The actress and her agency gave ambiguous responses, fueling public spection, while Thomas and his team remained silent.


    Thomas'' show was about to wrap up and enter its promotional period. ''Shipping'' the main couple was amon marketing tactic, so it was impossible to know if the rumors about him and the actress were true.


    "I heard that in Thomas'' new show, the second female lead is an investor''s daughter. She''s the heiress of some corporation and the Taylors'' top choice for a daughter-inw. She supposedly joined the cast just to get closer to him."


    Shirley continued to gossip.


    "Is that so?" Yvonne replied coolly, sounding uninterested.


    After all, Thomas'' love life had nothing to do with her.


    The van started up and went to pick up the other guests.


    Once everyone was on board, the van pulled onto the main road and headed toward Riverbend.


    Just as the van entered the Riverbend area, before it even came to a stop, the shrill sound of sirens pierced the air, shattering the silence of the nearly deserted, expropriated vige.


    "What''s going on? Why are there so many police cars?" Shirley asked, sliding open a window and sticking her head out to look.


    Seeing this, Yvonne frowned as well.


    She had worked at the police station before; a scene like this usually meant a major


    case.


    And in a deserted vige, what kind of major case could there be, unless someone had been killed.


    The production crew hadn''t expected to run into this.


    The director immediately told the assistant director to find out what was happening. After all, the guests had arrived, and the entire day''s schedule was nned. There could be no mistakes.


    Because the police had entered the vige, the crew''s van had to park nearby and wait for news.


    It was a long time before the assistant director returned, his face grim.


    "Director, today''s shoot is definitely off. There''s been a murder in the vige. The police have cordoned off the entire area and are


    investigating


    "A murder? How could this happen? Didn''t I tell you to scout and prepare everything


    in advance?" the director fumed.


    "We had everything arranged, but


    nobody could have predicted a murder would happen herest


    night it was only discovered an hour ago. viger called the police, and they just arrived," the AD exined.


    The director muttered a few curses, then ordered the AD to find a new filming location immediately.


    The guests were all here, and the shooting schedule was only a few days long. Every day of dy was a waste of money.


    The AD nodded repeatedly and immediately took a few crew members to find and set up a new location.


    The director stayed behind and organized impromptu games for the guests in the van, like guessing song lyrics and movie titles.


    After filming a few segments, the guests started to get restless.


    The director had no choice but to let everyone get out for some fresh air, telling them not to wander off.


    Yvonne and Shirley stood by the van, chatting idly. Nearby, the AD and a crew member were smoking.


    The smoke drifted over asionally, making them cough.


    "Director Lee, could you please not smoke? For thedies?" Shirley said in a sweet, pleading voice.


    The AD was a good-natured middle-aged man. He smiled and put out his cigarette, then walked over to chat with them.


    "What on earth happened in the vige? All these police cars are so scary."


    "It is scary isn''t it? It''s a murder. A grandmother and her


    granddaughter, both killed. The girl


    hadn''t even graded from college"


    yet. It''s such a tragedy."