Chapter 20

Suicide?

The blade is already in hand?

The atmosphere in the live studio took a sharp turn for the worse!

Wang Xiaomei, a seasoned broadcaster, had seen many ups and downs, especially during live broadcasts where unexpected incidents were common, such as listeners calling in to curse or sudden technical failures. However, this was the first time she had encountered a suicide during a live broadcast!

The listeners by their radios were also in an uproar, with comments flooding in!

"Is this real?"

"Teacher Wang, speak up! Don't let her take her life!"

"Persuade her! She's just a 22-year-old girl!"

"How can she be so desperate! Girl, don't die! Think about your parents!"

But the girl clearly couldn't see the comments!

Wang Xiaomei took a deep breath and quickly said to the female college student, "Sister! Sister! Don't take your life! Listen to me, I'll talk to you properly!"

The female college student calmly replied, "No need to talk, Teacher Wang. I've seen through it all. I can't live without him. Beijing and New York are the farthest places in the world. Today, I'm leaving to be closer to him. I believe we can still be together in heaven."

Wang Xiaomei shouted, "How can you be so foolish!"

The female college student said, "I'm not foolish, it's because I love him."

"Put the blade down first!" Wang Xiaomei hurriedly said, "This is irresponsible to yourself and your family! Your parents raised you, and you're just going to die? You're so selfish! Have you thought about how your parents and friends will feel after you leave?"

Facing a life, Zhang Ye couldn't afford to argue with Wang Xiaomei. He gave her a nod to keep the girl calm and quickly rushed out of the studio to the phone editor's room, closing the door and shouting, "What are you waiting for? Call the police!"

The phone editor was already in a panic, "Call the police? Right! Call the police!"

Zhang Ye directed, "Quickly! Give the police the caller's number! Find the address and go save her! It's too late otherwise!"

The phone editor immediately followed the instructions, "Hello, 110?"

Suddenly, the door to the outer room was pushed open, and seven or eight people rushed in!

Leading them was Zhao Guozhou, who was furious, "What's going on?!"

The phone editor pretended to be busy with the police and didn't dare to answer Zhao.

Zhao Guozhou, with a short temper, slammed the table, "How did you screen the calls? What kind of calls are you taking? What are you doing?" If this call hadn't been selected, the female college student wouldn't have heard Wang Xiaomei's extreme comments and might not have attempted suicide. Even if the girl had still chosen to take her life, it wouldn't have been during their live broadcast, and it wouldn't have been their responsibility. Now, with the call coming in, the listeners clearly blamed Wang Xiaomei and the program for the girl's decision to end her life. With this negative information, it was obvious that their radio station would be in the spotlight, and the show "Words of the World" and the top-rated cultural frequency would be a joke. Under public pressure, the program would definitely face cancellation, and there would be no chance of recovery!

The deputy head of the cultural station was also anxious, "What's the situation?"

The phone editor put down the phone, feeling guilty, "The police said it will take at least an hour to find the address and get to her house. They asked us to keep her talking!"

One of the "Words of the World" editors turned pale, "An hour? That's too late!"

Zhao Guozhou shouted, "We have to make it work! Keep her talking! Absolutely can't let her take her life! Otherwise, our cultural radio station is finished! All programs will suffer a devastating blow!" As media workers, they knew the power and pressure of media and public opinion!

The door opened again!

The station's leadership rushed in, "Old Zhao!"

Zhao Guozhou greeted him, "Director Jia! What brings you here?"

This was an old man, the deputy director of the Beijing Radio Station, "What do you think? To see the mess you've created! Solve it immediately!"

Zhao Guozhou said, "We'll do everything we can!" He turned to Zhang Ye, "Zhang! Go back and persuade her! Keep her talking for over an hour! Don't worry about the other programs, they'll all be delayed!"

Zhang Ye nodded and ran back to the studio.

The sound was isolated here, without the noise, only Wang Xiaomei's continuous persuasion.

