The sick beauty became popular after she brought her ex to the show

Shen Meng skipped to Su Ye's nanny's cherry shop downstairs and picked out a bunch of snacks that were not high in calories but that Su Ye might like. Before leaving, she went around to the gate to take a look.

Xi Yu is currently filming a solo scene on location. The dilapidated entrance of the relief building is surrounded by equipment and staff, except for the scene that is marked out.

Xi Yu stood among them, wearing the school uniform white shirt and trousers. His hairstyle did not change much, it was cut a little shorter, but all the earrings were taken off. He was still handsome and full of youthfulness.

"Excuse me, could you please tell me when will the filming of Teacher Xi's scene be finished?" Shen Meng asked in a low voice, remembering the slightly curved eyes when Su Ye mentioned Xi Yu.

"What a coincidence, this game is almost over."

Shen Meng nodded, feeling happy for Su Ye. She simply hummed a tune while waiting for Xi Yu, thinking that they would go up together and give Su Ye a surprise.

It was just after noon and the light was good. Shen Meng was looking at Xi Yu, who played Gu Yang, on the monitor.

Gu Yang was bending down and picking up a fallen leaf that no one had cleaned up.

The fallen leaves were dry. Gu Yang just pinched the petiole, but before he could straighten up, the yellow and brittle leaves broke into pieces, and the debris fell along his fingertips.

Silently, the fallen leaf didn't even make the slightest sound when it broke, it had already floated into the air and landed quietly at Gu Yang's feet.

Gu Yang held the exercise book and notebook in his hands, looking at the leaf with only a petiole left between his fingertips, with a dazed and confused expression.

He looked up again.
The run-down, dusty, and covered with advertisements relief building came into view. The residents were crowded, and each door looked like a pile of faded small squares, which made people feel suffocated at first glance.

Bai Hui lives in such a place.
And he never knew this.

"Card!"

Kong Wenyan nodded, "This is the end. Thank you for your hard work. Let's take a break and continue."

Xi Yu's chest rose and fell slightly, and the breath that was stagnant in his lungs was exhaled silently, while he pinched the half of the flexible petiole in his hand.

He was born in the Xi family, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he had a life of luxury since he was a child. Even when he was studying abroad, he lived in an exquisite and bright high-rise apartment and walked in clean and spacious neighborhoods.

This kind of place was very unfamiliar to Xi Yu, and it was a scene he had only seen in newspaper news.

When acting just now, Xi Yu unconsciously and completely empathized with Gu Yang. This empathy was even more profound than the scene when he played Song Chengyu and met Su Ye's Song Chengzhi.

Xi Yu looked at the dilapidated building with a demolition notice posted on the door.
Did Su Ye live in a place like this when he was a child?

"Brother Xi, thank you for your hard work." Shen Meng saw Xi Yu in a daze and spoke cautiously from the side, "Brother Su Ye just asked if you had finished filming."

"Yeah." Xi Yu came back to his senses and saw Shen Meng holding a bunch of snacks. "Is he hungry?"

Shen Meng shook his head. "No, my brother seemed to have a stomachache, so I was thinking of getting him something to eat."

Xi Yu nodded without saying anything more. After saying hello to the staff, he walked into the building.

Shen Meng hurriedly followed behind him without saying anything else.
Teacher Xi really doesn't talk much when he's not with Brother Su Ye.

The filming location for Su Ye's scene was on the top floor, the fifth floor. When going upstairs, she met many staff members, who greeted Shen Meng warmly.

Xi Yu walked in front and nodded in response to the staff's condolences. Thinking that he would see Su Ye soon, his previous dazed state suddenly improved a lot.

Fortunately, Su Ye is not immersed in that environment now, but stays with him in a warm and bright place.

buzzing.
While Xi Yu was lost in thought, his cell phone suddenly vibrated.

It was Xi Niao calling.

Xi Yu glanced at it and didn't answer, preparing to call back later.
It shouldn't be an urgent matter. If it were an urgent matter, Xi Niao would usually choose to contact Xiao Yang directly.

