“Have you changed your mind?” he said with a slight smile.
“Changed what mind?”
“About joining our company!”
“Sir,” Qiu Yuting was both amused and exasperated, “Didn’t I clearly tell you my thoughts last night? Are you suffering from memory loss?”
“Then why won’t you shoot, and instead run to the restroom crying non-stop?”
“How do you know?” she was stunned again.
“Our company has many informants.”
“No wonder you appeared here in time,” she said sarcastically. “What is your company’s name?”
“If Miss Qiu is unwilling to change jobs, there’s no need to know our company’s name,” Pei Jiale sat down beside her. “I’m just curious why you want to deliberately make things difficult for Lüming.”
“Make things difficult for Lüming?” She found the accusation unbelievable. “I didn’t… I just…”
“Just what?” His penetrating gaze was like a sword about to pierce her lies.
She lowered her head. “I just can’t smile…” Finally, she revealed the secret deep in her heart.
“Can’t smile?” Now it was his turn to find it unbelievable.
“I know it sounds absurd, but since breaking up with my boyfriend, I really, truly can’t smile anymore.” She tried to move her lips, as if attempting to create a smile, but only a bitter expression emerged. “How can someone who can’t smile shoot an advertisement?”
Pei Jiale looked at her, completely stunned.
Another day?” Director Zhang hummed lightly, “You make it sound so easy. Go see how much time we have left! We’ve already wasted over a month waiting for her. Even if we finish the commercial today, the post-production team will have to work through the night to meet the deadline! Are other people’s lives cheaper than hers?”
“Does this commercial really need the model’s smile?” Pei Jiale suddenly asked. “Please, this is a lip gloss commercial. The client wants us to capture the glossy, sweet, and touching feeling of the lip gloss. What else would we shoot if not her smile?” Director Zhang rolled his eyes.
“How can she smile in her current state?”
“I can’t help it!” He simply spread his hands.
“Director Zhang, I… really can’t smile right now.” Qiu Yuting couldn’t argue and could only honestly admit her fault.