"Sister, you're young. I've been through a lot, and you must listen to me," Wang Xiaomei said earnestly. "I was a bit extreme earlier, but if you have feelings for each other, nothing is impossible. I've handled many cases where couples were apart for years but still had a happy ending. Why can't you?"

The female college student laughed bitterly, "You're talking about being apart, but the farthest distance is still within the same country, and you can meet quickly by plane or train. But my boyfriend and I are different. Beijing and New York are at opposite ends of the world, with passport and financial restrictions. We haven't seen each other for five years, and I know it better than anyone. Thank you, Teacher Wang, for your comfort. I've made my decision. Here, I want to say sorry to my parents and friends. I'm really sorry."

Snap!

The sound of the blade rang out again!

In that instant, the deputy director Jia and Zhao Guozhou, along with the station's leadership and staff, all fell silent, the room was dead quiet!

Wang Xiaomei shouted, "No!"

The female college student said, "Goodbye."

Zhao Guozhou's lips turned pale, "It's over! We couldn't hold her!"

The other female staff members of the cultural station screamed and covered their ears; they couldn't bear to witness this!

Wang Xiaomei wanted to persuade her but didn't know what to say. The female college student was clearly a sensitive and artistic young woman, deeply immersed in her own world, not listening to anyone. Such people were the most dangerous and the hardest to persuade. Wang Xiaomei had done her best, but at this moment, the Wang Xiaomei who had always helped people with their emotional problems and claimed to speak for women felt utterly powerless for the first time in her life!

She's only 22!

She's just a college student!

To end her life over a relationship?

Zhang Ye's face darkened, and he angrily pushed away his microphone, shouting, "Girl, do you know what I hate the most? It's people like you, self-important artistic young women!"

Wang Xiaomei was stunned, "What are you saying!"

The outside Zhao Guozhou and the phone editor were also dumbfounded!

At this critical moment, you're actually provoking her? Do you want her to die?

"Why?" The female college student was silent for a moment before speaking, "I'm not self-important! I know the distance between our feelings!"

Zhang Ye coldly laughed, "That's precisely your self-importance. There is no distance in love. You said Beijing and New York are the farthest places in the world? How ridiculous!"

"Why? Isn't that the farthest distance?" The female college student asked.

Zhang Ye paused for a moment and recited a famous poem from his world.

"The farthest distance in the world is not being apart, but standing in front of you and you not knowing I love you."

"The farthest distance in the world is not standing in front of you and you not knowing I love you, but being so infatuated that I can't say I love you."

"The farthest distance in the world is not being able to say I love you, but feeling the pain in my heart and having to hide it deep inside."

"The farthest distance in the world is not being able to say I miss you, but loving each other and not being able to be together."

"The farthest distance in the world is not loving each other and not being able to be together, but knowing true love is invincible and pretending not to care."

"The farthest distance in the world is not the distance between trees, but branches growing from the same root that cannot lean on each other in the wind."

"The farthest distance in the world is not branches that cannot lean on each other, but stars that can see each other but have no intersecting paths."

"The farthest distance in the world is not stars that have no intersecting paths, but even if the paths intersect, they are lost in an instant."

"The farthest distance in the world is not being lost in an instant, but not meeting and being destined to never be together."

The air and atmosphere became calm.

The originally tense live studio suddenly softened.

Everyone listened to the poem recited by Zhang Ye, a poem none of them had heard before. Some women were even entranced by the poetry.

At the last and most crucial part, Zhang Ye, with his somewhat magnetic voice, slowly recited, "The farthest distance in the world is the distance between a bird and a fish, one soaring in the sky, the other... deep in the sea."

The farthest distance?

A bird and a fish?

This interpretation of the distance in love was new to everyone. Wang Xiaomei's expression was complex, the phone editor was convinced, and Zhao Guozhou and others were deep in thought!

The poem truly stunned everyone!

It was a profound and moving experience from the depths of the heart, hard to describe in words!

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