radicalducati Chapter 54
Chapter 54
Over the past few years, Su Yiheng has only been associated with one scandal, and that's with this individual. Initially, Su Yiheng's fans looked down on the entertainment industry's fresh meat and(traffic stars), and she herself rejected many rumors. However, the topic of Jason has been a constant buzz.
When Jason's marriage news was not yet public, their relationship was shrouded in mystery. Later, there was a rumor about them traveling together to an ancient town, which was publicly debunked. Jason took the opportunity to announce his marriage.
Now, Liu Hui's words have seemingly confirmed her reputation for being clingy. For a while, many people related to this incident trended on the hot search lists. As for Wentang, who was also named, netizens exposed that she is currently under review for involvement in insider trading. When she was at the newspaper, the investigation team had approached her, which many at the newspaper had witnessed. Even if they hadn't seen it at the time, the news eventually spread throughout the office.
This matter was not a secret in the financial media circles. Now that Liu Hui has named Wentang, her insider trading has naturally been exposed.
When the incident occurred, Su Yiheng had just finished an interview with a magazine. Although the film industry was hesitant to work with her, her fashion resources were still decent. To maintain her exposure, her agent Xu Jing had recently accepted interviews with even minor magazines.
At that moment, she was standing in front of a backdrop, looking at the camera. The light from the reflector made her cheeks pale, her hair slightly blown back, and she wore an indifferent smile.
As soon as the photographer finished the shoot and signaled the end, an assistant quickly brought over a bottle of water. However, the entire studio was unusually quiet, with several people looking at their phones and others whispering together. It wasn't until Xu Jing stormed in that she pulled Su Yiheng away.
Su Yiheng was dragged by her to the(rest room), and only after the door closed did she frown and ask, "What are you doing?"
Xu Jing took a deep breath, feeling the need to calm down, or else she would explode on the spot.
Xu Jing looked at her and asked, "Were you involved in what Liu Hui did?"
Su Yiheng's face immediately showed surprise, clearly not expecting to hear Liu Hui's name from Xu Jing. But then she shrugged indifferently and said, "Who is this? How would I know her?"
Xu Jing knew her character; she was the type who wouldn't admit wrongdoing until faced with undeniable evidence.
She nodded and, without wanting to hide anything, played the video and held it up to Su Yiheng's face. At that moment, Liu Hui on the phone was looking at the camera with a cold smile.
"Miss Su Yiheng, do you know why the man I love left me? Because I am vicious."
"So you, who is more vicious than me, don't expect the man you like to even glance at you."
Su Yiheng's eyes widened immediately, and she snatched Xu Jing's phone. After watching the entire video, her face turned an unnatural shade of pale. Clearly, this unexpected turn of events was something she hadn't anticipated.
In her plan, Liu Hui's accusations would embarrass Emma, and everyone would know how sordid her family background was. What qualifications did she have to defeat herself and become Jason's wife? How could she possibly match up to such a Jason?
Su Yiheng wanted to trample Emma underfoot, just as Emma had once embarrassed her.
Before, she was afraid that Liu Hui would lie to her, so she specifically sent someone to Vietnam. They had many old neighbors on that Chinatown street who were clear about their affairs, saying that the two were doing well until the man's daughter came and the man left.
Outsiders only knew the fact that Ni Pingsen left, but they didn't know the reason why. So when talking about it, it seemed that Ni Pingsen had no reason to abandon the woman he had suffered with.
That's why Su Yiheng decided to accept Wentang's proposal to expose this matter and make Emma lose face completely, unable to hold her head up. Wentang had long believed that her insider trading investigation must be related to Emma and thus wished for Emma to die. However, she was now powerless to take any retaliatory action.
Women really understand women all too well. After learning about Su Yiheng's past with Emma, Wentang was convinced that she would be an ally. As expected, Su Yiheng accepted her proposal.
