Chapter 219: 219: Protecting his little sister
Jing Qian wasn’t ready for this encounter. As she looked at the fierce gaze, her face immediately turned white.
“So, it wasn’t Jing Qian’s fault. It was yours.”
Yunxiao wasn’t asking a question. It was a statement.
Then, everyone turned and stared at Jing Lu.
Jing Lu had always gotten what she wanted at home. As soon as she held both her hands by her chest, her mother would have given her the stars and the moon if she wanted. Plus, the kids back at school were gullible. If anyone dared to go against her, she would do the exact same thing and get what she wanted. This was why Jing Lu always thought that she was privileged.
However, on this day, she got scolded by the award-winning actor Yunxiao, someone who was usually warm and gentle.
Jing Lu was shocked. She immediately held onto her chest, put on a pitiful expression, and ended it with her eyes turning red.
Just as she was about to ask Yunxiao what she had done to offend him, causing him to accuse her, Yunxiao spoke up instead.
“You keep putting your hands there. Are you trying to tell me that you have a heart condition, and I shouldn’t have accused you? If you’re sick, you should be admitted instead. Looking at your outfit, you don’t look like you come from a poor family. I’m sure your parents wouldn’t have a problem with getting you a doctor and treating you. Am I right?”
In other words, if you have a heart condition, you should leave.
Pan Wei shrugged and touched his nose. If the investors wanted him to change the actors on the show, he had no other choice but to do so. But did this mean that before the start of the shoot, they would be on the top list for the fourth time today?
Jing Lu didn’t expect that her trick would have failed to work in front of Yunxiao. He didn’t have mercy on her, and even threatened to kick her out of the production.
The tears were about to come out of her eyes as she quickly explained herself, “No, that’s not it. Yunxiao, please don’t misunderstand me.”
“Then could you please tell me why Jing Qian isn’t here?”
As Yunxiao continued staring at her, Jing Lu panicked and turned to Qin Yi.
After that, she cried pitifully, “Brother Yi…”
If it was anyone else, Qin Yi would have helped her, but the person standing right in front of him was his idol and a senior in the industry.
Yunxiao’s eyes turned even colder as he looked at Qin Yi, “You’re aware of this?”
Qin Yi quickly shook his hands and refuted the statement, “I’m not!”
“Wu Wei, what’s the situation over there? Why is Jing Qian taking so long? We have been waiting for at least 30 minutes just for her!”
“Well, you would have to wait for another hour then.”
Wu Wei’s voice came from the other end of the call.
Since it was clear that Yunxiao was pissed and wouldn’t allow anyone to get Jing Qian, Pan Wei decided that it was best to just call the makeup artist, Weiwei, and put her on speaker.
Pan Wei clearly didn’t expect that they still had to wait for another hour and immediately exploded, “WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH HER?! Why do you still need another hour? Don’t you know that everyone here is waiting for Jing Qian?! She may be new, but can’t she at least act a little more professional?”
Then, Weiwei’s voice with slight indignation came from the other end.
“Director Pan, you shouldn’t blame Jing Qian for this. She was here early in the morning and waited for an hour and a half.
“But Jing Lu. Oh my god, I’m so tired of her! She only has a minor role, but she came into the dressing room early in the morning asking me to do her makeup. I told her to leave, but then she told me that she was Jing Qian’s younger sister. Then, after 5 minutes, Jing Qian got her and told her to leave, asking her to do her makeup elsewhere. Jing Lu refused and insisted on getting her makeup done before Jing Qian’s.”
Pan Wei got so angry that his eyes were about to pop out of his socket.
“She told you to do hers first and you did?! Don’t you know that the main lead has the most scenes?! You should have done the female lead first!”
Chapter 220: 220: Who do you think you are?
“Director, it doesn’t matter even if I’m the only one who understands this! That lady that you found for the role has a heart condition. When I told her to leave, she started holding her chest, and when Jing Qian told her to leave, she did the exact same thing! She said that every day from now onwards, she would be using the same dressing room as Jing Qian, and even said things like she never liked sharing things with others, refusing to use the same room as the other actresses here.
“Then, she even wanted to use Flower, which belonged to Jing Qian! Jing Qian had no other choice but to throw away her foundation.
“Director Pan, not that I’m complaining, but where did you find such a peculiar actress? Not only is she a nobody in the industry, can she stop being such a little princess?”
Weiwei did not know that he had turned to speaker mood, which was why she started complaining to Director Pan. She has been working with him for years and was considered one of his closest colleagues on set, which allowed her to talk in such a straightforward manner to him.
With every word that Weiwei said, Jing Lu’s face turned ghastly pale, and the look in Yunxiao’s eyes turned crueler as time passed.
“So, Jing Qian had been waiting in her dressing room for Jing Lu to be done with her makeup?”
Although Director Pan was asking Weiwei, his eyes were locked on Jing Qian. It was an incredibly fierce look and Jing Lu started shivering in fear. As she was so scared that almost passed out, she turned around and called out,
“Brother Yi…”
“Yes. What else could we do? Should we just allow her to have a heart attack on set? Director, why are these people on set instead of being at the hospital? Since she was able to get such a huge role as a new actress who has no previous work, this would mean that she must be loaded back at home. Why is she making her life difficult?
“I also heard that she has a boyfriend who’s also in the Entertainment industry, someone famous. Since he’s that well-established, he wouldn’t have allowed her to be here on set with her ‘terrifying’ condition, just so that she could earn enough money for her treatment, right?”
With these words combined with how Jing Lu had been looking at Qin Yi dependently when she got herself in trouble, the crowd subconsciously turned to Qin Yi when they heard the word ‘boyfriend.’
Qin Yi’s mind exploded on the spot.
He… He had never thought of acknowledging Jing Lu as his girlfriend.
At this moment, he finally realized what a big mistake he had made in getting Jing Lu to be in the same production as him.
Jing Lu may look adorable and was an understanding woman, but he would rather be rumored to be together with Jing Qian, who was the first female lead, as it would bring him more of an advantage.
While facing the crowd, Qin Yi tried to keep his poker face on so that no one here could see how guilty he felt.
Director Pan ended the call and turned towards Jing Lu, whose face was now white, her heart already racing uncontrollably.
“You are just a supporting role, but you were using the female lead’s room? You wasted all of our time just so that you could get your makeup done? Who do you think you are?!”
Pan Wei was always known for his harsh words while screaming at others. He also recently found out that their boss, Zhan Yihe, was fired from her post. The only people here that he had to be nice to were Jing Qian and Yunxiao. As for the rest of them, he had the right to deal with them as per his preference.
Therefore, Jing Lu was just a dispensable actress on his set.
He didn’t mind her being on set since the other boss had already said that she could stay here as long as she didn’t cause any trouble, but now…
Hehe!
Facing Pan Wei’s merciless ridicule, Jing Lu had never been insulted this badly before in her entire life.
She knew that Brother Yi had gone through a great deal of trouble just to get here, which was why his words wouldn’t matter. She wanted to ask for help from Jing Qian, but she wasn’t here.
Therefore, Jing Lu had no other choice but to accept the harsh ridicule and questions from Pan Wei while shivering in fear. She apologized in a soft voice while trying to explain herself, “I’m- I’m sorry, Director Pan. I didn’t do it on purpose.”