Xu Shi couldn't sleep.
The room was brightly lit. He lay in bed, staring at the blue diamond necklace that had slipped from his palm.
It was huge, the flashes of fire around it almost dazzling.
In the past, Xu Shi would certainly have been delighted to receive such an expensive birthday present.
Now...
Perhaps Song Zhixing was right. Xie Yanci had no shortage of money. However expensive a diamond was, obtaining it took no more than a word from him.
It took no effort, so he didn't consider it precious.
His vision gradually blurred. Tears kept pooling in his eyes and slowly sliding down his cheeks.
They had only just celebrated a surprise birthday, only just spent three days tangled up together, yet Xie Yanci really was the sort to pull up his pants and pretend he didn't know him.
[No one could figure out what you're thinking in a hundred years!]
[Go spend the rest of your life growing old alone!]
[You bastard!]
Xu Shi rolled over, ready to go to sleep in a huff.
His tears betrayed him and fell again.
"..."
He hated Xie Yanci.
The crew went back to work as usual the next day.
The first thing Song Zhixing did after the break was give everyone on the crew a scolding.
No one knew just what they had done to anger the big-name director.
As his assistant, Xu Xingqi suffered even more. "I'm here to learn the craft, not to fan you..."
He grumbled under his breath.
That had originally been Jiang Sheng's job, but somehow Jiang Sheng had offended the big-name director and been banished outside to do the heavy labor of hauling equipment.
"What, you're unhappy about it?" Song Zhixing leaned lazily against the back of his chair and glared at