"What a nuisance to see you so early in the morning." The tone was full of disgust.
Meng Nianchu stared coldly at Linda in front of her. "Do you think everyone wants to see you?"
"Where's Bai Ling? Why aren't you being her shadow today?" Linda deliberately glanced around and sneered.
Meng Nianchu let out a cold laugh. "I never thought you could be so disgusting."
The smile on Linda's face faded a bit. She squinted at Meng Nianchu, slightly raising her chin, and let out a disdainful snort. "I've been unjustly accused out of the blue."
"You know exactly what you've done. I don't have the patience to play dumb with you. I'm only warning you once. If you dare to touch my friend again, I won't let you off!"
"Not let me off?" Linda scoffed as if she had heard the funniest joke. "What can you do to me?"
"All in all, it's just that Li An was beaten up badly. Who knows which person who disliked him did it? Maybe it was one of my fans who couldn't stand his false rumors and gave him a good beating. You can even associate this with me and say I did it. Your mind is really full of darkness."
She spoke firmly, as if this matter had nothing to do with her at all.
Meng Nianchu stared intently at her. Seeing that her expression was natural and she didn't dodge her gaze, the little hand hanging by her leg gradually relaxed. She walked past Linda towards the dressing room.
"Leaving so soon? Weren't you just trying to pin the blame on me and wanted to hold me accountable? Now you don't even say a word. You can just slander me as you like. Isn't that a bit too much?"
Linda took a step back to block her way. Her eyes with dark red eye - shadow stared at Meng Nianchu. She clearly didn't want Meng Nianchu to leave so easily.
Meng Nianchu stopped in her tracks. She looked at Linda coldly, already too annoyed to be patient. She took a big step forward, looking directly into Linda's eyes, and said softly with her red lips, "Be careful not to make a mess for yourself."
Maybe Meng Nianchu looked too intimidating when she was angry. Linda's expression froze. Meng Nianchu directly pushed her aside and walked into the dressing room.
"That bitch. What's so great about her!" Linda took a deep breath before coming to her senses. Displeased with herself for being intimidated by Meng Nianchu just now, she frowned and glared at the closed dressing - room door with a furious face.
She's just a bitch!
There were too many scenes to shoot in the morning. Meng Nianchu had to put Li An's matter aside for the time being and focus on the shooting. But the more she wanted to focus, the more someone seemed to want to make things difficult for her.
At noon, just as Meng Nianchu finished the last scene of the morning and was about to take a break, a group of reporters suddenly swarmed into the crew and surrounded her.
Meng Nianchu looked calm and let out a long breath.
"Some people said that Mr. Li and Miss Linda are not a couple. Mr. Li lied on purpose just to avoid involving Miss Meng. Is that true?"
Hearing this question from the female reporter, Meng Nianchu's expression turned even colder. Before she could answer, other reporters started asking questions one after another.
"Mr. Li would rather let others misunderstand him to protect Miss Meng's reputation. Does he really like you?"
"Miss Meng, do you have anything to explain about this?"
"Everyone, please stop asking. Nianchu has just finished her morning work and is very tired. You can ask your questions another time. Let Nianchu take a rest now, okay?"
The director, who had been specifically warned by Mu Junze to protect Meng Nianchu, squeezed into the crowd of reporters with difficulty, wiping the sweat from her forehead and shouting with all her might.
But no one paid attention to her.
The reporters still kept approaching Meng Nianchu aggressively.
Linda, holding a small bowl of fruit salad and looking very comfortable, walked up to the reporters. She glanced at Meng Nianchu, who was clearly unhappy, and said in a strange tone, "There's no need to ask. I've never even met Li An before. How could he be my boyfriend?"
"And I'm not like some people who are interested in men four or five years younger than themselves. Li An is just a kid in my eyes. No matter who my boyfriend is, it can't be him."
Seeing that another protagonist of the story was right there, some of the reporters surrounded Linda and held their microphones in front of her.
"Miss Linda, is it true that you had never met Mr. Li before? So Mr. Li was really lying that day?"
"Miss Linda, you and Miss Meng are in the same crew. Do you know the details of how Miss Meng and Mr. Li usually get along? Can you tell us?"
The questions they asked were exactly what Linda wanted to say. After hearing them, she naturally said everything she wanted.
She gave Meng Nianchu a cold look and pretended to be embarrassed. "I don't really know the details. I just usually see Meng Nianchu and Li An getting along very well on the set. They are very close to each other, and Li An takes good care of Meng Nianchu. As for more details, I don't know."
It couldn't be more obvious than this.
Meng Nianchu scoffed in her heart, and in fact, she really laughed out loud. A chill appeared in her star - like eyes. She looked directly back at Linda, and the air pressure around her dropped instantly.
"It seems that Miss Linda has observed very carefully."
Linda just smiled without saying a word.
Meng Nianchu scanned the aggressive reporters around. "Li An is Bai Ling's younger brother. Bai Ling is my good friend. It's only natural for me to take care of her younger brother. In your eyes, is there nothing but love between a man and a woman in a pure friendship?"
"But..."
A reporter wanted to interrupt, but Meng Nianchu looked directly at the reporter and interrupted forcefully. "Bai Ling is a famous diva. Her cousin was maliciously beaten and hospitalized. Who is the real culprit? That's the most important thing now."
"Someone dared to attack a relative of a diva without being afraid of being exposed. Can this person's identity be that simple?"
After her calm speech, the reporters looked at each other.
Meng Nianchu glanced at Linda.
Just a single glance made Linda jump like a cat with its tail stepped on. She suddenly raised her voice. "What are you looking at me for! Li An was beaten. What does it have to do with me? I didn't do it. Don't try to frame me for this!"
With her outburst, a reporter who hadn't associated the matter with her immediately reacted and asked, "But most of the articles about Mr. Li are related to you, Miss Linda. It seems to be saying that Mr. Li was beaten because of his connection with you!"