"Slap—"
Mu Lingyun felt that she had been harshly slapped, the burning pain awakening her.
This was a film set, with cameras, a director, and reflectors.
She fell to the ground, and the one who had slapped her, Song Jiao, stood before her, wearing a smug smile.
"Cut, cut, cut! Mu Lingyun, can your acting be any worse? Can't you control your facial expressions? We've already had 9 NGs. One more time, and if you can't do it, get the hell out!" Director Lai Yuan pointed at Mu Lingyun and cursed loudly.
Mu Lingyun found it amusing. Bad acting? 9 NGs? It was nothing more than Lai Yuan and Song Jiao deliberately targeting her, looking for an excuse to drive her out of the crew.
She even knew that the cameras weren't rolling at all.
Because she had been reborn, she had already experienced all of this before.
"Lingyun, I'm so sorry, I've hit you 9 times already, your face is swollen. But there's no helping it, that's how filming goes. We need to do it again, so bear with it, okay?" Song Jiao helped Mu Lingyun to stand up, feigning concern.
After speaking, Song Jiao raised her hand, pouring all her strength into it, and swung it towards Mu Lingyun. She felt especially happy today; she had long found Mu Lingyun displeasing to the eye. With this final slap, she was determined to make this despicable wrench vomit blood.
Mu Lingyun's eyes turned cold, and she grabbed Song Jiao's swinging hand.
"What...what are you doing?" Song Jiao said in surprise, not expecting Mu Lingyun to catch her hand.
Lai Yuan was also surprised and frowned displeasingly, shouting through the megaphone, "Cut! Mu Lingyun, what do you think you're doing? Can't you even take a beating? You are the worst actor I've ever seen. We'll do it again, and if you dare to fight back this time, you'll be kicked out of the crew immediately! Get ready—"
"Aren't you going to let go?" Song Jiao, seeing that Mu Lingyun was still holding onto her hand, spoke angrily, "If you don't let go, how can I hit you?"
"Let go?" Mu Lingyun sneered, "That won't be necessary, I'll show you how it's done."
After speaking, she raised her other hand and struck Song Jiao's delicately made-up face.
"Slap, slap, slap..." Left and right, every hit was full of force, and after exactly ten slaps, she pushed Song Jiao, causing her to fall sitting to the ground.
If these people still thought she was the original Mu Lingyun, who everyone could bully, they were mistaken.
After her death, she had traveled to Another World, completed tasks, and only then returned.
In Another World, she climbed from the abandoned queen of the Cold Palace to the throne, eventually becoming the empress who unified the seven nations.
Having completed her tasks and reborn back to her original world, no one could bully her anymore.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, everyone around was stunned.
Song Jiao was hit until tears streamed down her face; she covered her burning, painful cheeks and looked at Mu Lingyun in astonishment.
Suddenly, Mu Lingyun wiped her hands with her costume, a smirk on her face as she said, "Those ten slaps were payback!"
Lai Yuan was the first to recover and yelled angrily, "Mu Lingyun, how dare you! It looks like you don't want to act in this movie anymore! I hereby officially announce that someone with your poor acting skills, causing an NG for a simple scene 10 times, acting like a diva, and not cooperating does not deserve to be an actor! You're fired!"
Mu Lingyun let out a cold laugh, the result was the same as expected; creating these 10 NGs was just to smear her and replace her.
"Lai Yuan, don't think I don't know that you and Song Jiao staged this whole act just to replace me plausibly. Our scores, I'll settle them with you sooner or later! Just you wait!" Mu Lingyun said to Lai Yuan, articulating every word.
A flicker of surprise crossed Lai Yuan's eyes. Could this foolish woman really see through their scheme?
But he did not admit it, instead, he said mockingly, "Mu Lingyun, we're replacing you because you lack even the basic decorum of an actor. You think you can take revenge on me? Wishful thinking! You're just an orphan who needs financial support to go to school. The reason you landed this role was because Han Shao promoted you. After today's incident, do you think Han Shao will still want you? You're nothing. From today on, not only will you have nothing, you will also be cyberbullied. What will you use to take revenge on me? Hilarious!"
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