Their hands stopped mid-meal, and everyone except Mr. Xu's family turned in unison to look at the staff member standing opposite them.
"Right, are they still at the hospital?"
Ren Anwen had watched Lu Wanqing and the others being taken to the hospital. They had only said they would come back after getting her foot checked, but so much time had passed. Why hadn't they returned?
"She won't be coming back for the rest of the show. The director said she had a scheduling conflict and couldn't participate." Following the director's instructions, the staff member explained the reason to them.
A scheduling conflict?
Chi An tilted his head slightly, moving out of the camera's view.
Even if she had a scheduling conflict, she couldn't possibly give up this variety show. She wasn't stupid. With Lu Wanqing's calculating mind, there was no way she wouldn't know which option offered greater benefits.
His hand secretly tugged at the hem of Fu Yanci's shirt under the table. Fu Yanci turned to look at him. "It wasn't me. I'm not that petty."
That was strange. If it wasn't him or Fu Yanci, who else had Lu Wanqing offended?
He was just worried that someone with an agenda would pin this directly on Fu Yanci.
[Holy crap, amazing. This is the power of money! Doing it so openly, making someone get lost with a single word.]
[What a turnoff. Someone else earned those opportunities through their own abilities, and he took them away with a few casual words. Disgusting.]
[Here come the clowns again. Were you falsely accused so much in your past lives that you've come to falsely accuse others in this one?]
[Fu Dog should rein in his temper next time. Otherwise, whenever anything happens to anyone, they can pin a charge on