Transmigrating Into The Male Lead’s Villainess Older Sister

For a production team, the withdrawal of investment was a big matter. It could make the whole project fall through. With a grave expression, Director Liang asked the person who reported this, “How could this happen? How could the Ji Company suddenly want to withdraw their capital without even saying anything?”

With a bitter expression, that person whispered into Director Liang’s ear, “It’s like this, they demanded to change Zhou Siyu….”

“Zhou Siyu? Her again?” Director Liang suddenly remembered. During the audition, there was another investor, Chairman Wang, who also indirectly expressed that he didn’t want to employ Siyu. However, Ji Lin directly declared his support of Siyu then and there.  That was why Director Liang could dare to employ her, “Does Ji Lin know of this matter? This was his idea?”

Director Liang had never thought that a nobody, a little actress who came from a model background, could actually cause two waves of investment withdrawal. However, he didn’t understand, Ji Lin was the little “crown prince” of the Ji family.  By right, he should be able to represent the Ji family. Since Ji Lin nodded and assented to Siyu joining the production team, then why did the Ji family change their minds at the last moment?

That person shook his head, “Director Liang, I’m also unclear about this. I had already called Ji-ge to come to the production team. However, this matter… Do you [formal] want to inform Zhou Siyu first?” 

At this moment, Siyu was staying peacefully inside the car. After she ate the medicine, she felt sleepy again. The temperature in the car was adjusted to the most appropriate degree. Under the warm breeze, the coldness that Siyu had felt from falling into the water on top of her already poor health slowly faded away. Chen Yue, seeing her closing her eyes drowsily, quickly took a woolen blanket and draped it over Siyu. After that, she tested the temperature of the latter’s forehead.

With this test, Chen Yue’s eyes immediately opened wide. Siyu-jie’s forehead is burning…. She couldn’t have gotten a fever, could she?

However, after thinking about it, she didn’t find it odd. Siyu was known to be sick and weak. During the time Chen Yue worked as an assistant at her side, seeing her vomiting blood was as common as eating three meals a day. As long as she bumped into something, the mark on her body would last one whole week before it disappeared. She had become immune to this condition.

A moment ago, Siyu was in the water for such a long time. Although it was summer, the water in the pool was cold. Her body was so frail, it was normal to have a fever due to the cold.

Fortunately, Chen Yue carried a medicine bag. She quickly found an antipyretic medicine and shook Siyu awake to feed her the medicine.

“How long was I asleep for?” Siyu tried hard to open her eyes and obediently swallow the medicine. Her eyes were misty. Those glistening eyes reached the beholder’s heart. Chen Yue endured this close-ranged beauty attack. She could hardly resist holding her chest and shrieking aloud. 

Holy sh*t. The sick Siyu-jie was actually….even more attractive! Chen Yue remorsefully thought. If it’s like this, she’s a bit reluctant to let Siyu get better…

“Siyu-jie,  you didn’t sleep for that long. You can sleep more.” Seeing that Siyu wanted to get up, Chen Yue quickly reached out to support her and advised, “You have a fever. I’ll go and tell Director Liang so that you can go back to the hotel to rest.” 

When Siyu was about to reply, the car door was gently opened by someone. It was the leader of the bodyguards.  He stood outside and reported in a low voice,” Miss Zhou, the production crew has been looking for you [formal] everywhere. They say that the director has something to discuss. Do you [formal] want to go there?” 

“Director Liang is looking for me?” Siyu motioned Chen Yue to follow her off the car. Chen Yue had no choice but to shut up.

When they rushed back to the production team, Siyu was keenly aware that the atmosphere in the crew seemed to be a little bit wrong. Especially when those whispering staff immediately stopped talking at her arrival and snuck glances at her. 

Even Chen Yue also sensed that something was wrong. She asked, “Siyu-jie, I have a bad feeling.”

Siyu frowned, Director Liang was not at the shooting site. Both of them stood for half a minute before someone immediately rushed over and invited Siyu into a large lounge. Director Liang was sitting in the lounge and Ji Lin was also there.

When she saw Ji Lin, Siyu was stunned. The expression on Ji Lin’s face was the gloomiest that she had ever seen as if wind and rain were coming. It was completely different from the somewhat silly big boy image that he had previously shown her.

Directly Liang politely asked Chen Yue to wait outside. When there were only the three of them left in the room, he then kindly asked Siyu to sit down.

Siyu was feeling a bit unsteady due to her fever. When she took a seat, she was overcome with a burst of dizziness and almost collapsed onto the sofa. Fortunately, she held onto the armrest in time. Otherwise, she would have made a fool of herself.

“Director Liang, what matter is so urgent?” Siyu composed herself and looked at Ji Lin calmly. What was so rare was the fact that after she came in, Ji Lin actually didn’t look at her with the sparkling eyes that he used to have. Rather, he was staring blankly at the floor. It was unknown what he was thinking about.

