Chapter 218 Drowning
Ren Tuo’s reaction was completely within Shu Yi’s expectations.

She pretended to be hesitant and asked:
“Brother Ren, you were outside before, didn’t you watch the live broadcast?”

Ren Tuo shook his head, his tone gradually becoming more gloomy:

“No.”

“The inpatient department has a requirement that electronic devices cannot be used when the lights are turned off at night. My phone is broken and I don’t have time to replace it. I can only occasionally use their tablets at the nurses’ station to look at it.”

“What’s wrong? Did something special happen in such a short time?”

This statement is of course false, but it was not made up by Ren Tuoxian.

He had thought about it a long time ago. He had not participated in the program recording a few days ago. The guests would definitely assume that he had watched the previous live broadcast, but he was in a special ward in the psychiatric department, and it was impossible for him to watch it every day as they thought. Even if some of the current guests had seen him stabbing people, and Han Fei had even been to his ward, it was probably impossible for others to know his situation except Han Fei.

The program crew would not tell all these things to the guests, as Han Fei also had an agreement with him. Moreover, he would continue to participate in the recording later. If these people felt scared after knowing it, the recording process would be very embarrassing.

So, he had to think of a reasonable excuse to get away with it… and now he had to use it.

As expected, Shu Yi didn’t doubt it at all. She just said “oh” and then said hesitantly:
“That’s it…”

“Well, there have been a lot of things happening recently. I don’t know how many live broadcast clips you have watched or what you have read online.”

Ren Tuo said directly:
“I haven’t watched much. I only watched a little this morning before I got on the plane. All of it was in Wen Jin’s live broadcast room. I saw her chatting with others. I haven’t logged into other apps. It’s like I haven’t been online for the past few days.”

Shu Yi was stunned.

This internet outage is too complete…

However, this is actually good for her.

At least the current situation is that Ren Tuo knows nothing. It seems that he doesn’t even know about her scandals, nor is he clear about the relationship between her and Zhao Mingtao. No wonder his attitude towards him is so normal that it’s a bit weird. It turns out that he has never heard of those things at all.

In this case, she is Ren Tuo’s first-hand channel to understand the program and other new guests.

Under this premise, isn’t it true that what she says is true? Even if Ren Tuo goes to other people to verify after getting off the paddle board, as long as the heat is right now, it will definitely leave a seed of doubt in his heart.

This is enough.

The smile in Shu Yi’s eyes could hardly be concealed, so she could only put her hands behind her back and secretly pinch her waist to hold it back.

She sighed and said:

“Then you really missed a lot of important information.”

“You should have noticed that there are a few unfamiliar faces among the guests. Lu Xiaoli is Zhong Xiaoyun’s ex-wife, and Xu Qing’an… is my ex-husband who I am about to divorce.”

“He didn’t tell me that he was going to be on the show this time. I didn’t know until we started recording. It really shocked me. I didn’t expect him to be on the show. After all, when he was with me, his parents and he himself didn’t want our relationship to be exposed to the public. Now that we are getting divorced, he is willing to be on a show with such a large flow and so many people watching.”

“I originally thought he wanted to take revenge on me as his ex, but after the show, he didn’t say a word to me, and didn’t do anything against me. Then I thought he might have other ideas…”

Having said that, Shu Yi sighed again and stopped talking, glancing meaningfully at the fixed camera mounted on the bow.

The meaning of that look was very clear – there were cameras here, and it was a live broadcast, so it was not appropriate to say unpleasant words here, otherwise it would seem as if one was slandering others behind their backs.

What kind of a shrewd person is Ren Tuo? Of course he understood the meaning of the other person’s look.

Although these words only mentioned the private affairs of Shu Yi and Xu Qing’an, and had nothing to do with the so-called “Nie Wenjin has many romantic relationships” mentioned earlier, but in fact, mentioning another man at this time, and this man obviously having other purposes for being on the show, the overtones were clear enough.

Ren Tuo was silent for two seconds, without any intention of hiding anything, and asked directly:

“You mean, Xu Qing’an came to the show because of Wen Jin?”

“He wants to pursue Wen Jin?”

Shu Yi was almost dumbfounded.

