Song Yanqi looked at Su Yanxi, his surprised and puzzled gaze now tinged with a unique dissatisfaction and malice towards her.
"What does it have to do with me that he lost his ring?" Just as Su Yanxi expected, Song Yanqi's tone was full of disdain.
See? People with this kind of spoiled, pampered temperament wouldn't stoop to taking other people's things.
"You came to our film crew's RV this afternoon." Chen Yongyan's voice carried a hint of anger as he further questioned Song Yanqi, "Besides you, no one else came to our RV. You are the most suspicious person and the most likely to have taken the ring!"
"Am I sick or did I get my brain squeezed by a door?" Song Yanqi's words were tinged with anger. It was clear that Chen Yongyan's suspicion made him very unhappy. "What kind of broken ring is it? Is it worth a fortune, or is it also of great significance to you?"
"He lost his ring, why are you yelling at me?!"
Song Yanqi felt increasingly aggrieved as he spoke.
"Do you have concrete evidence that I took it? If you have evidence, then show it to me. If you don't have evidence, what right do you have to question me and yell at me?" Song Yanqi was used to doing whatever he wanted and wasn't good at controlling his emotions. When he talked about his grievances and sadness, his eyes turned red as if he was about to cry at any moment. "I told you this morning not to get too close to him, and you forgot what I said as soon as you turned around!"
Chapter 134
Su Yanxi really wanted to break up the fight! But in this intense situation, he couldn't find a chance to interject!
Song Yanqi's half-crying appearance made Su Yanxi even more panicked. He was afraid that he might say something inappropriate and really make Song Yanqi cry.
Let him off the hook, he's really bad at dealing with canine tears!
If Bie Yunzong is a large Alaskan Malamute, then Song Yanqi is more like a small Maltese! Small dogs are undeniably cute, but when they get fierce, they can be incredibly fierce!
"One thing at a time. You need to tell me honestly, did you steal the ring or not?" Chen Yongyan remained unmoved, like a ruthless interrogation machine.
In Su Yanxi's opinion, Chen Yongyan was somewhat of a "straight man." Chen Yongyan might just want to know the truth and find out whether Song Yanqi had stolen anything; but from Song Yanqi's perspective, being suspected of theft by his beloved was already heartbreaking enough.
Unable to stand it any longer, Su Yanxi quickly stopped the two from arguing: "Stop, stop, stop arguing!"
Su Yanxi pulled Chen Yongyan aside and lowered her voice.
"Stop asking. Your unfounded suspicions are really hurtful!"
"How could I be doing this for no reason?" Chen Yongyan frowned. "The surveillance footage clearly shows that he was the only outsider who entered and exited our RV."
"I was in and out, so that means I stole it?" Song Yanqi raised her voice, eager to vent her grievances and resentment. "Chen Yongyan, did you see me take it with your own eyes or what? I know I don't mean anything to you, but I never expected that in your eyes, I'm on the same level as a thief or robber!"
After shouting his anger, Song Yanqi took a step back and slammed the door shut.
The loud slamming of the door echoed through the empty corridor.
The loud noise left Chen Yongyan's mind blank. After the initial shock subsided, he stared blankly at Su Yanxi, asking in bewilderment.
"Yanxi-ge, is Song Yan angry?"
Su Yanxi: ...
He muttered helplessly in a low voice, "With your emotional intelligence, it's no wonder Song Yanqi has liked you for so long."
Or is it that the spoiled and arrogant young master simply loves this but can't get it?
Chen Yongyan: "Huh?"
"It's nothing." Su Yanxi waved her hand. "Let's go back to my room first, and I'll talk to you slowly when we're inside."
Zhou Tong, who had been watching the whole thing unfold, shrugged helplessly at Su Yanxi.
When the three of them returned to the door, Bie Yunzong was holding a dead phone and looking extremely anxious in front of Su Yanxi's room.
Upon seeing his wife appear, the obedient dog hurriedly rushed to her side, not even bothering to greet her, and immediately handed over the unfamiliar letter he had found in front of the door.
"Wife, wife!"
He was like a police dog wagging its tail after doing something good, eagerly and excitedly showing off his achievements to his beautiful wife.
