With such thoughts, she relaxed a lot. The teacher in charge spoke to her for a moment, essentially saying that the design institute was short-staffed and could only temporarily hire some part-time models to help out. Her frame was small and not suited for modeling, but she was exactly the type of model they needed at the moment. If she did well, there would be a bonus too!
The prospect of a hefty sum of money was waving at her!
A little exposure is no big deal, especially when one day's work could pay two hundred bucks!
Gu Xiaoer thought cheerfully, two hundred a day, two thousand in ten days, twenty thousand in a hundred days... She would soon be able to rid herself of the dead-end job and reach the pinnacle of life. Just the thought of it was delightful.
During the break, her phone in her pocket rang again.
After looking at the phone, she smacked her forehead, realizing she had forgotten to return Ai Le's call.
"Lele, what's up?"
Hearing the oblivious tone in Gu Xiaoer's voice, Ai Le felt like she was about to burst into flames.
"Gu Xiaoer, where have you been? The whole school is looking for you!"
"I'm at the design institute!" She couldn't have committed such a serious offense to warrant the whole school's manhunt; she figured Ai Le must be joking and dismissed it outright.
"This is serious!" It's like the princess isn't worried but her eunuch is dying of anxiety.
"...What?!" Gu Xiaoer, finally catching on, suddenly remembered the scene of Han Luoli shaking hands with the principal.
She knew it, she just knew it. Han Luoli must have snitched to the principal.
In a sudden frenzy, she nearly fell over in her high heels.
Fortunately, someone with quick reflexes caught her. Gu Xiaoer, seeing that it was a handsome man, hastily thanked him, feeling embarrassed.
"Could it be someone reported me for not paying debts? Or did the principal take a very handsome man to catch me?" Gu Xiaoer picked up the pace, distancing herself from the crowd, her fists clenched as if ready to fight.
"Huh? What are you talking about, no!" Ai Le was totally confused and hastily interrupted Gu Xiaoer, "Don't talk about that now, Xiaoer. The principal said if we get in touch with you, you should go to his office!"
Gu Xiaoer was suspicious. If it wasn't about Han Luoli, what else could it be?
"Xiaoer, it's the critical moment before graduation, so stop working part-time. Everyone went to the exhibition this afternoon, everyone except you. It just so happened that a VIP came for a visit, and you just ran into them!"
What?
Gu Xiaoer almost couldn't catch her breath. She had clearly seen that there were less than a hundred people in the morning. Everyone had gone to the afternoon exhibition, and she was the only one who hadn't gone.
To cry!
No, no, the point is... Did she offend a VIP?
Wailing in tears!
Why was she so miserable? To earn some money and still get caught by the school's professors for skipping class. Where was the trust between people? Clearly, many shouldn't have gone either...
After hanging up the call, Gu Xiaoer had a look of utter despondency, her mood so complicated as she thought about school that she had no heart to continue working.
Looking pitiful, with her lips pouting and her outfit already on, she could only finish today's job before doing anything else.
Gu Xiaoer was escorted by a few design assistants into a room. Upon opening the door, the dim light inside made her uncomfortable, but shortly afterward, she found herself in a photoshoot studio, lit by an array of flashlights.
After adjusting to the clash of darkness and bright light, Gu Xiaoer realized that in the room, the only soft chair housed a man.
"Don't just stand there, that's the designer Nick. Hurry over there and strike a few poses for Mr. Nick to see."
An assistant nudged Gu Xiaoer, and she extracted herself from a sea of embarrassment. Was the man who had helped her in the corridor, actually a designer?
But the outfit he designed, it was a bit too...