Meng Nianchu's face darkened as she stood up. "You'd better shut your mouth!"
"What's wrong?"
"Did I hit a nerve, and now you're getting angry? I really don't know why a person as unprofessional as you keeps posting about your so - called professional persona on Weibo. Don't you have any self - awareness?"
After this incident, Meng Nianchu's first suspect was Linda, who always opposed her and wished for her downfall. Hearing Linda's nonsense and distorting the truth, Meng Nianchu got even angrier. Unable to hold back her temper, she was about to rush up and teach Linda a lesson.
Fortunately, Bai Li was still rational. Knowing that the public opinion was already unfavorable to Meng Nianchu, and she couldn't cause another incident at this moment, so he quickly grabbed her.
Bai Ling stared at Linda coldly and warned in a chilling voice, "Watch your mouth!"
"What did I say wrong? The photos are already out there. Meng Nianchu looks so happy in them. These days, I've been getting up early and staying late on the set. I'm so exhausted. But you, with your million - dollar salary, are out there enjoying yourself! People like you in the film and television industry are a disgrace to it!"
Linda finally found an opportunity to openly confront Meng Nianchu. Seeing Meng Nianchu extremely annoyed, she was overjoyed. If she had a tail behind her at this moment, one would surely see it wagging high up in the sky.
After being held back by Bai Ling, Meng Nianchu suddenly calmed down. She sneered, not in a hurry or fluster. "If I'm unprofessional, then I really don't know what to call Miss Linda, who wishes she could only spend ten minutes on the set a day. Is it being cheeky and occupying resources, or simply having no shame?"
"Meng Nianchu, you..."
Not giving Linda a chance to retort, Meng Nianchu smiled faintly and fired back, "The two extra scenes added to you these days are just equivalent to making you make up for the scenes you missed before. Can't you even handle that?"
Those standing nearby watching the show all silently agreed with Meng Nianchu's words.
Linda was so angry that she was completely disoriented.
At this time, the director rushed to the set. Seeing Meng Nianchu, he was like a drowning man seeing a life - saving straw and quickly rushed over. "Nianchu, are you okay?"
Meng Nianchu retracted her hostility and shook her head with a smile. "I'm fine."
The director visibly sighed in relief. "This movie is almost finished. I was really at a loss these two days when you weren't on the set. Fortunately, you're back now. You've relieved a big worry of mine."
"Don't worry. I'll make up for the missed scenes as soon as possible."
Seeing the director's overflowing joy when he saw Meng Nianchu, Linda blushed with anger and walked off angrily to the dressing room, slamming the door shut.
After Linda left, the director finally dared to speak his mind. "We've been treating Linda like a living Buddha on the set every day, but her acting is really unwatchable. I'm worried that there's too much of a role for her in this movie. What if she ruins it all? All that money will go to waste."
"Don't worry. I'll hurry up." Meng Nianchu solemnly made the promise.
The director let out a sigh, finally relaxing completely.
As soon as Meng Nianchu returned to the set, the director and the staff quickly got into the working state.
Coincidentally, the scene Meng Nianchu was filming was one where her character was captured by the enemy and subjected to obscene behavior. Meng Nianchu immersed herself in the role, recalling the fear she felt when she was captured by those men two days ago.
Others thought that Meng Nianchu was just extremely professional, but ENYI, standing in the crowd, seeing Meng Nianchu crying and sobbing, couldn't help but wonder what those men had done to Meng Nianchu during the time they took her away.
If something really disgusting had happened, would that cold and proud man, Mu Junze, still treat Meng Nianchu the same way as before?
For some reason, when ENYI thought of this question, she secretly hoped that Mu Junze would be disgusted with Meng Nianchu. Even she herself was startled by this thought.
She shook her head vigorously. From then on, jealousy crept into her thoughts when she looked at Meng Nianchu. Then she quickly sneaked off to her office.
Meng Nianchu's performance in this part was amazing, and this scene was secretly posted online. Right after the post "Meng Nianchu's Professional Persona Collapses", another post "Meng Nianchu's Acting Skills Explode" appeared.
Normally, this should have been a relatively popular post, but the post "Meng Nianchu's Acting Skills Explode" was pushed out of the top 20 on the hot search list within just ten minutes of being on it.
It was as if someone was deliberately manipulating this.
Even worse, some people even claimed that the child Meng Nianchu gave birth to wasn't Mu Junze's. This post received up to 5,000 likes and was then pushed onto the hot search list, arousing disgusting speculations among a group of online trolls.
Meng Nianchu didn't care about these things at all. She was concentrating on the new script the screenwriter had written for her. She was even reading it while having lunch.
Linda passed by Meng Nianchu after lunch. Seeing her like this, she sneered in dissatisfaction. "What's the point of pretending?"
Meng Nianchu didn't even bother to look at her.
Seeing herself being ignored, Linda walked away angrily. She had only taken a few steps when a group of reporters carrying cameras and microphones rushed into the set like the wind.
Meng Nianchu, who had just put a piece of potato into her mouth, was suddenly surrounded by those reporters.
"Some people say that your child isn't Mu Junze's. Is that true?"
"Some insiders claim that your professional persona is just a marketing strategy of your team. What do you have to say about that?"
"..."
All the questions they asked were the hottest topics on the hot search list.
Meng Nianchu chewed the potato in her mouth slowly. Then her gaze fell on Linda, who was standing not far away waiting to watch the show. She glanced at the reporters surrounding her and simply said, "It's a rumor."
Even though she had already explained these things, the reporters still pressed on with even more pointed questions. Meng Nianchu took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing her impatience.
Suddenly, there was a loud and arrogant sound of a car stopping at the entrance of the set.
Everyone looked over and saw Mu Junze's tall figure come into view. Three little girls were following behind him. They were too shy to look directly at the cameras when they saw them.
Meng Nianchu immediately recognized the three little girls who were rescued from the alley that day. She watched eagerly as Mu Junze walked up to her, then put his arm around her waist and lifted her up from the chair.
The three little girls dared only stand a little farther away from the cameras and didn't dare to come closer.
Seeing this, Mu Junze didn't force them. Instead, he coldly scanned the reporters blocking the way and said in a cold voice, "If you have any questions, ask me."
Hearing this, the reporters went wild. Many unpleasant questions were thrown at him.
Meng Nianchu could clearly feel the chill emanating from Mu Junze getting stronger.