After delivering the takeaway to Fang Ning, Ji Xiangchen was on his way back to his room in the corridor when he met Zhou Lu walking slowly towards him from the opposite direction.

　　The two of them didn’t get along well to begin with, and they had a conflict just last week, so when they suddenly met, the atmosphere was a little off.

　　Ji Xiangchen is not the kind of person who wants to get entangled with others for too long. In his eyes, what happened in the past is over.

　　No matter how unhappy he was in his heart, on the surface Ji Xiangchen did not want to have too much entanglement with Zhou Lu. Without moving his eyes, he slightly turned his body, trying to avoid Zhou Lu.

　　But Zhou Lu obviously didn’t think so. He and Ji Xiangchen had conflicts before, and with the casting issue of this play, new grudges and old grudges, he had been unhappy with Ji Xiangchen for a long time.

　　There was no one around at the moment, and he didn’t want to miss the opportunity to disgust Ji Xiangchen.

　　Zhou Lu stopped beside Ji Xiangchen, tilted his head, and said sarcastically, “Ji Xiangchen, you stole my role, you must be very proud now, right?”

　　Hearing this, a hint of coldness instantly emerged between Ji Xiangchen’s brows. He had never bothered to compete with others for roles, nor would he use those despicable means to snatch roles from others.

　　He didn’t snatch the role in “Dachen Dynasty”, nor did he rely on the Ji family.

　　But he won it on his own.

　　People who knew him in the circle all thought that he was able to gain a foothold thanks to the Ji family.

　　But that is not the case. In order to get him to leave the entertainment industry, Ji Xiangnian returned to the Ji family and took over the work of the Ji family.

　　Not only did they not help, but they also put pressure on his agency.

　　Due to the pressure from Ji Xiangnian and Ji Xiangyi, he couldn’t get any good resources at all and could only take small roles. In the past two years, he went from being a supporting actor to a third or fourth-tier actor.

　　Now he can play the third male lead in “Dachen Dynasty”, and he also played a small role in a play directed by Wang before.

　　Director Wang saw that he had good acting skills and was willing to work hard, so he said that the actors for his new play had not been decided yet and asked him to audition.

　　He got the role.

　　Ji Xiangchen already had conflicts with Zhou Lu, and now he is slandering himself for getting the role through abnormal means.

　　Few people can bear it.

　　Just because Fang Ning said he couldn’t tear the umbrella doesn’t mean he never will.

　　Ji Xiangchen paused, came back to his senses from his deep thoughts, and his face immediately darkened: “I stole your role. When, if there is any evidence, please bring out the evidence. You have no ability yourself, but you slander others for stealing. It’s disgusting.”

　　”I won’t make a fuss about this time because there’s no evidence, but if I hear you slandering or making up rumors again, I’ll immediately call a lawyer to sue you.”

　　For the last sentence, Ji Xiangchen looked at Zhou Lu intently, with a cold warning in his eyes.

　　Ji Xiangchen, who was born from the same mother as Ji Xiangyi, how could he not have some ruthless genes?

　　The reason why he didn’t fight back or respond when being beaten or scolded before might be that the vicious gene in his heart has not been stimulated yet.

　　But today, Ji Xiangchen doesn’t want to be a pushover anymore.

　　Faced with Ji Xiangchen who was so at ease, Zhou Lu’s face froze and he clenched his fists tightly. He wanted to refute, but he didn’t know how to refute.

　　Indeed, it feels like there is no way that there would be any evidence of snatching resources, and there is no way that the director would tell you that your role was snatched away by someone else.

　　Looking at Ji Xiangchen’s slowly walking away, Zhou Lu clenched his fists even tighter, and veins bulged on the back of his hands.

　　But after a moment, the unwillingness in Zhou Lu’s eyes faded away.

　　He moved his gaze to the direction where Ji Xiangchen was walking. After a while, he seemed to have thought of something. His eyes moved and the corners of his mouth slowly rose.

　　Ji Xiangchen, Fang Ning, they…

　　————

　　At night, Fang Ning finished the dinner that Ji Xiangchen prepared for her and memorized her lines in the house.

　　The director’s assistant came over and said there was a late-night dinner party, and the director invited everyone to dinner so that the actors could get to know each other and facilitate the subsequent filming.

　　With a free dinner, Fang Ning immediately threw the script in her hand aside, quickly put on her clothes and walked out.

　　The dinner was held in an open-air barbecue yard in the backyard of the hotel, which was specially reserved by the hotel for guests to hold activities.

　　When Fang Ning arrived, there were already a lot of people there and the seats were almost full. There were also special barbecue staff helping with the barbecue, and bursts of fragrance were emanating from the barbecue racks.

　　Fang Ning glanced around and found that Ji Xiangchen had also come out. He was sitting in a corner, alone, with no one else around him, fiddling with the barbecue in the quiet and deserted environment.

