After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 560 - 550: The Big Scoop Turns Out to Be Related to Someone Close

Chapter 560: Chapter 550: The Big Scoop Turns Out to Be Related to Someone Close

The result of Jiang Lingxi taking the lead with her handmade gifts was that while everyone originally planned to finish the gifts within a week and send them off, someone reported in the group the next day.

[I finished!]

Then someone else, unwilling to be outdone: [I’m almost done too, the last piece will be finished before lunch.]

Soon, others began to chime in.

Wei Minmin displayed her own hand-carved gold pendant with the character for "fortune" and then looked at other people’s submitted works in the group, nodding in satisfaction.

Very good, aside from not being as good as Sister Lingxi’s hand-painted picture, her gift was the second-best.

Yet after counting, [How come there’s still one person missing?]

[Xinyuan hasn’t logged on.]

[It seems she’s making a hand-stitched sachet, probably not finished yet.]

[That kind of thing does take a lot of effort. By the way, let me tell you a bit of news, last night something big happened in our circle.]

Sensing some juicy gossip, everyone quickly grabbed their phones again.

[What’s up?]

[Where’s the scoop? Spill it!]

[You all know the Purple Gold Club, right?]

[Isn’t that obvious, I’m a Gold card member there, almost about to upgrade to the highest tier Purple Gold Card.]

[This scoop— oh, I mean, event— didn’t happen in the Purple Gold Club, did it?]

[Correct! Last night I had a friend, a producer, who got dragged there by someone they knew for a social gathering that ran late. So they simply got a room there to sleep. Guess what, while they were smoking on the balcony after showering, someone fell right in front of them! My friend was so scared, they didn’t sleep all night and kept chatting with me, nearly interrupting my gift-making process.]

[Someone fell from the building? Was it an accident or an incident?]

[My friend said the police came, so it must be an incident.]

[This should be on the news then, it’s already late morning and there’s no info online yet.]

[My friend mentioned it’s possible someone suppressed it, otherwise there’d be some news surfacing.]

[Hiss, the more you think about it, the scarier it is!]

[The Purple Gold Club is quite private, many artists in our circle like going there. The person who fell, could they be an actor?]

[Hmm, a minor actor— not even a tier eighteen, not many fans. Such cases are easier to suppress. If it were a famous person, this would have exploded by now.]

Others remained somewhat reserved, but Wei Minmin had no such reservations, [Damn, it’s probably those scumbags again, always bullying these vulnerable young girls. Why don’t they just fly to the heavens themselves!]

Everyone: "..."

[By the way, how’s the person?]

[Not sure, from six or seven floors up, even if they didn’t die, their injuries wouldn’t be minor. That girl called Han Jiaojiao, her future’s looking bleak!]

[Han Jiaojiao, why does that name sound a bit familiar to me?]

Wei Minmin, who sent the message, tapped her head.

Soon, the group assistant sent a notification.

’Your friend Jiang Lingxi is online.’

[Sister Lingxi, how come you’re here? I thought you were busy preparing for the brand event. Were you lured out by the big gossip in the group?]

[Hmm.]

Jiang Lingxi replied to Wei Minmin and then tagged the person who had shared the gossip, [Any more information on your side? Tell us everything.]

The person tagged was taken aback for two seconds and quickly shared everything they knew, [.... Actually, I don’t know much. This matter was obviously suppressed by someone with greater power, otherwise with the incident happening at a place like the Purple Gold Club, it logically would’ve been all over the trending searches.]

[Alright, got it.]

’Your friend Jiang Lingxi is offline.’

Everyone: "..."

She really just came for a piece of the gossip, huh!

But soon, Wei Minmin received a private message from Jiang Lingxi.

[Han Jiaojiao is Pei Xinyuan’s good friend.]

Wei Minmin, after reading these words, froze on the sofa.

Jiang Lingxi sent the message to Wei Minmin, and then dialed Pei Xinyuan’s phone.

She knew more than others in the crew about Han Jiaojiao and Pei Xinyuan’s situation.

If Cheng Qian was involved in this matter, the role of the great general he played in "Empress Yuan Zhao" would have to be re-shot.

Pei Xinyuan hadn’t been online in the group all morning, meaning she was likely notified by the police last night and went over there.

But the phone was off!

Listening to the mechanical voice telling her the phone had been hung up, Jiang Lingxi hung up her own phone and stood up.

"I’m going to the hospital."

Shen Yunqing, who was tapping away on his computer, paused abruptly and stood up. "What’s happened?"

"Xinyuan’s friend fell last night at the Purple Gold Club, her life and death unknown. I just called her, but the phone was off. I can’t help but worry, so I’m going to the hospital to check up on her."

Shen Yunqing immediately closed his laptop. "I’ll go with you."

When he joined the cast of "Empress Yuan Zhao," he honestly didn’t remember many other actors from the crew very well. But Wei Minmin, descendant of Wei Fuying, and Pei Xinyuan, who resembled Empress’ maid Qing Yuan, he remembered distinctly.

If Your Majesty knew about this, with what he knew of Your Majesty, there’s no way he’d ignore it.

Jiang Lingxi initially wanted to say no, but then thought about how the issue in the group was suppressed by those with considerable power. While she wasn’t afraid, her own power was still quite limited. "Alright, let’s go."

The two of them put on their coats and got into the car driven by Huzi, heading straight for the hospital.

About halfway there, the rain mixed with snow, which had been pouring for nearly twelve hours, finally stopped.

Sunlight worked hard to pierce through the still-thick clouds, casting bright lighting. Jiang Lingxi squinted at the illuminated path ahead.

Even the cleanest and tidiest streets, once the snow melts and is worn down by cars and pedestrians, become muddy before they can be cleaned.

Once the sun appears, paired with the diligent work of sanitation workers, this mud will have nowhere to hide and will eventually be swept away.

When the car pulled into the hospital, the clouds completely dispersed, and the sky finally cleared up.

Jiang Lingxi took the sunglasses and mask handed to her by Shen Yunqing, put them on, and silenced the mechanical voice that was still reminding her of the call status. After getting out of the car, she strode quickly to the hospital’s reception hall, stopping at the information desk.

"Hello, I’m looking for Pei Xinyuan, also Han Jiaojiao."

The nurse behind the information desk heard the first name and took a moment to respond, but when she heard the second name, she immediately perked up.

"May I ask who you are?"

Jiang Lingxi was just about to take off her sunglasses and mask when she heard a slightly surprised voice beside her: "Miss Jiang?"

She turned her head and, upon seeing someone in uniform, raised an eyebrow in slight surprise.

Not long ago, she had a brief encounter with this policewoman.

She initially wondered how, with all this gear on, she had been recognized, but it was no wonder, given it was a police officer.

"Hello, is Pei Xinyuan here?"

The policewoman had already composed herself, "Miss Jiang, what is your relationship with Miss Pei?"

"We worked together for some time, and we’re also quite good friends privately. I just called and couldn’t reach her, and learned about last night’s incident from someone in the circle, so I guessed she might be here."

"That’s right, I was the one who called Miss Pei last night." The policewoman now looked a bit apologetic. "I neglected to mention, Miss Pei got caught in the rain last night and sat all night in the hallway without rest. She was found to have a fever this morning and is currently on an IV drip, asleep. Let me take you and this gentleman to her."

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