Chapter 49: Thanks
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Beaten into the hospital by a classmate ...... Jiaze Qi promised him that he would never bully Xuan Tao.
Is it possible that it was another student?
Xingchen Qi's heart was in turmoil, she took a few deep breaths to force herself to calm down and called out to Ran An with a last ray of hope: " Sister Ran An, I'm going out, please help me take my things back to the hotel."
Ran An : "Where are you going?"
"Hospital!"
Now that it had happened, waiting on the set was not going to help. He quickly ran out and jumped into the car, telling Qin Lao to follow Yuliang Shang's commercial vehicle.
Half an hour later Yuliang Shang stopped at the entrance of the public hospital, Xingchen Qi got out with him and ran after him to the sixth floor of the hospital -
In the fourth ward on the sixth floor, a boy was lying on a bed receiving fluids, his eyes were closed and he could not see how his condition was.
Tao Tao is sitting on the edge of the bed, his eyes red, asking about the boy next to him who is wearing the same school uniform as Xuan Tao.
The bad news is that there is a third person standing in the middle of the ward.
Black T-shirt work pants, high-top Martin boots with the trademark granny gray hair color, just a back, Xingchen Qi can recognize who he is.
"Classmate," Tao Tao's voice trembled, "did you send Xuan Tao here?"
"Sister, it's me."
"Do you know why he fainted?"
Hearing this question, the male student seemed to be very indignant and gave a heavy "humph", turning to Jiaze Qi: "I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this:
"He hit it with a basketball!"
He hit it with a basketball ......
Ominous premonition fulfilled, Xingchen Qi instantly frozen in place, can not imagine how the plot has been avoided, how can still happen!
Just like the last time Yu Zhou came to "Poor Traveler" as a flying guest, if he hadn't made an early move to get rid of Yu Zhou, maybe Yuji Qi would have turned into a vicious cannon fodder and found Tao Tao in trouble everywhere.
Could it be that ...... Is it true that the plot cannot be changed?
Xingchen Qi was dazed for a few seconds when Yuliang Shang had entered the ward before him.
Seeing the classmate testifying against Jiaze Qi, Yuliang Shang looked unpleasant and educated, "Child, you don't learn at a young age, how can you just hit others?"
"I didn't hit him!" Jiaze Qi argued loudly, "I just, just threw a ball at him!"
"What to throw, you just smashed! If you didn't use force, Xuan Tao couldn't have passed out at once!" The male student's angry voice was close to a roar.
"What is the difference between throwing and smashing, no matter how you whitewash it, Xuan Tao is already lying there," Yuliang Shang frowned, "you have to admit your mistakes, don't lie, lying children are more hateful."
"...... I didn't lie!" Jiaze Qi's fists were clenched, the veins on his small arms were unusually obvious, "I'm right is right, I won't admit to something I didn't do, why don't you guys believe me!"
Jiaze Qi uttered these words with a shout, a hint of imperceptible trembling in her coda.
"You don't wear school uniform, dye your hair, smoke, fight, drive a sports car, just your kind of ......" Male students pause for a moment, "on your kind of rotten students, who will believe you ah, our school someone believe you?"
"You--" Jiaze Qi was so angry that she could no longer control herself and brought up her fist and rushed towards the male student!
The male student stumbled a few steps in fear and almost ran into Tao Tao. Yuliang Shang saw this and stepped between Jiaze Qi and the male student--
" Ze Jia!"
At the moment when Jiaze Qi was trying to move on regardless, she heard a voice that was too familiar to be heard.
He lowered his fist and turned in the direction from which the voice came, his lips pursed into a straight line, and only after a few seconds did he speak, "Brother ......"
The sound "brother" is like opening the whole body fur, ready to meet the battle of the kitten, after seeing their master put down the tail, put away the claw tips, "meow" to express their aggression.
Xingchen Qi heart also followed the constriction.
"Shang Guiding, Tao Tao sister, his name is Jiaze Qi, is my younger brother," Xingchen Qi held Jiaze Qi back and turned to the male student, "medical fee paid?"
The male student was in shock and saw that Jiaze Qi was stopped before he patted his chest with palpitations, "The ambulance fee was paid, but the water and bed fees have not been paid."
"Ze Jia, you go and help Xuan Tao pay the bill." Xingchen Qi ordered in a low voice. Xingchen Qi instructed in a low voice.