　　This reminded Fang Ning of those people who kept saying that he had a bad temper during the day. Perhaps because of this, no one else dared to get close to Ji Xiangchen.

　　The book says that Ji Xiangchen is a lonely child with no one to accompany him, and likes to disguise himself by being indifferent.

　　Looking at the thin, lonely figure, Fang Ning felt very uncomfortable. She walked straight over without hesitation.

　　”Ji Xiangchen.”

　　Seeing Fang Ning, Ji Xiangchen was a little surprised and put down what he was holding: “Why are you here?”

　　Fang Ning pointed around and said, “There are too many people here, and you seem to be alone and bored, so I came here. Do you mind?”

　　[Poor little handsome guy, alone, so pitiful. 】

　　Ji Xiangchen curled his lips. How could he be pitiful? Not at all.

　　But Fang Ning is coming over, and Ji Xiangchen naturally has no objection. He tidied up the things on the table and made room for Fang Ning.

　　Fang Ning had just sat down when Director Wang and the assistant director came over.

　　Maybe there was no room for other seats, so Director Wang, who came later, also came over: “Fang Ning, Ji Xiangchen, if you don’t mind, we can go together.”

　　It was at this time that the veteran actress who acted opposite Fang Ning during the day also appeared here: “Everyone, there are so many people around here, do you mind if I join you?”

　　In just a few minutes, Ji Xiangchen’s barbecue stall, which was originally occupied by only one person, immediately became bustling.

　　Fang Ning is a person who is not used to quiet scenes. As soon as the director and others came over, she kept fiddling with the barbecue on the table.

　　”Hey, Director Wang, give me a chicken wing. This is delicious.”

　　”Teacher Yu, this roasted pork belly is very good.”

　　“Oh, it’s really good.”

　　”Ji Xiangchen, have one. The chicken wings are grilled very well. This is the biggest one on the barbecue. Give it to you.” Fang Ning used tongs to pick up a big grilled chicken wing for Ji Xiangchen while whispering to Ji Xiangchen in a low voice.

　　In Fang Ning’s eyes, Ji Xiangchen was half her family. He even brought her takeout at night. She had automatically regarded this cheap brother-in-law as a relative, so naturally she had to take care of him.

　　Ji Xiangchen looked up, and was stunned when he heard these words that sounded like they were spoken by a loved one, not knowing how to react.

　　Fang Ning thought he didn’t like this: “Ah, you don’t like this.”

　　Ji Xiangchen shook his head and held out the bowl: “I don’t dislike it.”

　　Seeing the interaction between the two, Director Wang joked, “Hahahaha, it was right to let you play siblings. Take a look, does Ji Xiangchen now look like Fang Ning’s silly and pitiful brother?”

　　The assistant director took a bite of the food and nodded: “You know what, it’s quite similar.”

　　Fang Ning teased, “Well, little brother Xiangchen, call me sister and let me hear it.”

　　[Although it seems a bit unfair to recognize someone older than herself as a younger brother, but for a good-looking guy like Ji Xiangchen, age doesn’t matter! She is willing! ]

　　Ji Xiangchen paused, he didn’t want to! She was obviously younger than him!

　　Sister, he really lacks a sister, and he also wants a sister, like Fang Ning, who will help him when he is bullied, and fight back for him when he is slandered without saying a word.

　　Ji Xiangyi was born a few minutes earlier than him, so she is his sister.

　　But it would be better not to have Ji Xiangyi, who is so cold and would not forget to kick him when he was feeling bad.

　　Fang Ning really fits the image of the sister in his mind.

　　However, Ji Xiangchen was somewhat unwilling in his heart. What kind of siblings are they? He was obviously a few months older than Fang Ning. Wouldn’t it be a disservice for him to call her sister?

　　What’s more important is that Fang Ning is obviously his sister-in-law, so wouldn’t it be confusing if he called her sister?

　　Ji Xiangnian is her brother, and he calls Fang Ning sister?

　　They both got married…

　　Shit!! Doesn’t that mean…

　　Ji Xiangchen’s face darkened. Today was another day he wanted to scold Ji Xiangnian. If it weren’t for him, he would have had an extra sister!

　　Wait, that’s not right! Ji Xiangchen immediately realized, is this the point? The point is that Fang Ning is younger than him!

　　Ji Xiangchen suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette to calm down. What happened to him recently?

　　——

　　The next day, the director informed the crew that a female actress was joining the crew.

　　Fang Ning had just finished putting on makeup and came out of the dressing room.

　　I saw the actress getting out of the car, followed by several assistants.

　　That was a very beautiful lady.

　　Her name is Xia Qing. She is wearing a white halter dress, sunglasses, a delicate little face and big wavy hair. She is definitely a beauty!

