Chapter 293: Chapter 291 Just Simply Missed Brother

Although he had never collaborated with her, the gossip circulating in the industry was generally reliable.

Lu Zhaozhao had already returned to the previous meeting room when she received Xia Wenyan’s message.

She glanced at the message and replied, “It’s nothing, I just purely missed my brother.”

Sure enough, the next second, her phone seemed to go into vibration mode.

[!!!]

[Once I finish what I’m handling, I’ll come to the set immediately!!!]

[What do you want to eat? I’ll bring it for you!!!]

Lu Zhaozhao, looking at Xia Wenyan’s messages, couldn’t help but curl the corners of her mouth, guessing that even if she asked for an orca right now, he’d plunge into the ocean to fetch one for her.

Sun Qian glanced at Lu Zhaozhao, her face darkening.

Seeing her lips curl up with particular joy, she grew even more irritated. “It’s only your first day on set, and you’re already having someone visit you. Even our male and female leads wouldn’t dare do this, Lu Zhaozhao. You’re quite impressive!”

Lu Zhaozhao was in the midst of replying to Xia Wenyan when she lifted her brows and glanced at Sun Qian, immediately responding with a smiling face, “Is that so? Teacher Sun, you have good insight–I too think I’m quite impressive.”

“Pfft–”

Bai Qing, who was drinking water and watching, choked on his laughter due to Lu Zhaozhao’s remark.

He coughed a few times before he managed to recover.

Looking at Sun Qian beside him, her face was contorted severely as she suppressed the urge to explode with anger.

Bai Qing immediately averted his eyes, choosing not to watch Sun Qian any longer.

He was just a spectator and didn’t intend to get involved.

When Sun Qian mentioned the male and female leads earlier, his heart had skipped a beat, fearing he might get dragged into the drama.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhaozhao had skillfully deflected, leaving Sun Qian speechless.

It wouldn’t be honest to say he wasn’t pleased.

When he had joined the crew previously, his manager had repeatedly advised him not to clash with Sun Qian, no matter what.

Public opinion about idol actors joining TV dramas was mixed.

His acting was decent, but not yet masterful.

Mostly, he was propped up by his fans’ fervent support and aggressive promotion.

Luckily, thanks to his large and loyal fanbase, he had managed to land this S-tier script.

His biggest prior issue with joining the crew had been Sun Qian, the female lead, who had enormous influence in the crew due to her previous hit TV shows.

Moreover, she had expressed disapproval of idol actors, which had made his contract negotiations with the crew quite challenging.

Thus, he didn’t have a good impression of Sun Qian either, but for the sake of resources, he had no choice but to treat her with utmost respect.

He had thought the coming months of filming would be difficult, but he never expected to encounter such a pleasant surprise as Lu Zhaozhao right upon his arrival.

How could Bai Qing not be happy?

Someone else was drawing the fire, plus he had a show to watch, tsk tsk…

Sun Qian clenched her fists tightly. Looking at the smiling Lu Zhaozhao, she asked nonchalantly, “Do you and Mr. Pei have a good relationship?”

Lu Zhaozhao propped her chin and casually counter-asked, “If we didn’t have a good relationship, how could he possibly come to visit me alone, right?”

Sun Qian’s chest tightened again.

Seeing Lu Zhaozhao’s radiant face and her beaming smile, she just wanted to tear that face apart.

“Mr. Pei hardly has any friends in the circle. He just came to the crew once, who knows what for?” Sun Qian deliberately scoffed lightly, “Maybe it’s just another publicity stunt instigated by some people. Isn’t that what internet celebrities rely on?”

With one sentence, Sun Qian had offended two people.

Although Bai Qing did not speak, his brows furrowed noticeably.

Lu Zhaozhao, on the other hand, appeared indifferent and was not affected at all.

She squinted her eyes, “Teacher Sun, you don’t know, but Brother Pei came to the set to see me, obviously because he likes me.”

She had noticed just now that Sun Qian seemed to focus on Pei Huai.

She was very unhappy about others being linked with Pei Huai.

Especially women.

“What does he like about you? Don’t flatter yourself!” Sun Qian almost blurted out, her impatience clearly written all over her face.

Exactly.

Lu Zhaozhao gently shook her head, “I’m not flattering myself; I’m being realistic. Brother Pei likes me because I’m young and simple-minded.”

She then slightly raised her head to look at Sun Qian and said word by word, “By the way, what Brother Pei hates the most is people like Teacher Sun who act all high and mighty due to their age. Oh, that’s not right, I mean, people who are a bit old. Well, not exactly… Anyway, he prefers younger ones.”

“Lu! Zhao! Zhao!”

Sun Qian suddenly stood up and slammed the table, glaring fiercely at Lu Zhaozhao, wishing she could swallow her on the spot.

Lu Zhaozhao looked at Sun Qian with a puzzled expression and hurriedly said, “What’s wrong, Teacher Sun? I speak bluntly, please don’t mind…”

“Enough! Stop pretending with me! Don’t think I don’t know what kind of woman you are!” Sun Qian tore off her mask of civility, not intending to continue any pretense of friendliness with Lu Zhaozhao.

Seeing this, Lu Zhaozhao also dropped all her smiles, propped her chin, and looked at Sun Qian with disdain, “You should have been like this from the start. Why pretend to be so upright?”

“You…” Sun Qian gritted her teeth angrily and was just about to scold Lu Zhaozhao some more.

But then she saw Lu Zhaozhao suddenly look at her with a panic-stricken face, “What’s wrong, Teacher Sun, did I say something wrong again? Please don’t take it to heart, I just… speak straightforwardly.”

She deliberately stressed the last four words and then maintained a lazy, disdainful demeanor.

This time Sun Qian was literally exploding with rage because of Lu Zhaozhao.

Trembling, she pointed at Lu Zhaozhao, “You, I think you want to be kicked out of the crew! Believe it or not, I can get the director to fire you right now.”

Lu Zhaozhao immediately took out her phone, turned on the camera’s video function, flashed a “yeah” sign at it, then turned to Sun Qian, “Come on, Teacher Sun, what did you just say? I didn’t catch that, could you say it again?”

Sun Qian’s face turned utterly dark.

She had seen shameless people but never someone this shameless.

But she couldn’t say a single word since this woman was recording.

She got up from her seat and stormed out of the meeting room.

Her status in the crew was not something a small fry could shake. She would make sure Lu Zhaozhao couldn’t stay in the crew!

Lu Zhaozhao, just you wait!

Watching Sun Qian leave, Lu Zhaozhao put away her phone.

She looked at Bai Qing sitting next to her and awkwardly tugged at the corner of her mouth, “Sorry, Mr. Bai, for dragging you into this mess just now.”

Bai Qing shook his head, “I’m not really affected, but since you’ve offended Sun Qian, she might go to the director and find someone to replace you…”

He had just watched Lu Zhaozhao give Sun Qian a good thrashing, which was admittedly satisfying, but given Sun Qian’s clout, the crew wouldn’t inconvenience the lead actress for a supporting actress.

Lu Zhaozhao’s role was probably in jeopardy…