When Zhao Bing's vicious kick came, Ye Chen remained motionless until Zhao Bing closed in, at which point Ye Chen delivered a merciless punch, slamming into the man's face. It was as if Zhao Bing had been struck by a train, as he flew away horizontally!

"Bang!"

Zhao Bing's body crashed to the ground, his face smeared with blood, his nose bridge collapsed from Ye Chen's blow; however, he still didn't lose consciousness. He lay powerless on the ground, staring fixedly at Ye Chen, his eyes brimming with boundless fear.

Seeing Zhao Bing's miserable state, Zhang Xinlan shivered and said to Ye Chen, "Why did you hit him so hard? You didn't kill him, did you?"

"It's fine, it's just a little lesson for him, to let him know not to curse people randomly!" Ye Chen replied. His parents had died early, and he really minded people insulting his family.

"Well, that's good, but with him hurt like this, I'm afraid they won't let it go so easily!" Zhang Xinlan said. Zhao Bing was the cousin of the director of this film crew, and with Ye Chen beating him to such a state, the director would surely have to seek an explanation for his relative.

"No problem, there are so many people around. We agreed before we started fighting, 'in the fight, risks are to the fighter!'" Ye Chen said.

The staff members around overheard these words and couldn't help but give Ye Chen strange looks—too violent!

"What happened to Zhao Bing? What exactly happened here?"

Right then, a middle-aged man with a big beard came over. He looked at Zhao Bing lying on the ground like a dead dog, frowning deeply.

"Director, Zhao Bing was comparing skills in a fight with someone and got his face punched in!" someone whispered.

"What nonsense are you talking about? 'Got his face punched in?' Who injured Zhao Bing? Why didn't any of you step in to stop it!" the bearded director's face was filled with a fierce expression, scaring the staff into shrinking necks—it seemed he wasn't someone to be trifled with.

"It's him, the man with Zhang Xinlan," someone said.

The bearded director took one look at Zhao Bing, who was prostrate like a dead dog, and irritation flickered across his face, "What are you standing there for? The man's almost dead, why haven't you called 110 to report the criminal and called an ambulance to save him!"

After scolding the staff on set, the bearded director turned to walk toward Zhang Xinlan, fixing his gaze on the man beside her. With someone disrupting his shoot, he had to step out as the director.

"Who are you? You're not a crew member here. This is my film set—no unauthorized people allowed!" The bearded man also stated the rule clearly.

Film sets are tightly controlled to manage all personnel present because if the paparazzi sneaked in and exposed the details and process of the shooting, it would be terrible for the release of the new film.

"He's Ye Chen, Liu Shihua's personal bodyguard. I already explained it to Zhao Bing," said Zhang Xinlan, taking the lead. "Director Zhao, I'm sure you've heard about it before. Shihua was previously kidnapped, and it's a precaution to have Ye Chen here!"

Ye Chen did not speak, letting Zhang Xinlan do the explaining. Although the director's questions were stern, he didn't come off as aggressive or looking to create additional trouble.

"Then how did he come to clash with Zhao Bing, leaving him in that state?" asked the bearded director.

"Ye Chen is my boyfriend. There seemed to be some misunderstanding with Zhao Bing—he insisted on driving Ye Chen away. Eventually, they started fighting, but after Zhao Bing began to curse, my boyfriend ended up injuring him," Zhang Xinlan explained with detail, portraying Ye Chen as quite blameless, which, in fact, was the case.

The bearded director took an inexplicable look at Ye Chen, feeling a sense of déjà vu, yet unable to recall where he had seen him before.

However, the director knew full well what Zhao Bing was like—vain and capable of some martial arts skill, but too impulsive and severely short-tempered, with a bad reputation in the industry.

Moreover, the director was aware that Zhao Bing indeed fancied Zhang Xinlan, and with Ye Chen being Zhang Xinlan's boyfriend, it was inevitable that Zhao Bing would act out of jealousy and engage in a fight.

The director pieced together the entire incident from the information given by those around him, showcasing his cleverness.

Still, Zhao Bing was after all his cousin, and with Ye Chen having injured him so badly, he felt obliged to regain some honor for Zhao Bing and see that the young man received some kind of punishment!

"Even if Zhao Bing was wrong first, as a young man, you shouldn't have been so harsh!" said the bearded director.

Zhang Xinlan's face changed, realizing that Director Zhao was clearly intent on holding Ye Chen responsible!

"What could I have done? Should I have stood there and let him hit me to that extent?" Ye Chen retorted suddenly.

In a fight, you're either hitting or being hit. If Ye Chen hadn't beaten Zhao Bing down like a dog, he would have kept being chased. In any case, he felt he had done nothing wrong.

"This!" The bearded director's face changed, and with that remark from Ye Chen, he found it difficult to assign blame.

Ye Chen had always seemed calm and collected, even when confronted with potential blame, leaving the director, Zhao Bing, with no reason to be angry. Ye Chen's composure indeed impressed the director.

Adding to that, Director Zhao kept feeling that Ye Chen seemed familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen him before, which was quite frustrating!