　　She got out of the car and shook hands with the director politely, and distributed small gifts to the staff one by one.

　　In a short while, Xia Qing came to Fang Ning. She stood in front of Fang Ning, took off her sunglasses, and stretched out her hand: “Fang Ning, hello, my name is Xia Qing.”

　　”Hello, Teacher Xia.”

　　Fang Ning wondered how she knew her, and wondered if she was dazzled.

　　She felt that the other person’s eyes kept moving around on her. The look was particularly strange, with contempt, disgust, and even envy.

　　Fang Ning’s sixth sense told her that this beautiful woman had something against her. No, it was not just a matter of having an opinion about her, but she hated her.

　　Fang Ning was confused and bewildered, and tried to recall whether she had offended anyone during this period.

　　She had only been here for a few days! Besides, how could a beauty like her who could avoid causing trouble offend anyone?

　　Then there is only one possibility, that is, someone the original owner offended.

　　She had completely forgotten the characters and plot of this book.

　　The bad thing about forgetting the plot is that she would admire her enemy even when he was right in front of her.

　　Fang Ning remembered that she had an external intelligence machine: [System, System, who is this person who has full of malice towards me?]

　　The system’s voice this time contained gossip: [Host!! Here I come! She is Xia Qing, the female supporting character in the book. She and Ji Xiangyi are friends. At the same time, she likes the heroine’s brother, loves him, likes him, and has a crush on him!]

　　[It’s your love rival! What do you think host? Are you going to fight with your love rival this time?]

　　Fang Ning: [No, I don’t want to, thank you!]

　　After being reminded by the system, Fang Ning also recalled some general information about this person.

　　Xia Qing, always has a crush on someone like a storm and ends up covered in bruises.

　　Xia Qing in the book is such a character. She has a crush on Ji Xiangnian, but unfortunately Ji Xiangnian is a complete workaholic. He has no feelings for Xia Qing, nor does he discover Xia Qing’s feelings for him. From beginning to end, he only regards Xia Qing as his sister.

　　But the description in the book is extremely ambiguous, and it seems to be heading towards the crematorium of chasing one’s wife.

　　Of course, the author did not explain the relationship between the two people at the end of the story.

　　Fang Ning felt very tired.

　　Besides filming, she also has to deal with her love rival! Can she go up and tell Xia Qing clearly: I am different from you, you want Ji Xiangnian’s body and feelings! I just want his money!

　　As long as she gets the money after the divorce, she would have no objection even if she killed Ji Xiangnian, let alone liking him.

　　Wait, that doesn’t seem right.

　　Fang Ning continued to search for the plot in her mind. The marriage between her original body and Ji Xiangnian was just a contract marriage, so not many people knew about their relationship according to the plot line.

　　During this period of time, Xia Qing didn’t know that she was getting married to Ji Xiangnian, so why does she have a problem with her now?

　　Fang Ning couldn’t help but frown.

　　Seeing Fang Ning’s indifference towards her, Xia Qing’s disgust deepened. She curled her lips and smiled slowly, “By the way, Teacher Fang, I heard that many people are competing for your role. I didn’t expect you to get it. You are really lucky.”

　　There was something behind these words. After thinking about it for a while, Fang Ning instantly understood that the reason was emotional. It was a competition for roles! She was slandering herself as a resourceful person!

　　She has always lived by the creed that if someone offends me, I will tear up my umbrella.

　　It’s already happened at the door, it would be impolite not to tear up the umbrella.

　　Fang Ning showed a beautiful smile: “Yes, I am very lucky to get the role. You are really not lucky enough to get this role.”

　　”Teacher Xia, your luck is really not very good.”

　　“………”

　　Xia Qing looked a little unnatural. She didn’t expect Fang Ning to speak so bluntly and be so shameless.

　　She’s just an 18th-tier actor. There are many people like Fang Ning who have resources but get roles through unorthodox means.

　　I believe that within a few days, when she acts opposite me, she will be crushed by me, and everyone will know that she is just a resource-rich person.

　　Director Wang would also regret why he did not choose herself but Fang Ning.

　　Thinking of this, Xia Qing quickly returned to normal and found an excuse to leave.

　　Let’s put Fang Ning’s matter aside for now. Her current target is Ji Xiangchen, and that’s why she came to this crew.

　　I just hope to develop some relationship with Ji Xiangchen, who is that man’s younger brother.

　　She hoped to get to know Ji Xiangchen during this period of time, so that when she and Ji Xiangnian were together, Ji Xiangchen would accept her.

　　Thinking of that man, Xia Qing’s eyes became more gentle. She believed that as long as she persisted, she would win the man’s heart one day.

　　Thinking of this, Xia Qing felt relieved.

　　Her eyes kept turning, trying to find Ji Xiangchen.