Chapter 107: A Familiar Silhouette

After hanging up, Jiang Yunzhou fell into thought for a long moment before finally yielding.

She had no other way to solve this matter at the moment. Perhaps Shen Ruizhang really did have a solution.

At the very least, it was worth trying.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yunzhou decided to go to the set and see what was happening.

She brought several bodyguards with her.

When she arrived, Sang Bai’s assistant came running up to her at once.

“Miss Jiang! Why are you here? Sang Bai is still filming.”

The assistant’s face was full of distress.

Seeing her expression, Jiang Yunzhou understood that something had gone wrong again.

“Are they making things difficult for her?”

The assistant rubbed at eyes that had turned slightly red. “Sang Bai has been hanging in the wire rig for a very long time already, but the director still refuses to call it a wrap. She’s obviously acted it well enough.”

Jiang Yunzhou drew in a breath and walked in with a dark expression.

Sure enough, Sang Bai was still suspended in midair, and her face had gone even paler than usual.

That instantly angered Jiang Yunzhou.

“Take her down first.”

No one paid any mind to her words. Even the prop crew merely glanced her way.

Only after someone beside Xu Sen reminded him did he finally lift his head from the monitor.

“Well, if it isn’t Miss Jiang. What brings you all the way to my little set?”

Jiang Yunzhou clenched her teeth and said coldly, “Director Xu, can’t you see the actor looks unwell? What if something happens to her?”

Xu Sen looked up and cast a glance at Sang Bai in midair, then said in confusion, “This is acting. Staying in the wire rig is perfectly normal. If Miss Sang can’t even handle this, what right does she have to survive in the entertainment industry?”

Jiang Yunzhou knew he was doing this on purpose. The assistant beside her immediately shot back, “But Director Xu, my Sang Bai has already finished the scene. Why can’t you let her down?”

Xu Sen narrowed his eyes and gave the young assistant a cool look.

With a smile, he said, “Because the performance did not meet my standards, so I’m having her do it again. My standards are a little high, that’s all. I’m not targeting her. I simply can’t accept flaws.”

Jiang Yunzhou suppressed the rage in her chest. “Actors are people. They need time to rest and recover.”

Xu Sen looked helpless. “Fine, fine. It seems Miss Jiang is dearly protective of the artist under her management. Take her down, then.”

With his permission, the prop crew immediately lowered Sang Bai from midair.

The assistant hurried over to her and steadied her.

“Sang Bai, are you uncomfortable anywhere?”

Sang Bai only felt her limbs going numb, and the pain across her back was nearly unbearable.

Even the legs beneath her, once planted on the ground, were trembling.

She forced herself to endure the pain and comforted the assistant.

“I’m fine. I can still manage.”

Seeing how determined Sang Bai looked, the assistant could not help feeling sorry for her.

“Miss Jiang is here. She’s here to see you. She’ll definitely stand up for you!”

Sang Bai smiled faintly, though worry stirred in her heart.

Jiang Yunzhou frowned the moment she saw how Sang Bai was walking.

“Director Xu! Is this what you call nothing serious? Sang Bai can hardly stand!”

Xu Sen remained unhurried. “Miss Jiang, you’re not an actor, so you don’t understand how hard it is. This is all perfectly normal. If you don’t believe me, ask her yourself.”

Jiang Yunzhou had not expected Xu Sen to be this shameless.

To mistreat an actor and still call it normal.

Sometimes people were so exasperating that laughter was the only response.

Seeing Sang Bai wobble to her side, Jiang Yunzhou said, “I’ll take you to the hospital in a bit.”

Sang Bai shook her head. “It’s okay. This is normal. I was only hanging in the wire rig for too long.”

Xu Sen’s brows lifted slightly. “See? I said Miss Jiang was making too much of this. If you don’t want her to keep acting, just pay the breach penalty. There’s no need to make a fuss out of nothing.”

Jiang Yunzhou fell silent.

If she had money, she would rather pay the penalty than let Sang Bai stay in this production.

But the breach fee could run into hundreds of millions. She simply could not afford it.

“Hmph. Director Xu, could it be the crew is so broke that you’re counting on the breach penalty for money?”

Xu Sen smiled. “No one is not interested in money.”

Jiang Yunzhou could not smile at all. “Director Xu, aren’t you afraid that after this, no other actors will ever want to work with you again?”

“As long as actors want fame, there will never be a shortage of people willing to work with me. Miss Jiang needn’t worry about that.”

Looking at the smiling tiger before her, Jiang Yunzhou let out a cold, derisive laugh.

Xu Sen lifted his wrist and checked the time. “Miss Jiang, you’ve seen the person already. There’s no need to keep disturbing the crew’s filming schedule.”

Hearing this, Jiang Yunzhou widened her eyes. “Sang Bai only just came down from the wire rig.”

“I know you care about your actress, but you can’t waste everyone else’s time because of her. There are so many people on set, and time isn’t something we can afford to lose.”

Biting her lip, Sang Bai did not want to make things difficult for Jiang Yunzhou and said, “It’s fine. I can continue. It really wouldn’t be good to delay everyone else’s schedule.”

If she stalled here, then every shoot after this would have to be pushed back.

Xu Sen laughed without restraint and turned to leave.

Sang Bai sighed. “Yunzhou, don’t make things difficult for me. The man behind him has a lot of influence. Don’t worry. I don’t have much screen time left in this drama. I can grit my teeth and get through it.”

A little sadness welled up in Jiang Yunzhou’s heart. She complained, “Since when have you become so good at enduring things? There are still two or three months left. How are you supposed to endure that long?”

Sang Bai shrugged. “I have to endure it. Otherwise that breach penalty would crush me too.”

“I will find evidence, no matter how powerful the person backing him is.”

Jiang Yunzhou’s voice sank, her gaze fixed on Xu Sen’s departing figure.

Sang Bai was urged back to the set to continue filming. The assistant escorted her out of the production area.

“Miss Jiang, should I take you back instead?”

“No need. It would take several hours to send me home, and the round trip would be a hassle for you too.”

After speaking, Jiang Yunzhou turned around, and a figure suddenly caught the corner of her eye.

That silhouette looked oddly familiar.

Seeing Jiang Yunzhou stop abruptly, the assistant asked in confusion, “Miss Jiang, what is it?”

“I saw someone I know.”

Jiang Yunzhou tightened her grip on her bag. If she had not mistaken that person, he seemed to be someone from beside her uncle.

Could her uncle have some connection with this Director Xu?

Her eyes flickered as suspicion began to stir.

Unable to stop herself, she followed after them.

“Miss Jiang! Your car will be here any moment. Where are you going?”

“Help me cancel it. I’ve still got something to take care of. I’ll go over there first!”