Chapter 236 - Chapter 236: Chapter Two-Hundred and Thirty- Six:
Chapter 236: Chapter Two-Hundred and Thirty- Six:
Establishing Order
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Yun Nan, take Shi Xiu and leave immediately. I’ll deal with this,” Fang Xi said in a low voice.
Yun Nan nodded and quickly strode forward to shield Shi Xiu with her body. All the cameras pointed at Shi Xiu. Yun Nan gestured for Shi Xiu to leave with her, but Shi Xiu hesitated.
“Miss Shi, I beg you! If you don’t agree to my request, I’ll find a building and jump today!” The woman yelled sharply into the microphone, cutting through the crowd’s noise.
Shi Xiu and Yun Nan both froze. Shi Xiu suddenly grabbed a microphone from the side and shouted, “Wait!”
Yun Nan moved aside and faced the cameras with Shi Xiu. She took the microphone from Shi Xiu and raised her voice to say, “Everyone, please settle down. Please return to your seats! If you want to know the truth, please sit down and listen carefully!”
Yun Nan’s calm and solemn voice had everyone fall silent. The staff standing on the sidelines understood her intentions and swiftly helped to maintain order. Fang Xi brought some people and had the kneeling woman surrounded. Fang Xi reached out to help the woman to her feet, but she struggled and refused to get up.
Fang Xi couldn’t help but speak a little harshly: “Miss, what’s the meaning of this? Are you trying to use this method to force Shi Xiu to jump off a building as well?”
The female fan raised her tear-stained face and hatefully glared at Fang Xi while saying, “I’m begging you! Please make her return Gu Fei to me! Please, I beg you! Otherwise, I can only choose to die. I’ll commit suicide.”
Fang Xi really wanted to slap this woman, but she couldn’t even put a finger on her. Who knew what this woman might do or say next? Those who felt they had nothing to lose often did crazy things. Fang Xi wouldn’t count on a person who’d threatened others with her own death to have much rationality.
Fang Xi could only patiently utter, “Look, no one is forcing you to such ends.
Rather, you’re the one who’s forcing Shi Xiu. Isn’t that being unreasonable?”
Yun Nan came over and stood before the woman. “Nevertheless,” she said gently, “you should get off the ground. Why debase yourself like this? Do you have a family? Parents, siblings? Why throw away your life so easily? Is your life so worthless that you’re willing to lose it over a man? Aren’t you letting your parents—your family—down?”
The woman stared at Yun Nan and cried, “Then what should I do? Five years, I spent five years of my youth with him. During these five years, I gave up my studies, my job, and also myself. I just want his family to accept me. If he breaks up with me, I’ll have nothing left. What can I do?”
Her words resonated with Fang Xi, and her heart ached as if someone had taken a hammer to it. She closed her eyes and thought, ‘She reminds me of myself—another poor woman who’d given up her dignity for a man who didn’t love her.’
Yun Nan squatted down, pulled the woman closer, and gentled her voice as she asked, “Why don’t you ask Gu Fei instead of coming here and making things difficult for Shi Xiu?”
The woman shook her head and sobbed, “1 can’t find him. They—his family hid him away.”
She suddenly pointed at Shi Xiu on stage and stood up wildly, pulling Yun Nan up along with her. She grabbed Yun Nan’s hand and hissed, “As long as Miss Shi says that she doesn’t want to marry Gu Fei and break off the engagement, Gu Fei will be able to return to me! So long as Miss Shi lets go, everything’ll be fine!”
The crowd had already quieted down, so everyone heard her. The more rational among them looked at the woman with pity, while Shi Xiu’s more emotional fans started cursing.
“Are you out of your mind? That man doesn’t love you! He won’t return to you even if Shi Xiu breaks things off with him. Stop blaming Shi Xiu for your lousy relationship failing!”
“Why blame Shi Xiu when you can’t hold onto your man?”
“So, you expect everyone to pander to you by playing the victim? Shi Xiu doesn’t owe you anything! She doesn’t have to take this from you!”
“Stop embarrassing yourself here. We have no interest in your dramatics. If you want to die so badly, then go away and do so!”
“Of course, she wouldn’t commit suicide. She doesn’t really want to die! She’s just doing all this to seek attention! Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come here and pretended to be pitiful!”
“It’s no wonder she got dumped! Who would want such a selfish woman? The very thought is revolting!”
“Get her out of here! Kick her out! Kick her out!”
Yun Nan raised her head and gestured for everyone to calm down. “Everyone, please, settle down! Calm yourselves!” She turned to look at Shi Xiu, who had regained her composure and nodded at her.
Yun Nan said to everyone, “We have a slight situation today; we didn’t expect this to happen, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Most of you here are Shi Xiu’s fans. We actually intended to have Shi Xiu leave the scene and let the staff handle the rest. After all, Shi Xiu has done nothing wrong, and the truth will speak for itself. We’re not afraid of any baseless accusations.”
“However, because a life is at stake here, we wanted to stay. Instead of having to send out notices and lavvyer’s letters later, let’s have everything out in the open right here and right now so we can prove our innocence!”
The applause that came after was thunderous..