Huang Jing said sternly, "You're so reckless, how can you be a manager? Do you know the great loss your momentary negligence has caused the crew, and the great trouble it has brought me?"
"Director Huang, I... I didn't do it on purpose. I really didn't know..." The young female administrator's eyes welled up with tears from her grievance.
Jiang Yushuang sighed, "A thousand-year-old tree, ten-thousand-year-old jade. This thing is made of wood and has been passed down for over two thousand years. It was bound to decay sooner or later. Perhaps it was fate that it met its end today. Let's just forget about it."
"You say forget it, but is it that easy?"
Huang Jing's eyes widened, and he glared at Jiang Yushuang. "I borrowed this thing from someone. Now that it's broken, I have no explanation. Do you have the face to ask the owner to forgive me?"
Jiang Yushuang was about to retort when she suddenly thought of something, swallowing her words.
She said with a forced smile, "Yes, I don't have that face. Then let's have Miss Jiang, who has the highest status, the most traffic, the most fans, and the most beautiful looks among us, go and beg that person. Let's see if he's willing to let it go."
Seeing Jiang Yushuang pass the buck to her, Jiang Ling smiled. "How could I have such a big face? Besides, it wasn't me who broke it. Why should I apologize to that person? The most important thing right now is to find the culprit. Talking about all these irrelevant things is useless."
"Yes, finding the culprit and making him take responsibility is the most important thing!"
Huang Jing took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping over Jiang Ling, Sister Sa, Jiang Yushuang, An Qiuyan, and others. Finally, it landed on the young female administrator.
The administrator felt her hair stand on end under his stare, goosebumps prickling her skin. "Director Huang..."
"Don't be nervous. The item that was destroyed is priceless. Even if you worked for ten lifetimes, you couldn't afford to compensate for it. I won't make things difficult for you. I just want to understand the truth of the matter. Think carefully, before the incident, did anyone suspicious enter the prop room?"
The young female administrator thought for a moment and suddenly exclaimed, "Yes!"
Huang Jing quickly asked, "Who?"
The young female administrator pointed at An Qiuyan with her backhand. "It was her!"
At this, everyone's gaze turned to An Qiuyan.
An Qiuyan looked terrified and said, "I... I did go to the prop room, but I didn't do anything. Don't falsely accuse an innocent person!"
"Innocent person? If you're an innocent person, then there are no bad people in this world!" Jiang Ling said lazily, crossing her arms.
After a lot of back and forth and quibbling, it finally came to An Qiuyan.
Huang Jing asked, "Why did you go to the prop room?"
An Qiuyan replied, "To return a prop."
"Return what prop?"
"The volcanic rock bed!"
An Qiuyan's character, Murong Xian, in the play, due to her excessive curiosity in her early years, secretly learned the Limitless Thirteen Swords passed down by her master, the South Sea Divine Nun, to her sister Murong Shu. However, she failed to master it and suffered from qi deviation.
Coupled with her being a pure yin woman born in a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour, she suffered from internal coldness. She had to take highly yang and dry medicinal herbs to suppress it. In severe cases of coldness, she had to lie on the perpetually hot volcanic rock bed to temporarily expel the cold.
Therefore, this volcanic rock bed was also an indispensable prop in the entire drama.
Jiang Ling asked, "Was there anything unusual during her return? For example, did she make any small moves, or did she use an excuse to get you to help her with something else?"