At that moment, Liu Fang snorted coldly and left out a single sentence.
"Repay your savior or go back to England, you have to choose one."
...
What a coincidence! I rarely get to attend a banquet today, and I just happened to hear the name Lin Leyao. It seems like she's run into some trouble.
Liu Fang leaned against the wall and gulped down the champagne in his glass.
Not far away, a girl in a pink dress was walking towards Liu Fang with a flushed face.
"Hello..." the girl's voice was soft and shy.
Liu Fang smiled and said, "I'm a girl."
"Huh?" The girl looked astonished, seemingly not expecting this outcome.
Liu Fang was still smiling.
The girl carefully examined Liu Fang's face and found that his facial features were indeed softer than those of a man.
The attempt to flirt paused. The girl hesitated for a moment, then whispered a compliment: "You're so handsome."
Liu Fang revealed a devilish smile and said, "I'm even more beautiful when I have long hair."
Halfway through the banquet, Liu Fang had already lost interest and left the venue.
After a good night's sleep, Lin Leyao arrived on time the next day at the set of "The Palace Prisoner".
Throughout the journey, there was no shortage of whispers and glances cast from the shadows.
The producer didn't mention Lin Leyao's withdrawal from the role again today, and Lin Leyao guessed that he probably accepted her suggestion.
In fact, changes in investors for a film crew can easily generate public opinion, but a very important reason why Producer Wu was willing to change investors is probably because he had doubts and curiosity about his own background.
Lin Leyao entered the dressing room. Su Wenyu, who was inside, was stunned when she saw Lin Leyao appear, and then her eyes lit up with surprise.
"Le Yao! I saw in the call sheet last night that we had a scene together, and I was thinking about how to film it today, but I never expected..."
Su Wenyu didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood.
Lin Leyao smiled and sat down to play on her phone for a while, while two makeup artists were doing her hair next to Su Wenyu.
Seeing that Lin Leyao had been waiting for a while, Su Wenyu said to the makeup artist beside her, "Xiao Li, go and do Leyao's makeup. My hair will be done soon."
"Wait a moment, Sister Wenyu. The two of us can help each other quickly and save time." After saying that, Xiao Li turned to Lin Leyao and said, "Teacher Lin, please wait a little longer. I'll come and help you as soon as I'm done with Teacher Su."
Lin Leyao replied, "It's nothing."
Xiao Li was helping Su Wenyu put on a beaded flower when suddenly Xiao Li's arm collided with another makeup artist, and the beaded flower flew away.
After locking onto the location with his eyes, Xiao Li walked to Lin Leyao's side and said, "Teacher Lin, could you move aside a bit?"
Lin Leyao stood up and offered her seat.
Xiao Li picked up the beaded flower and returned to Su Wenyu's side. As she passed Lin Leyao, she stopped and said, "Teacher Lin, could you sit over there? Otherwise, if something else falls, your sitting here will be in my way..."
As soon as Xiao Li finished speaking, Xiao Mi immediately became unhappy and stood up abruptly, "Hey—"
Just as Xiaomi was about to speak, Lin Leyao pulled her back.
Receiving Lin Leyao's look, Xiao Mi swallowed back the words she was about to say. She snorted, sat back down, and started typing a message on her phone.
Lin Leyao's phone kept vibrating. As soon as she opened WeChat, she saw that Xiaomi had sent more than a dozen WeChat messages complaining about her.
Xiaomi: [Can't she speak properly? What does she mean by "interfering with her"?!]
Xiaomi: [How disgusting! She used to fawn over you, always asking how you were doing whenever you came to the dressing room, but today she's acting like this!]
Xiaomi: [She probably heard the rumors that investors were going to blacklist you and thought you were going to be sidelined, so she's been praising Su Wenyu like crazy today! What a jerk! Sister Le Yao, how much good food did you buy for her before? It all went to a dog's stomach!]
It's clear that Xiaomi was quite angry, as they even resorted to swearing.
Lin Leyao smiled but didn't say anything.
Time flew by, and soon Su Wenyu finished her styling and left the dressing room first, while Lin Leyao sat in a chair and had her styled by Xiao Li.
The makeup was quickly completed, and Xiao Li took a hairpin and inserted it into Lin Leyao's newly styled hair.
The hairpin was in an awkward position, so Xiao Li pulled it out again.
"Hiss—" Lin Leyao's expression suddenly changed, and she gasped.
Xiaomi quickly asked, "Sister Leyao, what's wrong?"
As soon as the words were spoken, Xiao Mi noticed a small tuft of hair wrapped around the hairpin in Xiao Li's hand.
