Chapter 312: Chapter 312: How Can You and Yuanyuan Be the Same?

“Leave? Where do you think you’re going?”

The moment he saw Tang Li, Lai Wenyan couldn’t hold back his temper.

Compared to Sheng Xia and Yuanyuan, this seed he left behind didn’t resemble him at all, nor did she resemble the Lai Family People – she was but a pure creditor showing up at his doorstep!

Or rather, she seemed even more like someone from the Tang Family side.

Thinking of Tang Yin and Tang Shen, Lai Wenyan’s gaze towards Tang Li turned dark and ominous.

Tang Li smiled faintly: “I had thought that after leaving the school that night, Councilman Lai really intended not to acknowledge me as his daughter anymore.”

Lai Wenyan commanded: “Get inside first!”

After saying that, he turned and entered the house himself.

Tang Li, unusually cooperative, followed.

Once inside the room, Tang Li didn’t wait for Lai Wenyan to speak, and simply found a chair to sit down.

Lai Wenyan, hands on hips, pressing down his temper, turned around and saw Tang Li sitting and drinking water, having opened a bottle on the table.

“Why did you take on this movie role?” Even though Lai Wenyan’s voice was as calm as usual, the questioning tone was undeniable.

Stepping into the room, Tang Li could sense Lai Wenyan’s irritable mood.

He clearly loathed this place.

Diannan and Mihesha River, these two places, had once crafted Lai Wenyan’s glory, the blessed land that let him rise to success, but also bore the dirty, unknown aspects of his life.

Yet still, Lai Wenyan came in person to “catch” her.

Suspicious by nature, Lai Wenyan would not trust anyone else with this matter.

One wrong move would be like handing over a handle to them.

Tang Li set the water bottle down on the table: “Felt like taking it, so I did. Why need so many reasons?”

Seeing her indifferent demeanor, Lai Wenyan felt like blowing his top but managed to suppress it: “You’re not suitable for this film. I heard from Yuanyuan that the crew has just started. You’ll return today and tell the person in charge you can’t play the part, let them find someone else. As for the economic loss caused, I’ll handle it.”

“Suitable or not, I am the lead actress personally selected by the director.” Tang Li looked up, her eyes indifferent as she met Lai Wenyan’s gaze: “I think I’m quite suitable. If you think I’m not, you’re welcome not to watch the movie.”

“…” Lai Wenyan’s face grew dark.

Tang Li stood up: “Thank you for taking the trouble to seek me out over my acting several times. I got this film role without relying on you or the Lai Family, so, your words to me… I’m afraid they’re quite inappropriate. Since Yuanyuan can act, there’s no reason you should be so desperate to stop me.”

“Are you the same as Yuanyuan?”

Lai Wenyan’s face showed displeasure: “What is Yuanyuan’s identity, and what is yours?”

“Yuanyuan has her mother to escort her; what do you have? You really think the entertainment industry is easy to navigate?” As he said this, rage surged within Lai Wenyan: “Before you compare yourself with Yuanyuan every chance you get, use that pig brain of yours to think carefully. Fine, take on this movie. But wait until those media reporters dig out who your mother and your maternal grandfather are, don’t say I didn’t warn you today!”

In her previous life, the 19-year-old Tang Li hadn’t yet discovered that her maternal grandfather was a drug trafficker.

The former Tang Li, resistant to others finding out she was an illegitimate daughter, would certainly have been intimidated by Lai Wenyan’s words and, after being bluffed by Lai Wenyan a few times, probably would have packed up and left with him.

But now—

Tang Li smiled slightly: “Although I don’t have a mother like Yuanyuan’s, I do have a father who is a councilman. Even if the sky falls down, you will be there to hold it up, won’t you?”

More than her, Lai Wenyan feared the past being dug up.

Sure enough, hearing her say this, Lai Wenyan’s face turned an ashen mix of green and white.