Chapter 220: Missing Persons Case
Just as she was about to be dragged away.
Wei Jin finally spoke up.
“Hold on.”
The security guard stopped his actions.
Jiang Ning pretended to tremble in fear, looking at Wei Jin with a delicate expression.
Wei Jin’s Adam’s apple moved slightly.
He lowered his eyelashes and slowly said, “No need for her to compensate. It’s just a piece of clothing. She didn’t do it on purpose, and she still needs to earn money to heal Mother. Let’s end this here. As compensation…”
Wei Jin took off his cotton jacket and threw it into Jiang Ning’s hands. “Wash it clean and give it back to me.”
After he finished speaking, he strode away.
He didn’t spare Jiang Ning a single glance.
The people around found it unbelievable.
This kind of “intentional faking an accident to extort money” had happened to Wei Jin many times.
Each time, he sent a lawyer’s letter demanding compensation, and over time, no one dared to do it anymore.
Because the cost was too high.
Even a single pair of Wei Jin’s shoes started at W.
This was the first time he easily let someone off.
The male assistant glared fiercely at Jiang Ning, then quickly followed Wei Jin. The two entered the exclusive resting room, and this farce finally ended.
Jiang Ning looked down at Wei Jin’s cotton jacket, which still had a big stain of oil on it.
She was somewhat speechless but could only pinch her nose and accept it.
This was originally something she deliberately dirtied, but she hadn’t expected the clothes to be so expensive!
Jiang Ning thought to herself that after getting off work, she would take it to the dry cleaners.
A hundred thousand yuan jacket—if it got ruined in washing, she would really have to pay for it.
Jiang Ning raised her hand and wiped her tears.
The staff also felt sorry for her.
Seeing that she was pretty, they warned her, “Don’t have any other thoughts. Teacher Wei isn’t someone people like you can approach.”
Jiang Ning looked obedient. “Mm-hmm, thank you. I’ll be careful in the future.”
The film crew staff blushed and couldn’t help but look at Jiang Ning a couple more times.
They muttered under their breath, “Why be a makeup artist with looks like that? She could be an actor. What a waste of talent…”
In the afternoon, Jiang Ning did makeup for dozens of people.
Besides minor celebrities and extras, she was exhausted half to death, and her hands were sore.
So for the entire afternoon, to avoid misunderstandings, she stayed in the dressing room and didn’t come out.
On the contrary, Wei Jin kept losing focus, his gaze uncontrollably sweeping over the dressing room where Jiang Ning was, again and again.
Because he was out of sorts, his scenes NGed many times.
Later, the director couldn’t help but say, “Teacher Wei, you should adjust your state before filming. Let the other actors shoot their scenes first.”
Wei Jin fell silent, then nodded. “Apology.”
After stepping down, Wei Jin sat on the single soft seat.
The male assistant checked the time.
He leaned in and whispered in his ear, “Teacher Wei, it’s almost five o’clock. At six, you need to pick up Miss Sui for dinner. The restaurant is already booked—it’s the one you often go to.”
Wei Jin nodded without emotion. “Got it.”
The male assistant hesitated to speak.
Wei Jin said, “Don’t tell Youran about today’s incident. It was just an accident. I don’t want her to worry.”
The male assistant nodded respectfully. “I know.”
“Go pack my things. I want to rest here for a bit.”
The male assistant left immediately.
Wei Jin’s gaze turned once again to the dressing room where Jiang Ning was.
Tan Qing…
His hands on his knees slowly clenched.
Too similar…
Similar by eight points.
This was the person most like Jiang Ning he had encountered in ten years.
To the point that the three hours he used to find unbearable now passed so quickly.
The film crew he hated now made him want to stay longer.
Thinking of what he had to do next, he lowered his eyes to hide the pain in them.
Deep down, he hoped this person wasn’t Jiang Ning.
If it was Jiang Ning, seeing him now, she would be disappointed in him.
He had failed her…
He had gained power and reputation, but he was no longer worthy of Jiang Ning.
……
Six o’clock in the afternoon.
The entire film crew got off work and went home.
They heard that another film crew needed to use this venue.
It was just for shooting a night scene, temporarily borrowed.
Jiang Ning was packing her things in the dressing room.
Chen Shuyan closed the door, leaning against it, her voice very low. “Are you really willing to risk your life just to get Wei Jin’s attention? Didn’t I warn you? Don’t approach Wei Jin. Do you know who his sponsor behind the scenes is? It’s Sui Youran, the person in power at the Sui Group! That woman is ruthless. Every woman who approaches Wei Jin meets a bad end.”
Jiang Ning had her back to Chen Shuyan, showing no fear on her face but rather a bit more excitement.
She just wanted to see how this Sui Youran would make her meet a bad end.
Yuan Zhi had also said that for their mission, the first person they traced on the surface was Wei Jin.
And no matter male or female, the first person the sent undercover agent approached was Wei Jin.
But shortly after developing some rapport with Wei Jin, the undercover agent disappeared.
No matter how hard the police searched, they couldn’t find the person.
This Sui Youran definitely had something to do with these disappearances.
But because of her special identity, even if the police investigated her, they couldn’t find anything.
Jiang Ning turned around, looking terrified, and whispered to Chen Shuyan, “I, I really didn’t do it on purpose… I’ve already apologized to Teacher Wei, and I’m washing his clothes for him. He’s forgiven me.”
Seeing her look like a delicate sweet and naive girl, Chen Shuyan felt her teeth ache.
How could she be so sweet and naive!
She sighed. “Do more work and talk less to survive in this society.”
“I’ve said all I can. If you insist on being stubborn, I won’t care about you.”
After Chen Shuyan finished, she prepared to leave.
“Wait.” Jiang Ning called out to her.
Chen Shuyan stopped in her tracks.
Jiang Ning was quite curious. She remembered her relationship with Chen Shuyan wasn’t good. “I’m actually very curious. Miss Chen, this is clearly our first meeting, so why are you taking such care of me?”
Chen Shuyan’s figure stiffened.
She stood in place for a long time.
Then she slowly said, “You look a lot like someone I knew before. She was very important to me.”
After Chen Shuyan finished, she left without looking back.
Jiang Ning was full of doubt.
She?
Very important to Chen Shuyan?!
In the original plot, Chen Shuyan, this enemy disguised as a friend, was one of the culprits who caused the Jiang Family to go bankrupt.
Although she had altered the latter part of the plot beyond recognition.
The scenes originally belonging to Chen Shuyan disappeared, and she herself became like a transparent person, no longer appearing before Jiang Ning.
Only during the time in the second semester of Grade 3 when she was a soul did Jiang Ning learn that Chen Shuyan’s brother had incurred gambling debt and used Chen Shuyan to pay it off. She didn’t even finish Grade 3 and dropped out.
No one knew where she went afterward.
Now, ten years later, she seemed to have become an eighteenth-tier minor celebrity.
Her face was still that plastic surgery face, but at least she had her own work.
Jiang Ning slung her makeup box over her shoulder and walked out.
The second batch of film crew people had already arrived.
Someone shouted loudly, “Sister Li, hurry in for makeup. You’re shooting the first scene today.”
Hearing the name Jiang Li, Jiang Ning instinctively stopped in her tracks.
In the crowd.
A woman with her hair tied up high, smiling gently, kindly greeting the people around her.
Her gaze shifted and, through the gaps in the crowd, fell on Jiang Ning.
Older Sister had made her entrance!