He would be able to see Su Ye soon, and he wanted to watch Su Ye eat first before dealing with other things.

Shen Meng saw Xi Yu's actions, but did not ask any more questions. It was not something she could ask about casually regarding Teacher Xi's affairs.

When they reached the fifth floor, Shen Meng first trotted to Xi Yu, then stared at the empty chair in the rest area in surprise.

The down jacket that the crew gave to Su Ye was still on the back of the chair, but the person who was supposed to be sitting on the chair was nowhere to be found. The bottle of water that Shen Meng handed to Su Ye was placed on the ground next to the chair, and it looked like he had only taken a sip.

Shen Meng called out to the passerby, "Sister, excuse me, have you seen our brother Su Ye?"

Xi Yu was three or four steps behind and saw Shen Meng talking to a passing staff member, but there was no sign of Su Ye nearby.

He was just about to walk over to ask what was going on when his cell phone rang again, this time it was a text message.
[Niao Yi: Answer the phone and tell me something about Xiao Ye.]
Xi Yu stopped, glanced at Shen Meng who was still talking on the other end, and called Xi Niao.

"I looked into Lin He's affairs again. It's true as you guessed. Lin He was responsible for Xiaoye's family debts at the time. But I found something more interesting."

Xi Yu listened to Xi Niao's words and stared at Shen Meng in front of him.

Shen Meng was talking and laughing at first, but as he spoke, his brows began to frown and a look of confusion appeared on his face.
The staff member opposite her was similar. He touched the back of his head, turned around and called another staff member over.

"Well, you said."

Xi Niao paused, noticing that Shi Yu was absent-minded, "What's wrong?"

Although Xi Yu is often in this state when facing others, he never behaves like this when it comes to Su Ye's affairs.

The three people opposite were still talking together. Xi Yu took out his cigarette case and lit a cigarette, slowly suppressing the uneasy emotions in his heart.

He attributed this emotion to the building. Because it was too dilapidated, he couldn't cheer up, as if a string was stretched thin and would break if pulled.

"It's okay, I'm listening, just keep talking."

"Yeah." Xi Niao didn't want to waste any more time. "Although Lin He later became one of the legal persons of the securities firm, he was not a salesperson at the beginning. He was also responsible for debt collection. To put it bluntly, he was a thug. Later, he gradually gained a foothold."

Xi Yu thought of something and asked sensitively, "Did he come to collect the debt owed by Su Ye's father?"

Xi Niao was stunned for a moment, "Hmm, did you guess it?"

Xi Yu's teeth suddenly bit the exploding bead into pieces.
"Su Ye's father is dead. He died because of that incident."

Xi Niao's mind was very quick, and her tone instantly became serious, her voice quick and direct.
"Is Su Ye's mother's court record because of this incident?"

Xi Yu bit the sponge in the filter tip, and suddenly he felt a shaky and unstable feeling in his heart.

"Well, I met his mother in Geneva, and Su Ye also told me something. His mother was brought to court, but was found not guilty due to mental illness and self-defense."

Xi Yu recalled the hesitation behind Su Ye's heavy eyes when he mentioned this matter.

"But Su Ye told me that he didn't think his mother would lose control and accidentally kill someone. His mother did seem quite weak to me, and even if she did have an attack, she wouldn't be able to kill a conscious man."

When Xi Yu finished speaking, his voice became a little low.

Xi Niao listened carefully on the opposite side and took a deep breath at the end.
"I understand. You think there is something wrong with Su Ye's father's death."

Xi Yu's heartbeat seemed to have sensed some kind of omen, beating rapidly and heavily.

If that's the case, everything becomes clear.

Su Ye is just an artist with no background, and he has been out of the circle for five years. There should be nothing about him that would make Lin He so afraid.

But what if Lin He was once connected to the murder case?
What if the death of Su Ye’s father was not caused by Su Ye’s mother Su Yun, but by Lin He?

