The Female Lead Keeps Breaking Her Own Persona - Chapter 32

Gu Jingyun hooked her finger, signaling Qu Anruo to come closer: “Anruo, I need to tell you something.”

“When I fell into the water, I felt a needle prick my arm, and then half of my body went numb. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have drowned,” Gu Jingyun said, frowning.

This matter was no small thing it had already endangered Gu Jingyun’s life. Qu Anruo felt she absolutely had to call the police this was attempted murder.

She lifted Gu Jingyun’s arm and examined it closely. There was a slightly red spot on the pale arm. Qu Anruo called the doctor in, explained the situation, and asked them to conduct a full examination on Gu Jingyun.

“Sister, please rest here first,” Qu Anruo said, before ordering the bodyguards to stand guard outside the hospital room.

Gu Jingyun’s costume hadn’t been thrown away yet. Qu Anruo found Yuanyuan and explained the situation. Yuanyuan stared at the costume in disbelief. How could someone be so malicious?

After sealing the clothes in a clean bag, Yuanyuan stayed behind to look after Gu Jingyun while Qu Anruo went to the police station.

The police chief had a good relationship with the Qu family. Upon hearing Qu Anruo had arrived, the chief personally came out to greet her, his expression serious.

“I suspect someone deliberately tried to harm Gu Jingyun. I want to report a case,” Qu Anruo said, handing the clothes to the chief.

The chief instructed the police officer next to him to secure the evidence and then brought a team to follow Qu Anruo to the film set.

The few lifeguards were cornered at the set. They had originally planned to use the chaos as an opportunity to escape but were stopped by Director Bai and his crew.

Qu Anruo walked up to the group. Thinking of how they seemed blind and failed to rescue Gu Jingyun when she was drowning, she felt an urge to have them all killed.

Qu Anruo’s internal thoughts were so vicious that 666 could feel it through the system space. 【Host, calm down!】

“It was you few?” Qu Anruo stared coldly at the group, who were huddled together.

Those people had never encountered such a serious situation. They all lowered their heads, looking at the ground, daring neither to speak nor to look at Qu Anruo or her people.

“Take them away.” Just the charge of willfully neglecting their duty was enough to send them to the police station. After the few men were escorted away, Qu Anruo’s gaze swept over everyone in the crew.

“How is Teacher Gu doing?” Jiayan and Wanyao approached Qu Anruo, asking cautiously.

“She has woken up, but she’ll need to stay in bed for a few days,” Qu Anruo replied. To her surprise, Xu Nanxi also walked up to ask about Gu Jingyun’s condition.

“I’m not worried about her; I’m worried she’ll hold up the crew,” Xu Nanxi huffed, crossing her arms and turning her head away.

Qu Anruo: “…”

Fang Yumeng also called: “Ruoruo, why did you go to the hospital?” Qu Anruo took the phone to a quieter area. “Gu Jingyun drowned.”

Hearing Gu Jingyun had drowned, Fang Yumeng was stunned in disbelief for a moment. “Don’t let my parents find out. But the information has been blocked, so they shouldn’t know.”

Qu Hanwen and Zhao Lan’an indeed did not know. However, Zhao Lan’an had a group of gossipy friends. Upon hearing the news of Gu Jingyun being hospitalized, Zhao Lan’an immediately wanted to buy a plane ticket to fly over. But then she thought, if she went, wouldn’t she disturb the two of them? She silently put down the phone, resolving to ask about the situation in the evening.

After hanging up, Qu Anruo asked the police chief: “Did they say anything?”

“They are people who do things for money. When they heard they would go to jail, they talked faster than anyone,” the chief sighed. “That person told them to wait five minutes before rescuing her. Since the price was high, they agreed.”

Qu Anruo felt her molars grind together. A life was at stake, and someone was treating it like a game for money!

“Don’t worry, they won’t be coming out without serving a few years in prison,” the chief said, looking at the group who were desperately pleading. “However, they said the person who paid them never showed their face, so they don’t know who it was. We still need time to investigate.”

After the chief finished, Qu Anruo thanked him and hung up the phone.

Who could it be this time? Su Haodang, Lan Yixi, or Su Haoyan… Lan Yixi doesn’t have that much money. Su Haoyan wouldn’t rashly attack Gu Jingyun because he still has a collaboration with her. Su Haodang, on the other hand, is highly probable.

But it could also be someone else, someone hiding in the dark, watching them.

Currently, Su Haodang is the most suspicious. But he hasn’t shown up these past two days. Could it be someone else?

Su Haodang stood up abruptly after hearing his assistant’s words: “What? Gu Jingyun drowned?” He then left his office and instructed his assistant to prepare a plane ticket to that location.

“Now is the perfect opportunity for him to seize the moment. If he can let Gu Jingyun see how much he cares about her, maybe…” Su truly was the disgusting person Su Haoyan spoke of. He desired his own sister and even dated Omegas that resembled Yan Miaomiao in the past.

The assistant dared not ask more questions.

“CEO Qu…” Director Bai called out to Qu Anruo nervously. Qu Anruo went up to Director Bai: “What is it, Director Bai?”

“The crew isn’t in a rush whenever Jingyun is well enough, she can come back,” Director Bai said somewhat tensely. In all her years of filming, this was the first time she had encountered such a thing.

“It has nothing to do with you. This was done on purpose by someone,” Qu Anruo said. Director Bai looked at her in shock.

Director Bai whispered: “Who would be so vicious to do such a thing?”

Qu Anruo shook her head: “We don’t know yet.” After that, she bid farewell to Director Bai and returned to the hospital.

