Chapter 160 Can you go on a business trip immediately?
After Shen Zhiyi passed the audition, she soon received a notice to join the crew. It turned out that the crew had already decided on the cast except for the second and third female roles. Everything was ready, but the director had not yet decided who should be given these two important female roles.

"So the third female role was chosen as Xu Xia?" Shen Zhiyi asked in surprise when she heard Xiao Dong gossiping about this.

Well...Xu Xia’s acting skills are really not that good.

"Yeah," Xiao Dong had also seen Xu Xia's plays and knew her acting skills. To be chosen like this, it was obvious that she had used a backdoor. "Really, now that this has happened, it feels like all the hassles of recruiting people for auditions have become a joke."

If you had known earlier that the role had been decided, who would have bothered with this?

Shen Zhiyi did not comment on this, but she was a little worried.

The character she plays has a lot of rivalry with the third female character played by Xu Xia.

It’s not that she was worried about what Xu Xia would do to her, but Shen Zhiyi really didn’t like having her personal affairs affect the filming progress. If Xu Xia didn’t cooperate, it would definitely affect the filming.

However, Shen Zhiyi didn't spend too much time on this. After packing up, he went to the shooting location.

On the first day of joining the crew, the actors and actresses were basically strangers. Shen Zhiyi greeted them one by one. But when Xu Xia came, both of them were cold and distant.

"Xu Xia and Zhiyi have worked together before, right?" The director looked at the script and said, "Then let's shoot your scenes together today."

Both actors had no objection to this. Shen Zhiyi handed the phone to Xiao Dong and whispered a few words to her.

"Sister Zhiyi, are you not ready yet?" In front of others, Xu Xia was very polite and unconsciously called back to the previous title.

"That's good."

Shen Zhiyi responded and walked to the assigned position.

This scene is about the second female lead being caught cheating, and the third female lead who has always coveted her husband comes to question her, accusing her of betraying her marriage and forcing her to divorce as soon as possible. It is an explosive scene full of contradictions and requires the release of emotions.

The first half went smoothly. Xu Xia remembered the lines very well, and although his emotions were a bit exaggerated, there was no jam and the director did not call cut until a crisp "pop" was heard by everyone.

It was Xu Xia who slapped Shen Zhiyi.

This slap was in the script, but no one expected Xu Xia to really hit her, and so hard. Shen Zhiyi's face turned red immediately.

"I'm sorry," Xu Xia apologized quickly, "Sister Zhiyi, I'm really sorry. The director told me to really fight, but I didn't control the strength well. I'm really sorry."

Half of Shen Zhiyi's cheek felt like it was burning and a little stinging. Looking at Xu Xia's hypocritical appearance, she felt confused and ridiculous.

She had always known that Xu Xia didn't like her. At first, she thought it was because she and Huo Heng were contracted lovers and she had taken the title of Huo Heng's girlfriend. Later, she gradually realized that Xu Xia didn't care about Huo Heng at all, and she didn't hate her because of Huo Heng.

This unwarranted hostility made Shen Zhiyi find her ridiculous.

She actually dared to take action under the pretext of filming. Did she really think she would suffer in silence?
The director saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he quickly came over to smooth things over. "How could you be so careless? You must apologize to Zhiyi later. Zhiyi, don't bother with Xiao Xu. She just became an actress not long ago and is still clumsy."

"If it wasn't intentional," Shen Zhiyi took the ice pack handed to her by Xiao Dong and applied it to her face, "I certainly wouldn't mind it."

"But if it was intentional," she looked at Xu Xia and smiled faintly, as if jokingly, "I will return it."

Because of the injury, Shen Zhiyi couldn’t shoot the next scene, so he had to finish work first.

The director didn't want to film the slapping scene at first, but Xu Xia slapped him without even telling him in advance. He was unhappy about it, but he had to endure it because the other party had a backer.

"Sister Zhiyi," Xiao Dong was so angry when he saw her swollen face that he wanted to hit someone, "How dare she do that!" With so many people watching, Xu Xia was really lawless.

"Have you taken all the photos?" Shen Zhiyi didn't expect Xu Xia to take action directly. Fortunately, she was mentally prepared so she didn't suffer in vain.

"I filmed it, from beginning to end," Xiao Dong said with some relief, "Luckily it was filmed. I have sent it to Sister Feifei and asked her to arrange it."

Shen Zhiyi said "hmm" and said nothing more.

After all, she got slapped in the face for nothing, and she was in a bad mood, especially since it was the first day of work, which was unlucky.

"Xu Xia is so bold that she dares to hit someone now. What will happen in the future?" Xiao Dong became more and more worried. "If she causes trouble every time, how can we shoot this drama?"

"She won't stay long," Shen Zhiyi said calmly, and sent a few messages to Wang Feifei, "Do you think she only targeted me?"

Xiao Dong was stunned: "What do you mean——"

"She has a lot of black material," Shen Zhiyi would not allow a time bomb to stay by her side. Xu Xia's slap today blocked her own escape route. "Let's see how much Sister Feifei can find out."

The reason why Xu Xia has been able to act lawless for so long is because she has a backer besides Huo Heng, but as for a backer, doesn’t Shen Zhiyi have one?
Others don't dare to touch her, but Shen Zhiyi is afraid of nothing.

But the most urgent thing is...

"Can I go on a business trip at short notice?"

Xiao Dong: "Sister, how can you have a job that allows you to travel? You are injured now, you have to stay at home and take good care of yourself."

Shen Zhiyi sighed, "Then do you think Pei Yu can go on a business trip right away?"

Xiao Dong: “…”

Well, it turns out that you were worried about being discovered by your brother-in-law.

"Why do you have to hide it?" Xiao Dong was puzzled. "You should let your brother-in-law see how you are bullied so that he can support you."

"You don't understand," Shen Zhiyi touched his visibly swollen face, "If he intervenes, this matter won't be so easy to resolve."

The main reason was that she didn't want Pei Yu to think that she couldn't even handle such a small matter. She could completely handle Xu Xia's problem by herself.

Shen Zhiyi returned to Huating in worry. Because she was wearing a mask, the housekeeper didn't notice anything unusual at first until she was seen secretly drinking water.

Seeing her obviously swollen face, the housekeeper gasped, "What's going on?"

"Well..." Shen Zhiyi whispered, "I got hurt while filming."

"Who would get injured like this while filming?" The housekeeper was not stupid. He could tell at a glance that something was wrong. "I'll tell Mr. Pei."

"Don't," Shen Zhiyi was afraid of this and hurriedly stopped him, "Don't tell him yet, it will affect his work. I'll tell him when he comes back in the evening."

The housekeeper frowned at her, but was finally moved by her pitiful look and compromised, "Okay, then I'll call the doctor first."

When Pei Yu came back and saw her like this, he was so angry.