Chapter One Hundred and Eleven: Anonymous Email

Jiang Yunzhou found Sang Bai’s room, only to see that the fair face she remembered was now swollen and bruised.

A red welt marked Sang Bai’s wrist, and the worst injury was at her neck, where the strangulation marks had already turned a deep purple.

Jiang Yunzhou’s pupils contracted sharply, and her voice trembled despite herself.

“Who did this?”

Sang Bai’s eyes were dull and lifeless as she sat silently on the bed. Even when she saw Jiang Yunzhou, she merely gave a faint nod, showing almost no reaction.

The assistant wiped at her damp eyes and said, “If I hadn’t come back to look for Sister Sang Bai just now, I don’t know whether she would have bled to death!”

When she saw the pool of blood on the floor, the assistant had nearly been scared out of her wits. Left alone and at a loss, she had begged for someone to call a doctor, but no one paid her any mind. In the end, she had to find a doctor herself, then hurriedly called Jiang Yunzhou.

Jiang Yunzhou clenched her jaw, grinding out the words, “This is outrageous!”

The assistant sniffled. “Sister Jiang, what do we do now?”

Jiang Yunzhou took a deep breath and forced down the rage boiling in her chest.

“We’re going back to China. We’re not filming anymore.”

The assistant’s choking sobs stalled in surprise. “Sister Jiang, but we can’t afford the penalty fee.”

“I don’t care anymore. If Sang Bai keeps filming in this condition, it’ll only make her depression worse. She’s practically on the verge of losing her life. Is the penalty fee more important than her life?”

The assistant fell silent.

Only Sang Bai, who had remained quiet all this time, lifted her head and looked at Jiang Yunzhou.

“We can’t afford the penalty. I, I can still endure it. I don’t want to drag you all down.”

Jiang Yunzhou was furious to the point of heartbreak.

“Do you think not wanting to drag us down means killing yourself? It’s only a drama. You were actually willing to gamble your life for it? Enough. Pack your things. We’re leaving now.”

The assistant immediately stopped crying and said at once, “I’ll pack right now! It won’t take long!”

Looking at Sang Bai, covered in injuries, Jiang Yunzhou let out a helpless sigh.

“I’m sorry. I wasn’t able to handle this for you in time.”

Sang Bai shook her head. She understood.

Very soon, the assistant had finished packing. Jiang Yunzhou had her take Sang Bai away first, while she stayed behind to find Pierre.

After everyone had left, she finally found the director.

“Director!”

Pierre lazily lifted his brows. Seeing Jiang Yunzhou, he let out a cold laugh.

“Miss Jiang, what brings you here? Is your company’s performance lagging lately, and you came out to take a little stroll and clear your mind?”

Jiang Yunzhou tightened her hand.

“I’m here to tell you that Sang Bai will no longer be staying with the crew.”

Pierre looked mildly surprised. “So you’re planning to breach the contract, then? In that case, you’ll need to pay the penalty. I trust you won’t try to delay payment.”

“You still have the nerve to ask for a penalty fee? Do you really think you and the people shielding you can keep acting tyrannically forever? Do you think I’ll never find the evidence?”

Pierre smiled indifferently.

“Have you found it? If not, then stop accusing me here. Be careful, or I’ll sue you for defamation.”

Still so shameless.

“Defamation? I haven’t even sued you for abusing my artist yet!”

“Abuse? Jiang Yunzhou, if you’re going to speak, at least bring evidence. When have I ever abused an actor? That was just normal acting. Why is it that no other actress has said I abused them?”

“Normal acting? You call humiliating and tormenting people normal acting? Sang Bai is covered in injuries. Is that your idea of a normal performance? This isn’t acting. This is actual abuse!”

Pierre spread his hands and shrugged.

“Who told her body to be so sensitive? Other people get hit once and don’t react like that. To put it plainly, she’s just too delicate. Someone like that doesn’t belong in the entertainment industry. She should have gone home long ago and become a full-time wife instead.”

Jiang Yunzhou was so angry she could have exploded, but she could not bring herself to curse him out. There were cameras everywhere. If she dared to lose her temper here, by tomorrow morning her name would be all over the headlines.

“I can’t be bothered to waste words with you. I’m taking my artist with me. As for what you did to her, I won’t let this go.”

“Heh, little girl, your tone is certainly bold. I’ll be watching.”

Jiang Yunzhou quickly returned to China with Sang Bai and the others. As soon as they arrived, she arranged for a well-known psychiatrist to see Sang Bai.

If Sang Bai had tried to kill herself, then her mental state was clearly not right.

“Stay by Sang Bai’s side and make sure to tell me immediately if anything happens.”

The assistant nodded. “I understand, Sister Jiang. But Sister Jiang, do we really not need to pay the penalty fee?”

Jiang Yunzhou fell silent.

Though she had no intention of paying it, the sky-high penalty fee had strangely not been brought up again. That was a little off.

“You don’t need to worry about that. And don’t mention it in front of Sang Bai either. I’ll handle it.”

“Okay.”

After arranging Sang Bai’s care, Jiang Yunzhou still could not calm her anger. That bastard had reduced Sang Bai to this state, and she still wanted to send him to prison and let him be properly rehabilitated.

But she did not dare have anyone else gather evidence this time. The severed finger and the threat letter from before had left her wary.

This time, she would gather the evidence herself.

So she contacted a number of celebrities who had worked with Pierre, as well as staff members from the production crew.

She had assumed there would be plenty of people who disliked someone like him. Yet those people all clammed up and said nothing, leaving her with nothing at all.

The only thing she managed to uncover was that, from the tone of their voices, it was not hard to tell they despised the chief director.

When she was sitting in her office with no progress to show for it, the door was pushed open. Shen Ruizhang walked in, his face faintly tired.

“Yunzhou.”

Seeing Shen Ruizhang appear before her, Jiang Yunzhou said expressionlessly, “What are you doing here?”

Shen Ruizhang sighed.

“I know you’re still investigating Pierre’s matter, but I hope you’ll stop. Since Sang Bai has already been brought back, let this end here, all right?”

“Impossible.”

“The waters here are far too deep. You can’t handle this at all. If you keep going, I won’t be able to protect you.”

Jiang Yunzhou gave a cold laugh.

“So you’re all birds of a feather, then. That’s why you’re defending someone like him! Fine. If you’re only here to say this, then leave.”

Shen Ruizhang had nothing to say. He could only keep frowning at her.

“I don’t want anything to happen to you. No matter what, I can’t just stand by and watch you walk into danger!”

Jiang Yunzhou pressed her lips together and said nothing.

The more they told her to leave it alone, the more determined she became to interfere. Why should the bad people be allowed to live so freely and happily?

The two remained locked in a tense standoff. Then, suddenly, an anonymous email appeared in her inbox. She clicked it open, and her pupils contracted sharply. Her hand tightened around the mouse.