Xia Wanyi: "Who called?"
Xia Zhiyi briefly recounted the conversation.
Xia Wanyi: "Huanyu... I don't know much about these entertainment companies. How does Huanyu compare to that Tianhuan you mentioned before?"
Xia Zhiyi was blunt, too: "A cesspool."
Xia Wanyi nodded in understanding. "Then you were right to turn them down. Our family isn't short of money. If you really want to act, find somewhere reliable. It's fine to build up experience slowly."
Not being short of money meant there was no rush to get famous and make a living from it.
And besides...
Xia Wanyi: "Then if you're going to act, what about the university choices you submitted earlier..."
Xia Zhiyi actually couldn't remember which universities and majors he had applied to, but his impression was that his choices had been guided by his own youthful aspirations. It was just that, in his first life, the company's exploitation had made balancing work and studies so difficult that he had eventually been forced to drop out.
Now that he had returned to this point in time, Xia Zhiyi wouldn't give up his education. He also knew that, although his sister was very supportive of him doing what he wanted, she wouldn't want him to abandon his studies.
"I'm not in a hurry. I'll go to university as planned. If I really want to act, I'll just see whether there are any opportunities in my free time."
Before his college entrance exams back then, he certainly couldn't have anticipated what would happen afterward, so his university choices had nothing to do with the entertainment industry.
Xia Wanyi nodded. "All right. I don't know much about this either, but since you're interested, I'll find a way to ask around."
Xia Zhiyi gave a soft hum of acknowledgment.
As they spoke, Xia Wanyi's and Xia Zhiyi's phones rang at the same time. The siblings exchanged a look, both with a hint of helplessness in their eyes.
That evening, the siblings' calls and messages didn't stop until bedtime, though that was also because they both got along well with others.
After a night had passed, Xia Zhiyi woke the next morning and walked around the house while brushing his teeth. The familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings left him with a subtle mix of feelings, but joy made up most of it.
Although Xia Zhiyi had accomplished things ordinary people couldn't imagine in the worlds he had experienced after his death, ultimately, he didn't belong to those worlds, nor was his family there.
This was where his roots were.
After washing up, Xia Zhiyi briefly surveyed the surrounding area from the balcony, then went into the study, turned on the computer, and began searching for the information he wanted.
Discussion of yesterday's traffic accident on Weibo had not died down. Its continued popularity was also related to how close the accident site had been to the Extreme Speed Production Team's filming location. Errors in the initial spread of information had led some people to mistakenly believe that the production team itself had been directly involved in the accident.
Although the production team had already had the celebrities come forward one after another yesterday to confirm that they were safe, many people were still following the incident today.
Only after quickly getting a general understanding of the current level of technology and prices did Xia Zhiyi look at Weibo's trending searches.
#Fu Yunyi liked a post#
#Extreme Speed Production Team clarification#
#Extreme Speed City traffic accident#
#Just how much potential does the human body have#
Xia Zhiyi clicked through them one by one. Under #How much potential does the human body have#, he found surveillance footage of yesterday's accident and raised his eyebrows slightly.
The video's angle... happened to have captured the entire sequence of him taking Xia Wanyi out of the truck's path. The comments below weren't particularly unexpected, either.
[???? This is surveillance footage? It hasn't been edited?]
[Are they filming a TV drama? He was on wires, right? Is this real or fake?]
[It's fake, right? Just yesterday, I saw a video posted by someone claiming to be a passerby, showing someone taking off straight from the ground. Now there's another video today, and judging by the clothes, it's the same person. Someone's trying to drum up publicity, right!]
[What a terrifying moment. If it's real, I hope it's fake. If it's fake, I hope it's real.]
[This is that incident with Extreme Speed yesterday, right? I think it happened right in downtown Yue City. Scary.]
[If this is real, is this the human body's latent potential exploding in a crisis? I wonder how the person involved was afterward...]
[So what was going on with that truck driver? Driving into the roadside in broad daylight? And why was such a big truck downtown? Aren't there traffic restrictions?]
After reading for a while, Xia Zhiyi found that most people's attention was still on the accident, while he wasn't receiving much attention for the time being. That wasn't particularly surprising.
He was currently just an ordinary person outside the entertainment industry, and without having been there in person, onlookers might mostly put what had happened down to good luck.
After closing the webpage, Xia Zhiyi found yesterday's business card, saved the number on it to his phone, and sent Xia Wanyi a message before heading out.
[I'm going to the police station.]
Perhaps because of yesterday's fright, Xia Wanyi hadn't rested well that night and had gotten up late this morning. By the time she saw the message, Xia Zhiyi was already at the police station.
"Hello, I'd like to report a crime. I suspect someone hired a killer," Xia Zhiyi said calmly.
Hearing his words, the officer who had been about to ask what he needed froze, then quickly stood up, his expression serious. "Tell me in detail."
An hour later, a young police officer escorted Xia Zhiyi out.
The officer said, "We'll investigate this thoroughly. If the situation really is as you described, we absolutely won't let the perpetrators off."
If the accident that had happened downtown yesterday hadn't been an accident, but a deliberately planned murder with an ulterior purpose, then the work ahead of them would be far from simple.
They had taken this attitude because Xia Zhiyi had provided some information that alerted the perceptive officers to the issues behind it.
The siblings Xia Wanyi and Xia Zhiyi were direct relatives of the founder of the Song Group.
The founder of the Song Group had reportedly drawn up a will not long ago, and he was already in his twilight years.
Most importantly, there was an additional text message on Xia Zhiyi's phone.
[The old man's will gives you siblings a combined 10% of the shares. Good luck :)]
When they called the number back, it was already out of service, which meant they were currently unable to confirm the identity of the person who had sent the message to Xia Zhiyi's phone.
But even without knowing who had sent it, the gloating revealed between the lines made the officers who read it frown.
Still, because of this text, they only needed to confirm whether the old man of the Song family had really made such a will, and the incident would immediately become clear.
A struggle over interests within a wealthy family.
That afternoon, while at home, Xia Zhiyi received a reply from the police station: Song Guosheng had indeed made a will leaving 10% of the Song Group's shares that he held to the siblings.
Curiously, however, Song Guosheng had amended his will that very morning, replacing the shares originally left to the siblings with several properties, while reallocating the shares to his eldest and second sons.
Xia Zhiyi: Smile.