Chapter 498

The incident happened so suddenly that no one could react; Shen Ci and Pili were even still lying on the sofa.

The other party came on aggressively. Shen Li had never seen such a scene before, and she couldn't help but nervously step back twice.

As the only male in the room, Apan rushed forward in a single bound to block in front of A Li, looking at the others and questioning, "What are you trying to do?"

Looking up again, she saw Lu Qiang walking in from the back, accompanied by his agent and another male assistant.

As soon as he entered the room, Lu Qiang's gaze instantly locked onto Shen Ci.

It wasn't because he recognized Shen Ci, but because his years of experience with women always allowed him to spot the most beautiful one in his field of vision at the very first moment.

His gaze was lecherous and blatant; any woman locked in such a stare would feel completely uncomfortable.

Shen Ci frowned and was about to stand up, but Pili, who was to the side, took a step ahead and shoved her phone into her hands: "You hold this!"

Shen Ci looked down in surprise, then widened her eyes in astonishment.

Pili was actually using her own account to livestream; her current Dou Dou account had over 20 million followers.

This was simply the most efficient method; it could thoroughly and completely expose the base nature of Lu Qiang to netizens across the country.

"This is A Li's break room, please get out!" At this moment, Apan looked at the others and angrily ordered them to leave.

As a result, the other party didn't even put a small assistant like him in their eyes, raising a hand to push him forcefully to the side: "Who gave you the right to speak? Get lost!"

"You two, which one of you is Shen Li's sister?"

The person who kicked the door open looked at Shen Ci and Pili; having been with the crew for several months, he naturally recognized the unfamiliar faces.

Pili stood up and walked straight to the other party, stopping Apan just as he was about to fight back, and said indifferently: "I'll handle this, I happen to have time."

This inexplicable sentence left the other party stunned. Before the man could react, Pili raised her hand and threw a punch, slamming it directly onto his cheek.

Pili had held back her strength with this punch, but it still made the man grunt in pain. His whole body retreated rapidly, and he was only kept from falling to the floor by the people behind him supporting him.

Lu Qiang and his group looked astonished, unable to believe that a young girl could have such strength and skill.

Pili looked at the group lazily: "If you lot can talk properly, then use your mouths to talk properly. If you want to use your hands, then come at me all at once. I'm in a rush to go eat."

Shen Ci held back a laugh and slightly straightened the camera. At this look, the audience in the livestream had already exceeded ten thousand people.

"Holy crap, what's the situation?"

"What's wrong with Pili? Where is this?"

"Isn't that Lu Qiang on the other side? What happened?"

"The sister is so cool, but the other party started it first, they deserve it!"

The fans in the livestream exploded instantly, but for a moment they hadn't figured out what had happened. Seeing Pili's cool and dashing moment, they had already begun to unconditionally support their goddess.

"You are Shen Li's sister?" Lu Qiang looked at Pili, his expression gloomy and terrifying.

He was an old hand with experience and status after all; while Pili's skills were indeed formidable, he was not afraid.

Pili shrugged, neither admitting nor denying it, because in a certain sense, she could be considered A Li's sister, just without a blood relationship.

Pili looked at the other party and said directly: "You must be that shameless old lecher Lu Qiang, right?"

"What? You start acting like a hooligan just because you can't film scenes with physical contact with her?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qiang's agent stood out and said indignantly: "Do you know who you are talking to?"

"Of course I know." Pili sneered: "Standing in front of me is the crew's emperor, the big-time 'hidden rule' practitioner, the one who never gets enough of taking advantage of others, the old artist Teacher Lu Qiang who loves to add scenes for himself and the actresses."

Because she knew the livestream was on, Pili was concise and to the point, saying things as directly as possible so the netizens could understand.

Everything she said was true, but for Lu Qiang, these were things that could not be said.

Yet Pili had exposed his true colors right in front of his face.

The camera was precisely aimed at Lu Qiang, and one could see his face—with its severe loss of collagen and covered in age spots—turning from blue to red. Shen Ci couldn't help but mockingly curl her lips.

This old thing, he actually still has a sense of shame?

He can do those filthy things, but others can't talk about them?

Lu Qiang only felt a panic in his heart; this was a reaction that only happened when blood pressure spiked. He had originally thought that coming over in person would intimidate the other party, but it turned out the other party didn't put him in their eyes at all.

First, they beat up his people right in front of him, and then they humiliated him without any hesitation.

In the circle, everyone treated him with respect on the surface; when had he ever been pointed at and insulted like this?

"What is your name?" Lu Qiang asked through gritted teeth.

Pili didn't speak, but Shen Ci, sitting on the sofa, suddenly chimed in with a smile in her tone: "My name is Shen Ci."

Lu Qiang and his group were stunned; several heads turned at the same time to look at Shen Ci, who was sitting calmly on the sofa.

Then they turned their heads back to look at Pili.

The agent frowned, his voice instantly rising: "You are the one who is Shen Li's sister?"

The audience in the livestream couldn't see Shen Ci, but they could hear her voice, and judging from the position of the sound, they determined that the person holding the phone for the livestream was Shen Ci.

"Shen Li?"

"Shen Li's sister?"

"Is that the rookie actress Shen Li? The one who played Hua Xixi!"

"Is Pili on the set?"

"Is Lu Qiang using hidden rules on actresses on set?"

The comments flew by, and the number of online viewers in the livestream broke thirty thousand. Almost everyone who entered couldn't leave, and some even turned on the screen recording function to send the clips to other platforms.

While livestreaming, Shen Ci looked at the several astonished faces with composure and nodded: "Yes, I am Shen Li's sister, and I am also the sole investor of this drama."

As she spoke, she looked at Lu Qiang with a disdainful expression and said slowly: "I see you are at an advanced age; I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it if I say things too harshly, and then you might have an accident—though it wouldn't be a bad thing if someone like you died."

"You used your power to pressure others in a project I invested in, used hidden rules on actresses in the crew, and even wanted to add scenes with physical contact for yourself and the actresses, making the whole crew a mess. As the investor, I have decided to kick you out of the crew, terminate the cooperation between the project and you, and I will not give you any compensation."

"Do you understand?"

Shen Ci clarified her decision to his face and deliberately told the audience in the livestream about Lu Qiang's actions on set.

"Oh my god, I understand now. Lu Qiang is using his status to use hidden rules on actresses in the crew!"

"And he deliberately added scenes, wanting to have physical contact with the actresses!"

"So disgusting. So the investor is also a woman; after finding out, she decided to kick him out of the crew!"

"The sister is so brave. Lu Qiang is in the capital circle, is she really not afraid of offending him?"