After reporting truthfully, the Life Producer heaved a long sigh of relief, having finally completed the tasks assigned by President Xue.
Recalling the scene of the day before yesterday, Mr. Xue had a baby face, but he was very imposing when talking to people alone. He, a big and strong man, didn't even have the slightest room to struggle, and was as honest as a grandson. When he came out, he met the producer, who patted him on the shoulder, feeling sympathetic. Seeing his sympathetic look, the life producer felt that he was not so cowardly just now.
I don't know why Mr. Xue wants to know this, but it's none of his business. He still has to arrange Xia Yitong's daily life. Xia Yitong will join the team tomorrow, so he needs to send a car to pick him up at the hospital gate.
After Xue Yao finished her call with the Life Producer, she immediately asked someone to rush to the train station. She had someone waiting near the crew just in case. For Dong Yafei, the small county town had one advantage. It was small, and it only took about ten minutes to get a taxi from the set to the train station. When the Life Producer called, she had already taken a taxi and traveled half of the way. The roads here were smooth, and there was no traffic jam like in big cities. Xue Yao's people would have to have wings to get to the train station in advance and intercept Dong Yafei.
But being small also has its disadvantages. It is backward, and the people delivering the trains can also follow the passengers checking tickets into the waiting room. Even if they can't, the people under Xue Yao can buy a ticket temporarily to go in. Anyway, Mr. Xue said that all expenses will be reimbursed.
Dong Yafei passed the security check and entered the small waiting room. The area of the waiting room was only about 100 square meters. She could see everything from beginning to end. During the summer vacation, the number of people was relatively large compared to normal times in the small city, but only half of the seats were occupied. Everyone was looking down at their phones and ignoring each other. She pushed a 24-inch four-wheel bearing suitcase in her hand, carried a dark blue backpack on her back, tied her hair into a single ponytail, and found an empty seat to sit. I don't know if it was because of nervousness, but as soon as she sat down, she felt uncomfortable in her stomach, so she dragged the suitcase to the bathroom.
The restroom here is on the right side of the waiting room. Dong Yafei solved her physiological problem, washed her hands, dried them, and checked the time. It was difficult to buy a ticket back to the small town. There was only one every few hours. She completed the resignation procedures much faster than she expected this morning, so she changed to an earlier one. Now she still had half an hour to get on the bus. She would check the ticket about ten minutes in advance, and she planned to go out and wait. The wheels rolled on the tiled floor, creaking...
Dong Yafei's heart moved, he stopped and secretly stuck his head out of the bathroom to look outside.
There were still so many people in the waiting room, but a few of them were not sitting down or carrying their luggage. They were observing the people around them, holding their phones in their hands, as if they were looking for someone on them.
From time to time, one person lowered his head, took out his ID from his pocket, and asked questions to the passengers sitting on the seats. The passengers put away their mobile phones, looked up to carefully identify the ID, and shook their heads.
Dong Yafei couldn't see the specifics on the ID, but she knew the posture. She often saw it on TV. That was the posture of the police investigating a case! Lu Yinbing actually called the police. She actually called the police! Dong Yafei clasped her hands tightly against the corner of the wall. There was only one thought in her mind: "If I call the police, I will go to jail. I don't want to go to jail."
A hand patted her shoulder from behind: "Hello."
Dong Yafei screamed, but soon realized that this would expose herself, so she quickly covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes filled with tears.
The fashionable woman who came out of the toilet cubicle and looked like she was from a big city asked with concern, "Excuse me, are you feeling unwell?"
Dong Yafei shook his head frantically.
The woman looked at her strangely and worriedly, and was about to leave. Dong Yafei held her back. The woman turned around. Dong Yafei looked outside in horror and said in a low voice: "If those men outside ask about me, just say you haven't seen me. There's someone inside who may have a police ID. It's from his cousin. He's a fake policeman. I'm his wife, and he, he abused me. I ran away, and he wants to take me back!"