Lin He is not an easy person to deal with. The fact that he was able to climb up step by step from the background mentioned by Xi Niao to the position of Xingli shareholder is enough to prove that he is a ruthless character.

Xi Niao's voice became faster and faster.
"Wait, don't be impatient. If that's what we thought, Lin He should have noticed Su Ye when he first joined Xingli. Why did we have to wait five years to find a way to kick Su Ye out?"

Xi Yu threw away the bitten-to-defect cigarette butt and spoke each word between his teeth.
"Su Ye changed his name, including his surname."

He just learned about this not long ago.

When Su Ye was a child, he took his father's surname, Gu, which consists of one character, Zhi. His original name was Gu Zhi.

On the other end of the phone, Xi Niao took a breath quietly.
"Gu Zhi. Su Ye"

Xi Yu quickly connected everything together.

Not long ago, the stylist from Ji Ru's studio said that when she was with the Oril group five years ago, she accidentally discovered a scar on the back of Su Ye's head while doing his hair.
After Lin He found out about this, the stylist was quickly fired and was hidden from the industry for several years.

At almost the same time, Su Ye was also interviewed by the top management, who negotiated and persuaded him to leave Oril and not to appear in the public eye for five years.

A five-year period of being in the cold is fatal for an artist from a boy band, and it is basically equivalent to announcing the end of his acting career.

I guess no one expected that Su Ye would come back under such heavy pressure.

"Lin He was suspicious because of the old scar, and then he recognized Su Ye."
Xi Yu remained relatively calm and came to a conclusion quickly and accurately.

"Only when a person has done something wrong will he keep trying to cover it up." Xi Niao was silent for a moment, "According to your guess, the death of Su Ye's father may have nothing to do with his mother at all. His mother was framed."

However, Su Yun's mental instability made it impossible for her to testify for herself. It was precisely because of her mental problems that the claim of "manslaughter" became extremely convincing.
A mentally unstable madman would not be surprised by anything he did in the eyes of the world.
Xi Niao and Xi Yu came up with a very horrifying guess at the same time.

"Xi Yu."

"I see."

Xi Yu felt like a nerve on his forehead was throbbing, causing his head to ache. He even clenched his fist and hit it twice.

His heart was still beating rapidly, making Xi Yu feel more and more uneasy.

He was originally a relatively rational person, and his impulsiveness and excitement would only be caused by Su Ye.
But ever since he went upstairs, Xi Yu had been sweating profusely on his back.

"Besides the debt collectors, there were only three witnesses at the scene."

Xi Niao remained calm and rationally deduced the conclusion that both of them had a vague premonition of.

"One is Su Ye's mother. Because she suffers from mental illness, her testimony is not valid."
"One is Su Ye's father. He died in the conflict. The dead cannot speak."

"The last one. Xi Yu"

Xi Niao's voice was already faintly filled with worry and nervousness.

Xi Yu continued her words.
"It's Su Ye."

In this old case that has been buried for more than ten years, Su Ye is the only person who was at the scene and may have witnessed something, even though Su Ye's own memory is a little confused.
But for the real murderer, Su Ye's existence is undoubtedly a threatening and uncertain factor.

Xi Yu's breathing began to become unstable. He held the phone in his hand and looked towards Shen Meng again. His heartbeat became more and more intense.

There were originally only three people gathered at Shen Meng's place. In the short two minutes that Xi Yu made the call, many staff members gathered around. Anxiety and confusion kept appearing on those people's faces and reflected in Xi Yu's eyes.

The snacks that Shen Meng was holding disappeared. The little girl seemed to be in a panic and threw them on the stool where Su Ye had sat. Some of the candies were not placed firmly and rolled all over the floor.

Xi Niao's voice continued beside Xi Yu's ear, constantly reminding him of something.

