1130 I Want to Make You Stay 8 (1/2)
”What is it?”
”Last year, when you celebrated your birthday, didn't I give you a necklace as a gift?”
”Yes. I lost it a few months ago.”
Yu Caiwei said in a soft and gentle voice, ”Last month, I saw the exact same necklace when I was at a jewelry shop. I asked where the necklace came from, and the shop attendant said someone had pawned it. I then spent some money to check the surveillance cameras of the store and found that it was indeed Gong Xiaomei who took it there to be pawned. As I was afraid the news of this incident would leak out, I deleted the surveillance footage completely. I didn't want to tell you then, but I feel that I should let you know now.”
”What?!” Song Chuntian flew into a rage instantly. ”Are you speaking the truth?”
”Yes. I don't dare to deceive you, of course, Auntie.”
Song Chuntian shouted at the top of her voice, ”Somebody come here now!”
The butler rushed in hurriedly. ”Madam, what's wrong?”
”Bring Gong Xiaomei to the ancestral hall now and carry out the household punishment on her! She actually dared to steal my necklace and sell it?!”
”Yes.”
”Okay!” Sister Gao remarked as she clapped her hands to gesture that the scene was done. ”Get ready for the second scene. Hurry up.”
The second scene was obviously Fang Erlan being brought downstairs to the ancestral hall.
Ignoring Fang Erlan's defense and cries claiming that she was being maligned, she was directly hung from a height.
As filming such scenes required protective measures, Fang Erlan could never have expected that the whip would actually land on her thin body. When the whip landed on her, Fang Erlan's hysterical screams gave the surrounding crew members of the production set goosebumps. Sister Gao even said as a compliment, ”Good acting, it's very realistic.”
Yu Caiwei laughed lightly. ”Exactly, I almost thought it was real.”
The immense pain caused Fang Erlan to be unable to speak after she had just cried out, and then came the second and third lashing of the whip.
”Put me down! Put me down quickly! Ah!!!” Her face went as pale as a sheet, and she was breaking out in a cold sweat. Looking at the people around her, she screamed in agony, ”Why am I being hit for real? Aren't we just filming?!”
Her cries made Sister Gao immediately call out, ”What's going on?! Quick, put her down!”
Tears were flowing down Fang Erlan's cheeks due to the immense pain and she cried out, ”I'm here to film, not to suffer such torture!”
Sister Gao lifted her shirt to check the situation and confirmed that what she had said was true. She walked toward the person who had whipped her and berated furiously, ”Are you even human?!”
”Sister Gao, how could anyone have guessed that she's not wearing any protective layer underneath? I didn't know that.”
”Get out this instant!”
”Wait!” Fang Erlan called out with Xiao Yue supporting her. ”He can't leave.”
Sister Gao replied gently, ”That, erm… Erlan, shall we forget this? I'll fire him immediately. Of course, you won't suffer this in vain. We'll compensate you an amount in your salary. What do you think? If you report this to the police, it'll have quite an impact on our production.”
Fang Erlan looked at her seriously and responded, ”Sister Gao, since you have already put it that way, then how about this? You hand him over to me, and I won't call the police.”
Sister Gao immediately agreed. From how she saw it, what could Fang Erlan, a mere woman, possibly do…?
”The two of you bring him back to A City.” Fang Erlan's bodyguards understood what she meant clearly and forcefully brought the crew member away.
Yu Caiwei couldn't help but ask, ”Fang Erlan, the production unit has agreed to compensate you. What else do you want? Since it was the crew member's mistake, can't you just forgive him? Aren't you being too petty?”