Chapter 254: Chapter 251: Two-Faced
Afternoon.
The crew of "Interstellar Immigrants" had mostly left today, leaving only Director Gary Young and Yates Zander behind.
Even the staff had all gone.
It seemed as if it had disbanded in advance, after all, with the lead actress in trouble, the crew couldn’t continue.
Disbanding was just a matter of time; it just hadn’t been officially announced yet.
Of course, Lily Clarke was still in Frontier City Hospital. Her foot injury wasn’t serious, just a simple sprain.
Frontier City Hospital.
"Sister Lily, mutton porridge." Assistant Matilda Yale opened the takeout package and carefully placed everything in front of Lily Clarke.
Lily Clarke glanced at the porridge with a thin layer of oil floating on top and said disdainfully, "So oily? How am I supposed to eat this? Don’t you know I don’t like oily food? And where are my poached shrimps?"
"I’ll order you another serving. The poached shrimps aren’t available yet." The assistant had no choice but to take away the porridge.
Having experienced Lily Clarke’s temper, she wasn’t surprised anymore.
Just some complaining, but she’d secretly eat greasy meat, not that she hadn’t noticed.
But in front of others, she wouldn’t eat oily foods, usually eating things like poached shrimps.
But this was Frontier City, and at this hour, most places with shrimps were closed. She really didn’t know where to find poached shrimps.
"Not available? What kind of place is this, can’t even get poached shrimps?" Lily Clarke suddenly lost her temper.
She had to lower her head slightly and say, "They’re all closed, there should be some by tomorrow morning."
At this moment, Lily Clarke no longer had the gentle demeanor she showed to the public, nor the cool elegance from the screen. She was nothing but a picky young lady.
"Then why aren’t you hurrying to change it? Want to starve me?"
"Yes." Saying this, she quickly took the mutton porridge away and headed straight to the bathroom after leaving the ward.
She placed the mutton porridge bowl on the sink, then tore off some toilet paper and placed it on the surface of the porridge.
The paper absorbed the oil well, and after repeating it several times, there wasn’t any trace of oil on the porridge.
It was just a little short of water, so she added a bit of water from the faucet and stirred it uniformly, and that did the trick.
This had become common practice, though unethical, she didn’t feel guilty about it.
Lily Clarke hadn’t issued her full salary in ages, always deducting it with strange and unreasonable excuses.
The originally seven-thousand salary ended up being only one-thousand-eight.
However, with a signed ten-year contract, leaving early would result in a hefty penalty for breach of contract.
She had no way to sue Lily Clarke, given the vast difference in their social status.
Even if it went to court, she’d undoubtedly be the one to lose.
She used to wonder, why Lily Clarke, coming from such a wealthy family, would dock her meager salary.
She couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard she thought.
It wasn’t until later that she realized why Lily Clarke would deduct and insult her.
It was because she once got an autograph from the person they both adored, Yates Zander.
Back then, Lily Clarke liked Yates Zander a lot, even confessed, but it ended unresolved, seemingly a failed confession.
Then, the signed photo she had treasured in her bag was found by Lily Clarke, who berated her and posted it online.
She also suffered cyberbullying for a period of time.
That was three years ago, but to this day, Lily Clarke still treated her like a servant.
She didn’t think getting an autograph was illegal; she was merely a fan of Yates Zander.
After sighing in front of the mirror, she repacked the porridge and, after staying in the bathroom for more than ten minutes, walked back to the ward with the packed porridge.
"Sister Lily, I had them make a new serving."
After putting down the porridge, she slightly raised her brows and looked at Lily Clarke.
Lily Clarke was engrossed with her phone, looking extremely impatient.
Initially, Lily Clarke was supposed to leave Frontier City yesterday, but her manager said staying would help her public image.
So Lily Clarke agreed to stay here.
After she finished speaking, Lily Clarke finally said, "Massage my legs."
As she spoke, she didn’t even lift her eyelids, just scooped up a spoonful of porridge and drank it.
Seeing her eat the porridge, Matilda Yale, who was massaging Lily Clarke’s legs, swallowed slightly, worried Lily might notice something amiss.
This mix of revenge satisfaction and fear of being caught made her entire body tense.
However, Lily Clarke, after a few more bites, seemed to notice nothing, just staying focused on her phone.
[Bennett Group heir and Harmony Group CEO personally went to Frontier City searching for Lyle.]
This headline startled Lily Clarke, and she hurriedly set down her spoon and clicked to read further.
Only then did she find out that Norman Bennett went to Frontier City; she never imagined Elliana Lyle meant so much to him.
Suddenly, she prayed internally for Lyle’s body to be quickly found, to end the man’s longing once and for all.
Although she was the one who had kicked Elliana off, that kick wasn’t fatal, and naturally, it wasn’t her who killed Lyle.
But rather the sandstorm.
Because of this rationale, she remained untroubled those days, without psychological burden.
Initially scared, but more so thrilled.
For some reason, this woman had been irksome to her from the start, even hateful.
Media were posting things like [Elliana Lyle to succeed Lily Clarke as the next generation movie queen]
[Is Elliana Lyle’s rise smoother than Lily Clarke’s back in the day?]
Though evenly matched, she couldn’t help despising Lyle.
Especially last night, her hatred reached its peak!
A surveillance video of Lyle and Norman Bennett carrying out rescue missions in Holy Spring Town suddenly went viral online, backed by official military confirmation.
This directly amassed a huge following for Lyle on Weibo.
Even in death, she overshadowed her!
Thinking of this, she resentfully checked Lyle’s Weibo.
The last post had amassed many comments.
[Praying for our Lyle’s safe return]
The following comments were in a similar vein.
The more she looked, the more annoyed she got, so she checked the current trending topics on Weibo.
[Elliana Lyle goes missing in sandstorm]
[Elliana Lyle and Norman Bennett saving flood victims]
[Holy Spring Town]
[South City’s Sunshine Estate poisoned dog]
[Lily Clarke injured on set]
Seeing this, her brows quivered with rage; her injury didn’t even match up to that of a dog?
Slap! The phone was tossed to the ground, startling Matilda who was massaging her legs.
Matilda blanked for a moment, wondering: why suddenly angry again?
Realizing the situation, she quickly picked up the phone, relieved to find it nearly undamaged.
Thankfully it wasn’t broken, as Lily would’ve thrown another fit.
By accident, she glanced at the trending topics on the screen, understanding why Lily was upset.
She quickly said, "Sister Lily, trending topics switch out in a few days."
Lily Clarke didn’t reply, just shot her a vicious glare.
Realizing her mistake, she then added, "Sister Lily, why not share Elliana Lyle’s news? It could increase your exposure too."
"Do I need her exposure?"
Lily Clarke retorted coldly.
Matilda: Yes, you do.
Of course, she dared not voice this thought.
Though unwilling, Lily realized it could help her public image, so she grudgingly agreed.
Thus, she shared Elliana Lyle’s disappearance link with a caption: "Elliana must return safely, I’ve been waiting in Frontier City."