Making Friends

"I've heard about your great name, Teacher Ou! It's my honor to receive your praise. I still remember when I once watched your 'Winter's Journey' at a cinema. I couldn't move my eyes away from the screen throughout the two hours. That unexpected ending was something I've never experienced in other movies!" Zhao Youyue kept the praises piling up.

Although she seemed earnest, her tone barely fluctuated. Only she knew whether she truly liked Ou Yang's work.

But, without a doubt, such compliment, or a 'mutual commercial extolling'[1] between Ou Yang and Zhao Youyue brought their meeting to a great start.

Zhao Youyue's ability to communicate according to different people came particularly handy here. After all, not many people were too stubborn to listen to anyone. How could any guy withstand such exaltations from Zhao Youyue? Her elder cousin, Zhao Hao for instance, would turn entirely smug at a flap of her tongue…