Recognized by My Ex After Being Reborn - Chapter 28

Chapter 28: 028 The female boss still needs to save face

After Shi Lan went back to her room, she saw Sun Ling unpacking a life-size body pillow. This was a full-scale pillow, measuring exactly one hundred and eighty-six centimeters in length. The photo on it, chosen by Sun Ling, was of Shi Xiu attending a banquet in his vested attire–an exquisite, burgundy suit paired with gold-framed glasses. The man looked absolutely stunning.

Shi Lan tossed the body pillow onto the bed and the room instantly seemed half its size.

However, when faced with the actual person, she would avoid him at all costs, yet now, facing the body pillow, she felt utterly unburdened.

“An Lan, the store even included a chibi version,” she said.

Shi Lan looked at the chibi-style cushion and thought to herself that Shi Xiu was never that adorable.

“From now on, only a designated person is allowed to clean my room. Find someone reliable,” Shi Lan instructed Sun Ling. A female mogul still needs her pride; having this get out would skyrocket her embarrassment levels by ten thousand.

“Alright, however, I heard from the on-site producer that your scenes are on hold and there will be more turmoil in the filming crew tomorrow.”

“I know, I don’t have any calls tomorrow, just let me get a good night’s sleep,” Shi Lan replied. Since the issue about her persona had already reached Shi Xiu’s ears, it was very likely going to happen.

“I had the hotel prepare a meal just for you, eat before you sleep,” Sun Ling added.

Sun Ling suspected that the banquet food wouldn’t suit Shi Lan because she had long noticed Shi Lan’s pickiness and poor appetite.

With both poor sleep and a weak stomach, how could her body possibly keep up?

Tang Ze had never told her how difficult An Lan was to deal with in daily life.

Regardless of what An Lan had become now, Tang Ze would always attribute it to that suicide attempt.

After Shi Lan left, Shi Xiu did not stay much longer either.

Once he left the banquet hall, the previously chilly room immediately warmed up by several degrees.

Despite his scholarly appearance, he carried an intense aura of lethality.

Upon leaving the hotel, Shi Xiu also tasked his assistant with a new errand, “Prepare a chef specifically for Room 1117, skilled in homestyle and various creative cuisines, preferably someone who is also good at making pastries.”

Assistant: “…”

What charm does An Lan possess?

Why in the vast world is Yan Shixiu only special to this girl?

On the way back, Shi Xiu wanted to send Shi Lan another message, but thinking of how sleepy she had been earlier, he restrained himself.

Shi Lan eventually managed to eat some food cooked just for her, took a bath, went to bed, and finally felt secure leaning against the body pillow.

Although the body pillow had no heartbeat, no muscular abs, no long legs, and no sexy Adam’s apple, Shi Lan felt that she could barely survive with it…

…

The next day, the crew of “Smoke Beauty” received a notification about a change in the character of the secondary female lead, Fan Yan. Thus, the shooting involving Shi Lan was postponed by two days. However, this did not affect the shooting of the main male and female leads. The revised script would be distributed to the relevant actors in two days.

Shi Xiu had just visited the previous night, and today Shi Lan had to change her persona. Could it be that some people wanted to add more scenes?

The crew members had already started discussing:

“A secondary female lead with no significant background, how does she have the authority to make the screenwriter change the play? What tactics exactly is An Lan using?”

“I just heard Director Tang saying that the changes in the character of Fan Yan mainly involve emotional aspects. Could it be that An Lan wants to increase her confrontational scenes with Gu Chengyu? Is she planning to upset someone?”

“Playing up to one side while flirting with the boss, who could possibly emulate An Lan’s skills?”

In the staging area, Gu Chengyu, who didn’t catch the other parts but grasped the part about An Lan wanting to add emotional scenes, had had enough of this manipulative woman.

Cozying up to him while simultaneously flirting with others…

If the crew really agreed to An Lan changing the emotional scenes, then he had nothing to hold back, and he would insinuate this affair on Weibo. Initially, he and Chen Beini joined “Smoke Beauty” for its excellent production team, but now with An Lan stirring things up every day, he wouldn’t mind leaving the crew.

Little did he know that An Lan was not trying to add scenes, but rather to remove them.

By the time this mess blew up, Gu Chengyu’s face would probably… hurt a lot.