"Director Zhao, weren't you looking for Zhao Bing? Where is he?"

Just then, Liu Shihua arrived, dressed in ancient costume and looking like a fairy descending to earth, stunning Ye Chen.

"Director Zhao Bing is injured, he..." Director Zhao wanted to say that he had been beaten into a dead dog by your bodyguard, but suddenly, before he could finish his sentence, a look of shock crossed his face.

This Director Zhao had thought Ye Chen looked extremely familiar, but he couldn't quite recall who he was, which had given him quite the headache just now.

But now, as Liu Shihua gracefully approached and stood beside Ye Chen and Zhang Xinlan, a pair of stunning ladies flanking him like a dragon with two phoenixes, Director Zhao's mind was racing, and he suddenly remembered who Ye Chen was!

With two beauties by his side, Director Zhao felt like he was seeing once again the spirited man from the Celestial Banquet!

"Did you make the call!"

The bearded director erupted in fury, approaching several staff members and roaring at them.

"We did, we called!" The staff member's voice trembled, the director's current frightening demeanor was indeed scary.

"What call did you make?" Director Zhao barked, his whiskers bristling.

"The police call, and also called an ambulance!" The staff member replied honestly.

"Who told you to call the police? Are you fucking stupid, or am I the fool? If the cops come, let them take you away instead!" The bearded director shouted, displaying an inexplicable fit of rage.

"But, but, didn't you ask us to call?" said the staff member, aggrieved.

"If I told you to die, would you go off and die?!" Director Zhao raged. "Don't bother with the ambulance either, just let that Zhao Bing die here, that dog who looks down on people, that useless thing!"

Director Zhao tried to compose himself, attempting to look more pleasing as he chuckled and walked over to Ye Chen.

Zhang Xinlan looked at Director Zhao, puzzled. The man had just been ready to blame them for something, and now he was starting to sneer at them?

"Director Zhao, have you lost your mind?" Liu Shihua couldn't stand seeing others sneer, and spoke up directly to tease him.

This bearded director had just been on a tirade against the crew members, then acted as if nothing happened, smiling at them, which was really quite comical!

Liu Shihua was known for being straightforward and outspoken, and since she had worked with Director Zhao more than once, her banter carried no pretense.

"Didn't take my meds when I got up this morning, my bad, my bad!" Director Zhao was exceptionally humble in his response.

Zhang Xinlan glanced at Ye Chen, bemused, as she suddenly remembered that Director Zhao was also invited to the Celestial Banquet that one time. Could it be he recognized Ye Chen's identity?

"Stop joking around, where's Assistant Director Zhao?" Liu Shihua laughed at the director's humorous demeanor. "Everyone is waiting to start shooting, hundreds of people are on standby!"

"This…" Director Zhao hesitated, obviously he couldn't say Assistant Director Zhao Bing had been crippled by your bodyguard.

Although Director Zhao wasn't entirely sure of Ye Chen's identity, seeing him suppress one of the capital's "Four Young Masters", Yang Fan, a martial maniac, and directly humiliate Tong Xingtong at the Celestial Banquet was enough for him to take Ye Chen seriously.

Moreover, having witnessed Ye Chen's confrontation with the female ninja and how he sent a car flying with a single palm strike, he revered Ye Chen as a supremely formidable figure. Now faced with the man himself, of course, he was thrilled and dared not offend!

"Assistant Director Zhao has been crippled by me. What do you need him for?" Ye Chen looked at Liu Shihua.

"You, no way?" Liu Shihua exclaimed in surprise.

"Could it be there was a problem with the action direction?" Zhang Xinlan asked. Being an expert in that field, he immediately caught on to the key issue.

"Yes!" Liu Shihua nodded. "This is a scene where a hero fights a monk. The deputy martial arts director choreographed many takes, but none achieved the effect Director Zhao wanted, so we thought we'd try asking Assistant Director Zhao to see if he could help!"

"That's bad then, Assistant Director Zhao probably won't be able to help you now!" Zhang Xinlan's expression changed, knowing Zhao Bing was beaten to a pulp by Ye Chen and would be incapable of directing any martial arts.

"No problem! No problem!" Director Zhao hurriedly reassured them. "We are also under some pressure with the shooting schedule. If it really doesn't work out, we'll wait until Assistant Director Zhao is better. It's also a good opportunity for us to rest for a few days!"

Zhao Bing had been crippled by Ye Chen, and Director Zhao certainly couldn't blame Ye Chen for it. Here was a deity who even made the martial maniac Yang Fan lose his temper, someone he, a mere member of the entertainment industry, could not afford to offend!

It was Zhao Bing's own fault for provoking such an eminent figure, and he deserved his misfortune. The incident had even almost implicated him, causing Zhao Bing to be directly resented by Director Zhao from deep within his heart.

"How can that do? If we delay for a day, we'll suffer a loss of millions. The equipment, personnel, sets—none of these come without a cost!" Liu Shihua said, displaying her professional ethics.

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