Proofread by Peter Gong

　　Sitting on the bed with knees in her arms, Si Wan lowers her eyes and gets lost in her thoughts. The tolerant and sad tears in her eyes drop a little only when no one is watching.

　　After sitting stiff for half an hour, she finally adjusts her mood and called Xiaoyu with an expressionless face: “Let the cleaner change the sheets immediately and clean the whole office as carefully as possible. Don’t miss even a corner.”

　　Seeming to be accustomed to this, Xiaoyu makes her prompt response and then turns away.

　　The Conference Room

　　Si Wan sits at the head of the table calmly; the blue light from the projector screen behind her falls and submerges her delicate face into colorful silhouettes, making her mood more and more unclear.

　　The Vice Director Liu Qing is introducing the creative advertising with fervor and a.s.surance: “Our company has recently launched a new collection of jewelry named “Angel” with the slogan of “true love” and “recollection with emotion”. We have decided to get Han Jingjing, the popular actress, to be our spokesperson. As we all know, Han’s screen figure has always been positive as she has little pink news; and she is also keen on public charity, which meets the image requirements of our jewelry.”

　　“Han Jingjing is not suitable.” While everyone else says yes, Si Wan opens her mouth suddenly and expresses her disagreement.

　　Liu Qing casts a sidelong glance at Si Wan and then speaks in an aggressive tone, “Director, isn’t it a personal revenge that you reject Han Jingjing?”

　　This means that the whole company has known about Han Jingjing’s flirtation with Gong Siming in Si Wan’s office just now…

　　As an old hand in the advertising department, Liu Qing has a strong character and some real talents. Liu Qing was going to get the position of director after several years of efforts, but as Si Wan got in by the back door, she was forced to accept such an inferior place as the vice director. So she hates Si Wan a lot.

　　And this time, Liu just finds the opportunity to satirize and suppress Si Wan: “Director, I advise that you make a clear distinction between personal and business matters so that your decision won’t be indiscreet.”

　　Si Wan ignores Liu Qing’s words and stands up calmly. She looks around the room: “Sorry. Such an insignificant person as Han Jingjing does not deserve my attention and refusal.”

　　After raising a hand to lightly lift a wisp of long hair over her ear, Si Wan speaks in a calm voice: “It is a truth that Han Jingjing is a popular star and has a large number of fans; but as she came from a talent show a few years ago, after which she only performed in some bad movies instead of producing good masterpieces, her fan base is correspondingly not stable. To a large extent, Han Jingjing’s screen image is created through marketing accounts, which cannot withstand any test at all. We need to notice that once signed, the contracts of jewelry endors.e.m.e.nt will last for five years, due to the changeable future, there is no need for us to take risks.”

　　Liu Qing’s face turns stiff for a moment. She is furious but speechless, as what Si Wan said just now is all truth.