Chapter 154: Chapter 154: Suspicion

“It’s definitely our *Little Youth* crew! Quick promo, our girl Nina is seriously gorgeous! Beautiful, kind-hearted, and so generous! It’s hard not to like her!”

Manny, a logistics staffer for *Glory*, never expected a casual Weibo post of hers to suddenly go viral.

She only had three to five hundred followers, most of whom were industry colleagues she’d added over the years.

When the opening ceremony was over, Manny picked up her phone and saw the 99+ red notification dots. For a second, she thought she was about to be cyberbullied.

She opened the app and was a little dumbfounded.

The comment praising Nina Walsh and pointing out that this was the *Manual of Youth* crew had somehow become the top comment on her post, with its likes already surpassing ten thousand.

’What is going on?’

The people in the comment section were especially certain, saying the red envelopes she received must have been from the *Little Youth* crew. Other than that crew, they claimed, no one else could possibly be so generous.

Manny scoffed.

Even if it started as a wild guess from netizens, seeing the comments below now basically confirming that the red envelopes came from the crew next door… ’If I can’t see that paid commenters are involved, I’d have been in this industry all these years for nothing.’

Although she was just a logistics staffer, it was hard not to feel good about a boss who was this generous.

Quickly, Manny took a photo of what was in her hands.

Just now, after the opening ceremony ended, it was about lunchtime. Unexpectedly, the boss had called in food trucks.

This wasn’t just any old boxed lunch; they had hired chefs specializing in Japanese cuisine to make everything fresh on the spot.

There was all kinds of fresh seafood, yakitori, rice bowls, and more. They had everything.

She loved unagi don, so in her hands was a steaming-hot, freshly made box of it. The portion of eel on top was generous, and the “Tsubakien” logo on the box was especially noticeable. This restaurant had branches in all the top-tier cities and was quite famous. At five to six hundred per person, it wasn’t extremely expensive, but it wasn’t cheap either.

“Sorry to disappoint, but I’m not with the *Little Youth* crew. I’m with Apex Films’ *Glory in Your Name*. As I said before, of the three biggest red envelopes, two were from our boss, and one was from the original author, Mr. Reid. I don’t know why our boss gave out two, but if you have to ask, it’s probably because she’s just loaded! Oh, and for lunch, the entire crew is eating from Tsubakien! Best boss! I love her so much!”

Manny didn’t just reply to one comment. She went through all the top comments claiming she was with the *Little Youth* crew and refuted every single one.

Why should she let someone else mooch off her crew’s popularity for free?

After Manny’s replies, the netizens who had been trying to argue against the misinformation but were shouted down by fans of several actors from the *Little Youth* crew also spoke up.

“See, I told you! The OP’s photo of the red envelope clearly has the character ’You’ on it. That has to be a surname, right? Are there any actors with that surname in the *Little Youth* crew? Isn’t their boss’s surname Thorne?”

“Now that’s what you call rich. I’d kill to be in a crew like that. I said before that the new actress Nina Walsh isn’t generous, but her fans refused to believe me. My friend is in the *Little Youth* crew, and Nina Walsh didn’t hand out a single red envelope. You all just wouldn’t listen.”

“Another member of the *Glory* crew checking in. Today’s caviar was so fresh. As someone who can’t normally afford Tsubakien, I’m about to cry tears of joy. I heard the boss’s friend ordered it all to celebrate with her.”

Meanwhile, Nina Walsh was in a great mood on the set of *Little Youth*.

She had landed the female lead role right after entering the industry. Even actors who had previously starred in breakout productions were now relegated to being her supporting cast.

She hadn’t handed out any red envelopes at the opening ceremony today, claiming that as a newcomer, she wasn’t aware of the custom.

Fortunately, besides her, other actors and the director did give out red envelopes.

They all gave out standard red envelopes. As long as she kept her mouth shut, who would know that she hadn’t contributed to them?

She never expected that while scrolling through her phone, she’d see that some rich fool had given out massive red envelopes on the same day as their crew’s opening ceremony, and netizens all thought it was her doing.

Of course, she wasn’t about to jump out and correct the misunderstanding.

The more people who were mistaken, the better. It wasn’t doing her any harm, after all.

But when it was time for lunch, Rachel Ford, from the same crew, brought it up casually.

“Ms. Wyatt, I saw your name was trending on the hot search list today!” Rachel Ford said with a smile from across the round table.

Nina Walsh knew that Rachel Ford had been in talks for this role before her. But since Rachel hadn’t been capable enough to secure the female lead part, Nina certainly felt no guilt that it had fallen to her.

Nina dismissed the comment as sour grapes. “It’s probably just the company’s marketing strategy.”

Nina Walsh knew the opening ceremony was being live-streamed, so she had even picked out a particularly photogenic outfit for it.

Rachel feigned surprise. “Huh? But I see online that your fans are arguing with netizens, something about red envelopes.”

’Eldest Miss Wyatt said she was a newcomer and didn’t know about the custom of handing out red envelopes at the opening ceremony, so what could I say?’ Rachel Ford knew perfectly well that Nina hadn’t prepared a single one.

Now that a fight had broken out online, as long as it didn’t affect their production, she was happy to watch the show.

Hearing this, Nina Walsh suddenly had a bad feeling.

She picked up her phone and, sure enough, #NinaWalshRedEnvelopes and #ApexFilmsBossRedEnvelopes were pinned to the very top of the trending topics list.

She tapped on it, and her expression instantly soured.

Before, all she saw was that some rich fool’s crew had handed out red envelopes worth hundreds, and her fans had assumed it was her. But now, the original poster had already issued a clarification. And as for their *Little Youth* crew, some unprofessional crew member had posted under the topic, a Weibo post clearly targeting her—

“Nina Walsh didn’t even hand out any red envelopes on set, okay? And she calls herself some ’Eldest Miss.’ Seems pretty exaggerated to me.”

Nina Walsh’s head snapped up, her eyes locking onto Rachel Ford.

She couldn’t be blamed for suspecting Rachel. Since joining the crew, Rachel Ford was the only one with whom she had a direct conflict of interest.

Rachel was already in a foul mood from being screwed over by Thorne Pictures. Perhaps because Nina had snatched her role, she just couldn’t stand the sight of her. Even though her assistant had warned her several times, when her temper flared, she still found it hard to hold back.

“What are you looking at me for?” When Rachel Ford realized what Nina’s glare meant, she exploded like a lit firecracker. “It wasn’t me.”

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