Han Muzi was not angry upon hearing her insult; instead, she raised her eyebrows and smiled.
“Is that so? When your manager approached me, he claimed that he was looking for a designer. I didn’t know that you are looking for someone from a different profession. I guess, this is your manager’s fault then. It seems that our deal is terminated. Mr. Manager, you signed the contract, so now that the contract is called off, please remit the penalty for breaching the contract to my account as scheduled.”
With that, Han Muzi took Yan’s hand and greeted Zhao Yiru with a smile. “Thank you in advance for the money. Yan, let’s go.”
Yan couldn’t even react to the sudden reversal of the situation; she was still in a daze when Han Muzi dragged her out of the room.
“W-What’s going on?”
Even Zhao Yiru’s manager was dumbstruck. He had never thought that Han Muzi would be so domineering to actually treat her clients so blatantly. It was as if she didn’t care about her reputation at all.
He thought that she was going to apologize personally, bowing to Zhao Yiru and whatnot.
However, he had underestimated her.
“This is the designer you got me? How dare you tell me that her work is top-notch?”
“No, Yiru, she is indeed the top of the field. Shelly is really a very talented and excellent designer. You can find her work on the internet but… she seems to be very easy-going when she is abroad. Yiru, can you be a little nicer to her?”
“Ha, don’t be ridiculous! I’m an A-list celebrity, yet you want me to respect her? Are you out of your mind? Seeing her character, I bet her designs are no better! It’s better to ask her to get lost while she can!”
“But, what about your dresses at the press conference? There’s only a month left. If we find a new designer…”
“Is she the only international designer? Can’t you just find another one? Or we can just buy any ready-made dresses! Who wants to wear the clothes she made anyway? Who does she think she is? So many people are dying to design clothes for me, yet she dares to reject me. I want to sue her!”
“S-Sue her?” The manager blinked in disbelief.
“Yes! Didn’t she say that we have to pay her for breaching the contract? Let’s take her to court and see if she dares to say that again!”
Yan was dumbfounded when she was pulled out of the room and it took her a while before she returned to her senses again. “M-Muzi!”
She grabbed Han Muzi and stared at her with wide eyes. “W-What were you doing?”
“You saw it yourself, didn’t you?” Han Muzi replied indifferently.
“But in this case, we’d be offending her. She is very popular in this country, and she is not the kind of person who will pay the penalty as promised! She is not someone whom we should provoke!”
“I know.”
“It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t been a minute late, none of this would have happened. At first, I was very angry with her, but with how the situation is turning out now, it won’t bring you any good at all. Muzi, I’ll go and apologize to her, and end this conflict once and for all.”
With that, Yan shoved Han Muzi’s hand away and turned to walk toward the room.
Han Muzi stood at the same spot with her hands crossed in front of her chest. “I just brought you out from there, yet you want to go back again?” she asked coldly.
“If I don’t go back, are we going to leave it this way? This is the first project we got since our return to the country. Wouldn’t it be detrimental to your future career development if we do this?”
“It’s exactly because you are afraid that this will affect my career that you are willing to lower yourself every time you meet such a demanding person, even when she says you are only worthy to carry her shoes. Aren’t you mad?”
“Well, of course I’m furious!” Yan bit her lower lip angrily. “But no matter what, I can’t turn my back on money. She is offering you a lot of money, Muzi—”
“I’m asking you.” Han Muzi sighed helplessly. “You were one minute late, right?”
Yan nodded.
“Did you apologize to her?”
“I did, and I put in a lot of good words, but she ignored me. Actually, I don’t mind about that because I was late. Even though it’s just one minute, I was indeed late. I realized my mistake and apologized to her, but I didn’t expect that—”
“—that not only did she not accept your apology, but she also ignored you deliberately. She even questioned my identity right in front of my face, didn’t she?”
“Yeah! But even if I was angry, I didn’t dare to retaliate. You know me, I only dare to complain quietly in front of you.”
Speaking of this, Han Muzi couldn’t help laughing out loud despite being angry. She reached out and poked Yan’s forehead. “You complain to me in private, while I complain to them in public. Doesn’t that sound good?”
“But the business opportunity—”
“You know very well that I have always been a very easy-going person. If I don’t take on this project, I won’t lose much money. On top of that, she doesn’t want a designer, but a person to serve her. Though we have to be courteous and polite, we don’t have to bend over backward and ditch our dignity. Come on, let’s go back now. Little Bean is still waiting for you at home.”
With that, Han Muzi turned around and walked forward, leaving Yan no choice but to follow her. However, she was still very upset. “Why do I think that this is all because of me? If I had known this is how it would end, I shouldn’t have called you. It would be better that way.”
“Don’t worry. With that temper of hers, even if you didn’t call me, things would only get worse.”
Yan hesitated before asking, “Is that so?”
When the two of them were walking, a figure stopped in front of Han Muzi.
It was the assistant director who mistook them as fans earlier. Yan remembered him and asked quickly, “Assistant director, is there anything we can help you with?”
The assistant director’s gaze fell on Han Muzi’s face with an expression that was completely different from before, as he looked at her with a smile on his face.
“I heard that you are an international designer who came back from overseas?”
Han Muzi raised her eyebrows and nodded. “Yes, I am. Nice to meet you.”
“Haha! There’s no need to be so polite. I think you look pretty good in every aspect. Do you want to be an actress? We are currently looking for a female side-character in this drama. I’m not quite satisfied with the current actress because she doesn’t suit the image of the character at all. Would you like to give it a try?”
For the average person, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity.
After all, Han Muzi just came here to meet someone else but the assistant director spotted her and wanted her to play a rather important role in the drama. If she was an unknown actress, she would have thought that this was too good a chance.
But for Han Muzi, it was rather ludicrous.
“Thank you very much, assistant director, but I’m not interested in the entertainment industry. Sorry.”
Hearing that, a look of disappointment flashed in the assistant director’s eyes. “I see…”
But soon, he came back to his senses. “You’re a designer, aren’t you? I know an actress who is looking for a designer. Are you interested?”
