Chapter 158: Suspected Death

The sudden arrival of the police from the Capital's First District caught everyone present completely off guard.

Logically speaking, when an incident occurred within the production crew, whoever called the police would naturally summon the local authorities of Nanjiang.

How on earth did officers from the Capital's First District get involved?

And it seemed they had escalated a local case from Nanjiang all the way up to the Municipal Bureau of the Capital.

Now, the situation had completely blown up.

"Did you guys arrest the wrong person?"

"I—I just accidentally said the wrong thing and wronged someone."

"I didn't do it."

The moment Su Ni saw the imposing police officers from the Capital's First District, she panicked and took a few steps back.

However, someone stepped forward to block her path.

"Ms. Su, was it really just a matter of saying the wrong thing?"

They asked her with stern gazes.

"Then please take a look at this first."

Right there in the hotel, in front of the entire production crew and the Nanjiang police, they personally played a video recording.

It was the surveillance footage from yesterday afternoon during the time the hotel's system had been hacked.

"How... how do you have this?"

Su Ni's pupils constricted. When she clearly saw what video the police were holding, she was visibly terrified.

"Didn't they say the hotel's surveillance cameras were broken at the time?"

She had deliberately sought someone out to destroy the footage, only to find out the equipment was already malfunctioning.

That gave her a false sense of security, leading her to figure out how to face the police investigation and frame someone else for the crime.

Never in her wildest dreams did she expect the hotel's surveillance footage to end up in the hands of the Capital police.

How could that be?

It was impossible.

She had clearly executed the plan flawlessly and even paid a hefty sum to hire a professional.

Even if the police eventually investigated the matter, the trail would never lead back to her.

Once the video finished playing, gasps echoed through the room.

Everyone, including the members of the production crew and the staff, looked at her with incredulous eyes.

In the video just now, the conversation between Su Ni and the man had been heard crystal clear by everyone.

This included the man threatening her and demanding a sum of money from Su Ni after the deed was done, threatening to spill the beans otherwise.

The two had gotten into an argument, and in the end, Su Ni had paid him off to keep him quiet.

However, that man was no longer working with the production crew.

He had handed in his resignation to the director last night.

Therefore, seeing Su Ni panic now, no one found it strange anymore.

"No wonder..."

"So she was the one behind it all."

Su Ni and Ji Fei were the female lead and second female lead of the production, respectively. Dissatisfied with the size of her own role, Su Ni had plotted against Ji Fei, the female lead. This was nothing short of an attempt on Ji Fei's life!

Su Ni was a second-tier traffic star, while Ji Fei was a top-tier darling of the industry and a newly crowned Best Actress nominated for the upcoming Winter Magnolia Awards.

Their status and standing in the industry were vastly different.

The members of the crew began to whisper among themselves.

"Ms. Su, do you have anything else to say now?"

"Whether we arrested the wrong person, we believe you know best in your heart."

"The person acting under your instigation is already at our headquarters in the Capital's First District."

"Please come with us!"

It was just unclear how long this trip would take.

It might be a day or two; once the investigation concluded and her innocence was proven, she would return.

Or perhaps she truly had committed those acts, in which case she wasn't being wronged at all.

They would simply have to trouble her to spend a few years inside.

"No, I won't go..." Hearing that her accomplice had been caught, Su Ni instinctively resisted. She was a female celebrity; how could she allow herself to be hauled away by the police?

With solid evidence now established and officers from the Capital's First District arresting her, her personal willingness no longer mattered.

Thus, as Su Ni was dragged away, the members of the Nanjiang production crew grew visibly uneasy.

And not just them.

Even the local Nanjiang police officers wore stiff, nervous expressions.

Hadn't the Capital's First District sent their absolute superiors directly to their doorstep?

Sensing their tension, the officers from the Capital's First District walked over and addressed them.

"We also hope that Nanjiang can send personnel to our headquarters to give us a thorough report on the situation here."

"Yes, absolutely!"

The Nanjiang police officers immediately straightened up and replied.

They guaranteed a comprehensive report.

"Director Zhou, as for the matters concerning your production crew, that will be all for now."

"We are taking the suspect away."

"Understood. We will certainly cooperate fully with the police investigation."

Director Zhou was the chief director of the production.

Seeing that trouble had struck his crew and that the culprit turned out to be one of their own, a deep sense of dread had long since taken root in his heart.

Filming was nearing its end, about to wrap up, when suddenly a major scandal broke out within the crew.

A lead actress had committed a crime and been taken away, which could deal a devastating blow to the production's public image.

A swarm of media outlets had gathered outside.

Naturally, they captured footage of Su Ni being escorted away by the police.

The influence of public figures was immense.

The moment the media captured such a scene, it was bound to be instantly exposed across the internet.

Naturally, some unscrupulous media outlets would publish distorted reports.

Even so, the incident involving the Nanjiang production crew continued to dominate the trending searches.

#NewBestActressJiFeiSuspectedOfBeingInjuredDuringFilming#

#ChasingWindCrewSecondFemaleLeadIsTheMastermind#

There were even more outrageous rumors, claiming:

#AccidentOnChasingWindSetStuntWireSnapsActressFearedDead#

After Su Ni was taken away, Jiang Buyan watched the crowd gradually disperse.

He stepped forward and said, "Second Brother, you sure work fast."

Jiang Buyan assumed it was Lu Yunzhou who had called the police.

Otherwise, there was no way officers from the Capital's First District would have shown up out of nowhere, and so quickly at that.

Logically speaking, the Capital's First District would never interfere in Nanjiang's affairs.

Therefore, he assumed that the moment Lu Yunzhou realized Shen Chaoxi was about to be targeted, he had contacted the capital.

"It wasn't me."

Unexpectedly, Lu Yunzhou's gaze darkened as he spoke in a low, cold voice.

The arrival of the officers from the Capital's First District was so abrupt that even he had not anticipated it.

Moreover, judging by the surveillance footage just shown, someone had clearly handed the video over to the Capital's First District in advance.

That was why they had arrived so swiftly this morning, appearing precisely at that moment.

"Huh? It wasn't you, Second Brother?"

Jiang Buyan asked in astonishment.

"Then who on earth could it be?"

That made no sense.

The First District was the headquarters in the Capital.

Why would police officers from the Capital's First District suddenly show up here to handle a case in Nanjiang?

One had to know that jurisdictions in the Capital were strictly delineated.

For an incident involving a film crew, the Nanjiang police handling it themselves should have been more than sufficient.

There was no way it should have alerted the headquarters of the Capital's First District.

This was precisely what puzzled Lu Yunzhou.

His dark eyes lingered on the police cars carrying the suspects away in the distance, as well as the crowd gathered outside.

Aside from various media outlets hoping to snap a few photos, the onlookers were gradually dispersing.

Once everyone had left, Lu Yunzhou lowered his gaze to look at the young woman standing before him. He said in a deep voice, "It's fine now, it's over."

Lu Yunzhou added, "Shall I take you to get breakfast, hm?"

His voice was low and cold.

Yet his eyes were fathomless as he looked at her.