“Siyu, I just want you to know about the situation. Do you have a conflict with the Jiang City’s Ji family?” Director Liang asked.

Ji family? Siyu vaguely understood something. She politely said, “Director Liang, If you [formal] have something to say, just say it directly.”

“Then I’ll just say it.” Director Liang rubbed his hand somewhat awkwardly, “Ji family suddenly said they’re considering withdrawing their investment. Of course, there’s still leeway in this matter. However, it would probably cause you great inconvenience. I also asked Ji Lin, he said….”

“It was not my doing!” Ji Lin suddenly raised his head and interrupted Director Liang. His eyes were shimmering with tears but he stared unwaveringly at Siyu, “I didn’t give such an order!”

Ji Lin’s tone carried a tinge of grievance.  He seemed like he didn’t know how to prove himself and could only repeatedly emphasize, “Jie, believe me. I would never do something like this. I also just learned about this matter. I have already questioned those people. Rest assured, I’ll resolve this. I won’t let you leave the crew……”

Because he was too flustered, Ji Lin completely forgot to cover up and directly called Siyu jie-jie.

The more he spoke, the more worked up he became. On one side, he was racking his brain to appease Siyu; on the other side, he also felt aggrieved and was eager to prove his innocence. He was afraid that Siyu would have a misunderstanding about him due to this matter, thinking that he was the one who instigated the Ji family’s people to withdraw the investment. As he thought of this, his forehead broke out in a cold sweat.

In the end, under Siyu’s gaze, Ji Lin’s speech finally slowed down. With a taut face, he forced out a sentence through gritted teeth, “Jie, please believe me. I won’t let you leave.”

Siyu stared at him for a while. The lounge was very quiet for a moment. No one said a word and it felt like a conflict could break out at any moment. Quite a while later, Siyu suddenly laughed and said in a soft voice, “Since you had already called me jie, I am still able to believe in you.” 

Ji Lin immediately brightened up. However, several seconds later, he abruptly realized something. Wait, that’s weird.  This sentence from Siyu, why did it sound like there’s still another meaning behind it? When Ji Lin called her ‘jie’ before, it was just like a junior calling a senior. It didn’t have any other meaning. However, when Siyu spoke like that, could it be…. Ji Lin’s heartbeat quickened. A conjecture formed in his mind, but he didn’t dare to believe it.

Could it be, it wasn’t just his wishful thinking to acknowledge this sister-brother blood relation? Siyu was actually also well aware of it?

However, Siyu didn’t give him a chance to continue pondering over it. She carried on and said, “But this matter, you shouldn’t meddle in it.”

Ji Lin anxiously said, “Jie, why——”

“Because I can guess who did this.” Siyu’s expression was as calm as if she was just talking about a trivial matter. “Madam Ji had come to warn me before. She is your mother. You can’t brazenly go against her, can you? It isn’t worth it to do that for an outsider like me.”

Ji Lin was dumbfounded. His mother…. Had gone out to look for Siyu before? Then why didn’t she tell him? Since she had found her own biological daughter, why didn’t she acknowledge her? Why did she try every possible means to drive Siyu away? !     [Riel: cuz she’s a trash mother LOL | Daed: +1]

Ji Lin had always thought that the reason why Duan Rulan simply evaded  Siyu was that she didn’t want to cause trouble. He had thought that she was afraid that this daughter from her former husband would bring slanderous gossip to the Ji family. Therefore, he sensibly hid this truth from others and didn’t dare to tell Siyu that they are actually siblings. Instead, he would secretly pay close attention to Siyu; even being able to occasionally interact with his sister for a while would make him happy for a long time. However, now it seemed that in fact, it wasn’t like that?

Siyu once again looked at Director Liang and politely said, “Director Liang, I also don’t wish to make things difficult for you. Since the other party clearly want me specifically to leave, then I won’t thicken my skin and stay. I wish you a smooth shooting. I’ll let Chen Yue deal with the follow-up paperwork and affairs. Now, if you will excuse me.”

With that, Siyu got to her feet in her ill state, opened the door, and strode out. Ji Lin hastily followed her, calling her ‘jie’ and wishing to stop her. However, just at this moment, his phone rang. It was someone from the Ji family’s company. Ji Lin could only suppress the panic in his heart, clicked the call button, and directly interrogated the person, “Who allowed you guys to temporarily withdraw the investment? Immediately, quickly, renew the investment!”

“Young Master.” The person on the other end was respectful, but he seamlessly rebuffed Ji Lin’s demand. “This is the madam’s decision. CEO Ji had also given his consent. Actually, the conditions are not as harsh as they may seem. There are so many production crews out there, where couldn’t that miss go?” 

This meant that there was no room for negotiation.

Ji Lin was so angry that he huffed a derisive laugh. He forcefully hung up the call. With a heavy expression, he stood in the same place in a daze. While Director Liang–who was standing behind him–was deliberating whether to comfort him or not, Ji Lin suddenly raised his hand and punched the wall with his fist!