Although it is true that what she meant was right…but brother, why can you say it directly in front of the camera? ? ?
She knew that Ren Tuo was not some stupid rich second-generation guy. After all, he was a young talent who returned to China alone and built a media company on his own. Whether in terms of social skills or sensitivity to online public opinion, he should be no worse than celebrities and the teams of their agencies. At the very least, he definitely knew what to say and what not to say.

But now it is a live broadcast, Nie Wenjin is a female star, and Shu Yi has clearly told her that Xu Qing’an is her future ex-husband, or to put it bluntly, he is still a married man.

In this situation, if Nie Wenjin was really involved in a scandal with Xu Qing’an, she would be no different from a mistress.

Could it be that Ren Tuo didn’t know the impact of such news on a female star?
It’s impossible!

He obviously likes Nie Wenjin, and he likes her so much that he stabbed people for her and rushed to record the show right after she came out of the hospital. So why is he doing this now?
are you crazy? !

Eight hundred thoughts flashed through Shu Yi’s mind in an instant, but in the end she rejected them all.

No, no, no, Ren Tuo wouldn’t be like this. He might be a little crazy when he gets mad, but he wouldn’t be so crazy as to ignore Nie Wenjin’s future.

There must be another reason.

Before she could figure out what the “other reasons” were, Ren Tuo in front of her made another move.

Ren Tuo stretched out a finger and gently pushed Shu Yi’s head back to avoid physical contact with her. He even held a handkerchief in his hand while pushing her. When the distance between them returned to a comfortable social safety distance, he said:

“Is this question difficult to answer?”

“Isn’t that what you meant by what you said just now? Did I misunderstand you, or was the message you conveyed too ambiguous for me to misunderstand?”

“Shu Yi, I am a person who means one and two. I need a clear answer. This is true for both doing things and treating people. So I don’t like people playing dumb with me.”

He can play charades with others because it gives him a sense of pleasure in teasing others; but he cannot tolerate others teasing him.

Shu Yi opened her mouth, but for a moment she couldn’t say anything.

What kind of attitude is this?
The so-called need for a clear answer, in the end, does it mean that Ren Tuo wants to know whether Xu Qing’an is really interested in Nie Wenjin so as to target him later, or does he just want to force himself to say that sentence and then clarify it for Nie Wenjin? Ren Tuo said that her words were ambiguous, but in Shu Yi’s opinion, his words were even more confusing!
half an hour.

After Shu Yi finished brainstorming, she slowly spoke according to the script she had prepared:

“It’s like this… I’m not sure if he came to this show just for Sister Wen Jin. I can only say that his attitude towards Sister Wen Jin is unusual. This attitude seems familiar, very similar to when he first got together with me.”

“It’s just that now there’s no one else to talk to, so the audience can just listen to it. Anyway, after the show ends in two days, I’m also going to sign a divorce contract with Xu Qing’an. Just don’t mention what I just said to other people on the show, so that they don’t get involved.”

At this point, Shu Yi smiled bitterly:

“You just arrived not long ago, so you may not understand much. Something happened yesterday. Now, among all people, Lu Siyuan and I are probably the most marginalized. I don’t want to cause any more trouble. There will be storms to face after the show. I don’t want to cause more trouble.”

Ren Tuo looked at her steadily for a long time without saying anything.

Although he said so, from Shu Yi’s methods of provoking and concealing conflicts, he could not tell that the other party did not want to cause trouble.

In the hospital, Ren Tuo had indeed never been online, but that didn’t mean he knew nothing about what was happening in the outside world.

He has been behaving very well there and has cooperated very well with the medical staff. Whether it was an examination, temporary medication, official investigation, or psychological questioning, Ren Tuo’s attitude was always very good. Therefore, the nurse in charge of ward rounds also treated him very well and often shared new things in the outside world with him.

They were all young people and needed to go online. The nurses in the psychiatric inpatient department were not as busy as those in other departments. Especially since he was on a special floor, the nurses had nothing to do every day. In addition, the other party had followed the live broadcast from the beginning, so of course he was willing to gossip with Ren Tuo.

So, what Ren Tuo said about not being online is true, but it is pure nonsense to say that he doesn’t know what is happening in the live broadcast room and on the Internet.