"...... Brother, you don't believe me either?" Jiaze Qi was anxious.
"Go now!" Xingchen Qi spoke in a heavier tone.
Given what the male students said, everyone in the room now did not believe Jiaze Qi. If he forces an explanation, he will be seen by others as rather biased in favor of his brother, and Tao Tao and Yuliang Shang are unlikely to believe him.
And if you just look at the appearance, Jiaze Qi really does not look like the kind of student who is peaceful, Yuliang Shang is older, it is normal to have prejudice against Jiaze Qi.
This matter has to find evidence first, and then slowly infiltrate.
When Jiaze Qi heard that his brother was mean to him, he turned around with a frown and went out to do the procedure. Xingchen Qi walked to the hospital bed and bent down to observe Xuan Tao.
Immediately afterwards, he noticed that Xuan Tao's face looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
...... By the way, isn't this, isn't this the boy Jiaze Qi almost hit by his car the day he came back from "Poor Travel"!
...... It turns out that what he thought he could avoid, fate had already arranged for him.
Xuan Tao, who is now lying in a hospital bed, is the biggest mockery of fate.
Xingchen Qi sank his face, suppressing the thoughts in his mind and carefully observing Xuan Tao's state.
The body was thin, pale, with significant edema in the exposed hands, and a small red rash could be seen under the open collar of the hospital gown.
Some time ago, Xingchen Qi looked up the symptoms of SLE, and all the immediate signs indicated that Xuan Tao's disease should have entered the active stage and had a tendency to worsen.
He took a deep breath, straightened up and said, "Classmate, thank you for sending Xuan Tao to the hospital. I'll have the driver take you back to school first, and he'll pay for all the expenses you spent."
"No," Tao Tao slowed down a bit, "Xing Xing, don't bother, I'll pay for the medical expenses myself."
"Whether Ze Jia acted against Xuan Tao or not, the incident was caused by him and I should be held responsible."
He said it in a more subtle way, but it also shows that he does not admit that Jiaze Qi hit Xuan Tao.
Yuliang Shang "tsked".
Xingchen Qi did not care about him, and went to the door to call Qin Lao to come up to pick up the male students, and instructed him to find the opportunity to get the male students' names and addresses and other information on the way.
Five minutes later Qin Lao came to pick up the male students, so only Tao Tao, Xingchen Qi and Yuliang Shang were left in the ward.
"Tao Tao, sister..." Xingchen Qi spoke up, wanting to apologize on behalf of their younger brother.
Tao Tao but interrupted him, "It's okay Xing Xing, since he is your brother, I will not pursue."
Tao Tao said so, Xingchen Qi reassured a lot, at least for a short time crisis is relieved.
He glanced at Yuliang Shang.
The skeptical, dismissive look on Yuliang Shang's face was quite obvious.
I don't blame Yuliang Shang, in the minds of people of their age, Jiaze Qi, as a student, dressed like this is equivalent to a hooligan, a gangster.
Who would believe a punk's word?
To keep Jiaze Qi from coming back and offending Yuliang Shang, he sent Jiaze Qi a message telling his brother to go straight home after paying the fee.
He then called the private hospital, and by the time Xuan Tao was transferred to the private hospital, examined, selected a caregiver, and completed the hospital procedures, it was already after 8:00 pm.
The good news is that Xuan Tao's vital signs are stable and not life-threatening for the time being, as diagnosed by doctors.
Yuliang Shang went back to the set after seeing Xingchen Qi following the busy work. Tao Tao, as the lead actress, understood the urgency of filming, and after seeing how professional the caregivers were, she also went back to the hotel three steps at a time.
Xingchen Qi raised his hand and wiped his sweat, finally freeing up some time to ask for information and dialed Jiaze Qi's number.
"Brother." The voice on the other end of the line was hoarse.
Xingchen Qi froze, " Ze Jia , you're still at home, right, I'm going back for you now."
"No, I was outside the hospital."
"You've been waiting for over four hours?"
"Well ......" Jiaze Qi paused, "Brother, I really didn't lie."
May be waiting too long, the teenager full of aggression can not suppress, the tail trembles, the last word is a little inaudible.
Xingchen Qi frowned and asked the nursing staff to take good care of Xuan Tao before leaving the hospital in three steps.
