Sun Ling went to find the on-site producer to confirm Shi Lan's notice arrangements, but on her way, she heard a lot of negative emotions from the crew members. She also heard that Gu Chengyu had taken Director Tang out for drinks in the evening, the gist was that he wanted Director Tang to replace Shi Lan.
Gu Chengyu insisted that Shi Lan joined the crew for him and simply switched to a different method to approach him.
A fine production team, no one wanted it disrupted by a single piece of "rat droppings" like Shi Lan.
With Gu Chengyu's current clout, of course, he wouldn't affect casting decisions, but he could stir people's hearts.
In the meantime, Gu Chengyu also told Director Tang a lot about An Lan's absurd past, which made Director Tang's impression of Shi Lan even worse.
Sun Ling listened with anger and returned to Shi Lan's room with a flushed face.
Although she also disliked sycophants and bootlickers, she was now Shi Lan's assistant, and everyone has protective instincts; hearing her boss being ridiculed made her feel awful.
Shi Lan woke up from a sleep with an eye mask and, seeing Sun Ling's bad complexion, chuckled lightly, "Seems like you didn't hear anything good."
"An... Lan, the producer there hasn't scheduled your notice because he feels..."
"I'll be replaced," Shi Lan finished her sentence, but there wasn't a hint of anxiety in her eyes. She ruffled her hair, stretched lazily, "It doesn't matter; if they want to waste the production's budget, it's not my loss."
"Aren't you worried at all?" Sun Ling looked at her, curious.
Shi Lan: "Should I pretend to be a bit anxious? Then I'm very worried."
Sun Ling: "..."
I don't believe you for a second.
"I underestimated someone's narcissism, thought after this morning's blowup it would've quieted down, but I didn't expect someone to be so shameless. So tomorrow, I'll set off a bigger one..."
As soon as Sun Ling heard that Shi Lan was planning something, she felt uneasy. She thought about calling Tang Ze later, but her myriad of thoughts were seen right through by Shi Lan.
"No need to contact Tang Ze, I can handle it."
Sun Ling paused, and with a warning look from Shi Lan, was successfully deterred.
"Sun Ling, ever since I woke up from that suicide, I've been quite moody, so just go with the flow around me. I'll let you know just how bad my temper can be, but also how strong my capabilities are."
Sun Ling felt like she was being threatened by dark forces, sat on the sofa, unable to utter a word.
Theoretically, she was older than An Lan, and should be able to overpower the latter.
But at this moment...
Shi Lan knew she had been too harsh and waved her hand, "I didn't mean to scare you, you'll understand tomorrow."
Sun Ling still didn't dare to make a move.
The powerful woman opened her mouth, knowing she had frightened someone severely, but showing weakness didn't fit the heiress's persona, so Shi Lan lay back down and slept again.
Sun Ling sat in the dark for a while, and after the fear, a strange sense of excitement took over.
Because she believed that Shi Lan's hate towards Gu Chengyu stemmed from love turned sour, and every woman engulfed in hatred could be mad enough to torment the scumbag to death...
With this in mind, she was actually looking forward to tomorrow??
...
Shi Lan stayed in the hotel all day, sleeping and reading the script, and of course, she had many complaints about the female supporting character's setting.
When it was late at night, Shi Lan suddenly said to Sun Ling, "Help me order a good bottle of wine."
Sun Ling wanted to ask why, but remembering Shi Lan said to just go along with her, she could only oblige.
Shi Lan suffered from insomnia.
She could barely sleep when she was weak before, but now that she had regained some strength, the nights were unbearable.
She recalled how each night in the past, she had Yan Shixiu's scalding body beside her.
Now she knew the difference between having Yan Shixiu by her side and not.
Unexpectedly, she still couldn't sleep even after switching bodies.
The problem was she had lost her medicine...
It seems, she'll have to find a way to bring Yan Shixiu to bed.
A 1:1 human-shaped body pillow, she wondered if it would help.