Zara Chapman suddenly remembered that Lynn Miller’s specialty was taekwondo and stumbled back a step in fear—if she weren’t so hung up on keeping face, she’d have bolted already.
Wendy Aldridge saw her chance and strode up to Lynn, speaking in a dramatic, emotional tone: "Coach Miller, how can you scare Ms. Chapman like that? She’s been acting for so many years, carrying all sorts of old injuries around, she even broke a rib once—these chronic pains are already bad enough, and now you’re hitting her with such nasty words?"
Behind the screen, Zara’s fans were furious seeing their idol bullied, and hearing someone come to her defense, they were instantly moved.
id International Zara:[Wuwu, all the hardships our Zara has gone through over the years, finally someone remembers. All those days bleeding and sweating, I thought everyone had forgotten.]
Random Netizen a:[Zara Chapman doesn’t sleep well, wanting her own room isn’t wrong. Honestly, this nobody Lynn Miller is way too harsh.]
Let’s be real, compared to small-time unknowns like Renee Morgan or Lynn Miller, Zara Chapman—who actually has some work to her name—has way higher national recognition and a bigger fanbase. In just a minute, the comments filled the screen.
The four women at the scene had no clue about any of this.
Now, thanks to Wendy’s words, Zara’s face regained some color, but her eyes immediately reddened and tears streamed down.
No wonder she’s a movie queen—she can cry on cue.
Wendy quickly stepped forward to comfort her, wiping away her tears.
Lynn Miller has a short fuse and couldn’t stand Wendy’s manipulative tea-speak, and was about to fire back, but Renee Morgan held her back.
Renee remembered this same scene from her dream, except it was pre-recorded, not live. After editing, the version showed Zara claiming her insomnia, helplessly asking the production team for a solo room, only to be "driven to tears" by Lynn, who implied she was ill and threatened her with violence—if not for the crew, Lynn probably would’ve hit her.
After the show aired, Lynn became the target of online witch hunts, everyone spit on her name, she even quit her taekwondo coaching job, and disappeared, status unknown.
It’s only now that Renee realized: the unreasonable one was Zara, and the one with violent impulses was also Zara. Lynn was just a regular person standing up for herself.
Renee glanced at Wendy, now standing on her moral high horse to scold Lynn—on the surface, it had nothing to do with her, but in reality, she was the only one benefiting. When the episode aired, Wendy became a national sweetheart—sunny, caring, lovable.
Once Renee pulled Lynn back, she finally spoke: "Right now, we four only have two rooms. If Ms. Chapman wants a room to herself, that means someone has to hit the couch. Coach Miller was just considering everyone."
Wendy patted the heartbrokenly sobbing Zara and kept quiet.
Renee watched Zara blowing through tissue after tissue, then continued: "Ms. Chapman should’ve known before she came that this is a military training show. Sure, it’s a reality show, but we’ll be filming on a real base, and it won’t be two people to a room anymore—there’ll be four of us, maybe even other female soldiers joining in."
"Nobody gets special treatment in the military." That last sentence rang out with conviction.
Damn!
Zara stopped crying, looking like she hadn’t expected things to get this serious—how did it turn into a conversation about special privileges?
If this really happened, wouldn’t she get roasted alive online?
Zara has diva habits, but she’s not stupid, so she dared not speak up again.
She just mumbled weakly: "I just got off the plane today, wanted to rest well, really didn’t mean to cause trouble."
Netizens: ? So we’re the dumb ones, huh!!
After a brief pause, a flood of comments exploded.
[Yeah, Zara isn’t here for a vacation. She’s here for a military show, and once she’s on the base, is she going to tell the instructor she wants her own room, and send the other female soldiers to sleep in the hallway?]
[Above poster, that image is wild—if Zara really said something that brainless, she’d be stuck running 800 meters all night, no escape.]
[Renee Morgan is the definition of common sense!!]
This kind of controversial conflict made the production team ecstatic—they immediately had backstage staff clip the video and paid for trending searches, the hashtag ##MovieQueenZaraCriedByNewbie##.
The trending topic quickly broke ten million hits.
Everyone flocked to the official account and flooded into the livestream.
Screens were full of debate: Was Zara deliberately acting like a diva, or did she just need to rest because of her health?
Spectators ???:[Did the movie queen actually cry? We won’t believe it unless she cries again!]
"..."
After stirring the pot, the production team sent an assistant to sort things out—they had the four of them draw lots for their rooms.
Zara, now calmed down, drew first. She picked room a1.
Next was Lynn Miller, who got b2.
Renee Morgan and Wendy Aldridge grabbed the last two slips together.
Renee: b2, Wendy: a1.
Renee and Lynn ended up as roommates; Wendy and Zara got the other room.
Wendy looked at Zara, beaming with delight. She said Zara was always her idol, and she was probably the most successful fangirl ever—getting to share a room with her goddess, even sleeping on the floor would make her happy.
Wendy was a pro at riding the hype. Among the four of them, Zara was the only one with a real fanbase, so saying this not only appealed to some viewers, it made everyone—fan or not—fall for Wendy’s sunshine vibes and forget their gloom, loving her sparkling persona.
Sure enough, the entire livestream was united:[Ah, so jealous of Wendy Aldridge, getting to room with the goddess.]
[Wendy is totally making everyone jealous—who doesn’t wish they could room with the movie queen? But honestly, Wendy is so cute, wuwu, I really wanna pinch her cheeks.]
[...]
Renee had seen this scene play out in her dream: back then she’d joined in, saying Zara was her idol too, only to fall for Wendy’s trap. Wendy pretended to offer her slip to swap rooms so Renee could share with Zara, which Renee was thrilled about at first. After swapping, Wendy then "kindly" suggested, since Zara had trouble sleeping, she should take the sofa in the living room—surely she wouldn’t mind?
Zara just stared her down—how could she possibly refuse?
This time, Renee also played along, starting with admiration: "Congrats, Wendy, on your successful fangirling! Ms. Chapman is a goddess in the industry—both talented and virtuous. Wendy, you’ll gain so much from her guidance, a lifelong benefit."
Just listen to that envious tone! Wendy caught on, smiling gently: "Would you like to be in the same room with Ms. Chapman too? I can let you have this chance."
Renee looked at the slip Wendy offered, blinked, and shook her head firmly: "Nope, a real friend wouldn’t take what another likes."
She seemed a little hesitant and then sincerely suggested: "You just said you’d sleep on the floor. I don’t think that’s a good idea..."