"Fang Hui, book me the fastest flight to City C. We'll meet at the airport." Xia Yitong was in the car heading to the airport, speeding past the speed limit. Her eyes quickly reflected the cold light from the car window. "What's the matter? I wish I knew what it was! Book the tickets and tell me. Also, call Xiaoxi until she picks up!"
Fang Hui was frightened by what she said on the phone. People like them who work as celebrity assistants usually have connections and can get tickets that ordinary people can't get. She waved to stop a taxi and rushed to the airport without stopping. After making an appointment for the flight, she started to call Xiaoxi. Just like Xia Yitong, the call went through, but no one answered.
Xia Yitong hung up the phone, raised his hand in the air, then retracted it and pounded hard on the back seat cushion.
I called Xue Yao, but her phone was turned off.
Power off.
Power off.
Still shut down.
The driver looked at Xia Yitong's face in the rearview mirror. Her eyes were red from anxiety and anger, and it seemed that blood would seep out of her eyes in the next moment. Xia Yitong couldn't help shaking and panting, and finally she curled up in the seat and buried her face in her arms.
She hated the situation of not knowing anything. She didn't know what happened to Lu Yinbing, and she didn't know whether she was dead or alive. It was already completely dark, and she nervously rubbed the screen of her phone, mechanically repeating the action of clicking on the green icon. Every few seconds, she called Xue Yao and Lu Yinbing one by one, and the sound of the phone shutting down lingered in her ears like a nightmare.
She began to hope that this was all an illusion, closed her eyes, opened them again, but she was still in the car, punching it again, harder.
The cell phone rang. She suddenly raised her head, picked it up, wiped her face vigorously, cursed "fuck" with red eyes, and picked up the phone. Fang Hui said she had arrived at the airport and asked where Xia Yitong was. Security check had already started.
Xia Yitong said: "Right away."
The two met at the airport, and without saying a word, they sat down at the last minute before the cabin door was closed. Fang Hui didn't know what happened. She had just come out of the mall, and seeing Xia Yitong's face, she didn't dare to ask her. Xia Yitong rubbed her face with both hands, her eyes full of fatigue, as if the short one-hour journey had exhausted her. She moved her lips slightly and said, "Teacher Lu may have had an accident."
Fang Wei's heart skipped a beat. She felt as if it was just as she expected. No wonder she couldn't get through to Xiaoxi on the phone.
She didn't know what to say to comfort her, so she covered Xia Yitong's hand with hers and squeezed it hard, feeling her hand was sweaty, so she took out a tissue from her bag to wipe it for her. As soon as she wiped it, Xia Yitong, who was originally in a daze, immediately broke free, took out her phone and clicked on Weibo.
There was still some time before takeoff, and the phone had not been forced to shut down. Weibo had such a large user base, if Lu Yinbing had been in trouble, there would definitely be news. I clicked on the hot searches and scanned through them one by one. There were all kinds of messy things, but Lu Yinbing was not the only one.
Then type Lu Yinbing in the search bar and click on the real-time updates. Scrolling down quickly, you will find that they are all meaningless confessions, but these cannot make Xia Yitong feel relieved. Instead, they make her even more anxious. She has a hunch that something has happened to Lu Yinbing. The fact that she has not appeared on Weibo may be due to time issues that have not yet fermented, or it may have been suppressed by someone.
Her fingers were shaking as she added two words after Lu Yinbing: "The crew." Just two words, but she made several mistakes.
She searched again, and the first real-time update that appeared made her freeze in her seat, as if the sky had fallen down.
Fang Wei leaned closer to the screen and saw the first half of the sentence. Her face turned pale instantly.
I heard that Lu Shen accidentally fell from a building while filming today...
Falling from a building...
Her heart tightened, and she made a prompt decision. She snatched Xia Yitong's phone, pressed her shoulders with both hands, and pinned her to the seat: "Teacher Xia, Teacher Xia! Listen to me, a lot of things on the Internet are rumors. You can't believe anything you haven't seen with your own eyes! We have to wait for news from Xiaoxi or Mr. Xue."
Xia Yitong's chest heaved, his eyes seemed to have lost focus, and he struggled hard under Fang Wei's hands.
"Teacher Xia!" Fang Wei stared into her eyes and yelled, "Look at me!"
Xia Yitong was still struggling and couldn't listen at all.
Fang Wei: "What can you do if you are anxious? You are on a plane now, do you want to jump out and fly over by yourself? Are you faster than the plane?!"
Xia Yitong turned a deaf ear and had a stubborn expression like a bull that couldn't be pulled back.
Fang Wei let go of her and slapped her in the face.
Xia Yitong tilted his head to the left and remained still.
Fang Wei bit her lip and hissed, feeling that she might be fired.
Xia Yitong slowly raised her head, looked into her eyes, and regained her focus. However, in front of her eyes were Fang Hui's eyes, and in her heart were Lu Yinbing's eyes. She leaned her head against the table in front of her, and her tears fell to the ground like beads that had broken off the string.
The flight attendant was attracted by the noise and asked in a low voice if she needed any help. Fang Wei waved at her and asked for two glasses of lemonade.
