Chapter 567: Confrontation
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The other party was startled, not expecting her to be so unyielding.
The young man reluctantly stopped and spat, “Who do you think you are? You’re just a singer!” He got on the car with his female partner and left.
Xia Ling’s heart pounded in her chest. When it rains, it pours. Luckily, the police scared him off.
She pushed the car to no avail. It seemed that she could only call a trailer.
After this terrible accident and being questioned by the police, she could no longer make it in time for the job at the TV station.
Lin Yunan drove his own car to pick her up and viciously reprimanded her.
She lowered her head and listened to him without speaking a word in low spirits.
He finally realized that something was wrong. “What’s wrong? You weren’t a crude and careless person in the past.”
Xia Ling asked, “How did you hear about yesterday’s charity banquet? That was actually a wife selection ceremony organized by Old Master Li for Li Lei. Only people from eminent families were permitted entry. I was almost chased out.”
Lin Yunan was stunned. “What?”
He directly stopped the car by the side of the road and noisily took out his phone to investigate. Finally, he ended a call with an ugly expression. “I’ve been fooled by Old Man Li. He announced to the public that it was a charity banquet, but the insiders knew that it was a wife selection ceremony. There were no leaks at all. He probably did it on purpose to embarrass you and make you realize the gap between you and Li Lei so you would give up.”
Xia Ling was silent for a while. “Do you think that it was Old Master Li who ordered someone to send me this invitation?”
“Who else can it be?” Lin Yunan asked. “It can’t possibly be Li Lei.”
After thinking about Li Lei’s appearance in the morning, Xia Ling’s mood was even worse. He was the one who went back on his word yesterday. Why did he still self-righteously blame her? She waited for him the entire night. She was injured, sick, and let Pei Ziheng in because her guard was down. Was it all her fault?
Given yesterday’s circumstances, what else could she do?
Perhaps she should not have been so friendly towards Pei Ziheng.
However, even though they broke up, she still could not treat him as an enemy. He had taken care of her, adopted her, and saved her so many times. How could she erase those memories like that? Moreover, he took care of her the night before.
When she was futilely hoping for Li Lei to appear.
She lowered her head in sorrow.
Lin Yunan carefully asked her about last night’s wife selection ceremony. She replied honestly and only omitted the details after she left. Lin Yunan sighed in relief. “You weren’t driven out, right? That’s ok. Li Lei also gave you a godbrother. In the future, during promotions, you can mention that you’re Du Yunfeng’s godsister to boost your status.”
His entire mind was filled with titles, and he did not care about her emotions overmuch.
Xia Ling already knew he was this sort of person, so she did not take it to heart. She only said, “Don’t mention Du Yunfeng during promotions. He doesn’t like me and only agreed because the matter was urgent yesterday. We may fall out, and he may refuse to admit this matter.”
Lin Yunan flew into a rage. “Does this mean that we didn’t get anything from this banquet?”
Her head started to hurt again.
“I’m sick and feeling unwell. I’m going to take a nap.”
Lin Yunan finally noticed that she was pale and touched her forehead. “I’ll send you to the hospital. You better be more alert. Tonight, we have a publicity shoot at night. Even if you are going to die, you have to make it past tonight.”
Xia Ling was speechless.
Although she knew that he was joking, her mood worsened.
In her past life when she was sick, Pei Ziheng rarely gave her medicine and said that eating medicine was not good. Instead, he would slowly nurse her back to health. When her illness was too severe, he would try his best to give her Chinese medicine and not antibiotics.
Later, when she was with Li Lei, he did not care much if she did not want to eat any medicine.
However, Lin Yunan was different. He did not care about nursing her back to health and directly sent her to the hospital. After she received an injection and ate antibiotics, he said, “When you get on the car, try to get some sleep in the back seat. The publicity shoot tonight is also with Peace TV. You stood them up in the morning, so if you do it again, Peace TV won’t want to cooperate with you anymore.”
In a daze, she nodded and slept in the car.
Perhaps the medicine was effective. When she woke up, she was more energized. Although she still felt groggy, she could still concentrate and participate in the shoot.
There were no houses in the wilderness.
Thus, the crew arranged for two container trucks for the artistes and staff to rest.
With the help of a makeup artist, Xia Ling did her makeup, changed into a costume, and focused on her shoot. Although she was weak, most of her shots were completed in one take due to her naturally high professionalism. A few scenes were reshot a few times because the director wanted to film from a few more angles.
After that, the backdrop was changed.
The art designer and stage manager were very busy. In the meantime, she was free and went to the nearby container truck to rest. Just now during the shoot, she caught a cold from the wind and her head ached more. Her head throbbed and felt that it was about to explode.
As she entered a dark container truck, there was only a faint, dimly lit flashlight placed on the table. She walked towards the flashlight, wanting to take it and look around. She remembered that she saw a blanket around before she put on her makeup. If she could find it, she would probably feel better.
Unexpectedly, before she took the flashlight, suddenly, the container door was slammed shut.
“Who’s there?!” She was shocked and spun around.
A man as handsome as a top male model slowly walked out from the darkness beside the door wearing dark colored clothes. It was Li Lei. He looked at her and whispered, “Xiao Ling.”
“Why are you here?” Xia Ling was frightened by him, and there was some annoyance in her voice.
He took a few steps forward. “I’m just here to see if you’re doing ok. I also want to ask you why you were with Pei Ziheng.” He broke his promise on one night, and she let Pei Ziheng sleep with her on the bed. Li Lei was heartbroken over this, and there was a suppressed rage in his heart. Was their relationship really this weak?
Although he did his best for so long, nothing he did could compare to what she went through with Pei Ziheng in her past life and having a child with him. Did it mean that she could return to that man any time she wanted?
Xia Ling looked at him with a sorrowful and angry expression. “Are you here only to ask me this? Why don’t you explain your actions last night? Li Lei, did you know that I was waiting for you?! Why didn’t you even answer my calls?!”
“I never received your calls.” Li Lei said, “Xiao Ling, when did you call me?”
“When the banquet ended!” Xia Ling looked at him. “I called a few times. How is it possible that you didn’t receive them?! Li Lei, you didn’t tell me that you were having a wife choosing ceremony and refused to answer my call. You ditched me and even sent another woman home. What am I to you?”