You Rong quickly walked over and snatched the camera from the man. The man was startled and yelled at You Rong, "What are you doing! Give me back my camera!"
You Rong stared at the man with a cold gaze. "What were you secretly taking pictures of?"
The man's eyes darted nervously. "I... what nonsense are you talking about! What secret filming, I don't know, I was just taking pictures randomly!"
"You think I'd believe that?"
You Rong directly opened the man's camera and browsed through the album. As expected, she found photos of the man secretly filming Lin Qinghe and Shen Feilang. The angles were deliberately chosen to appear very intimate.
You Rong held the camera and pointed at the photos. "Still dare to say you were just taking random shots?!"
"I..." The man was flustered, stammering for a long time without saying anything.
The commotion You Rong was causing caught Lin Qinghe's attention. Seeing it was You Rong, she walked over without a word and asked, "You Rong, why are you here? What's going on with him...?"
Seeing Shen Feilang approaching, the man's expression clearly changed. You Rong wasn't foolish and instantly realized what was happening. He handed the camera to Lin Qinghe and said, "I just saw someone secretly filming you."
Lin Qinghe took the camera and understood immediately.
She thought Shen Feilang had specially come to visit her, and he had mentioned wanting to talk to her privately. So this was his purpose.
To create some gossip and boost his popularity by stepping on her, was that it!
Lin Qinghe turned to look at Shen Feilang. Shen Feilang probably hadn't expected his arranged person to be caught red-handed, but he couldn't admit it was his doing, so he had to play along. "Sister Qinghe, I'm sorry, this must be a paparazzi who's been following me. I didn't expect him to follow me all the way here... It's my fault for not being careful when I came to visit."
Lin Qinghe sneered inwardly.
Act! Keep acting for me! Your acting on set isn't even half as good as it is now!
Lin Qinghe didn't bother wasting words with Shen Feilang and stated it clearly. "Feilang, I think you might be mistaken. We are just colleagues who filmed a drama together. I will naturally cooperate with the publicity as needed, but if you want to use any topic to create hype, I apologize, I won't cooperate. If I don't want my agent to tell people in the industry that you are a male artist who is skilled at leeching off female stars by associating with them, then something like today... it's best not to happen again."
Shen Feilang's face changed drastically. If this kind of news got out, which popular female star would be willing to cooperate with him in the future!
"Sister Qinghe, let me explain... I really didn't know about this. This person is truly a paparazzi, he's not someone I brought..."
"That's enough. I've said all I need to say. You know the truth of the matter," Lin Qinghe said directly. "Hurry up and leave. We don't allow unauthorized personnel on our set."
"Sister Qinghe, I..."
Lin Qinghe didn't even bother looking at Shen Feilang again. She took the camera, deleted all the photos, threw the camera back to the man, and warned, "If you don't want to be arrested by the police, then get out quickly!"
The man apologized repeatedly and left with his camera, looking dejected.
Lin Qinghe pulled You Rong back, too lazy to pay attention to Shen Feilang, who was anxiously trying to explain.
They walked back into the studio. Lin Qinghe stopped and put away her cold, stern expression, asking with her usual smiling demeanor, "You Rong, thank you just now. If it weren't for you... tomorrow Weibo would be flooded with rumors about Shen Feilang and me."
You Rong nodded slightly and reminded, "Be careful in the future, especially when you're with other artists. You never know if there's someone secretly filming nearby."
"I know, I'll be careful from now on!"
"Okay, let's go back. Director Wang is waiting for us to shoot the next scene."
Lin Qinghe followed You Rong's steps, walking beside him. She blinked her clear eyes and asked, "You Rong, why were you there just now? I remember you were still filming inside when I came out."
You Rong's eyes slightly lowered. "It was a bit stuffy in the studio, and I wanted to get some fresh air. I happened to run into someone secretly filming."
Lin Qinghe believed him. "Oh, so that's how it was..."
You Rong didn't answer further, but inwardly he wondered why he felt displeased seeing Lin Qinghe walking with Shen Feilang, and why he had rushed out before he even realized it.
Why was that?
As Lin Qinghe walked, she heard the system's prompt: "Progress increased by 1%, total progress is 35%."
Lin Qinghe was stunned for a moment, but didn't show it too much. She secretly looked up at You Rong.
You Rong looked expressionless, perfectly normal.
Why did the progress bar suddenly increase?
Or was it because You Rong didn't like Shen Feilang, and when she confronted Shen Feilang in front of him, making him extremely embarrassed, he felt pleased and thought they were on the same side, thus increasing his favorability towards her?
Lin Qinghe wasn't sure if this was the reason, as she couldn't figure out You Rong's thoughts.
However, it didn't really matter. Lin Qinghe felt the progress was increasing too slowly, and she needed to find an opportunity to speed things up.
Lin Qinghe spent the whole night pondering. Before she could come up with a plan, she received a call from Zhang Shanghua early in the morning.
Zhang Shanghua excitedly said a lot of things, and Lin Qinghe finally learned that it was Zhang Shanghua's birthday today. She immediately said, "Dad, happy birthday. I'll buy your gift online later and have it sent to you."
Hearing this, Zhang Shanghua's tone immediately became resentful. "Qinghe, you're not planning to come and spend my birthday with me, are you?"
"Uh..." Lin Qinghe felt guilty. She indeed hadn't intended to spend his birthday with him. "Dad, I have to film, so I can't get away to be with you. After I finish filming, I'll spend quality time with you, okay?"
"You don't need to worry about filming. I've already spoken to Wang Zhian. You don't need to film today. Dad is driving to your hotel parking lot now. Come down quickly, Dad will pick you up!"
This was practically a done deal before it was announced. Lin Qinghe had no choice, especially since Zhang Shanghua had helped her a lot. It wouldn't be right not to go on his birthday. Lin Qinghe had to agree.
An hour later.
You Rong arrived at the film set. Director Wang announced that the next scene would be filmed temporarily, saying that Lin Qinghe was feeling unwell and wouldn't be able to come to filming today.
You Rong frowned upon hearing this, a look of worry flashing in his eyes.
Is she sick?
She seemed fine yesterday, and suddenly she's sick? Su Dan Novel Network
At this moment, Hu Xiaobei looked around, confirmed no one was around, and whispered into You Rong's ear, "Brother, Sister Qinghe isn't sick. I saw it this morning. Director Zhang personally drove to the hotel parking lot to pick her up. You said... what's the relationship between Sister Qinghe and Director Zhang? From a distance, it looked like Director Zhang and Sister Qinghe were very close..."