Chapter 127: Heavenly King Shen Gives Chase

Shen Yijue opened his eyes, and the makeup artist, CC, paused her work and stepped aside.

"Brother Shen, look, Mo Qi is clutching her arm the whole time; it looks like she’s injured."

It was a relatively complete video clip. The angle was from far behind, and it kept shaking, clearly filmed by someone daring enough to record in the chaos. In the footage, a crazed man was swinging a club at everyone in his path, while passengers scrambled frantically from the back of the bus toward the front. As the man caught up to where Mo Qi was, he raised the club and swung it toward the child in the young woman's arms.

Mo Qi lunged forward instantly, using her arm to shield the child's head. The club landed squarely on her arm, and her face turned deathly pale from the pain.

Shen Yijue’s grip on his phone tightened, a dangerous glint flashing through his eyes. The rest of the video showed the aftermath: calling the police, saving the victims, and passengers disembarking.

"Brother Shen." Xiao Zhang noticed Shen Yijue’s grim expression and hesitated before saying, "This is the bus bound for Changle County."

"I know." Shen Yijue handed the phone back to Xiao Zhang. "I have something to handle. You two go out first."

"Understood." Xiao Zhang and CC exited the dressing room.

CC leaned in toward Xiao Zhang and whispered, "Brother Shen has been in a bad mood lately. Is it because of Mo Qi?"

Xiao Zhang put his phone back in his pocket and rolled his eyes at her. "There’s no such thing. Stop guessing." With that, he went back to work.

CC pouted at his back. "Can't even share a bit of gossip? Is it that hard to give a coworker some perks?"

Once they were gone, Shen Yijue pulled out his phone to call Guan Min. As it happened, Guan Min had also found something and was looking for him.

"Wait, let me talk first," Guan Min started. "Guess who I found out Mo Qi met with privately?"

"Tang Bin."

"How did you know?" Guan Min sounded a bit frustrated; couldn't he have been allowed to build a little suspense?

Shen Yijue replied, "Tang Bin was preparing a documentary film, and the location was in the National Forest Park next to Changle County. He invited me to participate."

Guan Min was speechless. "Of course, you definitely refused."

Shen Yijue neither confirmed nor denied it.

Guan Min remained puzzled. "Then how did you know it was Tang Bin that Mo Qi met?"

"Mo Qi is in Changle County right now."

Since he already knew everything, why had he bothered to look into it? A waste of time! Guan Min was even more speechless. "So, what are you planning to do?"

"Guan Min, are you short on money lately?" Shen Yijue asked suddenly.

"Why ask that out of the blue? I am very poor, but are you finally having a change of heart and planning to give me a raise?"

"No wonder you don't have the funds to recharge your intelligence." Shen Yijue hung up the phone with a flat, indifferent tone.

Since he knew where Mo Qi had gone, did he really need to ask what he intended to do? Obviously, he was going to drag her back!

Shen Yijue ripped the tie from his neck, grabbed his suit jacket from the chair, and opened the door to leave.

CC was stunned and hurried after him. "Brother Shen, your makeup isn't finished yet!"

Shen Yijue didn't stop at all. With his long strides, CC had to jog twice for every one of his steps, and eventually, the distance between them grew until she was left far behind. CC pulled back her hand, which had been raised in the air, and scratched her cheek. "Are we not filming today?"

Xiao Zhang came back carrying a cup of hot cocoa. Seeing CC standing in the hallway with a frown, he asked with concern, "What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

CC pulled a long face. "Brother Shen left."

"Ah? Are we not filming?" Xiao Zhang was startled and quickly handed the hot cocoa to CC. "Here, you drink this."

"Hey!" Watching Xiao Zhang’s hurried retreating figure, CC held the cocoa, feeling dejected. She had gotten up at four in the morning to prepare, fully geared up to do a good job, and now this?

Xiao Zhang called Guan Min while chasing after Shen Yijue. "Hey, Brother Guan, Brother Shen is skipping work!"

Guan Min rubbed his temples in exhaustion. Shen Yijue only knew how to say that he was losing his intelligence because of love, yet he didn't look at what he was doing himself!

"Brother Guan?"

Guan Min sighed. "I know. Don't bother chasing him; you won't catch him."

"Understood." Xiao Zhang stopped in his tracks. "Then I'll go inform the production team that Brother Shen is feeling unwell and needs two days off."

"Two days won't be enough. Make it a week." As Guan Min spoke, he flipped open the scheduling book on his desk. It was packed with Shen Yijue’s work; just thinking about pushing everything back by a week gave him a headache. He only hoped these two little ancestors would have a proper talk this time and not let it happen again. Otherwise, no matter how much Shen Yijue paid him, he was going to resign!

Once outside, Shen Yijue hailed a taxi and said, "To Changle County."

"My friend, Changle County is a bit far. Using the meter won't be worth it."

Shen Yijue pulled out his wallet and handed the driver a thousand-yuan bill. "Is this enough?"

"Heh, enough, more than enough." The driver’s mouth stretched almost to his ears. He happily took the money and stepped on the gas.

It was rare to meet such a generous and straightforward passenger. The driver couldn't help but steal glances in the rearview mirror. *Wait? He looks very familiar.*

"Ah!" The driver shouted in sudden realization. "You’re that Shen Yijue who played Wolong!"

Shen Yijue remained impassive. "You aren't the first to say that. I am not Shen Yijue."

"Are you really not? You look so much like him. It’s exactly the same." The driver didn't believe him, looking at Shen Yijue from side to side.

"You're about to hit the car in front," Shen Yijue reminded the driver with a blank expression.

The driver focused, hurriedly slammed on the brakes, and swerved the steering wheel to avoid the car ahead. It was close; he had almost rear-ended it. The driver felt a lingering fear and finally dared not get distracted again. At the same time, he comforted himself, thinking it probably really was just a lookalike. A big star like the Heavenly King Shen would be chauffeured in luxury cars; who would take a taxi?

After more than two hours, the taxi finally left B City and got on the highway.

Shen Yijue tapped his phone screen, lighting up a photo of Mo Qi dozing off with her eyes half-closed, a bubble of snot hanging from her nose. Looking at her foolish appearance, Shen Yijue thought viciously, *Once I catch you and break your legs, let’s see if you can run again!*

After waiting in the sun for a long time, Mo Qi finally caught the No. 3 bus. She dropped two yuan into the fare box, leaving her with only two yuan left in her hand. Clutching the remaining two yuan, Mo Qi thought miserably that she didn't even know if Tang Bin’s crew provided meals.

She got off at Xinghe Road, asked two people for directions, and finally found the Xinghe Hotel. She arrived just as the crew was packing up, getting ready to head to the National Forest Park.

Tang Bin was sitting on the sofa in the hotel lobby, and he saw Mo Qi as soon as she walked in.

"Mo Qi, you’re finally here." Tang Bin walked over with a smile and shook Mo Qi’s hand. "I’ve had my assistant prepare your tent and daily necessities, so we can set off right away."

Mo Qi wasn't particularly overwhelmed, nor was she embarrassed about arriving without having prepared anything. She smiled and shook Tang Bin’s hand in return. "Thank you, Director Tang."

In this film, only the leads were big stars, and the rest were newcomers. Now that the two leads hadn't arrived yet, Mo Qi, fresh from "Let Dreams Take Flight," had actually become the most famous person on set.