"Honey, look! This looks like a letter from a sasaeng fan!"
Author's Note:
#Dog: Wagging its tail, waiting for praise, unaware that its beloved wife's wedding ring is lost#
54# You stupid wife, how dare you call me stupid?
Su Yanxi neither spoke nor accepted the letter.
He looked at Bie Yunzong resentfully and asked, "Where did you go? Didn't you check your phone all afternoon?"
"My phone is dead." Bie Yunzong innocently pulled his dead phone out of his pocket and showed his wife the black screen.
Su Yanxi rolled her eyes: "Didn't you drive out? Don't you have a power source in the car to charge your phone?"
Seeing that things were not going well, Zhou Tong secretly gave Chen Yongyan a look and asked him in lip reading: Shall we go?
She knows this old couple's personalities too well! Don't let their current appearance fool you; they might start showing off their love and affection in a heartbeat!
I hate those kinds of public displays of affection. She's just single, she doesn't need to be fed up with seeing couples every day, does she?
She had to find a chance to slip away before things escalated to the point of a public display!
Chen Yongyan understood instantly, nodded firmly, and answered with perfect pronunciation: Let's go!
"Su Su, you and Young Master Bie can talk slowly after you go into your room. Everyone's tired after a long day, Xiao Chen and I will go back to rest first." Zhou Tong made up an excuse and quickly left with Chen Yongyan. "If any new clues appear, remember to let me know on WeChat."
"Mm." Su Yanxi smiled at Zhou Tong and Chen Yongyan, waved goodbye to them and said goodnight, and thoughtfully reminded them, "Get some rest, everyone worked hard today."
Bie Yunzong listened in a daze and asked his wife in confusion, "Why do you both look so tired? Did the filming go badly again today?"
"That doesn't make sense. You and that guy surnamed Chen both seemed to be in pretty good shape today, didn't you?"
Su Yanxi snorted and swiped her room card to open the door. Although Bie Yunzong didn't understand why, as his wife's obedient puppy, he still silently followed behind her.
Just as a large dog likes to carry things in its mouth for its owner, Bie Yunzong was still tightly clutching the unfamiliar letter in his hand when he entered the room.
"You've been out all afternoon, your phone couldn't have been out of battery the whole time, could it? I sent you so many WeChat messages, and you haven't read a single one."
Su Yanxi inserted the room card, then, in a huff, kicked off his shoes in the entryway before sitting down on the sofa in the living room. He crossed one leg, displaying an arrogant and unapproachable demeanor.
The clever Alaskan Malamute knew it was about to get a beating as soon as its owner picked up a slipper. Similarly, Bie Yunzong knew he'd done something wrong and was about to be disciplined as soon as his wife crossed her legs and adopted a distant posture.
Not knowing what had happened, but adhering to the principle that "what the wife says is always right," Bie Yunzong still stood in front of the coffee table with his arms crossed in front of his chest and his head slightly lowered, waiting for his wife to speak.
Chapter 135
"You still don't know what happened?" Su Yanxi said helplessly and irritably. "Don't be so lenient. Sometimes I don't mean to scold you, I just really don't understand: in this era of mobile payment, how can you go an entire afternoon without looking at WeChat?"
"Did you go out for a stroll, or did you go out to steal chickens and dogs again?"
"What do you mean 'again'?" The dog scratched its head, feeling wronged, and defended itself, "Honey, I've never stolen anything!"
"I was planning to drive around this afternoon, but I ended up chasing after some stalkers."
Big Dog hurriedly put down the letter in his hand, took out the police report receipt from his pocket, and showed it to his wife.
"What?" Su Yanxi was surprised, never expecting that this idle and irresponsible young master would actually do something so serious. "You actually went to catch stalker fans?"
Upon seeing the police report receipt, Su Yanxi gasped for breath, quickly got up, pulled the Alaskan Malamute over, and gave it a thorough check-up.
"Why did you call the police? Did you get into a fight with someone?" Su Yanxi asked nervously, first touching Bie Yunzong's face, then looking the big dog up and down.
After examining the front, let's look at the back.