"Xi Yu, I hope we are wrong. If it is really what we guessed, Xiaoye is in a very bad situation now. Lin He is very smooth, but he has already involved matters concerning his fundamental personal interests. You never know what he will do. Try not to leave Xiaoye alone and make sure he is always there-"

Xi Yu hung up the phone and walked quickly towards the crowd.

The edges of his vision expanded and distorted like a distorted photograph, and even the sounds of the crowd became blurred.

Xi Yu's heart began to beat violently, as if it was suspended high by a thin thread.

"Where's Su Ye?"
Xi Yu pushed aside the people who had gathered around him, walked in front of Shen Meng, and spoke in a low voice.

When Shen Meng looked up and saw Xi Yu's expression, he was so scared that his scalp almost exploded.

Xi Yu's expression was very terrifying.
That handsome face was extremely depressed, his pupils were constricted, the edges of his eyes were slightly red, and shallow veins appeared on his forehead. Before Shen Meng could speak, Xi Yu had already reached out and pressed her shoulders.
"Where's Su Ye?!"

Shen Meng was terrified, but another matter was weighing on her mind, so she ignored Xi Yu's expression and spoke quickly.

She looked like she was about to burst into tears, "Brother Xi, they said they didn't see where I went, and I haven't come back for more than ten minutes!"

The thin thread that was holding Xi Yu's heart broke, and Xi Yu's heart fell heavily.

"All of you present here."
When Xi Yu heard himself speak, his voice was unexpectedly calm, completely different from his state when he learned that Su Ye was present at the airport.
"Where did Su Ye go after filming? If anyone saw him, think about it immediately."

While speaking, Xi Yu quickly called Su Ye.
The phone rang, Xi Yu bent down and took out Su Ye's cell phone from the pocket of the down jacket hanging on the back of Su Ye's chair.

Xi Yu's face darkened even more.

Shen Meng was so anxious that she was wiping away tears.

"Brother Xi!" Xiao Yang quickly ran up from the other side of the corridor, followed by Director Zhang, who was panting, holding a floor plan of the relief building in his hand.

Xiao Yang just received a call from Xi Niao. When he heard Xi Niao say that Su Ye might be in danger, he almost exploded on the spot.
"Here's a map. Teacher Su hasn't been away for long. He must still be nearby. Don't worry, brother."

Xi Yu took the picture handed to him by Xiao Yang, tried his best to suppress his pounding heart, and asked the same question again loudly.

A young girl came jogging from another place, raising her hand and speaking.
"I, I, I! Teacher Xi, when I passed by Teacher Su just now, I heard him asking where the bathroom was. Then a staff member led Teacher Su there, and he went that way!"

The girl pointed to a place.

Xi Yu didn't ask a second time. Without saying a word, he just ran over there.

Su Ye followed the smiling stagehand and wrapped himself in a thick coat. The pervasive cold finally felt a little better.

The field staff led the way in front, passing by some equipment rooms. Several staff on duty greeted Su Ye when they saw him.

"Is the restroom this far?"
After Su Ye greeted another staff member, he felt a little confused and asked in a low voice.

He thought he could just turn a corner and get there, but after walking for three or four minutes, he still didn't see the restroom.

Su Ye felt a little uneasy, but along the way some other staff members passed by and somewhat dispelled his hesitation.

Thinking too much, Su Ye laughed at himself in his heart.
Maybe there have been too many unexpected situations recently, causing him to be a little too easily startled.

Director Kong Wenyan's team has very strict requirements, and everyone in the team has to pass each level of screening.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Su. This building is too old and many of the pipes are abandoned, so the location is a bit far away."
The stagehand turned around and explained with a smile.

"Is that so?" Su Ye nodded.

Su Ye felt a little regretful.
If it was so far, he should go downstairs and return to the RV directly, and he could also take a look at Xi Yu.

The building was too old and had leaks everywhere. Su Ye was so cold that he put his hands in his coat pockets and touched the candy that Xi Yu had given him earlier.

Su Ye's eyes curved.
It just so happens that Xi Yu should be almost done with this scene, and I will be able to see him directly when I go back later.

