Ah, damn!
Hua Yan cursed under her breath, holding her cheek in disbelief as she looked up. The other person was cleaning the clothes soaked with hot coffee, and the woman who got slapped also wore an annoyed and pissed-off expression underneath her tender voice.
"Oh my, what’s wrong with you? How could you be so careless? This is hot cocoa, it’s burning hot. And this costu, I just changed into it, on such a hot day, I was drenched in sweat for it and spent ages doing my makeup. You ruined it all in less than two minutes. Now I have to redo everything! In a rush, not watching where you’re going, what’s up with that? Was it intentional?"
Let’s not question why they’re drinking hot cocoa in this sumrti heat. Both were burned, and both shared responsibility, not just one person.
If even one of them had watched where they were going, this accident wouldn’t have happened. Initially, Hua Yan thought she was at fault for not looking and bumping into the other person, so she should apologize.
But the other party didn’t even say a word, just slapped her imdiately, does that make them justified?
Hua Yan didn’t agree with that; as the spark inside her ignited, she refused to just let it go.
Seeing people around them watching, she didn’t panic, instead raised her head with an apologetic expression.
"I’m sorry, I didn’t look just now, but I didn’t expect you to be holding umbrellas, and didn’t see either. Given that, I apologize to both of you, what should I do to make you two feel better?"
The assistant saw Hua Yan wasn’t acting haughty and assud she recognized their identity, constrained by their status and afraid to show off, thus beca even more conceited.
"This costu definitely can’t be worn again, needs replacing. Not sure how much the crew charges, but our Xi Lan got burnt because of you, you wouldn’t deny that, would you?"
"Of course not, so how do you propose I compensate?"
"Our Xi Lan is an actress, with such delicate skin you could pinch water from it. She’s always careful with her skincare, and you burned such a large area, shouldn’t you at least compensate us ten thousand or eight thousand?"
Although Hua Yan hadn’t seen the burnt skin under the opponent’s dress, she could see that her own skin was red with burns. Through clothes, the other’s must be less severe, yet they started with a demand for ten thousand yuan, quite ruthless.
Hua Yan chuckled upon hearing this, "Then just give a straightforward price, for the clothes, for the injuries, how much is it altogether that I need to pay?"
The assistant glanced at her sideways, clearly surprised that this yellow-haired girl had such a bold tone, yet judging by her attire, she didn’t seem like soone wealthy!
So she was uncertain, glancing at her boss. Xi Lan was the stage na, playing the second female lead who acted alongside Ling Yao, innocent initially, later brutally tortured by Ling Yao, a very beautiful yet surgically enhanced face. Many directors refused such an artificial face, and she sohow secured the second lead, presumably due to connections.
Everything seed unpleasant, especially her eyes, bulging like copper bells, extrely unnatural.
At this mont, she even pretentiously wrinkled her brows with a painful expression, as if Hua Yan had severely wronged her.
Both seed uncertain about how much to demand, afraid of asking too little and ending up paying themselves, so they simply called the crew for a price quote.
The crew didn’t reply imdiately; shortly, they approached the scene. Soone recognized Hua Yan was the assistant who had just delivered lunch to Ling Yao, hastily turned around and called to Ling Yao: "Ling Yao, your assistant seems to be in a dispute with Xi Lan!"
When Ling Yao walked over, puzzled, the quote from Xi Lan’s side was out. The stained area of the costu wasn’t large, but washing costs plus work delays totaled up to two thousand yuan. The person shouted directly, "Twelve thousand yuan, pay twelve thousand and we’ll let you go!"
The costu clearly wasn’t worth two thousand, and so ointnt on Xi Lan’s skin couldn’t possibly justify ten thousand, but who’s to say if it’s worth it or not?
At this ti, Hua Yan was just a small assistant, while the others were notable actresses in the entertainnt circle; she had no choice but to pay.
Thus, though Hua Yan was inwardly furious, she clenched her teeth and stayed patient on the surface, "Alright, shall we go together to get the money?"
No one would have twelve thousand yuan in cash on them now, surely soone had to accompany them to fetch it. The assistant was about to agree when Xi Lan suddenly pointed to the young man who quoted for the crew: "Hey props handler, could I trouble you to make the trip?"
The prop handler, seeing the celebrity speak, had no opportunity to decline. He imdiately nodded in agreent. However, just as he turned to leave, a sinister voice sounded from behind: "Are you really just obediently paying them money and following along? Aren’t you soone I know?"
