Chapter 1134: Looking for Trouble
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Xia Ling did not step out these few days, but she knew what was happening outside.
In her text message to Xia Ling, Xiao Hua told her, “Xiao Ling! Li Bingman and her gang are getting way overboard! They are spreading rumors that you will be shelved by the company. They even persuaded a few investors to leave you and invest in them instead!”
In the entertainment industry, what they did would incur the same amount of wrath as killing one’s family and taking one’s wife.
Since they’d bumped into each other at the cafeteria, it was a good opportunity to get back at Li Bingman.
Xia Ling looked at Li Bingman scornfully and laughed. “You really think you can make it for Galaxy Chronicle commercial performance? Your face is plastic from all that surgery, look at it in the mirror yourself! Or do you think your singing is exceptional? Stop kidding yourself, your singing lost out to mine umpteen years ago, and now it’s even worse. What rubbish, you aren’t even fit to compete with me!”
Li Bingman was flushed with embarrassment and anger. Xia Ling’s words were like daggers to her heart, and she wanted to tear this woman apart. She glanced at Zi Xun and Zheng Chenhao, who had now backed off a few steps from them. Evidently, they did not want to be involved.
Li Bingman got even angrier. Why were all of them so afraid to offend Xia Ling?!
This woman was clearly past her prime! Even the director said that he would pump resources to groom someone else the following year!
On that thought, Li Bingman got bolder. She stared angrily at Xia Ling and said, “It is you who are incapable, so don’t blame me for taking the spot away from you! The only reason for your popularity all this time is the chairman’s bias towards you, but do you really think he would favor you forever?!”
Xia Ling snapped. She was the one to initiate the attack on Li Bingman, she did not expect to be the one that got hurt instead.
Do you really think he would favor you forever?!
The sentence echoed in her ears like a curse. It pierced through the false veil of peace and forced her to face the ugly truth. She recalled the things that had happened recently—he’d treated her so cruelly to force and humiliate her…
Instantly, she was overcome by fear and shock.
Before she knew it, she instinctively took the cup of coffee on the table and splashed it on Li Bingman.
Li Bingman’s hair and makeup were ruined by the coffee. She could not keep her cool anymore and screamed, “I’m gonna kill you!” She pounced towards Xia Ling and slapped her.
Xia Ling could have evaded it, but she did not want to. She moved her head slightly. Li Bingman’s palms grazed her cheeks and landed onto her shoulder. A sharp pain shot up onto her shoulders; Li Bingman did not hold back at all.
Xia Ling tried to strangle Li Bingman. Soon, they were caught in a tussle.
Xia Ling was fit and was trained in self-defense. Even though she was pregnant, she still overpowered Li Bingman. Before long, she was seated on top of Li Bingman on the ground. She deliberately picked her spots and punched Li Bingman. Li Bingman was in so much pain that she cried. Feeling humiliated, she used everything she could, her teeth, nails, and legs to hurt Xia Ling. They fought for a long time and knocked over the furniture in the cafeteria.
Zi Xun and Zheng Chenhao, who were trying to keep themselves safe at the side, realized that things were getting out of hand and made a slight attempt to appear to stop the fight. “Cut this out, we are all from the same company, let’s talk it out instead.”
Li Bingman could not speak with Xia Ling grasping tightly around her neck. She was getting punched by Xia Ling and was in great pain. She hoped Zi Xun and Zheng Chenhao would pull Xia Ling away, but the two of them did not dare to use too much force. Although there were already rumors that Xia Ling had lost favor with Pei Ziheng, surely there was a chance that those rumors were false?
Whoever hurt Xia Ling was simply looking for death!
Both of them seemed to be busy helping, but in reality, they were of no help at all.
Xia Ling could not even be bothered by them and continued throwing punches on Li Bingman, as if releasing all her anger that had been contained and suppressed over the days. These people looked down on others. All they heard was that she had been crying in the corridor outside the Chairman’s office. Yet, they managed to come up with so many rumors instantly. They even took her acting jobs. No wonder Pei Ziheng treated her like his private pet. Everyone thought of her as Pei Ziheng’s pet! Her value was solely dependent on him.
This realization caused her to fall into despair.
She ignored Li Bingman’s resistance and kept on punching.
Zheng Chenhao and Zi Xun tried to stop her. “Stop, stop, Chu Chen is here!”
A hand grabbed onto Xia Ling steadily and pulled her up from Li Bingman’s body. Xia Ling turned around angrily only to see Chu Chen standing behind her with a solemn expression on his face.
“Xia Ling, you are overboard,” he said.
She smirked. “Overboard? She was the one who spread rumors about me and even took my acting jobs. Manager Chu, are you siding with her!”
Chu Chen frowned. “You know I didn’t mean that.”
He glanced at her abdomen.
At that moment, Xia Ling understood his intentions. Chu Chen was worried about the child in her womb. She could feel a bit of pain, but it was not too serious. Her thoughts were in a mess. Originally, she fought with Li Bingman with the intention of putting the blame of a miscarriage on her. Now that the pain came, she started to panic.
After all, it was a life…
She stared blankly for a few seconds. She bit her lip and decided not to care about the pain.
She stared at Chu Chen. “Let go of my hand!” But Chu Chen still held her right hand tightly, stopping her from attacking Li Bingman. Li Bingman lay on the floor with her face swollen and her blouse soaked in coffee stains. There were spilled coffee and broken pieces of porcelain everywhere. No one would have realized that the one sitting amongst the mess was a television star if they did not look hard enough.
Chu Chen felt that he was extremely unlucky. It had been less than an hour since Xia Ling arrived at the company, and she already got into such trouble. He looked at her messy clothing and hair and reprimanded. “Why did you get in trouble again? If you have anything against Li Bingman, you can talk to me or the boss, we will settle it for you.”
Xia Ling stared at him. “Don’t you interfere!”
Chu Chen said,” I will let you go if you return to the VIP room on the 22th floor with me.”
Xia Ling wanted to say no, or even fight it out with Chu Chen. However, she could not bring herself to do it. The two of them had worked together for 10 years. Even though she was unhappy that he was on Pei Ziheng’s side, it would have been too much to push the miscarriage on him.
She settled down and slowly drew her hands away.
Zheng Chenhao and Zi Xun were shocked—
The rumor was that Xia Ling had lost favor, but why was Chu Chen still so conscientious towards her? Were the rumors false? They would have to beware of their wagging tongues now!
They looked at Li Bingman, who was crying in pain on the floor. They felt sympathy, but at the same time, were a little happy that she ended up this way.