"I've heard that sasaeng fans are quite cunning; they like to travel in groups of three or five and coordinate their attacks. You may be tall and strong, but if you're alone against four or five people, and a conflict breaks out, you might not even have the upper hand!"
"Wow, honey, you're underestimating me!" Bie Yunzong patted his chest proudly. "With my physique, how could I not necessarily have the upper hand?"
"Besides, I didn't even get into a conflict with them—I didn't even see them! As soon as I spotted them, they ran away, more timid than rabbits and deer in the hunting grounds."
"Didn't see anyone? So you spent the whole afternoon chasing ghosts and air?"
"Honey, don't rush me, let me finish!" Bie Yunzong chuckled and pulled his wife to sit down side by side on the sofa. "I went to the park management first, hoping they could stop and check all the tourists with telephoto lenses, but they said they weren't qualified to do that."
"So I reported to the nearest police station that I had been secretly photographed and that my privacy had been violated, and asked them to find the obsessive fans who were lurking in the park no matter what."
"You must have pressured the police station. Otherwise, why would they let you do whatever you want?"
"No, I just described the situation of the film crew to them and exaggerated the possible consequences. I guess I exaggerated too much, so the police at the local police station took it seriously."
"I see..." Su Yanxi said thoughtfully.
Even though he already knew he was being targeted by obsessive fans, he was still somewhat surprised and frightened when he heard Bie Yunzong say that there were traces of obsessive fans in the park.
Are they the so-called "professional fans" whose behavior is no different from that of obsessive fans, but whose purposes are slightly different?
Were those people secretly observing me while we were filming in the afternoon?
"How terrifying. I was completely absorbed in my work and didn't even notice the presence of sasaeng fans."
"Yes. Just like my wife said, those people are really cunning. They know the layout of the park very well—maybe they came to scout it out beforehand? Once they were spotted, they retreated quickly, making it very difficult to catch them."
"Sigh." Su Yanxi sighed softly, rubbing her forehead in annoyance. "This is really troublesome... Being entangled by these people is even more unpleasant than being stuck with a leech."
While patting his wife's back, Bie Yunzong took the opportunity to grope her, and at the same time, he put his arm around her waist.
"At the police station, I reviewed the surveillance footage from all four gates of the park, but I didn't find anything. The people who openly carried telephoto cameras into the park all seemed perfectly normal."
“I suspect that group of people had been arrested before, so they were all very experienced. Even when entering the park, they didn’t use the main entrance—they most likely climbed over the wall to get in.”
This also explains why those people hid in such cunning locations. They weren't taking the usual routes, so how could they possibly hide in normal places?
Su Yanxi pondered for a while without speaking.
Bie Yunzong peeked in and brought his face close to Su Yanxi's, carefully observing his wife's thoughtful expression.
My wife looks so beautiful when she's thinking seriously!
No, my wife is never not pretty or unattractive; there are only occasions when she looks even prettier and more beautiful!
Lost in thought, Su Yanxi was expressionless, his features completely still, as if he were in an offline state. From a distance, he looked like a lifelike sculpture, or even more like a bionic artificial AI.
Bie Yunzong became mesmerized as he watched, completely captivated by his wife's beauty. He stared intently, not wanting to miss a single second; only when his eyes became dry and he had to blink did he snap back to reality, regaining his sense of reason from his goddess of beauty.
"Wife, wife?" Bie Yunzong tried to wake Su Yanxi. "It's time to snap out of it, wife! What are you thinking about, so engrossed in your thoughts?"
Su Yanxi snapped out of her daze, shuddering as she came to her senses: "Huh? I wasn't thinking about anything, I was just wondering if it could be those obsessive fans..."
A stolen ring?
Su Yanxi's words were meaningful, but Bie Yunzong, whose phone wasn't charged yet, didn't understand what his wife meant: "Huh?"
Su Yanxi glanced at Bie Yunzong's phone, then raised her chin and pointed to the bedroom: "Go charge it first. I'll tell you what happened on set this evening when it was time to leave work."
Bie Yunzong obeyed, took his phone into the bedroom to charge, and then obediently returned to the living room and sat down next to his wife.