April quickly put her feet up on the chair behind her, half-sitting and reclining, while Marco endured his pain and crouched on the ground with a small blanket covering him. With April blocking the view from behind, others could only see a seriously ill person.
Jane gave her a thumbs-up.
Soon enough, they arrived at the toll booth where a group of people had gathered. Surprisingly, even police officers were standing on both sides. Jane was confused – did Marco’s kidnappers have some sort of connection?
They passed through the toll booth smoothly but were stopped just one meter away by a man in police uniform carrying a stick.
April, noticing the situation, immediately pretended to be seriously ill, half lying down. Jane quickly scattered her hair and had a few tears in her eyes.
The man knocked on the car window a few times, and Patrick rolled it down and asked casually, “What’s the matter?”
“We are conducting a routine inspection. Please cooperate with our work.” The man spoke in an official tone but his eyes kept wandering inside.
Patrick saw this and rolled down all four windows and pointed to the person behind him, saying, “My sister is critically ill and needs to be taken to the hospital urgently.”
Seeing this, tears continued to flow down Jane’s face as she cried and shouted, “Little sister, hold on, you must hold on.”
April was skilled at pretending to be a patient, and she coughed in a fake voice and said, “Sister, brother-in-law, I’m afraid I can’t hold on anymore.”
“What illness does she have?” The man seemed somewhat skeptical and kept looking at April.
Fortunately, April wasn’t wearing makeup today, and this place was quite remote, so no one would notice or recognize them.
“Lung cancer,” Patrick calmly uttered two words, his eyes filled with disappointment and regret.
It was unexpected that a powerful CEO, a person with great influence, would now resort to telling lies. Jane suppressed her amusement.
The man hesitated, walked towards the back of the car, and reached out to touch April. Patrick added, “Don’t touch her, it’s contagious.”
The man immediately stopped his hand and retreated a few steps, looking panicked.
“Hurry up and leave,” he impatiently shouted at their car.
Patrick stepped on the accelerator, and the car drove away. Jane couldn’t hold back anymore and burst into laughter. Marco was also helped up by April.
Jane looked at him with interest and said, “You’ve been wronged.”
Marco smiled bitterly and waved his hand, saying, “Thanks to you all.”
“I didn’t even realize when you became such a good actor. When did you become so skilled?” Jane stared at Patrick’s face intently, admiring its unparalleled beauty. The previous police officer wasn’t even captivated by it.
“Why are you staring at me?” Patrick regained his usual composure and focused on driving.
“I’m just thinking, when you go bankrupt, I can sign you up under my company as my leading male artist,” Jane began to fantasize. Given Patrick’s looks and talent, it wasn’t entirely impossible.
Patrick laughed at her teasing and glanced at her, saying, “Mrs. Pansy, you’d better tell your son, I don’t think I’ll ever be an actor.”
Jane muttered, “How about you give up your company and sign with me instead, let me make you famous?”
This remark made the other two burst into laughter.
“Jane, give up this injustice. After all, Mr. Pansy is quite famous now,” April added from the back.
Jane felt uneasy deep down, glanced at the three of them, and tightly closed her eyes.
Patrick kept driving while looking back, afraid that someone might be following them.
When they descended from an overpass, they saw that there were no cars behind them. They immediately went up another overpass, preparing to leave through the toll gate.
Coincidentally, there were police officers there as well. Patrick quickly woke up Jane and the others.
“There are police officers ahead. We can’t use the same method as before. Let Marco be prepared and lower his head,” Patrick carefully arranged.
As their car drove out of the toll gate, they were stopped by the police. These police officers were much more fierce than the previous ones.
“Routine inspection,” they saluted Patrick. “Please step out of the car, we need to conduct a check.”
Upon hearing this, Jane’s heart skipped a beat, and she didn’t dare to say much. She glanced at April in the back and signaled silently before they all got out of the car.
The police officers approached to inspect the vehicle, while April remained by Marco’s side, supporting him.
“Aren’t you the actor exposed in the news for drug use?” A female police officer standing nearby immediately recognized Marco.
“You must be mistaken,” Patrick intervened, blocking their way.
“I’m not mistaken. Look at the photo.” The female police officer took out her phone and compared the photo with Marco. It was indeed the same person, and other police officers quickly gathered around.
“Tell us, where were you planning to take this person?”
Faced with the questioning, Patrick realized he couldn’t avoid it any longer and confronted them directly. “News can be true or false, and the entertainment industry is full of peculiar things. Based on these gossip news, are you ready to convict us?”
The news about Marco’s drug use was originally a one-sided exposure by a journalist and had not been accurately verified.
The police officers were not to be trifled with and approached, saying, “Whether it’s true or not, if you come with me for a check, we’ll find out.”
Saying that, they prepared to take Marco and the others away.
At this moment, a group of people who had been chasing their car caught up. Patrick frowned, wondering where they had come from, considering they had already shaken them off.
“Officer, let me prove that there are drugs hidden in their car.” The group of people got out of their car and directly spoke to the police.
Patrick and the others were seized and couldn’t get close to their car.
The police approached and thoroughly searched the inside and outside of their car. As expected, they found a package of drugs. Holding it up, they yelled at the group, “Take them all away.”
Patrick and Jane’s eyes met, realizing they had been played once again.
The person behind this was truly not to be underestimated!
They were taken to the police station, where the officers checked the car records and confirmed it was Patrick’s vehicle. They approached him and asked, “What is your relationship with Jane?”
Patrick snorted, resting one leg on the other, showing no signs of fear. “She is my wife.”
“April, you can go back now. This has nothing to do with you in the first place.” Jane thought it would be better for at least one of them to leave, so they wouldn’t all be trapped here and unable to escape later.
April was somewhat persistent, but she couldn’t resist Jane’s urging.
After Jane explained April’s situation to the police, April was released.
Meanwhile, Marco was taken away for testing, and Patrick and Jane waited outside.