After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows-Chapter 144: He Who Laughs Last Laughs Best

"Congratulations, you’ve successfully landed the role of Qing Yuan."

"So, in the end, this industry still relies on fame to speak. No matter how good Pei Xinyuan’s acting skills are, what’s the use? The director didn’t hesitate to brush her off and chose me instead."

Xu Qingmei was walking forward with a blank expression on her face. When she heard the conversation coming from behind, she paused.

The assistant beside her cautiously called out, "Sis?"

Before Xu Qingmei could turn to see who was speaking, her right arm was bumped into.

"Ouch!" Jiang Xiyu frowned, glancing at her snagged dress, and looked up at the person who had suddenly stopped walking in front of her. "Why did you suddenly stop? Don’t you know there are people behind you?"

Xiyu couldn’t help but chuckle lightly and turned around, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Jiang Xiyu was still checking the snag on her gown, which she had specially borrowed for today, knowing that even a minor damage would require compensation.

Compensation was a small matter for her, but damaging the dress would make the brand think she didn’t cherish it. Borrowing it again might not be so easy.

That was the main reason she couldn’t help but complain.

However, before she could retort, her arm was slapped down hard. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Jiang Xiyu looked up sharply, about to glare angrily at Jiang Yuting, but first saw the person standing in front of her.

With such a dignified and timeless face, she couldn’t possibly deceive herself into not recognizing it.

The instant she recognized the person in front of her, Jiang Xiyu’s angry expression instantly changed to a smile. "Sorry, Teacher Xu, I was walking too fast just now and didn’t pay attention to the front. Did I hurt you?"

Meanwhile, she silently cursed herself. How could she have been so careless to bump into her just now!

Looking at the rapidly changing expression in front of her, Xu Qingmei’s eyes flashed with a hint of dislike. "So, it’s not my fault?"

Jiang Xiyu quickly shook her head, "Of course not!"

"But that’s not what you said just now."

Jiang Xiyu’s expression stiffened, "I, I just spoke too quickly. I hope Teacher Xu can be magnanimous and forget what I just said."

Xu Qingmei curled her lips, her face showing no sign of anger, but her words made Jiang Xiyu’s hair stand on end, "Then be careful not to let pride make you careless. Disaster comes from the mouth."

After speaking, she didn’t bother to get entangled with such a person and turned away directly.

Jiang Xiyu looked at her back and stood there with tightly clenched fists for quite a while.

"Cousin, what do you think she meant? When the shoot starts, will she secretly make it difficult for me?"

Jiang Yuting was also a bit uncertain, but still comforted her, "Everyone in the circle who’s worked with Xu Qingmei praises her for being dedicated and kind. She shouldn’t hold a grudge against you for such a small thing."

After listening to her words, Jiang Xiyu turned her head in disbelief, "You’ve been in the circle for so long, and you still believe what people in this circle say?"

Jiang Yuting had no words in response.

"Forget it, let’s just hope that lady forgets easily, and by the time filming starts, she’s forgotten about this unpleasantness."

But those words could only comfort herself.

Xiaotao waited a while before cautiously asking, "Then, are we still going to Yunding Restaurant?"

She had just been instructed to reserve a table at Yunding Restaurant to celebrate.

"What’s the point of going now? I don’t have the mood to eat," Jiang Xiyu replied impatiently and waved her hand, "Go home!"

It was only after getting into the nanny car that Xu Qingmei removed the mask she had maintained all day.

The assistant dared to speak up, "Sis, didn’t you say earlier that you would have dinner with Director Wei after the audition to chat about the script? Why are we going back now?"

Xu Qingmei squinted her eyes, her voice indifferent and emotionless, "I withdrew from Wei Xiao’s crew."

The assistant, who had seen much of the world with her, was also stunned for a while upon hearing this.

"What, what happened?"

"They changed their mind last minute." Hearing the suddenly heavy breathing beside her, Xu Qingmei patted the assistant’s hand that was struggling with anger, "No need to be angry. Haven’t we seen this happen abroad before?"

"But this is domestic. Which director preparing a new drama wouldn’t hold you in high regard upon your return?"

"That’s why I’m also puzzled about who made Wei Xiao change his mind."

"Then should I go find out?" The assistant said, about to take out her phone.

Xu Qingmei stopped her, "We can’t investigate now. If it gets back to Wei Xiao, it’ll seem as if I can’t accept losing."

"But I can’t swallow this anger!"

"Neither can I. When my return to the country was announced, Pan Zhengzhen contacted me on his own. Call him when we get back and tell him I’ve accepted the role of the female lead in his IP drama. As for everything else, you can decide what to say."

The assistant immediately understood her plan and finally relaxed, "Director Pan’s big IP project is said to have over ten million fans, which even ’The Empress Yuan Zhao’ can’t match!"

Xu Qingmei nodded slightly, "I want to see how outstanding the female lead Wei Xiao chooses can be!"

This was Wei Xiao forcing her to enter this arena, and she believes in just one thing: the one who smiles last in the arena is the winner!

*

The one whom many people were thinking about at the moment, Jiang Lingxi, had no time to think about anything else. Her expression seemed like she was facing her lifelong enemy.

The so-called enemy was actually a set of freshly printed papers still smelling of ink, and a quick-dry pen.

Lu Zhengzheng closed the kitchen door and was cooking inside, while Tong Yue was in the living room working on her phone. Both of them tacitly avoided disturbing the person frowning at the papers.

"Swish!" Finally, Jiang Lingxi stopped going through the stack of papers in front of her, put down the quick-dry pen she wasn’t quite used to, tidied up the somewhat messy test papers, and gestured to Tong Yue, "Sister Tong, I’m done."

"So soon?" Tong Yue was momentarily surprised and got up to walk over, "Seems like your memory isn’t bad at all. You haven’t fo..."

The word ’forgotten’ stuck in her throat when she saw the largely blank papers.

She couldn’t help but tap the papers, "You call this done?"

Jiang Lingxi was rarely embarrassed but still honestly shook her head, "I can’t do it."

It’s not that she couldn’t do it at all. The blurry memories left by the original owner were somewhat useful, but when she actually faced the test papers, she realized she still needed time to fully absorb this knowledge as her own and to shift her inherent thinking.

After all, over a thousand years had passed, and the format of test questions couldn’t be said to be incomprehensible, just completely incomprehensible!

Tong Yue was silent for quite a while before she let out a deep sigh.

"If that’s the case, simply letting you browse through guidebooks or watch online tutoring videos won’t have much effect. We’ll need to hire a tutor who can adapt teaching to your needs."

Jiang Lingxi: "...Like my brother?"

"The thing is, your brother can either focus on learning at home or attend tutorial classes regularly, but you have a proper job. The tutor can’t follow you around everywhere, can they? Even if you’re going to be filming in Director Wei’s crew, having a tutor with you while filming is something Director Wei probably wouldn’t allow!"

Jiang Lingxi: "..." No words in response!