Chapter 562: Chapter 562: Ah, the Human Heart
Wan Ke immediately looked at Xia Weibao, his gaze filled with accusation, “Xia Weibao, what were you doing in the Prop Room?”
Xia Weibao watched him with a look that was both smiling and not, as if she was looking at a performing monkey.
She refused to cooperate in framing Xu Jiayang, and now she’d become a thorn in Wan Ke’s side.
So eager to get rid of her!
Not long ago, her work on “Allure” and “Deep Palace” had been compared with that of Chu Ying.
In the eyes of others, their discord had long been evident.
“Allure” had triumphed over “Deep Palace”, yet in “Republic of China Graceful Hero”, Chu Ying was the female lead, and she was the second.
Many must have thought she harbored dissatisfaction, which is why she would act so ruthlessly toward Chu Ying.
This kind of tactic was crude, but very effective.
Xia Weibao shrugged her shoulders, “I didn’t go to the Prop Room.”
“Nonsense, I clearly saw you go there,” Xiao Wang immediately accused.
Old Liu also looked angrily at Xia Weibao, “I saw you go to the Prop Room too. At the time, I thought since we’re all from the same crew, maybe you were just going to get something, so I didn’t interfere.
I never thought you’d do such a thing!”
Wan Ke glared furiously, “Xia Weibao, even if you’re jealous of Chu Ying playing the lead, you shouldn’t have stooped to such malice!
It’s truly disappointing.”
Upon hearing this, everyone around started whispering to each other.
Pointing at Xia Weibao, their eyes were filled with disdain.
Xia Weibao raised an eyebrow, looking at Xiao Wang, “You say I went to the Prop Room, where’s the evidence?”
“Old Liu and I both saw it.”
“Are you sure?” Xia Weibao countered.
“Positive. I took a short nap at noon, woke up at fifty minutes past, just checked the time, and then saw you sneaking off to the Prop Room.”
“Xia Weibao, what do you have to say for yourself?” Wan Ke said coldly.
In his eyes shone the glee of schadenfreude.
In his crew, snuffing out someone was as easy as flipping his hand!
“It wasn’t me, at twelve fifty, I was resting in the makeup room.”
Wan Ke challenged, confident in his hand.
At that time, Xia Weibao was alone in the makeup room!
He had chosen the timing perfectly for Xiao Wang’s testimony, with no witnesses around!
Xia Weibao thought for a moment, then looked towards Han Luoqi, who was sitting to one side, “He can prove it.”
All eyes fell on Han Luoqi.
Han Luoqi furrowed his brows, “I don’t know.”
Xia Weibao’s expression changed slightly, “Before you entered the private makeup room, you clearly saw me.”
“Yes, I saw you before I went in, and I saw you when I came out too. But whether you left in the meantime, or what you did, I don’t know.”
Wan Ke breathed a sigh of relief. He was so worried Han Luoqi would testify for Xia Weibao.
“Luoqi didn’t see you the whole time, he can’t testify. Who else can?”
“Just now, so many people outside must have seen me enter the makeup room and not come out until one o’clock.”
As Xia Weibao spoke, she looked around at everyone present.
However, everyone avoided her gaze.
“I didn’t see it either…”
With a sarcastic gaze, Xia Weibao looked at a few of the female actors, “You were just chatting outside the makeup room. Didn’t you see me go in?”
The few bit-part actresses looked at each other and then looked away.
“We were too absorbed in our conversation, we didn’t pay attention…”
“Yeah… we didn’t notice…”