Song Yu Han looked favorably at his own son and said, "Alright, daddy will give mommy lots of kisses as per Zhanzhan's request."
As he said this, an affectionate flash in his eyes was lit as he looked outside of the window. A plan was already brewing inside him.
…
Ran Xueyi didn't know what the father and son pair wanted to do and went early to meet the other casts of <<The Untamed>>. Since the filming was to be scheduled tomorrow at the earliest, the directors and producer Long wanted today to be the first meeting of all of the cast members so that everybody could get along with each other before the actual filming.
As soon as Ran Xueyi stepped into the meeting room, she saw other actors and actresses were already there and sitting across each other with a long table in between them.
"Good morning, everyone!" Ran Xueyi happily greeted everyone inside the room with a smile.
The actors inside the room didn't actually expect Ran Xueyi to arrive so early. They at least expected her to arrive a bit later since most still hasn't arrived yet.
Shen Yin, another male actor, greeted her back: "G-good morning."
Another actress nodded her head at her but didn't say anything. She seems to be the quiet type as she didn't try to mingle with anyone unlike others.
Director Xiao waved his hand to have her sit beside him and announced to everyone inside the room. "You might have already found out about this. But just in case, you haven't heard anything from your managers, this is Ran Xueyi, she will be filming together with everyone."
Producer Long also said, "Everybody clap your hands to the addition of another amazing actress in our team!"
As soon as this was said, those who were already inside the room also did as they were told to do, clapping their hands sincerely and couldn't help but take a glance at Ran Xueyi.
Everybody couldn't help but sigh inwardly in relief. At least they didn't make a wrong choice like rejecting the offer to join the filming crew. If they did, they would surely regret it so much that they would pull their hair each time they remember refusing to join.
Ran Xueyi's traffic these days has been so good that no other actress or actor could even stand against it. Having been named as a two-time Best Actress internationally as soon as she entered the international industry and also becoming an actress known as the Best Actress of the Century domestically, nobody could tell otherwise that Ran Xueyi will bring success to any films and movies she filmed!
This somehow made everyone calm down.
Director Xiao and Producer Long also sighed seeing that everybody was getting along with each other. Others were even interacting with Ran Xueyi as if they had been friends for a long time.
However, this peaceful harmony did not last long as everyone expected.
As soon as Ran Yue entered the room, she was rendered speechless when she saw Ran Xueyi sitting beside Director Xiao.
She clearly didn't get a note that her own older sister would be one of the casts in the film she worked so hard to get!
Ran Yue stopped in her tracks and stared in shock at Ran Xueyi.
"You! Why are you here?"
Her question sounded strange to other people's ears as they all turned their heads to look at her.
Feeling their eyes on her body, Ran Yue felt embarrassed and pursed her lips.
Ran Yue already heard that Director Xiao and Producer Long found an actress to play as the female lead, but nobody told her that it turned out to be Ran Xueyi!
Director Xiao narrowed his eyes dangerously at Ran Yue's strange action and couldn't help but lower his voice in warning, "Miss Ran, please take your seat so we can slowly start while waiting for others to come."
"But…" Ran Yue couldn't help but give Ran Xueyi another glance. Fear, anxiety, and caution filled her eyes. She could still remember Ran Xueyi's threat three years ago.
Why is she here?
Director Xiao was worried that Ran Yue would offend Ran Xueyi and wanted to say something more, but Ran Xueyi had already opened her lips to speak.
"Oh, you're here! Why don't you come and sit beside me." Ran Xueyi suddenly suggested, shocking Ran Yue.
What was she planning this time?
Director Xiao was also surprised, but for another reason. He didn't know the siblings' history and didn't even know that both of them were blood related. He just assumed that both had the same surname and didn't think too much about it. But looking at it, it seems that they knew each other very well.
But he was still worried knowing that Ran Yue was not a simple character. After all, she was able to get the second female lead role because an investor recommended her.
The matter of three years ago was already buried and nobody mentioned it anymore. It was understandable that Director Xiao had no knowledge of it. But the same thing couldn't be said to other people.