But the world is full of changes more than plans. From the beginning, when Liu Hui was approached by Wentang, she knew the other's purpose. Wentang seemed shrewd, but she was far too naive compared to someone like Liu Hui, who had struggled in the most hellish situations.
Liu Hui merely pretended to be weak, and the other party actually believed she was a puppet on strings. Even Su Yiheng only realized at this moment that this woman, who always seemed dull and soft, would actually turn against her. She thought she was the oriole, but in the end, she still fell into the hunter's trap.
Xu Jing, looking at her face, understood that every word Liu Hui said was correct.
She reached out to support her forehead, lowering her voice, "Yiheng, didn't I tell you from the beginning, let's look forward, just consider Jason as someone without taste who doesn't match you. Didn't you promise me, why are you still doing this kind of thing?"
Xu Jing felt her decision was incredibly foolish, foolish to the extreme.
She really didn't expect Su Yiheng to use such childish and vulgar means to take revenge on Emma.
Xu Jing asked with disappointment, "What's the use of doing this? Yes, even if everything Liu Hui said is true, and Emma's father is indeed a scumbag, what does it have to do with Emma? The public might even sympathize with her, thinking she's been dragged down by her family."
"Enough," Su Yiheng suddenly raised her voice and scolded.
Xu Jing sighed, it was indeed useless to say anything now, the only thing left was to think about how to make up for it.
She said, "The company just called me and communicated, the PR department asked me to ask you, have you met Liu Hui? Or have you called her? If the other side has no evidence, we will deny it to the end and insist that the other side is framing us."
This was the best solution now.
As long as the other side didn't leave any recordings, they could win, after all, the PR level of the company Su Yiheng signed with was always very strong.
Even if there was really some dirt, they could still mobilize countless internet trolls to turn black into white.
Su Yiheng thought about it and shook her head slightly.
Xu Jing asked again to confirm, "Really none?"
"Really none, I had someone else contact her," Su Yiheng shouted.
She indeed wasn't completely foolish, the main contact with Liu Hui was someone she had found, a former driver who used to follow her brother. After her brother was arrested for drug use, this driver stayed by her side.
Su Yiheng knew he would help her brother do some shady things.
Therefore, she thought of giving this matter to him first.
Xu Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief, "I will have the company send a lawyer's letter as soon as possible, no matter what, we must first stop the gossip. You don't respond to anything, after all, the public's memory only lasts a few days. Let's wait until the heat of these few days passes."
Su Yiheng nodded, but then she became annoyed, "What kind of idiot is this guy anyway?"
She was cursing the driver who was handling the matter; the situation had been messed up like this, and he hadn't even called her to report the situation.
At this moment, Su Yiheng didn't know that the driver had indeed stopped Liu Hui.
When Liu Hui was packing up to leave the hotel, as soon as she opened the door, he was standing there.
"You've messed everything up and still want to run?" The driver was really angry. He used to follow Su Jingxuan and had a good life, saying there was no problem with eating well and drinking well.
But then, Su Jingxuan was arrested.
Because he knew many secrets of Su Jingxuan, Su Yiheng kept him by her side.
This was his first time helping Su Yiheng with something, and he thought it was a small matter, but he didn't expect to mess it up. When he rushed to stop her at the venue just now, Liu Hui struggled and finished speaking.
Now the driver came to find her again, his face full of anger: "You're playing us like monkeys, aren't you?"
Liu Hui sneered, "Yes, I am playing you. If you want to screw others, I'll let you taste what it's like to be screwed."
The driver reached out and grabbed her neck, pushing her back into the room. Liu Hui knew that if she was pushed into the room at this time, she didn't know what would happen.
So she shouted with all her might: "Help, someone's going to kill, help."
The driver became even angrier hearing her shout, and he pinched her neck harder and harder. Liu Hui began to struggle desperately until finally, a door not far away opened, and a man's voice came: "What are you doing?"
"Help, he's going to rape me, he's going to kill me."
