Ji Juntao was stunned, and before she could speak, Shang Yechu had already sprayed a whole bunch of spray in her face:
"Didn't you say you wouldn't hide anything from me anymore?"
Shang Yechu slapped the chat history in front of Ji Juntao's eyes, veins throbbing on his forehead: "The neighbors came to see me, why didn't you tell me?!"
"..." Ji Juntao let out a long breath, suppressing his anger, "Can you calm down? Sit down first. Don't make such a fuss."
Shang Yechu narrowed her eyes dangerously, and Ji Juntao immediately said tactfully, "Alright, it's up to you whether you sit or not. This, this—"
Before Shang Yechu erupted, Ji Juntao revealed the truth: "Teacher Hu told me not to tell you."
Shang Yechu paused, his anger, which was about to erupt, subsided by half. "Grandma?"
Ji Juntao took a sip of water and pulled out a wet wipe to wipe his face: "The demolition of Xingfu Commercial Street was decided last year, not long after you joined the crew."
Shang Yechu remained silent with a cold expression.
Ji Juntao tossed the wet wipe into the trash can with a thud: "Actually, I didn't know at first. You asked me to supervise Teacher Hu's physical exam, so I definitely had to keep an eye on it myself. When I went to the bookstore to find her, I happened to see her packing up those books..."
"You knew that so early?" Shang Yechu frowned.
Ji Juntao showed a guilty expression for a moment, but quickly became confident again: "Let me finish. I asked Teacher Hu what happened, and Teacher Hu replied that because business on Xingfu Street was getting worse and worse, the developer decided to transform this area into some kind of cultural and creative commercial district. The cultural and creative industry has become popular in the last two years, and everyone wants to get a piece of the pie."
Shang Yechu sensed something was off, but couldn't quite put her finger on it. "And then?"
Ji Juntao shrugged: "Then I asked Teacher Hu if he had told Ye Chu about this. Teacher Hu said he sent you a WeChat message, but you didn't reply."
Shang Yechu's expression changed. She scrolled through her message history and, sure enough, saw Grandma Hu's message. It was a voice message, sandwiched among a bunch of other messages, so Shang Yechu hadn't seen it at first glance.
Ji Juntao coughed lightly: "Then I said that Ye Chu has already joined the crew and is filming a very important big production. The crew is strictly managed, and if an actor is found to be slacking off, she will be severely criticized or even fired. So Ye Chu hasn't been checking WeChat lately. If you want to contact Ye Chu, you can call her."
Under Shang Yechu's murderous gaze, Ji Juntao's tone remained calm and clear: "Then Teacher Hu was terrified, saying that he absolutely couldn't let you be unable to film this movie. Not only did he not call you, but he also begged me not to tell you about this. Tell me, how could I refuse Teacher Hu's request, who is so old?"
Shang Yechu gritted her teeth: "Ji, Jun, Tao!"
Ji Juntao looked wronged: "This was all at Teacher Hu's request, why are you yelling at me? Later, when Boss Lu from the pedestrian street wanted to ask you for help, it was Teacher Hu who stopped her from coming. I swear to God, I did nothing."
Shang Yechu felt a throbbing headache coming on. She hadn't felt this frustrated even after being scolded by Xu Hanwen all day on set: "Are you done?"
Ji Juntao subconsciously took a step back: "What, you want to make a move?"
"call--"
"call--"
"call--"
Shang Yechu took three deep breaths before she could suppress the urge to throw her phone at Ji Juntao's face. If Renxing's brick-like phone had hit Ji Juntao's face, it would have smashed the boss's face into a pie.
"You did nothing wrong. You did the right thing. You did it all for my own good," Shang Yechu said calmly. "You should get some rest. I'm leaving now."
Shang Yechu turned and left.
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