He knew about the scandal between Shu Yi and Zhao Mingtao, and that some people were supporting the weird couple of Nie Wenjin and Xu Qingan. He also heard nurses complain that Shu Yi had too much of a female competitive mentality and seemed to be quite hostile towards Nie Wenjin because the man she cheated on and betrayed was now suspected of being interested in Nie Wenjin.

Ren Tuo has only four words to describe this:

Ridiculous.

Ren Tuo hurriedly applied for discharge from the hospital and asked Kou Hongying for help. The biggest reason, of course, was that he felt a sense of crisis. He was worried that Xu Qing’an, who suddenly showed up, would intercept him and win Nie Wenjin’s favor before him.

But chasing girls depends on one’s own ability, and Ren Tuo himself is not inferior at all. He does not think that he is worse than a fool like Xu Qingan, nor does he think that Nie Wenjin has a problem with his vision. If Nie Wenjin was a love-brained person who was blind and heartless, she would not have come to this point.

Due to his confidence in himself and Nie Wenjin, Ren Tuo’s sense of crisis has been alleviated a lot since the plane landed and arrived on the island.

But there is an idiot here, who is intentionally or unintentionally bullying Nie Wenjin in front of the camera, trying to throw dirty water on her in a silent way and to sow discord between them.

Ren Tuo really wanted to laugh.

He had seen countless old Longjing teas with this kind of fragrant tea before. The tea art brewed by a group of men, people like Shu Yi, even if they put aside the matter of Zhao Mingtao, had either caught countless rich men in the past, or caught rich men with each other…

It’s hard to say whether she has done it before or not, but with someone like her, who knows if she could win over the landlord’s stupid son just by relying on emotional value without having to pay anything more?
Isn’t there one on the paddle board at the back?

He moved aside calmly.

Too dirty.

“I see. I don’t understand the situation.”

Ren Tuo nodded, but before he could say the next sentence, his body suddenly shook, and the whole board began to shake violently from side to side.

Shu Yi was frightened by the sudden noise and screamed:
“Ah! What’s wrong…what happened!?”

Ren Tuo held onto the paddle board and said sternly:
“There was something under the board. It pushed against me and I was almost flipped over. I used my body weight to hold it down and didn’t fall to the bottom.”

“Be careful! Hold on to the handrail next to you!”

There were constant ripples under the board, and it was hard to tell whether they were caused by the board shaking or something underneath hitting the paddle.

Shu Yi only dared to stick her head out to take a look, and was immediately dazzled by the sparkling seashore. The fear of the unknown deep sea made her immediately retract her head and dare not look again.

Ren Tuo held on to both sides of the board tightly, moving his feet constantly on the board, adjusting his position to avoid falling into the water. In the midst of his busy schedule, he took the time to ask:
“Shuyi, can you swim? Is the rope of your life jacket tied properly?”

Hearing this, Shu Yi looked down at her body in panic and almost cried:

“I just felt it was uncomfortable to tie it up, so it should be okay if I just wear it without the rope!”

“I can’t swim!”

Ren Tuo had only uttered half a syllable of the word “put on quickly” when his foot suddenly slipped.

The whole person was caught off guard and fell into the water!

He was unable to react in time and was still holding on to the handrail on the side that he had not yet let go. The stone on the board that was used for braking and mooring was hit by the shaking and splashing water when he fell into the water, and gradually slid down the board.

then.

Under the weight of an adult man and a large rock, the small paddle board flipped over at lightning speed, and Shu Yi, who was originally on the board, was also covered under the board.

The audience in the live broadcast room was stunned by this series of unexpected situations.

Everything happened too fast. From the violent shaking of the paddle board to the two people falling into the water, the interval was less than a minute. Moreover, the camera was still facing the two guests, not the sea. Even if you had a keen eye, you couldn’t see the areas not covered by the lens.

So the audience had no idea what was going on underwater.

Fortunately, the camera used for shooting at sea is waterproof. After the board flipped over, the live broadcast was not interrupted, but the viewing angle was flipped over. The audience using the large screen was numb, but those using mobile devices could just turn the device around to watch.

Then they saw——

Underwater, Shu Yi, a landlubber who couldn’t swim at all, was struggling desperately. She was flapping her arms and legs violently and blowing bubbles from her mouth. The life jacket on her body, which didn’t have the rope fastened to it, was gradually slipping out as she struggled so violently.

She was drowning.

(End of this chapter)