Jiaze Qi's Lamborghini was parked in the corner and Xingchen Qi opened the door.
Just see the car ashtray full of cigarette butts, the whole space is filled with smoke. Xingchen Qi fanned twice, did not fan out, but was choking coughing.
Jiaze Qi heard the coughing sound and hurriedly put out the cigarette at her fingertips and turned on the circulation system.
When the smoke cleared, Xingchen Qi realized that the teenager's hair was disheveled, his eyes were red and bloodshot, and his chin was raised upward to hide his aggravation.
Xingchen Qi sat in the passenger seat: " Ze Jia ."
"You scold me."
"I don't scold you," Xingchen Qi said in a soft tone, "I trust you."
Jiaze Qi was already prepared to be scolded, and was stunned for a few seconds before reaching out and grabbing Xingchen Qi's arm, "Then why did you just ask me to pay the fee?"
"I am your brother, if I insist on bailing you out without evidence, do you think they will believe it? They will only think I am protecting the cubs."
Jiaze Qi : "......"
He hesitated for a moment and confirmed, "Brother, do you really believe me and are not comforting me?"
"Of course, either that or I'll force you to apologize on the spot."
Xingchen Qi helped him to smooth out his messed up hair, "Don't dwell on this, tell me the exact process."
Jiaze Qi's mood was a roller coaster 360-degree turn, but his expression was still tugged, "Do you remember I promised you to cover him, so this afternoon I was playing with my brothers at the basketball court, he passed by the basketball court, I felt sorry for him because he had no friends and no one to play with, so I asked him if he wanted to play together, and by the way, let the playground Others know that he is my friend, to save him from being bullied."
"As a result, he stood still and didn't say anything, and I wasn't sure if he didn't want to pay attention to me or acquiesced, so I threw the ball to him. Which know ...... Which know he is like a porcelain doll, actually touched by the ball down!"
"I really didn't use any force, I swear! I was afraid of hurting him and threw the ball gently on purpose!"
So that's what happened, Xingchen Qi sighed. Jiaze Qi's starting point was good, but it probably happened to coincide with Xuan Tao's ill health, which made a mess.
But this can also prove that now everyone in the Qi family is still in the plot control, either by no means so coincidental.
"Ze Jia," Xingchen Qi said, "did the boy who brought Xuan Tao to the hospital have a grudge against you?"
"Hao Cui," Jiaze Qi said in a disdainful tone, "he stole a classmate's game console in class and I caught him beating him up. I thought the game machine is not a few dollars, have not said out, did not expect him today actually accused me, really fucking stupid, disgusting!"
He wanted to go on, but Xingchen Qi quickly stopped him and continued to ask, "How is Hao Cui doing?"
"Good study, he is the study member of our class, the teachers especially like him."
Hearing this, Xingchen Qi understands.
Hao Cui must have held a grudge against Jiaze Qi, and when he got the chance, he deliberately framed Jiaze Qi for assault.
Not only today, but also tomorrow, when the school deals with this vicious incident, the teacher will choose to listen to the testimony of the study committee members and put the blame on Jiaze Qi.
Xingchen Qi thought about it and said, " Ze Jia , you have to go to class tomorrow, otherwise the teacher will think you are weak-minded. And anyone who tries to force you to admit your mistake, you have to stick to it like you did today."
"Because you're right, you know," Xingchen Qi laughed, "you're doing a great job."
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Jiaze Qi was happily coaxed by her brother and sent Xingchen Qi back to the hotel with a whistle.
Before getting off the bus, he asked Xingchen Qi: " What about Xuan Tao, do I need to go to the hospital to take care of him?"
"You?" Xingchen Qi raised his eyebrows, "Forget it, not necessarily who takes care of who. I hired a caregiver, you don't have to think about it. By the way--"
Xingchen Qi paused, "His illness will make him sensory numb, inattentive and suicidal, so if you want to visit him, you must have a good attitude."
"Mmmmmmmmm!" Jiaze Qi nodded her head vigorously.
Xingchen Qi got out of the car and ran back to the hotel, telling the caregiver to notify him when Xuan Tao woke up.
Ran An, who had fallen asleep waiting for his room card, got up and asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"
"Nope."
"I tossed a salad, come over and eat it."
Xingchen Qi not less tired in the afternoon, hungry deflated, the big horse sitting on the sofa, holding up a plate to eat grass.