A tear rolled down her cheek, and Dong Yafei almost knelt down to her and said, "Please."
The woman's face changed when she heard that, and she immediately said, "I'll call the police for you."
Dong Yafei: "No, no, it's useless to call the police. The police don't care about family affairs. They will definitely let me go back. Besides, the police here are related to him. If I go back, he will definitely beat me to death!"
The woman said, "Okay, don't worry, I will never tell you that I have seen you here."
Dong Yafei held her hands and said, "Thank you."
"It's all right."
The woman straightened her collar and walked away as if nothing had happened. As expected, she ran into a man in his thirties, who walked up to her and showed her his police ID: "Hello, I'm a police officer. Excuse me, is this person in the women's restroom?"
The woman shook her head and said, "No."
At the same time, Dong Yafei hid in a toilet cubicle and took out his mobile phone from his pocket. His fingerprint didn't unlock the door the first time, so he entered the password to open it. He opened the address book tremblingly and dialed a number based on his memory.
It’s connected.
Beep-beep-beep-beep-
Dong Yafei leaned against the toilet door, waiting anxiously. Why don’t you answer the call? Are you really that heartless
"Hello?" A familiar female voice came with hesitation and uncertainty.
"It's me, Yafei." Dong Yafei's emotions broke down almost instantly, tears streaming down her face. "Yitong, only you can save me now, please save me! I really don't want to go to jail. My mother is really sick. If you don't believe me, call her and ask her. She has been looking forward to my return home. I can't go to jail. What will happen to my mother if I go to jail..."
Xia Yitong stood in front of the window and glanced at Lu Yinbing, who also looked over there. She was a little unsure when she saw the incoming call, but now that she heard the other party introduce himself, she confirmed his identity, but how could he save her life? She was completely confused.
Xia Yitong: "Don't cry so quickly. What happened? Why do you need help?"
Wasn't everything fine yesterday
Dong Yafei cried, "I'm not a human! I'm a beast! No, I'm worse than a beast! I know I was wrong. Please ask Mr. Lu for mercy. I really didn't mean it. I just wanted to take revenge on her and make her look bad during the filming, so I put the steel beads on the stairs. I, I didn't expect that she would fall down so carelessly, I..."
Xia Yitong only felt a "boom" in her head, and she couldn't understand a word of the following words.
Steel ball...
"What did you say you put on the stairs?" She interrupted Dong Yafei and said in a very light, almost gentle voice.
"Steel... steel balls, the kind used to shoot birds."
Xia Yitong's body shook violently, and she couldn't help but press one hand on the aluminum alloy frame of the window sill, clasping her five fingers together.
Lu Yinbing's eyes looked even more strange, but because her neck was fixed and her vision was limited, she couldn't see what Xia Yitong did, only a hazy shadow. Xia Yitong held down the phone, walked to Lu Yinbing's bed, and said, "I'm going out to answer a call."
Lu Yinbing: "Go ahead."
Xia Yitong walked a long way away from the ward before continuing to ask, "What do you mean when you asked me to ask Mr. Lu for mercy?"
Dong Yafei: "She sent people to arrest me. Two days ago, President Xue brought people to the crew to investigate and called the police. You must save me, for the sake of our many years of friendship."
Xia Yitong felt dizzy and could hardly stand. It turned out that Lu Yinbing had known about it for a long time. She had known about it for a long time. This was not an accident, but she pretended nothing had happened and did not tell her.
Why is this happening? Xia Yitong's eyes were filled with uncontrollable emotions.
But now was not the time to think about this, she calmed down and asked, "Where are you?"
Dong Yafei said, "I'm in the cubicle of the women's restroom at the train station. Come and save me quickly, or it will be too late."
"Okay, I'll be there soon."
"Thank you, thank you. What happened before was all my fault. I'm sorry. Thank you so much today." Dong Yafei felt as if he had been pardoned. He put down his phone and waited for Xia Yitong to rescue him.
If she were to face Xia Yitong now, she would find out how cold the other person's expression was.