Hua Yan’s body stiffened, oh no, he noticed; when she turned around, wasn’t it just Ling Yao with a dark expression?
Xi Lan clearly didn’t expect Hua Yan to be connected to Ling Yao, just as she was about to ask, Ling Yao sharply turned to her.
"What did she do to you? What kind of injury justifies demanding a ten thousand yuan compensation from her?"
Then pointed to the props handler, "She’s wearing a worn-out costu, who knows how many tis it has been used, yet they have the nerve to ask us for two thousand?"
Hua Yan opened her mouth, just about to explain, but Ling Yao didn’t give her the chance, pointing to the fingerprint on her cheek with a fierce expression.
"You got hit too? Hey, why are you so cowardly? What are you afraid of? Who hit you? Hit them back!"
Ling Yao grabbed Hua Yan, pulling her in front of him, using his big palm to direct her face towards Xi Lan and her assistant.
"Was it one of them? Hit you?"
Hua Yan pressed her lips together, pointed to the assistant and said, "Her!"
"Why are you still standing there? Do you want to hit back yourself or should I do it for you?"
Hua Yan frowned, "This is my business, I have a way to deal with it, you,"
But Ling Yao, without a word, raised his hand and landed a loud slap on the assistant’s face, hard enough to send her sprawling to the ground.
Xi Lan scread, covering her mouth, Ling Yao didn’t even glance at her, directly took out a card from his pocket and tossed it to her.
"Want money? I have money, no matter how serious your injury or how valuable the dress is, it’s enough to compensate you. But you ask for money and still hit people? Hit soone and then ask for compensation, are you a bandit or a robber? Taking one is already giving you face, good heavens, you have the nerve to take both, got any sha? I’m just getting justice for my person now, if you recorded a video, make sure it’s the whole thing without editing, or you’ll regret it later!"
With Ling Yao’s reminder, Hua Yan suddenly rembered Liang Tian with his god-like perspective: "Did you record, did you capture everything just now?"
"Want a recording? You’ll have to pay a price!"
Hua Yan pressed her lips again, "You really are a businessman, even now you don’t forget to extort!"
"Wrong, it’s not extortion, it’s following fate, will you comply?"
"What price do you want to pay?"
"Haven’t thought of it yet, I’ll let you know when I do, anyway you can’t run away."
"What if you raise the price later?"
Liang Tian laughed coldly, "Then you can just deal with it!"
"You," Hua Yan gritted her teeth, decided to wait and see, and Liang Tian added, "Right now there’s one condition, if you want it, decide quickly, if you miss this opportunity, next ti it won’t just be one condition!"
But Hua Yan thought that no matter how this situation unfolded, Xi Lan’s side was in the wrong, they wouldn’t want to shoot themselves in the foot since there are many crew mbers and mobile phones are widespread, who knows if soone recorded the whole thing, so there shouldn’t be any need. Thus, she chose to ignore it.
Liang Tian indeed didn’t ask further, and the space quieted down.
Xi Lan felt slighted by Ling Yao, but he didn’t give her a chance to speak, stomping off angrily to her minivan.
The assistant looked around, finally picked up the card from the ground, and ran off.
Seeing her actions, the crowd was abuzz, pointing at the direction Xi Lan left, the props had long disappeared, leaving only a spilled cup of coffee on site, Hua Yan sighed and resignedly picked it up, throwing it into a nearby trash bin.
Then she looked up at Ling Yao: "Though you vented anger, you indirectly offended the second female lead, aren’t you afraid she’ll retaliate later?"
"So you endured this long because of that? Do you realize that doing so only makes others look down on you? You’re my assistant, how could I let soone step on you, disgracing ? I did nothing wrong, they are the ones at fault, not us."
Hua Yan patiently reasoned with him: "A single slap doesn’t make a sound, she alone couldn’t have knocked over the coffee, my involvent was a factor, so we both should take responsibility. I’m willing to compensate, and after that, I’ll seek revenge, but you ca and escalated the situation,"
"So you’re saying it’s my fault?" Ling Yao squinted his eyes unhappily, his attractive face full of grievance, compared to Xi Lan’s artificial face just now, Hua Yan suddenly felt sorry for the future second female lead, with such a strong comparison, wouldn’t soone comnt on the barrage saying Ling Yao is blind?
Ignoring his phenonal good looks and loving an artificial face, no wonder the stronger the love before, the more painful the later part, discovering the truth now huh?
"You’ve changed!" Liang Tian said suddenly, initially leaving Hua Yan stunned, then she started to laugh softly.
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