Gu Jingyun had just finished her examination when Qu Anruo arrived at the hospital. Qu Anruo found the doctor: “Can the results be expedited?” The doctor looked at Qu Anruo: “Your situation is quite special, so probably yes.” Qu Anruo thanked the doctor and opened Gu Jingyun’s door.

Gu Jingyun was changing clothes. Her previous clothes were damp and made her uncomfortable. She was about to put on her clothes when someone started pushing the door open from outside.

Gu Jingyun let out a startled cry and quickly pulled the blanket over herself.

“It wasn’t me! I’m leaving right now!” Qu Anruo quickly closed her eyes and retreated from the room. Thankfully, she hadn’t seen anything.

Gu Jingyun slowly put on her clothes, buttoning the last button: “Come in.” Qu Anruo gently opened the door a crack and peered inside. She only entered after seeing Gu Jingyun was properly dressed.

“I’ve reported the case. Those few people really did intentionally avoid rescuing you, and there was someone behind them, but we don’t know who yet,” Qu Anruo said, leaning on the edge of Gu Jingyun’s bed.

Gu Jingyun even poured her a cup of water midway through. Knowing Qu Anruo didn’t like plain boiled water, she added some honey.

“Thank you.” Qu Anruo was indeed thirsty. She thanked Gu Jingyun and took the cup to drink.

Checking the time, it was already late. Qu Anruo looked at Gu Jingyun: “Sister hasn’t eaten yet, right?”

Gu Jingyun nodded. Yuanyuan had offered to buy her food earlier, but she wanted to wait for Qu Anruo to return before eating.

“I’ll go buy some.” Qu Anruo grabbed her coat hanging on the chair and went out.

Gu Jingyun didn’t like greasy food, and the hospital meals weren’t very good. Qu Anruo looked at them and gave up on buying food at the hospital. She drove to a nearby private kitchen restaurant.

This was the most popular one nearby, specializing in nutritious meals. Qu Anruo bought a few items and rushed back to the hospital.

“The food’s here.” Qu Anruo said, placing a small table over Gu Jingyun’s bed.

Seeing Qu Anruo’s actions, Gu Jingyun smiled helplessly: “Anruo, I can get up and eat.”

Qu Anruo didn’t listen to her, placing the steamed pork ribs and other dishes one by one in front of Gu Jingyun. The portions for each dish weren’t large, but there were many varieties, just enough for two people to finish.

After eating, Qu Anruo diligently packed up the trash. “Anruo, take a rest.” Gu Jingyun said, holding onto Qu Anruo, who was still busy.

Qu Anruo listened and sat down on the accompanying bed. The bed wasn’t as soft as Gu Jingyun’s, and Qu Anruo felt a little uncomfortable.

“How about Anruo come and sleep here?” Gu Jingyun patted the side of her bed. Qu Anruo quickly hugged her small pillow and went over.

The two lay together once again.

Qu Anruo was a little nervous. This time was different from before. Since she had confessed to Gu Jingyun, she felt that sleeping together again was somewhat ambiguous.

Seeing Qu Anruo still not sleeping, Gu Jingyun said: “Anruo, rest for a while.” Qu Anruo had been running around all day for her and needed to rest now.

Qu Anruo nodded. She curled up and snuggled into Gu Jingyun’s embrace. Gu Jingyun’s arms were very comfortable, both warm and soft, and Qu Anruo really liked it.

Gu Jingyun’s hand hovered in the air for a few moments, but finally rested on Qu Anruo’s back, holding her close.

【Ding…Female Lead’s favorability is 95.】 Qu Anruo was drowsy and was suddenly woken up by the mechanical sound.

【666!】 Qu Anruo shouted angrily. 666 wisely shut up and retreated into the system space.

After a while, Gu Jingyun asked: “Are you asleep?” Qu Anruo used her hand under the blanket to tap Gu Jingyun’s arm, indicating that she was still awake.

“Then I’ll tell you a story.” Gu Jingyun said, clearing her throat with a couple of coughs.

When Gu Jinyi was little, she would fall asleep as long as she told her a story. She wondered if this method would work for Qu Anruo.

Amidst Gu Jingyun’s gentle voice, Qu Anruo gradually felt her eyelids grow heavy and soon fell into a steady sleep.

Hearing Qu Anruo’s calm breathing, Gu Jingyun stopped speaking once she saw her asleep. She used her finger to trace Qu Anruo’s peaceful sleeping face, only wishing that this moment could last longer.

After an unknown period, Qu Anruo woke up hazily. “How long did I sleep?” she asked Gu Jingyun beside her.

Gu Jingyun pulled up the blanket that had slipped down: “Less than two hours. Anruo can keep sleeping if you want.”

“No, thank you.” Qu Anruo then got up. After washing up and getting dressed, she said to Gu Jingyun: “I have something to do, wait for me to come back, Sister.”

She went to the police station, planning to see those few people herself again.

The men sat in front of Qu Anruo, handcuffed. Their eyes held some resentment as they looked at Qu Anruo.

“Who was that person?” Qu Anruo asked pointedly.

The men exchanged glances but remained silent. Ten minutes later, a shorter man said, “I don’t know.”

Then, he stood up excitedly and addressed Qu Anruo: “I didn’t do anything! Please, let me out!”

“Who gave you the money? If you answer my question, I will let you go and give you money,” Qu Anruo said. Although she knew interrogations shouldn’t be handled this way, she had to say it to find that person quickly.

Hearing the word ‘money,’ greed flashed in the eyes of the men. They seemed to have forgotten that the very reason they were incarcerated was their greed.