That night, Lin Xiaohui received a text message from an unknown number. She was originally planning on ignoring the message til she read the content: [Jiejie, guess who! (//∇//)]
Jiejie? Could this be who she thought it was?
Lin Xiaohui typed, [Shen Wuying?]
The other side immediately answered, [It's me! I asked aunt Fu for your number! (^ω^)]
Seeing the way he texted suddenly reminded her of a certain e-sports player. Lin Xiaohui pondered for a moment before responding, [Why did you contact me?]
Shen Wuying: [I wanted to ask if you wanted to be featured in my next music video hehe~]
Lin Xiaohui's curiosity rose at reading this.
After a few moments there was an incoming call from Shen Wuying, which she picked up reluctantly. She heard the youth's voice from the other side and smiled.
"How about it jiejie? Are you interested? It'll be fun!" Shen Wuying's tone sounded enthusiastic.
"What's my role in the MV?" Lin Xiaohui questioned. She was going to agree regardless, but she still wanted to know the contents of the MV.
"My girlfriend~" Shen Wuying answered.
"..." Lin Xiaohui became quiet.
Hearing nothing but silence from her, Shen Wuying quickly added, "Actually, you'll only be playing as my crush! It's a MV about unrequited love. Nothing inappropriate."
"Okay, okay. I'll do it just so I can leech off your popularity." Lin Xiaohui finally gave in and joked.
"Oh! Uncle invited another newcomer to star in the MV as well." Shen Wuying said.
"Who?" Lin Xiaohui asked.
"Zhong Yanmei," Shen Wuying clicked his tongue.
"I told you about her earlier! I don't have a good impression of her, but uncle forced me to accept her."
Lin Xiaohui smiled and asked, "What's her role?"
"....My actual girlfriend!!" Shen Wuying cried out.
"Oh~ so I'll be her love rival?"
*
The day of the commercial shooting arrived and went by very quickly.
Since it was an advertisement for a bath bomb, the theme was mermaids. Lin Xiaohui was expected to wear a shiny mermaid tail and play around in water while still somehow keeping up a beautiful facade.
There was only one problem—Lin Xiaohui couldn't swim.
"Um... director, can we do this in a bath tub?"
Of course, her request was denied and she still had to film in the pool. The only relief she received was that the pool wasn't very deep and it was also decorated so it resembled a fantasy setting. Looking at it made one gasp in pleasant surprise.
While Lin Xiaohui desperately tried not to drown, the director was busy pointing out her flaws,
"Lin Xiaohui! Smile a bit more, you look like a dead fish!" The director criticized.
So the entire day, she cried inside her heart while trying to look pretty for the cameras. It took about thirty tries before the director was finally satisfied and allowed her to go home.
Lin Xiaohui wasn't afraid that the scenes would come out bad; she was, after all, an indescribable beauty. Even if she looked slightly bad today, she would still be considered beautiful.
—is what she comforted herself with.
After the commercial shooting was over, Lin Xiaohui returned to her university dorm and complained to Tan Ruanjun, who laughed at her misery.
"You smell like pool water!" Tan Ruanjun taunted while rolling on the bed. Lin Xiaohui glared at her before stomping to the bathroom and getting ready for a shower.
Once she was done, she stepped out while drying her hair and then suddenly questioned, "Did Zhong Yanmei come here?"
"Ah? How'd you know?" Tan Ruanjun looked up from her laptop screen, cheeks stuffed with chips.
"The dorm smells heavily like perfume." Lin Xiaohui said indifferently as she stole the chip bag from Tan Ruanjun.
"She only came for a short while, then left again. Seriously, what's the point of even occupying a dorm if she's not even going to sleep here?" Tan Ruanjun grabbed her chips and hid them behind her as Lin Xiaohui burst out laughing.
Lin Xiaohui announced, "I'm finished with the advertisement. You better watch it!"