Chapter 26: On the News Again
"Thank you for your concern. The tooth was really pulled out because of inflammation. It's all scattered now."
Xu Jie smiled and indicated that he was fine.
However, looking at his red and swollen face, no one left.
Xu Jie didn't want to be watched and photographed like an animal in an amusement park, so he turned and walked into the community, his figure gradually disappearing into the distance.
As soon as the protagonist left, the crowd slowly dispersed, but they were still talking about the kindness and righteousness of Su Yun's husband.
Sharp Brother stood there blankly, looking at the man whose teeth he had just knocked out. All of a sudden, he felt that the man's figure was so tall and radiant.
After a long time, he suddenly bent down in the direction where Xu Jie disappeared, bowed deeply, with determination in his eyes.
"Old Xu, thank you. From now on, I will change my ways and become... a real fan!"
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Within the community.
Xu Jie looked around cautiously, and seeing that there was no one around, he immediately covered his cheeks with his hands.
hiss!
It hurts so much!
The punch I received just now was not light, and it hit me right at the spot where the tooth was to be extracted. In addition, the effect of the anesthetic had worn off, and my entire face felt extremely painful.
He walked home quickly, ordered anti-inflammatory and painkiller drugs, stuffed a cotton ball into the tooth extraction site, and finally applied ice to his face.
It’s really not easy to be a celebrity’s husband.
Being cyberbullied is bad enough, but now he is being beaten. It is a double torture, both mentally and physically. And this is just the beginning. Who knows how many more bad things will happen in the future.
However, since he has chosen this path, he will not give up easily. No matter how difficult it is, he will continue, not for others, but only for the persistence in his heart.
If you don’t walk to the end, how can you know the scenery behind?
The redness and swelling on Xu Jie's face gradually subsided, and the pain at the tooth extraction site was not as severe anymore.
He returned to his room, took out his laptop, and opened the copy he had prepared for the winter special.
The theme he wrote this year was winter tonic. Simply put, it teaches people what to eat in winter to nourish the body and make the body healthier. As the old saying goes, food supplements are worse than medicine supplements.
The copy will be submitted tomorrow. He wants to polish the content and add more attractive things so that it will have a chance to stand out among the many candidate copies.
In the past two years, he has been doing the special programs with a learning attitude, and it doesn’t matter whether he is selected or not. However, this year he wants to compete.
It’s not for the bonus, I just don’t want people to say: You are not worthy of Su Yun.
“Ring, ring, ring!”
After an unknown amount of time, the cell phone placed aside suddenly rang. Xu Jie reached out and grabbed the phone, only to see two words displayed on the screen: Wife.
"Hello, have we arrived in Shanghai?" Xu Jie looked at the time. It was 2:11 p.m. He remembered that the other party's flight seemed to be at 11 a.m.
"Were you beaten?" Su Yun did not answer, but asked Xu Jie directly, with anxiety in her voice.
Xu Jie was stunned when he heard this and looked outside the door reflexively, but there was no one there.
"How did you know?" he asked puzzledly.
"Watch the news." Su Yun said.
"news?"
Xu Jie was confused. Many people were beaten, but none of them appeared in the news.
He opened a news website and saw the following headline in the entertainment section: Su Yun's husband was beaten up by extreme fans, with blood gushing out of his mouth and his teeth falling out.
The news not only included multiple pictures, but also a video, which showed him vomiting blood. Perhaps because it was too bloody, the video was blurred.
Looking at the photo of himself with a red and swollen face and blood around his mouth, Xu Jie frowned deeply.
Who the hell took this photo? It’s not handsome at all!
"How are you now? Do you need to go to the hospital?" Su Yun was full of self-blame at this moment. The banner held in the hands of the attacker was so dazzling.
"Don't listen to the nonsense in the news. Do you think I'm okay when I talk?" Xu Jie said loudly with full energy to prove that he was indeed fine.
"But the video..." Su Yun was still very worried. Photos could be faked, but videos would not lie.
