“What’s wrong?” Serina suddenly realized that Derek was acting a little abnormal.
“I’m fine.” Derek never raised his head.
“It’s okay. Stay closer to me. Why are you standing so far away?” Serina roared.
The two servants walked out tactfully.
Derek had no choice but to move to the side of the bed and sit down, but his head was always lowered. Seeing him like this, Serina reached out her hand and directly pulled his face over.
Derek gasped out of pain.
Serina also saw the injury on Derek’s face!
“What happened? Who hit you?” Serina looked at Derek in surprise.
“It’s nothing. I accidentally bumped into it myself,” Derek grinned.
“Do you think I’m blind? Or do you think I’m stupid? It is obvious that you were beaten up! Who dares to hit you?” Serina was even more surprised. Derek was actually hiding it from her.
“I’m really fine.”
“Are you going to say it or not? If not, get out of here!” Serina released her hand.
“I’ll tell you,” Derek immediately held her hand in his.
When Derek told Serina about what had happened, Serina felt even more incredulous.
“Derek! You actually went to find Brodie to fight. Let’s not talk about whether this is illegal or not. Brodie is a martial artist. Can you beat him? Are you looking for a fight?”
“Who said that! I won!” Derek was full of pride, and his face was full of childishness.
It was the first time Serina saw a childish smile on Derek’s face.
“Did you win?”
“If you don’t believe me, you can ask the two police officers in the interrogation room. They can testify that Brodie was beaten to the ground by me and could not move.”
Serina sighed. “Why do you have to do this?”
“Who told him to harm my woman! He can harm me, but not my woman!” Derek gritted his teeth and said. With a bit of force, his face began to hurt again.
“Does it hurt?” Serina looked at Derek with a distressed look. His face was stained. Although he won, he didn’t take much advantage!
“Not bad.” Derek smiled at Serina.
Serina burst into laughter.
“What are you laughing at?” Derek was confused.
“In the past, you were always so high and mighty in my heart. Every time I saw you, the way you talked to me made me want to shout, ‘Long live my majesty!’ But I didn’t expect you to do such a childish thing!”
Serina could not help but laugh.
Derek lowered his head and smiled.
In the other ward.
Ernest lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling. The knife wound was deep in Ernest’s abdomen. If Derek didn’t find Ernest early, Ernest would have lost his life.
Jessica pushed open the door and came in with a thermos flask in her hand.
“I made soup. Get up and drink some.” Jessica smiled and walked in.
Ernest tried to hold his body to sit up.
“Don’t move! I’ll do it!” Jessica quickly put down the thermos flask and rushed to Ernest, helping him sit up and putting a pillow on his back.
“Well, Jessica, haven’t you taken on a new film recently? You don’t have to take care of me in the hospital all the time.”
“I pushed it,” Jessica said with an embarrassed smile.
“Pushed it?” Ernest looked at Jessica in surprise.
“Yes, the crew has changed their actress.” There was no expression on Jessica’s face. She took a bowl and poured out a bowl of soup from the thermos flask. Then she stirred it gently and brought it to Ernest. “Let me feed you.”
“Wait a minute. You rejected it like this? The contract has been signed! You are breaking the contract!”
Ernest had been in this circle for a long time, so he naturally knew the rules in the circle.
If one broke the contract, one would have to pay the penalty fee. Moreover, this was not only a matter of money. If one broke the contract, the director would also consider it when he chooses someone in the future. This was dishonest behavior. After all the things were prepared, the leading actress’s rejection was a great loss to the crew!
Besides, Jessica was now on the rising path of her career, and it had a great impact on her to make such a breach of contract!
“Yeah, it’s nothing,” Jessica said casually. She scooped a spoonful of soup and handed it to Ernest’s mouth.
Ernest couldn’t refuse, so he had to drink it obediently.
“How much did you pay?” Ernest Chen asked.
“Thirty million.”
“Thirty million? Do you have so much money to pay?”
Ernest had been running around for so many years. He could earn money by taking an endorsement casually. His salary was also the highest in the industry. Thirty million was not a lot for him, but it was different for Jessica.
Jessica had only gotten better after filming “President Is an Evil”. She had worked hard until now and finally got to the position of a first-tier actress.
Jessica wasn’t like some female celebrities who won some reputation and started asking for a high price. Jessica’s price had always been fair.
Moreover, in the early days, in order to get a good film, the price was so cheap.
She naturally did not have much money in her hands.
“I’ve saved up some in the past few years. It’s almost enough. I’ll earn more if I don’t have more. Anyway, I’m alone. I don’t have to consider the family after all.”
“Do you still have money?” Ernest asks carefully.
Though Jessica earned a lot, her usual expenses were also huge!
Jessica smiled and raised her head. “No, if you feel sorry for me, then you can raise me!”
Ernest’s smile froze on his face.
“I was just joking. Don’t take it seriously! Drink the soup.” Jessica grinned.
Next, Jessica began to feed Ernest spoonful by spoonful, and the two did not say anything more.
“I don’t have as good cooking skills as Serina. Hope you like it.” Jessica knew that what she made was naturally not as delicious as what Serina made.
“It tastes good.”
After Ernest drank the soup, Jessica put the bowl to the side.
“Actually, Ernest, you don’t have to thank me. The reason why I come here every day is that I feel sorry for you.” Jessica lowered her eyes.
“Sorry? What have you done to me?”
“That day at the wedding, when you told me that Serina was very strange, I should have believed you. After all, you and Serina are so familiar, and you know Serina much better than me. I didn’t listen to you but told Marco what you said, which made Marco want to kill you.
“It’s all my fault. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be lying in the hospital now,” Jessica sighed.
“I don’t blame you. I was too impulsive. I shouldn’t be in such a hurry to say it out. I should calm down and think of a perfect solution. Actually, it’s my fault. If I were as calm as Derek, I wouldn’t be like this.”
Jessica did not speak.
“By the way, how about Serina?”