Su Ye had tasted the candy Xi Yu gave him before. There was a kind of translucent lychee candy in it that was very sweet. Su Ye picked them all out and stuffed them into his other pocket. He decided to let Xi Yu taste them when he saw him later.

Xi Yu should like this sweetness.

"Teacher Su, we're here. We're just ahead."
The groundskeeper stopped and pointed Su Ye in the direction, "Just pass that door and turn a corner."

Su Ye stopped his random thoughts and thanked him politely, "Thank you, thank you for your trouble."

The groundskeeper shook his head, "Teacher Su, you're too polite."

Su Ye followed the directions given to him by the staff, passed through a very dilapidated corridor door, turned a corner, and stopped in front of a light green door.

He looked up, and the doubts in his heart rose again.
This door did have a small, old sign above it, with the symbol for the restroom, but it still looked shabby.

The restroom temporarily built by the crew cannot be said to be luxurious, but at least it is clean and refreshing, and will never be so messy and dilapidated.
The blinds under the door were even mottled and peeling, and looked very dirty.

Su Ye took a look and felt uncomfortable.

He hesitated for a moment and did not reach out to touch the old-fashioned round metal door handle that no longer reflected light. He took a step back and chose to go downstairs to find Xi Yu.

As soon as he stepped back, Su Ye bumped into someone.

"Who?!"
Su Ye was startled and turned around to see the stagehand who had led the way. He had no idea when the man had followed him and was standing silently behind him.

The attendant still had a smile on his face, "Teacher Su, why don't you go?"

A layer of tiny goose bumps quickly appeared on Su Ye's back.
He said calmly: "I forgot that I just asked my assistant to get something——"

Before Su Ye could finish his words, the staff member suddenly opened the door and pushed Su Ye in fiercely.

Clang!

The ground was slippery and Su Ye had no time to stand firmly. He fell heavily behind the door, with half of his body falling on the dirty tile floor, causing his bones to ache slightly.

But he ignored the pain in his body and immediately turned over and rushed towards the closed door.
"Who are you! Open the door quickly!"

The light green door kept clanging. Su Ye pushed hard against it but couldn't open it.

The door was locked.

Su Ye's reason gave this understanding, but emotional panic began to spread little by little.

The door was locked and he was locked behind it.
He was locked in the bathroom.
Toilet.

Su Ye hammered the door so hard that his knuckles bled and his bones ached excruciatingly.
"Is there anyone? Open the door!"

A few bloodstains had begun to appear on the light green door, but Su Ye continued to smash it tirelessly, using the sharp pain to suppress his inner panic.

Once he could no longer suppress it, those vague but horrifying memories would come flooding back.

Su Ye had experienced this once before, and he knew very well that if he couldn't suppress it, this panic would completely overwhelm him.

My mother's voice sounded outside the door.
[Xiao Ye, forget it, forget all of this.]
But he didn't want to become like that, he wanted to go see Xi Yu.
"Open the door!"

[Mom, open the door!]
Su Ye's throat had begun to become hoarse, and a slight smell of blood and rust filled the air, causing his lungs to tighten and his breathing to become difficult.
"Is anyone there? Open the door!"

Su Ye hammered again and again, his eyes wide open, his black hair wet with cold sweat, sticking sticky to his face.

He dropped his hands and slammed the door again, struggling with his reason and the panic deep in his memory.

Su Ye used too much force and hit his forehead against the door, leaving a small scratch.
But he felt no pain in his forehead.

The pain was at the back of my head, the old scar was burning with pain.

The overly intense movements made Su Ye's breathing more and more rapid.

His mind seemed to begin to leave his body and he heard his own screams.
Deep in the shouting, some voices that Su Ye had once forgotten began to emerge.

[Fuck, where is his son? This woman is quite smart. She locked her son in the toilet.]
[What are you doing, you bitch? What does it matter to a woman like you?]
[Fuck you, Gu Dongfang, stop yelling here and pay me back!]
[Is this woman crazy? Fuck!]
A gust of cold wind blew, and Su Ye shivered. His body fell to the ground again due to the reaction force.

