Chapter 132: Served on a Platter (2)
On the second day of filming, Guan Meiyi still had not shown up. Zhang Heng’s face had darkened like a dark stormy night, and he had been flying off the handle at the slightest mistake, the entire crew had been on edge because of that.
Because of Ruan Zeyan, nobody dared to gossip about Ling Tianya right in front of her but continued to slander her to smithereens behind her back.
“Hey, do you think those things that the internet says about Miss Ling are real?”
“Duh, there’s no smoke without fire after all.”
“Right? We all knew how Mr. Ruan was hostile towards Miss Ling, and Mr. Ruan was so nice to Guan Meiyi back then. He even came to visit her on the first day of filming. Why did he suddenly not want to marry Meiyi, and instead wants marry Miss Ling?” The person that spoke gave a side-eye.
Everyone nodded collectively. “Right, Miss Ling is definitely not a goody-two-shoes, she’s definitely a cunning woman, even Mr. Ruan fell for her seduction.”
“Heh, she has just come back for a few days and she’s shown her true self, who knew how she actually was in the few years she is overseas? They’re so open! As we said, there isn’t smoke without a fire, I think the news online is real.”
“Right right, and Weibo recently absolutely exploded with all the scandals surrounding Miss Ling before she went overseas. Did you know that her mom actually committed adultery and eloped with their chauffeur? Then, Miss Ling was super arrogant, and kept picking on her step-mom and step-sister. Ling Yuqing is her step-sister.”
“I know, she’s only just come to the set, and knows basically nothing, but she put her to work by Zhang Ke from the start. She forced them to write a sixty-scene script! I’ve seen Ling Yuqing working with an absolutely miserable look, I felt so bad for her.”
“She even scolded Zhang Ke to the point of tears yesterday, Zhang Ke still hasn’t come back today.”
“Let’s not talk about it too much, it won’t be good if someone hears!”
“What are you scared of? The higher-ups are having a meeting about tomorrow’s press conference, who will be free enough to come spy on us?”
A few free production crew members and less important actors gathered together to gossip about Ling Tianya, everyone was extremely excited and enjoying the conversation.
“What are you doing?! If you don’t want to work, then get out!” Suddenly, Zhang Heng’s voice bellowed from the back.
Everyone was startled and started to evacuate at their fastest pace.
Ling Tianya stood beside Zhang Heng, her face not betraying any emotions that she might be feeling. It was as though she didn’t hear anything, as though she was already accustomed to it.
Zhang Heng heaved a sigh, patting Ling Tianya’s shoulder. “Ling Ling, don’t take it to heart, I believe in you.”
Ling Tianya smiled. “Thank you.”
Zhang Heng was pretty upset too, because of the fact that he had posted a comment supporting Ling Tianya on Weibo, he’d ended up with the netizen’s anger and attack. There were still netizens that speculated and accused him and Ling Tianya of having an affair. The moment such comments came out, Zhang Heng was caught in an awkward position. Who didn’t know that Ruan Zeyan had proposed to Ling Tianya? If Ruan Zeyan took those comments seriously, he would lose all chances of actually surviving in China.
“Tomorrow’s press conference will definitely be a bloodbath, you have to be mentally prepared because you will be swarmed by the reporters tomorrow.” Zhang Heng gave a worried look at Ling Tianya, he really didn’t understand how the netizens got influenced so easily, they would only believe the things that they thought were “true”, yet no one cared about the actual truth.
Cough cough!
The two of them looked towards the direction of the sound of the cough, and saw Du Gang standing there, his face one of absolute panic, his eyes flittering nervously.
Then, there was the man standing before Du Gang, his face upset. His sharp eagle eyes were staring in Zhang Heng and Ling Tianya’s direction, and at Zhang Heng’s hand that was still on Ling Tianya’s shoulder.