Volume 1 Entertainment Circle Chapter 31 Midnight Gathering

  Tong Jing finished drinking the tea in her cup, and when she looked up, she met the complex gaze of Tan Jieyan and Guan Yao, who were both looking at her. She wrinkled her nose and involuntarily leaned back against the sofa, increasing the distance between herself and the two dangerous men in front of her, stuttering to explain.

  "It's because previously at the company prop master had taken out quite a few Swiss Army knives, I recognized the knife that scratched my hand back that night, so I remembered it very clearly."

  "You should go back to the bureau now, I'll see you out." Tan Jieyan glanced at Tong Ying, who looked extremely innocent, and his deep eyes turned to Guan Yao, refusing to be rejected. He stood up first, no matter what, he wouldn't let Tong Ying get involved in this case again.

  "Uh, I'll go check it out myself." Tan Jieyan understood and gave the order to dismiss the guests. Guan Yao quickly gathered up the documents and photos on the tea table and put them in his briefcase, then stood up and said, "Xiao Tong, I'm leaving first."

  Because it was the top floor, there was only one household on this floor, so Tan Jieyan wasn't worried that someone would overhear her conversation with Guan Yao at the door.

  "Do you want one?" Guan Yao leaned against the wall, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Tan Jiyan. After lighting it up himself, he took a deep drag, exhaling white smoke before speaking in a tired tone.

  "Lilan has been missing for almost a year, even if I knew it was Liu Kang who killed Lilan, but after a year, any clues would have been destroyed by the Liu family, and it's likely that not even the body can be found. The only breakthrough is that when we were investigating secretly, one of Liu Kang's friends accidentally revealed that Liu Kang had taken an old lover to Xixia Mountain, and this lover was from the entertainment industry. However, it's too secretive, and no one knows who this old lover is. She should know about Lilan's disappearance and murder, and she's our only witness. Currently, I've only been in contact with Xiaoding, but the Liu family and Cheng Tianan are also taking action, they must be worried that this old lover will be found."

  Tan Jieyan held a lit cigarette between his fingers, not taking a puff, but quietly watching the white smoke rise from between his fingers. "No way, you use other methods to investigate Liu Kang, this old lover, and don't drag Xiaotang into it."

  "I understand." Guan Yao didn't force the issue either, after all, involving Tong Jiao wasn't just a matter of danger or not, if this led to the Liu family finding out about Jia Yan's whereabouts, it would likely lead to many more troubles.

  As Guan Yao stepped into the elevator and left, Tan Jieyan extinguished the cigarette in his hand and threw it into the trash can by the corridor before opening the door to enter the apartment. The living room was lit up, with a warm yellow glow illuminating Tong Qiang, who sat on the couch, hugging a pillow and holding a script, her head bowed as she read.

  "Want to stay for dinner?" Tong Jiong looked up at Tan Jiyan, who was standing in the living room. He had come suddenly because he knew Guan Yao had arrived, right? Unconsciously, Tong Jiong's heart bubbled with excitement, even if it was because of Guan Yao, but also partly because of himself.

  "No, the meeting in the city has just been postponed temporarily." Tan Jieyan refused Tong Jing's invitation in a low voice. There were too many things to do in the city. Although he had gone back and greeted his grandfather before, several meetings had been secretly disrupted by people from the Liu family, who raised objections. Tan Jieyan understood that the matter of Xixia Mountain must have touched on the Liu family's sore spot.

  Disappointment flashed in the moist eyes, Tong Jiang lowered her head and looked at the script in her hand as if to cover it up. The sour pain spread from her chest to her whole body like a needle prick. Her voice was also much lower than usual, "Oh, then you go back to work, I'll continue reading the script."

  Tan Jiyen had a moment, as if he felt something, but in his line of sight, Tong Jiang was just calmly and intently reading the script in her hand. She really liked acting, otherwise she wouldn't be so serious. Tan Jiyen didn't say anything else, and walked steadily towards the door.

  The sound of the door opening and closing, the apartment suddenly became as quiet as death. The scene that was lively just a moment ago had turned eerily cold, making it feel like even breathing was difficult.

  She raised her head, Tong's eyes quietly staring at the closed door, looking for a long time, that kind of unbearable pain was not intense, but slowly seeping into her whole body.

  Tong Jing looked at the script in her hand, this play was exactly the female supporting role she was going to audition for. She stood on the dock, seeing off her loved ones as they left, she was just a 19-year-old girl, although she had the idea of serving her country, but she wasn't strong and brave enough to leave at that moment when boarding the ship, she wasn't that noble, nor was she that resilient.

  She didn't choose to leave together because she couldn't bear to see the person she deeply loved and her sister living such a happy life together. She wanted to bless them, but her heart was bleeding, so Su Yue chose to run off the boat at the last moment and leave with the marching college students.

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  Three days later, at night, in an apartment.

  The trial shoot was only scheduled to start in three days, so Mu Fang told Tong Jiang to stay at home and read the script carefully during these three days, to get a feel for the character's thoughts and mindset. When Tong Jiang received Qian Li's phone call, it was already past 10 o'clock at night.

  "A party? At this time?" Tong Jing put down the script in her hand, looked up at the clock on the wall and thought it was strange to have a party after 10 o'clock.

  The apartment was quiet in the midst of the bustling city, but at midnight it seemed so empty. Even with the heater on full blast, Tong Ying felt a chill sitting on the couch, and the silence was almost deafening, to the point where she could hear her own breathing.

  "Tong Jing, are you playing temper with me? Or did you get the audition for Director Cheng's new film and think you don't need me as your agent anymore?" On the other end of the phone, Qian Lihuo was furious. In the dimly lit corner of the clubhouse corridor entrance, a face twisted in anxiety, impatience, and dissatisfaction with Tong Jing.

  "Tong, I'm doing this for your own good. You're someone I've brought along, and everyone at this gathering is a big shot. It would be beneficial for your future career in the entertainment industry if you could just come over!" Qian Li's voice had become somewhat shrill, but unfortunately, four burly men were blocking the doorway like mountains, making it clear to Qian Li that forcing his way through would be like an egg hitting a rock.

  Qian Li was no longer the ignorant artist he used to be, having been a broker for three years. He understood that the men in the corridor's VIP rooms were not people he could afford to offend. However, with Wu Minru inside, watching bottle after bottle of wine being brought into the room, Qian Li worried about Wu Minru. But except for women, and beautiful ones at that, no one else was allowed near the VIP room - this was a rule set by Liu Kang, the only son of the wealthy Liu family.

  Liu Kang - the only son of Liu Yuanhai, Secretary-General of Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference, is rampant in Beijing, and with the protection of Liu Yuanhai, the Secretary-General of the CPPCC, many people dare not speak out.