Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 542 Keeping a Canary in Captivity (21)

Xiao Yun was taken aback when Yan Zhen entered.

Yan Zhen glanced at him, and whether it was just his imagination or not, Xiao Yun's wariness seemed to lessen considerably after seeing him arrive.

"What happened?" Yan Zhen asked as he walked up to Xiao Yun and Yan Jing.

The driver and bodyguard who followed her in stood professionally between Yan Zhen and the woman on the ground, positioned so that he could subdue her immediately should she go crazy.

Yan Jing emerged from behind Xiao Yun, grabbed Yan Zhen's arm, and quickly recounted the whole story.

The woman sitting on the ground is Xie Yu, an artist under Xinyue Media.

Over the past few years, Xie Yu has maintained an ambiguous relationship with the executives of Xinyue Media, which has allowed her to obtain a lot of resources and play the third or fourth female lead in many dramas. However, due to her mediocre acting skills, she has never gained much fame.

After Xinyue Media was acquired by Yan's Group, the entire former leadership team was laid off. For artists who wanted to terminate their contracts, Yan Jing made them pay a symbolic termination fee of tens of thousands of yuan and then let them go.

After weighing her options, Xie Yu decided to stay with Xinyue Media. However, she soon discovered that a role in a drama that her former boss had mentioned to her, but for which a contract had not yet been finalized, had been given to another actress from the same company.

Unconvinced, she confronted the current company president, who stated that the selection process was followed and that the actress in question was more suitable for the role than her in terms of both image and acting skills, and that there was no behind-the-scenes manipulation.

Xie Yu was indignant. After finding out that this matter might have been instigated by Yan Jing, and recalling how she had bullied Yan Jing in the past by taking advantage of her former boss's power, she suspected that Yan Jing was taking revenge and that she might be sidelined.

Suspicious and furious, she stormed into the practice room with a fruit knife, slashed her arm, and demanded an explanation from Yan Jing. Otherwise, she threatened to commit suicide at the company and make Yan Jing bear the stigma of driving her to her death.

Yan Jing was quite frightened. At the critical moment, Xiao Yun, who happened to be passing by, rushed in and was stabbed by Xie Yu while trying to snatch the knife.

Yan Zhen's face darkened after hearing the story.

She instructed the driver, "Tie him up and take him to the police station."

As long as they don't die at Xinyue Media, she doesn't care where they die.

Xie Yu was already agitated when she heard Yan Zhen's words. Before the driver could make a move, she immediately got up from the ground, ran to the window, and put one leg on the windowsill: "Don't come any closer! If you dare to come any closer, I'll jump right now."

The driver paused.

Yan Zhen took out his phone from his pocket, turned on the video recording function, and said to the driver while filming, "Arrest the person. If he dies, it's on me."

Without further hesitation, the driver rushed forward.

Xie Yu was both anxious and angry. She wanted to jump but didn't dare to, until the driver grabbed her shoulder, yanked her out of the window, and threw her heavily to the ground.

She burst into tears, pointing at Yan Jing and accusing her, "How dare you treat me like this! I've worked so hard for so many years to get to where I am today, why should I lose everything just because you bought the company! You ruined my career! You ruined my life!"

Yan Jing was speechless, a hint of regret flashing in her eyes.

Before she could react, Yan Zhen had the driver bring a rope and tied Xie Yu up tightly, then sent her to the police station on the pretext of causing trouble.

After Xie Yu left, the practice room became quiet.

Yan Zhen turned his gaze to Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun was still holding the knife in his hand, but when he saw Yan Zhen looking over, he quickly put the knife down.

"Go to the hospital to get the wound bandaged, and pay the medical expenses through the company account," Yan Zhen said.

Xiao Yun nodded, clutching the wound on his abdomen as he walked out of the practice room.

Only Yan Zhen and Yan Jing remained in the practice room.

Yan Zhen didn't speak, but just looked at Yan Jing, whose face showed a mix of guilt and helplessness.

Yan Jing hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Auntie, Xie Yu... what should we do?"

"Terminate the contract, blacklist her, and never cooperate again," Yan Zhen said. "Do you really think you can keep someone like that in the company?"

“But…” Yan Jing said uneasily, “What she said isn’t without reason; it’s not easy for anyone to make it in this industry.”

Yan Zhen scoffed: "You really think you owe her something? Then let me ask you, was she already cast in that drama?"

Yan Jing shook her head.

Did she sign a contract for this role?

Yan Jing shook her head again.

"That's settled then. Putting aside the fact that the company gave the role to another actress through a proper selection process, and she lost the competition, the problem lies with her. As for her reason for causing trouble, she thinks you are retaliating against her out of personal motives. Why should you feel guilty about these baseless accusations?"

Yan Jing: "..."

"Think about it carefully. If you want to make a living in this industry, you can't be so weak-willed. Otherwise, you'll only be led by the nose in the future."

After Yan Zhen finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the practice room.

The people who had been watching the commotion outside the practice room had already dispersed.

Yan Zhen had only taken a few steps when he stopped.

There were many drops of blood on the ground, which spread all the way to the elevator entrance. It was unclear whether they belonged to Xiao Yun or Xie Yu.

Following the bloodstains, Yan Zhen went downstairs.

The driver went to the parking lot to bring the car over. Yan Zhen looked along the bloodstains on the ground and saw a figure squatting on the ground at the intersection ahead.

Xiao Yun?

Why hasn't he left yet?

After the driver brought the car over, Yan Zhen got in and said, "Stop at the intersection ahead."

Soon, the car stopped at the intersection. Yan Zhen rolled down the window, and Xiao Yun noticed something and immediately turned to look.

Perhaps due to excessive blood loss, Xiao Yun's face was extremely pale. When he saw Yan Zhen looking over, he subconsciously stood up.

Yan Zhen then realized that he was seriously injured; the wound on his abdomen was still bleeding continuously, soaking through his black suit pants.

Why don't you go to the hospital?

Xiao Yun looked embarrassed and said in a low voice, "I can't get a taxi."

When taxi drivers saw his appearance, they all refused to take him.

Yan Zhen asked, "Where's your car?"

He clearly had a beat-up car at the hospital that day.

"The car broke down and is at the repair shop."

Yan Zhen: "...Get in the car, I'll take you to the hospital."

Xiao Yun subconsciously glanced down at himself, then at the luxury car Yan Zhen was in, and shook his head: "No need, it will get your car dirty. I called a Lalamove, it will be here in about ten minutes."

Yan Zhen: "..."

Why did this person end up in such a miserable state?

"Get in the car, enough talk!"

Under Yan Zhen's intimidating gaze, Xiao Yun reluctantly got into the car.

Yan Zhen took him to a private hospital owned by the Yan family.

The doctor examined Xiao Yun's wound.

The incision was long, but fortunately not deep, and did not damage any internal organs. However, it would leave a scar, and Xiao Yun was required to be hospitalized.

Upon hearing that he needed to be hospitalized, Xiao Yun quickly said, "No, I'm very busy, I don't have time to be hospitalized."

His new company has arranged for him to play the second male lead in a drama series, and the main actors are currently reading the script together.

This is the first time he's taken on such a significant role; how can he afford to falter at this crucial time?

Moreover, this private hospital is notoriously expensive, with registration fees reaching four figures. Staying there for a week would mean he'd worked for nothing for several months.

The doctor wanted to say a few more words of advice to Xiao Yun, but Yan Zhen said in a calm tone, "Let him be. If he doesn't want to be hospitalized, then he doesn't have to."