Chapter 56: Acquaintance

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The security guard who spoke dared not point at Pei Yi and Nie Dan. When Gu Jiaer was asking about the situation, he vaguely recounted the series of events, “They beat Mr. Yao up after he entered the elevator. However, we’ll have to ask this young lady over here to know what exactly happened.”

Gu Jiaer turned to look at Jiang Se now and instantly recognized her.

Jiang Se had only played an insignificant role in his film, but she was beautiful enough to give others a deep impression. She had also made an impression on Gu Jiaer when she recited her lines in French. His impression of her was good.

When he saw that Jiang Se was involved in this, he frowned and asked, “What happened?”

Jiang Se glanced at Pei Yi. When he walked out of the elevator, he had given Yao Xiang several more kicks until the latter was carried away. Then, the hotel staff politely invited him to a seat by the side.

“Brother Yao had a fight with them inside the elevator.”

The security guard did not mention that Yao Xiang intended to pull her out from the elevator. However, the people here were sharp. The crew members also knew about Yao Xiang’s personality, so everyone could basically guess at the truth.

Gu Jiaer was slightly troubled by this as well. However, he did not know what Pei Yi and Nie Dan’s backgrounds were. He was also unaware of the relationship between Jiang Se and them. He rubbed his temples as he considered something and asked, “Are you alright?”

There was another meaning behind his question. Yao Xiang did not have a good reputation, but he held great power in the production team. He was a representative from Taihe Films, the investor of the film. Nonetheless, Gu Jiaer had a good impression of Jiang Se. When he saw her shake her head in response to his question, he dropped the subject.

The police arrived at the scene in no time. By then, the reporters were gathered outside the hotel and many of them attempted to get into the hotel lobby from various entry points.

Fortunately, the hotel security guards kept them at bay. In light of such an incident, the hotel had no choice but to close its main doors for now.

When Gu Jiaer was speaking to Jiang Se, Pei Yi, who was sitting at the side and looking at his phone in anticipation of a message, turned and glanced at Jiang Se.

Back in the elevator, he had not been in a good mood. On top of that, Jiang Se and Yao Xiang had been tugging at each other as they entered the elevator as well. He did not pay much attention to Jiang Se’s looks back then.

Soon after that, he had been absorbed in beating Yao Xiang up. Looking at Jiang Se’s appearance was the last thing on his mind. When he heard her voice now, he instinctively looked up and immediately recognized her.

She was the girl whom he saw when his third uncle, Pei Jinyang, had brought him to the military training base. The reason why he remembered her was that her temperament reminded him of Feng Nan. That was why she had left such a deep impression on him.

When Pei Jingyang pulled him away, he felt that something was off. It was not until later that he realized that aside from her temperament, even her action of unscrewing the bottle cap was similar to Feng Nan’s.

He liked Feng Nan very, very much. He remembered her little habits, movements, and everything she liked.It was precisely when he felt that Jiang Se shared some similarities with Feng Nan that he was reminded of her.

“Brother Yi?”

Nie Dan had been making a call. When he hung up, he noticed Pei Yi staring at another person. He followed his line of sight and saw Jiang Se.

Pei Yi had not seen Jiang Se back then. However, Nie Dan had beamed when she entered the elevator. She was a beauty with an outstanding temperament, but she had been harassed by that garbage.

When he saw that Pei Yi was also staring at her, Nie Dan giggled and moved closer. He asked in an undertone, “Brother Yi, do you know her?”

After all, Pei Yi had never looked at another girl besides Feng Nan directly since he was a little boy. Feng Nan was the only girl on his mind. He never mingled with other girls.

His feelings toward Feng Nan were written all over his face, but she had paid no attention to that.

Nie Dan had asked about the reason for his persistence before. Back then, Pei Yi had given him this answer, “I’ve put too much effort into pursuing her already.” If he did not preserve himself in the affairs between a man and a woman, his hope for a future with Feng Nan would only diminish.

When Pei Yi made up his mind about something, he would see it through to the very end. Nobody could ever change his mind. His close friends knew about his temper, so when they had gatherings, they never made fun of this.

Nie Dan expected Pei Yi to deny this immediately. To his surprise, Pei Yi considered his answer.

“The First Academy.”

This shocked Nie Dan greatly to the extent that he nearly jumped from the surprise.

Compared to the fact that Jiang Se was a student of the First Academy, Nie Dan was clearly more surprised that Pei Yi knew who she was. He had meant for the question to be a casual joke and never truly expected an answer. He did not expect Pei Yi to actually know the girl.

“She goes to the same college as you?” Nie Dan was incredulous. He followed up with another question and regarded Pei Yi with a curious look. He wanted to decipher something, anything from his expression.

Pei Yi nodded in a seemingly annoyed fashion. Then, he looked at Nie Dan and saw his sparkling eyes. The two of them had grown up together and were birds of a feather. They would get into fights and trouble together.

Naturally, Pei Yi knew what he was thinking about.

“When that monkey, Cheng Runing, told on me before this, my grandfather handed me over to my third uncle, who brought me to the army. That’s where I saw her.” It would have been better if he did not offer an explanation. Now that he did, Nie Dan felt even more shocked.

To put it positively, Pei Yi was cool. To put it negatively, Pei Yi was proud.

He never remembered anyone after a single meeting, yet he could recognize Jiang Se here?

Nie Dan felt that there must have been more to this than that. He suddenly remembered their latest feat and he smacked his own thigh.

“Shoot! We should’ve given him a heavier beating. That monkey got off lightly!”

He was referring to Yao Xiang who had been carried onto the ambulance. “I’ll pull some strings after this and see if I can’t make his life a living hell. That’ll teach him, touching my Brother Yi’s…” He was halfway through his statement when Pei Yi shot him a warning glare. Nie Dan immediately changed his choice of words.

“…junior.”

Pei Yi looked at his phone again in an irritated manner. He sat there for a while longer, feeling bored, and asked, “Have you made that phone call? I’m leaving soon.”

The police officer was still asking Jiang Se questions in the distance and did not approach them. When he stood up, the hotel staff seemed nervous, but nobody came to stop him.

“I did.” Nie Dan glanced in Jiang Se’s direction. In no time, the officer who was taking Jiang Se’s record answered a phone call. Then, he told Jiang Se, Pei Yi, and Nie Dan that he would bring them out.

A huge crowd of reporters was gathered outside the hotel, so they had no choice but to leave through the VIP entrance.

Jiang Se followed behind them but was not invited into the police car. Instead, one of the policemen spoke to Nie Dan who pointed at Jiang Se. Soon after that, the policemen left the scene.

His car was still in the underground car park. At this moment, the car park was full of waiting reporters, so naturally, going down now was not an option.

He wanted to walk up to Jiang Se and try to get some information out of her.