Chapter 26: Seize the Opportunity and Refuse to be Ordinary

  "Hey Qi'er, you look terrible, didn't you sleep last night after working so hard?"

  An Qi'er took a look at Liu Lianghua, seeing her with a radiant and refreshing face, full of vitality, and thought that love was indeed the best beauty product for women, while she herself had been bothered by that scoundrel Duan Ruiqi all night and hadn't slept well.

  It's best not to see him today, otherwise I'll definitely drag him into a deserted alley and try out the Thai boxing she learned.

  "Qi'er, if you're really tired, then don't go, it's not like the job is that important anyway." Liu Lianhua felt a pang of sympathy for An Qi'er and thought to herself that since she had found her own spring, she should also help An Qi'er find hers. She suggested, "Qi'er, why don't we have dinner with Zhenzhen tonight and invite some friends over to introduce you? It's good to make more friends."

  An Qi'er felt that Liu Lianhua was like a butterfly fluttering around her head, making her already swollen eyes even more dizzy and confused when looking at things in front of her. She lazily replied and walked towards the bathroom, then suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said to Liu Lianhua: "Cousin, help me brew a cup of strong coffee."

  "Alright, my dear An Qi'er has been thinking about work all day, how tiring. I'll make you a cup of extra strong coffee." Liu Lianhua walked to the kitchen with a swaying waist, scaring An Qi'er so much that his hands trembled as he closed the bathroom door. Indeed, when Liu Lianhua falls in love, she's really frightening.

  "You're really off your game today, aren't you? Has all the flattery gone to your head?" Guo Zhēnzhēn bluntly criticized ān Qǐ'ér.

  An Qi'er also apologized: "Sorry, I didn't sleep well last night. However, I will adjust my mood quickly and guarantee to complete today's filming task."

  Guo Zhenzhen felt that she had been too harsh on An Qi'er, so her tone softened a lot as she encouraged him: "I was just joking, actually, for someone from the modeling world like you to have such a good performance now is really great, almost reaching the level of Mo."

  "I myself am still clear about my own level, but thank you for your encouragement" An Qi'er thought of Liu Lianhua's excited expression last night, wanted to ask Guo Zhentan, but felt that it was not the right time, so she just dropped it.

  "Good grief, it's these tacky antique clothes again. Honestly, I'd like to send all these antiques back to the ancient tomb they came from." Guo Zhēnzhēn only raised her index and middle fingers, with a look of disgust, as she picked up the newly delivered red wedding dress.

  "These wedding dresses are even more outdated than the ones sent last night" An Qi'er also bluntly expressed her dislike of the clothes.

  "It's true, these clothes were trendy back in my great-grandmother's generation. Now who still wants to dress themselves up like this and look so outdated? It's not like you're filming a period drama." Guo Zhēnzhēn clicked her tongue and looked at ān Qǐ'ér with some sympathy, "Qǐ'ér, you're treating yourself as if you're filming a period drama, at least wear something decent."

  "Don't you like wearing these clothes?"

  Upon hearing Duan Ruiqi's voice, both of them jumped in fright. An Qi'er glared at Duan Ruiqi with annoyance, feeling that he was like a silent ghost who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Irritated, she retorted: "I don't care if I like wearing it or not, but if it damages the company's image, that would be the greatest loss for the company."

  Duan Ruiqi narrowed her eyes and asked provocatively: "Then what do you think should be done to avoid damaging the company's image?"

  An Qi'er was about to say her own feasible method, but she quickly shut up and thought to herself, "Why should I help you?" She turned around and said to Guo Zhēnzhēn who was standing nearby: "Zhēnzhēn, hurry up and finish my makeup, we can't delay the shooting time."

  Guo Zhēnzhēn was about to go over when Duàn Ruìqí stopped her, taking out a eyebrow pencil and drawing on ān Qǐ'ěr's face. ān Qǐ'ěr turned his head in annoyance, glaring at him, "This is not the time for playing, please do not disturb my work."

  Duan Ruiqi, however, took on a rascal's demeanor, his smiling eyebrows pressed against An Qi'er's forehead, and he began to gently apply the eyebrow pencil, stubbornly adding another black stroke between her eyebrows. This infuriated An Qi'er, who immediately rose up to hit Duan Ruiqi, but unexpectedly, his other hand secretly exerted internal force to hold her down, rendering her immobile.

  Guo Zhenzhen couldn't help but worry that An Qi'er would get the short end of the stick, and reminded her: "Qi'er, Duan is a taekwondo black belt, he's got plenty of inner strength"

  An Qi'er's face clearly worsened upon hearing this, and she asked anxiously: "What exactly do you want?"

  Duan Ruiqi continued to treat An Qi'er's face as a canvas, painting away, and chuckled: "You have two choices, one is to tell me how to prevent the company's image from being damaged, or I'll paint you the most unique eyebrows in the world, what do you say?"

  Duan Ruiqi, you

  "Choose" Du Ruiqi didn't give An Qier a chance to refute

  An Qi'er reluctantly replied: "Hurry up and change all these outdated wedding dresses" was helplessly pulled out by Duan Ruiqi.

