Chapter 27
Those who didn't know the inside story at the scene could sense that the atmosphere was a little weird, because Gu Qi and Jiāng Zhiyu asked each other very strange questions.
Ning Xiwei recovered from her depression, stared at Gu Qi with a little confusion. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
In general, it was very strange.
The barrage felt this.
[What are Gu Qi and Jiāng Zhiyu up to]
[Although they both have smiles on their faces, I get a feeling like they are going to pull each other's hair in the next second]
[Under this weird atmosphere, even Jiang Lechuan's bared teeth are retracted]
[I don't know about Jiāng Zhiyu, but Gu Qi must be guilty]
[Come on, keep chatting like this, I love watching! ]
[Every word and every expression they are discussing about school bullying, I feel it is worth digging into]
[Support! Are you recording this? Experts, please quickly analyze the tricks hidden in the micro-expressions! ]
[I am not a expert, but I know a little bit. Gu Qi's expression is actually fine and it is just a normal conversation. Jiāng Zhiyu seems to be smiling, but she is actually dodgying Gu Qi's eyes. She keeps touching her face and moving around. It's obvious that she is trying to relieve her anxiety]
[Why is this? Does it mean that the nervous person is Jiāng Zhiyu? So strange. Shouldn't it be Gu Qi with a guilty conscious? ]
Some people started to guess.
[What? Had Jiāng Zhiyu been bullied by Gu Qi in school? ]
[Even if Jiāng Zhiyu didn't participate, she definitely knew about Gu Qi's wicked matters]
[Maybe Jiāng Zhiyu actually has some secrets. After all, they were in the same circle. Come on! ]
Of course, the speculations in the comments were just speculations, and had no basis. So they could only discuss them randomly.
At the scene.
Gu Qi had one last truth or dare. She pondered for a while and ended up turning to Wen Renjing and asked, "Wen Renjing, do you hate me?"
Anyway, she didn't know what else she could do, so she might as well ask the question that had puzzled her for a long time.
Wen Renjing was drinking juice on the side, not expect Gu Qi to use the last question on him. It seemed to be more abrupt than those the questions with Jiāng Zhiyu.
Other people present were stunned.
After a brief pause, Wen Renjing smiled and said: "Why would you ask me such a question, Elder Sister? It's obvious that you and I have the best relationship since we were young. I will not lose my temper over trivial matters like Jiang Lechuan, nor will I ignore people like Mu Yuan. We can always have a good chat every time we meet. Where can you find another younger brother as well-behaved as me?"
Wen Renjing's answer was what Gu Qi akways believed.
Wen Renjing had a sharp tongue, but he rarely used this on her, which made her often have an illusion that Wen Renjing was 'very easy to get along with'.
She used to think that it was because Wen Renjing respected her as a elder sister, but amidst the recording of these few episodes, she suddenly realized that Wen Renjing would use this mouth to hurt all his friends, such as Hang Ze, Jiang Lechuan, and even occasionally say a few bad words to his mother.
Why was he so normal to her?
This wasn't normal.
This proved that she was the only one in this family who was 'treated differently' by Wen Renjing.
The most respected was the most distanced.
Gu Qi showed a trace of confusion on her face. Wen Renjing's answer didn't convince her, but she didn't force him to say why he hated her.
Wen Renjing seemed helpless, raising a hand and promised: "I swear, I don't hate you."
He just felt a little sympathetic to Elder Sister.
He had a rare good temper in front of Gu Qi and was much more obedient in front of her than with others, but it was just because he knew more. Therefore he felt sorry for her.
Because he found her too pitiful, he couldn't even say anything sarcastic to her, thinking that if he didn't pay attention to the boundary, he might hurt her.
It was just that this kind of pity may be accompanied by some condescending emotions. Because only those in high positions would have such emotions toward those in low positions.
Wen Renjing didn't deny it.
After all, he had his mother's blood flowing in his veins. It was just a little bit of flawed nature. Sympathizing and helping the weak in his mind could make him live relatively 'glorious'.
Although Gu Qi was Elder Sister, she was a pitiful weak person in his mind.
