"Are you two acting out a scene?" Ming Yan asked with intense curiosity. "I don’t recall this part in the script, but the way you two are going at it, if it actually got filmed, it wouldn’t be too bad."
Seeing Ming Yan’s clearly excited expression as if longing for more drama, Shi Yiqing’s face darkened.
She glanced at the onlookers and said with a fragile tone, "Ming Yan, do... do you not like me?"
"Yeah," Ming Yan responded bluntly.
Shi Yiqing was at a loss for words, not expecting Ming Yan to show her such little respect.
Ming Yan shrugged, his disdain clear. "Don’t look at me with those disgusting, baby-doll eyes."
Her expression grew even more unpleasant.
Ming Yan sighed, "You don’t have to be passive-aggressive with me here. I won’t take your side to defend you, but I won’t help Sun Sitian either."
Turning to Sun Sitian, he asked, "What do you plan to do?"
Sun Sitian said indignantly, "She dared to deceive me, she must pay the price!"
"Very good," Ming Yan applauded loudly, approvingly.
Shi Yiqing felt a twinge of irritation.
What is he even trying to do?
"Don’t look at me like that."
Ming Yan shrugged again, his face the picture of indifference to the whole affair.
"I’m just a bystander," he declared.
After speaking, he gave Sun Sitian a cue to continue with her performance.
Sun Sitian was game and really started acting.
Watching Sun Sitian take out her phone, Shi Yiqing got a bad feeling, her face paling.
While panicking, she couldn’t help but remind herself that Sun Sitian wasn’t a fool; she wouldn’t blatantly expose her malice towards Shi Yaoguang, or else she wouldn’t fare well either.
That’s what she thought, but the outcome was unexpected.
Sun Sitian indeed had no intention of tarnishing her own reputation.
However, that didn’t mean she couldn’t deal with Shi Yiqing.
Sun Sitian looked at her, a smug smile on her face. "Qingqing, you might not know this, but I recorded the things you said to me."
Shi Yiqing’s pupils dilated in shock. "What... what did you say?"
"I said, I recorded all the things you hinted at," Sun Sitian replied, waving her phone.
Shi Yiqing became desperate and lunged to snatch the phone from Sun Sitian’s hand.
Sun Sitian stood her ground, not at all flustered. "My recordings are all backed up. Even if you take my phone, people will still hear them~"
Deliberately using a provocative tone, she said, "How about that? Surprised or not, unexpected or what?"
Hearing about the backup recordings, Shi Yiqing lost her desire to grab the phone.
After all, taking it would be useless; it was better to think of a way out.
She hinted to Sun Sitian that all those words she said were baseless.
Private words meant for Sun Sitian’s ears might be dismissed, but if others heard them, her image would be utterly destroyed.
This was not what she wanted.
Shi Yiqing racked her brains for ideas, while Sun Sitian watched her with disdainful eyes, waiting for her to come up with a solution.
She had no intention of interrupting Shi Yiqing, on the contrary, she was quite eager to see her succeed.
"You wanted to explain, didn’t you? I’m really curious to see how you’re planning to explain this."
As she spoke, she spread her hands, "Oh dear, I’m just too kind, actually giving you so much time to argue your case. I must be the kindest person in the world, don’t you think?"
Shi Yiqing cursed her inwardly but maintained a demure facade, "I don’t know if someone has told you something that made you misunderstand me, but I really didn’t do anything. Please, you must believe me!"
"Hah," Sun Sitian scoffed with a laugh, "I’m not a fool. Don’t talk to me with such nonsense. If you’re offering a guilty apology, at least make it look like one, got it?"
Shi Yiqing pursed her lips, still unwilling to admit she had done anything wrong.
Seeing her , Sun Sitian found it extremely boring.
She directly took out her phone and played a voice recording.
Soon, the sound of Shi Yiqing’s malicious voice spread from the speaker.
Listening to her lead with a tone full of insinuation, deliberately saying things like if the crew didn’t have Shi Yaoguang, Sun Sitian wouldn’t be the third female lead but the lead actress instead, everyone started to look at Shi Yiqing differently.
They had originally thought that Shi Yiqing was a good person, but now they saw she was this kind of character.
Deliberately misleading people in private, it was truly disgusting.
"I... I absolutely didn’t mean that..." Facing everyone’s scornful gazes, Shi Yiqing couldn’t help but wave her hands, trying to explain.
However, before she could get the words out, she heard her own voice, "Shi Yaoguang, she’s just relying on marrying an old man, if it weren’t for that, she..."
Hearing her utter the phrase "marrying an old man" repeatedly, everyone’s gaze turned even more peculiar.
Sun Sitian snorted coldly, "Marrying an old man? We others don’t know and think that Shi Yaoguang married her former fiancé’s father, that’s marrying an old man. Don’t you, Shi Yiqing, understand the situation?"
Someone who heard this couldn’t help but ask, "What’s going on? Is there some inside story?"
"Isn’t there just?" Sun Sitian snorted coldly, "Originally, Shi Yaoguang’s fiancé was the fourth son of the Quan Family. Later, she married the third master Quan. It seems like from son to father, but in reality, there is only a six-year age difference between the fourth son and the third master Quan."
"What?" Someone exclaimed in shock, covering their mouth in disbelief, "The third master Quan had a child at six years old?"
This remark set off a wave of laughter, "Are you stupid? A six-year-old kid is still a child himself, how could he make someone pregnant?"
"It’s not impossible..."
The person who had spoken earlier weakly retorted, "Maybe the third master Quan is exceptionally gifted, you know?"
Quan Jinbei, who had come with Shi Yaoguang, turned dark upon hearing this.
Fortunately, he was wearing a mask, and others couldn’t see his expression.
Shi Yaoguang couldn’t help but let out a snicker, "Third master, someone is praising your extraordinary gifts, how does that make you feel?"
Quan Jinbei raised an eyebrow, counter-questioning, "Do you think I should be happy?"
Shi Yaoguang started to laugh, her shoulders shaking, "I think you can be happy. After all, you’re quite unique having children so early."
Quan Jinbei couldn’t help but knock her on the forehead, "Don’t talk nonsense."
"How can this be nonsense?" Shi Yaoguang pointed at the girl who had spoken earlier, laughing so hard she clutched her belly, "Didn’t she say it? For the wealthy, scientific miracles are possible..."
As he was speechless, they heard Sun Sitian exclaim.
"Shi Yaoguang!" she said, walking toward Shi Yaoguang, "Shi Yaoguang, I have something to ask you!"