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The assistant director unknowingly felt increased stress from Chuzhengâs expressionless face.
His mood was even more terrible as having a witless young girl was enough yet she still created such stress for him.
âMiss Gu, donât go too far. Apologize to Manman now. If not, Iâll call the security guards.
âGo ahead and call them.â Chuzheng simply said.
The assistant director was speechless. ââ¦â âThis little brat really thinks that he does not dare to call the security guards in!â
âWhy are all of you blocking the way over here?â
The assistant director raised his head and saw the director hurriedly walking out with his cell phone in his hands.
âDirector, thereâs nothing wrong.â The assistant director quickly explained. âA person is making a ruckus here. Iâll make her leave now.â
But the director had already walked out and saw Chuzheng. He smiled immediately. âMiss Gu, youâve arrived. Didnât we agree that Iâll come and fetch you? Iâm really sorry for making you find the way yourself.â
She was their god of fortune!
She had to be properly waited upon!
âHurry up and make the person causing trouble to leave. Donât stand here and annoy others.â
The assistant director had a shocked look. âWas he hallucinating about the scene where the director was fawning over Gu Chuzheng just now?â
Liu Manman was not any better.
The directorâs attitudeâ¦
âHeâs referring to me,â Chuzheng answered for him.
âWhat?â The director was stunned before he came back to his senses and glanced at the assistant director and Liu Manman. He did not care about how Liu Manman got in as they were just filming a small film while she was a third female lead so as long as she could act, it was fine.
Butâ¦
The director suddenly recalled the previous incident where this third female lead stole their god of fortuneâs acting role.
The director immediately broke into a cold sweat. Chuzheng had never especially mentioned this incident while he was too excited previously and hence, he forgot about this incident.
âWhat are you doing!â The director slapped the assistant directorâs head. âShe is Miss Gu. Open your eyes wide and look carefully! Does Miss Gu seem to be making trouble?â
âApologize to Miss Gu now!â
The director scoffed.
The assistant director was stunned.
Apologize? To her?
âDirectorâ¦â The assistant director wanted to ask for the reason, but before he could speak, he was scolded by the director.
Since he was the assistant director, the word âassistantâ meant that he could never be better than the director.
âSorry, Miss Gu.â The assistant director dryly apologized, but did not know where he was wrong. âWas the director turning crazy?â
Liu Manman stood at the side and her fingernails almost dug into her flesh.
âMiss Gu, Iâm so sorry. Please donât mind them. Come in.â The director immediately changed the topic.
After Chuzheng and the director went in, Liu Manman held back the assistant directorâs arm. âAssistant director, whatâs with Gu Chuzheng?â
The assistant director was frustrated as well and his tone was harsh. âI donât know.â
He turned back and looked at Liu Manman. âIs she not your roommate? Donât you know why she appeared here?â
Liu Manman shook her head. She really did not know.
Over these past few days, she left early and came back late so they had few opportunities to meet each other. Hence, she had not known what Chuzheng was doing at all.
At that time, she had not felt that she could talk much either.
âAy! Assistant director⦠wait for me.â Liu Manman still had to rely on the assistant director and hence, she could not offend him.
Over there, the director brought Chuzheng in and gathered everyone as he introduced Chuzheng as their second female lead.
âThe second female lead was changed?â
âShe looks like a cold person and doesnât seem nice to interact with, but she still looks quite pretty.â
âHave you seen her before?â
âIâve never seen her before. Sheâs probably a newcomer. Could it be she came in through the back door?â
As the director saw the discussion getting out of hand, he shouted, âNot only is Miss Gu our second female lead, she is also our biggest investor. Everyone, take note of that!â
The scene immediately fell silent.
Liu Manman who just walked in, stood rooted to the ground.
âInvestor? And the biggest?â
Liu Manman thought she was hallucinating and harshly pinched herself yet the director continued to give orders and it was clear that she had not hallucinated.
âShe could not even clinch an acting role so how could she be the investor now?â
Impossible!
âYouâve landed me in a hot soup.â
Liu Manman frantically explained. âAssistant director, I didnât. Sheâ¦â
The assistant director glared at Liu Manman before he rushed forward to apologize.
Liu Manmanâs face was writ large with disbelief as she stared at the girl who was surrounded by people.
How could this be?
The director arranged a private dressing room for Chuzheng. What a joke! She was their god of fortune! A private dressing room was definitely necessary.
Liu Manman walked into the dressing room in a huff.
Inside the dressing room, Chuzheng was alone. She closed the door and questioned her. âGu Chuzheng, where did you get so much money?â
Chuzheng leaned on the dressing table as she said with an indifferent expression. âWho are you to ask me? Do I have to report to you?â
Liu Manman scoffed. âAm I not clear of your background?â âHow could she have the money to invest? That was absolutely impossible!â
âSo what is my background?â Chuzheng reversed the question. âShe made it sound like she knew herself better than her, how impressive!â
Liu Manman said, âYou didnât even graduate from high school and belong to an average family. How could you have so much money?â
She rolled her eyes as though she seemed to understand something. âYou put on an act all day and pretend that youâre high up in the sky. Could it be you took a manâs money and came over here to boast?â
âShe was not any better either by looking down on her all day.â
âYou believed what I said?â Chuzheng played with her wrists. âNaive.â
âIf you really had money, why would you live in that place? Gu Chuzheng, you can stop pretending. You have a sugar daddy, right? Youâ¦â
Pengââ
âItâs so noisy.â
Chuzheng put down the hammer that she did not know who put in there and threw Liu Manman who had fainted outside.
The people outside the door were shocked.
Chuzheng: Oh no, I forgot there were people outside.â
She held the door calmly. âShe fainted.â
Everyone was at a loss. They could see that, but the question was why did she faint?
Chuzheng said with a serious expression, âYou can take her back.â
After Chuzheng closed the door, she patted her chest two times in relief.
The news of the second female lead was the biggest investor who knocked down the third female lead the moment she arrived spread quickly within their filming crew and even escalated to the neighboring filming crew.
Liu Manman woke up and had almost stirred up trouble for Chuzheng before she was stopped by the assistant director.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
The director had said before that nobody was allowed to offend their god of fortune.
No matter how impressive the assistant director was, he could not have bad terms with money.
Liu Manman felt extremely wronged. âWho did she think she was!â
She was merely a nobody yet how could she become a person envied by everyone in the blink of an eye and even had the upper hand over her.
âManman, no matter what grudge you have with her, you have to tolerate it for now.â The assistant director threw her a sentence.
Liu Manman kept silent.
Liu Manman was indignant and started to spread rumors within the filming crew by saying Chuzheng had an old sugar daddy and she used to be a small player where her living quarters were all rented and was so poor that she could only eat instant noodles.
If she was not a sugar baby, how would she have so much money?
Chuzheng looked young and did not seem like a rich person.
Moreover, the credibility of rumors increases as it spreads.