Halfway through the meal, Ran An chit-chatted, " The Ye Bai scandal heat has come down."
"...... Well," Xingchen Qi blinked, "he responded?"
"No, responding is not in his character, and even if you don't say anything, he won't do anything to explain."
Yes, he loves beans nature indeed, never put the subtlety of the matter at ease.
Before his top flow status, he was a singer, rapper, dancer, and songwriter.
He attracts fans with his works, not public opinion and gossip, and he doesn't need to care that much.
When Xingchen Qi didn't answer, Ran An asked again, "Has Ye Bai contacted you?"
"No, right ...... I don't know," Xingchen Qi suddenly lost his interest in eating and put down his plate, "I was too busy this afternoon, I didn't check my phone."
When he finished, he got up and went to the bathroom and turned on the bathtub faucet. Almost five minutes later, he heard the door close and Ran An was gone.
He squatted next to the bathtub, quietly watching the surface of the bathtub water rise inch by inch.
Just now he spoke with Ran An is true, in the afternoon he focused on handling Xuan Tao, he did not pay attention to cell phone messages.
Will Ye Bai contact him?
When you see him helping to dispel the rumors, you should politely express your gratitude.
And beyond that, he ...... will explain?
Xingchen Qi hugged his knees until the water was almost full, he lay into the tub and took the phone.
When I opened Weibo, the overwhelming messages almost didn't jam my phone!
Most of them were private messages, and he clicked on a few of them at random.
[Ahhhhhhhh I've hit the real thing! Xing Xing, promise me that you must be better to your old attack!
[Last night the stars locked up, the key I swallowed, wish you good luck for all the years]
Thank you for coming forward to help Ye Bai to dispel the rumors, and I wish you all the best.
I'm curious about what you guys did at the hotel, was it really just a scene, heh heh heh]
Xingchen Qi looked at the screen crying and laughing, I did not expect him to come out to dispel the rumors, but became a CP fan's orgy.
He clicked on the hot search list again, and as Ran An said, the Ye Bai scandal had slipped to the bottom half of the search. After all, his evidence is so convincing that the storm will be over by tomorrow morning.
Turn off the microblogging, his finger hanging on the WeChat little green man icon, hesitating for a long time.
Finally, I couldn't resist pressing it, and fortunately, Ye Bai's avatar showed a "2" next to it, proving that there were two unread messages.
He took a deep breath and clicked on the chat interface.
The first one, Bo: [Thank you for helping me to clarify, next time no need, easy to attract black.
Number two, Bo: [I brought you a late night snack, come to the back of the hotel].
Late night snack ......
Xingchen Qi's eyes widened sharply and she held the phone up to her eyes.
The first one was posted at noon, the second one is ...... Half an hour ago!
It's been so long, has Ye Bai left yet?
Xingchen Qi panic typing: [Sorry, I came back late, just saw]
"Zizi--"
The other side replied very quickly, [It's okay, just squinted for a while]
The meaning of "squinted for a while" is ...... Ye Bai is still downstairs?
He also ...... Not gone?
Xingchen Qi Qi flopped up and wiped the water off his body, put on his clothes and pants, and slipped on his slippers and ran downstairs.
Afraid of being photographed by the paparazzi again, Ye Bai's nanny car was parked at the back door this time. Xingchen Qi found the right target, a gazelle jump -
Ye Bai caught his arms: "Slow down, why do you always panic?"
"I, I'm not afraid you'll wait too long." Xingchen Qi replied the same as the day before.
"That's okay, I'm going to wait until 10:00 and won't leave until then."
Ye Bai said, found a small fan hair slightly wet half. The line of sight moved down, this person actually wearing slippers out, round toes soaked to wrinkles, white to nearly transparent on the back of the foot a red mark unusually obvious.
Ye Bai's tone was unpleasant: "How did you get it?"
It should be too hasty to run just now, accidentally knocked where. Xingchen Qi feet back, lying: "shoes do not fit the foot wear, it does not matter, tomorrow a new pair of shoes will be fine."
Ye Bai snorted.
But only knocked red, not bleeding, Ye Bai did not look deep, from the front seat to lift the lunch box handed him: "This fish fillet congee is good, I packed a copy for you. It may be cold now, so go back and ask the assistant to heat it up before you eat."
