Chapter 343: 343 Caught in the Act of Making Trouble

“I don’t care how much you hate An Lan, but when you interfere with my work and the work of the team, showing no professionalism at all, you are simply unqualified, and you ought to get lost!”

Binbin had not expected that her action of taking perry to avoid An Lan would be discovered by the staff and exposed by the director. Thinking of the bad things she had just said about An Lan, a wave of shame surged from her back to her forehead.

“Director, Director, please give me another chance. I won’t dare to do it again, really, I won’t dare.”

Finally, Binbin begged for mercy and knelt directly in the car from her seat: “I will be obedient, please don’t send me away. It was not easy for me to get this opportunity; please don’t send me away.”

The director vented a few words, pulled away from Binbin’s grasp, and turned his gaze aside.

Seeing that pleading with the director was useless, Binbin then pleaded with Xiao Yue: “Yue, please help me, I swear I will be obedient.”

“Director, this matter is not solely Binbin’s fault. Since An Lan is leading the team, she should be responsible for the unity of the team members. If she hadn’t targeted Binbin, Binbin wouldn’t have developed such a vindictive mentality,” Xiao Yue told the director. “Why not let An Lan handle this matter and see her attitude?”

“Indeed, An Lan’s attitude needs to be considered here, but, I no longer trust your superstar judgement. As a director who is used to seeing artists misbehave, I advise you not to waste your time on such artists, lest you end up empty-handed,” the director said, then shifted his gaze to perry.

“And you, I don’t know what kind of spell Binbin has cast on you, making you forget your duty as an artist, but let me tell you, in terms of professionalism, both of you fall ten thousand miles short of An Lan. I will leave you to An Lan’s decision. If she tells you to get lost, you must disappear immediately. If she decides to keep you, but if you cause any more trouble, I will immediately have your company take you away, no discussion.”

perry had nothing to say, and just sat tensely in the back seat, pinching his own thigh.

He also didn’t understand why he had listened to Binbin, as if bewitched.

The director scolded the two thoroughly all the way, finally venting his anger.

When they arrived at the cafe, the director led the people in through the door.

At that moment, Shi Lan, along with other guests and staff members, cast blaming glances at Binbin and perry.

“Go and apologize to her,” Xiao Yue pushed Binbin from behind.

Binbin, with tears in her eyes, walked up to An Lan with her head down and said softly, “Sister An Lan, I’m sorry, please forgive me.”

Shi Lan, with her arms folded, looked at her and replied, “You shouldn’t be apologizing to me. You owe an apology to Miss Yan Ziqing for betraying her expectations, to Broker Xiao for his extensive protection, and to the staff for their tolerance. You’ve wasted everyone’s time.”

“Before getting on the car, did I not tell you where to get off? Did I not make it clear in both Russian and Chinese?”

“Yes,” Binbin timidly replied.

“If you want to suppress others, you need the skill to do so. Until you have that skill, please understand your position. The crew is not responsible or obliged to help you grow.”

“Sister An Lan, I know I was wrong. Please give me another chance.”

“It’s not up to me to decide whether you stay or go, but I won’t take you with me anymore. That’s my stance. I don’t forgive people and I don’t wish to learn to. You don’t qualify to be the lucky one.” Shi Lan then turned to the director, “Director, I have another suggestion. Since Binbin and perry don’t want to be in our group, let them disappear from the car onwards, make it part of the show’s arrangement. I will plot a new path for them, pairing them up to complete the naive sweet couple tasks. The audience will love it; it’s a match made in heaven.”

Upon hearing Shi Lan’s words, Jin Qiu and others realized that what An Lan had been sketching on the paper was the new route for Binbin and perry.

And her way of speaking was really cool and dashing, and extremely refreshing.

The director took the plan Shi Lan handed over, looked at it, and found it feasible.

They just had to reshoot some scenes, assigning them a special task along with four others, recording separately; nobody should sabotage anyone.

Moreover, Shi Lan had another layer of meaning.

Binbin and Perry would form a couple pairing, binding themselves to debut together–that would sort of make her a supportive figure, right?

After finishing, Shi Lan looked at the director and continued, “Can the four of us proceed now?”

“Go ahead.” The director nodded.

The four of them stood up from their chairs at the same time and headed outside the cafe with their assistants. At that moment, Binbin stopped Shi Lan and asked, “Sister An Lan, can you truly not forgive me?”

“No.” Shi Lan walked out of the cafe without turning back.

Jin Qiu and Xu Yang followed behind Shi Lan, thinking, what the hell did you do? Don’t you have any idea? And you still seek forgiveness?

At this point, the twin brothers had finally realized what a cooler-than-men woman truly looked like.

Originally, Sister Xiaojin was their idol, but now An Lan’s personality was even more extreme, more dominant; she was infuriatingly cool!

“Let’s proceed to our next stop!”

No need to worry anymore about the two dead weights secretly messing things up; how wonderful!

Meanwhile, back inside the cafe, the director resumed the meeting with the two: “Now it’s just the two of you; you can pair up and thrive. You must be happy, right?”

Binbin and Perry were at a loss for words because they both felt utterly abandoned by their peers.

But what could they do?

Caught red-handed in mischief, who would trust them now?

None!

“You should thank An Lan for being willing to plan your route without holding grudges. If it were me?” the director scoffed with a laugh, “Now you have what you wanted. Get spirited and record the following content. If any more mischief arises, you know the consequences.”

Binbin glanced despairingly at Xiao Yue next to her, hinting that she didn’t want to be tied in a couple pairing because, in her view, Perry was just a tool for her use; she never felt that Perry was worthy of her.

However, Xiao Yue seemed oblivious and even looked at Binbin with a warning.

Misbehave again, and you might as well go home to face the cold.

…

Meanwhile, around three in the afternoon in Yancheng,

Yan Ziqing stubbornly had someone investigate An Lan’s background again, including her place of birth, family background, education level; yet everything was so mundane, not a single surprise. So how could An Lan possibly know ten foreign languages?

Everything was normal until An Lan’s suicide, and it seemed like everything changed after she woke up from it…