Chen Rui was almost brought to tears by Chu Mo's retort, but she held back, tears welling in her eyes. She bit her lip hard and asked in a trembling voice, " Brother Chu Mo, do you really hate me that much?"
Chu Mo didn't even lift his eyelids. "Yeah, it's pretty annoying."
" Brother Chu Mo, you've gone too far!!"
Then he covered his face and fled.
Wu Bo scratched his head. " Senior Chu... aren't you going to check on her? What if something happens to her on set..."
This is interfering with his filming! Besides, the Chen Family is powerful and influential; if something happens, none of them will escape unscathed.
"Ignore her." Chu Mo's voice was cold and indifferent, as if Chen Rui's life or death had nothing to do with him.
After dinner, Bu Hanfei called Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu aside. After looking around to make sure no one else was around, he said, " Xiao Mo! You were so rude to Miss Chen Family. Aren't you afraid of her retaliating? I've heard that Miss Chen Family doesn't have a very good reputation!"
"Ignore her, she won't dare."
Bu Hanfei: "... Are you sure you won't ruin my filming? I'm an old man of fifty, I can't take any trouble!"
Chu Mo said with a smile, "Don't worry."
After confirming several times that it really wouldn't affect the filming, Bu Hanfei said, "Alright, you two go have fun! Don't block my filming!"
Use and discard – that perfectly describes someone like Director Bu!
After Director Bu left, Ji Nanshu said, "Shall we make a bet?"
Chu Mo raised an eyebrow. "A bet? What do you want to bet on?"
Ji Nanshu glanced in the direction Chen Rui had left and said, "I bet... when will Chen Rui come looking for trouble?"
Chu Mo: "Is there a reward for winning?"
Ji Nanshu recalled what happened a few days ago and sneered, "Want to reward yourself by sleeping in?"
"..." Chu Mo immediately chickened out. There was no need for that!
Because Chu Mo wanted a reward, the bet ended without a result. Winning or losing wasn't important; the main thing was that he didn't want to sleep alone. A 330-month-old baby also needs love!
Just as Ji Nanshu had predicted, in the afternoon a staff member said someone was looking for him, and when he arrived at the location, it was indeed Chen Rui.
Chen Rui crossed her arms, her eyes filled with contempt. " Ji Nanshu, you'd better stay away from Brother Chu Mo, or I won't let you off the hook! So what if you're a wild child we found halfway through life, even if you're the Ji Family's biological son? Do you even deserve Brother Chu Mo?! I advise you to be sensible!"
"Oh. So what are you planning to do about it?"
Ji Nanshu was genuinely curious. As one of the four great families in the Imperial Capital, and considering that the Ji Family was far more powerful than the Chen Family, what exactly did she intend to do to him?
Chen Rui: " Brother Chu Mo is the head of the Chu Family. Can you have a child with Brother Chu Mo? The matriarch of the Chu Family must be someone of equal social standing. You've been dating Brother Chu Mo for so long, have you seen Brother Chu Mo take you back to the Chu Family?"
"Oh... so it's because you can have children. If you like having children so much, why don't you become a DAIYUN? Although it's illegal in Hua Country, it's supported abroad. Should I ask your Brother Chu Mo to ask him about it for you?"
"You bitch! Let me tell you, the fact that Brother Chu Mo isn't taking you back to the Chu Family proves he's just playing around with you! So you'd better leave Brother Chu Mo right away. The only person Brother Chu Mo wants to marry is me, Chen Rui... Otherwise... I'll make sure you disappear from Hua Country!"
As Chen Rui finished speaking, her expression gradually became ferocious, completely ruining her beautiful appearance.
Ji Nanshu held up his phone and waved it in front of Chen Rui: "Miss Chen Rui, I've recorded what you just said!"
Do you want to die?!
Chen Rui's expression changed, and she tried to snatch the phone. Just then, she seemed to catch someone approaching out of the corner of her eye, and immediately screamed, "Ah--!!! Let go of me! How can you do this to Brother Chu Mo?!"
A crew member rushed up, and in the brief moment Ji Nanshu turned around, Chen Rui quickly tore open her clothes and retreated in a terrified manner.
" Mr. Ji!! What did you do to Miss Chen?!" The crew members yelled at Ji Nanshu without even asking what happened.
Ji Nanshu: "?"
What kind of shrewish roar is that?!
The staff member was a woman, seemingly from the makeup department, an assistant named Zhao Yu. She put her arm around the trembling Chen Rui and angrily rebuked her, "How could you treat a girl like this?! You're committing a crime, do you know that?!"
The commotion quickly attracted the attention of the rest of the crew. From Zhao Yu's fragmented words, they pieced together a story: Ji Nanshu seemed to have done something bad to Chen Rui.
A group of people stood around, pointing and whispering about Ji Nanshu.
Soon, Director Bu and Chu Mo also learned about what had happened and rushed over.
Director Bu said coldly, "What are you all doing gathered here?! Do I pay you all to watch the show all day?!"
Zhao Yu: " Director Bu! It's this Mr. Ji who wants to..."
Chen Rui spoke in a trembling voice, "Stop talking!!"
"Speak up, why won't you? If you won't tell me, I will." Ji Nanshu said seriously, then pressed the record play button.
After finishing, Zhao Yu shoved Chen Rui away and, quick-witted as ever, realized something. "You used me?!"
Chen Rui sobbed, "I admit it! I do like Brother Chu Mo! But I wouldn't joke about my own innocence!! It's clearly... it's clearly Ji Nanshu..."
Chen Rui's explanation was plausible, and quite a few people believed it, starting to whisper and discuss it amongst themselves.
Chu Mo truly didn't understand what Chen Rui was trying to do with all this—killing a thousand enemies while losing twelve thousand of her own?!
Ji Nanshu looked Chen Rui up and down several times before saying, "Putting aside the facts... why would I do such a thing to a woman? Even if I were to find a woman... she should at least be prettier than me?"
Bystanders: What a convenient way to ignore the facts!
Chen Rui continued sobbing, "I know I shouldn't have said those things. I just like Brother Chu Mo too much... I just didn't know what to do, and I said those things in a fit of anger. But... but you can't... you can't... ruin me just to keep me away from Brother Chu Mo!"
His words were so sincere and heartfelt that if Ji Nanshu hadn't been the person involved, he almost would have believed them.