There are some things that are better not to think about, but the deeper you think about them, the more scared you feel.
Sammy Jones’ whole heart was filled with unease for a moment.
“Sis, are you okay?”
Not hearing Sammy Jones for a while, Andrea Jones couldn’t help but worry.
“I … I’m fine. Andrea, follow up on this for me, and remember to let me know first if you hear anything.” Sammy Jones said.
“Okay, I know, I’ll call you if there’s any situation. And don’t you worry yet, this news is just industry speculation for now.” Andrea Jones comforted Sammy Jones.
The two chatted some more before hanging up.
Sammy Jones was so pale that he couldn’t feel at ease. When he called Joey Xu’s place, the phone was always in a state of conversation and could not be dialed at all.
Joey Xu’s phone is now, I’m afraid, being flooded with calls from the industry and the media world. Where can I get her on the phone?
Thinking this way, he grabbed his bag and got up.
“Go where ya?” Le Mei looked up and was slightly shocked to see her face, “Is something wrong?”
“… no. I’ll be out for a minute.” Sammy Jones hurried outside.
When he took a cab to Rong’s, before he got close, he heard a clamor coming from Rong’s front door.
Various media and industry insiders blocked the entrance of Yung’s completely. There was a representative of Yung’s who was calming down the reporters, but it wasn’t Joey Xu, nor was it Goodben.
Sammy Jones was on his toes, trying to get in to see what was going on, but there was no way to get in.
“Go, go, go. Mr. Xu is no longer here. We’ve just received first-hand news that Mr. Xu has been taken away by the police!” Suddenly, in the chaotic crowd, a media outlet burst out this sentence. While hanging up the phone, while recruiting photographers, quickly rushed to the camera car parked not far away. Obviously in a hurry to grab first-hand information.
The moment these words came out, it immediately caused an uproar. Naturally, the other media were not to be outdone, and everyone scurried up to the camera truck, “Follow that car in front, wherever he goes, we’ll go!”
After a moment of strife, Sammy Jones’ entire body was shaken to the spot.
Joey Xu was taken by the police?
Is this a smokescreen laid by Joey Xu, or is … for real?
Suddenly afraid to think, she walked quickly inside the building and headed straight for the reception desk.
“Miss Jones,” the receptionist had been able to recognize her.
” Where is Mr. Xu? Is he at the office?” Sammy Jones asked anxiously. In this situation, she really couldn’t be calm and collected either.
The person at the reception didn’t look too good either and only shook his head, ” Mr. Xu isn’t at the company.”
“Where’s the good book?”
“… is also with Mr. Xu.”
Sammy Jones’s heart, inch by inch, dropped down, as if it had fallen to the bottom of a river, unusually cold.
She took a deep breath and it took her a moment to get the words out, “They, all of them, were taken away by the police?”
“Uh-huh.” The other party nodded slightly, “There have been people from the police coming in and out in the last couple days, but we don’t really know much about the situation. Just reading the ones in the papers too.”
“… I know.”
Coming out of Rong’s, Sammy Jones’ mind went blank. Last night Joey Xu was still cuddling with her, but today this situation happened. For his work, she never intervened.
He was the one who said he would be measured, but now …
Is that even remotely appropriate?
Sammy Jones thought for a moment and pulled his cell phone out, intending to call Andrea Jones over to double-check the situation.
But …
The phone was the first to ring before the cell phone was even dialed. Sammy Jones glanced at the number on the screen, an unfamiliar string of digits. Calling now, let her a moment dare not slow down, immediately stick to the ear to pick up. She was afraid that it was a number dialed by Joey Xu.
But …
When it was answered, it was a girl’s voice that came from there.
“Sammy Jones?”
“…” Sammy Jones was confused for a split second. The voice wasn’t one she was very familiar with. But, once it came out, she recognized it.
“You are, Ms. Cho?”
It’s not Jo Lan Lan, it’s Jo Yuanyuan.
“That’s right, it’s me.”
“What? Do you have something for me?” At a time like this, Zhao Yuanyuan called herself, afraid that it was about Joey Xu.
“Yes, I have something to talk to you about. You meet me at the bonniecoffe on the east side of town.”
Sammy Jones asks, “Talking about Joey Xu?”
“If I’m not mistaken, he was taken away by the police, wasn’t he?”
Sammy Jones was slightly taken aback, not realizing that Jo Yuanyuan was already well aware of what she only just learned. She clearly came prepared.
“Yes, please wait for me for twenty minutes, I’m still some distance from your place.” She did not refuse. For Joey Xu’s sake, there was no room for her to refuse.
After hanging up the phone, Sammy Jones didn’t dare to slack off and directly stopped the car to go in the direction Zhao Yuanyuan said.
Sitting in the car, his heart was never able to calm down. The index finger kept stroking the ring on the ring finger.
Joey Xu …
You mustn’t be okay! Never be okay!
They said yes for life …
Said they would get married …
So …
He can’t go back on his word …
However, when I thought of those news, the uneasiness in my heart could not be abated at all.
After getting out of the car, he arrived at the place that Zhao Yuanyuan said. Pushing the door in, he saw Zhao Yuanyuan sitting in a corner from afar.
She was still the same young and energetic look.
Her hair was tied in a ponytail and she wore a hot little halter with a few playful touches. The same cafe, many men stopped. This look, Sammy Jones really can not imagine, before she even for Joey Xu suicide.
And …
Today, she looked a little more confident, or perhaps smug?