Liu Hui struggled and shouted desperately.
A minute later, the hotel security ran up and immediately pinned the driver down. Soon after, the police arrived and took them to the police station for processing.
After Emma finished eating, she went back to her room to rest, but she hadn't adjusted to the time difference yet, so she lay on the bed without sleeping.
Until she heard a knock on the door and Ni Pingsen's voice: "Jingxi, are you asleep?"
Emma immediately got up to open the door. When the door opened, Ni Pingsen looked at her with a frown, and Emma immediately asked, "What's wrong, Dad?"
"Liu Hui is now at the police station. The police station just called me and asked me to go and bail her out. So Dad came to tell you."
Receiving the call from the police station was indeed something Ni Pingsen didn't expect.
Although Emma had kept today's news from him, Ni Pingsen was not entirely in the dark. He knew Liu Hui was in Shanghai and was aware of what she had said during the live broadcast.
The police mentioned that Liu Hui had no family contacts saved in her phone, only his number, and asked him to come and pick her up.
When Ni Pingsen decided to leave Vietnam, he understood that there would be no further entanglements between him and Liu Hui. If she had only hurt him, perhaps Ni Pingsen could have forgiven her.
But for Emma's sake, he couldn't face her so easily.
But now that he knew she was in the police station, it wasn't in his nature to do nothing, so after much thought, he decided to come to Emma.
Ni Pingsen didn't intend to cause Emma any trouble; he just didn't want to keep things from her.
To avoid Emma finding out later and thinking he was secretly meeting with Liu Hui, he decided to be transparent.
"Don't worry, I'm just going to help, there won't be any further involvement with her," Ni Pingsen sighed.
Emma paused, "I'll go with you."
Ni Pingsen immediately shook his head, "You've just returned, get some rest, I'll go by myself."
"It's late, let me take you there," Emma insisted, "Wait for me, I'll change my clothes."
Ni Pingsen nodded and turned to go downstairs.
As Emma was changing, Jason came out of the bathroom after his shower and saw her dressed to go out, asking in surprise, "Going out?"
"Liu Hui is at the police station, the police called my dad to bail her out," Emma said.
Jason's eyes flickered with surprise, "Is Dad going to go?"
"I'm going with him, you rest, you have work tomorrow," Emma had already put on her pants, wearing a white T-shirt and wide-leg pants.
Jason immediately said, "I'll go with you too."
"Really, it's not necessary," Emma began, but Jason reached out and ruffled her hair, "I don't feel right about it."
Liu Hui's actions were too biased and extreme; he really didn't feel comfortable letting Emma interact with her. Although what she said during the live broadcast was beneficial to Emma, it didn't mean she was genuinely well-intentioned towards Emma.
Such a person's intentions could change in an instant.
One thought leads to enlightenment, another to hell.
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When they arrived at the police station, Emma accompanied Ni Pingsen inside. Due to Jason's different status, entering and leaving the police station was too sensitive, so he didn't get out of the car and just waited in the driver's seat.
Fortunately, there was no big issue, and they quickly got Liu Hui out.
The three of them got in the car, and the ride was silent.
It wasn't until Jason had driven quite a distance that Liu Hui in the back seat suddenly spoke, "Jason, please pull over, I want to get out."
The car was still moving and didn't stop.
"Please stop the car," Liu Hui shouted abruptly.
Emma turned her head from the passenger seat and scolded, "Shut up, my husband is not your driver."
"I wouldn't dare to consider Jason as a driver," Liu Hui said.
But in the end, Jason respected her wish and stopped the car on the side of the road. Liu Hui quickly opened the door and got out, while Ni Pingsen in the back seat remained still.
As Liu Hui bent down and said to them, "You don't have to think of me as a good person. What I said was just to make sure you always remember me, Pingsen."
Finally, Ni Pingsen moved slowly, he turned his head and looked at Liu Hui who was bending down.
