Su Qingtang… No. Qin Shining walked in confidently.
To accurately portray Qin Shining's personality. Su Qingtang was made to wear a wig which covered her mid back hair which she had always been proud of and left her with a bob. Her hair was styled a big childishly which made her seem a bit cute but her way of dressing was a bit more mature. She ws a pretty near accurate representation of a person in their mid-twenties.
Su Qingtang casually went to stand beside Wen Xingshen. He had his hair styled professionally and the suit he wore seemed to give him an air of a business man. Ridding him of the wallflower aura he seemed to always radiate and making his presence known and felt in a room. His handsomeness was greatly magnified by his strong brows and straight nose. Thin pink lips and strong high cheekbones. A pretty fine male specimen. He seemed much older out of a uniform and slowly Su Qingtang could see why the director had chosen a high schooler for the part of a businessman. His chameleon type aura was not something that could be refined overnight. It was obvious how much work went into him.
Su Qingtang hummed in approval. She could see why the movie was such a hit. It didn't matter too much how good a movie was if the beauty points couldn't take the movie to new heights. People were becoming increasingly superficial as times went by.
"Mr. Lin." Su Qingtang smiled brightly as she teased him. She then gave him a big fat wink.
He gives her a sideways glance before breaking out in a smile. Su Qingtang could feel her teenage heart beating as she stared at him. God really favors who he chooses to.
"Aura is a scary thing isn't it?" Su Qingtang commented lightly. On any normal day he would be so easily ignored, but with a change in aura all his good points were pushed to the very forefront.
The system felt weird watching her admire Wen Xingshen with such fervor shining in her eyes. It quickly attempted to divert her focus "What do you think about Lu Yexuan?"
"Him.? What about him" Su Qingtang stopped admiring Wen Xingshen and thought carefully before responding. "He's like an iced beauty. A painting. Beauty to be stared at and not touched… His aura is highly attractive but still has a lofty feel to it. As expected of a male lead to be honest. Lu Yexuan is also grade A… Why are you instigating me to lust after the female lead's man?"
The system almost puked blood. 'why is the host like this'. I clearly didn't mean that ok! "Why do you call the female lead the female lead? She has a name you know. Now that I think about it. Lu Yexuan used to be just 'the male lead' to you too…"
Su Qingtang respond as she was called up on to act. The system watched after her silently. Hmm, it seems the host is keeping secrets from me now. Sigh, being a system is too hard. I want to retire.
The tree leaves fell by the branch as gentle winds blew past. Said gently winds caused Qin Shining's hair to flutter gently as she 'sips' her milkshake lightly. There was no trace of Su Qingtang's normal jovial personality. What was left was a shy and gently girl. Who seemed to be patiently waiting for something… Someone. Someone who is terribly late.
She glances at her watch, the clock on the wall and the door in turns all while occasionally sighing. She taps her legs against the floor in nervousness.
The waiter comes up to her and speaks for a while all while she gently nods while looking away in slight embarrassment.
Qiao Bifan sits on his director's chair watching the performance while releasing a breath pf relief as if a weight was lifted off his back. He was worried that his Little Shining's role would have been ruined by such a young actor but it seemed he didn't have much to worry about after all. He thanked his lucky star. His eyes turned gentle as he rubbed the bracelet on his wrist before quicky refocusing on the scene. He was afraid of missing anything.
Yan Man rushes in though the door and Qin Shining stands to her feet. Her eyes shone with joy abut there was an undertone of sadness that she hides when she gives Yan Man a hug in greeting. The camera latches on to this sadness before it pans out again as Qin Shining hides her sadness as if nothing happened.
"Ning Ning! I'm so sorry for making you wait. Don't be mad at me. I was with Yanfemg and I forgot what time it was time." At the mention of Yanfen her eyes shine with love and so she misses seeing the way Qin Shining looks away in hatred. The clenched her hands at her sides as she bit her lips and looked away and out the window only to see Lin Yanfen leaning against his car. A cigarette in his mouth as he stared into the distance. His thoughts unknown.
"Its fine, ah." Qin Shining said lightly, but if you were watching carefully you'd see a bit of hope in her eyes as she looked at Yan Man as if she was expecting something. What was it?
"Yanfen's outside. So we have a ride home. Get your things so we can go." Yan Man notices nothing off about their entire exchange as her joy was too overwhelming.
The light in Qin Shining's eyes dims and she sighs in disappointment. She looks at Yan Man's happy expression before sighing helplessly while tucking her hair behind her ear. "Wait for me outside. I'll be right there."
Yan Man skips outside happily while Qin Shining goes to the counter and refunds something.
Cut!
Achoo!
Immediately afterword a loud sneeze could be heard. Su Qingtang takes up a large blanket and carries it to cover the shivering and sniffling Bai Ziwen.
Makeup could barely hide how unnaturally pale she was getting.
"I think you're coming down with a cold."
Bai Ziwen laughs and stares towards the sky. "I think so too."