Qiu Chengye's expression changed when he heard that. He immediately checked his phone, and his smile vanished.
The others grew curious at his reaction.
"How much battery is left?" Lai Bingxuan asked.
Xie Mi, right on the front lines of the drama, leaned over for a look. "Five."
Lai Bingxuan said, "Five bars? That's not much, but it should still be enough to order takeout. Looking at it that way, this still isn't fai-"
Xie Mi said, "...Four, three, two, one. It's dead."
Lai Bingxuan choked on her words, then changed course mid-sentence. "Now it's fair."
[Let's congratulate Bro Mimi on acquiring a dead phone.]
[I was just about to praise Bro Mimi for getting smarter this time. Looks like I spoke too soon.]
[If he thought to bring his phone, why didn't he bring a charger?]
[Call him careless, and he remembered his ID. Call him thorough, and he brought a phone without a charger.]
[What a sucker.]
"How is this reasonable?"
Qiu Chengye immediately protested. "Since I chose my phone, you should have charged it before giving it to me. What's the meaning of deliberately giving me a dead phone?"
"We didn't do it deliberately!"
Director Niu and the entire crew immediately raised their hands high, declaring their innocence. "It's your own phone, Mr. Qiu. We put it straight into the bag for you after confiscating it. Whatever charge it had before is what it has now."
"So you kept playing on your phone without charging it, and now you want to blame someone else?" Lai Bingxuan was happy to fan the flames.
Qiu Chengye was momentarily speechless. "I thought today's filming was almost over! Who knew you'd suddenly pull this?"
"Well, that's unfortunate."
Director Niu said, "That's how our show has always worked. Nobody knows what will