After a long while, he finally spoke slowly, "Why bother."
Liu Hui's hand rested on the car door, her teeth biting down hard, until she shouted, "I am that bad, I want to be so bad that you'll remember me for the rest of your life. You have no memories of Gu Mingzhu, you can only remember me, Liu Hui, even if it's bad, you have to remember me."
When the name Gu Mingzhu came out of her mouth, Emma pushed the door open and got out.
She grabbed Liu Hui's collar, and this time without hesitation, she raised her hand and slapped her, one, two, three times.
Emma looked into Liu Hui's eyes and said word for word, "I said don't let me hear my mother's name from your mouth, one word, one slap."
Ni Pingsen and Jason both got out of the car.
Jason walked over and led Emma back, holding the girl in his arms, his palm gently stroking her back, feeling her body trembling slightly against his touch. So cautiously.
After being slapped, Liu Hui didn't think of fighting back. She just quietly looked at Ni Pingsen, her eyes suddenly filling with tears as she whispered, "Pingsen, I am that bad, I want you to remember me for a lifetime."
She turned her head to leave.
Finally, Ni Pingsen stepped forward and held her back. He looked at Liu Hui with a pained expression, even though he had left her, he still hoped Liu Hui would live well, not give up on herself like this.
Ni Pingsen grasped her and said softly, "Liu Hui, don't do this anymore. I'm not worth it, you deserve a better life."
"A better life? What is a better life? Do you know I'm thirty-four this year, but the only happy life I've had was the stolen time with you. Without you, why should I be happy?"
Ni Pingsen looked at her, his face full of sorrow.
He shook his head, "It's impossible between us now, all I can do is wish you happiness."
Liu Hui completely broke down; no matter what she did, this man would not turn back. She should have known. Liu Hui turned and walked towards the opposite side, it was a small road without traffic lights. Who would have thought that as she crossed, a piercing sound suddenly rang out.
As they turned their heads and saw a car turning the corner, Ni Pingsen rushed over and pushed Liu Hui out of the way.
Then he was hit by the car and sent flying, landing several meters away.
Jason and Emma, standing behind, didn't have time to react before they saw Ni Pingsen hit the ground with a thud.
Emma screamed, "Dad."
In the end, it seemed as if everything returned to calm.
When Ni Pingsen was taken to the hospital, Emma didn't say a word, she didn't even have an expression, as if her soul had been drained, leaving behind only a quiet shell.
After the doctor conducted a series of examinations and came to their side, he spoke in a tone of disbelief, "Based on the current examination results, apart from some superficial injuries on the arm from the fall, the patient does not appear to have any internal injuries."
Jason frowned and countered, "Are you sure?"
Although his words were not polite, the doctor was not angry because he himself found it quite surprising. According to the medical records from the ambulance, the patient had been completely knocked three meters away by a small car.
Logically, such an impact should not have left the patient unscathed.
But the machines do not lie, and the images in his hands showed that the patient was indeed fine.
At this moment, even Emma seemed to slowly come back to her senses. She looked up at Jason and murmured, "Is Dad really okay?"
"He's fine, Dad is really okay," Jason said, pulling her into his embrace.
Just a moment ago, he couldn't imagine if Ni Pingsen had really been hurt. The thought kept crossing his mind over and over, but he dared not continue thinking about it.
He really didn't dare to think about it.
The mere thought of such a possibility made him stiff all over. Jason, who never shirked, was even avoiding such a thought because he knew Emma couldn't bear it, and he couldn't bear her inability to bear it either.
When the doctor told them this result, Jason felt like he had come back to life. The stiffness in his body gradually warmed up, and his numb mind started working again.
He nodded in agreement, "We are willing to be hospitalized for observation."
Although the examination showed no problems, the doctor felt this situation was too rare, so Jason decided to let Ni Pingsen stay in the hospital for observation for the night.
That night, Ni Pingsen did not wake up.
