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Night fell in the blink of an eye.
Luo Shimiao and his assistant appeared in front of a three-story standalone restaurant.
Led by the waiter, the two arrived at the door of the private room on the third floor.
Luo Shimiao hesitated at the door, pulled down her mask and looked at her assistant beside her: "Xiaomai, won't I scare them if I go in like this?"
Her already fair face was now so white it looked like she wasn't alive.
Lin Mai: "It can't be that bad. Her face is a bit pale, but she's still pretty."
"Give me the lipstick. Don't let it fall off, or you'll look like a dead person."
To cover up the black pigment, I used almost half a bottle of concealer, layering it layer after layer until I finally managed to cover it up.
She took a lipstick out of her shoulder bag and handed it to Luo Shimiao.
After putting the lipstick in her pocket, Luo Shimiao pushed open the door in front of her.
"Hello, we're here."
Director Jiang Cheng stood up to greet her: "President Luo, it's been a long time. You've become more and more beautiful." Seeing her unusually fair complexion, he raised an eyebrow: "And you've become more and more fair-skinned too."
He mentally added, "Did they wash their face with bleach? How can it be whiter than an incandescent light bulb!"
Luo Shimiao grasped his outstretched hand, squeezed it firmly, and then let go: "Director Jiang, please call me by my name. We're all family, no need to be so polite."
He laughed heartily and said, "Okay! Sit here, I've saved you a seat."
Seeing this, Lin Mai consciously walked to the table behind.
The private room was very large, with three large tables set up inside.
Hao Yun saw her sit down beside her and leaned her face closer: "Wow! Director Jiang was right, you're so fair-skinned. It's only been a short time since we last met, how did you do it?"
Mi You, sitting diagonally across from her, chimed in, "Yeah, I want to know too."
Luo Shimiao raised the corners of her mouth: "It's still the same as before, it's just that my face had a little accident, I used too much concealer to get the current effect."
The outspoken He Yang said, "I knew it! How can a living person be whiter than a dead person?"
"Director Jiang, our male lead has too many scenes. Do you think we should give some to the other actors?"
Jiang Cheng replied cheerfully, "You cast the most votes, so you get to decide."
She glanced at He Yang secretly, thinking how she could not say these words aloud, but had to whisper them in her heart.
He Yang raised his glass and said, "President Luo, I was wrong. I'll punish myself with a drink."
"Just kidding, don't take it seriously," Luo Shimiao said with a smile.
Hao Yun stared at her face for a long time but couldn't figure out what was wrong: "Shi Miao, what happened to your face? If you were injured, you shouldn't be able to wear makeup."
The other actors in the film all looked at Luo Shimiao.
Seeing the curiosity in everyone's eyes, she explained, "Oh, I'm not injured. I was just bored and put some things on my face that I shouldn't have, and now I can't wash them off."
Hao Yun cupped his face in his hands and said, "You're really bold. I wouldn't dare to harm my own livelihood."
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Luo Shimiao picked up the red wine, poured some into a stemmed glass, and stood up, holding the glass: "I'd like to toast everyone, wishing you all a happy wrap-up!"
Everyone stood up with their glasses in hand and shouted in unison, "Happy wrap-up!"
After finishing his drink, Jiang Cheng poured himself another glass and looked at her solemnly: "Shi Miao, this glass is for you. If it weren't for your funding, there wouldn't be a wrap party today. Thank you."
“You’re still so polite,” she chuckled as she clinked her glass against his. “You reap what you sow.”
"Given your status, it's my duty to thank you for inviting a nobody like me, who has no work to my name, to participate in your big production."
"You're quite likable when you talk normally, bottoms up!" He tilted his head back and downed the drink in his glass with gusto.
She looked at Hao Yun: "Is there something wrong with how I usually talk?"
"Hehe." Hao Yun chuckled twice, raised his glass and said, "I'll toast you."
Unable to get an answer from them, she looked at He Yang and Mi You.
The two men said in unison, "We'd like to toast you too."
Luo Shimiao pursed her lips, pressed the rim of the glass to her lips, and slowly drank the red wine.
Everyone toasted her one glass after another, causing her, who wasn't much of a drinker, to blush and feel dizzy.
Lin Mai snatched the wine glass from her hand: "I'll drink this one for my boss."
"How could you take the drink from me and drink it all? Humph!" Luo Shimiao put her hands under her armpits, pouting as she looked at her assistant with dissatisfaction.
"You're drunk, you can't drink anymore!"
"I'm not drunk!" She raised her right hand, holding up two fingers. "I can still drink...a hundred bottles!"
Lin Mai pressed her back into her seat: "Okay, okay, you can drink a hundred bottles." He's really bragging.
Hao Yun covered her mouth and chuckled, "Shi Miao is so cute when she's drunk."
"You all say you're not drunk, why don't you believe me?" She blinked her watery eyes and suddenly pulled out a lipstick from her pocket.
"My lipstick is definitely gone, I need to reapply it." Saying this, she opened the lipstick cap, twisted it to dispense the lipstick, and applied it to her lips.
"Wrong, that's not a mouth, it's a nose!" Lin Mai helplessly grasped her hand and brought it back to the position of her lips.
I wanted to let go, but considering her current condition, I knew she would definitely apply it outside the lines, so I had to control her hand and let the red lipstick gently glide across her pink lips.
"Alright, alright, just take a sip."
Luo Shimiao obediently pursed her lips: "Thank you~"
Seeing her drunken state, Jiang Cheng said, "Xiaomai, take Shi Miao back to rest."
"I'm not going back, I haven't had enough to drink yet." She picked up the wine bottle and said to him, "Bottoms up, I'll invest in your next movie too..." A wave of nausea washed over him.
"I need to go to the toilet."
Seeing this, Lin Mai took the wine from her hand and helped her out to find a restroom.
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