Xiao He lost the desire to continue speaking, and the ward fell into a brief silence.
Xie Jingshi looked left and right, and could only bite the bullet and continue chatting with Lu Yuxi about random things. Soon, the group prepared to say goodbye and leave.
Just as they reached the elevator, Lu Yuxi's manager, Lu Yu—or rather, her former manager—appeared out of nowhere and called out to Xiao He.
"Teacher Xiao, please wait a moment!"
The other party shouted loudly, and people passing by in the corridor heard it and couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Xiao He. Several sharp-eyed nurses suddenly lit up, obviously recognizing Xiao He and Xie Jingshi.
A short gasp rang out in the corridor.
Fortunately, this was a hospital, and patients and their families didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to celebrities. The nurses and doctors also had their own responsibilities, so after the brief commotion, no one went up to bother Xiao He and his group.
Even so, this situation still made Xiao He and his group frown.
Liu Rulan stepped forward first, blocking Xiao He's path, and said sarcastically, "Oh, isn't this Manager Lu? I didn't see you in the ward earlier. Oh, I almost forgot, you're no longer Lu Yuxi's manager."
Lu Yu seemed oblivious to Liu Rulan's sarcasm, her gaze still fixed on Xiao He, as she tentatively asked, "Teacher Xiao, can we talk alone?"
Xiao He: ?
Xiao He didn't know what she was going to do, but his intuition told him it wasn't anything of value and would be a waste of time to listen. So he decisively shook his head: "For business matters, you can talk to my agent directly."
Just then, the elevator Xie Jingshi pressed arrived, so Xiao He followed Xie Jingshi into the elevator, while Liu Rulan stayed behind: "Xiao He is right, you can talk to me about anything. Manager Lu, let's find a quiet place to talk?"
"Why--"
Lu Yu wanted to follow Liu Rulan into the elevator, but Liu Rulan wouldn't give her the chance. She took a step forward and blocked Lu Yu's way.
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She could only look at Liu Rulan with resentment: "Manager Liu, things are different now."
Liu Rulan gave a forced smile: "Oh? Are we that close?"
Lu Yu stared at Liu Rulan for a long time, and finally turned away reluctantly: "Let's go, let's go to a quiet place to talk."
"Sure."
Liu Rulan followed Lu Yu's footsteps, but they were clearly not going back to Lu Yuxi's room.
A few minutes later, in another quiet ward.
Liu Rulan crossed her arms and asked impatiently, "Speak, what exactly do you want?"
Looking at the arrogant Liu Rulan in front of her, Lu Yu bit her lip and hesitated for a long time before lowering her voice and saying, "Regarding what happened on the internet before... I hope to get your understanding."
"Whoa—"
Liu Rulan decisively denied it: "I can't make that decision; it depends on Xiao He's opinion."
“But you clearly stopped me just now—” Lu Yu suddenly became a little angry.
"Oh, so there's nothing to discuss."
Liu Rulan rubbed her fingers together, slowly examining the manicure on her hands, and asked in a calm tone, "Is there anything else?"
Lu Yu's face flushed red, then turned dark, and finally she gritted her teeth and said, "Are you really going to push things to the extreme?"
Do we really have to take her to court?
"Look at what you're saying. We believe in the law and in justice."
Liu Rulan glanced at Lu Yu sideways, then listlessly reached out and carefully ran her hand across the other's cheek, adjusting the earring behind her ear. Then she lowered her voice and said, "You should be glad that everyone is civilized now, otherwise I would have slapped you long ago."
They resort to underhanded tactics, thinking they're something special.
...
In the underground parking garage, Xiao He encountered the same group of people who had been taking photos with their team earlier.
This person is probably a member of a boy band and is likely related to Lu Yuxi. Xiao He didn't intend to get to know these people well, so he just nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
After declining Xie Jingshi's invitation to lunch, both parties returned to their respective cars, and Xiao He began to wait for Liu Rulan to return.
Fortunately, Liu Rulan came down not long after.
"Let's go."
Lao Qi started the car, and it slowly drove away from the hospital.
In the car, Xiao He observed Liu Rulan's expression and found that there was no obvious emotion on Liu Rulan's face, as if the conversation just now had not caused any emotional fluctuations in her.
That makes sense, though; there aren't many things that can cause Sister Liu to have emotional fluctuations.
So Xiao He casually asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, just a death throes."
Liu Rulan shrugged. "This incident is enough to ruin her reputation. She probably won't be able to stay in the industry anymore."
Lu Yuxi has also been arguing with Lu Yu about many things that happened during their agency relationship, and Lu Yu may end up with multiple court summonses.
But no one sympathized with her.
Xiao He: "No wonder I thought the two of them were strange before."
"Yeah, a little."
Clearly, Liu Rulan had also noticed, but she wasn't very familiar with these two people before. All the information she had was from other people in the industry; she herself hadn't had much contact with them.
"Is Lu Yuxi often late because she's just being arrogant, or is she really too busy to handle everything, resulting in all her work being rushed and not being able to meet deadlines?"
Xiao He recalled Lu Yuxi's panda eyes every time he saw him, and shrugged with a sigh: "Speaking of which, the first time I saw him, I was really shocked by his old-fashioned boy band-style black eyeliner. Now that I think about it, he probably has pretty heavy dark circles under his eyes."
It's just that the makeup was so heavy that many people didn't notice that beneath that heavy boy band makeup were a pair of exhausted eyes.
What Xiao He suspected most was that Lu Yuxi acted like a big shot, which showed that he was hot-tempered, reckless, arrogant, and condescending.
Would someone like this really exhaust themselves to this extent, even ending up in the hospital and nearly dying?
Having just met him in person, he doesn't seem to have the terrible personality I imagined—of course, this is only in comparison; based on previous interactions, Lu Yuxi's personality isn't much better.
The extra portion is probably a problem with the agent.
These two are probably going to have quite a bit of a tug-of-war now.
Fortunately, it has little to do with them.
This visit was purely to put an end to the previous public opinion, and incidentally, to unethically take advantage of the buzz to gain some traffic and guide comments to promote "Sumi".
Xiao He had no interest in further exploring the grudges and entanglements between the two.
"Forget it, let's take care of ourselves first."
As Liu Rulan spoke, she casually asked, "Did you read the script for 'Ace Deduction' yesterday?"
"I haven't seen it yet."
"Then we can go back and prepare."
"good."
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Back at the villa, Xiao He began to examine the script.
Because it's a short film, the edited version is only about ten minutes long, so the script isn't very long. The overall story logic is weak, mainly showing only a part of the murderer's crime scenes. The detailed plot segments are all fragmented. It's probably to avoid revealing the truth of the first case, so they deliberately planted many hidden clues, which can both attract the audience and hide the truth of the case.
The plot begins with a major human anatomy scene.
Xiao He raised an eyebrow: "The murderer is a forensic doctor?"
No wonder the production team approached him; they wanted to bring back memories of the Muzawa era!
However, this killer's character is quite different from Muze's. The killer's basic setting is a forensic doctor, and his personality is that of a rational, high-IQ criminal. Unlike Muze, who simply pursues the art and aesthetics of killing, this forensic doctor kills to find out the truth about his sister's death and avenge her.
Overall, this is a tragic character seeking revenge for his family.
In the official variety show, the detective guests need to find the truth of the case from back then before they can find the murderer lurking among the guests.
These things are no longer Xiao He's concern; he only needs to play the role of the forensic criminal well.
After reading the plot, Xiao He put down the script and murmured to himself, "Back to my old ways, huh..."
He likes it!