It was as if, everything was in her hands.
Sammy Jones walked over and sat down directly across from her.
“Coming.” Zhao Yuanyuan looked up at her and smiled with an unknown meaning, her eyes containing provocation and triumph, “Looking quite sad, in a hurry?”
Sammy Jones took the cup in front of him and took a sip of water before saying, “Joey Xu is my boyfriend, it’s only natural to be anxious for him.”
The ring on his finger was unusually bright as he set down the glass.
The bright luster flashed out, piercing Zhao Yuanyuan’s eyes. She stared at the diamond ring, her face turning green and white before she gritted her teeth and said, “This ring, where did it come from?”
This diamond ring, at first glance, is expensive.
She couldn’t help but remember what Xia Feiqing had said to her on the day she woke up after self-mutilation.
Joey Xu did visit herself in the hospital, but, it was with a ring! A ring from her marriage to someone else!
At the thought of this, her face became even more ugly, her eyes filled with resignation.
Sammy Jones just acted as if he didn’t see the change in her mood and brought the topic to business, “Ms. Zhao wouldn’t want to talk to me about the ring, would she?”
Zhao Yuanyuan was holding a breath in her chest, and she was even more annoyed especially since she was taking her words so lightly at the moment. Plucking her hard, she grunted out, “This ring, I’m afraid you pestered Joey Xu to give it to you, right? Let me tell you, Sammy Jones, if you want Joey Xu to marry you, it’s not that easy!”
How can Jo not want to believe that Joey Xu offered to give Sammy Jones a ring on such short notice?
To know, when she and Joey Xu about to get married, asked to go to pick a ring, Joey Xu are not cold, just said let her pick it, the attitude to be more perfunctory more perfunctory. She has always thought that Joey Xu is this kind of character, so she did not take it to heart, and is still happy.
“Whatever you think is fine.” Sammy Jones said without much care, and right now she really didn’t have the heart to get into a jealousy fight with a little girl. She ruffled her hair and squared her shoulders, “Surely you didn’t call me over to ask me about this ring. If you have any business, just hurry up and say it. I don’t really want to waste time.”
“Good, your words are right up my alley, and I don’t want to waste time.” Zhao Yuan Yuan raised her eyebrows, “Give me your cell phone.”
“?” Sammy Jones looked at her confused and a little puzzled.
“If you want to save Joey Xu, do as I say.” Seeing that she didn’t move, Zhao Yuanyuan added.
Sammy Jones thought of saving Joey Xu, so naturally he did not dare to slack off. Took his cell phone out and rested it on the table. Zhao Yuanyuan didn’t reach out and only said, “You send a text message to Joey Xu and tell him that because of his mob background that you can’t stand, it’s impossible to marry him and don’t cross paths in the future. And …”
Zhao Yuan Yuan lowered her eyes to look at the ring on her finger, “If this ring was really given to you by him, then take it off and give it back to him!”
After her string of words, Sammy Jones didn’t move a muscle, looked at her for a few moments, and smiled instead.
“What are you laughing at?!” Zhao Yuanyuan was on fire.
“Even though you’re not very old, you’re not three years old anymore, so why are you still playing this kind of drama of forcing people to break up? Don’t you think it’s childish?”
Zhao Yuanyuan gritted her teeth, “Who are you calling childish!”
Sammy Jones ignored her exasperation and only continued, “Besides, what reason do I have to listen to you? I love him, and I knew his background clearly back when I chose to be with him. Besides, the reason why this is happening to him now is because of me.”
She felt a little guilty when she said that, “I want you to know one thing, no matter what you say, I will not choose to leave him!”
She had a determined face.
Zhao Yuanyuan was exasperated, but, thinking of something, that exasperation stowed away and was replaced by a smug smile.
“Really? In that case, then I see you have no idea how to save Joey Xu!” She opened her bag, tapped two hundred dollar bills and rested them on the table, grabbed the bag and stood up, “I don’t have anything to talk to you about. Originally, I was able to find a way to save Joey Xu, but now forget it!”
The last sentence, she said deliberately. As she said it, she didn’t forget to cast a sidelong glance at Sammy Jones. Sure enough, she saw her face wobble slightly.
She hooked her lips in triumph and started to walk away. Unsurprisingly, before she could take a step, her elbow was pulled down in a flash by Sammy Jones.
Sammy Jones followed and stood up, “Did you just say there was a way to get Joey Xu out?”
“Now I’ve changed my mind.” Jo Yuanyuan ruffled the hair on her shoulders and looked at her coldly.
Sammy Jones held back his temper and simply asked, “What the hell do you want me to do?”
“I thought I just made that clear.”
So …
She means for her to break up with Joey Xu?
Thinking about this possibility, Sammy Jones subconsciously had to refuse.
Glancing at Zhao Yuanyuan, she said skeptically, “If Joey Xu is really laundering money, what can you do that can help him? Besides, until now, there has not been a definitive statement on Joey Xu’s matter, and I don’t think you’re really sure if he’s really done anything illegal.”
“I’m not sure?” Zhao Yuan Yuan grunted, took a step backwards and sat down again. Sammy Jones gave her a look and followed suit. She wanted to hear what Jo Yuanyuan had to say.
Zhao Yuan Yuan grabbed her drink straw and took a sip of orange juice before looking at Sammy Jones with disdain, “Any idea who Joey Xu was laundering money for?”
Sammy Jones didn’t answer, just looked at her quietly.