My Healing Games

Chapter 44 Wei Youfu's Guidance
"Impossible. Who else could they possibly cast as the lead besides me? This production crew is incredibly poor. Do you think they have the money to hire any other actors?" Acheng said with absolute certainty, "Next time, I'll have to make Jiang Yi come to me personally."

He seemed to have thought of something happy, and a smile gradually appeared on his lips.

The agent wisely kept quiet and drove Ah Cheng away.

On set, no one really cared about Ah Cheng's departure; everyone was focused on Director Jiang and Han Fei.

Director Jiang is the director; he decides how the film should be shot.

Although Han Fei was only a supporting character, his acting skills had deeply impressed everyone present.

Furthermore, just now, when it seemed that a conflict was about to break out between the staff and the victim's family, Han Fei single-handedly stopped it, helping the crew overcome a difficult situation.

"Han Fei, I know you have a point, and your insistence is not wrong, but making concessions occasionally does not violate principles."

"This isn't a matter of principle," Han Fei shook his head, preparing to leave. "You'll understand in time."

Watching Han Fei leave, the staff and Jiang Yi present all felt very sorry. The executive who had been frightened by Han Fei before even chased after Han Fei, trying to persuade him to stay.

Although Han Fei is not a celebrity, you can tell from how everyone treats him and A Cheng that the crew members respect Han Fei more.

“Now I know why he’s such a good actor, but he’s never become famous.” The actress who plays Wei Youfu’s wife looked at Han Fei with deep feeling: “If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. His personality is too easy to offend people.”

"At his age, to have such acting skills, coupled with his persistence and personality, such an actor will soar to great heights once he seizes an opportunity to prove himself. Wu Cheng, who barely became a fourth-tier star because of his company's backing, is incomparable to Han Fei." Jiang Yi said to the staff after Han Fei left.

"Director, cough cough cough, please note that our production still relies on A-Cheng's company." The camera director pretended not to have heard Jiang Yi's previous statement.

"Let's wrap up. We'll stop filming for now and quickly discuss the script." Jiang Yi started tidying up the messy filming location.

"Director Jiang, shouldn't we give Ah Cheng a call?"

"What's the point of fighting? I only cast him as the lead because of my connections; it's good that he withdrew voluntarily." Jiang Yi watched Han Fei leave down the corridor. "Actually, I had a good candidate in mind, but what a pity..."

……

Han Fei still had some bloodstains on his head and face, and he looked somewhat disheveled.

As I walked out of the filming location for "Flowers of Evil," bursts of laughter came from across the street.

A handsome male actor emerged from the filming location of "Urban Secret Love," surrounded by a crowd who seemed to have come specifically to watch the spectacle.

"Brother Zifeng, that's Han Fei. I heard he started taking on bit parts after leaving our company."

"Why bother? Wouldn't it be better to just work behind the scenes?"

"He had just joined the cast of 'Flower of Evil' when some people came here to cause trouble, affecting the filming of the entire series. I've met this person; he's not a bad person, he's just inexplicably unlucky."

"This is good for us! In the same period, only 'Flowers of Evil' has a slight chance of competing with us. Now that this unlucky guy is going to ruin their career, we are probably going to be number one in the same period."

Several members of the "Urban Secret Love" crew heard the commotion on the street and came out to watch. They were secretly pleased to see Han Fei's appearance.

When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down; when a drum is broken, everyone beats it. From this perspective, ghosts are more endearing.

Han Fei had experienced many such things, so many that when he heard these sarcastic remarks now, he felt nothing at all, and even wanted to laugh a little.

The streetlights in the old town illuminated the streets, creating a play of light and shadow. A group of people joked and laughed under the lights, while Han Fei walked into the darkness at the street corner.

The phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. Han Fei stopped in the shadows of the old street and answered the call.

"Li Xue?"

"Han Fei, you may have made a great contribution this time!"

"Any progress on the human body puzzle?" Judging from Li Xue's tone, Han Fei must have made some progress.

"My teacher checked the original case files stored internally and found a person named Jiang Jiang among the suspects. This person was not the murderer of the human body puzzle, but he had contact with all the victims! He appeared in front of the puzzle shop, and the surveillance footage showed Wei Youfu giving him change. He also encountered Gu Ye, who was drunk, late at night and even took Gu Ye's wine bottle. He also bumped into the female anchor Zhang Lingfan outside the shopping mall and was scolded by Zhang Lingfan for a long time..."

"He was a homeless man from another city who lived in an unfinished building in the suburbs and made a living by recycling and scavenging. He was mentally challenged, simple-minded, and often bullied by other homeless people. His collected garbage was also frequently stolen."