At this moment, Jiang Lechuan snorted coldly, with absurdity written all over his face.
His thoughts were obviously still on Wen Renjing's previous sentence, and he retorted: "How can you be considered well behaved? I don't even need to have a turn and Mu Yuan is much better than you, okay?"
What did Wen Renjing mean by that? He was here to pull him down, right!
Treating him like was dead? Ah! ?
After Jiang Lechuan finished speaking, he turned to Gu Qi, trying to put on a well-behaved expression, as if he wanted to prove himself.
Gu Qi was amused by Jiang Lechuan's exaggerated antics, and patted his arm, "Okay, okay, I know you are well behaved."
Abruptly, Mu Yuan filled the empty cup in front of Gu Qi with some of her favorite juice in silence.
Gu Qi: "......?"
Ah? What was Mu Yuan doing now?
[Damn... Although I watch this with the intention of scolding Gu Qi, who seeing this doesn't feel envy]
[Gu Qi's collapse doesn't prevent me from liking Mu Yuan. Truly wwell behaved and cute]
[Unlike Jiang Lechuan, who can express his thoughts, he can only prove to Elder Sister that he cares about her by caring about the details. He can be well behaved and obedient]
[Who can understand this kind of secretly competing for favors! It's causing me so much damage! ]
[I feel that after Gu Qi finishes recording this episode, it's over. Forget it, let's munch on this. I'm here to eat my last meal, my family (tears)]
[Even if Gu Qi really collapses, Mu Yuan is definitely a good youth with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor in the new era. The age difference between them is a bit big. No matter what bad things Gu Qi does, it has nothing to do with Mu Yuan. I'm eager to jump into this pit]
[Sister above, come and join us! This is Mu Yuan's global fan club: house number XXX...]
...
Four eyes stared at each other.
Gu Qi felt that she could understand what Mu Yuan was conveying, but it was a little unbelievable.
Still, she accepted the juice and tentatively praised: "...You are very well behaved?"
The slightly questioning tone was because she didn't know whether Mu Yuan wanted to hear her praise or she was thinking too much.
Mu Yuan pursed his lips and gave her a very light smile, as if he wasn't used to such an expression.
Jiang Lechuan was still there in a merry mood, thinking that Mu Yuan was 'united against the same enemy' with him to deal with Wen Renjing.
Good Younger Brother!
Elder Sister was good, he was good, Younger Brother was good, and Elder Brother was bad.
Then they were a happy family!
The logic made sense.
Jiang Lechuan complacently thought this, feeling as if the whole world was on his side and he showed a 'fierce' look toward Wen Renjing.
If Wen Renjing dared to hate Elder Sister, he would hate Wen Renjing too!
Wen Renjing obviously understood what Jiang Lechuan wanted to express, but——
He thought Jiang Lechuan was childish and just rolled his eyes in response.
[Hey Jiang Lechuan... you are such a cocky idiot]
[Jiang Lechuan, can you please stay away from Gu Qi? As the saying goes, those who were close to red ink will get smeared red, and those who were close to black will be black!]
Some people couldn't stand it.
[No matter what Gu Qi does, she is Jiang Lechuan's sister. Isn't it absurd to govern the relationship between siblings?]
[I think even if Gu Qi is banned (although I don't think it's that serious, at most she will be temporarily out of the spotlight due to public condemnation), we can't deny that she was actually quite good to Jiang Lechuan. One matter is one matter]
[As a fan of Jiang Lechuan, I feel like my child doesn't know about those messy things]
[+1 to above, if Jiang Lechuan knew something, it can't be hidden]
[I don't know how sad Jiang Lechuan will be when he finds out that Elder Sister is the prepatrator of school bullying that caused a death, alas...]
[Jiang Lechuan, cherish your last happy and joyful time as siblings, because you may not be able to have it again in the future]
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That night, the director team told them that live cameras were installed in everyone's room, so that they could communicate and interact with their fans at any time.
The fixed recording time every day suddenly became a 24-hour live broadcast with almost no privacy except for washing. It was obviously to prevent them from sneaking out in the middle of the night like before or because of some other reasons due to the news outside.
