Outside, Gu Tangxue looked at Su Qi in disbelief, "Su Qi, you..."
"Don't speak, I'll get you an ice pack."
Su Qi went to the freezer, found an ice pack, and applied it to Gu Tangxue's cheek.
Mo Yu had hit her hard. Even with makeup, deep five-finger marks were visible on Gu Tangxue's fair face.
Su Qi tried her best to control her emotions, but her lips still trembled slightly.
Suddenly, a staff member from the film crew walked towards them.
"Miss Su, Director Song asked me to bring you this ointment. It has great healing properties for slap injuries."
The staff member handed the ointment to Su Qi and left without saying anything else.
Su Qi held the ointment, feeling a bit lost.
She hadn't expected Director Song Heqing to be the one to offer help in her time of need.
After completing his task, the staff member went to report to Song Heqing.
Song Heqing sat on the sofa and crushed his cigarette butt. "Mm, I know. You can go now."
The door closed.
He had seen everything that had just happened from upstairs.
Xu Lin'yun had become increasingly arrogant since her pregnancy.
If her animosity towards Su Qi was solely because Huo Tingyun had once carried Su Qi, it wouldn't make sense.
He had sent people to investigate, and although they found nothing.
However, the absence of any news was the biggest news.
It seemed the relationship between those two was more unusual than he had imagined.
In the afternoon, Su Qi knocked on Song Heqing's resting room door.
"Come in..."
Seeing Su Qi, Song Heqing raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Director Song, thank you for the ointment," Su Qi said sincerely, standing at the doorway.
Song Heqing was a wolf in sheep's clothing, definitely not a gentleman.
But who would have thought that only Song Heqing would extend a helping hand?
"You're welcome. Did you come just to say this?"
"Of course. Since there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
"Wait." Song Heqing stopped Su Qi, staring at her intently. "What exactly is your relationship with Huo Tingyun?"
"Mr. Huo and I have no relationship."
We didn't before, and we don't now.
"From what I know of Huo Tingyun, he would never touch Xu Lin'yun. Xu Lin'yun being pregnant truly surprises me."
If Huo Tingyun had truly wanted Xu Lin'yun, he wouldn't have waited so many years.
This simply didn't add up.
Song Heqing couldn't figure it out.
Su Qi frowned. "What are you trying to say?"
"I know what you're thinking. If you want to be someone above all others, you have to stop at nothing. Look, Xu Lin'yun has already started fighting back. Your life will only get harder from now on."
Song Heqing's words made Su Qi's mood sink.
He seemed to understand her thoughts very well.
Su Qi smiled faintly. "I don't understand. I have work to do. I'll be going now, Director Song."
She turned and left the resting room, her mind filled with Song Heqing's words.
Even Su Qi couldn't believe it, but learning of Xu Lin'yun's pregnancy had also made her uneasy.
"Ah—"
A scream was heard.
Su Qi stopped in her tracks and looked towards the sound.
Then she saw a woman tumbling down the stairs.
The familiar clothes...
"Tangxue!"
Su Qi wanted to save Gu Tangxue, but before she could reach her, Gu Tangxue had already fallen down the stairs. She landed at the bottom, her face bruised, blood trickling from her lips, semi-conscious, lying on the ground, barely alive.
Looking up, she saw Mo Yu standing on the stairs.
Smugly.
"Gu Tangxue is a thief! She stole my things!"
Su Qi rushed forward and hugged Gu Tangxue.
How could Gu Tangxue have ended up like this after only ten minutes apart?
In her semi-conscious state, Gu Tangxue heard Mo Yu's words and struggled to lift her hand, grasping Su Qi's.
"Su Qi, I didn't, I didn't steal anything, believe me."
She managed to say a few broken words.
As she spoke, blood flowed from her mouth.
Su Qi felt a piercing pain in her heart.
"Hold on, I'll take you to the hospital."
She tried to lift Gu Tangxue, but despite using all her strength, she couldn't.
Su Qi shakily took out her phone and made a call.
Xu Linchuan arrived almost immediately.
During this time, not a single staff member dared to come forward to help.
Xu Lin'yun was now the young mistress of the Huo family, and Mo Yu was Xu Lin'yun's agent.
No one dared to offend Mo Yu.
Su Qi glared fiercely at Mo Yu standing on the stairs, gritting her teeth.
"I'll do it." Xu Linchuan strode forward, picked up the unconscious Gu Tangxue, and then comforted Su Qi, "It's okay, Gu Tangxue will be fine with me here. Calm down first."
Su Qi stood frozen, watching Xu Linchuan carry Gu Tangxue away. She closed her eyes and took several deep breaths, forcing herself to calm down.
Xu Lin'yun, upon hearing about the incident, rushed over and saw that Gu Tangxue had already been taken away.
"Since she's a thief, then there's nothing else. Everyone disperse and get back to your work."
Casually, she dismissed what was almost a murder as if it were nothing.
If Xu Linchuan hadn't arrived, Gu Tangxue might have been left there, unconscious, and no one would have cared.
Su Qi found a place to sit.
A bottle of water was offered to her.
"Drink some cold water to calm your mood."
Song Heqing's deep, magnetic voice sounded from above.
"Thank you..."
Su Qi didn't even have the strength to take the water bottle.
Song Heqing unscrewed the cap and handed it to Su Qi.
Su Qi finally took it, spilling a little water on herself.
Gulp, gulp.
She drank the entire bottle of water.
Her restless heart indeed calmed down considerably.
"This world is like this. Those with power and influence can twist right and wrong. Instead of pitying yourself, fighting back is the best option."
Su Qi could no longer hear anything, her mind filled with Song Heqing's words.
"I've sent people to investigate Xu Lin'yun's child..."
Song Heqing leaned close to Su Qi's ear and whispered something.
Su Qi's eyes widened abruptly. She was shocked and couldn't believe it. "What did you say?"
"I'll stake my life on it, every word I say is true."
"What exactly do you want?"
"What I want is essentially no different from what you want."
Su Qi fell into silence.
She stood up, intending to leave.
Behind her, Song Heqing's faint voice sounded.
"In another week, Xu Lin'yun and Huo Tingyun's engagement banquet will begin."
Song Heqing narrowed his eyes, staring at Su Qi's retreating back.
"You need to think carefully."
In the resting room.
The door closed, and Song Yiming lit a cigarette. "Uncle, why did you say those things to Su Qi?"
Song Yiming had seen them. Although they were standing in a corner, Su Qi's appearance was too striking to ignore.
"I've been making movies for so many years. Do you know what I hate the most?"
Song Heqing clenched his fist, then released it, clenched, then released, repeating it more than ten times.