NOVPUBChapter 89: Chapter 89: Do You Think You Are Bowing to the Dead?
Chapter 89 -89: Do You Think You Are Bowing to the Dead?
Zhou Qinghua continued, “There’s another thing. Do you know why someone who has never had any contact with the entertainment industry could get into acting? Because she slept with Ye Sihan, the financier behind this drama!”
Tang Yu looked at Zhou Qinghua’s face, which seemed desperate to consume people, both arrogant and despicable.
Thinking about how she had been ostracized in school by her, and now slandered, all the fresh grievances and old hatreds gathered in her heart.
On top of that, the recent incident where Ye Sihan had driven her into a corner left her mind devoid of reason.
Suddenly, she stepped forward and pushed Zhou Qinghua—who was passionately delivering her speech.
There were steps beside her, several layers.
Zhou Qinghua’s retreating footsteps found emptiness, and she fell down—
“Ah!”
With a bang, Zhou Qinghua hit the ground.
The people present were shocked; nobody expected Tang Yu would actually become violent. She had always been the one to take insults without responding; what had driven her mad now?
Zhou Qinghua, her head feeling heavy and dizzy, managed to sit up, a not-so-small cut gushing blood on her forehead.
“Oh my god, she’s bleeding!”
“This is serious.”
“Is this an attempt at murder?”
“Sleep with the financier and you think you’re untouchable.”
Zhou Qinghua touched the dampness on her face, only then seeming to realize she was hurt, and let out a piercing scream.
Her screams and the whispers of the crowd resounded in Tang Yu’s ears, nearly causing them to ring.
She looked at Zhou Qinghua, whose face was covered in blood, with a numb expression, her mind blank of thought.
The crew somehow helped Zhou Qinghua to get up and leave.
Tang Yu also didn’t know how she ended up being dragged into the makeup room.
Inside the makeup room, it was either her, or her reflection in the mirror.
Once she came back to her senses, Tang Yu felt regret.
Why had she provoked Zhou Qinghua? Couldn’t she have just endured it?
Indeed, before noon arrived, the police appeared, called by Zhou Qinghua.
The police found Tang Yu, hoping she would cooperate.
Tang Yu was escorted onto a police car, her face pale with fright, her hands and feet stone cold.
At the police station, she was locked up right away.
Helplessly sitting on a wooden stool, she wondered if this was how Li Xue had also been detained that day?
She lacked even the confidence to defend herself.
So many people had clearly seen how she pushed Zhou Qinghua down the stairs.
Although she hated Ye Sihan, ironically, at this moment, she wished she was saved by him.
Zhou Qinghua wouldn’t let her off, and she didn’t want to go to prison.
She still had a child, she had been too impulsive…
Lunch was delivered, and she ate a few mouthfuls.
Afterward, she was interrogated.
Tang Yu mentioned the fact that Zhou Qinghua had slapped her first, the imprint still evident on her face.
After a few questions, they said that it would be best if she could settle with the other party; otherwise, she could be detained for intentional assault.
Tang Yu thought the likelihood of a settlement was nil.
In the afternoon, inside the highest authority office of KING Group, Xiao Yu was updating Ye Sihan about the incident at the crew.
Ye Sihan’s face was devoid of any expression, his gaze still fixed on the documents in his hands.
“Mr. Ye, aren’t you planning to get her out?” Xiao Yu asked, gauging his reaction.
“No rush,” Ye Sihan leaned back, his dark pupils sharp and deep.
She was meant to realize her plight in the depths of despair, and the first person she would think of, was him.
Tang Yu had been in the detention center all afternoon, and the clock was already approaching five o’clock—
“You bitch! This is what you get for messing with me!” Zhou Qinghua, with a bandage on her forehead, stood outside the iron door, her face twisted with hatred.
Tang Yu looked at her indifferently, silent.
“Want to come out? Beg me!” Zhou Qinghua sneered.
Tang Yu knew all too well that begging would not only not earn her forgiveness but would also expose her to ridicule and humiliation.
“Fine, then enjoy your time here! I absolutely won’t let you out that quickly!” Zhou Qinghua turned and left.
She had barely stepped out of the police station’s gates when she almost collided with a woman hurrying over.
Zhou Qinghua had only just been pushes in the morning, nearly tumbling down the stairs again, and she cursed furiously, “What’s wrong with your walking? Are you blind?”
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry!” Li Xue apologized profusely and paused when she saw Zhou Qinghua.
She used to be Luo Bingbing’s personal makeup artist and had interacted with Zhou Qinghua before.
Naturally, Zhou Qinghua recognized her, “What are you doing here?”
Li Xue had heard from former friends about what happened on the set, it was so serious that Tang Yu had been taken away by the police.
Seeing the bandage on Zhou Qinghua’s forehead and apologizing to her, “I’m so sorry, Miss Zhou, really very sorry, I can pay any compensation you want, please forgive Tang Yu, I believe she definitely didn’t do it on purpose, and now she’s extremely remorseful!”
“Remorseful?” Zhou Qinghua scoffed, “I just went to see her, but I didn’t see any sign of remorse. She’s still very arrogant! Since that’s the case, I will definitely pursue this matter to the end. As long as it becomes a criminal case, her life is over, her son and grandson are finished, they’ll be penniless for life!”
“Don’t be like that, Miss Zhou, a great person doesn’t dwell on the mistakes of a lesser person. It’s just that she’s ignorant, okay? From now on, I’ll do your makeup for free, I’ll do it for you for a lifetime,” Li Xue said, desperate to block her path.
Zhou Qinghua found her eagerness quite amusing.
“So you speak for her like this, who are you to her?”
“I… I’m her friend. When she first came to Kyoto, I was the first friend she made. I can’t just watch her get locked up!” Li Xue had been detained before.
She understood that feeling all too well.
That’s why she didn’t want Tang Yu to experience it again.
“Fine, I can settle this privately, but you’ll have to kneel down.” Zhou Qinghua pointed to the ground, “Right here.”
Li Xue froze.
Zhou Qinghua mocked her, “I knew it, how could there be such a good friend? If you’re unwilling…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Li Xue knelt down, very straight and properly, right in front of her.
“I can also kowtow to you, as long as you release Tang Yu.” Li Xue looked up at her and said sincerely.
Zhou Qinghua hadn’t expected her to go to such lengths for Tang Yu.
Back at school, she loved to watch Tang Yu being ostracized.
Whether it was love or friendship.
Li Xue’s actions were only fueling the jealousy in her heart.
“Do you think you’re kowtowing to the dead?” Zhou Qinghua’s face twisted with anger, “To think I would let her off, impossible!”
Having said that, she turned and walked away.
“Miss Zhou! Miss Zhou!” Li Xue called after her.
But Zhou Qinghua didn’t look back, got into the car, and it sped away quickly.
Li Xue stood up, preparing to enter the police station, but froze mid-turn.
Ye Sihan was standing not far away, watching her coldly, emitting an extremely oppressive aura.
She didn’t know when he had appeared, silent and unnoticeable, giving the feeling of suddenly encountering a lurking beast in the shadows.
Li Xue lowered her head, waiting until Ye Sihan passed by and was no longer in sight before she raised it.
The scene of her kneeling to Zhou Qinghua must have been seen…
She had intended to go in, but hesitated, and decided against it.
If Ye Sihan was here, it meant Tang Yu wouldn’t be in trouble anymore, right?
