Makeup artist Xiao Liu tidied up the brushes on the table and smiled: “Sister Jian Ning, we’re about to take the official makeup photos. Go change your clothes quickly, or Director Wang will get angry if you delay.”
Jian Ning frowned, looking at the mirror without moving: “Xiao Liu, are you sure you want me to go out with this makeup?”
Xiao Liu’s gaze flickered: “This makeup looks good. Ling Lin’s mother is almost forty and spends all day at home dealing with household chores. Looking like this is already considered young. Sister, do you have some problem with me?”
Jian Ning couldn’t help but laugh.
Look at how she turned the tables, accusing Jian Ning before she could even complain.
“I have no issues with you,” Jian Ning put away her smile and said seriously: “I also don’t care if you have issues with me, but Xiao Liu, people only get good rewards from their work if they take it seriously.”
Xiao Liu frowned, somewhat unhappy: “Sister Jian Ning, if you’re dissatisfied with me, just say it directly. Do you have to be so sarcastic? Are we makeup artists not human?”
“………” Speechless.
Jian Ning couldn’t be bothered to act: “I’ll ask you again, do you really want me to go out with this makeup?”
She warned: “Once I walk out that door and Director Wang sees this, given his meticulousness about art and characters, are you sure this makeup will satisfy him?”
Xiao Liu was stunned, thinking about Director Wang’s pickiness, suddenly feeling uncertain, but still tried to maintain her stance: “Sister Jian Ning, do you have to bully me like this?”
Jian Ning genuinely laughed this time.
“Fine! It’s my fault, I wronged you. No problem, I’ll go out right now and let Director Wang see if I’m deliberately bullying you.”
As she stood up, Xiao Liu panicked: “Wait!”
Today, she was going to take two sets of photos: one of Ling Lin’s mother dressed elegantly and going to school to apologize to classmates and teachers, and another of Ling Lin’s mother looking utterly devastated and disheveled after her daughter’s death.
The two sets of photos showed one group smiling gently and humbly, the other crying in despair, creating a stark emotional contrast.
A single glance evoked a sense of profound transformation.