But Gu Qi didn't care.
She was very sleepy and just wanted to wash up and sleep quickly. Whoever wanted to watch her sleep could watch.
Ning Xiwei's face flashed a look of disapproval, but seeing that no one raised any objections, she naturally didn't feel comfortable expressing her dissatisfaction alone.
Soon, everyone went upstairs to their rooms to washup and rest.
Gu Qi swiftly washed up and fell asleep.
The netizens who originally came to her live broadcast room to continue to mock her fell into silence.
[…Should I say it or not, this sister is truly carefree]
[Just take it as the last good sleep]
The next day, all recordings were still carried out according to the normal process.
Except that whether it was playing games or completing tasks, they were all done indoors, still avoiding their contact with the outside world.
This lasted until the end of this episode of the variety show recording.
Jiāng Zhiyu and Jiāng Fengzhi were picked up by Jiāng Family's car as usual.
On the way out, the sight of the countless reporters and paparazzi squatting outside had Jiāng Zhiyu in a good mood.
She picked up her phone and casually browsed Weibo again. Sure enough, everything was the same as she arranged. Public opinion was still fermenting.
Because of recording the show, Gu Qi didn't know and had no way to respond. Now the rhythm on the Internet had been completely led by the Internet trolls she arranged. There were accusations against Gu Qi everywhere. The whole online community was calling for Gu Qi to come out and apologize to the deceased.
The reporters at the door were waiting for Gu Qi to come out and see how she responds to this matter so that they can get the first-hand news.
The Jiāng Family siblings had left.
The director still couldn't bear it. He looked around and saw that there were no other staff members. He whispered: "Don't go through the main entrance."
Jiang Lechuan leaned over and asked: "Huh?"
Before hurrying out, the director lowered his voice, "Check Weibo."
Although he was responsible for this program under the arrangement of Jiāng Family, he felt great satisfaction and proudness when he saw that the ratings and online discussions of the program were getting higher and higher.
He knew that the biggest attraction of this show was the relationship between Gu Qi and the three younger brothers. No one wanted this variety show to be recorded well more than him.
But he couldn't go against the instructions of the Jiāng Family. He could only pray in his heart: I hope Gu Qi can be smart and quickly bow her head to the family. Maybe there will be some whitewashing public relations plan to let her continue recording this show.
The director's incoherent words made Jiang Lechuan instinctively reach out for his phone, but Gu Qi held his hand.
Gu Qi looked at Jiang Lechuan, "Today, I must trouble you to send Mu Yuan back today."
Jiang Lechuan was stunned, "Wait, what happened?"
At this moment
Wen Renjing walked down the stairs slowly, half leaning on the railing to look at Gu Qi, waved the phone in his left hand, and asked: "From the look of it, you already knew?"
Gu Qi didn't answer Wen Renjing's words, but instead directed at Jiang Lechuan: "Don't look at anything or ask anything, just trust me. You are the elder brother and your most important task now is to send the younger brother home safely, can you do it?"
Jiang Lechuan was silent for a few seconds and responded in the end: "I understand."
Since Gu Qi asked him to do this, he would be obediently comply.
He had promised that no matter what happened, he would stand by her side.
So Jiang Lechuan turned around and called Mu Yuan, saying: "Let's go, elder brother will take you home."
Mu Yuan stared at Gu Qi with some hesitation.
He wanted to say something, but Jiang Lechuan put his hand on his shoulder and pulled him out of the back door.
Jiang Lechuan and Mu Yuan disappeared at the back door.
Only then, Wen Renjing walked down the stairs, approached Gu Qi, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
This time it was Gu Qi's turn to be confused. She eyed at Wen Renjing and asked, "Why do you look like you know everything?"
"Because I already know everything." Wen Renjing shrugged indifferently, sat on the sofa behind Gu Qi, and casually continued, "At the beginning, the things you said to your parents were told to my mother. No one believed it. They all thought you deliberately lied because you wanted to come back."
