Being reminded like this, Chen Chunyao finally remembered everything.
This Ma Yiyi was indeed the third female lead in *Silence is Golden*. After filming that underwater scene, she really never showed up in the crew again.
But at that time, Chen Chunyao was the lead actress. How could she possibly care about the whereabouts of a character like Ma Yiyi?
She remembered this incident because she was really in a bad mood that day.
It was because she had once again hinted to Qi Ye that she liked him and wanted to be with him, even without a proper status.
But Qi Ye simply ignored her.
At that time, Xu Tingyu was developing her career in New York, and Qi Ye didn't even return to Jingdu.
Whenever he had time, he would rush to New York and even planned to move the company there.
Moreover, he told Chen Chunyao not to look for him unless it was something related to Xu Tingyu. Otherwise, just talk to Zhang Wan.
Chen Chunyao was extremely aggrieved but didn't dare to lash out at Qi Ye. So she could only find other ways to vent.
And that day, they happened to be filming that scene.
When Ma Yiyi was slapped by her and looked up to deliver her lines, Chen Chunyao suddenly thought of Xu Tingyu for some reason.
She took a closer look at Ma Yiyi and found that the way she tilted her head and showed her side profile really resembled Xu Tingyu a bit.
Thinking that all her pain was brought by Xu Tingyu, she got even angrier.
Wasn't she unable to do anything to Xu Tingyu?
Then she would vent this anger on Ma Yiyi.
This incident was just a trivial moment during filming. How could she have known it would be dug out now?
If it weren't for Xu Tingyu being here, she would definitely have retorted with sarcasm.
After all, at that time, Ma Yiyi was alone and had no one to rely on. She had no choice but to bow her head.
But now that Xu Tingyu was here, she wanted Xu Tingyu to see how down and out she was and then stand up for her.
Having made up her mind, she kept silent, just lowering her head as if she had done something wrong.
After Xu Tingyu listened to Ma Yiyi's accusation, she also took a look at Chen Chunyao.
To be honest, based on her understanding of Chen Chunyao, if this incident were false, she definitely wouldn't have just sat there and taken the scolding.
But she was also quite surprised to learn that Chen Chunyao had such a side.
Bullying colleagues? Taking advantage of one's power to bully others?
These two phrases popped up in her mind but were quickly shaken off.
Anyway, this wasn't something to be investigated at the moment.
"Since you knew each other before, you're considered friends. If you guys want to stay here, we'll just leave. There's no need to say such unpleasant things."
The so - called principle of avoiding trouble was not to get overly entangled in such matters.
Especially in this situation where the other side outnumbered them and they were all drunk and clearly not in their right minds.
As she said this, she stood up and was about to leave.
Chen Chunyao didn't expect her to be so timid. She didn't even dare to stand up for her. She felt both aggrieved and angry.
Thinking of this, when she walked past Ma Yiyi, she deliberately staggered and fell directly, letting out a scream as she plunged into the swimming pool.
Xu Tingyu instinctively reached out to grab her, but only managed to catch her fingertips. Then she watched helplessly as Chen Chunyao fell into the water, splashing up a large wave.
Xu Tingyu was close and got splashed in the face.
Before she could wipe it off, she heard someone scream.
"Ah, there's blood, there's blood!"
She quickly wiped her face and only then saw that there was a spreading bloodstain in the swimming pool, which looked extremely terrifying.
This incident sobered everyone up a bit, but they were all scared by the bloodstain and just stood there motionless.
It was Xu Tingyu who saw Chen Chunyao still thrashing in the water and shouted, "Hurry up and save her."
Chen Chunyao could swim, but she didn't know where the bleeding was coming from. She was in a state of panic and couldn't stand up. She was even choking on water.
But those people still didn't seem to want to jump in to save her.
She didn't care about anything else and was about to jump into the water to save her.
But just as she reached the edge of the pool, she was suddenly grabbed by someone. "Be careful."
Just as the voice fell, the butler who had just shaken off the entanglement ran over and dived into the water.
Soon, Chen Chunyao was lifted out of the water. She only took one look at Xu Tingyu before fainting.
That look was full of grievance and sadness, which made people's hearts ache.
It was a pity that Xu Tingyu didn't see it.
She only looked at the person beside her and found that it was the long - legged young lady she had met in the elevator before.
"Nice to meet you again."
The young lady gave Xu Tingyu a faint smile and let go of her hand.
When the others saw her coming, they all said, "Miss Du, do you know each other?"
So this was the Miss Du who lived in the presidential suite they had been talking about.
But Xu Tingyu didn't care where she lived. She just stepped forward to check on Chen Chunyao's condition first and then said to the butler, "Take my friend to the hospital first."
Chen Chunyao's leg had somehow caught on something and was cut open with a large gash. That was where the blood in the pool came from.
Even after being rescued, the wound was still bleeding, which looked very scary.
Xu Tingyu was pregnant and couldn't stand the smell of blood. Her face looked a bit ugly.
But this matter couldn't just end like this.
So after Chen Chunyao was taken away, she looked at Ma Yiyi and her group.
"Tell me, how do you plan to compensate for what happened to my friend?"
Everyone present saw that Chen Chunyao suddenly fell when she walked beside Ma Yiyi.
And these two people already had a grudge.
"Why should we compensate? I admit that she bumped into me, but I didn't push her. She walked up to me on her own."
"It's just that she was careless. What does it have to do with me? You guys occupied this pool, and now you want to extort medical expenses from me?"
"Has Chen Chunyao become so down and out that she can't even afford medical expenses? If so, I don't mind donating some to her."
Ma Yiyi snorted and looked at Xu Tingyu with a hint of disdain.
Xu Tingyu suppressed the discomfort in her stomach and frowned. "In that case, I think we'd better call the police."
"Call the police? You're really ridiculous. You know I'm a celebrity, so you want to ruin me, right?"
Seeing that Xu Tingyu didn't even argue with her and wanted to call the police, Ma Yiyi became flustered instead.
She was at least a small - to - medium - sized celebrity now. If this kind of news was reported, it would definitely smear her innocent image.
Moreover, Chen Chunyao always knew how to distort the truth. If she took advantage of this incident to pour dirt on her and do some marketing, she might even make a comeback.
So Ma Yiyi definitely didn't want this matter to get out of hand.
"Who are you? What does it matter to you if we call the police? Since you're not willing to admit that you caused Yaoyao's injury, of course we have to let the police find out the truth."
Xu Tingyu's brows furrowed even more.
Was Ma Yiyi's refusal to call the police a sign that she really pushed Chen Chunyao?
"Anyway, you're not allowed to call the police. You just want money, right? Fine, I'll give you 2,000 yuan. Take it and buy some medicine for your good sister."
Ma Yiyi didn't want to make a scene in front of so many people anymore, so she took out her phone on her own initiative.