For this matter, Tang Ze had made no less than three calls to Sun Ling, instructing her not to let An Lan witness the cyberbullying scene, as it was literally deadly. Essentially, Tang Ze didnât want An Lan to star in âSmokeâ either, but what was An Lanâs status? Everything had to comply with the arrangements of the talent agency.
âBrother Tang, this canât be blamed on An Lan. I saw the message she sent to the scriptwriter. She didnât want more scenes, she wanted to cut the romantic scenes and even hoped that the scriptwriter could enhance the role of the second female lead. She wasnât trying to be a bootlicker, itâs the National Couple who are delusional!â Sun Ling couldnât help but speak up for Shi Lan, âFrom start to finish, itâs been the National Couple whoâve been bullying people.â
âWhat a big-mouthed lead actress, garbage!â Tang Ze couldnât help but curse, âThis isnât our issue. Huahai knows how to handle it over there; you take good care of An Lan.â
âBrother Tang, sorry, An Lan woke up.â Sun Ling turned her head and noticed movement on Shi Lanâs bed, so she hurriedly hung up.
Shi Lan sat up from the human-shaped pillow, took off her eye mask, and lazily looked at Sun Ling, saying, âYour phone call could be heard for miles around.â
Sun Ling: ââ¦â
So, she had heard everything about the cyberbullying.
Sun Ling was very nervous; she rushed over: âAn Lan, please donât be sad, donât do something rash like last timeâ¦â
Shi Lan glanced at the time, two in the afternoon, neither early nor late, just right for an afternoon tea.
âIâll get up and wash first, follow my instructions, and prepare some pastries. For the tea, just replace it with juice.â
Sun Ling looked at her warily: âAre you really not going to do something drastic to yourself?â
The female mogul sighed and smiled, âJust for those two, or for those two hundred thousand curse comments? A person whoâs seen life and death, arenât these small scenes?â
Shi Lan thought, her past life threats numbered not just a thousand but eight hundred; she had grown up accustomed to violence and brutality, so what really amounted to a trivial little schoolyard squabble? Sadly, no, the female mogul was unhearted, she even felt slightly amused.
Sun Ling was skeptical, but seeing that Shi Lan appeared normal, she left the room with repeated glances back.
Shi Lan got up, dressed up neatly and since her insomnia issue was resolved, she was in a good mood. She picked out an elegant red dress and applied exquisite makeup; coupled with beverages and pastry sent by the hotelâ¦
Perfect!
Sun Ling looked at Shi Lan, feeling as if she were prepping for some kind of ritual before death, which made her even less willing to leave her side.
Shi Lan, leaning her hand on the table gracefully, picked up a teacup then said to Sun Ling, âCome on, letâs shoot a video, put on a grand display.â
Sun Ling was puzzled, pulled out her phone, and opened the video recording app. The weather being what it was, even without a filter, Shi Lan looked radiant to the point of ethereal beauty, especially her cherry lips, luscious and inviting.@@novelbin@@
Sun Ling thought Shi Lan just wanted a pretty little video, but Shi Lan put down her teacup, started demolishing the pastries, and spoke into the camera: âHeard that thereâre only two hundred thousand criticisms under my Weibo? Youâre not trying hard enough! But, even if you throw twenty million insults, I donât care. Does it affect me having my afternoon tea? Not at all!â
âI also heard that youâre cyberbullying me because I suggested changes to character designs to the scriptwriter? Sorry, I apologize first, but no, I wonât change.â
âLastly, saying I wanted more romantic scenes?â Shi Lan scoffed dismissively, then continued deliberately towards the camera, âWishful! Thinking!â
After Sun Ling had recorded the entire video, she blinked, feeling both exhilarated and dumbfounded. Would this cause outrage once it was released?
âAn Lan, should we really post this? Iâll lose my job, and what about your public image?â
Miss Shi was undaunted: âCapability conquers all, and you need to get used to it, Iâll always be like this.â
Because the acting skills of a stage actress are never in vain.