Amber glowered at Ella.
Ella figured out what was going on finally, after being puzzled for several minutes.
She was being framed!
Sure enough, the man then set his eyes on Ella. "Ella, talk to the director for me please. The money you gave me is far less than my two months' salary. I'll be on the streets if he fires me.'"
Hearing what the man said, Amber stood from her chair, walked towards Ella and slapped her.
"Ella, why did you do this, huh?" Although angry, Amber's voice was still quite coquettish.
At this point, everyone on site gathered around them and they gasped when Ella was slapped by Amber.
"Miss Amber, it's Ella who asked me to change the sword to a real one. She has disliked you for a long time."
Amber was a big star and people her age were all quite deferential towards her.
People started whispering to themselves about what the man had said.
Covering her face with her hand, Ella said nothing.
"Ella, you're evil!" Ella saw only anger in Amber's eyes.
Why only? Was she that good at acting?
It didn't matter. Ella rubbed her aching face and raised her hand suddenly.
She slapped Amber back.
Her tender and soft face turned red immediately.
Amber started crying. She looked so pathetic that people all felt pity for her.
'God! Is Ella crazy? How dare she slap Miss Amber?'
'That's right. She is much older than Miss Amber. She asked him to change the sword out of envy for Miss Amber's youth and beauty, didn't she?' The crowd's murmurs grew louder as they looked on.
...
Eric was too angry to say a word. Although it was hard to tell who was right and who was wrong at first. he was still not happy to see such disharmony amongst his film crew and talent.
"You, tell us what happened!" Eric pointed to the man again.
Surrounded by others, the thin man became too terrified to say a word.
His begging eyes fell on Ella again, as if he was saying "Help me, please."
Ignoring him, Ella looked at Amber. She was much older than her, so Ella decided to teach her a lesson. "I slapped you back so that you can learn that you should never hit other people before figuring out what is going on. You must seek the truth first. Do you understand little girl?"
She looked like a strict mother. Amber felt dumb and stopped sobbing.
She was 19 years old and if she remembered correctly, Ella was ten years older than her. It was hard to tell that Ella was almost thirty from her appearance.
How could she get a sense of strict mother from Ella's eyes?
Ella then looked at the man in contempt. "It's hard to believe that you have worked with the film crew for such a long time. Your acting sucks. How can you frame others when there are so many flaws in your story?"
It seemed that the thin man wanted to defend himself, but Ella wouldn't give him the chance to speak.
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