"...... No," Xingchen Qi immediately opened the lunch box, "too hot to eat into the mouth, just the grass I eat tonight, and then take it to slip the seams."
Ye Bai was ready to leave after delivering the midnight snacks, but the little fan started in his car, so he couldn't leave and leaned back in his seat to admire the other party's eating face.
After admiring for a while, he found that the man looked at the bowl on the surface, but actually peeked at him every minute or two, like holding something to say and not dare to say.
"Do you want to ask me something?" Ye Bai guessed.
Xingchen Qi : "......"
Why he can see it!
Xingchen Qi Of course he wants to ask, he's suffocating! He opened his mouth ...... A moment before the exit, but suddenly very panic.
He was afraid that Ye Bai would say something that was not the answer he wanted.
The words came out of his mouth, but he took a hard turn, "You should finish shooting tomorrow, right?"
Ye Bai "hmm" sound, "tomorrow morning end, the afternoon a rough look through, if there is not satisfied with the place the day after shooting."
"What style is the new song and music video going to be this time?"
Half a day, the little fan stammering is to let him dramatize, Ye Bai smiled: "This ...... I can't tell you for now."
Xingchen Qi put on a regretful expression, buried his head and continued to eat. Slowly scraping the last grain of rice, he wiped his mouth, "Delicious, that ...... I'm leaving."
Ye Bai lost his smile: "Why do you look like you came to a fast food restaurant, eat quickly and leave quickly."
Xingchen Qi bit her lower lip and asked rhetorically, "What should I say then?"
Intuitively, Ye Bai felt that the little fan had a strange tone of voice and seemed unhappy.
Is he mad at him for not revealing the new song?
Ye Bai reached out, holding Xingchen Qi's chin with his index finger, and swiped his thumb across the corner of his mouth to help wipe away any remaining liquid.
"For some special reason, I can't really talk about it," Ye Bai negotiated with him, "Can you wait a little longer?"
With warm fingers, Xingchen Qi's senses instantly focused on the place touched by Ye Bai, so clear that he could even feel the direction of the other party's fingertip lines.
Like being burned by something, Xingchen Qi "clang" pushed open the car door, "Thanks for the snack, I, I'm leaving."
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Until the elevator door opened, Xingchen Qi mouth heat still did not drop. With his head down, he walked quickly towards the room, almost bumping into the person coming towards him.
"Sorry sorry sorry ......" He hurriedly apologized and looked up to see an acquaintance, " Tao Tao sister, you came to see the business director?"
"...... Yes, find him on the right book," Tao Tao scrutinized, " Tao Xing Xing , do you have a fever, your face is so red ah."
"Probably the wind blew, it's fine. You're just in time, I was going to look for you."
The business is important, so Xingchen Qi put away his head full of confusion and repeated Jiaze Qi's words.
Tao Tao nodded after listening, "I know Xuan Xiao's health has been bad, I don't blame your brother, it's okay."
That said, Xingchen Qi could hear that she sounded very reluctant.
Indeed, there is no evidence now, saying anything belongs to empty words.
Now the fastest way to solve the problem is to wait for Xuan Tao to wake up, ask a question and the truth will come out instantly.
Either from the playground at the time the students present to collect evidence, anyway, Jiaze Qi did not do anything wrong, sooner or later can be cleared up misunderstanding.
"Sister Tao Tao," Xingchen Qi said sincerely, "you give me a few days, I will definitely give you and Xuan Tao an explanation."
"...... Okay, shooting is important, don't force it. By the way Xing Xing ," Tao Tao paused, "there is something I still have to thank you for."
"You're welcome," Xingchen Qi waved her hand, "I know the director of that private hospital, they will take good care of Xuan Tao."
"...... That's one thing, but I'm going to say something else."
Xingchen Qi's eyes were bewildered. He thought Tao Tao wanted to thank him for helping him contact the best private hospital. Other than that, he didn't seem to have helped Tao Tao recently.
"What is it?"
Tao Tao : "The microblogging thing, thank you for coming out to help Night clarify."
What does it have to do with Tao Tao if he helps Ye Bai? Xingchen Qi was even more confused.
"...... Oh, I forgot to tell you." Seeing his puzzlement, Tao Tao explained, "After helping you with the play on the 22nd, he went to my place for a while."
Tao Tao lowered his voice: "If the media found out, we two would not be able to say clearly, fortunately there are you."