Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When Chuzheng changed into her outfit, Liu Manman was already getting ready at the filming set. Liu Manman saw Chuzheng walking over and a glint of gloating flashed past her eyes, but she quickly looked away.
“All the respective departments, please get ready.”
The crew members immediately left the filming set. Since it was a banquet, all the actors would be sitting down. Chuzheng was sitting in the front seat while Liu Manman, who was the third female lead, sat beside her.
The strident notes of the flute soared through the filming set and the dancers began dancing.
As a general, although Chuzheng was wearing female attire, her posture looked very bold and heroic. The emperor poked fun at her for that, but Chuzheng only gave a faint reply.
“I heard that the daughter of the Jiang Family has a talent for dancing. May I know if we can have the chance to feast our eyes on her dancing?” asked a courtier.
The daughter of the Jiang Family was the role Liu Manman was acting.
Since it was her dream to marry the male lead, she naturally did not decline the courtier’s request. She stood up shyly to express her willingness.
Just as she was about to walk out, she tripped on her long dress and her body fell backward uncontrollably.
Liu Manman’s head knocked onto the ground and even had an abrasion. Her palms and knees also turned red in pain.
She did not even get the chance to scream in pain when she heard Chuzheng’s voice. “You can’t even walk properly much less say dancing. Bring her out quickly and treat her wounds so that it wouldn’t leave a scar.”
The director was dumbfounded. It… wasn’t written like this in the script.
Not only was the director in a state of astonishment, but the others were also dumbfounded. Luckily, the set did not descend into chaos.
Chuzheng’s lines were very suitable for her character as her family and the Jiang Family did not get along well in the drama. Both characters even had a falling-out before the banquet.
The emperor could not blame her as well since the Jiang Family’s daughter was indeed hurt and was bleeding so Chuzheng’s words were still considered as a form of concern.
The scenario was reasonable and fair. Other than the part where Liu Manman’s character left the scene a little too hurriedly, everything else was reasonable.
The director immediately asked the guards at the side to bring her down.
Liu Manman was dumbfounded. It was not until she left the scene that she managed to react. “Director! The script wasn’t written this way. Someone stepped on my dress just now so that’s why I fell down!”
Yes, someone stepped on her dress and the person who was the closest to her was that woman so it has to be definitely her.
“About that, quickly treat your wounds.” The director clearly had no intention to do her justice and only let the production crew bring her out.
“Director, somebody really stepped on my dress.”
The director waved his hand at her, telling her to keep quiet.
Liu Manman refused to submit to such a conclusion and wanted to defend herself, but the assistant director dragged her away on account of their previous ties.
As the third female lead, it would do her no good if she blew things up and she might even implicate him.
“Why did you drag me away?” Liu Manman was so angry that she was seeing red.
“The director clearly doesn’t care about you. You will only lose out if you blow things up.”
“…Then, what should I do?” Since she could not offend the director, Liu Manman could only look at the assistant director with pitiful eyes.
This scene could be said to be one of her most important scenes in the whole drama.
However, she was chased out simply because of that woman’s words?
The assistant director looked around to make sure that no one was looking at them and patted Liu Manman’s voluptuous hips. “Don’t worry, I will find a way to help you.”
“Really?”
“Of course, as long as…”
The assistant director gave her a ‘you understand what I mean’ look.
Although Liu Manman felt disgusted by him, she still pouted cutely. “I understand.”
Liu Manman looked towards the camera and a glint of malevolence flashed past her eyes.
‘Damn it!’
‘She’ll get it from me later!’
Liu Manman thought about it and she felt better. However, even when filming had ended, nothing happened.
‘Why did nothing happen?’
‘No way…’
At that time, she did not dare to do much as she was afraid that she would be found out, but wasn’t Chuzheng’s luck too good? There were so many big action scenes yet none of her strings broke?
Liu Manman waited till Chuzheng finished filming and went forward to question her, “You did it on purpose just now, didn’t you?”
Chuzheng took off her thick outerwear and casually threw it on her chair. She then pulled up her sleeves, showing off her fair and slender arm.
“What happened just now?” Under this stuffy and hot environment, her voice was like a lake in the forest and had a hint of coolness.
“You purposely caused me to be unable to film this scene. It was you who tripped me down!”
Chuzheng glanced at her and faintly denied, “I didn’t.”
‘I am pulling a prank on you!’
‘Who asks you to bully me all the time!’
“If it wasn’t you, who was it?” Liu Manman refused to believe her. “You refuse to admit what you have done, is that it?”
“It was not me.” ‘That’s right, I refuse to admit it. What can you do about it? Bite me?’
Chuzheng walked towards the director and Liu Maman followed her.
Chuzheng turned around and threatened her, “If you continue following me, I will hit you.”
Liu Manman: “…”
Perhaps she had recalled the time when she was knocked unconscious in the dressing room, Liu Manman’s facial expression froze as she stood rooted to the ground.
‘Damn it! Ahhh! Gu Chuzheng! Wretch! Wretch!’
In the following days, Liu Manman continuously found ways to torture her, but every time, Chuzheng took revenge on her on the spot.
If that was just it then it would not be so bad. But Chuzheng did not even leave a single trace of evidence and made it look as if she had not done it before.
What was even more overboard was that she actually silently cut her acting scenes shorter!
Every time Liu Manman went to find the director, the director always dismissed her with an ‘I think it’s very reasonable’ explanation.
Liu Manman could not voice her worries out and it was not until she had enough of Chuzheng’s counter attacks that she stopped and decided to live honestly.
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“Su Jiu, even if you don’t want to go to the banquet, you have to go!”
His manager threw the invitation card to the young man and the young man lowered his head while remaining unmoved.
The manager set his arms akimbo. “I am so unlucky to have become your manager. Why are you so stubborn? Who isn’t like this in this entertainment industry? So what if you are talented? If you want to be popular, you need to have the backing and a good background! If you don’t have these, you are nothing!”
“Many people will attend the banquet and I am telling you that you have to go!”
The manager spat this sentence out of his mouth and slammed the door without even caring about the young man’s reaction.
The young man waited for the house to fall silent before picking up the invitation card.
‘No status…’
‘No backing…’
‘I can only be stepped on?’
‘Hmph…’
On the day of the banquet, no matter how unwilling Su Jiu was, his manager still dragged him to the event’s location.
The people there dressed lavishly, however, they were rotten to their core. Their souls were foul and smelly which only disgusted people.
“Su Jiu, follow me.”
His manager pulled him towards a lady.
When Su Jiu scanned the crowd, he saw a familiar girl standing at a corner. She kept her distance from the others and was coldly looking at… him?
She was actually looking at herself.
Su Jiu knew that his face was very attractive, otherwise, he would not attract so many problems now.
Another person was attracted to this face of his?
Su Jiu lowered his eyes like a puppet as in front of these people, he could not respond to any of them.
His manager was a little angry and pinched Su Jiu a few times. “Su Jiu, don’t act as if you can’t tell chalk from cheese! Miss Gao is talking to you!”
“Sigh, it’s fine.” The lady dressed in red chuckled, “I like him the way he is.”
The manager chuckled as well. “In that case… you two can carry on and I will take my leave.”
Gao Xueyun nodded, but before the manager left, he whispered in Su Jiu’s ear and threatened him, “Su Jiu, don’t offend Miss Gao again! Otherwise, don’t think of making a comeback again!”
Su Jiu clenched his fists slightly.