"Some things may not be true even if you see them with your own eyes," said Xu Jie.
"Is the blood fake?" Su Yun asked.
"real."
"Is that tooth fake?"
"That's true too."
Su Yun lost her composure and said hastily, "The blood is real, the teeth are real, and they all came out of your mouth. Can you tell me which part might not be real?"
"I had already explained to the police at that time that I had the tooth pulled out at the dental hospital and it had nothing to do with the beating," said Xu Jie.
"What about the blood?"
"I just had a tooth pulled, so of course there's blood in my mouth, but I was punched so more blood flowed. It has stopped now," Xu Jie said nonchalantly.
"So the blood spurting out is real?" Su Yun's voice gradually became louder.
"It's not as much as it looks. Most of it is saliva." Xu Jie said lightly.
"You... the phone is hung up, I want to video chat with you!"
" No, I really didn't..."
Before Xu Jie could finish his words, a beeping sound rang in his ears, and then the phone screen changed and the video call started.
In the picture, Su Yun was sitting in the car, still looking radiant, but her face was full of worry.
"Let me see where you were hit!" Su Yun's voice was firm, and even had a tone of command.
Xu Jie pointed the camera at his cheek. Su Yun frowned slightly and watched very seriously. She was not so careful even when playing the spot the difference game.
"Let me see inside your mouth." Su Yun said again.
Xu Jie sighed and opened his mouth again.
The mouth is very clean, except for a dark red blood hole where the tooth was extracted, which looks creepy.
Su Yun looked at it for a while, and gradually the area around her eyes began to turn red, and her heart was filled with guilt.
"Does it hurt?" Su Yun asked in a low voice, her voice a little hoarse.
"Are you talking about when I had my tooth pulled? It didn't hurt, I had the anesthetic injection." Xu Jie remembered something here and said with a smile, "By the way, the doctor who pulled my tooth is also your fan. When he left, he told me that he would give me a 10% discount on future tooth extractions. You really have a lot of face."
Su Yun wiped her eyes with her hands and said in a low voice: "You don't have to comfort me."
"Really, I still have the consumption records of WeChat Pay. I'll show it to you later." Xu Jie said.
Su Yun shook her head: "Don't go to work these few days, stay at home and take good care of your injuries and wait for me to come back."
Not working? Will you support me?
Xu Jie really wanted to say this, but if he did so, it would confirm his reputation as a gigolo.
How can this be possible?
He had just finished a video call with Su Yun when his cell phone rang again. This time it was the head of the program team, Wang Jingmin.
"Hey, Senior Sister..."
That’s what Xu Jie always calls me in private.
"Which hospital are you in?" Wang Jingmin's voice came from the microphone.
"Hospital? What hospital?" Xu Jie was puzzled, wondering if his senior sister had dialed the wrong number?
"Of course it depends on which hospital you are being treated in! How are you now? What did the doctor say? Is a month's leave enough? You don't have to worry about your work in the group. Your health is the foundation of everything. Heal your injuries first..."
Xu Jie was speechless. After listening to his senior sister's words, he felt as if he was about to be beaten to death.
Looks like another person was frightened by the video.
"Senior Sister, I'm at home. I'm fine. I'm really fine..."
In order to avoid misunderstanding, he had to explain again that he had gone to the dental hospital to have his wisdom teeth removed.
"I was indeed punched, but it wasn't as serious as it looks in the video and photos."
"Alas!" Wang Jingmin sighed and said, "Junior brother, I know you must be doing this for Su Yun and don't want to offend her fans, right? I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position."
"No!" Xu Jie covered his forehead with his hands, feeling that his previous explanation was in vain and it was like talking to a cow.
"How about this, I'll grant you a week's leave, and you can have a good rest at home."
"Senior Sister, I will be at work on time tomorrow..."
“Beep, beep, beep!”
Before Xu Jie could finish his words, his senior sister hung up the phone.
He was about to call back, but just after dialing two digits, his phone rang again. This time it was a college classmate...
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