi Jing Yue handled things was basically full of favoritism in every word and action.

Because of this, he dared to guess that this matter was related to Xi Jing Yue. After all, that crazy woman had not only wanted to ruin Du He Xuan’s reputation but had also wanted to destroy Du An Rao.

Now, every time he heard the name Xi Jing Yue, Du He Xuan felt annoyed. He was about to argue when he was interrupted by a sudden rush of loud knocking on the door.

“Director, Director, are you in there? Come out, hurry, something happened!”

Director Gao recognized the voice of his own assistant director. He rushed over to open the door and asked: “How did you know I was here? What happened?”

“I heard it from the actor who lives next door to you. Forget that for now. Teacher Yang, our crew’s Yang Jian Tao, he was sent to the hospital.”

“???”

Director Gao froze for a moment, then seemed to think of something. He stiffly turned his head to look at Du An Rao again to make sure and asked: “Who did you say went to the hospital?”

“The one who plays the Azure Cloud Sect sect master in the drama, Yang Jian Tao, Teacher Yang.”

Once he was sure he had not heard wrong, Director Gao sucked in a sharp breath.

Du He Xuan and the others were also shocked, especially Du An Rao.

[That can’t be right. In the original storyline, after Brother Yang’s wife and brother in law ran away with the money, he just got too upset and fell, scraping his skin a little. How did that turn into him being sent to the hospital? Did he get hurt that badly this time?]

Hearing the fear and guilt in Du An Rao’s voice, everyone quickly understood that she was worried this might have happened because of her earlier “prediction.”

Du He Xuan’s eyes flashed slightly. He stepped forward first and asked: “Brother Yang was sent to the hospital? What happened? Is it serious?”

“It is not that serious. They said he hit his head while arguing with someone and has a mild concussion. To be safe, he needs to stay in the hospital for observation for a few days.”

When they heard it was not serious, Director Gao and the Du family all let out a sigh of relief.

“It is strange though. Teacher Yang is famous for his good temper. For him to get into a shouting match and even a fight with someone, how big must the issue have been?”

The speaker did not mean anything by it, but the listeners did.

On the day Du An Rao followed Du He Xuan to join the crew, the assistant director happened to be away. But Director Gao and Zhou Shun Zhe clearly knew what Du An Rao had said to Yang Jian Tao that day, so the looks they now gave her grew even more complicated.

“Which hospital is Brother Yang in? I do not have much to do these days anyway. Let’s go visit him.”

It was Du He Xuan who spoke. Although the incident with the police station had been cleared up, before that he had still lost several jobs and now had a few days off.

To better understand how this whole case was going, the Du family had decided to stay in City J for a few more days, so they were still living in the hotel the crew had arranged before.

Now was a good time to go see Yang Jian Tao together and find out what had happened.

Du An Rao’s eyes lit up. She was also very curious about Yang Jian Tao’s situation.

Hearing this, Director Gao and the others quickly said they would go along too. No matter what, Yang Jian Tao was part of their crew. Since he was in the hospital, both emotionally and logically, they should go visit him. It was definitely not because they wanted to gossip!

With so many people going, of course Father Du and Mother Du could not be left out.

These days, they had been eating nothing but their own family drama. Sometimes other people’s juicy stories might taste even sweeter. After all, watching someone else’s mess came with no pressure at all!

On the way, the group bought some fruit and headed to the hospital in a big crowd. After asking at the information desk which ward Yang Jian Tao was in, they hurried upstairs without stopping.

They had not even gone in yet when they heard loud arguing from inside the room.

A sharp voice shouted: “Zhao Di is your wife, and Ji Zu is your brother in law. We are all one family, so why do you have to make things so ugly? Today my spouse and I are putting our words right here. If you dare not withdraw the report, the two of us old folks will smash our heads here and die, and we will see how everyone talks about you then.”

The people standing outside the door thought: Oh wow, we really caught a live gossip scene!