Qin Yaoyao's eyes were red. Suddenly, she looked up. "A Yan, is there something about me that doesn't satisfy you? Just tell me directly."
Xiao Yanzhi squinted his eyes. He still used the lighter to light his cigarette, took a deep puff, and then slowly exhaled the smoke. "Don't think too much. Be obedient."
Although it was still the same tone as always, this time it was obviously colder.
Qin Yaoyao was not willing to let it go. Stubbornly, she continued to pester him. "I don't want there to be a rift between us, A Yan. It's better to make things clear."
It seemed that she wasn't going to give up.
After finishing a whole cigarette, Xiao Yanzhi glanced slightly sideways. His deep gaze landed on her bit by bit.
He casually threw the cigarette butt into the trash can by the road. His thin lips were tightly pursed. A hint of impatience flashed across his eyes and disappeared in an instant.
"Tell me then. What do you want to make clear?"
Qin Yaoyao lowered her head and didn't notice Xiao Yanzhi's mood change. Her voice was muffled. "I just want to know you better and get closer to you."
"What do you usually think about and what are you doing? You never want to tell me. I often feel that there is a great distance between us."
Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi didn't interrupt her, she got more and more excited as she spoke, and her voice got lower and lower. "Just like that necklace. Although I like it very much, as long as you explain the reason to me, I will..."
"Qin Yaoyao." Xiao Yanzhi called her name. His aura sank. "Don't be unreasonable."
"I'm not being unreasonable." She coquettishly said in a particularly sticky voice. "I want to know you better, A Yan, and I want to help you solve your problems."
"The current relationship makes me feel insecure. I always have a faint feeling that we will break up."
She was very good at grasping a man's heart. When she said this, her voice was also aggrieved, with a hint of blame. "You gave me that necklace as you wished and took it back as you wished. Have you ever put me in your heart?"
Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips tightly, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
He was almost at the limit of his patience.
"Yaoyao, we won't break up." Xiao Yanzhi said in a deep voice slowly. "As long as you want it, I can give you anything."
"Except for that necklace." He said again. "Except for the necklace, whatever else you want, I can ask Xue An to buy it for you right away."
"Do you want to eat cake or do you want roses? I'll ask Xue An to come now. After buying them, I'll ask him to send you home."
It was a very perfunctory tone.
The more Xiao Yanzhi was like this, the more Qin Yaoyao didn't want to give up.
"But I only want that necklace." She said anxiously. "It was the New Year's gift you gave me. I think it's very meaningful."
After saying that, she suddenly felt that the man's aura had turned cold. His eyes were as unfathomable as thick fog.
The words that Qin Yaoyao hadn't finished were suddenly stuck in her throat.
After a long time, she heard Xiao Yanzhi ask, "When you first came to Jiangyu, did anyone say that you look a lot like Jiang Li before?"
Qin Yaoyao was struck by lightning. Her back gradually stiffened, and her lips trembled slightly. "A Yan, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
"You are really similar to Jiang Li at the beginning." Xiao Yanzhi pressed his fingers. His eyebrows and eyes were calm, and his voice was particularly casual. "Simple, pure, and obedient."
"But now she is very disobedient, so you replaced her."
The man was expressionless. He closed his eyes and endured his emotions. "Just as you replaced her, someone will replace you."
"You should be more mature and stop making me angry, okay?"
Qin Yaoyao's heart was getting colder and colder. Her palms were tightly clenched, but she couldn't suppress the fear surging from her chest.
This man, he had no heart.
She thought that Xiao Yanzhi would care about her very much, but at best, she was just a well - behaved doll to him.
If she was disobedient, she would end up like Jiang Li and be kicked away by him.
And he would replace her with a new doll.
The temperature in the air had dropped to freezing point, but the man still looked idle and indifferent. "Give me an answer, Qin Yaoyao."
Continue to be his well - behaved doll obediently or choose to leave proudly.
It seemed to have passed a century.
Qin Yaoyao heard herself answer him in a trembling voice. "I will be obedient, A Yan."
She had made her decision.
The man silently curled his lips.
"Good. You are very obedient."
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Time always passed quickly in Huacheng. In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
The deadline for the task of winning the Vitaly endorsement was approaching.
Everyone gradually changed from being excited at the beginning to being worried.
Yes, in less than half a month, they would be recalled to the North City headquarters because of their insufficient work ability.
By then, those colleagues in the company headquarters who liked to watch the show would jeer at them, saying that they were good for nothing.
"I might as well resign." Xiao Ye worried unnecessarily. "Rather than going back under Qin Yaoyao's control, it's better to kill me."
Qin Yaoyao was best at pretending to be innocent. Xiao Ye had suffered a lot from her underhanded methods before.
Those days were really miserable.
Jing Yi was also worried. She had been an intern for almost half a year but still hadn't achieved much. If things went on like this, the personnel department of Jiangyu might make things difficult for her on her full - time employment contract.
Only Jiang Li was calm. She looked at her phone. It was time for the scheduled rehearsal of the drama troupe.
She was wearing a dress with a shawl on her body. She got up and walked away quickly. "I'm leaving. Bye."
Jing Yi and Xiao Ye waved their hands. "Goodbye, Sister Jiang Li."
There was a small problem in today's rehearsal compared with the previous ones.
This drama was about the love and hatred in the background of the Republic of China.
But the actress was young and had never experienced that period, so her concept of the Republic of China was very vague. When performing, her emotions were always not in place, with an abrupt modern sense.
Just when everyone was at their wits' end, Jiang Li walked over and said softly to the actress, "Did you encounter any difficulties?"
The little girl shrugged and answered honestly, "I don't know the people of that era. I don't know how they lived. I can only rely on my imagination."
If you haven't experienced it truly and can only perform through speculation and imagination, then it won't be real enough, and the audience won't have a high sense of substitution.
Making the audience have a sense of substitution was the most challenging part of drama performance for actors.
Jiang Li nodded and pulled the little girl's hand. "Come with me to the dressing room. Let's change into the costumes."
During normal rehearsals, they didn't wear costumes. They just rehearsed as conveniently as possible.
Now hearing that Jiang Li asked her to put on the suit, the little girl was a little surprised.
Jiang Li smiled slightly and said in a very gentle tone, "I once filmed a TV series set in the Republic of China. I have a little experience. Maybe I can help you."