Chapter 80

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Calculating and Being Calculated (2)

Shan Yatong retracted his gaze from Luo Yi and sat down on the bamboo chair beside him. He took the bag of beef jerky from Xiao Qishen and opened it without hesitation.

“Mr. Xiao, Mr. Shan, I’ll go down first.” Luo Yi saw the two might have some things to talk about. So as an assistant, some words might be unpleasant, so he wisely chose to leave.

When the sound of footsteps slowly faded away, Xiao Qishen continued to take the beef jerky. “After the afternoon’s filming is over, we can go back. Once we get back, I’ll open a bottle of red wine to celebrate my rebirth. This is the first time I’ve acted under such tough conditions.”

Shan Yatong bit on the beef. “Two days ago, I received a call from Lu Fan saying that your album’s post-production has been completed and is about to be released. It won’t be so easy for you to go back.”

Xiao Qishen raised an eyebrow and didn’t comment.

The shooting in the afternoon was very successful. It was already past 8 p.m. by the time they finished filming. The group of people took out the wine they had brought with them and gathered together noisily.

At this moment, regardless of whether it was the director or the actors, they drank their wine. At the same time, they heaved a sigh of relief. This hellish day had finally ended.

Wei Ming held her wine cup and squeezed onto Xiao Qishen’s side to sit down. She said gently with a smile, “Heavenly King Xiao’s acting is indeed as impressive as the rumors say. I’ll give you a toast.”

Xiao Qishen turned the wine cup in his hand and looked at Shan Yatong who was sitting opposite him before he said, “Miss Wei, if you toast me because of my acting skills, then I won’t be able to walk back to my room today. I don’t dare to accept your respect.”

Wei Ming wasn’t a stupid woman. Seeing Xiao Qishen’s intention, she refused to show her goodwill. She walked to the other side and sat down without a change of expression. She began to greet an actor beside her.

“Chi!” Luo Yanqian held his glass and laughed. This woman called Wei Ming was really interesting. She was playing the role of liking Xiao Qishen in the movie. In real life, did she still want to use Xiao Qishen to create a scandal? Did she really think that Xiao Qishen was gentle when he smiled at Shan Yatong every day?!

Xiao Qishen wasn’t just an artist. He was also the second young master of the Xiao family, Xiao Zimo. If one forgot about this, one would probably experience regret in the end.

Shan Yatong didn’t seem to have seen this. He chatted with the old actor beside him, but his attitude was extremely respectful. As a whole, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Li Nan looked at Shan Yatong and sighed in his heart. He had to admit that this young man’s actions were extremely clever. In many cases, it would be more useful to be loved by powerful old actors than to befriend some popular celebrities.

After all, the old actors knew more people and had a closer relationship with the director. This was fundamentally different from some famous celebrities. They had only just entered the industry and rarely understood this logic, but this Shan Yatong was a perceptive person.

Late at night, everyone had already returned to their rooms to rest. A black shadow searched around the room quietly, as if something very important had fallen.

“Are you looking for your phone?” The room suddenly became bright. Shan Yatong stood at the door, holding the latest phone in his hand. He was smiling but not smiling.

“You…” Luo Yi’s face turned ashen and white as he stared fixedly at the phone in Shan Yatong’s hand. He instantly regained his usual expression and smiled shyly, “So it was Mr. Shan who picked up my phone. Thank you so much.” After he spoke, he was about to approach Shan Yatong.

“Even if you get your phone back, it’s useless,” Shan Yatong said indifferently. “I’ve already removed the memory card from your phone.”

The timid smile on Luo Yi’s face also disappeared when he heard this. He looked at Shan Yatong coldly, “When did you find out?”

Shan Yatong smiled as he played with the phone in his hand. “I didn’t suspect you from the start, but I started suspecting you when you said you came from an orphanage.” He leaned against the door frame and continued, “How could the people from the orphanage have such a smile? How could they have such hands?”

“What’s wrong with my hand? Isn’t your hand as fair as yours?” Luo Yi really didn’t expect a nineteen-year-old boy to have such a deep thought.

“Because when I was at Flying Entertainment, I had already taken good care of these hands. But you said that you could live well as Xiao Qishen’s assistant. As far as I know, you haven’t been Xiao Qishen’s assistant for a month.” Shan Yatong wasn’t in the mood to play the question-and-answer game and said impatiently, “It has nothing to do with me how the Xiao brothers fight. Just don’t involve me. Go back and tell Xiao Chengyu. Don’t think these photos will ruin Xiao Qishen. He thinks he’s so clean. I don’t want to be someone else’s pedal. Even if I’m really a pedal, there’s a sharp blade on it. If Xiao Chengyu has the guts to step on me, don’t blame me for stabbing him.”

He tossed the phone to Luo Yi and said expressionlessly, “Don’t use such a high-grade phone when you’re spying next time. No orphanage has such good financial conditions.”

Luo Yi picked up the phone. He didn’t want to hide it anymore. “Don’t you have an inkling that I may have already sent the photos over there?”

Shan Yatong looked at him calmly. “That’s why I told you what I said just now.” He smiled coldly. “If it involves me, what I will lose is my identity as an artist, and what Xiao Chengyu will lose is all that belongs to the Xiao family. He’s not afraid, so I’m not either. Isn’t it just some photos of me and Xiao Qishen being together? I still have pictures of him that are more passionate than this. You can ask him if he wants everyone to share it with him.”

“You!” A chill ran down Luo Yi’s back. He had always thought that this youth was just an orphan with some acting skills and some luck, but now he realized that this wasn’t a sheep. It was clearly a snake, and it was also a poisonous snake.

After saying these words, Shan Yatong turned around and left, ignoring Luo Yi. What he was certain of was that those photos didn’t have a chance to be published.

As expected, he still hated being schemed against.

Luo Yi walked out the door and the night breeze sobered his confused mind. He hastily turned on his phone and sent these messages to the people over there.

“Shan, Ya, Tong!” Xiao Chengyu received the news and his face darkened as he threw his phone to the ground, making an ear-piercing sound in the dark.

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