I told you I don't go soft that fast

At her words, Ye Wenxuan shrank back, looking frightened and resistant.

That bastard. Look what he's done to such a lively young girl!

Both times she tried to escape, he dragged her back and beat her viciously. He even picked a fight with her for making eye contact with a neighbor through a window! Scum like him should rot in prison!

As the others watched, their expressions slowly darkened, their brows tightly furrowed.

Qiao Yufan seized the opportunity to play along with Su Tangtang. "You know her?"

Su Tangtang nodded and began spinning her tale with a perfectly straight face. "She lived on the same street as me. Her mom sold breakfast, and I bought food from her every day when I was in school. Her mom really liked me and would often throw in an extra egg or something."

"She knew I was in the same city where her daughter went to college. When she couldn't get in touch with her, she dug up the WeChat contact she'd added years ago and messaged me to ask about her."

They have no way of knowing whether I'm telling the truth, anyway. All it takes to sell a tall tale is a little hot air! Hehe~

Everyone: "..."

Sorry, they wanted to stay serious too, but her inner voice made it far too easy to lose the mood.

Hearing her words, Ye Wenxuan did raise her head slightly to glance at her, probably because the part about her mother selling breakfast was true.

Su Tangtang noticed that little movement and was about to speak, but Liu Fangbo beat her to it. "Is everything she said true?"

He was in a hurry to take her out to meet someone and had no desire to get tangled up with these people, so the look he gave Ye Wenxuan was full of warning.

Ye Wenxuan shuddered again, hastily lowering her head and shaking it.

Only then did Liu Fangbo turn back to Su Tangtang outside the iron gate. "Have you mistaken her for someone else? My student says she doesn't know you."

[Guys, why do I feel like something's wrong here?]

[I'm getting more than a tiny hint of that too. That girl's reaction is off. Although they haven't shown her face, everything below her neck seems to be saying she's terrified of this teacher.]

[It's almost nine at night. Given the nightlife in South City, where they're filming, the evening hasn't even properly started yet, so it's unlikely anyone's asleep. But all the lights in the villa are off, which means only this teacher and his student were there just now. With the way she's acting, it's hard not to suspect something happened.]

[You wrote the most, so I'm taking your word for it!]

Su Tangtang didn't panic at all at Liu Fangbo's words. She blinked at Ye Wenxuan and spoke as though talking to herself, yet also addressing them. "That can't be right. I'm not nearsighted. My vision's 5.3-good enough for the air force."

"Maybe it's too dark out and I couldn't see clearly? Wen Xuan, come over here. Let me see if it's really you."

Even after that, Ye Wenxuan kept her head lowered and her hands clenched together, looking too afraid to speak.

Liu Fangbo was very pleased with her reaction. "Sorry, my student is rather introverted. She generally doesn't talk to strangers. We have something to go out for now, so we can't stay and chat."

He headed toward the car a short distance away, and Ye Wenxuan hurried after him.

Just as he opened the car door to let Ye Wenxuan inside, Liu Fangbo suddenly stopped. He raised a hand and pointed at a camera whose angle had caught the light, reflecting it toward him. "What's that?"

His expression instantly turned so dark it almost blended into the inky night.

Seeing that the hidden cameraman had been discovered, the director decided there was no point concealing it any longer and signaled to Qiao Yufan.

Qiao Yufan immediately said, "Oh, Mr. Fangbo, here's the thing. We're livestreaming right now. I don't know if you've heard of the dating reality show Love, Here I Come, but we're filming nearby. We all happened to come out for a walk."

Liu Fangbo stared stiffly at the camera, his entire face hidden in the darkness so that no one could make out his expression. They only heard him say, "My student ran into some trouble and came to me for help. I'm about to go help her resolve it."

Su Tangtang: Ha. He certainly makes it sound lovely.

His expression changed when he saw the camera faster than Xu Guanghao goes soft.

Xu Guanghao: "?!!"

I told you I don't go soft that fast!!!

It's more than two minutes, anyway!

Qiao Yufan was secretly delighted. Finally, someone else could experience what it felt like to be dragged out for repeated public floggings!

A few seconds later, they came back to their senses and seemed to remember something important. Their gazes landed squarely on Liu Fangbo, studying him carefully. Only after confirming that his expression hadn't changed much did they breathe a sigh of relief.

It seemed Su Tangtang's inner voice really could only be heard by entertainment industry insiders. Some staff members couldn't hear it, while the PD assistants could. Liu Fangbo was a teacher. Although he taught acting students, he had no involvement with the entertainment industry outside of teaching, so he didn't count as an insider.

But what should they do next? Ye Wenxuan was already in the car.

Liu Fangbo closed the car door.

Liu Fangbo was walking over.

Su Tangtang, hurry up and say something!

What do we do next?!

Su Tangtang was thinking about the same thing. Time had been tight, and she'd spent the entire trip checking whether they had left yet, afraid she wouldn't make it. She'd somehow ended up here without even figuring out what to do.

Should I expose him right now? But what if Ye Wenxuan gets scared and denies it?

Or should I just call the police, give them the address they're heading to, and have them raid the place for prostitution?

Unable to decide, she instinctively flipped through the book to see whether she'd missed anything earlier. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! He filmed himself beating her just now? It's on the phone in his pocket! He did it to threaten Ye Wenxuan, to make her think twice about the consequences of telling anyone!

There are so many of us. Once he comes over to open the gate, pinning him down shouldn't be a problem, right? But how do I get the others to cooperate...

Just as that thought ended, Liu Fangbo reached them. He opened the large iron gate and told them to move aside so he could drive out.

But no one paid him any attention. Qiao Yufan and Xu Guanghao, who stood at the front, stepped forward and pinned him down.

"What are you doing?" Restrained, he struggled repeatedly.

But no one answered him.

[Something really is going on?!!]

[It's hard not to suspect the Production Team has discovered something!!!]

Chen Sinian stepped forward and pulled the phone from his pocket.

He swiped up. There was a passcode.

Su Tangtang: 160923!

Fuck! It's even the date he first did this! After all these years, how many girls has he victimized?!

Using the passcode Su Tangtang had "spoken," Chen Sinian unlocked the phone.

He opened the photo gallery and confirmed there was indeed a video, but he turned the phone off without playing it, then turned and nodded to the director.

The director gave him an OK gesture.

After struggling in vain, Liu Fangbo finally realized they had come specifically for him. "What is the meaning of this? You're unlawfully restricting my personal freedom. I can sue you!"