As soon as Dong Yafei hung up the phone, he heard the station staff's voice, "Police comrade, please wait a moment."
Then there was a knock on the door of the toilet cubicle behind her: "Hello, is anyone in there?"
In an instant, my hair stood on end.
Xia Yitong returned to the ward, kissed Lu Yinbing on the forehead, and said gently: "The director wants to talk to me about something, I'll go."
Lu Yinbing said: "Okay."
Her eyebrows and eyes were calm, and her expression made Xia Yitong almost unable to hold back the heat in her eyes.
"I'll be back soon."
Xia Yitong closed the door, and there was another face standing with his back to the ward door.
As she walked down the stairs, she called Xue Yao.
Xue Yao: "Hello."
Xia Yitong: "Where is Dong Yafei?"
Xue Yao: "You know?"
Xia Yitong asked again: "Well, where is Dong Yafei?"
Xue Yao: "What are your plans?"
Xia Yitong: "Where is Dong Yafei? I want to see her." This time there are four more words.
Xue Yao finally understood what Xia Yitong meant. She said, "I'll ask for you and get back to you right away."
Xue Yao hung up the phone and called back a minute later: "He has just been arrested and is being sent to the police station."
Xia Yitong: "Help me stop it."
Xue Yao thought she had heard it wrongly: "What?"
"Stop her," Xia Yitong said, "I have something to say to her."
Xue Yao said: "I have already called the police, I have no right to stop the police-"
Xia Yitong interrupted her: "I know you have a way."
Xue Yao: “…”
Xia Yitong said, "Please."
Xue Yao was reluctant, but agreed: "Okay, I'll give you an address later."
Xia Yitong said: "Don't tell Lu Yinbing yet."
"… good."
Two minutes later, Xia Yitong received the address, Room xx of xx Hotel. She drove over. Xue Yao was waiting for her at the door of the room, looking unhappy. In Xue Yao's opinion, this matter should be handed over to the police and follow the confidentiality procedure. According to Lu Yinbing's words, the matter should be handled impartially and the sentence should be as high as it should be. What was Xia Yitong doing by interfering now? Was she asking Lu Yinbing to withdraw the lawsuit
Xue Yao frowned unabashedly, opened the door and led her in.
The police officer and several of her men were in the next room and had retreated. Dong Yafei was the only one inside, handcuffed, so there was no need to worry about her escaping.
When Dong Yafei saw Xia Yitong, he immediately stood up and said with joy: "Yi-"
Before she could finish her words, Xue Yao's eyes blurred. Xia Yitong beside her had already rushed forward and punched Dong Yafei in the face. It was unknown how much strength she used, but Dong Yafei fell directly to the ground and fell two meters away.
Xue Yao's heart suddenly sank, and she felt that her face was as swollen as Dong Yafei's.
Xia Yitong walked over, lowered his head and looked at Dong Yafei coldly. Two seconds later, he suddenly kicked her in the stomach.
Dong Yafei broke out in a cold sweat and hunched over like a shrimp. She couldn't catch her breath for several seconds. She looked at Xue Yao behind her for help: "Help..."
One kick, and another.
On the arms, on the waist, on the head.
He grabbed her shoulders with both hands, lifted her up, and threw her against the wall.
Xue Yao had never seen Xia Yitong angry. It turned out that she was not without temper, but no one could really make her angry. Dong Yafei had touched her weak spot. She thought she would beg for mercy and she had to persuade her. But who was persuading whom now? Would she beat him up too
Dong Yafei held his head with both hands at first, but then he slowly loosened his hands, and at a certain point he stopped moving.
Xue Yao said: "Xia Yitong..."
Xia Yitong turned around without saying a word, her breathing was irregular and her eyes were red.
Xue Yao had never spoken in such a gentle tone in her life: "You're going to beat her to death, stop."
Xia Yitong looked at her steadily for two seconds, then suddenly squatted down and buried his face in his arms.
Muffled crying sounds came from inside.