Chapter 59: Not Right
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Nie Dan ended his call and brought up the incident of Pei Yi beating another person up as if it was a natural thing to do. The few young men were of similar age and were birds of a feather. While they were chatting with great delight, a notification ring tone sounded.
Pei Yi’s eyes lit up slightly. He picked up his phone, but the notification did not come from his phone. Nie Dan picked up his phone and noticed the obvious look of disappointment on Pei Yi’s face. He spoke to him in an undertone, “Brother Yi, it’s the information about your junior just now.”
After he beat Yao Xiang up with Pei Yi, he ordered his people to do a background check on Yao Xiang.
Yao Xiang was easy enough to investigate. His activity records for the latest decade could be found in the entertainment industry. Nie Dan found out many things about him through his investigation.
As he expected, this scumbag was no saint. He was a man with no morals. Nie Dan took care of him when he found out about this.
When he was investigating Jiang Se, he was met with some difficulty. He had to wait for a long time before the information about her was sent to him.
Nie Dan opened the message, and Jiang Se’s information exceeded his expectations. There were many parts of it that made him click his tongue in surprise.
Her mother had remarried brought her into the new marriage. Her stepfather did not treat her kindly. She was beautiful but eccentric. She did not seem to be ivy league material and was determined to enter the entertainment industry.
About six months ago, she had her first acting experience as a background actress in Zhang Jingan’s Rescue Mission. Zhang Jingan took notice of her due to her outstanding looks and gave her a background actress role with a line.
The information stated that Liu Ye had “viewed her in a different light back then. He had spoken in her favor, but there seemed to be no continuation to that.
When Nie Dan read this, he could not help but turn to glance at Pei Yi.
“Brother Yi, your junior was a part of Rescue Mission’s cast.”
Pei Yi did not show the slightest of reactions. Nie Dan emphasized his point.
“That monkey Zhao Junhan had invested in Rescue Mission. Feng Nan…” It was a slip of the tongue. Under Pei Yi’s glare, he quickly added, “…Sister Feng Nan had also invested in this film. She even contacted Qiu Ji and provided the production team with some real firearms.”
When “Feng Nan” was mentioned, Pei Yi no longer stayed himself. He frowned slightly.
“She invested in a film?” He was clearly skeptical of this piece of information. Nobody knew Feng Nan better than he did.
Thanks to the influence of her seniors in the family, she was not interested in the entertainment industry. Why would she suddenly invest in it without due cause? Why would she even ask for Qiu Ji’s help to procure real firearms?
When he thought about this, he had a malicious look in his eyes.
“That monkey Zhao Junhan must’ve brainwashed her!”
He immediately shifted the blame onto the head of Jianghua Group’s heir. At this moment, his close friends did not dare oppose him. They joined in and cursed at Zhao Hanjun with righteous indignation which filled their chests.
Pei Yi extended his hand. Nie Dan hastily placed his own phone onto Pei Yi’s palm.
Pei Yi brought the phone toward himself and scrolled down.
After her stint in Rescue Mission, Jiang Se soon made her way into Gu Jiaer’s Pretense to Reality’s cast with that previous experience. Also, soon after she signed the contract, her National College Entrance Examination results were out.
She had made it into the First Academy. Then, someone from Gu Jiaer’s production team introduced her to Zhao Rang’s The 99th Love Letter.
The scene that moved Zhao Rang was where she played the piano.
There was a video at the end of the investigation’s result. It was a recording of her impromptu piano performance of Lyphard Melodie at the productions base’s studio. The footage had been recorded using the phone of one of the crew members.
When Pei Yi read this, he decided that he was not interested anymore. He was about to toss the phone back to Nie Dan, but his finger accidentally tapped the play button. The intro to Lyphard Melodie was played from the phone’s speaker. His expression gradually softened. His arm paused mid-toss.
This was Feng Nan’s favorite song. She learned to play the piano since she was a young girl, but she would always play this piece before her practice sessions, almost without fail.
He lowered his head to look at the screen. Jiang Se’s back was displayed. She was seated before the piano. The scene was aesthetically pleasing. However, for some unknown reason, Pei Yi felt that something was off.
He could not refrain from zooming in until Jiang Se’s posture came into a clearer view on the screen.
She was merely sitting on a quarter of the stool. With her waist as straight as a stick, she looked elegant as she played the piano. She did not allow her body to slump on the stool.
Pei Yi took no notice of how Jiang Se’s back looked. However, her posture reminded him of Feng Nan again.
It was actually difficult to maintain such a posture. Feng Nan was not the only one among society’s elites who learned how to play the piano since young. However, she was the only one who managed to maintain the same posture throughout the practice.
He passed the phone back to Jiang Se. When Nie Dan heard the music and saw Jiang Se’s back profile, he could not help but exclaim, “Your junior’s looks heavenly from the back.” He narrowed his eyes and gave it some thought. “Her temperament is also better than many celebrities.”
However, when Nie Dan said this, he felt confused.
“However, the information says that she’s a stepdaughter of the Du family whose academic results are nothing to be proud of. She showed no improvements in her senior high school as well.” If Huaxia had not made education mandatory for 20 years, he reckoned that Jiang Se would have dropped out of school long ago and entered the entertainment industry.
However, the peculiar thing was that she seemed to have undergone some sort of transformation half a year ago, and appeared to have turned into a different person. She worked hard in her studies and exceeded everyone’s expectations with her National College Entrance Examination results. With that, she was accepted by the First Academy.
“Also, her family wasn’t well-off. Where did she learn how to play the piano?” Nie Dan was still looking at his phone when Pei Yi stood up.
“I’m going back.”
Feng Nan was the only person he liked. He was not interested in other women.
The reason why he remembered Jiang Se was because her temperament, movements, and actions were similar to that of Feng Nan’s. She had also enrolled in the First Academy just as Feng Nan had.
When Nie Dan brought up the suspicious points in Jiang Se’s profile, he did not feel interested to join the conversation. Sensing that he was not interested in this, Nie Dan dropped the subject.
Jiang Se switched her phone off after the phone call with Nie Dan and went to bed.
When she revisited the webpage in the morning, the articles about the scuffle in Ruiji Hotel were already buried by other news articles.
Although the reporters were determined to get to the bottom of things last night, their resolution went unresolved. The “Pretense to Reality” production team, on the other hand, seized this opportunity to publicize their own film.
There was no longer any mention of Pei Yi in the news. Instead, the reporters were leading the netizens to investigate Yao Xiang. Pei Yi’s matter was swept under the rug.
With the Pei family making its move, Jiang Se was no longer worried about Yao Xiang getting her into trouble once he was discharged. She reckoned that he would have his plate full of trouble by then.
In the afternoon, she called the number which the “Pretense to Reality” crew member had given her last night. It was connected to director Lin Xiwen’s workshop. After mentioning Gu Jiaer’s name, the cold official tone from the other end immediately warmed up.
Jiang Se searched for her lecture timetable online. Freshmen were under stricter supervision and had more classes. She had also joined two clubs, thus she did not have much free time.
After confirming her free time slots and discussing this with the staff from Lin Xiwen’s workshop, they arranged for an audition at 2 p.m. on Thursday.