169: Chapter 169 Substitute Role

Seeing the expectant look on Lin Xiao's face, the director broke into a cold sweat.

"This, Young Master Lin, uh..."

He stammered for a long time without managing to say anything coherent.

Just at that moment, a smarmy voice drifted over.

"Lin Xiao, you're already so rich, do you really have to make things difficult for the Film Crew over such a trivial matter? Aren't you embarrassed? If people didn't know better, they'd think you were some beggar from who-knows-where!"

Lin Yu walked forward, surrounded by several assistants, his face full of disdain. "Besides, as a younger brother, isn't it only right to save your own biological sister? You're actually splitting hairs over such a small thing!"

He specifically emphasized the words "biological".

He was attempting to use the blood relationship that had once replaced his own to morally blackmail Lin Xiao.

Hearing these words, Lin Xiao laughed instead of getting angry. "If you put it that way, you aren't the biological son of the Lin family either. The Lin family raised you for so many years, shouldn't you pay them back?"

Lin Xiao also emphasized the words "biological son".

Lin Yu seemed unable to process this for a moment.

He kept feeling like something was strange, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

"Hey, I'm talking to you, pay up!"

Taking advantage of Lin Yu's brain freeze, Lin Xiao urged him again and again.

"Wait a second, I..."

Lin Yu wanted to retort, but he couldn't find any point to argue against.

At this moment, he saw his three sisters standing nearby.

Thinking that they were all the sisters who had once doted on him the most, he instinctively cast a look of help toward them.

But as things stood now, how could Lin Baixuan, Fourth Sister, and Lin Ran be willing to pay any attention to this stupid and wicked ingrate?

They didn't even want to make eye contact with him, turning their heads away directly and refusing to look at him at all.

Lin Yu clearly didn't understand what the three of them meant; he still crowded forward, wanting to act like he used to, acting spoiled, pretending to be innocent, and complaining to his sisters.

As luck would have it, the first person he came into contact with was Lin Ran.

Lin Ran had never liked this pretentious guy, so she raised her hand to dodge almost instinctively. Unexpectedly, she ended up slapping Lin Yu across the face!

"Slap!"

The crisp sound of the slap left everyone present stunned.

Lin Yu clutched his face, looking incredulous. "Fifth Sister, you hit me?"

"Who told you to come up and disgust me!"

Lin Ran couldn't take it anymore either; she glared and snapped angrily.

Lin Xiao quickly stepped forward, snickering with schadenfreude while reminding her, "Sister, watch your persona!"

"Uh."

Lin Ran glanced at the onlookers and smiled a bit awkwardly.

Fortunately, the staff present were all people accustomed to the entertainment industry, and they all turned their heads away, pretending not to see anything.

Lin Yu finally realized that no one here cared about him at all.

"Fine, fine, fine. Since you all treat me like this, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"Oh, oh, 'don't blame me for being impolite'..."

Lin Ran still couldn't help herself, repeating Lin Yu's words with a sarcastic tone.

This made Lin Yu tremble with rage. "Don't forget, I am now a young master of The Jin Family. I'm going to report you for assault, and you'll all have to go to jail!"

"Go ahead and report us, we're ready anytime."

Fourth Sister didn't indulge Lin Yu's bad behavior either; after saying that, she prepared to take the others and leave.

But at that moment, the director, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

"Boss Lin, wait a moment."

The director walked up and looked at Lin Xiao hesitantly. "I wonder if Boss Lin has any plans to let your younger brother act?"

Fourth Sister didn't expect the director to say this suddenly, so she asked in confusion: "What do you want him to play?"

"That third male lead role! I feel like he's quite suitable for it."

The director seemed to have thought of something; he looked Lin Xiao up and down, becoming more satisfied the more he looked.

Lin Xiao always felt that this look was a bit strange.

Before he could ask, Lin Yu suddenly rushed over from the side. "Wait a minute, Director, isn't the third male lead my role? Why are you letting him play it?"

"I only said before that you could try out for it; it wasn't set in stone. Now I think he is more suitable. Is there a problem?"

The director was quite straightforward and had never indulged actors who used their own capital to enter the production.

Especially someone like Lin Yu, who could be called the ugly child of a capitalist.

Not rejecting him directly before had already been out of consideration for The Jin Family. Now, the more he looked at Lin Yu, the more of an eyesore he became, so naturally, he had to consider someone else.

"No, how can you do this? I already had my dad invest in the Film Crew!"

Under these successive stimuli, Lin Yu was almost stunned with anger.

Lin Xiao said at the right moment: "You say that as if no one else invested! In terms of proportion, the Lin family's investment in this show is not less than The Jin Family's!"

"But didn't the Lin family already arrange for her to be in it?"

Lin Yu pointed at Lin Ran.

The director raised his hand to interrupt. "Correction: Miss Lin Ran was invited by the Film Crew, not arranged by the investors. The nature of the two is completely different!"

Lin Yu was choked and couldn't say a word.

If it were before, he would have definitely slammed the door and left, refusing to take this frustration!

But now, if he lost this role, he would definitely be scolded again after returning home.

The director didn't pay any more attention to him and said to Lin Xiao with a smile: "How about it, consider it? The third male lead doesn't have much screen time, so it won't take up too much of your time."

Lin Xiao himself had no interest in acting.

However, if it meant replacing Lin Yu, then the nature of it was different.

He looked provocatively at Lin Yu and nodded readily. "Okay, I agree!"

"You, damn it, I'll fight you!"

Lin Yu was extremely furious and rushed toward Lin Xiao recklessly.

Fortunately, there were many staff members on this side, and they quickly dragged him away.

Lin Xiao watched Lin Yu being dragged away with a grin, not forgetting to wave at him.

However, this smile didn't last long.

When he saw the character he was going to play, he was instantly dumbfounded.