Chapter 122: You Have Been Reported by the Public

Chapter 122: You Have Been Reported by the Public

“Tut tut, true fragrance might be late, but it will never be absent.”

Pei Ye received a call from Officer Tang and came over. In the hotel room sat the director, assistant director, and several supporting actors who had witnessed the vengeful ghost attack.

Officer Tang was taking statements. When Pei Ye arrived, he did not even stand up to greet her. The director, however, hurried over to speak politely.

He had offended her during the day, so now he could only force himself to make amends.

“They are all terrified.”

Officer Tang had dealt with Pei Ye several times and knew she did not understand the phrase “to cherish and be gentle with women” at all.

The female lead had narrowly escaped death, and Pei Ye came in and immediately mocked them.

With that kind of mouth, an ordinary person would have already been beaten up in a sack.

“What does their being scared have to do with me?” Pei Ye originally wanted to smoke a cigarette, but since there were too many people in the room, she restrained herself and instead pulled a panda head shaped lollipop from her pocket and stuffed it into her mouth. “I am not working for free. Let’s agree on the price first, then I will do the job.”

The director and others’ faces turned as dark as pot ash.

They turned to look at Officer Tang, who shrugged to indicate he could not help.

He had been dragged out of bed late at night to respond to the case and also had to call Pei Ye for assistance. He had already done everything he could.

The director said with a headache, “As long as you can deal with the vengeful ghost, the price is negotiable!”

Pei Ye said, “Straightforward. One million, no bargaining.”

She still had a family to feed, including her child. If she did not earn money, she and Ah Zai would be eating the northwest wind.

Director: “...”

He gritted his teeth. “Fine, one million it is!”

Filming delays due to a haunting could ruin the production. If the lead actor quit out of fear, the loss would be far more than one million.

Pei Ye said, “Write the check first. I work after the check clears.”

Crew members: “...”

Officer Tang could not continue taking statements and could not help but complain.

“You really look like a scammer.”

Pei Ye bit her lollipop. “One million includes after-sales service. That price is not expensive. This vengeful ghost is a bit tricky. If you hire other Celestial Masters, let alone one million, even five million might not get them to do it. No amount of money matters if you do not have life left to spend it. Are you paying or not? If not, do not delay me from going back to eat my late-night snack.”

Late-night snacks taste bad when they get cold.

Officer Tang could not help but feel shocked when he heard this.

“So tricky?”

Pei Ye nodded. “Yes, tricky. But for me, it is a small problem.”

The director could not stand it anymore and quickly issued the check.

Better to resolve this mess as soon as possible and end it.

Pei Ye took the check, then asked for the script from today’s afternoon filming, and also questioned several people who had been harassed by the vengeful ghost.

“What do you need that for?”

The director was still irritated. Seeing her take the money but not immediately act made him even more unhappy.

Pei Ye lifted her eyelids and asked, “Do you think the vengeful ghost attacks randomly?”

The director froze.

He really did not know.

Pei Ye flipped through the day’s filming content and questioned them one by one.

Besides the female lead, another supporting actress had her neck strangled in the middle of the night. The next morning, a faint blue bruise circle remained around her neck.

A newcomer antagonist supporting actor had strange bruises on his hands and feet.

After looking at their injuries, Pei Ye also reviewed their recent scenes.

“I heard some extras were also frightened? Can the director explain their scenes?”

This director was quite professional. He knew every actor’s scenes clearly and could answer all her questions.

“They were also targeted by the ghost?”

Extras were not on set full time. They usually finished filming and left after getting paid.

If they were also targeted, the impact of the haunting would be too large.

Pei Ye said, “No. That ghost is not that idle. It does not get jealous over every minor role.”

Crew members: “???”

Pei Ye pointed out the issue.

“The female lead had a kissing scene with the male lead during the day, right?”

She pointed to a part of the script and asked.

Everyone present was experienced. Hearing this, they immediately understood.

The supporting actress who had been strangled turned pale.

“So that means I once fell into the male lead’s arms...”

In romance dramas, to highlight the male lead’s charm, flirtatious supporting female characters are common.

The supporting male actor also gave a bitter smile. “I had a scene where I provoked the male lead and splashed water on him...”

Whether it was jealousy between men and women or same gender humiliation, these were minor matters. The ghost would just give a small punishment and let it go.

The female lead’s situation was much worse.

During the afternoon shoot she was not in good condition. The kissing scene was repeated more than ten times, and her lips were swollen from being kissed.

The director looked like he had eaten something disgusting.

“You mean... the vengeful ghost is because of Yu Changxin?”

Pei Ye said, “This is just my guess, but the ghost must have had intimate contact with the male lead.”

She had seen the male lead during the day. The male lead had the heaviest yin energy around him and also showed signs of being entangled by a ghost.

The crew’s expressions turned ugly.

The entertainment industry was full of bizarre rumors, and they had all heard some of them.

Now that ghosts truly existed, those rumors no longer seemed baseless.

They suspected the male lead might be raising a ghost for luck, but the ghost he raised was too possessive, rejecting anyone who came into contact with him.

When an actor voiced this guess, Pei Ye’s expression became very strange.

“What, what is it? Am I wrong?”

Pei Ye closed the script and complained, “With imagination like yours, it is a pity you are not writing novels instead of acting.”

Crew members: “...”

The director slapped his thigh and said urgently, “Then what is it?”

“I suspect your male lead either got scammed into a one night stand, or he messed with a fan and ended up provoking a ghost.”

Crew members: “...”

Pei Ye stood up. “I will go check on the male lead. I hope his yang energy is still strong enough for him not to be dead yet.”

The director said, “He is in room XXXX.”

Pei Ye scanned with her mental perception and showed a meaningful expression.

“XXXX? Same floor? What a pity, he does not seem to be there.”

Under Pei Ye’s instructions, the director knocked on the male lead’s door and found that the male lead was not in his own room. Only his assistant was inside.

“Where is Yu Changxin?”

The director asked while suppressing his emotions.

The assistant could not answer. Pei Ye guessed, “I think the male lead is in the assistant’s room right now?”

The assistant’s expression changed.

He forced himself to stay calm.

“What happened?”

The director was experienced enough to understand immediately.

Why would an actor suddenly switch rooms with an assistant?

The assistant looked at the large group of people, including several in police uniforms, and broke into a cold sweat.

“Director, director, what is going on...”

Why were the police here too?

The assistant tried to call Yu Changxin, but with people watching him, he could not make the call.

Could it be that Yu Changxin had gotten into trouble?

Actors and assistants did not usually live together. The assistant’s room was on another floor.

Pei Ye looked at the normal room and knocked on the door.

“Who is it—”

After a short while someone opened the door. It was Yu Changxin.

Yu Changxin was clearly in the post shower state, with a hint of satisfaction still on his face.

Seeing the situation outside, even he who was well informed was stunned.

He had thought it was his assistant knocking.

Pei Ye politely asked, “Mr. Yu, please call the woman in your room out.”

Yu Changxin’s expression turned unpleasant. “What for?”

Pei Ye was very familiar with the process. “Police. We have received a public report that you are engaging in prostitution.”

Officer Tang: I feel like I have been forgotten. And now someone is impersonating the police in front of an actual police officer...