Chapter 201 Return to Calmness
"I'm not calm at all. She just called me a dog. You want me to calm down now? I'm going to kill her!" Azhu said, trying hard to break free from Lin Yilan's restraints, but it was of no use.
"Let me go now, or I'll beat you up too, do you hear me?"
"You're the only one who wants to beat me up, aren't you bragging?"
The situation came to a stalemate. Lin Yilan grabbed Azhu's arms and used her feet to prevent Azhu from attacking her with her legs. Azhu couldn't do anything to Lin Yilan, but she never stopped talking, and each word she said became more and more unpleasant.
"That's enough!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and found Xu Ziwen appeared here at some point.
Lin Yilan also noticed Xu Ziwen not far away through the crowd, and obediently shook off Azhu. When Azhu saw Xu Ziwen, he no longer had the arrogance he had just had, and he looked like an eggplant hit by frost.
"What are you guys doing here? The show hasn't even started yet. What? You all don't want to go on stage anymore? If you don't want to go on stage, then I'll deduct three times your wages for the tickets the audience bought today!"
Everyone had never seen Xu Ziwen so angry before. After hearing what he said, they all obediently returned to their seats. Those who needed to put on makeup did so, those who needed to clean did so, and those who needed to prepare props did so...
The noisy crowd just now is now reduced to only Lin Yilan, Chu Siran and Azhu.
"Master, listen to my explanation. It's all Chu Siran's fault. She came backstage without permission. I just wanted to stop her, but she started arguing with me. Then, Lin Yilan teamed up with Chu Siran to bully me. Master, you have to take charge of this for me!"
Ah Zhu took the initiative and spoke before Xu Ziwen could ask about the situation. She even started crying as she spoke. However, if you looked closely, you could tell that she was just pretending to cry; there wasn't a single tear in her eyes.
Seeing Ah Zhu's distorted features, Chu Siran sighed twice. Sure enough, Ah Zhu couldn't compare to Chu Xi. Chu Xi's acting, like she also had tears, was so pitiful. But this Ah Zhu was simply... well, it was hard to describe.
"Why are you sighing? It's okay. I believe the master won't blame you."
Lin Yilan thought Chu Siran was sighing because he was wrongly accused, so she whispered comforting words into Chu Siran's ear. Little did she know Chu Siran was sighing because Ah Zhu was no match for Chu Xi...
If Lin Yilan knew that Chu Siran was thinking about these useless things at this time, she would definitely beat Chu Siran to death.
"I don't care what the specific situation is. I just see that the three of you are arguing here and it's seriously affecting everyone else. So no matter what this matter is, no matter who caused it, you three are all at fault."
"Sorry." Chu Siran apologized sincerely after Xu Ziwen said this.
But Xu Ziwen ignored her and continued talking to himself.
"Ms. Chu Siran, you are not a member of our troupe. To avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, I hope you will not come here again. If you want to watch the show, please follow the normal process and buy tickets in advance."
Chu Siran nodded casually when she heard Xu Ziwen say this. She was a Miss Chu, and now she was being lectured by an opera singer. Although Xu Ziwen was a descendant of some opera, what did it have to do with her? If it weren't for Lin Yilan studying opera here, she felt that the backstage would definitely be messed up by her.
Xu Ziwen then looked at Lin Yilan and Ah Zhu. "Lin Yilan is my apprentice. Although I haven't formally introduced her to you all, I believe you all seem to be quite well-informed about her."
As Xu Ziwen said this, his eyes swept over the crowd. Although everyone was busy with their own things, they couldn't help but glance at Xu Ziwen. So when their eyes met Xu Ziwen's, they all lowered their heads guiltily.
"But everyone knows that Lin Yilan didn't follow our rules when she became my disciple, so she's only half my apprentice. I know many of you want to be my apprentice, so you think it's unfair that I accepted Lin Yilan as my apprentice for no reason, and you're full of hostility towards her. That's totally unnecessary."
"Even if she's only your half-disciple, you still accepted her as your disciple. I begged you so much but you refused to accept me. You actually accepted an outsider like this. This is not fair, Boss."
When Ah Zhu heard Xu Ziwen say this, he couldn't hold back his temper and started to emphasize to Xu Ziwen that he wanted to make Xu Ziwen his master. However, Xu Ziwen didn't look at Ah Zhu.
"I simply admire Lin Yilan's talent. As for my successor, I haven't found such a talent yet. So I hope everyone in the team can study hard, let me discover your excellence, and become even better people in the future. Do you understand?"
"clear."
Xu Ziwen's voice was neither loud nor soft, but the people backstage could hear it clearly. This must be Xu Ziwen's unique deterrent power.
"So that means there is still hope for me, right?" Ah Zhu kept asking from the side.
"With your personality, I think it's better for you to learn how to behave yourself first. After all, if Yilan hadn't stopped you just now, you would have come over and bit me. You even want to take Xu Ziwen as your master? Maybe in the next life after next."
Chu Siran never missed an opportunity to insult Ah Zhu, crossing her arms over her chest, looking like a bystander. But she was an outsider here, someone with no connection to the troupe. To call her a bystander wasn't an exaggeration at all.
Seeing Ah Zhu about to explode because of Chu Siran's words, Xu Ziwen reached out and pressed her shoulder to calm her down. Ah Zhu could only suppress the anger in her heart when she felt Xu Ziwen's touch.
"We'll talk about your matter when we have time. You have to be punished for what happened today. Ah Zhu has been in the troupe for so many years, yet you still made such a mistake? I'll ban you from performing on stage for six months. You need to work hard to improve yourself. If you do it again, you won't be allowed to join the troupe anymore."
"You can't do this, boss! If I don't perform for a while, all my fans will leave. I already have very few fans after just starting out, so I'm sure no one will like me anymore."
"Lin Yilan, if you didn't notify me when this happened and even participated in it, you will be banned from here for a week. You must reflect on your mistakes at home and come back when you realize your mistake."
Xu Ziwen ignored Ah Zhu who was chattering beside him, and looked at Lin Yilan, who also had a serious look on her face. When Lin Yilan heard what Xu Ziwen said, she suddenly wanted to play a joke on him, and of course she did so.
"I know now that I was wrong, so can I come as usual tomorrow?"
"no."
Xu Ziwen didn't give Lin Yilan any face at all. After saying this, he looked at everyone again. Seeing that the backstage had returned to a peaceful state, he nodded with satisfaction and left.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