The plane rose from the troposphere to the stratosphere, and its huge wings flew through the white clouds. Xia Yitong sipped lemonade in small sips, the redness in the corners of her eyes still fading as she looked at the suspended clouds outside, which seemed like a miracle.
Lu Yinbing.
Lu Yinbing.
Lu Yinbing.
With an expressionless face, she squeezed the empty paper cup and threw it into the trash bag.
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Xiaoxi's cell phone was like a hot potato now. As soon as the accident happened, she reported it to Xue Yao in tears. Xue Yao was almost scared to death on the spot, but she was far away in Beijing at the moment, and distant water could not quench thirst nearby. She was afraid of causing trouble, so she asked Xiaoxi not to answer calls from anyone except her, and to deal with everything after she arrived.
Xiaoxi never thought that so many people knew her cell phone number. Many unfamiliar numbers called her. When it was almost dark, she received a call from Xia Yitong and jumped up. Xue Yao was still on the plane. She had no idea how to deal with it. She had to leave it alone like everyone else. She thought that Xue Yao had to do this. She was just an assistant and could not take the responsibility if something went wrong.
Xue Yao's flight schedule happened to be different from Xia Yitong's, so when Xia Yitong called her, she was on the plane and couldn't answer the call.
After about two hours of flight, Xia Yitong successfully arrived at the capital of J Province. When she got off the plane, her legs went weak and she almost stumbled to the ground. Fang Wei hurriedly supported her. Xia Yitong turned on her phone immediately and called Xue Yao as soon as she got to a place with signal.
Just as she was about to turn off her phone, it suddenly rang. Fang Hui was also calling Xiao Xi. She noticed that Xia Yi Tong had suddenly stopped, so she stopped as well and asked in a hoarse voice, "What happened?"
When Xue Yao turned on her phone, she saw hundreds of missed calls from Xia Yitong and sighed. She had originally wanted to keep it a secret for a while, but she found out so soon. When she called her back, her phone was turned off, so she guessed that she was on the plane.
The accident could not be explained in a few words over the phone. Xue Yao only said, "You have arrived. He is in the xx hospital in C City."
The prediction came true. Xia Yitong held Fang Hui's shoulders to keep her balance. She asked in a trembling voice, "Is it serious?"
"In the operating room." Xue Yao glanced at the light on the operating room beside her and rubbed her brows. "He hasn't come out yet. Don't worry too much. He shouldn't be in danger of death."
"..." After a moment, Xia Yitong slowed down her breathing and heard her own voice so calm that it seemed to come from another person. "Okay, I'll be there soon."
There is no danger to life. Xia Yitong kept repeating this sentence in his heart, clenching and unclenching his hands repeatedly. That's good, that's good.
Xue Yao answered the phone. A group of people gathered outside the operating room. The director, coordinator, producer, and screenwriter were all huddled together, anxiously waiting for the door to open. It was quiet and silent.
After receiving Xue Yao's answer, Xia Yitong felt as if a heavy stone had fallen from her heart. The journey to the hospital was extremely peaceful, but Fang Wei always felt that it was the calm before the storm.
As expected, as soon as she got off the taxi, Xia Yitong ran inside. Fang Wei hurriedly reminded her to wear a mask and a hat from behind. She no longer cared whether anyone recognized her on the way there. She ran all the way with the wind blowing behind her ears.
The sound of fast running was approaching from this direction. The people outside the operating room looked up and saw a woman with disheveled hair wearing a mask, staring straight at the lighted operating room not far away. She looked like she had been struck by lightning and was motionless.
The benches outside were already full. Xia Yitong found a seat closest to the operating room and sat directly on the ground. He hugged his knees with his arms, kept his eyes open and said nothing.
She was like a ghost, floating over quietly and settling down quietly. Except for the people in the operating room, everyone else was in another dimension and had nothing to do with her.
Fang Wei helped her pull down the mask to let her breathe. Many eyes turned to her. There was a slight commotion outside the operating room, but it soon receded like the tide and became quiet again.
Fang Hui pulled Xiaoxi to the corridor and asked, "What happened? Why did he fall from the building out of nowhere?"
Xiaoxi had no idea how Fang Hui, who had just arrived, knew about the fall. She was filled with fear. She saw the scene with her own eyes. Lu Yinbing just fell down, moved his fingers twice, and then stopped moving.
Xiaoxi had obviously been crying for a long time, and her eyes were swollen. When Fang Wei asked her, she wanted to cry again: "I don't know what happened. There was a scene in the afternoon, where Teacher Lu had a seizure. It was on a very old staircase. I don't know..." She really started crying as she spoke, "I don't know. I just saw Teacher Lu fall down from up there. There was blood on his head... They clearly said it was safe, why did he fall down..."
Fang Hui also wanted to slap her, so she lowered her voice and yelled, "Stop crying. What did the doctor say?"
Xiaoxi choked up and said, "They said he had a comminuted fracture of his arm, a concussion, and intracranial fluid. He was rushed in for emergency treatment."
Fang Wei handed her a tissue, and when she had calmed down enough, she returned to her original position. The lights in the operating room were on from dusk to the next morning, a full ten hours, and finally went out.