This hair was literally pulled out of the scalp!
Xiaomi was so angry that her face turned white. She wanted to curse, but she didn't want to cause trouble for Lin Leyao.
She pursed her lips, suppressing her anger, and said, "Forget it, don't bother. Just tell me where to insert the hairpin, and I'll do it."
Xiao Li handed over the hairpin, his face turning pale and then red, and whispered, "I'm sorry, Teacher Lin."
Xiaomi snorted: "You're really out of it today. What are you thinking about? You don't think that our Sister Leyao is only coming for one day and won't come again, so you haven't been paying attention to her at all today, do you?"
Xiao Li's expression changed, and he whispered in protest, "I didn't—"
"Mmm," Xiaomi said sarcastically, "It would be great if there really wasn't one."
Listening to their conversation, Lin Leyao couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Xiaomi said discontentedly, "Sister Leyao, what are you laughing at?"
Lin Leyao shook her head gently and remained silent.
She believes that there are all kinds of people in society, and the entertainment industry is a microcosm of society, containing people of all kinds of personalities. Naturally, there will also be some opportunists who fawn over the powerful and bully the weak.
However, these people often lack vision and foresight, thinking that their choices will bring them more benefits in their work and life, unaware that they are narrowing their own path.
The styling was done quickly, and aside from the whispers and some stares, today was a wonderful day on set.
In the evening, Lin Leyao and Xiaomi went out to eat together and brought back a lot of barbecue.
On the way, Xiaomi revealed her gossipy side, blinking her eyes and asking teasingly, "Sister Leyao, how was your trip to Australia? Did you have a romantic night?"
Lin Leyao patted her head and explained seriously, "I'm going to take care of some important business!"
"Oh, oh," Xiaomi quickly replied, but from the expression on her face, it was clear that she didn't believe Lin Leyao's reason at all.
Suddenly, Xiao Mi seemed to notice something and asked curiously, "Sister Le Yao, where's your ring? Didn't you always wear it before?"
ring……
Lin Leyao's eyes darkened, and she quickly said, "It's inconvenient to take off rings while filming, so I won't wear them."
"Huh?" Xiaomi looked surprised.
She used to wear the ring before filming and would often touch it like it was a precious treasure. How come she changed after going to Australia?
Not daring to ask aloud, Xiaomi kept all her questions to herself.
Today, Lin Leyao drove herself, taking Xiaomi all the way back to the hotel's underground parking lot.
As I was preparing to leave, a strange noise came from inside a car in the quiet underground parking garage.
Lin Leyao immediately stopped in her tracks and slowly walked towards the source of the sound.
When Lin Leyao saw the car making the strange noise, she suddenly opened her eyes wide.
The car that made the sound was Chen Luan's nanny van.
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Author's Note:
Xin, still unaware that he has upset his wife. (Shadow 8T^T8)
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Chapter 32
Lin Leyao drew closer and closer.
The black van was parked in the dark underground parking garage.
The surroundings were completely silent, as if the sound just now was merely Lin Leyao's hallucination.
Xiaomi followed beside Lin Leyao, watching her actions with great confusion: "Sister Leyao, what's wrong?"
Just as Xiaomi finished speaking, another bang was heard from inside the nanny van in front of her.
Xiaomi's eyes widened in fright, and she immediately held her breath, not daring to utter a word.
Lin Leyao had already walked to the passenger seat of the van. The windows were covered with privacy film, so she couldn't see what was inside.
Lin Leyao slowly moved to the right, getting closer and closer to the front of the car.
Seeing something, Lin Leyao's eyes flashed, and she suddenly stopped, turned around, and walked away from the underground parking lot.
Xiaomi was quite surprised by Lin Leyao's sudden action and quickly followed her.
Back at the hotel, Xiaomi was still very puzzled and asked, "Sister Leyao, did you see what was in the car?"
Lin Leyao shook her head: "No. You can take these barbecues and eat them with Xiao Zhu."
"Huh?" Xiao Mi looked surprised. "Sister Le Yao, didn't you say you were bringing it back for Sister Wen Yu and Teacher Chen Luan?"
Lin Leyao waved her hand: "I forgot that the two of them have been controlling their weight recently. You and Xiao Zhu can eat."
Without asking any more questions, Xiaomi replied, "Okay."
Just then, the doorbell rang, and Xiaomi put down the barbecue and went to open the door.
"Teacher Chen?"
Xiao Mi's surprised voice came from the doorway, and Lin Leyao had already guessed who it was.
Chen Luan's voice came into the room from the doorway: "Xiao Mi, is Le Yao here?"