Chapter 59

Chapter 59 Ugly Witch

Mu Xia opened her mouth, about to apologize, when her personal assistant spoke. "I'm sorry, Ms. Sangqi. Ms. Mu isn't the one at fault. There was a car accident earlier, so we were trapped in the traffic for quite a while. If not for it, we would've arrived half an hour earlier."

However, Xiao Wei Sangqi refused to accept the explanation. Instead, she uttered, "Then you should've left earlier. I'm sure you wouldn't be late if you were to leave your place an hour earlier, right?"

The P.A., Iris, froze. She never thought the person in charge would be such a difficult person to deal with.

Just as she was about to continue her explanation, Mu Xia reached out her hand to stop her. With a solemn expression, Mu Xia said, "Ms. Sangqi, regardless of everything. It's wrong of me to have been late. Let me apologize to you and the rest of the staff."

"Do you think an apology would be sufficient? Have you watched any shows? Do you think apologies can salvage everything? If you killed a man, do you think an apology would bring him back to life?"

At that, Mu Xia creased her forehead. By now, she knew the other woman was just picking a bone with her.

Taking in a subtle deep breath, Mu Xia said, "Then I'll be responsible for this. I'll do my best to speed up the shooting later. However, if we still spend more time than we've planned to at the outdoor shooting, I'll pay the extra."

Xiao Wei Sangqi burst out laughing.

"Ms. Mu, are you being serious? As far as I know, you have zero filming experience. Before coming to Kyoto, you only lived in a small village. Do you know what filming is? Filming isn't the same as taking photos. You need to meld with the environment, the clothes, and the theme…"

Mu Xia interrupted, "Ms. Sangqi, if you keep this up, you'll only waste more time. Since the outdoor location charges per minute, let's not waste any more time and get into it."

Xiao Wei Sangqi's expression darkened. 「She's using my words against me.」

Annoyed, she huffed. "I'll look forward to your shooting, then."

Instead of answering her, Mu Xia headed to the dressing room to change her clothes.

The first set of costumes was Midnight Coffee Café's employee outfit.

It was dark blue with a chef's hat. Anyone else would look like an ordinary coffee shop employee in that outfit, but Mu Xia looked gorgeous in it.

It was as if she was born for fashion; any clothing fitted her well. No matter what she wore, others could not tear their eyes off her.

The makeup artist gasped. "Ms. Mu, it's such a waste that you're not a model with a face like yours."

Mu Xia smiled but said nothing to that. She had once been a model on an international catwalk, but she had been wearing a mask back then.

However, upon walking out of the dressing room with her makeup, Xiao Wei Sangqi frowned. "No coffee shop staff wears makeup. This will affect the taste of the coffee. Remove it right away!"

There were two reasons for Xiao Wei Sangqi to say that. Mu Xia was too pretty and eye-catching, so she did not want the others to think that she was a flawless woman; she only wanted others to think that Mu Xia was unworthy of being Midnight Coffee Café's ambassador.

The other reason was that she wanted to waste Mu Xia's time so that Mu Xia would have to pay for the extra.

Ever since she was demoted, she had been earning three times lesser than before. Hence, she had to make Mu Xia suffer with her.

Yet, Xiao Wei Sangqi had forgotten that her arrogance and selfishness were the reason for her downfall.

After hearing her, Mu Xia quietly returned to get the makeup artist to remove her makeup.

Meanwhile, Xiao Wei Sangqi waited outside for Mu Xia to reappear with an ugly face. To her, Mu Xia's beauty was too surreal, so Xiao Wei Sangqi was sure that Mu Xia was only beautiful because of her makeup.

Once she removed her makeup, Xiao Wei Sangqi was certain that she would be nothing but an ugly witch.

The more Xiao Wei Sangqi thought about it, the more eager she was to look at the hideous Mu Xia.