  "It's good, but this is the design of the company's chief designer. If you still don't think it's good enough, where can we find a more powerful designer?" At this point, Duan Ruiqi felt more convinced in her heart.

  An Qi'er looked at Duan Ruiqi with disdain, "Not necessarily the one who has won honors is the best. Haven't you heard of ' Jiang Lang's talent being exhausted'? I think that for a big company like yours, there should be backup designers, it's really time to inject some fresh blood."

  "It's good to give some opportunities to those who are prepared." Duan Ruiqi dropped her eyebrows and smiled, her mouth close to An Qi'er's ear, whispering intimately: "Accompany me to the company to find blood"

  "You're just a shameless rascal!" An Qi'er hastily threw the small mirror as Duan Ruiqi turned to leave, but Duan Ruiqi's quick reflexes allowed him to catch it in mid-air. He retorted with a smirk, "Damaging company property will result in deductions from your salary."

  "Why are there only these two people?" Duan Ruiqi was not very satisfied with this result.

  "Director Liu respectfully replied, 'Director Duan, these two designers are elite returnees from studying abroad and have also participated in some of the company's major productions before. They can fully undertake this task.'"

  Facing two confident designers who were not inferior to the chief, Duan Ruiqi was particularly attentive to An Qi'er's expression as she gazed at them. It seemed that this little girl didn't quite trust them, ignoring their presence and focusing solely on asking An Qi'er, "What do you think?"

  An Qi'er said lightly: "Let them hurry up and make the wedding dress design, I'll go out for a bit." He had a completely casual attitude that overshadowed the boss's, while Duan Zong nodded in agreement. Liu Fu Zong was shocked to think that An Qi'er was the real behind-the-scenes big boss, and he quickly fawned on him, respectfully opening the door and sending him off.

  An Qi'er wandered around in the corridor, and no one would pay extra attention to her. This feeling of being ignored made her very happy, which allowed her to find people more conveniently.

  An Qi'er didn't know where she had walked to, but seeing that the space was relatively large and there were resting chairs, she thought it would be better to sit down and think for a bit. At this time, she noticed that on another resting chair sat a white-clothed girl hugging a painting folder, the girl's face was solemn, as if she had a thousand worries but couldn't express them, and she let out a sigh.

  An Qi'er sat down beside the girl with curiosity, hesitated for a moment, and greeted her: "Hey, I'm here. Why is this colleague sitting alone here? You seem to be a bit unhappy."

  The girl looked up at An Qi'er, forcing a smile and extending her hand: "Hello, I'm Qiao Jiaxi from the design department, also new to the company"

  "My name is An Qi'er, and from now on we'll be good colleagues." An Qi'er warmly shook Qiao Jiaxi's hand. When she introduced herself as being from the design department, he casually said: "By the way, I heard that Director Duan from headquarters personally came over to select the Hong Duanyi works. You're a designer, why didn't you go to compete?"

  As soon as this was mentioned, Qiao Jiaxi's face became gloomy, and he fumbled with the painting board in his hand, saying with a full stomach and a sense of grievance: "I originally brought my work to participate in the competition, but Deputy Liu said that I didn't need to participate, not just me, even design assistants who have been in the company for many years can't participate."

  Having heard this, An Qi'er roughly understood that all of this was because of Liu Deputy's underestimation of him. An Qi'er glanced at the painting board tightly held in Qiao Jiaxi's arms and asked: "This must be your entry for the competition, can I take a look?"

  Qiao Jiaxi readily agreed and handed the painting board to An Qi'er. An Qi'er smiled as she took it over, opening it to look at each piece of work inside. She couldn't help but say that Qiao Jiaxi's design gave her a feeling she had always wanted.

  "Your design is great, no worse than those high-end designers!" An Qi'er praised sincerely.

  The greatest joy of studying design is to receive recognition and praise from others for one's work. Qiao Jiaxi's face lit up with happiness, but then he sighed helplessly, "No matter how good the design is, it's useless if the big boss won't see it."

  An Qi'er thought for a moment and asked, "Besides you, who else wants to go to the competition?"

  Qiao Jiaxi pulled down his fingers, "About twenty or so"

  An Qi'er smiled and said, "I think you should unite now to go find Vice President Liu for an explanation."

  "It's no use, here Vice President Liu is the boss" Qiao Jiaxi sighed again and again.

  An Qi'er couldn't bear Qiao Jiaxi's dejected appearance, grabbed her hand and stared at her with a fierce gaze. "You haven't even joined the battle yet, how do you know for sure that we'll lose? You have talent but don't know how to seize opportunities, if you miss them they will never come again. If you're willing to submit to others' tyranny, then please go back and work honestly, don't complain here because it's not heaven's fault, the opportunity is right in front of you, yet you don't dare grasp it."

  Qiao Jiaxi's blood was boiling with excitement, her heart racing wildly as she stared at An Qier, feeling that every word she spoke expressed the thoughts she had been suppressing in her heart. Wasn't this exactly what she had been yearning for all along? Why didn't she just go ahead and grab it?

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