It was her, as expected.
Had she not learned her lesson after just coming out? Now she was here to provoke him?
"Call the police. Report that someone intentionally caused bodily harm and disturbed public order. Arrest her."
Xu Yanchuan was furious.
He was scolded by his mother all the way back home. Upon entering, she yelled that from tomorrow onwards, he would move back home, and he was never allowed to make friends outside again, threatening to break his legs.
Returning to his room with a belly full of anger, the first thing he did was call Gong Beibei.
Gong Beibei, having done what she did yesterday and not picking him up today, felt extremely guilty.
Her tone was exceptionally soft when she answered the phone.
Xu Yanchuan asked her what had happened yesterday. Gong Beibei played dumb.
"I don't know. You drank too much yesterday, and I did too. I put you on the bed. After Ah Jue came to pick me up, I left. I don't know what happened."
No wonder Zhan Beijue had appeared at his studio; it turned out Gong Beibei had asked him to go there.
Could it be that Zhan Beijue had set him up yesterday?
But he had no enmity with Zhan Beijue...
"You know Jiang Nanfang, right? Do you know if Zhan Beijue has any grudges with her?"
Gong Beibei certainly knew.
But she had to pretend ignorance about everything now.
"I'm not familiar with Jiang Nanfang, so I don't know. Besides, you know Ah Jue's temper. If he doesn't want to say something, I wouldn't dare to ask."
"Ah Chuan, I'm so sorry. I've been busy with my engagement these past two days and couldn't go out. If I had known it would turn out like this, I definitely should have picked you up this morning."
Xu Yanchuan was stunned. "Engagement? What engagement? Engaged to whom? You're getting engaged?"
"Didn't you see the news?"
Gong Beibei said happily and in a saccharine tone, "Ah Jue and I are getting engaged."
"It's all Aunt Zhou's idea; she arranged everything. It's already been announced to the media and made headlines."
Damn it.
Hearing this, Xu Yanchuan became even angrier.
He was about to get married, yet he still held a grudge against a woman and resorted to such disgusting tactics to mess with someone.
Disgusting!
Xu Yanchuan couldn't bring himself to offer congratulations.
He impatiently hung up the phone.
The police arrived soon after.
Jiang Nanfang had beaten up several bodyguards, leaving them bruised and swollen, and one had a dislocated arm, a serious injury.
"Provide a reasonable explanation, otherwise, according to the Regulations on Public Security Administration Punishments, you will face at least 15 days of detention."
People say that a hundred days of kindness between husband and wife.
Zhan Beijue, however, had repeatedly pushed her to a dead end since their divorce.
She had just been released this morning, and now another 15 days?
Jiang Nanfang thought bleakly: "Go ahead and lock me up for life. Otherwise, when I get out, I'll fight you to the death!"
Seeing her defiant attitude, unrepentant, and unwilling to offer any apology,
The staff directly took her back to the station and locked her up.
Zhou Jinxiu, seeing that Jiang Nanfang seemed unwell, was worried something might happen to her. He called her during dinner to ask her out.
He called once, no answer. He called again, still no answer.
He wanted to find her but didn't know which hotel she was staying at.
Thinking she might not have slept well, he decided to call again tomorrow.
However, the next day, after waking up, he called again, but her phone was turned off.
"What the heck. This woman, could it be that Zhan Beijue messed with her, and she couldn't take it, something happened to her?"
Besides Zhan Beijue, they had no mutual friends, and now her phone was unreachable...
But fortunately, there was still Xu Yanchuan.
When he received Zhou Jinxiu's call, Xu Yanchuan was somewhat surprised.
He was cursing him at the police station yesterday, why was he calling today? Looking for death?
Xu Yanchuan's tone was unfriendly, and Zhou Jinxiu wasn't much better.
"I didn't come specifically to find you, I have nothing to say to you. I just wanted to ask if you know which hotel Jiang Nanfang is staying at?"
"Since yesterday, I haven't been able to reach her by phone. I'm afraid something has happened to her."
Only then did Xu Yanchuan remember to worry about Jiang Nanfang.
He, a man, was furious about what happened. A woman whose reputation was ruined, wouldn't she be heartbroken?
Fortunately, he had sent her back to a hotel before.
Xu Yanchuan quickly got out of bed. "I'll send you the address. Let's search separately."
Both of them went to the hotel.
However, upon asking at the front desk, they were told she had already checked out.
She had checked out yesterday morning.
The two men were suddenly dumbfounded.
Could it be that she was so angered by Zhan Beijue that she had left Nancheng directly?
"She just signed a screenwriter contract with me. The movie is about to start filming, and we're counting on her. Is she just irresponsibly abandoning us and leaving?"
Xu Yanchuan was anxious.
"I need to go find Zhan Beijue and ask him clearly. What kind of man is he, to pick a fight with a woman and push her to a dead end!"
Jiang Nanfang was processed for 15 days.
Learning this outcome, Zhan Beijue's mood was even worse today. He had no motivation to work at all.
Uncharacteristically, for the first time during work hours, he went to the gym behind his office and furiously hit a sandbag for an hour.
His energy was depleted, and he was drenched in sweat, but it was useless; his mind couldn't stop wandering.
He stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the scorching sunlight outside, recalling everything that happened in Bali.
Just as he was feeling troubled, Ah Zhong came in to announce.
"Mr. Zhan, Mr. Xu Yanchuan wants to see you. Do you have time?"
Xu Yanchuan?
Why would he come to find him at this hour?
He must be here for Jiang Nanfang.
Heh, she gets into trouble, and immediately her admirer comes looking for her.
This woman. It's really not his place to pity her.
Zhan Beijue wiped the sweat from his neck with a towel and turned back to the sofa area.
"Let him in."
Soon, Xu Yanchuan entered.
Seeing Zhan Beijue with his bare, muscular arms early in the morning, looking like he had just finished a workout, Xu Yanchuan found it disgusting.
"Zhan Beijue, it's early in the morning, and you're really in good spirits."
Zhan Beijue picked up his teacup and took a sip.
"Speak directly, get to the point. I believe you didn't come all this way just to praise me."
"You're here for Jiang Nanfang, aren't you? Tell me, what happened to her?"
Xu Yanchuan: "Still playing dumb with me? Jiang Nanfang is missing, is that your doing?"
"What's your relationship with her? What has she done to offend you that you keep pushing her?"
Zhan Beijue was amused by his demeanor.
He came to his old company to stand up for his ex-wife?
Are all the women in Nancheng dead, and everyone has to revolve around her?
"I want to ask you too. What's your relationship with her?"
"Do you like Jiang Nanfang?"
Xu Yanchuan looked at the nonchalant Zhan Beijue.
"Whether I like her or not is none of your business. Aren't you getting married to Gong Beibei? Why do you still have the leisure to meddle in other people's private affairs?"
"I'm asking you where Jiang Nanfang is, please answer my question!"
"I'm not Jiang Nanfang's GPS, nor am I your private detective. I have no obligation to answer your questions."
Zhan Beijue said calmly, "If you're just here to ask where she is, I'm sorry, I have no comment. You can leave."
Xu Yanchuan refused to leave.
"How could you possibly not know? You absolutely know! Stop fooling me! I just signed a contract with her, and the new movie still needs her script! Zhan Beijue, you must tell me where she is!"
What?
Jiang Nanfang, an electrical engineer, could draw comics and also write scripts?
Zhan Beijue sneered dismissively.
"If you have too much money and don't know what to do with it, you can donate some to impoverished mountainous areas. There's no need to waste it like this."
"Xu Yanchuan, are you not afraid of making a fool of yourself by asking Jiang Nanfang to write the script for your movie?"