Speaking of this, Wen Renjing paused and asked, "But if you really live a life of luxury, why would you tell such a lie? If it were another child, it might be because he was insensible. However, you took the initiative to replace Jiang Lechuan to go to Jiāng's place because you were too sensible. As long as you can bear it, you won't say these words.
So Elder Sister, out of the entire Jiang Family, I am the only one who had believed in you since young."
Wen Renjing's voice became lazy at the end.
He just sat on the sofa, tilted his head to look at her with his peach blossom eyes smiling and his tone relaxed.
It was as if there weren't any of Gu Qi's black material flying all over the sky and he would be implicated if not handled well, but just the siblings reminiscing about the past happily.
Gu Qi took a step back unconsciously and asked, "Wen Renjing, what do you want to say?"
"I just don't understand." Wen Renjing reached out and grabbed an orange from the fruit basket and rolled it up in his palm, "You obviously wanted to go home back then and you know that the easiest way to go back wasn't to cry and beg your parents, but to tell Jiang Lechuan all the truth and let him fight for it on your behalf. The success rate would had been at least..."
Wen Renjing stretched out his other hand and spread his five fingers: "At least five times higher?"
But Gu Qi didn't do this. Even now Jiang Lechuan didn't know what Elder Sister had endured for him all those years.
Gu Qi pursed her lips and shot back, "EldestAunt keeps telling you how much pain she was in every day after Eldest Uncle passed away. Didn't you suffer because of this?"
Wen Renjing was stunned.
Gu Qi didn't say anything else. Instead, she turned around and walked toward the back door, saying, "I just hope that one less person will suffer meaningless pain. After all, he can't do anything."
In fact, there was one more thing she didn't tell Wen Renjing. He didn't know her parents well enough.
Just like she didn't know them well enough before, thinking that her parents did loved her but loved Younger Brother more. It didn't matter. She also loved Younger Brother more.
But in the original plot, she and Jiang Lechuan were both ruined because of Jiāng Family, while Jiang Family wasn't affected by it.
There was only one answer -
Their parents didn't stand on their side at that time. They didn't stand against Jiāng Family to protect their children, and might had even have given up on them long ago.
Whether she or Jiang Lechuan, they weren't worth mentioning in the face of glory and wealth.
So even if Jiang Lechuan cried and wanted her to be brought back when she was little, the final result would only be that he would go to Jiāng Family instead of her. Or they would 'reunite' together in Jiāng Family.
Because their parents wouldn't choose them.
Unlike Jiāng Zhiyu, they have no one to rely on.
If she and Jiang Lechuan act rashly, it would only make things worse.
But Gu Qi still couldn't understand. The development of Jiang Family in the past two years could be said to be rapid. If they really fight with Jiāng Family, it would no longer be an outright defeat like before.
Why was it that they weren't even willing to try for them?
Gu Qi sat in the front passenger seat and thanked the assistant who secretly picked her up without telling Song Cheng.
As for her own car, it was probably still surrounded by paparazzi.
The assistant waved her hands quickly: "Elder Sister Gu Qi, why are you thanking me? If you hadn't saved me in the crew, I don't know how miserable I would be if I followed that person now."
Gu Qi smiled at her, "So you still remember."
This made the assistant's nose had the urge to sniff. Then her voice uttered a little tearful: "Elder Sister Gu Qi, you have to believe that not everyone is as ungrateful as that bastard Song Cheng. I remember all the kindness you have shown me. I know you are definitely not the kind of person they say... So it will be okay, right? I still want to follow you forever."
At the end, her voice trembled a little.
After saying this, even she felt no confidence. No matter who looked at it, it was a situation that was difficult to turn around.
Gu Qi was somewhat helpless and took a piece of paper to wipe the girl's tears, saying: "Don't cry. Drive carefully. It will be fine."
Gu Qi lowered her head and sent a message to Jiāng Zhiyu.
[You did it, right? What do you want to do? ]
Jāng Zhiyu replied quickly, as if she had expected Gu Qi to 'lower her head' when she received this message.
[Do you still remember my apartment near the high school? If you want to end it all, come and see me]
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Apartment.
No one had been here for a long time. The door had been covered with dust.
