Chapter 1518: Everyone's Waiting on You

Xu Shu’s face didn’t look too good, feeling as if something was hanging over his heart.

He had analyzed the pros and cons for her, but Xu Tingting just wouldn’t listen to anything bad, thinking that he was seeing the world as not beautiful enough. Where were the bad people? She had never revealed her family background to anyone around her, and no bad person had ever targeted her.

“Go ahead,” Xu Shu let her go, touching her phone, which was on the charging station, and slid it into her pocket, pressing it down, “I’ll be right outside, call me if anything happens.”

“Don’t worry!”

Xu Tingting got out of the car, carrying her pink backpack, and when she reached the door, a girl her age came out. They knew each other; Xu Tingting even walked quickly for a bit, then held the girl’s hand and jumped around a few times, walking inside arm in arm.

Xu Shu thought of the friend she mentioned.

Was it this one?

Xu Tingting grabbed her friend and ran inside. Once out of view, she hid behind a stand and looked outside.

Her friend patted her shoulder, “Tingting, what are you looking at?”

“Shhh!”

Xu Tingting, like a thief, put a finger to her lips and whispered, “That’s my brother, I’m checking to see if he’s following.”

Zhang Xue also looked outside. All she could see was a person inside a car, the glass reflecting light, barely making out a silhouette, but just that vague sense of someone gave a chilling instinct:

It’s a handsome guy!

“Tingting, your brother is really good-looking!”

Xu Tingting was suddenly shocked; how could she tell he was handsome from just that angle?

The next sentence scared her out of her wits.

“Your brother brought you here, why not let him come in with you!”

“I don’t want that!”

Is she crazy!

Having Xu Shu with her, with his stern face, if he wanted to, nothing would grow within miles. She feared she’d have a mental block, not even daring to smile when being watched.

“Hurry, aren’t you going to be late?”

Xu Tingting urged to cover up, she didn’t want others to know she was as timid as a mouse in front of her two brothers.

“Oh, right! The Director has called multiple times, you still weren’t there, I even called but you didn’t pick up, I was so worried, and let’s be nice later, don’t make the Director angry.”

Xu Tingting nodded.

The two girls ran to the studio entrance, quickly tidied each other up, smoothing down their hair and tucking it behind their ears.

Appearing like that in front of the Director, their good-girl image diffused most of the Director’s built-up frustration.

Xu Tingting apologized, and the Director pretended to scold them for a bit, “Alright, go change your clothes, everyone’s waiting. This ad will only take half a day, get into character quickly, and it’ll be over soon.”

Xu Tingting replied, “Okay.”

Thinking this money was really easy to earn.

She and Zhang Xue went to the dressing room together, intending to enter, but Zhang Xue was stopped outside. No matter what, only Xu Tingting was allowed to go in. However, the two staff members were men, and the changing room was just a tiny cubicle, covered by a heavy curtain. Xu Tingting pulled it to the edge of the rail but couldn’t move it further, leaving a half-finger-wide gap.

She asked, “This curtain can’t be completely drawn. How can you change like this?”

“How can it not be drawn!”

A man came over, yanking it forcefully. The curtain hit Xu Tingting’s face with such a force.

Her mind buzzed for a moment.

The person became impatient first, “Look, doesn’t it close? You’re half a day late; the entire crew is waiting for you. You’re being so picky about changing clothes, what are you, some spoiled missy? So fussy!”