He slept as if in a very deep and sweet dream.
When Emma and Jason came to see him the next day, he still hadn't woken up. Emma saw Liu Hui at the door, she didn't say a word to Liu Hui, not even a glance.
She didn't drive Liu Hui away because this person meant nothing to her anymore.
When Emma pushed the door open and went in, the person on the white hospital bed was sleeping so quietly.
Even the doctors and nurses found it strange, but he was really just sleeping. Emma sat beside the hospital bed, quietly looking at Ni Pingsen, and Jason reached out and touched her palm.
But the next moment, Emma saw Ni Pingsen's eyelids twitch, as if he was about to wake up.
She watched quietly until, after an unknown amount of time, Ni Pingsen opened his eyes.
He looked at Emma, and Emma also looked down at him.
Until Ni Pingsen suddenly smiled and asked, "Stars."
Even though he was just calling her name, for a moment, Emma's heart seemed to stop for a few seconds, until she whispered back, "Dad."
Ni Pingsen suddenly narrowed his eyes, slowly looked up at the ceiling, and said softly, "I'm sorry, Dad actually forgot about you for so long."
I'm sorry, my daughter, for making you wait for so long.
This time, Emma's heart really started racing. She swallowed hard, her throat trembling slightly, and asked in a low voice, "Dad, do you remember me?"
He had always known who she was, but all the memories of them were from Emma.
Ni Pingsen's memories were left in Israel, in that place filled with pain, struggle, sadness, and even despair for him.
Until this moment, when he opened his eyes again, he finally remembered everything, his stars, and his pearl.
Suddenly, Ni Pingsen lowered his eyes, cupped his face, and said softly, "I miss your mom so much."
"Stars, Dad misses your mom so much."
When the doctors entered the ward one after another, Liu Hui nervously stood up. Emma and Jason walked out to let the doctors examine Ni Pingsen carefully.
Liu Hui nervously asked, "Didn't they say there was nothing wrong? Why are the doctors still examining him like this?"
Emma did not answer her question.
It was not until the doctors came out again, still looking puzzled at Emma, and said helplessly, "Emma, I can only say that the human brain is the most intricate and complex. Even the deepest medical researchers probably haven't understood even one percent of the brain."
Emma understood that he meant Ni Pingsen's current condition was inexplicable; the doctors couldn't explain why he suddenly regained his memory.
Emma didn't press the doctors because some things are indeed hard to believe, yet they are truly happening.
After the doctors left, Liu Hui, who had heard all their conversation, looked at Emma in confusion and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Emma calmly looked at her and said softly, "It's just as you heard."
"He remembered everything?" Liu Hui looked at the ward with longing, her voice suddenly choking: "Does he finally remember his Gu Mingzhu?"
The thing she had feared day and night, his greatest longing, the name he called out even when his life was hanging by a thread.
Now this nightmare for her had finally come.
When Emma entered the ward again, she and Jason left shortly after, until Ni Pingsen walked to the door and looked at Liu Hui.
He looked at her, still the same person, but Liu Hui felt his gaze had changed.
Until he said softly, "Liu Hui, go back."
Liu Hui choked and looked at him: "Do you remember everything?"
Ni Pingsen was silent for a few seconds, but eventually nodded. He said softly, "I remember the first time I saw Mingzhu, she was wearing a white shirt and a red skirt. That red skirt was particularly bright. She was like a sprite."
Liu Hui shed tears; he remembered, he really remembered everything.
She had said she wanted Ni Pingsen to only remember her, even if it was her bad side. But now he remembered everything; he saved her, and then fate returned everything he was owed.
His memories, his Gu Mingzhu.
All came back to him.
She had truly lost, utterly and defenselessly defeated.
Liu Hui stood in the same place for a long time, then slowly turned around under Ni Pingsen's gaze, and finally looked back silently.
From then on, their paths in life would no longer intersect.