For example, as soon as Ran Yue entered, the quiet actress who had greeted Ran Xueyi earlier, Jia Yi, raised her head and narrowed her eyes. She was one of the people who knew what happened that day having attended Ran Yue's birthday party.
Jia Yi fought hard for the second female lead, but in the end, her efforts were ignored only because she had no one backing her unlike Ran Yue.
Seeing Ran Yue hesitate to go over her side, Ran Xueyi also did not force her.
Soon, the meeting of the cast members started as soon as everybody arrived there.
However, the surrounding was no longer peaceful.
The meeting seemed a bit restrained and people tried to ignore the fact Ran Yue was really making her presence invisible as soon as she entered. Nobody knew why that was but others couldn't help but also keep their acts straight as well. The worst and most arrogant person in the crew became an innocent flower, who would dare try to stick their heads up?
Producer Long clapped his hand once and moved his gaze to everyone before he said, "Alright! Today's meeting is already done. Later, have your managers drive you to the hotel we booked for a party."
The meeting earlier was just for formalities, after that, there would be a party to let everyone have some fun and get to know each other even more.
…
The meeting was finally over, and Ran Xueyi was the last one to leave.
When she came out of the meeting room, a strong force suddenly pulled her and slammed her to the wall.
The person who pulled her looked at her with a sweaty face and anxious eyes. "Ran Xueyi, what are you doing here?!"
"What else? Hasn't Director Xiao already told everyone why?" Ran Xueyi was not hurt at all after being slammed to the wall and even leaned indifferently against it. "I am the female lead of the film. Why can't I be here?"
Ran Yue's face was dark and grim and she shook her head as if she couldn't believe it. Her voice was full of anger, "You're lying! You… Did you join the crew because of Yang Baihua?" She continued listlessly, "That's right… you returned to the country so you could take him away from me, right? You heard he and the Yang family are doing very well now and you can't take it any longer so you came back to take him from me!"
Ran Xueyi was rendered speechless by her question and replied helplessly, "Ran Yue, your obsession for that man doesn't concern me. I feel the same with how he lives his life. Whether he's alive or not doesn't concern me at all. Why are you so anxious?"
Suddenly, Ran Xueyi thought of something and smiled at her.
"Could it be that you still haven't taken his heart even after all these years?"
Her question pricked needles in Ran Yue's heart.
After trying so hard three years ago to take Ran Xueyi's place as Yang Baihua's fiance, she still didn't get to marry him. She did become his fiance, but Yang Baihua never voiced any plans to marry her and even started to sleep around with different girls everyday!
What was more irritating and made her die everyday was the fact that she was not the first to have his child! Another woman had already given him a child. And now, everyone in the Yang family treated that mistress and bastard favorably and continued to ignore her!
This made her life so miserable and she couldn't wait to see Yang Baihua fall to his own ruin. Her love for him turned into dust as soon as his first child was born.
Thankfully, she still had her career going great albeit having a scandal that almost destroyed it three years ago. She saved it through a sugar daddy investor she met at a party.
But Ran Xueyi's sudden appearance in the same film as her scared her a lot as if hundreds of spiders crawled all over her body and entered her heart.
She felt that Ran Xueyi's decision to accept the role definitely had something to do with her.
"Speak, did you return to get back at me and Yang Baihua?"
"To get back at you and Yang Baihua?" Ran Xueyi asked lightly. She raised a hand to touch her younger sister's cheek, who flinched in fear at the contact. But Ran Xueyi didn't care as she continued to say, "You put too much importance on yourself."
"I came back to continue my career in my country. To bring glory and honor to it. Are you more important than the country?"
"I don't believe you!" Ran Yue smacked the hand away from her, but Ran Xueyi had already pulled away from her.
Ran Xueyi said, "It doesn't matter if you believe me or not. I'll just have to show it to you."
That's right… I didn't only return for you and Yang Baihua.
Ran Xueyi returned to pay everyone who messed with her back tenfold of what they did to her in the past which she didn't get to do three years ago.
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