Medical and Martial God

Chapter 681: Chapter 681: A Slap in the Face Out of Nowhere

Ye Xiu’s worldview shattered. He’d often seen online and on TV how crazy fans would flock to meet celebrities at the airport, following them wherever they went.

Are they all just paid actors?

"I’ll take the job!" Ye Xiu said, taking the 200 yuan.

"I can tell you’re short on cash."

The older woman laughed, pulling a small red flag and a sign that read ’Li Ran, I love you’ from her bag. "After Li Ran arrives, just hold up the sign, wave the little red flag, and shout ’Li Ran, I love you.’ Once she enters the hotel, you can leave."

"Okay!" Ye Xiu nodded.

After the woman left, Ye Xiu ran to a nearby ATM and withdrew a huge stack of cash. Each card had a daily withdrawal limit of 50,000 yuan, but Ye Xiu had many cards. Taking 50,000 from each, he withdrew a total of 3,000,000 yuan.

Sigh, this is what having too much money is all about. You can just play around!

And so, Ye Xiu began his plan to crash the event.

* * *

On a plane headed to Jin Ye City Airport, the Director said with a sly expression, "Tonight’s celebration banquet is no ordinary event. The producer has invited a large number of industry insiders, as well as many wealthy young masters and socialites. Everyone had better be on their best behavior!"

Everyone understood the hint, except for Ye Lin’er. The Director was implying that tonight’s banquet was a great opportunity to cozy up to some powerful people. If they played their cards right, they could marry into a wealthy family, wed a rich heiress, or become the partner of a young master or socialite. At the very least, even becoming a plaything for the rich and powerful was considered a good outcome.

"How many fans do you guys think will be waiting for us at the airport and the hotel?" Li Ran asked with a smile, changing the subject with an expectant look on her face.

"Is that even a question? Of course, most of the fans will be there for top stars like Sister Ran, Sister Li, Brother Zong, and Brother Su. I doubt many will be there to greet me and Ye Lin’er," said Shi Hexuan, a former model, casually buttering them up.

"You sure know how to talk." Li Ran glanced at Shi Hexuan with disdain before turning her gaze to Ye Lin’er. "Shi Hexuan, you started as a model, so you already had a fan base. Now that the reality show is a hit, you’ve gotten a boost in popularity and have quite a few fans. As for Ye Lin’er... I’m afraid she doesn’t have many at all."

Tajiguli added in a snide tone, "Li Ran, you can’t say that. So what if Ye Lin’er doesn’t have fans? She can just spend money to buy some. Who knows, maybe she’s already arranged for a large group of paid extras to pretend to be her fans."

Zong Rui laughed. "Hiring extras costs money. Ye Lin’er is just a rookie, and her salary for this reality show was only 100,000 yuan. Her agency takes a cut, and after taxes, how much could she possibly have left? There’s no way she can afford to hire extras."

When it came to Ye Lin’er, Li Ran, Tajiguli, and Zong Rui were a united front. After all, it was Ye Lin’er’s War God bodyguard who had fleeced them until they were broke back in Nanjing.

"By the way, Ye Lin’er, where’s that War God bodyguard of yours?" Li Ran asked with a sneer.

"Don’t be ridiculous, Li Ran!" Tajiguli said. "That bodyguard might be a War God, but he’s just some country bumpkin from the mountains in Nanjing. He probably just ran into Ye Lin’er there and took the job as a bodyguard to earn some quick cash. There’s no way he’d stick around as her permanent bodyguard."

Throughout the entire exchange, Ye Lin’er and her manager, Chen Yang, remained silent. They both had headphones on, listening to music with their eyes closed.

Just then, the plane landed at Jin Ye City Airport.

After deplaning, Li Ran deliberately walked beside Ye Lin’er. "You’re new to the entertainment industry, so there’s a lot you don’t know," she said. "There will be a lot of reporters waiting outside the airport and at the hotel. When they see that you have no fans here to greet you... heh. You’ll be the laughingstock of tomorrow’s entertainment news. All the popularity you built up during the reality show will turn toxic."

Ye Lin’er kept silent, her head lowered as she walked briskly.

Li Ran saw that Ye Lin’er was like a ball of cotton; no matter how sharp her verbal attacks were, they had no effect. She gave up on her taunts. Fine, once we’re out of the airport, I’ll just thoroughly badmouth her in front of the reporters.

They walked the rest of the way in silence. As the group neared the airport exit, Li Ran and the others took off their masks, preparing themselves for the roar of their fans and the flash of cameras.

However, the moment they stepped outside, they were all completely stunned.

There were no fans waiting for them. Not a single one!

Instead, parked at the airport entrance, was an incredibly luxurious RV. Standing beside it was a foreign woman so stunningly beautiful that Li Ran and Tajiguli felt inadequate just looking at her.

"That RV looks like the Marchi Mobile EleMMent Palazzo, the most expensive RV in the world. Surely it can’t be here for us?" Tajiguli said, her voice full of longing.

"What are you talking about? Who else would it be for if not us?" Li Ran said with absolute conviction. "I never expected the producer to take such good care of us, arranging such a luxurious RV."

"Let’s go, let’s go! Let’s check it out!" Zong Rui was already rushing forward.

The Director and the others were also extremely eager; they had never ridden in such a top-of-the-line luxury RV before.

"Ling’er!"

At that moment, the foreign woman by the RV smiled and waved at Ye Lin’er.

"Sister Chloe!" Ye Lin’er ran over happily, with Chen Yang following behind her.

SLAP!

At that moment, Li Ran and the others collectively felt as if they had been slapped across the face.

This top-tier luxury RV... was here to pick up Ye Lin’er?

Zong Rui remembered how he had mocked Ye Lin’er on the plane for not being able to afford extras, and his face instantly began to burn with humiliation.

"Sister Chloe, what are you doing here? Are you here to pick up my big brother?" Ye Lin’er asked happily.

In her mind, only her big brother was worthy of being greeted by Chloe, and only he would ride in such a magnificent RV.

"I’m here for you, but I just got word that your brother is back in Jin Ye City," Chloe said, patting Ye Lin’er’s head with a smile. "Come on, get in. I’ll take you to the hotel."

"Mhm!" Hearing that her big brother was back in Jin Ye City, Ye Lin’er was overjoyed. He’ll definitely come to see me.

Just as she was about to get in, she suddenly turned to Li Ran and the others. "You all should come, too," she offered. "This RV is huge; it should be able to fit everyone."

The faces of Li Ran and the others instantly darkened. In their eyes, Ye Lin’er’s offer was a deliberate slap in the face—an intentional act of humiliation and revenge.

"No need. Our RV will be here soon," Li Ran said, forcing a smile. Getting angry now would be admitting defeat to Ye Lin’er.

"Oh, okay then. I’ll get going!" Ye Lin’er nodded, completely unaware that she had just inadvertently slapped Li Ran and the others in the face.