A Makeover?

The next few days flew by in a flash. True to Xue Ning's word, she refused to entertain even the slightest hint of flirtation from Jingwei, making sure all his focus was on preparing for the 

for the press conference.

Jingwei had sulked, but seen the wisdom in her words when he found himself more sure of himself. He had run through the given information and even predicted more questions outside the list given, and he had his answers sent to Shengli for vetting.

("So how's this? I thought of some new things they might ask, and here are my answers."

Shengli stared at him over the video call, and then stared at the document. It wasn't filled with nonsense, they were actual valid questions with good supported answers! 

"What happened to you? You're being proactive." Shengli asked. "Are you dying?")