Chapter 68 - 45: No Room for the Great Buddha

Translator: 549690339

As soon as Chen Yu’s story came out, Li Mingyu instantly understood.

She looked at Bai Shilan and Ye Bingtong with a mocking smile, “What a brilliant idea, it’s a waste of your talents to come up with something like this. If Xiaoyu hadn’t dodged and fallen into the lake, now, Miss Ye, wouldn’t you have become our Xiaoyu’s lifesaver? It is only natural to repay one’s gratitude, Shouldn’t I offer you the leading lady role in my movie as thanks?”

Li Mingyu’s tone was very calm, but there was an inexplicable deterrence in it.

Ye Bingtong shivered involuntarily.

Whether it was from the cold or from fear was uncertain.

“Director Li, no… it’s not like that,” Ye Bingtong hastily stated, “The child is talking nonsense.”

Li Mingyu let out a cold chuckle, “Now you’re still trying to argue. You really are shameless. To be so utterly shameless that even Xiaoyu can’t stand it, speaking up to expose you. What, he’s been silent for so long, and now when he makes an effort to speak, it’s to wrongly accuse you?”

“Xiaoyu didn’t talk nonsense,” Chen Yu said, puffing himself up with anger.

“Of course Xiaoyu didn’t talk nonsense, grandma knows that,” Li Mingyu hastened to coax.

Chen Yu replied, then turned and leaned back on Sister Ye Xiao’s shoulder.

For some reason.

Sister Ye Xiao always gave him a sense of security.

Sister Ye Xiao had never encountered such a situation before, so she could only keep holding the child rigidly.

“Xiaoxiao, I thank you for this,” Li Mingyu said upon seeing how close Chen Yu was to Sister Ye Xiao, her eyes softened.

This child Xiaoyu, is actually very sensitive to people’s malice and kindness.

Seeing Sister Ye Xiao looking fierce, she must have an extremely soft heart, otherwise Xiaoyu wouldn’t possibly like her this much.

Sister Ye Xiao shook her head awkwardly.

Li Mingyu saw this and intended to take Chen Yu over.

But Chen Yu clung to Sister Ye Xiao even tighter.

“Director Li, it’s okay, I’ll hold the child for a bit longer,” Sister Ye Xiao couldn’t help saying.

Li Mingyu softened her voice and said, “Xiaoyu, Sister Ye Xiao can’t hold you for too long, you’re going to tire her out. Come down now, and let your sister rest for a bit, okay?”

Chen Yu thought about it and dutifully moved to show he was ready to come down.

Sister Ye Xiao set him down, and Chen Yu immediately grabbed Sister Ye Xiao’s hand, as if afraid she would run away.

Li Mingyu couldn’t help but feel somewhat helpless.

Sister Ye Xiao quite liked the child and couldn’t help saying, “Director Li, it’s fine, I’ll stay with Xiaoyu for a while.”

Li Mingyu looked at her gratefully, “Then I’ll have to trouble you for a bit. I need to sort out some things here, Once I’m done, I’ll take Xiaoyu away.”

As soon as Chen Yu heard this, he began to get nervous and moved closer to Sister Ye Xiao.

Li Mingyu was immediately both frustrated and amused.

What did that gesture mean?

Wasn’t she, his grandma, as close to him as Sister Ye Xiao?

But she felt a bit comforted inside.

After all, Chen Yu was finally willing to speak.

With such a good start, things will only get better from here on out.

“No worries. I quite like Xiaoyu,” Sister Ye Xiao’s eyes frankly revealed a hint of schadenfreude, “Director Li, you go ahead and deal with your matters.”

Her gaze seemed to say,

“Hurry up and kill those two.”

But her obvious performance made Li Mingyu couldn’t help but smile in speechless amazement.

She couldn’t fathom how such an ostentatious person could, while acting, achieve a nuanced performance and include so many details. Could this be, perhaps, a rare talent?

These thoughts only circulated in Li Mingyu’s mind for a moment before she quickly looked toward Ye Bingtong and Bai Shilan, her expression instantly turning grave.

The faces of both Ye Bingtong and Bai Shilan turned slightly pale.

They knew full well that Chen Yu was Li Mingyu’s precious darling, which was why they had carried out this scheme.

They had assumed that, even if it was unsuccessful, Chen Yu wouldn’t speak, and it wouldn’t have any consequences.

However…

The current situation was that not only had their plan failed, but their words had been repeated verbatim by Chen Yu!

Li Mingyu knew her precious grandson had almost been victim to their plotting. With her temperament, wouldn’t she go all out against them?

If Li Mingyu had been powerless and insignificant, it would have been another story.

But she was a renowned director, and both of them still wished to act in her movies.

Now the matter had become quite awkward!

Bai Shilan’s gaze flickered as she spoke first, “Director Li, this is all a misunderstanding. We were just joking at the time. Look at Xiaoyu, isn’t he all right now, with not a single thing amiss?”

“Exactly, exactly,” Ye Bingtong hastened to say. “We were just talking idly. No matter what, we wouldn’t really harm a child.”

Li Mingyu sneered coldly. She was too lazy to listen to their excuses and simply said indifferently, “Miss Bai. You are very clear about how you got this role in the first place. I already compromised a great deal to let you luckily get the role. Now, not satisfied with having the role, you still want to meddle more. My crew has no place for someone like you. Later, I will speak with President Li, but I’m afraid my crew cannot afford the honor of your presence.”

Li Mingyu’s intention was clear—she planned to kick Bai Shilan out of the crew!

The color drained from Bai Shilan’s face, and her voice suddenly became sharp, “Director Li! You can’t do this! Jingzhou would never allow it.”

Li Mingyu looked at her with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, “Miss Bai, if I recall, you’ve always claimed publicly that you’ve gotten to where you are today all on your own. You even said that your relationship with La Jingzhou is nothing more than that of ordinary business partners. So, why aren’t you relying on yourself now?”

Bai Shilan’s facade was pierced, and her face began to look slightly unsightly. She couldn’t help saying, “No matter what, since you promised Jingzhou, you can’t go back on your word.”

Although she was a popular Internet celebrity, she had always had followers but no substantial works.

The movie of a great director was an important opportunity for her to soar, and she didn’t want to give it up no matter what.

Li Mingyu arched an eyebrow, “That’s not something for Miss Bai to worry about, I will talk to President Li myself!”

She would give La Jingzhou face, but on the condition that Bai Shilan’s role, which was originally just eye-candy, was less crucial than the other female lead, who was the real soul of the project.

But now.

Bai Shilan had schemed so far as to involve Chen Yu!

Even if it meant completely falling out with her, she was determined not to work with Bai Shilan anymore.

Bai Shilan’s lips trembled slightly, and she wanted to say something, but for a moment, she didn’t know what to say. She looked utterly panicked.

Although she claimed she wanted to leave La Jingzhou, in reality, she still had a certain dependency and fear regarding him.

She knew how much effort La Jingzhou had exerted to get her into Li Mingyu’s crew.

Now that she had completely offended Li Mingyu, she didn’t know whether Jingzhou could still manage the situation on his end.

“And you, Ye Bingtong,” Li Mingyu turned her gaze toward Ye Bingtong.

Ye Bingtong shuddered all over. She subconsciously said, “Director Li, this has nothing to do with me, it was Bai Shilan, it was all her idea. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Xiaoyu, those words were said by Bai Shilan. At that time, I didn’t agree, that’s why I really didn’t push Xiaoyu into the water!”