On the other side, Siyu directly pulled Chen Yue out. Seeing that her expression wasn’t right, Chen Yue very carefully asked, “Siyu-jie, what did you discuss with Director Liang?”

“Nothing really. Let’s go back to the hotel, pack up our belongings, and return to Jiang City this afternoon,” Siyu replied. She was also repressing her anger. Last time, when Duan Rulan colluded with that model company to force her out, she let it pass. Now, she (DR) actually used the withdrawal of investment to force the production team to replace her. It was simply too much! 

Siyu knew that Ji Lin was kept in the dark. She was not blind to Ji Lin’s kindness towards her. That silly child truly regarded her as his older sister. However, it was exactly because she was well aware of this that Siyu felt that she was angry on behalf of Ji Lin. 

How could such a good person have a selfish mother like Duan Rulan? But Siyu didn’t know who to lash out at; fundamentally,  they were all characters created under the nimble work of her pen—— So, the amount of dog blood she had spilled at that time was now all over her body.

“Leave by afternoon? But didn’t we just start shooting…..” Chen Yue didn’t understand how Siyu went in to talk for a few minutes and came out completely different afterward. She was about to ask again, but she saw Xu Qingwan coming over.

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“Siyu, I’ve heard of everything. Calm down first.” Xu Qingwan looked concerned, but her body just so happened to block Siyu’s way. She blocked her in the middle of the venue. Many people heard the commotion and were already sneaking peeks over.

Siyu, who was blocked head-on by Xu Qingwan and her assistant, slowly frowned. In the last scene, Xu Qingwan’s hostility had been revealed. Now she intentionally said these things. What was she trying to do?

Xu Qingwan tenderly advised, “The Ji Company is not the sole investor of the production team. Doing this sort of thing when the shooting has already begun, the Ji Company does not stand on the side with reason.  You don’t need to be in a hurry to leave. I’ll help you ask the other sponsors. Who knows, there might be a chance to turn things around. After all, for the sake of shooting, you had soaked in the water for so long. If you were replaced, all the hardships will be in vain.”

Siyu restrained Chen Yue, who had an indignant expression and was about to retort,  and smiled faintly, “It seems that Miss Xu has a good network with other sponsors.” 

Xu Qingwan seemed to not hear the hidden meaning behind this sentence and innocently said, “I only accepted their advertising contract. It can’t be considered as any personal networking.”

“Since it’s like that, I won’t trouble you. What if after Miss Xu spoke with them, other sponsors also start clamoring that they want to withdraw their investment?” Siyu actually didn’t like to verbally fight with others. However, when she faced Xu Qingwan, it was like this hidden talent was activated. She looked at Xu Qingwan’s slightly ghastly expression and calmly said, “When that moment comes, it won’t just be my problem. It’ll most likely also implicate you and cause the shooting to fall through.”

Xu Qingwan’s smile became slightly stiff. She fiercely pinched the center of her palm. With a voice tinged with pain, she said, “I just want to help you….”

When she had hardly finished speaking, Xu Qingwan suddenly heard a commotion from the crowd behind her. Then, a voice was heard from a distance, “How come that once I came to visit, I heard such big news? Tell me, who’s going to withdraw their investment?”

Siyu and Xu Qingwan looked towards the source of the voice at the same time. They saw a group of bodyguards who forced the crowd aside with experience. A young individual walked out of the center. Xu Qingwan saw that the production team’s vice-director was currently bowing and nodding beside the young man. 

“CEO Lu, why did you [formal] suddenly come here today? Come on, everyone goes back to your work, don’t crowd over here!”  The vice-director hastily welcomed this honorable great Buddha and wiped away the cold sweat in his heart: The chairman of Huanyi came personally, but they didn’t get any notice in advance. What’s more, a major event of investment withdrawal just happened in their production team……

As soon as Xu Qingwan saw Lu Xingzhou’s face, her eyes suddenly lit up. Isn’t this young man one of the people she ran into in the garden of Huanyi banquet? So he was actually the chairman of Huanyi!

Xu Qingwan immediately looked around, but she didn’t find that outstanding elegant man in the Tang suit. She couldn’t help but feel somewhat disappointed.

Lu Xingzhou lightly chuckled at the vice-director’s words, “I heard more than half of 《Qing Guo》’s artists are under Huanyi. So I thought I’d come over to convey my greetings and under request, see if our people have been bu-ll-ied.”

He especially emphasized the last word. His eyes seemed to be aimlessly wandering around, but when his gaze fell on Siyu, he seemed to smile at her.

Siyu: “…….” Another trouble again.

“Speak.” Lu Xingzhou laid his eyes back on the sweating vice-director at the side. The corner of his lips rose, but there was not even a tiny trace of mirth in his eyes, “Who is it who wants to withdraw their investment?”