Gu Qi rang the doorbell. The person who opened the door for her was Jiāng Zhiyu.
Jāng Zhiyu was obviously in a good mood. She probably have just taken a shower, changed into a light-colored nightgown, and her hair was tied up behind her head.
The face that had undergone countless cosmetic surgeries and whose skin was so translucent that female stars would be jealous was full of condescending disdain, saying: "You have seen the hot search, right? I just want you to know forever that no matter whether you are Gu Qi or Jiang Qi, you will still be the same as before. You have to listen to me obediently to survive."
Gu Qi stared at her and asked incomprehensibly: "How dare you say such a thing? Aren't you afraid of me recording it?"
Jiāng Zhiyu smiled wantonly and responded: "It's up to you. If you want to record, record it. I don't care. At most, I will go abroad to avoid the limelight. But you have it different. When your recording is sent out, your parents will be imprisoned because of your impulse. You will visit them in prison with endless repentance for the rest of your life."
Gu Qi was stunned. Se really didn't expect Jiāng Zhiyu would say this and asked, "Imprison?"
"You don't know yet." Jiāng Zhiyu walked to the dining table and poured a glass of red wine. She took a sip and slowly savored, "There is evidence of your parents embezzling public funds in my safe. It's just tens of millions. Do you think they can bear it after the sentence is set?"
Her parents dared to embezzle tens of millions of public funds.
On the way here, Gu Qi felt the answer to the question that puzzled her had arrived.
No wonder, even when the assets were enough to compete with the Jiāng Family, the Jiāng Family still dare to kill their children. Because they held such a fatal weakness and could them treated as ants.
Gu Qi showed panic on her face, "Jiāng Zhiyu! What do you want to do? My father's health isn't well. He can't stand this!"
Seeing Gu Qi's 'panic', Jiāng Zhiyu's mood became better.
Sure enough.
Everything was as she expected.
Jiāng Zhiyu touched Gu Qi's face with one hand, "Don't be afraid. We have known each other for so many years. I don't want to do that kind of thing. So I asked you to come here today to give you a chance. Whether your parents can be well depends on you. As long as you admit that you did orchestrated the school bullying, are willing to apologize and repent for this matter, and decide to quit the entertainment industry, I can assure you that nothing will happen. It's just tens of millions, no one will remember it."
Gu Qi's face showed fear, hesitation and painful struggle. Jiāng Zhiyu had lost her patience, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to, I will inform your parents to prepare for the jail..."
"No!"
Gu Qi interrupted Jiāng Zhiyu, tears in her eyes,, "Absolutely not... They are my parents..."
Jāng Zhiyu raised her lips proudly. For Gu Qi, family was always her weakness.
She got someone to investigate Jiang Lechuan and there wasn't even a slight tax evasion. So she couldn't find any evidence for the time being.
But it didn't matter, Gu Qi's parents were enough.
Gu Qi seemed to have made up her mind and compromised: "I promise you, I will post a Weibo to respond to this matter, does this work?"
Jiāng Zhiyu stared at her face for half a minute and uttered: "No, if it's Weibo, your fans might whitewash you and say that it was posted on your behalf by the company. Why don't you do a live broadcast and confess in tears to everyone in person. Thiis way, it will be credible, right?
Don't try to play any tricks, I'm only giving you one night to prepare. So prepare your retirement declaration. Remember, the more satisfied I am with your performance, the safer your parents will be for the rest of their lives."
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Gu Qi returned to her apartment-
She still went through the back door.
She felt drained after putting this performance in front of Jiāng Zhiyu. She wanted to go back to take a shower and then organize tomorrow's speech as Jiāng Zhiyu instructed, but she didn't expect to see a person squatting at her door.
Gu Qi was a little surprised, because she recognized the other party's identity at a glance.
She didn't expect the other party to be so fast, and instead of contacting her first, she came knocking.
That's good, it saved trouble.
Gu Qi called her name directly: "Ning Xiwei."
She heard Gu Qi's voice.
Ning Xiwei raised her head, her eyes were so red that they seemed to be dripping with blood. She was holding an old black notebook tightly in her arms.
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