“Jiang has a very good temper and is a very kind person. He doesn’t steal or rob. If he finds something he shouldn’t have, he will even go to find someone in uniform. However, he often confuses security guards with police officers and was even cheated out of the money he earned from collecting garbage by a security guard.” Li Xue spoke very quickly, not caring whether Han Fei heard her clearly: “The change should have started eleven years ago. There used to be a private welfare home on North Street in the old city. The director’s wallet was stolen during a business trip. Although there wasn’t much money in it, all kinds of documents were inside.”

"Jiang Jiang found that wallet?"

"That's right, Jiang found his wallet in the trash can. Since he couldn't get into the high-speed rail station, he waited by the trash can until the train station staff came. After the director got his wallet back, he thought that although Jiang was a bit simple-minded, he was honest and reliable. He also wanted to help Jiang, so he arranged a cleaning job for Jiang in his welfare home."

"Unfortunately, his good fortune didn't last long. Jiang was fired not long after he left because he was too unclean and his body always smelled bad. The problem is that ever since Jiang left, there's been a child in the orphanage who keeps saying that he encounters ghosts at night."

"A ghost?" Li Xue's words caught Han Fei's attention: "Can we still find another child?"

“That child went missing, but we found another child who used to live in the same room as him, and this child told us something terrifying.” Li Xue’s voice softened: “He and the missing child slept side by side on opposite sides of the bedroom, and could see each other’s beds and under their beds. The missing child always said that there was a ghost hiding under the other child’s bed, and that it only appeared in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep.”

"Are you trying to say that this ghost is Jiang Jiang?" After playing Perfect Life, Han Fei's thinking was now on par with that of a detective with extensive experience in solving cases: "But with something so obvious, the police would have suspected Jiang Jiang back then."

"The police first investigated Jiang Jiang, but the investigation is difficult to continue."

"Why? Does he have an alibi?"

“Because he’s dead.” Li Xue sent Han Fei another picture: “This Jiang Jiang is the first victim in the refrigerator murder case.”

"Is he the homeless man killed by the three Meng brothers?"

“We have no evidence that the three Meng brothers are the murderers, but you once hinted that the case of the corpse hidden in the refrigerator was related to the human body puzzle pattern, so we retrieved the information about the case and made a startling discovery.” Li Xue sent Han Fei the third picture, which was a photo taken in an abandoned villa, showing a strange drawing under the tattered blanket of the homeless man Jiang Jiang.

Hidden among the towering black trees is a black house, surrounded by drawings of headless children.

“Back then, because of this painting, the police thought that Jiang Jiang, who had intellectual disabilities, might be a dark monster with a dark heart, and that he usually suppressed his emotions. But after hearing what you said today, I realized that these black trees, black houses, and those headless little people around them perfectly matched the clues you gave me!” Li Xue’s voice unconsciously quickened again: “A homeless man, he had nothing on him, nothing to covet. The police thought his murder conformed to the random killing law of a serial killer, but actually, after seeing this picture, I realized that the murderer killed the homeless man Jiang Jiang to silence him. He may have seen the murderer committing the crime! Or even something more terrifying!”

"I understand what you mean. You think Jiang Jiang went to contact Wei Youfu and the others not to harm them, but to save them!" At this moment, Han Fei realized that the human body puzzle pattern and the case of the corpse hidden in the refrigerator were so closely connected.

"Do you know what's the scariest thing?"

"what?"

"The murderer of the human body puzzle was most likely someone who deliberately sent Jiang Jiang, who has intellectual disabilities, to save people. He was enjoying the pleasure of having his kindness betrayed, shunned, and hated! Perhaps in the murderer's mind, kindness looks just like Jiang Jiang—ugly, smelly, and mentally deficient." Li Xue's voice became much lower: "Jiang Jiang has never done anything wrong. He tried to alert the victims of the human body puzzle with the intention of not wanting people to be hurt, but he was met with misunderstanding and disgust. Apart from Wei Youfu, no one wanted to approach him because of his filth."

“If a strange person suddenly ran up to me on the street and said I might be killed, I probably wouldn’t believe it. The murderer wasn’t exploiting human weaknesses at all; he knew Jiang would fail and was deliberately watching the show.”

"That's right. The murderer arrogantly believed that everyone would think Jiang was crazy, but one person did something unexpected, and that person was Wei Youfu!"

Li Xue finally got to the crucial point: "You asked me to keep an eye on the puzzle shop before. I checked all the records. Near the puzzle shop, besides the owner and staff, Jiang Jiang was the person who had the most contact with Wei Youfu. Wei Youfu was willing to help Jiang Jiang, and Jiang Jiang also wanted to save him, constantly giving him hints. In the end, Wei Youfu must have wavered. Wei Youfu, who often worked overtime, became strange in the last few days before his death. He went alone to an ecological protection forest on the outskirts of Xinhu twice."

I got back late today, so I won't be able to finish writing the second update. Sorry.
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