Chapter 160: 137: Heavy Burden

Her face was scalded by the boiling water, and just as Tong Simeng felt the searing pain, Ye Bolin delivered a verbal barrage right to her face.

With some difficulty, Tong Simeng managed to get up from the ground and said with a hint of grievance, “Big brother, you’ve wronged me. It was just that I didn’t hold it steady, and besides, it’s me who got splashed, isn’t it?”

She was already in such a miserable state, not even sure if her face was disfigured, yet Ye Bolin showed no sympathy. Instead, he accused her of harboring ill intentions towards Ye Xiao!

Is he even human?!

[Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such a character who attracts trouble wherever she goes can only prove that society’s harsh lessons have not been enough yet.]

It’s not that Ye Xiao wanted to criticize.

It’s just that she found this female protagonist even harder to understand than the previous ones.

Take Ye Bingtong, for example, her true nature was another matter, but she still knew how to act gentle and kind in the Ye Family and in public.

Take Bai Shilan, who constantly declared her desire for freedom, yet she never dared to raise such clamor in front of La Jingzhou.

And Chen Yueyue knew to use cajoling tactics in front of her older brother.

But this Tong Simeng was something else.

It didn’t matter what trouble she caused, she was always righteous and indignant. It’s as if no matter the mistake she made, everyone was supposed to forgive her.

If they didn’t, then they were not gentle or kind, and would be condemned by the whole world.

There was a time when such naïve and troublemaking heroines seemed to be in vogue…

But it’s one thing to read about it in books.

In real life, having someone like that around you can really drive you crazy!

“Whether you harbored that intention, you know it yourself,” Ye Lin couldn’t help but comment, “I saw it clearly, just now, your move was aimed straight at Xiaoxiao!”

Tong Simeng felt even more wronged.

In the past, she had caused quite a few incidents, but everyone’s first reaction was to comfort her.

This time, Ye Xiao wasn’t the one who got hurt, clearly she was the one injured.

Yet now, they were all starting to blame her!

Tong Simeng couldn’t help but glance at Ye Zhaoyu.

Ye Zhaoyu’s face was dark, his expression somewhat shocked and unsettled.

He was still in a state of shock.

So.

Just then.

Had Ye Xiao really foreseen the future not long before?

He watched closely.

If Ye Bolin hadn’t tripped her, that boiling water would have been definitely thrown in Ye Xiao’s direction.

In the past, he could have convinced himself that Tong Simeng was just careless, that her lax attitude was just her personality, and that she had no bad intentions.

But now.

Ye Xiao’s thoughts had become such a glaring reality just seconds later.

This left Ye Zhaoyu with no room to persuade himself.

Could it be Tong Simeng did it on purpose?

Ye Zhaoyu looked at his girlfriend, his gaze unavoidably carrying a trace of inquiry.

“Zhaoyu!” Tong Simeng cried out with a sense of injustice, “You doubt me too, right?”

With sudden defiance, she said, “Fine, you all feel sorry for Ye Xiao and want to trample on me! You say I want to bully her, so let’s say I did! I apologize to her, okay?!”

Ye Xiao quickly glanced at the script.

“Tong Simeng walked towards Ye Xiao with frustration: ‘How should I apologize, would kneeling down work?’

She made to kneel, but then she slipped, and her body fell straight onto Ye Xiao.

Her head smashed right onto Ye Xiao’s nose, and Ye Xiao cried out in pain as blood slowly flowed from her nose.”

Ye Xiao was completely speechless!

Was she not going to rest until she hurt her?

The most disgusting part was.

This segment of the script had become highlighted in red.

That meant.

This segment was set as a key plot point!

Under key plot points.

You either change the script, or you’re like Gu Yan, a ruthless person fighting against it.

But someone like Gu Yan who could fight against the script, there’s probably only one of him in the world.

To fight against the script is to fight against the will of this world, to contest the world with the power of one person. Ye Xiao didn’t even know how Gu Yan came to possess such strength.

Ye Xiao could only quickly delve into studying the script.

If it was just a nose injury, she might not even be willing to use up her word count.

But she still had to go back to filming.

With an injured nose, it would definitely affect the subsequent shooting. She couldn’t let her own issues impact the whole crew.

Ye Xiao hastily changed two characters.

As soon as she finished editing,

Tong Simeng, following the script, was already walking towards her, even declaring she would kneel down to apologize.

Tong Simeng’s actions were very strange.

Logically, Ye Bolin and the others should have intervened to stop her.

But in a key scene,

everyone was like an NPC, only able to act according to the script.

If they had no part in the scene, they would just stand there, motionless.

This made the scene seem somewhat bizarre.

Tong Simeng indeed managed to reach in front of Ye Xiao, saying her line, “May I kneel for you?”

As she spoke, she started to kneel.

However,

just as she lowered her head, suddenly, her feet slipped, and she went crashing straight towards Ye Xiao.

The trajectory looked like it was aimed right at the vulnerable nose.

A smug smile couldn’t help but form on Tong Simeng’s lips,

Just wait.

This time,

she was going to get back at all the grievances she had suffered.

As Tong Simeng delighted in imagining Ye Xiao’s painful screams, the next moment, her body was unexpectedly pressed down by an undeniable force.

Thud!

Tong Simeng fell at an odd angle, hitting the ground directly.

That hit left Tong Simeng dizzy and disoriented.

She struggled to lift her head and found herself looking at Ye Xiao’s feet.

The red text disappeared.

The key scene was over.

Ye Xiao blinked, and with a slight smile said, “Miss Tong, you don’t need to offer such an exaggerated courtesy.”

Just now,

she had edited “she falls straight on top of Ye Xiao” to “she falls straight by Ye Xiao’s feet.”

With that one change, the following scene wouldn’t stand, and the key scene came to an abrupt end.

The others woke up as if from a dream.

“Xiaoxiao, are you alright?” Du Yaru instinctively grabbed Ye Xiao’s hand.

Ye Bolin walked over in quick strides, eyeing Tong Simeng warily, “What are you trying to do?”

[What can she try to do? She just wanted to pretend to be careless and hit my nose. Judging by the force, if she really had hit, my nose might have fractured.] Ye Xiao couldn’t help but rant internally.

The faces of the Ye Family changed.

Especially Ye Lin.

Being in the entertainment industry himself, he acutely realized.

This wasn’t just a problem of Ye Xiao getting hurt; it would delay the entire crew’s schedule.

People outside were already watching this film “Dark Night” closely. If it got out that the shooting schedule was compromised because of the female lead’s injury, who knows what rumors would spread.

This Tong Simeng!

Her intentions are condemnable!

Ye Lin’s look towards Tong Simeng became dangerous, and he even couldn’t help glaring at Ye Zhaoyu several times.

What was the matter with this brother?!

What kind of person had he brought back?!

When Ye Lin thought again,

He recalled his elder brother’s fiancée…

She wasn’t any better.

In that case,

he seemed to be the only sane person in the family.

That Bai Shilan trying to hook up with him, he hadn’t been moved in the slightest!

No wonder the heavens chose him to hear Xiaoxiao’s inner voice, it was because he was the only rational person in the family!

Ye Lin suddenly felt the weight on his shoulders as heavy as a thousand catties!