The cold wind continued to sweep over, making Su Ye more and more confused.

Su Ye turned his head unconsciously and saw a large patch of bright sky.
His stomach was suddenly clenched to the extreme by a hand.

The scene behind him reflected in his wide eyes.

The abandoned and dirty restroom had half of the room collapsed. The innermost wall had completely collapsed and broken, even the ground was cracked. Steel bars and concrete were suspended in mid-air. Plastic bags that had been blown in from nowhere scraped against the broken and protruding steel bars, making faint noises in the cold wind.

This is a dangerous building. The bathroom is right next to the side of the building. Half of it has completely collapsed and is hanging in the air. The bright light outside makes the inside extremely clear.

Su Ye could even see the tall buildings in the distance and the ruins downstairs.

If the worker had been a little stronger and the ground had been a little more slippery, he might have fallen from the fifth floor and his body would have been smashed into the broken steel and concrete below.

Su Ye's face turned pale, and he slowly collapsed, leaning against the door.

The bitingly cold wind blew on Su Ye's face, and the cold air rushed into his lungs, causing a leaky accordion-like wheezing sound to come from Su Ye's throat.
"Open the door. Please, open the door."

The feeling of suffocation in the lungs became stronger and stronger. Su Ye pinched his neck with his slender fingers, and used his other hand to reach for the dirty door handle.

The feeling of suffocation caused physical tears to well up in his eyes, making him dizzy and his hallucinations overlapped with reality once again.

[Mom, please, open the door.]
Su Ye fell against the door, curled up, breathing heavily with small sips, his voice becoming smaller and smaller.

The feeling of suffocation enveloped everything, leaving him no room to breathe.

In his confused mind, a sentence suddenly popped up in Su Ye's mind.
[Shuishui, remember, I am right beside you.]
"Xi Yu. Xi Yu"

“——Shuishui!”

Like a last ray of light, Xi Yu's voice rang out, as if responding to Su Ye's begging murmurs, and flowed into Su Ye's ears.
"Water and water!"

There was a loud noise from the light green door. Su Ye opened his mouth hard, but only some broken, discordant and hoarse sounds came out. They were so small that no one could hear them.

Su Ye could hardly hear his own voice.
The edges of my vision turned black, and spots of light like fairy dust kept bursting out, and memories kept emerging with these spots of light.

The door opened again, and then there was the sound of something clanging on the ground.

The door was finally opened.
Su Ye curled up in the corner and tried hard to open his eyes to look.

Was it Su Yun? Was it Su Yun who heard her son's struggle and cries and finally opened the bathroom door?

Su Ye tried hard to distinguish.
Then his breathing completely stopped and he suffocated completely.

It was not Su Yun. A man covered in blood appeared from the door. In his hand was a long knife that looked vaguely familiar to Su Ye. He stood at the door and calmly looked at Su Ye, who was struggling due to suffocation and had a cyanotic face.

At this moment, even the cold wind stopped howling.

Su Ye felt that he might be dead, otherwise why couldn't he feel the freezing cold wind.

Even breathing became much easier.

He had read in a book before that when people are on the verge of death in winter, their senses will become confused and they will no longer feel cold, but instead will feel waves of warmth.
Just like how he felt now.

"Water, water, water!"

The warm feeling continued to grow, enveloping Su Ye without a trace of gap.

A drop of something cold fell on Su Ye's half-open eyelids.

How strange, shouldn't he no longer feel cold?

Su Ye tried very hard to keep his eyelids open, raised his eyes and looked in front of him.

Xi Yu's handsome face, which was now filled with anger and panic, came into Su Ye's eyes.

He hugged the curled-up Su Ye tightly, holding the aerosol can on Su Ye's face in his hand. Sweat kept sliding down the corners of his jaw and dripping onto Su Ye's cheeks.

(End of this chapter)