Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot

"You're nothing without that capital!"

"At the dinner table, you're just fodder for those men, and you take yourself seriously?"

...

The crowd at the film set exchanged looks, truly, Ruan Mengxi's words were even more venomous than Tang Wan's.

Tang Wan's logic was strong, but she never used filthy language, unlike Ruan Mengxi, who went straight for the heart with the blade.

She wouldn't rest until she drew blood!

"I can responsibly tell you that the industry has started to blacklist you. You should be aware of how many endorsements and resources you've lost. Aren't you going to stop at this point?"

"Just quietly stay in the crew, pretend to be dead, you know how? Lie down and take the mockery, you know how..."

"Even your parents aren't obliged to indulge you, why should anyone else tolerate you?"

"What the hell are you even!"

The people present were silent.

Honestly, Ruan Mengxi's curse felt quite satisfying. She was somewhat of an insider, knew more than Tang Wan, and given their longstanding feud, her words were cutting.

You Congrong knew the current situation; she had to stay quiet and low-profile, but she repressed her anger from being overshadowed by Tang Wan, randomly venting on the makeup artist.

She had not expected it to cause such a stir.

But now she was in too deep, being scolded by Tang Wan was bad enough, but what right did Ruan Mengxi have...

Breathing heavily, eyes bloodshot, she ignored the people pulling her back and dashed over, landing a fierce slap on Ruan Mengxi.

Unfortunately, someone was holding her back, and though the slap missed, her nails grazed Ruan Mengxi's chin, not breaking the skin but leaving two swollen scratch marks...

"Ruan Mengxi, what are you, you think you are..."

"Congrong!" With many people around, someone definitely stepped forward to break up the fight, as staff nearby already grabbed You Congrong, who tried to lunge again.

"How are you, Ruan?" the makeup artist blocked behind Ruan Mengxi asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Ruan Mengxi raised her hand to her chin.

"You and that Tang Wan are the same, sluts, shameless—" You Congrong had lost all reason by now, her stuff had pretty much been exposed by Ruan Mengxi, adding the grudge from hair pulling and the hatred for Tang Wan.

With bloodshot eyes and disheveled hair, her makeup half ruined, she looked like a demon crawling out of hell!

Ferocious, ready to devour.

Yet, Ruan Mengxi simply walked over.

"Ruan?" The makeup artist, seeing the commotion grow, hoped to calm things.

But Ruan Mengxi's stubborn temper had flared up, not caring about the implications as she walked up to her and delivered a fierce slap—

With her arm held, You Congrong was unable to retaliate and received a solid slap.

It was Ruan Mengxi's first time slapping someone, and she hadn't controlled her strength well, slapping slightly off-target with all her might, numbing her own wrist.

Yet the clear smack stunned everyone around.

"You... you dare to hit me?" You Congrong's half face numb and in pain, was nearly losing sensation, her voice trembling.

"You hit me once, I return it, any problem?" Ruan Mengxi stated righteously.

"Using others for publicity and then turning it around to blame others when exposed, I have never seen anyone more shameless than you. It's bad enough you target me, try saying one more word about Wanwan!"

Pushed to the edge, You Congrong gritted her teeth, shook off the people trying to stop the fight, and rushed over to grapple with her...

Qi Zeyan had walked to the set because cars couldn't enter, and before arriving, he received a message about the conflict between Ruan Mengxi and You Congrong. When he arrived, he saw You Congrong pouncing on her like a fierce tiger.

Instantly tangled together, people from the set all surged forward to break it up, and he couldn't see clearly anymore.

"Boss..." Xiaozhu was stunned.

Strictly speaking, Ruan Mengxi was his assistant, they spent a lot of time working together, a lively and ambitious young lady, always polite and well-mannered, who hardly ever clashed with anyone. How could she be fighting?

"What happened?" Qi Zeyan frowned.

"They're fighting."

"I'm not blind."

...

News from the set quickly reached Tang Wan.

It wasn't that someone had leaked the information online, but rather, their drama crew had a work group chat where they typically exchanged work-related chat, and someone had shared Ruan Mengxi's incident there.

There were not only photos but also videos.

[Oh my god, Assistant Ruan must have been pushed too far this time, she went straight up and confronted You Congrong.]

[Not only confronted, but she pointed and cursed at him as well.]

[Folks, breaking news, she even hit You Congrong.]

"Pfft—" Tang Wan nearly choked on a mouthful of food.

"Don't play with your phone while eating." Jiang Jinsang frowned.

"Xixi hit You Congrong." Tang Wan looked at him.

"What about her?"

"I'm not sure."

Jiang Jinsang took out his phone and made a call to Qi Zeyan before telling him, "He's already there, no need to worry."

"This You Congrong might be crazy, Xixi won't be at a disadvantage, right?"

"Zeyan always protects his own. If his assistant was hit, he wouldn't let You Congrong off easily. Let's call and ask later; we can't rush over right now."

By then, someone in the work group was saying:

[Young Master Qi has arrived.]

After that, there were no new messages in the group...

Holding chopsticks, Tang Wan suddenly found her meal tasteless.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

"Mm."

"Have you prepared the wedding gift for sister-in-law?" Jiang Jinsang changed the subject.

"No problem there. What about you? What are you planning to give them?"

"I haven't decided yet."

"Big brother and sister-in-law are getting married soon, and you haven't prepared?"

Regarding the gift, the two had never discussed it, but Tang Wan felt that Jiang Jinsang, who was detailed and meticulous in his actions, must have prepared something in advance.

"Not sure what to get; come with me to the nearby mall later to look around." Jiang Jinsang had already decided what to give Jiang Yanting but simply used this as an excuse to change the subject and to take a walk and shop with Tang Wan.

Tang Wan nodded, her gaze occasionally shifting to her phone, waiting for any follow-up news from Ruan Mengxi.

Meanwhile, at a watch repair shop

Shen Shuci was still waiting for the old master to arrive. Actually, it wasn't his fault for taking a meal break; they had agreed to meet at 11:40, to pick up the watch on time. But to avoid Tang Wan, Shen Shuci had rushed all over, delaying her a bit, and when she arrived at the store, she was already ten minutes late.

"Miss, have some water." The staff handed her a cup of warm water.

"Thank you."

"Or would you prefer to come back after work to pick it up, or should I call to hurry him along?"

"No need, I'll wait a bit longer." Shen Shuci glanced at her watch; it was still early.

"The master is old and has bad teeth, so he eats slowly. You might have to wait a bit longer. He personally keeps the repaired watches, and I don't have the keys here."

"That's fine."

The repair place was connected to a counter. She looked at the wristwatches displayed in the glass case, glanced at the prices, and couldn't help but be amazed...

They say the poor play with cars and the rich with watches; there's a lot of truth to that saying, as five and six-figure watches here aren't considered high-end.